"May I ask what kind of festival this is?" Li Cunjin asked in wonder as he watched every household on the streets of Beiping Mansion decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations.
"Today is my birthday, the Changchun Festival." The sergeant escorting him said impatiently.
On Sushenfang Street, every household was cooking fish, and the aroma was overflowing. As the food designated by the saint as a must-eat for warriors, everyone was already greedy and wanted to quickly find a restaurant to eat one.
"Changchun Festival? Is it like the Tianchang Festival of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty?" Li Cunjin asked.
"What is Tianchang Festival?" the sergeant was stunned.
He only knew that Xizong's birthday was Yingtian Festival, and that of Prince Le'an County was called Jiahui Festival, but he didn't know anything else.
Li Cunjin shook his head. He already knew that the Changchun Festival was Shao Shude's birthday. In the former Tang Dynasty, there were a lot of such festivals, but not many people celebrated them. After all, the emperor's reign could be as short as a few months or as long as dozens.
During the New Year, when you are here, everyone will give you face to celebrate this festival. If you are no longer there, if there is no force, who will celebrate it?
This kind of festival has no vitality.
"You old man, are you laughing at my ignorance?" The sergeant was furious, took out his scabbard and started to hit me.
"I am the saint's righteous nephew, how dare you hit me?" Li Cunjin sneered and asked.
Ignore him, everyone has his own blessings. If Li Siyuan wants to die, then just die.
"I heard that Li Si'en was appointed as the governor of Huazhou, which is a good place. Li Cunxiao led the governor of Yaozhou and was in charge of the Qingyi army, but Li Siben didn't know." Li Cunjin replied.
The northwest wind suddenly blew, mixed with rain and snow, and it was cold to the bones.
"It's really excellent for a saint to treat his relatives." Li Xiu said as he poured wine for him.
At the beginning, when tens of thousands of Xia people's Feilong Army, town soldiers, state soldiers, government soldiers, and Tibetan soldiers came to attack, Yuzhou retreated across the board, abandoning surrounding forts and counties, and struggled to hold on.
"Go in and wait for the punishment. Don't try to escape." The sergeant handed him over to the state soldiers, warned him, and then left.
"It's a blessing to be directed by Li." Li Cunjin said with a smile.
According to the news Li Cunjin had received previously, more than 10,000 people from the right battalion of the fifth battalion of the New Army had been dispersed and distributed to various units on the Daibei and Lanshi battlefields to make up for the battle losses.
Then news came from the west that Tibetan soldiers were going south to knock on Yanmen Pass.
"Don't worry, Mr. Li. The sage sent me to ask if there is any shortage of money in the house. If there is, just ask and I will send him immediately. In addition, your family is still on the way. They will arrive in Beijing soon and the family will be reunited."
." Li Xiu said.
The Hsiaojie Army was gone. The military envoy Huo Liangsi was appointed as the commander of the first town of Yanshan Town Army. The town has a population of 7,000 and is temporarily stationed in Ruzhou. The second town has a population of about 6,000 and is still being established.
"Now I am a believer." Li Cunjin sighed: "My whole family can be reunited. This is the virtue of the Holy One."
"You don't need to worry about it." Li Cunjin said with a smile.
Next year, we will continue to recuperate and recuperate. At the same time, we will focus on relocating the families of the Longwu Army sergeants and conducting population statistics of the Fubing tribe. The extremely superior natural endowments of Andong Fu will slowly emerge under the peaceful and stable order.
A year of rest and recuperation, while the rear was working hard to transfer supplies and immigrate, until the end of October, overall, it laid a solid foundation.
No, strictly speaking, they are not prisoners.
Li Cunjin picked up the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp, sighing: "I have been fighting and killing for so many years, trying to win the illusory wealth, but the more I try, the farther I go. It's not bad now, I can retire and return to the fields, and retire quietly."
There are 20,000 Hengye troops, half of whom are Youzhou Fanhu tribesmen who have been transferred to surrender. To put it bluntly, it is just to weaken their strength. Shao Sheng's old trick. It doesn't matter whether it is consumed by foreign wars or dissatisfaction with the imperial court. , as long as it can be consumed.
Tielin's army pursued, but was defeated by Li Siyuan's ambush and retreated in defeat.
Seeing that the saint had no other instructions, Pugu Cheng'en quietly stepped back.
The transfer of the entire army that returned to the German Army into government troops has almost been completed. Since Tang Qianning established the Anton Palace in early 7th year, the family members of the sergeants have been relocated continuously, and now the number has exceeded 6,000. Excluding those who died in battle, and those who did not request to be relocated in advance It's almost finished.
