5-24 Recruiting troops to raise food through Chang'an
When the following shouted, the soldiers on the city wall suddenly woke up. It turned out that these guys from the capital were fakes. No wonder they were so vicious. Not only did they kill our brothers, they also killed General Xia.
Yes, they want to capture Tongguan.
It is always easy for people to trust people they know. Zhang Bai is an old man from Tongguan. He came from Chang'an with a cavalry battalion. How can it be false? Once the preconceived impression is confirmed, no one no longer believes in the identity of King Yan.
The officers and soldiers led the soldiers while opening the city gate and carrying their weapons to settle accounts with King Yan.
There was a commotion on the top of the city, and King Yan heard it from below. He sent his guards holding his own golden seal to suppress the soldiers. But until now, no one recognized him. The guards were quickly swallowed up by the rebels.
Seeing a group of torches coming this way, King Yan was helpless. If Xia Xiuzhi had not died, he could have suppressed him. Now that these soldiers saw him as an enemy, there was no chance for him to reveal his identity.\
In the endless dark night, there were shouts of killing everywhere. The horses' hoofs hit the stone pavement rapidly, making a sound like a rainstorm. King Yan and his party were surrounded by people who wanted to kill them from all directions.
, every guard knew that a disaster was coming, but the pride of the royal guards still supported their will. No one was afraid of death. After all, their families were still in the capital. If they rebelled, it would not be a matter of one person dying.
Tongguan is a large fortress with tens of thousands of soldiers stationed. Although it is night, everyone has already poured out of the barracks. People are everywhere. The west gate has been opened. Zhang Baizong printed a thousand and fifty soldiers who were chasing after him all the way from Chang'an.
Hundreds of elite soldiers rushed in, and the city became even more chaotic. It was dark, and General Xia was dead again. There was no one to command, no one to clear the way, and there was chaos everywhere, but everyone knew one thing, that is, the fake ones were to be killed.
King Yan.\
King Yan's face was pale and his lips were trembling. He had never been so scared even during the last palace coup, but now he was in a foreign place with only a few hundred soldiers around him. In such a fortress full of hateful soldiers, it was a drop in the bucket.
What's more, the enemy he faced was mysterious and unpredictable. He was actually brave enough to pretend to be a prince and occupy Chang'an, and then beat him up and said that he was a fake. Enemies of this level were too difficult to deal with, and King Yan was not sure.
Out of desperation, he pulled off the purple gold crown on his head, stuffed it into the hands of a guard next to him who was similar in size to himself, and said hurriedly: "Put on my clothes."
The guards were stunned for a moment, and then they understood that it was their responsibility to die for the prince. At this time, they did not dare to say anything. They quickly put on the prince's golden crown and apricot yellow robe. King Yan found another set of ordinary numbers for Tongguan soldiers.
He put on his clothes randomly, and led a dozen guards to escape hastily from the side door.\
The chaos in Tongguan City helped him a lot. There were soldiers everywhere. They were all wearing the same uniforms and armor. No one could recognize anyone. King Yan and his subordinates blended into the crowd and cautiously approached the east gate.
As he was walking, he suddenly heard a burst of killing sounds from the direction of the general military office. It was the rebels attacking. He couldn't help but stop and wanted to look back, but he held it back, gritted his teeth, and continued to move forward.
The General Military Office itself was built like a small fortress, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack. Although there were many soldiers and horses in Tongguan, they could not exert their combat power for a while. Of course, there was no suspense about the final result. The guards fought to the death and refused to surrender, which was for the sake of King Yan.
Escape bought time, most of the more than 300 guards were killed in the battle, and the rest were seriously injured.\
In the early morning, the battle finally ended. The fake King Yan was captured alive and taken to Chang'an along with the vehicles, eunuchs, and maids. As for the captured guards, they were taken to the top of the city one by one and beheaded in public.
The man who led the army to Tongguan was General Tang He. The first battle the old general came out of the mountain was not a good one, but it achieved the strategic goal. Although the real King of Yan was not captured, at least Tongguan was firmly in his hands.
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He ordered the guards to be killed, which aroused a bad feeling in the hearts of the troops at Tongguan, and then ordered General Xia to be buried generously, which won the favor of the officers and soldiers. Tang He naturally took over Tongguan, blocking the road from the Central Plains to Shaanxi.
of the throat.
As for how to arrange the team and completely conquer the morale of the army, that is another matter. With Tang He's ability, these are not a problem.
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In Chang'an, at the large campus outside the city, a tall recruitment flag was fluttering in the wind. The imperial court was recruiting the imperial army again. The treatment was generous. Not only were they fully paid, but they also received a military salary of three ounces a month. A large number of young men came to sign up after hearing the news.
As long as you have enough food to eat, you can become a soldier.
Guanzhong is a densely populated area with a small amount of land and a large number of people. No matter how fertile the fertile fields in the Weihe River Plain are, they cannot support that many people. Moreover, this forbidden army is no more than an ordinary provincial army, but an army of the imperial court. Food, clothing, and pay are guaranteed, and death is guaranteed.
There will also be compensation for injuries. This is clearly written on the notice at the camp gate.
A soldier's military salary of three ounces per month is almost equivalent to a farmer's half-year job, and he still has to wear clothes and eat. Where can such a good thing be found? However, they don't want anyone, they only accept those over sixteen years old.
, strong men under the age of thirty were required to lift stone locks, read numbers, and be assessed in points. Even so, 10,000 recruits were recruited in just three days.\
Although Shaanxi is richer than Gansu, it can't afford to raise so many soldiers. With 10,000 people, the military salary for a month alone is 30,000 taels, not including the expenses of food and clothing, barracks, weapons, flags and horses, etc., all of which are calculated.
