In early October, Zang Dubao and Ge Congzhou continued to develop northward.
While they were collecting grain from everywhere - to put it harshly, it was looting - they were sending people to persuade them to surrender and passed through various counties.
There were no warriors in the counties long ago, and the city was extremely empty. The civil officials who stayed behind discussed it and asked for surrender directly.
In order to avoid the opposition of the warriors among the officials at all levels, they finally surrendered successfully under the guise of temporarily surrendering and waiting patiently.
On the ninth day of October, Long Xiang's army entered Mozhou and encountered real resistance this time.
The Lulong Army envoy Li Cunju held on to this place with more than 3,000 defeated soldiers. Ge Congzhou ordered an attack on the city, but the battle lasted only three days. The Mozhou Xiangyong who were temporarily recruited by Li Cunju rebelled on a large scale. The Xia army seized the opportunity and invaded the city.
At the critical moment, some people in Lu Longjun also rebelled.
Li Cunju fled with more than ten soldiers, and Lulong Military Academy Yuan Xingqin chased and killed him on his own.
At this point, most of the two states of Ying and Mo fell into the hands of the Xia army.
Along the way, Tianxiong's army captured Duliu Village, killing more than a thousand enemies, and the rest dispersed.
On October 12, Yukou Pass was captured. Hundreds of Jin soldiers and 2,000 native Tuan folk who were guarding the pass were killed and dispersed, and more than a thousand surrendered.
On October 16, they arrived at Yijin Pass and fought fiercely for three days to seize the city, capturing and killing more than 2,000 people.
Yukou Pass is located in today's Xin'an Town, Bazhou.
Yijin Pass was established in Bazhou during the Song Dynasty, and is now Bazhou City.
On October 21, after collecting food and grass and sending people south to contact Long Xiang's army, Tianxiong's army continued to move north without stopping, heading straight towards Gu'an.
The morale of Xia and Jin was as high as the sky and the earth.
Taking the Tianxiong Army as an example, it pursued the Jin soldiers, Changlu County, Lutai Army, Laoyadi, Duliukou, Yukou Pass, and Yijin Pass and won six battles and six victories, capturing and killing more than 10,000 enemy troops.
The Jin people fled all the way, leaving behind people to break off the rear, but they could never break off the rear. They could only block the pursuit of the pursuers for a few days, and then they were approached again.
Coupled with the so-called sectarianism, the people they left behind to break up the army were not their direct lineage and had poor fighting spirit. The effect of the breakup was very limited. On the contrary, people continued to die and only damaged morale.
Li Cunzhang's situation is just like this.
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Compared with the Jin army who fled first, Lu Kui's movements, which were trapped in Cangzhou City, were too slow.
On the third day of October, Tianxiong's army had chased Laoyadi, and Lu Yanwei was running around in Yingzhou. Lu Kuang finally made up his mind and fled north with his family.
The main force attacking Cangzhou was various motley crews and local peasants. The more than 20,000 Tu generals were purely suppressing the formation. They occasionally took action, but the most brutal siege was still carried out by motley crews.
As of the third day of October, Zhao Kuangming's Jiangling soldiers were almost exhausted.
Among these three thousand people, how many died in the field battles, how many died in the siege, and how many died in the suppression after the rebellion, it is hard to count. Anyway, the result is there, the entire army was wiped out.
When Shao Sheng, who was far away in Taishan Palace, heard this, he was "furious" and issued an order to "severely blame" - this was actually half true and half false, and it was really not Shao Sheng's original intention to consume all the people. He originally wanted to consume six or seven people.
The achievement is almost complete. Whether he died at the hands of the enemy or the Great Xia Forbidden Army, Zang Dubao's attack was indeed a bit ruthless.
So, he summoned Zhao Kuangming to Qizhou, comforted him with gentle words, and gave him rewards. As for the pensions for the dead soldiers, there was no pension at first. For example, their treatment was the same as that of the Tutuan countrymen. They had no wages at ordinary times and relied entirely on their wages during the war.
reward.
There may not always be a pension after death, it all depends on the financial situation at that time. Nowadays, each person is given two pieces of woolen cloth, which is distributed by the court, and another person is given one grain, which is distributed by the local government.
This shows how sad it is to have no establishment. It is impossible for the national finance to afford the expenses of everyone, especially the Tutuan countrymen who suffered the largest number of casualties. The imperial court was overwhelmed with dealing with the imperial army, and the remaining money was spent on state soldiers, which really left only
If nothing is left, some people will die - and their deaths will be in vain.
As of today, Zhugetai's 4,000 Bazhou soldiers are now less than 1,000.
Zhuge Shangren's more than 3,000 Tongzhou soldiers were almost the same number.
The Dragon Sword Soldiers suffered more than half casualties, with less than 3,000 left.
There are more than 10,000 soldiers in Helong and Fan, and there are still six or seven thousand left here.
The casualties were huge, they all experienced more than one mutiny, countless deserted and escaped, and those who survived had almost reached their stage limit.
If you force them to fight again, not only will they not be able to kill a few enemies, but their own casualties may increase sharply. It is true that the gains outweigh the losses. However, the war is urgent and all the ministries are pursuing bravely. Is it okay for you to be blocked under the Cangzhou City? You still have to fight hard!
Early this morning, Zhao Jian and Liang Xiangjian, fully armed and closely guarded by a large group of soldiers, went to the front line to supervise the battle.
Such a strict security level protects not others, but their own soldiers. Now the warriors have also seen that all the middle and upper-level officers have been bribed by Shao Sheng, or were forced to cooperate with Shao Sheng. They are the only ones.
The people down there are the worst,
Zhao Jian and others also noticed. They cherish their lives. Wherever they go, they bring good food and drink with them, and they have bribed their own soldiers. As long as it is not a large-scale rebellion and a few thorny heads make noises, it will never happen.
