Chapter 120: Runan's Problem
Yuan Shu's departure was somewhat beyond Pei Qing's expectations. Pei Qing originally thought that he took Runan as the foundation and then headed towards Shouchun, but he did not expect that Yuan Shu would give up the land of Runan directly.
However, although Yuan Shu left, Runan is almost in ruins now, which made Zhou Pei, who originally belonged to Runan people, very angry and said in a deep voice: "No matter what, Yuan Gonglu is from the Runan clan. He actually did such a thing that destroys his hometown. It is really angered by both man and gods, and it is hard tolerate the law of heaven!"
Pei Qing didn't expect him to be so excessive, and he secretly sighed in his heart that Yuan Shu did ruthlessly. It is estimated that although he is also a celebrity in Runan from now on, he must be of bad reputation, not a good reputation.
But no matter what, the land of Runan cannot be so deserted, otherwise it will be a dead place.
So after Yuan Shu retreated, Pei Qing immediately began to rebuild Runan.
In fact, Runan's military defense is not a big problem. After all, the city wall is difficult to destroy. Even if it is destroyed, it will be built again. But the problem now is that Runan has a serious lack of population, and most of the people have been driven to Shouchun by Yuan Shu. Although Pei Qing arranged the people from Runan to everywhere under Pei Qing's rule to Runan, the total number is only 20,000 to 30,000 people. With a radius of hundreds of miles, the 20,000 to 30,000 people are pitifully small, and even the previous county is far apart.
Just when Pei Qing was having a headache about this, he heard Zheng Chang come in and report: "Lord, General Yuan Shao came to pay a visit with a large number of troops and troops. According to what he said, the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans that entered our Yuzhou have been pacified, but these troops and troops have difficulty arranging it, so I asked the lord to ask the lord to find a way to help solve it."
"Oh? This is really great. Brother Guo was just raining in time. It came too timely. I was worried that there was no one to settle down in Runan, but he brought me so many Yellow Turban tribes. Now Runan is saved."
Pei Qing was very excited when he heard this and personally came out to welcome Pei Yuanshao.
"The last general Pei Guo has seen the lord." Pei Yuanshao was also very happy to see Pei Qing again, but he also knew that it was not the time to be in the village. Pei Qing was already a prince respected by everyone. If he called him brothers, he would be a little rude.
So Pei Yuanshao hurriedly saluted Pei Qing respectfully, and the courtesy was very respectful.
Of course Pei Qing couldn't accept it very well, but took Pei Yuanshao's hand and said, "Why do you need so much polite between you and me? Come on, Brother Yuanshao, I'm looking for you if I have something to do."
Pei Qing then pulled Pei Yuanshao into the account and learned about the details from him.
It turned out that after Pei Yuanshao arrived in Xiaopei, the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans had arrived first. The Qu generals knew the importance and restrained their subordinates, so that they could abide by the rules and not take them randomly. However, these Yellow Turban tribes were not the same person and had poor discipline. The next day, the plundering of the people happened.
Just at this time, Pei Yuanshao led a large army to arrive and immediately ordered these Yellow Turban tribes that harmed the people to surround them and launched an attack on them.
Although Pei Yuanshao did not kill him, these people were also broken and broke their bones and lying on the ground and became dead dogs.
The leader of this team was so chasing right and wrong and wanted to instigate the relationship. However, Pei Yuanshao saw their tricks at a glance, and decisively led his army to the front of the two armies to announce the behavior of the Yellow Turban tribe on the spot, and told Pei Qing's strict military discipline, harshly warning them that if Pei Qing surrendered in the future, these military disciplines must not be violated.
Of course, Pei Yuanshao also told them the treatment of soldiers in the army now.
In fact, the reason why the soldiers under Pei Qing's command are willing to serve is mainly related to the higher treatment of the soldiers in the army. All the families with equal land can be exempted from three years of taxes and corvee labor as long as their families join the army. If two people join the army, they can be exempted from five years of taxes and corvee labor. In addition to strict rewards and punishments, all the soldiers who fallen will also have high pensions. In addition, they will also ensure that the families of the soldiers who fallen will not have to pay taxes for fifteen years and will be exempted from service for life. Their sons will be raised by the government and will be sent to the official school after they are seven years old.
In addition, Pei Qing also announced to them that when they heard that as long as they could farm on the land they were allocated for five years, half of the land could belong to them, and the other half could continue to farm until they died before handing over to the government, they were all so excited that they could not control themselves.
The members of the Yellow Turban tribes in Qingzhou had never even heard of them, so after listening to Pei Yuanshao's introduction, they all breathed heavily, their eyes were red, and they shouted loudly to demand that they surrender to Pei Yuanshao immediately. Judging from their posture, if their leaders did not allow them, they would immediately rebel and kill all the leaders who hindered their financial path.
So the Yellow Turban tribes of 300,000 to 400,000 surrendered without any hesitation, and anyone with a little strength shouted loudly to join the army, but Pei Qing still carefully selected them, and then he chose 50,000 soldiers.
"In this way, the army under my command is actually no less than the Xiliang Army. However, the 50,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army has just been formed and has not been trained yet, so its combat effectiveness must be very bad. The defenses in Runan, Peiguo and other places have not been properly deployed. Even if everything is almost done, I can only draw 30,000 to 50,000 troops to serve the king. This is still much worse than the Xiliang Army. Therefore, if you want to lead troops to serve the king, the best way is to establish an alliance and send troops together. This will also prevent you from fighting alone, which can not only reduce casualties, but also show your appeal. However, the most urgent task is to arrange the construction of Runan."
Pei Qing thought of this and said to Pei Yuanshao: "Brother, I have a relatively difficult mission here. I don't know if you want to..."
Pei Yuanshao heard this and said quickly: "My lord doesn't need to be so polite. Mo Jiang is the brother of the lord. The lord's business is the lord's business. No matter what, as long as the lord's orders, Mo Jiang will do his best."
"Okay, since that's the case, I won't beat around the bush. This is the thing. Yuan Shu was unable to defend Runan under the continuous attacks of our army, so he took the initiative to evacuate Runan. However, before leaving, all the people in Runan were forced to move to Shouchun, and even the water source was sealed. So now Runan is desolate, with only 20,000 or 30,000 people fled to our Yuzhou. However, since Runan is a county belonging to my Yuzhou, I naturally cannot watch it abandoned, so I decided to rebuild Runan, but there is too few population there, and is there a prestigious county magistrate..."
"The lord's meaning is understood. The lord is willing to take these Yellow Turban tribes to Runan. As long as the lord gives me 10,000 troops, I will be enough to defend Runan. However, the lord has some shortcomings in the internal affairs of the lord, and it may be difficult to effectively promote the construction of the war in Runan..."
"Don't worry about this, I will send strong internal affairs talents to assist you."
Pei Qing then submitted Pei Yuanshao as the prefect of Runan, and promoted his military position to General Jianwei, allocated him 15,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, and allocated equipment, horses and food, and together with his troops, he collected a total of 20,000 people to be responsible for building Runan's defense.
Chapter completed!