A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 515
Chilling wind.

flag hunting,

Thousands of troops lined up in front of the village.

Gao Yaozi finally walked out of Diaowo Village, with only a few horses behind him, Gao Ning who was good at charging with horses, Gao Rong who was good at spears, and Gao Shier who was good at bow and sword.

Long spears invade the sky for half a day, spears form mountains and forests, and Xuanjia shines in the sun.

The Great Tang Army Formation gave them a great sense of oppression.

Gao Yaozi was a person who participated in the Goguryeo war. He had seen Yang Guang's army of one million conquering Liao in those days. It is not surprising to say that the soldiers are strong and strong, but the momentum of the more than ten thousand troops is extremely strong.

There are no horns, no drums, the whole army is solemn, but it feels suffocating and oppressive like Mount Tai.

"Gaowei, Diao Nest behind the mountain, meet the military governor!"

The gray-bearded Gao Wei got off his horse from a distance, walked to the banner of the commander-in-chief, bowed to Wu Huaiyu, and Gao Ning, Gao Rong, and Gao Twelve also stepped forward to salute.

Wu Huaiyu was sitting on a pony tie, wearing a bright armor and phoenix-winged helmet, and a scarlet woven gold cape, looking at the quite famous senior manager in front of him.

Since the end of the Sui Dynasty, he has never played the banner of separatism and self-reliance. He has neither been called a king nor a general. He is very low-key, but he is a hero who unites the villages behind the mountain for self-government.

He was even Yu Chigong's younger brother.

Wu Huaiyu intentionally waited for them to finish their salutes before getting up and approaching with a big smile.

He grabbed Gao Yaozi's arm, "Before I came to Youzhou, I heard in Chang'an that there was a hero Gao Yaozi behind the mountain. Seeing him now, he is a real hero."

"Gao is ashamed."

Although he was not defeated and surrendered, but surrendered without a battle, Gao Yaozi still felt very ashamed.

There were so many big words before the war, but when the soldiers and horses arrived, they surrendered.

The prestige he had built up over the past ten years as a senior manager was also wiped out.

Huaiyu held Gao Yaozi's arm very affectionately in front of the battle.

Although Mr. Duan had suggested to Wu Huaiyu to punish Gao Wei just now, saying that the majesty of the court should not be desecrated, since soldiers from Youzhou were sent out, the sword would have to see blood before it was unsheathed.

Otherwise, the prestige will not be established.

Li Jinyan's suggestion is to appease them first, and then deal with them after they have conquered the villages and stationed troops.

When Wu Huaiyu was in Youzhou, he also spoke more forcefully, but now his attitude has changed drastically.

He didn't want to fight this battle, but as long as the villages behind the mountains refused to register as householders and the people of Qimin were ruled by the imperial court, they had to fight, and there was no room for negotiation.But as long as they can submit, then there is no need to liquidate them. After all, these people are their own people, not barbarians, so they have to be treated differently.

Galway and the others have always had a good reputation. If they settle accounts after the autumn, or even turn their faces immediately, it is a sign of disbelief.

What Wu Huaiyu really cares about is to take back the control of the area behind the mountain, reorganize the tens of thousands of Han and Han border residents into Qimin, and even restore the border defense here, reclaim wasteland and farmland, etc., but the foundation of all this is these tens of thousands of border residents.

Without people, the back of the mountain will become a frontier barrenness, and only reliable people will become a border town.

He didn't want to leave any hidden dangers, and the border residents would repeat it again and again in the future.

"From now on, the governor will appoint Gao Zhaizhu as the Sima of North Yanzhou and the Sima of the Guangbian Army. He will be seconded to the governor's office in Youzhou, and he will also be the deputy envoy of the governor."

Galway was a little surprised.

Northern Yanzhou is a lower state, and its Sima is from the sixth rank. Although it is not as good as that of Youzhou, the Sima of the upper state can wear scarlet robes from the fifth rank, but the sixth rank is not low.

Back then when he fought for the Sui Dynasty in Liaodong, he fought bravely with Shen Guang, the meat flying fairy, to the head of Liaodong city. Captain Fenwu.

But that is just a casual order, without actual ministry and power.

In contrast, Sima of Beiyan Prefecture was a superior officer of a prefecture, and he was in charge of the prefecture's bureaucrats along with the chief governor of the prefecture.Wu Huaiyu also let him serve as the Sima of the Guangbian Army and the Deputy Envoy of the Yamen of the Governor's Mansion, and he trusted him very much.

