Luoyang, the former Luoyang King's Palace, today the head of Zhao King's Head.
"The king, the Xuzhou branch of the Shadow Department came from information. Li Chi, Li Hao and his son were dead, and all Li Chi's direct descendants were destroyed. In addition, the Li clan members and the wealthy families involved were involved, totaling more than 3,000 people.
, These people were all executed together." The leader of the Shadow Department of Luoyang Branch reported to Zhao Xun about the battle situation of Zhao's army in Xuzhou.
Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "Who was the one who executed these people? We are ours?"
"It was the order issued by Li Zhe and Li Fangzong!"[
Zhao Xun nodded slightly and said, "Yes, our people must not do these things that are unfavorable to us. By the way, what is wrong with Emperor Yan from Youzhou City?"
"Report to the king, when Emperor Yan arrived in Youzhou City, he was placed in the side courtyard close to the prince's mansion by the princess. In addition to my Shadow Department being secretly supervised, the Security Department of the Inner Security System is also secretly supervising, and to the current location
, No abnormalities have been found yet."
The Defense Department was originally ranked alongside the Shadow Department, Hawkeye Department and the Supervision Department. However, Zhao Xun hid the Defense Department and the Supervision Department alone, becoming a shadow in the dark. Like the Hawkeye Department and the Shadow Department, it was directly under his jurisdiction.
It is not subordinate to other people and other systems, but it is also supervised by each other. It is responsible for internal counter-espionage, encircling internal security, and fully dealing with enemy spies, traitors, killers entering Zhao State. It is also responsible for the security of some people.
Defense and supervision matters.
Zhao Xun understood that it was normal that there was no reaction now. After all, the surrendered Emperor Yan had just arrived in Youzhou City, and he did not give any instructions. Who dared to approach it easily? Furthermore, in Youzhou City, Zhao Guozhi
Next, there are very few people who still think of Emperor Yan.
"When you send an order back, you just need to monitor it, don't disturb his life." Although you have to monitor some unstable factors, Zhao Xun did not intend to kill Emperor Yan. After all, Emperor Yan was just a child.
Afterwards, Zhao Xun learned about the information in various parts of Zhao State, the two states in the Western Regions, the Turkic tribes in the northern region, and other places. Overall, there was no major problem in Zhao State, and everything was moving forward steadily. The two states in the Western Regions,
They were also slowly integrating into the Great Zhao system. Local tyrants, private officials and horse thieves who flew everywhere, disappeared completely under the cleaning of the Zhao army.
After the shadow department chief reported the situation secretly, Situ Liang also walked in from outside with a look of joy.
"What? Is there any information coming from Xuzhou?" Zhao Xun asked with a smile.
Situ Liang said: "It's not just Xuzhou, but Jingbei to the south, but the situation has also begun to benefit us."
"General Li Huaiyuan of Xuzhou returns that now one-third of Xuzhou's territory is under our control, but the officials we sent from these areas have not arrived yet and need to urge the countries. The remaining areas, even if they have not fallen into me yet, have not yet fallen into my territory.
The hand of Da Zhao, however, would not be too strong to resist."
"Now, the Chu army in Xuzhou is already divided into pieces, and most of them have begun to contact General Li Huaiyuan and are willing to surrender to our army. The remaining part is afraid that they are reluctant to give up their power and want to be king and dominate the local area.
People are naturally vulnerable to our Zhao army. In general, there is no longer a place above the territory of Xuzhou that can compete with nearly 100,000 troops under Li Huaiyuan's troops."
"The Qi army did not move?" Zhao Xun asked with a smile.
Situ Liang said: "No, I guess the Qi army is also afraid of the military power of our army and dare not act rashly. Of course, this does not mean that there is nothing on the surface. As for whether there is something in secret, I am not sure about it. However, as long as the Qi army is not there
The army was dispatched on the surface, even if it did anything secretly, it would not have an immeasurable impact on the Xuzhou incident. The occupation of the land of Xuzhou by Zhao has become a fact that the law has changed."
"After we occupied Xuzhou, we bordered the Qi army in Yangzhou. Now, the mood of King Murong Cheng of Qi is absolutely unhappy. I think that from now on, King Murong Cheng of Qi will not easily participate in the alliance between the southern princes.
