Among the young masters, Pang Tong was the first to follow King Wu. He didn't spend a long time with King Wu, but his foundation was established by King Wu, and his style of conduct was very similar to King Wu, especially the early King Wu.

The King of Wu had killed people and destroyed the family, but he was in Xiangyang when he was in Xiangyang. Later, the gentleman left the kitchen. The death of the aristocratic families in Yuzhou and Yanzhou had no direct relationship with him. He had never killed anyone himself. Xu Shao had clashed with him many times and was so angry that he vomited blood. When he left Pingyu, he was the one who went to see him off.

Is Pang Tong exonerated the matter of King Wu in Xiangyang for Gan Ning because of his own opinion or was he instructed by the King of Wu? Shen You are not very clear. But he knew one thing, the Jiangdong family was not greedy and constantly tested the bottom line of the King of Wu. The King of Wu had recently shown signs of taking action against the Jiangdong family. On the one hand, Zhu Huan was valued, and on the other hand, Yangzhou Governor Gao Rou is stepping up supervision, using both soft and hard, and using both kindness and power. It is not impossible for Pang Tong and Gan Ning to restrain the Jiangdong people.

The Shen family is a large family in Wujun. Shen You himself did not occupy the land, which does not mean that the Shen family did not have similar evil deeds.

What if this was the King of Wu’s test of me?

Shen You thought for a while and decided to remain silent. The massacre of the city was an evil deed and could not be tolerated. He wrote to the King of Wu alone to impeach Gan Ning. Of course, Pang Tong had one thing right. Before writing the book, he must first verify whether the massacre of the city was true, whether it was the order from Gan Ning or the subordinates who did it themselves. There is a big difference here. He and Gan Ning were the nine governors. If there was no evidence, they would impeach him, which would make people think that he had slandered his colleagues. In addition, his different backgrounds from Gan Ning were easily extended to Jiangdong to suppress foreign generals and discriminate against poor families. Although the Shen family was only a local family in Jiangdong, and his martial style was very strong, and he could not be regarded as a real family of Confucianism and half a martial arts school, but in the eyes of those who are interested, the nature was completely different.

Shen You discussed with Pang Tong, first wrote a letter to Gan Ning to inquire about the situation. It was related to the gains and losses of Qingzhou. He also notified Xu Kun and Zhu Ran, asking them to discuss together and face the possible changes in Qingzhou.

When Xu Kun received a notice from Shen You, he was furious and immediately sent a letter to question Gan Ning: Is the massacre of the city true? Who gave the order? If it was your order, please apologize to the King of Wu immediately. If your subordinates acted without authorization, please execute these beasts immediately to calm the anger of the public. Killing innocent people indiscriminately will affect the reputation of the King of Wu. You must have a clear explanation, otherwise I will write a letter to impeach you.

Gan Ning was very unhappy when he received the letter from Xu Kun. He felt that Xu Kun was bullying others by relying on his power, taking advantage of the situation, and taking advantage of the power of the King of Wu to take advantage of his achievements. What contribution does Xu Kun have? Is it because he can be ranked in the Ninth Supervisor just because his mother is the King of Wu's aunt? When he arrived in Qingzhou, his merits have not been made. Now I have won Le'an. He was jealous of me and felt that I had robbed his achievements and deliberately wanted to mess with me.

According to Gan Ning's own opinion, he didn't want to pay attention to Xu Kun. You just wrote a letter to impeach it. It depends on how the King of Wu reacted. Bu Zhi persuaded him. He told Gan Ning that even if the massacre of the city was done, it would not be recognized, let alone you didn't do it. People killed a lot of people, but they killed a large clan, not ordinary people, and the people who killed people were mainly soldiers of pirates. Who are the pirates? They are the people who lost their land in Qingzhou. Their land was occupied by the large clan. It is natural to take revenge now. What's wrong? You are not worth it for this.

Let’s take a step back and say, it’s enough to conquer Le’an? We still have to continue fighting and continue to make contributions, but only the navy is not enough. It requires the cooperation of Xu Kun and Shen You. Now you have a quarrel with Xu Kun and internal strife with each other. How can you make contributions? It’s a trivial matter that cannot make contributions in person, and it affects the overall situation in Qingzhou. If the King of Wu blames him, who will take responsibility?

Gan Ning was persuaded by Bu Zhi's two reasons. He gave in to Zhu Zhi and replied to Shen You and Xu Kun, explaining the situation and proposing to cooperate in combat. Given that the Yellow River was about to cut off and the navy was unable to enter the river, but could enter the Ji River, he suggested using the Ji River as the front line and sticking to the Licheng, Liang Zou, Linji and other cities close to the Ji River to prevent the possible arrival of Jizhou and Youzhou troops from entering the hinterland of Qingzhou.

Bu Zhi's article is well written, neither humble nor arrogant, and is well organized. It not only explains the whole story, but also reminds Xu Kun not to believe rumors, fall into the enemy's plan of alienation, and delays major events. When the two armies are fighting, how can they believe all the news?

After receiving Gan Ning's reply, Xu Kun believed in skepticism, but it was hard to say it again. After all, he had no real evidence, so he could only put it aside for the time being and talked about it later. They immediately focused on coordinated combat. Considering that Yuan Tan sent 200,000 troops to fight, returned in vain, which hurt his vitality, and was unlikely to send troops to aid Qingzhou, they decided that Xu Kun and Zhu Ran were responsible for blocking the enemy from Jizhou, Shen You and Gan Ning fought together to quell the rebellion of the Qingzhou family. Whether it was because of Gan Ning's massacre of the city or the Qingzhou family unwilling to fail, they could not allow them to continue to support themselves and echoed Yuan Tan.

