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The highest-ranking official in Wei State was undoubtedly the governor of the state, who was nominally half a level lower than the nine ministers, but in fact his power was even more powerful. Not only did he have the responsibility of supervision, but he could also interfere with the civil affairs and economy of a state. It is no wonder that some people say that the governor "is called Fang Mu, but is actually a prince", and he must be careful in employing people.

However, in the appointment of the governor of Qingzhou, the fifth reunion changed the precedent and no longer chose from the direct descendants or old ministers, but chose a surrendered general!

This appointment was beyond everyone's expectations, including Li Zhong himself. When he received the imperial edict, he was in Xindu's old age and waiting for death. When he heard the news, he was happy and worried. He immediately refused respectfully: "I am a surrendered minister of the Northern Han Dynasty. He was the prime minister of the fake emperor Liu Ziyu. It was not an uprising, but a surrender. After the battle in Hebei, it was a blessing that Your Majesty pardoned his ministers and refused to kill him. If you wish to use your ministers and release him as a prefect of the far county, you will be enough. The position of governor is really unaffordable!"

But Li Zhong's refusal did not work. The reason was obvious. The fifth reunion needed a person familiar with Qingzhou to follow Xiao Geng's Bingfeng to take charge. Li Zhong had no problem with his ability. He was also a big surname in Donglai County, Qingzhou. He was a good candidate to check and balance General Xiao Geng and restrain Youzhou's thrust cavalry to avoid causing harm to the heavy disaster. Furthermore, the fifth reunion was to use these surrendered generals who had no support and had surrendered to those gradually formed factions as lonely officials.

Li Zhong refused unsolicitedly. After all, it was a time of great struggle. Who would have wanted his hair to fade out before it was white and his achievements were completed? Hesitantly or set out on the road.

He set out to Luoyang to visit the emperor and received the seal. The fifth reunification reminded Li Zhong in this way: "The richest place in the Three Qis is Linzi. It is not only the sea, but also the city in the Daisian city, but also the largest city in the world! He is good at fish and salt, and is known as rich in resources and wealth. In the future, he is needed to guide the Huaibei of Xuzhou and Huaibei. In addition, Qi is the hometown of Wu, and the ancestral tombs are located. I don't want to destroy too much. As the governor, I will give Shangfang a sword to kill the horse. If I encounter a military corps and do not obey General Geng's orders, I can kill him immediately!"

The emperor said this. Since Li Zhong went to war with the army, he has worked with Fu Long to persuade Geng Yan at all times, while staring at the Youzhou soldiers in case they do the same thing in Hebei...

But Li Zhong never expected that Geng Yan would abandon him and the main infantry and attack Linzi by 5,000 cavalry!

Li Zhong was initially worried that Geng Yan's adventure would fail, which would have been a waste of all his efforts in the Qingzhou Battle. When he heard that the Wei army won the Battle of Linzi, he was worried that the Youzhou soldiers had now become wild horses that had been broken into reins and entered a wealthy big city without supervision.

As Linzi was defeated, the news of Zhang Bu's escape reached Jinan. Dongpingling, Changguo and other cities that blocked Li Zhong and the main force of the Wei army suddenly lost their fighting spirit and opened the city to surrender, and Li Zhong was able to pass without bloodshed.

Just when he arrived around Linzi, Li Zhong thought it was not good.

As a big city with hundreds of thousands of people, Linzi is as prosperous and dense as the suburbs. Most of the fields of Qi State in the Warring States Period, Chu and Han Dynasties were moved to pass by Liu Bang, which led to the fifth family. However, a group of old nobles had just left, and more new nobles were added.

After the establishment of the State of Qi of Liu, he was the eldest son of Emperor Gao and the first prince. He was also very capable of giving birth. After several generations, a large number of dignitaries and nobles were reproduced. They thought Linzi was too crowded and noisy, so they liked to build a large manor in the ponds and rivers in the suburbs, living a comfortable life, forming the rich class of Qi County, taking into account both rural and commercial commerce.

Qingzhou was high and the emperor was far away, and the salt and iron franchise was not thorough. Therefore, the powerful and powerful men had to take charge of the benefits of mountains and seas, pick iron and stone drums, and cook salt. The giant merchants and wealthy people were good at goods from mountains and seas, so they became rich and profitable, and even when Wang Mang was in power, they had no choice but to do anything to them.

A few years ago, the Red Eyebrow Army ran rampant in the east, but did not pose much threat to Linzi. They only scared the group of nobles to build forts and watchdogs, be careful and beggars, and cited Zhang Bu as a protective umbrella. Later, because of fear of the Fifth Reunion, they liquidated Zhu Liu like in Hebei, Zhu Hao strongly supported Zhang Bu, and the powerful armed forces they provided formed the main force of the Qi army.

But now, forts outside Linzi are lit up. When Li Zhong passed by, he saw some manors being destroyed. Youzhou rushes to escort a group of dejected men and women leaving, while their slaves stood at a loss in the manor, watching their master being taken away.

