Chapter five hundred and twentieth eight reasons for invincibility
What words can I teach you?
Liu Xiang sneered. At this time, are you still thinking about negotiating terms? The morale of the defenders was low. It could be seen at a glance that as long as they launched an attack, the city would be broken immediately.
What qualifications do you have to negotiate conditions?
"Kaicheng surrenders and I will spare your life."
It is impossible to get an official position and make a wish. Survival is the biggest bargaining chip.
"The people in the city are innocent. Can Your Majesty let them go?" It is pure nonsense to say that Deng was concerned about the people. He said this just to give a good impression to the young men in the city and the emperor outside the city, so as not to be executed.
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"I, the military law is strict, and my soldiers never harass the people. There is no need for you to complain about this. Open the city gate, go out and disarm, and you will not die. Otherwise, the army will attack the city and beat it to pieces!"
Liu Xiang's tone was non-negotiable. He was now ready to win a big victory and force the defenders to surrender. The tougher you are, the more afraid they will be.
Does Deng Dang dare to fight? Of course he doesn't.
Do the defenders of Shu County dare to resist? They don't dare either.
Therefore, leaving the city to surrender and save your life is the only option.
The process went smoothly. More than 20,000 prisoners were added to the four forts surrounding the city. The bandit prisoners who had just been reorganized a few days ago now became the main force guarding the prisoners.
They originally came to support Shu County.
The situation in life is so wonderful.
The captured camp was moved into the city to take over the city's defense, mainly to prevent the granary from being destroyed. Shu County is a major grain-producing county. This season's new grain has just been put into the warehouse and has not had time to be transported away. It is just used as military ration to support the subsequent battle against Yangzhou.
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Liu Xiang did not enter the city.
The main force of the Forbidden Army is still chasing the defeated soldiers, and the battle is not over yet. As the commander, he does not want to leave the battlefield.
There are many trivial things. Fortunately, the middle and lower-level officers of the Forbidden Army have been trained to take care of some prisoners without any problems. Most of the veterans also know a lot of words, and simple arithmetic and recording are not a problem for them.
Literacy has been promoted in the military for many years. Most of the soldiers in the Anping Army can calculate their own military pay, can write down military regulations, and many can recite a thousand-character text. There is no problem if they are released and become the enlightenment teachers of the township.
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It is not difficult for them to register the prisoners and count the weapons collected.
They captured in front and recorded in the back. They were busy until nightfall. The cavalry chased them for twenty miles before withdrawing their troops and returning to camp.
In total, more than 65,000 people were captured inside and outside the city.
Killed more than 6,000 enemy troops, captured more than 40,000 swords, more than 50,000 spears and halberds, 8,000 long bows, 3,000 iron shields, wooden shields that could not be closed in time, 80 war horses, and 200 pack horses.
There are more than 1,800 large livestock such as horses, oxen, and donkeys, more than 4,000 large and small vehicles, and more than 80,000 stones of grain and grass.
The city has a grain inventory of 1.18 million shi.
Liu Xiang was dissatisfied with this figure. There were many fields in Shu County. The county's yellow records could not be trusted for the exact number, but he estimated that it would be no less than 30,000 hectares, and the grain output per season would not be less than 9 million shi.
Lujiang did not abolish oral taxes, calculated taxes and other exorbitant taxes.
In Yangzhou, where the currency system was corrupt, the bulk of taxes paid was on grain.
The grain stored in the granary is too little.
It seems that those wealthy and powerful families, large and small, are very serious in tax evasion.
Liu Xiang felt that they needed education.
Of course, there is no need to rush this matter. First, we need to figure out the prisoners and smooth out the military affairs. Then the rest will naturally fall into place.
The next day, the busy selection of prisoners began.
After arriving in Shu County, they fought two battles and captured a total of 81,000 people. After eliminating all the powerful children of the aristocratic families, more than 76,000 people were left.
He promised that after the war was over, he would give them fields and land, and people's hearts immediately came to him.
Using farmland to win over the people at the bottom was a good way for Liu Xiang to try his best. He was able to reach this point because of the people in Guizhou who didn't even have enough to eat, who raised him up.
These people are illiterate and uneducated. They don't know anything about the articles of saints or the strategies of war. However, they can distinguish who is good to them and they repay their kindness.
They are the greatest force in this world.
The aristocratic family has been passed down for many years, has mastered such profound knowledge, and produced many famous people with amazing talents.
How much land did the tyrants occupy, how much wealth they accumulated, how much prestige they had, and how many private soldiers they had under their command.
How many branches do clan thieves have, and how many people can they win over?
These are nothing in front of the people at the bottom whose unit of measurement is tens of millions.
It's just that they don't know how powerful they are, so they allow so many monsters and monsters to force them to have enough to eat, sell their sons and daughters, and become slaves.
Of course Liu Xiang would not engage in any messy doctrines or movements, which were impractical. The productive forces of the Han Dynasty could not compete with the social structures of modern times.
You will eat what you plant, and if you take a big step forward, it will be easy for you to miss the mark.
He just has a little more knowledge than people of this era, understands the power of the people better, is better able to mobilize this power, and is willing to give back to the people.
That's all!
In fact, he does not have a wise and evil strategy, nor does he have a city with a heart as deep as the sea. The reason why he is victorious in every battle is because he has distributed the interests to the people under his command from the beginning and formed a community of interests, so
The soldiers selected from these common people were all brave and fearless of death.
They fought for Liu Xiang and also fought for themselves.
Just like this, he won one battle after another, and slowly became an elite in all battles.
This is the reason why the Anping Army is invincible.
Liu Xiang had a clear understanding of this.
Allocating land to the common people, seizing profits from powerful families, and then distributing them to the common people is his foundation and the path he has always followed.
Even after he became the emperor, he never stopped.
He is not afraid of rebellion from powerful families, he has the strongest backing.
"Zilong is afraid that his combat power will be weak?" Liu Xiang stood on the city wall, looking at the various camps outside the city where soldiers were being selected. He turned to Zhao Yun and said, "These people will become my strength. How many soldiers do you want?
I can raise as many troops as I can."
Zhao Yunxin said this, because he has experienced this kind of thing. He raised tens of thousands of troops in one or two months. His Majesty did it when he was a teenager.
So he answered very seriously: "I will go wherever your majesty goes. I will not agree to your majesty's idea of going north with only the cavalry."
Liu Xiang curled his lips, that's what his confidant was bad at, he knew himself too well.
Shuxian County is more than 300 miles away from the Huai River defense line. Cavalry harassment is the fastest way to attack. With infantry, the march alone will take eight or nine days. You can't move flexibly and quickly, so you can only fight step by step.
"Choose 26,000 soldiers. Leave Gao Shun to lead the enemy camp and 10,000 new soldiers to garrison Shu County. Transfer half of the Jinwu Guards to take charge of the rest of the new soldiers. Follow me north. The remaining 50,000 people will serve as civilian husbands.
, start building the parts of the ship and pontoon now to facilitate the subsequent cross-river operation. You will arrange this matter."
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"I heard that there are two great talents in the city, named Zhou Yu and Lu Su. They will be brought to see me tomorrow."