Li Yongsheng does not think that this task will never be completed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Through his observations along the way, he found that his guess was indeed partially correct - in the two prefectures of Wanyi and Xuzhou, King Zheng did not achieve effective rule.

In these two prefectures, the government system is still alive, at least at the level of the county seat, and there is no place to lose the chief official.

King Zheng's army only controlled more than a dozen county seats, but the government system was still operating.

In fact, this situation is not uncommon, for example, it is similar to the state of military control.

In this state, there is no doubt that the army is the largest, but they do not take the initiative to meddle in the affairs of the county town, but draw rules and regulations -- we generally do not care about it beyond this range.

Of course, if they have to manage it, they can manage it, but it's easy to mess up that way.

To put it bluntly, it is easy to control one place by violence, but it is very difficult to incorporate effective management.

A look at King Jing shows that he has laid down a large area, but now he must stop the pace of expansion, digest these territories, and bring them into effective management.

King Zheng is just a county king who enjoys the treatment of a prince, and it is impossible to have so many talents in his pocket.

And King Zheng's army was also very sudden, so sudden that it was almost amazing, so there is no doubt that his plan is very secret, if you want people to know it, of course, it is impossible to let these dozen county magistrates know.

So his biggest problem is that his foundation is unstable, don't look at King Zheng's army is arrogant now, but in the territory he controls, the government system is still operating.

Of course, he can also ban the government system, but that would be a naked rebellion, and as for the existing system, his talent pool can't do this.

The talents in his pocket can manage hundreds of thousands of troops and Ding Zhuang well, which is not simple.

Of course he knew, but he knew that he didn't have a good solution, and his plan for now was to bribe and win over the people in the government and expand the results of the war outward.

Li Yongsheng judged from the beginning that King Zheng raised troops too quickly, and his rule should be unstable, and now it seems that this is really the case.

However, King Zheng also did not do anything, and outside the county seat and market town, he directly recruited all Ding Zhuang, and left no one.

Even the elderly, weak, women, and children tried their best to take away as much as possible, and those who did not leave directly snatched all the food, and even had to fill in the wells -- these things were left behind, and they would be able to feed the enemy.

Why did you do this? Because Wanyi and Xuzhou have a tradition of evading military service -- even if it is normal forced labor, everyone tries to escape into the mountains to escape, not to mention this forced military service.

King Zheng's control over these dozen counties was achieved through violence, and everyone wanted to avoid it even more -- being a soldier in a war would kill people, and who knew how many days you could control it? Let's hide for a while.

If the old and weak women and children are moved away, and the wells are filled, those Ding Zhuang will come back without food or drink, and they will have to obediently accept the draft.

So Li Yongsheng and they rushed over all the way, and it was okay to encounter a big market town, but the general countryside was basically swept away by King Zheng's people, and there were no people for dozens of miles, which abounded.

As for the land cultivated in the village, I don't care about it for now, and I can't tell what happened in the future -- who knows if this is growing grain for King Xiang?

In fact, the previous period of drought in Yuzhou has destroyed this crop, even if the rain comes down now, the harvest will not be better.

As for the old and weak women and children who were coerced away, they would all be taken to the county seat by King Zheng and asked the government to help the "disaster victims".

But at the same time, Chang Ping, the granary of disaster relief, was firmly controlled by King Zheng.

The existence of these "disaster victims" has put great pressure on the government.

In short, in the state of military management, King Zheng is a little tough, but he is not as simple and rude as King Jing, and if there is a pot, it is also pushed to the back of the government, which leads to a large area of land here that is uninhabited.

There are also people who want to return to the township after being coerced away, but it is difficult to survive after going back, and they have to prevent King Zheng's soldiers and horses from coming back to arrest people again, so they hide.

Therefore, when Li Yongsheng and the others came to this small valley, it was really rare to see seven or eight hundred old and weak women and children.

Everyone landed to rest, ate and drank casually, and Sai Qiang recruited a few women and children to come over to understand the nearby trends.

When they asked, they found out that one of the two nearby market towns was banned by King Zheng, and Li Shu was concentrated in the other town, and the old and weak women and children were also very strict, because ...... There are bandits from Woniu Mountain who have entered the country.

When the bandits cross the border, they not only rob grain, but also rob people, and if they coerce these people, they can attack the county seat.

In fact, there is also a private rumor that this year's harvest in Yuzhou will not be too good, so the bandits have coerced the old and weak women and children, in addition to being cannon fodder, they can also be killed and eaten.

Cannibalism is very barbaric, but if you are so hungry that you can't survive, you can eat human flesh as well.

Hearing this, Sai Qiang sneered, "Woniu Mountain bandits?

