On June 20th of the fifth year of Dashun, Pang Shigu boarded the naval battleship.
The river bank is extremely muddy and the footprints are crisscrossed, showing how many people have left here in a panic, anger, or unwillingness in the past few days.
A huge fire broke out in the camp, and all the equipment that had been built with so much effort was burned to the ground.
Ladder trucks, trench-filling trucks, smoke trucks, parapets, artillery trucks, etc., all crackled in the fierce fire.
In the outermost camp, more than a thousand Bian soldiers shouted for kill and fired arrows into the sky. Xia soldiers who were arrayed outside the camp also shouted for kill.
Then the Bian army retreated...
Half an hour later, Xia's soldiers opened the camp gate, lowered the trench bridge, and a large group of soldiers rushed in to transport away the 50,000 tons of grain and beans left by the Bian army.
It's a silent understanding again.
However, this only works when both sides are equal in strength, no one can do anything to the other, and no one wants to cause unnecessary casualties. How did the Bian army treat Shi Pu and the Zhu brothers so politely, and how did the Xia army treat the defeated enemy?
It smells a bit like a glorious surrender. During the Thirty Years' War in Europe, the defeated side was allowed to carry flags and weapons off the battlefield and get out of the way. Because they resisted too tenaciously, the attacker would have to pay for it if they were completely eaten. The heavy price, the loss of too many elite veterans, is not worth it.
Pang Shigu took one last look at the camp bathed in raging fire. He commanded a hundred thousand troops here and fought for two months before finally retreating in despair. It would be a lie to say that he was not disappointed, but more Still not reconciled.
In the frontal field battle, they did not suffer any loss, but they were still defeated in the end. How they lost was a mystery at the moment, and they didn't know where to start.
It can only be a confusing account, no matter what.
Before the South Road camp was evacuated, tens of thousands of troops on the North Road had also retreated to various ferries and crossed the river to Zhengzhou.
But some people stayed.
On the north bank of the Yellow River in the southern border of Wuzhi County, the Bian army set up a large-scale camp. Many masters were building a city, called Banzhu City, and set up Banzhu Town. On the other side is the ferry Banzhujin.
Banzhu City is located between Qinshui and the river. The transportation is very convenient, and you can march along the Qinshui to reach Hanoi.
A city was also built at the ferry forty miles south of Huojia County, called Guanghe City, and Guanghe Town was established. From across the river, one can reach Yuanwu County, Zhengzhou, and sixty miles further south, one can reach Zhengzhou Lisuo County.
From west to east, the three cities of Heyang, Banzhu Town, and Guanghe Town are lined up, which can be regarded as the three strongholds retained by the Bian Army on the north bank of the Yellow River.
The construction of the city was very fast. Although it was not as fast as the legendary construction of Yanzhou City, nor as fast as the construction speed of Desheng City when Liang and Jin were fighting for hegemony, ten or twenty days were enough. After further repairs and reinforcements, they could be withdrawn. The outer camps were fortified by the city.
It can be predicted that in the future, the area along the Yellow River will be the focus of competition between Xia and Bian, and it is unknown how many bloody battles will be staged.
When Pang Shigu withdrew, Shao Shude was patrolling the outskirts of Heqing County.
The surviving Heweifan people have entered a peaceful state and have fully settled in their respective areas. This is another lot of work to be done.
The Battle of Heqing lasted for nearly five months. The Tibetan people and Tu Tuan peasants lost about 13,000 people, and the government troops of various ministries lost more than 9,000 people. The total battle losses were just over 22,000 people.
The Bian army captured more than 11,000 prisoners and killed about 28,000 enemies. After this battle, the Bian army was majestic and sharp, and all the cavalry and other troops were damaged. In addition, the soldiers who were originally incorporated into the Heyang Yamen army were damaged.
Troops, Zhu Quanzhong probably lost about 15,000 Yamen troops.
Of the 140,000 to 50,000 troops, only less than 110,000 returned in the end, and most of the Meng and Huai states were lost. Gaiyu said that this was the heaviest loss of troops since the Quanzhong army was launched, and it was not empty talk by Li Ke.
How could you ever annihilate so many Bian troops in one battle?
Coach Du sent Zhu Shuzong to send 10,000 new recruits, and they are still on the way. Next, each ministry will work hard to complete the establishment and reorganize training.
The captured prisoners of the Bian Army will theoretically be sent to the prefectures of Longyou Town, more precisely, the three prefectures of Shan, Kuo and Lan.
In the past few years, too many Dingkou people have been transferred from Longyou, and the work of household registration and population allocation has been slow. What's more, except for the Qingtang area, the source of the Tibetan population in the Hewei prefectures is gradually drying up, and there have been several small-scale rebellions.
was suppressed.
If we include these Bianjun prisoners (one person per household), there will be more than 98,200 households in the 32 counties of Longyou ten prefectures, with a population of more than 470,000. Except for Shan and Kuo prefectures, the remaining eight prefectures will mainly rely on natural growth in the future.
Well, because the route for immigrants from Shuzhong has been cut off, the number of immigrants from Guanzhong is not very large either.
A while ago, Xiao Yun from Hezhou fell ill and wrote a letter saying that he could lure the Qiang people from Tao, Die and Dang. Some of them would be resettled into households and some would be sent to Henan to fight. Shao Shude promised them, but I don't know how many. I can only say that they are better than nothing.
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The population of Lingxia continues to flow out, mainly from Lingzhou. After Shengzhou accepted the last batch of immigrants from Shuzhong, it also accepted a large number of households from Hezhong that were allocated in the past. The inflows and outflows are roughly balanced, with a slight decrease. It is currently slowly digesting the Hebei population.
