Compared with the mess and gloom of Yecheng, Fangtou can be said to be uplifting and morale-like.

In the past war, if we really talk about the actual gains, it is actually not very glorious, especially compared with last year's successive victories, which pushed the royal road to govern the territory directly from the Huaishui line to the north of the Yellow River, which can be said to be insignificant.

However, if the confrontation escalates to the level of a dispute over national fortunes, it will be difficult to measure the gains and losses in terms of actual material events.

At the very least, after the end of the war last year, although Wang Shi's victory was brilliant, there were still many voices, especially in Hebei, who felt that Wang Shi's victory was a fluke, and Shi Kan himself was only a second-rate general of the Qiang Kingdom, and the Xiangguo, which was the core of the ruling core of the Qiang Kingdom, was still in a serious civil war.

Therefore, many people feel that in last year's battle, the reason why Huainan Wangshi was able to win brilliantly was that on the one hand, he did not encounter a real strong enemy, and on the other hand, he took advantage of the danger of others. If you really want to talk about the actual combat effectiveness, especially in the cavalry field battle, Wang Shi may not really be how strong.

However, this time, Wang Shi came to Yecheng again and burned down the camp of the Karma army. It can be relied on once to be lucky, but it does not mean that the country is really weakened. However, the second time such a result is achieved, it means that Wang Shi has enough strength to replicate his previous military exploits, which means that Yecheng, the so-called Hebei important land, is simply undefended in front of Wang Shi in the south!

Of course, this conclusion is still biased, after all, there are many luck factors in this success. However, among the many people who talk about the situation and talk about the country's strength, how many of them are real talents?

The message that the public can accept and understand is always the most superficial expression. The fact in front of us is that no matter whether the current state of Qianguo is strong or not, Yecheng, the original important town, has been repeatedly attacked and trampled! As for the secret and the reason, who cares? Who knows?

The virgin is out of order, and she can't bear it once, but it happened a second time, so how is it different from a prostitute?

Therefore, with the loss of Yecheng one after another, although the army of the Kingdom of China still maintains a strong combat effectiveness, in the eyes of many Hebei people, it is no different from a well-known bitch, and the majesty accumulated in the old years has suffered a great setback.

This is reflected in the behavior, that is, with the spread of the results of this battle, a large number of Hebei villagers directly or indirectly expressed their sincerity to the kings of all walks of life.

In fact, when it comes to the real war gains, the Fangtou Wang Division did not get too much, and even the various materials that were hoarded in Hewu to use as bait were lost because of the chaos and disputes after the fall of Hewu.

Moreover, the merit and beheading were also lackluster, the villagers scattered and fled, and Ma Qiu's cavalry quickly transferred out of the battle, and the actual beheading of prisoners added up to no more than 2,000. If the Xiang Jian Department who died in Hewu is also counted as part of the Wang Division, the gains and losses can be equal.

The most dazzling achievement this time is undoubtedly the success of the sneak attack on Yecheng again, which is the combat exploit of the Hanoi cavalry. Even the Liyang Navy on the other side, as a cover-up, although it did not engage in direct combat, after the subsequent collapse of the Yecheng soldiers, it also appeased more than 3,000 people along the way.

The only merit that can be boasted of by the king of Fangtou is that he easily received several dock walls located around Fangtou, including the crane dock. But these dock walls are not any war catches, and they were originally nominally subordinate to Fangtou.

But up and down, from Xie Ai to ordinary soldiers, they didn't feel that this battle was just in vain. Although Ma Qiu's cavalry saw that the situation was not good and left the battle early, the battle around Fangtou was not over.

Fangtou itself has more than 3,000 cavalry troops, although it is a bit weak to confront the cavalry head-on, but it is more than enough to clean up the suburbs and villages.

After there was no military threat from Yecheng, Fangtou's cavalry carried out a thorough sweep of the surrounding countryside, coupled with the Hanoi cavalry who succeeded in the sneak attack on Yecheng, galloped to help, in just a few days, Fangtou included the entire Ji County and half of Wei County, and most of the township forces were swept up.

