First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 272 The history of the marching commander, the four-way army

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Hearing these words, Ran Zhaoze was very confident, immediately shook his head and laughed, "Hu Mingfu's words are wrong. Since I entered the city, I have never killed a single person indiscriminately. I don't know where the people's anger comes from?"

Hu Dayong was furious immediately, "Shut up the barbarians, you don't know how to teach, rebelled against the government, invaded the local area, how dare you absolve yourself here?"

Seeing that Hu Dayong was full of righteousness and righteousness, Ran Zhao was very moved and sighed: "This is the prejudice that Gao Changshi said. If Hu Mingfu doesn't believe it, just go and investigate."

Gao Chong nodded and said: "Tomorrow I will send someone to investigate. If what you said is true, you really have done nothing to the people." I will report the truth to the saint."

Ran Zhao bowed to thank him.

Hu Dayong still had a look of resentment on his face, but he turned his eyebrows coldly at Ran Zhao.

Ran Zhao originally wanted to seize the opportunity to capture Kuizhou, strengthen himself, and then surrender to Li Tang. In this way, the official title would be even higher, but he didn't expect that he had just broken through Yun'an City, and before he could react, he would be broken by Gao Chong Cheng was captured alive, but Ran Zhaoze felt extremely depressed.

This is the end of the matter, not to mention the pursuit of a higher rank, if he can save his life, it would be Li Yuan's magnanimity, while Ran Zhao is a hero after all, very decisive.

Now that he decided to surrender, he surrendered completely, without any other thoughts, and immediately said: "Gao Changshi, sinners can write a letter and pass it on to Kaizhou, and my brother Ran Zhaoxing will belong to Kaicheng."

Gao Chong nodded in satisfaction, "You are a smart man, and Deng Shiluo is a precedent. Only when you surrender sincerely can your clansmen live a good life."

Ran Zhaoze was unmoved when he heard the words, he did not deny Gao Chong's words, sincerity would be beneficial to both parties, but Ran Zhaoze's ambition was not small, although he could not become an emperor to rule the world, but he would Thinking about going further.

The next day, the people of Yun'an opened the doors and windows in fear, only to see that the Tang army was already patrolling the streets. Gao Chong sent the county government servants to walk around the streets, beat gongs and drums, and shouted loudly: "The government and the army regained Yun'an, the barbarians All return."

Hearing the shouting, the people of Yun'an were both surprised and happy. Overnight, Yun'an City was still the Yun'an City of the Tang Dynasty. In addition, the barbarians entered the city yesterday and did not disturb the people, and Yun'an quickly returned to normal order.

In the county yamen, Hu Dayong thanked Gao Chong repeatedly, Gao Chong immediately led Ran Zhaoze, Du Biao and others, and took thousands of barbarians as prisoners, and went straight to Renfu County.

At the same time, the fast horses that reported the victory also went to Chang'an and Xiazhou respectively.

Li Xiaogong had led his army to Xiazhou, and after receiving the good news, he was overjoyed, "Mr. Xu, please take a look, Gao Youzhi is really a good general of the country", and handed the good news to the white-haired old man opposite.

I saw that the old man had a sallow complexion, gray beard and hair, and was over sixty years old. He was Li Yuan's childhood friend in Anzhou, Xu Shao, who was appointed as the governor of Xiazhou, and was named Duke of Anlu County.

Xu Shao received the good news, read it carefully, and couldn't stop nodding, "Young people are awesome."

Then Xu Shao paused slightly, and said slowly: "The time has come, the king can write a letter to the saint, and take advantage of the victory to conquer Xiaoliang."

"What Xu Gong said is true, I have to let Gao Youzhi lead the troops to Xiazhou immediately," Li Xiaogong nodded in response, and said excitedly.

Xu Shao is old and in poor health, and the deadline is not far away. Since Xu Shao became the governor of Yiling during the Daye period, he has fought against Xiao Mian many times. If he can participate in the extermination of Xiao Mian in his lifetime , Xu Shao also died without regret.

