The person who was ordered to return to the court and state the military situation of Dali was Li Shoujie, the Marquis of Yu in the southwest camp. It had been some years since he was released from the capital by Emperor Liu, and he stayed there for several years. Under the command of Wang Quanbin, he also caught up with this
During the second southern expedition, he made some achievements in the Eastern Route Army.
The clothes were not as new as new, and the people were not as good as before. Seeing those who had gone out around him return with their achievements, Emperor Liu felt a little happy. He specially gave him wine and asked him to sit down and report.
Li Shoujie is also in his thirties. He is no longer as young as before, but he is more calm than before. Unlike his father, Marquis Chenyang, this man is as his name suggests, a respectful and rule-abiding person.
"...Wang Dushuai led his army southward, approaching Shanshan. He passed by the wind and fell in the wind. After breaking through several enemy obstacles, the army successfully arrived at Shanshanfu City. This place is an important town in the middle of Dali, and its monarchs and ministers
A mob of more than 30,000 people was gathered, intending to occupy the city and resist.
The Shanshan city wall is not as strong as the Yangjumei city, and the terrain is dangerous. Our army is confident that it will defeat it. However, in compliance with the imperial court's policy of appeasement, the king's commander sent an envoy to surrender, but he refused.
In order to reduce casualties during the siege, our army spent twenty days to surround Shanshan, cut off transportation, block enemy support (although Dali had no reinforcements at that time), cut off news, turn it into an isolated city, and supply military supplies.
Build heavy weapons.
After everything was ready, our army launched a ten-day attack on Shanshan City starting from October 25th. Under our army's powerful offensive, the Shanshan defenders suffered heavy casualties, the city walls were crumbling, and the morale of the defenders in the city was declining day by day.
Our army's casualties will be limited to less than 2,000.
There were no reinforcements from outside, lack of military supplies internally, the soldiers were in confusion, and their morale was low. At the end of the road, they sent surrendering officials to persuade them to surrender. Forced by the embarrassing situation both internally and externally, the monarchs and ministers of Dali finally decided to surrender!
In addition, after the siege, King Duan Sicong of Dali became seriously ill and died in the city on November 3. His son Duan Sushun succeeded to the throne in a hurry, so he chose to surrender..."
After listening to Li Shoujie's report, the smile on Emperor Liu's face became even stronger and he said: "Wang Quanbin is becoming more sophisticated in using troops!"
From the description, it can be seen that in the Battle of Shanshan, the Han army made progress fairly smoothly. Although it took a long time, it was not difficult and the casualties were controlled.
This was completely different from the previous battle. At the beginning of the war, Wang Quanbin pursued speed and efficiency, and did not hesitate to take risks, go deep into the barren land, cross the Jedi, and forcefully attacked Yangjume City. At that time, in the process of destroying the city
, also without hesitating the cost, regardless of casualties, the offensive was as fierce as the autumn wind sweeping across the fallen leaves, full of momentum.
As a result, the city of Yangjumei was defeated, and more than half of the West Route Army suffered casualties. When the battle against Shanshan City became clear and the victory was established, Wang Quanbin changed his previous tough style and turned to seeking stability, fighting steadily and sparing casualties.
Political and military offensives were launched together, and at a small cost, Shanshan was successfully captured, the Dali monarchs and ministers were captured, and the last resistance force in Dali was eliminated.
"Now that Shanshan City has been conquered, there will no longer be any resistance to Wang Shi's power in Dali! We can take over the southwest in one fell swoop and it will be just around the corner!" Emperor Liu nodded.
Li Shoujie handed over his hands and said: "After the surrender of Dali's monarchs, Wang Dushuai has sent his soldiers to occupy the southern part of Dali. Together with the troops on the west road of Guangnan, they will attack the remnants of the rebels and strive to seize all the old land of Dali within this year.
On the Lantern Festival in the seventh year of Bao's reign, I would like to convey the good news to Your Majesty and the imperial court again to celebrate the festival!"
"Okay!" Emperor Liu couldn't be more satisfied with this. He looked at Li Shoujie and continued to ask: "Where is Sushun?"
"Your Majesty, Duan Sushun, his royal family, and ministers are temporarily detained in Shanshan, waiting for the imperial court to issue an edict. The king is willing to escort them back to the court after Dali is completely pacified, and offer them as prisoners in the palace!" Li Shouchie replied.
"The war in Dali has been decided. It will fulfill my wish and reduce the burden on the imperial court!" Emperor Liu said.
Even though it has been less than half a year since the troops were sent to march south to Dali, the price paid by the court in this half year is really not small.
The combat troops, auxiliary soldiers, and civilians who entered Dali's territory totaled no more than 100,000 people, but behind them, the total number of various types of logistical support personnel for this purpose was nearly 200,000, of whom only opened roads and built roads.
