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The internal power struggle in Lulong started in a relatively mild form and ended at an unexpected speed. The whole process took less than a month. From the beginning to the end, neither party seriously announced a war, nor did they
What tragic battles took place?
The entire war consisted of three parts from west to east, including the Battle of Youzhou, the Battle of Shicheng and the Battle of Yuguan, but in fact there was not much damage. In the Battle of Youzhou, only Liu Yanlang and dozens of his guards were killed.
Killing, the whole city changed hands; the battle of Shicheng seemed tragic, Liu Shouguang and Liu Zhiwen were both dead, but in fact the ordinary sergeants did not fight fiercely, some surrendered, some ran away, even those who escaped in the end
He also came back and surrendered again; to say that the truly fierce battle was perhaps the only one in the Yuguan battle. Jizhou soldiers risked their lives to attack under Zhao Jing's strict orders, causing hundreds of casualties to Yuan Xingqin's troops stationed at Yuguan. At the same time, Badu rode on
The Yingzhou cavalry suffered a big fall in front of them and lost nearly a thousand soldiers.
In the final analysis, this was an internal seizure of power by the Lulong Army. The ordinary sergeants were not very motivated to fight, and even the soldiers of the Yingzhou Army did not show the ruthlessness they had when facing the Khitan people outside the pass.
Since the two sides gathered in Shicheng on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, it didn't take long before Li Chengzhong, who was firmly seated in Shicheng, began to receive documents of victory from various places.
On the twenty-fifth day of the first lunar month, the great victory was achieved in Shicheng. Liu Shouguang and Liu Zhiwen were given the title of leader. On the same day, the Huaiyue Allied Forces came to report on the victory and killed Liu Yanlang. Youzhou was captured.
On the twenty-ninth day of the first lunar month, Zhao Yuande surrendered and presented himself to Cangzhou.
On February 1, the Huaiyue Allied Forces stationed in Husu and Leling, facing Weibo and Xuanwu Line of Control in the south.
On February 3, Zhao Ting committed suicide in Jizhou, and Zhong Shao entered Jizhou.
On February 5th, Yuguan won a victory. Jizhou soldiers were defeated and Zhao Jing was killed in formation.
On February 7, Zhao Ba led the remaining troops of Badu Cavalry to surrender.
On February 10, Li Chengzhong led the civil and military officials of the Yingzhou Dudu Mansion who had gathered together to form the left and right wing of the state army and the old camp, as well as a total of more than 8,000 people from the reserve battalions in each city. They left Shicheng and went west along the official road, passing Yutian, passing Sanhe, and stationed at
Lu County.
At Mao hour on February 15th, the army set off.
At this time, at the post office ten miles away from Youzhou, the allied forces Zhong Shao and dozens of generals from Jieli greeted Li Chengzhong respectfully.
At noon, the army arrived outside Andong Gate, Dongshang Gate, Youzhou.
Flags were fluttering, armor was bright, and five thousand Huaiyue allied troops lined up outside the city to greet them.
Under the Andong Gate, the heads of the wealthy families in Youzhou, including Gao Liu, Wang Jingrou, Li Juncao, Han Mengyin, Yuan Congbo and others, were waiting eagerly. Guo Bingcheng of Jiedu Prefecture and hundreds of other officials were waiting for him.
Li Chengzhong raised his hands on his horse and exchanged greetings with the wealthy families in Youzhou and the officials of Jiedu Prefecture.
After a while, the welcoming queue had been sorted out. The civil officials headed by Zhang Zaiji, Han Mengyin, Yuan Congbo, Feng Dao, etc., and the military generals headed by Wang Jingrou, Li Juncao, Zhou Zhiyu, Zhang Xingzhong, Jiang Miao, Zhou Kan, Zhong Shao, etc.
About 200 civil and military personnel were divided into classes and bowed in obedience.
At this point, the young Yingzhou civil and military officials naturally fell behind the Youzhou civil and military officials in terms of ranking. Whether it was Zhang Zaiji, Han Mengyin, Yuan Congbo, Wang Jingrou, Li Juncao and Zhou Zhiyu, just take one of them. Qualifications
Their official titles and official titles were all superior to them. More importantly, these people were still their elders, so they were incomparable.
Even Han Yanhui, who was in charge of singing in the Bohai Sea Beijing, has lost the high-spiritedness he once had. He was barely at the bottom of the class. In front of his father Han Mengyin, he dared not show up. Now he can only follow behind without saying a word.
