"I never thought that my Han family would be destroyed in my hands." The head of the Han family in Anding County looked sadly at the ruined city, which was once the pride of their Han family and the place where all the senior leaders of the Han family gathered.
At this time, the city was in ruins. The past peaceful and prosperous life, bustling traffic, and sea of people were all gone, and all that was left were the burned-out buildings.
Bodies were everywhere, ditches filled with blood, and cries of pain could be heard from time to time. The Han family was destroyed.
The only thing that made him a little relieved was that the young children of the Han family were sent away by him before the war started, which could be regarded as leaving some roots for their Han family.
When sending away the younger generation, he specifically told them that if they failed, they would leave the land of Liangzhou and remain anonymous. They must not expose their identities until the power of Xiliang fell.
And don't think about revenge for them, because no matter how fast they develop, they can't be Xiliang's opponent.
Tower, tower, tower...
The sound of iron hoofs hitting the bluestone came. The head of the Han family in Anding County raised his head and saw a young man riding a tall horse. He could never forget the scarlet cloak in his life.
"The governor of Anding County has met the governor." The Han family endured severe pain and bowed to Li Xiang. In this war, Li Xiang held great righteousness because he was the emperor's appointed governor of Liangzhou.
And their Anding County, Fufeng County, etc. were all under the jurisdiction of Prime Minister Li, the king of Xiliang.
"If I had known this, why would I do it in the first place?" Li Xiang sighed as he looked at the scarred city: "If your Han family was willing to surrender, why would you do this?"
"A real man may do something or not. The choice of the Han family represents the decision of everyone in the Han family." The head of the Han family said with a smile: "It's just that our skills were inferior to others and we were defeated. The vast land of Anding County belongs to you.
That’s right, I hope that the assassin will be able to serve the civilians under his control.”
"This is a person who is about to die, and his words are kind?" Li Xiang said mockingly to the head of the Han family: "I don't believe you don't know what the common people in Anding County are like under the rule of your Han family.
, now this land belongs to me, Prime Minister Li, but you are hypocritically asking me to treat your civilians well."
Li Xiang shook his head and said: "These people are really stupid. Xiliang thinks he is not a good person, but he treats the common people better than anywhere else in the Central Plains.
But during the battle between me, Xiliang, and your Han family, you easily recruited hundreds of thousands of young men!
Everyone must pay a price for their choices, I will not massacre the city, but they must pay a certain price for their actions!"
The head of the Han family nodded slightly, looking at the rising sun in the sky with fascination. He raised the long sword in his hand and put it on his neck, and cut it hard.
Blood leaked out instantly, and a corpse lay on the floor of this cold city.
"Put his body away and find a place to bury it!" Li said to the bodyguard beside him.
"yes!"
The death of the head of the Han family means that half of the Han family's rule in Anding County has ended. The remaining half is the cities that have not yet been restored, and the rebellion of the Han family who occupied a place and prepared to cede territory to the king.
In this war, many troops of the Han family that were supposed to come to support continued to guard their own cities for various reasons, turning a blind eye to the Anding County where the head of the Han family and others were located.
On the contrary, the 70,000 Han family cavalry who rushed back from the Fufeng battlefield were constantly working hard in the surrounding areas, trying to gather surrounding armies to attack and rescue Dingjun City.
Unfortunately, due to the actions of Xiliang soldiers, they were never able to organize an effective army, and the civilians often rebelled.
There is a huge difference in life between the civilians outside Anding County and the civilians inside Anding County. Civilians inside the county can sacrifice their lives for the Han family.
The civilians outside the city pay more attention to their relatives and homes, because under the rule of the Han family, they did not enjoy much.
Instead, they are constantly using their own blood to support the Han family. Most of the civilians in the city are the family members of the soldiers in the Han family's army.
They are closely related to the Han family, so when the young people of the Han family do harm to others, they will choose civilians outside the city instead of those in the city.
"What a wonderful city!" Li Xiang looked at the war-torn city and showed a cold smile: "Go and investigate the situation in the city for me. Although I happen to have hundreds of thousands of bachelors, this
Bian is home to the largest number of women in Anding County, and I have gathered all the militiamen who dare to resist in one place. It just so happens that the northwest region needs a large number of migrant workers."
