The war is advancing step by step according to the wishes of the Daqian and the Russian people, and Jiuhu has become the certificate of surrender presented by the Rusian people to the Daqian people. 扴
In early May, Daqian's left army built a bridge to break through from the west side of the Dongchuan River, the right army circled back from the east of the Dongchuan River, the middle army pressed forward, and the prince led the exhausted army to retreat to the south of Langyan Mountain.
The King of Rus finally gave up the urge to go south and led his army to retreat. The right army stood aside and intervened on the battlefield to join forces with the left army. The Jiu Hu people were betrayed by the Rus people, and the last of the Jiu Hu elites were surrounded by the Dongchuan River. On the right bank, the Central Route Army occupied the left bank of the Dongchuan River, and the last Jiuhu elite were suppressed in a small area of less than ten miles in radius.
At this time, Su Ce and the second prince arrived at the Dongchuan River. This battle did not have to be as desperate as the Battle of Dashi. Daqian had already been assured of victory in this battle. In order to reduce casualties as much as possible, Su Ce did not rush to launch a general attack.
Instead, they waited for the Ross army to retreat back to the country. The Ross army did not divide its troops, but went straight to the camp assigned to the Jiuhu people. All men were slaves and all women were maids. Tragedy happened again to the Jiuhu people.
When the news from the Scout Cavalry Shield came back, it was already the end of May, and the Jiuhu camp had been besieged for nearly two months. Relying on horse milk and accompanying cattle and sheep, the Jiuhu people were not short of food at this time. They also tried to break out of the encirclement, but were blocked by Daqian's army with chariots and crossbows.
In despair, in the eyes of the Jiuhu people, the camp of the Daqian army stretched for twenty miles, and the Xuanwu military flag of Daqian was blown violently by the wind. At this moment, Su Ce still chose to stand still.
"When will the decisive battle take place?" King Zhao Zaixiao of Shu urged Su Ce to attack as usual.
"The decisive battle? The decisive battle has been fought after the Russians retreated!" Su Ce drank hot tea. At this time, no one knew the reason why Su Ce stood still. The court seemed to have selectively forgotten about the large-scale departure of the Northern Army.
The King of Shu, Zhao Zaixiao, looked at the expressionless Su Ce. Su Ce was so unfamiliar at this moment.
"Su Shuai! The Jiuhu people's letter of challenge has been sent over again!" A green-clad primary school student outside Shuai's tent shouted loudly.
"Send it up!" King Zhao Zaixiao of Shu shouted angrily to Luo Yang who was next to Su Ce.
Luo Yang's lips curled up and he hurriedly went outside the tent to get the letter of war.
Luo Yang presented the Jiuhu people's letter of challenge to Su Ce, but after opening it, Su Ce just glanced at it and threw it on the table.
"Continue to avoid fighting and defend!" Su Ce filled his tea cup with hot tea. After all, the tea in Guanzhong is not as good as that in the south.
"Aren't you afraid that the morale of the army will be damaged?" Colonel Zhao Zai, the king of Shu, sat opposite Su Ce and looked directly at Su Ce.
"The damaged military spirit is not the true military spirit." Su Ce took a sip of hot tea, put down the tea cup, stood up suddenly, looked at Shu King Zhao Zaixiao for a long time, and said firmly: "I am the military spirit!"
"What do you want!" Prince Zhao Zaixiao, the king of Shu, looked into Su Ce's eyes and stood up again just after he sat down.
"Ha! Luo Yang, get out! No one can come close to the handsome tent for a hundred meters, and anyone who violates it will be killed!"
Su Ce sneered, let Luo Yang go out, and then said: "What do you want? Anxi has taken away the centuries-old achievements of our Northern Army. There is no need for anyone to give my Northern Army an explanation. The prince's personal expedition should not give my Northern Army an explanation. You say I want it." What?"
"You want to depose the prince!" The second prince opened his eyes wide.
"Su Ce, how dare you!" Prince Zhao Zai of Shu pointed at Su Ce, his fingers trembling at the moment.
"Now that we've talked about official matters, let's talk about private matters. My wife has had a miscarriage. He is supposed to be my eldest son, Su Ce. The prince's methods are shady and he has lost his moral integrity. Why can't he be deposed!" Su Ce's eyes became bloodshot as he spoke.
