Horse on the World

Chapter 456 Taking Quanzhou ( Part [-] )
Long Xiaotian, who had just been working as the financial secretary, was transferred to Quanzhou, where the war is raging, by a transfer order. Li Qing gave him a temporary official title, Quanzhou's all affairs during the war. It's not a formal official position, but it has great power. The so-called ascending the horse to manage the army and dismounting the horse to govern the people, the whole prefecture is not too big to be beaten down by Li Qing, only around Zhuji County. With the success of the festival, Long Xiaotian's jurisdiction expanded day by day.

A sensible person can tell at a glance that Long Xiaotian must be the governor of Quanzhou who will soon belong to Li Qing.The speed of Long Xiaotian's promotion was also the fastest among officials in Dingzhou. So far, another political force supported by Li Qing has officially entered the house. This is another new force represented by merchant forces. The political structure of Li Qing's subordinates began to diversify.

Long Xiaotian's ascension made the big businessmen of the Dingzhou Chamber of Commerce ecstatic, which meant that they finally had a spokesperson who was completely their own in the top management of Dingzhou, and had their own world.This is of great significance for improving the status of merchants. In the past, although merchants contributed money and efforts to Li Qing's rule, their status has always been a bit awkward. For thousands of years, the ranks of scholars, farmers, businessmen and commerce have made them rich, but their political status is still low. Being low all the time, although Long Xiaotian has the status of a scholar, he is actually a businessman. His promotion also means that Li Qing values ​​them and intends to increase their voice in Dingzhou.

Long Xiaotian was promoted, and the happiest thing was his father Long Sihai. This businessman who used to live in Jing'an used his keen political vision to make unexpected actions in those years. Over the years, the rewards were astonishing. He became the chairman of the Dingzhou Chamber of Commerce, with a fortune of billions, and his son became a core member of the Dingzhou ruling group.From the beginning of Long Xiaotian's ascension, Long Sihai vigorously organized the chamber of commerce to raise donations and food, which were transported continuously to Zhuji to support his son's reconstruction work in Quanzhou.The merchants of Dingzhou merchants will naturally not let go of this opportunity. Long Sihai's successful example is in front of him. If he contributes at this time, it will be taken for granted that he will gain in the future.In just a few days, Long Sihai raised a huge amount of money and materials as many as several 10 taels of silver.

Compared with the fanaticism of his father and the Chamber of Commerce, Long Xiaotian was much quieter. Ever since he became the magistrate of Chongxian County, Long Xiaotian knew that he was on the fast track to promotion. Marshal Li intended to diversify the political forces under his rule He didn't hide it at all. Sure enough, the magistrate in Chong County was transferred to the financial secretary for more than a year, and officially entered the core department. state.

Unlike Jie Wei and Fu Zhengqing, the prefectures they took over were completely owned by Li Qing before taking office. The people have no food, clothing, housing, and transportation, and people's hearts are fluctuating. The nails cast by Liao Bin are raging everywhere, killing, injuring and looting, and the whole Zhuji is in panic. It can be said that what he took over is a mess. Ability, if done well, this unofficial position can be transferred to the position of governor of the whole prefecture in a fair manner. very.

So on the way to Zhuji to take office, Long Xiaotian had already planned a package.Officials in Dingzhou seldom hire aides, but Long Xiaotian has a whole set of aides who are proficient in copywriting, money and food, and criminal names. In the middle of the day, Long Xiaotian's package plan has been discussed and revised by these people day and night, and it has gradually taken shape, which makes Long Xiaotian feel more at ease and more confident.

Take the village as the unit, check Dingkou, establish the Baojia Law, and the entire Zhuji area is a war zone. Local Dingkou flows will be guided by roads, and the flow will be guided by the roads until the end of the war. This will limit the nails cast by Liao Bin to the greatest extent. Limit their space and make it difficult for them to move.

Qingzhang farmland, based on the head, is divided into households. This is the core content of Dingzhou's new policy, and it is also a policy that can best win the hearts of the grassroots.

Between villages, outposts were set up, and a huge reward was offered. Every village captured a remnant soldier from the whole state, and the reward was 50 taels of silver.In addition to the severe punishment of the main offender, the distribution of relief food and the distribution of land will be lowered to a lower level.

A series of measures were carried out by Lei Lifengxing, and the surrounding area of ​​Zhuji was awe-inspiring. Coupled with the severe attack by Sun Zewu and Wang Qi, the five thousand troops left behind by Liao Bin suffered heavy losses, especially when Chen Guang was captured alive by Wang Qi. Afterwards, most of the rest of the troops were scattered, and Zhuji was quickly wiped out in a very short period of time.

At the head of Zhuji city, a series of dozens of remnant soldiers were tied up. These remnant soldiers were captured by surrounding villagers and sent to Zhuji to receive rewards. However, Long Xiaotian used extremely cruel methods to tie up these people and hang them in the At the top of the city, they are all hanged alive. This kind of method is that the murderous Wang Qi and Sun Zewu are both moved. The two are more accustomed to hacking the enemy to death, clean and neat, and slowly torture the enemy to death like this , both of them disagreed.

