At the end of the first month, Zhu Biao's large army finally entered Qi State. The prefects of Nanle and Guiyin counties came out to greet him.
"Haha, this Cizhou governor is really capable. It's okay if he doesn't come to greet you, but he doesn't even send a big official in the state to see him!"
Zhu Biao is a very 'open-minded' person, but no matter how open-minded he is, he cannot be open-minded to this situation!
Li Yang and Gao Kai received Li Yang and Gao Kai in a gentle manner, but people around him who were familiar with him could see a trace of murderous intent rising from him.
Did the Cizhou governor and the governors of other counties express their attitudes?
On the sixth day of February, Zhu Biao sent out 50,000 troops and divided them into three groups to attack the three counties of Bolong, Liangfu and Quchi. At the same time, he integrated Nanle, returned troops from Yue and Yue counties, and took care of 20,000 new soldiers. On the eighth day of February, Tian Yan
If you return to the Governor's Mansion of Yue County, you will pay homage to Zhu Biao, and at the same time, the three hundred trapped troops will return to their ranks.
Tian Yan walked out from Guiyue County Sheriff's Mansion with a shaky heart and a cold mind. His heart was lonely and cold.
He failed to win the support of Zhu Biao. Although the words of the commander he once devoted his wholehearted service to were unclear, Tian Yan still clearly understood the strangeness contained within.
The king of Tang Dynasty was interested in the country of Qi——
If the royal family continues to fight among themselves in a short period of time and cannot level the land, it will be difficult to say whether the Qi throne will be named Tian in the future!
"Sixth brother, Tian Yan has already left for the south."
"What a pity for a talent." The talent that was obtained just flew away like this.
"Tian Yan is indeed a good guy. But it's just internal affairs. In the current world, the most powerful thing is the handle of the knife."
The personal barracks had grown, and Feng Enjiang was responsible for commanding the army. The personal guards in front of the tent were led by Zhu Qiangyi and Zhu Changrong, two direct descendants of the Zhu family.
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The night was vast, with clouds and stars across the sky. Under the vast sky, the camp of the Hedong Army in the distance was particularly conspicuous.
The cavalry camp of 5,000 people stretched for two miles, with bonfires everywhere. Looking at it at night, it was all red.
Zhao Fang stood at the top of the city. Looking down at the city, he fell into deep thought for a moment.
Zhao Zhen beside him opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end his courage gradually waned due to the strong power the other party had accumulated, and he just stood aside, not daring to say a word.
Zhao Zhen respected and feared this uncle. Even though he was somewhat ambitious, as long as Zhao Fang was alive, he would never dare to make any mistakes.
Following Zhao Fang's gaze, Zhao Zhen set his sights on the continuous large camp. Under the starlight, the tents and bonfires were connected into one, the eyes were full of red, and it was as vast as a sea of nebulae.
"The morale is high and the strength is strong!" Zhao Fang looked at the army under the city greedily. If this army belonged to him, then he would have been the governor of Cizhou last year. He would also have everything he wanted.
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All battles are at your fingertips.
It's a pity that such an army belongs to others and belongs to Zhu Biao. This world-famous general who is ten years younger than himself.
Just like the bright moon in the sky, it took away the glory of all his contemporaries. The so-called general stars were eclipsed in front of him.
I don’t know how much time passed before Zhao Fang, who was silent, came back to his senses.
"Zhen'er, how many soldiers are there in the city?" Zhao Fang asked in a hoarse voice.
The voice was so low that no one could hear it except Zhao Zhen beside him.
Zhao Zhen's heart was moved, and he looked up and saw a dark spark burning in his uncle's eyes, "Uncle, the Han army came too fast, and the soldiers from other counties could not gather it. There are only 8,000 people in the city now."
"Eight thousand, eight thousand..." The fireworks in Zhao Fang's eyes grew brighter and brighter. When the energy was exhausted, they dimly extinguished.
Yes, it was extinguished. All ambitions and lofty aspirations were extinguished.
"Why……"
Eight thousand! Just eight thousand! This number is not enough to open the city gate and fight through the Hedong cavalry outside the city.
As soon as he closed his eyes, Zhao Fang sighed in his heart. His foundation, which he had worked hard to maintain for several years, was over and would be wiped out.
"...How is the morale now?" Zhao Fang continued to ask.
"Uncle, all the soldiers in the city are in panic, let alone the high-ranking families..."
Zhao Fang sighed, exhausted all his strength, and said dejectedly: "We are at the end of the road and have no other way out. What else can we do except surrender?"
