Late Tang

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After capturing Beisha City, Guo Chengan immediately sent someone to report victory to Li Jing, and escorted Zhang Dewei and several generals from Beisha City to the military camp in Shamen Town.After Li Juyi stepped forward to verify Zhang Dewei's face, he nodded to Li Jing and said, "It is indeed Zhang Dewei, and I also know these others, all of whom are Zhang Dewei's confidant generals in Beisha City. Congratulations, General, Congratulations to General, you took down Beisha City without bloodshed."

At this time, Li Jing finally fully believed that the Guo family and his son had really surrendered, and happily ordered the immediate transfer of troops to Beisha City.

When he led [-] soldiers and horses to the foot of Dahei Mountain, Guo Cheng'an had already brought his two sons, all the military officials and bureaucrats in Beisha City, and those rich and wealthy households to wait for him for a long time.Zhang Cheng'an knelt down in front of Li Jing's horse, raised his hands high, and presented to Li Jing one by one the seal of Beisha City, the roster of the city's population, and the detailed books of money and food in the treasury.

Li Juyi dismounted and took it over to Li Jing. Li Jing took it and looked at it with satisfaction. He dismounted and helped Guo Cheng'an and said, "Guo's act of righteousness has saved countless Beisha people from the fire and water. It is a great contribution. , I will give you a great reward. Guo Gong will enter the city with me!"

Speaking of Li Jing holding Guo Chengan's hand and walking into the city together, seeing Li Jing being so kind, Guo Chengan's originally uneasy heart was greatly relieved, and he felt that this time the gamble was really right.

Along the way up the mountain, Li Jing looked at the city on the mountain, and couldn't help marveling at this central fortress city in southern Liaoning that had been established during the Eastern Jin Dynasty and when Goguryeo invaded Liaodong.

Beisha, also known as Beishe City, was first built 470 years ago during the Eastern Jin Dynasty.for hundreds of years.It has always been the military and political center of Goguryeo in the entire southern Liaoning.The entire city is located on the ridge of the southern peak of the Great Black Mountain.The city is built of mountains and stones, the stone wall is five feet high, and the circumference is ten miles, which is more than six times that of Dengzhou.

The stone wall is built according to the mountain situation, stretching for about ten miles, and it is magnificent and magnificent.The canyon in the city is winding, and the cliffs are surrounded by cliffs outside the city.Set up camp in the city, you can attack when you advance, and you can defend when you retreat.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Sui Yang attacked Goguryeo three times, each time by land and water.Among them, the waterway is to cross the sea from Dengzhou and directly attack Beisha City.According to the records of the Sui Dynasty, in the tenth year of Daye (614), when he came to protect his children, he was handsome and crossed the sea, to the city of Beishe, and the whole country of Goguryeo came to fight.Hu'er broke it and beheaded thousands of people." Regarding this battle, the history books did not describe it in detail, only wrote about breaking it and beheading more than a thousand people. Regarding this battle of breaking the city, it is said that there were only [-] defenders in Beisha City. The [-] Sui troops who came to Huer led ten times the defenders stormed for two days, and finally paid tens of thousands of casualties before they broke through Beisha City and beheaded more than a thousand. Come Huer is a famous general of the Sui Dynasty, Duke Rong, Such famous generals have paid so much damage, which shows how strong this city is.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin conquered Liaodong again. In the 19th year of Zhenguan (645), Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty appointed Zhang Liang, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Yun Guogong, as the governor of the Pyongyang Road March. Landed, attacked Beisha City, and captured thousands of Goguryeo people after breaking through the city... "It's already May, pull them out, and capture [-] men and women."It can be seen that there were thousands of troops stationed in Beisha City at that time.

Such a majestic fortress has actually been the center of southern Liaoning for hundreds of years.However, in the past hundred years, this former fortress has lost its glory. It has been used as a lair for horse thieves several times, and its central position in southern Liaoning has been replaced by Duli Town. Even Qingni City has always been on their heads.But although Guancheng is dilapidated, it is still a ten-mile city that occupies the top of the Great Black Mountain.

If it hadn't been for the internal mutiny of the Guo family and his sons who captured the city and donated it, Li Jing thought that if he wanted to capture such a fortress, even if many of Zhang Dewei's more than [-] soldiers were recruits, he would have to pay a huge price.Originally, he never thought of attacking this city by force, but unexpectedly, God would also give it to him, so that the Guo family and his son would take it and give it to him.

