It was not until the end of the sixth year of Taihe that the various tribes completely purged the remaining enemies in the Fenshui River Valley and the surrounding mountains.
The Battle of Zhiguanxing lasted for eleven months, with a total of more than 125,000 Mongolian troops annihilated (of which more than 71,000 enemy soldiers were captured, and the prisoners were included in the total number of annihilations, and more than 54,000 enemies were killed)
people); in addition, more than 20,000 Mongolian women and children were captured in the northern part of Jinzhou (Pingyang Prefecture).
The elite cavalry of the Mongolian tribe were the most courageous and fierce in combat. More than 24,000 people were killed on the battlefield. In the end, less than 6,000 people were disarmed and captured. A far greater proportion of them joined the Jin soldiers and the Yan, Yun, and Han armies.
After the Jin soldiers, Yanyun Han army and Bohai infantry were routed, their fighting will was much weaker. Including more than 10,000 Luzhou elite soldiers who were killed in the early stage of defending and reinforcing Yuanqu City, the Han army finally surrendered in
The total number of people who were shot dead on the battlefield and those who drowned in a hasty attempt to cross the Fen River to the north was only over 24,000.
During the great victory at Zhiguanxing, more than 64,000 Han people were captured and surrendered.
More than 7,000 of the Mongol captives and the Mongol tribesmen captured by Pingyang Prefecture who migrated to the south were all recruited into the military camps of various tribes to serve as hard labor to build roads and city walls.
The Mongol women and children will be collected from Jinzhou, dispersed, and moved to various counties and townships to be incorporated as civilian households. They will join the Dongliang Army who surrendered before, surrender to the captured soldiers of the Han Army, and forcibly marry to form new families to enrich the Ding population.
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The more than 64,000 captured soldiers attached to the enemy Han army were all filled into the reserve brigade and used as auxiliary troops to strengthen training and education.
Due to the bravery and proficiency of the Mongol elite, even after being defeated and surrounded, not many surrendered, resulting in a lot of casualties among Daliang soldiers and horses. In this battle, except for the generals who recovered from their injuries and returned to the camp, all died on the battlefield.
In addition, the total number of Liang generals who died of serious injuries or were disabled and returned to their hometowns for resettlement exceeded 30,000.
However, among the soldiers lost, the reserve brigade was still the main force, especially Ding Zhuang, who was recruited from the refugees in eastern Henan and was incorporated into the reserve brigade, and his losses accounted for half of them.
This was mainly during the final decisive battle of the surprise attack. In order to break through the enemy's frontal defense line, Wenbo threw the reserve brigade soldiers with poor combat effectiveness into the battlefield in a sea of people regardless of casualties, tearing apart the Mongolian army's forward line and defensive barriers.
There were many dead.
This is the sacrifice that must be made to win this glorious victory.
The attrition of the main elite force was still controlled within a limited level without losing the ability to continue fighting.
After this battle, the main infantry brigade, cavalry brigade, and navy brigade were expanded to 40 brigades with 200,000 troops; because the reserve brigade received a large number of captured soldiers, it will maintain an active scale of 70,000 troops in the future, but its combat effectiveness will be temporarily reduced.
The difference is much worse; the Liangzhou army led by Li Zhigao and Chai Jian, in addition, has six brigades with 30,000 troops.
In other words, after the Battle of Zhiguanxing, Daliang's military strength reached a new level, and after incorporating civilian households in Pingyang, Hejin, and Jiangzhou, the total military and civilian population of Daliang just passed the eight million mark.
After the great victory at Zhiguanxing, Wang Yuankui and Wang Xiaoxian immediately withdrew their troops from Huatong Prefecture and Shangluo Prefecture and returned to Yongzhou and Qizhou.
While the Dongliang Army was in eastern Henan throughout the winter, Bianliang, except for desperately building fortifications, did not send anyone across the frozen Yingshui River to attack Yingxi half a step...
