After a few days passed, Cui Hongdao walked out of the cellar with his wife and daughter. They wasted no time, took the soft goods in the cellar, spent a lot of money in the city to buy a carriage, and then left Beizhou and headed for Chang'an.
Along the way, Cui Hongdao saw many victims looting everywhere. For his own safety, he hired some family members to protect his family.
"I heard that the imperial army attacked the rebels in Texas and killed many people." My guard was talking to Cui Hongdao while driving the car.
"The rebels are just floating without roots and are nothing to worry about." Cui Hongdao said slowly: "The Turks are no match for the imperial court, let alone the mere rebels."
"That's what my uncle said."
This guard of my family is very young and comes from a side branch, so he respects Cui Hongdao very much.
Cui Hongdao then said: "Don't be afraid. When the rebels in Hebei are put down, our family will arrive in Chang'an. By then, you will have money and come back to buy property. Then you will have more wives and concubines, so that you can flourish."
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The guard boy blushed and whispered: "I...I'm still young."
Hearing this, Cui Hongdao laughed and said, "You are not young anymore. Only by getting married as soon as possible can you establish a career."
Seven days later, Cui Hongdao and his family came to Gongcheng, Weizhou.
He put his wife and daughter in an inn and went with his guards to buy some supplies.
At this time, a noise came into my ears.
"Gong Xin Guo defeated the rebels in Nanpi, Cangzhou, beheading more than 20,000 people, a great victory!"
Cui Hongdao was shocked for a while, thinking that just a few days had passed, and the imperial troops and horses had fought successively and successfully. They were worthy of being an elite army that wiped out the Turks.
Immediately, he heard someone say again.
"It is rumored that the rebel leader Liu Heita fled in a hurry, and many generals surrendered to the imperial army. According to me, the Hebei rebels will be defeated in less than a month."
"There's no need for a month. I heard that Liu Heitai's younger brother was killed!"
"Harm, what are you doing? My news is important. It is rumored that Liu Heitai and Xin Guogong once served under Dou Jiande!"
"So what? Now Duke Xin is our general of the Tang Dynasty. He is loyal to His Majesty the Emperor. He doesn't care what he does."
"That's right, you kid, stop sowing discord!"
Cui Hongdao smiled knowingly when he heard the people on the street talking.
Regardless of whether these reports are true or false, the Hebei rebels will surely be captured soon.
Liu Heita is just a fool.
Cangzhou, Jingcheng.
The light plate armored cavalry led by Su Lie has completed the encirclement of Liu Heitai, and all the surrounding rebels have been strangled.
Only a small number of these rebels who rebelled in a hurry were veterans, and they were all veterans with insufficient ordnance and armor rations. How could they be the opponents of the elite plate armor army?
The remaining rebels were all victims of the disaster. After Su Lie violently killed Liu Heitao once, he immediately sent people to persuade the victims to surrender, and promised that as long as they surrendered, forget the blame. Under the combination of kindness and power, Liu Hei
Tai's troops shrank rapidly, leaving more than 3,000 people.
How to fight?
It's impossible to fight at all.
Now Su Lie has experienced hundreds of battles, has rich experience, and has an elite army. As long as he doesn't imitate Liu Huangshu, he will basically crush Liu Heita and have no idea how to lose.
In front of the two armies.
"Liu Heita!"
"Su Lie!"
Two former colleagues, now life and death enemies.
"Su Lie, you, the eagle dog who surrendered to the little emperor, killed Mr. Dou. Your crime is unforgivable!" Liu Heita came up and slapped Su Lie on it.
Gao Yaxian immediately stepped forward and shouted: "Liu Heitai, don't be so sentimental there. Mr. Dou is living in Chang'an, living freely and comfortably, and is not dead at all. I think you are inciting the old brothers to rebel and seek death."
That’s what has ulterior motives!”
