Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 474 Relocation of the capital, bandits in the southeast

Dejiang County, Yunguo, Qianyang Mansion.

Accompanied by the sound of rushing horseshoes, dozens of elite cavalrymen of the imperial army, holding command flags, galloped into the city on horseback. While the people in the city hurriedly gave way, they came straight to the government office.

Facing the guards who blocked him, someone raised the command flag in their hands.The leading officer of the Imperial Army held up the imperial edict held in his hand, and shouted loudly:

"The Imperial Court ordered Qian Gui to announce the political envoy Xiao Yu, Qian Gui's command envoy Weng Tu, and Qian Gui's procuratorial envoy He Shao to mention some punishments and prisons. Come and accept the order!"

The four places of Dejiang County, Hechi County, and Yongzhou originally belonged to Xia and Li.After Yunguo took over, the hearts of the people were attached to it, and it was unified into the Chief Secretary of Guizhou and Guangxi for the convenience of management.

This Qianyang Mansion is the place where the Qiangui Buzhengsi governs, and the offices of the three divisions are all here, so there are imperial messengers who come here to convey the imperial edict.

How dare the guards in front of the gate of the official yamen block the imperial edict, at this moment they rushed into the official yamen and hurriedly invited the third envoy who was working in the yamen.

Not long after, the third envoy of Guizhou and Guizhou, headed by Xiao Yu, hurried over with a group of officials.

The general of the Forbidden Army who delivered the edict immediately straightened his back, unfolded the edict document in his hand, and said loudly:
"Jiangling's accompanying capital has been completed. Your Majesty has an order to order all the officials of the court, noble clansmen, and harem concubines to move to the accompanying capital in batches on March [-]. There is an order in the court to order Qianyang to announce the political envoy Xiao Yu , Prepare for a pick-up."

"Weng Tu, commander of Guizhou and Guizhou, immediately mobilized the county soldiers under the account to assist General Huwei Yang Zaixing, and clear the local bandits!"

"In order to avoid wrongful killings due to omissions, Qian Gui will bring up criminal and prison cases in order to avoid negligence and omissions. He Shao, the procurator, and Di Renjie, Minister of Dali Temple, and Zuo Du Yu Shi Hairui will handle the decision!"

The imperial court moved to the accompanying capital, and most of the officials, clans, and nobles in the imperial court had to go with them.

The accompanying family members, servants, carriages and horses, the number is astonishing.

The wine, rice and meat needed along the way needs the leadership of the local government to prepare the supply quantity in advance in case there is not enough.

Moreover, in this team, although there are guards from the Imperial Army accompanying them.

However, most of the bandits in the mountains are daring and ignorant of Tianwei.There are also many people who cherish Xia Kingdom and Li Dynasty, are dissatisfied with the rule of Yun Kingdom, and become bandits.

Therefore, it is inevitable that someone offends and bumps into the frame of ministers and nobles in the DPRK and China. The government along the way must make preparations in advance and pay the local bandits first, so as to prevent any troubles at that time.

Now the ruling and opposition parties are all well aware of why His Majesty moved to Jiangling to accompany the capital.

Therefore, if there is a slight mistake in this errand, it will leave an impression of incompetence and insufficient ability in the mind of His Majesty today, and the future will be hopeless from now on.

Moreover, the people who moved the capital along with them were either the noble clan of the Korean and Chinese martial arts, or their family members.If there is a problem with any one of them, maybe it will offend some lord of the DPRK and China.

A group of local officials, how dare they be negligent about this matter!

As soon as they heard the imperial edict, the three of Xiao Yu looked solemn, and immediately led a group of officials to bow down and salute, and shouted loudly:

"Xiao Yu (Weng Tu, He Shao), envoys of the Third Division of Guizhou and Guangxi, hereby honor the imperial edict!"

The leading general of the Forbidden Army directly handed over the imperial edict in his hand to Xiao Yu, then immediately cupped his hands slightly, and said in a deep voice:
"The emperor's order is here, and we still have to go to Shaoyang County to deliver the imperial edict, so we bid farewell, and please forgive me, my lords!"

A group of officials from the Qianyang Third Division hurriedly bowed slightly and watched the cavalry of the imperial army leave quickly.

Weng Tu, the Commander of Qiangui, who is in charge of the military power in Guizhou and Guizhou, did not dare to neglect, and immediately shouted to the subordinates around him:

"Quickly send someone to send an order to mobilize local county soldiers in Guizhou and Guangxi to eradicate all the bandits in the mountains within a hundred miles near the official road!"

"Yes!"

When Xiao Yu heard the words, she also turned her head to look at He Shao, the procurator who was standing beside her, and said in a deep voice:

"There is an order in the court, don't be careless. I will go there immediately to collect the necessary supplies."

"Mr. He's procuratorate is in charge of arresting thieves, criminals and prisons, and assists in judging thieves and thieves... Mr. Di, the Minister of Dali Temple, is aware of the details, and Mr. Shihai, the Zuodu Yushi, is a person who can't rub the sand in his eyes. Mr. He must not Careless."

