Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 639
Chapter 52 Hugging the Grass and Hitting the Rabbit
Going upstream from the Yellow River was something Chen Ying decided with a slap in the face. However, in fact, he had just walked for two days and arrived in Qu County when Chen Ying ran into trouble.

Qu County is also Ji County in later generations. There is a very famous scenic spot in Ji County. It is estimated that most Chinese people have heard of it, the Hukou Waterfall of the Yellow River.

The county boat went to Mengmen, and then five miles to the north was Hukou Waterfall. Although it was five miles away, the sound of the huge waterfall made Chen Ying slap his head, and Chen Ying actually looked at it.

In fact, the place where the Yellow River can be transported by water is limited to the middle and lower reaches. Not to mention the water transport boats, even the motor boats of later generations, I am afraid that there is no way to go upstream to the Hukou Waterfall of the Yellow River.

Now, Chen Ying can only look at the Hukou Waterfall and sigh, secretly saying: "Mistake!"

However, up to this moment, Sun Jingchu was not panicked at all.

What Chen Ying didn't know was that the biggest obstacle to water transportation on the Yellow River was Hukou Waterfall, and the way to pass Hukou Waterfall was "boating on dry land".Under the conditions at that time, this may be the best choice for water transportation to pass Hukou Waterfall.However, the wisdom of the working people cannot be ignored. I don’t know when, from Mengmendu to the east, there is a trench about [-] or [-] steps wide. This trench is about [-] miles away, and it directly bypasses the Hukou Waterfall. In this way, even though it was a bit cumbersome to change the route, Chen Ying's worries were swept away.

Because the width of the trench was too narrow, even Chen Ying's boat "Wan'an" couldn't get through. In desperation, Chen Ying had to move to a small white stone boat, dangled around, and finally passed the Hukou. Waterfall, Chen Ying is not in the mood to appreciate Hukou Waterfall at this moment, he wished he could put on his wings and fly to Lingzhou, look at that lovely little man.

However, when Chen Ying and his party just arrived in Pu County, they ran into trouble again.Li Ruiting, the county magistrate of Puxian County, came to Chen Ying and cried loudly, begging Chen Ying to help him suppress the bandits.

Chen Ying was confused, looked at Li Ruiting who was full of snot and tears, and said: "Li County Magistrate don't cry, what's going on, please tell me in detail!"

Li Ruiting choked with sobs and said, "I ask General Chen to help you suppress the bandits, this day is simply unbearable!"

It turned out that the autumn harvest had just passed.The taxes just collected in Pu County were transported into the official treasury before they were warmed up, and they were snatched up by thousands of bandits from all over the world. Li Ruiting had to bring someone back to find the food, or fill the hole himself, otherwise he could wipe his neck and hang himself.

As the so-called poor mountains and evil waters come out of troublesome people, this Pu County is located at the southern end of Luliang Mountain and the west foot. The terrain is high in the east and low in the west, surrounded by mountains on three sides in the east, south and north.There are Mount Tailiang, Niucao Mountain, Chrysanthemum Mountain, and Muling Mountain in the northeast; Taobu Mountain, Shimen Mountain, Tai Mountain, and Baektou Mountain in the east; Wulu Mountain and Wulong Cave in the north; Stone Mountain, Baoziliang, and Wugu Mountain in the south. Mountain.Surrounded by east and west rivers, seven walls are spread out, eight rivers are criss-cross, and ravines are staggered.Wulu Mountain is in the north, Shitou Mountain is in the south, Gushe Mountain is in the east, and Xinshui River runs through it. It is the gateway from Linfen to several counties in Xishan.The north and south are separated by a pass of a hundred miles, and the east and west are separated by a line of sky.Therefore, it is known as "the throat of the east of the river, and the gateway of the western Qin Dynasty".

This place is simply a bandit's paradise. If you dig into any ravine, there is nowhere to look for it.The key is around the area of ​​Hedong. In this short period of three years, Li Yuan went south to conquer the Sui Dynasty. Dou Jiande fought badly in Hedong. After so many battles, there are naturally many casualties, but more deserters. These deserters who have seen blood and killed people, naturally cannot become good citizens. Their only The way out is to become a bandit.

