Tang Qi Tan

Chapter 153 Backtracking
Afterwards, the guards of the Five Capitals gathered from the Jingbei Gate of the Central Plains rushed towards the direction of Zicheng Xinxing.Then at the west gate and the south gate, the conquering army and the vassal cavalry, who had received orders, also suppressed internal dissidents one after another, and surrounded the newly rebuilt Qidu garrison in the east gate.

And when Xiao Yuanlian showed his own testimony, under the power of Xiaoyu's many soldiers who only blamed the chief, he forced most of them to surrender.Immediately, he was executed on the spot, and the five people who stayed in the camp would all be dozens of generals; then they wrapped up the rest of the troops and joined forces with the rear army under the Zi (inner) city wall.

But at this time, because of the sudden disappearance of Xiaoyuanlian in the bedroom, there was a commotion and chaos.But they blocked the news and searched vigorously, arguing with different opinions and wasting precious time walking up and down;

However, at this time in Zicheng, some guards of honor, military officials, and retinues who didn't know what to do, after seeing the prison mansion who appeared in person, they couldn't wait to open the gate of Zicheng to the south.At this time, the soldiers of several families who were summoned to the city came a step too late.

Therefore, they quickly swarmed into the back of the palace, in the palace, and overcame difficulties. The various branches scrambled to set things right.In the end, driven by the counter-insurgency army, the defeated soldiers were trapped in the line.

And in the process, Jiang Tian finally figured out what happened to Xiaoyuanlian earlier.It was probably after she gained a firm foothold in Beiyuanjing and initially established her personal authority; the Xingtai with Beiyuanjing as the core also began to enter the fast lane of expansion and development.

Not only the military households and soldiers from the nineteen towns of Han and Yanbian, swore allegiance and sincerity to her;Even the remaining vassals in the North have contributed money, food, troops and strength to gather under her banner.

Not to mention those who gathered spontaneously after hearing the news and wanted to fight for their own future and opportunities, the younger brothers or second sons of ministers, branch families, and vassal families from all over the world; There are even many refugees, volunteers, and rangers who seek refuge here...

However, fortunately, the little round face was not dazzled by this, and remembered the truth that expensive essence is not expensive.Therefore, a competition-style selection and assessment was held in the military camp; strong and brave men were selected from them, and priority was given to making up the rear army, the overcoming army, and the children of Yiwei (Chang Cong Fanqi).

Then, the Beiyuanjing's defenders and bandits were rebuilt.Then, with the old and weak people eliminated and the refugees recruited, dozens of large and small camps were established in the confiscated land and some public domains near Beiyuanjing and several counties. .

Therefore, after the summer harvest of the second year, when Beiyuanjing's Xingtai sent troops again to try to go south to recover the lost ground, it had already reached a so-called [-] people.Therefore, they won the first battle, smashing the rebellious troops in Yichuan, Shuiyuan, and Tangen counties, and rescuing the city of Hanzhou, where the Maitreya rebellion rebelled.

Here, she got the Hanzhou Mu who abandoned the defense and absconded, the 6000 Hanzhou defenders left behind, and more than [-] strong and brave people who were conscripted; the money, food and equipment that had been stored locally.Therefore, she executed and dismissed a group of incompetent officials and generals, and appointed other subordinates who accompanied the army and promoted new recruits;

Immediately afterwards, the thieves cleaned and confiscated the most powerful families and noble surnames in the city on the grounds of private communication; the counties in the southern border of Hanzhou were also shocked and awed by it.And during this period, I don't know how many shocking news happened, or life-and-death struggles and games...

There have been more than 20 battles before and after, and although the victories were mixed during the period, they still successfully regained most of the three counties of Baicheng, Heitan, and Huairang relying on a steady offensive and endless logistical support.Finally, in the battle of Jieshan-Hanhe, he defeated the main force of Maitreya Sect who took the initiative to fight.

But also because of the dedication of the city from the inside and the outside, she also had to pardon the capital of the Central Plains, claiming that most of the families and noble surnames had to succumb to the Maitreya rebels (Holy Army) during the occupation; What happened later has buried a hidden danger and hidden worry.

Next, she ordered the tens of thousands of Maitreya family members captured in the city, except for a few young men who had rehabilitated themselves in advance and thought they were redeeming; slaves, thinking that they would cut off the roots of Maitreyaism in the countryside.

Although such an approach will inevitably provoke a backlash in the short term, it is quite beneficial in the long run.But at this time, there began to be many rumors and jokes that were not good for her, and they were spread among the people in the market, and they were fueled by people with good intentions, causing several troubles.

At this time, her main attention has turned to the red trousers party scattered among the states of Han, 槊, Xiong, and 凕.Compared with the religious fanatics born in the despair of the end of the world like the Maitreya Sect, the Red Pants Party that spread from the southwestern coast is undoubtedly much simpler in its appeal.