The King of Shu, Zhao Zaixiao, trembled with his fingers. He had never known what Su Ce wanted these days, but he never thought that Su Ce actually wanted to depose the prince. Many emotions such as power, desire, fear, etc. rushed into his heart at once, and he couldn't help shouting loudly. Said: "Su Ce, who do you think you are? I just think you are drunk and talking nonsense today. Don't say that again. Don't force me to kill you!"
Su Ce shook his head, and his tone was a little low: "I, the uncle of Jingyang County, the Protector of Anbei, and the commander of the Northern Army of Daqian, would like to ask you, the world is a chessboard, the saints are the referees, and the prince is watching, how many people can play the chessboard? People? Don’t you know? I’ll tell you!”
"The three chief ministers of the outer court, the minister of secretariat, the minister of secretariat, the minister of ministers, the minister of ministers, and the minister of secretariat."
"Three Prime Ministers of the Inner Court, Secretary, Provincial Secretary and Superintendent, Central Superintendent of the Provincial Palace in the Palace, and Yushi Dafu on the Yushitai."
"Three prime ministers, three prime ministers, six armies, Taizu established the country and worshiped heaven, granted twelve orders, assisted in state affairs, assisted the sage king, and jointly governed the world."
"Surely the saint has never told you about such secrets, right?"
The king of Shu, Zhao Zaixiao, shook his head. He really didn't know about such a secret. Maybe even the prince didn't know, or he pretended not to know.
"The Northern Army defeated the Sixth Army. Do you think it's just because there are more Northern troops?" Su Ce took out two seals from his arms, one Xuanwu Seal and one Xuanwu Negative Sword Seal.
"These are the two seals of the Northern Army's Xuanwu. Taizu granted the Six Civilizations and Six Martial Arts the twelve orders and thirteen seals. This Xuanwu Bearing Sword Seal is the thirteenth seal."
"It is true that the country of Daqian is the country of the Zhao family, but the world belongs to the people of the world, not the world of the Zhao family."
"Now, I ask you whether the prince is qualified to use me as a pawn!"
The king of Shu, Zhao Zaixiao, shook his head. He once thought that the world belonged to the Zhao family, but today he realized that the Zhao family was the Zhao family and the world belonged to the world. He said in a bitter tone: "No!"
"Sit down! I have nothing to do today, so I just want to talk to you about the prince's affairs!"
Su Ce sat down, calmed down his emotions, filled two teacups with tea, and pushed one of them to the King of Shu, Zhao Zaixiao.
The king of Shu, Zhao Zaixiao, picked up the teacup, drank it in one gulp, put it down, Su Ce picked up the pot and poured tea, and then said: "The prince oversees the country, and the princess's maiden family, the Zheng family, sells grain to Jiuhu, and most of the money earned is used by the prince to support poor families. My son, you are indeed not as smart as the Crown Prince in buying people's hearts. The Peony Guard is a wolf-dog of the Saint. You lead the Peony Guard because of the Prince's instruction and the Saint's acquiescence. After all, the wolf-dog is a wolf-dog and cannot become a dragon. This makes you a king. The way. Taizu once said that princes should not fight with each other, and plotting against brothers is the first thing to do to depose a prince."
"The grandson is guilty of the Zheng family. It is impossible for the Northern Army to let such a bloodline become the king. However, the prince does not hesitate to abandon his teacher and save the princess with a statue. The blood of the sinner cannot be the king. Therefore, this is to depose the prince. The second thing.”
"Due to the repeated resignation of the prince, the three prime ministers and the three prime ministers were officials in the East Palace of the prince. Since the prince supervised the country, no less than a hundred people have been transferred to the six ministries as officials. Many ministers of the six ministries have been constrained. No less than ten ministers have been dismissed from office, causing instability in the court. Peeping at the throne is the third thing to do to depose the prince."
"Planning the inheritance of the commanders of the six armies, Yuan Ping of the south army, Zhao Huayu of the north army, Liu Kun of the west army, Diao Wenyu of the south army, Zhou Li of the east army, and I were attracted by many princes. Among them, only Liu Kun of the west army respected the prince as king. The army of Zhou Li and the Southern Army's Diao Wenyu also intervened, causing the six armies to fight at the palace gates. This created a gap between the six armies and caused chaos to the six armies. This was the fourth thing to depose the prince."