What's more, there is a strong cultural tradition of banditry in the Lvliang mountain area, many of which are bandits who have been accumulating for hundreds of years. The management of several generations is deeply rooted.In the former Sui Dynasty and the first year of Wude, they made great efforts to encircle and suppress them, but every time they ended up in disgrace and let it go.

Because they couldn't do without the support of the landlords and gentry in suppressing bandits in those poor mountains and evil waters, and the landlords and gentry colluded with the bandits, so what a fart!

But now, those bandits met their opponents.Because Chen Ying asked Li Yuan for 5 troops, it is not difficult to defeat the Western Turks alone, and it is not difficult to swallow the Western Regions, but it is not so easy to gain a firm foothold in the Western Regions with this small force.The overall folk customs in the Western Regions are tough, and this is definitely a restricted area for lovers and a paradise for bullies.Once Datang immigrated to the Western Regions, it is estimated that the migration of 50 million people would be wiped out in just a few years or ten years.

But bandits are different.They dare to kill, they are bloody, give him a knife, and they dare to go up and risk their lives.It's like someone giving you a pillow when you're sleepy.

Now these bandits are the meat and potatoes in Chen Ying's eyes.

However, Chen Ying didn't take his position seriously, but murmured: "The general is busy with military affairs, and I don't have time to take care of him. The matter of suppressing bandits..."

When Li Ruiting heard this, it was like falling into an ice cellar.He lost more than [-] shi of tax and grain. Although this amount of grain was not much, it cost his life. This Li Ruiting was not from a noble family, so he could rely on the help of his family to fill the hole with [-] shi of grain. Banditry is serious under the rule, and even if you lose taxes and food, you can easily take off his black hat.

It was over half a hundred years ago that he got into the position of Qipinzheng County, and then this kind of thing happened again.This was simply killing him. Looking back on the ups and downs of the first half of his life, he worked hard and worked hard to get to this position. Once he was dismissed from office, he would be back before liberation.The more Li Ruiting thought about it, the more aggrieved and depressed he became, his eyes flowed out again.

"Hey... County Magistrate Li, what's wrong with you, why are you still crying?" Chen Ying said dumbfounded: "This general didn't say that he couldn't help your county to suppress bandits. If things don’t go well, things won’t work, if you do what I say, then this general will help you suppress the bandits.”

Li Ruiting was overjoyed when he heard the words, and according to what Chen Ying said, he hurriedly reported to Chang'an.

In Li Ruiting's urgent report, the bandits in Pu County didn't know which muscle was wrong, and they actually attacked General Chen's supply fleet. General Chen had no choice but to fight back.

In fact, the purpose of Chen Ying's suppression of bandits is very simple, that is, to get people.

He needs a group of bloody and brave people to defend the Western Regions for him. 5 horses seem to be a lot. If it is scattered on more than 300 million square kilometers of land in the Western Regions, it is estimated to be similar to spreading pepper noodles.There is absolutely no human habitation in Baili.

At the same time, Chen Ying can also train the army, and Chen Ying still has a shady army in his hands, which is behind the Wei army.

The money and food expenditure of this army is all through Chen Ying's private accounts.This army does not exist on the books, and even the generals at all levels in the army are all appointed as deputies.For example, Liu Tong, now his honorary officer is the fourth-rank Qingche Duwei, and the Wusan officer is General Xuanwei, who is actually the commander of the Wei army.The Xunxiang is the honored officer Shangqi Duwei, the Wusan officer is General Mingwei, and the official position is the deputy commander of the Beiwei Army.

Backing the Wei army is not very useful now, and Chen Ying has not forgotten Tubo.In the future, he needs to have a good fight with Tubo, especially Lu Dongzan and Lun Qinling, who are known as Tubo gods of war. If Chen Ying doesn't beat them out of shit, he will be sorry for his time travel.To fight against Tubo, the general Datang army would use it at all, and troops that could not adapt to altitude sickness and fight in the mountains would send food as much as possible.

