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- Update time: 2013-03-31
After learning about the situation in Huaiyin City, Zhao Xun personally led the guard battalion and rushed all the way to Huaiyin City. Three days later, Zhao Xun crossed the boundary of Quyang City and entered the counties surrounding Huaiyin City. appear in the places where these events occur.
??Xiushan County, the westernmost county, is the closest to Quyang City. Xishan Town is a suburban town in the west of Jiushan County. When Zhao Xun rushed here, the Yanzhou Army was already here to arrange funeral arrangements.
From a distance, you can see a town that has been burned down to the ruins of the town. From a distance, it is dark, and an unpleasant burnt smell reaches your nose. And outside the ruined town, shabby shacks were scattered all over the roadside. It looked like there were hundreds of them! These shacks were obviously just built. They were all short and crude, with drafts coming from all sides.
A group of soldiers from the Yanzhou Army were clearing the ruins, moving the burned broken wood, bricks and stones outside the town, and clearing the streets. Many townspeople were also working together, and some women and children were watching. He looked at his burned home in a daze, and cried loudly.
There is a gloomy and gloomy atmosphere.
Hearing the sound of horse hoofbeats, everyone turned around. As soon as they saw that their own officers were coming, the soldiers of the Yanzhou Army immediately gathered. The people's faces showed fear instinctively, and then the Yanzhou soldiers told them that they were coming. Our Yanzhou Army Commander-in-Chief has arrived.
"Which department are you from? Why do you only order so many people?" Zhao Xun turned over and dismounted, with a stern and steady expression on his face.
The officer said solemnly: "Reporting to the Governor, my subordinates are from the 1st, 3rd and 5th Battalions of the Left Guard Army. The reason why there is only one team of manpower is because the general has assigned to various counties and there are not enough manpower. Therefore, in this small town, That¡¯s why.¡±
"That's it!" Zhao Xun nodded slightly, understanding the problem. The six county towns are the most serious places. In addition, Huaiyin City must be garrisoned.
¡°What¡¯s the current situation in Huaiyin City and the six surrounding counties?¡± Zhao Xun asked again.
The leader of the team reported back: "The Qi army acted recklessly in the six counties and nearby towns and villages, committing rape, adultery, kidnapping, and plundering, and committed all kinds of evil. The young and middle-aged people in the six counties and counties were all driven to Huaiyin City and attacked and died. Most of the remaining old, weak, women and children were killed and injured, and very few escaped. All the money, food and grass in the people's homes were taken away by the Qi army. "
"General Wei Dong sent people to disperse the counties, settle the people, and collect the corpses. In addition, people from the Xuzhou Army also rushed outside Huaiyin City and asked us to push out Huaiyin City and give it to them."
"Give it to them? Don't even think about it!" Zhao Xun snorted coldly, and then called the soldiers of the personal guard camp and ordered: "Immediately send an order to Feng Ziming of Xiangzhou Prefecture to mobilize the garrison in Yuzhou to come here. In addition, let the new army recruit 10,000 new soldiers to serve as the local garrison."
"Han Meng, let some of the guards battalion stay to assist them and arrange them into Jiushan County. From now on, let them settle in the county. Now, all counties are vacant, which is just a good place for them to settle together. ¡±
Looking at the people, who were mostly old, weak, women and children, Zhao Xun felt bitter in his heart. Looking at their ragged clothes and pitiful appearance, he couldn't help but feel some pity in his heart, and then comforted these people. .
After learning that the Commander-in-Chief of the Yanzhou Army had brought food to help them, these people were even more grateful and knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
When we arrived at the town, the town had basically been burned to rubble. There were broken walls and ruins everywhere, and there was not a single complete house left. It seems that it must be rebuilt.
And in the middle of the town, a blood-stained battlefield would appear from time to time. Within a radius of several hundred meters, there were blood stains everywhere, broken human bodies, broken spears and arrows, broken knives and broken swords.
?According to the people who escaped, this was the place where the Qi army massacred the local heroes. Here, these Qi troops have become robbers, simply breaking in and robbing property.
Not far away, Zhao Xun saw rows of corpses. Their corpses had been collected by the Yanzhou Army envoys and the people, and were already lined up, waiting to be disposed of. Fortunately, it is early spring and the time is short, so we are not afraid of rotting and causing plague.
¡°But you still have to settle down after all, don¡¯t you?