As he said this, Zhao Fang burst into tears, saying that God is not as good as God, and people are not as good as God.
"Uncle, are you...really determined to welcome the Han army into the city?" Under this situation, Zhao Zhen wanted to know what decision his uncle would make, which was related to his future survival and the Zhao family.
"We are not rebelling now, we are still the officers and soldiers of Daqi. When Zhu Biao comes to the Northern Han Dynasty, he will not immediately break up and attack violently, right?"
"Let me think about it again. If a special envoy is sent from outside the city to enter the city, you will say that I am seriously ill and delay it for a while. Alas, let me think about it again..." With a sigh, Zhao Fang turned around and walked down the tower. Zhao Zhen was busy.
Follow up.
He didn't even know how he got to the governor's house. Zhao Fang was so confused that it was already night when he lay down and woke up.
There was only one candle in the room. Zhao Fang did not immediately call for servants, but remained alone and silent for a long time.
He thought a lot, and finally thought of the Zhao family and his two less accomplished sons. Thinking of this, he sighed: "Here comes someone!"
Outside the study, the soldiers and servants were standing in place.
Seeing that the night was getting darker and darker, someone thought of asking his wife to call him. Zhao Fang was painless and fell asleep as soon as he returned home. Until now...it's scary to think about it.
When Zhao Fang saw someone coming in, he said calmly: "Go and summon Qin Guanglan to see me immediately."
Qin Guanglan is Zhao Fang's personal attendant and also Zhao Fang's chief spy.
After hearing this, the soldiers immediately responded and left. Not long after, Qin Guanglan came: "Sir, did you call me?"
Zhao Fang said in a serious tone: "Others, go out, Guanglan, come here."
Qin Guanglan hurriedly took a few more steps and approached Zhao Fang. He heard Zhao Fang say: "I want you to go outside the city and find out what the Han army wants for me."
Qin Guanglan saw Zhao Fang's heroic demeanor. His heart trembled, tears came out of his eyes, and he choked and said: "Don't worry, sir, I will go to the city right now."
"Alas! A loyal minister is seen in times of crisis. If everyone in this county is like you... Alas, there is no need to mention this matter again. It is pointless now that it has come to this."
"Why are you so worried, sir?"
"Um?"
"I dare to ask you, sir, if you have the ambition to seize the throne of King of Qi?"
"...the title of King of Qi? Are you kidding? I just want to seize Cizhou and wait for the Ming Lord to be born. I will take my wings with him. I will be reborn as a great nation in Qi, so that I can leave a mark in the history books. What do you want to say?
?You might as well say it directly."
"The little man will speak frankly. It is natural for adults to separate a county, but it is difficult to be independent now. Sir, think about it, since you don't want to seize the throne, you just want to protect Zhao for the sake of your descendants.
The wealth of a family doesn’t have to be tied to the territory, right?”
"Oh?" Zhao Fang understood the meaning immediately, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but sigh deeply.
"The villain is thinking, there is always a master in this world, and separatist regimes are not common. Since the vassal town cannot be guaranteed now, then we must take refuge in the Ming Dynasty. My lord, Liang's father is only one county, and those who follow Long Zao will gain more than one county's officials?
"Qin Guanglan was about to continue talking when he saw Zhao Fang stood up and waved his hand, and then stopped.
"That's good, but Zhu Biao is a Han. Is he the Ming Lord of Qi?"
"He was sent by the King of Tang. There were hundreds of thousands of strong soldiers from all over the world, and the Qi State could not stop him. It was easy to pacify the Qi State and level the country in this way. When Zhu Biao leaves, the territory cannot be taken away. This must be entrusted to
It is in the hands of others. And isn't the person who takes over the task the 'Ming Lord'? When you surrender Zhu Biao, you are surrendering the Ming Lord. In the future, the sixteen states in Qi will be indispensable for you to be the governor.
Bar."
After Zhao Fang heard this, he couldn't help but feel shocked and felt that it made sense.
"Da Shan, you don't need to march out of the city tonight. I will go out to surrender the city early tomorrow morning and see how the Han army treats me!"
In March, the breath of spring completely permeates the earth. Qi's affairs undergo drastic changes!
Anyone who observes the general trend of the world will be surprised to find that there are fewer civil wars. By the end of February, there will gradually be no civil wars in the entire Qi State.
The three princes and grandsons who gathered troops communicated with the imperial court in Zibo as frequently as hard-working bees. Just because a ferocious prehistoric beast suddenly broke into their territory.