At that time, his responsibility of shaking his head and chanting rituals in front of the monarchs and ministers of Bohai Kingdom was taken over by Guo Bingcheng, the governor of Jiedu.
In front of the full and gorgeous court uniforms of the old people, the attire of the young Yingzhou civil and military personnel inevitably looked much shabby.
Guo Bingcheng's voice has become hoarse recently, but he still sang with all his strength: "The civil and military soldiers of Youzhou respectfully welcome the governor of Yingzhou"
Li Chengzhong bowed on his horse again to signal.
"The emperor lives in the temple, and the princes are pastoral in all directions. Therefore, the emperor splits the earth to grant gifts, and the ministers honor them with integrity. Because of the Chinese cauldron, the nine barbarians are in submission... Today, Hebei is not peaceful, and Youzhou is still empty. The restraint, observe it.
If it does not exist, it is afraid that the people will not settle down, the commanders will not be punished, and the evil people will rise to the top, and the scholars will have different opinions... Youzhou civil and military affairs, all the soldiers discussed, and they jointly elected Li, the governor of Yingzhou, to temporarily hold double banners and double festivals, and be in charge of the commander-in-chief.
The army is dedicated to killing, and Lu Long is left behind to wait for the imperial order! Please accept it."
Li Chengzhong bowed on his horse and saluted in all directions: "Sincerity is stupid, I dare not accept it!"
Guo Bingcheng shouted: "This is Li Shu's wish, please accept it." He led the civil and military forces to bow down again. Tens of thousands of soldiers under the Youzhou City shouted in unison: "Please accept it."
Li Chengzhong bowed again and said humbly: "Since I have no talent, I am very frightened. I only hope that a virtuous person will occupy this position. For the sake of my concubine, I dare not accept it. Please resign!"
Guo Bingcheng said sternly: "For hundreds of years, Lulong has been suppressed by non-tyrannical people. If the governor will not accept it, what will happen to the people of Youzhou? God has given it but cannot take it. If it is given to civil and military personnel, what will happen to the soldiers? Please accept it, the governor."
All civil and military personnel, including tens of thousands of soldiers, once again followed Guo Bingcheng and bowed to the ground, shouting in unison: "Please accept it, Commander-in-Chief"
Li Chengzhong was silent for a long time and sighed: "For Youzhou's plan, Lulong's plan, and the people's plan, let's accept it for the time being. When the court has orders, we will choose the best and give them up."
All the civil and military personnel stood up, the soldiers chanted, and the ceremony was completed.
The whole set of etiquette is very simple, but in Li Chengzhong's view, it is full of pretentiousness. It is nothing more than three recommendations and three concessions. But the ancients were very particular about this. They had to express that they did not want to. It was you who forced me to come on stage. From Li Chengzhong's own experience, it seems that
It also contains the mischievous meaning of a superior person such as "If I don't do well, don't rely on me. I'm helpless. When the time comes, I'll kill you, don't blame me."
So Li Chengzhong dismounted and rode a Si chariot. A Si chariot was a four-horse chariot. The emperor drove six, the princes five, and the ministers four. After Li Chengzhong was elected as Lu Longliu, although he was not really the governor yet, he was temporarily in charge.
Shuangjing and Shuangjie are equivalent to Jiedushi in terms of authority, and their treatment is also based on that of Jiedushi.
Jiedu envoys themselves are dispatched and have no rank. Jiedushi envoys from various places generally have to serve as governors of the prefectures where they are stationed. This is the official position. However, the rank of this official also differs between upper, middle and lower prefectures. The higher one can be from the third rank.
, the lower one is only the sixth grade. For example, the Lulong Jiedu Envoy is also the governor of Youzhou, so he is also called the Youzhou Jiedushi Envoy and belongs to the high-grade Jiedushi.
This resulted in different levels of military governors in various places, and it was easy for a strong town to have a low-grade one or a weak town to have a high-grade one. They quarreled with each other endlessly and often even caused wars. In order to save trouble, the court simply used the title of "Jiedushi".
The method was to level the grades of the various towns. For example, Liu Rengong was awarded the official title of "Tong Zhongshu Menxia Ping Zhang Shi" before he was crowned king.
Li Chengzhong was engaged in the traditional cause of the vassal towns in Hebei and was "supported" as Liu Hou. He has not yet been given the title of envoy. However, with Lulong's status among the vassals and towns in the world, as long as the court recognizes it, he will definitely be granted the title of envoy, so he can
If "Qing" sees it, he can drive the chariot with a drum.