In the case of a good situation, Xie Ai also showed his iron-blooded side, and the villagers in the realm, whether or not they seduced Qihu and participated in the siege of Hewu, regardless of loyalty, first drove the personnel out of the countryside and expelled them to the vicinity of Fangtou.

In just a few days, the number of villagers Ding Zhuang who were swept away and expelled to Fangcheng outside Fangcheng by the cavalry of the Wang Division reached more than 30,000, and there was no longer even a township organization with more than 100 people around Fangtou who was not directly under the control of the Wang Division!

The reason why this operation went so smoothly was naturally due to the fact that the military threat from Yecheng was already a complete vacuum, and the Fangtou Wang Division was the largest and strongest armed force in this realm. Under such circumstances, no matter who dares to rise up a military action against the king's master, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg and killing himself!

This is in the case of a confrontation between giants, once the forces of the two sides reach a balance, they will not dare to act rashly, and a large number of buffer forces will be bred from the left and right. But when one of them suddenly collapses and the balance is broken, the remaining side naturally wants to win and take all!

This is only a part of the Fangtou Wangshi's gains this time, and within the Wangshi, the Fangtou Wangshi, as a central coordination hub this time, can be regarded as a formal establishment of its position as the core of Hebei's military towns.

And Xie Ai also took this opportunity to completely consolidate his position in the Governor's Mansion, as a general, at least on the Hebei front, his status and role are faintly half a step higher than that of the veterans.

It wasn't until more than ten days later that the situation around Fangtou returned to stability. It's just that this stability does not have any sense of tranquility, but has a bit of a solemn and silent atmosphere. Because the rural forces that roamed the countryside in previous years were almost completely swept away during this time.

Outside the East and West Fangcheng, a large number of improvised shanties appeared, which were filled with wails and wails from day to night. These are all the Hebei villagers who have been swept out in the recent period, especially Ding Zhuang, and most of them are the people involved in the previous tricolor flag order.

So many people don't need to be interrogated at all, and the vast majority of them are unjustified disasters and implicated, as for those villagers who really colluded with Qianhu to besiege Hewu, a considerable number of them fled from their hometowns in advance because they were thieves and saw the opportunity early, and wandered outside.

But in such a situation, who will give these people the opportunity to seek justice? Previously, they were separated from the legal system by taking advantage of the delicate balance of the confrontation between the two armies, which was not a normal existence in itself. Now that the king is calm, how can he allow them to maintain the status quo!

When many affairs came to an end, Xie Ai finally appeared in front of these people. Although he was born in Confucianism, at this moment, the white horse and silver armor, surrounded by strong soldiers and fierce generals, especially in this vast camp, whether the people live or die are between their thoughts, walking through this camp, there is a terrifying invisible evil aura lingering around.

"Let the king know clearly, we and other villagers really have no rebellion from thieves......"

"The countryside is treacherous and evil, and we dare to be the king and make the king virtuous, but I really don't dare to ......"

When Xie Ai appeared on the outskirts of the camp, a large number of village leaders who had been imprisoned here rushed to the edge of the camp fence, kneeling in the dust one by one, wailing and complaining about their grievances.

Xie Ai did not respond to these wails one by one, but went straight to the high platform standing in the most central open space of the camp and climbed the steps, and sat down with the fangtou generals respectively, and then took out a list for the soldiers to enter the camp, and led the village leaders on the list to the high platform.

Those people probably also understood that this moment had come to the critical moment to decide their fate, no matter whether they were strong or not, whether they were high or low before, they were all reduced to prisoners now, and there was no room for bargaining at all, even if they had a lot of resentment towards Xie Ai's ruthlessness in their hearts, but for the sake of the lives of their clansmen, they didn't dare to force any battle of will, and they stepped forward one by one, with a derespectful and sad expression.

