One hundred and twenty miles upstream of Longzhai,
A river of spring water flows through it, forming a large bay in the shape of a few letters.
The smoke of gunpowder has gone away,
The beautiful pastoral scenery with beautiful mountains and clear waters has been restored here. On the peninsula surrounded by the river bend, a new walled city is being built, which is Taipingbao.
On the opposite bank across the river from the fortress is Chongshan City, which is also under construction.
This was originally the boundary of Lung Prefecture, with Zuo Prefecture in the northeast, Tan Prefecture in the northwest, Siming Prefecture in the southwest, and Jinlong Prefecture in the west, all of which were Jisi Prefectures.
After the victory in the siege of Longzhou City, Wu Huaiyu also took advantage of the situation to capture Longzhou City, and then sent his troops to advance westward. Because many of the main forces of Xidong in the upper reaches were lured to Longzhai and were annihilated and captured, Huaiyu's offensive went smoothly.
We fought all the way to this place, which became Chongzuo in later generations.
Now Huaiyu chose this place as an important location, so he built a city and a fort here, and directly built a new Chongzhou to govern Chongshan. He also built a new Taiping Army Mansion and a battalion of garrison troops here.
This Chongzhou is no longer Jizhou, but Zhengzhou. Although it is not big, a piece of land drawn from several surrounding states can become a key node in the middle and upper reaches of Zuo River. If you control this place, you will naturally control it.
Live in Zuoxi.
The wind is gentle and the sun is shining brightly.
A city and a fort are facing each other across the river, and they are all busy working. The people building the city are mainly barbarian prisoners of war.
Most of the prisoners of war were now willing to join the Tang army, but even if they were willing to surrender, Wu Huaiyu did not simply let them go.
You still have to participate in studies. You have to take night classes to learn loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and learn Chinese history. You also need to do labor reform. Building a city is the best labor reform.
The surrendered army is now temporarily organized into the Xie Cong Army for the expedition. There are 1,500 people per town. Eighteen towns have been organized, and 30,000 troops have been reorganized. Those who exceed the limit are not organized into the Xie Cong Army, but are directly in the labor camp.
You need to serve half a year of hard labor, and you can graduate and go home after passing the exam.
In mid-May in Lingnan, the sun was already very hot, but none of the barbarian captives dared to be lazy or protest against the strike. Compared with their lives, being tired from the sun was nothing.
In fact, Wu Huaiyu was already relatively merciful. After all, Hou Junji had the evil reputation in front of him. Since Wu Huaiyu sent out troops, he attacked cities and destroyed strongholds. Except for directly killing and annihilating those on the battlefield, he did not kill or kill those who were captured or surrendered.
Sell,
Even though they could only work one day at a time, and even had to work hard during the day and have to go to school at night, the outcome was better than they expected.
They even had some luck when building cities, inns, and fortresses.
At least they are better than those who fell on the battlefield.
Or maybe Huang Qian, who not long ago claimed to be the King of China and Vietnam, known as the leader of the Seven Kings Alliance, and commanded an army of 200,000, was so majestic at the time, but now he is so miserable.
He had become a dead man, and he could not live in peace even after death. His body was sent to Taipingbao, his skin was peeled off, and after processing, it was stuffed with grass inside, and he was made into a human fur man, which was put on display in Taipingbao.
I heard that after the Taiping Fort is repaired, it will be kept on the city gate tower.
His head was made into a wine vessel, and his leg bones were made into a bone flute...
This means that you will never be able to stand up again.
In the past, the barbarians thought that Huang Qian was very powerful, but this time he was able to lead all the thirty Jizhous in the left and right rivers to rebel. In fact, even the six major lords respected him as the leader, not to mention conquering Yongzhou, occupying Guilin, and pointing their swords at Guangzhou. At least in this area of Zuoyouxi, he has the final say from now on.
Unexpectedly, Wu Huaiyu personally directed the siege of Longzhai, but the result was that he lured the snake out of the cave, and then came to the siege for reinforcements. He defeated 30,000 barbarian reinforcements near Longzhai in one fell swoop, killing 5,000 in formation and capturing 25,000 prisoners.
The great victory here frightened Huang Gan, the Sino-Vietnamese king of Huangjiadong, and hurriedly sent out Huangjiadong's elite Dongding, and urged other tribesmen to recruit Dongding again to form a new force to stop Wu Huaiyu from attacking after the victory.