Guo Bingcheng waved his hand, and an official from the Jiedu Prefecture came forward holding a lacquer box. He took the lacquer box and handed it to Li Chengzhong on the Si chariot. Li Chengzhong opened it and saw two objects lying in the box. One was a golden ball divided into two halves.
The tiger talisman is a bronze talisman for mobilizing troops, symbolizing the military power of "control and dispatch"; one is a yellow and white jade seal, engraved with seal characters that Li Chengzhong could not understand, but he knew that it was the seal of the Jiedu envoy. It symbolized "duzhiying"
The civil rights of “field”.
The quality of the seal was jade. This was actually an act of trespass by the Jiedushi envoys over the past hundred years. According to the law, the seal of the hundred officials should be made of copper. However, Li Chengzhong himself did not know these things. No one explained to him that within the Lulong Army, this was already a
It’s been a habit passed down for half a year.
The two are consistent, which is the bronze seal letter of Lulong Jiedu.
Li Chengzhong was in high spirits. After transferring to a carriage, he entered along the Andong Gate. There were dozens of majestic honor guards in front of the carriage. These were the original honor guards of Jiedu Prefecture. Liu Shouguang went to Shicheng to fight, so naturally he would not take them with him.
, so they were directly recruited by Guo Bingcheng and took advantage of Li Chengzhong.
These sergeants raised their ceremonial guards high, led by two khaki gate flags at the front, and guarded by four archers on each flag.
After that, two flags were erected high, one dragon flag and one tiger flag, decorated with five-color bird feathers, which were the dragon and tiger flags; again they were made of two gold and copper leaves, shaped like the double joints of a wooden plate, with lifelike carvings on the plate.
The Ganjin dragon head. The double banners indicate rewards, and the double festivals indicate killings. This is a unique guard of honor for the Jiedushi, symbolizing his authority. In other words, Li Chengzhong can decide on his own the promotion and punishment of officials below the fifth rank. As for those above the fifth rank,
If you are below the third rank, you can go to the court for impeachment, and the court will reconsider and convict you. However, generally speaking, the court will not arbitrarily refute Li Chengzhong's opinions for officials under Lu Long. They cannot refute them even if they want to. As for those above the third rank, the court basically does not
When setting up such official positions, some also added three divisions, three public titles, or royal titles or powerful towns. Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for Li Chengzhong to meet any of them.
After the double flags and double knots, there are two spears and two leopard tails. These are objects that match the double flags and double knots and are used to balance yin and yang according to the five elements of heaven and earth. The specific principle is not known to Li Chengzhong himself.
After the Si chariot, there are six 绛, which is the authority of the festival. Then there are drummers, gong players, ox drums, gongs, and Tianjie, which sound solemnly in the streets.
This set of ceremonial guards is actually the ceremonial guard of the Jiedushi envoy. Li Chengzhong was "supported" as the Jiedushi envoy and was not eligible to enjoy it. The remaining post is a substitute post established when the Jiedushi envoy or the observation envoy is absent and is a temporary assignment.
, not to mention that he is still a "supported" temporary dispatcher, and using this set of honors is an overstep. But in today's world, who cares about this? What's more, Li Chengzhong had already overstepped once when he was promoted as a "prestige khan" on the grassland.
, so he enjoyed it all with peace of mind.
The long and wide street has long been cleared. Along both sides of the street are dense groups of Huaiyue coalition infantry and various government officials guarding it. Youzhou City has changed hands continuously in the past ten years, and the people have long been accustomed to the ceremony of large armies entering the city.
Under the leadership of the people, incense burners were lit at various intersections to welcome the troops entering the city.
There were ceremonial guards in front of him, followed by Youzhou civil and military officers and sergeants. Li Chengzhong held a seal in his hand and stood on the chariot. He looked around and sighed in his heart. He had been the governor of Yingzhou for more than a year and had received the worship of the kings of Bohai and Silla.
, and became a prestigious khan at the foot of Mount Raole, and presided over the Chai Ceremony of Yue Yue and Yili Jin. Today, Li Chengzhong already has the majestic air of a person in a superior position, and no longer has the air of the first time he arrived in your land.
Stunned.
The guard of honor of the brigade entered through the Wengcheng of Andongmen, went west along Qing'an Street, passed Xianlufang, Shihefang, Xianzhongfang, and stopped at the north gate of Lulong Jiedufu.
Li Chengzhong got out of the car and looked up at the Lulong Jiedu Mansion with the Yimen wide open, feeling sad for a while.
Youzhou belongs to me from now on! (To be continued...)