After arranging everything in "Songmo" city, he sent an order to Zhao Wenxuan, the governor of "Yingzhou", to prepare a comprehensive defense to prevent the Koryo Kingdom from sending another large army to harass them.
The generals were ordered to leave their homes and go to the military camp to prepare for battle.
Qin Wenyuan and Sima Yuntian went to the side hall of the Yamen to meet the people who came. After meeting, they found out that they were the elders of the Zhang family, the Wei family, the Wang family, etc., all of whom had come to western Liaoning to rescue their respective people who were arrested in "Yingzhou" city.
People in the family.
From the meaning of Li Xiuning's letter, Qin Wenyuan knew that the reason why the eldest princess of the Tang Dynasty acted as a lobbyist for these people was because she could not discredit the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan, so she had to write a letter to act as a peacemaker. Of course, there were also
Li Xiuning's concern about Qin Wenyuan is that she hopes that Qin Wenyuan will not do anything wrong and keep a line in his life so that we can meet each other easily in the future.
Qin Wenyuan knew that this was also due to Li Xiuning's inherent aristocratic thoughts. In her environment and understanding of this era, even if she was a hero among women, she would eventually be bound by the concept of class.
Qin Wenyuan's soul in his previous life has a fair mindset.
It's not entirely the fault of Li Xiuning's inherent thinking. It's all because Qin Wenyuan is too young and thinks too much about things in the world. Looking at all eras, there is no real fairness. The beautiful word "fairness" is nothing more than a fool of power.
It is a myth shared by thousands of ordinary people. Anyone who believes in fairness is the stupidest and cutest idealist in the world no matter what dynasty he is in.
Li Xiuning's face must be given some points. After reading the letter, Qin Wenyuan thought about it briefly and said to the elders of the family.
"You and other tribesmen originally wanted to be executed after the fall, but for the sake of the eldest princess, I spared no effort to keep him alive. However, you have to make compensation as punishment. If there is no problem, you can take him away today.
"
Seeing that Qin Wenyuan finally relented, several family elders hurried over and took out the tens of thousands of taels of silver notes that he had prepared from his arms and presented them respectfully without saying a word.
Sima Yuntian stepped forward to take it and said.
"Your family should really thank Her Royal Highness the Princess. If not, how could you and others redeem the lives of so many dying people with just tens of thousands of taels of silver notes? So we went with a certain family to pick up people from the military camp and quickly left the land of western Liaoning.
"
All the family elders said yes in a low voice, resigned to Qin Wenyuan one after another, and followed Sima Yuntian away.
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It was a really restless day. I had just finished dealing with several matters, and a personal guard reported to the general of the "Gubeikou" garrison, Ruan Xiong, asking for an audience.
There was finally some good news in all the troubles. Qin Wenyuan hurriedly said "please" several times and went out of the house to greet him in the courtyard.
After a while, he saw Ruan Xiong entering the courtyard with a pretty woman and several soldiers and guards. After the two sides met and bowed to each other, Qin Wenyuan said with great joy.
"Qin welcomes all the generals to come to western Liaoning. The journey must be tiring. Please take a rest in the house and meet you all in the evening."
After speaking, Qin Wenyuan asked Ruan Xiong and his maid to stop for a while, and ordered his personal guards to take several people who accompanied Ruan Xiong to the backyard of the government office to accommodate their clients.
He brought Ruan Xiong, his maids, and several guards into the side hall. Qin Wenyuan briefly asked about the people who came with him, and learned that they were all Ruan Xiong's daring brothers.
Guan had more than ten years of experience, and after consulting his thoughts, he finally had an idea of how to arrange what positions in Ruan Xiong's army.
That night, all the generals from Pingliao Mansion gathered together, all of whom were ordered by Qin Wenyuan to pick up the wind for Ruan Xiong and others.
At the banquet, Ruan Xiong introduced that the several brothers accompanying him were all leading generals who had guarded the Gubeikou Pass for many years, had experience fighting against Khitan and other foreign armies, and were familiar with the terrain of the large area outside the pass.