Zhuji Qingqing, the two led their troops to follow Li Qing's footsteps into the depths of Quanzhou, and Long Xiaotian's subordinates also began to accept places in villages and towns.

By the end of May, Li Qing's main force had advanced to the city of Quanzhou, and Long Xiaotian followed suit, taking over all the ground in Quanzhou except the city of Quanzhou. Even Li Qing was full of praise for the means and effect of cleaning up the place.

"Kneel down!" Chen Guang was pushed into Li Qing's big tent, and two soldiers shouted.

Chen Guang was extremely strong, closed his eyes to the sky, and said nothing.That day, he returned from Shuyuan Village with a full load and returned to Qingshigang. After being lured into the cave, he was immediately attacked from front to back. In that narrow space, almost none of his three hundred subordinates survived, and he was also captured alive.To this day, he still hasn't figured out how the opponent broke into the cave and wiped out [-] soldiers in the cave without a single person slipping through the net.

The two soldiers kicked Chen Guang's knees one by one. He could no longer stand still, and knelt down in front of Li Qing's desk.

Opening his eyes, Chen Guang saw that legendary figure for the first time. He was about the same age as him, but his achievements were in heaven and earth.Li Qing also looked at him with interest, and when their eyes collided in the air, Chen Guang's heart trembled, but he still did not flinch, and stared at Li Qing viciously.

"Surrender, or die?" Li Qing asked calmly.

"Death!" Chen Guang replied very simply, which surprised Li Qing. Looking at the corner of the other party's mouth, Li Qing gave up the idea of ​​persuading him to surrender again, although he still admired this young man from the bottom of his heart. It is impossible for a general to control five thousand subordinates scattered behind the enemy without certain abilities.

"Beheaded!" Li Qing waved his hand.

Outside the city of Quanzhou, Liao Bin looked worriedly at the fortified camp of the Dingzhou army outside the city. He never expected that Li Qing would calm down the place in such a short period of time, almost following his footsteps to Quanzhou Under the city, for the first time, he saw Dingzhou's powerful and efficient bureaucracy and huge financial resources. Along the way, Liao Bin almost adopted the same strategy as Zhuji, but except in Zhuji, Li Qing was delayed for ten days Besides, in the rest of the places, Li Qing, who was fully prepared, never stopped. When the army moved forward, there was a huge logistics team behind, taking over and appeasing the place, and all his painstaking efforts were paid off. Dongliu, speaking of it now, it is Li Qing who has taken advantage of it. People in the whole prefecture are all gnashing their teeth when they mention Liao Bin, and when it comes to Liao Bin in Dingzhou, they are all grateful.

If I knew this earlier, why did it happen in the first place!

"Old Chen, there are still [-] elite soldiers in Quanzhou City, and countless food and grass. According to your estimation, can we hold Quanzhou?" Liao Bin asked a veteran beside him. This man was called Chen Chong, but he was Chen Guang's father. , is also Liao Bin's sworn brother.

Chen Chong said with a smile: "Commander, now the city of Quanzhou is full of elite soldiers trained by the commander over the years, with sufficient food and grass reserves, and excellent military equipment. There are 10 people defending the entire prefecture, and Dingzhou Li Qing is less than [-] Everyone, although Dingzhou's army is strong, we dare not claim victory, but it is enough to defend the city without any danger. There is a saying in military law, ten times the attack, five times the siege, and now Dingzhou Li Qing only has twice our army strength. I am in Quanzhou, it is really a dream."

Liao Bin smiled and said: "It's true that the heroes see the same thing. At the beginning I gave up the defense of most of the whole prefecture and concentrated all the elite soldiers in the prefecture city. The cavalry is really fierce. If you don’t fight with them in the field, and defend them with a strong city, you should consume as much of their troops as possible. The longer the time is dragged on, the better it will be for us. , will not sit back and watch Li Qing win Quanzhou. If Li Qing wins Quanzhou and Yizhou annexes Jinzhou, Li's forces will become one and become a serious problem in the heart of the Central Plains. Whoever is in power in Luoyang will have a headache, so As long as we defend the city of Quanzhou, someone will come to rescue us."

The two looked at each other and laughed, "Marshal, the most taboo is to defend the city. We have [-] people. We should choose the opportunity to attack. It is the best strategy to have both offense and defense!" Chen Chong said.

"That's natural!" Liao Bin said, "Although Li Qing won the battle of Nine Swords Peak, he also suffered heavy losses. His Hailing camp was basically destroyed. If there are only a few more battles like this, the first one who can't hold on will be the Li Qing."

Chen Chong nodded. "The terrain of Nine Swords Peak is special. This kind of battle is not enough to rely on, and it is extremely difficult to replicate. But this battle let us see the combat power of Li Qing's subordinates, which is very helpful for us now."

The two were discussing some key points of defending the city, when they suddenly heard the sound of drums in the Dingzhou military camp opposite. After a while, dozens of Dingzhou soldiers rushed out of the camp gate, went out of the camp for more than a hundred feet, and erected a ten-odd Zhang Zhang's bamboo pole, with a human head hanging high from the top.

(End of this chapter)