One hundred thousand taels a month is unstoppable, but where does this money come from?
Yuan Feng had his own way. He had ordered people to forge many official documents and sent them to neighboring provinces. He issued stern orders to the governments of Henan, Sichuan, Shanxi, Huguang and other places to levy grain and money to Shaanxi. Anyway, the imperial court was preparing to attack the western part of the country.
The use of force has also been made public. Before the troops and horses are moved, food and grass go first. This is the rule of war. It is reasonable and reasonable. I hope the local officials will not be suspicious.\
Even if some shrewd officials realize that something is wrong, by the time they check with the capital, months have passed and the day lilies have become cold.
In short, Yuan Feng did this with the attitude that he could fool a few, but it didn't matter if he couldn't. Even if he couldn't fool them all, it would disrupt the Zhou Dynasty's political order system and make them doubt the authenticity of the official documents above.
Fake is also a good thing.
With the recruitment of 10,000 new soldiers, the dependence on the original Shaanxi army has been reduced. Although the predecessor Lu's army has good combat effectiveness, it is not safe to use after all. It is better to have its own armed forces.
What Yuan Feng is best at is to express himself in a situation of poverty and deprivation. It was like this in Shibalibao, it was like this in Xiliang, and it is like this in Chang'an now. He only brought about 20 people to Chang'an, and he actually made it in a short period of time.
Consolidating the political power and building a team cannot but be said to be a miracle.\
Although he is the leader of Xiliang, Xiliang is experiencing foreign aggression at this time. The Luntai Turks are rebelling. It is not known when the army will be able to triumph after quelling the rebellion. Dunhuang is also being robbed by the Tubo people, and not a single soldier can be spared.
, not only cannot send troops eastward, but they also need rescue from Yuan Feng.
Chang'an needed someone to take charge, and Yuan Feng did not dare to leave without authorization. After all, this was the front line of the war against the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, so the task of rushing to aid Dunhuang was given to Xu Da. Xu Da took his two sons and took Fan Liangchen's signature.
With the military order, he went to Lanzhou to mobilize the Gan Army and then reinforce Dunhuang. Although the Gan Army was weak, it was a force trained by the Xiliang people after all. Coupled with Xu Da, a veteran general, he would definitely be able to solve the siege of Dunhuang and the problems in the rear.
No need to worry about sealing.
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In the Wenyuan Pavilion of the Imperial Palace in the capital, the junior civil servants changed from their usual calm demeanor and were extremely busy. The war was approaching, and the task of mobilizing money, food, soldiers and horses was becoming more and more important. The matter was of great importance, and official documents from the six ministries and local government officials were flying like snowflakes.
Everything that comes here will be handled by the cabinet, and the opinions will be sorted out and submitted to the emperor for approval.\
The emperor exchanged his two sons. The King of Yan was sent to Chang'an, and the King of Qin was sent to Yanjing. He was always complacent about this strategy, thinking that it was a clever plan that could not only eliminate the power of his sons, but also reveal their true abilities.
, Ambition is ambition, and the world will still have to be passed on to them.
As for the newly appointed crown prince, the emperor not only regarded him as a target. The third son had been smart since he was a child, and he was also a promising talent. So the emperor asked the third son to go to the cabinet to help. If there were any unimportant documents, the prince
Can be approved directly.
The emperor was a very powerful person, so the eunuchs in charge of rites did not have many opportunities to show off. Most of the votes were approved by the emperor himself. Cao Shaoqin only had to be responsible for his group of tax supervisors and mine supervisors.
The internal treasury makes money.\
In the Qianqing Palace, the emperor finished approving a stack of bills and stretched himself. In the past, he left it to the two prime ministers, but now that the power was back in the hands of the emperor, he felt the hardship of being a king.
, I only need to review the draft, but the academicians in the cabinet have to find the important ones from thousands of memorials, and then write down pertinent opinions and countermeasures. Isn't the workload even greater?
The emperor suddenly had a sudden idea that he wanted to go to the cabinet to see how hard the ministers were working and how the prince was doing there. When the time came, he would see who worked hard and would be given something or something. If they were not moved, they burst into tears.
Eyes full.
The emperor did not bring a large number of ceremonial guards, but only a chariot and a few guards. He quietly arrived at Wenyuan Pavilion, where the cabinet was located. When the gatekeeper saw the bright yellow chariot, he was about to announce the emperor's arrival loudly, but was stopped by someone.
, the emperor wanted to see the ministers secretly.
The emperor passed through the Wenhua Palace and came to the Wenyuan Pavilion. It was so busy that no one noticed the emperor's arrival. Looking at the ministers who were working hard, the emperor showed a happy smile.
Suddenly someone looked up and saw the emperor, and was so frightened that he sat on the ground. Others looked up one after another and saw the emperor coming in person. Just as they were about to stand up and kneel down, the emperor stretched out a hand and waved it, signaling everyone not to disturb him.
After receiving the job, everyone burst into tears of gratitude and were all moved.
The emperor was very satisfied with the effect and smiled proudly. Suddenly, a burst of arguing voices came: "These votes should be handed over to Qianqing Palace. I can't approve them."
"But His Majesty has decreed that the prince can wear the red flag on his behalf for state-level memorials concerning money, food, and civilian husbands."
"My ability is limited and I can't handle it, so I'd better go to Qianqing Palace or the Supervisor of Ceremonies."
The emperor's eyebrows gradually knitted together. This third child, who was blindly capable when he shouldn't be capable, was really delegated to him, but he was so slimy and timid that he really couldn't help him!
The emperor said nothing, snorted and walked away.
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