Party items, enrich household registration.
As for what to do with the lost population in Lingzhou, Shao Shude is still thinking of a way.
The initial idea is to annex the Hepi Dangxiang in Feng and Sheng two states, but this can only be done slowly and cannot be done too hastily.
In addition, Huazhou and Tongzhou, two densely populated places, seemed to be able to think of ways to recruit people who volunteered to immigrate to Guanbei. However, Chen Cheng, Zhao Guangfeng, and Song Le all opposed it, especially Song Le, who left the town.
Heyang naturally needs people to fill the county and township. Wouldn't Tonghua be an excellent source of supplement?
This is the contradiction. Population is needed everywhere. This is a precious resource that everyone competes for.
"Commander, there are less than 5,000 Tibetan households left in Heqing County, and more than 15,000 people have all settled down. Large households have 60 acres of land, and small households have 40 acres of land, ranging from 60 acres."
Yin Fengwei and Shao Shude from Henan were riding side by side and reported.
"There are actually Tibetan people who survived three wars?" Shao Shude was a little surprised.
There are three people in each household, which means there are many single-person households. The first battle to attack Heqing, the second battle to defend Heqing, and the third counterattack. I didn't die in the three battles. I survived to the end and got the highest level.
Rewarding sixty acres of land is not easy.
The structure of the Tibetan people originally did not have the concept of a household. It was dominated by tribes and tents. The gap between the rich and the poor was much wider than that of the Han people. The upper class of the tribe had countless cattle and sheep, as well as servants and slaves, and the warriors who had tents also had many slaves. Nowadays,
The heads of the single-person households in Heqing County were actually slaves of the upper-middle-class tribesmen.
Of course, they are all free now. They are all common people in Heqing County and have family property. This may be an important reason why the Tibetan people suffered heavy casualties, but there was no large-scale rebellion. With official status and land, who would go back to be a slave?
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"The war has come to an end, and the people in the river can take a breath. The five counties of Shaozhou and one county of Henan Prefecture can rest and recuperate. The next step is to rectify Meng and Huaizhou. If these two places cannot develop, it will have a great impact on the war in Bianzhou.
." Shao Shude was about to continue talking when Zheng Yong, the tenth general of the personal army, brought someone in, so he stopped.
"It was actually Judge Su who came in person." Shao Shude said with a smile.
In fact, they had secretly contacted each other once before. The two of them said that Zhang Quanyi wanted to surrender Mengzhou.
Of course Shao Shude was overjoyed, but he also knew that the talk of "capitalizing Mengzhou" was empty talk. Capitulating Heyang Beicheng would be more like it, and maybe there would be some food and grass in the Heyang warehouse.
The five counties of Mengzhou, including Jiyuan County, have been occupied, and Wen County is about to be occupied. After Pang Shigu withdrew, Gao Renhou led more than 30,000 people from Tielin, Tiande and Shaozhou Tutuan County to march eastward and collect all the people one by one.
county.
In fact, there is not much population in Heyang Beicheng, so it is just an empty city. At most, the location is more important, which may be the greatest value.
With just this little bargaining chip, what else do you want? Are you out of your mind and crazy?
"See Prince Lingwu." Su Junqing looked at the battlefield that was still vaguely distinguishable after many days, and shivered coldly. This war was too tragic, with both sides suffering heavy casualties. He suddenly understood the purpose of this trip.
It is very pessimistic. There is a high probability that the position of Heyang Jiedushi will not be obtained.
"What do you want to say when you come here this time? There are still 500 Bian people in Beicheng, why don't you kill them?" Shao Shude asked.
"Back to Lingwu County King, Zhang Shuai's eldest son returned injured and has been seriously ill recently. Situ is so worried that he doesn't think about food and tea..."
"Stop! Can you blame me for this? When you go into battle, you know that swords and guns have no eyesight. If Zhang Jiye dies of illness, will he have to defend the city?" Shao Shude sneered and said: "The Bian army was defeated in a hurry. I have sent 100,000 elite soldiers.
If we advance eastward, we can completely surround Mengzhou in two days. If we surrender when the troops are approaching the city, it will be worthless."
Shao Shude doesn't care why Zhang Jiye is sick. He heard that he was injured in the battle and was slapped on the ear by his father in public when he returned home. He was probably anxious and angry. Others gossiped about it. It's understandable that he couldn't afford to be sick. But I don't care about these bastards like you.
thing?
"Why doesn't Zhang Quanyi come?" Shao Shude suddenly asked: "Since you have surrendered, isn't it right to come and worship me? Why not come? Or is this a fake surrender?"
As soon as he said this, Su Junqing turned pale, and the Shao soldiers drew their swords and stared at him.
"Where is the guest? Why don't you come? Humph, I think you are really pretending to surrender. You are looking for death!" Shao Shude'an sat on his horse and danced his whip back and forth in front of Su Junqing, full of anger.
Feng Wei looked at Su Junqing coldly. Another one came to grab food. Fortunately, my brain is not very good. I worked hard for many years to become a Yin of Henan. I only have one county under my command. What does Zhang Quanyi have? Dare to be the governor of Heyang. ?Do you deserve it?
"Go back quickly! The next morning, I want to see the gates of Mengzhou City open. Otherwise, the army will attack the city and leave no grass behind." Shao Shude threatened.
Su Junqing was speechless and sighed secretly. We have known each other for many years, are they going to reach that point?
"Wait." Seeing that Su Junqing was about to turn around and leave, Shao Shude called out to him.
Su Junqing was puzzled. Shao Shude ignored him and waved Zheng Yong over, saying: "You order fifty soldiers and follow Judge Su back."