It couldn't be helped. If he wanted to truly rule Jiangdong, this was undoubtedly the best way for Bai Feng.
Besides, he wasn't a benevolent person.
The descendants of Jiangdong all looked at Bai Feng in horror.
The request that the former had made just now was like a nightmare that surrounded their hearts.
Personally handing over everything in the clan was the same as handing over the entire clan.
Without the protection of their families, how were they any different from ordinary people?
Bai Feng sneered when he saw that these people didn't dare to speak.
"Oh? No one is willing to follow me? "
"If not, then I'll execute all of you as traitors."
With these words, tens of thousands of descendants couldn't take it anymore. They all looked at Bai Feng.
"Great General Bai, what do you mean by this? When have we ever betrayed you?"
"Even if you want to kill us, you have to find a legitimate reason."
Bai Feng sneered.
"A legitimate reason? Hehe, my reason now is very legitimate."
"Think about it carefully. When I sent people to attack Dan Yang, Cheng Pu and Han Dang of Dong Yue Wu defended against them."
"It's a pity that their fighting strength was too weak. Even though they had ample troops, their heads were still chopped off by me."
"And you people who claim to be descendants of the aristocratic families didn't help those two generals to defend against the invaders."
"You should know that I was invading your land back then, but all of you were cowards."
"Facing the invaders, you all only cared about running for your lives. Now, you want to submit to me. Isn't this betrayal?"
"Although I killed Generals Cheng Pu and Han Dang, I truly admire them."
"If we weren't enemies, I'm sure we could've become brothers."
"But it was because of you that my brothers lost their heads."
"If you had helped those two generals, they might have been able to escape."
"Moreover, you are all descendants of the aristocratic families of Dong Yue Wu, but now you've chosen to submit to me."
"Cheng Pu and Han Dang, such powerful generals, were betrayed by you, and I am just a small fry."
"If I don't use some tricks, wouldn't I be killed by you all without even knowing it?"
"Don't you think so?"
The disciples of the aristocratic families all looked at Bai Feng in horror.
Bai Feng was obviously being unreasonable just now, but they didn't even dare to breathe loudly.
Because they were very clearly aware that Bai Feng was clearly threatening them.
If they didn't hand their families over to Bai Feng, according to the former's character, he would definitely wipe them all out.
After all, Bai Feng had done something like this before.
Although these young masters were very unwilling in their hearts, under Bai Feng's strong threat, they could only choose to obey.
They took a step forward and knelt before Bai Feng.
"General Bai Feng is right. We shouldn't have betrayed General Cheng Pu and General Han Dang."
"We are willing to hand our families over to you."
Bai Feng smiled.
"Haha, that's right."
"As long as you all pledge your allegiance to me, I will make your lives better than before."
In this way, the entire Danyang County and Wu County would be under Bai Feng's control.
Now, only Jiujiang County, Lujiang County, and Huiji County were left in Jiangdong.
Of course, Bai Feng's own headquarters, Yuzhang County, was still under attack by Sun Quan.
However, with those generals guarding it, Yuzhang would not be lost easily.
Of course, even if that was the case, he still had to send reinforcements back in time.
After all, Sun Quan had mobilized all their forces this time. The main forces of Jiangdong had all been dispatched to assist Liu Bei.
Therefore, at this time, the entire Jiangdong could be said to be empty. This was the best time for Bai Feng to take over.
Moreover, as long as Yuzhang could hold on, Sun Quan would not be able to send reinforcements.
This undoubtedly made Bai Feng's attack much smoother.
However, his main forces were now all in Yuzhang. Therefore, if he wanted to take over the other three counties, he had to train enough soldiers here.
However, these soldiers could not be the disciples of the aristocratic families.
The reason they were called disciples of the aristocratic families was not because of their family's strength.
More importantly, it was because of their loyalty to Jiangdong.
Therefore, if he wanted to train this group of people into soldiers who could fight, it would be no different from raising a tiger.
The real reason Bai Feng kept them here was to first stabilize the people's hearts.
After all, even in troubled times, no one wanted to live under the rule of a tyrant.
Naturally, the second reason was to create a new big family.
These disciples of the aristocratic families obviously had a lot of prestige in Jiangdong. If he could use their name to recruit talents, it would definitely be twice the result with half the effort.
One had to know that the ordinary people did not care who their ruler was. They only cared about whether there was a ruler or not.
If they could be recruited by a big family, it would undoubtedly make them happy.
After all, it was extremely difficult to survive in this troubled world.
Obviously, it was not practical to be protected by a family if he was alone.
After Bai Feng recruited a certain number of talents, he would kill all of these so-called disciples of the aristocratic families.
This way, he could consider attacking the other three counties.
After the war temporarily ended, Bai Feng sent people to clean up the battlefield and began to recruit talents wantonly.
At the same time, he used the bargaining chips provided by the disciples of the aristocratic families to create a new family.
Naturally, the name of this family was based on his surname, the Bai family.
When the ordinary people who did not know the situation saw that there was such a good opportunity, they all came to the Bai family.
In particular, the farmers who often did manual labor were the target of Bai Feng's expectations.
Because of this, the Bai family's population instantly flourished.
Not long after, it became the most powerful family in Jiangdong.
In order to recruit more soldiers, Bai Feng was willing to give out orders and directly announced that anyone who joined the Bai family would be paid one tael of silver every day as long as they joined the army.
One had to know that because of the frequent wars, the ordinary people did not even have enough to eat, let alone money.
Once this news was released, the ordinary people flocked to the Bai family.
The Bai family's sphere of influence grew larger and larger, almost occupying the entire Dan Yang.
In order to earn money, the ordinary people worked very hard. Every day, they trained hard, and they never procrastinated.
From the looks of it, it was likely that after a while, they would be able to form a powerful army.
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