Da Wei Chun

Chapter 598

This battle was fought without any surprises or dangers.

From the time when Yuan Hui opened the gate and left the city, until Li Zhang led his army to board the North City, the overall situation was settled.

In just two moments, the city was like a purgatory. The guards on the city didn't even dare to show their heads, let alone shooting arrows or falling rocks.

The [-]th Chinese Army, which had a little combat power, had already been ruined by Yuan Hui seven or eight times.Although there were still two or three hundred riders left in the Wengcheng, when they saw the Firearms Battalion entering the city with a fire crossbow, they fell to their knees like a wall falling down.

Under the persecution of the general, the defenders in the inner city gritted their molars and moved stones, rafters, and soil bags to block the inner city gate.

But how could Li Zhang miss his chance?
After shooting more than a dozen crossbows, the gate of the urn city was blown to pieces, and the pawns inside the gate were trembling, kneeling down and begging for surrender.Or they scattered like birds and beasts and escaped cleanly.

The defenders of the west city and east city who had seen the power of firearms fell to their knees...

It wasn't until Xihai Buqu, wearing a leather robe and holding a fire crossbow, pressed down from the east and west cities to the south city, that Xin Xiong realized later: How could the city be broken?
There are fierce tigers outside, hungry wolves inside, and the defenders who are frightened by the tenacity of the armored soldiers outside the city have no fighting spirit, so how can they resist?
Looking at the soldiers kneeling on the wall, Xin Xiong looked up to the sky and cried out: Yuanhui misled me...

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Li Chengzhi received the news at Shenshi, and he had led his rear army to take down Fanhe County, which is about two hundred miles away from Wuwei County.

There are only three or four thousand defenders in Lianzhou City, and there are only thousands of civilian households. How many defenders can there be in a small city with a wall of more than ten feet?

Before Li Chengzhi ordered the soldiers to besiege the city, he just shot a letter of persuasion to the city, and the county magistrate surrendered the city.

It's up to him not to surrender.

Seeing the dense army formation under the city, and the convoy equipped with ladders, stone cannons, and watchtowers, no matter whether it is an official or a wealthy household in the city, the county government has been completely surrounded. If the county magistrate does not surrender, he will be tied up. The posture of going out of the city.

Therefore, in just half a moment, the gate of the city was opened, and the small county office was full of people kneeling.

Just as he was about to enter the city, Li Chengzhi received the news that Li Liang had broken through the city of Wuwei County and Yuan Hui died in battle.

After a brief glance at the emergency report, there was not much surprise on his face, as if he had already gotten used to it.

Ever since Li Liang dispatched troops from the West Sea, it was worth taking two counties and eight counties in one month.Even the state city collapsed within half a day, it was definitely not due to luck.

The reason is nothing more than the benefits of firearms, which subverted this era.

But now, it is only the most primitive explosive package tied to a crossbow bolt to launch.What would it be like if artillery, or even muzzle-loading guns, were developed in a few days?

Li Chengzhi doesn't know what kind of impact it will have on future generations, but now he is too hard to get off, so he can only bite the bullet...

With thoughts of chaos in his mind, he ordered his cronies to order Li Liang to take a rest in Guzang City for a day, and when the morning dawned, he began to escort the people, carts, horses, grain, etc. back to the West Sea.

Even though there are few people in Liangzhou, there are more than ten thousand households in the city of Liangzhou. Even if they migrate to the north of Zhenyi Pass, it will take six or seven hundred miles.If it is faster, it will take more than half a month.A little delay, even January is also possible.

But there is no need to worry.

If any news leaks out, it will take another ten days and a half months to hear the news in the nearby Shanshan Town, Jiuquan County, and Jincheng County, and then spread to the capital.

By that time, the imperial court was going all out to dispatch troops and generals, wanting to compete with Gao Zhao, so there was no time to take care of Hexi, which was already like a chicken rib.

It is even more likely that Li Chengzhi's wishes will be fulfilled. At that time, Guanzhong was not chaotic, but it would also appear unstable, and the court was even more desperate. It is to strictly guard against death, not to send troops.

Coupled with the unknown situation, these places will not dare to send troops rashly, so Li Chengzhi can calmly transfer the households and supplies to the West Sea.

This is also his intention of sending troops to Dongliangzhou this time: taking advantage of Gao Zhao's rebellion and the imperial court panicking, first rob Zhangye and Wuwei, and spread thousands of miles of red land.

Afterwards, depending on the actual situation, when the imperial court and Gao Zhao's brains are about to come out, it will not be too late to take Jiuquan, or even point to Dunhuang Town and Shanshan Town.

It's not that they have to take these two towns, at most they will show their fangs, so that these two towns will be wary and dare not invade Hexi easily.

And at most until the beginning of next spring, Li Chengzhi will station troops in various counties and counties, and move households into the city to resume farming.

