After returning to Taiyuan, Liu Ling's life was chaotic for several days. However, the chaos was not that he was upset, but that he was too lively. This time he went south to fight against the invasion of the Zhou Dynasty. To be honest, everyone including Emperor Xiao felt that the prospects were worrying. The result was that
The speed at which the war was won was staggering, and many people thought it was unrealistic.
The menacing army of more than 200,000 people was just wiped out by King Zhong?
When Liu Ling returned to Taiyuan Mansion, the people in the city had begun to spread the myth that he was a god descended to earth. It was said that under the Yuzhou City, Liu Ling stood on the clouds and muttered something, grabbed a handful of beans and scattered them randomly, and he became
Three hundred thousand golden-armored warriors came out and killed the Zhou army, leaving behind their helmets and armor.
Others say that Liu Ling borrowed Liu Ding Liujia's soldiers, burned a paper talisman and turned it into a vast sea that drowned half of Zhou's army, and then burned another paper talisman and turned it into a sea of fire, burning the other half.
Zhou Jun also said that Liu Ling borrowed Hou Yi's magic bow to shoot the sun, and shot the emperor of Hou Yi half to death with one arrow.
In short, various versions of myths and stories began to spread among the people, and the trend became more and more intense. There were actually ignorant people burning incense and setting up tables in front of Prince Zhong's Mansion. They knelt for a whole day and could not be driven away. These people asked for anything.
Some asked Liu Ling to show his power and drive away ghosts and avoid evil. Some asked Liu Ling to give him a charm to keep the whole family safe. Some asked Liu Ling to discuss with the Dragon King to make it rain heavily. There was even a little daughter-in-law who cried and asked Liu Ling.
Bless her to conceive a child quickly...
In short, in the eyes of the people of Taiyuan, Liu Ling has become an all-powerful immortal, more immortal than Huang Daxian, more divine than the Jade Emperor, and more effective than the Guanyin who gave birth to children...
And ever since Liu Ling entered the palace and had a long night talk with Emperor Xiao before returning to the palace, there was an endless stream of people from civil and military officials coming to offer condolences. Three large carriages were filled with gifts within five days, and Liu Ling refused to accept anyone who came.
Give whatever you want, and once you have collected a cart, you will have people send it to the palace to count the number and staple it into a book. Emperor Xiao will then send someone to the treasury.
Even though he knew that Liu Ling would not leave a single copper for himself, the officials who gave gifts were still coming and going in a lively manner. For half a month, Liu Ling was reluctant to accept the gifts. But at least he estimated that the treasury would
The son's income increased by at least one hundred thousand guan, which was almost enough to pay half of the annual tribute to Daliao.
Regarding this result, Liu Ling smiled and said that if this continues for another half year, the national power of the Han Dynasty will definitely rise by more than one level.
In fact, Liu Ling also knew why these civil and military officials came in droves. Although none of the adults mentioned it, they just congratulated King Zhong on his victory and his unparalleled achievements. But Liu Ling knew why they came.
It's not just because of the baskets of letters that Liu Ling confiscated after regaining Tanzhou.
Liu Ling glanced through these letters and found that except for the great scholar Su Xiu and the old prime minister Lu Sen, the officials of the Northern Han Dynasty had secretly pledged themselves to Zhou. Even the Shangzhu Kingdom, Tiance General Su Hubao
, Zhongshu Ling Ouyang Renhe was included.
But no matter who came to congratulate him, Liu Ling always greeted him with a smile. After more than ten days of coming and going, everyone finally vaguely guessed that Liu Ling did not intend to embarrass everyone. Even two prime minister-level figures from the Military Aircraft Department were there.
During the war, they secretly communicated with Hou Zhou. Compared with others, they are just like minions.
Twenty days later, just when everyone was breathing a sigh of relief, people from the Eighth Inspection Department went door to door and started arresting people. Seven or eight officials of the third rank and above were arrested, including the Minister of Military Aircraft Kamizhu Kokudai.
General Su Hubao. Not many officials below the third rank were arrested, only four.
When people from the Eight Gate Inspection Department were about to enter General Tiance's mansion to arrest someone, a fight broke out. Hundreds of generals, soldiers, boys, and servants from Su Hubao's mansion actually picked up swords and guns to arrest them. They defended the sky
He opened the gate of General Ce's Mansion and used crossbows and other sharp weapons to cause considerable damage to the people of the Eighth Inspection Department.
In the end, Yue Qilin summoned the imperial edict and mobilized a thousand soldiers and horses from the Gyeonggi camp to storm the general's mansion. More than 400 people in the mansion took them all, and searched Su Hubao and Zhou in his study.
There were letters between Sejong and Chai Rong, as well as evidence of secret communication with Xixia. Emperor Xiao handed the matter over to Liu Ling, who approved only one word on the document.
cut.
In one day, rivers of blood flowed outside the city gate of Taiyuan, and more than 500 heads were chopped off outside the city gate. However, during the siege of Su Hubao's mansion, a swordsman escaped. The man was extremely skilled.
He killed more than a dozen soldiers from the Gyeonggi Camp, including two of Mr. Bai who were very skilled. The swordsman used an unsheathed long sword, and almost no one was his opponent in one round.
After escaping over the wall, the Qilin Guards men pursued him. However, no trace of this man was found in the following days.
Just after Wen killed 500 people, the Minister of Military and Aircraft, Zhongshu, ordered Ouyang Renhe to plead guilty in the court. Emperor Xiao allowed him to resign without killing. Ouyang Renhe cried bitterly on the spot, feeling extremely ashamed and regretful.
