A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 322 Mountain Deer
On the east bank of the Hongliu River, Liang Shi built many fortress beacons.

But when more than 1 people from the Lingwu Army of the Tang Army came from the west, and Duan Decao from Xiazhou ordered Qi Shuofang's army to attack from the south with more than [-] soldiers. Offensive support.

Liang Shidu still spent some energy on the defense line on the east bank of the Hongliu River, but from the moment he voluntarily abandoned Yanzhou, he was doomed to fail today.

There is no danger here to defend, let alone now, without the reinforcements from the Turks going south, the Shuofang Liang army actually has no will to fight at all.

Liang Jun's main force was placed on Xiazhou's inner line of defense, and there were no elites on the outside.

Furthermore, until now, few of the pseudo-Liang Dynasty felt that there was any hope left.

On the west bank of the Red Willow River.

After Wu Huaiyu received the good news from Wu Junwei, he laughed and said, "I will give the first merit to Captain Wu."

"Send all the 800 people back to Yanzhou."

Regardless of whether soldiers or ordinary people, those who voluntarily surrendered will be temporarily sent back to the rear to farm. After the war is over, they will either divide the land into households or move to the interior. In short, these people will be given preferential treatment.

Officials may even retain their official status and go to Chang'an to participate in the election and reappointment.

There is no plan to let them stay in Yanzhou for the time being.

However, before the move, Wu Huaiyu asked them to cooperate with the Tang army in destroying crops, canals, and even tearing down a wall of the castle.

"Under the festival, the destruction of Liang is just around the corner. Shuofang Xiayin states will soon be owned by my Tang Dynasty. Is it a pity to relocate people, destroy fields, destroy castles, and canals now? It will cost manpower and material resources to repair them later. Why not preserve them? "

A government official suggested to Wu Huaiyu.

At this time, after the Dragon Boat Festival, the crops in the field had grown well, and they were planted by the people with hard work, and it was not easy to build castles, canals, etc.

"It's not that I don't feel distressed, and it's not that I don't know how hard it has come, but it's a time of war, and the battle of cutting Liang will not end immediately. This summer offensive was originally for harassment and destruction, and I didn't intend to complete it. One battle, "

The battle plan was drawn up in advance, and the plan cannot be adjusted immediately as soon as the fight starts.

Wu Huaiyu sent his own soldiers, holding command arrows, to each battalion to supervise the execution.

In the land they passed, not a single person or animal from Liang was left behind, and not a single crop was left in the field. People moved away, and the crops were destroyed.

Canals, villages, and castles must be properly destroyed.

Even if the Tang army retreated, Liang Guo would not be able to recover.

Sidaogoubao.

Wu Junwei saw the military order passed down by his cousin, so he had no choice but to obey it.

He has now captured more than 1000 Liang soldiers and civilians.

"dismantle!"

Starting from the Sidaogou Castle, one side of the rammed earth castle wall was directly removed, and all the young crops in the surrounding fields under the mountain were also cut off.

The people cried and begged.

"All of you have to go to Yan and Ling to resettle. You can't leave every plant and tree here to the false beams, so demolish them."

Wu Junwei also felt that it was a pity, especially that although the four ditch forts were not big, they were quite dangerous, and a hundred soldiers could guard this area very well.

But military orders cannot be violated.

The Lingwu Legion has dispatched more than 1 horses this time, but it is not here to attack the city, let alone attack Tongwan directly. This time it is here to cause sabotage, looting people and destroying land.

It hurts no one to see people weeping and cutting off the crops they've worked so hard to plant, but that's what war is.

Destroy young crops, demolish castles and villages, pack up all the household items that can be taken away, and then drive the livestock to move westward with the old and young, leaving a ruined wall.

After the Lingwu Army crossed the Hongliu River, they slashed west and south with the Shuofang Army like two big axes on the false beam.

