Although Han Shizhong is just a partial general, he is rare in the Western Army in terms of force and intelligence. He is now in his 30s and has not made any military exploits in these years. This is mainly because the Xixia people have hardly attacked in these years, so he has not made any meritorious service.
opportunity. Once given the opportunity, he will definitely become a famous general.
Zhong Shidao deeply understood this truth and had long treated Han Shizhong as a confidant, so he sent Han Shizhong to carry out this task.
"Don't worry, Commander, I will definitely kill this thief!" Han Shizhong knelt down without hesitation and said loudly.
"Okay! I'm very relieved about you. Today is New Year's Eve...you can set off tomorrow." Master Zhong said.
"Yes!" Han Shizhong took the order.
On the first day of the first lunar month, Han Shizhong ordered 1,000 elite soldiers and headed towards Liangshanbo.
On the same day, Wu Dong, Lin Chong, Wu Song and others took food, snacks, wine and vegetables from house to house to pay New Year greetings to the people.
When they heard that the people in front of them were the main leaders of Liangshan, the people all shed tears of gratitude. It was unbelievable.
In the past, whether it was when the imperial court or Tian Hu was around, how could an official pay homage to the people? Even if the people wanted to pay New Year greetings to an official, they might not be able to do so!
In the hearts of the people, such a leader is simply a Buddha in heaven. Bodhisattva descends to earth, and the legendary Yao, Shun, and Yu Tang are nothing more than that?
"I really don't want to eat the food and wine sent by the Governor. If it weren't for fear of spoilage, I would have kept them on the table for sacrifice." An old farmer said exaggeratedly.
"Liangshan is indeed very different from Tian Hu. This is true kindness to the people." Some poor students commented one after another.
The news of New Year's greetings quickly spread throughout Fenyang City. Originally, Wu Dong only visited a few houses. When he came out, there was already a sea of people outside. Seeing him kneeling down one after another, Wu Dong had to ask these people to get up.
After visiting many more families, I finally left.
In fact, in later generations, it was a very common thing for leaders to pay New Year greetings to ordinary people. Whether it was sincere or for show, there was no reason to stay at home during the New Year. Wu Dong came from later generations and naturally learned this skill well.
I didn't know that people in this era would be so grateful.
That night, Wu Dong and others spent the night in the military camp, making dumplings with the officers and soldiers in the military camp, and watching various entertainment activities together. The entertainment activities in the army were nothing more than martial arts competitions, etc., but they saw Yang Xiong show off his skills.
Wu Dong couldn't help laughing.
On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Yang Xiong led thousands of soldiers and horses and took Tian Hu's head to various counties to recruit enemy troops.
Tian Hu's territory includes five prefectures and fifty-six counties. Now Liangshan only occupies the land of five prefectures and not all fifty-six counties. However, there are almost no defenders in these fifty-six counties. The county magistrates of fifty-six counties
, the county lieutenant and others had long known about Tian Hu's murder, and during the Chinese New Year period they were all in panic, fearing that they would be attacked by Liangshan.
Some county magistrates and county captains have even made up their mind to go to Fenyang, Weisheng and other places to surrender on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, because in this era it is rare to use troops before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Ordinary government officials
There was no business to be done before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, so they set the time on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Unexpectedly, just after the New Year, and before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Liangshan's army had already arrived. Now these county magistrates and county lieutenants surrendered one after another. If I use one word to describe it, it would be "surrendering in the face of the wind."
Among the fifty-six counties, the only one with some strength is Zezhou County. Zezhou County still has thousands of defenders, tall city walls, and a lot of food and grass, but the general of Zezhou County has already learned about Tian Hu's death.
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Yang Xiong ordered someone to send Tian Hu's head over. After confirming that Tian Hu's head was real, they no longer had the slightest fighting spirit.
Tian Hu is already dead, who are they still fighting for? With just one county, what if they can defeat the five prefectures?
If you surrender early, you can still save your life... If you persist in resisting, I'm afraid there will only be death!
In just a few days, all fifty-six counties became Wu Dong's territory!
On the tenth day of the first lunar month, martial law was officially implemented.
Liangshan troops entered various counties. If the original county magistrates and county captains had some talent, they would continue to be hired. Those without talents would be sent home immediately. As for the countryside, Liangshan troops also entered. Township chiefs and deputy township chiefs were selected directly from the army.
Rule a territory.
Liangshan's trial system has also been implemented in these places, but the trial system here is somewhat different from the jury in Shuibo. All juries must have at least one military representative participating, and the military representative can veto all verdicts.
In addition, Liangshan began to implement the "New Military Law" in the land east of Hedong. The so-called "New Military Law" was actually a civil law that governed the people. It only simplified and changed the Song Dynasty Law, and imposed more severe punishments.
China has been a human society since ancient times, and human relationships are greater than legal principles. Especially in ancient times, when judging cases, we must not only pay attention to the law, but also pay attention to human ethics. Sometimes, even if people do not break the law, if they violate human ethics,
You may also be punished.
