The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 555: Beidi [Subscribe*Monthly Ticket Request]

I think the uncles and brothers of the King of Dayuezhi who failed in the bid for the throne would also be happy to help Bingzhou.

"Although, the King of Dayuezhi has reduced the pressure on our work!" The official who was temporarily transferred from the local area felt somewhat fortunate.

Among these officials who were drawn from local areas, those who were best at fighting were enlisted as frontline command officers, but most of the others were responsible for receiving surrendered soldiers and post-war maintenance.

They learned this from the Qin State.

Take officials as teachers!

Military officials are both wartime superiors and post-war local administrators.

If the regular generals are sent to fight wars, they are very good at it, but when it comes to dealing with civilians and hooligans, they are no better than local yamen runners and roving generals.

Therefore, the law is divided into laws implemented throughout the country and military laws exclusive to the military.

But military law only applies to military personnel and cannot be applied to civilians.

After hearing the words from the county governors and lieutenants from various places, Yan Yan's anger was reduced a lot.

The actions of the King of Dayuezhi indeed made it extremely convenient for them to conquer all parts of Dayuezhi and pacify the surrendered soldiers and common people.

After all, who would want to serve a king who abandoned them?
Even if the Bingzhou army returns in the future and Dayuezhi wants to take back the occupied territories, the people in those places probably will no longer trust Dayuezhi.

The collapse of faith actually only takes a moment.

The work of gathering the surrendered soldiers also began.

When the deception and escape of the King of Dayuezhi became known to the world, all the soldiers of Dayuezhi who were still resisting were confused.

Many generals who had been loyal to the Dayuezhi royal court for generations chose to commit suicide.

Most of the soldiers chose to surrender.

Bing Jun and the King of Dayuezhi faced the same problem and took completely opposite attitudes.

One of them did not abandon or give up so that his 6,000 comrades could be recruited by the whole country, while the other chose to deceive just to survive.

In contrast, the people of Dayuezhi were more eager to belong to Bingzhou.

Especially under the lobbying promises of Bingzhou officers and officials, they will have the same status as the people of Bingzhou in the future, and Bingzhou will do its utmost to help them improve their lives.

The war in the north also came to an end.

The entire Alxa Plateau has completely become a part of Bingzhou territory.

And good news from the Hexi Corridor in the south was frequently reported back to the central military headquarters.

At the end of June, Dian Qing led the Yulin Guards to defeat the army of King Xiutu, capturing King Xiutu, Yanshi and other 376 nobles of the Xiutu court, and more than 120,000 surrendered soldiers.

At the same time, Meng Wu led an army of 50,000 to capture Weiyuan, occupy the Hunxie royal court, and capture more than 170 royal family members.

In early July, Jinchang and Zhangye were declared liberated and became part of Bingzhou.

On the fifteenth day of July, Luo Bing and Meng Wu attacked Jiuquan fiercely. After three days, Jiuquan was captured.

At this point, the Hexi Corridor returned to Bingzhou's territory.

It took Bingzhou a hundred days to completely occupy the Alashan Plateau, establish five counties including Zhangye, Jiuquan, Dunhuang, Juyan and Alashan, and expand the territory by 5,000 miles.

At the same time, the Office of the General for Protecting the Western Regions was established in the old state of Cheshi, which controlled the countries in the Western Regions. The countries in the Western Regions, including Wusun, Dayuan, and Loulan, swore to join the Office of the General for Protecting the Western Regions, took Bingzhou as their suzerain state, and declared their allegiance.

When the news came out, the world was shocked.

Judging from the territory alone, Bingzhou today is already the largest vassal state in the entire known territory of China.

Even Qin and Chu were not as large as Bingzhou in terms of territory. It extended from Danlin (now Chicheng County, Hebei) in the east to Daxia (now Afghanistan) in the west, from Wuwei (now Wuwei, Gansu) in the south to Beihai (Lake Baikal) in the north, covering a vast area of ​​thousands of miles.