Thing - yes, they are oppressed by Xia Jun, but Xia Jun is also protecting them, and the relationship between the two sides is very complicated.
"We still have to fight today, shall we attack first?" Zhao Jian looked at Liang Xiangjian and asked.
"What's the difference between who comes first and who comes last? It's a matter of time." Liang Xiangjian's face was disgusting, and his words were full of resentment.
Yes, they first entered Qinghai through Shao Sheng. But now they have taken root in the area, and took advantage of the opportunity to suppress the Tubo rebellion, annexed many of the disabled tribes, and then married into the Qiang people and exchanged ideas with each other.
Guaranteed mutual assistance, and the position became increasingly stable.
In the past, the imperial court mainly recruited people from Tubo, but this time it targeted the Liang family, the Luo family, the Yang family, etc. Liang Xiangjian felt secretly embarrassed in his heart, and at the same time he also realized that the imperial court was to tossing and consuming anyone based on their strength.
Who is purely playing power and balancing?
But knowing is one thing, how to do it is another. Do you dare to resist?
When Emperor Taizong of the former Tang Dynasty conquered Goguryeo, the Khitan chieftains sent troops to help the battle without any hesitation, even though they didn't like the Tang people at all. Talking too much about it made me cry and upset.
Zhao Jian nodded when he heard this, said no more, and immediately went down to supervise the attack on the city.
Soon, two thousand dragon sword soldiers and five thousand native regiment peasants followed behind the siege equipment and launched an offensive.
The battle was fought feebly, for both sides, but not a few people died.
Zhao Jian watched intently, silently hoping that the last bit of capital would not be consumed too quickly. He knew very well that he would have no chance to return to Longjian Town, and it would be impossible to recruit troops, because there was no territory.
In the Xia Dynasty, land was a very difficult thing to acquire and was extremely scarce. Under the current situation, Zhao Jian had no illusions and there was no chance.
Warm cheers suddenly broke out from the front.
Zhao Jian, who was distracted, quickly looked around and saw that the defenders at the top of the city seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit. They no longer fought hard, but stared blankly, occasionally shouting, not knowing what they were doing.
"There is a commotion in the city!" Zhao Jian became energetic and subconsciously glanced at Liang Xiangjian.
Liang Xiangjian's face became even more disgusting, he spat and walked away.
Who would have thought that the Cangzhou soldiers who had been resisting well would suddenly collapse? It was really bad luck that this great achievement fell on Zhao Jian.
"The city is broken! The city is broken!" Almost everyone near and far cheered.
"Come into Cangzhou and rob!"
"How many people have died if we keep attacking the city? You can't stop us now, can you?"
"Where is General Kang? How can we capture the city without a reward? We will take it ourselves."
The miscellaneous soldiers and generals were noisy, which further affected the local villagers, and they were also full of hope.
The previous conquers were all small counties with little profit and water, and the income was limited. Cangzhou is a famous city, so it should be richer, right?
"What's the point of making such noise?" General Tu You Yi sent Tian Xing to ride his horse. He waved his whip and beat the most noisy warriors all over their heads.
The others looked at him with fear and ferocity.
During this period, General Tian was the most ruthless murderer. I heard that he was Yuan Cong, an old man from Shao Shude. He was so domineering that even Kang Yanxiao could not do anything to him. Some people even subconsciously wondered if Kang Yanxiao would be killed if he killed this thief.
Help them cover up the past?
But seeing a group of sergeants coming up behind him, some people were frightened again. Once they were frightened, those who were willing to take action no longer dared to act rashly.
Tian Xing smiled coldly, that was all he had.
If it were the warriors from Hebei, they would have taken action long ago. Even the warriors from Yun, Yan, and Xu in Henan would have probably rebelled.
I just like to see how you want to rebel but don’t dare!
"General Wei has led his troops to open the city gate. You should return to camp on the spot and do not act rashly. There will always be rewards for destroying the city." Tian Xing said: "Anyone who dares to make noise and cause chaos is a traitor and will be killed without mercy.
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"General Wei" is Wei Rang, who was born in the Weicai tribe of Hetao and served as the military envoy on the left wing of General Tu.
After Tian Xing threatened, the soldiers were frightened, and after a stalemate, they finally dispersed.
Tian Xing kept watching them as they returned to camp, and then dismounted. Then he called for Zhao Jian, Liang Xiangjian, Zhuge Tai, Zhuge Shangren and others, and said: "You guys fought well in this battle. I won't mention the reward."
.Now I have two things to tell you.”
"First, you don't need to go north later, just stay in Cangzhou."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. This order can undoubtedly alleviate some of the resentment in the army.
"Secondly, the good news has flown to Taishan Palace, and the saint will cross the river to patrol the north soon. You will wait here and accept the reorganization."
Everyone was shocked, what does this mean?
Tian Xing didn't say much to them, and went to patrol the camps with his soldiers and horses to maintain order.
For reorganization, the elite soldiers were naturally selected to make up for the Gongchen Army, which suffered heavy losses in the battle. The other less elite soldiers were all sent to Andong Mansion to serve as government soldiers, and their families would even be moved there later.
Taking advantage of the opportunity for great victory to reorganize various ministries and annex the miscellaneous ones is the specialty of the saint.
All armies in the world can only have the surname Shao, not Zhe, Zhao, Ding or anything else.
Many people only focus on attacking Hebei, but at this point, there is no external enemy that can defeat Shao Sheng. The only possibility of his failure is internal. Foreign and internal troubles are basically equal. If you don't understand this, it is basically difficult to understand.
How Shao Sheng formulated his strategy.
Tian Xing understood it a long time ago, so he worked very hard, and it was natural that Jane would be in the emperor's heart.