In Heyang Nancheng, the fire was soaring into the sky, and it could be seen from far and near.
The north and south city gates were opened, and large groups of sergeants poured in, taking their time to harvest the remaining soldiers.
The Baosheng Army, the Heyang Yamen Army, and the Tutuan Countrymen ran around like headless flies. Those who were lucky enough to hide in civilian homes shivered, while those who were unlucky were directly killed on the streets.
There were countless people who abandoned their weapons and surrendered, and they were all handed over to the local villagers who came into the city later, and were taken outside the city and put under guard.
There are really not many people who persist in resisting, and they are mainly concentrated in military camps and state offices.
Fu Cunshen, who personally led the troops into the city, mobilized Shaanzhou native regiment soldiers. After a fierce attack, they rushed into the military camp and killed all the thieves who resisted.
The Tielin Army surrounded the government office, and after paying the price of dozens of casualties, they entered the government office and launched a final desperate fight with the rebels. At 3:00 pm, the entire government office was completely captured. A huge fire broke out inside the office, and the wounded
Huo Cun knew that he was unlucky, so after shooting all the arrows in the pot, he left the soldiers who were still resisting and burned himself in the backyard with his family.
Tragic ending!
A drizzle began to fall in the sky, and Ye Liyu, deputy envoy of the Tielin Army, walked unhurriedly into the ruins of the backyard of the state government office.
"Is this Huo Cun?" He asked, holding an ax and pointing at an unrecognizable corpse in the fire.
The corpse was half burnt and curled up, with his left hand in front of his face. It can be seen that before dying, Huo Cun instinctively wanted to block the incoming fire.
My stomach was burned and some internal organs leaked out. The smell was touching.
"Come back to the general, this person is Huo Cun." The person who answered was the soldier who was whipped by the Baosheng Army general in the previous "Horse Meat Incident".
"How do you recognize it when it's burned like this?" Ye Liyu glared at him and asked.
The sergeant was speechless and didn't know how to answer.
Ye Liyu snorted coldly, swung his ax and chopped off Huo Cun's head, holding it in his hand.
After carefully admiring Huo Cun's dark eyes, he smiled and said: "Report victory immediately and present the head to the king."
"Yes!" The soldier stepped forward, wrapped his head in a cloth bag, and hurried out the door.
There were more than ten corpses in the backyard, all of them were Huo Cun's wives, concubines, children, and they were also burned beyond recognition.
This is a good choice to follow the example of Li Keju, the commander-in-chief of Yan Dynasty, and the commander-in-chief of Xu Dynasty. In order to avoid being humiliated, it was a good choice to immolate the whole family.
In Heyang Beicheng, Shao Shude didn't sleep. After drinking two whole pots of tea, he finally waited for the good news until late at night.
"Okay!" Shao Shude slapped the case and said with a smile: "Huo Cun and his son will be executed. Heyang Nancheng will be restored and the road will be open."
It took three months from the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month last year to the siege of Heyang Nancheng until March 26th this year. Three thousand casualties were lost in the attack on Cangcheng, and another three thousand were lost in the attack on Heyang Nancheng. Now we have finally pulled it out.
If it is lost, the three cities will be completely connected, and the traffic between the three states of Menghuailuo will no longer need to be detoured.
The blockade effect of Liang Jun's navy has been offset by half.
In the afternoon of the second day, Shao Shude, escorted by his own soldiers, crossed the pontoon bridge and arrived at Heyang Nancheng, which had been initially cleared.
Traces of fighting can still be seen in the city.
The few people shivered. When the new conquerors come, how will they treat them? The fear of the unknown is the most terrifying thing.
"Has the grain and grass inventory been completed?" Shao Shude asked while walking among the charred black walls of the state government office.
"We got more than 30,000 dendrobiums of grain and more than 7,000 bundles of hay." Fu Cunshen replied, following closely behind him.
"Zhu Quanzhong doesn't leave much food and grass for me now." Shao Shude laughed at himself: "It's difficult to get him to treat me as a guest. Distribute part of the food and grass to the people, and use the rest for the army."
"Follow your orders," Fu Cunchen responded.
"This matter has been settled with Mengzhou and Heyang County. It's only the end of March, so it's not too late for spring planting. There's still time. The thousands of people in the city will be screened and the official family members will be sent to the three prefectures of Jie, Shan and Kuo."