Li Xiang had not done anything like this for a long time. Back then, he threw all the captives outside the cold pass to build roads, and even took some of them to the mines for mining.
Such things have rarely been done since he established a foothold in the northwest. The captives back then also lost their lives in labor time and time again, or died of overwork.
As a result, Xiliang's development outside the Pass has slowed down a lot. Even so, Prime Minister Li never thought of sending prisoners to those places again.
But this time he decided to make a change. Anyway, the most abundant thing in the world is population, and the most indispensable thing is people.
What is lacking is land and various materials.
To develop outside the customs, a large amount of labor force must first be used. Those who dare to resist are the best labor force. Since they choose to resist, it has already represented their fate.
When the soldiers from Xiliang Headquarters heard Li Xiangde's words, they all had silly smiles on their faces. There was indeed a lack of a large amount of labor outside the customs.
Many people from the Xiliang headquarters personally went to help. The young and middle-aged people captured this time are enough for Xiliang to last two or three years, so the tribesmen who are suffering from the cold and freezing outside the customs and working hard are given a rest.
Isn't this the point of their war?
"How is the war outside the city?" Li Xiang asked suddenly.
"Back to my lord, the battle outside has ended. The enemy left more than 20,000 corpses and ran away. General Bu San and others did not choose to pursue them because they were tired."
Li Xiang nodded: "Everyone is tired. It's time to rest. Remember to ask the people at the rear to cook more delicious food and take out all the ferocious beast meat so that the brothers can eat and drink well."
The guard said with a naive smile: "We have already prepared this way."
"Hahaha, that's good." Li Xiang said as he strode towards the Sheriff's Mansion, which was the building behind the head of the Han family and the last place of resistance for the Han family.
Taking down this building means that they occupied the entire Anding City.
The civilians in the city could no longer hear the terrifying sounds of fighting, and they all knew that the battle was over. Xiliang's battle flag was still flying high in the sky, and the Han family's army had been wiped out.
Through the gap, they could see a large number of militiamen being pushed to different places by Xiliang soldiers, many of whom were their relatives.
At the beginning of the war, the Han family launched a recruitment campaign for the civilians in the city. Most of these civilians had been favored by the Han family. After receiving the recruitment order, they rushed to the front line to join the militia.
The Han family's army was defeated, and the head of the Han family and others should also have died in this war. After the death of the Han family's army, these militiamen surrendered just like the Xiliang army.
They knew very well that without the leadership of those veterans, they were no match for these wolf-like soldiers from the Xiliang headquarters.
So they chose to surrender very wisely, and when they surrendered, they also gathered everyone together, which gave them more confidence.
After all, nearly 130,000 militiamen have gathered together, which is a huge number. Even if Xiliang wants to trap and kill them, they have to think about the consequences.
They were confident at first, but when they saw the cold-eyed soldiers from Xiliang headquarters, all the militiamen felt unsure.
They don't know what kind of end awaits them.
Some militiamen who ran home early and stayed home saw the scene outside and secretly felt lucky. If they hadn't escaped early, they might have been like the people outside.
Everyone knows the ferocity of the Xiliang army. They thought that the large number of people would make the other side wary, but now it seems that the large number of people has become a restriction.
As time went by, Xiliang would give them enough food every day, which also made these surrendering soldiers let down their vigilance.
Because if Xiliang really wanted to kill them, they wouldn't give them enough food. Isn't this a waste of food?
This also made them feel very confused. In addition to giving them enough food every day, the Xiliang army ignored them as long as they did not go out of the restricted area of Xiliang.
So these soldiers were very confused and didn't know what Xiliang was going to do.
The civilians there also began to come out of their cellars, because notices were posted in Xiliang to start a census.
Li Xiang did not intend to acquire this city. The city's geographical location was excellent, but it was not the best choice for the county seat.
At the same time, in order to facilitate population migration, he wanted to establish the county seat on the grassland. It happened that part of Anding County's land was directly inserted into the grassland.
