Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1119 Repetition
On the second day of March, Liang Huaijin, the newly-appointed commander of Qingtang No. [-] Township and Gaotang County Lord, and Zhang Xuanyan, the servant of the household department, left Luoyang for Weizhou.

On March [-]th, the group arrived in Guantao County in the north of Weizhou and met Lu Huaizhong.

In fact, there is nothing else to do, just read the will of the saint.

The reason why he chased all the way to Guantao was because Lu Huaizhong accepted Shi Renyu's surrender here.

The governor of Bozhou was killed by the state general Wang Ju, and the state city surrendered.Now there are only some stragglers left who insist on not surrendering. Lu Huaizhong has sent troops to kill them, and they will win in a few days.

And speaking of Wang Ju, one has to mention Luo Shaowei's persuasion to surrender.

With the city of Weizhou destroyed, Wang Ju was still hesitating. If the army hadn't been approaching gradually, he might not have been so happy. Anyway, he was quite a typical Tang Dynasty martial artist: ignorance of current affairs was their biggest characteristic.

But once they decided to surrender, they didn't have any integrity, they directly killed the governor of Bozhou who was related to their family by marriage, and then led the army to control the whole city, waiting for Xia Jun to come to take over, which made people dumbfounded.

Once Bozhou fell, it would be meaningless for Guantao to hold on to it.In particular, the Xia people brought some prisoners over and shouted day and night, which caused the morale of the army in the city to fluctuate and morale plummeted.

In the past few days, almost every night, soldiers escaped from the city and surrendered, and some people fled in the dark.Shi Ren doesn't stop when he meets each other, each of them lives up to his destiny and loves whatever he likes.He didn't want to care about it, and he didn't bother to care about it.

And his laissez-faire attitude will only have one effect, which is to make morale collapse more completely.

So, today, under Luo Shaowei's repeated persuasion to surrender, Shi Renyu also felt that the time was ripe. After testing the soldiers' thinking, he found that there was not much resistance to surrender, so he finally relaxed and ordered to open the city.

Lu Huaizhong happened to be suppressing one after another of the rebellions nearby. Hearing the news, he rushed to Guantao and accepted the surrender of more than 4000 Wei soldiers.

So far, Weibo, a feudal town, has also wiped out the last formed enemy army.The 43 counties of the six prefectures, at least on the surface, have been included in the land of Daxia, which is gratifying.

Although the battle of conquering Wei took a lot of effort and cost a lot of resources, the removal of one of the richest feudal towns in Hebei had a profound impact on the great cause of reunification.

Li Keyong, Wang Rong, Lu Yanwei, and Wang Gao, if nothing else, their rule has entered the countdown.

"As soon as I arrived in Wei, I heard the good news of the battlefield. The sage must be delighted to hear it, and Lu Shuai may have to go further." Zhang Xuanyan laughed.

"Where can I go?" Lu Huaizhong also smiled, and said: "The Privy Council is an uncomfortable place to stay, and it's very boring. Besides, it's not my ambition to be an official in the court. It's more comfortable to lead troops outside. , Now that the feudal town is not destroyed, and the world is different, there is no such thing as a leisurely mind. I should take advantage of my strength and fight more for the saint."

"Shuai Lu's loyalty really shows the sun and the moon." Zhang Xuanyan sighed.

Lu Huaizhong smiled.If he could choose, he would even be willing to lead troops abroad for the rest of his life.Let others have the opportunity to drink tea in the Privy Council.

But he also knew that this might just be a wish.It is impossible for a hundred thousand troops to be handed over to one person for a long time.Wuwei, Jinglue, and Yi have not been out of the three armies for a short time, and it is almost time to go back to rest, but they don't know who will be replaced later.

In this battle, he led the army to capture the three east states of Zhaoyi and the four states of Weibo. In terms of population and economy, he was no worse than Li Tangbin.Before Zhang Xuanyan came, Gu Cheng'en, the internal servant, had already come here, and rewarded the saints with gifts, brocade robes, and cars.Before leaving, Pugu Cheng'en secretly revealed that the sage will give him a nobility, from a county prince to a state prince, with four thousand households in the city.

If Zhao Kuangning is excluded, this is the second Duke of Great Xia besides Li Tangbin, and it is extremely glorious.Moreover, judging from the current situation, the number of dukes must be very rare, and it is very difficult to obtain them, which is even more precious—it is impossible for civil servants to be promoted to dukes, and it is extremely difficult for county and county dukes. There is no comparison at all.

But Lao Lu still has some regrets.Titles are trivial matters, and the opportunity to lead the army is what he values ​​more.

"Okay, I already know the meaning of the sage." Lu Huaizhong sat in the Guantao County government office and said, "I will keep an eye on the immigration of Weizhou. Speaking of which, this matter has been going on, since Xiangwei has been immigrating continuously. Alright, let’s go ahead with everything.”

Weibo has more than 250 million people on the books. After years of fighting with Zhuzhen, there are still more than 30 million people.In the past, it was Li Keyong who caused the largest population loss, but now this title has been given to Shao Shude. With both immigration and war, he lost at least 40 people, or even as many as [-] people.

And he will continue to toss and move more Weibo people out of their hometown.For this reason, Wei Bo's situation was always in turmoil--there are still people in Xiangwei and Weizhou who are still in chaos, which is a clear proof.

"Shuai Lu, the people of Wei are cunning, and the immigrants need to send a large number of soldiers to escort them. Is there enough troops?" Zhang Xuanyan said again: "The sage sent me to tell Shuai Lu that after Li Ke heard the news of the fall of Weizhou, he might jump over the wall and send out all his troops. Coming here, we still have to be on guard."

