Chapter 339 Entering the city
Peng Hu wrapped his face with a white cloth and sneezed.
Yang Zheng looked at his mummy-yin-like father-in-law. After learning how to deceive Hu Fen, his eyes couldn't help but look strange. He had to be said to be too shrewd.
If we open the city in advance, we will inevitably be besieged by Hu Fen, and Peng's tribe will suffer heavy losses.
Choosing to open the city at this time minimized Peng's losses and became the last straw for Hu Fen.
The defenders collapsed immediately. Hu Fen led more than a thousand troops to escape from the north gate, and Meng Fei led two thousand cavalry in pursuit.
Xu Zhi was surrounded and killed by the army.
The people in the city were saved as a result, and half of the defenders became prisoners.
Smart people always do things in an all-round way, leaving no one with the slightest fault.
"Thank you, Patriarch Peng." Yang Zheng saw several fireworks in the city and asked Pang Qing to lead people to put them out and maintain order in the city.
"It's not Peng's fault, but the general's strategizing and the soldiers' bravery that allowed Peng to find a chance." Peng Hu became humble and flattered him secretly.
Yang Zheng couldn't help but laugh, "Gong is merit, fault is fault, there is no need to hide it."
Yang Zheng didn't pay attention to his little thoughts. As a clan leader, he would naturally consider the interests of his clan.
As for whether Peng Hu will continue to be his clan leader or join Xiping in the future, it is his own choice.
Smart people always make the smartest choices.
Not long after, Liu Heng and Zhao Deng came forward carrying Xu Zhi's head.
The two men were covered in blood, with wounds on their armor and stomach. Liu Heng also received an ax on his shoulder. A large piece of flesh was removed from his helmet and armor, and almost all the iron teeth on the mace were broken off.
Xu Zhi is known as the best in Yongliang, and Liu Heng is more than one level behind him.
Liu Heng spat out blood and cursed: "Bah, this thief is so vicious. If the city wall hadn't been narrow, he wouldn't be able to use his ax or my mace. He was attacked by Zhao Laizi and fell on the city wall this time."
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To be rated as vicious by Liu Heng, it seems that Xu Zhi is really brave.
Zhao Deng said nothing, and there was no color on his face. He seemed to have suffered serious internal injuries.
"Where are you injured?" Yang Zheng ignored Liu Heng and asked about Zhao Deng.
Zhao Deng opened his mouth, and blood flowed out from the corner of his mouth, "No, it's not a problem. I will recover after a few days of rest."
Liu Heng opened his eyes wide and gave Zhao Deng a thumbs up, "You guys with missing arms and legs are really amazing. You dare to jump up the city while holding a ladder. There are many people in our army who are risking their lives, and you rank first."
This guy speaks with no integrity and exposes his scars in front of others.
Fortunately, Zhao Deng knew his temper, so he didn't take it seriously and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
"Every officer below Zhao Deng will be awarded a bronze medal for loyalty and bravery to show his dedication." This is an additional reward from Yang Zheng, and his military achievements are still being tallied.
They need dignity and respect more than other rewards.
Bravery is awarded to the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for Xiping, and loyalty and bravery is awarded to those soldiers who fought bravely.
"Thank you, General!" Zhao Deng weakly raised his hands and saluted.
Yang Zheng asked his soldiers to help him down for treatment.
Guzang just won it.
Hu Fen did not defend, otherwise more people would have died, and it is unknown how many people in the city would have died in the fire.
It was out of this consideration that we surrounded San Jueyi in the first place. Giving others a way to survive was actually giving ourselves a way to survive.
Although under the control of the Xuanyi envoys, there were still looters after the army entered the city.
But they were quickly brought under control, and those who organized the robbery were the Qianghu slaves who had just been converted into government soldiers.
In the northwest, after a city is broken, there must be burning, killing, looting, and giving vent to all animal desires.
However, Yang Zheng didn't want to see Guzang in a mess, so he issued a strict order.
If you have violated military law, you cannot blame the military law for being ruthless.
Forty-three government soldiers were pinned down on the long street, while the people hid in their homes, cowering in fear through the cracks in their doors.
Yang Zheng personally fed everyone wine, some cried and begged for mercy, some laughed, and some shouted to be Yang Zheng's subordinates again in the next life...
The long knife fell, and forty-three heads rolled down the long street.
