Du Danqing disappeared, neither alive nor dead. No matter how much Tang Dynasty entered the city, they could not find him!
You must know that Du Danqing plays an important role. Among the generals of the Tang Army, he is more important than those cabinet ministers in the previous Ming Dynasty.
Because he was the commander-in-chief of Du Biao's Zuo Army. He had an army of 60,000 before the war, and these 60,000 troops were still the absolute main force of Du Biao! Zuo
In addition, this person was also the governor of Huguang, the censor of Zuodu, and the prince Shaobao in King Jing's regime. In the supervision system, this person's power can be said to be second only to Zhang Yue!
However, such an important person has disappeared!
After entering the city, the Tang army also targeted some of the Ming army prisoners, especially the supervising officers and soldiers in the commander's office. They were very likely to know Du Danqing's whereabouts, but after interrogation, most of them had
With the same caliber, they had basically seen Du Danqing in the afternoon today.
But after noon, the situation was too chaotic. Some of them had seen it, and some of them had not.
The last person to see Du Danqing was one of his staff. He said that he had seen Du Danqing around three o'clock in the afternoon, but he had not seen him since.
Immediately, they also interrogated several of Du Danqing's soldiers. They said that Du Danqing locked himself in the study at midnight last night, and during this period, he ordered food and drinks to be delivered. In the morning, Du Danqing seemed very depressed. At noon, Du Danqing
He said he wanted to take a nap. In the afternoon, the Tang army had already entered the inner city, and Du Danqing did not speak for a long time.
Later, they never saw Du Danqing again!
Is Du Danqing dead? Did he run away? Where did he go?
Nobody knows!
Anyway, now you can’t see people alive, and you can’t see corpses even after death!
However, many generals of the Army of the Tang Dynasty believed that this person most likely took advantage of the chaos and escaped in disguise. After all, the city was so chaotic at that time and there were rebel soldiers everywhere. It was entirely possible that he disguised himself as an ordinary governor.
Mark the soldiers, and then escape without telling many people, or simply become ordinary prisoners and hide among the prisoners, or still hide in some dark corner of the city.
Although Du Danqing was not found, which disappointed the senior generals of the Second Army and the Fifth Army, it was just Du Danqing who disappeared and it had no impact on the overall situation.
The most important thing is that in this encirclement and annihilation operation, they successfully annihilated a total of 50,000 people from the Dubiao Zuo Army!
The battle report of the Battle of Huangzhou was quickly sent to Li Xuan, and Li Xuan saw the relevant situation of the battle.
In this battle, the Second Army and the Fifth Army attacked from front to back, fought steadily, and used their absolute superiority in firepower and troop strength to forcefully attack. Although the progress of the battle was not fast, they effectively controlled their own casualties.
In this battle, the entire Dubiao Zuo army was wiped out, and about 25,000 of them died in the battle. The rest were all taken as prisoners, and at least a handful of them took advantage of the chaos to escape.
Naturally, other weapons and equipment became the spoils of war for the Tang Army.
As for the Second Army and the Fifth Army that participated in the attack, the total number of casualties was about 4,000, and most of the casualties occurred in the last two days of the general offensive!
When attacking the outer city and inner city walls, although the Tang army had an absolute advantage, they still inevitably suffered a lot of casualties.
But before launching the attack on the city wall, their casualties were not great!
The defense system that Du Danqing had high hopes for did not actually cause too many casualties to the Tang Army, but it did consume a large amount of the Tang Army's ammunition.
In this battle, the Tang Army fired more ammunition than the entire Northern Expedition at the beginning of the year!
There are fifty or sixty artillery pieces that were shot to pieces!
The artillery in many artillery battalions was almost completely replaced after the battles of Susong and Huangzhou!
There is no way, although the barrel life of the iron-cast five-pound field guns in the Tang Army is relatively low. The barrel life of less than 500 rounds can only support a few large-scale battles at most.
However, the price of this artillery is not expensive, and if it is scrapped, it does not mean that it is thrown away directly. These scrapped artillery are directly used. Some of them are not serious, and most of them will be withdrawn from active service and then equipped for those reserve divisions.
However, most of the scrap iron will be recycled directly on site and recast after being returned to the furnace.
These days, the biggest cost of artillery, whether it is cast iron or bronze, is actually the material cost. Although it will cost a lot to recast the used artillery, it is better than throwing it away directly.
Capturing Huangzhou and annihilating Dubiao Zuojun made Li Xuan feel very good!
Li Xuan, who was in a good mood, naturally did not have too many scruples when doing things. Some time ago, he was worried about the negative impact, but these days, he didn't care so much and continued to meet with Wang Wenhua who secretly sent him.
Several girls who are very talented in dancing took time out of their busy work to personally instruct their dancing skills.
Li Xuan always enjoys this kind of thing, and he never seems to get tired of it!
Of course, you still need to worry about some external influences when doing these things, but Wang Wenhua is a smart man, and he will never bring people to the temporary palace openly. That kind of influence is not good.
