Liucheng, the former governor's mansion of Yingzhou.
This place, which was the center of the Tang Dynasty's rule over the Northeast, was already in dilapidated condition. Both the Xi people and the Khitan people tried their best to repair the houses they grabbed after occupying Liucheng, but they paid no attention to the government office.
After the First Elder of Pinbu left the city and knelt down after losing his sight, he originally planned to vacate his mansion for Li Chengzhong to live in. However, when Li Chengzhong passed by the Governor's Mansion, he turned straight in. According to Han customs, he simply placed the command center of the front camp there.
Here, I just found a relatively intact wing to live in, and had no time to enjoy the benefits of the occupier.
Li Chengzhong was sitting in the Yamen Hall of the former Governor's Mansion, listening to the reports from his officers and issuing various orders. He was so busy all day long that he didn't even have time to get up. On the other side of the Yamen Hall, people were busy checking household registration and registration records.
Feng Dao of the file. The two of them are now working together. Firstly, it is convenient for negotiation when something happens. Secondly, there are no other available rooms in the governor's mansion. Hundreds of craftsmen who were temporarily driven from outside are working on the governor under the leadership of Mr. Zhang.
Everywhere in the mansion is undergoing overhaul. According to Li Chengzhong's simple and practical requirements, the overhaul project will take more than half a month to complete.
Regarding household registration, treasury inspections, file compilation, etc., Li Chengzhong took over the civil affairs of Liucheng and Yanjun, and handed over all the powers to Feng Dao. He was now considering military issues. The most urgent military matter at the moment was conscription.
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Although the battle at the northern foot of Bailang Mountain ended with the victory of the former battalion, the losses of the soldiers of the former battalion were too huge, which can be said to be more than half of the casualties. Currently, there are only a hundred soldiers of the former battalion stationed in Liucheng, but the Khitan troops surrendered more than 500.
The phenomenon of inversion of subject and object is extremely serious, and it will lead to disaster if you are not careful. These descendants have their own systems, some are from Xiaolangjun, some are completely blind from the elder, and some belong to other elders.
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If he hadn't taken Wuli with him when he rushed to Liucheng, Li Chengzhong couldn't imagine what kind of resistance he would have encountered. But everything went smoothly. With Wuli's help, the elder Wan Blind led the elders to surrender.
, and even went blind and personally went to Yan County to make Yan County surrender. Li Chengzhong easily won two cities in a row. This kind of luck hit him on the head and made him dizzy for several days.
Now the Khitan troops in Liucheng are five times the number of soldiers in the former camp. This does not include the 400 people of Elder Rong Ge in Yanjun City, let alone the more than 600 people imprisoned in the White Wolf Mountain Military Village!
Even with the remaining soldiers in the Bailang Mountain military camp, Li Chengzhong's front camp currently only has more than 200 combatable soldiers.
In the past few days, Li Chengzhong felt as if he was in the crater of a volcano that was about to erupt at any time. He was restless day and night. He was afraid that there would be a major rebellion at some point, so he was busy dealing with the surrender and recruitment of troops.
matters.
When dealing with the issue of surrendering troops, Li Chengzhong adopted the principle of divide and conquer.
Dozens of the surrendered troops were from the Wuli. Li Chengzhong rescued them from their tents when he captured the Khitan camp at Bailang Mountain. These people were originally supposed to be killed with the Wuli in Tuli's plan.
The people who were loyal to Wuli had deep resentment towards Dalangjun Tuli and the elders who supported Tuli in his fight for Qi Jin, so Li Chengzhong could temporarily use them with confidence. Li Chengzhong handed over all these people to Xieli, and let Xieli's "
The "Wolf Army" increased to more than a hundred horses.
As for Wuli, Li Chengzhong asked him to follow him on errands and never leave his sight. This was the key figure for Pinbu to surrender. Li Chengzhong could not kill him for the time being, so he had to keep a close eye on him. Of course, he said a lot in vain, except for his promise.
In addition to supporting him as the Ministry of Product at the right time, he also promised to grant him the title and edict of the Tang Dynasty. As for when the "right time" will be considered - it must wait until everything is settled.
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The conditions for granting Pinbu the Tang Dynasty's imperial edict and edict were proposed by Feng Daorang and Li Chengzhong. Li Chengzhong didn't know whether it could be fulfilled, let alone whether it would be useful, and he didn't take it to heart at first.