Su Lie shouted, "Brothers, His Majesty said that only the chief culprits will be punished. As long as you surrender to the court, let bygones be bygones!"
Killing people does not solve the problem. No matter how many people are killed, it will only make the people of Hebei hate the court even more. As long as Liu Heita is killed and no one leads the rebellion, the problem can be temporarily solved.
By the end of the Tang Dynasty, Hebei was never very stable.
The root cause is the original split of the Northern Wei Dynasty. To put it in detail, it has a long history. In short, it is regional hostility.
Hebei's aristocratic families, or local wealthy families, have never dealt with Guanlong.
The general swore angrily before the formation, and then there was a large-scale killing. It was said to be large-scale, but in Su Lie's eyes, it was just a small fight.
When he accompanied the army to conquer the Turks, the kind of large-scale cavalry group killing was the real legion killing, and hundreds of thousands of people often shed blood and died.
Now, it’s a joke.
Liu Heitao's military strength was completely incomparable to that of the imperial court, let alone the equipment.
Therefore, within just an hour, Liu Heitai was defeated and fled.
Su Lie had no intention of letting him go this time.
Liu Shishan has been killed by him, and the remaining Liu Heitai is even more likely to die!
"Of course, Your Majesty will be happier if you are captured alive." Su Lie jumped on his horse and pursued him, his eagle eyes always staring at Liu Heitai who was dozens of steps away.
He slowly took off his long bow and cocked an arrow.
call out!
The arrow was like a meteor, bringing a burst of cold light, and accurately hit Liu Heita's horse in the crotch.
As the horse died, Liu Heita was immediately thrown out and fell to pieces.
"Catch Liu Heita!"
Tang Qi followed closely and within a moment, Liu Heitai was surrounded.
The rebellion in Hebei started in August and was put down in just over a month. Liu Heitai's rebellion was quite impressive, but in fact it was boring.
In October of the second year of Zhenguan, Su Lie returned to Chang'an with Liu Heitai, who was captured alive.
Li Zhiyun showed no mercy and directly beheaded Liu Heitai. Liu Junhui and others who conspired with him also did the same, and his rebel family members were even exiled three thousand miles away.
However, Li Zhiyun was still a little disappointed. He thought that the Hebei aristocratic family should be behind Liu Heitai's rebellion. However, after checking again and again, he found that there was no trace of the aristocratic family at all.
It should be said that these aristocratic families are indeed thousands of years old foxes, and they are not optimistic about Liu Heitai's rebellion at all.
It's a pity. If he can get hold of the Hebei family this time, he might be able to regain some land.
Political Hall.
As the aftermath of Liu Heitai's rebellion was settled, several ministers saw that the emperor seemed a little absent-minded.
Not happy?
Du Ruhui asked: "Your Majesty, but the strategy formulated by the ministers to appease the people is inappropriate?"
"No." Li Zhiyun muttered: "I'm thinking that the victims were coerced into rebellion by Liu Heitai, and their lives were in danger, but more importantly, it was because I didn't do a good job."
Several prime ministers looked at each other, feeling pleased with the emperor's introspection, but also feeling that the emperor was overthinking things.
Since the emperor ascended the throne, if we exclude the natural disasters that have occurred in recent years, the emperor has actually done a very good job.
Every policy is taken care of and considerate of the people.
Therefore, several ministers advised the emperor not to think too much.
Seeing that the ministers all said this, Li Zhiyun naturally didn't think much about it. Moreover, this was not what he was actually thinking about.
The so-called verbal humility is nothing more than this.
What he really wanted to say was actually the matter of sharing the land with the family.
Considering that Yang Gongren, Li Shuliang, Chen Shuda and Wen Yanbo were still present, he did not intend to say anything.
It's not that he doesn't trust these people, but because although these people are loyal to him, they more or less have family thoughts in their hearts.
Although Du Ruhui and Xue Shou also have this thought, they have followed him all the way and will definitely support him and help him analyze the pros and cons of this matter.