Three Kingdoms Star System

Chapter 281
At this time, Zhang Meng had long since lost his previous momentum. In the face of death, he threw all his dignity out of the sky. His only goal now is to survive.

So after seeing Liu He, Zhang Meng immediately kowtowed and cried bitterly: "General, you are just a villain who was confused for a moment and fell into the trap of this old thief Han Sui. General, please ignore the past and forgive me." This time, the villain, the villain must change his mind, start a new life, and swear allegiance to the general!"

But Liu He sneered: "Zhang Meng, you can hide this trick from others, but you can't hide it from me. This is the end of your pretentious performance. I know that you used to be tyrannical and innocent, and the common people I have lived a hard life under your command, although I lack people under my command, I do not lack people like you who have neither ability nor quality, come here, drag me down, beheaded to show the public!"

"Ah? General, please forgive me, the villain is wronged, the villain is wronged..." Zhang Meng howled loudly and said: "All of this was instigated by the horse, it has nothing to do with the villain, the villain is too What kind of evil deeds have you been forced to do? The villain is actually a victim too..."

Since Liu He dealt with Zhang Meng near the city gate, there were some courageous people who wanted to escape in disorder. When they heard Zhang Meng's shout, an old man came to him and said angrily, "I was forced to do nothing. Zhang Meng, do you have the face to say such a thing? A few days ago, you snatched my niece and humiliated her to death. Was this instigated by Mawan? Was it also forced? You and that Mawan ran amok in the countryside , Robbing the women of the people today, raising taxes tomorrow, is it true that the people in the whole city are blind?"

Then I saw the surrounding people shouting excitedly: "Zhang Meng has been arrested, everyone, hurry up and watch the general judge Zhang Meng."

After a while, dozens of people gathered at the city gate, and then more and more people gathered. More than a thousand people gathered at the small city gate, and behind these people, there was a long queue. The people climbed to the room. On the top, in the tree, I craned my neck to watch the scene of Liu He's trial of Zhang Meng.

There were countless people kneeling on the ground, crying loudly that the sky has eyes, and the evildoers finally got their evil retribution. There were also countless people who were worried that Liu He would let Zhang Meng go, loudly accusing him of all his evil deeds, and praying Liu He should not let such a wicked person go and put him to death to express the anger of the people.

Seeing this scene, Liu He stood up and shouted to Zhang Meng: "Have you seen it now? This is your so-called grievance? If you are wronged, how wronged should the people in the city be? Isn't it time for the snow in June? A villain like you, living in this world is a sin. If I keep you, how can I be worthy of Tianxin and the people? Order it down, drag it down, and impose the punishment of abandoning the city, Execution at [-]:[-] noon!"

Then Zhang Meng was dragged to the center of the market, and his head was beheaded with a knife under the watchful eyes of the crowd. All the crowd rushed forward and scrambled for Zhang Meng's body. He tried to bite, but in an instant, a corpse was bitten and scrambled to pieces.

After Zhang Meng was executed, Liu He could announce the appointment of Jia Cai, Jia Xu's brother, as the prefect of Wuwei. The reason is that he has not been reused, and he is at home. Now Liu He appointed him as the prefect of Wuwei, and the people immediately cheered.

And after Jia Cai took office, he did not disappoint Liu He's expectations. He implemented a series of policies of light corvee and low tax, and emphasized agricultural production, which brought the originally dilapidated Wuwei back to life.

Of course, the current Wuwei is not the original complete Wuwei County, but the eleven counties west of the river. As for the easternmost Zuli County, it is the station of the coalition forces under Han Sui's command.

The news of Liu He's capture of Wuwei spread like wildfire. The governors of Zhangye, Jiuquan and Dunhuang counties in the west heard the news and thought they had few soldiers and could not fight against them. They also knew that Liu He was a lenient man, so they went to Wuwei in person. , Please surrender to Liu He.

Liu He treated all those who came to surrender with kindness, and let the prefects of the three counties continue to hold their original official positions. The military envoys of the four counties of Zhangye, Jiuquan, and Dunhuang took Deng Zhi as the long history and Fang Yue as the Sima.

In addition, in order to provide the newly established Hexi Protectorate with sufficient military strength, Liu He separated [-] elite troops from the army and gave them to Pei Qian to rule.

It's not that Liu He didn't want to hand over more troops to Pei Qian, the main reason was that Hexi was so barren that it couldn't support so many soldiers, even if it was farming.The strength of Hexi needs to be developed slowly. Fortunately, after Han Sui's defeat, the four counties of Hexi now do not have too strong enemies, and these five thousand soldiers are enough to deal with the situation.

"My lord, in fact, in the early stage of expansion, we can't benefit from this, but instead need to spend a lot of manpower and material resources. In the world, maybe only the lord will do this?"

In Liu He's tent, Lu Su smiled all over his face and said this to Liu He, but his heart was full of respect. From his businessman's eyes, it can be seen that although Liu He's doing so seems to be a short-term disadvantage, but Once the Silk Road is rebuilt, it will be the eternal foundation for the prosperity of the great Han Dynasty. In this sense, Liu He's plan for the four counties in Hexi is much more important than capturing Han Sui's hometown of Jincheng.

Guo Jia and Xun You also nodded. As one of the most intelligent people in the world, they naturally knew the profound intention of Liu He's doing this. They believed that this was just like Shang Yang's reform back then, laying the strongest foundation for dominating the world!

At this time, Han Sui was furious after hearing the news that Liu He had occupied the four counties in Hexi, and cursed: "Damn Liu He, damn it, I didn't expect him to sneak attack on my Wuwei, and He also won the other three counties in Hexi in one fell swoop!"

At this time, Cheng Gongying stepped forward and said slowly: "My lord, don't be angry yet. In fact, Liu He abandoned us and rushed thousands of miles to attack the four counties in Hexi Province, which is really a taboo for military strategists. Instead, we can take the opportunity to attack Anding, and then Then take advantage of the fact that Liu He's main army has not yet returned to attack Chang'an directly. By then Liu He has lost Chang'an, his fundamental important place, and what's the use of winning the four counties in Hexi?"

When Han Sui heard this, his anger turned into joy, and he said with a smile: "Gongying, you are right, haha, Liu and this little thief were greedy for small profits, but in the end they shot their own feet with stones, and they deserved it." Send me an order, the army will set off tomorrow, and go all out to attack Anding, I will capture the traitor Yang Qiu alive, and divide him into five horses to vent my hatred!"

(End of this chapter)