"Murong Cheng, you are too cruel!" The towns and villages near this county have been turned into ruins. What will the six county towns look like? There are tens of thousands of people living in every county. So, how many people will become unjust ghosts?
"Command the entire army to advance at full speed!" Zhao Xun ordered in a deep voice. Now, he still needs to go to Huaiyin City to deal with the problem with the Xuzhou Army.
When passing through Jiu Shan County, Zhao Xun saw Jiu Shan County, which had been turned into an empty city by the Qi army. Fortunately, the city was not completely burned to ruins. However, such a large city is almostThe empty city is really frightening. After explaining to the captain here, Zhao Xun rode towards Huaiyin City.
After a long time, Zhao Xun finally arrived at Huaiyin City and saw this important city in the southeast of Huaiyin Mansion.
Huaiyin City is seven feet high, six miles long and more than three miles wide. The city is high and the pool is thick. It is indeed an important place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. But now, the land within a radius of Huaiyin City has become pitted, with large and small holes made by catapults everywhere. The walls of Huaiyin City have also become somewhat broken and the color has become dark. This is rendered with human blood. Thousands of Yanzhou soldiers and some civilians were busy around here, transporting the ruins and debris from the city.
When entering Huaiyin City, the city was completely dark, and most of the buildings were burned to black ashes.
¡°I¡¯ve seen the Grand Governor!¡± Wei Dong came over after receiving the news as soon as he entered the city gate.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work! Let's talk about getting in and out." Zhao Xun said in a deep voice.
County government, the old county government and the garrison general's mansion were burned to ashes by the army. The current county government is just a temporary selection from the intact houses in the city.
"How many people are there in the city? How many soldiers?" As soon as he entered the county government office, Zhao Xun asked in a deep voice.
"The people here are those who escaped the disaster in the city and gathered from the surrounding villages and towns. There are about thirteen thousand people in total. If we wait a little longer, more people can gather from the surrounding villages and towns. As for the soldiers, the standard When I came here with the order, I only brought 8,000 soldiers, of which 3,000 were distributed in the six surrounding counties to deal with the aftermath. 5,000 were left here just in case." Wei Dong replied in a deep voice.
Zhao Xun nodded, very satisfied with Wei Dong's arrangement, "Yes, Xingui you left five thousand soldiers. This is probably the reason why the Xuzhou Army did not attack the city directly. I don't believe that these Xuzhou Army would be so weak as to send people to issue an ultimatum Let¡¯s leave immediately. By the way, where is the Xuzhou Army stationed now?¡±
"The Xuzhou Army mobilized 10,000 new troops this time and is now stationed in Suiling Mansion, a hundred miles away in the east. However, they have sent people to scold us several times for our occupation of Huaiyin Mansion."
"Don't worry about it. I have already sent people to Yuzhou to mobilize manpower. Now the Xuzhou Army is busy with the war in Yangzhou and has no time to take care of this place. They are not worried about Huaiyin Mansion now, but are worried about us attacking the other prefectures in Xuzhou from the flank. Don't forget , if we cross it, Xuzhou will be divided into two." Zhao Xun said softly.
"Therefore, you are right to show a tough attitude, so that they dare not take action here easily. Next time the Xuzhou Army comes, tell them that this place was taken from the Qi Army and has nothing to do with them. The Yanzhou Army We are allies with the Xuzhou Army, but we cannot seize spoils from our allies.¡±
A few days later, the baggage team transporting grain arrived in Huaiyin City. With the arrival of food and tens of thousands of baggage trains, the aftermath of Huaiyin City has sped up a lot. After some persuasion, people from Huaiyin City and the six surrounding counties began to gather in the county seat.
"Lord, as you expected, this time the Xuzhou Army came again to reprimand us for occupying their Huaiyin Mansion and asked us to leave. After the subordinates reprimanded, their attitude became much weaker. Not only did they not force us to leave, , Instead, we are asked to lead our troops to pursue Murong Cheng's troops who are heading south to Guangling." Wei Dong said with a smile on his face.
Zhao Xun gently tapped the table of the general's mansion with his fingers and said slowly: "Tell the other party that our army is busy dealing with the aftermath of the Huaiyin City incident. We have insufficient troops and insufficient food, grass and baggage, so we have no time to go south. However, we can reprimand Qi Jun for what he did in Huaiyin Mansion."