The imperial mausoleum of Sejong Zhu Yu was built in the Nanling of Yichuan County at the end of the sixth year of Taihe County under the auspices of Chen Kun, who was demoted to Yichuan County after the Xingyang War.
After Han Qian returned to Luoyang, he personally led the civil and military generals to escort Zhu Yu's coffin hub from Qianxi Temple to Yichuan Nanling for burial.
Han Qian was busy with government affairs. After the funeral ceremony, he returned to Luoyang with his civil and military officers. Zhu Juezhong, Zhu Zhen, Princess Yunhe and other children of the Zhu family, as well as Zhu Yu's concubines, had to stay to guard the mausoleum.
Chen Kun was still the little Lord of Jiupin County, so he did not go over to see Han Qian off, but stayed in front of the sacrificial hall of the imperial mausoleum, looking at the mountains and rivers in the distance, all covered with white snow.
Chen Kun was in his fifties, and his temples were gradually turning white.
During the invasion of Xingyang three years ago, he was seriously injured. He was left with foot problems and a limp when he walked. Now his greatest pleasure is sitting on the steps in front of the imperial mausoleum sacrificial hall, looking at the streams, rivers and peaks in front of the mausoleum, and the scenery of the four seasons.
There are different.
After a while, he saw Zhu Zhen in silk clothes coming from a distance. He limped over and saw Zhu Zhen standing in front of the small pavilion, stunned, and asked: "What is your highness thinking about?"
"I was quite puzzled when my father ascended the throne. At this moment, it seems that my father's decision was correct. If I had not turned around and fought for this position, it would have only broken the mountains and rivers.
And the bones of all the children of my Zhu family will be hard to survive." Zhu Zhen stood on the steps in front of the pavilion, exhaled a long breath, and seemed to express the last relief in her heart, "I thought about guarding the mausoleum for my father, and then went to Shangluo.
, after regaining Yongzhou, I may bring benefits to the officials, and I will not waste my father's teachings."
Yongzhou City was lost in his hands, and he would never miss the battle to regain Yongzhou City. As for the subsequent battles, after Guanzhong was regained, the overall situation would be settled, and it would make no difference whether he was there or not.
"Very good!" Chen Kun had always been worried about Zhu Zhen's unwillingness. Hearing what he said, he smiled with relief and said, "It is my wish to build this mausoleum for the late emperor. Wherever your highness will go after Yongzhou is recovered, I will
If you can't do anything else, just lead the horse and whip for His Highness..."
"It's time for Daliang to hire people. I'm afraid your Majesty won't let you go," Zhu Zhen said.
"There are countless capable ministers and officials in the Liang Dynasty. Who am I?" Chen Kun shook his head and smiled and said.
After a while, Zhu Juezhong came back from seeing Han Qian off. He rode up to the pavilion and saw Chen Kun and Zhu Zhen standing together. He said, "Your Majesty said that you have done meritorious service in building the mausoleum, and you have been promoted to a higher rank to be guarded."
After His Highness's term of guarding the mausoleum expired, he went to Luoyang Military Academy to serve as a low-level instructor..."
"Do I have any other choices?" Chen Kun asked.
"Your Majesty said you must not disobey your orders," Zhu Juezhong said, "You are also serious. Just now a group of people helped you say good things, but you hid and didn't even let Your Majesty see you off..."
"Am I, a ninth-grade official with a thick skin, qualified to come before you?" Chen Kun asked.
Zhu Juezhong smiled bitterly and shook his head. He stopped talking nonsense to Chen Kun and asked Zhu Zhen, "Your Highness, where are Yun and her people?"
"What do you want from Yunhe in the sacrificial hall?" Zhu Zhen asked.
"Yun He has always wanted to open a school that exclusively admits girls. In recent years, national funds have been in short supply, and there is no spare money and food to waste on this. Just now, Concubine Shu said something too much. Your Majesty wants to leave the Imperial Household.
