I became a saint by picking up corpses in Water Margin

Chapter 397 Are you a genius?
Duke Anle was the title bestowed upon Liu Shan, the last emperor of Shu. People in later generations often criticized him for being cowardly and incompetent.

Yang Chang also conferred the title of Anle Duke on Li Qianshun. In theory, this title had obvious derogatory connotations, but Li Qianshun was not a foolish emperor because he saw a hint in this title.

Liu Chan was granted the title of Duke of Anle by Sima Zhao, and was treated well in the Jin Dynasty and had a good end. Coincidentally, Yang Chang's current title is also the King of Jin.

So as long as I do my duty, I will end up like Liu Chan.

With this kind of thought.

Li Qianshun returned to his palace, stood in the original position of the ministers, and saluted Yang Chang who was on the throne.

The feeling at that time was mixed.

"Prince Jin, you're looking for me?"

"Lord Anle, there aren't many Xixia royal family members, so we should be able to pack up quickly and move to Hedong soon. Is that okay with you?"

"Everything is up to King Jin's arrangement."

"very good."

Yang Chang nodded in affirmation, and then added: "Although Duke Anle has surrendered, I heard that there are 200,000 Xia troops in Guanzhong. Will they not send troops to restore their country? Or will they directly seize Guanzhong?"

"I don't know about this."

"I have sent Xixia's old ministers to persuade them to surrender. I hope they can understand the current situation."

“I think so too.”

Before Li Qianshun could finish his words, he was stumped by Yang Chang's new question, "I heard that your son Li Renxiao was still in Xingqing Prefecture a few days ago. Why was he not included in the inventory of the royal family this time? In addition, Li Renli was not here either. Does Lord Anle know their whereabouts?"

"The King of Jin was invincible, and the people of Xingqing were all in a state of panic. Many of them fled secretly. As for where my son and Renli went, I really don't know."

"You don't know. Let me guess."

Yang Chang smiled playfully and said meaningfully: "Will they go to Guanzhong? And then restore the Western Xia in Guanzhong?"

“I really don’t know.”

How could Li Qianshun not know?
At this moment, his heart was filled with anxiety, thinking, how could the ingenious back-up plan he had kept be discovered so quickly? I am afraid I can no longer be the Duke of Anle.

I thought Yang Chang was going to ask for punishment, but he raised it high and then put it down gently, and then he said calmly:

"Duke Anle doesn't know how powerful I am. In my eyes, two hundred thousand people are nothing but chickens and dogs. If you really want to continue to resist, you will only lose your life in vain."

"Yes Yes Yes"

"Your son is still young. If his parents move to Hedong, wouldn't there be no one to take care of him if he returns to Xingqing? So, do you have any objection to leaving his mother behind?"

"No, no, it's all up to King Jin."

Li Qianshun responded with a nod. He subconsciously thought that Yang Chang kept Cao to check and balance his son in the future, and he did not think about beauty at all.

After all, the two princesses accompanying the army were already rare beauties in the world. How could he possibly fall for Cao? Unless he wanted to be the father of my son.

This king of a fallen country had no idea that the woman whom Yang Chang looked down upon was favored by a general under Yang Chang's command. With an example like Zhang Qing, Yang Zhi didn't mind being someone's father.

That night, several generals who were accompanying the army came to Yang Chang to participate in the meeting as usual.

Although Li Qianshun surrendered, it did not mean that Western Xia had been pacified.

At this time, Xixia had a considerable territory.

Not to mention that it borders Yang Chang's Hedong in the east, there are Shazhou (Dunhuang), Guazhou, Suzhou (Zhangye) and other places in the west. In the north, it borders the Jin Kingdom with Heishui Town Yanjunsi (Ejina Banner) and Heishan Weifujunsi (now northwest of Wuyuan). In the south, not counting the newly occupied Guanzhong, there are also Zhuolahenanjunsi, Xishoubaotaijunsi, Jingsaijunsi and other places.