Leading the army into Xuzhou to attack Murong Cheng? I wouldn't be that stupid. Zhao Xun knew very well that most of the Xuzhou army was now marching towards Yangzhou to seize Yangzhou's foundation. If he goes south to Xuzhou, he will become a tool used by Li Chi to delay Murong Cheng. In the end, he and Murong Cheng fought to the death, but his Xuzhou Army made great profits in the rear.
The people of the Xuzhou Army already knew that the Commander-in-Chief of the Yanzhou Army was in Huaiyin City, but so what? They dare not fight against the Yanzhou Army at this time, otherwise, the enemies they will face are the Yanzhou Army and the Qi Army. And the appearance of the commander-in-chief of the Yanzhou Army in Huaiyin City does not mean that the Yanzhou Army has captured the Huaiyin Mansion? The envoy of the Xuzhou Army was very helpless and reasonable, but the other party ignored it and attacked forcefully. If we did not dare, we might not be able to withstand the other party. After all, there are only some garrison troops and new troops around Huaiyin Mansion now.
As Zhao Xun expected, Qi King Murong Cheng has now learned that the Xuzhou Army has captured half of Yangzhou. It was also because of this that he was determined to kill the people around Huaiyin City. He wanted to vent, and he wanted to vent to Xuzhou Jun. Xuzhou Jun must know that Qi Jun is not easy to move either.
After Murong Cheng solved Huaiyin City, he directly led his army southGo to Guangling Mansion. Wherever he went, anyone who stood in his way would be massacred. Five days after Zhao Xun entered Huaiyin City, he again received news that the Qi army massacred the people of Guangling Prefecture. There was nothing Zhao Xun could do about this. After all, this is the Qi army's operation in Xuzhou. Of course, Zhao Xun also hoped that Li Chi could fight to the death with Murong Cheng.
"My lord, killing like this will definitely ruin my lord's reputation. When the time comes, everyone in the world will be tired of it." Seeing that Murong Cheng let the siege soldiers slaughter the people wantonly and let them do whatever they wanted, Zhang Tu hurriedly tried to persuade him. For him, the massacre of Huaiyin City could be regarded as a deterrent to the Xuzhou Army. But if the massacre continues like this, it will inevitably lead to endless troubles.
At this moment, Murong Cheng was almost going crazy. He completely ignored Zhang Tu and others' persuasion, "Fame? What's the use of fame? Now, half of Yangzhou is occupied by that bastard Li Chi. What am I doing now?" There is nothing to worry about anymore. I just want to let them know that I am not very hot. Look, no one dared to stop us even after we passed through three cities." Murong Cheng said with a look of hatred on his face.
Zhang Tu said in a trembling voice: "My lord, although this can scare the enemy, it can make the enemy full of hatred and unite as one. In the past, the lord could order other princes to conquer Situ Lei, and even the Zhao army did not object to the lord. . Why is this? In addition to the fact that we are guilty of regicide, the Lord is the prince of the Yan Kingdom and is the most suitable person to inherit the throne. But now that the Lord is like this, everyone in the world. What do you think? Then, the prince's qualifications to inherit the throne are just but no one agrees. Then, it will not be a problem for the princes in the world to conquer him. Then, it will not be a problem for Situ Lei to establish a new king. , the princes follow suit, and the Lord has no advantage at all.¡±
Murong Cheng was slightly startled, and then said coldly: "Even so, now we can hardly keep our foundation, so what else can we talk about? Yangzhou was attacked by the Xuzhou Army, Yuzhou was also captured by the Yanzhou Army. And Jingzhou was captured by the Yanzhou Army. The traitor Tang Xian attacked. If we don't turn back quickly, not only will it be impossible to achieve what you said, but it will also be difficult to save the whole country."
"Damn it, the Yanzhou Army deserves to die, the Tang Army deserves to die, and the Xuzhou Army deserves to die even more! Only when the killing makes them afraid, will they know how powerful our Qi Army is."
Zhang Tu urged again: "But Lord, we have slaughtered three cities, and the shock effect is enough. Since there is no strong resistance here, why not loot their food and let them become refugees to feed the Xuzhou Army?" How about increasing the burden? This is much more effective than massacre."
Zhong Yan and others also tried hard to dissuade Murong Cheng from suspending his plan to massacre the city.
