Chapter 446 What Do You Mean by Surrender? That's Clearly a Demonstration of Raising Both Hands! [Seeking Monthly Votes]

"Kill all those who are guilty of heinous crimes!"

In Xiangyuan County, Lv Bu sat in the county government office with a big horse and a golden sword, looking through the county annals here, while telling Song Xian about the arrangements for the prisoners.

This morning, after two rounds of bombardment by Cao Xing, Xiangyuan County was successfully captured.

The Black Mountain bandits in the city surrendered, and the leader wanted to ask for an official position under the banner of justice, but before he could finish his words, Lv Bu took out his sword and chopped off his head.

If it weren't for the women who were humiliated in Tongdi County, Lv Bu wouldn't mind giving these surrendered generals some chances.

But now the entire Shangdang County is almost turned into a living hell by the Black Mountain bandits. Now that the bandit leader has been caught, he must be beheaded as soon as possible!

Song Xian supported this decision very much:

"Xiu'er is leading people to conduct screening, let the Black Mountain bandits identify each other, and when the evidence is conclusive, the execution will begin."

In troubled times, severe punishments should be used. These Black Mountain bandits, like the Baibo Army, can no longer live like normal people. Those who have committed minor offenses can still be kept as laborers in road construction and mining, but those who have committed serious crimes can only be killed.

Cao Xing hurried in with a walkie-talkie:

"General, there is news from Nie County. General Gao asked if we can take Shangai County, capture Jingxing, and retain the initiative to enter Jizhou?"

Lv Bu put down the bamboo slips in his hand and sighed:

"Gao Shun is really amazing. Just by looking at the map, he realized that Jingxing is a strategic location... Tell him to first recover other counties in Taiyuan County, and then attack Shangai County, and take Zhan County by the way."

Zhan County is the northernmost county in Shangdang County, located at the junction of Taiyuan County, Shangdang County and Jizhou.

After passing Zhan County, you will reach Jizhou. Even Shangai County and Jingxing are now part of Jizhou.

If Gao Shun goes, Lu Bu will not have to send a special force to recapture Zhan County. He can send a force to take Shangai together.

Just as Cao Xing was about to reply to the message on the city wall, Lu Bu said:

"Tell Gao Shun that the Black Mountain Army can kill as many as they can, and don't be soft-hearted!"

"Yes!"

When Cao Xing left, Song Xian also followed him out of the county government office and found Zhang Xiu to convey Lu Bu's instructions.

"Old Cao, are you still eating hot and sour noodles tonight?"

Cao Xing jumped on his horse, turned his head and asked Song Xian:

"What do you want to eat?"

"The general has been depressed since he left Tongdi. How about we have a hot pot, or mutton hot pot? I think the sheep here are pretty good."

"Okay, you arrange it. Remember to pay for the sheep. Don't learn from the Black Mountain bandits and rob them directly."

"Don't worry, I will pay double the price and never let the people suffer."

Cao Xing came to the city gate, got off his horse, and trotted up to the city gate tower. There was a temporary relay antenna on it, and communication with the outside world was achieved by this thing.

He tuned to Gao Shun's channel, conveyed Lu Bu's instructions, and briefly recounted what happened in Tongdi County.

In Jinyang City, listening to the news from the walkie-talkie, Gao Shun, Han Rong, and Xun Yan looked at each other. They didn't expect the Black Mountain bandits to be so brutal.

"Please tell Wen Hou that I, Gao Shun, will not be merciful when encountering the Black Mountain bandits!"

After replying the message, Xun Yan said:

"Although there are not many Black Mountain bandits in our Taiyuan County, there are bandits everywhere. We need to catch a group of them, which can be used to build roads. First, we will rebuild the abandoned official roads so that the materials from Guanzhong can enter Taiyuan."

Han Rong nodded:

"In addition to the bandits, the noble families in Taiyuan must also be punished... Tomorrow morning, I will talk to the new head of the Wang family. The country is in danger. Let's see how the Wang family expresses its attitude."

Wang Yun's branch has been completely wiped out, and the remaining Wang clan members have taken the initiative to surrender to the court.

However, Han Rong does not intend to let them go. Some land and grain must be handed over. As for the tens of thousands of slaves of the Wang family, they must also be re-registered and included in the household registration.

It is no longer feasible to accumulate strength by hiding land and population.

The noble families in Guanzhong have already paid a painful price. If the families in Taiyuan want to repeat the same mistakes, Han Rong does not mind bargaining with them again.

In addition to food and land, the forts built by each family outside the city must also be eradicated to prevent them from training a group of death warriors.

In the original novel, the Sima family was able to seize power successfully because they secretly trained 3,000 death warriors.

