Han ride

Chapter 404
"Datong prefecture governs the four states of Hunyuan, Ying, Shuo, and Wei, and the seven counties of Datong, Huairen, Mayi, Shanyin, Guangling, Lingqiu, and Guangchang. Datong is an important border town of the imperial court. Now the front and rear of Datong , Datong Zuowei, Yunchuanwei, Datong Rightwei, Yulinwei, Yanghewei, Gaoshanwei, Tianchengwei, Zhenluwei, Pingluwei, Weiyuanwei, Jingping Qianhusuo and other thirteen guards, 820 three There are three hundred and seven piers in the fortress. There are as many as 14 Datong soldiers and horses, including 5 cavalry." In the Liuli Palace, Fan Yongdou calmly changed the information that everyone got from Datong.

"Is Cao Wenzhao still in Datong?" Li Xin, who was sitting on the throne, suddenly asked.

"Still in Datong." Fan Yongdou said quickly: "However, he is not permanently stationed in Datong, but in Taiyuan. Emperor Chongzhen asked Cao Wenzhao to control Shanxi's troops, so he is temporarily in Taiyuan. Trust him."

"Cao Wenzhao is a fierce general. It's a pity that the current Ming Dynasty can only exhaust him to death. There are rebellious rebels everywhere. A Cao Wenzhao is probably useless." Li Xin shook his head.In fact, in the Ming Dynasty at this moment, any general of the Ming Dynasty would be dragged to death in the end.

"My lord admires Cao Wenzhao very much?" Song Xiance stroked his beard and said, "If that's the case, my subordinates have a plan, maybe I can make Cao Wenzhao to vote for my lord and work for my lord."

"Cao Wenzhao is loyal to the imperial court. It's very difficult to recruit him." Li Xin waved his hand and said, "If he was in Datong, I wouldn't want to attack him. Jiang Xiang and Fan Dongzhu are stationed in Datong now. This person is easy to bribe." Is it? If I can enter Datong without spending a single soldier and control Daibei, I will be very happy."

"My lord, Jiang Xiang is cruel and treacherous. I'm afraid he won't submit to my lord so easily." Fan Yongdou shook his head and said with a wry smile, "When my subordinates go to Datong, they will be robbed of 10 taels of silver. Whether it is Cao Wen Whether it's Chao, or Wang Pu, although they are all from Datong, they are very prestigious in Datong, but in Datong, Jiang Xiang is the most powerful. The Jiang family brothers control Datong's 10,000+ people, they are the real Datong The person in charge, even if Cao Wenzhao has something to do, he has to discuss it with the Jiang family brothers, which is why Cao Wenzhao would rather stay in Taiyuan than go to Datong."

"How about Wang Pu?" Li Xin asked again.

"Wang Pu is Cao Wenzhao's deputy general, Zuo Dudu. This person can be considered a family of generals, but, hehe, he doesn't have much talent. My lord's soldiers are sharp. If he fights against Wang Pu, I'm afraid this person will flee in embarrassment. "Shi Yuanzhi was in charge of intelligence, shook his head and said with a smile: "This person is very knowledgeable. Although he is dissatisfied with the Jiang brothers controlling Datong, he has no choice but to stay in Taiyuan."

"In this way, in the entire Daibei region, what we have to face is the Jiang family brothers." Li Xin said after thinking for a while.

"My lord, if you want to invade Datong, I don't know where the lord is going to enter the customs?" Although Shi Yuanzhi asked Li Xin, he actually looked at Fan Yongdou and others.

"What is Mr. Fan's opinion?" Li Xin had worked with Shi Yuanzhi for a long time, so he didn't know what he was thinking, so he also looked at Fan Yongdou.

"Naturally, it's Shahukou." Fan Yongdou said without thinking: "The Mongolian Khans of all dynasties invaded the Central Plains, or the imperial courts conquered the grasslands, they all passed through Shahukou."

"Shahukou is leaning against the Great Wall to the north and Cangtou River to the west. The terrain is dangerous!" Li Xin asked someone to open the map and found the location of Shahukou on the map. For his audacity, the geographical situation of Shahukou was also given to him. shocked.

"The most dangerous thing about Shahukou is nothing else, but the promenade about 900 feet long. This promenade is located between the east and west mountains, so it can be said to be a natural dangerous pass." Tian Lansheng said with a frown.