"I see." Li Cunjin's heart moved. The places his uncle arranged for his nephews were all good, so can I also...
But it's all worth it. With its superior geographical location and convenient transportation conditions, Andong Mansion will definitely become a major lever for the imperial court to control the Northeast in the future.
Weizhou is located in a bitter cold frontier, far away from the heart of the Central Plains, and the transmission of news is inconvenient, but the war was still very tragic.
As of early December of the fourth year of Jianji, including the soon-to-be-established Yingkou County, there were more than 27,700 households and more than 128,200 people in the seven counties of Andong Prefecture. The results were remarkable.
Li Xiu poured him another bowl of wine and said with a smile: "Li Shijun, please don't give up on yourself. Do you know what the official positions of Cunxiao, Siben and Sien are?"
As soon as Li Xiu arrived, the sergeants were no longer weak and brought preserved fruits, wine and even boiled two large yellow croakers on the spot.
In the afternoon, Li Xiu, the commander of the Beiping Fuzhou Army who had only been in office for a few months, personally came to visit the saint's eldest nephew - Li Xiu, a native of Xiazhou and the son of Li Chong, a martial arts student. He was killed in battle during the heavy attack on Zhu Yanshou of Luzhou. The sage sent his son to Longchi Palace in Anyi to study and practice martial arts, and later served as the commander of the Yizhou Prefecture Army. This time he was transferred to Beiping Prefecture, and he was promoted by half a level.
Within four years, nearly 6,500 households of people from the Weibo prefectures were relocated. This year, the families of Qingyi Army soldiers who were willing to relocate their families were expedited, and the entire year's immigration work came to an end.
The Xia people besieged them for a long time, failed to defeat them after repeated battles, and the division's veterans were exhausted. Later, Li Siyuan led a large army to attack from the side and defeated the Xia people. Weizhou breathed a little sigh of relief.
Unfortunately, the King of Jin refused to listen. As a result, this year's war just confirmed Li Cunjin's judgment. Li Siyuan had already fought extremely well, and Li Cunjin himself defended desperately at the beginning. The fight made the Xia people furious, but Weizhou remained indestructible.
Li Cunjin walked in slowly and looked around.
The fire in the hall was burning brightly. Although it was not as warm as spring, as a prisoner, it was good to have such treatment.
Unless a military leader is on the sick bed, or is really at the end of his rope, if you ask him to disarm and return to the field, he will be really uncomfortable and uncomfortable. Li Cunjin is this kind of person.
If someone is killed or wounded, the Recruitment Institute will directly replace it. If you are killed or wounded, there are not so many recruits to replace it.
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"Anton Mansion has been peaceful for a year this year. It's a big breath of relief." Shao Shude said after looking at the application form sent by his eldest son to purchase Yingkou County.
"Li Si'en is indeed the governor of Huazhou and has been in office for more than half a year." Li Xiu introduced: "The Qingyi Army has been abandoned. Four thousand sergeants received their rewards and went to Andong Mansion to serve as soldiers. Li Cunxiao went to Pinglu Army.
, served as the envoy to the capital, and still led the governor of Yaozhou from afar. The Pinglu army consisted of 20,000 soldiers, all of whom were surrendered by the brothers of the Gao family. Li Siben is currently serving as the commander of the army in Yingzhou."
After understanding this, Li Cunjin surrendered directly. He even persuaded Li Siyuan to surrender, but he had no choice but to receive no response.
"Go to Luoyang yourself and ask the queen to visit Peiping." Shao Shude said again.
When King Zhao gets married, of course the queen must be present. The daughter of the Zhang family still lives in Luoyang and came here together this time. There are also various things needed for the wedding, and Pugu Chengen feels that it needs to be discussed with Wang Yanfan and Qiu Silian.
The Xia people refused to leave, and both sides suffered heavy casualties. Frustrated and desperate, Li Cunjin thought it would be a good idea to surrender to his uncle, so he opened the city. However, he was kind and sent someone to notify Li Siyuan before he surrendered. Siyuan retreated in horror, and Wei
The state war ended here.
Since the defeat of Youzhou, Li Cunzhang's death in battle, and the fall of the whole country, generals like Li Cunjin who escaped from Youzhou have not had much to gain. For example, he was assigned to the most dangerous Yuzhou as the governor, commanding the people in Changchun.
Thousands of soldiers and horses, which had been severely weakened by years of fighting, resisted the Xia people's attack.
The five battalions of the new army, which were once at their peak, once numbered 60,000 to 70,000 people after they were incorporated into the Khitan. However, the middle battalion was pulled out to make up for the battle losses, and now the right battalion has also been dispersed to make up for it, including the Khitans who have fled to Youzhou one after another.
