Chapter 546 0541 [The father is a hostage and the son is in charge]
The Xixia generals surrendered, so of course they couldn't hand them over.
Not only will they not pay, but they will also be given good treatment.
Li Mida and Yang Zhi jointly wrote a letter back to Beijing, requesting that the soldiers of the Mi Qin tribe among the prisoners of war be identified and handed over to the commander of Mi Qin Yuxing.
Huizhou belongs to the border zone between the two countries. Years of wars have resulted in a vast area and sparse population. It is entirely possible to set aside a piece of land and give it to the soldiers of the Miqin tribe for farming and grazing.
Of course, we must also be on guard against Mi Qin revolting in the face of ups and downs.
At the intersection of Zuguanchuan and Lihe, there is a Huichuan City (the size of which is just a fortress), which allows Mi Qin Yuxing to lead troops to garrison. The section of the valley where the two rivers meet is the land allocated to Mi Qin's tribe.
The surrounding area is surrounded by castles garrisoned by Han people, including Huizhou City, Qingshuihe Village, Xinquan Village, Shuiquan Fort, Huairong Fort, Tong'an Village, Ganquan Fort, Pingxi Village, etc.
The front, rear, left and right are blocked. What can the Mi Qin tribe do even if they rebel?
This is not a complete Miqin tribe, but just those who were selected from among the prisoners, and there could be thousands of them. They settled among the Han people, communicated with the Han people for many years, and the settlement was biased towards farming. They could last for two or three generations at most.
People have become Chinese.
Moreover, Huichuan Castle is quite important. Being stationed there does not mean that he is neglecting the generals. Mi Qin Yuxing should be very satisfied with the provision of food and livestock for his subordinates to make a living.
The most important bargaining chip for Ming Dynasty is not the threat of force.
The mere threat of force will not only fail to get Xixia to return the land, but will also frighten them into clinging to the land.
Those tens of thousands of prisoners of war!
How many tribes are hoping that the prisoners of war can return alive, which puts great pressure on the Xixia monarchs. Especially the eight tribes of Dangxiang, with about 20,000 tribesmen captured. They cannot insist on refusing the peace talks and let the Ming Dynasty kill all these prisoners.
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The peace talks were still continuing, and Ju Ming sent an order to Lanzhou to release three hundred prisoners first to show sincerity.
Although these three hundred prisoners do not need to chop off their right thumbs, they must not be members of the Eighth Department of the Party.
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Gyeongju (Qingyang).
Liu Zhengyan galloped all the way and arrived at Fu Miao's home. He said with joy on his face: "There is a great victory over on Xihe Road. I heard that the officers and soldiers killed more than 100,000 people in Xixia!"
"I also received the news." Miao Fu nodded.
Liu Zhengyan said: "It's time to counterattack!"
Miao Fu was not excited, but asked: "Who are we two?"
"You are a military governor," Liu Zhengyan said.
Miao Fu took out a letter: "Wang Jidao (Wang Yuan) sent someone to send it. It's hard for him to think of us two when he is far away in Huainan."
Liu Zhengyan opened the letter and read it. There were only eight words in it: Please resign as prefect and express your feelings.
"What does this mean?" Liu Zhengyan didn't understand for a while.
Miao Fu said: "I don't understand either. I invited the military commander to understand that the current prince is ruthless and evil. The prince asked you and me to be the governors of the border areas, with military and financial power. It is nothing more than delegating power to the border generals and letting us raise our own funds.
Food and salary to resist Xixia. You and I are both reckless men, how can we know so much? We are still secretly happy. When the prince frees up his hands, he will definitely deal with us military attachés and prefects."
Liu Zhengyan was stunned.
After Liu Fa was tricked into defeat and died, he was also dumped by Tong Guan, and his son Liu Zhengyan naturally couldn't please him.
Fortunately, thanks to the intercession of many of his father's old friends, Liu Zhengyan was thrown to Huanzhou and served as the mere guard of Hongde Village.
Miao Fu's father, Miao Lu, was Liu Fa's old partner. Miao Fu himself also served as Liu Fa's general. When the Jin army went south, Miao Fu was leading the army in Qingzhou. His father had served as the governor of Qingzhou.
, there are many old departments here.
Last year, when Xixia took advantage of the situation, Liu Zhengyan's troops fled and retreated to Huanzhou City with the remaining soldiers.