"I can save it." Lu Huaizhong said: "In fact, Li Keyong has never stopped. He has repeatedly sent troops down the mountain to attack Xing Mingci. He has won and lost with the Economic and Strategic Army, but he has not broken through the line of defense. If he sends all his troops here It is true that the Economic and Strategic Army alone can't stop it. I have a sense of proportion in this matter. The matter of escorting the Wei people should be handed over to the Gongchen and Xiaojie Second Army as much as possible. Li Ya'er, he has already lost the best opportunity, no chance."

"Lu Shuai acted safely, so I feel relieved." Zhang Xuanyan praised: "I still have to go to Chanzhou to see the people who are about to move west."

"Zhang Shilang, please come." Lu Huaizhong said.

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"Li Gongquan? Am I not mistaken?"

"It's the dog thief."

"Why did he come back?"

"Back then, he fled from Bozhou, and he took refuge in the thief Shao. Isn't it normal to come back now?"

"Why?"

"Shao thief's method, hehe, he likes to use Weibo traitors."

"Use Wei to govern Wei?"

"That's pretty much it."

Outside the city of Chanzhou, a large group of Wei Bo people were resting, and they saw an army approaching from a distance.

They are all old Weibo people, and they know Li Gongquan a lot.After all, the fight for the position back then was so famous that many people had seen him, not to mention that before that, Li Gongquan was the general of the Yamen, and he was regarded as a man of the town.

"This thief earned all the riches and honours, all with the blood of our Wei people."

"Touch him when you get a chance."

"Okay, call me then."

"Stop talking, this fellow is here."

The Gongchen army stopped outside the camp where the people of Weibo lived temporarily. Li Gongquan rode his horse around, and then looked at the people who were either cold-eyed, or timid, or flattering and fawning on him, with expressionless faces.

"Everyone! I just came from Bozhou." After a long time, surrounded by his own soldiers, Li Gongquan entered the camp, climbed onto a high platform, and said, "To be honest, tens of thousands of people were killed."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was in an uproar, and there was a hidden commotion in the crowd.

Gongchen soldiers drew their knives out one after another, and looked coldly at the Wei people who stood up.

Li Gongquan laughed twice, with a nonchalant expression, and said: "When you drove me away, did you ever think about today? You have a total of [-] households here. People, everyone has a share. I like to see your expressions of hating me and being helpless."

"Dog thief!" Someone wanted to rush up, but before taking two steps, he was killed by an arrow.

The crowd was in chaos, and more people stood up. As a result, more arrows were attracted, and the screams were endless.

The Gongchen soldiers also charged into the crowd, slashed with their knives, and killed more than a hundred people, regardless of gender, age or age, until most of them knelt on the ground in fear, and then stopped with grim faces.

"Don't talk to me about your hometown love. When you drove us away, the love is gone." Li Gongquan sneered and said: "Gongchen's army has five thousand sons, some family members were killed at will, and some wives were forced to die. Remarriage, and those who fled to other places, and even separated their relatives. How should this account be settled?"

Li Gongquan said this bluntly, but no one dared to object in front of him.The bloody corpses are there, and no one is an idiot.When he got to the ground, he breathed a sigh of relief. After he had weapons and armor, it would not be too late to seek revenge on this fellow.

"Do you know why I slaughtered thousands of people in Bozhou?" Li Gongquan glanced at everyone in the camp, and no one dared to look at him.

"There are always some idiots who still want to fight against Master Wang." Li Gongquan spat, and said, "You all made the evil today. The emperor wants you to leave Wei Bo and go to other counties for reclamation. This is not a discussion, but an order. .Since disobedience to the sacred order, it is natural to be killed. Not only is it not guilty, but it has merit. I want to see how many people have contributed to me along the way."

Speaking of this, Li Gongquan smiled cruelly and said: "Since March, there have been many rebellions in the four prefectures of Wei, Bo, Chan, and Bei. The generals of the Great Xia asked for orders one after another. They wanted to slaughter all the rebellious counties and townships, but they were all led by Lu Du. When it was suppressed, it only killed tens of thousands of people before and after, which was very unsatisfying."

"On the other hand, I want you to know something." Li Gongquan raised his right hand again and said, "In the next few days, there will be thousands of households from Beizhou coming to join us. I will go to Qingtang in a team of ten households. On the way, if one person escapes, kill his whole family. If there are three or more people, the whole team will be killed. If you don’t want to be killed, keep an eye on each other. If you don’t believe me, try it.”

Things like "drawing out the team" were brought out, and the people in the camp were silent when they heard it.

Someone subconsciously looked to the side, and quickly looked away.

Some people were upset, clenched their hands into fists, their knuckles turned white, but they didn't dare to stand up and resist.

There are also people with dull eyes and numb expressions, as if they have given up.

"Are you all scared? It's good to be scared." Li Gongquan laughed loudly, as if the submission of these people made him very happy, and he said "shamelessly": "You can scold me as much as you want, I don't care. I will be beheaded at that time." Your dog heads, giving your wives and daughters to the sergeants to play with will only make me happier."

"That's the end of the talk, there's no more to say, just wait and think about it." After finishing speaking, Li Gongquan jumped off the high platform and strode out.

As soon as he left the gate of the camp, he asked the soldiers in a low voice: "Did Minister Zhang see it just now?"

"Zhang Shilang was outside the gate of the camp. He left after listening halfway. He should know the loyalty of the military envoy." The soldier replied.

"That's good, that's good." Li Gongquan breathed a sigh of relief.

His grandma, a dignified warrior, when will he curry favor with these dog-like literati?It's too difficult in this world.

(End of this chapter)