Liu Xinda stood up, walked to the edge of the high ground, and looked at Gaojiazhuang, which was burning in the distance.

The Gao family, whether it is a direct line or a side branch, was basically cleaned during this cleaning except for a few fish that had missed the net. The villagers living around Gaojiazhuang also suffered this unforgettable disaster and were ordered by Liu Xinda to be arrested on the charge of accomplices.

Of course these people were wronged.

Gao's family is concerned about such a secret matter, and I'm afraid that even those who are not in the core circle of the Gao family will have no idea, let alone these ordinary villagers.

But Liu Xinda needs these people like this.

If you don’t have the chance, you have to find a way to get involved, let alone give him such a big excuse.

As Teng Jian said, Liu Xinda's rule in Jiujiang was extremely cruel.

At the beginning, Liu Xinda and he had to manage Jiujiang well and build a stable basic foundation, but this statement only lasted for only two months. After Liu Xinda completely controlled Jiujiang, the policy changed completely.

The use of scraping the ground to describe Liu Xinda's rule in Jiujiang is not enough to describe his series of actions.

A large number of wealthy families and landlords were arrested on various charges, killing them, and being killed. Their wealth was confiscated, their land was taken back, and their houses and women were given to their generals by Liu Xinda. The living people were thrown into one military camp after another by Liu Xinda.

These people had no right at all. They worked in the fields in shackles. The chickens were just yelling and were driven into the ground. Only in the middle of the moon could the middle of the night return to the hut to rest tiredly. The food they could get every day could barely prevent them from starving to death.

High-intensity labor and the body cannot get enough nutrition and can't have enough rest, which makes serfs die every day in these settlement sites.

But Liu Xinda didn't care at all.

Nowadays, most of Jiujiang, except for military-managed settlement sites, the self-cultivated farmers have almost disappeared. And the merchants, except for Liu Xinda nodding in agreement, have also disappeared long ago.

Liu Xinda is trying hard to make money.

Is he greedy for money?

Outsiders may think so.

But Tengjian knew that Liu Xinda was not greedy for money at all. Over the years, Liu Xinda's life has always been quite frugal, far inferior to ordinary wealthy families.

Some of these accumulated wealth were converted into the official treasury by Liu Xinda, while the other part was used as military expenses by Liu Xinda.

Now Liu Xinda's subordinates have been divided into two parts, one is 5,000 people. This is Liu Xinda's core subordinates, and he spared no expense to build. The military pay of these 5,000 people is enough to compare with the military pay of soldiers of the Northern Tang army. Moreover, their equipment is getting better and better day by day.

Liu Xinda, who got the money, was arming this core unit of 5,000 people desperately.

There is nothing else to do except training and combat for these five thousand people. Tengjian and Liu Buwu, the son of Liu Xinda, were the two commanders of this army, each leading two thousand people, and the other one thousand people existed as Liu Xinda's personal guards.

In order to ensure the morale of these 5,000 people, Liu Xinda took great pains to the extent that he even set up military prostitutes in the military camp. Many of these military prostitutes, except for the female family members of those who committed the crime, were looted.

If you invest heavily, you will naturally get rewards.

This army, which was originally a division of battles, not only was its combat effectiveness increasing, but its morale and loyalty to Liu Xinda were also increasing day by day.

The other five thousand people belong to the second-tier troops. The equipment of these people is worse. Their main function is not to fight, but to make money for Liu Xinda. In addition to operating these settlement sites, they also serve as a series of tasks such as robbers, horse thieves, and bandits. Their target of robbers was not limited to Jiujiang. They even crossed the territory of Jiujiang and sneaked into other areas of Jiangxi, burning, killing, looting, and doing all kinds of evil.

The one who commanded this second-line army was Liu An, the nephew of Liu Xinda.

Liu Xinda did not allow his 5,000 core troops to be infected with these bad habits. The army led by Tengjian and Liu Buwu had extremely strict military disciplines. But Tengjian was very clear that ensuring the strict military discipline of the soldiers of these 5,000 core troops was exchanged for all evil by the second-line troops.

In Liu Xinda's view, the second-tier troops are just tools that can be abandoned at any time. It is not a pity to die. Anyway, he can get more people to join this troops at any time.

Human hearts are inherently evil.

It takes great effort to make people abide by the rules, but it takes only a little temptation to seduce people to do evil, or just a little temptation. Once a person gets on such a pirate ship and tastes such sweetness, it will be difficult to wash his hands and correct his mistakes.