Who would have expected,
Wu Huaiyu was not in a hurry to confront them this time. Instead, a Tang army quietly came from the Youxi side, circuitous over the mountains and ridges, and reached the rear of Huangjiadong without taking the usual route.
The Zuoxi defense line was essentially useless.
Thousands of Tang troops descended from heaven like divine soldiers and made a surprise attack at night.
The Huang family was empty. Huang Qian, the pseudo-Chinese and Vietnamese king, thought there was a rebellion and rebellion, so he moved his head without understanding anything.
Xi Jun bought Gao Rong and others to capture Huang Jiadong, and after capturing and beheading Huang Gan, he stabbed the barbarian in the buttocks along the Black Water River.
The fire broke out in the rear of the Houbarians, especially the fall of Huangjiadong and the killing of Huang Gan. It can be said that the Houbarbar allies, who were already loose and had just suffered a major defeat, were in chaos.
Xi Jun bought them and spread all kinds of news. Many prisoners of the Huangjiadong were deliberately let go. He went out with all kinds of news, saying that tens of thousands of Tang troops had been killed, and that all the Youxi people had surrendered...
The savages were leaderless and in chaos.
At this juncture, Wu Huaiyu, who had been standing still, suddenly seized the opportunity and launched an all-out attack on the barbarians in Taiping Fort.
It’s almost the same as the last time the Longzhai sieged the city to call for reinforcements.
It's just that this time the barbarian allies were not as numerous as last time, nor as young and brave as last time, but the result was the same, they were defeated in one blow.
The Hanmen made mistakes again and again. Compared with the Tang army, their advantage lay in fighting in the local area. If they broke into pieces, or even retreated when the enemy came, and went into the mountains to fight guerrillas, Wu Huaiyu would have a huge headache.
However, they took the initiative to gather troops time and time again and ran to the plains to bring decisive battles. As a result, the alliance was loose and there was no truly effective unified command.
In addition to the advantage in numbers, the equipment, supplies, training, command, and morale were inferior to the Tang army in all aspects.
Such a battle with martial arts is something we can only hope for.
In the battle of Taipingzhai, Wu Huaiyu killed more than 3,000 soldiers and captured more than 20,000 prisoners.
The most important thing is that Xi Junmai and their sneak attack were successful, Huang Qian, the king of Sino-Vietnam, was captured and beheaded, and Huang Jiadong, the enemy chief's base camp, was attacked and destroyed.
The fall of Huangjiadong and the execution of Huang Gan were fatal blows to the rebels.
After the Battle of Taipingzhai,
The left and right Xixi barbarian alliance is actually gone.
"Xiangguo, the six false kings of the Barbarians have sent people again to ask for surrender."
As soon as the Sino-Vietnamese king Huang Gan died, the other six kings took their titles as kings one after another and sent envoys with money and gifts to ask for an audience with Wu Huaiyu and ask for his surrender.
However, these people's request for surrender is not sincere. They ask for surrender because they hope that everyone will pretend that what happened before has never happened. How will it be in the future? They will no longer be kings, no longer rebel against the Tang Dynasty, and they will still be granted titles by the imperial court. The governor of Jizhou Prefecture still rules their territory hereditary.
"What did you bring this time?"
"It's the same gold, silver, spices, slaves, cattle and horses."
Huaiyu couldn't help but sneer after hearing this,
Wu Huaiyu did not continue to attack after the Battle of Taipingzhai because he needed to rest and digest the results of the battle. After several battles, he killed nearly 10,000 people and captured more than 60,000 prisoners who were surrendered to the barbarians.
They are several hundred miles away from the Yongzhou base camp.
The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and Wu Huaiyu didn't want to go too far behind enemy lines, so he stopped at Taiping Village to build a castle and rest his troops.
The Jinji Fort and Longzhai downstream are also being built and reinforced. Along the Zuo River between Taiping Fort, Jinji Fort and Yongzhou, roads, post stations and military forts are also being built.
At this stage, Huaiyu is not in a hurry to attack.
Wait a minute, that savage alliance will collapse without attacking. If the attack is really urgent, they will definitely still want to unite to defeat them.