Shao Shude asked again: "How many prisoners were killed last night?"
"Return to the king, behead 1,700 people, capture 500 people, and get 200 horses."
"The captured thieves will be killed by the military academy officers above and above, and the rest will be sent to Xiuwu County."
"As commanded."
There are many people working in the brick yards, coal mines and water conservancy construction sites in Xiuwu County. There used to be more than 10,000 people, most of whom were Liang and Huai prisoners. After the Battle of Luoyang broke out, the number of prisoners increased sharply, once reaching 20,000. Later, they were picked
More than 3,000 troops arrived in Lingzhou and were handed over to the commander-in-chief's yamen for training.
Then some of the Tutuan villagers in Henan Prefecture were released, and the number dropped to more than 10,000. Later, Xin'an County surrendered, all the Tutuan villagers were released, and more than 4,000 of the Youguo Army were taken to Xiuwu.
Today, Heyang captured more than a thousand people twice more, and the number increased to 16,000.
However, the people from Coach Du's Yamen have already rushed to Xiuwu. They will select another 3,000 capable and brave warriors from the more than 16,000 prisoners, and bring them back to Lingzhou for training, and with the new recruits of the continuation army, each tribe will
All the warriors are joining together to form the Black Silk Army.
There are more than 13,000 people left, who are cutting trees, digging rivers, burning bricks, mining coal, and some people are cultivating military farms, which is almost enough.
Shao Shude wandered around the city for a long time.
Shops were ordered to open, and people's homes were not allowed to close. A second round of searches would soon be conducted to ensure that no thieves were still hiding inside.
On the north bank of the river, the soldiers of the Heyang Native Regiment who had completed spring sowing were mobilized a second time and began to transport grain and grass through the pontoon bridge.
This channel is so critical!
If it is not conquered, grain and grass can only be transported from Shaanzhou, and the cost is unbearable. In addition to the seizure of grain in the Luoyang camp, it is basically transported from the river in winter. This will greatly reduce the inventory, which is just a good time to replenish it.
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In the evening, Song Le personally escorted a batch of grain and grass to Nancheng.
"Mr. Song, there are still thousands of people in Nancheng. It's not too late for spring sowing now. I'll leave everything to you." Shao Shu took his hand and said: "Xia Shi, there are still the last four thousand people in the mountains along Mianchi.
I also leave the remaining herdsmen to you."
"Most of these more than 4,000 households are Uighurs, Dangxiang, Tibetans, Tatars, Sogdians and Tyuhun Qianghu. There are not many men. Why not send half to Xiuwu County and half to Heyang County?" Song Le said here
The Heyang County mentioned is obviously the half of the county in Nanjing City.
The county spans both sides of the Yellow River, and the flat land to the north of Mang Mountain and to the south of the Yellow River is quite fertile. It is a good place for them to bring their livestock and implement a three-crop rotation system, with both grazing and farming. Moreover, they and the people in Nancheng, Heyang
If you live together, you can also monitor nearby. After all, Nancheng Xinke is not attached to people's hearts, so you can't be too cautious.
As for the loyalty of these Li Renyu and Tuoba Renfu tribes, it has long been known to everyone that Marshal Shao is their khan, the supreme khan - this is the irony, Qiang and Hu are against Marshal Shao
Their loyalty is greater than that of the Han people in Nancheng, Heyang.
"Sir, let's take care of it." Shao Shude said: "Meng Huai is getting better day by day. I already know that you are a great talent."
"Let's not talk about my talents." Song Le said: "The king promised to send 5,000 cattle and 300,000 sheep to Heyang before the summer harvest. Can they be delivered in time?"
"This..." Shao Shude said awkwardly: "The military situation is urgent, I have to go to Luoyang."
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On the outskirts of Luoyang, Li Tangbin put on a gorgeous suit of armor and a bright red cloak, and walked side by side with Gao Renhou.
Lao Gao is much more low-key now. It may be because of what his staff advised him.
You, the military governor of Dongdu Ji, are already very jealous. If you continue to gibberish and point fingers, where will you put Li Tangbin, the commander-in-chief of the camp?
But Lao Gao is Lao Gao. Although he has paid attention to restraining his words and deeds, his nature is hard to change, and he can't help but shoot off in many cases.
