Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law

Chapter 250 Recovering the entire territory of Yuzhou

April 26th.

When Liang Xue woke up, she was in an elegant room. The room was not as big as her boudoir, but although it was small, it had all the internal organs.

"Hiss" Because the movement range was too large, it involved the pain in the back of the neck. Liang Xue couldn't help but take a breath of cold air and raised her hand to touch the back of the neck.

"You're awake." A Wen Ning voice came into Liang Xue's ears.

Liang Xue turned her head and saw a woman sitting in the corner of the bed, hugging her knees. Who else was it if it wasn't Ning Wan.

Liang Xue frowned, but did not argue with Ning Wan. Everything that happened before she fell into coma flooded into her mind, causing her face to turn pale, and she said in a trembling voice, "Where is this?"

"Still in the Yamen of Longmen County. If I remember correctly, this room is used for guests to rest. You have been unconscious for one night." At this time, both women understood the current situation, so Ning Yuan would know All the situation was told to Liang Xue.

"Outside."

"There are many thieves guarding outside, all wearing armor and carrying crossbows. They can't get out." Ning Yuan knew what Liang Xue wanted to ask and said.

Liang Xue's heart sank, looking at the beautiful woman in the corner who was usually regarded as her enemy, she felt a sympathy for her at this moment, and said: "Is there any news about daddy?"

Ning Yuan shook her head.

Liang Xue's expression changed slightly. In ancient times, in battles, it was normal for the victor to take the enemy's wife and daughter as trophies.

As far as she knew, the concubine of the ancestor of the Liang family was the concubine of the leader of the bandit army when they first conquered the city.

This kind of thing is too common. Even Emperor Taizu, who was praised and praised by people all over the country at that time, was not playing with each other's wives and daughters in the early days of the founding of the country.

This is still a good moral bottom line. Some people with a low moral bottom line not only play by themselves, but also invite their subordinates to play with the wives and daughters of enemy generals and let them pick up guests after playing.

As the daughter of the Liang family, Liang Xue naturally knows more than ordinary people, and she has even heard about some secrets.

When she thought that she would end up like this in the future, her body couldn't help but tremble, and her heart was filled with deep fear.

She had never experienced hardship since she was a child and grew up surrounded by thousands of lights. She couldn't help but cry out of fear.

When Ning Wan saw this scene, she sighed. She was still a child after all, and said: "Don't worry, I will rescue us. I am resourceful and will definitely be able to defeat the rebel army and drive them out of Yuzhou. "

Hearing this, Liang Xue thought so too.

When a person does not go out to explore, the objects of admiration in his heart are his parents. He feels that there is nothing that his parents cannot do, and he regards them as his support.

Thinking of this, Liang Xue's uneasiness gradually dissipated a little.

But as the time came to May 2, their faces turned pale due to a casual remark made by the soldier who was delivering the food.

On April 30, the Yuzhou army was ambushed by bandits in Weiyangpo, and the prefect of Yuzhou was captured.

This news was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for the two women, as if the hope in their hearts had been completely extinguished.

"No, no, the master is a fourth-grade warrior, and there are so many people around him. Even if he can't defeat the bandit army, he can still escape. How could he be captured? The bandit army must have lied to us. We don't believe it. ." Ning Wan said, finding it difficult to accept the news.

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the other side.

Falling outside the city.

"Dong dong dong" the war drums continued to sound, and the trapped guards began to form their formation almost at the same time.

On the wall behind the city gate of Chuima City, Cui Shuang looked at the enemy troops escaping in the direction of Chuima City in the distance. He was surprised and excited: "It's true. It's true. Chen Shuai is actually true." Defeated the enemy."

"What are I telling you? There have never been any mistakes in the plans made by Brother Mo." In front of outsiders, Zhang He always calls Chen Mo Brother Mo to show his close relationship with Chen Mo.

"They are coming." Liu Ze said.

Zhang He took a step forward and said loudly to the approaching Yuzhou army: "You have been defeated. If we don't surrender now, when will we wait?"

The trapped guards on the city wall and below all shouted loudly, and countless voices converged into one sound, as if they were about to pierce everyone's eardrums.

Sun Meng, who was chasing behind, heard this shout, his face turned red with excitement, and he said loudly: "Brothers, the people in Shuima City are ours, go ahead and surround them."

Under attack from the front and back, the fleeing Yuzhou army was defeated and directly surrounded by this not-so-wide official road.

"Liang Song, the prefect of Yuzhou, all your superiors have surrendered, and your family members are still in Longmen County. We, Chen Shuai, have said that if you lay down your arms and surrender, not only will you be pardoned for your crimes, but you will also be reunited with your family.

The city is full of our people. You have nowhere to escape. The only way is to surrender. If you resist stubbornly and refuse to surrender, you will be killed without mercy. "

Hundreds of Shenwu guards with loud voices shouted in front of the formation, shaking the morale of the Yuzhou army.

And they were all a group of broken soldiers, with no military morale at all. When they heard this, they suddenly hesitated and their morale became even lower.

"when"

One of the ten captains threw down the weapon in his hand and said: "My mother, wife and children are all in Longmen County. I cannot die, I surrender."

This group of defeated soldiers was already panic-stricken, but because someone took the lead, they all surrendered immediately.

As for the main force of Yuzhou, it was completely captured by Chen Mo's troops.

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Longmen County.