Otherwise, he would be attacked by our Da Zhao at any time. At least, he would not "interrupt" the hand when we attack Jingzhou and Xiyongzhou." Situ Liang said with a smile on his face.
Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "Maybe Murong Cheng won't, but there are still capable people under his command. How can he not see the cold lips and teeth? However, after we take Xuzhou, we can put pressure on the Qi army from the north. Murong Cheng
The strength of being able to take into account other princes is much smaller."
Situ Liang nodded and said, "What the king said is very much! After we took down this Xuzhou, we can restrain a great prince in the south and let the princes in the south unite together without any scruples. After we attacked Dong Yongzhou, they
The so-called alliance was formed quickly because Shu and Qi did not face our positive pressure. They did not have to worry about their direct losses at all, so they sent troops to confront us."
"But now, Shu may still be able to send troops to support the King of Hanzhong and Luoyang at any time as before, but Qi is afraid that it will no longer be jealous. As long as we station a large army in Xuzhou, the King of Qi will not want Qi except for not wanting Qi.
Yangzhou, the foundation of the country, wouldn’t dare to easily transfer Qi troops to the west.”
"Where is the Jingbei area to the south? Are the coalition forces still gathered in Nanyang Prefecture? Our army of Zhao has withdrawn many of them and is stationed in various places, without any threat. Can he still be able to Jingzhou?
Persist?" Zhao Xun said with a smile. The confrontation of more than 100,000 troops may not be too fatal to Zhao State, but it also increases the pressure. Otherwise, after the war in Xuzhou, Zhao Xun would not have gathered in the southern part of Henan Prefecture.
The army confronting the Jingbei coalition forces withdrew and arranged to garrison the place. Even Zhao Xun himself was unwilling to let more than 100,000 troops do so. Could the princes of the two countries in Jingbei persist in this way?
Situ Liang shook his head and smiled and said, "Most of the Jingbei coalition forces have also been withdrawn. After all, we are unwilling to hold a stalemate. How could the King of Hanzhong and Luoyang survive? If it weren't for the King of Qi and Shu who were killed by Hanzhong.
The king and the king of Luoyang forced a large number of money and food to support, but I am afraid that the Jingbei coalition forces would have collapsed long ago."[
"Now, the King of Hanzhong and the King of Luoyang have transferred their troops from Jingbei to various places and no longer stationed in Jingbei. In addition, the King of Hanzhong has also begun to transfer the King of the Focus. The King of Dong Yongzhou is lost, and the King of Xiyongzhou is not safe.
Come down. In addition, the last time my Great Zhao took advantage of the dispute between Zhao and Chu to raid Dong Yongzhou. King Situ Fei of Hanzhong had to worry, whether we would use the dispute between Zhao and Chu to raid Xiyongzhou again."
"It's good that the army will continue to be stalemate. Not only will it be uncomfortable in the south, but it is not a good thing for us." Zhao Xun said with a little satisfaction when he heard the situation in the south.
After a pause, Situ Liang slapped his high-high and said, "Uh, I almost forgot, General Li Huaiyuan asked for help from the lord."
Zhao Xun was slightly stunned and said in confusion: "Li Huaiyuan... Ask for help? Didn't you say that the battle in Xuzhou is a problem? Do you have any other conveniences?"
Situ Liang nodded and said, "It is true that it is not only General Li Huaiyuan seeks help, but also the newly sent civil servants also began to ask for help from us. In addition, the Secretariat of Youzhou City has begun to make corresponding decisions, but
These require your instructions from the king.”
Zhao Xun's face turned sarcastic and said in a deep voice: "Tell me!" Since it can make it difficult for local officials and central officials, including the head coach of the leading side, this is naturally not an ordinary thing.
Situ Liang listened carefully to the current situation in Xuzhou with Zhao Xun, and also explained the changes in Xuzhou over the past ten years. In the past ten years, Xuzhou's population has dropped sharply by 20%, among which,
Most of them are young and strong. Since then, after Li Chi in Xuzhou started his rebellion, he no longer received heavy taxes and oppression from the imperial court. However, the population has not only not increased, but has sharply decreased. This also shows that the frequent wars in Xuzhou have been in full swing in recent decades.
