After taking Anping County, Shao Xun stayed here for several days to stabilize the situation.
A group of the soldiers and horses recruited from various ministries were dismissed.
Especially those Wubao people who were weak in combat power were all dismissed.
They didn't want to fight either.
Human beings are sometimes very strange. After the set goal is achieved, the spirit will relax, as if the breath has disappeared, the whole body is lazy, and the energy cannot be raised, and it has to be adjusted.
Most of the cattle and sheep seized in the city were valued and distributed as rewards.
This is a bonus, not a normal reward.
In fact, since the Han Dynasty, and even throughout the Northern and Southern Dynasties, private tribes were recruited to fight without necessarily receiving financial rewards.
The main way to reward merit is official position.
As for whether Ding Zhuang, the leader of the army, should be rewarded for his merits, that is something that the Lords of Wubao need to consider and has nothing to do with the imperial court.
Therefore, this is also an important reason why many people requested the massacre of Anping in the past. After they obtained official positions, they also wanted to plunder money and women from Anping City to satisfy their own bankers.
To put it bluntly, I want to waste my own costs.
The rewarded cattle and sheep were mainly used to pay for the categories of people Shao Xun promised: "warriors who arrived first" and "travelers tired from long battles".
In fact, he had a lot of extra hair.
There were less than 30,000 Xiongnu Zahu. Normally, there should be about 500,000 large and small livestock. But Anping was not normal. In the final count, there were only more than 200,000. Some of them were placed inside the sheep and horse wall outside the city.
They were captured before the siege of the city. Some of them were obtained from the pastures outside the city, and some were captured inside the city.
During the siege, a batch was eaten, and after rewards were given to the rest, only tens of thousands of lean sheep and calves were left.
Not many horses were captured, but Shao Xun had incorporated so many tribes, so there was no shortage of horses.
Some of the more than 20,000 horses obtained were given to the officers as rewards, and the rest were allocated to the rebel army, bringing the number of horses in the 7,000-member army to about 20,000.
More than a hundred male horses and 5,000 mares, the best horses, were sent to Guangchengze Ranch for breeding.
As for the pieces of cloth promised to redeem the soldiers, only a few thousand pieces could be redeemed on the spot.
The army has its own laws. The shogunate gets a share from robbery, the army gets a share, and individuals get a share. These thousands of bolts of silk can be regarded as Shao Xun's personal "dividends" and the "contributions" of his subordinates since the war.
There was still a gap of more than 20,000 pieces, so he could only write a letter asking Yu Wenjun to allocate 15,000 pieces of white linen from various estates in his family.
There is still a shortage of more than 10,000 horses...
"Lieutenant." After Wang Yan came back from Qinghe, he was grabbed by Shao Xun.
"What's the matter with Taibai?" Wang Yan vaguely heard something. When he saw Shao Xun looking for him, he stood by the roadside and gently stroked his beard.
Alas, I used to think it was embarrassing for my old wife to even pick up feces on the ground. Now I realize that having more money at home is a good thing!
But he underestimated Shao Xun's shamelessness.
"Hui Feng and I are in love..." This sentence directly broke his guard.
Wang Yan was anxious, very anxious, extremely anxious, but this was too naked and too fast.
Shao Quanzhong, shouldn’t you beg me?
In the end, I reluctantly agreed to Hui Feng - no, she probably wouldn't want to - and agreed to Jingfeng to marry you as an equal wife and then give birth to a child as soon as possible.
If you give birth to a boy, I don't necessarily ask you to make him your heir apparent. The future is long, so mentioning it now would be too revealing of your ambition. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future.
That's what it is, but can you be more tactful?
"Quan Zhong!" Wang Yan's face fell, a little unhappy.
"I don't know how to write - just call me whatever you like, Lieutenant." Shao Xun said, "I still have many letters written by Hui Feng to me. You can't destroy this marriage."
"Fart!" Wang Yan cursed in his heart.
At the same time, I was also a little angry. What's going on? Huifeng is such a reserved and sensible person, why does he look like he's giving it for free? Is Shao Quanzhong trying to trick me?
An internal betrayal would cause the most confusion.
"This..." Seeing Wang Yan's frustrated look, Shao Xun sighed: "The overall situation in Hebei has been decided. I am sitting on dozens of counties in the five states of Henan, Yan, Si, Ji, and Jing. The great cause is about to be completed, and the team is also decided.
, from now on it will be planned slowly. Let the Yang family send troops to attack Qingzhou, and I will lead the troops to Xuzhou myself, that's it, just grind it out slowly."
Wang Yan took a deep breath and calmed down.
He once reflected on why he always felt embarrassed in front of Shao Xun and couldn't defeat him.
Later I found it very complicated, but Shao Thief's shamelessness was definitely an important reason.
