Nearly a hundred heads fell to the ground, and the onlookers cheered loudly. Over the years, they have been bullied by these corrupt officials and bullies. No one used to make decisions for them, and they dared not speak out, nor could they resist. Now, there are finally people who make decisions for them. Prefect Liu Yu is a good official.

Liu Yu continued: "From now on, under my rule, I, Liu Yu, will not allow any corrupt officials and people who violate the rule of law to exist. There must be laws to follow, laws must be followed, and violations must be investigated. Start with this prefect. Even if this prefect violates the law, it will be punished!"

After the words came, the people immediately discussed it. Some believers but few people, and more of them did not believe it.

Liu Yu knew that if the people wanted to believe it completely, some efforts would be needed in the future.

In the following days, the cavalry of Shangyong Army galloped across the five counties and Shangyong County, dealing with the aftermath of killing corrupt officials and bullies.

On the sixth day, Zhao Yun and Guan Yu returned to Shangyong one after another.

"Brother, most of Shangyong's money, grain and property are probably concentrated in these corrupt officials and bullies. The huge income from the house search this time will definitely surprise you, brother." Guan Yu said with a smile.

"Don't be careless, report it." Liu Yu waved his hand with a smile.

"Yes, brother." Zhao Yun opened the bamboo slips in his hand and reported: "There were 200,000 stags of copper coins, 1,900 kilograms of silverware, 95,000 tans of goldware... 95,000 tans of grain, 400 horses, and 110 calves..." Zhao Yunhui reported.

After listening to Zhao Yun's report, Liu Yu laughed and said, "Okay, the land of the cow and the fields are distributed to ordinary people, and the remaining wealth is enough for us to raise an army of 20,000 for three years, and buy more horses to build more weapons and armor."

Dong Zhuo of Luoyang acted against the enemy. More than a year later, the princes would jointly fight against Dong. Then, the princes would attack each other and compete with each other. Liu Yu had to strengthen his strength as much as possible before this.

If corrupt officials are killed, new officials will naturally be appointed.

It is naturally impossible for Shangyong and the five subordinate counties to be corrupt officials. Liu Yu only killed a group of people who were extremely guilty, and he did not move about 30% of the officials who were innocent or had less guilty. He believed that with the shock of the past, even if these officials were promoted under his appointment, they would definitely do their work honestly and dare not be as corrupt as their "predecessors".

The appointed Xin County Magistrate Liu Yu followed the order, and after another purge, Shangyong County was finally completely controlled by Liu Yu.

After completely controlling Shangyong County, Liu Yu began to use various resources of Shangyong County to develop his own power.

First, Liu Yu gathered all the blacksmiths in Shangyong County to create weapons and armor, and in addition, he recruited soldiers in the proportion of adult males and three males and one male.

Shangyong County has a small population. When the county was recruited and killed the bullies and powerful county officials, the captive village warriors, slaves, etc. were captured. After the competition, Liu Yu only had 20,000 soldiers. In other words, if it were not for the 10,000 soldiers that Liu Yu brought when he took office, Liu Yu had only 10,000 soldiers in Shangyong County.

After all, it is just a barren county.

However, at least there were 20,000 troops, and 10,000 of them were elite soldiers who had experienced many battles when encircling and suppressing the Yellow Turbans. In Jingzhou, except for Jingzhou Liu Biao, Nanyang Prefect Yuan Shu, and Changsha Prefect Sun Jian, the most soldiers were from him.

Liu Yu is currently the fourth most powerful force in Jingzhou.

In addition to stepping up training, Liu Yu also built water conservancy projects on a large scale and reclaimed military fields within Shangyong County. He hoped to store more food and grass before the princes attacked Dong.

As spring comes and autumn comes, Liu Yu personally led the soldiers of Shangyong Army to harvest the ten thousand acres of military camps that were cultivated and planted in spring.

Because of the good weather, the 10,000 mu of military camps have a lot of food.

Guan Yu said happily: "Brother, the income from the army, plus the income collected from the people, is enough for our 20,000 troops to eat more than a year. Within three years, our army will not be short of food."

Liu Yu shook his head and said, "Yun Chang's words are right. Our army has 20,000 yuan. It is true that there will be no shortage of food for three years, but that is, without going to fight or expanding the army, if it goes to fight, it would be great if it can last for two years."

"Brother, are you going to fight?" Zhao Yun stood up with his eyes lit up when he heard Liu Yu's words and asked.

Guan Yu also looked at Liu Yu with some excitement.

In the past year after coming to Shangyong, except for capturing corrupt officials and bullies and powerful people half a year ago, they have only a few chores every day, and Guan Yu and Zhao Yun are both so tired of being suffocated.

"It's almost there. At most, there will be a war in another half a year, and it will be a big war! The two brothers will take advantage of the last half year to step up their training and make sure to train all 20,000 troops into elite soldiers!" Liu Yu said with a smile.

"As for orders, brother!" Zhao Yun and Guan Yu looked at each other and could see the expectations in each other's eyes.

As Liu Yu expected, Luoyang.

Cao Cao obtained the Seven-Star Sword from Situ Wang Yun and assassinated Dong Dashi that day.

