Chapter 922 Cause and Effect
In late June, after several days of continuous attacks, the original defenders of Papaya finally could no longer hold on.
The six thousand sergeants of the Heijin Right Battalion were beaten to a disgrace, and suffered heavy casualties.
However, after experiencing the war, their temperament has changed, and they seem to be stronger than before during training.
"The thief is quite stubborn." Mi Huang was a little surprised.
At least half of the people in Papayuan were gone, leaving only five or six hundred households, mostly Di and Qiang people. But they, men, women, old and young, all went into battle. Even the old man who had lost his teeth also took a wooden spear at the top of the city. Fighting hard, children as young as five or six struggled to carry military equipment, going back and forth, up and down, while old women with white hair carried water and meals.
"If the folk customs are not strong enough, we are not worthy of living here." Zhao Wei, the former deputy governor of Yinqiang Middle Battalion and now the commander of Heijin Right Battalion, said: "Thanks to the hard work of our soldiers, we finally conquered this city."
After saying that, he cursed again: "I really don't know what to say. Shi Le and Shi Hu have both run away, and why?" "We have been resisting for so long."
Mi Huang ignored Zhao Wei who was furious, and only summoned Cao Cao, a soldier from Kelan County who had accompanied the army to cross the river, and said: "When the next batch of boats crosses the river, we will capture all the people in Papaguayuan." Send them all to Jinyang and make them into servants."
"Yes," several people responded in unison.
After saying that, they all looked at the less than two thousand men, women, and children with angry expressions. They also killed and injured many people, and they wanted to kill all the prisoners.
On the first day of July, Heijin Right Camp, which had finished its rest, continued to set off.
Mi Huang was in charge of the newly acquired Papaya Plain, responsible for connecting the ferry and guarding supplies.
Zhao Wei led more than 5,000 right battalion soldiers and more than 4,000 Kelan Dingzhuang and marched northwest. They arrived at Fugu four days later. Unexpectedly, the place was deserted and no valuable goods were missing. Many houses were demolished and set on fire, leaving only puddles of dried horse manure inside and outside the fort.
Finally, we found a few people hiding in nearby ravines. After some inquiries, we learned that Shi Le's uncle and nephew broke through the encirclement at night many days ago and disappeared without a trace.
Some people followed him and ran southward, and they don't know where they are now. Those who were unwilling to run or did not have time to run were captured by the Xianbei cavalry and said to be sold.
Of course, valuable goods were also looted by the Xianbei people. This was true for the cattle and sheep grazing in the wild, and the same was true for the stored grain.
Zhao Wei wanted to capture the escaped Di and Qiang people, but gave up after thinking about it.
The terrain of Shangjun is a dream.
Two groups of people are walking on two mountain plateaus, and they can see each other. But if you really want to fight, it will be extremely difficult. The road in between is tortuous, rugged and difficult, which will make you Vomiting blood.
Not to mention, there are thousands of ravines here, and there are too many places to hide people. How lucky do you have to be to find and catch them?
After leaving a few hundred men to guard Fugu, Zhao Wei continued to move forward to Gushan Fort, and at the same time inquired about news about Jin Zheng's troops going south.
Jin Zheng had already left Liangu and headed for Baitu County.
Lian Gu surrendered directly.
There were more than 5,000 soldiers and civilians in this fort, which was surrounded by Qiu Dun's cavalry going south for several days. After failing, the troops went south, but soon the Yilu cavalry moved south, and surrounded them for several days. They even tried to attack once, but except for leaving hundreds of corpses behind, no results were achieved.
Jin Zheng arrived here on June 28th. After persuading him to surrender, the garrison generals, mostly from Yecheng, wept with joy and surrendered to Kaicheng.
After Jin Zheng regained this place, he left hundreds of people to monitor him, and recruited Ding Zhuang from Liangu Fort as a vanguard to march south to Baitu.
Baitu County has been captured by Xianbei who went south, and it is estimated that there is nothing left.
On the southern front, Liu Can was stationed in Huayin, dispatching cavalry to go north while supervising the infantry to defend the city.
Hou Feihu tried to capture Pujin Guandong City, but failed.
Pei Kuo was also ordered to attack Tongguan, but he failed with many casualties.
If we had not detoured southward through the grasslands, we would probably lose 100,000 people to these two places, unless the Huns themselves were in civil strife.
