"Follow the order, there is enough porridge here, take your time! Come and get the porridge according to the number issued by the government office." On the post road from Xiangyang to Jiangling, Chen Mo sent many people to set up temporary post stations along the way for those who were rescued.

The people who came back were given porridge, and Chen Mo had the experience of being displaced, so he still had some ideas on how to resettle the people.

These inns are set up along the way, one every ten miles. The villagers have issued number plates, and each person can receive them three times a day. In order to avoid speculation, there are dedicated soldiers guarding each inn, who are responsible for maintaining order.

, also to allow people to return to their hometowns as soon as possible, and not to delay the journey deliberately for a few bowls of porridge.

Fortunately, Chen Mo brought enough soldiers and horses, as well as plenty of food and grass. In addition, the warehouse in Xiangyang City was also captured by Chen Mo. Otherwise, it would be really difficult for these hundreds of thousands of refugees to be resettled.

But in this way, the speed of travel will undoubtedly be slowed down, but it doesn't matter. Although Zhuge Liang's move is disgusting, what Chen Mo is best at is finding conditions that are beneficial to him from disadvantages. This time when the refugees return, they can quickly help Chen Mo.

The Ming army established prestige among the people in Jingzhou and handled it properly. Liu Bei's roots in Jingzhou were dug up by Chen Mo.

You know, Liu Bei has been sparing no effort in Jingzhou to publicize how vicious and domineering the Ming army is, but now Liu Bei, who is known as benevolent and righteous, is coercing the people and using them as a tool to prevent the Ming army from going south.

The demon-like Chen Mo gave up chasing Zhuge Liang at this time, and instead focused on rescuing the people seriously.

Spreading rumors and public opinion were matters that Chen Mo did not play once or twice. Although Zhuge Liang's move temporarily allowed him to stay in peace, it also gave Chen Mo a chance to take root in Jingzhou? Between gains and losses, who won in the end?

It's really not necessarily the best benefit.

Chen Mo was born in the fields. He knows the thoughts of the people best. In these days, if he can't survive, who is willing to leave his hometown? Do you want to say that so many people are grateful for Liu Bei's benevolence and follow him voluntarily? Just talk to ordinary people? With

Chen Mo said, first look at the people who did not need to be driven away by soldiers. They ran back spontaneously after the Jingzhou Army was no longer coerced. Chen Mo did not have any compulsion to snatch people back? He just ordered all ministries to attack the Jingzhou Army as much as possible? Will the coercion be carried out?

The Jingzhou army of the common people was defeated.

"It is originally the season of spring plowing. How much fertile land has been abandoned by such a large-scale relocation?" Chen Mo sat on his horse and looked at the vast and endless group of refugees from south to north. He shook his head and sighed:

"I heard that Liu Bei's taxes have been extremely high due to annual military conscription. Now he has gone through this disaster again. Now he is back? Even if he re-cultivates the fields, I'm afraid this year's harvest will not be very good. Send someone to inform the public? Nanjun will be exempted from removal this year.

Taxes for all common people except the gentry."

"Here!" Zhang He, standing next to Chen Mo, promised to make arrangements immediately.

"Your Majesty, can those gentry agree to this?" Dian Wei asked curiously.

"I haven't raised taxes, and I just want to see how much land the gentry occupies in this Jingxiang land." Chen Mo said with a smile: "And the gentry may feel resentful if the common people's taxes are exempted, but if it is exempted and exempted at the same time, many people will

If they still can't survive, the gentry will take this opportunity to annex land from the people. Zhuge Liang's move is actually a good thing for the gentry. They can take the opportunity to annex, but now that there is this tax exemption policy, the gentry may look for opportunities to avoid taxes."

"How to avoid it?" Dian Wei asked curiously.

Chen Mo looked at him, shook his head with a smile and said: "There are some things that just won't work if you say them. I also pointed out that I would take this opportunity to redistribute the land in Jingxiang and get it into the hands of the government office without taking it by force. So

The opposition between the gentry and the common people must be established."

Dian Wei scratched his head in confusion. He didn't quite understand what Chen Mo was talking about, but he knew that whenever Chen Mo laughed like this, someone would definitely be unlucky.

"Okay, let's go to the front line and have a look. Jiangling may be the last battle in Jingzhou." Chen Mo urged the horse. Although Liu Bei has been vigorously developing Jingnan, he wants to develop these places.

It can be done in a few years. Even if Liu Bei is given twenty years, it is impossible to develop Jingnan to the same level as Nanjun. The four counties in Jingnan combined cannot compare.

"Here~"

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On the other side, Zhuge Liang stopped in the Dangyang area. The news coming from behind made Zhuge Liang feel mixed. It was a good thing that Chen Mo was not in a hurry to catch up. This meant that Zhuge Liang's strategy was successful, but he was not happy.

Because of Chen Mo's actions, Zhuge Liang felt inexplicably uncomfortable and ashamed. After all, Liu Bei had been sparing no effort to release to the people the legend of Chen Mo's domineering, ruthless, and disregard for human life. How the people were in dire straits under Chen Mo's rule, in order to

Establish a sense of rejection in the hearts of the people towards Chen Mo.

