The city gates opened on all four sides. After the Liaozhou army retreated, the crisis in Daliang City was also relieved, and the people finally no longer had to be bored in the city and could not leave the city.
But on the day when the city gates were opened, many people in the city actually left with their families and walked in the east, west, north and south directions. They were all people who were frightened after the siege. They originally thought Once Daliang City is broken, they will become victims and be killed by the Liaozhou Army.
Now that they have finally escaped, how can they dare to stay here? And most of them don't have much property in Daliang City. They can come here only because of Tang Ao. They heard that they are in Daliang City. There are many job opportunities. When jobs are available, their lives will become better. It's just a pity that they came too late. The loyal Duke Shen Ao became the Ji Wang Tang Ao. The original job opportunities were gone, so naturally they didn't. It is necessary to stay here.
Although the number of this part of the people who left the city was not very large, about ten thousand, at least half of them went straight to the northeast. Obviously they were all going to Jizhou. This is the role of Longya.
When Tang Ao left, he did not take all the dragon teeth with him, but deliberately left some of them in order to let them play a role and let more people know about Jizhou, go to Jizhou, and strengthen Jizhou.
In ancient times, the number of people would be the most direct proof of the economic development of a place. As long as the number of people was high, it often represented a more prosperous economy.
The people left the city, and there were still so many people leaving the city. The emperor's guard naturally noticed it and reported the matter to the palace. The eunuch chief Yan Fu reported it to the emperor.
There was no change on Emperor Qianwen's face. Yan Fu had already said that more than half of the people who fled were going to Jizhou. Therefore, there was nothing he could do to stop him. For no other reason, After the city gate was opened wide, everything that happened recently outside could be successfully entered into the city, and Emperor Qianwen also knew why King Zhong had to withdraw his army this time.
It turned out that Ji Wang Tang Ao sent troops to Guzhou, forcing the traitor Sang Doubei to return to the army to defend. King Zhong felt that he was weak, so he had to retreat. In other words, he was captured in Daliang City Regarding the siege, he owed Tang Ao another favor. Now it was just five thousand people who came to seek refuge, so how could he stop them?
On the other hand, after these people enter Ji Di, they are likely to increase Tang Ao's strength. As long as Tang Ao's strength is large enough, it will involve the strength of King Zhong and the Guzhou Army. His Jizhou The stress will be reduced, why not?
"Haha, let them go. Don't stop those going to Jizhou, but those going in other directions, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled will be left alone for the time being. The young and middle-aged must stay. This time Daliang City was attacked, and the moat outside the city was damaged. If it is affected, it needs to be dug and repaired again, so these people can do the hard work." Emperor Qianwen spoke and settled the matter.
Such an approach would hurt the people's hearts to some extent, but Emperor Qianwen would not care so much. When Daliang City was besieged, there were nearly half a million people in the city. Even if the dignitaries and their families were removed, The number of people should be more than 400,000. But with so many people, they didn't even raise 40,000 new soldiers. This is obviously because the people don't think highly of themselves, the Daqian Emperor, and don't want to support them.
Even if the people no longer support him, then does he still have any worries when using them?
In comparison, these are just trivial matters. What Emperor Qianwen needs to care about is the future of Daqian, not the life and death of the tens of thousands of people in front of him. "Yan Fu, go to the prison and take a look at those ministers." How is their repentance written? As long as they are sincere, I am still willing to give them a chance."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I know what I'm going to do. I won't let them go until I peel off their skin this time." Yan Fuyu said respectfully from the side.
The siege of Daliang City made people in the city panic. This refers not only to the common people, but also to the powerful. In particular, the refuge of Wu Yonghou, Yongan Hou and others became the last straw that broke the camel's back. The true colors of these dignitaries and ministers were exposed, and they all prepared to flee the city.
Fortunately, the Tianzi Guard found out in time and took action quickly to control all these people. They are now locked in the cells of Dali Temple. Among them are some important ministers like Right Servant She Bailigui. He is someone who has a deep friendship with the feudal lord outside.
According to Emperor Qianwen's wishes, once Daliang City was defeated, he would kill all these ministers before breaking through and make them pay for the wrong choices they had made. But now Daliang City is preserved , if we kill them all, it will easily cause panic in the court, and the gain will not be worth the loss.
But Emperor Qianwen was unwilling to let these people go just like that, so he assigned the task to Yan Fu. Can people like Baili Gui think of it? Yes, then show your sincerity. Not only do you want to Write a letter of repentance, cut off all relations with those vassal kings who have personal contact, and make it known to the world to cut off their escape. Of course, the more important thing is to spend enough money to redeem themselves, whether it is to initiate a campaign in unison In the battle to defend Daliang City, Dagan spent a lot of money. Now that he had the opportunity to make a fortune, of course he couldn't let it go.
