The war did not drag on into the night and ended perfectly at the end of March.
The scissors were all running very fast, and in the end they led three thousand people on foot and cavalry to surrender, which was a great success.
The rebel envoy Wang Chuzhi was nowhere to be found, and only a thousand of the three thousand soldiers remained, surrendering in the camp.
Four thousand of Wei Bo Tu Tuan's countrymen were unexpectedly isolated in Henan. During the previous attack on the city, half of their troops were lost, and their morale was extremely low. This time they did not suffer any major losses, and only two thousand of them surrendered.
The Jin army resisted the most fiercely and fought fiercely. In the end, more than 3,000 people were captured.
Except for a few who fled, most of the miscellaneous 20,000 soldiers and horses were annihilated, and 9,000 of them were captured.
Marshal Shao's art of war is becoming more and more powerful. Well, you want to ask what is so great? Let me tell you quietly, using 50,000 people to defeat 10,000 people is the most powerful art of war in the world.
Four generals, An Fuqian, Mi Zhicheng, Li Siben, and Ma Ke, were disgraced and tied up and were escorted over.
The heads of He Huaibao, An Fuqing and An Fushun were placed on the table.
Shao Shude smiled, walked up to Li Siben, and untied the rope with his own hands.
"Can An treat my nephew like this?" Shao Shude said: "When the two armies are fighting, each is his own master. This is the duty of a warrior. In private, my uncle cannot treat my younger generation harshly. Please sit down."
Shao Shude did not give Li Siben a chance to regret, he waved his hand and ordered.
An Chongjie was also taken over. When he saw that his father was still alive, he breathed a sigh of relief. However, when he saw the heads of his eldest uncle An Fushun and his second uncle An Fuqing, he felt sad again.
The general will inevitably die in battle! The voice and smile on his face during the expedition are still in front of his eyes, alas.
Xuan then saw Li Siben sitting on the bed, and his eyes immediately straightened.
Mi Zhicheng sneered on the side, An Fuqian and Ma Ke were silent, not knowing what they were thinking.
Li Siben was a little embarrassed and wanted to say something, but when he met Shao Shude's natural look, he swallowed it again.
An Zhongjie glared at him.
Li Siben was a little ashamed. Just as he was about to get up, Li Yixian, the commander of the soldiers, poured him a bowl of tea with his own hands.
Li Siben took it stupidly, and An Zhongjie's face became even more angry.
"Is my nephew already married?" Shao Shude asked in a gentle tone.
Li Siben was stunned there, not knowing how to answer.
Shao Shude waited patiently. Looking at the look on his face, it was full of care from the elders to the younger ones.
"Returning to... to my uncle, my nephew is married to Mrs. Liu and has a son and a daughter." Li Siben replied.
"Bah!" Mi Zhicheng spat, his face full of disdain.
Li Yixian walked over and hit him hard with the scabbard several times, and then the killing finally calmed down.
"Okay." Shao Shude said happily: "Well, come here, bring me my brocade robe and put it on my nephew."
The wounds on Li Siben's body had scabbed over, but his clothes were covered in blood and were really dirty.
The soldiers quickly brought the brocade robe, but Li Siben refused, Shao Shude said: "We are all one family. You are my nephew, a brocade robe is nothing, just put it on."
His tone was full of doubts. Li Siben paused, then took it and put it on by some strange coincidence.
"If you want to go back to Jinyang, you can leave after dinner." Shao Shude said again: "If you want to serve as a general here with my uncle, that's fine. My uncle welcomes you."
Li Siben felt that his brain was not strong enough. How could he let him go?
Shao Shude saw Li Siben's embarrassed look, laughed loudly, and said: "You should think about it carefully first."
After that, he stood up, walked to An Fuqian, Mi Zhicheng and others, and said: "In the past, I released Shen Xin and Wan Sheng's army in Yanchang City. How can I bear to kill you now that I have captured you?"
An Fuqian and others remained calm and listened silently.
"Are you An Zhongjiao?" Shao Shude walked up to a person and asked.
An Zhongjie asked him not to look away and did not answer.
Li Yixian kicked him, and An Zhongjie turned around and glared angrily.
"You can leave now." Shao Shude said: "Go back and tell your sworn brother. I have been alone since I was a child, and I am over forty this year. I have only one brother. There are three hundred states in the Tang Dynasty. I would like to share wealth with my brother, but there are always traitors.
People are provoking it, alas! Now I wish to make things right, and if my sworn brother agrees, I will release all the prisoners."
"Even General Yi Ding, who is suppressing Hebei Province, can go home." Shao Shude stood in front of Ma Ke and said, "General Ma, please send someone home to report a message. If you are away on an expedition, your family must be very worried."
Ma Ke's heart moved and he thanked him repeatedly: "The King of Xia is magnanimous, which is rare in ancient times."
An Fuqian frowned secretly, Shao Shude was really evil-minded and very dark.
Li Siben, that silly boy, has fainted. The prisoners of the Yiwu Army and the Chengde Army must have been very happy after hearing this. But if he cannot return home in the end, it will be the responsibility of the King of Jin. Hebei will not know how to arrange the King of Jin.
Wang Rong knows that he is powerful and will definitely help suppress this trend, but it is inevitable to spread it in private, which is very troublesome.
How come this battle doesn't feel quite right like before?
On the first day of April, Shao Shude, who had completely wiped out the Jin army, paraded the troops outside Pingyin County. All military leaders from all walks of life were present, including Pingyin's local native tribes and gentry.
Tens of thousands of soldiers from Tielin, Yicong, and Feilong Army shouted in unison, and the sound shook the whole country.