If Yang Chang were to conquer them one by one, it would take too much time. Moreover, there was the Jin Kingdom in the north of Western Xia and the Tubo in the southwest, and the Jin army here had only 20,000 people. It was already a difficult task to maintain stability in the existing occupied areas.

Once the civil unrest in the Jin Dynasty is stopped, the Jin army may return to Hebei at any time.

Sun An and Li Yanxian might not be able to withstand the pressure, and Yang Chang had promised Zhao Fujin to rescue Zhao Ji before April 5 of next year, so he could not stay in Xixia for a long time.

However, there are still 200,000 Jin troops in Guanzhong, and this threat must be eliminated in advance. At present, we can only rely on Li Qianshun's imperial edict to persuade them to surrender. Anyway, the jade seal has fallen into Yang Chang's hands, so it is very convenient to issue any edict he wants.

of course.

This time, it took him only one month to conquer Xingqing Prefecture from Hedong, which had already destroyed the pride and confidence of the Western Xia people. Many ministers who surrendered were convinced, and there were also remnants who wanted to restore their country.

In view of this situation, Yang Chang planned to use Xia people to rule Xia.

If they are obedient, they will be reused; if they are disobedient, they will be removed.

This is what power is, it can control people’s hearts.

There are always people who want to climb up, there are always people who want to jump to other classes, and as long as there are desires, they can be exploited.

Some people say that this will leave hidden dangers, but Yang Chang's base is in Hedong. As long as Hedong remains stable, there will be no problem. When the world is unified in the future, the previous deficiencies can be gradually improved.

Yang Chang cannot stay in Xixia for long, and the situation here is so complicated, so a general is needed to guard it.

Among the generals accompanying the army, only Wu Song has enough prestige and is also Yang Chang's most trusted brother. He is also relatively quick-witted. The only shortcoming is that he is not good at leading troops, so a deputy has to be appointed to him.

So the topic of the night was to determine whether Xixia would stay behind.

When Yang Chang appointed Wu Song and asked who would be the deputy general, everyone lowered their heads and dared not answer.

First, the responsibility was too great, and if he was not careful, he would cause a disaster; second, if Yang Chang could destroy Western Xia, he would be able to replace the Song Dynasty, and go north to destroy Jin. If he stayed, he would have fewer opportunities to make meritorious deeds.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Yang Chang asked Wu Song for his opinion.

"Second brother, who do you want to be your deputy? If the brothers here are not suitable, I can transfer people from Hedong, but we must stabilize Xixia. After I take over Hebei and drive away the Jin people, I will come back to solve the hidden dangers here."

"Actually"

Wu Song smiled bitterly and expressed his opinion after thinking for a while, "It is not suitable for me, the only one who can take charge of Xixia without affecting the overall situation is Brother Zhu Tong."

"Hiss, that's right!"

"Your Majesty, Commandant Wu is right. General Zhu is in charge of Jinzhou, and his ability is obvious to all. It is indeed appropriate for him to come."

"I agree."

Seeing everyone agreeing in unison, Yang Chang stroked his beard and nodded slightly.

"Zhu Tong is indeed capable of this task, but the area we control is separated from Hedong by Yan'an Prefecture. It seems that I have to lead my troops there."

"But we have 20,000 troops stationed in various places in Xixia, which is already stretched to the limit. If we send more troops to Yan'an Prefecture, I'm afraid we won't be able to do it."

Seeing Wu Song so worried, Yang Chang said seriously: "Yan'an Prefecture must be taken, otherwise the Xixia royal family will have to move there and follow the same route we came here, which is a waste of time. Besides, you know my ability, I don't need many soldiers at all."

"How many soldiers does Sanlang plan to bring?"

"One or two thousand is enough, right?"

"Then we can still make do."

Just as the two were discussing, the ugly county horse Xuan Zan suddenly offered a suggestion, saying: "Your Majesty, since you are moving the Xixia royal family, why not send them directly to Bianliang? I think the Western Court will be happy to accept them, and since we don't have to settle them, isn't it the best of both worlds?" "Hmm? Are you a genius?"

Yang Chang couldn't help but make a joke.