Zhu Biao annihilated the entire Cizhou in less than a month. If he had not been troubled by Cizhou's internal affairs, he would have sent out troops by the end of February.
What is this concept?
Comparing the progress of the civil war, and looking at Zhu Biao's progress, it is completely different from the same level of ferocity and brutality. It is like a docile cow and sheep and a man-eating tiger.
Countless eyes were focused on Cizhou, and the huge threat caused three princes and grandsons to jointly sign a memorial to the Zibo court, and a memorial letter quickly flew to Beijing.
Zhu Biao must be driven away! Otherwise, the entire Qi Kingdom will be under his wings soon. I and others will not even have a foothold when they arrive!
And Zhu Biao also discovered the familiar figure of Tian Yan in this turbulence.
"Alas..." After all, he is a descendant of the Tian family. Zhu Biao cannot blame Tian Yan no matter what angle he stands on.
Because you can't ask everyone in the world to be Liu Ye!
"These celebrities are nothing but bullshit——"
"The Gong Cao Shi is the head of a county magistrate, with a salary of two hundred dan, which is much higher than the chief of the pavilion and the head of the township, but none of them are willing to follow him. He doesn't even want to be an official of this level, and just wants to show off his authority.
Fortunately, what use do I need them for?"
As soon as I came up, I wanted to be the county magistrate and the Marquis of Baili. I thought I was so capable!
Don't even look at how many officials there are in a county. There are three elders, Qianfu, and Youjiao in the township. There are Li, Shi, Wu, and Pavilion in the countryside, each with officials; there are meritorious Cao Shi in the county, who are responsible for all things.
; County lieutenant, in charge of the county's military affairs; County magistrate, the assistant of a county, chief secretary, county gate chief, and official affairs; Tingpu, in charge of rural affairs; Chief recorder, in charge of documents; Shaofu, in charge of finances; Gate
Youxiajiao, that is, the chief arrester in the county, mainly arrests thieves and maintains security; the thief Cao under the door, the assistant of the county captain, is in charge of the military guard; the subordinate Cao Cao, who participates in all matters;
one.
By category, how many different things are these officials responsible for? Those guys who often sit around and talk say that they can get started as soon as they take office and handle county affairs with ease. I wish Biao a hundred people don’t believe it!
They just saw Zhu Biaochu coming and there was no one in his pocket. He was an official.
Zhu Biao will never reuse them. If you really want to be an official, you must first hone your skills as an official.
Qilu culture was prosperous, but it was just like the trend in the Wei and Jin Dynasties on earth. Famous people liked to talk empty talk, and they liked to talk about doctrines without experiencing real things. Even those who graduated from Jixia Academy every year were mostly affected by this trend, such as Wang
Talents like You's are rare.
When the Goryeo army went south, Qilu officials and so-called celebrities didn't know how many things had been ruined!
But how can the social atmosphere change in a short time? After the removal of Goryeo, it remained the same.
Zhu Biao despises this kind of people the most. Even though these people have great influence and control a large degree of public opinion in society, they do not become officials and are still famous in the local area, just like those Qingliu scholars in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
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But Zhu Biao, who already had a chair in his heart, unintentionally carried out his ambition to wipe out the demons and demons and reverse the trend!
Let them ridicule, it is better if they all stand on the opposite side, and then everything will be wiped out.
Although the Han army pacified Cizhou, from prefectures and counties to villages, there were some shortages of officials at all levels. For the vacant official positions, Zhu Biao would rather promote officials with good reputations than give many people the opportunity to seek help.
As a famous official, the public opinion was very bad for a while. All kinds of black water and slander were thrown at Zhu Biao. To a certain extent, their 'slander' was actually infinitely close to the truth.
There are many people in the world who want to be officials. After filling the ranks of county magistrates and prefecture-level officials at all levels, Zhu Biao issued an order to hold a high-level and low-level selection examination within Cizhou.
As long as they can pass the examination, the people selected from the lower-level examinations will serve as the vacancies in each county, such as pavilion chiefs, township officials, county officials, etc.
, chief secretary, county magistrate, county governor and other middle and higher-level officials.
In fact, it was a small-scale "imperial examination". The lower-level examinations were administered by the counties, and the higher-level examinations were administered by the prefectures. It only took ten days. Even the exams and revised papers were announced, and everything was done. A large number of talented people were appointed as county officials.
, most of them are from poor families. Their ability to handle facts makes Zhu Biao more trustworthy than those from high-ranking families in the same year.
"Commander, the King of Tang's will!"
Dou Bing led the messenger down to rest, and Zhu Biao opened the document and read it carefully.
