Chapter four hundred and ninety seventh recruiting
Seeing Anji Xiang's brows furrowed, as if his whole body was like a hunting bow with its string tightened, Han Chengmeng's heart dropped to his throat.
Although once upon a time, Anji Xiang was just a little-known figure next to Zhang Ping, but now Huang Hua cannot ignore his existence.
After all, Anji Xiang more directly represents the will of Emperor Yanyou.
It should be more accurate to say that Huang Hua was able to sit in the position of Hunan Provincial Xuanwei Envoy. It should be more accurately said that it was the result of a joint decision between Emperor Yanyou and everyone in the court.
Huang Hua, however, had no intention of urging An Xiang. He stood up and walked outside the house.
Han Chengmeng also stood up, but as soon as he crossed the threshold, he saw Huang Hua standing in the corridor. He could neither advance nor retreat.
At this time, he heard Zhou Qinian, who was about to get up, talking to Anji Xiang in a low voice behind him:
"There was something that the old man said that was a bit unruly. Mr. An just listened to it - Mr. An is loyal to His Majesty. There is no doubt about it, but someone must say that Mr. An has ulterior motives. Mr. An can really cut his heart.
Come out? In the end, everyone just completed the mission assigned by His Majesty and did not make His Majesty work day and night. Only then can we be called loyal..."
Han Chengmeng resisted the urge to turn back and look at An Xiang's face. Looking at the yellow and thin face, which was as cold as a mountain rock, he couldn't figure out what he was thinking in his heart and how he viewed Xuzhou and Han Qian...
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Yang Hu hurried back to Baiyanjiang, and happened to catch up with Fu Gengwen and Yang Shouyi arriving with the handwriting of Huang Hua, the envoy of Xuanwei.
Seeing that Xuanweihuahuanghua was written in the handwriting, he asked Sizhou to transfer another elite battalion from the west line of Panlongling to strengthen the defense against the Shu army; while reducing the frontal military equipment in Shihezi Village, Fu Gengwen joined hands
When Yu went to see the bandit leader to discuss recruitment, Yang Hu seemed to have been slapped loudly by an invisible hand.
Just over half a month ago, he accompanied Xi Shepeng and led a thousand elite Chenzhou soldiers out of Chenyang City. He was so confident that the situation was under control, but he never imagined that everything was just an illusion.
"Do you really want to recruit bandits?" Yang Huyou asked unwillingly as he looked at his father, whose temples were already white with frost.
"I have never been out of Sizhou in my life, and I don't know many heroes. But under the current situation, Your Majesty believes that Huang Hua can control the states in Hunan. He must be an extraordinary person. At this time,
Chenzhou also relies on the imperial court to act, and we have no choice." Yang Xingfeng is no longer as powerful as he used to be. He is a little hunched and hunched, but his seemingly cloudy eyes are shining when he speaks.
Of course, I don't mind saying this in front of Fu Gengwen.
Or perhaps he hoped that Fu Gengwen would spread these words to Huang Hua's ears, indicating that Sizhou's humiliation and humiliation at this time was completely in accordance with Huang Hua's will.
No matter how unwilling Yang Hu was, he actually knew very well in his heart that as long as Xuzhou stood aside and no other reinforcements came in, even if the rebels and the Shu army no longer took the initiative to attack, as long as the tight situation between the two lines continued, the Sizhou soldiers would
And the area they currently control, which seems to be calm, will induce huge changes that are difficult to predict and contain at any time.
While they still have some chips in their hands, it may be Sizhou's last choice to follow Huang Hua's will to appease the bandits.
Fu Gengwen seemed to turn a deaf ear to Yang Xingfeng's words.
To be honest, he was hoping in his heart that the bandits were colluding with Xuzhou. In this case, even if he failed to negotiate his way up the mountain tomorrow, he would still be able to get down alive.
Otherwise, it would be a disaster or a blessing.
Fu Gengwen thought to himself that there was nothing wrong with staying in Xuanshe or Jiangdong to dominate, but he went to the corner of the southwest to lick blood from the knife edge. How could he care about the Yang family and his son at this time?
Are you feeling good?