In these days, rumors are still very powerful, especially since most people may live on a few acres of land all their lives. Most of their knowledge of the outside world comes from the government office, so how is life under Chen Mo?

As time went by, the Jingzhou government office naturally felt that under Chen Mo's rule, the people were in dire straits and their lives were in dire straits.

But rumors are rumors. When you really understand it, all rumors will be vulnerable to the facts. The most striking contrast is taxes. Because Chen Mo implemented military settlements on a large scale, most places have returned to normal.

With a tax rate of one out of ten, Chen Mo obviously rarely took care of things, but under the rule of King Ming, he managed Qingming. These are things that Liu Bei cannot provide today.

It's not that he doesn't want to, but he wants to fight against Chen Mo with the power of one state. Without raising taxes, it is impossible to raise an army of 100,000 in a few years.

Now, with this retreat south to Jiangling, the people who have worked hard in the past few years have temporarily slowed down Chen Mo's march, but they have also exposed the lies they created. In this escape, who is

It’s hard to say who laughed at the end.

No, from an overall perspective, the Jingzhou Army has now been defeated. The loss of people's hearts this time only makes this defeat more complete.

Alas~

My lord, Liang has tried his best!

Looking at the people walking slowly in the distance, crying sounds could be heard from time to time. Zhuge Liang closed his eyes silently. He did not expect that after he left the mountain, he would end up like this. Maybe he should not have been greedy for Nanyang back then, but

At that time, we should have directly conquered Bashu. Perhaps this is not the outcome now.

Now facing Chen Mo's great momentum, Zhuge Liang felt an unspeakable feeling of powerlessness for the first time. This opponent was too strong and cautious enough to not care about temporary gains and losses. Regardless of his character or ability, Chen Mo was almost perfect.

It is both a blessing and a misfortune to be able to compete with such an enemy.

"Boom~"

A slight roar suddenly appeared in the distance, and Zhuge Liang frowned. This sound was too familiar to him. It was the cavalry of the Ming Army.

Zhang Fei heard the sound, got on his horse and shouted to the people around him: "You will escort the military advisor back to Jiangling, I will go meet them!"

"Yide, be careful!" Zhuge Liang said.

Although Zhang Fei is brave, the Ming army is not bad either. Any Ming army encountered in the past few days has a combat power greater than that of the Jingzhou army. Even Zhang Fei cannot guarantee that he will win with the same number, let alone

What's more, this time we were facing the elite cavalry of the Ming Army.

"Don't worry, I won't die before my brother conquers Shuzhong. I still want to see the day when my brother recovers the Central Plains." Zhang Fei agreed, slapped his horse, and galloped with a troop to meet the cavalry.

direction.

After running for a while, one could already see from a distance a huge cavalry formation surging towards us with the force of wind and thunder, like the waves of hell, surging towards us with the power to crush everything.

Zhang Fei quickly occupied the narrowest mountain road and roared: "Line up to meet the enemy!"

Three thousand infantry quickly formed a tight formation in this narrow valley. This was also an effective measure for the infantry to resist the cavalry. Through the dense formation, the cavalry's momentum was blocked.

Ma Chao came galloping with three thousand cavalry. He saw the Jingzhou army blocking the valley entrance from a distance. His eyes flashed with a hint of excitement. He raised his spear and said loudly: "Throw the spear."

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"Bow and arrow!" Zhang Fei raised his snake spear and roared.

The speed of the Xiliang cavalry did not slow down at all. At the same time, the knight took off his throwing spears one after another from his horse. The moment he approached the opponent's formation, it was Zhang Fei who fired arrows at the cavalry formation first.

Puff puff puff~

Under the dense rain of arrows, some people fell to the ground, but more people continued to rush forward, and soon after, spears flew into the air one after another and fell towards Zhang Fei.

"Raise your shield!" Zhang Fei roared angrily, using the snake spear in his hand to deflect all the spears aimed at him, but behind him, many people were nailed to the ground by the spears that shot through the air.

"kill!"

"kill!"

Zhang Fei and Ma Chao shouted almost at the same time. The cavalry formation slammed into the Jingzhou Army's defense line. The cold spears pierced the horses and the knights, but the impact brought by the horses directly hit the front.

The soldiers in the platoon were knocked away, and they were hammered into the formation like a war hammer.

Then it was a close fight.

Why is cavalry called cavalry? Ordinary farmers or lightly trained soldiers riding on horseback are not called cavalry. Each cavalryman is an elite in the army, both on horseback and dismounted. Obviously, the Jingzhou Army has not yet reached the level of Ming Dynasty.

Even if they blocked the charge of the cavalry, they were still a rabble in front of these Xiliang cavalry.

Zhang Fei roared and waved his snake spear, bringing up gusts of strange wind, killing more than a dozen cavalry, but also attracted Ma Chao's attention. He did not expect that there was such a person in the Jingzhou army. Ma Chao was overjoyed and ordered his deputy to continue leading the army.

The soldiers attacked the Jingzhou army back and forth, while he rode his horse in the direction of Zhang Fei. Before the people arrived, his arrogant voice had already sounded: "Thief with ring eyes, do you dare to fight with me!?"
Chapter completed!