Qin Wenyuan unexpectedly recruited several generals to join the Qin family's army. During the banquet, he treated Ruan Xiong and others as casually as if they were his brothers, and did not show any signs of neglect because of their first acquaintance.
If Western Liaoning wants to continue to develop, people are the most critical factor.
Several generals who defected to the Qin family army in Youzhou were worried at first that they would not easily integrate into Qin Wenyuan's circle and seemed a little restrained. Seeing that the Qin army was full of heroic people, they instantly became familiar with Zhao Meng, Cheng Chumo, Yuchi Baolin, Qin Huaiyu and other generals. stand up.
Most of the people in the army are rough and have few minds, and they will call each other brothers after a few bowls of water and wine. Cheng Chumo, Yuchi Baolin and Fang Yiai are the most lively Hun Bu stingy. Naturally, you come and go, playing guessing games. The game was displayed again, and the general who had just arrived from Youzhou was made drunk.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Cheng Chumo was drinking from a large bowl and seemed very happy. He laughed a lot at the banquet, which made Ruan Xiong, who was drinking with Qin Wenyuan, Zhao Meng, Qin Huaiyu, Luo Shiyi, Zhou Cang, Sima Yuntian and Lu Qingling, also say loudly and boldly.
"A certain General Guancheng is very good at guessing. How about we two guessing too?"
"Very good, very good! Fang Er silly pour the wine and watch me fight General Ruan for 300 rounds."
This guy was worried that he had no one to fight with. When he heard what Ruan Xiong said, he rolled up his sleeves and wanted to fight with Ruan Xiong. Unexpectedly, Ruan Xiong said otherwise.
"Slow down! There must be a bet in the drinking fight between you and me. If a certain family loses, they will sneak under the table, but what if General Cheng wins by luck?"
"Wonderful! If Brother Ruan wins, Cheng will just do what he said."
The two agreed on the bet and started to fight for wine. On the side, Yuchi Baolin and Fang Yiai, as wine commanders and referees, were worried about the chaos in the world and ordered their guards to bring several jars of water and wine to the table. Seeing that the formation was going to kill the two. They all had to lie down to get over it.
In fact, the reason why Ruan Xiong offered to fight with Cheng Chumo was because he saw that his brothers who came with him were all defeated by this guy in the guessing game. After observing Cheng Chumo's little moves when punching for a long time, he knew it well, so he became eager to win. One of the superiors taught this guy a lesson for his brother. The impromptu bet was nothing more than an attempt to make everyone happy.
There is a saying from ancient times: Gamblers are cheaters, gamblers are cheaters, gamblers are cheaters, gamblers are cheaters, and if you lose, you lose. If your brothers are not as skilled as others, there is nothing to say. Let’s see how the boss handles this kid.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Ruan Xiong also stretched out his hand and said to Cheng Chumo with a smile.
"Brother Cheng, please!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he started shouting loudly.
"Howdy, brothers! The horses... eight are running..."
"Brother Cheng, please give me a drink!"
Within a few punches, Cheng Chumo lost consecutively.
Qin Wenyuan, Sima, Lu Qingling and Qin Huaiyu heard Ruan Xiong put the number of the combined fist behind the words in the guessing game, which made him slow down for a moment and adjust the number of fingers stretched out by Cheng Chumo to the number of his own. Opportunity, this kid's strategy of knowing other people's trump cards and then taking action seems simple, but how could Cheng Chumo, who was a little dizzy after drinking, react immediately?
Qin Wenyuan secretly laughed that Cheng Chumo was in trouble, and as expected, Ruan Xiong won three out of five guesses and lost two, obviously beating Cheng Chumo.
Cheng Chumo was a bachelor. Seeing that he had lost, he tried to agree to the bet while stroking his dazed brain. He had just bent down and Ruan Xiong hurriedly helped the guy up and said with a smile.
