No matter how much the emperor Yang Guang turned a huge empire into, he had to admit that he was much better at employing people than many so-called heroes in the late Sui Dynasty.
There were countless advisers and generals who emerged during the Daye years. Even if some of them were treacherous and sycophantic, they all had their own talents.
Like Yu Wenshu, Pei Ju, Yu Shiji and others, if you say that they have no talent or virtue, you are really doing them an injustice. During the Daye Years, these guys all made their own achievements and cannot be summed up as a treacherous official.
In fact, Yao Junsu, who had reached the rank of eagle-attacking general and became the official Jin Ziguanglu, was also among these old officials of the Sui Dynasty.
This man's ability to lead troops is just that, he is not very capable, but his talent is shown in another aspect.
In addition to being as loyal as any loyal minister or martyr in history, his ability to win over people's hearts was most vividly highlighted during the war in the late Sui Dynasty.
Almost two years have passed since Li Yuan raised his troops and went south.
Except for Li Po in the north, who rose up in the frontier fortress during the rampage, the only person in Jin who has not bowed to Li Yuan is the Eagle Striker.
With his back to the Yellow River, this man attacked the general with an eagle. He held the post of Tongshou in the east of the river and guarded the isolated city in the east of the river. He never surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.
It is said that in order to recruit this man to surrender, Qu Tutong came here to persuade Yao Junsu to surrender, but he was angrily denounced as a traitor and retreated in shame.
Yao Junsu's wife came to the city with his children and called his name, but was shot to death by him with an arrow.
In fact, such a person is simply the favorite of the Confucian historians who came back. Unfortunately, the collapse of the Sui Dynasty was so complete that it could not show what Yao Jun was. Even if someone were to rule the world in the future, they would not write a big book about such people.
After being trapped in the isolated city for two years, apart from the fact that food was gradually running out and people were starving, there was no civil strife in Hedong City. It must be said that Yao Junsu's ability was really unparalleled.
Of course, the reason for this is that after Li Yuan led his army to invade Chang'an, he never launched a fierce attack on the isolated city in Hedong.
The reason? Firstly, the city of Hedong is in a remote corner, so Li Tang had little influence on the rule of Hedong. Secondly, some people advised Li Yuan that Yaojun's talents were limited and he would not be able to cause much trouble under the general trend.
The blood of loyal ministers is blue, and the stain is unknown.
In fact, it was the last one that made Li Yuan agree.
You must know that after he captured Chang'an, except for Yin Shishi and others who dug up Li's ancestral graves, a group of people led by Wei Xuan received preferential treatment from Li Yuan and did not carry out mass killings.
Regardless of whether Li Yuan's feelings are true or false, this is actually a manifestation of magnanimity. I can tolerate these former enemies and even show appropriate appreciation for their talents and actions.
The combination of a person with such a sect and the thing he wants to plot will complement each other. The convincing power contained in it will also have unparalleled benefits in calming people's hearts.
Yao Junsu also benefited from the glory and survived alone in the hinterland of southern Shanxi where the flags of Li and Tang were scattered.
If Wang Shichong hadn't hurriedly ascended the throne of emperor after defeating his great enemy Li Mi, he might have taken advantage of the changing situation in Jin to ask for help from Luoyang.
Li Tang's army failed to frighten Yao Junsu, and Li Po's sun, moon and star flags also failed to fool him.
Counties in Hedong County looked at the wind and descended, and when they reached Hedong County City, they were finally blocked.
Reporting to Li Po was a letter from Yuchi Gong requesting to send troops to capture Hedong County. Yuchi Gong and others did not care about loyal or disloyal ministers. They just wanted to capture the entire territory of Hedong as soon as possible so that they could go all out to defend Longmen.
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Li Po divided his troops and focused on the two counties of Shangdang and Changping in the east. The troops led by Yu Chigong were not enough to capture a city like Hedong County.
In fact, this month's march is almost a large-scale military parade, and the army will return to Jiangjun in early August to spend the winter.
Li Po had no intention of dividing his troops to guard key points. There was only one reason: insufficient troops.
Judging from the results of several subsequent military discussions, what Yu Chigong and others said was similar to what Li Po thought. It is likely that several more battles will be needed to gain a firm foothold in southern Shanxi.
The people in southern Shanxi surrendered because of the military strength, which is very unreliable. This naturally includes the Pei clan from Hedong who contributed a lot. They surrendered to Tang Dynasty last day and surrendered to me today. Their loyal ministers are difficult to trust.
Speaking of this, Li Po was a little envious of Dou Jiande from Hebei.
Although the people in Hebei and Shandong were killed as much as in hell, according to later generations, they severely destroyed the feudal rule of the Sui Dynasty.
In other words, it completely destroyed the ruling system established by the Sui Dynasty in Hebei and Shandong. Now it seems that the only advantage may be that wherever the army goes, it is their own territory. There is no need to worry about which city is still guarding.
He is just like Yaojun.