He Shao, the procuratorial envoy, was promoted from the local government and had never been an official in Beijing.Xiao Yu was afraid that he didn't know how powerful these two were, so this sentence was a reminder to He Shao.

When He Shao heard the words, his face was solemn, and he quickly agreed, and led the officials around him to leave in a hurry.

An hour later, the [-] local county soldiers who were stationed in Qianyang Mansion and were directly dispatched by the Commander of Qiangui Capital immediately dispatched.

The local county soldiers are different from the forbidden army and the elite frontier army.When fighting, they are not in the main army, and rarely fight the enemy head-on. They are generally used to transport food, grass and materials, strengthen the defense line, and defend the place.

However, thanks to the "more garrison law" implemented by His Majesty today, the local county soldiers are often rotated among each other, breaking up the original lineup, and conducting drills together with the transferred imperial troops and frontier soldiers.

The local county soldiers trained in this way are obviously not the rabble of Xia Guo.

Although the three thousand soldiers in front of them are not murderous, they don't look like elites in a hundred battles.But these generals and schools in the army are all well-armored, their military appearances are neat, and their morale is high.

The elite soldiers of Yunguo are just less equipped with powerful killing weapons and have no experience in fighting to the death on the battlefield!

If you don't say that this is just the county soldiers of Yunguo, others may think that this is some elite soldier that Yunguo has just trained...

The people in the Qianyang Mansion, seeing soldiers and horses mobilized today, ran out one after another to join in the fun.

"This is, is there going to be a war again?"

"War? I haven't heard of it!"

"The troops stationed in our Qianyang Mansion are just local county soldiers, not regular soldiers. Unless the front line is tight everywhere, it is impossible to draw from us."

"Tightness? Hahaha, it won't be our Dayun soldiers who lose to Xia Guo's soft-legged shrimps!"

During the discussion, there were loud noises.

And some who knew some news in advance, just now opened their mouths and said:

"I heard that the capital will be moved to Jiangling today. In order to prevent anyone from offending Sheng Jia, the government has mobilized troops to pay off local bandits."

"Ah, such a reason..."

"Everyone in the world does not know that the reason why the capital is moved to Jiangling today is to sit on the front line so that the imperial court can dispatch troops to attack Xia. If we want to go to the accompanying capital, it means we are going to fight!"

"That's not bad. The imperial court has gone to Jiangling, so it's designated to be a war."

"Oh, it's only been two years since my birthday."

"What should we be afraid of? Our Qianyang Mansion is thousands of miles away from the front line. Is it possible that some people still think that Xia Jun can hit us? No way, no way!"

"Pfft, it's Xia Jun's bastards..."

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In the city of Qianyang Prefecture, in a bookstore not far from the Sansi Yamen.

The owner of the bookstore on the second floor, listening to the people talking and laughing outside, frowned slightly, closed the window with a sullen face, and said in a muffled voice:

"Quickly send a message to the capital and report back to His Majesty that Emperor Yun wants to move his capital to Jiangling, and he may have the intention of raising troops to invade. Please send someone to check it!"

"Yes!"
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Xia Kingdom Jinling City, the imperial palace is in the hall.

Emperor Xia Yu Zhaoling received the information from Feng Chu, glanced quickly, his brows turned cold, and murmured:
"Jiangling, the accompanying capital... this Xiao Cheng has chosen a good place!"

Yu Zhaoling used to be the commander of Xia Kingdom's southwestern frontier army back then, and he knew all the important places in the southwestern counties by heart.

To the south of Jiangling City is the hinterland of Yunguo.The north occupies the Han and Mian rivers, connects to the Yangtze River, and has the two cities of Xiangfan. It is extremely dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and can be used as a natural barrier.

To the east is Jiangzhou City, an important place. If you advance, you can go down the river to attack the important place of Xia Guojing's capital, and if you retreat, you can block the Yangtze River so that Xia's army cannot make an inch.To the west of Jiangling City are Jiangyang and Anshun counties, both of which have rich plains.With water conservancy, the two counties have enough food and grass to supply hundreds of thousands of troops.

The most important thing is that Jiangling City is less than a few hundred miles away from the front line, and urgent military news can be delivered within a day or two.

Choosing such a place as the accompanying capital hardly concealed the idea of ​​wanting to fight again and attack Xia Guo!

Naturally, Feng Chu could also see what Emperor Yun Xiao Cheng was thinking, so he couldn't help but ask:
"Your Majesty, since Emperor Yun has already taken action, should he send a message to the frontline ministries?"

Yu Zhaoling sneered when he heard this, and said:
"It's not that Xiao Cheng is the only one who has thought about it... In the past few months, I have issued orders many times to send more troops to the front line. I'm afraid the generals in the army can see that the war is approaching, but they can't." There is no need for a special order to remind."

Having said that, Yu Zhaoling suddenly remembered something, looked up at Feng Chu, and said in a deep voice:

"Emperor Yun officially moved to the country of Yun to accompany his capital, Jiangling, in the middle of March. If I guessed correctly, after the hot summer this year is over and the weather is cooler, the country of Yun will formally mobilize troops. It will not be a few months before that. , The banditry in the southeast must end!"