"There are also things like luring mole crickets into Chang'an, letting nine jackals ride on horseback to cause chaos in Chang'an... There are countless things that the prince has directed and acted on his own. If it were you, would you dare to be a minister to such a king? The emperor's mind cannot be fathomed, but
Acts need to be upright and upright, and the prince's methods are dark. Although he is clever, we, the ministers, do not dare to let such a prince become an emperor."
"So, you chose me?" Zhao Zaixiao, King of Shu, had a glint in his eyes.
Su Ce shook his head: "You are the prince used by the saint to watch over the military. As I said just now, a wolf dog cannot become a dragon."
The light in Shu Wang Zhao Zaixiao's eyes went out, and he asked in a sour tone: "The third child or the fourth child?"
Su Ce shook his head, filled the teapot with hot water, and said, "The third prince and the fourth prince are too immature. Now that the saint is in his prime, it is not yet time!"
"But if you set up a direct descendant based on virtue but not virtue, and if you set up a son based on noble status but not longevity, besides the prince and me, there are only the third and fourth sons left?" Zhao Zaixiao, the king of Shu, wanted an answer, an unconvinced answer.
But Su Ce didn't know the answer, because he had never met these two princes. These two princes had gone to the south since they were young. The three princes once invited them, but Su Ce and others chose to refuse.
Su Ce could only reply: "The saint has his own judgment! Let's talk about the war!"
King of Shu Zhao Zaixiao nodded. When he came here just now, he wanted to ask about the war, but now his mind was in a mess. He also wanted to hear how Su Ce wanted to end the war in front of him.
"Luo Yang!" Su Ce stood up, walked out of the handsome tent, and waved Luo Yang in.
"Reply to the Jiuhu people. Three days later, there will be a limit of 1,000 people. Use the drum as a signal. After the three drums are sounded, the troops will be withdrawn with gold. Those who are alive can be allowed to leave. Order the middle route army to cross the Fengchuan River tomorrow." Su Ce knew the principle of a trapped beast still fighting.
, but Su Ce also knew that the Northern Army had not fought any major battles in the past few years, and now the Northern Army's combat effectiveness was indeed declining year by year. How could Su Ce give up such a good training opportunity?
"Aren't you afraid of too many casualties?" King Zhao Zaixiao of Shu asked doubtfully.
Su Ce shook his head, sighed and said, "Rather than casualties, I'm more afraid that the Northern Army will lose its sharpness."
Although he said this, Su Ce still hoped to reduce casualties as much as possible.
Therefore, when the first batch of Jiuhu people who went out to fight three days later looked at the Daqian army in full armor on the opposite side, they were a little dumbfounded for a moment, but people are selfish.
Armor is used to save lives on the battlefield. Who among the Jiuhu people in desperate situations would be willing to lend their armor to others?
"Boom!"
"Boom! Boom!"
"Dong dong dong!"
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The dull drum beat sounded, and centuries-old enemies were having their final showdown on the right bank of Dongchuan River.
The Jiuhu people's army did not have specific divisions of arms like the Daqian army. They only separated ordinary cavalry and elite cavalry by force.
But Daqian is a mixed-arms army, including crossbowmen, sword soldiers, sword and shield soldiers, spearmen, crossbow cavalry, and lance cavalry. There are no archers and cavalry in it, because Daqian troops are generally equipped with strong bows.
Su Ce said that he would fight thirty-six purple-clad generals in this battle. There would be no less than 500 Northern Army generals wearing scarlet robes. Not everyone would have a chance to go into battle, because there were only less than 100,000 Jiuhu people.
In the past three days, the generals in Fei Yi had been working together in the camp, but Su Ce ignored them. Some were fighting for their family background, some were fighting for their achievements on the battlefield, and some were relying on their personal bravery... Su Ce didn't care about anything else and only allowed these more than 500 people to fight.
People give themselves a list of eighty people.
The king of Shu, Zhao Zaixiao, no longer thought about the prince's affairs for the past three days. He pestered Su Ce and wanted a place. Su Ce knew that the king of Shu wanted to forget what happened three days ago with killing, so he did not agree. After all, the Jiuhu people
Running out.
