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Chapter 702: Shicheng Dongchuan (make up for last month's 600 monthly tickets)

After the surrender of the barbarian soldiers of the Helong tribe, Shi Xiu and others discussed and divided the troops into two groups. Shi Xiu and Zhang Xianzhou led 3,000 soldiers and horses to the Helong tribe, while Wei Dingguo and Shan Tinggui led 4,000 soldiers to the Yushi tribe.

Guan Sheng, who was stationed at the border, heard that the front had won a series of great victories and the border was stable, so he led his troops into Shicheng County. At this time, Wei Dingguo and Shan Tinggui had already occupied the empty Yushi Department.

The Yushi tribe was filled with old and weak people. Wei Dingguo killed Bianba, the second son of A Song, who was guarding the city. After some interrogation, he learned that the last tribal soldiers were also taken away by the chief A Song. Wei Dingguo said, "When we came here, we didn't encounter A Song's troops. This guy won't take a detour to attack the Bana tribe village in the rear, right?"

Shan Tinggui said, "Nine out of ten. The Banas only have 3,000 soldiers and many surrendered soldiers. Brother, lead 2,000 soldiers to guard here, and I will lead the troops to fight back and provide assistance."

The plan was decided, and the two men were about to divide their forces.

Before Shan Tinggui led his troops to set off, Shi Xiu had sent someone to report that the chieftain of the Yushi tribe, A Song, had surrendered in the Helong tribe. After hearing this, Wei and Shan hurriedly asked the sergeant who came to report, and the sergeant said, "Two generals, when we were rushing to the Helong tribe, A Song was leading his troops to attack the Helong tribe. Commander Shi saw this and attacked A Song from both sides. When the son of the chieftain of the Helong tribe, Nuomu, saw the head of Bayir, he also committed suicide. Now Commander Shi has occupied the Helong tribe."

After hearing this, Wei and Shan asked the messenger to report to Shi Xiu that Yu Shi's troops had also been captured and told him not to worry. At the same time, they sent soldiers to Guan Sheng to report the victory.

As for Guan Sheng, he knew that Shi Xiu had easily defeated the Bana tribe and the reinforcements of the Yushi tribe. Zhang Xianzhou shot the young chieftain of the Yushi tribe, Na Risu, with arrows and captured and killed more than 4,000 people. The Yushi tribe was doomed, and the remaining troops were just taking over the Yushi tribe's territory. Therefore, Guan Sheng led the army and also entered Shicheng County.

Three days later, Guan Sheng integrated the surrendered soldiers of the three tribes of Yushi in Bana tribe, and the situation in Shicheng County was also clear. Li Fengshan was still left to guard Bana tribe, and Guan Sheng's troops were divided into two groups. His own group, led by the surrendered soldiers, went north to attack the Momi tribe, while Shi Xiu, Wei Dingguo, Shan Tinggui, and Zhang Xianzhou formed a group and attacked the Yeju tribe.

In addition to the Yushi tribe which had been occupied by the Liang State, Shicheng County also included the Momi tribe, the Yeju tribe, the Nagu tribe, the Luowen tribe, the Shizong tribe, the Luoxiong tribe, the Mile tribe, the Xinding tribe, and the Milu tribe, a total of nine tribes, and the Shicheng County city which was governed by ten barbarians.

Of the ten tribes of barbarians in Shicheng County, the most powerful were the Shizong and Mi Le tribes, each with 20,000 tribal soldiers. The remaining tribes had between 3,000 and 5,000 to over 10,000 soldiers.

Of course, the tribal soldiers mentioned here are actually the able-bodied men of each tribe. They can go into battle as long as they pick up weapons, but as for martial arts, they just rely on their strength. The military formation has never been trained, and they rely on bravery to go into battle.

It was after learning this that Guan Sheng made up his mind to use the captured tribal soldiers as guides and vanguards to conquer the remaining barbarian tribes.

In just over half a month, the two armies grew like a snowball, each commanding more than 20,000 barbarian soldiers. Not only Shicheng County, but even Dongchuan County in the north was conquered by Guan Sheng's barbarian soldiers.

Dongchuan County only had a part of the Bipan tribe, with 50,000 tribal soldiers, and only 20,000 were gathered in a hurry. In this battle, Guan Sheng did not use barbarian soldiers, but deployed Liang soldiers, with infantry defending the formation, and cavalry wandering outside. The archers in the army and 3,000 soldiers from the Shesheng Camp fired crossbows and arrows, killing more than 5,000 barbarian soldiers in one battle, and then Gou Ying, the [Downhill Wolf], Ren Sen, and Xing Zheng led the cavalry to charge back and forth, and the infantry surrounded and suppressed them. More than half of the 20,000 barbarian soldiers were killed or injured, and the rest all surrendered.