"Brother Cheng, you don't have to be like this. It's only because a certain family broke the rules that they won by luck. They won without using force. They won without using force!"
Seeing that Cheng Chumo was still a little confused, Ruan Xiong explained the secret of guessing. Yuchi Baolin and Fang Yiai suddenly realized that they all laughed. Cheng Dasha must have been plotted like this. This was the punishment for cheating and cheating on him.
Regarding Ruan Xiong's magnanimity, Qin Wenyuan and other generals in the field all had a new understanding of him, secretly praising that such an upright person should be trusted by everyone.
Everyone was happy at the banquet, and they talked about happy things until late at night.
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The next day, Qin Wenyuan was sitting in command in the yamen, with tiger talismans and tokens on the table in front of him. All the lieutenant generals in the army sat down one after another after finishing counting. Ruan Xiong led several brothers to stand in the hall, all waiting for Xu Tian.
command.
"Ruan Xiong listens to the order!"
"I order Ruan Xiong to be promoted to the rank of General Mingwei of the fourth rank, and all the leading generals under his command will be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant of the Qingqi of the sixth rank. You will temporarily assign the Chinese Army to serve as your own deputy general. When the army recruits new soldiers, you can make Ruan
Xiong leads another army, and all the accompanying generals are deputy generals."
"The generals and others will obey the orders of the general, act as the general's soldiers, fight bravely to kill the enemy, and swear allegiance to the Xu family army to the death!"
After Ruan Xiong and others swore an oath to the flag of the Qin family's army, Qin Wenyuan ordered the army secretary to prepare a report on Ruan Xiong and others' new positions and submit it to the Governor's Office of Qizhou to regain their official titles and exempt Ruan Xiong and others from being imprisoned.
The danger of leaving Youzhou military status and being arrested and questioned by the court.
After Ruan Xiong and other newly-appointed Xu Jiajun generals were arranged to live in "Lulong" City, the generals respectively reported on strengthening the army's armaments and improving defense. Qin Wenyuan emphasized that the troops must not slacken their training during the rest period.
He had a vague feeling that the Khitan and Goryeo would not abandon the powerful clans in the DPRK and China that had long been associated with them for the sake of prisoners of war, and would most likely send troops to station troops outside the "Songmo" city from the east and north.
and the "Liaocheng" area exerted pressure on western Liaoning, prompting Qin Wenyuan to release prisoners of war unconditionally.
Just as Qin Wenyuan predicted, after several days of dealing with the Khitan, Xi tribe, Mohe, and Goryeo envoys, they broke up unhappily, and neither side achieved the desired results.
Several envoys felt that Feng Bowen was just a decoration in western Liaoning and was of no use at all. They all felt that after Feng Bowen came to his residence that day and said some useless words, the greetings were different the next day.
De Feng Bowen was furious and smashed many objects in the inn he was renting. The noise alerted the innkeeper, who demanded that Feng Bowen take out the money to compensate.
Feng Bowen felt that he was so shameless. He sighed and secretly said that he was really suffering. He came to Liaoxi to serve as such a miserable military supervisor without understanding the situation. Not to mention that he could not get any benefits, and he had to contribute money to support everyone's life.
If we continue like this, it won't be worth the loss.
This guy finally couldn't bear the embarrassing life of being responsible but not powerful, so he made up his mind to order his entourage to pack up his luggage and follow him to Youzhou to join Wei Xiaojie. He actually ignored his duty to supervise the military affairs in western Liaoning and committed the crime of deceiving the emperor.
After hearing the report from the spy who was monitoring Feng Bowen and others, the man actually left on his own. Qin Wenyuan smiled and told everyone.
"Let him go! What does this guy's life and death have to do with us?"
Everyone calls it...
Since then, there have been no external constraints in western Liaoning, and everything has entered into rapid development. With the improvement of the infrastructure of Shuzhou City in western Liaoning and the gradual opening of roads extending in all directions, the commerce between Shuzhou City has gradually begun to flourish. There are many inns and villages along both sides of the road.
