Horse on the World

Chapter 460 Wing State
The fire in Quanzhou City burned for three full days and three nights. After almost burning everything that could be burned, it finally stopped. Chen Chong's move successfully prevented all possible military actions that Li Qing might pursue to pursue Liao Bin. The [-] troops, except for the necessary security forces, were all thrown into the rescue, but the only thing they could do was to operate on the periphery of the city. As for the center of the city, it was hopeless.

All the gates of the city have been opened, whether the residents in the city or the defeated soldiers can escape depends on your luck. The Dingzhou Army has built a refugee camp outside the city, equipped with a whole medical camp , and Long Xiaotian also tried his best to mobilize medicinal materials for the treatment of burns from all over the place, and transport them to the city of Quanzhou in an endless stream.

Half of the troops of Dingzhou Battalion who were tracking Liao Bin finally found out where Liao Bin was going, and returned to Quanzhou.

Ten days later, for the first time, Li Qing set foot in Quanzhou City, which had been burnt to ashes. Apart from the ruined walls, there was almost nothing left in the city. The bursts of dust blown up from the attack, the powder sprinkled on the body, and in a short while, the whole body was covered with a layer of black foam.

Li Qing's face was very ugly. From the mouths of some senior officers who were captured, he learned that all of this was arranged by Chen Chong, and Chen Chong was also reduced to ashes in the fire, which made Li Qing's anger nowhere to vent. , I was extremely depressed.The boots stepped on the still warm ground, looking at the devastation. Within a few years, Quanzhou would never be able to restore its former prosperity. This fire burned countless wealth, and even burned an unknown number of lives. Quanzhou The population registers in the city were reduced to ashes, making it impossible to carry out statistical work. According to some surviving civilian officials in the whole prefecture, besides nearly [-] troops, there are nearly [-] permanent residents in the prefecture. Few people fled away, but most of them still kept their luck and stayed in the city. Most of them became the victims of the fire.

Li Qing only made a rough estimate, and couldn't help but tremble a little. This fire killed nearly 5 people, and now there are less than [-] people in the refugee camps outside the city.

"Bastard!" Li Qing cursed in a low voice.Several years of siege, only this time was the most tragic. Even in the battle against the barbarians, the barbarian Bayar chose a path that was most beneficial to the people in order to rule the people. Others The local area basically did not spend much effort, and the local economy did not suffer any heavy blows, and it recovered very quickly.However, Quanzhou was completely opposite. Liao Bin first robbed everything he could, and then set fire to everything. Li Qing only thought about it in his heart. If you can't make any contribution to Dingzhou's foundation, it will become a huge burden instead.

Thinking of this, Li Qing hated Liao Bin and Chen Chong to the core. Now that he knew that Chen Chong was Chen Guang's father, after summarizing all the information, he also knew that this time the action was completely controlled by Chen Chong. Li Qing finally I understand why Chen Chong is so crazy.

Even though Chen Chong didn't escape in the end, even though he had the chance to escape and chose to die with the city, Li Qing was still extremely angry with him. Compared with the savages like Bayar, Chen Chong seemed insane, fighting on the battlefield, death is commonplace , since your own son has embarked on this road, he must be prepared for this kind of mentality at any time. Because of his own selfishness, dragging so many innocent people to be buried with him can no longer be described as frenzied. He found a word in his mind to describe Chen Chong's behavior.

"How long will it take you to recover?" Li Qing asked in a low voice.

Long Xiaotian next to him was startled for a moment, but he immediately realized that he was excited. Li Qing's question meant that he had formally expressed to himself that he would be the magistrate of Quanzhou.

After a little calculation in my mind, "The whole state has suffered heavy losses. It can take three years at least, or five years at most, so that we can get some relief!"

Li Qing turned around and stared at him for a while. Long Xiaotian, who was a little uneasy under Li Qing's gaze, was about to say something, but Li Qing turned back again, "Three years, at least three years later , so that Quanzhou will no longer be a burden on Dingzhou."

Long Xiaotian bowed slightly, "I will definitely live up to the commander's entrustment."

Half an hour later, Li Qing appeared at Chen Chong's original residence. This is the place where the fire started, and it had already been burned to a white ground. Li Qing checked this place, and said coldly: "Set up a monument here, and put it on the ground. The heinous crimes committed by the old thief Chen Chong are engraved on it, so that the world will cast aside him from generation to generation." After speaking, he turned and left.

His whole body was scorched black, his face was black, and his face was white. Wang Qinian came to Li Qing's big tent. These two generals have been on the front line in person these days, directing disaster relief and search and rescue work, and they are exhausted.

"What's the matter?" Li Qing asked.

"It's basically completed. The cleaning of the city has been completed. It should be impossible for there to be many survivors. Now the army has withdrawn from the city."

"How many survivors were found?"

