The city is long and narrow and runs east-west. To the north is Nyenchen Tanglha Mountain and to the south is the Jiqu River. It means joy and happiness. It originates from the mountains in the north. It goes around in a circle. When it reaches Luoche City, it runs east-west. It is Luoxe.
An important source of water for urban life.
The last time Qin Huaidao came to Luoche City, he had thoroughly explored the nearby terrain, led his army from the west to the east of the city, and found an open area upstream to station.
The army was bustling with each other, and finally settled down. They were distributed in five directions, front, rear, left, right, and center. The prisoners were moved further away to settle down, so as to avoid accidents due to the crowds, and there was no delay in treatment, recruitment, and training.
The next day, Cheng Chumo and Xue Wanche led the army and left for food.
Luo Ying led his troops to search all the shops outside the city, and checked their identities. As long as they were property owned by Tubo royal officials, nobles, etc., all the materials, gold and silver treasures were registered and taken away. However, they refused to accept and were killed without mercy.
If the family does not have a noble status, merchants with high status will not be moved and treated differently.
When the common people and slaves heard that it was the King of Han's army, they couldn't help but think of how good the King of Han was to them, allocating fields to everyone, and giving them full silver rewards in battles. The name of benevolence, righteousness, and kindness was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Lu Dong praised the queen, and all the fields allocated by Qin Huaidao were collected by force and distributed to those who supported him to win people's hearts. Those who disobeyed and made trouble were killed innumerable, and the lower class people and slaves were suppressed.
Now when they heard that the King of Han led his army to attack again, they all cheered, and no one jumped out to complain. The bold ones came up to ask if they wanted to recruit soldiers, and imagined that they had fought there and received silver rewards.
Slaves have no feelings of family and country.
The poor people struggling at the bottom also don’t care who rules, they will support it as long as it is good for them.
The inspection went smoothly. Luo Ying returned to the camp with a large amount of supplies, handed a list to Qin Huaidao, and reported the people's reaction during the inspection.
Qin Huaidao also didn't expect that his good deeds would win people's hearts. This public opinion would be extremely powerful if used properly. He hurriedly glanced at the list of supplies and warned: "The things are temporarily kept and cannot be tampered with. Those who surrender within three days must be returned. After three days,
Confiscate, in addition, post more notices, arrange for people who understand the local language to lobby, and let them contact the relatives of the defenders in the city. As long as they leave the city and surrender, they will live, and a constant amount of money will be distributed. "
A lot of silver was seized along the way, but if you keep it, it won't be of much use. Why not spread it out to win people's hearts? The garrison in the city is only 300,000, so why not use 300,000 to solve a big battle?
There is no shortage of money in the royal city.
Luo Ying agreed and hurried to make arrangements.
Lobbying alone was not enough, so Qin Huaidao called for Luo Wu and told him: "Go and set up the king's flag outside the city without anyone watching, and let people who are familiar with the local language speak out. Anyone who surrenders out of the city within three days will not be killed."
Kill, and massacre the city in three days, leaving no one alive."
Luo Wu's eyes lit up and he said excitedly: "Uncle, this is a clever trick. We need exactly three days to raise food. For three days, everyone in the city will definitely suffer and have trouble sleeping and eating. Moreover, the city will be massacred in three days."
If I don’t want to leave a bad name, I’ll do it now.”
"You brat, you've made great progress. You actually see through the deeper meaning. Remember, shout out every other hour, constantly harassing, creating tension and panic, until three days later."
"Understood!" Luo Wu hurriedly walked out of the Chinese army tent.
Qin Huaidao spread out the map of Luoxe City and pondered without saying a word. Although the city could be captured by storm, the losses would not be small. Moreover, Luoxe City was already within his grasp. It would be troublesome to rebuild it if it was destroyed. He wanted to win the final victory at the minimum cost.
good.
Gradually, Qin Huaidao's eyes fell on the river, a crazy plan emerged, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
…
Also staring at the map was Li Er.