Ever since Sima Yi secretly trained death warriors, emperors of all dynasties have been very wary of their subordinates developing secret forces. For example, during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, when Li Shimin learned that his general Zhang Liang had thousands of godchildren, he knew that the old man was not holding back, and later Zhang Liang really rebelled.

At that time, it seemed to be a trend to recognize godchildren.

Yang Lin, the King of Backers in the story of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, also recognized godchildren everywhere. When he saw Qin Qiong, his eyes lit up. Not only did he accept him as his godchild on the spot, he also gave Qin Qiong the golden armor that he had treasured for many years, and then led to the plot of Qin Qiong's three-block King of Backers.

Now Qin Qiong doesn't have to do this. Even if Yang Lin leads a million troops to chase him, he can't catch up with his off-road vehicle.

If I run faster, maybe I can go back to the real world and drive an excavator to dig a trap for Yang Lin.

In Xiangyuan County, the mutton hotpot was ready soon.

Lu Bu even went back to the kitchen of the B&B to get sesame paste and fermented bean curd and made the dipping sauce himself.

Zhang Xiu scooped up a chopstick of mutton and said:

"Those Black Mountain bandits have been biting each other, reporting and exposing for an entire afternoon. Almost everyone's hands are stained with the blood of the people... What should we do? Kill them all?"

Lu Bu nodded:

"Kill them, pick a few representative ones, and behead them in front of the whole city... Remember to break their defenses before beheading them. It's best to cry in tears, but don't let them go on their way happily."

"clear!"

After capturing Xiangyuan County, we crossed the Zhuozhang River and arrived at Huguan County.

Although the name of Huguan County comes from Hukou Pass, the two are not in the same place. To put it simply, Hukou Pass is a pass in Huguan County, and there is a distance of dozens of miles between the two.

This distance is the entrance to the Shangdang area. If you want to attack Changzi County, you must first capture Huguan County.

Lu Bu said while eating:

"Send scouts to investigate all the way south, and try to contact Han Sheng and Zilong using walkie-talkies."

Zhang Xiu was in charge of the scouting. Hearing this, he put down his chopsticks and took out a small black notebook from his arms:

"What happens after we get in touch?"

"Give Huguan County to us. They will go directly north along the Zhang River and capture Lu County and Shexian County, the entrance to the Taihang Mountains...and capture the passes near Shexian County together, retaining the initiative to attack Jizhou."

Zhang Xiu reacted instantly:

"The general wants to catch all the Black Mountain bandits in the Shangdang Basin, right?"

"If you let them out, it will be a disaster for the people. Just keep them here..."

By the time Huguan County was captured, Xun You should have led his troops from Guyuan County back to the west side of the Shangdang Basin, and then followed the Jishui River eastward to join Lu Bu's army in Huguan County or Tunliu County.

Next, we can unite our troops and besiege Changzi County, the headquarters of Shangdang County.

After eating the mutton-boiled meat, Lu Bu went to bed early. Song Xian took out the copper pot and put all the remaining meat together, letting all the soldiers in the camp have a taste.

In fact, the food of the soldiers is not bad, at least compared to other soldiers who have one meal a day or two meals a day, the imperial army now has three meals a day, all of which are solid food.

Just this point is enough for the soldiers to burst into tears of gratitude.

After Cao Xing had eaten and drank enough, he lit up a cigarette and smoked it happily. But after taking two puffs, he said to Zhang Xiu who was holding a tablet computer and studying:

"Let the scouts raise the drone and see if there are any Black Bandits hiding in the surrounding valleys."

Hiding in a mountain col during the day, you may not be able to see it even if a drone flies over.

But it's different at night. At night, the Black Mountain bandits have to light a fire in order to avoid being eaten by wild animals and to keep out the cold.

In the dark night, these fires virtually become beacons that guide drones to their coordinates.

Zhang Xiu also reacted instantly. Soon, the drone unit responsible for the investigation came to the open space outside the city, raised the drone, and began to investigate the surrounding areas.

When Lu Bu heard about this, he also got up specially and rode outside the city to see the results of this night reconnaissance.

"Buzz..."

The drone quickly rose up and flew towards the mountain col to the east.

Not long after flying, I saw several fires below.

The drone gradually descended. Based on the firelight and the activation of the night vision function, it was quickly determined that this was a group of Black Mountain bandits of about a hundred people.

"Are you planning to come back and occupy it after we leave?"

Lu Bu made the drone circle around to confirm that there were no civilians among the Black Mountain thieves, and then asked the drone brigade to carry out targeted elimination.

It's pitch black, and it's hard to tell if there are any traps around. The best way is to send a large drone over to pour some gasoline and burn these idiots to death.