Li Xin nodded. What is the concept of more than 900 feet? That is more than 3000 meters in later generations. This is a rather long figure. Know how many soldiers to lose.

"Shahukou is an important tax area for the imperial court, and it is getting richer and richer every day. Hey!" Wang Dengku shook his head, as if he had thought of something.

"There is Zhangjiakou in the east, and Shahukou in the west." Li Xin suddenly thought of a sentence that someone said before, this Shahukou is the Shahukou of later generations, but the rulers of the Qing Dynasty thought that "Shahu" was not good, so they changed everything. It has become a tiger's mouth.Being as famous as Zhangjiakou shows how prosperous the business of this place is.

"My lord, it may not be easy to enter Daibei from Shahukou. My lord, look." General Jiang Yi pointed to the map and said, "Shahukou is adjacent to Tangzi Mountain in the east and Dabao in the west. Mountain, the open Cangtou River Valley between the two mountains. According to the information provided by Fan Dongzhu, the Shahukou Pass City was built with earth in the 23rd year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty and covered with bricks in the second year of Wanli. In 43, a new fort was built outside Shahukou Fort, named Pingji Fort. Its length, height, and thickness were the same as those of the old fort. The important thing is that after we break through Shahukou, we will face the two cities of Zuoyun and Youyu. In the 36th year of Jiajing, the Mongolian army invaded. In this war, the defenders fought alone and held fast Youyucheng lasted for eight months. Zuoyuncheng and Youyucheng are like horns, supporting each other, which is very powerful."

"Shahukou, Zuoyun, Youyu plus Gaoshan, Datong, then the Great Wall, Xuanfu all the way to Beijing, this road relies on the Great Wall, and keeps the entire grassland out!" Li Xin said looking at the map.

"Exactly." Fan Yongdou nodded and said.

"Fan Dongzhu, are you sure that Jiang Xiang and the three brothers will not submit to me, Li Xin?" Li Xin asked with a frown.He vaguely remembered that in history, Li Zicheng or Jiannu had easily occupied the entire territory of Shanxi. One started from Shaanxi, the other came from Beijing, and swept Shanxi with ease. At this time, the Jiang brothers occupied Daibei. Land, if they resist, they won't let them occupy Shanxi so easily?In this way, the only possibility is that the three Jiang family brothers surrendered.This also shows that the Jiang family brothers are not unyielding masters. If they can surrender to Li Zicheng and Jiannu, can they not surrender to me, Li Xin?

"I'm afraid it will be difficult." Fan Yongdou thought for a while and said.Although it was just his guess, it seemed very sure.

"My lord, you can write about the imperial court, just say that you enter the pass through the Shahukou, and see how the imperial court responds?" Shi Yuan said after thinking about it.He wanted to use the imperial decree to check and balance Jiang Xiang, so as to achieve the purpose of entering Daibei.

"From this point of view, that's the only way to go." Li Xin nodded, and then said to Shi Yuanzhi: "We will try our best to buy and kill Hukou guards. Even if we can't let them let our army pass by, the merchant brigade On the other hand, we must relax a bit. Master Fan, prepare some weapons in the Shahu Fort, so that our brothers can easily seize the Shahukou."

"My lord wants to seize Shahukou?" Fan Yongdou said in surprise.

"Shahukou is the main passage to enter Daibei. It would be better if the imperial court let us enter, and we can easily occupy the land of Daibei. However, I am afraid that the Jiang family brothers will not agree, and even the imperial court will not agree. , but no matter what, the land of Daibei must fall under our control. At the beginning, Li Keyong relied on the land of Daibei to prosper the industry of king and hegemony. Although we have many soldiers and horses, we are far away from the Central Plains. If we don’t make a sound, people in the Central Plains will always think that we are a barbarian country, so we will have many difficulties in the future.” Li Xin’s eyes shot out, full of ambition.