After all these village leaders were gathered, Xie Ai got up from his seat and walked to the front of the high platform, looking down at the village leaders who were crawling in the dust below, first let out a long sigh, and then said sadly: "Why is the hometown so far? How did the favor come to this? Could it be that the royal road has really become extinct in the countryside of Hebei? After a few years of tyrannical rule in the country, can it sweep away the benevolence, virtue and loyalty accumulated by the three generations of my Zhuxia? ”

"In the world of Yongjia, the disaster of China, the holy road is separated from Tiannan, and the people are suffering. We are the king's teacher and righteous soldiers, and I swear blood, and I dare not forget the hatred of the country and the family for a day, and I dare to forget the blood relatives of Zhuxia who have sunk and abused! Therefore, I hate, I can't sleep all night, I don't dare to sit idle, I don't support my father, I don't kiss my wife, I don't care about my life, I stay in the snow and drink the wind, I want to rejuvenate the Northern Expedition, and I only ask the king's order to be used in Hebei again, and the royal road will be prosperous in the world again, and the blood relatives of Hebei Zhuxia will be free from abuse, and then Mu Wang En! ”

"Fortunately, the heavens are merciful, the king's ministers are brave, the king's soldiers use their lives, they kill the thieves, and they have won many battles. Shen Dadu Governor thunder power, rain and dew benefit, because of the fear of the king of the king for a long time out of Hebei, the people do not practice etiquette, so I ordered us to govern the people not to be urgent to the public, the decree is slow, because of the folk customs and fake cheap, about three flags, from the vulgar to guide the good. ”

"As a result, how did the villagers repay me? Colluding with thieves, attacking my borders, harming my righteous people, messing with my righteousness, and laughing at my cowardice! You are all exemplary sages in this realm, and today I hate to ask, is the seed of Zhuxia in this realm? Why do you treat thieves as brothers and Wang Shi as thieves? In the past years, there was a catastrophe, and our soldiers did not have a piece of iron to add to the villagers, but now in the Northern Expedition, first invite the villagers to look forward to it with benevolence and righteousness, why do the villagers repay me like this? ”

Xie Ai stood on the high platform and waved his arms to ask sharply over and over again, and the faces of the village leaders under the high platform also became even more bitter. It can be said that most of the people present are innocent, and Xie Ai is indeed clearly using the topic to play this time, but on the one hand, the situation is pressing, and on the other hand, there is indeed such a thing, and no one dares to refute it at this time.

"In the court, there is still a difference between the wise and the foolish. What's more, the people of Hebei have been humiliated by the slaves for a long time, and it is inevitable that the countryside will raise this treacherous people, but many of my villagers are still full of loyalty and righteousness, eager for the rescue of the king, and the revival of the royal road. The king was ordered by the governor of the capital to be benevolent and righteous, and taught my villagers to accept the decree slowly, and the kindness was great, which made people grateful. But the loyal and righteous people of Hebei suffer from the burden of treachery, shame and treachery coexist, and they are willing to be unified by the king's religion, and dare not cut themselves off from the law......"

After a long time, the voice of an old village leader sounded under the high platform. These village leaders can struggle to survive the troubled times, how can they not have their own thoughts about this disaster.

Now, it is already a dream to want to be out of the law, unless Qianhu can directly counterattack and besiege Fangtou and drive Wang Shi out of Hebei. But if the country really has this power, it will not even be trampled on again and again.

Now, at least the people around them have no room to wait and see, rather than being besieged and killed in the name of hoeing and rape, it is better to take the initiative to bow their heads and accept the king's order with the people of Henan.

Of course, Xie Ai is not blindly prestigious, after these village leaders expressed their willingness to accept the king's order, they let Xiang Jian's orphan, a half-old boy, be lifted up.

Xie Ai stepped forward and stroked the top of the trembling young man's hair, and his tone was not lacking in sadness: "Mother Meng, the former one, choose a good neighbor." Your father was born in chaos and was abused by nonsense, so he had to live out of brutality and accumulate notoriety. But after feeling the king, he reflected on his old mistakes, changed his past mistakes, protected the territory and the people, and became a loyal martyr. Although the boy is lost, he doesn't have to hurt himself alone, after being loyal to the martyrs, the king will have his own reward, and benevolence and righteousness will protect you to become a talent! ”

Seeing Xie Ai say this in public, everyone present also sighed with emotion, and they all felt that Xiang Jian really deserved to die this time. Whether it is to maintain the so-called royal kindness or stabilize the feelings of the people in Hebei Township, Xiang Jian's orphan will definitely have a comfortable prospect.