Outside Haogou in front of the city gate, the remaining [-] soldiers after the civil strife in Beisha City stood there, waiting quietly for Li Jing.

Looking at these soldiers, Li Jing smiled lightly and said, "Give each brother five thousand rewards and ten bolts of silk!"

Beisha soldiers shouted their thanks, everyone was a little surprised, they didn't expect Li Jing to be so generous, to give out so much money as soon as he came.

Guo Cheng'an said: "General, these soldiers deserve such a heavy reward, just give them five hundred and one thousand coins."

"The soldiers captured this city for me, and a few bucks of money is nothing. Don't worry, Mr. Guo, I am even more grateful to you, and I will never be stingy with rewards."

Leading the army into the city, Lin Wu and others led the battalions to quickly take over the gates and treasury barracks and other important places, without any courtesy at all.

"General, this is the detailed list of military equipment, money, food, gold and silk in Beisha City." As soon as he entered the city lord's mansion, Guo Chengan immediately took a pile of account books and presented them.Li Jing glanced at it a few times casually, threw it aside, and said to Guo Chengan: "Mr. Guo has made great achievements this time. I want to ask Mr. Guo to be my secretary. I wonder if Mr. Guo is willing?"

Being in charge of the secretary is a post under important official positions such as Jiedu envoy and observation envoy. For all matters of diction, the secretary is the mouthpiece of Jiedu, which is a very important position.General military envoys do not have this post in their mansions, only important town envoys have this post.Li Jing now has nearly ten thousand soldiers and horses, so he is also planning to appoint a secretary in charge.Letting Guo Chengan take up this important position was also suggested by Li Liang before coming here.

The Guo family is very powerful in Beisha City, if Li Jing wants to truly control this Beisha City, he must not leave Guo Chengan in Beisha City.The best way is to give him an important position, transfer him away from Beisha City, and put him next to Li Jing to work. In this way, he can still serve as a hostage.

Guo Chengan was extremely shrewd, and he understood Li Jing's intentions as soon as he turned his head.However, Li Jing's methods were expected, he was not dissatisfied, on the contrary, he was rather happy, and being in charge of the secretary was an important position.If it is in the Jiedushi's mansion, besides the deputy envoy, marching Sima, and judge, the secretary can be said to be the fifth high-ranking post.And under Li Jing's subordinates, although it is conceivable that the secretary in charge must still be under the Bing Cao, Cang Cao, Recorder, and Staff Officer, it is considered a very important position.From then on.It can also be seen.Li Jing is indeed a person who keeps his promises.He didn't intend to kill the donkey.

"I'm just afraid that my talent is shallow, so I won't be able to take on this important task, and I will fail the general's expectations." I was happy, and I still had to do what I should do. Guo Cheng'an pretended to decline again and again, and finally took over the position.

"Why don't you tell me directly how much property Zhang Dewei has left behind," Li Jing said.

Guo Chengan flipped through the ledger and made a statement, how much property does Beisha City actually have.He knows it better than anyone else.

"After I captured Beisha City last night, I immediately sealed up the various treasuries without any infringement. According to the count, Beisha City now has 87 yuan, of which 540 yuan was sent by Duli Town last time. The gifts for Zhang Dewei to send troops include 50 bolts of silk, more than 37 taels of gold, and more than 3000 taels of silver. There are more than 38 stones of grain, 5000 cattle, 30 sheep, and [-] horses and mules each. In addition, there are knives and guns Waiting for more than [-] sets. More than [-] bows and crossbows, [-] arrows...."

This number is slightly less than Li Jing imagined.However, he estimated that the Guo family and other rebels must have taken the opportunity to embezzle some money last night.But he didn't care about these, as the water was clear and there were no fish.Anyway, winning Beisha City for nothing has already surprised Li Jing, and now other gains are considered extra surprises.Zhang Dewei is really poor. Even if Guo and others took some money, the inventory is only about 80, which is really surprising.No wonder Duli Town gave him 50, so he sent troops immediately.

On the contrary, the nearly 40 shi of grain surprised Li Jing a little. Now money and silk are nothing, what really matters is grain.This summer is about to harvest, but the fields in the north are already cracked like mouths, and the harvest is about to fail.Now the price of food in Dengzhou has risen a lot. Last year, it was [-] yuan for a bucket of rice, and now it has risen to [-] yuan for a bucket of rice. It is difficult to buy food with money.

