In Yanju Prefecture, the former Canglong Flag has been removed, and now the Flame Qilin Flag is hoisted in the entire seven counties of Yanju Prefecture. This also declares that from now on, Yanju Mansion no longer belongs to the Yong Army, but to the Zhao Army.
In Yanju City, in the streets and alleys, soldiers wearing armor were patrolling the streets. Are there any ruffians who were pulled out by the soldiers, leaving behind waves of begging for mercy?
Speaking of which, the Yanju Mansion was able to be won so smoothly, which was beyond the expectations of Li Chenfeng, the head coach of the Northern Route Army. I originally thought there would be a hard battle here, but who would have thought that the entire Yanju Mansion was captured without a single blow.
After questioning the four surrendered generals, I realized that the surrender of these people also had a great relationship with Xu Ye. It turned out that since Situ Fei transferred Xu Ye from the Left Guard Army, he began to add sand to the army, hoping to use the 20,000 soldiers as his own.
It has to be said that among the current Liangzhou army, only the left guard trained by Xu Ye is the most elite. In addition to the fact that a large part of the left guards are veterans in the past and can now rely on Xu Ye, it is also related to Xu Ye's strict training and Xu Ye's ability. When Xu Ye learned that Situ Lei wanted to attract the countries from the Western Regions to enter, he was determined to join the Zhao army. Therefore, he also took advantage of the situation and gave some hints to his former troops. The result was that the 20,000-strong army surrendered directly to the city. The Zhao army took over the important land in the north without even using a single soldier.
"General Xu is really powerful, no wonder he is valued by the lord." Yang Wangqing, the military envoy accompanying Li Chenfeng this time, sighed.
"This is good news. I originally thought we were going to fight hard here. Unexpectedly, the most powerful team in the Liangzhou Army has become ours. Now, we are sending it to the west. The more than 15,000 brothers here will have no worries," Li Chenfeng said with a smile.
Yang Wangqing also nodded and said: "Originally, this place was to support the operations in the west, and at the same time, it was to suppress the Liangzhou Army in the east and south of Liangzhou, forcing it not to be connected to the west. Now it seems that this goal has been completed better than expected. It¡¯s better. Next, we have to expand our results.¡±
Li Chenfeng said: "To the west or to the south? There are other things in this place that require the Secretary of State to send people immediately. I thought it would take more than ten days to take over, but now" The army is mainly engaged in war, and for management Naturally, they are not good at local people's livelihood. Not only that, once military control lasts too long, it will definitely be of no benefit to the local area.
Yang Wangqing said: "I have already sent people to report to the rear. There should not be any big problems with matters above government affairs. Now, what we need to do is to hand over the 20,000 surrendered soldiers to the new army camp and let them select them. Train and then make arrangements. Secondly, if we take this place, the Liangzhou Army will definitely get the news. The next step is to block the Liangzhou Army's attack. However, this is not difficult for us. After all, we are here. Already connected with Xiazhou.¡±
"Detach a part of the troops to march west, join up with the cavalry, and then immediately rectify the three northwest prefectures and turn them into our stable rear. According to Mr. Wei Zilin, in the territory of these three prefectures, there are horse thieves and powerful landlords. But there are many, and it would be a good thing for us to deal with them as soon as possible.¡±
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At the same time that Li Chenfeng invaded Yanju Mansion, Xue Qinglan and Wei Zilin led more than 15,000 cavalry from the northern Turkic grasslands and entered the area between northwest Dunhuang and Yiwu. Xu Ye, who had gone to hunt down the bandits earlier, was already waiting here.
"General Xu, we meet again! How is the situation?"
Xu Ye said: "Although I am nominally the Zuowei general guarding the three prefectures in the northwest, in fact, I can only be in charge of Yiwu and Dunhuang prefectures, and I do not have the troops to guard the place. As for Jiuquan Prefecture, It is controlled by Situ Fei's people, not only to suppress me, but also because this is the only relatively wealthy place among the three northwest prefectures. Of course, this wealth only refers to among the three northwest prefectures. middle."