At the suggestion of Pang Tong, Gan Ning met with Shen You, agreed on a combat plan, and first cleaned up the Ji River. The two of them joined forces to a total of more than 30,000 people on land and land. In addition, the giant stone throwing machine on board the navy owned by the navy was enough to deal with any county town and county government.

Under the joint attack of Ganning and Shen You, Liangzou and Tai County along the Jishui River quickly changed hands, and the manors along the way were destroyed, and the families that were resisting were either killed or captured. Shen You dealt with them according to the established principles. The head of the family was beheaded and displayed on the public. The family members were not officials and slaves, and money, grain and property were confiscated, supplemented military use, and rewarded soldiers. The land was managed in a unified manner and the land was calculated according to the words. All people from Qingzhou who participated in the battle could be given priority to allocate fertile land, and those who died in the battle were given additional pensions and passed on to their descendants.

When the news came out, the remaining Yellow Turbans hidden by the sea, the old and new pirates were moved when they heard the news. Some rushed to become naturalized and divided into places, while others asked to join the army. Shen You reappointed Le'an and Jinan County Magistrates, and arranged thousands to tens of thousands of county soldiers. He also selected county magistrates from among the meritorious soldiers, and the county magistrates and county magistrates did not give the aristocratic families any chance to repeat.

At the same time, Shen You wrote a letter requesting the abolition of the Han Kingdom and change it to a county. At this point, he had already broken up with the Han Dynasty, so there was no need to retain the feudal kings and lords of the Han Dynasty.

After the counties along the Jishui River were pacified, Gan Ning withdrew from Jishui, turned to Judingze, and mobilized other counties. Wherever they went, they were attacked and destroyed. The head was hanging along the official road. The Qingzhou family could not resist it. Seeing that the collapse was imminent, some chose to surrender and save their lives first. Some chose to ask Yuan Tan for help and asked him to send troops immediately. Some people rushed to Liaodong, asking Guan Ning, a famous scholar in Qingzhou, and Bing Yuan came out to plead with Taishici, to retain a trace of vitality for Qingzhou.

Yuan Tan received a request for help from the Qingzhou family and led 30,000 infantry and cavalry to the plain again.

Xu Kun received the news and sent people to Luoyin, Dongchaoyang and other cities along the Luoshui coast, and led his troops to stay in Licheng, waiting for the opportunity to counterattack.

After clearing out the aristocratic families along the Jishui River, the county soldiers composed of ordinary people who obtained land were very combat-capable and could fully undertake the task of defending the city. Most of these county soldiers were young and strong in their thirties and forties, and almost all had the experience of being pirates. Some of them were even old Yellow Turbans with rich combat experience. Now that they have obtained land and see hope for life, they naturally cannot give up easily. The generals who commanded them were Shen You and Xu Kun who had accumulated military achievements and promoted to the lower-level military officers under the command of Xu Kun, who had a solid theoretical foundation and rich practical experience, had immediately strengthened the city defense, trained soldiers, and prepared to fight. Under their command, although these county soldiers had just been formed, their combat effectiveness was definitely not comparable to that of the aristocratic families.

Faced with these strong cities, Yuan Tan was helpless. Although these generals guarding the city were not as good as Zhu Ran, he did not have a 200,000 army, only 30,000 infantry and cavalry. The siege force was at least three times that of the siege. However, Xu Kun and Zhu Ran were eyeing each other, and Gan Ning might rush behind him at any time. He had to leave enough troops to prevent accidents. In this way, the troops he could use were a bit reluctant to face any county town.

At this time, Yuan Tan thought of the drawings of the giant stone thrower sent by Dong Zhao.

After Dong Zhao got the base drawing of the giant stone thrower, he immediately copied a copy for Yuan Tan. Because the result of Dong Zhao's trial production was not very ideal. Although compared with ordinary stone throwers, the stone thrower with the new base could be used to hit farther and more accurately, it was far from the giant stone thrower of the Jiangdong Army. Yuan Tan had no interest in imitating it. But now facing these county towns, he felt that it might be useful.

The county town is not as high as the county seat, and the city wall is not that high. Even if you don’t attack the city gate, it is not very difficult to force the city to climb the city with equipment. If you use a stone thrower to launch a long-range attack, suppress the defenders at the city, and then give in the infantry to attack the city, there is a chance.

Yuan Tan's idea was strongly opposed by Ju Su.

Ju Su told Yuan Tan that the aristocratic family was cleaned, and Qingzhou is now the Qingzhou of ordinary people. They just obtained the land and if you want to take it away, they will definitely not want to fight back with all their might. Even if you kill all these people and take Qingzhou, who will support you?

Without a household registration, Qingzhou is just a piece of wasteland.

As for the giant stone thrower, of course, there are effects, but its materials are rare. We do not have enough reserves and high manufacturing requirements. Our army's craftsmen may not have such technology. The giant stone thrower has a fatal weakness: it is inconvenient to move. You can only use it here. If you want to attack other cities in the future, these stone throwers can only be demolished or destroyed. If you build them in the next city, the cost is too high unless it is carried by warships like Gan Ning. However, there are almost no navy in Jizhou and cannot compete with the Jiangdong Navy led by Gan Ning. Even if you build a stone thrower carried by warships, it will become Gan Ning's spoils once you fight.

As of now, this kind of stone throwing machine is only suitable for defending the city, not for siege. Instead of trying hard to attack Qingzhou, it is better to prepare in advance and defend Jizhou. Shen You and Xu Kun will sooner or later enter Jizhou to fight, and it is even more likely to defeat them in Jizhou.

Yuan Tan pondered for a long time. "Don't you have any chance?"

"Do your best and leave your destiny." Ju Su paused and said, "The emperor is in Jizhou, so the king might as well listen to his opinions."
Chapter completed!