It was getting daylight, and the fierce battle in Xineiyuan had long ended. The battle started suddenly and ended quickly. The casualties on both sides were not large. Zhu Si's army lost more than 800 people and injured nearly 2,000 people, while the Jin army's cavalry suffered less than 2,000 casualties.
Three hundred people.
The bodies of the dead have been disposed of, the wounded have been treated, and weapons and armor are piled up like a hill.
More than 27,000 prisoners of war were sitting on a large grassland, with thousands of cavalry guarding them. Guo Song stood on the tower of Xuanwu Gate, looking at the prisoners of war in the distance and said to Yao Jin and Zhang Yun: "The military discipline of this army is not bad.
I always tell everyone that the key to whether an army can be used depends on its military discipline. An army with heinous crimes, like Li Xilie's Huaixi Army, no matter how brave and good it is, must be completely eliminated and eliminated from the body.
An army with good military discipline may have poor combat capabilities, but it can still be trained well, so I plan to demote this army and train it."
"Your Highness, please leave this army to me! I will train them." Yao Jin volunteered.
Guo Song nodded, "That's exactly what I mean. I hope that after a few months of intensive training, they can be transformed. Frankly speaking, this army is too weak in combat. It can be seen that they hardly train at all.
The cavalry couldn't take advantage of the spears at all, and their physical strength was not good enough. After only half an hour of fierce fighting, some people actually fell down from exhaustion."
Next to him, Zhang Yun couldn't help laughing and said: "Your Highness, it's not that they fell down from exhaustion, they fell down and pretended to be dead!"
Guo Song burst into laughter and said to Yao Jin: "Did you hear that? I don't want to hear about this army falling down and pretending to be dead next time."
Yao Jin cupped his fists and said, "Your Highness, please rest assured, I will take three months to transform them."
At this time, several soldiers brought Zhang Xiaolong up. Zhang Xiaolong knelt down on one knee and saluted, "This humble Zhang Xiaolong greets His Highness the King of Jin!"
This Zhang Xiaolong was a general promoted by Du Guqiu. He once served as General Zuowei. Du Guqiu wrote to Guo Song about him, saying that he did not really surrender to Zhu Si, but was lurking in Zhu Si's army under his own orders.
When Guo Song saw that he was very tall and handsome, and not evil-looking, he asked, "Do you still have the token that General Dugu gave you?"
Zhang Xiaolong took out a silver medal against his flesh and hung it under his neck. He broke the rope and presented the silver medal to Guo Song. Guo Song took the plate and looked at it. It was indeed the brand of the Dugu family. He had met Guo Song before.
are exactly the same.
Guo Song returned the sign to him and said: "Last time, the Southern Tang Army fell into a trap during the Northern Expedition and the entire army was destroyed. Why didn't you remind them?"
Zhang Xiaolong sighed and said: "I sent my close soldiers to the Southern Tang camp to tell them, but my soldiers did not see Wei Gao, but were killed by the supervisor Tian Wenxiu. Later I captured a Southern Tang brigade commander.
, I only found out about this, my soldier was picked up by Tian Wenxiu, and there has been no news since."
It was Tian Wenxiu again. Hearing this name, Guo Song felt sick, and he said to Zhang Xiaolong: "General Zhang, please rise!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Zhang Xiaolong stood up and said again: "Since Your Highness has captured Chang'an, why don't you rush to Shangzhou?"
"Why?"
"Your Highness, Zhu Jinqing sent two thousand troops to escort a batch of bronze wares to Luoyang ten days ago. This batch of bronze wares is very large, weighing tens of millions of kilograms. Various bronze wares in the palace and various bronze wares from major temples in Chang'an
The copper furnaces, tripods, and bells were all looted, which was Zhu Si's first step in plundering the wealth of Chang'an. Because Zhu Si was in a hurry to make money, he asked Zhu Jinqing to send the bronzes to Luoyang first. There happened to be a batch of palace jades already there.
After packing it into boxes, Zhu Jinqing also wanted to send it away, so the bronze is still in Shangluo County, and His Highness should stop it as soon as possible."
This news was very important. Guo Song immediately said to Yao Jin: "Immediately send someone to notify Li Bing. After taking Wuguan, seize these bronzes!"
"Follow the order!" Yao Jin hurried away.
Guo Song pondered for a moment and asked Zhang Xiaolong: "How many people are there in your direct army?"
"Beizi has five thousand men under his command, but his true trusted army only has one thousand people. They are the soldiers of the Dugu family and have always followed Beizi."
Guo Song nodded and said: "These thousand troops have to be returned to the Dugu family. You make arrangements. I will give you a thousand troops. You take them back to Shuzhong and you go back together. General Dugu is short of manpower and needs one."