After receiving the order, Yan Fu took people to the prison. It can be imagined that the harvest this time must be considerable. After making this decision, Emperor Qianwen also made three other decisions.
1. Order General Mo Chengyu to continue to storm Liancheng in Suzhou, strive to defeat Yuan Zhong's army, and occupy the entire Suzhou. This is a prosperous land. Occupying this place will cost a lot of money in taxes every year. This will help to strengthen the entire Suzhou. All cadres will play a positive role in promoting it.
Second, smoothen the relationship between the court and the ministers, eliminate those unstable factors, and strive to make the monarch and ministers of one mind.
Third, reopen wasteland and build new houses to attract as many people as possible to Daliang City, and then recruit new soldiers from these people to build a strong reserve army to prepare for the next war and solve the problem of insufficient troops.
Fourth, increase communication and contact with Ji Wang Tang Ao, and give appropriate tilt in policy, so that he can become a nail behind Liaozhou and Guzhou. Once these two states are in trouble, what will they think of dealing with Jizhou? At this time, Daqian can contact Tang Ao to launch a two-sided attack and nip all dangers in the bud.
After Emperor Qianwen received reports from the Emperor's Guards that Ji Wang Tang Ao defeated Beidi's 20,000-strong army and marched out of Guzhou, the emperor began to look at Tang Ao, his fourth son, again. He found that he seemed to have underestimated this son in the past. Military talent. Fortunately, it is not too late. Supporting Tang Ao to attack King Zhong and Sang Doubei is his current policy towards the north.
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Fengcheng.
Tang Ao still didn't know that Emperor Qianwen, his cheap father, had begun to tilt his policies toward him. Once he knew about it, he would definitely agree with it. This was a good opportunity for the development of Jizhou. If he took advantage of it, the overall strength of the state would be It is also very possible to move to the next level.
At this time, Tang Ao was preparing for a battle with the Guzhou Army. Xiaobai had already sent news that the Guzhou Army, which totaled 40,000 people, was now less than fifty miles away from Fengcheng. In other words, they might be able to defeat the Guzhou Army early tomorrow morning. It will appear outside Fengcheng.
Waiting for work!
The generals sat together and made a plan to deal with the Guzhou Army.
"The Guzhou Army is tired from far away. This is our opportunity to launch an attack across the board before they have a firm foothold." The generals gathered around the sand table that had just been set up and watched Tang Ao's strike. His right fist landed on a hill ten miles in front of Fengcheng.
It is said to be a hill, but it is actually just a small hill protruding from the ground. It is only a few meters high and looks very inconspicuous, but this time it will become the burial place for the Guzhou army that Tang Ao plans to lay down.
Although the hill is not high, the area is not small. If an army is hidden behind the hill, people from far away will not be able to see it. What Tang Ao wants to use is this blind spot to ambush the army. Catch your opponent by surprise.
The plan was constantly being improved with the words of the generals. Then Tang Ao gave an order for the entire army to rest during the day and take action after dark. Long Ya must cooperate well during this period. Once the army's actions are blocked. The scouts of the Guzhou Army discovered that they must not let the other party escape to report the news. Whether they can get everyone into the designated attack position under their noses will become the key to this battle.
Tielong, who was participating in the military meeting, beat his chest loudly. He was so confident because of the help of Xiaobai and the others in the sky. Now Xiaobai already has dozens of partners, including Hai. There are more than a dozen Dongqings and dozens more eagles. If other birds were included, the number would have exceeded hundreds. With them circling above their heads, plus the darkness's influence on them, There is no obstruction to the line of sight, and Tielong is confident enough to keep an eye on every enemy scout so that they cannot escape his sight.
The Jizhou Army was well prepared for a battle. They were just waiting for their opponents to enter the urn, and tomorrow would be the time to give them a heavy blow. Sang Doubei was completely unaware of this. All he knew was that the three counties of Guzhou were defeated. He only knew that he would be able to reach Fengcheng tomorrow; he also knew that his opponent Tang Ao only had more than 20,000 troops at his side this time. In comparison, he had an advantage in terms of military strength.
"You're a villain. You dared to sneak attack from behind when our soldiers were out of Daliang City. Now that our soldiers are here, King Ji, don't even think about leaving." Facing the northeast, the cavalryman Sang Doubei, who was on the horse, said this with great determination. At this moment, he wished he could have a pair of wings to fight under Fengcheng and inflict heavy damage to the Jizhou Army. Just looking at the darkening sky, he thought that there was still a long way to Fengcheng. With a distance of forty miles, the entire army still had to be ordered to camp on the spot.