And Li Xiaogong didn't think too much about it, he was training soldiers and building ships in Kuizhou, his purpose was to destroy Xiao Xian, now the time has come, Li Xiaogong naturally won't delay any longer, but Li Xiaogong is still awake, he knows when it comes to making plans and arranging troops He was inferior to Gao Chong in forming formations, so he asked Gao Chong to come immediately without hesitation, not to mention that Gao Chong was assigned by Li Yuan.

Li Yuan from Chang'an first received Gao Chong's good news, and immediately ordered a reward, and then his handling of Ran Zhaoze caused controversy among the courtiers.

Some people think that Ran Zhao rebelled and captured prefectures and counties, which is an unforgivable crime and should be executed as an example to others.

But even if someone objected, Ran Zhao had a good attitude towards surrendering. After receiving the letter, Kaizhou Ran Zhaoxing immediately opened the city to ask for surrender. It is really inappropriate to impose the death penalty on those who have already surrendered.

Some people also said that Deng Shiluo of Jinzhou can be used as a precedent for reference, and let the past be forgotten, with the heart of the barbarians.

In the end, Li Yuan decreed that the past should not be blamed, and Ran Zhao was reinstated as governor of Kaizhou.

In fact, this is not fair, especially for the soldiers of the Tang army killed by Ran Zhaoze. Ran Zhaoze rebelled, and after being defeated and captured, nothing happened.

But this is also a helpless move. If it were Han officials who rebelled, the only result would be to destroy their entire family. But Ran Zhao is the leader of the barbarians and has a great influence.

Only by appeasing Ran Zhaoze can the barbarians be stable. This is the most common prison system at present. Military suppression is used first, and then gentle appeasement is used. For thousands of years, the soup has not been changed.

In the afternoon of the same day, Li Yuan received a letter from Li Xiaogong, and immediately called everyone in the Ganlu Hall. After some discussion, they all believed that the time had come.

Li Yuan immediately issued an order to appoint Li Xiaogong, King of Zhao County, as the general manager of the Jingxiang Road March, and Gao Chong, the Marquis of Anling, as the commander of the march.

Among them, Li Xiaogong, the general manager of Kuizhou, was the general manager of the Jingxiang Road Marching, commanding the whole army, and leaving Xiazhou for the West Route Army;
Li Yuan, the general manager of Jinzhou, was the general manager of the Jingying Road march, and he left Xiangzhou for the North Route Army;

Tian Shikang, the governor of Qianzhou, was the chief marching officer of Chenzhou Road, and he left Qianzhou for the South Route Army;

Zhou Faming, the general manager of Huangzhou, was the general manager of the Xiakou road march, and he left Huangzhou for the East Route Army.

The four armies marched separately and attacked Xiao Liang together.

The strategic order has been issued, but Li Yuan has other concerns. In front of several ministers in the political affairs hall, Li Yuan frowned and said: "The four-way army has a strength of more than [-]. The king of Zhao Jun is just a fledgling and has no experience in war. I am afraid that I will make mistakes." ".

Seeing that Li Yuan was concerned, Pei Ji nodded in agreement and said, "Although King Zhao has a strategy, he is inexperienced after all. Gao Youzhi is young, but he has been in the army for many years and has experienced several large-scale battles. As an assistant, it is expected that there will be no danger."

Although Pei Ji was defeated by Song Jingang in Hedong, this defeat did not shake his position in the court at all.

Li Yuan's reform of the currency system at the beginning of the year was entrusted to Pei Ji to preside over it, and Pei Ji was given the privilege of minting money by himself, which is unique. In addition, Zhao Wang Li Yuanjing married Pei Ji's daughter as the princess, which shows that Pei Ji's favor is still there.

Hearing Pei Ji's words, Li Yuan sighed, "Xuanzhen knows what I mean."

At this time, the new servant Chen Shuda saw this and said: "In that case, how to hand over the power of commanding the army to Gao Youzhi."

(End of this chapter)