The number of people is now less than 40,000, maybe around 35,000. The losses are very huge.
"My slave is here."
"My servant obeys the order." Pugu Cheng'en responded.
Li Cunjin actually once persuaded the King of Jin to give up the protrusion of Yuzhou. Anyway, Youzhou is gone, so what's the use of keeping Yuzhou? When the Xia people attack, you still have to send troops to rescue. With this war, you can still
Guaranteed to win every time? Even if we win, the casualties will not be small. If we continue to hold on to Weizhou, we will only be bled by the Xia people, and in the end we will not be able to hold it.
"Unexpectedly, these news are circulating in Jinyang!" Li Xiu said happily.
"The saint has just sent down Deyin. Based on the tens of thousands of troops sent by Wei Xindai, Li Neng, Li Sixi, Li Shaoye and other tribes of Khitan, Xi, Mohe, Sogdiana, Goguryeo, and Turks have been mobilized to build an army." Li Xiu
He also said: "The saint personally bestowed the military title 'Hengye'. In the past, the deputy envoy of the Xiaojie Army sealed him as the military envoy, and you were the deputy envoy. Zhang Wen, the commander of the Qingzhou Prefecture Army, was the Du Yuhou, and Gao Youqing, the commander of the Dengzhou Prefecture Army.
I will serve as the capital's envoy. After the reorganization is completed, the Hengye Army will march to Yingzhou to guard it."
Li Cunjin's family was also in Yuzhou, and they were sent to Beiping Prefecture together with the prisoners. During this battle, more than 10,000 people from the Wei Xindai Sergeant Regiment were captured.
"Haha." Li Cunjin smiled heartily and said, "We are all colleagues, and we will get closer to each other in the future."
The sergeant hesitated for a long time after hearing this, but finally did not take action. He could only sneer: "You are older than a saint, and you are willing to degenerate and call yourself a nephew. Are you ashamed?"
There are no servants in the house, but there are dozens of warriors. Listening to the conversation just now, they should be Youzhou soldiers - no, they should be called Beiping Fuzhou soldiers.
When the war reaches this point, it is already difficult to win.
This is a small house. The previous owner must have been convicted and the end was not very good. This can be seen from the dried blood stains looming in the corner.
Li Cunjin smiled awkwardly and said, "I listen to what others say in my spare time, but I don't know whether it's true or not."
"Yingkou County is to be established." Shao Shude wrote and wrote, and at the same time ordered: "Siwu is not young anymore. Come back and get married, in Peiping. Pugu Cheng'en——"
In the end, Hedong still lost in the comparison of hard power.
December won, Li Cunjin sighed and walked into the central hall.
However, the Xia soldiers did not retreat. After regrouping, they fought repeatedly and fought endlessly, with both sides winning and losing.
"The saint is really kind and kind, and he has such trust in us and other generals. I am so grateful that I don't know what to say." When Li Cunjin heard this, he was greatly moved.
As the local production of food, meat and milk gradually increases, this kind of immigration construction behavior can form a positive feedback. The money and grain resources invested by the court will gradually decrease, and will be replaced by technology, management, education, etc.
resource.
Later, more than 10,000 people from the left wing of the Tielin Army came to reinforce. Li Siyuan sent his adopted son Cong Ke and Cong Zhang to defeat them. However, the Feilong Army came again and turned defeat into victory, defeating the two generals.
After a while of chattering, a few people came to a house.
"That's right." Li Xiu smiled and said, "Drink."
"Well, it sounds like the saint is worried that his close relatives and sworn nephews have not made any meritorious achievements, cannot be knighted, and are living in poverty, so he gives them a chance. As long as they perform meritorious service on the battlefield, the saint can justifiably reward the beautiful concubine, wealth, and canonize them with titles." Li
Xiu sighed: "We outsiders don't have such good things. In fact, we are quite envious of General Li."
Yu Lu saw her aunt polishing ink aside and thought about it secretly after hearing the words.
Shi Lu never solved the big trouble in Anton Mansion. On the contrary, he was disgraced and lost his troops.
The eldest prince Shao Siwu governed Andong for four years and made remarkable achievements. The sage issued an imperial edict and recalled him immediately. Compared with the nobles of the Khitan tribes, if you want to deprive them of their Uluses, it is not an easy task.
Why did Abaoji give in to his jurisdiction this time? To put it bluntly, it was a flaw in the Khitan tribal alliance system.
Yu Lu sighed softly and stroked her already pregnant belly. The Khitan was really finished.