Although Murong Cheng hated the Xuzhou Army deeply, he was not unreasonable. Several massacres also washed away a lot of the anger in Murong Cheng's heart. In the end, they stopped massacring the city and instead looted food, allowing them to harm the Xuzhou army. Of course, wherever they went, local officials and defenders were still cleared away.
At this moment, Li Chi was shocked and angry. He was so shocked that the city of Huaiyin was completely slaughtered by the Qi army. Moreover, the Qi army's 150,000 troops had already reached Guangling Prefecture and might enter Jiangdu Prefecture or return to Yangzhou at any time. Northwest territory. What makes them angry is that the defenders of Guangling Mansion are unable to resist the crazy Qi army. Angryly, Huaiyin Mansion, an important place in the southwest of Xuzhou, was occupied by the Yanzhou Army. But there was nothing he could do about it and he did not dare to take action against the Yanzhou Army.
"Let the men and horses of Juling Prefecture withdraw, it is embarrassing to stay there! Let them rush to the east of Guangling Prefecture immediately to prevent the Qi army from entering Jiangdu Prefecture." After thinking about it, Li Chizhi gave up the action against the Yanzhou Army and concentrated on targeting Qi military.
"Grand Governor, if you move the army to the east of Guangling Mansion, won't it mean that the Qi army will move south? So, what about Yangzhou?" Li Fangzong, military counselor, asked in confusion.
Li Chi said in a dull voice: "I thought that the Qi army would fight against the Yanzhou army in Yuzhou. Who would have thought that Murong Cheng would give up the land of Yuzhou and fight to conquer the dangerous territory of Huaiyin Prefecture and move south. Now most of our army They are all in Yangzhou, and there are very few people left in the south of Xuzhou. Jiangdu Mansion is where our army connects the north and the south, and it is also where the frontline army stores food and grass. If there is a problem in Jiangdu Mansion, we will be divided into two parts. The frontline army is surrounded by enemy troops and has no way to retreat. If the Qi army retreats to Yangzhou, we can at least compete with it in the south. "
"So, wouldn't it mean that we can't easily occupy Yangzhou, or even expand further south?"
Li Chi said angrily: "It's not because the Yanzhou army doesn't cooperate. If they can join forces with the Huaiyin Mansion and trap the Qi army to death in Huaiyin Mansion, Yangzhou and even Jiaozhou in the southwest will be ours." It¡¯s a shame that the Yanzhou army sat and watched the Qi army go south, but occupied our Huaiyin mansion.¡±
In fact, Li Chi also knew in his heart that it was not impossible to work with the Yanzhou Army to take down the Qi Army. If they cooperated well and the Qi Army ran out of ammunition and food, they might be able to encircle and annihilate them.?. However, Li Chi didn't want to suffer too much loss in Huaiyin Mansion or let something unexpected happen in Yangzhou. Therefore, he wanted Qi Jun to fight head-on with the opponent. However, this Yanzhou Army is not a fool, so he naturally ignores it. As a result, the Yanzhou army occupied Huaiyin Mansion, but he fell into the anger of the Qi army and did not dare to take action easily.
Huaiyin City has now become a construction base, and everything is busy. As time went by, the city gradually gained some popularity, and many people were helping the Yanzhou soldiers to clear away the garbage in the city and renovate the buildings in the city. The black ruins in the city are also decreasing little by little.
"There are still too few people and there is no popularity!" Zhao Xun couldn't help but said in the general's mansion.
Feng Ziming, who had just arrived at Huaiyin City, smiled and said: "Your Majesty, it is very valuable to get Li Chi to back down and leave the Huaiyin Mansion alone. The population is too small, so we can move in part of it from Yuzhou. It's just right. The integration of the people of Yuzhou with this place will reduce their hostility towards us.¡±
"In addition, after such a killing by the Qi army, we have gained countless more fields in Huaiyin City and the surrounding six counties. In this way, we can also arrange for a large number of people to move in. So many fields cannot be left deserted. If we use these The land is a temptation, and the only thing we need is to build new houses. Besides, we also seized a lot of money in Yuzhou last time. , it¡¯s not like I can¡¯t afford it.¡±
Wei Dong also nodded and said: "I think it's okay, my subordinates. There are also tenants from the wealthy families in Huaipu City and Quyang City. They will have no problem letting them move here. In addition, we can also place some orders for merchants to let them move here." Transporting some supplies needed by the army will quickly make this place lively." - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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