After the festival, appropriate some funds should be allocated to start preparations first," Zhu Juezhong said, "You said this is not
Are you just fooling around? As soon as the new year is over, the war to regain Guanzhong will begin in full swing. Where can I have the spare money and food to do this? You all advise Yun He to give up this idea first, and don't take your Lord's casual words seriously.
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Han Qian had already spoken, so naturally they couldn't resist the edict casually, so they thought that Yun He would give up his mind and save Yun this unnecessary expense.
"Girls from poor families can attend the new school, but you old stubborns hold your family tradition high and block your daughters from the new school. Now that I'm setting up a girls' school, you shouldn't have anything to say.
"Yun He sat down in the sacrificial hall and walked out dissatisfied.
"Your Majesty promised me to take Shu Rong and Tian'er to Shangluo after guarding the mausoleum. The house in Luoyang City will remain idle. If you want to set up a girls' school, use it." Zhu Zhen said.
"It's better for my eldest brother to treat Yunhe the best," Princess Yunhe laughed happily and said to Zhu Juezhong, "The Council of Government has four political quotas from my Zhu family. The eldest brother doesn't want to stay in Luoyang and has to go to Shangluo to unify.
As the leader of the army, I should take the top spot as the eldest brother..."
"How can you have the time to prepare a school? Besides, His Highness went to Shangluo to avoid suspicion, so this spot should be lacking." Zhu Juezhong said. He couldn't imagine what it would be like to see a little red among the thousands of green in the Council of Government, so he wanted to give up.
Yunhe's idea of entering the Council of Ministers.
"Now that everyone in Daliang recognizes your Majesty as the master, what else is there to avoid suspicion?" Yun He said, "If you obstruct me, I will go directly to your Majesty to talk about this matter."
"Okay, you can do whatever you want, just don't accuse me behind my back." Zhu Juezhong agreed with a wry smile...
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Compared with the joy and excitement in Luoyang, during the seventh year of Taihe, the city of Mengzhou was enveloped in an unspeakable depressive atmosphere.
Zhao Mengji's governor's office was not decorated with lanterns and decorations, and there was no hint of the New Year's atmosphere. The folk shops in the streets and alleys were also very interesting, and there was no hint of the New Year's atmosphere.
The snow on the main street was cleared, but there was still snow on the corners and eaves. Pedestrians passed by in a hurry, some looking worried or suspicious, but no one dared to talk casually about when Liang Jun might come to attack Mengzhou City.
However, no matter how hard we suppress and blockade, Mengzhou is separated from Puzhou and Jinzhou by Wangwushan. There were even reports that the defeated troops fled to Mengzhou a few years ago. The Mongolian army was defeated by Liang Jun in Wangwushan. Why?
It can't be blocked.
Not to mention the generals, the people in the streets and alleys have also heard various rumors. There are even rumors that the Mongol King Nanyuan was beheaded in Puzhou City, and the remnants will flee back to the desert.
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Following Lu Qingxia, Zhou Yuan left Liangzhou, fled here and there, and finally joined the Mongol people. Anji Xiang couldn't be happier.
He was an eunuch who had passed away and was unable to start a family. In his early years, he was an orphan who lived on the streets and was secretly adopted by Wan Honglou. At this time, he had no relatives around him.
He didn't get along with Zhou Yuan and others. He didn't want to stay in the deserted house and stare at a few old servants during the New Year. He went to Zuiyang Tower in Dongshi early in the morning to drink, and leaned against the window on the second floor to look at the rows of people in the city.
The snow on the eaves makes me feel a little better.
From a distance, I saw Wei Mingfu, the chief minister of the governor's house, Cao, riding a skinny donkey and stopped in front of Zuiyang Tower. I saw him handing the skinny donkey to an old servant to lead, and people were also walking towards Zuiyang Tower. I felt strange.
, Wei Mingfu came here to drink so early during the Chinese New Year?