Early the next morning, Fu Gengwen urged Yang Xingfeng to withdraw all the soldiers and horses outside the pass of Shihezi Village. At the same time, he watched Yang Xingfeng send troops to reinforce Shi Qian, but before he went up the mountain, he still left two close followers behind.
The camp at the foot of the mountain was watching to prevent Yang Xingfeng from doing any tricks behind his back.
No matter what conditions for recruitment will be reached in the end, and no matter what situation Sizhou will develop in the future, for the sake of his own life, Fu Gengwen cannot allow Yang Xingfeng to do anything behind his back.
When Han Wenhuan, Han Daochang and Han Jun used their bodies as bait to lure Gu Zhilong into the trap, Fu Gengwen never wanted it to happen to him.
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With the threat of a large-scale southern invasion by the Shu army at any time, the Sizhou soldiers were at the end of their tether and found it difficult to launch another decent offensive against the rebels. However, life was not easy for the rebels.
More than one-third of the generals were killed or wounded.
Not to mention the generals who had died on the battlefield, thousands of wounded patients lacked medical treatment and were suffering and groaning in pain every day, which severely damaged the morale of the rebel army.
It was winter now, the weather in the mountains was warm and not so cold, but there were fewer and fewer food sources available.
Since the uprising, the rebels have been sealed in Panlong Ridge, isolated from the main grain-producing areas of the two counties. Apart from the grain stored in the village, there is no new grain to supplement it. At this time, food is so scarce that even young tree cores are needed.
It is peeled and made into dry food to satisfy hunger.
Not to mention the old, sick and weak, young and middle-aged people have been in such a state of semi-starvation for a long time, and their bodies are getting weaker and weaker.
Fu Gengwen, on behalf of Hunan Xuanwei envoy Huang Hua, went to the mountain to recruit people. Tan Yuliang and others were looking forward to this moment, but they did not agree to the recruitment. On what terms they accepted the recruitment, and how to confirm that the recruitment was not a bait to lure them down the mountain for encirclement and annihilation. There was a conflict within the rebel army.
Very controversial.
Of course, there were also quite a few rebel generals whose brothers died at the hands of Sizhou soldiers.
There were also many family members of generals who were brutally massacred by Sizhou soldiers because they did not have time to evacuate from the captured mountain strongholds.
They are filled with hatred and firmly oppose accepting recruitment.
Regardless of the internal disputes, as Fu Gengwen entered the mountain, Tan Yuliang proposed to return the family members detained by Xuzhou, withdraw troops and horses from both sides in the designated area, leave a buffer zone, and asked Sizhou to transfer part of the grain to injured people.
The medicine is transported up the mountain as a prerequisite for the next step of contact negotiations, which is also a very reasonable requirement.
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Fu Gengwen stayed in Shihezi Village and sent messages to and from his subordinates. With Huang Hua's permission, on the second day of November, Feng Liao took Xi Chang, Xi Fa'er, and Han Chengmeng with more than a hundred people to escort Tan Yuliang and Zhao Zhixian.
After Jiaxiao and more than a hundred carts of grain, cloth and medicine met with Fu Gengwen and the recruitment officials sent by Sizhou, they walked into Shihezi Village and officially started the recruitment negotiation process.
The negotiations were nominally led by Fu Gengwen and Han Chengmeng, who represented Hunan Province, and were supplemented by Feng Liao and officials from Sizhou.
The Xi clan was destroyed, and Xi Chang, Xi Fa'er and a considerable number of Xi clan members were all sold to Sizhou as slaves by Feng Changyu. Later, Xi Chang, like Xi Chang, fled to look for his family, and he and some traders in Sizhou, mainly composed of escaped slaves.
There has been contact with the salt forces.
Han Qian asked Xi Chang and Xi Fa'er to participate in the recruitment process, also hoping to further resolve the hostility of the rebel generals and persuade them to give up the confrontation.
Of course, Xuzhou implemented the land tax reform very early, unified the local and guest registration, granted a large number of land and houses to the village slaves, and rewarded the humble as good, and after Han Qian returned from Jinling, he completely abolished the old slave system, which had an impact on the surrounding areas.
It's extremely profound.