The Han family is afraid of the Xianbei, Qiang and other nomadic peoples on the grassland, but Prime Minister Li is not afraid. He is worried that he can't find an excuse to wipe out these two grassland races.
So Xin set up the county seat on the grassland, and after killing the two families in the south, he would send his troops north.
If these two races surrender, he will keep these two races. If they want to resist, then let them see the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.
During the days when he was attacking Anding City, Xiliang headquarters soldiers were arriving from the northwest to Liangzhou in a steady stream, and were now gathering at Zhangye County City.
Among them are 80,000 cavalry, 160,000 infantry, 20,000 navy, 20,000 divine machine battalion soldiers, 5,000 monks, and 15,000 auxiliary soldiers (craftsmen, who build war machinery, repair war machinery, and build buildings.).
Such a huge Xiliang headquarters army is the largest Xiliang headquarters army that has ever been assembled since Prime Minister Li established Xiliang.
2/3 of the troops from Xiliang headquarters have all gathered in Liangzhou, and only 1/5 of the troops from the Dark World have been extracted.
Progress on the southern battlefield was very slow. After Luo Mu died in battle, the southern army's attack changed from normal.
The cities that were captured before are being pushed back bit by bit by the enemy. It's not that the generals in the south don't work hard, it's that the enemy uses the power of the sect.
Those disciples of the sect with strong cultivation mingled among the ordinary soldiers. When they rushed to the city wall, they exposed their identities and killed everyone in an instant.
It often happens that after the disciples of the sect have established a foothold on the city wall, the enemy's ordinary troops will set up ladders at those places, and the troops behind them will continuously climb the city wall.
This also happens on the battlefield. When the armies of both sides are in a stalemate, those sect disciples will appear on the battlefield and kill Xiliang soldiers like ghosts.
At first, Xiliang soldiers could rely on war to kill these sect disciples, but as these people became familiar with the battle formations, they would use soldiers from the two major families.
Let those soldiers stand in the front, and they will seize the opportunity to sneak attack. In this way, a large number of Xiliang soldiers came under the hands of these sect disciples.
Xiliang lost a huge number of troops on the southern battlefield, and the large number of casualties also brought a deficit to Xiliang's finances. Prime Minister Li could only use gold and silver from his inner resources to subsidize the soldiers.
However, now that Anding County has been captured and a large amount of gold and silver accumulated by the Han family has been collected, Xiliang can be considered as regaining some blood.
Li Xiang does not intend to let go of the remaining two major families and the sects involved in the war. The war has now progressed into July.
The protracted war has left Liangzhou with almost no place to cultivate food, and the waterways have been cut off by the Xiliang Navy.
The food used by the armies of the two major families can only be supplied from Bingzhou, and the food of Bingzhou is supplied by several places below it.
The long grain road meant that at most only half of the grain transported to Liangzhou was left. The war was not only about fighting on the battlefield, but also about the background and economy between the two sides.
Although the establishment of Xiliang was short-lived, it still had the foundation to fight for the economy. Prime Minister Li was not afraid of anyone. As long as he had enough food, he could continue to fight.
So he mobilized 10,000 light cavalry from the Qingxi grassland. He wanted to cut off the other party's grain routes. Cutting off four or five grain and grass transportations out of ten would be enough for the two families.
Outsiders don't know how many troops have been gathered in the military camp outside Zhangye County.
Because there were scouts and light cavalry all around the military camp, no one could enter the military camp to find out how many people there were.
However, just from the huge military camp and the continuous tents, we can know that this time Xiliang King Li Xiang summoned a very large army.
The forces that supported the two major families to continue fighting with Xiliang gathered in Fufeng County. The war that lasted for nearly half a year left them physically and mentally exhausted.
The amount of materials consumed is an astronomical figure. If all the major forces had not shared the burden, they would not have been able to hold on long ago.
They seem to know how much money and resources a country spends on supporting its army.
They are now discussing whether it is necessary to continue this war!
Everyone can't hold on any longer, and Xiliang is still gathering troops!