As for military law, the ancients paid attention to the principles that military law is like a mountain, military discipline is like a mountain, etc. Military law is impersonal. The famous generals in ancient legends often took advantage of their relatives, which is not uncommon at all.
The reason why Wu Dong named the civil law the "New Military Law" was, on the one hand, because of the current implementation of military control, and on the other hand, he hoped to cultivate the people's spirit of rule of law in the name of "military law". They knew that military law was like a mountain and would not violate the "New Military Law".
"Military Law", the spirit of the rule of law will naturally be deeply rooted in people's hearts. When military control ends in the future and the "New Military Law" is replaced by civil law, the spirit of the rule of law will continue to be passed down.
If it were in ordinary places, it would be difficult to implement these policies. But in the land east of Hedong, after years of destructive rule by Tian Hu, all forces have completely disappeared. Whether it is the gentry class in the city or the countryside
All the clan power has disappeared, and Liangshan now has no difficulty in implementing these policies.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Liangshan began to divide the fields.
Originally, there was a huge gap between the rich and the poor in the Song Dynasty, and almost all the land belonged to the landlords and gentry. When Tian Hu came to power, almost all the landlords and gentry were slaughtered, and all their lands became the private property of Tian Hu’s army. Liangshan now naturally
All this land was seized and then distributed to ordinary people.
Every common person can get five or six acres of land, and everyone is grateful... The only thing that disappoints them is that the ownership of the land still belongs to Liangshan. Only after they work for 20 years can the land truly belong to them.
In addition to land, Liangshan also provided a large number of seeds and agricultural tools.
30% of the people's annual harvest must be handed over to the Liangshan army to become military rations. After 20 years, when the land truly belongs to the people, they only need to pay 10% of the agricultural tax.
"Master Jun, I have something to ask." In the countryside of Fenyang City, when land was being divided, an old farmer suddenly spoke.
"What's the matter? Just ask," said Wu Chang, Liangshan, who was in charge of dividing the land.
"Master Jun, I heard that as long as you join the Liangshan Army, your family will get this land immediately, but is it true?" After the old farmer asked, he looked at the corps leader with eager eyes.
"Of course it's true." The corps commander nodded and said.
"Do you think I can join the army?" the old farmer asked hurriedly.
"You... are too old to do this," said the corporal commander.
"Ah...how old do you need to be?" the old farmer said unwillingly.
"Anyone over 16 years old or under 36 years old can join the army... I will be recruiting troops in Liangshan in a few days. You can all go and give it a try by then." Wu Zhang said.
Hearing this, the people around started talking hurriedly, and everyone decided to let the young people at home join the army... Now although Liangshan said that if they work for 20 years, the land will be theirs, but 20 years is really too long.
There are too many variables, who knows what will happen in the future? So everyone wants to let their family members join the army and obtain land ownership immediately.
At the end of the first month, Liangshan officially recruited troops. After many layers of selection, they finally got 50,000 recruits. In fact, they could have obtained more soldiers, but Hedong was exploited too much by Tian Hu. Now everything is waiting to be done, so we must
Leave enough strong men to do farm work, otherwise people will starve to death next year. After next year, the situation will improve, and we should be able to recruit more soldiers and horses by then.
It was already early February. Wu Dong and Lin Chong stood on the top of the mountain, watching the training of new recruits below. After a long time, Wu Dong said: "Brother, we must train them hard and use the most cruel means to train them.
Become an elite soldier as soon as possible! The imperial court will definitely not let us go. In a month or two at most, the imperial court will have a large army to encircle and suppress the land east of the river."
Lin Chong said: "Brother, don't worry, I can defend this place."
Wu Dong nodded and said: "That's good... By the way, Zhu Wu is very talented, you should listen to his opinions more... Also, I have left Yang Xiong, Shi Xiu, and Hu Yanzhuo for you to let them
Assist you."
Lin Chong said: "When you go to Goryeo, won't you take them with you? Goryeo will also have a war this year."
Wu Dong said: "There are Hua Rong, Yang Zhi, Ruan Xiaoqi, Luan Tingyu and others in Goryeo. Sanniang is also a master of military affairs. With these people here, it shouldn't be a problem."
Lin Chong nodded. He also knew that there were many generals and talents in the Goryeo War Zone, most of the governor's offices were in Goryeo, and most of the personnel of the Liangshan Military Aircraft Department were there, so he no longer refused and left Yang Xiong and others in Hedong.
"Aren't you going to meet Bi Sheng?" Lin Chong asked again.
"No need... Since he is unwilling to surrender, let him see if Liangshan can achieve great success in the future." Wu Dong laughed.
That Bi Sheng, even though he was Tong Guan's confidant, was very hard-boned. He had been captured by Liangshan for a long time. No matter how he was persuaded, he would not surrender. Even after Bi Sheng's family was brought here, he still would not surrender.
Liangshan had no choice but to put him under house arrest in Shanxi.
"Tomorrow I will leave Hedong and return to Goryeo! I will preside over the Goryeo war! It's time for Goryeo to have a real war!" Wu Dong made up his mind and said.