"I have more than 10,000 soldiers under my command, but except for 1,000 who are government troops, the rest are all local warriors that I personally recruited. These soldiers are all forced to live by Gaochang and other countries, local tyrants, and horse thieves. The people are not strong in fighting ability, but they don¡¯t have any good impressions of the current Liangzhou government.¡±
"After learning that these three prefectures may become the playground for their former enemies and the future situation of the Zhao army, these ten thousand soldiers are willing to surrender to King Zhao with me. Now, Yiwu and Dunhuang have been captured by me Of course, I was originally in charge of it, but I couldn¡¯t take over the place of Jiuquan. The civil and military officials here are all Situ Fei¡¯s cronies, and they deliberately blocked me.¡±
Wei Zilin and Qin Daolin looked at each other and smiled and said, "In this case, General Xu has made a great contribution."??Now, we immediately capture Jiuquan as a channel to intercept the westward advance of the Liangzhou Army. However, I think the Liangzhou army no longer has the energy to focus on us. Now our Zhao army is dispatched from the north and east of Liangzhou respectively, approaching the central part of Liangzhou. Even if Situ Fei learns about the situation here, they will not send too many troops here. "
Hearing this, Xu Ye said happily: "In this way, we will have no problem here. However, just in case, it is better to take over the land of Sanfu as soon as possible and rectify the place. Otherwise, the powerful people in this place may become our obstacle."
Wei Zilin said solemnly: "In that case, let's do it. General Xu sent people to guide General Xue's soldiers to capture Jiuquan as quickly as possible. And I, together with General Xu, began to comprehensively rectify the three palaces. Land. I want to see how powerful these three mansions are." As he said this, evil spirits flashed in his eyes.
It was late at night, dark clouds were rolling in the night sky, the faint moonlight was gradually covered by dark clouds, and the fields were pitch black.
At the foot of the Yanshou City wall of Jiuquan Prefecture, a dozen black figures suddenly appeared. Standing in a blind spot that could not be covered by the sight of the patrols guarding the city, they threw a four- to five-meter-long rope toward the top of the city. Then they heard a soft sound of Gaden, and the black shadow immediately clung to the corner of the wall. The howling autumn wind in the northwest covered up the slight sound.
There was no movement on the top of the city. After waiting for a moment, the dozen black figures suddenly exerted their strength at the same time. They stepped on the wall like apes and nimbly climbed toward the top of the city. These people, all covered in gray linen clothes, clung to the wall, almost blending into the city wall. A group of patrols passed by, and the black shadow immediately stopped climbing.
"I heard that Zhao Jun has captured Yanju Mansion. I wonder what the situation is now?" A soldier muttered as he walked.
"Is this matter something that your kid can handle? Don't meddle in other people's business. Adults have their own opinions. Besides, Zhao Jun hasn't reached us yet."
"Brother Hu, Yanju Mansion is located to the west of us. Zhao Jun occupied Yanju Mansion, which completely cut off us from the eastern part of Liangzhou. Now, we have the three prefectures to the west plus Ganzhou Mansion and Ganzhou Mansion to the south. Suzhou Prefecture has become the target of Zhao Jun's attack. If Zhao Jun comes here, how can we stop it? They are new recruits who have never seen blood, and it is difficult for the government to resist them. Brother Hu, didn¡¯t you see that the faces of the adults are all pale and pale I¡¯m afraid"
"Why, are you afraid? What are you afraid of? This place is located in the middle of Jiuquan. There will definitely be news about the Zhao army's attack. Besides, there are two thousand soldiers in the city, and another three thousand young men have been recruited. They are guarding according to reports. We can't wait until Xu General's support? Also, don't talk nonsense anymore, or you will lose your head. These things have nothing to do with us, just do whatever you need to do" Several patrol soldiers left muttering!
The black shadow moved and started climbing up the rock again. After a while, these dozen black figures jumped onto the top of the city. Immediately, dozens more black figures climbed up under the cover of the dozen or so people previously.
"Let's go, open the car door immediately and let the army enter the city!" A person ordered in a deep voice. Suddenly, nearly a hundred people immediately went down the city wall. However, as soon as they passed the corner, they saw a group of Yanshou City patrol soldiers approaching.