Chen Mo is formulating the military establishment.

Now Yuzhou has almost been captured by him. Unlike Qingzhou, the population of Qingzhou was wiped out by the Tianshi Army. But Yuzhou is different. Judging from the household register of Shiling County, the population of Shiling County has a total of More than 8,000 people.

The population of Longmen County is 14,000. The entire Yuzhou has a total of 86 counties with a population of at least 600,000.

And these 600,000 can at least recruit 10,000 to 30,000 troops.

The reason why Liang Song did not recruit troops was that he always believed that he was a minister of the Song Dynasty. Even though he held the military and political power in Yuzhou, he did not have the right to recruit troops. After all, recruiting troops privately was the same crime as rebellion.

But Chen Mo didn't care about this.

In this way, the size of his army will reach 50,000 in the future.

It is no longer suitable to use team leader or captain, let alone the fact that he is currently considered a general of the imperial court.

Then let’s use the imperial court’s organizational structure.

The military rank of the imperial court is captain of ten, in charge of ten people, followed by captain of centurion and captain of thousands.

But unlike the Qin Dynasty, it did not have Qu Junhou. Directly above the thousand captains was the captain, who could be in charge of one battalion. In wartime, there were many battalions, and he could be in charge of five thousand to ten thousand troops.

Above the captain is the general.

But when it comes to this column, it's too complicated, with all kinds of generals emerging one after another, and Chen Mo can't understand it at all.

For example, when he heard that he was appointed General Xuanwei before, he didn't know what rank he was in or what he was in charge of, until Geng Songfu explained that he was just a general with no military authority.

Therefore, Chen Moshe is almost the same as the captain of the school. Above this, he is not qualified to give the title to his subordinates.

The former team leader became the captain of ten.

The squad leader becomes a centurion.

The squadron leader became the captain of thousands.

As for Li Yunzhang, Sun Meng, Liu Ze, Shao Jinneng, Zhang He, Cui Shuang and others, they became captains.

Sun Meng was the captain of the personal camp.

Chen Mo started scribbling on the paper.

By the way, Wen Heng also had to be appointed as a school captain. After all, he had to set an example for this group of Yuzhou soldiers to surrender their soldiers.

In addition to positions, Chen Mo plans to expand the Shenwu Guards to about 10,000 people, the Shenwu Guards to about 20,000 people, the Formation Guards to about 20,000 people, and the personal barracks to 1,000 people.

We also need to build a cavalry camp. That's all. Let's set up an army and name it the Cavalry Guard.

Incorporating this Yuzhou army can yield at least one thousand to two thousand war horses.

After some self-study, the time has come to night.

On the other side, the seized dowry was also counted. Except for the calligraphy and paintings of famous people whose value could not be determined for the time being, the remaining gold, silver, and silk satin totaled more than two million dollars.

This amount not only exceeds the wealth of Lu Yonggang and Yang Minggui.

Even if Chen Mo's family wealth in Pingting County is added up, it is not that much.

After getting the news, Chen Mo was dumbfounded.

He knew that Liang Xue had a lot of dowry, but he didn't expect it to be so much.

As for the betrothal gift, Shen Yongwei did not find it in Longmen County. Through investigation, it was learned that the betrothal gift of Crown Prince Chong was sent to the Liang family. Because the journey was too far, the Liang family temporarily kept it for Liang Song.

The time comes on May 6th.

Sun Meng, Zhang He and others arrived at Longmen County with their soldiers.

Because there were too many people, they could only camp outside the city.

This group of surrendered soldiers totaled 7,600 people.

According to Chen Mo's plan, after excluding the wounded soldiers inside and the Tianshi soldiers who had originally surrendered, the rest were directly incorporated into the Shen Yong Guard.

To be honest, Chen Mo is not worried at all about the quality of these soldiers. In terms of overall strength, they even surpass the Divine Guards. With a simple break-in, they can go directly to the battlefield.

That afternoon, a homing pigeon flew out of Longmen County and headed straight for Pingting County.

He needs Geng Songfu to send some scribes to help him or give him some management advice. Among the 86 counties in Yuzhou, excluding Quanyang County, Tianshui Town and other cities and counties with no population, there are still nearly half of the counties that need his management. He can't be busy alone.

On May 7, Chen Mo ordered Liu Ze, Zhang He, and Hu Qiang to stay in Longmen County with the trapped guards. He, Sun Meng, Cui Shuang, and Wen Heng led the Shenyong Guards, Shenwu Guards, and some of the descendants to recapture Yuzhou. other cities and counties.

Well, that’s right, it’s recovery.

Yuzhou's troops were concentrated by Liang Song in Cuima City, Shiling County and Longmen County.

There are not many troops left in other cities and counties, and he has already released the news that Liang Song has surrendered to him, making Chen Mo's entire recovery process extremely smooth.

Every time he arrived at a county town, the county magistrate in the city led a group of subordinate officials out of the city to greet him. This allowed Chen Mo to capture multiple cities without taking any action.

Of course, there were also those who stubbornly resisted. Chen Mo's repeated persuasion failed and he launched an siege.

After the city was broken, all the generals and generals of the city's garrison and all the county officials were killed.

After killing the chickens to scare the monkeys, no one in other cities could resist.

At the end of May, Chen Mo regained the entire territory of Yuzhou and reported it to the court.

(End of this chapter)