But Feng Dao was very insistent on this. He believed that at any time, the status of Zhengshuo of various dynasties in the Central Plains in the hearts of the surrounding ethnic groups was irreplaceable. Even in the Tang Dynasty, which was extremely weak now, the majesty of the emperor was in the hearts of the Hu people.
It still occupies a lofty position, and being canonized by the Tang Dynasty is still an extremely honorable thing among all ethnic groups. From this perspective, the Hu people outside the Central Plains identify with the Tang Dynasty far more than
The commander-in-chief of each feudal town who held military power in various places.
Feng Dao even cited the example of King Li Ke of Jin to illustrate this point. When the Huang bandits entered Chang'an, Emperor Xizong issued an edict and ordered the Shatuo man to raise troops to serve the king and drive the Yellow bandits out of Chang'an.
After many years of bloody battles, he exerted all his strength to finally annihilate the traitors and made great contributions to the longevity of the Tang Dynasty.
Feng Dao also said that this Shatuo man's sincerity for the emperor was second to none among all the vassals in the world. He also asserted that if one day, when the Tang Dynasty falls apart, the last vassal town to continue to erect the flag of the Tang Dynasty must be
Hedong Army.
Li Chengzhong didn't know much about this period of history, but he remembered that one of the two most famous warlords in the late Tang Dynasty was Li Keyong. He still remembered that the evaluation of Li Keyong in the history books seemed to be negative, so he had a negative opinion of Feng Dao.
The views are somewhat dubious.
Li Chengzhong quoted the views of later generations to refute Feng Dao, saying that the reason why Li Keyong seemed to be sincere was actually just to consolidate his power. In fact, his ambitions were much greater. For example, well, for example, after Li Chengzhong traveled through time, he heard
However, it seems that Li Keyong invaded Chang'an more than ten years ago and set a huge fire, which seemed to have burned down the Daming Palace.
Feng Dao asked Li Chengzhong, if stabilizing and expanding one's own territory is considered ambition, then which commander in a feudal town in the world does not have ambition?
As for Li Keyong's attack on Chang'an, Feng Dao asked Li Chengzhong, "Do you know why Li Keyong attacked Chang'an? Do you know what the emperor's situation was at that time?"
Regarding the burning of the Daming Palace, Feng Dao asked, how do you know that it was Li Keyong who set the fire? At that time, Wang Chongrong, the governor of Hezhong, also entered Chang'an! Besides, even if the fire was set by the Hedong Army, how did you know that it was Li Keyong who set the fire?
Order? When our Lulong army massacred the city in Beizhou, was it the order given by Marshal Liu? Or was it the decision made by the Zhou soldiers and horses?
Li Chengzhong was unable to answer Feng Dao's series of questions. He suddenly realized that the records and evaluations of Li Keyong in later generations were also made by later generations. In fact, no one knows how history is written and whether it is truly consistent with the facts.
However, he still chose to believe Feng Dao, so he proposed it according to Feng Dao's statement and promised to obtain the imperial edict and edict for the next Qi Jin of the Khitan Department.
Unexpectedly, this condition would have an amazing effect as soon as it was put forward. After Wu Li heard about it, his whole spirit changed. He worked hard for Li Chengzhong without any regrets, and he often called on Li Chengzhong.
At that time, he lay devoutly at Li Chengzhong's feet and kissed Li Chengzhong's ankles respectfully.
In addition, Wu Li even asked Li Chengzhong to accept him as his adopted son! In view of his extremely serious attitude and considering the needs of the situation, Li Chengzhong had a son who was only five years younger than him.
Not only Wuli, when the elders heard that Li Chengzhong was willing to seek the emperor's edict and edict for the future Qi Jin of Pinbu, their cooperative attitude towards Li Chengzhong suddenly became enthusiastic, and they allowed Li Chengzhong to take over Liucheng and Yanjun Province.
Although the elders' proactive enthusiasm greatly reduced Li Chengzhong's troubles, they also had some concerns. If these Khitan people found that their promises were just empty words, would they be angry if they could not fulfill them in the future?
riot?