He was sending people in secretly!
Li Xuan was in a good mood and felt that Wang Wenhua, a loyal minister, was very capable and wanted to reward him. Therefore, he deprived Wang Wenhua of his title of bachelor, and then also deprived him of his title of Minister of Agriculture.
Why, so many people have impeached Wang Wenhua recently. As the only three bachelors in the Tang Dynasty, he was ignorant all day long and thought about pleasing the Holy Emperor, and he also did some messy things.
Many ministers were quite dissatisfied with Wang Wenhua. Even Liu Bagou and other ministers on duty in the Technical Imperial Study Room were dissatisfied with Wang Wenhua.
According to the impeachment of Wang Wenhua by many ministers, killing him ten thousand times is not enough!
But Li Xuan felt that although Wang Wenhua was less capable at doing other things, he was still capable at some things. For example, when searching for dancing talents, he had a unique vision and his ability was quite outstanding!
Moreover, this person is very loyal. Every time he speaks in court, he speaks very pleasantly, which makes Li Xuan feel comfortable every time he listens to him!
How can you kill such a powerful and loyal minister? No!
But if he didn't show something, the ministers probably wouldn't be convinced, so Li Xuan simply took off Wang Wenhua's title of bachelor.
Anyway, in the Tang Dynasty nowadays, the title of Grand Bachelor is of no use. It is just an honorary title. Without being able to enter the Imperial Study Room and become the minister on duty, Wang Wenhua's Grand Bachelor is of no use either.
As for the Minister of Agriculture, to be honest, Wang Wenhua has long since stopped caring about the affairs of the Ministry of Agriculture, and he can't do it. The affairs of the Ministry of Agriculture are basically handled by the two ministers. Wang Wenhua basically thinks about how to ask the emperor to change him every day.
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However, after taking off the titles of bachelor and minister of agriculture, Li Xuan still gave Wang Wenhua a lot of compensation, such as giving his eldest son, who had just turned four years old, the title of crown prince, officially confirming the son's inheritance rights to Wang Wenhua's title.
Nowadays, the aristocratic succession in the Tang Dynasty requires the approval of the court. It does not mean that you want that son to be the heir apparent. The inheritance is usually carried out strictly according to the eldest son system. At the same time, the heir apparent needs to be canonized by the court.
Only after being canonized as Crown Prince can he become the heir to the title.
Of course, Prince Feng was just one of them. More importantly, Li Xuan also raised his title by one level, from viscount to earl.
Although he lost his title of bachelor and minister of agriculture, he received the title of earl, and the emperor did not take away his title of minister of the imperial study room.
Wang Wenhua himself knew clearly in his heart that this was the best ending for him.
No one knows better than him what kind of thing he is. Handling government affairs has nothing to do with him. He has been able to remain at the center of the Tang Dynasty in the past few years because of Cong Long Zao, and he
Because I have a thick skin.
A lot of people have long been used to the title of Bachelor of Science and the title of Minister of Agriculture!
It doesn't matter if he takes it off now. Anyway, he knows that he is not qualified to be an official. As long as he can still gain the emperor's trust, it doesn't matter if he doesn't have the title of bachelor or minister.
What's more, His Majesty the Emperor also gave himself the title of earl!
Wang Wenhua, who had no official position and was light-hearted, was now even more focused on thinking about how to please the Holy Emperor.
Last time, Sheng Tianzi accidentally said that he had never ridden a Ocean Horse and didn't know what it was like. Now it seems that he needs to put this matter on his agenda.
Nowadays, maritime trade is developed, and there are many foreigners traveling to and from the Tang Dynasty. Through maritime trade, it is entirely possible to find good-looking Western women.
In addition, he also heard that there are many blond and blue-eyed people in the Western Regions, so it can definitely become a new channel.
Wang Wenhua was not very good at government affairs, but when it came to these messy things, it was not an exaggeration to say that he was very capable. He quickly called in a few of his confidants, and then asked them to lead people to various coastal ports, and even went deep into the sea.
Nanyang, Malacca and the Western Regions.
There is only one purpose, to collect young and beautiful Western women!
Naturally, Li Xuan didn't know what Wang Wenhua was thinking. In fact, he had not considered how Wang Wenhua felt. He just felt that the outsiders scolded Wang Wenhua a bit too hard and the situation was a bit serious. In order to maintain his image as a wise king, he had to do something
Something happened.
But to be honest, he doesn’t want Wang Wenhua to get out!
That’s why we made such an arrangement!
Putting aside Wang Wenhua's matter, he began to discuss the next strategy with the navy and army generals!
After conquering Huangzhou and annihilating Dubiao Zuojun, what will the Tang army do next? Of course they will attack Hanyang!
The 80,000-strong army is marching towards Hanyang. It would be damned if Zhang Yue could stop it at a low level. The only thing I have to worry about now is whether he will run away with the superintendent!u