"What a coincidence, Mr. An is also drinking here?" Gu Mingfu went upstairs and saw Anji Xiang sitting in front of the window, and asked in surprise.
Gu Mingfu was one of the few people in Mengzhou City who could speak a few words. Anji Xiang stood up and returned the courtesy and asked him to sit in front of the window. The waiter brought Gu Mingfu a wine glass, thinking that it was so cold.
Having someone to drink with you in the morning is definitely not a bad thing.
"When does Mr. An think Liang Jun will attack Mengzhou?" Gu Mingfu drank a glass of wine, rubbed his frozen hands, and asked in a low voice.
"Who knows?" Anji Xiang smiled bitterly and said, "Perhaps Lord Liang feels that Marshal Zhao is no longer a threat, so he wants to leave Mengzhou without fighting and take Guanzhong first..."
In Anji Xiang's opinion, even if Liang Jun wants to fight, he will definitely wait until the Hehuai River thaws before sending troops.
By then, the Dongliang Army will not be able to threaten western Henan, and at the same time, they will inevitably worry that the Wuzhi Dam will be dug up by the Liang Army, causing the water of the Yu River to return to its original path, and re-separating Bianliang and Mengzhou. In that case
, Zhu Rang may not dare to directly mobilize Bianliang soldiers and horses to aid Mengzhou.
However, the Mongolian army managed to gather 30,000 troops in Ze and Lu states. If they wanted to prevent the Liang army from advancing eastward from Qinyang, they could not go south. In this case, it was the best time for the Liang army to attack Mengzhou.
Of course, Zhao Mengji may not continue to work for the Mongol people at this time. If Han Qian can grasp Zhao Mengji's mentality, he may leave Mengzhou without fighting and capture Guanzhong first.
Gu Mingfu didn't seem to take Anji Xiangyi's words of waning interest into consideration. He drank another glass of wine and said with a frown: "Why is the wine in Zuiyanglou today a little astringent, especially if it is mixed with water? It's a Chinese New Year."
, such a big restaurant didn’t prepare any snacks..."
"How could the shopkeeper have thought that you and I would come to drink early today?" Anji Xiang said with a smile.
"I heard that Nanyang will soon transfer Mrs. Lu, Mr. Zhou and others to Taiyuan, and Mr. An will also go to Taiyuan together - Mr. An's itinerary is scheduled. Let me know so that I can have a banquet for Mr. An in the house.
See you off." Gu Mingcheng said.
"I have spent my half-disabled life wandering around for many years. What's the use of going to Taiyuan? I might as well stay in front of Zhao Shuai's tent and wait for orders." Anji Xiang smiled sadly and said, "After all, the winter in Mengzhou is always...
It’s a little easier to live with than Taiyuan.”
"Master An is not going to Taiyuan?" Gu Mingfu asked in surprise.
"No, no, I fled to Mengzhou out of greed for life and fear of death. Now I don't have a knife on my neck, so why bother to suffer from the fatigue of carriages and horses," Anji Xiang drank a glass of wine, but also in a bad mood, smacked his lips and said, "
This wine is really astringent today."
"I still have two jars of good wine in my house, but I just woke up early and listened to my mother-in-law's nagging. I couldn't bear to be impatient, so I hid out to drink. If you want to be uneasy, please follow me back to the house to drink and listen to my mother-in-law's nagging.
Is it always more lively than here?" Gu Mingfu asked.
"Okay." Anji Xiang is now happy with the situation. He wants to have a place to drink with others during the Chinese New Year, and he will not come to Zuiyang Tower alone. After hearing Gu Mingfu's suggestion, he stood up suddenly, and he couldn't wait to escape from here.
Gu Ming Mansion, as the head of the household, has a low-level official position. He lives in the corner of a small alley across the street from Zuiyang Mansion. He can walk three to four hundred steps to get there. The courtyard door creaks open and a handful of flowers shake off the eaves.
snow, some
Xu fell into Anji Xiang's collar, making his neck tremble with the cold.