"We can't beat the Northern Tang people." Liu Xinda said: "You know, I know this fact. Even if our army now has reached the peak of its combat effectiveness. We have led troops to fight for a lifetime, the current army is the strongest force I have ever led. But I still don't think they can beat the Northern Tang people. There is nothing else, I only have five thousand such an army, and I have been exchanged for everything."

Teng Jian also sighed: "It's too much money to raise such an army."

"Yes, it's too expensive, but we don't have the ability to make money. What else can we do except use these cruel means to get what we want?" Liu Xinda said helplessly: "But there are hundreds of thousands of troops in the Northern Tang Dynasty."

Teng Jian was silent for a moment and said, "General, since that's the case, our enemy cannot be the Northern Tang army, right?"

"Of course not." Liu Xinda burst out laughing and said, "With the army I have worked hard to fight with Bei Tang, it will be destroyed in a blink of an eye. So what am I going to do?"

Teng Jian shivered: "Then our enemy is just the money article?"

Liu Xinda laughed again: "Do you know why Li Ze suddenly stopped fighting when he was winning a great victory? Do you want to understand why Shi Zhuang agreed to my conditions and indulge me to leave?"

"I didn't figure it out." Teng Jian shook his head and said, "I don't understand, General, you know that we are not the opponent of the other party, why do you still have to fight the other party to the death to the end? If it really doesn't work, we can surrender."

"Surrender?" Liu Xinda said sadly: "Do you think I haven't thought about this? Unfortunately, the people of Northern Tang will not allow me to surrender."

"What is this? Even though we have been enemies with them for many years, surrendering to them is a good thing." Teng Jian said inexplicably.

"They are counting on us to disrupt the entire Jiangxi!" Liu Xinda said: "I want to be a bitch and set up a archway. It's just people like Shi Zhuang. They forced me to betray Xiang Zhen and forced me to come to Jiangxi. In order to survive, to avoid being settled by Xiang Zhenqiu, and to avoid being annexed by the money article, I can only strive to strengthen my strength. In this way, I will have conflicts with these people in the Southern Alliance, and in the end, it will inevitably be incompatible with water and fire. They are going to follow us to get a bargain!"

"General, since we understand the other party's plans, what should we do?" Teng Jian looked at the other party blankly, feeling that his future was dark. The world was so big that there was no place for him and others.

"What should I do? Of course I want to live." Liu Xinda's face was ferocious, "I can't beat Li Mi and Shi Zhuang. Can't I still beat these wastes under Qian Wenzhong? When we have enough robbed in Jiujiang and accumulated enough, when the people of Northern Tang think that the time is ripe and want to chase us, we run away and grab a piece of land in Qian Wenzhong. Then we will replenish manpower, accumulate wealth, and then advance to the next goal."

"But in this way, what is our ultimate goal?"

"Of course I have the ultimate goal!" Liu Xinda nodded and said, "We go south and defeat all the people along the way who want to stop us. We go to Jiaozhi and Annan. As long as our fists are hard enough, the waste from the Southern Alliance cannot stop us. As long as we run fast enough, the Northern Tang people cannot catch up with us. I don't believe it. When we run to those places, the Northern Tang people will chase us and fight."

"Are you going anywhere far?"

"Only far enough can you avoid the demon Li Ze!" Liu Xinda shook his head and said, "Tengjian, there is no regret. Others say that Jiaozhi and Annan are poor places with poor mountains and rivers, so they don't understand these places. When you really get to that place, you will understand that the wealth there is no worse than ours at all."

"Those places are not that easy to gain a foothold."

"We can escape from Li Ze's men and be afraid of those barbarians. When we occupy those places, I will also become an emperor. At that time, I will enthrone a big place for you and let you become a king." Liu Xinda laughed loudly, but in Tengjian's opinion, the laughter was a bit shrill and frightening.

"Brother, in the Tang Dynasty, we have no way out. The only thing we can do is to hold the power in our hands and find a way out for ourselves." Liu Xinda patted Tengjian's shoulder: "You understand why I am so useless now, right? I have to get enough money to gather more weapons and equipment and more war horses, so that we can gather the power of everyone together. Only by letting our soldiers know that following us will have countless money, and then we can be invincible, conquering everything, and heading south all the way to our final destination."

After listening to Liu Xinda's words about cesarean section, Teng Jian finally understood why Liu Xin was so abnormal after reaching Jiujiang. Everything was a last resort. But behind these last resorts were some people, openly and secretly, forcing them.
Chapter completed!