"You eat Erlu, and the people care for you. God cannot bully you, nor can you abuse the people! The people are water, and the army is fish. How can there be fish without water? If anyone bullies the people again, his family will be destroyed!" The cold wind said
In the middle, on the long street, Yang Zheng's heart is as solid as stone, and his face is as cold as ice.
In recent years, various systems and laws have been improved, and Yang Zheng rarely draws his sword.
As a result, many people have forgotten how ruthless Yang Zheng was back then.
As soon as this statement came out, it was preached in the army by the Xuanyi envoy, and the three armies were immediately in awe.
When the notice to calm the people was posted, the people in the city knelt down and praised Yang Zheng's benevolence.
One day later, casualties, prisoners, treasury, population and other data were roughly compiled.
"Forty-three hundred slaves were killed, more than 2,700 government soldiers were killed, and more than 1,800 pro-army soldiers were killed. The number of minor and serious injuries is still being counted. More than 4,700 enemies were killed, and 7,900 were captured. There are 7,900 prisoners in the city.
There are 23,000 households, about 90,000 people. In addition, the treasury seized 230,000 shi of grain, nearly one million taels of gold, silver, money, and silk treasures, 8,000 sets of armor and weapons of all kinds, and 7,000 oxen, horses, and alpacas.
"Pang Qing's voice became more and more excited as he spoke.
Wuwei was the capital of Hexi Province and an important trade town. It was also the recipient of various blood transfusions from Sima Fu. Not only were there not many of these things, but they were too few.
But what pleased Yang Zheng the most was that there were 23,000 households. With this population and the capture of Yongliang army prisoners of war, the hidden danger of the Western Ping razing of too many Hans and too few Hans completely disappeared.
"All the gold, silver, coins and silk will be rewarded to the soldiers. The common people who participated in the Northern Expedition, whether slaves, women or children, will have their taxes halved next year, and each person will be rewarded with five liters of grain." There are less than 100,000 people under Guzang City, but more than 50,000 stones of grain.
Yang Zheng can still get it.
After Pang Qing wrote it down in his notebook, he went down to handle it.
Taking down Guzang is equivalent to taking down Wuwei, and the remaining three counties are just the fat in the mouth.
It just depends on how you eat it.
In the words of later generations, the situation is not a small good, but a great one.
The three plates of Xiping, Jincheng and Wuwei are connected together, plus Xihai, Hequ and Yangzheng.
Just when Yang Zheng was staring at the sand table, the scout came to report, "Report to the general, Captain Meng pursued Hu Fen to the upper river, but was stopped by Xianbei!"
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"How brave!" Yang Zheng laughed angrily.
Do you still dare to go against yourself at this time?
Are you really not afraid that your sword won't be able to hit them?
The reason why Wuwei is an important town is that on the one hand it blocks the Hexi Corridor, and on the other hand it has a huge deterrent effect on the grassland.
After Huo Qubing took over the military power, the end of the Xiongnu came. The tragic song of the country's subjugation: Losing my Qilian Mountains, my six animals will not be able to rest; losing my Yanzhi Mountain, my married woman will have no color.
After the Xiongnu were suppressed by the two Han Dynasties, the Xianbei people gradually rose up and occupied not only Mobei, Liaodong, and Monan, but also Hexi.
The fertile land around Helan Mountain was occupied by them.
Winning Wuwei is by no means a once and for all outcome, but a beginning, with new challenges coming.
Gentlemen, powerful people, Qiang and Hu, Xianbei, problems arise one after another.
"Send the order to the guard camp and follow me to sweep up the river!" Yang Zheng's eyes were filled with blood.
If you want to play, play a big one and get them in place at once, so as not to fall into the exhausted situation where Hu is running around.
In the past few years, I haven't pulled out my knife, and outsiders think I am a vegetarian.
Why are the Xianbei people so indifferent?
Isn’t it because Hu Fen has not solved the problem in the past two years?
Huairou definitely won't do it. Xianbei is not a Qiang. The Qiang people are scattered sand, and there is still loose sand inside. Xianbei has its own inheritance, and Huairou is just raising tigers to cause trouble.
And now, with the power of victory, why not cut through the mess quickly?
When we attacked Hu Fen three times and left the north without attacking, didn't we just drive him towards Xianbei?
Sometimes I have to admit that knives solve problems the fastest, at the lowest cost, and with the best results.
Chapter completed!