Anji Xiang bowed and dug out the residual snow from his neck, while he and Gu Mingfu walked through the hanging flower hall and towards the atrium.
Anji Xiang knew that Gu Ming's two sons had died young, and apart from two old servants, only his wife Zhao lived in the courtyard. However, at this time, there was no sound in the courtyard and no one was seen.
Pushing open the wooden door of the hall, a brazier was burning inside, and the steam was rising. Anji Xiang saw three people already sitting in the hall drinking, seemingly waiting for him and Gu Mingfu to come over.
The three of them looked unfamiliar. They were not servants of the Gu Ming Mansion, nor did they look like generals from the Mengzhou Governor's Mansion or the army. They were also dressed in extremely ordinary clothes, like ordinary carriage drivers.
Why is Anji Xiang not surprised when such a person is sitting in the lobby of the Gu family drinking?
"When Mr. An saw his new friend, why didn't he want to sit down and have a glass of wine?" The leader, a somewhat bookish man, looked over and asked with a smile.
"Who are you?" Anji Xiang asked sharply and vigilantly.
"If I announce my identity, wouldn't Master An be even more afraid to sit down and drink?" the man asked with a smile.
"Then just pretend I've never been here and say goodbye." Anji Xiang bowed his hands and was about to leave.
"Mr. An has guessed that we are from Luoyang, so why don't you give us a glass of wine?" the man asked.
"..." Anji Xiang didn't answer. He just stood at the door and looked at the faces of the three people in the room.
"Zhang Shimin, the governor of the North Division of Luoyang Military Intelligence Staff Office, has met Mr. An," the man stood up, took out a letter from his arms and said, "Originally, my gentleman came to see Mr. An Xiang, Mr. Yin Pengyin of the North Division.
But Mr. Yin has something to do and he can't get away at the moment, so I asked you to come over to see Mr. An with your imperial edict..."
Anji Xiang still recognized Han Qian's handwriting. It is difficult for others to imitate such ugly handwriting. Seeing that Han Qian wrote some old things in the edict about when he followed Zhang Ping to supervise the army in Xuzhou, it can further confirm this edict.
It's not someone else who forged it to defraud him.
He handed the edict back to Zhang Shimin and said: "I am just a waste in Mengzhou. If you want to recruit Zhao Mengji to surrender, I'm afraid I won't be able to help you."
"Master An has seen your edict and can guess the purpose of our trip. How can you say that he can't help?" Zhang Shimin said with a smile, "There are people watching Zhao Mengji, and Xiao Yiqing will definitely be on guard against us.
If you come to appease Zhao Mengji, you will most likely have a secret hand - if we or the Ming Dynasty rush to contact Zhao Mengji, bad things may happen. If Mr. An is willing to spread the word, there will be a place for Mr. An in Luoyang in the future. Is Mr. An going to be here?
At that time, are you still willing to be led by Lu Qingxia, Zhou Yuan and the others?"
"The change in Cishou Palace has nothing to do with me. Running away afterwards is just greed for life and fear of death..." Anji Xiang said.
"Of course your Majesty has already found out that Mr. An is not Lu Qingxia's puppet, and the death of Emperor Yanyou was not caused by Mr. An. It's a pity that Chen Ruyi was loyal to Lu Qingxia, but he still wanted to be killed by Lu Qingxia.
To silence him - we have always paid attention to Mr. An, and we believe that Mr. An and people like Lu Qingxia are not the same, so we asked Mr. An to come forward." Zhang Shimin said.
Anji Xiang sighed and said: "Back then, your Majesty secretly helped Wang Yong to launch a mutiny. Zhao Mengji had a family and it was difficult to return, so he couldn't be without resentment in his heart. But now he is commanding the army and sitting on one side, even if the Majesty sends troops to capture Mengzhou.