The priest is the head snake of Yuzhou, and he himself is still worshiped by the chariot and horse shop, how can he hide this from his eyes?

"Yes," the old man nodded, "they said it horribly, just to scare us and prevent us from escaping, and it is precisely because we know this that we sneak out and do not go back." ”

Hearing this, Sai Qiang was a little curious, "If you don't escape, there are still people who take care of the food, but now there is no one to take care of it...... Why run away?"

The old man hesitated for a moment before he replied softly, "I can't eat a few grains of rice there, if we don't escape, Ding Zhuang in the family won't dare to escape, only if we leave, they can let go of their hands and feet and run for their lives." ”

This is another great use of coercing the old and the young, which can prevent Ding Zhuang from escaping.

As for how they got food to survive, the old man didn't say, and he didn't ask about it—it was taboo to ask about it.

Wanyi Province is famous for desertion, and it has been a place infested by bandits for generations, and many locals are good at hiding food.

Wanyi is not rich in products, and these foods may not be serious food, it is likely to be dried wild vegetables or something, but no matter what it is, outsiders who want to get a place to collect food from their mouths will definitely encounter strong resistance.

Sai Qiang asked again, wanting to know the situation in that market town - everyone was almost touched by this area, and it was time to think about preparing for the next move.

Just as he was about to ask another question, someone came to report, "Master Li, smoke is billowing in the distance, and a large force of cavalry is approaching. ”

When many old and weak women and children heard this, their faces changed in unison, and then they dispersed in a hurry, hiding directly in various places in the valley, and at first glance, they couldn't find that there were hundreds of people hiding here.

Li Yongsheng and the others didn't care about them, and hurriedly came to a small hillside, only to see smoke and dust rising from the west, and the faint sound of horses' hooves came.

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves was near, and everyone took a closer look to realize that the other party was actually just about a hundred knights.

But for the seven or eight hundred old and weak women and children in the valley, these forces were sufficient.

After coming to the mouth of the valley, they suddenly grabbed the reins of the horses and spoke loudly, "The people in the valley listened, and the heroes of Woniu Mountain passed by, and those who knew each other came out obediently, and if they didn't know each other...... Don't blame the gentlemen for not giving face to the villagers. ”

There was silence in the valley, and there was no response.

Kuaima turned his head back directly and reported to a middle-level cultivator, "There is no response inside, do you want to send a few brothers to go in and investigate?"

"Why do you need to investigate, I'm in a hurry to go inside to rest, there is a cool mountain spring there," Si Xiu said impatiently, "go warn again, and then go straight into the valley...... They don't know how to cherish it, so why should we sell it on the pole?"

"Yes, it's not a business to get on the pole," the spy nodded with a smile, then beat the horse back to the mouth of the valley and spoke loudly, "One last warning, if you don't come out, when we find someone, we will chop you up directly and eat you as human meat buns!"

This sound frightened the women and children in the valley, although they were very sure that there were not a few bandits in Woniu Mountain at all, but they directly threatened with human meat buns, and everyone couldn't help but feel worried - what if it was true?

To put it bluntly, most of these Li Shu still have little knowledge, they are more familiar with the situation in Woniu Mountain, but they still can't bear this kind of threat.

So someone whispered, "How do they know that there are people in the valley?"

"Wouldn't it be normal if so many people didn't come back," someone replied in a low voice, "if they hit one or two?"

Then someone suggested, "That's ...... Do you want to go out and fool them?"

"There's no need, the people who came later didn't give it for nothing......"

In the midst of everyone's argument, two spies walked in, followed by more than a dozen bandits.

The people led by Li Yongsheng were also quietly ambushed, leaving only Li Yongsheng and the Blood Demon sitting by the waterhole.

Seeing the silence around him, the spy let out a sigh of relief, "There are only two guys who don't know whether they are dead or alive, okay, let's all come in, this ghost weather, take a shower quickly is real." ”

After receiving the report from the spies, more than 100 knights led their horses, one foot high and one foot low, into the valley - this is the place where the nearby villagers draw water, not a thoroughfare, and the road is very difficult to walk.

Later people also saw Li Yongsheng and the others, but they didn't pay attention to them at all, and many people took off naked and jumped directly into the pool.

There are also some people who love horses more and lead them to the waterhole to brush them.

The middle-level priest who took the lead had recently walked in, and instead of bathing in the pond, he walked to a stone in the shade of a tree and sat down, picking up the water bag beside him and drinking water.

After drinking a lot, he looked left and right, and then snorted coldly at Li Yongsheng, and asked with a gloomy face, "People are in the valley, and they don't go out to greet me as a hero of Woniu Mountain...... Is this a deliberate provocation?"