Sometimes courage can't change anything. Leather armor can't stop a strong bow and crossbow for a moment, and bone arrows can't penetrate thick armor.
This was an unfair war with equal numbers, but how could a war be fair? The desperate Jiuhu people were unwilling to surrender. Of course, Su Ce had no chance of surrendering from the black Jiuhu people from the beginning.
For the former king of the grasslands, Su Ce's greatest respect was to kill them all. The caravans belonging to the Northern Army had entered the territory of Ross. The women, children, old and weak of the Jiuhu people were sold to the merchants of the Northern Army by the King of Ross who needed property to balance the domestic situation.
Su Ce wanted to build a city wall to connect three fortresses in the Langyan Mountains. The mountains were steep and the terrain was dangerous. Building the city wall would require human lives. The men Jiuhu left behind were the best fillers.
As for the Jiuhu women, the Northern Army needs them to exchange for the wealth of the rich to develop the Northern Territory.
As the former king of the grassland, despite being in such a state of decline, the Jiuhu army has its own pride.
The former commander-in-chief and previous Northern Army commanders had interrupted Jiuhu's pride, and what Su Ce had to do was to completely bury Jiuhu's pride.
In June of the seventeenth year of Longsheng, on the right bank of the Dongchuan River, the 410,000-strong army of the Northern Protectorate of Daqian'an fought a decisive battle with Jiuhu. The battle lasted for seven days, and the Daqian formation killed more than 89,000 people, leaving less than three
Thousands of barbarians fled to Rus and were intercepted and killed by the legions in Rus. Dagan himself suffered 37,000 casualties in the battle, including 6,459 killed in battle and 12,907 seriously injured.
The rest were slightly injured.
It was known as the Battle of Dongchuan River in history. After the war, Ross and the Anbei Protectorate demarcated the boundary, using Dongchuan River as the boundary, and established a quarry at the site of the Battle of Dongchuan River.
In July, reports of the war reached Chang'an, and the prince was deprived of the power to supervise the country. The saint took pity on the old soldier from Anxi, moved him to the southern roads, and released him to the people.
In August, the sage ordered Su Ce, the chief protector of the Anbei Protectorate, to return to the court.
In September, Su Ce led Anbei's meritorious soldiers to the city of Chang'an and was captured for fifteen miles. The prince, on behalf of the saint, went out of Chang'an for ten miles to welcome him.
Su Ce was granted the title of Marquis of Jingyang for his role in annihilating Hu in the Battle of Dongchuan River, and was granted the title of 1,000 households. Each of the meritorious officers and soldiers were rewarded, and a total of 36 of them were promoted to General Yunhui or General Guide.
In October, the whole Daqian court was like a bustling city. The saint presided over the affairs of the court. The three prime ministers and the three prime ministers and the six army leaders were arguing endlessly. After that, the three provinces implemented reforms. This reform was the counterattack from the saint and the prince, or in other words, the prince's.
Fight back.
But the price the prince had to pay was too high. Not only did he lose the power to supervise the country, he also lost his position in the East Palace. Although he still calls Zhao Zaicheng the prince, the entire court knows that the next emperor has no chance to meet the prince Zhao Zaicheng.
First, the thirteen provinces were restructured, and each governor's office was abolished and replaced by counties, prefectures, and counties. Each province's administrative office and directly governed prefectures and counties were set up as prefectures, with each county, state, and county as chief officials. Each province had three envoys.
Establish governors and county magistrates.
Following the restructuring of the Six Military Departments, the Zhechong Prefecture was no longer under the jurisdiction of each army, but was under the jurisdiction of the newly established Seven Military Prefectures of the Ministry of War, namely the Northeast and Northwest Fourth Military Prefectures, the Forbidden Military Prefecture, the Central Military Prefecture, and the Xiang Military Prefecture.
The military offices of the four directions in the southeast, northwest and northwest are equipped with one general of the second rank and four generals of expedition, and one general of the third rank and the fourth rank of town. They are responsible for the original frontier army. There is a Dufufu under them, and there is a Dufufu of the third rank. Under the Dufufu, there is a Yingguan.
