The next day.
While the officials of Bingzhou were sleeping soundly, Liu Qing and Xun You led the Northern Army out of the two prefectures.
By the time the sky brightened, Liu Qing's group had already walked out of the mountainous region and parted ways with Xun You's group.
On the way.
" Young Master," Liu Qi asked curiously," we've recovered four counties and are facing the more powerful Wuwan and Xianbei. Why are we only leading 40,000 troops?"”
"My lord, I don't understand this either!”Huang Zhong asked in a muffled voice.
Liu Qing's eyes narrowed and he sighed," Yanmen Prefecture is under the greatest pressure. Perhaps the quality of the soldiers of Yanmen is higher, or perhaps Ye Wang has an unknown army in his hands. This is the reason why Ye Wang was able to resist Wuwan and the Xianbei cavalry. Our 40,000 troops plus the soldiers of Yanmen are enough to take back the land of four prefectures. Xun You is not only facing the pressure of the Southern Xiongnu, but also the pressure of the Wang family in Taiyuan!”
"Complicated!"
Huang Zhong shook his head and stopped thinking about these things. This kind of confrontation hidden under the blade was too fatal. It was completely not in line with the style of generals like them. It was no wonder that Xun Yu, Xun You, and Liu Ye did not refute.
Liu Qi looked thoughtfully at the 3,000 Bei Wei soldiers behind him and said,""Young Master, we still have ten days before we reach Yanmen Prefecture. We might pass by a few counties in Taiyuan Prefecture!”
"Go around!"
"I believe that Xun Gongda can handle the three counties well.”Liu Qing said in a deep voice.
"Yes!"
Liu Qi responded and began to arrange for the army to adjust their route.
After three days of marching, Liu Qing led 43,000 troops into Taiyuan Prefecture.
Taiyuan County could be described as a thousand miles of barren land.
Dead trees were everywhere, and there was a nearly dried up stream around them. The mud was mixed with rotten meat that was fermenting, and the pungent smell made people tremble uncontrollably.
When they passed by some villages, the entire village was empty.
The buildings inside had collapsed, and bones were everywhere. The wheelbarrow was badly burned, and half a handful of corn was moldy.
There were even some corpses covered in flies and maggots lying in the wilderness. Everything seemed cold and desolate.
"Bastard, such behavior is really not human!”Huang Zhong's eyes were bloodshot, and he looked like a furious lone wolf on the verge of death.
Liu Qing's expression was cold, as if the tragedy in front of him had nothing to do with him.
"Young Master, there were still people here the last time we came. I even bought some corn cakes and meat with an old man!”Liu Qi said angrily.
Liu Qing nodded and said indifferently," This is the center of Bingzhou. It's not an invasion. It should be a tragedy caused by the Mayor of Taiyuan County, Wang Qiu, when he was collecting food!”
"What?"
"My lord, how could these animal acts be done by the officials of our Great Han Dynasty? Moreover, they are the kind of good officials who guard the border of Bingzhou!”Huang Zhong said in shock and anger.
Liu Qing shook his head and pointed at the wheelbarrow and the weapons on the house."These are all traces left behind by the weapons of our Great Han army. There are no traces of foreign tribes. Moreover, most of the foreign tribes are raiders. They can't bypass the Taiyuan garrison and bring a large number of people to the grasslands or the cities they occupy!”
"Why?" Huang Zhong's faith collapsed, and his eyes were filled with confusion.
"War requires money and food!"
"The power of the imperial court is controlled by the gentry, and the military and soldiers cannot be allocated. Wang Qiu can only take it from the hands of the people. In fact, the ministers of the imperial court have already given up on Bingzhou.”
"That was to prevent the Great Han Dynasty's gate from being broken through by outsiders!”Liu Qing said in a deep voice.
"Armament, money, food, soldiers!"
Huang Zhong muttered a few times, his eyes flashing with monstrous hatred as he said,"This is the territory of the Great Han Dynasty, the people of the Great Han Dynasty!”
"When Tan Shihuai broke through the gates of Bing Province, Bing Province was abandoned. The one who abandoned them was not the emperor, not the Great Han, but the aristocrats!”Liu Qing said in a deep voice.
Liu Qidao took a deep breath and sighed." Young Master, are the aristocrats really that despicable? We are aristocrats too!"”
"There are only thousand-year-old aristocratic families, not thousand-year-old dynasties!”
Liu Qing sighed." The family's goal is to pass down their heritage. Even if the Han Dynasty is gone, there's still the Jin Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty. They control knowledge and the direction of the world. As long as the dynasty exists, the Son of Heaven must use them to govern the people. They're like flies attached to corpses, sucking batch after batch of people to survive!”
"When the nest is overturned, there are no intact eggs. If an outsider invades, how can they guarantee that their family will not be wiped out?”Huang Zhong coldly snorted.
"Han Sheng!"
"You really think too highly of these outsiders. Once the Shi clan wants to beat them up, it will be like beating chickens. Although they can escape, they won't dare to invade the Great Han Dynasty for a hundred years!”Liu Qing said with a gloomy expression.
"My lord, what kind of twisted logic is this?!" Huang Zhong said with a sullen expression.”
"The world will be divided for a long time, and it will be divided for a long time. When it rises to the extreme, it will decline. The Han Dynasty and the aristocratic families can no longer coexist. Their actions of sucking bones and squeezing marrow have already shaken the foundation of the dynasty!”
Liu Qing did not explain much to Huang Zhong. If Guo Jia, Xun You, and the others were here, they would have understood what Liu Qing meant.
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