Han Shizu

Chapter 257

In August Dinghai (tenth day) of the first year of Qianyou, after encircling Puzhou for more than ten days, the Han army pulled out the west village and attacked the city. The emperor supervised the formation and conquered in two days.

Compared with what Liu Chengyou expected, it was much easier and faster, and there were still four days before the Mid-Autumn Festival.Of course, it's easy to say, but it's not too easy when you think about it carefully. Tens of thousands of cavalry marched out of Kaifeng, and the emperor took the risk to leave Beijing for his own conscripts.

This rebellion in the west was not caused by three bandits, and Liu Chengyou and the imperial court had long been prepared. From the beginning, they suffered targeted attacks. Even though there were repeated attacks, they failed to leverage the overall situation.Therefore, in a short period of time, the rebels in the river lost hope. Coupled with the tactics and tactics of the officers and soldiers, the hearts of the people dispersed even faster.Coupled with Liu Chengyou's tactics of not giving a chance, and taking advantage of sharp weapons, it is inevitable to break the city.

After the city was broken, the officers and soldiers were more calm, entering the city, chasing down the fierce, accepting prisoners, controlling the city, and fighting the fire by the way.The fire at the top of the city eventually spread and affected the houses behind the Wengcheng.

Since the battle of attacking and defending the ancient city, when the city is broken, it is the most chaotic time, and it is also the time when problems are most likely to arise.Liu Chengyou knew the truth well, so after breaking the city, he strictly ordered the generals and schools of the army to restrain the soldiers.He also asked Han Tong and Li Chongju to lead the army to temporarily take charge of the military discipline inspection, and Bai Wenke was temporarily assigned to Puzhou to eliminate the rebels, and at the same time strictly prevent the local hooligans from taking advantage of the chaos to do evil.

After the south city was broken, the east also fell smoothly. Yang Ye personally led the army to break into the city, and all the rebels surrendered.In fact, under this situation, most of the Pu army had no intention of sharing life and death with Hedong City and their "King Qin".

Most of the generals in Hezhong naturally followed the original idea from the heart and surrendered decisively.Several of them were "seduced" by Feng Dao, and they originally planned to wait and sell for a price. They never thought that the Han army would attack so fiercely and attack so quickly.

It is of course too late to break the city and surrender, but if you don't surrender, you won't even have a chance to survive.All the officers and soldiers entering the city have received orders. The rebels in the city, but there are abnormalities, should be cut first to avoid chaos.Chaotic army is always an unstable factor.

Even if the arrangement is in place, when the city is broken, there will be chaos. Although the Hedong City is not too big, it will take more than two hours for the order to stabilize.

Liu Chengyou was not idle here either, he took Yang Bin, Feng Dao, and Fan Zhi to inspect outside the city in person, comforted the troops remaining outside the city, commended meritorious soldiers, and visited the wounded officers and soldiers.In short, in front of the army, he kept showing his presence as the emperor.

On the occasion of breaking the city and winning, the effect is better than the usual ten or eight times of show.

The south gate of Pucheng is guarded by the army. Liu Chengyou looks at the smoky south city with his hands behind his back. The masonry tower has been completely burned down, and the city wall full of "scars" is still standing firmly. The rising smoke is still hot, and the air is filled with the stench of burning oil
"This Hedong city has been repaired by Li Shouzhen to be strong enough!" Looking at the outline of the city, Liu Chengyou said with emotion in a relaxed tone.

"No matter how strong it is, it's still a traitorous city, how can it stop His Majesty's might!" Feng Dao said immediately, raising his sleeves.

"Feng Qing's words are true, and my majesty is something that a mere traitorous city can resist!" Liu Chengyou's eyes flew all over, he raised his hand, and said loudly: "But my majesty also comes from the loyalty of tens of thousands of people!" Generals of the Great Han Imperial Army!"

"Your Majesty is wise!" Feng Dao looked in admiration.

On the sidelines, seeing the harmony between the monarch and his ministers, Yang Bin became more and more like an outsider, and he was already not even interested in interjecting.His mind is still clear at this time, after sweeping out Li Shouzhen this time, the arrogance of this young emperor will probably be more difficult to control, and an old official like him will probably be ignored by him
"Hedong." Liu Chengyou murmured, then pondered, and said: "The name of this city will be changed!"

The few ministers accompanying him were all taken aback, why did they mention this, but Feng Dao immediately gave an explanation: "This city strangles the great river, communicates with Qin and Jin, and time has changed, but it is difficult to be named as Hedong. Your Majesty, please give me a name."