Thanks to this battle, the barbarian soldiers were frightened, and none of the eleven barbarian tribes in the two counties dared to rebel.

Shi Xiu also killed countless people here.

After a month, the two worlds separated and Zhao Zhen received a prompt.

world log
In June, they resisted the [Dali Xuanren Miaoxiang Kingdom] world and occupied Shicheng County and Dongchuan County. A great victory.

Liang State’s reputation +1, politics +1, economy +3, military +1, culture +1.

Luck +1000.

When Zhao Zhen sent officials to the two counties, nearly 80,000 of the more than 200,000 households in the two counties had no head of household. At the suggestion of Ji Qingwan, Bao Shuya, He Taiping and others, Zhao Zhen ordered to recruit single men from Jingji Road and Fujian Road to marry in the two counties.

Guan Sheng was also remembered by the barbarians because he looked very similar to his ancestor, and their resistance to surrendering to Liang State became less.

Zhao Zhen appointed Guan Sheng as the commander-in-chief of the two counties, and Jin Chengying, the military commander of Zizhou [Sword-Eyebrowed Tiger], was transferred to Qizhou as the commander. Wei Dingguo [Divine Fire General] and Shan Tinggui [Holy Water General], the former military commanders of Qizhou, were appointed as the military commanders of Shicheng County and Dongchuan County respectively. Ren Sen [Iron Face], who had made the most contributions, was promoted to the military commander.

The Guoyi Camp and the Shesheng Camp returned to Liangshan, and the soldiers who went out to fight were rewarded.

In addition to territory and population, the biggest gain from occupying the two counties of the Dali Kingdom was the Yunnan horses. A total of no less than 200,000 horses were confiscated from the two counties.

A rough count showed that there were no less than 300,000 horses in the homes of the people in the two counties.

Unfortunately, most of these horses were unqualified as war horses. The cavalry soldiers could only choose short and strong ones, which were difficult to put on armor. Once they were heavy, the horses could only walk slowly and could not sprint. There were only about 20,000 slightly tall horses that could carry the cavalry soldiers wearing helmets and armor.

In addition to the unqualified Yunnan horses being assigned to the army as pack horses, a number of them were also used to supplement the post stations, and the rest were sold in various prefectures and distributed to the people as draft animals, either to carry goods or to pull carts, or to plow the fields. Of course, there were also some people who bought them to ride.

With this batch of Yunnan horses, the livestock power of Jingji Road and Fujian Road suddenly became sufficient.

In accordance with Liang State customs, Shicheng County and Dongchuan County were changed from counties to prefectures. In order to weaken the tribes and strengthen the sense of belonging of the two prefectures to Liang State, the tribes were no longer called tribe barbarians, and the names of the villages and cities where they lived were also changed. For example, the Yushi tribe was renamed Pu'an, the Momi tribe was renamed Zhanyi, the Yezhu tribe was renamed Jinfuyuan, and the Nagu tribe was renamed Malong...
Not only that, Zhao Zhen also allowed the various tribes to live together, and the prefectures and counties also sent officials to govern them.

The governors of Shicheng Prefecture and Dongchuan Prefecture were selected from officials imprisoned by Miao Fu in Fujian Province. The governor of Shicheng Prefecture was Li Mixun, who was once the head of the Ministry of Revenue in the court of Zhao Gou. When Miao Fu escaped, he abducted him and brought him to Fuzhou.

Hu Quan, the governor of Dongchuan Prefecture, was also a minister who refused to surrender to Miao Fu. He was once the editor of the Privy Council. His brothers, sons, and nephews were also talented. His elder brother Hu Zhu, his cousin Hu E, his younger brother Hu Hao, his sons Hu Yong, Hu Xie, Hu Jia, and Hu Lan, and his nephew Hu Yu were all appointed to official positions.

Hu Zhu was fond of studying and became the chief clerk of the Imperial College. Hu E and Hu Hao, one became the magistrate of Gaoyuan in Zibo Prefecture, and the other became the assistant judge of Xinghua Army.

Hu Yong, Hu Xie, Hu Jia, Hu Lan and Hu Yu were also assigned to various prefectures and counties, serving as chief clerks or mine supervisors.

(End of this chapter)