There were even Youzhou soldiers, led the newly surrendered Qi soldiers to attack the dock manor that was stubbornly resisting. After breaking through, they rushed in and raped and plundered, and no one dared to take care of them.

Li Zhong dared, but he stopped the atrocities of the Youzhou soldiers, tied up the leaders, and asked them why they plundered the people?

"Is this a civil?" The Knights of Shanggu, Youzhou, were covered with stolen silk and satin, and spoke in a difficult dialect. They spoke in a very furious tone: "General Geng has a military order. Anyone who does not take the initiative to welcome our army will be regarded as a remnant party of Zhang Bu and can be taken at will. If they open the door, we will collect a batch of food and fodder. If they don't open it, they can only forcefully capture it! Otherwise, they will be considered as a remnant party!"

When he learned that Li Zhong was the governor, he was not afraid and raised his chin and said, "We only listen to the orders of His Majesty the Emperor of Wei and the General of the Cavalry. The governor of Qingzhou? What is that!?"

Li Zhong was furious, but he still endured it and did not use Shangfang's war horse sword to kill these people, because he thought about it carefully that the authority given by the fifth reunion was quite vague, and all he could kill was the robbers who did not obey Xiao Geng's orders. However, these people acted under the order of chariots and cavalry, under the name of killing Zhang Bucan's party, and took things into collecting spoils. The two were of great difference in nature. Li Zhong was unwilling to break up with Geng Yan before he arrived in Linzi.

"I just don't know what the situation in Linzi is?" Li Zhong became even more anxious. Capital Zhouquan was his bottom line.

When he saw the huge city wall from afar, Li Zhong's heart skipped a beat. The smoke lingered around Linzi City, as if water was everywhere in the inner and outer walls. Could it be that even Geng Yan could not restrain the Youzhou soldiers, and they killed and set fire in the city?

After walking for a long time, he rarely encountered refugees who escaped, which made Li Zhong start to doubt that Geng Yan was afraid that he would not have closed the city walls, so he issued an order to massacre the city!

It was not until he got close to the place where the fire and smoke that he breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that the temporary recruits were burning the dead bodies of the war, covering their mouths and noses. They said that the Wei army did not kill heavily, but also had to eat and eat. It seemed that Geng Cheqi was following some rules.

When he arrived at the Yongmen of Linzi, he did not see Geng Yan picking him up. Instead, Fu Long was there and bowed respectfully to Li Zhong: "Governor Li can be considered to be in Linzi!"

It turned out that Gai Yan took Yuyang cavalry to chase Zhang Budong that day, and the killings were very serious along the way. Since then, zombies have been associated with each other for eighty or ninety miles east, but they still haven't chased Zhang Bu who is dressed up as a civilian and fleeing.

After that, Gai Yan continued to lead troops to attack Zichuan County in the east, and pursued Zhang Bu, while Geng Yan swept the surrounding counties and towns by himself, and threw Linzi City to Fulong and Dongguo Chang'an to take charge.

After hearing Li Zhong talk about his worries, Fu Long laughed: "Governor, please rest assured. General Geng knows the overall situation and the degree. Because he knows that the military discipline of the Tuqi cavalry in Youzhou is poor, he has not even allowed the people to advance in Linzi. He only let the knights of Jizhou take over. He is mostly from poor families and can listen to the truth, so he will not be as greedy as the soldiers of Youzhou, and it is difficult to control it."

For this reason, Geng Yan was often complained by the Shanggu soldiers in Youzhou, saying that he had forgiven the great hatred of "sending cold arrows" on the battlefield of Jizhou soldiers. I really don't know who is General Geng's direct descendant!

In order to appease the troops, Geng Yan indulged them to vent their vent outside the city...

Li Zhong was so anxious that he stamped his feet. This move would lead to the powerful men of other counties in Qingzhou standing firmly on Zhang Bu's side and resisting stubbornly: "Doctor Fu is a wise man, why don't you dissuade General Geng?"

Fu Long could not persuade Xinsheng's arrogant generals! What's more, Geng Yan didn't let others rob him.

He explained: "After entering Linzi, General Geng made three rules with the locals and made a large number of colorful door signs. As long as the Hao family and the Lilu were actively surrendered, they would be distributed and hung up. Those who dared to offend the Wei soldiers would immediately kill them. As long as there was a weak resistance, they would be wiped out with thunder!"

Now Li Zhong had no reason to pursue the matter. As for how Geng Yan's order was executed, how many manors and the inner lanes suffered a vacancies, and how many civilians were affected by the deaths in vain, there was no way to count them.

Li Zhong could only temporarily be satisfied that Linzi was intact, and at least he could give an explanation to the fifth relationship.

"The Qi area has been known for its wealth in the world for its salt and iron. Linzi City is now nearly 300,000. Except for half of them who work in farming, the rest are mostly craftsmen, weaver girls, skilled craftsmen are enough to make leather armor equipment, and the weaving workshop name is a crown, belt and clothes to walk around the world, which is also enough to meet the needs of soldiers."