Huanzhou City was depleted of troops and was quickly conquered by Xixia. Liu Zhengyan followed the Huanzhou Zhizhou and retreated. He was sent to ask Miao Fu to send troops to rescue. When the two led troops to rescue, Huanzhou Zhizhou had been defeated and died.
Now in the entire Huanzhou, only Maling Town, Fangquzhai and Mubo Town are left. The rest of the towns were occupied by Xixia, and Liu Zhengyan was appointed as the magistrate of Huanzhou.
And Miao Fu had great prestige, many troops, and naturally had a higher official position.
Huanqing Road was renamed Huanqing Prefecture, and Miao Fu served as the prefect of Huanqing. He had full control of the military, political and financial power, and became a full-fledged warlord.
The reason why Wang Yuan wrote to remind them was because Wang Yuan also followed Liu Fa in the past.
"As a magistrate, I only have two towns and one village left in my territory. How can I be a warlord?" Liu Zhengyan suddenly became angry after hearing this.
But Fu Miao said: "But I am the prefect. I am still surprised, why Huanqing Road was changed to Huanqing Mansion, and Pizhou must be removed. But Pizhou is located in a strategic location, and the imperial court sent officials to govern it. From now on,
So that we can send troops to attack us. We have never thought about separatist rule, and the prince is really... so suspicious!"
Liu Zhengyan said: "It is better to send troops to take back Huanzhou, and then we can resign as governor. In this way, we can show our loyalty to the court. With Uncle Wang (Wang Yuan) helping in the court, you and I will definitely be trusted and used by the prince in the future.
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Miao Fu thought for a while and said, "This is the only way."
These two people really didn't want to be warlords, mainly because they didn't have enough strength and prestige. They just wanted to rely on Wang Yuan to be their backers and gain official positions.
Regarding the Miao and Liu rebellions, one theory is that Wang Yuan was greedy for money and used river crossing boats to carry the property he had stolen from the rebellion, which prevented Liu Guangshi's army from crossing the river. Afterwards, he colluded with the eunuchs, and not only was he exempted from punishment, but he was also reused by Zhao Gou.
The troops of Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan, who were in charge of the imperial army, did not even have anything to eat. They killed Wang Yuan in a rage, and then took Zhao Gou Qing's side hostage, scaring Zhao Gou so much that he became impotent and infertile.
This description contains both official historical records and a lot of imagination.
Wang Yuan was always known for his love of money and righteousness, so why did he suddenly become greedy for money when he was crossing south? In order to transport the treasure, he abandoned his army in the north of the Yangtze River.
Moreover, it was Wang Yuan who recommended Liu Zhengyan and Miao Fu to Zhao Gou for promotion.
In order to ask for military pay and to settle the injustice against Liu Guangshi, Miao and Liu killed their father's good friend, their supporter and Bole Wang Yuan? And they also held the emperor Qingjun side hostage?
The real reason was that most of the troops who followed Zhao Gou to the south came from the north. At that time, the generals were unwilling to cross the river and clamored to fight back. However, Wang Yuan suggested that Zhao Gou go to Hangzhou, so all the generals resented him.
And Wang Yuan also promoted the imperial army to command the imperial army. Naturally, the officers and soldiers were even more angry. They blamed Wang Yuan for all the dirty things that happened when the eunuchs were looted and exploited along the way. As a result, he could not receive military pay, and the soldiers were starving during the march.
All the resentment was vented on Wang Yuan.
However, Wang Yuan did have a good relationship with the eunuch Kang Lu, and the ships were indeed helping Zhao Gou's cronies to transport goods. Afterwards, Wang Yuan killed the officials in charge of the ships, but he couldn't clear it out.
Nowadays, the Miao-Liu mutiny is definitely gone, and it is estimated that a small military group will still be formed.
This group has Wang Yuan as the core and its old subordinates and Liu Fa's old subordinates as the backbone.
For example, the Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan in front of us, such as Han Shizhong and the Zhai brothers. Han Shizhong is Wang Yuan's general, and the Zhai brothers are Liu Fa's generals.
It's not surprising that Zhang Guangdao, Li Bao and Yang Zhi all have their own small groups.
Zhang Bor even went to Shandong and conquered half of Shandong, and took the opportunity to establish his own team.
"Not to mention how many Xixia soldiers there are," Miao Fu asked, "how many Xixia soldiers are there in Huanzhou? Can they be defeated if I send troops?"
Liu Zhengyan said: "It is estimated that there are less than five thousand defenders in Huanzhou. Send someone to contact Liu Yanqing first and ask them to send troops together to attack the lost territory under their respective jurisdictions. Xixia suffered heavy losses in Hehuang, so there must be more troops there.