The distance between the two sides was only a dozen steps, and there were about forty or fifty patrol soldiers. When they saw the man in gray, they were also startled. Just about to shout. But when they saw these men in gray escaping from their snow cloaks, they took out a crossbow machine and aimed it at the patrolling soldiers. It was a burst of fierce crossbow arrows, and screams echoed in the night sky
In the dark night, the screams were faintly visible, like ghosts crying and wolves howling.
At a distance of twenty steps, the crossbow arrows were so powerful that they could penetrate armor and directly take lives. The most terrible thing. The opponent had more men than the patrols, and their attack was steady and ruthless. All the forty or fifty patrols were soon killed
However, their death screams also alarmed the soldiers on the city gate tower. When you see this scene. He was startled for a moment, then immediately shouted in terror: "The enemy is attacking, there is an enemy attacking"
"Exposed? Forget it, follow me!" One person's expression remained unchanged, he snorted coldly, and rushed towards the city gate tower with a crossbow in one hand and a sword in the other.
An officer dressed as a city gate officer ran forward with weapons in hand, "Don't panic, there are few of them, kill them, kill them!" This shout immediately made the panicked city defenders react, holding weapons in hand. He rushed towards those people.
The leader gave a cold shout, strode forward, waved the horizontal knife with his finger at the oncoming enemy, and at the same time, the crossbow arrow with his finger shot down a defender not far away.
"Dangdang" There were two crisp sounds, and two sparks flew up. The man in gray split the spear coming from the opposite side like lightning, and then he was as fast asThe lightning pierced out as fast as it swiped, and with an afterimage, it penetrated the chest of a soldier with a pop. There was no movement on his part to pull it out. His feet were as fast as flying as he passed by the other person. With a light touch of his backhand, he rushed past him.
"Pfft" A slight blood mark appeared on the soldier's neck, and blood mist spurted out.
"The soldiers of Zhao are here. Anyone who dares to stop them will be killed!" At the end, the man in gray shouted loudly. The horizontal knife in his hand brought out a gleam of cold light, and appeared in the crowd one after another, sometimes stabbing straight, sometimes with an arc. Wherever it went, it was like entering an uninhabited land, only to kill the city defenders with their flesh and blood flying everywhere, and rats running away with their heads in their hands. .
It has to be said that these defenders are indeed vulnerable. However, they are not veterans who have been on the battlefield. Among the old soldiers of the Liangzhou Army, in the battles between the Yong Army in recent years, seven or eighty-eight soldiers were transferred, and almost nothing was left.
Nearly a hundred people, nearly a hundred horizontal knives, each with a flash of cold light, slashing left and right, but killed the 200 defenders and fled in all directions, making it impossible to resist. The main reason is that these defenders heard that it was Zhao's soldiers who were attacking. How could they still have the heart to resist?
"Li You, open the city gate quickly and release the Ming Dy!"
¡°Crack, creak, creak¡¡± The city gate was slowly opened. Then, a man took out a thunderous arrow from his waist. The ear-piercing roar echoed at the top of the city.
With the sound of Naruto, the dark distant distance outside the city suddenly sounded. In an instant, the rumbling sound became louder and louder, and a fire dragon approached from a distance.
The fire dragon gradually approached, and the soldiers on both sides around the city gate discovered that the ones coming to kill turned out to be more than a thousand cavalry. The speed of the cavalry was so fast. In an instant, the leader raised his sword and shouted: "The cavalry of Zhao are invincible in the world! Charge in"
In an instant, shouts of killing were heard everywhere, and Zhao Jun¡¯s cavalry rushed towards the city gate.
The defenders quickly stopped the resistance, but at this moment, they heard one of the cavalry leaders yell: "I am under the command of General Zuo Wei. General Zuo has surrendered to the Zhao army. Now, put down your weapons and immediately Surrender. Otherwise, if the army enters the city, you will all die."
Xu Ye, General of the Left Guard Army? Surrendered to Zhao Jun? This the nearly a thousand city defenders who came after hearing the news couldn't help but be startled.
The leader rushed into the city gate, rode his horse to station, and shouted sternly: "I am the captain of the second town cavalry battalion under the command of King Zhao. If you don't surrender, when will you wait? Do you want to die?"