In addition, this dense population is a ready-made civilian. After seizing Linzi, the Wei army had a stable base in the east, which could solve the food and clothing of the three armies and continue to attack the east...

"Yes." Fu Long nodded and made a prediction for the future: "Zhang Bu still has a direct lineage in the east, and he could not defend Zichuan County. He might flee to Beihai, imitate the Tian brothers of the Chu and Han Dynasty, use Weishui as a screen, and wait for the rescue of Liu Xiu of the Eastern Han Dynasty."

The situation is so similar to two hundred years ago, except that the Wei State was established by the descendants of the Tian Heng brothers in the west, while Liu Xiu occupied Xiang Yu's position, and only the local regime in Qi continued to be beaten and remained unchanged.

The two were discussing to restore the livelihood of Qi in a small city in Linzi, but outside the news said that the General of the Cheqi was back!

Li Zhong and Fu Long came out, but saw Geng Yan, who had just stabbed an arrow on his thigh, still riding in and out, as if nothing had happened.

After Li Zhong met this "partner", he still mentioned what he saw when he came. He was afraid that he could not suppress Geng Yan, so he brought out his fifth relationship: "Your Majesty repeatedly reminded him that Qi would return to the complete world and the people would be safe. Although the general's move was not serious, it might still scare the rich families of all counties. He would rather join the Han than return to Wei!"

Geng Yan had just fought a beautiful battle and was very angry and didn't take it seriously.

Li Zhong was admonishing the advice of the fifth reunion in the "secret edict" in his heart:

"Youzhou cavalry worked hard and made great contributions. If they defeat Linzi, they would need to protect the Dayi, civilians and craftsmen, but the surrounding tyrants mostly depended on Zhang Bu and looked at Liu Xiu. Keeping them would easily cause trouble. It would be better to eliminate most of them! Let Youzhou rush to attack and destroy them."

Geng Yan was also a powerful man, but he had no empathy for his fellow Qingzhou people and deeply agreed with the secret decree of the fifth reunion: Yes, how can he let the horse run away? He also told the horse not to know the grass? War is not a one-time transaction, but a conquest that lasts several years or even ten years. The soldiers received silk and silk as rewards for hard battles. Only in the future can they do their best in the war, otherwise whoever is willing to work hard? The government can get the land of the manor that cannot be moved afterwards. The benefits of salt and iron that they have specialized in the past two hundred years can also be returned to the public. This is a great joy!

He would not disclose the content of the secret edict to others, especially Li Zhong, who was foolish in carrying out the "major plan" of the fifth reunion, just nodded in agreement, disagreed in his heart, and did his own thing in the future.

Finally, Geng Yan told Li Zhong again that Fu Long had good news:

"Zhang Bu cannot repeat the matter between Chu and Han, and rely on the Wei River as a barrier to resist our army."

"General Gaiyan has attacked Beihai County. When he heard that Zhang Bu was defeated, the two counties of Beihai and Gaomi were surrendered and wished to be righteous and upright!"

It was really a wall that everyone pushed them. These two counties were located at the junction between the Qingzhou main body and the Jiaodong Peninsula. After losing them, Zhang Bu would not have any depth even if he resisted.

"Where is that Zhang Bu?"

"Escape south and fled to his old nest Langya County."

Li Zhong volunteered to give full play to his local advantages: "Donglai is my hometown, so you can go to the letter to persuade the prefect and the local elders to revolt."

Fu Long looked at the map and stroked his beard: "If Donglai is willing to surrender, Zhang Bu will only have three counties left."

"Jiaodong, Langya, Chengyang."

They are all over the mountains, with hills growing in Jiaodong, and Yimeng Mountains in Langya and Chengyang, which are the most difficult places to attack in Qi.

Li Zhongdao: "In the past, Le Yi attacked Qi, and in five years he went to Qi for more than 70 cities, but Ju, Jimo did not accept it."

Fulong responded: "Ju is in Chengyang, Langya, and Jimo is today's Jiaodong County! Zhang Bu can obtain at least 15,000 people, but it is not enough to counterattack, and it is still acceptable to rely on hills to defend."

Both hope that the army can slow down, first consolidate Linzi and other places, completely control those newly surrendered counties, and then slowly attack Zhangbu. There is no need to rush to cross mountains and ridges, giving the enemy a chance.

But Geng Yan is worthy of being regarded as fierce as a tiger and as cruel as a sheep by the fifth reunion. He still acts like a desperate chasing and fighting fiercely, saying: "Today is different from the past. Although I and Gai Yan are mostly soldiers under my command."

"But this time, I will fight faster and go further than Le Yi!"

His hand grabbed the map: "It's June now, and there are 72 cities in Qi, and there are many of them. Before the winter begins, they will be seized as a gift to His Majesty!"

Qingzhou can no longer satisfy Geng Yan's appetite for being "greedy like a wolf", this is just an appetizer.

His eyes were fixed on the south of Langya.
Chapter completed!