, he can still retreat to Zezhou and help the Mongolian army divide half of the country with the king, but I am afraid he will not easily hand over his wealth and life to others."
Seeing An Xiang, he changed his tone and title. Zhang Shimin asked him to sit down and talk: "Whether it is a victory or a defeat in military affairs, how can a person like Zhao Mengji not see through it? Let's talk about Zhao Mengji, Wang Xiaoxian's family.
It was also your Majesty who persuaded the Lord of Shu not to kill him, but to send him to Jinling for imprisonment. Zhao Mengji can ignore this sentiment, but he cannot treat it as non-existent. And as long as Zhao Mengji can return to Daliang, a small reunion can be expected soon when Zhao Mengji returns home from Jinling.
How could he not know? As for Zhao Mengji's status and treatment after returning to Daliang, your Majesty also said that if he is willing to lead his troops to guard Mengzhou, your Majesty would like to appoint him as an envoy to the Mengzhou government and command his troops. Also
Or maybe he has other ideas, but after all, this will only become clear after Mr. An asks him..."
"Will your Majesty send someone to see King Weihou Wang Xiaoxian?" Anji Xiang asked.
Zhang Shimin came here this time to recruit An Xiang first on behalf of the Northern Division, and to pave the way for the subsequent recruitment of Zhao Mengji and other generals. Naturally, he would not hide some things from him, and said: "Weihou Wang Xiaoxian is stubborn and has a surly temperament. Your Majesty."
Instructions to focus on Zhao Mengji’s work..."
Anji nodded in detail. He didn't expect that Luoyang's work was done so meticulously. No wonder the battle of Zhiguanxing would be fought so smoothly. He said: "Wusu Dashi originally decided to keep Weihou Wang Xiaoxian in Fengxiang and transfer Zhao Mengji to Mengzhou.
, because they were worried that Zhao Mengji was unstable, he transferred his troops to Mengzhou for easy control. However, Weihou Wang Xiaoxian had a solitary temperament and it was difficult to turn back, and his generals were not necessarily willing to block the elite troops of Daliang with their bodies. However, Wang Xiaoxian's subordinates had
Many of them are Zhao Mengji's old officials. At this time, Your Majesty has the intention to surrender Zhao Mengji. Is this the intention?"
Zhang Shimin nodded and acknowledged Anji Xiang's speculation.
In the past two years, Wang Yuankui and Wang Xiaoxian set up a large number of farms on both sides of the Wei River to recruit refugees as camps. With the support of the Mongolian army, they built large-scale defensive fortresses, and their military strength was correspondingly improved.
If we really want to follow the established plan, we must first expel the Pingxia people from Longyou and occupy Qinzhou, and then split our forces and cross Longshan Mountain from the west to attack Fengxiang's west flank, and then enter Fengxiang from Liangzhou via Chencang and other roads.
In the southern region, even if we capture Fengxiang, there will be countless tough battles to fight.
Simply investing military resources from the east wing and keeping Zhao Mengji in a hurry to surrender will not increase the military defense pressure on the east wing. However, considering that Daliang's next focus is to recover Fengxiang Army, whether Zhao Mengji can successfully recruit Zhao Mengji may be of great help to Wang Xiaoxian.
The impact was not great, but the psychological impact on Wang Xiaoxian's subordinates and generals was huge.
Of course, whether it is appeasement or appeasement, the conditions are different at different stages.
Whether Zhao Mengji can surrender to Daliang in time will not only peacefully resolve the issue of Mengzhou's ownership, but also influence the war on the west wing. Han Qian is willing to give more preferential treatment, but the next step still depends on whether the battle of Zhi Guanxing touches Zhao Mengji enough.
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It was agreed that Anji Xiang would bring the seal to find an opportunity to contact Zhao Mengji. If there was anything in Mengzhou City, Anji Xiang would contact Gu Mingfu alone. After Zhang Shimin and others settled the matter, they lurked in Mengzhou City and stared at the city.
