A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 749 Coercion
Three shots.

Shattered the last will of the rebels,

The gate of Luo Doudong Walled City was opened, and the rebels rushed out to surrender.

When he saw the appearance of these barbarian rebels, Wu Huaiyu also understood better why they collapsed so quickly. These people, trapped for half a year, were already yellow and thin, and looked shabby.
This is also true. After accepting the surrender, the officers and soldiers quickly took control of the walled city and inventoried supplies such as grain, grass, equipment and so on.

"The city is out of food."

There was no food supply three days ago. In the past three days, the people in the walled city have been unstable and very turbulent. Some people secretly hid some food, and some were forced to hunt rats and even eat cockroaches and dig earthworms.

Some barbarians from different villages even started fighting in order to rob privately stored food.

"The three blunderbuss of the Prime Minister are as powerful as thunder."

"In front of a hundred thousand troops, three blunderbuss killed three barbarian kings, too..."

Several of the eloquent military staff were indescribably impressed.

It is true that the people in Dongzhai who were besieged had no food and began to fight among themselves, but they were still resisting stubbornly. However, Prime Minister Wu Huaiyu,
Arriving at the front of the village alone,

Fifty steps away, three muskets were fired in a row.

Killed three bosses in a row.

Even Fu San, the rebel governor of Douzhou, was killed.

So shocking.

The most shocking thing was not the killing of three barbarian kings in a row, but the method Wu Huaiyu used, whether it was a bow, a crossbow or a spear.

This is the first time that the three-eyed gun has appeared in Lingnan.
The blunderbuss is like lightning, the thunder is thunder,
It was so powerful that, accompanied by gunpowder smoke and fire, the enemy was killed instantly.

In front of the Lingnan Lihu rebels who were already on the verge of collapse, this felt like a miracle, not to mention that the Prime Minister Wu was a god-like figure.

There are thousands of troops behind us.

Wu Huaiyu just smiled in the face of everyone's flattery.

The unknown is always scary, and there are always people who like the mysterious and unknown things in myths.

Feng Zhidai led a group of generals Feng Xian over. The governors and generals all looked pale and frightened.
Some of them, such as Feng Zhidai, knew that Wu Huaiyu had just used a firearm.

But most people have never seen or heard of it.

They were shocked by the awesomeness of the weapon,
He was even more amazed at the power of Wu Xiangguo.

"The lower official Feng Zhidai led the officers and soldiers of the Gaozhou Governor's Mansion to pay homage to Mr. Wu."

Feng Zhidai wanted to apologize, claiming that he was incompetent and failed to capture Luo Doudong earlier.

"Tianxi, don't say those words. You were able to confront the rebels for half a year, and at least you didn't let their poison spread."

Having said that,

But Wu Huaiyu came from the north. After Sangun broke the stronghold, it was Wu Huaiyu's soldiers who entered and controlled the stronghold. It was also Wu Huaiyu's soldiers who accepted the surrender and placed the prisoners.
All the local soldiers in Gaozhou were ordered to stay put.

It was like they were watching an inconsequential show.

It's just that the excitement is not good to see. For them, although Luo Doudong was not defeated by them in the end, they did fight with the rebels for half a year. The final siege also paid a heavy price, but now, the peach is ripe. , it was Wu Huaiyu who reached out to pick peaches.

Wu Huaiyu was rude to his father-in-law Feng Zhidai, and even more rude to other generals Feng Xian.

Over there, the head of the third-class wolf chief was hung on the flagpole for public display.
Here Wu Huaiyu also held the first military meeting directly on the edge of Jianjiang River.

Wu Huaiyu is at the top,
On the left are the civilian and military generals he brought from the Central Plains, and on the right are the generals from the Gaozhou Dudu Mansion.

"Luo Doudong's rebels were young and strong. Eleven of them were killed, and the rest were not slaves."

The first order Wu Huaiyu gave was extremely cold.