"I can't come up with any good names." Liu Chengyou waved his hands and looked at Feng Dao: "I have to trouble Feng Qing for such an elegant matter."

Seeing this, Feng Dao showed a flattering smile. After thinking for a while, he raised his hand and said: "The mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the man of Yongji is named after Yongji. What do you think?"

"Just use Yongji as the name!" Liu Chengyou made a direct decision.

"Your Majesty, the city has been cleared." At this time, Han Tong led a group of people, rode out, dismounted far away, and reported respectfully.

Liu Chengyou glanced at Han Tong, his face was a little dirty.Han Tong was a little depressed. He led the ten battalions in the left wing of the Protectorate to lead the conquest, but in the end there was no room for cavalry, and the rebels in the river were defeated.

"Where's Bai Qing?" Liu Chengyou asked.

"Bai Shijun is checking the treasury." Han Tong responded, explaining to him by the way: "Then Li Shouzhen is very hateful. He has accumulated firewood in advance and distributed it to the state government and the treasury. He wants to burn it. The treasury in the middle of the river Among them, there are still tens of thousands of stones of rice and grain, if General Liu Ci hadn't led people to extinguish them in time, they would have been burned by him."

"It's not surprising that the perishing person has such a crazy move!" Liu Chengyou said lightly.

"Where's Li Shouzhen's body?" Liu Chengyou asked.

It has been reported before, after the city was broken, Li Shouzhen committed suicide in the city.

"Place it in the courtyard of the state government."

"Go to the city!" Liu Chengyou nodded and ordered directly.

"Your Majesty, the south city has been destroyed and the roads are dirty. I fear the Holy Body will be polluted. Please go through the east gate." Feng Dao suggested aloud.

"It doesn't matter, the soldiers use this to save the city, why can't I pass it!" Liu Chengyou said lightly.After finishing speaking, he got on the royal horse and rode lightly in.

In the state city, there was silence, Pu Jun was moved outside the city to guard, the doors were closed everywhere, and the people guarded their homes in panic.

The inside and outside of the state government office, including the surrounding streets and alleys, are under the control of more than [-] forbidden troops. There are quite a lot of people, including the Longqi, Xiaodi, Wujie, and Xingjie armies.

Bai Wenke and Li Hongjian led a group of generals to welcome them.

"This prefectural office is really magnificent." Dismounting from the horse, he looked at the gate, and his gaze paused for a while on the three characters "Qin Wang Fu" on the plaque.

Noticing Liu Chengyou's eyes, Bai Wenke's face changed slightly, and he seemed a little regretful, and immediately greeted the sergeant: "Don't take off the plaque made by the false king for rebellion, chop it up and use it for firewood!"

After the plaque was disposed of, Liu Chengyou just stepped into it.

In the courtyard, Liu Chengyou finally saw the dead body of Li Shouzhen, carefully sizing up that square face, the deep cut on his neck, and the blood had dried up.Back in Tokyo, when Li Shouzhen had an audience with Liu Zhiyuan, Liu Chengyou only glanced at him when they passed by. From the beginning to the end, Li Shouzhen rebelled against him, and there was no face-to-face communication between the two of them.

"It's better for the thief to die simply." Liu Chengyou said flatly.

"Your Majesty, the rebels fleeing to the north have been defeated by Jianxiong Army Jiedu Wang Shijun and Zhao Hongyin, the commander of the Eastern and Western Divisions. All of his family members have been captured, and his son Li Chongxun was killed by Zhao Kuangyin, the son of Commander Zhao."

"Zhao Kuangyin?" Liu Chengyou couldn't help trembling his eyebrows when he heard the news, but he calmed down very naturally, his eyes rolled around twice, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"Your Majesty, under Li Shouzhen, there are still more than a dozen civil and military men who are attached to rebels and rebels, plot rebellion, and fight against the king's teacher. How should we deal with it?" At this time, Bai Wenke approached and asked.

How to deal with it, the smile on the corner of Liu Chengyou's mouth became a little cold, he moved the bones of his shoulders, and ordered: "Send that generation and Li Shouzhen's family to the market, behead them all, and use them to warn the world!"

With a lazy appearance, the words he said and the orders he issued made the generals present feel a little bit chilly, especially Bai Wenke and Zhao Hui who were shouldering the responsibility of Jiedu.

According to previous examples, since Li Shouzhen died, even if his family and the rest of the party were not pardoned, they would not be so utterly exterminated.

But the attitude of the Son of Heaven, I have to be vigilant and trembling
(End of this chapter)