Xuan Zan chuckled, "I learned this from following King Jin around."

"That makes sense, but we need to communicate this to the Western Court first, so we still have to send him to Hedong first, and then transfer him to Bianliang. Since you all recommended Zhu Tong, I will transfer him to govern Xixia, but..."

Yang Chang suddenly changed the subject and said to Wu Song in a serious tone, "Before Zhu Tong comes, I'd like to trouble you, my second brother, to temporarily take charge of Xingqing Mansion. The rest of the brothers must also stay and assist."

"Yes."

"no problem."

Seeing everyone agreeing in unison, Yang Chang came to Yang Zhi again and said meaningfully: "Zhu Tong is the ambassador of Xixia, and you will be the deputy ambassador of Xixia."

"Me? How can I be so worthy?"

Yang Zhi looked around and always felt that he surrendered too late and had not made any great contributions, so he was not confident enough.

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Yang Changze patted him on the shoulder and said solemnly, "Although Xixia has been promoting sinicization in recent years, it has not deviated from the Liao and Jin governance model in essence. Since you like Li Qianshun's Consort Cao Xian, it's just right to use intermarriage to appease the Xixia people."

"Ah I."

"Don't be embarrassed. A real man should do his duty. And you, it seems that many of you are still single. If Han women are not satisfied, you might as well follow Yang Zhi's example and marry a Xixia woman. This will be considered a contribution to the stability of the country."

When these words were spoken, everyone lowered their heads, especially Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu, as they had no plans to get married.

After resting in Xingqing Prefecture for five days, Yang Chang led two thousand men towards Youzhou. Except for Consort Cao and Prince Pu Li Renzhong who were left behind, Li Qianshun and more than a hundred clan members followed the army.

Li Qianshun let Li Renli take the prince away, and Yang Chang left behind Li Renli's brother and the biological mother of the prince Li Renxiao, as a trump card for Wu Song.

Yang Chang went there to take back Yan'an Prefecture and open up the road between Xixia and Hedong. He would then return to Hedong to adjust the defense, and then go to the battlefield in Hebei.

Only by taking over Hebei and controlling the Great Wall can he take advantage of the geographical location to deal with other countries.

no way.

After all, this guy has too little foundation and has to fight on multiple fronts at the same time, so he can only do it like playing a game, using the pass to delay some of the enemies as much as possible, and then concentrate superior forces to defeat them one by one.

As for the 200,000 Xixia troops in Guanzhong? Would they take advantage of Yang Chang's departure to launch a counterattack?

Yang Chang is not too worried about this for three reasons.

First, like the Jin army in history, the Jin army marched straight into the capital of Western Xia, causing the Western Xia people to die instantly, and demonstrated terrifying combat effectiveness. By spreading propaganda through Western Xia officials sent to persuade them to surrender, the garrison in Guanzhong would surely be deterred from moving forward.

Second, the Xixia people had occupied Guanzhong not long ago, and the people were unstable and needed to be stationed to suppress the people. Once the army left the occupied area and returned to their homeland, the newly acquired land might change hands again.

Third, Li Qianshun had lost his kingdom, and not all the generals outside the court would support his son. Some of them might even become disloyal. Not only would there be no counterattack against Western Xia, but the internal situation would also be in chaos.

In view of this, Yang Changcai dared to leave in a swagger.

In his mind, as long as Xixia could hold out for half a year, Hebei would be recovered by then, and Yang Chang would be able to free up his hands to deal with the problems left over by Xixia.

When Yang Chang went to recapture Yan'an Prefecture this time, not only did he bring a small number of troops, the general also only appointed Zhang Qing and Xiao Gong, not to mention Qiu Qiongying and Zhao Fujin to accompany the army.

Considering that bringing members of the Western Xia royal family on the road would have a great impact on the marching speed, Yang Chang ordered Zhang Qing to lead the troops to follow behind, while the rest of the troops maintained their speed and arrived at Yan'an Prefecture in late December.