There were 4 raccoon rebels and thousands of old, weak, women and children gathered in Luo Doudong Walled City, totaling nearly [-] people. Thousands of them were killed in five encirclement and suppression campaigns in half a year.

There are still more than 3,

Now Wu Huaiyu wants to execute three thousand young men in one go, and then all the remaining more than 3 people will be demoted as slaves, and all fields, livestock, money and food will be confiscated.

This command,
Even Feng Zhidai couldn't help but swallow his throat.
More than 3 people.

Not all of these people are from Luodou. Many of them are gathered from various villages in the surrounding mountainous areas hundreds of miles away.

Feng Zhidai opened his mouth to say something, but in the end nothing came out.

"Let Luo Doudong change his name. From now on he will be called Xinyi."

Douzhou, Xinyi County,

This walled city will be rebuilt and reinforced again, and the state, city and county will govern one city.

There are 5000 Yongning troops in Gaozhou Town, 500 troops in Zuo Town, and 1000 troops will be stationed in Douzhou, of which [-] will be stationed in Xinyi City.

"Where is the governor of Douzhou?"

Wu Huaiyu asked coldly.

Feng Shihui stepped forward with some uneasiness, "Your Majesty, Feng Shihui, pays homage to Mr. Wu." "Feng Shihui, you are nicknamed Golden Leopard. I heard that you and two clan brothers in Lingnan are known as the Three Heroes, but in my opinion, your Golden Leopard name is too much. The governor of Douzhou has not been able to set foot in his own jurisdiction for half a year, so what qualifications do you have to be the governor of Douzhou?"

Wu Huaiyu said that he would remove Feng Shihui from the post of governor of Douzhou on the spot.

The atmosphere was tense for a moment.

Feng Sanguan also had a look of unwillingness and resentment on his face at this time, and even some of the other generals Feng Xian were aggrieved.

These people also have a bit of sadness about the death of a rabbit or a fox.

"Xiangguo,"

Feng Zhidai stood up to intercede for Feng Shihui, saying that since the rebel uprising, Feng Sanguan was still the governor of Luozhou. He was ordered to recruit troops and horses in Luozhou, and even spent his family wealth to help the army. What happened when he came to Douzhou? Fight bloody battles with rebels,
"Feng Sanguan fought with the enemy for more than ten years, and his soldiers also suffered casualties of no less than [-]..."

Then they all begged for mercy together.

Wu Huaiyu sat there, stroking his chin, with a cold face but never spoke.

Feng Sanguan felt very uncomfortable there. He wanted to fall out but was a little afraid, but he was unwilling to be dismissed from his position, so he could only wait in agony for his resignation.

The silence was not long,
But everyone feels so far away,

At the end of May in Lingnan, the afternoon was very sultry. Many people were already sweating, which made people even more irritable.

"Three officials," Wu Huaiyu finally spoke. This time he did not call Feng Shihui by his name or his official position, but by his cousin.

This seems less vivid, even less majestic.

Everyone felt relieved,
"During the Wude period, when you were the governor of Gangzhou, you and your father Feng Xuan followed Qinzhou Ning Changzhen and Man Wang Tandian to raise troops to rebel against the imperial court."

Feng Sanguan wanted to explain, but Wu Huaiyu stopped him.
"You don't need to explain. You and your son did raise an army to rebel against the imperial court. In fact, you and your son were not the only ones to raise an army.
For example, the current governor of Duanzhou, Pang Xiaotai, was originally the governor of Nanzhou and raised troops with you, but General Pang has already proven his loyalty to the imperial court with his actual actions in the past few years.

I just heard what Governor Feng said. You have indeed done your best in encircling and suppressing the rebels this time. If there is no credit, it is still hard work. "

"You continue to serve as the governor of Douzhou. Now I have defeated Douzhou. From now on, the Douzhou Yamen will be in this Xinyi City. Do your job well and don't let down the saint."

Feng Sanguan breathed a sigh of relief. He did not dare to fall out with the court as a last resort.

