Chapter 888 News from all directions
"Surround!" Huang Biao, the general of the right army, waved his hand, and the army surged forward and formed an array outside a fort.
The soldiers and horses of the wealthy families from the local and neighboring counties looked at each other with faces as pale as earth.
There are nine thousand and six hundred troops in the Youjin Wu Guard, each with a piece of music, and they come out from Fukou Xingxing.
First stationed in Handan to collect grain and grass donated by local wealthy families, then gathered the army and went south to Yecheng to clean up.
The troops of the wealthy clan were led by Shao Xu, the former prefect of Leling and now the prefect of Wei County. There were 2,000 soldiers of the Wei clan in Julu, 2,000 soldiers of the You clan in Guangping, 2,000 soldiers of the Cheng clan in Guangping, 2,000 soldiers of the Feng clan in Bohai, There are two thousand soldiers from the Gao family in Bohai, two thousand soldiers from the Li family in Zhaojun, and two thousand soldiers from the Qian family in Anping...
Lin Linzong, nearly 20,000 people, gave the order and launched a fierce attack on Du's Wubao in Weijun.
There is certainly evidence for why we attacked this fort.
There was a county magistrate named Shen Zhong in Yangping County who issued a prime minister's complaint on behalf of the Shen family in Wei County. The mastermind was the Du family in Wei County. The soldiers who did the killing were invited from the Liu family and Song family in Guangping. After killing the people, they fled back. Guangping County.
After Pingyang sent an order, former army general Xu Lang led 4,800 troops from Zuo Feilongwei and the four palaces to march northward and secretly raided Guangping, destroying the two families in one fell swoop and gaining more than 8,000 households.
Huang Biao led his troops to besiege the Du family. After a few days, they defeated the Du family and captured more than 3,000 households.
The Kong family in Wei County was suspected, and it was possible that they were just trying to catch someone else, but in the end they ignored it and moved the family to Baode County (today's county), a newly established county in Kelan County. They were naturalized there and more than 2,000 Zhuangke households were brought back to the imperial court.
This time, the role of Fubing was greatly demonstrated.
As soon as the Taiyuan soldiers were mobilized, 20,000 people immediately went down to Taihang and drove the wealthy soldiers to besiege Du Shiwu Fort.
Zuo Feilongwei's gang of killers even practiced a horseback attack.
Mobilized from Henan, the news was difficult to leak. Thousands of mounted infantry attacked for hundreds of miles and defeated the Liu and Song families in Guangping in a state of ignorance.
The four families of Liu, Song, Du, and Kong, as well as nearly 15,000 households of the Yu family in Jiyang, were all sent to Hongnong, changed owners, and became the Fubing Tribe.
As for the source of the government troops, it is of course the Lao Zhongwu Army.
The designation of the army was revoked, some old and weak were eliminated, and 4,800 men were obtained. All of them were converted into government troops, and the four Longxiang mansions of Langxiang, Yujian, Chousang, and Caoyang were established. These villagers from Hebei became its Steps.
Food and other materials needed for resettlement were also provided by these companies. They were shipped from Yecheng and transported to Hongnong via Baigou and the Yellow River. They were completed within the year.
After this incident, many people must have understood in their hearts.
There is no use in fighting. In the end, we can only give King Liang a household registration and provide him with troops and resources to place the soldiers in the palace. There is no excuse for him to do what he wants to do.
Of course, Shao Xun didn't have to do them.
The purpose of cleaning up these five wealthy families with thunderous means is to deter more people. After all, those wealthy families with big trees and deep roots are still watching.
This is the principle of hitting with one punch to prevent hundreds of punches from coming.
At the same time, the informant Shen Zhong was promoted to the prefect of Yangping, and his main task was to thoroughly clean up this seven-county county that had not been harmed much. Presumably, the Shen family had a bad reputation in the gentry circle and had no choice but to go all the way.
It was also at this time that someone finally came to their senses and wondered why the King of Liang, who had always been "militant", did not launch a foreign war this year. It turned out that he was waiting for these rebels.
After cleaning up the interior and stabilizing it, he will then go to gain prestige - by capturing Shengle and even Chang'an, gain greater prestige and implement his will.
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Wang Chong has returned to Yingling.
He heard the news from Wei County in early September.
No one expected that the person who was the first to publicly criticize the government of Liang Wang in Jinyang was not dead. Those who were obedient in Jinyang and immediately launched a rebellion after returning home died.
The reason is that King Liang wants to lose face.
He spoke freely and Wang Chong cursed, which was tolerable.
Those wealthy families in Wei County went back on their word and rebelled, that is, they were willing to die.
However, Lao Wang was still shocked.
Although he was still very arrogant in front of others, after returning home, he immediately closed the door and thanked the guests. He wrote letters to the tribesmen who crossed the south to the east of the Yangtze River and asked about the local customs.
Of course, Shao Xun didn't pay much attention to him.
The descendant of Cao Wei Wang Xiu (Wang Xiu), his uncle Wang Yi was obviously Sima Zhao's shogunate and had a high position of power, but he was killed after the Battle of Dongguan.
This kind of person can't get along with the Sima family. It doesn't matter what he does, but it only harms his reputation.
In fact, it was not just the Wang family, but the Feng family, Liu family, Ju family, Guan family, Kong family and other families in Qingzhou were all shocked.
The governor Pei Xia took the opportunity to call all the families to attend a meeting. He checked the situation again and found that everything was fine before he felt relieved.
Then they took the opportunity to promote the two-year and three-crop system. Each family had nothing to say, and collected another sum of money and sent it south to Xuzhou to support Li Zhong in leading his army to recapture Xiapi - a city surrounded by water, like an island in the middle of a river. It was the navy's natural home ground, and Li Chong actually didn't really want to take it back. After all, there were almost no soldiers or civilians there.
