In fact, when Silla paid tribute to Chang'an every year, they would mention the growing civil strife in their country. They expected the Tang Dynasty to send troops to help them stabilize the domestic situation, but without exception, such efforts failed. Silla They have also proposed several times to jointly march to the Bohai Sea and attack from the north and the south. However, the Bohai Sea is being plundered by the Khitans and they have no time to visit the south. Secondly, the domestic situation is not stable. The former Prime Minister Zhu Chengming even colluded with the rebels. However, the three Bohai Navy sergeants had no fighting spirit and lacked the morale to send troops, so it has been delayed until now.
But things are different now. Li Chengzhong, the governor of Yingzhou, personally led the Yingzhou Army to Bohai and helped Bohai calm down the civil strife. And because of the rise of the Yingzhou Army, the Khitan people who had been intruding on Bohai in the past have also ceased their activities. At this moment, Bohai can be said to be a political power. Stable and worry-free frontiers. More importantly, the Yingzhou Army is in Shangjing. They have moved so many treasures from the treasury. They must make good use of this army that is capable of conquering and fighting anyway, right? So Bohai The powerful people were now focusing on the civil strife in Silla, hoping to take this opportunity to stabilize the war in neighboring countries to the south.
As for the morale of the Bohai Navy sergeants - this problem was no longer a problem after the Yingzhou Army entered the Bohai Sea. With Governor Li's Yingzhou Army behind him for support, all the armies in the Bohai Sea suddenly seemed to have changed their appearance. Yes, the desire for war is unprecedentedly strong. Didn't you see that in the next battle in the stables, Governor Li's Yingzhou Army didn't even take action, and the Bohai armies defeated the 50,000-strong army assembled by Prime Minister Zhu Chengming?
In addition, Li Chengzhong once promised that the Bohai Kingdom could occupy three seats in the Huaiyue Yuhou Joint Headquarters. Currently, only the Gao family and the Wushi family are fighting for it, and there is still one Shanghua who has lost his owner. Li Chengzhong also said that he But it needs to be carefully considered. What should be considered? How should it be considered? Anyone who is interested can see this at a glance. This southern expedition to Silla is where the last Yu candidate is considered.
The armies of the Bohai Kingdom expressed their endless determination to Li Chengzhong. Gao Mingxun and Wu Yingli each led an army of 5,000 to join the battle. There is no doubt that the other three clans also responded positively. Li Yuanguang led an army of 5,000 to join the battle. , the Yang family was the most active, and they simply included thousands of people from the left and right Qianniu Guards in the southern expedition.
Even the Da clan was not willing to be seconded, and the Da clan was prepared to take ten thousand left and right Xiaowei to accompany Li Chengzhong southward. Of course, the Da clan's left and right Xiaowei and left and right Shence troops were almost wiped out in the upper stables, so the Da clan The feudal lord hoped that Li Chengzhong would give him ten days to prepare. He needed to recruit troops again. Recruiting ten thousand people in ten days was a fantasy for Li Chengzhong, but for the royal family of Bohai Kingdom, it was a piece of cake. ——There are no less than 300,000 Bohai people in Shangjing and surrounding areas alone
It's just that whether the army recruited in ten days can go into battle is not something that Li Chengzhong is too concerned about. With the 25,000 people pieced together by the other four clans in hand, Li Chengzhong is already very satisfied. For him who has been less than two years old, For a time-traveler who was still a big-headed soldier, it felt like getting rich overnight - just two months ago, all the armies he commanded were calculated in units of "thousands". In Li Chengzhong's heart, big The new army that the feudal lord spent ten days building does not need to go into battle. They can just play the role of civilian husbands, or they can stand at the back of the military formation and wave the flag and shout.
Each army still needs to make some preparations before going out. In terms of the national strength of the Bohai Kingdom, there is no problem in supporting tens of thousands of troops to march south. However, their mobilization and organizational capabilities are too poor, so this preparation time should not be short, except for
In addition, it was really too cold in Bohai and Silla in the first month. After surviving these bitter cold days before setting off for the expedition, the situation would be much better. Therefore, Li Chengzhong gave full tolerance and gave the date of the southern expedition as
The first day of February.
With nearly twenty days of preparation time, Li Chengzhong was not idle. He had many things to be busy with.
During the day, he had to discuss and straighten out the government affairs with the Bohai dignitaries, further determine the civil and military officials, prepare for the establishment of the Academy of Honors and Honors, finalize the detailed terms of the "Bohai New Treaty", and supervise the return of harvested people and goods to Yingzhou.
Of course, it is inevitable to further strive for greater interests for Yingzhou - for example, "hiring" hundreds of craftsmen proficient in craftsmanship from Shangjing for a ten-year "employment period", and they were also hired to Liucheng together with their families. As for
Whether to "re-employ" after ten years is just one sentence.
In the evening, he was equally busy. Not only did he have to examine the endless entertainment options in Changle Palace, he was also busy marrying Wu Yunsu, the daughter of the Wushi family. For Li Chengzhong, this was just marrying a concubine, but the whole country of Bohai
But everyone regarded it as the top priority in the first month - the governor of Datang Yingzhou married the daughter of the Wushi family in Bohai, just kidding
The wedding day was chosen on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which was the night of the Lantern Festival. The palace was decorated with lanterns and the palace was open all night. King Da Weiying announced the congratulations of the whole country for seven days. During this period, the whale lanterns were turned on continuously to prevent the groom from getting drunk.
Because he missed the wedding, the eight concubines from the Huaiyue headquarters all covered themselves with red silk and stayed closely beside Li Chengzhong, sacrificing their lives to protect him from the wine. Among them, the two who drank the most were one of them who accidentally "sold themselves" after making a vow.
