This rebellion lasted for two days in Lu County. Although Liu Yi and others ran away, they did not run very far because Bei Gongchun directly led his troops to attack Youzhou, marching through three cities and approaching Lu County.
When Liu Cong issued an announcement saying that he had put down the rebellion and temporarily appeased the residents, he came back and heard that Queen Mother Shan had disappeared. He was furious and sent people to search the palace and the city, but no one was found.
Liu Cong's chest heaved with anger. Empress Dowager Shan was very important, not only because of his unspeakable thoughts, but also because of her identity. With her in hand, she could not only threaten Liu Yi, but also the Di people.
She has always been timid and meek, how dare she run away?
A panicked scout ran in and reported: "Your Majesty, the Xiliang Army and the Zhao Army have entered the Yan Kingdom. They captured our three cities. The Xiliang Army has approached Lu County."
Liu Cong clenched his fists, and the ministers on the side did not care about the offence, and quickly asked: "Your Majesty, how many people do we have on hand?"
When he counted the defecting tribes and populations just now, Liu Cong did not take them with him, nor did he make the data public.
Liu Cong was silent for a long time with a dark face before speaking.
Liu Yi was originally his legitimate son, and there were many people who supported him. Coupled with the power in the hands of Liu Huanxi and others, he took away a lot of people.
Even the 120,000 troops that Liu Cong had been holding had lost 40,000. Some of them ran with Liu Yi, and some of them took advantage of the chaos.
The war for half a year has made them very tired and they have no hope at all.
They had fought longer battles before, but they had never been like this. They were retreating steadily, each time they were further away from home, and every day there was no hope.
War-weariness permeated the Huns, and everyone just wanted to cease the war, cease the war!
The war no longer brings them glory and wealth, but frustration, casualties, and separation from their families.
Chen Yuanda, the imperial censor, was keenly aware of this change. He couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, the morale of the army is low, and the morale of the Zhao family army is at its peak. Why don't we retreat temporarily and retreat to Shanggu County."
Half of Shanggu County is south of the Great Wall and half is north of the Great Wall. Does he want it to be in the south or the north?
If we were in the north, wouldn't we have walked out of the Great Wall and stayed outside the Pass?
What is the difference between this and subjugation?
Liu Cong's breathing became rapid. He couldn't listen to the suggestion of retreating at this time. Doesn't this mean that he might as well surrender to Zhao Hanzhang?
Liu Cong said coldly: "Disturbing the morale of the army! Even if Wang Jun is captured, he still has two sons outside. There are many forces in Youzhou now. It is the time to fish in troubled waters. Is it so easy for Zhao Hanzhang to deal with me with all his strength? You
What are you trying to do to disrupt the military's morale at this time?"
He said to his left and right: "I think Chen Yuanda missed his homeland, so he secretly helped Zhao Hanzhang."
After that, people dragged Chen Yuanda down and beheaded him.
This move shocked people's hearts, and no one dared to mention the retreat of the army.
Liu Cong said to his left and right: "The victims of Youzhou are everywhere and they are starving to death for hundreds of miles. She wants to attack us as well as Wang Jun. The supply of food and grass is insufficient. As long as we hold on to Yan State, it won't be long before they run out of food and grass and have to withdraw."
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But in fact, Zhao Hanzhang's attack on Wang Jun was unexpectedly successful. Shi Le did not kill Wang Jun, but carried him around. When he arrived at a city, he publicly announced his faults at the gate of the city, and then raised the banner of Zhao Hanzhang, and the city
——He just surrendered.
Not only the officials, but also the people in the city lined the streets to welcome them in. Shi Le took the opportunity to raise his flag high, right next to the word "Zhao".
The two flags of "Shi" and "Zhao" were placed side by side. Except for a few officials, no one discovered Shi Le's careful plan.
Shi Le quickly captured the city. On the other side, Zhao Hanzhang and Tuoba Yilu attacked the city together and quickly recovered Jizhou and Youzhou. On the way, they encountered Wang Zhou, the eldest son who came to rescue Wang Jun. Not to mention Liu Kun, Zhao Hanzhang did not even charge into the battle. Tuoba Yilu led the Xianbei army and defeated the 50,000 people they brought. After confiscating the horses, grain, grass and weapons, he was about to massacre the camp, but was stopped by Zhao Hanzhang.
Zhao Hanzhang sent all the troops to the prison camp.
Tuoba Yilu frowned, "Third sister, we already don't have enough food and grass. If we bring so many prisoners, wouldn't we be robbing our soldiers of food and grass?"
Zhao Hanzhang smiled and said: "These prisoners can be used as laborers, and we have just captured their food and grass. At this time, we only need to pay a little and we can get labor without letting them starve to death. Why not?"
Tuoba Yi Lu said: "It is too difficult to manage these people. If they are not managed well, they will cause chaos in the army. To manage them well, a large number of talents are needed."
There are not so many such talents in Tuoba Yi and Lu's army.
But Zhao Hanzhang did. She smiled and said: "Leave this matter to me, and I will definitely not worry my eldest brother."
After that, let Fu Tinghan lead people to take over the prisoner camp.
There is a strict system in the Zhao family army. One Shi is divided into ten men, ten Shi is divided into one team, and ten teams is divided into one battalion...
There are two chiefs and deputy chiefs in the army. The veterans lead the new soldiers. The soldiers in the army, from the generals to the soldiers, must learn to read and arithmetic. Of course, the levels are different, and the things they need to learn are also different.
Things like the art of war can only be learned by captains and generals above the captain level, but ordinary soldiers can learn basic Chinese characters and arithmetic.
Moreover, Zhao Jiajun's management regulations are fixed and strict. The soldiers have long developed muscle habits. They are used to how to be managed, so they naturally know how to manage others.
Therefore, the talents Tuoba Yilu mentioned can be directly drawn from the Zhao family army.
Although there is only one battalion of Zhao's army around her, and the rest are recruiting new soldiers, it is enough.
Select an experienced veteran from the army, or the deputy commander who used to manage nine captives, and then select a deputy leader from the first team, or the experienced commander used to be the leader of a team of prisoners, and then By analogy, they only need to recruit 111 people to control 10,000 prisoners.
After a few more people are transferred from the logistics department, the prisoner camp can be put into use. This person will be transferred from Fan Ying's staff.
Seeing that she just gave an order, Tuoba Yilu took the booklet handed over by Fu Tinghan and sketched the details. Within a moment, Fu Tinghan took the list and counted people. In less than half a day, Fu Tinghan smoothed over the prisoner camp.
The captured generals, captains, etc. came to see Zhao Hanzhang and were willing to be driven by her. They came forward to assist Fu Tinghan. The captured Youzhou Army was really used by Zhao Hanzhang and willingly worked for Zhao Hanzhang on an empty stomach.
Tuoba Yilu narrowed his eyes and his mind couldn't help but fluctuate.
He whispered to his confidants: "Are they so obedient because Zhao Hanzhang is Han, or because she is Zhao Hanzhang?"
After thinking about it for a while, he said: "I'm afraid it's the latter, because Liu Kun won't be able to conquer so many prisoners at once."
"Also, she has enough people to manage."
No matter how prestigious she is, if she does not have enough talents to manage the captives, as long as one of them is dissatisfied and stirs up trouble, it will be difficult for her to conquer them.
Tuoba Yi Lu said: "This is scary. How did she get so many capable talents who are also loyal to her?"
I'm a little tired today and want to go to bed early, so I'll see you tomorrow