"Zhao Jun? It's really Zhao Jun who's coming!" Looking at the flaming unicorn flag, the faces of the defending officers changed drastically. The surrounding defenders also looked at each other in confusion, and all looked at their chief officer. beat? Still not fighting?
"I surrender!" Suddenly, a man threw down his weapon and said loudly. Immediately, he turned around and shouted, "Brothers, General Xu, the general of the left guard army in the west, and more than ten thousand soldiers under his command have surrendered to Zhao. How can we, thousands of people, fight against the Zhao army? Surrender!" This person was placed under Xu Ye's command in this city, and today, he finally had an effect.
Several officers looked at each other in confusion. For a moment, they all dropped their weapons and bowed their heads. And the hundreds of defenders threw away their weapons and shouted loudly: "We are willing to surrender! We are willing to surrender!"
"Very good, all surrendered soldiers will wait for orders here immediately. The first sentry will stay to deal with the aftermath. The rest of the brothers will follow me to kill. Yanshou City will be ours from tonight." The camp captain said with a smile.
A battle only lasts as long as a stick of incense. In just a short moment, the flag of Zhao Jun was hung over Yanshou City. On the street, Zhao Jun's cavalry in armor was patrolling. The ticking sound of horse hooves made it difficult for everyone in Yanshou City to sleep peacefully.
"Jiuquan Governor? Kill! Execute the nine tribes! Confiscate the family property!"
"The magistrate of Yanshou Citykilledthe nine tribes! Confiscated their property!"
"The guard of Yanshou Citykilledthe nine tribes! Confiscated their property!"
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The Zhao army that entered the city did not stop after taking Yanshou City. Instead, they brandished their long swords and massacred all the officials in Yanshou City. These people are all representatives of the powerful Jiuquan landlords. It was also an obstacle to Zhao Jun's rule in Jiuquan. If it were other people, those people wouldn't necessarily be a hindrance. But for Zhao Jun, who wants to implement the New Deal, these people are harmful but useless. Suddenly, the entire Yanshou City screamed, as if soaked in blood, blood flowed into a river
In Yanshou City, all the officials were spared, and they killed the nine tribes and confiscated their property. Among the defenders, all the officers, except those recognized by Xu Ye, also left no one behind and killed them all on the spot.
"Luo Yi, you are under General Xu, are you familiar with Yanshou City?" In the Yanshou City County Yamen, in the blood-filled hall, Xue Qing arrived laterLan asked in a deep voice the first garrison officer to surrender.
"Reporting to the general, although I dare not say that everything is clear, I know most of it." Luo Yi replied in a deep voice. He had already received Xu Ye's orders and followed Zhao Jun's instructions in everything. He also knew the purpose of Captain Zhao's question.
"Very good. This general needs to know the list of all the rich and powerful people in the city, the list of all the people with extremely bad reputations, and the list of all the people who are not engaged in production and harm the people. This is related to the welfare of the people of Yanshou City and even the entire Jiuquan. Are you Can it be done?" Xue Qinglan asked in a deep voice.
"I understand that I will inform you all those who meet the requirements."
"No need, third and fourth posts, you follow Luo Yi and clear out the whole city. Except for those who usually have a good reputation, the rest will be shot without mercy! Confiscating their property! None of these guys who are causing harm to the place can be left behind!" Xue Qinglan was ruthless. said.
"Obey the order!" The two sentry officers responded in unison.
In order to facilitate the subsequent rule and the subsequent implementation of the New Deal, under the orders of Wei Zilin and Qin Daolin, the powerful families in Yanshou City suffered a bloody massacre. Survival, two out of ten.
Similar to Jiuquan¡¯s life extension, on the same night and almost at the same time, all six counties in Jiuquan were captured by Zhao Jun overnight. Most of the defenders in the county surrendered under the coercion and persuasion of Zhao Jun and Xu Ye. The civil and military officials in the six counties were not spared, and they were all "killed" in the battle.
Not only that, in the next three days, the entire Jiuquan Mansion was filled with blood and almost no one dared to go out easily in all the cities and streets. In each city, the powerful landlords, or maybe 12 out of 10, were all guarded by Zhao Jun in their mansions, waiting to be dealt with.