"How many people are there in the city now?"

"Originally, Beisha City had a population of nearly [-]. Adding the towns within a hundred miles around Dahei Mountain, Beisha City has a population of more than [-]. However, some time ago, Zhang Dewei went crazy and issued an order to kill Huhu. Killed tens of thousands of people, and a large number of Hu people fled. Now there are more than [-] households in Beisha City, with a population of more than [-] people, and there are more than [-] soldiers, but [-] of them were killed last night. He was captured and was still locked up in the camp waiting for the general to send him off."

"How many fields are there in Beisha City?"

"There are a total of 36 mu of land, but only 16 mu of land is owned by the army, and the remaining 20 mu is owned by the common people." Guo Chengan hesitated when he replied.Li Jing could hear the meaning behind his words. It is estimated that the so-called more than [-] people are owned by the common people, which is not true. It is estimated that the common people occupy at most [-] mu, and the remaining half may be these big households in Beisha City. All the rich.

However, Li Jing did not have the idea of ​​dividing the land from local tyrants. He smiled and said, "The 16 mu of army storage will continue to be official land, and the rest of the land will not be moved. In addition, Zhang Dewei and the officers and soldiers who resisted and refused to surrender this time were wiped out." The fields should be confiscated. Half of them are not official lands, and the rest will be used as rewards to be distributed to the great families and soldiers who contributed this time.”

"Thank you, General!" Guo Cheng'an became more and more unable to understand Li Jing. After entering the city, he did not offend Qiu Hao, the people in the city, and rewarded the soldiers and families as soon as he came, which was very rewarding.After the money was rewarded, such important fields have now been rewarded.Those who are not tempted by small profits will have bigger plans.It seems that Li Jing's ambition is not small.

"As for the soldiers who were detained, I think those who were loyal to Zhang Dewei and refused to surrender were beheaded and confiscated. The rest of the soldiers should not embarrass them. They are all released. However, Beisha City will not If you need these new recruits, they all go home." After a pause, Li Jing continued: "The terrain of Beisha City is rugged, and it doesn't take too many troops to defend it. Now that Beisha City belongs to me, then in the future, Beisha, Beisha, Qingni and Daxie villages are united. Therefore, I think that the Beisha army can select its elite and leave 2000 troops to form two battalions. One is a mountain infantry battalion and the other is a mountain cavalry battalion. In addition, I will transfer General Wang Zhong's Qinglang Battalion to stay in Beisha City."

Looking at Guo Chengan's expectant eyes, Li Jing said: "General Wang Zhong led the Qinglang Battalion to garrison Beisha City. The mountain infantry battalion's name is Gaifeng Battalion. I think Guo Zhenshan will be the chief general, and Gao Desheng can be the deputy general. Xinjian The mountain cavalry battalion is called the Ranger Battalion, and Liu Shouqian, the deputy tenth general of the Qinglang Battalion, will be promoted, and I think the deputy tenth general can be Ma Shan, the captain of the Beisha school."

The original soldiers and horses in Beisha City were integrated into two battalions.One cavalry battalion and one infantry battalion.Wang Zhong's Blue Wolf Battalion was then transferred to garrison.There are only 3000 people left in the entire Beisha city.The Guo family originally controlled most of the soldiers and horses in Beisha City at the moment. Li Jing turned the two battalions of the two brothers into one battalion.

Both Gao Desheng and Ma Shan were lieutenants of the Beisha Military Academy, and they were both from the rich families of Beisha City.Li Jing promoted these two men to serve as deputy ten generals of the infantry battalion and cavalry battalion, not only to win over the Gao and Ma families, but also to contain and disperse the power in the hands of the Guo family.

"Besides, Guo Zhenhai has a reputation for bravery. I want to transfer you to be the deputy ten general of my control of the Crane Cavalry Battalion. I wonder if you would like it!"

Guo Zhenhai did not hesitate. Although the Konghe Camp was a new camp, it was a large cavalry battalion of 2000 men, who could serve as the deputy ten generals of such an elite battalion.Even though she knew that Li Jing did this to weaken their influence in Beisha City, she was still very happy to agree.

"Okay, from now on, General Wang Zhong's Qinglang Battalion will be stationed in Beisha City, responsible for defending Beisha City. Guo Zhenshan and Gao Desheng's Blast Infantry Battalion will be stationed in Zhubao Town at the foot of the mountain respectively, as a barrier for Beisha City. Liu Shouqian and Ma Shan led a cavalry battalion stationed at the foot of Dahei Mountain, responsible for patrolling and guarding between the fort towns below the mountain and Beisha City. Everyone, do you have any objections?"