Four fire-fighting drones filled with gasoline quickly took off and came to the sky above the group of Black Mountain thieves. The four drones turned on the water release button at the same time, and the gasoline in the tank immediately tilted down.

"call……"

As soon as it fell on the fire, the gasoline burned quickly, and all the Black Mountain bandits around the fire were turned into torches.

Cao Xing was convinced:

"Damn, I didn't expect gasoline to be so useful. Will there be no city that we can't conquer in the future?"

Lu Bu said:

"That's the theory, but this tactic is only suitable for people who have done the most evil, otherwise it will damage their moral character."

Several people burned a few more strongholds and dug out a fort hidden in the valley.

"General, do you want to burn it or not?"

Song Xian became excited as soon as he saw the people in Wubao.

Lu Bu said:

"Burn the hell, take people to capture it tomorrow morning and see how much food is in it. If there is any less, give it to the people. If there is more, take it away and use it as military rations."

When they were playing targeted drone strikes outside the city, there was a different scene near Hukou Pass.

The fire on the pass wall had been extinguished. Zhao Yun climbed up the pass wall along the newly made ladder and looked around with a night vision telescope, only to find that the entire pass was empty.

He led his soldiers to search around. There was no one on the wall, there was no defense on the stairs, and even the doorway was empty.

Dozens of soldiers moved the boulder behind the door and lifted the door bars away. Everyone worked together to open the closed door, and Huang Zhong rushed in with his people.

Sui Gu asked doubtfully:

"They actually abandoned the barrier and escaped?"

An hour ago, the scouts used drones to observe that the people inside the pass were evacuating. At that time, they thought it was a trick to lure the enemy, so Zhao Yuncai personally led the team to the top of the city.

If there was an ambush, he could at least fight his way out.

But now, everyone realizes that they have been battling with the air for a long time.

"Damn, he ran pretty fast. If I had known better, I would have saved less gasoline. The gate tower would have been completely burned down and had to be rebuilt."

Zhou Yu looked at it with a flashlight, feeling a little regretful that he didn't control the heat the first time.

Dong Zhao is very interested in gasoline:

"Is this our own, or was it a gift from your husband?"

"These are brought from the real world, but Shangjun in the north of Chang'an now has an oil base. If we set fire in the future, we can use the gasoline we produce ourselves."

The soldiers entered Hukou Pass and rescued many people.

When Huang Zhong saw their miserable situation, his hair and beard were all frothy:

"God damn those Black Mountain thieves, if you see them, you will definitely kill them without mercy!"

Sui Gu trembled when he heard these words. Fortunately, he had restrained his subordinates in the past, otherwise he would definitely have been killed by General Han Sheng.

Now everyone knows that Old Man Huang is a super general who can fight Lu Bu for a hundred rounds without deciding the outcome, and Marquis Lu Wen once silenced the eighteen princes at Hulao Pass.

For such an outstanding person, even if twenty-four generals of the Black Mountain bandits were to join him, there is a high probability that the old man would kill him one by one, leaving nothing behind.

Huang Zhong ordered:

"We will rest in the pass overnight. Tomorrow we will repair the damaged city wall, replenish the wood and rolling stones, detach some soldiers and horses to garrison, and then go to Huguan County."

The next day, after breakfast, Dong Zhao and Zhou Yu walked around the pass, looked at the shape of the mouth of the pot, and redrawn a more detailed map.

Sui Gu led people to strengthen the city wall, while Zhao Yun led people to cross Hukou Pass and investigate in the direction of Hukou County.

On the way, when he rode horseback to a hill to observe the terrain, the walkie-talkie hanging on his waist suddenly rang:

"General Zilong, General Hansheng, please answer when you hear it!"

Zhao Yun picked up the walkie-talkie and replied:

"I'm Zhao Zilong, please speak!"

"The Hussar General ordered the two generals to lead their troops to bypass Huguan County and attack northeast. They must capture Lu County, Shexian County and the surrounding passes!"

When Zhao Yun heard this, he quickly took out the map and looked at it, and understood Lu Bu's strategic intention:

"Is Marquis Wen planning to seal off all the Black Mountain bandits in the basin?"

"Yes, General Hussar also ordered the two generals to kill the Black Mountain bandits without mercy!"

"okay, I get it."

After ending the call, Zhao Yun scouted forward for another twenty miles until he reached the vicinity of Huguan County. Then he turned his horse's head and told Huang Zhong the order from Lu Bu.

On the city wall, Huang Zhong pointed to the mountain col due east and said:

"The front is Baixing, and across it is the vicinity of Ji County, Gongxian County. If we go all the way to the northeast, it is Fukou Pass. After taking it, our army will have an absolute advantage over Jizhou."