"My lord, don't worry, the guards who killed Hukou have been fattened up by our Shanxi merchants over the years. As long as they have money, they will naturally let them go. Of course it is impossible for a large army, but if there are too many times, they will bring 100 people in each time." , it's still possible." Fan Yongdou stroked his beard with a look of complacency.Whether it is Zhangjiakou or Shahukou, it is an important place for Shanxi merchants' business strategy. Where caravans haunt, there are naturally countless gold and silver treasures. These things flow in front of me. These guards No matter how honest they are, they can't help but reach out, not to mention they are facing a role like Shanxi merchants, you don't reach out, they also find ways to make people reach out, so that you can reap benefits.Shanxi merchants also used this method to continuously send contraband from the Central Plains to the grasslands and to Jiannu.

"It's good for the ants to move. We have plenty of time now. If the court agrees, that's good. If not, we can also take down the Shahukou. As long as we have this pass, it is equivalent to winning the entrance of the generation." Where is the throat of the North." Li Xin searched on the map and said, "Daibei is a good place! Surrounded by the Great Wall, it is located outside the Yanmen Pass. In fact, this place was not in the Central Plains before. We fight here, That is to fight outside the pass. Didn’t the emperor enshrine me as the Duke of Liao? The land of Daibei used to belong to Yunzhou, and Yunzhou also belonged to Liao. If you take Daibei, I will be the Duke of Liao. It's back."

Shi Yuanzhi and the others just shook their heads and smiled wryly when they heard the words.Shi Yuan said with a straight smile: "My lord, Datong is an important town of the imperial court, and there is also a acting king here!"

"Deputy king?" Li Xin glanced at Fan Yongdou.

"The current acting king is called Zhu Yichang. This person is not in good health. He is very attractive." Fan Yongdou nodded and said, "When this person came to the throne, his subordinates used to go there."

"Aren't many princes in the imperial court like this?" Li Xin sneered and said, "I don't know how to judge the style of acting as a king?"

"It treats the people well, and there are a lot of land below." Fan Yongdou thought about it and said honestly.

"It's not uncommon to have farms. The descendants of Taizu and Chengzu have countless farms. It would be strange if there were no farms!" Li Xin said nonchalantly.The sons and grandsons of the dragons in the entire Ming Dynasty were the same. King Zhou, King Fu, King Xiang, etc., occupied a large amount of land in the local area, and King Fu occupied most of the land in Henan. Dai Wang had many in Datong The land property is also normal.

"Part of Datong's land is in the hands of Dai Wang, and another part is in the hands of Jiang, Wang, and Cao. The subordinates don't tell me, the lord knows who these three are." Fan Yongdou shook his head and said: "If the lord enters Dai Bei, Dai Wang may not say anything, he is a prince, no matter how powerful the lord is, he is not afraid of the lord looking for trouble for him, the rest are Jiang, Wang, and Cao, and General Cao Wenzhao is deeply righteous , the lord is going there under the imperial decree, the Cao family will not object, Wang Pu is a dandy, although he won a left governor, but he got it through a way, as long as the lord does not infringe on his interests, and Wang Pu's property is in Taiyuan , and will not embarrass the lord, only the Jiang family, the lord enters Daibei, and the 10,000+ people under his command will change the situation in Daibei, and the generals and ministers under the lord's command will also buy properties in Daibei, which will impact Jiang even more. For the benefit of the lord, the Jiang surname does not want the lord to go to Daibei. They will definitely oppose the lord."

"Dai Bei must be in his hands. If he opposes it, he will be destroyed." Li Xin said coldly.He knew that his entry into the Daibei area would definitely threaten the interests of the local authorities.Because once entering the Daibei area, not only Li Xin, but also the civil servants and military generals under Li Xin's command will replace the local upper-level authorities, and these upper-class people will be reshuffled again.The Dai Wang is the clan. No matter how powerful Li Xin is, as long as there is no rebellion, he will not pose any threat. In this way, only a few other families, especially the Jiang family, will lose their interests in the face of Li Xin's attack.Therefore, as those in power, the three Jiang Xiang brothers will definitely not let Li Xin enter Daibei.

However, Li Xin has always taken it as his mission to seize the world. Entering Daibei and opening the Central Plains passage is Li Xin's established strategy. Whoever blocks it is Li Xin's enemy.If Li Xin keeps the Jiang family in Datong, it will be a ticking time bomb, so no matter what, Li Xin will get rid of the Jiang family.

"That's right, my lord, I think the Jiang family brothers are also the ones who commit all kinds of crimes in Daibei, such people should be eradicated." Gao Meng patted his chest and said loudly.