Zhao Yan and others looked at each other with complicated expressions. They were both happy that they were on the winning side, but also worried about some things that they themselves could not explain.
The warriors of the miscellaneous army were also shocked. Especially the Protectorate Army who had been full of complaints before, now they all shut up.
People are like this. If you say so and so is great, and he hears it, he will feel the same way. But if he sees it with his own eyes and realizes the difference, the feeling will be different.
But don’t expect to frighten them for a lifetime, it’s impossible. The tempers of warriors are like that. If they really get the upper hand, so what if they can’t beat you? So what if they die? I will still rebel.
Is it possible to do this with the power of millions of people in a vassal town against the power of tens of millions of people in half the world? Theoretically, it can't be done, but I feel unhappy. I just want to do this and fight you, so what? In the end,
The bad outcome is that the entire clan dies, so what else can be done?
It's good to be able to shock you for a while, don't ask for too much.
After the military parade, Shao Shude issued a series of transfers.
He escorted the prisoners back to Bianzhou with the Japanese army, and also escorted a batch of grain and grass supplies.
The National Defense Army stayed in the Pingyin area and suppressed the area.
The Zhongwu Army guarded Changqing and suppressed the local area.
The above three troops were all disabled and seriously damaged, so they were simply allowed to rest in the rear and serve as garrison troops while escorting grain and grass supplies.
Tielin, Yicong, and Feilong marched eastward to Qizhou and joined forces with General Tu.
The cavalry army returned to Shanzhou and cooperated with Hu Zhen to contain Zhu Jin.
The Peng Sheng Army temporarily stayed in Puzhou, waiting for the next order.
Before setting off, Shao Shude met with Li Tangbin again.
He had no sense of embarrassment after having been acting as an agent for so long, because Li Tangbin might not be able to suppress these troops, even though his tactics were quite cunning.
"General Tu, I will lead another area to make the morale of the army more stable." Shao Shude said: "The rest of the troops will be under your command. First, defeat Wang Shifan."
"Why don't your Majesty attack Yanzhou first?" Li Tangbin asked: "There are few soldiers in Yanzhou, so it will be easier to attack."
"Although there are few soldiers, they are united and fight to the end. They are not necessarily easier to fight than the Qi people." Shao Shude said: "Moreover, Dizhou is in danger and I have to save it."
"Will Dizhou be saved?" Li Tangbin asked.
This question is very important. When Li Tangbin goes to war, anyone and any city can be estimated and have a price. If the price is right, he will not hesitate to sacrifice it in exchange for greater benefits.
"You can do whatever is convenient for you." Shao Shude said: "Keep it if you can. After all, it is an outpost to attack Hebei, but it cannot be used by thieves to contain my energy."
"I know." Li Tangbin understood.
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In Qingzhou City, Zhu Quanzhong was treated as an honored guest.
If you look carefully, most of his hair is gray. His beard has not been trimmed for a long time, there are heavy bags under his eyes, and deep wrinkles on his forehead. He looks like a weather-beaten old man.
Wang Shifan felt a little disappointed in his heart.
The all-powerful Prince Liang actually looks like this? He is obviously a bad old man.
Zhu Quanzhong seemed unaware and was still talking: "Since the Northern Dynasties, Qingzhou has always been an important town in Eastern Xinjiang. It also has sea routes to all places. Qi commanders regularly sent troops to Silla, Bohai and Tibetan envoys, and occasionally sent sea and land transports.
As an envoy, Wang Shuai controls Qingzhou and connects Bohai, Khitan to the north, Silla and Japan to the east, and reaches Yan, Huai, Zhejiang, Yue and other towns in the south. In this way, there will be good horses and goods, and a strong army can be raised.
.I have also seen the Qingzhou soldiers. They are all good soldiers. Unfortunately, they have not fought for many years and cannot fight in the right way."
Wang Shifan came to his senses, immediately bowed and saluted, and said: "I was about to ask Your Highness about this matter."
When Zhu Quanzhong fled, he took more than 2,000 cavalry with him. He ran wildly and lost many men. By the time he crossed the river to Qingzhou via Dizhou, he had fewer than a thousand people accompanying him.
But these thousand people are considered die-hard loyalists. They have received great favor from him in the past and have proven their loyalty by running around and never leaving.
Wang Shifan looked at these soldiers and felt that they were very different from his own soldiers. He couldn't tell how they were different. But he knew that the Pinglu Army had indeed seen less blood and was clumsy in fighting. There were many little tricks for marching and fighting.
Details and tricks have all been lost in the long years of peace.
Generally speaking, military experience is passed down, and this is what we call the old to bring up the new. But as the years of peace have passed, some of the inheritance will inevitably be lost. Now, it will take time to reestablish it.
These things are not found in military books. They are all passed down by the army. It would be best if someone could teach them.
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" Zhu Quanzhong smiled and said: "I have a sworn hatred with the Shao thief, and now I have no other idea, I just want to take his head. My dear nephew, please relax, I will even eat and live in the camp.
, we must also bring up the Qi army."
Zhu Quanzhong's words were very sincere. Considering his experience, an army of 200,000 people was destroyed, and his wife and daughter were taken over by others. It is normal to have this obsession.
Wang Shifan was also relieved and said happily: "Please leave everything to Your Highness."
After that, he called his confidants and asked him to immediately find a place in the city to build a special post for Zhu Quanzhong. Not to mention this, he also sent people back to his home to ask his two concubines to clean up. In the next period of time,
They dedicated themselves to serving King Liang.
As expected of a scholar, I have been treating guests with courtesy for weeks!
Zhu Quanzhong was also very satisfied, but he was already thinking about how to expand his influence in the Qi army.