Qingzhou is like this, and other states are generally like this.
When the news came back to Pingyang, it was already the end of September. "Without thousands of arrows firing, without cavalry, the ones who are killed are still 'our own', but it's not easy at all." In Shanglin Garden, Shao Xun looked at his eldest son Jin Dao and said: "If you don't conquer the fields, you can't do it." If you don't implement the new tax system, you still have to negotiate with the local wealthy families. How much concessions will you make? It may not happen again.”
After saying that, Shao Xun put down a handful of Bai Ziren in his hand and said, "Can this thing be sold?"
"It can be sold." Jin Dao said: "There are too many cypress trees on the mountain, and autumn is the perfect time for harvesting."
"I heard that you are still recruiting Di Qiang people?" Shao Xun asked again.
"They all escaped from Feng Yi. From last year to now, there are only 200 households, not many people." Jin Dao replied: "I asked carefully, Feng Yi and the Di Qiang only temporarily dormant the Xiongnu. Do they still remember that Liu As for Can's murder of the tribal chieftain, my father may use this person as the vanguard to conquer Guanzhong in the future, which will have miraculous effects."
Shao Xun looked at his son with complicated eyes and said nothing.
"Your mother-in-law has found a daughter from the Liu family of Pei to be your wife. What do you think? Are you willing?" he asked.
Jin Dao was a little silent.
"You are sensible, so sensible..." Shao Xun sighed and asked, "Is there anyone you like?"
"While outing on the Double Ninth Festival, I saw——" Jin Dao hesitated.
"Which girl?" Shao Xun said with a smile: "You are my son, what are you afraid of? If you like him, just say, my father will send someone to hire him."
"Dong Zhonglang will be Duke Li's third daughter." Jin Dao muttered.
"He's from Li Chong's family." Shao Xun sighed incomprehensibly, then looked at his son and asked, "No one from the Li family in Luoyang became an official until Li Chong's generation. How come his daughter is not as famous as the Liu family in Peiguo?" Do you like the one from the aristocratic family? ”
"But it's up to me to make the decision." Jin Dao lowered his head and said.
Shao Xun did not answer directly, only smiled and said: "It's noon, let's eat first."
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It was also the end of September, and news came one after another from the north.
Wang Queer stopped the tribes headed by Daxi and Dugu in Dongmugen Mountain, defeated Helan Aitou who invaded, and beheaded more than 2,000 people - the result was not big, but not bad. The bigger result was to stabilize this area. The hearts of tribes large and small.
The real results were greater on Wu Zhouchuan's side.
The troops of Gao Liu and Wu on Tuesday cooperated with the soldiers and horses of the four guards of the Daiguo pro-army. They took advantage of the enemy's retreat and stalked up, beheading more than a thousand people and seizing tens of thousands of cattle, sheep, horses and camels.
The enemy troops in the direction of Mayi retreated the earliest. Unfortunately, the soldiers and horses pursuing them were ambushed, and many people were killed or injured.
In this year's northern war, from a military perspective, Pingcheng did not take advantage.
From an economic point of view, it is a huge loss.
They won in politics.
Repelling the attack of 50,000 cavalry by Helan Aitou and Tuoba Yihuai showed that Pingcheng could compete with Shengle.
No matter how much the Helan family looked down on their "little son" Tuoba Shiyiqian, no matter how much they slandered him, they could not shake the fact that they had already established a firm foothold.
By mid-September, some grassroots jumped to the side of Pingcheng, including the tribes of Tuoba Qu and Tuoba Gu's mother clan.
Liu Hu, who accepted the post of general of the Daiguo Zhenjun, led his troops to sneak attack Sheng Le's rear. After a large plunder, he retreated to the west. Unexpectedly, he encountered Shi Le halfway. He spared no effort and personally conquered Shuofang again, fighting and pulling. His determination to run this place is very obvious.
Tuoba Hena, who fled to Suotou River, also sent envoys to Pingcheng to seek peace and no longer wanted to be their enemy.
There is good news everywhere.
Although Wang, Mrs. Dai Guotai, was ridiculed as "Chicken Si Chen", she did win the bet, which was enough to offset most of the negative effects and even gain a lot of prestige.
As for the unexplained pregnancy last year, no one mentioned it again.
This is war, this is politics.
War is a continuation of politics, and it is also the most direct way to quickly gain prestige.
In mid-September, Dai Guo, who had suffered a tragic victory, gave up when the situation was good. Pingcheng and Shengle broke away from contact with a tacit understanding in mid-September, and peace returned to the Yinshan grassland again.
The Shanyu Protectorate sent a military report. According to their rough statistics, the total number of casualties on both sides exceeded 20,000, and the loss of cattle, sheep and property was even greater.
Shao Xun thought for a while and ordered Taiyuan County to send another 100,000 grains and beans to Mayi and Yunzhong. The Yicong, Zhuosheng and Luoyan armies did not need to withdraw. After winter, as long as there is no heavy snow, they will continue to harass Suotou. .
Their families who stayed in Liyang and Bianliang will be rewarded with two bolts of silk and one bolt of linen. Anyway, the core idea is to continue fighting and use the relatively strong economic strength to kill Tuoba Yihuai.
This may not be of much use in normal times, but isn't it because the surrogate is here? Political offensives kill without blood, and when people's hearts are in chaos, everything will stop.
Throughout the next winter and spring, Shao Xun will carefully evaluate the situation in the Yinshan Grassland to provide reference for next year's expedition.
He needed victory in foreign wars to suppress domestic opposition and lay a solid foundation for further reforms.
(End of chapter)