After that, Emperor Xiao followed Liu Ling's suggestion and selected more than 30 young talents promoted from this year's imperial examination to join various ministries, and the best among them were awarded senior officials.
Emperor Xiao and Liu Ling were not in the mood to imitate Cao Cao's act of burning letters to win people's hearts. The Northern Han Dynasty was already rotten. These people were just rotten sores, leaving them not only unthankful to the emperor's kindness, but as long as they didn't care
Whether it is the Zhou army or the Western Xia and Liao armies that invade again, these people will continue to pounce on them like flies that smell meat and kowtow to surrender.
It is said that after breaking, Emperor Xiao finally figured it out after a serious illness. If he insists on maintaining the superficial unity of the Han Dynasty, it will not be of any benefit in the future. If he does not get rid of all the blood-drinking moths
, this big tree in the Northern Han Dynasty, which was not very strong to begin with, is really not far away from collapse.
Emperor Xiao only gave Liu Ling ten days of rest, and then he rushed him with many important matters in the court. Liu Ling could only smile bitterly, and then threw himself into the tedious work like a clockwork robot.
Those who were killed during the work must be killed. They were not just secretly professing vassalage to the Later Zhou Dynasty. Liu Ling even found no less than a topographic map of the military layout of the Northern Han Dynasty and military markings of various state capitals in the seized letters.
’s clear.
If you are merciful to such people, it is the greatest cruelty to yourself.
The joy after the victory was not diluted by the blood and the more than 500 bloody heads outside the gate of Taiyuan City. The people still cheered and the city of Taiyuan was still decorated with lights. Even Emperor Xiao made an exception and appeared at the Drum Tower.
The emperor rejoiced with the people, which shows how much influence this great victory had on the Northern Han Dynasty.
The victory gained not only defeated the more than 200,000 troops of the Later Zhou Dynasty and recovered Tanzhou and Yuzhou, but also won the hearts and minds of the people. Through this great victory, the people realized the importance of being a great nation.
The pride of the Han people. They felt that they were protected and that the Han people had the ability to protect their people.
While Liu Ling was resting, receiving gifts, and then killing people, intelligence on the Later Zhou Dynasty, Xixia, and Daliao was collected through the increasingly powerful intelligence network established by Liu Ling's shadow guards.
Ling pays attention to this information every day and will not miss any of it.
Generally speaking, the Northern Han Dynasty is considered the winner this time, but it is not the biggest beneficiary. Whether it is Xixia or Daliao, this time they took advantage of the crisis and sent troops to attack Zhoudu and made a lot of money. Xixia won three states and more than a dozen
With the land of several counties, Daliao gained prosperous cities in four states, and the benefits they received far outweighed their efforts.
What makes Liu Ling the most happy is that Yang Ye, who was originally inserted into Zhouying for long-term plans, created a miracle in the Zhou Dynasty. Originally, Yang Ye's hard work was wasted. No one expected that Feng Fubo would lead the enemy to the enemy.
A decisive battle came out, and Liu Ling found an opportunity to win in the decisive battle.
Shadow guards have been sent to the territory of Dazhou to take back Yang Ye and the twenty-odd men, but the information Yang Ye sent back shocked Liu Ling.
Liu Ling did not expect that Zhou Shizong Chai Rong would actually summon Yang Ye and others at the court meeting in order to appease the defeated troops! Yang Ye called himself Yang Shanmin and pretended to be a small team member of Chu Lihuo, the general who died in the Zhou army. Such an identity, theory
It was impossible for him to be received by the emperor in his previous life. Perhaps he was moved after hearing that Yang Ye and his group of twenty or so were covered in blood and fought hard to protect Chu Lihuo.
Perhaps in order to appease the soldiers and win over people's hearts, Chai Rong personally met with Yang Ye, and in front of the civil and military officials of the court, he promoted him, who was only a ninth-grade captain, to a sixth-grade Zhenwei captain.
, after all, he has been promoted to six levels in a row. This is an honor that a child from a poor family has never had in the army.
Moreover, Chai Rong assigned Yang Ye to serve under Meng Hu, the Youwei General who was now famous in the Later Zhou Dynasty, and he was qualified to lead a regiment of 500 troops. This was a good thing, and it was a good thing for the Northern Han Dynasty.
What a great thing. As long as Yang Ye remains loyal, he will be like a nail inserted into the army of Zhou Dynasty!
Since Chai Rong established Yang Ye as an example for the poor people to join the army, Liu Ling had to seize this opportunity. He sent fifty shadow guards into Dazhou to secretly protect Yang Ye's safety. Although Yang Ye was now in Dazhou
Zhou's position was not high, but he had access to some inside information about the Zhou army.
After arranging Yang Ye's escape route, Liu Ling sent his shadow guards to tell Yang Ye that his own safety should be the priority in everything. If he found that he might be exposed, he would withdraw immediately. But Yang Ye did something that even Liu Ling was worried about.
This shocking incident made Liu Ling understand Yang Ye to a deeper level.
The twenty-eight Han soldiers who accompanied Yang Ye to Dazhou, except for twelve of Yang Ye's cronies, all died of serious injuries. Liu Ling thought that he was not a kind person, but he was also
Yang Ye was shocked by his methods. There is nothing wrong with what Yang Ye did. For his own safety, he eliminated people who could not be trusted but who had the power of life and death. There was nothing wrong with it, but it was morally speechless.
Things on the border have come to an end, and things in the court have also come to an end. Liu Ling's marriage has finally been officially put on the agenda, and the person who vigorously promoted this matter is still the Han Emperor Liu Zhuo. (To be continued)