The main idea of the document was that the four most important forces in Qi State jointly reported to him, asking Zhu Biao to retreat and return to the Northern Han Dynasty. He had already made a formal reply to this request. The internal strife in Qi State was a great injustice. The king of Tang Dynasty issued an edict.
The three young masters of the Tian family and the four powerful generals of the Zibo court went to Beijing to argue in court.
Naturally, it is impossible for the four families to 'capture them without mercy', so in the next moment, the King of Tang asked Zhu Biao to be prepared and always be ready to send troops to sweep away the rebels!
At the end of the document, the King of Tang once again made it clear that his attitude remained unchanged, and the throne of King Qi was waiting for Zhu Biao to take it.
Wenzhou is close to Cizhou.
The lively scene of Wenyang County in the prefecture is gone forever. At this time, it is such a depressed scene.
In mid-March, the only governor of Wenzhou, Zhou Chunxin, the only governor of a state in Qi State, sent 100,000 troops to fight against 30,000 Han troops at the Ciwen border. After two days of fighting, Zhou Chunxin returned with a great defeat.
, the commander-in-chief of the 100,000-strong army only came back after three stops, and the hearts of the people in Wenzhou immediately fluctuated.
This Zhou governor was so tyrannical in the past. After Tian Sheng's death, he quickly gathered military power across the state. Whether it was the Zibo court or the princes of the other three royal families, they all tried to win over him. Because before Zhou Chunxin became the governor of Wenzhou, he was
He is a famous general under Tian Sheng.
At the beginning, Tian Sheng led his army to drive directly to Zibo, leaving Zhou Chunxin in Wenzhou to frighten the north. At that time, he had 50,000 elite soldiers in his hands. After gathering the troops from eight counties in the state, after several years of operation, Wenzhou had nearly 200,000 soldiers.
After all benefits were distributed peacefully, the Zibo court had lost the best opportunity to eliminate Zhou Chunxin!
Afterwards, it was time to win over Zhou Chunxin. Because Zhou Chunxin was also from Tian Sheng's lineage, and when Tian Sheng's eldest son still sat on the throne of Qi, Zhou Chunxin, Tian Sheng's former trusted general, nominally obeyed Zibo.
In the past few years, the current King of Qi has become older and older, and his influence has shown signs of spreading more and more in the court. The reason why the four powerful generals in Zibo City did not depose King Qi and re-establish his younger brother on the throne
, a big factor is the existence of Zhou Chunxin.
Therefore, Zhou Chunxin has a good reputation in Qi State. In terms of 'loyalty', which is currently in short supply in Qi State, Zhou Chunxin beats many people.
This year, Zhu Biao's troops marched into Qidi, which was a threat to everyone, but the one who felt the threat most must be Zibo. So after Zhou Chunxin exchanged several letters with Zibo, he rode out 30,000 steps towards Zhu Biao.
When Zibo advanced, Zhou Chunxin led an army of 100,000 men and rushed forward without hesitation.
Just as the King of Tang said in the document to Zhu Biao, after the King of Tang's decree reached Qi, the leaders of the four major forces in Qi did not obey the decree at all. This gave Zhu Biao an excuse to send troops!
His first target was the improperly appointed Zibo imperial court——
Zhou Chunxin is a famous general in the Qi State. Under his training, the Wenzhou Army is recognized as a strong army in the Qi State. However, even this recognized strong army can defeat 30,000 soldiers with 100,000 soldiers, but it is defeated by only a few of the Hedong Army.
They were defeated and defeated in the first round. The influence of this battle directly hit the hearts of all the people of Qi. Compared with Chen Mengren's previous defeat of three bandits and more than 100,000 bandits in Hongqiu Lake, this battle was more convincing!
Zhou Chunxin vomited blood on the battlefield and fled. After returning to Wenyang, he became ill and unable to recover.
All the aristocratic families in Wenzhou were on alert, and businessmen were gathering funds to prepare to flee. Ordinary people's homes had no way of escaping and could only wait cautiously for the specific development and changes of the situation.
War has always been cruel, and Zhu Biao has never been known for his benevolence and righteousness. Moreover, "celebrities" have poured bad water on him. It is related to the safety of the whole family, so everyone cannot help but treat him with caution.
Nowadays, even the most ordinary people know that Wenyang County will usher in a fierce battle in the near future.
In the Governor's Mansion, a sick man was leaning on a pillow with an expressionless face, looking sideways at the scenery outside the window.
Beside him, several beautiful maids were serving him carefully, either stroking their legs or serving hot tea, waiting for their master to take it.