These are also places that the Chinese government has never reached. It can be said that it has cut through thorns and expanded territory.

Bing Jun is also known as the first person to expand the territory of ancient China.

Even in the writings of some historians, Yan Yan's title was changed from Bingjun to Beidi.

Although this title was not recognized by all historians, no one stood up to oppose it, which was tantamount to tacit acceptance.

Since the Zhou Emperor, no one had been able to be given the title of emperor, and Yan Yan became the first recognized holder of the title of emperor, although not everyone recognized it.

"What did you do?"

It was impossible for Yan Yan not to know about such a big thing, otherwise the Jinyiwei and the Military Control Commission would be too incompetent.

"Ahem, no one objects, right?" the attendant asked calmly.

"If there is someone who can expand the territory by more than ten thousand miles and make foreign tribes submit to him, and achieve the same accomplishments as the monarch, I will also dare to give him the title of emperor."

"..."

Yan Yan didn't expect this result.

The fundamental reason why he came to Bingzhou was that he came from the future. He knew about the war at the end of the Qin Dynasty, which would cause great suffering and a sharp decline in population. Then the barbarians from the grasslands would move south, humiliating several generations of Han kings. There was also the later Five Barbarians Invasion. After the Qin Dynasty, almost every dynasty in China was invaded by the barbarians from the north.

He just didn't want to see this happen.

But he didn't expect that he would be elevated to the position of emperor.

Some people may say that even if he occupied these places, there would still be Hu people moving south in the future and the Five Barbarians would still invade China.

In fact, this is not the case. Before Emperor Qin Shi Huang unified the country, who could have made China a centralized and unified country?
However, after the unification of China by the First Emperor, the destiny of every dynasty and every monarch became to maintain the unity of China.

If there is any king who cannot do this, then I'm sorry, the pens of historians and the mouths of the people will make you infamous for eternity in the entire history books of emperors, and you will have to squat to eat at banquets.

The same goes for Bingzhou. Someone unified the grassland, occupied the grassland desert, and turned barbarians into civilized people. No matter who succeeds in the future, they can only uphold the concept of Bingzhou and unify all the Xia people.

"Danlin, Linhu, and Loufan have fallen."

The war on the western front ended, but the crisis in Bingzhou did not end.

They mobilized the entire country and relocated all the people in the east to the west of the Beiye royal court, leaving Danlin, Linhu and Loufan almost defenseless.

The Donghu and Zhao also took the opportunity to move westward and northward.

In the end, Zhao and Donghu fought in Danlin, and Zhao retreated south and fought another battle with Linhu.

As a result, Zhao was defeated again.

After repeated defeats, Handan had to re-employ Li Mu.

As a result, Li Mu regained control of the military power of Zhao State, led his troops to the north, and repelled the Donghu.

However, the State of Zhao forgot the pain after the wound healed and changed its generals again. Zhao Cong and Yan Ju, who had suffered two major defeats, took control of the military power again. They attacked Loufan County in Bingzhou in the west and occupied Loufan. They also wanted to attack the royal court of Beiye.

In order to protect the Beiye Royal Court, Bingzhou Xiang An Qisheng ordered Gongsun Nu, the General in Charge of Protecting the Xiongnu, to lead his troops south to garrison the Beiye Royal Court and release the Xiongnu Chanyu Maodun back to the Xiongnu Royal Court.

So when the news of the great victory in Bingzhou came back, Handan panicked, and Xianyang and Ji were all waiting to watch the fun.

When Bingzhou was expanding China's territory by thousands of miles, Zhao State took the opportunity to capture Bingzhou. This was a huge stain on Zhao State no matter where it was placed, and it would be criticized by history.

Therefore, even if Bingzhou took this opportunity to tear up the oath and alliance and led its army south to attack Handan, no historian in the world could say that Bingzhou was wrong.

A just cause is justice!
(End of this chapter)