He liked the strategy designed by Lu Bu very much. He occupied Fukou Pass and nearby Shexian County. Yuan Shao would either move his headquarters to another place, or deploy a large army opposite to confront the imperial army.

No matter which one he chooses, Yuan Shao will feel uncomfortable.

Dong Zhao looked at the map on his tablet and pointed to the route to Jingxing:

"This road should also be occupied. Wait until next year to attack Jizhou and attack from all fronts, leaving Yuan Shao with no way to defend himself."

Zhou Yu took a look and said:

"That road was determined to be occupied a long time ago. Mr. Wenhe made a lot of plans, and occupying Taihang Baxing is only a small part of it."

The form in Hebei has basically been determined, and Jia Xu has even made layouts and plans for Jingzhou, Jizhou, Yangzhou, Xuzhou and other places.

Huang Zhong took the map and studied it for a while, and planned to lead Dong Zhao, Sui Gu, and Zhou Yu with his army to attack Lu County first, while Zhao Yun stayed behind to repair the damaged Hukou Pass.

This arrangement is good, and Zhao Yun happily accepts the order.

Early in the morning in the real world, Li Yu finished doing squats, went back upstairs, changed clothes, and started eating breakfast.

Li Shimin obediently gave Li Yusheng a bowl of spicy soup:

"Sir, there is a performance at the racecourse today. How about I follow the big guy and watch it?"

"Okay, you can go if you want."

When Li Shimin heard this, he immediately said to Yuwen Chengdu:

"You will take me there on your bike later, giving you a chance to drive for the emperor."

Li Yu stopped as soon as he heard this:

"Stop riding. I'll send you two there later."

Yuwen Chengdu does not have an ID card, so riding to Longqishan to work is risky enough. If he brings a child without an ID card in the car, it will definitely be a major case if he is caught by the traffic police.

Li Yu thought it was better not to take risks. He took the two of them over while buying groceries and picked them up in the afternoon. This would at least avoid accidents on the road.

Li Shimin agreed and continued to eat breakfast.

After the meal, Li Yu sent the two of them to Longqishan Scenic Area and bought the dishes for today. Then he sat in the study room of the B&B and studied the map of Shangdang County in the Eastern Han Dynasty carefully.

At the same time, Xiangyuan County, Shangdang County.

Song Xian and Cao Xing teamed up to capture Wubao and captured more than 2,000 Black Mountain bandits last night. In addition, they also had 20,000 grains, a roomful of copper coins, and a warehouse of soldiers, armor, and weapons.

Such a harvest made the two of them overjoyed and ordered the reconnaissance troops to continue their attack to see if there were any more forts in the mountains.

The soldiers evacuated the Wubao and then completely demolished the place.

Then the group of people rode horses to see several strongholds burned last night and collected the corpses to avoid causing any diseases.

After staying in Xiangyuan County for two days, some order was finally restored in the city.

Lu Bu left two thousand men behind and led the army to leave Xiangyuan County and march all the way to Huguan County due south.

On the way, they cleared several more forts. Every night, Song Xian, Cao Xing and Zhang Xiu led the drone troops and flew into the mountains to find the Black Mountain bandit's stronghold.

When they arrived at the tributary of the Zhuozhang River, they crossed the river and were about to rest on the spot when the scout came to report that they had found tens of thousands of Black Mountain bandits ten miles away, rushing towards the army.

When Lu Bu heard this, he ordered the entire army to line up and prepare for battle.

On the other side, Yu Du led his minions to run all the way. When they were hungry, they went to nearby villages to rob food and some money as gifts.

After so many twists and turns, they finally met Lu Bu's troops.

He straightened his clothes and said to his men:

"All of you are energetic. Let Wenhou see the style of our Black Mountain Army. Whether you can hold the thigh of the court and become an official depends on your performance!"

When the court army was in sight, this guy waved his hands and waved.

Zhang Xiu, who led the cavalry, looked at the scene with a telescope and asked curiously:

"What are they doing? Surrender?"

Cao Xing was afraid that the military merit he had obtained would be lost, so he quickly retorted:

"What surrender? This is clearly raising their hands to protest to my Han Heavenly Army! General, give the order!"

Lv Bu had no good feelings towards the Black Mountain Bandits, and issued a combat order to Zhang Xiu:

"Cavalry formation attack! Must be wiped out!"

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Today's update is only one, brothers. The place where I had surgery on my foot is still a little swollen. I went into the city today to check it out. Fortunately, there is no inflammation. It's because my blood sugar is not well controlled and recovery is relatively slow. I will resume two updates tomorrow!