"Less than 1000 people! Most of these more than a thousand people survived because they had wells in their homes or hid in large tanks filled with water."

Li Qing let out a foul breath, "That's it, the army will rest on the spot, and help Master Long resettle the victims in the near future!"

The Quanzhou Campaign ended. Although the losses were heavy and the rewards were disproportionate to the effort, Li Qing's strategic goals had been fully achieved, and the northern front was progressing smoothly. Li Qing had already taken the lead in this big game of chess. Now he needs to Only by seeing how the other party responds can he further decide his next direction.

Back in time to the beginning of May, in Yizhou City, Qiu Zhi came to Yizhou with his horse and Jiancong.

The strategic position of Yizhou is extremely important. The Li family has controlled Yizhou for several generations. Although it is rich, but because Yizhou has always been the place of the Four Wars in history, the ancestors of the Li family paid great attention to army building. Yizhou is very strong, and the folk customs are also very fierce. Compared with other prefectures, people are generally not allowed to carry knives and bows, but Yizhou does not prohibit the people from carrying weapons. The only thing that is prohibited is that the people have crossbows.

In recent years, the Central Plains has been full of bee smoke. Being in the center of this vortex, Yizhou is cautious and on guard. However, because of the powerful foreign aid of Li Qing, any force that wants to make a move in Yizhou has to consider Dingzhou His reaction was that even though it was surrounded by smoke, Yizhou was peaceful, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, as if it were a paradise.

But when Qiu Zhi arrived in Yizhou, the situation had changed drastically. Yizhou had issued a war mobilization order, and groups of soldiers could be seen mobilizing everywhere in the state. People in uniform, but with their own weapons, lined up in a neat formation and were gathering at a certain location.

This is a measure that Yizhou imitated after Li Qing implemented the reserve service system in Dingzhou a few years ago. A large number of retired soldiers were sent to the countryside to train the common people in their spare time. Although the troops with good fighting strength paid a lot of money for this Yizhou, Li Huaiyuan didn't care about it. Compared with the big things the Li family is planning now, this small amount of money is nothing worth mentioning.

Yizhou's standing army is no more than 10 people, but if we really talk about Yizhou's war potential, they can mobilize more than [-] troops at any time.

After these farmers, craftsmen and technicians are gathered together, they only need to change into military uniforms, and they will immediately form a well-organized army.

Qiu Zhi is getting closer and closer to Yizhou City, but his heart is getting heavier and heavier. All the actions of Yizhou have only one direction, that is, in the near future, Yizhou is preparing for a large-scale war. Qiu Zhi is also a veteran in the battlefield. Seeing these The situation, even if you think about it with your ass, you still know where Yizhou's goal is.And Yizhou's mobilization of troops to this place is undoubtedly mobilizing Luoyang's cheese.Then Li Huaiyuan's attitude is very obvious.

"I have seen my uncle!" At the gate of Yizhou City, Li Sizhi, the general of Yizhou, led his family to welcome him. Li Tuizhi also smiled, and followed closely behind, followed by the third generation of the Li family, Li Zheng, Li Jun. , Li Feng and others, but Qiu Zhi's son-in-law Li Muzhi did not come. This is not because Li Muzhi is not ignorant of etiquette, but because of the Qiu family, both parties are a little embarrassed. Li Qing's first wife wife, but in fact she just lives in a secluded residence in the Hou's Mansion. In the inner courtyard of the Weiyuan Hou's Mansion, it is Li Qing's mother, Wen's, who is in charge of the house.

"Third brother happened to go down to inspect, but he couldn't come to welcome uncle, please forgive me!" Li Sizhi smiled naturally and kindly, as if it was really a coincidence.

Qiu Zhi nodded slightly, but felt a little bitter in his heart, not only for his daughter, but also for the purpose of his trip, Li Sizhi's attitude said everything.

In the officialdom, the titles contain a lot of connotations. It stands to reason that he is an imperial envoy from Luoyang, the capital city, and represents the imperial court. But now, Li Sizhi brought Li's family members, who were also called uncles, not superiors or imperial envoys. This already showed that Li's family didn't recognize or didn't care about the current Luoyang court at all.

Although there were many thoughts in his mind, Qiu Zhi turned his face with a smile, got off his horse, and walked in front of Li Sizhi, Tian Qi sent him, maybe he had expected this state long ago, if another imperial envoy came, Lian Yi might Zhoucheng can't get in, and I, no matter whether it's public or private, Yizhou can't shut me out. It seems that Emperor Tianqi still has some expectations for the Li family. In a short period of time, Great Chu can be pacified, and if the Li family rebels, Great Chu will still fall into turmoil and war for a few years or even longer.

"I hope..." Qiu Zhi couldn't tell what he was hoping for in his heart.The attitude of Li Sizhi and others is very clear, but now, his only hope is that old brother in Yizhou City.

(End of this chapter)