It is said that Cao Cao's wisdom is really not a big deal. At that time, he and Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and the three of them led troops to attack the palace and kill the ten eunuchs after General He Jin's death. Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu both escaped from Luoyang early because of fear of Dong Zhuo, only Cao Cao stayed. Cao Cao also gained Dong Zhuo's trust after more than half a year.

Dong Zhuo took a nap and allowed Cao Cao to stay in the bedroom. This is a treatment that only a confidant can get, which shows how tolerated Cao Cao can be.

Dong Zhuo snored when he slept, and Cao Cao's originally soft eyes instantly became cold.

Cao Cao took out the Seven-Star Sword and slowly pulled it out, making no sound as much as possible. The blade's body was cold and shining, as if it was cut iron like mud. It is worthy of being a rare treasure knife in the world. Not to mention that Dong Zhuo was wearing only regular clothes, even if he was wearing armor, he could never stop the Seven-Star Sword.

Cao Cao raised his knife and stabbed Dong Zhuo in the sleeping state without any hesitation.

At this moment, Lu Bu returned from outside and had not yet entered the house, the sound came first.

"Entertainment father, the child is back."

Dong Zhuo woke up instantly.

Cao Cao failed to assassinate Dong and tried to offer the seven-star sword to escape, but Dong Zhuo reacted afterwards and suspected that Cao Cao's offer was fake and assassination was real. He was furious and ordered Lu Bu to capture Cao Cao back for interrogation.

When Lu Bu led his men to Cao Cao's residence, he learned that Cao Cao had not come back at all, and thought that Cao Cao might have left the Prime Minister's Mansion, he fled directly. He immediately ordered the blockade of Luoyang city gates.

Unfortunately, Cao Cao escaped too promptly, and Lu Bu's order was a little late, which eventually made Cao Cao escape from Luoyang.

Dong Zhuo angrily issued wanted documents, and Cao Cao was wanted all over the world.

After Cao Cao escaped from Luoyang, he fled to Chenliu without stopping, but when he arrived at Zhongmu County, he was recognized and arrested in the county government. Fortunately, Zhongmu County Magistrate Chen Gong admired Cao Cao and assassinated Dong and released Cao Cao. After doing such a thing, Chen Gong could not continue to be Zhongmu County Magistrate, so he fled to Chenliu with Cao Cao.

The two fled halfway and were hungry and tired. Cao Cao happened to think that his father had a good friend, Old Man Boshe, lived nearby, so he went to the door to stay with Chen Gong.

Old Man Boshe called Cao Cao the "nephew" and warmly treated him. While Cao Cao and Chen Gong were resting in the house, they ordered people to kill pigs to treat him. Cao Cao and Chen Gong had a short glance, but suddenly heard the sound of sharpening the knife.

After Cao Cao was arrested in Zhongmu County, he was already a frightened bird. He looked for old man Boshe and knew that old man Boshe was not in the village at this time, Cao Cao immediately believed that old man Boshe must have gone to report to the official to arrest him.

Cao Cao was a ruthless man. After he decided to do something bad, he decided to take action first. He immediately killed all the old man Boshe's family. Later, he found a fat pig tied up and a large pot of hot water in the kitchen. Then he realized that he had killed the wrong person, but he regretted it too late.

Cao Cao had no choice but to leave with Chen Gong first. As soon as they left the village, they met the old man Boshe who returned from buying wine.

"Grandpa and envoy, where are you going? I ordered people to kill pigs and bought wine to entertain my nephew and envoy tonight. Where can I stay in the village for a night?" Old Man Boshe didn't know that his whole family had been killed by Cao Cao, and still warmly greeted Cao Cao and Chen Gong.

Chen Gong felt guilty and could hardly help telling the truth to the old man.

At this moment, in order to eliminate future troubles, Cao Cao drew his sword and killed the old man Boshe with one sword.

Chen Gong was shocked when he saw this sudden scene, pointed at Cao Cao and asked: "It can be said that he was a wrong kill, why did he do this!"

Although Cao Cao felt guilty, he did not regret it. He said, "Bo She went home and found that his whole family was killed by me. How could he give up? He would definitely report to the officials to pursue you and I will suffer the disaster!"

How could Chen Gong hear Cao Cao's explanation? He felt guilty when Cao Cao killed Boshe's family by mistake. Now that Cao Cao even killed Boshe, he couldn't help but suffer.

You can also say that you are wrong killing, but you know that you are wrong, but you are wrong again and again.

"Cao Cao, you're too much!" Chen Gong pointed at Cao Cao and said angrily.

Cao Cao was speechless. Many people could not accept such a thing, and Chen Gong could not accept it. He didn’t blame Chen Gong, but Cao Cao did not regret it!

After a moment of silence, looking up at the night, Cao Cao resolutely said, "I would rather teach me to let the people of the world down than to let the people of the world down!"

Chen Gong was almost destroyed by Cao Cao's words. How cruel and selfish people could say such words. It was useless to accuse someone like Cao Cao of being useless and did not plan for each other. Chen Gong knew that he could not work with someone like Cao Cao, and eventually abandoned Cao Cao.

Cao Cao returned to Chenliu alone, then dispersed all his family's wealth, recruited troops, and issued a proclamation to various prefectures and counties, hoping to unite various forces to attack Dong Zhuo.
Chapter completed!