"Empty, in order to prevent the imperial court from continuing to advance troops, we will definitely mobilize the troops here. You and I, Liu Yanqing, can attack at the same time, and we will definitely make Xixia unable to care about the beginning and the end."
"Let's do it!" Miao Fu agreed.
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Yan'an Prefecture.
Yang Yizhong was trying hard to persuade Liu Yanqing, the prefect of Yanyan: "Xixia has been severely weakened. Please send troops to recapture Mizhi Village, Kaiguang Fort, and Yongle City as soon as possible!"
Liu Yanqing couldn't bear the annoyance and said: "I have sent spies to find out. If Xixia has really transferred its troops elsewhere, they will definitely take back the lost territory."
Liu Yanqing's territory suffered little loss. He heard about the Xixia invasion at that time and quickly led his troops to fight back.
On the entire Fuyan Road, under Liu Yanqing's defense, only a dozen fortresses were lost.
Yang Yizhong's father and two younger brothers died fighting on Zhe Keqiu territory.
However, since Yang Yizhong was an officer in Liu Yanqing's territory, there was no reason to go to Zhe Keqiu's place and clamor for revenge.
More than ten days later, Liu Yanqing found out clearly that Xixia had taken the initiative to abandon Pingrong Village, Semen Village, Ansai Fort, Kaiguang Fort, Mizhi Village... It was obvious that they were shrinking their troops, shortening their food routes and defense lines, which was very possible.
The troops were sent elsewhere.
However, Xixia still occupied Yongle City and Laer City, in order to defend Yinzhou City further behind.
Liu Yanqing was overjoyed, and immediately asked his son to lead troops to take over the forts, and threw Yang Yizhong, who kept arguing, as well. He also asked Yang Yizhong to serve as the leader of Mizhi Village, and stay far away in Mizhi, don't run around all day
Come and bother yourself.
You, a descendant of the generals of the Yang family in Yang Yizhong, should be looking for soldiers from the Zhe family. What are you talking about with my old Liu family?
At the same time as Liu Yanqing sent troops, Zhe Keqiu also took action on Linfu Road.
Under Ju Ming's deliberate connivance, Liu Yanqing and Zhe Keqiu became more and more like warlords. Their enthusiasm for regaining their lost territory increased greatly, and they raised their own food and went out without any urging from the court.
However, the two of them soon became furious.
When Xixia voluntarily abandoned many fortresses, they plundered all the nearby people. What they took back was almost white land, and they had to worry about relocating and replenishing the population.
Liu Yanqing went to the front line in person and asked his son: "Can't these two fortresses be defeated?"
Liu Guangshi explained: "After Xixia reduced its troops, both Yongle City and Laer City had at least 3,000 defenders. All the people near the forts along the way were kidnapped by Xixia. Our army could not recruit civilians along the way and could not
Collect grain and grass nearby. If we want to capture these two castles, we must besiege them for a long time, and the court must send more grain and grass."
Liu Yanqing said: "The imperial court asked me to raise food and grass by myself, and I will also pay for the army myself."
"How can there be such a court? It's obvious that the Liu family is allowed to separate itself!" Liu Guangshi said angrily.
Liu Yanqing said: "How can we allow others to sleep soundly on the side of the bed? The prince's troops killed more than 100,000 Xixia soldiers in one battle. Now that he has insufficient money and food, and is surrounded by enemies on all sides, he does not have the time to take care of us. I can't bear to do it.
Handing over military power resulted in the current confused situation."
Liu Guangshi asked: "Isn't Yao Gu also commanding the army?"
"He is different," Liu Yanqing said. "He surrendered early, and Yang Zhi led the troops to suppress him, so the court can naturally trust him. It is estimated that after the peace in Hehuang is settled, Yao Gu will be recalled to the center, and at most he will be allowed to
His son continues to lead the army, and it is impossible for Yao Gu himself to lead the army again."
Liu Guangshi thought about it and said: "Give me the way to the master, promote Yao Gu, and then let their sons take charge of the army. This is equivalent to me being a hostage in the court, and my son leading the troops to fight outside, and the court can reorganize it as it wants."
Seeing his son looking at him while he was speaking, Liu Yanqing immediately said angrily: "Do you also want your father to be an official in Tokyo?"
"My child has absolutely no such idea." Liu Guangshi quickly denied.