When the three counties in Hexi gradually stabilized, the arable land reached [-] hectares, the annual grain output reached [-] million shi, and more than [-] households could be supported, then he had achieved his initial strategic intention.

And this stage takes three to five years in the shortest period, and eight to ten years or even longer in the long term.During this period, as long as no one invaded Hexi, Li Chengzhi would never send a single soldier into the pass.

The time seems to be very long, but Li Chengzhi is not in a hurry.

If you want to achieve great ambitions, you must have enough patience...

A moment later, Li Chengzhi led a group of cronies into Fanhe County.

The county seat is not big, with a radius of only three or four miles, all of which are rammed earth walls, and the highest point is only two feet.

And there are only a thousand households in Juxian County. If it is in Guanzhong, the manors of the slightly larger Haoqiang families are larger than this, and the walls are higher than this.

We can see the desolation of Hexi.

From the county magistrate down, the officials in the yamen and the wealthy households in the city knelt all over the ground outside the yamen hall. When they saw hundreds of cavalry surrounded by a general in silver armor entering the hospital, they felt like a strong wind blowing through the wheat field, Qi bowed down.

The purpose of Li Chengzhi's trip was to rob people, not to kill people, so his attitude was very gentle.He waved his hand lightly, with a smile in his tone: "Get up and answer."

Hearing the correct Guanzhong dialect, the county magistrate froze for a moment, raised his head and stared at Li Chengzhi for a while.

It's a pity that Li Chengzhi was wearing a tiger head pocket mask, which completely covered his face, so that he could only see a pair of eyes.

Heiren and black pupils were seen, and there seemed to be light hidden in the pupils, which were extraordinarily energetic.The county magistrate hesitated for a while, and tentatively asked: "Han people?"

The opening is also Guanzhong accent, it should be from the Binzhou area, Li Chengzhi couldn't help being amused: still a fellow?

Seeing everyone getting up, Li Chengzhi was about to ask the county magistrate about his origins. He turned his eyes slightly to the side and saw the shining silver light, so he couldn't help but look away.

It should be a barbarian, wearing a fur robe and a felt hat.But it's not as sloppy as common barbarians, and it's neatly tidied up.

What is strange about Li Chengzhi is not this barbarian's attire.

Fanhe County has been the grazing land of Xirong since the Western Zhou Dynasty. There is still an ancient Ligan city with a history of more than a thousand years remaining a dozen miles north of the county seat.

It was not until the Han Dynasty that Zhao Chongguo ruled Hexi and stationed soldiers and fields before the Han people settled down.After the later Han, Three Kingdoms, Western Jin, Wuliang, Yuan Wei and other five dynasties, there were many Hu people in Hexi who were influenced by the Han people and admired the heavenly kingdom.

What Li Chengzhi was curious about was the long string of beads around the barbarian's neck, shining brightly.

Not like silver, nor tin, but bright silver with a hint of yellow.

After a few glances, he had an idea in his mind, and subconsciously stretched out his hand: "Can I borrow it to take a look?"

At this time, people are swordsmen and others are fish and meat. How dare the barbarian have no reason to do so?

He quickly untied the bead chain from his neck and offered it with both hands.I only thought that Li Chengzhi had taken a fancy to this ornament of his, so he quickly smiled flatteringly, and replied in blunt Chinese: "I would like to present it to you..."

"Need not!"

Li Chengzhi waved his hand, took the bead chain and looked at it.

The beads are round, they should be carefully polished raw ore, the silver is golden, the brilliance is dazzling, it is really eye-catching.

In his previous life, he studied prospecting and mining, so he knew what it was.

Nickel copper alloy!

This thing has a limited role in this day and age, but it's functional: Rustproof!

After a little refining, it can be stainless for several years if it is plated on armor or ironware.

In addition, copper is a hard currency in this era, that is, bronze with six copper and four lead can be exchanged for more than two stones per catty, not to mention this rare item that is not rusted for many years?

He actually forgot that Fanhe County is the Yongchang of the later generations. Because of this thing in his hand, the country forcibly built a city in the thousands of miles of desert, which is still a prefecture-level city.

So there are definitely not a few reserves of this thing here.Looking at the barbarian's majestic hanging around his neck, he knew that he must have picked it up by accident, and there are probably open-pit mining veins nearby.

It was a pleasant surprise...

Li Chengzhi looked at it and returned the bead chain.He also confessed to Li Xiaoxian: "Ask carefully later, where does this object come from, try to find the source, I will be of great use!"

"Follow your order!"

"Officials, wealthy households, and civilians, etc., all moved to Zhenyi according to the same rules. Don't miss one... If there are people who don't obey the law, they must not be stingy with military law. But to obey, you need to follow the law." Please take care of me, don't forget, these are all the people of my Li family..."

Li Xiaoxian responded respectfully, but the people who were demoted from officials had different thoughts, either surprised or happy or worried.