Forget that Longyou Prefecture fell into the hands of Qin Huaidao, Hezhou, Taozhou, Minzhou, and Qinzhou also fell into the hands of Qin Huaidao. This means that all the west of the Tang Dynasty was lost. There are only two ways to get it back. One is
The other is to send troops to ask for it, and the other is to negotiate for it.
The imperial court had just experienced a catastrophe, and people were in panic. It was definitely not possible to send troops, and no one was Xu Shiji's opponent. Moreover, after the Anbei Protectorate was attacked by Turks, people were also in a state of dissatisfaction with the imperial court. They needed to send troops to recover and appease the people. The question was who could do it?
General? Who can be trusted?
"Report——" A chamberlain came in hurriedly.
Li Er looked up at the person who took Wang De's place and asked coldly: "What's the matter?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has sent an urgent battle report for eight hundred miles"!
"Send it up."
The chamberlain agreed, stepped forward carefully, handed over a battle report, and slowly retreated.
Li Er took it and checked the seal. After confirming that it was correct, he opened it and took out the battle report. His face suddenly changed. A terrifying murderous intent flashed through his peaceful eyes, and he quickly landed in the northeast of the map.
There was only one line in the battle report: The Anton Protectorate sent troops to the grassland, but it contained endless news.
After the imperial court regained Goguryeo, Baekje, and New City, it established the Andong Protectorate to oversee the entire Northeast. Although the lower-level Shiwei Governorate was established in the north, the Heishui Governorate divided the power of the Protectorate and acted as a check and balance.
, but nominally under the control of the Metropolitan Protectorate.
The Grand Governor of the Andong Protectorate was Xue Wanshu, Xue Wanche's second brother. During the First World War, he forged a deep relationship with the Han King Qin Huaidao. After learning that Turkic and Tubo soldiers were surrounding Chang'an, he saw that the imperial court was declining, and Xue Wanche defected to the Han King. Xue Wanshu weighed in
After a long time, he decided to lead his entire clan to join the King of Han.
To seek refuge, a certificate of surrender was required, otherwise it would be difficult to gain trust and reuse, so Xue Wanshu decided to send troops to the west to recover the various grassland areas occupied by the Turks before the imperial court was free, and give the King of Han a welcome gift.
How could Li Er not understand Xue Wanshu's thoughts? When Jinyang launched an army, countless aristocratic families took sides and joined the Li family. Li Er understood Xue Wanshu's choice, but he could not accept it.
"boom!"
"Asshole!"
Li Er was so angry that he punched the imperial court, but without repenting, he kicked the imperial court over. When Anton's Protectorate rebelled, the imperial court's scanty majesty was completely wiped out, and it became a laughing stock. Even the large area of land was destroyed.
Lost from the imperial court.
As soon as this example was launched, I don’t know how many people rushed to imitate it.
Shame, this is a huge shame!
A sense of crisis surged into his heart, and his determination to revive Heshan was hit. Li Er was furious, and a mouthful of blood spilled out. He didn't bother to wipe it, and his eyes quickly fell on the north of the map. There was chaos in the north back then, and Qin Huaidao led his troops to quell the chaos. All the ministries in the north were bound to
He has a deep relationship with Qin Huaidao, so once Xue Wanshu's army arrives, won't everyone change their ways?
The northern grasslands will also be lost?!
Thinking of this, Li Er felt deep regret in his heart. He regretted that he should not have alienated Qin Huaidao and became his enemy. If the King of Han were here, the imperial court would be unparalleled in power, with military power all over the world, and no one from all over the world would dare to disobey him. But now people are frightened and their authority is unparalleled.
There is nothing left, the imperial court is in name only, and it has even begun to defect. What should we do?
"I am probably the most aggrieved emperor in all the dynasties, right?"
"The emperor has fallen like this...it's better not to do anything."
Li Er felt depressed and aggrieved, and sat motionless on the couch, like a sculpture.