Li Po's reply to Yu Chigong and others was very simple. Don't worry about him, just capture the Longmen Beach. As for Fengling Ferry and other Yellow River crossings in the south, Li Po was not worried.
If Li Jiancheng unified the Tongguan garrison and dared to come north to fight with him, Wang Shichong would not be polite to Li Tang. He guarded Longmen because he was not sure what the outcome of the battle between Li Shimin and Xue Rengao in the northwest would be.
Well, Xue Rengao won. This is unlikely.
And once Li Shimin wins and sends his troops eastward, Li Po is 90% sure that Li Shimin will definitely choose to enter Hedong at Longmen.
Li Po is now able to master this kind of strategic speculation at his fingertips. In addition to years of training in war, it is also because he has obtained more and more information.
If he had been Li Yuan, he would not have allowed a victorious army to pass by Chang'an. He would have sent them farther away, even if his son was leading the army. Well, maybe because
If your son is leading the army, you need to be more cautious.
Moreover, Longmen’s position is so important because it has Okura to rely on.
Therefore, this month's war is a continuation of the previous war. Propagating power is the first priority, and seizing the key city passes in southern Shanxi is second.
Seeing the good news coming frequently, Li Po, with the help of local snakes like Pei Shiqing, accepted the demoted officials and generals in an orderly manner. He did not let Jinyang send people to serve everywhere, nor did he leave any garrison everywhere.
Basically, apart from the change of flags and flags, everything is business as usual.
If there is no chief officer, let the subordinate officers take over immediately. If you are crying, just wait, I will send someone to check it out. If it is true, I will come and bring some food and grass back. If it is not true, well, I will not leave you behind now.
Let's keep a ledger first, and then I'll play with you when I have time.
It can be said that he did not appoint officials and make wishes as arbitrarily as Li Yuan, but the indulgence he showed was the same as Li Yuan, except that Li Yuan saw Chang'an, Xijing, while Li Po had to do it due to his own shortcomings.
The difference between passive and active shows the gap between Li Po and Li Yuan. Two years have passed and this gap is shrinking. However, more efforts are needed to make up for it completely.
In fact, Li Po's most important decree was issued in mid-July, which was to order all counties to demote their officials. They must not be negligent during the autumn harvest and must not let a grain of grain fall in the fields.
If anyone takes the opportunity to embezzle it for military use, he will be severely punished.
Following this decree, there were also agricultural supervisors sent by Li Po, all of whom were soldiers, to inspect the autumn harvests in various counties. This time, Shangdang and Changping counties were still the focus.
Because these two counties are second to none in southern Shanxi in terms of land and population, and these two counties have the most bandits.
When the Hebei rebels marched westward, they spent a lot of time in these two counties. It was inevitable that the population of the two counties would be greatly reduced. This year, banditry has increased again.
The guards in the two places did not do much to suppress the bandits. They only focused on the battle in the north and made their own plans. In addition, there were too many civilians and soldiers deployed.
So this year’s autumn harvest, the harvest situation in these two counties is not very optimistic.
Therefore, Li Po strictly ordered everyone to pay attention to the autumn harvest, and also had to send troops to help these guys eliminate the banditry. The officials and generals of the two counties ate the food that was sent from Jiangjun one after another, and some people helped them to eliminate the bandits.
The headache of banditry is no longer in danger, and some people have even been promoted in official positions.
Everyone was secretly overjoyed and expressed their "gratitude" to this benevolent and slightly foolish new master.
But what they didn't know was that Li Po's cold gaze had been hovering over the two counties for a long time. The more difficult Li Po was, the deeper his hatred for the officials and generals of the two counties became.
By the time of the autumn harvest, the two counties were in chaos, and all kinds of weird things were happening one after another. In fact, a large-scale purge was destined to happen, it just mattered sooner or later.
In comparison, everywhere else is much calmer.
Wencheng and other counties in the northwest of Jiangjun are places deeply influenced by the Pei family of Hedong and the Wang family of Jinyang. They are separated by water from Bingzhou, close to Jiangjun, and have a large army on their side. Although there are more bandits in Luliang Mountain
, but it performed quite well during the autumn harvest.
After the autumn harvest, several county officials came to Jiangjun to pay homage to Li Po, showing their sincerity.
At this time, Li Po realized that his previous estimate was a bit biased, and the consequences of too rapid expansion did not seem to be that obvious.
There are all kinds of descendants in the Jin region. They only need to be distinguished. They are unreliable at critical times, but it doesn't hurt to use them on weekdays.
At the end of July, Li Po breathed a sigh of relief, as the autumn harvests were reported one after another. By the beginning of August, Li Po was almost certain that even if there were false reports, the worst result had not happened.
A certain amount of food has been harvested everywhere, and Li Tang has been quite effective in governing the land in the past two years. Even if a war affects the autumn harvest this year, apart from the soaring price of food, it will not make the people hungry.
At this time, Tang Envoy and his entourage finally arrived belatedly.
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