Occasionally, arrows shot down from the walls of Linqiong County, and many fell on Ruixian infantry shields. Some soldiers wearing iron armor were difficult to cause too much damage to them. Ruixian shield soldiers raised their shields and quickly approached the city wall. When they approached the city wall ten steps, the soldiers began to carry the ladder to run towards the city wall.

A cloud ladder was already on the wall of Linqiong County. When the defenders saw this, they asked the soldiers to push the ladder away. However, as soon as these soldiers approached, they were shot to death by the archers on the [Carrier]. The tragic war exceeded the imagination of the archers on the Linqiong County. They began to send more people to the wall regardless of the casualties, completely ignoring the shooting of the archers on the [Carrier].

There were more and more bows and arrows shooting out on the city wall, and various stones began to fall down. Li Zong, who was in charge of the attack, saw this and asked all the siege soldiers to retreat. Liu Xin was unwilling to let the auxiliary soldiers siege the city to consume the opponent's defending supplies, so the attack would be very casualties.

The soldiers siege in Rui County retreated, and the ladder was thrown at the foot of the city wall. The archers continued to shoot on the [Carriage]. The defenders on the Linqiong County wall suffered heavy casualties. When they retreated from the city wall, the [Carriage] began to retreat again.

This time, there were thousands of casualties. All the defenders of Linqiong County were shrouded in fear. In just a moment, they did not pose any threat to the enemy, but they had suffered more than two thousand casualties. How many troops would they need to lose in this day?

When the third time [Carriage] went back to replace the people, the Rui County infantry began to attack the city again. This time the opponent could only let the soldiers force the city wall.

"County Master, this will not work. In less than half an hour, we have suffered nearly 4,000 casualties. Even if we take all the soldiers in this day, it will not be enough. If we don't work, we can only go out of the city to fight them in a decisive battle!" Linqiong County Magistrate, as the head of the city guard, saw the county magistrate coming, and shouted to him anxiously.

"The elite soldiers of the opponent have now been blocked by the other party in the east, west and north. If we leave the city from the south gate, it will inevitably cause panic among the people in the city... Now the plan is to let the other party enter the city, and we will fight the other party in the city!" said the magistrate of Linqiong County.

When Li Zong led his troops to approach the city wall for the fourth time, he found that all the soldiers on the other side had retreated. While asking the soldiers to attack the city wall, he sent someone to notify Liu Xin.

Liu Xin ordered Zhao Yun, Guan Hai, Zhang Ren and other military generals to launch a general attack together, and the elite infantry company of the Third Battalion [Bow and Arrow Battalion] prepared to enter the city together.

Seeing Zhao Yun and his three men leading their troops into the Linqiong County wall, [Carrier] had already begun to retreat and make way for the siege soldiers, Liu Xin knew that the battle that lasted for a whole morning was about to end.

As expected, the enemy had persisted in the city for less than half an hour, and the city gate was opened by Guan Hai's troops. Liu Xin watched all the elite troops of his fourth battalion enter the city, and all the main soldiers and auxiliary soldiers had entered Linqiong County one after another. He was waiting quietly outside the city. Now he no longer had to take action in this kind of battle.

The Linqiong County Magistrate originally placed his hopes on street fighting, but as a result, his so-called elites were no match for the elites in Rui County. Many Linqiong County defenders saw that the enemy was unstoppable and began to hide in the homes of the people in the city, while more people fled towards the southern city gate.

Liu Xin took him 500 of his own to follow the defeated soldiers of Linqiong County who had escaped from the city on horseback. Most of the deserters were bandits invited by Linqiong County. They saw that Linqiong County could no longer defend, so they took the lead in escaping from the south gate.

Some people who were caught up and couldn't run, as long as the other party knelt on the ground and did not resist, Liu Xin pretended that he had not seen him walking past them, and asked the auxiliary soldiers from the rear to gather them together. If he met a group of people, he would lead five hundred personal guards to charge against the other party and disperse the other party's formation. He continued to move forward when he saw everyone kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy.

When he returned to Linqiong County in the evening, Liu Xin lived in the Linqiong County Government. Guan Hai, Zhao Yun, Cheng Yuanzhi, Pan Zhang and others reported to him about the current situation of the battle.

Today, when they captured Linqiong County, they lost 27 elite soldiers, 319 regular soldiers, 145 auxiliary soldiers, and more than a thousand injured people, but the results achieved were amazing.

He killed more than 6,000 enemy soldiers, captured more than 50,000 militiamen, and aristocratic families.

In addition, there are countless money and food. With the help of [Carrier] in this battle, it became particularly easy for them to take down Linqiong County.

On the next day, Liu Xin appointed Wei Shi as the county magistrate of Linqiong County, and the other county magistrates and county magistrates were all officials trained by Rui County. He asked Wei Shi to issue ten county government orders as the basic government orders for future Linqiong County governance.

Ten Decrees:

First, Linqiong County is exempted for three years!

Second, eliminate evil forces and gangsters in the county town. If there is a report, you can get rewards from the government.

Third, all officials will be assessed. Those who fail the qualification will be revoked and the monthly salary of all officials will be doubled.

Fourth, if anyone colluded with thieves outside the city violated the law and discipline, it will take at least three months to reform.

Fifth, increase commercial tax in the city and form a new market management department.

Sixth, real estate transaction tax is collected.

Seventh, people from aristocratic families are not allowed to transport large quantities of Linqiong County. If they smuggle more than ten stones of grain, they may go to jail or do hard labor reform.

Eighth, Linqiong County will book and register all hidden households without charge.

Ninth, re-count the land deeds of Linqiong County. If the house does not live in three months, the county government will automatically reclaim the land, and if the land is not cultivated for a year, the government will reclaim it.

Tenth, Linqiong County needs to vigorously build water conservancy and repair official roads. Now all people can sign up to participate, and the wages are settled daily.

These ten decrees showed Liu Xin's direction of governance. After he let everyone quell the chaos in Linqiong County, he asked all the people in the city to leave the city by themselves, and asked someone to read new decrees to them, which seemed like they were dreaming.

They originally thought that when Liu Xin came, they would be killed, but they would not be exempted from the tax for three years, but also gave them the way to make money. The real estate transaction tax appeared, and the poor later reclaimed new land. Even if the landlord wanted to buy it at a low price, they would have to be fair in the county government office. They had to pay taxes based on land prices. In this way, when the landlords annexed the land of the poor, they would have to consider more.

This can ensure that as long as the poor are hardworking, they will not be so poor, at least much better than before. However, there are other means to disintegrate the aristocratic family. Liu Xin has methods and is already preparing. As for when to implement it, all the people in Shu County must return to their hearts.

When all the people in Linqiong County were sent out of the city, all the aristocratic families in the city participated in the resistance to Rui County were captured. Tens of thousands of people in Linqiong County were detained outside the city, and these prisoners Liu Xin planned to send them to Rui County.

Only by sending these people away from Linqiong County can we stabilize. Rui County has drawn so many labor force, and with these prisoners, the construction of the city wall can be faster. Wei Shi left 1,500 elite infantrymen, and 3,000 regular soldiers for city gate guards, patrols outside the city, maintaining order in the city, prison custody, and county jail guards.
Chapter completed!