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Zhao Xun frowned and said, "I didn't expect that the situation in Xuzhou would be much more difficult than we expected. Let the Secretariat of the Central Secretariat send an order to Xuzhou for three years. In addition, let the Ministry of Revenue dispatch a batch of livestock to
Xuzhou is for the use of Xuzhou people to cultivate fields. As for Xuzhou's measurement of land and allocate fertile land, the local government is responsible for it. By the way, Li Huaiyuan also sent an order to cooperate with the local government and ask him to cooperate with the local government.
All the administrative and gentry in various places will be killed without any slightest refusal. Taking advantage of this Xuzhou chaos, we can let the Chu army in Xuzhou act in front of us.”
"It is normal for several wealthy families to be killed and injured in the 'rugged' army. Once the emperor and his ministers are now in charge of our Zhao State. Everyone in Xuzhou must follow the rules of our Zhao State.
By the way, Li Huaiyuan should also be careful of the Qi army in Yangzhou. Although the Qi army will not send troops to Xuzhou, it cannot underestimate the Qi army to make small moves in Xuzhou. When necessary, it can make a trend of a large army from Xuzhou to the south, and give
Murong came with a little pressure.”
"It is said that since Emperor Yan surrendered, Murong Cheng took the banner of Da Yan and also gathered many ministers of Da Yan. No matter how he did it, his strength was the most important thing."
Situ Liang said disdainfully: "Old minister of Dayan? Now people with a better vision understand that it is already the general trend for our country of Zhao to sweep the world. Most of the people who were attracted by Murong Cheng's banner have low talents, but they are also
I couldn't bear to give up my official positions and treatments during the Great Yan period, and Murong Cheng set up a banner and they naturally left. In the past, Emperor Yan had no power, and he was surrounded by old ministers in Da Yan, so many ministers in Da Yan did not all rely on Yan.
Under the Emperor's command."
"But now, the King of Qi has military power and territory, and is completely a prince. The remaining old ministers of Dayan have all run to Murong Cheng's command. If they were really for Dayan, they would not have been in vain at the beginning.
Many of them even live at home in various places, but come directly to Luoyang to serve Emperor Yan."
"Murrong Cheng brought these old ministers in Dayan to the point where he could increase his strength and avoid being short of talent, but these old ministers in Dayan also had disputes with the officials of the Qi army and fought for the strong.
Victory is inevitable.”
"Let's ignore the Qi army for now. I think they dare not march towards Xuzhou easily. In addition, they traded with the Turkic tribes in the east, and exchanged food for livestock and slaves. In addition to livestock, slaves were also taken to Xuzhou and began to build Xuzhou Chi.
The same is true for the Western Regions, allowing our people to enter the Wusun Kingdom and plunder the population of the Wusun Kingdom as slaves to support the construction of Xuzhou."
"In addition, continue to increase the chamber of commerce holding slave captive teams, so that they can go north to the western Turks, or go west to the Wusun Kingdom, and plunder. Whether it is population or property, they are all things that can be plundered. As at the beginning,
All slave capturing teams are owned by half and half are owned by caravans. The troops in border areas can provide them with intelligence and necessary security protection." Zhao Xun continued to order.
Situ Liang frowned slightly and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, if these slave capturing teams continue to do good things with their force, or collude with local governments and border troops, then..."
"I will order the Shadow Department and the Hawkeye Department to monitor their every move, but those who act illegally will confiscate their homes and destroy the three tribes. I will give them a chance to make a fortune, but if anyone does not know how to cherish it, then they can only
The consequences of letting them do something wrong. In addition, the border army has a round-robin change system, which needs to be worried. In addition, once all officers and generals investigate and punish collude with these people and seek illegal benefits, they will kill them and destroy the three tribes."
Seeing Zhao Xun say this, Situ Liang didn't continue to worry about anything. Even the Shadow Department and the Hawkeye Department were dispatched, so these people would not have any too much contact with the border troops. In addition, the rotation of the armies of each army was the officer's
Rotation will avoid some problems. In addition, within Zhao State, the largest army organization is only one town, two bowls of five thousand people. The problem of one person and one officer will not have much impact on Zhao State at all.
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Since then, the Zhao army and the Chu army began to formally fight, the confrontation between the land of East Yongzhou and the land of Jingbei in the south began to slow down. First, the Zhao army began to reduce the troops that confronted the Jingbei coalition forces in the southern part of Henan Prefecture, and
Among the coalition forces, after finding out that the Zhao army was really fighting with the Chu army, the King of Hanzhong and Luoyang also reduced the army one after another. After all, it was not easy to keep them from spending more than 100,000 troops. Even if there was Shu
The king and the king of Qi supported him, but the vast majority still had to bear the responsibility for it themselves.
