Time travel rebellion, I'm serious

Chapter 363 Chaotic Huanghe County

As for the imperial court's preparations to dispatch the Jiangnan camp to attack the Han army, the Han army at least does not know about it at this stage.

Because their intelligence system cannot support them in obtaining intelligence above the court.

Moreover, the intelligence system set up by the Han army in Daqian capital basically only reports the news from the previous period to the Han army at regular intervals, which is not timely at all.

Moreover, although the news about the imperial court's dispatch of the Jiangnan camp was not top secret, it was not accessible to ordinary people.

Therefore, Liu Wu was worried at this time.

I saw Liu Wu looking at the sand table in front of him. On the wall behind him was a map of Changsha Dialect House and its surroundings.

Although it is not that accurate, various mountains, rivers, roads, and bridges are still marked.

Therefore, Liu Wu's head was really big at this time.

It's nothing else, but that the Third Infantry Battalion has not encountered any strong resistance at all since entering Huanghe County.

Originally this was a good thing, but after rumors spread that there were 40 troops from the White Lotus Sect in Huanghe County, the Third Infantry Battalion went straight to the county and quickly controlled it.

Then, Feng Guoliang and Guan Zizuo immediately dispatched manpower to investigate surrounding counties and advance quickly.

After a set of actions, it was discovered that the only resistance force in Huanghe County was the Wubao built by powerful families in the countryside and the militia and township groups formed by them.

As for the White Lotus Sect's army, no one was seen.

Although the large number of officers and soldiers that Liu Wu guessed existed, they were only defending the passes of the White Lotus Sect, and this 2000-man team had been replaced by the Third Infantry Battalion.

It can be said that in just seven or eight days, the entire Huanghe County has been investigated, and the Han army has completely occupied Huanghe County.

In a situation like this, we can only say that rumors kill people.

What Liu Wu was worried about was that Huanghe County was only nominally occupied by the Han army at this time, and there were many places in the vast countryside that were not actually led by the Han army.

These rural areas may include towns, and many of them are occupied by local powerful people.

It can be said that in a town, thousands of people belong to one family and one family owns land.

They can agree with your rule, pay taxes to the Han army, or even respond to the Han army's call to form a militia.

But it is absolutely impossible for them to give up their rights and divide the land in their hands.

The reason why they agreed with the rule of the Han army was because the Han army collected heavy taxes.

After all, compared with Daqian and Bailian, the grain tax collected by the Han army was as high as [-]%, which was a truly heavy tax.

As for the Han army exempting other corvee taxes, they turned a deaf ear.

After all, being able to scrape half of the grain tax from Mudleg, plus exorbitant levies and miscellaneous taxes, is a huge benefit.

Therefore, it is not so much that they agree with the rule of the Han army, but rather that they agree with the increase in grain taxes by the Han army.

Naturally, the Han army was aware of this situation, and among them, Liu Wu was the one who understood the sinister intentions of these people the most.

Therefore, this kind of powerful landlord must be completely eliminated.

Not only that, the reason why these powerful landowners supported the so-called militia policy of the Han army was because the Han army could allocate armor weapons, or directly provide the technology for making simple armor.

These things are something they would never dare to dream about, so naturally they have to hold them tightly in their hands.

However, they also opposed other policies of the Han army.

For example, let’s not talk about dividing the land. In the eyes of powerful landlords, this is just chaos in government.

But allocating land requires judging powerful landlords like them, which means hiding their property and killing them. This is tyranny.

Therefore, although the Han army had not yet issued this order and had not yet established its footing, rebellions broke out in various places.

For this kind of thing, the Han army did not have enough troops and lacked militia training, so except for important places, there were no troops stationed in other places.

For a time, except for the county seat, which was not captured, other places were occupied by powerful forces and began to expand their troops crazily.

The reason why all this is different from the situation when the Han army occupied Changsha County is entirely because the elites of various powerful families in Changsha were killed by the Han army.

Then these families were harmed by Zhuge Shiba and Ouyang Sheng with their personal troops, and then they were successfully captured.

Therefore, today's Huanghe County, except for the surrounding areas controlled by the county seat, is full of Fenghuo rebellions.

Therefore, by accident, the Han army became a regular army, while the rebels became rebels.

That is to say, all the elite officials in Leizhou were tricked by their immediate bosses, governors and admirals in Rulin County, and there was no visible army.

Otherwise, if the army moves south, it will be like being attacked from both sides.

Of course, the first reason why these people dared to rebel was that the Han army's performance was not obvious, the territory was too small, and it had not yet achieved great success.

The second reason is that these people cannot say that they love the imperial court, nor can they say that they love Bailian. Rather, in troubled times, these people also have their own ambitions, but they are not so obvious or ambitious.

The third is that the policies implemented by the Han army are really lacking in foundation, which led to such a strong counterattack.

This is also the reason why Liu Wu has been farming in Hetu Mountain in the first place. It's not a big deal, but it can't be cured.

It cannot be said that all the officials in Daqian were dead, but nine out of ten were killed and injured, which means that absolutely none of them were killed by mistake.

Therefore, Liu Wu was very serious and serious about this situation.

Wang Wencai, who was listening to the side, also thought for a long time and shook his head.

"Grand Sacrificial Wine, I think we can withdraw the army. This Huanghe County is really too chaotic."

"And I also heard that the Jiangnan Camp is going to Huanghe County, vowing to fight the White Lotus Sect."

"So, I think it would be better for us to withdraw the army, so as not to waste our troops there."

What Wang Wencai said is true. The current situation is really unfriendly to the Han army.

However, Liu Wu still frowned at this. He always felt that this method was not good and had great hidden dangers.

In response, Cheng Huaiyuan on the side expressed opposition.

"No, we can't withdraw the grand sacrificial wine."

"If we retreat, we will definitely lose our military morale."

"And if nothing else, the people of Huanghe County now know our policies. In some places, our policies have also been implemented."

"So if we withdraw, where will we take the people? We just gave up on them. How is this different from Daqian giving up on the people in the five continents of Northern Xinjiang?"

"Besides, it's not like we don't have the strength to suppress the rebellion."

"Not only that, if we resist and retreat because of this, what will we do if we go to other places and face this situation in the future? Do we still have to retreat?"

This statement goes directly to the root of the matter.

Yes, it is very troublesome now, but troubles must be solved. Otherwise, if you pretend to be an ostrich, you will have big problems in the future.

In this regard, Wang Wencai held different opinions.

"Speaking of this, isn't it necessary to suppress it? So and so, and blood is flowing like a river? Why do the people suffer?"

"Not only that, if it is forcibly implemented, it will definitely cause panic in various places. In the future, our army's attacks in various places will inevitably lead to crazy resistance from powerful local landlords."

"In the future, the losses suffered by our Han army officers and soldiers will be extremely terrifying."

"So I think we step back for now and quietly change them in another way."

Yes, Wang Wencai also has his own considerations.

If there is a strong suppression, it is true that Huanghe County will be filled with blood, but it is also true that the surrounding landowners are afraid of the powerful.

And with such strength, the Han army will definitely be wiped out from the world.

At that time, not only that there is no support from the powerful landlords, but also that they do not unite to strangle the Han army, this will be considered a good thing.

Therefore, Cheng Huaiyuan each has his own understanding.

However, Liu Wu was also thinking about this issue.

Should the landowners evolve peacefully, or should they be eliminated with the force of thunder?