He was quite satisfied with being able to keep his position as governor of Douzhou.

Wu Huaiyu then proposed to reorganize his troops and horses, and make Douzhou the lower state and retain [-] state soldiers.The five counties in Douzhou each retain [-] rural soldiers.

These soldiers in prefectures and counties are all united soldiers, that is, soldiers who do not leave their jobs. They fight temporarily when they have something to do, and they are relaxed when they have nothing to do.

Select the young and strong in the prefecture and county for winter and spring training.

It is completely different from the soldiers from the six towns in Lingnan brought by Wu Huaiyu. The six towns are standing soldiers, who are drawn from the government soldiers to guard them in turns, not to mention the equipment, money and food.

The 3000 troops currently in Feng Shihui's hands need to be reorganized to retain [-] state soldiers and [-] county and township soldiers, leaving a shortfall of [-].

But this does not mean that Wu Huaiyu will increase his number of troops, but actually reduce his military power.

Because Wu Huaiyu handed over the command of the mobilization and command of state and county soldiers in each state to the governor and Sima respectively. The two soldiers must match the two to become one before state and county soldiers can be mobilized. Originally, they could only be mobilized within the state and county.

These soldiers are not standing troops, so they are scattered and returned to the farmers unless they encounter important events such as rebellion or training.
Even if there is an emergency, you have to do both and make a report afterwards.

This is actually equivalent to disbanding Feng Shihui's three thousand private soldiers.

The real most combat-effective garrison in Douzhou will be the 1000 people from the front camp of Yongning Army Zuo Town, Gaozhou Dudu Prefecture.

The chief general of this front camp is called the Shou Jiao Envoy. He is directly subordinate to the Yongning Army garrison envoy and obeys orders from the Gaozhou Dudu Mansion.However, as the garrison envoy of Yongning, he did not have a completely superior-subordinate relationship with the Governor of Gaozhou. The Yongning army was under the command of the Ministry of War.

Wu Huaiyu was only informing Feng Sanguan, and he was also informing all the Lingnan generals present.

This is not a negotiation.

There was no discussion.

All the troops in the hands of these native chiefs in Lingnan will be reorganized into state and county united troops, and the real regular army in Lingnan will all be transferred from the Central Plains, and even the command will not be handed over to them.

Wu Huaiyu asked Feng Sanguan to immediately start reorganizing Douzhou's [-] united troops, and then the first task was to continue to clean up and suppress the disobedient raccoon barbarians in the five counties in Douzhou.

"Xiangguo, according to the previous decree of the imperial court, the six towns in Lingnan were not to mobilize [-] from the Central Plains and [-] from Lingnan? And when it was said that the state troops from each state were to be reorganized, one thousand and two were reorganized in Shangzhou, one thousand were reorganized in Zhongzhou, and [-] were reorganized in Xiazhou. ah·····"

"The plan has changed. If you could quell the rebellion early, the imperial court would not have to expend so much effort to mobilize troops from the Central Plains. It is precisely because you have been unable to quell the rebellion that the imperial court changed its plan."

"Since the imperial court has mobilized tens of thousands of troops to go south, Lingnan naturally no longer needs to recruit and retain standing troops. They have all been replaced by prefectures and counties to unite rural troops. This also saves the court and the local area a lot of money and food expenses. The rural soldiers are good and can be trained in their spare time. If you are called up during wartime, you will not leave this state or county.”

There is nothing wrong with Wu Huaiyu’s answer.

You can't handle it, so we're here. Now that we're here, what else do we need you to do?

From now on, in the six towns in Lingnan, these government soldiers transferred from the Central Plains will be the real main force for defense.As for the soldiers originally held by the Lingnan chiefs, they will all be united rural soldiers from now on.

"Where is the governor of Benzhou?"

"Feng Shiyi, the governor of Bianzhou, Xianguan, paid a visit to Prime Minister Wu,"

"The next step is to capture Luo Bendong, and you, the governor of Benzhou, will take the lead."

(End of this chapter)