Many of the generals of the rebel army had been sent to work in Xuzhou by Yang. They understood this situation and were deeply affected by it.
There was no need for Tan Yuliang and others to step forward and do extra work. Xuzhou sent people to participate in the recruitment, which invisibly eliminated a considerable part of the antagonism.
At least in the minds of most of the rebel generals, they were not worried that Xuzhou would go back on their word and lure them out of the mountains to massacre them.
This was originally the most difficult step to overcome, but it was easily overcome. The main controversy focused on the specific recruitment conditions.
Even if it is for their own safety, the generals of the rebel army cannot give up their military power, and they will not give up ordinary generals, just accept recruitment, promotion and wealth.
In that case, it would be too easy to burn bridges.
Not only Tan Yuliang and Zhao Zhixian knew this truth, but Dong Tai and other rebel generals who were former private salt dealers were also extremely vigilant.
Therefore, it is okay to accept the recruitment. They do not ask for official titles or honors, but only want to satisfy the generals.
The demands of the ordinary generals were very simple and direct. They were the slogans used by Tan Yuliang and others to instigate the uprising: "Equality of land for the rich and the humble."
However, this was difficult for General Sizhou to accept.
More than 20,000 slaves and maids are waiting under their noses to share the land with the noble and the humble. Can the slaves that each family can barely control at this time be able to keep their peace in the future?
Equal fields?
There are only 6.7 million acres of cultivated land in the three counties of Sizhou. They are all owned lands and are the foundation of each family. Not to mention the subsequent negative impacts, who is willing to give one-third or even half of the land to these people?
A bitch slave who makes Sizhou feel like he's in a state of ecstasy?
Sizhou was unwilling, and Huang Hua could not exert too much pressure. After all, the whole matter involved the extremely sensitive nerves of the family.
The final plan was to form a new branch of the rebel army, which would be under the direct control of the Hunan Xuanwei Envoy. The Hunan Xuanwei Envoy would provide food, fodder, and soldiers and be responsible for the battle to recover the Wuchuan Valley. After the Wuchuan Valley was recovered, the two rebel armies
Tens of thousands of soldiers were selected as military households and settled in the Wuchuan Valley.
Wuchuan County, which is planned to be established in the future, will be separated from Sizhou and placed under the direct jurisdiction of Hunan Xingshangshu Province.
Yang's heart was extremely bitter, which meant that the results of their participation in the attack on the Wuliao people in the previous two years were completely in vain. However, they managed to preserve their old territory.
The generals of the rebel army were willing to accept such an arrangement, but at the same time they were worried that if they really wanted to lead their soldiers into the Wuchuan Valley to fight the Shu army, if Sizhou rebelled and attacked its retreat, they would be trapped.
In a desperate situation with enemies on both sides.
Under the coordination of Tan Yuliang, the rebel generals finally unanimously requested that Caojing Ridge, located in the northeastern part of Jinhe County, including Hujian Pass, be included in Xuzhou, while the northern foot of Panlong Ridge and the northern foot of Xiage Mountain
A small and narrow area is allocated to Wuchuan County.
In this case, on the one hand, Xuzhou can intimidate Sizhou, so that Sizhou does not dare to act rashly, so as not to be caught by Xuzhou to make trouble. More realistically, although the trail at the southeastern foot of Caojing Ridge is extremely dangerous,
, but in the end it is possible to connect Wuchuan County and Hujian Pass. At least geographically, it will no longer be blocked by Sizhou and unable to advance or retreat within the Wuchuan Valley.
Yang Xingfeng also realized that Sizhou's vitality had been severely damaged after this ordeal, and even if he had control of Hujian Pass, it would be meaningless.
On the other hand, after Xuzhou intervened, they were unable to stop recruiting the rebels. As the opportunity dragged on, the soldiers and horses of Sizhou and Chenzhou stood up to resist the offensive that the Shu army might launch at any time.
By driving all the rebels to the Wuchuan Valley to fight the Shu army as soon as possible, the Yang family could not only maintain some dignity, but also relieve their defense pressure in Shiqian County, so they quickly agreed to such conditions, and in mid-November
Withdraw the troops and horses from Hujian Pass and hand them over to Xuzhou...