The King of Hanzhong was even more worried about the security of Xiyongzhou, so after the Zhao army began to withdraw his troops, he discussed with the King of Luoyang and began to withdraw his troops. Then, the King of Hanzhong went to Chang'an and personally did not know about the defense affairs of Xiyongzhou.
For the Zhao army, although the east Yongzhou is close to the north of Jingbei, it has also begun to be close to the south of Jingnan and Yangzhou in southern Yuzhou, the east is Yuzhou and Yanzhou respectively, and to the north are Jizhou and Bingzhou. The entire training is
Zhao Xun was not worried about the safety of Dong Yongzhou. Therefore, except for some stationed in Luoyang and the prefectures of Dong Yongzhou, the rest of the other places were Bingzhou, Yuzhou and Yanzhou, especially Yanzhou, which has now become
The Zhao army's defensive front.
The southwest of Yuzhou is Yangzhou and the southeast of Jingzhou is Jingzhou. It not only puts pressure on the Qi army, but also threatens Jingzhou from the flanks and protects Dong Yongzhou and Luoyang. Therefore, the number of troops garrisons in Dong Yongzhou has decreased, but it did not put Dong Yongzhou in danger.
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"Your Majesty, the envoy of the Luoyang King has come to Luoyang." On this day, Situ Liang reported a situation that made him feel a little strange.
"The envoy of the King of Luoyang? How could he send an envoy here? I took his land in Dongyongzhou, took down his lair, and even his family... was it because of his family?" Zhao Xun said in surprise.
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Situ Liang smiled and said, "The king guessed well. The envoy of the King of Luoyang came here and had this intention. In addition, he also came to discuss peace."
"So...so, you go and see what they are doing? If you discuss peace, we can promise them. After all, we are also willing to go south to Jingzhou now. At least, we will not go south immediately in the short term.
Now Jingzhou in the south is preparing to resist us, and the Shu army and Qi army have not continued to fight. Therefore, when going south at this moment, it will inevitably cause a full-scale counterattack from the princes in the south. Even the Qi army will go out to fight us.
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Situ Liang nodded and said, "I understand, what if the King of Luoyang asked us for their family?"
Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "What do you think should be dealt with?"
Situ Liang said in a deep voice: "The family of Luoyang King does not have much effect on us. It would be better to return it to the Luoyang King. In this way, it may also make other princes suspect that the Luoyang King sent people this time.
Do we have other secret connections with us to achieve the point of differentiating them? In addition, this time we sell one to the Luoyang King. Now the Luoyang King is already setting in the west. In the future, we will go south to attack Jingzhou, and maybe we can do so.
And he said to surrender to him. As the king said in the past, children have a long love and heroes are short of their temper. A prince who does not care about the loss of his jurisdiction, loses his troops and generals, and cares about his family is often not a qualified prince."
Zhao Xun nodded and said, "What you said is reasonable. Even if you cannot surrender in the future, you will not let him resist the death because we killed his family. Okay, then do as you said.
Well, this envoy of the Luoyang King will be held responsible for you. As for peace talks, there is no problem. This is what we want now. The land of Dong Yongzhou should focus on resumption and development. Large troops gather here to face Dong Yongzhou.
It is not good, and we have transferred half of the military force to Yuzhou in the west, peace talks are also good for us."
Zhao Xun captured the Luoyang Wang's family who failed to escape from Luoyang, and did not make things difficult for them. He originally left them in Luoyang, but Zhao Xun had hardly paid attention to them. Now, he also took this opportunity to let them leave. What does Luoyang Wang say?
It is also considered a prince in the country, and Zhao Xun is not willing to make things difficult for his family.
Situ Liang also made a brief secret discussion with the envoy of the Luoyang King, and then returned the family of the Luoyang King. Of course, Situ Liang also made people deliberately discuss the envoy of the Luoyang King with Zhao State.
, and received the news that the family members captured by Zhao's army were brought back, which quietly reached the ears of the King of Shu and Qi army among the Jingbei coalition. For Situ Liang, no matter whether this was useful or not, he would set it up first, maybe