Many fort generals surrendered without a fight, and many people did not resist. Many people were forced to move here from Yanzhou. Many people fled back before, and now they stay here. Difficult, no land, can only be used as tenants, or even reduced to tribal slaves, everything starts from scratch, life is difficult, and those who have not escaped are planning to escape, or they were caught and returned.

Now that the Tang army is here, many people even came to welcome Master Wang with kettles and eggs.

Although in the end Tang Jun wanted to move them away instead of directly allocating land to them, which made them a little disappointed, but for most people, this was still a rescue.

There are also quite a few castles of resistance.

Even some local tyrants refused to surrender based on the resistance of Wubao Manor.

In the face of these people, Wu Huaiyu and Yang Gongren have the same attitude. If the opponent's castle is high and fortified, with more troops and stronger strength, first encircle and not attack, and level the periphery.If there are some small forts, they can be fought if they can, but they are not forced.

It doesn't matter if these strongholds are kept for the time being.

Three days before crossing the Hongliu River, the Lingwu Legion advanced a hundred miles eastward and reached the bank of the Lu River.

The Lingwu Army and the Shuofang Army met at the foot of Shanlu City by the Lu River.

Shanlu City used to be Shanlu County in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. During the Sui Kaihuang period, the county was withdrawn. The west of Luhe River and the east bank of Hongliu River merged into Changze County, and the east of Luhe River merged into Ningshuo County.

Like Ningshuo City and Wuyuan City, Shanlu City was built on the Great Wall.

"The city is four miles in circumference and two feet two in height. There are one gate in the southeast and one in the north, and nineteen buildings and shops. It governs 47 miles of the nearby Great Wall and 43 piers. The east-west transportation is convenient, and it also guards the Great Wall pass."

"Right now, the Liang general Sun Da is stationed in this city, with eight thousand soldiers."

Outside Shanlu City, a military general wearing Mingguang Armor reported to Yang Wu and the others that this person was Shi Liumin, Chief of the Governor's Mansion of Xiazhou.

He is so familiar with this place because he and Sun Da were old friends.Liu Min was originally a general of Liang. In the third year of Wude and when Zhang Ju was stationed in Ningshuo to the east, he led his troops to surrender Duan Decao.

After returning to the Tang Dynasty, Liu Min has been stationed on the front line of the Great Wall. He often fought against the Liang army. In the end, it was the Turkic army that arrived, and Liang Shidu was able to survive the harsh delay.

"Sun Da is Li Zhengbao's brother-in-law, a powerful fighter."

Li Zhengbao is the number one general of Liang Shidu today.

The situation between Sun Da and Liu Min is a bit opposite. He was a Tang general in his early years, but later he took the initiative to vote for Liang. After Li Zhengbao accepted him, he even married his sister to him.

Today's Puppet Liang, the whole country can at most gather [-] soldiers, and Sun Dan can lead [-] soldiers to station in Shanlu, which shows that he is quite useful in Puppet Liang.

"It seems that Sun Da can't persuade him to surrender?"

Wu Huaiyu was a little curious why Sun Da was a general of the Tang Dynasty, but he took the initiative to vote for Liang. Isn't this the same as voting for Lao Jiang in [-]?

"Sun Da is also from Shuofang. He came from a powerful local family. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, he was the same as Liang Shidu. He also killed officials and rebelled. He occupied prefectures and counties and claimed to be the general manager. Although brave, he is bloodthirsty, brutal and greedy.

Because he saw the beautiful wife of the superior general, after a banquet, he broke into the subordinate's house and raped her wife. Afterwards, he accused the subordinate general of collaborating with the enemy and beheaded her, and seized the property of his wife and daughter. However, he was reported afterwards. He intended to rebel and seize the city. Defeated alone. "

"So, this Sun Da really can only get along with Liang Shidu until it's dark."

It is indeed not easy to attack a city guarded by such a guy with 8000 people.

No, the Tang army is not about to attack the city.

It's not the time for head-to-head confrontation yet, this time the main purpose of coming here is to harass and destroy, first surround the Shanlu City, if the siege does not attack, his [-] soldiers will die.