He is just that kind of person, he has the power, his words scare people to death, and he is shameless. He makes himself into a mess, unable to use his eloquence, and finally loses in the struggle.
Just now is very typical.
It's really shameless! Even if Huifeng really wrote you a letter, is it really appropriate to talk about the private relationship between children?
I competed with Han Shou to steal the fragrance, which made me angry to death.
But after calming down, Wang Yan quickly began to make plans.
Haha, they also asked the Yang family to send troops to attack Qingzhou. If it were anyone else, I would be really worried that you would be too supportive and would not know the importance of it. But Shao Quanzhong, haha, with a kind face and a dark heart, who doesn't know!
"The Yang family has two thousand stones. Since the Han Dynasty, few families have been so prosperous." Wang Yan glanced at Shao Xun and said: "If the Yang family sends troops and uses the strength of the four counties of Taishan, Lu, Qiao, and Pei,
, I will surely be able to run Qingzhou like an iron bucket and share your worries for Taibai."
Shao Xun smiled, said nothing, and looked at Wang Yan.
Wang Yan also looked at Shao Xun.
"Lieutenant, I heard that the Wang family of Langya is so handsome, can you call some of them back from Jianye? After conquering Qingzhou, I also need people to take care of Jinan, Qi, Chengyang and other counties for me." Shao Xun said.
Wang Yan was a little irritable.
He didn't understand what he had done in his life.
Until now, there is nothing you want.
Maohong was in Jiangdong, and he was good at dancing and won the trust of King Langya. In order to win over the scholars of Wu, he even learned the local dialect, and his speaking was not standard, which made the people of Wu secretly laugh at him.
Isn’t this embarrassing? There’s nothing we can do about it.
Who would want to do this if they could straighten their waist and become a human being?
But even this family fortune may not be guaranteed. If Shao Xun unifies the North, he will definitely go south. It is really hard to say what the outcome will be.
As for the situation he managed in Luoyang, well, forget it.
If the new dynasty is established, what position can Wang Yan hold? I really can't guarantee it.
Official positions are limited, and the positions of high-ranking officials with real power are even more limited.
If we cannot occupy a good position in the new dynasty, how can we protect the Langya Wang family's family fortune? Do we really think that the Yang family, Yu family and others will not take action against the Wang family? Are they good people? Gradual decline is inevitable.
So he was anxious, very anxious, extremely anxious.
Even though Shao Xun was so shameless, he really had nothing to do for the sake of the Wang family.
Shao Xun asked him for money, but he was actually giving him an opportunity.
What he wanted was not only money, but also the influence of the Langya Wang family among the Qingxu scholars. To be clear, he wanted the Wang family to restrict the Yang family in the east.
The opportunity has been given to you, do you want it?
Of course, Lao Wang also knew very well that Shao Xun did have intentions for his two daughters, especially Hui Feng.
He used to reject this kind of thing.
I have been regretting it for the past few years, and now I am planning to imitate Shao Xun and be shameless.
It will also be beneficial to the Wang family for their daughter to arrive in Shao Mansion.
Many things, when spread out, have no room for change and can easily lead to a breakdown in the relationship. At this time, someone needs to be in the middle to deliver the message. Once the negotiation fails, everyone can still make do with each other and not fall out on the spot.
The person who serves as a messenger can be a mutual friend or a woman.
Relatively speaking, what a woman says does not need to be taken seriously. It is a "woman's opinion" and a "misunderstanding"! Moreover, women are more likely to play a mediating role, making people more accepting, and even confusing men.
The most important thing is that if by chance, Hui Feng or Jing Feng gives birth to a child...
Well, thinking about it this way, Lao Wang feels that Hui Feng is more suitable. She is very smart, has skills, knows how to advance and retreat, and may not be able to have the last laugh.
"Alas! In troubled times, everyone is doing their best." Wang Yan sighed: "The Wang family is rich and prosperous, and I don't want to cause trouble anymore. But Taibai, you work day and night for state affairs, eat and sleep in the open, how can I stand idly by?
! Princes of the Wang family, who has Taibai fallen in love with? I will come up with a solution, you will always have this face."
Shao Xun was overjoyed and blurted out: "With Yifu's help, great things will happen."
"No big or small." Wang Yan cursed secretly.
"The matter of silk cloth..." Shao Xun said again.
"It must be transported from Luoyang, Guangchengze, Xuchang, and Chen County." Wang Yan said.
Shao Xun looked at him, smiled and said nothing.
Lao Deng can do that. Wherever he goes, the Wang family's industry will be managed.
The mother-in-law is really talented in business. The gold and silverware business is booming, and the onion and garlic business is not too small. I heard that she has recently started an oxcart business again, because Wang Yan sold an oxcart...