"Dutou sent people to attack Taigu. It was a mistake, but the casualties were a bit heavy, which is not very good." Gao Renhou said: "Now the Feilong Army has also dispatched, and we can withdraw the people. We will wait until the food, equipment, and personnel are ready.
, let’s have another big scene.”
Li Tangbin glanced at him and was too lazy to speak.
When using troops to fight, he actually doesn't care about casualties. As long as he can achieve his goal, he will not hesitate to cripple an army.
This is a fundamental difference in philosophy between the two, and there is nothing to say about it.
Gao Renhou couldn't stand him, and he couldn't stand Gao Renhou. He was always kind to women and not ruthless enough. No wonder he was defeated in Dongchuan.
After the two walked for a while, they stopped.
On the post road, more than 10,000 infantrymen of Feilong Army led horses and mules, heading southeast.
The military envoy Qi Bizhang came on horseback. When he got close, he dismounted, saluted Li Tangbin and Gao Renhou, and said: "Both of you are at your wits' end. I'm going to go here. I'm sure to turn the hinterland of the traitor army upside down."
"Focus on the search, attack and kill the thieves' food transport teams, don't let any of them go," Li Tangbin said.
"Envoy Qi Bi, take care. The tens of thousands of soldiers are all elites who have experienced battles for a long time. Don't make any mistakes." Gao Ren said kindly.
Qi Bizhang nodded, saluted and left.
After leaving Luoyang, more than 10,000 people traveled southeast and arrived at Goushi County on the first day of April.
The Chu family of the Gou clan offered pigs and sheep to the army, and more than ten of their descendants, armed with iron spears and war horses, wanted to join the army in the war.
Qi Bizhang wanted to refuse, but an aide said something in his ear, and he happily accepted the dozen or so children of the Chu family.
After leaving Goushi County, we continued traveling southeast, passed Sheyuan Pass two days later, and entered the boundary of Songgao Mountain (Taishi Mountain).
After walking through the most difficult section of the trail and leaving the last barrier of the Xia Army camp, Qi Banzhang ordered the entire army to mount their horses and attack Dengfeng County, seventeen miles away.
Zhao Lin, who was in charge of the defense here, immediately detected the Xia army's incoming attack and immediately ordered more than 8,000 troops to withdraw to the county and defend the area to avoid losses.
Zhang Guihou took more than a thousand cavalry to Yingyang County, and cooperated with the defenders to eliminate more than 200 Xia troops who came over the mountains. However, there were still many Xia troops in the mountains eager to try, and they were very annoyed. So far, they have not return.
Zhao Lin thought he had made the most correct response, but the Feilong Army just pounced. After seeing that the Liang people were well prepared, they immediately turned around and headed south, heading straight along Yingshui and Dengfeng Avenues, towards Thirty-five Miles. He rushed to Gaocheng County outside.
"This is..." Zhao Lin was a little dumbfounded when he climbed to the top of the city.
The Xia thieves avoided fighting. Even though the hall was full of horses and more than a thousand heavy cavalry were still there, they couldn't stop them. What did they want to do?
"The thieves want to go to Xuzhou." Wang Yanzhang said in a positive tone: "It's done, the Yangzhai front line is extremely empty, and they will definitely not be able to stop them. Please inform General Zhang immediately and let him make up his mind. Xuzhou and Ruzhou are also We need to send an envoy, five hundred miles away, urgently, there is no need to hesitate!"
"Why are you going to Xuzhou?" Zhao Lin was a little flustered.
The Zhongwu Army was the territory of their Zhao family, and King Liang had always trusted him very much. After the death of his father Zhao Ji, Uncle Zhong Zhao Chang took over as Jiedushi. After Uncle Zhong died of illness last year, he was succeeded by Uncle Ji Zhao Jue. A hundred years after Uncle Ji, Doesn’t this position belong to you?
Damn you Xia thief! What’s not good about harming him, why should he harm Chen Xu?
Du Yanqiu glanced at Zhao Lin and sighed deeply. It was so late, and he was still thinking about the things at home.
If he was not mistaken, this should be the Feilong Army of the Xia Thief. There are more than 10,000 sergeants and more than 25,000 horses and mules. They are running so fast that no one can catch up. If they attack Changshe directly, the consequences will be Unthinkable.
An incompetent person like Zhao Lin knows nothing!