For example, the county magistrate is more and more sure that the leader who issued the order is undoubtedly a Han Chinese.Not only is he a Han Chinese, but he is also a native of Guanzhong, and now even his name has been reported: his surname is Li!
How many famous Li families are there in Guanzhong?

The larger one is the Longxi Li family, and the lower ones are the Wuzhi Li family and the ancestral Li family.

What surprised him was that if he had the heart, it would not be difficult to guess which branch this Li family belonged to.But since the boss dared to speak frankly in front of them, he must have full confidence and would not worry about leaking the news.

Therefore, when Ermo said that he resisted, he was a little confused, and he was afraid that he would end up with a lot of heads.

The happy thing is to listen to what he said, it seems that there is no intention to cause more casualties, but he just wants to move all the people in the city to Heli Mountain.

The worry is that the future is uncertain, and God knows whether he will be a slave or a servant in the future.

But even the rich Hu people know that people are knives and I are fish, how can the county magistrate not understand this truth?
Therefore, within a few breaths, the county magistrate figured out the joints and made a decision.After Li Chengzhi left, Li Xiao first asked him about the people's livelihood in the county, such as the number of households, the amount of food and grass, the number of vehicles, cattle and horses, and the county magistrate knew everything and talked endlessly, which was not an ordinary cooperation.

It saved Li Xiaoxian a lot of trouble.

After resting all night, at dawn, the whole county was in motion.

Thousands of soldiers supervise more than a thousand households, and there are county magistrates and county officials to lead the way, so it is easy.

Li Xiaoxian didn't ignorantly suppress it, but followed the policy of "giving both kindness and power" repeatedly explained by Li Chengzhi, and implemented a two-pronged strategy.

First, they bribed them with a lot of money, and bestowed favors on the county officials and the three chiefs, and then the Sima, Jishi, and various civil servants in the army followed the neighbors, villages, and party chiefs to make a promise to the people:

All the people's private property, not half of it, belongs to each family.

Any items that cannot be carried and need to be discarded will be compensated according to the price.Such as residence, cultivated land, etc.

And every household has two or three soldiers called helpers and registered in the register, which is actually to monitor and urge.

Of course, if there are people who don't know what is good or bad, they can only resort to extraordinary measures.Aren't the knives at the waist and the bows on the backs of the soldiers sent to each household just for show?

In this way, the progress was not so fast, it only took two days, all the people in the city had made their books, and all their belongings had been loaded into cars.

After resting for another night, when it was dawn on the third day, more than a thousand households and a battalion of armored cavalry left the city and started on the road.

Contrary to everyone's expectations, the road is quite relaxed.As long as the journey is not delayed, as long as they do not deviate from the road, or cause troubles, the soldiers in custody will not meddle in their own business.

Just like that, after traveling for sixty li, and an hour before the sun set, the general ordered the whole army to set up camp.

Fanhe didn't have much arable land. Nine out of ten households lived by grazing cattle, and the pasture tents were a must-have in their homes.

If there are people in short supply, the soldiers who follow the household will send military tents.

After the tents are set up, the soldiers will order each household to make rice. The food is the military food that the soldiers provide to each household free of charge. .

It’s not very delicious, but compared to poor households who are either short of salt or eat bitter and astringent nitrate, it is quite delicious.

And it's extremely convenient, just rush it!
In this way, most of the common people felt relieved, and those who were bold took out dried meat and gave it to the soldiers.

However, they all shirk under the excuse that military discipline is strict, and those who are awarded must be subject to military law...

Seeing the pawns and colors made many people bolder.In addition, I have no bottom in my heart, and my mind is also active.

First, the Hu tribe with the bead on his neck tried three times and sneaked to the county magistrate's tent, and then like flies smelling the smell, dozens of people came one after another.

Among them, if they are not officials in the Yamen, they are wealthy households in the county. After a while, they can't even sit in the tent.

The county magistrate was trapped in the tent, his face was as white as paper, cold juice dripped from his forehead like a rolling ball.

He whispered coldly, with tremors in his voice: "You are looking for death?"

"Why did the county lord make such a statement?"

The county magistrate was puzzled, "It's because I don't want to sit and wait for death that I seek the county magistrate to discuss the big plan..."

Talk about a bird feather, are you afraid that grandpa will not die fast enough?

The county magistrate shivered all over his body as if he had a cold.

After shaking for a long time, he sternly shouted: "Come on!"

Just hearing a rattling sound, it was as if they had come out of the ground, and countless armored soldiers suddenly appeared outside the tent that was still silent just now.

The few cronies arranged by the county magistrate and a few wealthy households to watch outside the tent were bundled into a ball without even making a sound.

"Pull it out..."

With a low snort, the county magistrate gave a sharp pause. Looking at the pale face of the county magistrate, his heart softened, "Pull it out, tie it up..."

Seeing a few soldiers coming in, they carried the county magistrate out like catching chickens, and everyone in the tent felt a biting chill.

No wonder the management is so loose along the way?
This is clearly playing hard to get...

(End of this chapter)