Xue Rengui's defeat in history was due to the fact that the Tang army could not adapt to altitude sickness (Old Cheng had been to Xinjiang, and he did not get out of bed for half a month due to altitude sickness). In the army that was not adapted to altitude sickness, [-]% of its combat effectiveness, even half of it, could not be used. It is strange not to lose a battle.Only by making up for the shortcoming of fighting in the plateau and mountains can Datang be considered invincible.

In fact, during the Tang Dynasty, it was not the Turkic people, the Tuyuhun people, or the Goguryeo people who suffered the most, but Tubo.Of course, the Goguryeo mountainous area also had a great impact on the Tang Dynasty. An army that can adapt to fighting in the plateau and mountainous areas can definitely punch Tubo and kick Goguryeo with ease.

For this reason, Chen Ying placed high hopes on Beiwei's army.However, Beiwei's army is still far behind Chen Ying's goal.Chen Ying always believed that good soldiers are not made by training, but by fighting. The Beiwei army can use these bandits to practice their hands first.

Since Mingzhou transported the Hebei-born Xia Guo's surrendered army, it would take at most seven or eight days to reach Puxian County. Chen Ying's time is tight and the task is heavy.

For this reason, Chen Ying issued an order to the Beiwei army: "End the banditry in the Luliang Mountains within three months!"

Both Liu Tong and Xun Xiang are ambitious people. They both want to seal their wives and sons and make contributions. How could they be restrained by a group of bandits?

Although suppressing bandits is also considered military merit, this military merit is far worse than fighting Turks.In order to get out as soon as possible, the back Wei army is also more ruthless.

First of all, the Beiwei Army first sent out cavalry to deliver leaflets to every mountain with bandit activities.At the same time, some enlightened gentry who had contacts with the bandits were mobilized to go up the mountain to publicize the current policy to the bandits, and asked the bandits to lay down their weapons and surrender to the Beiwei army within three days of receiving the leaflets.Then they will be sentenced according to the seriousness of the circumstances. If the circumstances are less serious, they will go home to farm, and if the circumstances are more serious, they will be sent to labor camps.

Due to the appropriate policy, coupled with Chen Ying's illustrious military exploits in sweeping the Central Plains and annihilating nearly [-] Zheng troops and tens of thousands of Xia troops, a large number of bandits chose to surrender to the Beiwei army.After registering their identity and household registration, they were going to go home to farm. However, these bandits never thought that Chen Ying had no intention of fulfilling the agreement at all. These bandits counted as one, and the whole family packed them up and boarded the water transport ship going north.

For this reason, without Chen Ying firing a single arrow, the number of bandits in Pu County was reduced by half, and there were not a single one left in many cottages.But not all the bandits cooperated in this way. Many bandits knew that they had sinned a lot, refused to surrender, and even attacked everywhere, trying to resist to the end.

Now Chen Ying is angry, mother wants to open a dyeing workshop just to give you some sunshine, but there is no door.

The Xiaoqi Army, Modao Army, and Shesheng Army were all dispatched, and blockades were established on every mountain road to block all the passages for the bandits to go down the mountain.At the same time, the people in the mountain villages were mobilized to move out.

This backcountry is really not a good place to live, it is better to get out of the mountains and go outside, the outside world is very exciting!Chen Ying proposed that one person can get one hundred acres of fertile land, and a family of five people can get one cattle and five sheep.People who have been poor all their lives in the mountains still have great trust in the government. Naturally, they wish for the opportunity to move to the Huahua World outside the mountains. As a result, many villages in Puxian area are empty, and they can't even find a person.

Not only Pu County, but also all the villages near Qu County and Linfen were swept away by Chen Ying.

Anyway, in Chen Ying's eyes, this is like beating rabbits with grass, and the most important thing he lacks is people.

Aren't you both bandits and people?Now I will confiscate the knives and guns, and move the population to other places, let's see what you do!

(End of this chapter)