Others such as Jiang Yi, Yang Xiong, etc. also nodded. These people followed Li Xin because they were loyal to Li Xin, but as long as they were people, they had desires. Although Jiang Yi and others were loyal, they ranked first. One, but interests also occupy an important position.No matter which dynasty it is, with the rise of a dynasty, new nobles will emerge.In the Yanhuang tribe, Jiang Yi and others followed Li Xin, their status was getting higher and higher, and their power was getting bigger and bigger. There were dozens of servants in any family. Although the property could not be compared with Fan Yongdou and others, the gold and silver There are also many treasures.After arriving in Daibei, they must be the first batch of people under Li Xin.What is Jiang Xiang, the conflict of interests between the two parties is natural.Jiang Xiang does not allow this kind of thing to happen. Similarly, if Jiang Yi and others want to get more things, they will not allow Jiang Xiang to exist. Both parties are in a deadly situation.

"My lord, what my subordinates are most worried about now is that the court will not agree to this matter." Shi Yuanzhi said after thinking about it, and the rest of the people also nodded. Those people in the court are not stupid, and Li Xin has always been a member of the court. The key surveillance target, no matter what, Li Xin was just doing some action on the grassland. These either have little to do with the court, or are enemies.Their strength is weakened, the court will only be happy, even if Li Xin's army has lost a lot, the court will only applaud and will not say anything.But if Li Xin marches into the Central Plains, the imperial court must pay attention.The Central Plains has always been where the court's potential interests lie.

"It can't be used because the court doesn't agree and we won't do it." Li Xin said without thinking: "Since I have promised the court to send troops to the Central Plains to help the court suppress the rebellion, there must be a route! Find a place! Unless the imperial court can supply our army with food and grass."

"I'm afraid the imperial court doesn't have the ability!" Song Xiance rolled his eyes and said with a smile.Everyone nodded. The high salary and good treatment of the Northern Army were far beyond what the soldiers in the Central Plains could match.

"No matter what, I, Li Xin, will decide on the land of Daibei." Li Xin gritted his teeth and said: "At the end of the year, we will select soldiers and horses and send out elite troops, with a unit of a hundred people, to follow the caravan into the land of Daibei. Some of them stayed at Shahukou, and when the army attacked, they helped the army seize the city gate and received the army to enter the city. Some of them were scattered in various places in Daibei to spy on information in various places in Daibei. , the real estate situation of the big families, and the prestige of these people in the local area, etc., must be inquired into. Mr. Shi, all the bandits, rebels, etc. On the one hand, we must severely punish those local tyrants and evil gentry, and wipe out rebels, bandits, etc., all of which must be done.”

"My lord, don't worry." Shi Yuanzhi was secretly startled, surprised at Li Xin's boldness, this opportunity is to turn over the whole Dai Bei!Daibei is probably about to change.

"The army went out, and there were many casualties this time, and General Jutu was killed in battle. It's all my fault." Li Xin thought of something again, and sighed: "Although the general will inevitably die in battle, but my army in the north can benefit Today, it is all the credit of these brothers. We living people should not forget their credit. Mr. Shi, apart from providing compensation for these brothers and their families, I want to bury these dead brothers in Daqingshan, engraved with stone tablets and inscriptions To commemorate them, my descendants and grandchildren of Li Xin will remember them. In the future, the soldiers of my army who conquered the North will be buried in Daqing Mountain after they die in battle, and will be left to future generations to worship and let them remember forever. Who created everything about the Conquest of the North. What do you think, sir?"

"My lord is wise." After everyone heard this, their hearts moved. Jiang Yi and the others were even more excited. No matter who they were, they wanted to leave a name in history and sing praises for all generations.This is true of civil servants, as well as generals.As Jiang Yi and others, in their current status, after a hundred years, history books will naturally leave their names, but those soldiers, after a hundred years, who can remember them.Now Li Xin buried them in Daqing Mountain, and he wanted to leave stone tablets and inscriptions. This clearly meant that they would be remembered in history and be worshiped by Li Xin's descendants every year. This is already a rare courtesy. Oh, once upon a time, a person who served as a soldier and ate food could be treated like this?
(End of this chapter)