Guard, town, garrison, and beacon.
The Forbidden Army Office has a second-grade Imperial Guard General, and a third-grade Imperial Guard General under it. They are in charge of the Sixteenth Guards of Nanya. The post of the General of the Sixteenth Guards is removed, and the position of the General of the Sixteenth Guards is retained.
The Zhongjun Mansion has one general of the second rank, General Yulin, and one general of the third rank, General Yulinwei, who are in charge of the Sixth Army of the former Beiya. There is also a general of the sixth rank of the third rank, who governs the two capitals of Gyeonggi, Shannan, Jiannan, and Qiannan.
Zhongdao, Henan Road, Huainan Road, Jiangnan Road, a total of eight roads from the two cities to Zhechongfu.
The Xiang Army Mansion is directly under the jurisdiction of the Minister of the Ministry of War. The original 13-level Xiang Army was divided. The Xiang Army Captain's Mansion was set up under the county city, with the fourth-rank captains. The Xiang Army Camp was set up under the state captain's mansion with the sixth-rank school captain.
After the restructuring in October, all the armies were affected. The Anbei Protectorate was changed to three, and was changed to the Three Pass Protectorate, Anbei Protectorate, and Dongchuan Protectorate, which were controlled by the Northern Army Prefecture of the Ministry of War. The Northern Army Prefecture
It governs Guannai Road, Hedong Road, and Zhechong Prefecture in Longyou Ten Prefectures.
The Anxi Protectorate's Office was divided into two parts, and was renamed Anxi Protector's Office and Beiting Protector's Office. It was placed under the control of the Xijunfu. The Xijunfu was in charge of Zhechong Prefecture on Longyou Road.
The Andong Protectorate's Office was divided into two parts and was renamed the Andong Protectorate's Office and the Bohai Protectorate's Office. It was placed under the control of the Dongjun Government and governed Zhechong Prefecture in Hebei Province.
The Annan Protector's Office was divided into two parts, and was renamed Annan Protector's Office and Jiaozhi Protector's Office. It was placed under the control of the Nanjun Military Office and governed Zhechong Prefecture on Lingnan Road.
In this restructuring, the Northern Army paid the heaviest price, and this was what Su Ce had to bear, because what Su Ce had to do was to depose a prince. This was the first prince to be deposed since the founding of Daqian.
Prince, just for the sake of political stability.
In November, Prince Zhao Zaicheng left the East Palace and went to Qianzhou, his ancestral home. The sage built a mansion for the prince in Qianzhou based on the prince's palace. After the next prince was confirmed, Prince Zhao Zaicheng was demoted to the title of King Qian.
The Duke of Ji, Qin Changwu, concurrently serves as the General of the Forbidden Army, the Duke of Wei, Zhao Yao, concurrently serves as the General of Yulin, the Central Military Palace, the Duke of Qi, Jiang Che, concurrently serves as the General of the Zhenxi of the Xijun Palace, the Duke of Yue, Li Mu, concurrently serves as the General of the Zhenbei of the Southern Army, and the Duke of Wei, Shangguan Zheng, concurrently serves as
The general of Zhendong in Dongjun Mansion, and Gong Xiangcheng of Chu State also served as the general of Zhenbei in Beijun Mansion.
The six chief officers of the Sixth Army Military Mansion were concurrently held by the Dukes of the Six Kingdoms, and there were six subordinate generals. In December, Su Ce was promoted from the Protector of the Anbei Protectorate to the general of Zhenbei, leaving the remaining five positions vacant.
Su Ce returned to Chang'an and now lives a very regular life. He goes to court in the morning, handles military affairs at the Beijun Mansion in the morning, goes home to have dinner with his family at noon, and in the afternoon he either rests at home or goes to Nanshan Village or Weihe Suzhuang.
Su Ce already had the peaceful life he wanted, and the Northern Army, which had been fighting for hundreds of years, also had a chance to breathe. However, the price paid by the Northern Army was a bit high. It was said that there were one million military households, but now only 700,000 were left.
The Northern Army, which was tasked with destroying Hu, had laid off more than 200,000 military households after completing its mission. Days without war are what all the Northern Army who have relieved themselves of their burdens look forward to, but how long can the peaceful days last?