Guo Cheng'an and the newly attached people in Beisha City all heard the greatness of Li Jing's arrangement.As a result, all the soldiers and horses they had mastered were transferred out of Beisha City.There is Qinglang Camp sitting in Beisha City.Although those Gale Wind Battalions in Fort Town are still in their hands, how dare they move their minds?If there is any change in the Haifeng Camp, the Qinglang Camp can immediately arrest their family members in the city.

Guo Chengan took the lead in clapping his hands and praised: "The general's arrangement is very suitable. With the Qinglang camp in the city, the people in Beisha city will have no worries." After speaking, he took out a booklet from his pocket and offered it to him, saying: "To celebrate the general To take over Beisha City, together with the rich merchants in the city, I gathered together a gift and gave it to the general, please accept it."

Li Jing opened the booklet and saw that it said: "Three thousand horses, 30 shi of food!" In just ten words, Li Jing couldn't help but chuckle.Originally, he planned to extort Zhang Dewei's 20 horses and [-] shi of grain.I heard that Zhang Dewei was also planning to give this money, and in order to make up for his losses, he ordered the people of the whole city and the merchants to contribute money together.It seems that Guo Chengan pooled up the money and made a gift, but he also gave [-] shi more food.

Li Jing was not at all polite, and accepted it with a laugh.

After staying in Beisha City for three days, Li Jing left Wang Zhong and Liu Shouqian in Beisha City, and left by himself.In addition to the [-] soldiers and horses of the Qinglang Camp, there are hundreds of five gang leaders who are left behind. These people will enter the Gale Wind Camp and the Ranger Battalion to serve as team leaders.When leaving, Li Jing not only took away the new secretary Guo Cheng'an, and Guo Zhenhai, the deputy general of the Crane Camp, but also the major families in Beisha City basically sent a few of their sons to accompany them. .

The sons sent by these families were nominally to join Li Jing's Silver Spear Guards as guards, but both parties knew that these were the hostages handed over to Li Jing by Beisha City, and both sides knew it.

The soldiers and horses returned from Beisha City. On the way, Li Jing held an alliance with two soldiers and horses from Shicheng and Shirenzhu City, who had arrived late.The two leaders who came here were also important figures from the two cities. It could be seen that they were a little disappointed.Unexpectedly, when he came here, he deliberately delayed for a while, wanting to watch the limelight, but he did not expect that Li Jing had directly taken Beisha City into his hands, and he did not spend any effort at all, let alone lost troops.This made them very regretful, if they came quickly, then they would also have a share of the big pie.But now, they only got the gift that Li Jing gave them, which was worth only a few thousand coins.

But now Li Jing defeated Duli Town, forcing them to sacrifice their daughters to form an alliance under the city, and took Qingni City and Beisha City successively. The situation in the whole southern Liaoning has changed.For this newly emerging powerhouse in southern Liaoning, they can only flatter and praise them, and never dare to have other ideas.

After the alliance, both sides returned home.

Li Jing led the army back to Qingni City. Here, the eight [-] troops from Dengzhou ate and drank for many days, reaped the benefits, and were waiting for Li Jing to take them back to Dengzhou by boat.After the eight soldiers and horses from Dengzhou crossed the sea, they only participated in one battle against Beisha City under Qingnipu City.Later, when Li Jing attacked Duli Town, the eight generals found various reasons and did not go, and Li Jing didn't care.They have stayed in Qingni City since then, and they did not go to Beisha City this time either.In fact, these people regretted it very much now. After participating in the battle of Qingnipu, Li Jing divided them a lot of supplies.

If you are brave enough to participate in the battle between Duli Town and Beisha City, you will get more benefits.

As soon as he returned to Qingni City, Li Jing immediately saw Zhang Hong who was staying in Qingni City. He hurried over and gasped, "Yanei, someone from Qingzhou is here. I have been waiting for you for two days."

"Oh, do you know what it is?" Li Jing asked after hearing that it was someone from Qingzhou.

"It should be a good thing. Let me tell you in advance that not one person came from Qingzhou, but two people. They represent Song Wei Jieshuai and Yajiang Wang Jingwu!"

ps: The end of the third volume!Next, the protagonist will start marching into the Central Plains! (To be continued..)