Of course, Gao Wei also felt that Wu Huaiyu took the opportunity to transfer him from behind the mountain, but this was a routine operation, so there was nothing to say.

"Give Gao Ning Guangbian Army Cavalry Lieutenant, Gao Rong Qingyi Army Cavalry Lieutenant, and each of them will be awarded the lower rank of seventh rank."

The three members of the Gao family were transferred to three different places.

Sixth and seventh rank military positions are not high, but they are not low either.

Gao Yao and the others were even a little surprised. They didn't expect to be treated like this when they were recruited before the battle.

The three of them felt relieved at the moment.

Gao Yao beckoned to her daughter, and Gao Twelfth unwrapped a bundle he was carrying to present, but it was the map, population, and account books of Diaowo village.

This is equivalent to offering territory and household registration.

Huaiyu reached out to take it, and smiled at Gao Shier, but Gao Shier was a little lost, and turned around in a moment of panic.

Looking at this scene, Lu Chengye felt a little sour in his heart.

Wu Huaiyu wanted to attack the mountain, but he always opposed it, thinking that the mountain was difficult to attack, and finally he was a little bit worried about Wu Huaiyu's frustration, but who would have thought that it was only a few carts of gunpowder that Gao Yaozi was recruited.

"The governor is benevolent and righteous, and the Gao family behind the mountain is also aware of the times and things, and I feel that today can be even more joyful."

"This Gao Shier is the eldest daughter of Gao Sima, who is willing to be a matchmaker, and is willing to make a good relationship between the two surnames, Gao Sima, what do you think?"

He was still thinking about what Gao Wei said in the village just now that he gave away his daughter for wealth, and felt that he was offended.

Now I deliberately want to give birth to a little bit, to give the two people a little stab.

Gao Wei really frowned.

Lu Chengye's words made him very dissatisfied. Being so public made him feel like being forced to sell his daughter.

"Wu Dudu, please forgive me for being rude," Gao Wei gritted his teeth and wanted to refuse.

At this time, Gao Shier stepped forward, "Father, my daughter is willing."

Gao Yaozi was stunned by this, and turned to look at his daughter. Gao Twelve stepped forward to salute his father, "Father, my daughter is willing."

Gao Wei felt that his daughter was doing it for the Gao family, and he didn't want the Gao family to offend the Lu family and Wu Huaiyu at the same time.

"Father, please do it." Gao Shier took his father's hand.

With moist eyes, Gao Wei whispered to his daughter, "Ruyi, you don't have to wrong yourself."

Gao Twelve took his father's hand and replied in a low voice, "Father is willing to join the imperial court for the sake of the queen of the mountain and the Gao family. Entering the Wu family, what kind of grievance is the female queen, we sisters are married to the military governor, and we will have a companion in the future."

Galway could only sigh in the end.

But the gaze that glanced at Lu Chengye was very complicated, with a bit of resentment.

Wu Huaiyu kept silent after Lu Chengye made his own claim about being a matchmaker. Lu Chengye did make his own claim, but at this time he did not refuse to object.

It wasn't that he really liked Gao Shier, but that he was keenly aware of the reaction caused by this sentence. Lu Chengye might want to do something, so Wu Huaiyu simply took the opportunity to test Gao Wei's reaction.

Success or failure, he takes the initiative.

And when he saw that Gao Shier actually offered to express his willingness, he was a little surprised, but he also saw that although Gao Wei no longer objected, he was very dissatisfied with Lu Chengye, which was very good.

It is a good thing that the tyrants behind the mountain have formed a relationship with the nobles of Youzhou.

Lu Chengye was also stupid, he wanted to stir up a gap between Wu Huaiyu and Gao Wei, but unexpectedly it was self-defeating, people didn't blame Wu Huaiyu, but hated him.

He probably never imagined that Gao Wei, who had said so categorically in the village before that he would not sell his daughter for wealth, would actually agree to give his daughter as a concubine, and he is not a human being inside and out.

Maybe what he didn't expect was that Gao Shishi would be the one to stand up and express his willingness.

Now it's all right, Wu Huaiyu recruited Shanhou without bloodshed, and even married the Gao family, and the Gao family will naturally become Wu Huaiyu's people in the future.

The marriage was decided before the battle, and then Wu Huaiyu and the Gao family became much closer immediately.

Gaowei accepted the post of Sima of Northern Yanzhou and Sima of Guangbian Army and Deputy Envoy of the Army and Horse of Youzhou Governor's Mansion, and formally attached to the imperial court.