In midsummer, the heat is so hot that it is really not suitable to use soldiers.And the use of troops in the autumn season hinders the enemy's farming.As the offensive side, he can still feed on the enemy. If he is the Emperor Yun, he must choose this time!
As for the bandits in the southeast of Xia Kingdom, with the support of Yun Kingdom, Henghai General Wang Zhi continued to deliver food, grass and military equipment, and continued to harass coastal counties and counties to contain Xia's army.

Coupled with Zhang Shicheng's own ability, he persisted in resisting for two years under the encirclement and suppression of [-] Xia Kingdom's northern elite and [-] to [-] local county soldiers!
Although facing the elite Xia army during the period, Zhang Shicheng won less and lost more, and often lost his city and territory. Hailing County, which was originally a prosperous place, was also beaten to pieces.

But Zhang Shicheng was not defeated and killed after all. Instead, he took advantage of the two years of war and Yunguo's secret support to sharpen a force of 8000 soldiers, capable of confronting the same number of elite Xia troops head-on. !
"Ask Hou Yunkaige of Wuxiang, how long will it take for me to see the head of the traitor Zhang Shicheng hanging on the gate of the capital!" Yu Zhaoling said angrily.

Because of Zhang Shicheng, Yunguo lost Hailing County as a place of taxation, and the annual loss of salt tax and funds to maintain the army of suppressing rebels may add up to nearly three to four million taels!
If it weren't for this, Xia Guo's restored strength would definitely be even higher!
This made Yu Zhaoling, how could he not hate this Zhang Shicheng?
Hearing this, Feng Chu hurriedly said:

"The Marquis of Wuxiang had already reported it before, but now Thief Zhang has lost most of Hailing County, prefectures and counties, and only two counties are left in his hands. The soldiers and horses have already been mobilized, and there must be a good news in the near future!"

Today's Zhang Shicheng has really fallen into a predicament.Even with Yun Guo's secret support and Wang Zhi's desperate restraint, he was helpless in the face of [-] northern elites, and could only rely on the [-] elites in his hands to fight to the death.

That is to say, he acts boldly and generously on weekdays, is considerate of the people and soldiers under his rule, and has a high prestige, otherwise he would not be able to survive long ago!

Hearing Feng Chu's words, Yu Zhaoling nodded slightly, then suddenly sneered, and said:

"Zhong Zizhuo searched Hailing County and copied more than 1000 million taels for me, which solved the crisis of the court. The salt merchants in Qidi were richer than Hailing County, and they also secretly linked up with Zhang Thief. After Zhang Thief was destroyed, It’s also a good time to borrow the property of these salt merchants to help the court solve the famine in its hands!”

In fact, the salt merchants in Qidi did not have much contact with Zhang Shicheng!
But after Yu Zhaoling saw the wealth of the salt merchants in Hailing County, he was naturally greedy for the properties of all the salt merchants, and he had long thought of copying the properties of the salt merchants.

If it wasn't because he was afraid that the method would be too violent and impatient, the salt merchants in Qidi would turn to support Zhang Shicheng, he wouldn't even have waited for this time!
Now he hastily urges Yun Kaige to wipe out Zhang Shicheng's rebellious army, probably because he wants to calm down Hailing County as soon as possible, and then take all the property of the local salt merchants to support the war against Yunguo! ——
At this time, Hailing County, outside of Haiyang County.

Tens of thousands of local county soldiers surrounded this small Haiyang County with water tight.

Hou Yunkaige of Xia Guowu Township, still wearing the mighty Mingguang armor, was patrolling the camp under the guard of his own soldiers, and confessed to the generals around him:
"Tie Zhang is at the end of his strength. He has gathered all the elite men under his command in this city. To attack the city tomorrow, we must fight in one battle to completely wipe out the traitor Zhang Shicheng!"

All the generals immediately responded in unison and said:

"The last will obey!"

Yun Kaige nodded slightly, then turned to look at Chen Youliang, the most handsome general among the generals around him, and urged:
"Tomorrow's battle, you will still be in command of the soldiers from the counties. After this battle, you will come to serve under the Marquis. Based on your achievements in the past two years, I will recommend you as a general!"

Although the words were still cold, all the generals could tell that Yun Kaige valued Chen Youliang, and couldn't help but show some envy towards Chen Youliang.

You know, this Marquis of Wuxiang, he thinks he doesn't like the local county soldiers and generals.

Among the tens of thousands of soldiers in the county, there were countless generals and schools of all ranks, but only Chen Youliang was able to stand by Yun Kaige's side and wait for the military order along with all the generals in the northern border.

Such an honor, it can be seen that it is valued!
Hearing Yun Kaige's words, Chen Youliang lowered his head slightly and clasped his fists in response:
"The last general, will not let the Marquis of Wuxiang down!"

But at this time, no one else could see, a sinister smile flashed in Chen Youliang's lowered eyes, which did not match Yingwu's appearance.

Tomorrow, hehehe...

(End of this chapter)