When Li Chengzhong occupied the Khitan camp by the White Wolf River, he also found in a separate leather tent the bearded man who had led the troops to attack him many times. The bearded man stared at him angrily with his eyes wide open, and he couldn't stop gibbering.
In addition to yelling at Li Chengzhong, the bearded man also kept yelling at Xie Li who was beside Li Chengzhong. Li Chengzhong could not understand the Khitan language, so he asked Xie Li what the bearded man said.
Xie Li's face turned red and white, and it took him a long time to answer Li Chengzhong: "Sir, his name is Kedan, he is the most famous tart horse in the Pinbu, and his name for martial arts is very resounding on the grassland. He took office in Yue Yue that year.
I competed with him at the Eight Alliance Conference..." He explained for a long time, but he didn't say what the bearded man yelled at him.
Although Xie Li didn't say anything, Li Chengzhong had already guessed the meaning of Big Beard's words, which were nothing more than those unbearable words. He listened to Big Beard's scolding for a while with a sense of amusement, and then asked Jie Li: "
How about it? It’s up to you how to deal with it.”
Jie Li hesitated and said a few words to the bearded man, but the bearded man's curses became louder. Jie Li's face changed from embarrassed to silent, from silent to gloomy. Then he turned to Li Chengzhong and said: "Ke Dan is a warrior.
I'm just a little confused..."
Li Chengzhong smiled, patted Jie Li on the shoulder, and said warmly: "A real warrior must not only be brave, but also have a broad vision and a practical understanding, so he is not a warrior, at most he is a brave and ruthless person. You Khitan people
It is because there are so many brave and ruthless people in China that this grassland is full of killings. In the words of us Han people, this kind of people have extreme nationalistic sentiments.
Terror. Terror. Separatism. If you don’t kill them, it won’t make the people angry. If you don’t kill them, it won’t promote national unity. They represent backwardness and the past, while you and your ‘Wolf Army’ represent advancement and the future.”
After finishing, Li Chengzhong was secretly amused, and added: "You represent the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the Khitan people, and you are the right direction for the development of Khitan!"
So Ke Dan died, but the cause of Ke Dan's death was artificially changed by Li Chengzhong. His external statement was that Ke Dan died in the rebellion.
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With the "Wolf Army" in charge, Li Chengzhong dealt with the issue of surrendering troops much more calmly. He tried his best to comfort the ministers and elders. In addition to allowing these elders to continue to live in comfortable homes, Li Chengzhong also promised to
They sought officials from the Tang Dynasty. This policy was a consistent policy adopted by the Tang Dynasty towards foreign tribes in the border areas. It was very popular during the Tianbao period. In addition to granting official positions to the leaders of various ethnic groups, this policy originally also set aside areas for autonomy.
The policy of "restraining the silk".
But Li Chengzhong directly ignored the latter item. Not only did he not mention it, he also asked the elders to hand over the military power. After disrupting the situation, they inserted themselves into the groups in the front camp. As a result, the group leaders became actual and unnamed team officers, and their subordinates
In addition to the nine former battalion soldiers, he also took charge of forty Khitan surrender troops assigned to him.
As for Brother Rong in Yanjun City, Li Chengzhong can't take care of it at the moment. Firstly, things in Liucheng have not been settled yet, and there are so many affairs at hand that he can't spare the energy to deal with the handover of Yanjun. Secondly, he doesn't have the troops now.
To truly control Yanjun, even if Brother Rong hands Yanjun City to him, he still has to rely on Khitan soldiers to control it. After all, there is the Khitan Wukai tribe to the east of Yanjun. Instead of confronting the Wukai tribe now,
It's better to pretend to be confused and be content with the status quo for the time being. Fortunately, dozens of members of Brother Rong's family are in Liucheng. These people can be regarded as his hostages, and they are not afraid that Brother Rong will not submit.
As far as Li Chengzhong thought, Elder Rong Ge held 400 Khitan soldiers and occupied Yanjun City, with the support of the Wu Kui tribe behind him. Perhaps the most important reason why he followed the elder Wan Blind's advice to change the city and flag was
His family is in Liucheng. Another reason why he allowed Elder Rongge to continue to garrison Yan County was also the reason for guarding against the Khitan Wukai tribe. We are all Khitans, and your Wukai tribe would be too embarrassed to attack me.