The eight villages at the back of the mountain, headed by Honghe Diaowo village, and hundreds of other villages, big and small, in Baihe and Heihe.

Wu Huaiyu was very polite to these people, and took the account books and maps of their household registration and fields presented by them, and then appointed them officials, or gave them some scattered ranks.

Some elites were also selected from Zhuzhai and incorporated into the Guangbian Army.

Anyway, the Guangbian Army claims to have [-] people, but in fact it is only [-], and now it is directly expanding.The newly created Guangbian Army were all the original rural soldiers behind the mountain. Huaiyu selected [-] soldiers for the Datang Mansion, set up three new commanding army mansions behind the mountain, and selected the Guangbian Army from among them. Guard the border.

The rest of the township soldiers were selected and organized into united soldiers, one thousand military cavalry (united cavalry), and two thousand soil regiments (united infantry). These people trained in their free time, and trained in winter and spring.

The people in the villages behind the mountain are all registered as household registers, and all the fields under their names are also registered in the mountain and granted land deeds.

Newly established Chicheng County, Longmen County, Diaowo Township, etc., Guangbian Army stationed in Chicheng, and rebuilt Dushikou Ancient Pass, established Dushikou Town, restored Baiyun Fort, Diaowo Fort, etc.

From the north of Chang'an Mountain to Dushikou, they are guarded by the Guangbian Army.

Wu Huaiyu appointed Wei Siren as the new envoy of the Guangbian Army, and the number of the Guangbian Army increased to 3000.

The recovery of the area behind the mountain has added more than [-] Fan Han households and tens of thousands of people, which is indeed a real achievement.

Everything went very smoothly, unexpectedly smoothly.

I thought there would really be a big battle, and many people even thought that Gao Yaozi could make the young military governor return home, but who knew that in the end it would be successful without bloodshed.

Countless people in Youzhou City were shocked when they heard the news, and even some people were so popular that they couldn't sleep.

However, for more ordinary Youzhou merchants, this is great news, which means that Youzhou has avoided a war. At least as soon as the news came back, the prices in Youzhou dropped a little in response.

While everyone was happy, they still had leisure and elegance to eat the melons of the military governor. One side took Fan Yang Lu's daughter, and the other side went to fight. The battle was not won, but the famous Gao Shier was also taken as a concubine.

Gao Twelve's sword dance is famous in Youzhou, and Lu 35 is known as the combination of two swords.

However, for Wu Huaiyu, the biggest gain from this expedition is not the vast land behind the mountains and the many valleys, but the tens of thousands of Han people, and even [-] new government soldiers, [-] united township soldiers, and even the frontier army. As a result, the army has increased from three hundred to three thousand.

The shoulders of Youzhou have also been guaranteed safety.

These thousands of soldiers from the mountains have nothing to do with Fan Yang Lu's and other aristocratic families. They were even those who escaped from these aristocratic families in the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty to survive in the wilderness. Now Huaiyu dragged them into his chariot, and Like Tudiji, Fuyu and other Mohe insiders, they became another powerful assistant to check and balance the noble families in the North.

For these people, Wu Huaiyu not only did not settle accounts and suppress after the autumn, but also generously appointed officials and assigned them to various military towns in Youzhou. After settling down, they also arranged for their young children to study in official schools in Youzhou, and the young children entered the Yamen soldiers or served as the staff and attendants of the generals and schools in Youzhou.

The [-] Mohe tribe led by Tudiji and Fuyu followed the expedition without firing an arrow. The war ended, but Wu Huaiyu still gave them rewards, but they did not disband.

"Come out of Dushikou, let's meet Tuli Khan!"

Tuli Khan Ashinash Bobi, the son of Shibi Khan, the nephew of Jieli Khan, the sworn brother of the current Emperor Zhenguan, the little Khan of Eastern Turkic, divided into the tribes of Tongxi, Khitan, Miao, Mohe, and Shiwei .

He stayed in Jinlianchuan in the upper reaches of the Luan River.

It is a good place with beautiful scenery and abundant aquatic plants. It is only 360 miles away from Youzhou, and the straight-line distance is [-] miles.

Hundreds of thousands of horsemen drink the Luan River, where tigers and deer hide in the vast grass sea.

Yating is a good place, facing the Lightning River in the south and Longgang Mountain in the north.

It is only three hundred miles from Dushikou to Jinlianchuan. Wu Huaiyu intends to take the [-] mixed infantry of the Han under his command out of the fortress, which can be regarded as a sudden attack exercise.

(End of this chapter)