In the direction of Nanyang, no troops and horses were mobilized to attack Wuguan, because Wu soldiers went north from Xiangyang, defeated the Nanyang army in Xinye, and attacked all the way to Tuoyang.
Miobei Governor Le Kai gritted his teeth, did not ask for help, and continued to play turn-based battles with the enemy in Xiangyang.
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In order to better receive news from various battlefields, Shao Xun moved his camp to Shanwu.
In his spare time, in addition to training his troops, he spent most of his time digging trenches and handling government affairs.
"Pass an order to set up Mangshan and Yique Erlongxiang Mansion in Luoyang, and recruit more than two thousand soldiers of the Luoyang Chinese Army's Qianqi Army. If there are not enough, recruit Youzhou Cavalry who are familiar with bow and horse from Yingchuan and Runan. The governor added, this is the right knight guard."
" The order was sent to establish Ruicheng Longxiang Mansion in the south of Zhongtiao Mountain, and 9,600 soldiers from the Eight Dragon Xiang Mansion in Pingyang, Hedong, and Hongnong counties were selected and reorganized into the Youyu Linwei." br>
"Is this part enough?" Shao Xun looked at Secretary Superintendent Lu Chen and asked.
Lu Chen almost didn't need to do calculations and blurted out: "Today there are about 13,000 households and more than 54,000 people."
"That's enough." Shao Xun said: "The Xianbei army that broke into Hexi should You can also sell some miscellaneous things to this war. After that, the guards are ordered to recheck the military register. If there are any soldiers who are killed, sick, or disabled in the battle, their sons will be selected to fill up the army."
"Yes. Xun had no other words to say, so he went to the side table to write an order.
Shao Xun continued to work beside Zhonglingchuan.
Ten thousand Jie rode on the outside to herd horses and guard, the silver spear camp was stationed near the county seat, and the innermost circle was composed of two thousand pro-troops.
Nearly ten thousand Huangtou troops joined him in cleaning up dirt, digging ditches, and leveling fields near Zhonglingchuan.
Shao Xun is still very diligent.
The sickle flew up and down, cutting down the reeds near the river beach in pieces.
He even found a few wild duck eggs in the reeds. He was so happy that he asked the chief chef Tong Qianjin to spread them in an iron pot for him to eat at noon.
The newly arrived members of the Liangcheng Kingdom are building houses.
They were not very good at this and would have preferred to set up a tent with felt cloth, but their superiors strictly prohibited this.
I am surrounded by unfamiliar people. Looking left and right, I don’t know where the leader is. I feel helpless and empty. What should I do?
When Shao Xun was cutting the reeds, he watched with cold eyes and sneered.
Originally, those who were ordinary herdsmen were fine, but those who had been herdsmen for several lifetimes became ridiculous, and they were not used to having no head of household.
The number of troops transporting grain and grass from Henan and Hebei has not decreased. When passing through Liangcheng, some grain will be unloaded to provide food for the resettlement of more than 50,000 people and seeds for next spring plowing. . In addition, these more than 50,000 people also have about 400,000 cattle, sheep and miscellaneous livestock, which is seriously insufficient in number and is not at the level that a normal tribe should have.
They can barely survive this winter without enough food to eat and starve to death. Next year they will probably be able to harvest more or less food and their lives will be a little easier.
It will take almost three or four years before we can fully get on the right track.
The candidate for the domestic history of Liangcheng has been decided, and it is Guo Rong, the governor of Leping.
This person is proficient in Jie and Wuhuan languages, which is the biggest bonus. His own abilities are not bad, and he has also led troops in battles, so he is very suitable for this position.
The big farmer was Liang Guotian's Cao Lingshi Chu Pei. He participated in the field survey many times, compiled the land acres and household registration books, and resettled the cleared farmers. In the early days of Liangcheng Kingdom's founding, his experience could be put to use.
Of course, the more important reason is that this person was recommended by Prime Minister Yu Chen, and Shao Xun was willing to give him face - while Guo Rong was recommended by Military Chief Wang Yan.
The lieutenant was appointed by Yang Quan, the former Liang Guowuya general.
He was also the first to arrive, bringing hundreds of Yang clan members to serve as personal soldiers, intending to use this as a basis to train the young men of Liangcheng Kingdom.