"Is everything done here in Anping?" After talking about the "big things", Wang Yan started to care about the "small things".
"Everyone has something to ask for." Shao Xun said: "The brave warriors who got there first got twice the reward, the troops with greater casualties got extra rewards, the officers had the opportunity to advance, and Yang Pengzu became the prefect of Qinghe. Who else would want it?"
Making trouble? Silver Spear, Yi Cong'erlang is here, if you don't care about your life, just come and make trouble."
Wang Yan nodded.
He used the means of beating and pulling, dividing and disintegrating so skillfully, Quanzhong was quite capable.
Now as long as the final debt is paid off, the matter will be over.
"Are we going to move to She County next?" he asked.
"Of course they are going, but not all of them will go. It is enough to select the best and send out 30,000 to 40,000 people." Shao Xun said: "Liu Yao only has 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers and horses, and there are 9,000 defenders in Shexian County. It is tiring."
Even if he dies, he won’t be able to take it off.”
Of course, nine thousand people is a thing of the past.
The three thousand people in the camp outside the city have been destroyed. In the city, there were originally three thousand Wancheng soldiers, one thousand Shile soldiers, one thousand Luonan soldiers plus one thousand Buqu soldiers, for a total of six thousand people.
When Liu Yao attacked the camp outside the city, he killed at least several thousand people. If he attacked Shexian County again, if there was no emergency, he would have killed more than half of the infantry he brought.
If he really does this, Liu Cong will never spare him.
Moreover, in the terrain of Shangdang, it is difficult to increase the number of troops.
One is that I can't let go. There are too many people there just to eat.
Another reason is supplies. How can Shangdang compare with Hebei?
In the Tang Dynasty, there was a vassal town named "Zhaoyijun", which governed the five prefectures of Ze, Lu, Xing, Ming and Ci, which is roughly today's Changzhi and Jincheng in Shanxi plus Xingtai and Handan in Hebei.
This vassal town raised a lot of troops, and its headquarters was in Luzhou (Changzhi). When the Jiedushi had nothing to do, he led the troops eastward through Fukouxing and fed in Hebei. The reason was that the loss of transporting grain from Hebei to Luzhou was too great, and Ze
The money and food in Lu Erzhou are not enough to support so many troops, so they can only use their subjective initiative - transporting food is difficult, so why don't I just take the troops to Hebei to eat?
Liu Yao arrived at Shangdang with 50,000 cavalry. He had already raised food and grass from various sources, and even requisitioned many cattle and sheep. Any more would be a huge logistical pressure.
The fighting lasted for a month in Shexian, Gushan, and Wu'an. The two sides fought many times. The number of casualties in Liu Yao's troops was estimated to be tens of thousands. How else could he fight?
Fukouxing, Baixing, and Jingxing sent troops from three directions. Fukou was the main force. This cannot be wrong because it was the closest to Yecheng. But it was their fault that they could not capture the triangle area of ​​Shexian, Gushan, and Wu'an.
Now, it's time to put an end to this error.
If Liu Yao doesn't take the initiative to end it, Shao Xun will help him end it.
"Can we catch Liu Yao's main force?" Wang Yan asked.
"Difficult." Shao Xun said: "Liu Yao dug trenches and built walls outside Shexian County, not to break the city, but to facilitate escape."
"How do you say that?" Wang Yan was startled.
"Liu Yao knows very well that he does not have the capital for a long-term siege. The Battle of Anping will soon end. By then the army will move westward. If he does not fight me decisively, he will retreat behind Hukou Pass." Shao Xun said: "No matter it is
Whether we retreat or fight decisively, we can't go wrong by surrounding the defenders of Shexian County."
Of course, Liu Yao is more likely to retreat.
What the hell are you thinking about fighting Shao Xun at the foot of Shexian City? The trenches and earthen walls are not copper and iron walls. Sooner or later the defenders will break through. At that time, they will be attacked from both inside and outside, and the entire army will be defeated. It is very likely.
Wang Yan nodded silently.
"When will we attack Shile?" he asked again.
"Let's drive Liu Yao back first. What if Shexian County is really attacked?" Shao Xun said with a smile: "Besides, I am almost out of food."
"Henan is still stepping up its efforts to transport grain and grass. If the river freezes, it will not be possible to transport it."
"Hebei has had a bad harvest this year and there is nothing to be squeezed out of it. If the war continues, there may really be a rebellion."
Wang Yan said yes. He didn't know how to fight, but since the end of the Han Dynasty, there have been too many scenes of both sides retreating without food. This year's harvest is already huge enough, so there is no need to take risks anymore.
"Will you stay in Yecheng for a long time?" Wang Yan finally asked.
Shao Xun smiled and said nothing and did not answer.
Chapter completed!