As a surrendered general of the Liao Dynasty, Xiao Gong worked particularly hard in the counterattack against Western Xia. He vented all the suppression he received in the Jin army and the frustration he suffered in the battle against Yang Chang on Western Xia.

I can’t defeat the Jin people, I can’t defeat the King of Jin, and I can’t control Western Xia?
Seeing that Xiao Gong was fighting actively, Yang Chang appointed him as the vanguard in the recapture of Yan'an Prefecture.

The original plan was to have the Xi cavalry scout out in front, but because there were only a few thousand soldiers guarding Yan'an Prefecture and they heard that drastic changes had taken place in the country, the defending general decisively opened the city and surrendered to Xiao Gong.

In this way, Yang Chang marched into Fushi City (the old name of Yan'an) without bloodshed.

Xiao Gong welcomed him into the provincial government office and brought the governor of Yan'an Prefecture to pay him a visit.

Yang Chang was sitting in the main seat of the government office. He saw from afar that the visitor's appearance and clothes did not look like a Xixia person, so he turned around and asked Xiao Gong: "What is this person's name and where is he from?"

"Zheng Jianchong is from Jingzhao."

“Is he Chinese?”

"should be."

After hearing Xiao Gong's answer, Yang Chang couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth. He was also surprised that Yan'an was captured so smoothly. Could it be that the defending general was one of their own?

Zheng Jianchong strode into the front hall, walked to the steps, looked at Yang Changna, and bowed, "I am the former military commander of Fuyan Road of the Song Dynasty and the prefect of Yan'an. I am Zheng Jianchong, paying my respects to His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin."

"Get up and talk."

"Yes."

"So you are a general of the Song Dynasty."

Yang Chang stroked his beard with a playful look on his face.

Zheng Jianchong hurriedly clasped his fists and explained: "The court has been constantly dispatching troops from Guanzhong, resulting in insufficient garrison forces in various states. The Western Xia took the opportunity to invade in the past two years. For the sake of the people of Yan'an, I had no choice but to serve the Western Xia. Fortunately, the King of Jin swept the Western Xia, and only then did the Han land regain its light."

"Why are you kneeling again? Get up quickly."

Yang Chang was polite on the surface, but in his heart he thought that this guy was a smooth person, as flexible as Li Qianshun. If he couldn't win, he would surrender. Anyway, it didn't matter who he worked for.

"How about the rest of Guanzhong?"

"The Xixia army is mainly based in the hinterland of Guanzhong, and their troops should exceed 200,000. However, the King of Jin is a master at using troops, and he swept through Xixia with only tens of thousands of men. Even if there are 20,000 of them against 200,000, the chances of winning are very high."

"But I only brought two thousand people."

"two thousand?"

Zheng Jianchong was stunned when he heard this.

Didn't Xiao Gong say 20,000? I still have 5,000 garrison troops, but I was deceived by this Hu man.

"Two thousand is not a small number. Remember during the Three Kingdoms period, Zhang Liao defeated 100,000 with 800 troops, and it is reasonable that the King of Jin defeated 200,000 with 2,000 troops. In addition, you can also increase the number of troops, so taking back Guanzhong is no problem."

"Prefect Zheng is really good at talking."

Yang Chang gave his evaluation with a smile, and then said seriously: "But the army under my command is limited. The 20,000 troops of Xixia were squeezed out of my teeth. I really can't withdraw more troops here, so I will not send troops to Guanzhong for the time being."

"Yes, yes, the use of troops requires stability. I will learn this from the King of Jin."

"Although my military strength is limited, I heard that the false emperor Zhao Gou has fled to Jiangnan. Your Majesty may be able to free up his hands to retake Guanzhong. I will write a memorial immediately, and I'll trouble you to send someone to deliver it to Bianjing."

"Uh okay."

Zheng Jianchong was stunned when he heard this, thinking, "You still obey the emperor? But even if I submit a memorial, I will be rewarded by the emperor. I accept this favor. I immediately replied happily: "Prince Jin has made such a great contribution, and I should report the good news to His Majesty. I will never forget your kindness in supporting me."

(End of this chapter)