It can also be seen from this that Yang Quan has a very good attitude and does not suffer at all from coming to this frontier place. Shao Xun was so happy that he was offered the post of Zhonglang in Shanyu's Protector's Mansion.
As for the officials such as Cheng, Fu, You, Wenwen, left and right attendants, Dianshu Ling, Xueguan Ling, Lang Zhongling, etc., the selection of people is still going on.
Other positions will be assigned by Wang.
In this way, the framework of Liangcheng Kingdom is in place.
Tuoba Lizhen lived on top of the mountain city, surrounded by a group of generals from the Central Plains.
Learning from Wu Che’s literature taught him about classics and history.
Fu and You are with him here, admonishing and correcting his words and deeds at any time.
Nei Shi, Guocheng, and Da Nong encouraged him to teach farming and animal husbandry and accumulate national strength.
Dian Shu orders him to upload and issue official documents.
The academic officer is in charge of the education of the whole county.
Lang Zhongling is responsible for the security of the guards and at the same time elects talented people in the county.
The lieutenant trained his troops and trained his troops.
The existence of Liangcheng State is one of the major achievements of this Northern Expedition, and it is not easy to win.
From the actual situation, the easiest place to get is Mayi County, because it is connected to Kelan and Yanmen counties and is close to the Jin Dynasty. However, in fact, the local Wuhuan County The current situation of the mainstream population is unlikely to fall in favor of you at this stage.
And Liangcheng Kingdom is located to the north of Mayi, controlling the main road between Pingcheng and Shengle, so it is even more impossible for them to let you occupy it.
The land of these four counties may be repeated in the future.
After cutting a large area of reeds, Shao Xun began digging and cleaning the ditch.
At this time, Liu Yena arrived in a carriage, bringing lunch that she had made by herself.
These days, Shao Xun is surrounded by two women, Liu and Wang.
After all, Wang's status was not convenient, and Liu Ye was not polite. He and Shao Xun slept together like husband and wife. They were so happy that they didn't want to go back.
Shao Xun smiled at the woman, and then looked across the Zhongling River.
A large group of people had just arrived.
The team was very long, forming four columns, staggering forward.
Beside the column, there were carriages one after another, with old, weak, women and children sitting on them.
Judging from their hair accessories, they should be from Henan.
"The remnants of Baibu Xianbei." Liu Yena brought a plate of meat to Shao Xun and said, "I shot the yellow sheep myself."
Shao Xun picked up a piece, put it in his mouth, chewed it, and said: "The meat is cooked at the right temperature, it is very delicious."
Liu Yena also took a bite, but felt that it was not that delicious. After glancing at Shao Xun, the smile on his face became even stronger.
"More than four thousand Bai Xianbei and Hedouling tribe captured them in Wuyuan. After they left, those people came from Shuofang to graze their cattle. Hedouling tribe made a surprise attack and captured them directly." Liu Yena said: "My brother personally brought someone to take it over. Dou Qin doesn't want silk, but only food. He should still have some people in his hands, maybe more than what is in front of him."
< br>Shao Xun nodded and said: "As long as you are not stupid, you will know to keep the strong men and women and sell the rest to me. He also has to run his own tribe, so having more household registrations is definitely not a bad thing."
< br>Thinking from his perspective, Shao Xun himself would also choose among the prisoners, keep some for himself, and exchange the rest for food. This was a normal operation for the Hedouling Department.
He quickly withdrew his gaze, washed his hands by the river, and sat down to have lunch.
Huang Zheng, the military governor, quietly came over and reported: "Your Majesty, Pingyang sent word that Feng Yi and Di Qiang heard that Xianbei was going south. They responded in large numbers and killed the Xiongnu officials and cut off the food roads in the three cities of Pujin Pass. An envoy was sent to implore Master Wang to cross the river."< br>
Shao Xun took it, took a look, and said with a smile: "This is like putting a coffin board on Liu Can."
Pujinguan and Tongguan are Liu Han's key defense lines. A sharp tool for bleeding Da Jin is indispensable.
With Pujin gone, there is no need to defend Tongguan.
Tongguan is gone, and there is no need to defend Pujin.
If one of the two is removed, the effectiveness of the other will be greatly reduced.
The cause and effect owed by Liu Cong will eventually be repaid by Liu Can.
(End of this chapter)