The vast majority of them are peasants who can't survive, fugitive slaves, tribesmen who lost their land, and mountain people.The impoverished are shirtless all the year round, and tie a blood-stained red cloth on the crotch of their trousers, which are each other's identity marks, and gather crowds to attack the rich, noble manors, and big-eating groups in the cities.

There is no unified leadership and coordination in the actions of various places; but with the local relatives as the unit, eat wherever you go; Fire and; and the formation of several large gangs.

Therefore, under her insistence, this trip to Taiwan adopted a strategy of using both offensive and appeasement; military strikes as the means and large-scale surrender as the goal.Successively defeated and recruited more than a dozen red trousers party, large and small, and captured about [-] to [-] prisoners; and according to the plan of the gourd painting scoop, dozens of camps were set up near the city.

Since then, among the thirteen of Xinghai Dongdao, Han, Shuo, and Yuanzhou in the north have all been under the control of Jianguoxingtai led by her; Talented men in the wild, recruiting members of the vassal family, gathered a civil and military administrative team of hundreds of people.

In addition, in Hanzhou, she rebuilt one of the five palace guards that had already been abandoned and collapsed with the strong and brave men recruited locally. The seven palaces in the palace had a total of [-] members.Coupled with the replenishment and expansion of the local Hanzhou guards, there are nearly [-] soldiers and horses under the command of Xingtai.

Among them, in addition to staying behind and suppressing the troops in various places, as well as temporarily calling up and disbanding the troops from all walks of life, the number of combatable soldiers directly under the Xingtai also reached [-].In the three prefectures that have been pacified, the money and food provided and collected are more than three or four years old.

At this time, the Baekje rebels in Xiongzhou pretended to be a country and occupied Xiyuanjing; they also sent troops from the southwest to attack across the border several times.Although the town has been moved to Xingtai in the Central Plains, it was defeated or repelled; but Fusang Army was found gathered in Yizhou in the east and Shangzhou in the south.

Just when Xingtai decided to switch from offense to defense, construction was carried out in the state area, and fortifications were built for confrontation and stagnation, and it was the moment of intensive preparations.There was another piece of "good news" from the north.But it was her third sister with a round face, who had married Jiashan Jun of Wozhou, and led the troops to help and reunite.

And Wozhou is the coastal vassal of the Bohai Governor's Mansion, one of the nine Dudu's Mansions, under the Anton Governor's Mansion.Therefore, this Lord Jiashan not only brought [-] soldiers and [-] boats across the sea, but also brought Zheng Wushao, the Minister of Xuan Yuan (assistant) appointed by the public office, who was also the teacher in his early years.

But what she didn't expect was.With the addition of these external forces, and the sudden parachute of assistant candidates for supervising the country, it was easy to settle down and form a stable and stable political ecology of Xingtai, but it caused a lot of shaking and confusion.

Because, the very existence of the Minister of Propaganda is a reminder to everyone on the platform; no matter how hard they work and work hard at the moment, those who can finally determine the future and destiny of the thirteen states in Haidong will always stay away from abroad and try to ask for help The king/contemporary office of the Lord of Middle-earth.

As a result, all the pressure and contradictions were piled up on the little round face who was the prince of the prison country; and she was a little exhausted and ignored the undercurrents and changes around her.Thus, the conspiracy that had been brewing for a long time happened naturally when triggered by a certain fuse.

Therefore, on the way to accompany her on the journey, Jiang Tian also took advantage of the situation to comfort and explain to her who was a little depressed:

"Most of the contradictions and problems in this world originate from interests. But usually the interests are relatively limited. As the leader in charge of distribution, you must choose to weigh the pros and cons, strive for one part, and discard the other part."

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger (Nietzsche). And what your enemies hate is undoubtedly what is right and beneficial to you, and you can stick to it."

"The power of a person is both limited and unlimited. The limited is your vision, structure and knowledge, which also determine your lower limit. The unlimited is the opportunity you can seize, and the general trend Countless possibilities."

"Sometimes the times make heroes, and people will have the illusion that all of this comes from themselves, and having these powers is a matter of course; , going further and further away."

"Therefore, to achieve great things, it is important to know yourself, to know yourself and the enemy; you not only understand the upper limit of your own strength and ability, but also know how to seize opportunities and general trends, and turn them into help, nourishment, and direct and indirect resources that are beneficial to you. .”

"Your mistake this time is not only that you don't know people well, but you also overestimated your own strength, underestimated the hidden internal contradictions, the threat of external factors, and the so-called ambition to win allies."

"Strive for all the power you can. There is nothing wrong with this approach. What is wrong is that you have not clearly distinguished the balance between the basic foundation that you can really rely on and the external force of others. This is what gives others an opportunity. .”

(End of this chapter)