When we got up, we could see people working everywhere.
Several cities in western Liaoning began to show prosperity. In order to develop large areas of empty fertile land in response to the current situation of too many people and too little land, yamen in various places came up with preferential policies to encourage people to open up wasteland, attracting many people from the grasslands during the war in the late Sui Dynasty.
The Han people captured by foreigners sneaked into the grasslands and tribes came to various government offices in western Liaoning to seek help and settle down. According to Qin Wenyuan's instructions, the government offices in various places fully accepted these Han people and the refugees wandering in Mobei and distributed them residences and land. After the news spread, people suddenly
It attracted many Han people on the grassland to yearn for it. For a time, all the roads to western Liaoning were filled with people with children in tow in the mountains and forests.
The leaders of various forces on the grassland received reports that Han slaves were escaping to western Liaoning every day, and they sent out troops to intercept and kill the fleeing Han people. Qin Wenyuan sent an order to Wu Ping and Kilisu Gu to lead troops to respond and try their best to ensure the safety of the people.
Similarly, the stability of the new Turkic tribes also attracted numerous tribesmen scattered on the grasslands to seek refuge. More and more small tribes gathered like a snowball, and several different tribes sprang up along the "Songmo" City within the Xu Family Army's sphere of influence.
Turkic tribes, large and small, all sent representatives to see Qin Wenyuan and swear allegiance to the Qin family.
Wu Ping and Kilisu Gu were ordered to clash with various forces in the grassland many times during their operations to support the people. There were several large and small battles. Due to the strength of the Qin family's army, the various grassland forces were wary and did not dare to compete with Xu's army again.
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Faced with the growing power of western Liaoning, the Khitan tribes of the Dahe Alliance finally felt a huge threat. Several Khitan tribe chiefs living hundreds of miles away outside the "Songmo" city gathered again to seek permission from the alliance leader Mo Hui.
support, and persuaded several other Khitan tribe chiefs close to the territories of the Xishiwei tribe and the Wuluohu tribe led by Xue Yantuo tribe to agree to jointly send troops to form a Khitan army, in order to make Qin Wenyuan release the prisoners and withdraw a large number of people from the front line of "Songmo" city.
of garrison.
In this way, the eight Khitan tribes began to prepare for sending troops and sent alliance officials to the Goryeo Kingdom, hoping that Goryeo would send troops from the east to threaten the entire territory of "Yingzhou" and form a pincer attack on the Qin army in the northeast. At the same time, they sent envoys to
The Imperial Court of the Tang Dynasty impeached Qin Wenyuan for going his own way, holding captives of war, and deliberately suppressing the living conditions of all ethnic groups.
In the Pingliao Mansion of "Lulong" City in western Liaoning, all kinds of intelligence gathered together. In front of a sand table map of the entire western Liaoning that had just been made, Qin Wenyuan analyzed the information obtained from the intelligence and said to himself secretly.
"Nima, that shouldn't be the case! Are these Khitans crazy? With their current economic situation, in rushing to form an army to attack Liaoxi, wouldn't they be killing the goose that lay eggs to reap the consequences? Could it be that they saw that Liaoxi was short of people and money and wanted to give it to me?
Send it?"
Combined with the current strength of nearly 40,000 cavalry and more than 20,000 infantry in western Liaoning, plus the threat to the Koryo Kingdom from the Qin army's warships on the sea, the Koryo Kingdom would not have many troops even if the Khitan requested to send troops. At that time, Yingzhou would only need Yi
Brother Zhao Wenxuan did a good job in city defense, and then sent Luo Shiyi and Qin Huaiyu to lead 10,000 cavalry to attack in the direction of "Liao City". Zhang Dabao launched a simultaneous attack on the Goryeo navy at sea. If the sea and land attacked at the same time, the Goryeo army would be defeated.