The two armies split up to harass the countryside, carry out forced demolition, and destroy young crops. Sun Da could only stare blankly. If he dared to go out of the city to fight, he would lose the advantage of defending the city.

The Tang army has strong soldiers and strong horses, and they still have an advantage in numbers, so they are not afraid.

Even if the Liang division sent troops to help, the Tang army could still besiege the city and fight for help. This is the strategic initiative.

The fact is also as Wu Huaiyu expected,
Sun Da was known as brave, but facing the two armies of the Tang Dynasty camped on three sides outside the city, especially after seeing Duan Zishuai's flag, he didn't dare to leave the city at all.

Only the gates on three sides of the city are strictly guarded, and the guards on the city take turns day and night, and they must not relax.

Although Duan Decao is young, he has served as the governor of Yanzhou for many years, beating the puppet Liang over and over again, from Liang Shidu to Sun Da, there is no one in the puppet Liang who is not afraid of Duan Decao, because he can't really beat him, and the capital of the puppet Liang is too weak. Duan Decao surrounded him three times.

Hit once and lose once.

If it weren't for the Turkic father to save the field every time, the false Liang would have been broken by Duan Decao long ago.

Now that Duan Decao has been appointed as the governor of Xiazhou, they are even more intimidated.

As for Yang Gongren and Wu Huaiyu in the west, Sun Da didn't suffer from them, didn't experience their strengths, so he didn't care too much, but the Lingwu Army has strong soldiers, so he didn't dare to touch them lightly.

I can only be a shrinking turtle, ready to spend with Tang Jun.

As for the military officers persuading them to keep guarding, the forts, farms and even the people outside the city would be difficult to preserve, so Sun Da couldn't care less.

It would be nice to be able to defend Yamaga Castle, so let’s not worry about that.

Tang Jun is three or four times stronger than them, who dares to go out?
Whoever proposes to go, suddenly no one proposes a war.

Hot summer.

The two legions of Lingwu and Shuofang each left half to besiege the city, but they only surrounded three sides.

Each sent the remaining half of the soldiers and horses to sweep the surrounding area.

On the side of Yamaga City, it was very quiet for several days in a row.

The two sides live in peace and harmony, no one scolds and fights in the city, and there is no such thing as a midnight sneak attack in the city. Anyway, the city gates are closed and they will not disturb each other.

Life is not easy for a turtle with a shy head.

Sun Da was under great pressure and couldn't fall asleep every night. Every time he finally fell asleep, he always woke up easily.

Sun Da, who couldn't sleep well, became more and more irritable. He drank his worries every day, and then beat his subordinates with a whip when he was drunk, even the soldiers and servants around him.

Outside the city, the Tang army was besieging the city, and Sun Da in the city was beating and scolding every day, making it even more difficult for the soldiers in the city. Sun Da not only attacked his subordinates, but also began to whip the powerful households in the city.

Eight thousand soldiers and horses were stationed in the city, cut off by the siege, so they were cut off from food and pay. So many people wanted to eat and drink, and even had to be rewarded and encouraged. Sun Da distributed them to the city.

Rich and powerful households contribute money and food, and ordinary people without money contribute labor.

The money, rations, and service that have been shared are very heavy, especially those soldiers who want to take the opportunity to earn a fortune, even at this time, they are getting more and more greedy.

They distribute money and food from door to door, and even ask for benefits. If they don't give it, they will be taken away, or even go in and grab it.

The small Shanlu City is full of chickens and dogs, everyone is in danger, and the resentment is getting deeper and deeper.

In a shop in the city, the clerk sent away Sun Da's soldiers with money and silk, and came to the backyard, "Erlang, send them all away."

"These guys are getting more and more greedy, their appetites are getting bigger and bigger, and this day has come three times."

In the room, the lame Song Jiang was drinking tea, very calm.

"The resentment is so deep, the time is almost here, it's been so long, it's time to make a move."

(End of this chapter)