In fact, apart from the fact that one Huang Jiadong was captured in a sneak attack, Wu Huaiyu's biggest gain so far is that he has severely damaged the Huaiman's effective strength.
In fact, not much land was occupied, which was the south bank of the original Longzhou.
The barbarians had thirty states and only half of them were broken.
Huaiyu only has 20,000 troops, and the war auxiliaries should be counted together, and there are 30 barbarians in Jizhou. If we really have to divide our troops to suppress them, the pie will be spread. The increasingly hot weather will also have a great impact.
Huaiyu will not launch another offensive until Taiping Fort is built.
Of course, he may not need to fight one by one.
He did not see the six chiefs, but he accepted the gifts they gave him with joy. The gold, silver, money and silk could be used as military expenses to reward the soldiers, the cattle and horses could be allocated to the supply camp, and after the war, they could also build garrison camps.
As for beauties and slaves, Huaiyu doesn't like them either, but they are still valuable.
In fact, not only the six former kings of Da Dong are panicking recently, but also the other governors of Jisi Prefecture and even the village leaders of various Xi Dongs.
Although they claimed that all thirty states were rebelling, with a company of 200,000 soldiers, after several battles, they lost 70,000 people, so how could they fight?
The Tang army did not suffer many casualties at all.
So at first everyone was rebelling and clamoring fiercely, but now everyone is panicking, fearful and anxious to beg for mercy. The messengers are coming one after another.
They all hope that Wu Xiangguo will show his noble hand, and hope that the court will forget the past.
"Call the envoys from each family over, and I will meet with them."
At the large construction site of Taipingbao, Wu Huaiyu summoned people from all over Xidong. Each of these people looked worried and panicked.
The Tang army has not moved for the time being, but no one knows who will be destroyed next after the rest.
They indeed regretted that they should not have followed Huang Qian to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, but it was useless to regret now. They could only ask for Wu Xiangguo's forgiveness.
Gold, silver, oxen and horses, beauties, as long as Wu Xiangguo is willing to let them go, they are willing to bleed a lot.
But these days, no one from any family can see Wu Xiangguo, and no one can get Wu Xiangguo's understanding.
Today, I finally get to see Wu Xiangguo.
Huaiyu arrived,
Ask someone to bring three things to show.
Human skin scarecrow, gold-encrusted skull bowl, thigh bone flute.
Needless to say, all the Huanmen envoys know that these three things belong to Huang Gan, the king of Yue, who was the leader of the alliance not long ago. Dong, the owner of Huang Family Dong,
The surname Huang is the most common surname among Xiyuan barbarians.
This is also the reason why Huang Gan became the leader of the alliance in the first place.
But now he was the first to fall, and after his death he was made into these three things.
Huaiyu spoke slowly.
"I have long said that wherever the sun and moon shine, and wherever rivers reach, they are all Han lands. Wherever wind and rain come, everyone is surrendered and becomes a concubine. Anyone who offends our country, the Tang Dynasty, will be punished no matter how far away they are.
You have raised an army and rebelled, which is an unforgivable crime."
As soon as these words came out, all the barbarian messengers turned pale.
Some people are trembling with fear and trembling with fear. This is no longer empty talk, but a full deterrent proven by sufficient force.
Huaiyu deliberately waited for a long time before saying again, "One of the seven rebels who arrogantly claimed the throne has now been killed, and there are still six rebels left.
In addition, the thirty-year-old Shijizhou of Left and Right Rivers rebelled against each other one after another.
They are all rebels who must be killed.
Today I put my words here. Whoever can kill these rebels in various states and rivers will be replaced by him. In order to atone for his sins, he will be given the post of governor."
The previous thirty governors of Jisi Prefecture all rebelled, but now only Huang Qian, the governor of Sicheng Prefecture, and Gong Xing, the governor of Longzhou, have been killed. The other twenty-eight Jisi Prefecture governors are still there.
Wu Huaiyu refused to let them go, and even instigated Zhuxidong masters to kill them.
The twenty-eight rebel governors also represent the positions of the twenty-eight governors. By killing the original governor, you can not only atone for your own sins, but also take the positions of these governors instead.
This was enough to drive those Xidian barbarian chiefs crazy.
Of course, they can continue to fight against the imperial court, but they will have to face the coming of heavenly soldiers and bear the wrath of thunder.