At most, 100,000 people were invested.
As for the loss of military supplies, it is a huge figure. Only military expenditures, not to mention the allocation of the Financial Secretary, the autumn taxes of the sixth year of Kaibao on the Sichuan-Sichuan Road were all spent on it. As for the consumption of grain and fodder, the war
The former reserve of nearly 400,000 dan of military rations has been completely consumed...
"Send someone to the Political Affairs Hall and summon Duke Yu, Zhao Pu, and Li Ye to discuss the arrangements. It's time to come up with some specific measures to deal with the aftermath!" After thinking for a moment, Emperor Liu ordered.
"yes!"
Soon, the main leaders of the Political Affairs Hall came under the imperial edict to discuss the aftermath of Dali. This was not a difficult problem. They had already conceived of this matter after the city of Yangjume was defeated and a major breakthrough was achieved.
Some measures were also discussed by the emperor, prince and ministers.
Therefore, when it comes to the implementation stage, there are not many disputes in the discussion and introduction. Basically, it is based on the appeasement opinions proposed by Zhao Pu two months ago and is improved.
The chieftain system was implemented throughout Dali. This was the foundation and the most powerful weapon for absorbing local tribes, large and small, and making them submit. Under this premise, in major cities, it was also necessary to strengthen the rule of the imperial court and directly appoint officials for governance.
For example, areas such as Yangju City, Jianchang, Nongdong and Shanshan. Yangju City was renamed Tianxingfu.
As for the Dali royal family, they all moved inward. Huairou returned to Huairou, but according to Emperor Liu's will, it was too late to eliminate its influence, so how could they think of using its influence to appease Dali?
Like Dong, Gao, Yang and other upper-class nobles from Dali, they all moved out without leaving their families behind. This was also Emperor Liu's style of acting. He was not merciful to the wealthy families in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, let alone these wealthy people in the southwest. At the same time, only at the moment
, when the army is pressing down on the situation and can withstand the tossing, it is convenient to take action and deal with it quickly without having to mess around.
At the same time, after taking Dali, the administrative divisions in the southwest region will also be changed. The territory of Xinna is not small at all.
Even if Emperor Liu didn't say anything, just sitting and watching Wei Renpu and Zhao Pu's performance, their opinions were relatively unified. They set up a road on the basis of the old land of Dali, separated a part of it and merged it into the Guangnan West Road, and merged it with the southern part of Sichuan and the central Guizhou area.
Let’s set up another one. It’s very clear. This is the three provinces of Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan...
Naturally, the newly built road in the old area of Dali could no longer be called Dali. Emperor Liu directly named it Yunnan. With the addition of the Central Guizhou Road, the Han Dynasty added two more roads on the basis of Annan.
The candidate proposed by Wei Renpu, the first chief executive of Yunnan, is also surprising. Quan Shixiong, the prefect of Cangzhou. This is a surrendered minister of Meng Shu. After returning to the court, his official career has been steadily rising, and he is in a better situation among the surrendered ministers.
Yes, the promotion speed was not very fast, but he was indeed accepted by the court.
He has served in the Cangzhou Prefecture for many years. Now, being promoted to Yunnan Daobu is another breakthrough. This also symbolizes from the side that the Sichuan and Shu regions have been completely integrated into the Han Dynasty's ruling order. Local talents
, will also be discovered and hired by the imperial court.
As for the garrison, a large number of troops will be retained in a short period of time, and then gradually reduced according to the actual situation, following the example of the Annan incident. On Annan Road, since the pacification, the troops from the southern expedition have not been completely withdrawn, and the garrison system is basically
It will not be officially implemented until seven years after the project was launched.
Emperor Liu planned to recall Wang Quanbin, and the Yunnan military was handed over to Wang Renfan.
After the discussion, the Chui Gong Hall gradually became quiet. From the prince down, no one dared to speak out and break it, just because Emperor Liu looked like he was in deep thought, thinking seriously about something.
After a long while, Emperor Liu raised his head and chuckled: "Since the Kaibao Year, the imperial court has fought some wars, large and small, and achieved a lot of results. There is no formal title or salary for meritorious personnel.
In this way, the Political Affairs Hall, the Privy Council, and the Ministry of War will make a statistics on the generals who have outstanding performance in civil affairs and martial arts over the years, list their merits, and I will award them with titles based on their merits!"
"yes!"
After Emperor Liu said this, the expressions of several ministers present were moved. Almost six years have passed, and Emperor Liu has not granted any title. There are several examples of deprivation and withdrawal.
Obviously, as soon as this news comes out, there will probably be another turmoil. It is conceivable that the scale of the title conferment this time will be far less than that of the treasure opening ceremony, but just like this, the dispute will probably become more intense.
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Emperor Liu's promotion of Han Dynasty titles has become more and more effective as time goes by.