When he was begging for money, he directly used a big bowl to fight with others for wine, and poured dozens of bowls in a row, but he was also the fastest to pour it; the second one was Han Yanhui, who no one expected, and he drank for Li Chengzhong in an ordinary way.
He also uses a small cup when others use a small cup, and he also uses a small cup when others use a big bowl...well...he still uses a small cup, but his words about wine are extremely sharp. He often talks about the drunk person until he drinks a cup three times in a row. However,
Even so, Han Yanhui drank no less than four or five kilograms. In the end, he still escorted Li Chengzhong into the bridal chamber with a normal expression. As for the other six, they were already lying down under the table.
After that, Huaiyue Bayuhou's private relationship got a lot better, and from then on, they held each other's backs and became much more enthusiastic than at the beginning.
Although it was not the first time that he and Wu Yunsu got married together, after Li Chengzhong entered the bridal chamber and faced the most shy beauty in Beijing under the candlelight, he still could not hold back the impulse welling up in his heart and directly pushed Wu Yunsu into the wedding room.
Even the rituals such as drinking Hehuan wine and eating Yingxi noodles were all done on the morning of the second day. Throughout the night, Li Chengzhong kept on conquering. It seemed that the extravagant life in Changle Palace for so many days had not changed.
It had a general impact on his body, and Wu Yunsu's mouth became dry due to the torture. He got up in the middle of the night and passed tea several times to quench his thirst.
On the first day of February, Li Chengzhong held a military parade outside Xuantian Gate in Shangjing. All the troops gathered together and all the generals swore to death. So the army left Shangjing and headed south, passing through Xiande Mansion in Zhongjing, to Yalu Mansion in Xijing, and then to Nanhai Mansion in Nanjing.
Although it is freezing cold, the morale of the army is extremely high. It is strange to say that the Yingzhou Army led by Lieutenant Governor Li Cheng, including the Huaiyue Allied Forces, has less than three thousand, but the Bohai Navy sergeants are full of fighting spirit and high spirits.
While talking and laughing, it seemed as if the Silla rebel army had been wiped out. It seemed that what was behind them was not the three thousand Tang troops, but the entire Yingzhou Governor's Mansion and the entire Tang Dynasty.
On February 10, the army left Nanjing and marched to the mouth of Nishui River. Here, Li Chengzhong ordered to stay for ten days.
Dozens of large and small camps have been set up at the mouth of Nishui River by the Bohai State. They are either on the river or on the back slope, with simple wooden houses, dilapidated tents, or mud holes dug along the high slopes.
It was full of refugees in ragged clothes. Fortunately, the Qianniuwei garrison guarding the border in Bohai State distributed a meal of porridge every day to satisfy the refugees' hunger. Otherwise, I really don't know whether these people would survive.
Li Chengzhong personally inspected the camp on the south bank of the Nishui River. After walking down, he felt uncomfortable. At the same time, he admired the survival ability of the people in this era. Although it has passed the most icy and snowy cold of the first month, it is still not something ordinary people can bear.
If it had been the life before he traveled, I'm afraid no one would know how many of these tens of thousands of refugees would have survived. But the people were still struggling to survive. In addition to the porridge they received every day, there were many people on the ice of the Nishui River.
I don't know how many holes were opened, and I heard that even the small fish and shrimps could hardly be fished out. The nearby forests were also cut down completely - the bark of the trees was peeled off to satisfy hunger, the trees were lit for warmth, and there was not even a single piece of dead grass to be found.
They were all stuffed into the rags wrapped around the bodies of the old, weak, women and children. As for the guinea pigs and birds, they had already regarded this land as a restricted area. Looking around, except for human heads, there was not a single living thing in sight.
Li Chengzhong began to rectify the refugees. For Bohai, the Silla refugees were a thorn in the throat, which made people extremely worried and unhappy. But for Yingzhou, this is manpower. What is manpower? Manpower is wealth. Wealth is everywhere in front of you.
, of course Li Chengzhong will not let it go.
Therefore, the Governor of Yingzhou in the Tang Dynasty issued a "rescue order". With compassion, he proposed to move these suffering Li Shu people to the "rich Yingzhou" and promised them that once they arrived in Yingzhou, they would be given fertile land.
, arrange work, let them eat well and wear warm clothes. However, not everyone can go to Yingzhou, because the land is limited, and only a part of the refugees can be taken into account. This number is controlled within "ten thousand"
.So, people who want to live a good life in "Yingzhou Paradise" should hurry up and sign up at the "rescue point" set up in Yingzhou. If you arrive late, you will not have such a good life.
In half a day, the number of registered refugees reached 10,000. So Governor Li showed mercy to countless people who kowtowed and begged, and decided to make an exception and give another 10,000 refugees a way to live...
Three days later, Governor Li made an exception again...
Why make everything so troublesome? Can't we just send these refugees to Yingzhou directly? Regarding the doubts of his subordinates, Li Chengzhong explained: I don't have that many troops to escort them to Yingzhou.
In the past, they had to give full play to their "subjective initiative" - don't you understand this word? Well, is it easier to drive a donkey with a whip, or is it easier to drive a donkey with a handful of grass?
Li Chengzhong's troubles beforehand were exchanged for convenience afterwards. During the subsequent migration of more than 40,000 refugees to the west, he only sent a total of 100 guides. Of course, each refugee received five days of rations before departure.
If they can save food, they can get to Yingzhou. If they don't think about the future - Li Chengzhong doesn't need to think about them.
Thus, the cheapest immigration in the history of Yingzhou was born in the hands of Li Chengzhong.