A capable army."
Zhang Xiaolong was stunned for a moment and said: "I didn't understand what His Highness meant."
Guo Song smiled lightly and said: "You have the token of the head of the Dugu family. It's not a big problem to bring the servants of the Dugu family back to Shu. You don't want to go to Hanzhong, but go back through the Three Gorges Road. Of course, these thousand troops are no longer your confidants.
It’s not the army, but the army I arranged separately, do you understand what I mean?”
Only then did Zhang Xiaolong suddenly realize that the King of Jin was planning to deploy an elite army in Shu.
He hurriedly bowed and said: "Your Highness is so trustworthy, I am willing to die for Your Highness!"
Guo Song turned around and said to Zhang Yun: "You will lead these thousand people. They will take a boat from Dengzhou to the Han River and then the Yangtze River. Although Zhu Si has occupied Xiangyang, he has no navy and cannot stop you."
Zhang Yun nodded solemnly, this was another difficult task.
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After handling the military affairs, Guo Song entered Chang'an City directly from the Daming Palace. The Daming Palace had undergone extensive renovations when Zhu Si ascended the throne. It still looked very new. The various buildings were tall, majestic and majestic. However, the palace was deserted and deserted. It was almost impossible to see the palace.
With less than one person in the palace, "the white-headed palace maid is here, gossiping about Xuanzong" has become history.
During the Tianbao period, the number of palace maids and eunuchs in the Daming Palace reached more than 40,000, and the number of eunuchs exceeded 10,000. After several wars, a large number of palace maids and eunuchs were lost. In addition, the Tang Dynasty's financial resources were overwhelmed. By the time Li Shi ascended the throne, there were only a few thousand people left.
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After the news came out that Zhu Si was planning to move the capital, nearly half of them fled. In addition, Guo Song did not allow Zhu Si to take the maids to Luoyang. Zhu Si became so angry that he simply dismissed them all. At this time, only the maids and eunuchs of the Daming Palace were left.
Hundreds of people, all of whom were older eunuchs and maids with nowhere to go, could only stay in the Daming Palace to take care of themselves.
The left-behind steward of the Daming Palace was named Li Shan, who was about sixty years old. He entered the palace during the Kaiyuan period and served as a eunuch for almost his entire life.
He heard that His Royal Highness King Jin was coming and hurried to pay his respects. Guo Song sat on a large stone and asked: "How many eunuchs and maids are there in the palace now?"
"Your Highness, there are still more than 600 maids and less than 200 eunuchs. They are all older and the younger ones have left."
"Do you still have the late emperor's concubines?"
"They were all sent to Chengdu. Zhu Si liked a few talented people and he took them to Luoyang. There are no concubines in the Daming Palace."
"What about the Tai Chi Palace?" Guo Song asked again.
Li Shan smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, you will know if you have time to go and take a look. It is very dilapidated there and no one has lived there for a long time. Zhu Si demolished some palaces to build the Daming Palace. The buildings there are only spectacular on the surface, but in fact
It’s dilapidated and dilapidated.”
"How much are the monthly rations here?"
"The supplies have been gone since the beginning of the year, and no one wants to care about our life or death. We can only grow vegetables and grain ourselves, and barely survive starvation in the inner garden."
"This won't work!"
Guo Song shook his head, "Starting from this month, the minimum ration will be restored, which is 1,500 yuan per person per month, regardless of grade, everyone is the same."
Li Shan knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly with excitement. They were looking forward to the stars and the moon, and they finally looked forward to this day.
"The slave and the palace people are deeply grateful for Your Highness's life-saving grace."
Guo Song waved his hand, "I never feed idle people, feed me to recover, but you must maintain the Daming Palace well, clean the ground, and don't let weeds grow. If any building is damaged, you must report it quickly."
"Old slave, I will obey my orders and never dare to slack off at all."
"Go! I will arrange for people to bring grain, rice and cloth to you later. Now that it is cold, I will personally give each of you a good sheepskin so that you can sleep warmer at night."
Li Shan was moved to tears. He kowtowed respectfully, got up and went back to tell everyone the good news.
Watching Li Shan walk away, Yao Jin couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness wants to live in Daming Palace?"
"Can't I live there?" Guo Song glared at him.
Yao Jin waved his hand quickly, "That's not what I mean by being humble. I just mean that the princess is not used to living in Jinyang Palace. This place is ten times bigger than Jinyang Palace..."
"Don't worry about this. Someone will come to live in Daming Palace, but it won't be me."
Guo Song then came to Dayingku. Dayingku and Qionglinku were both Li Shi's small treasury. He inherited it from his father and carried it forward. From the time he ascended the throne to the Jingyuan mutiny, he accumulated a huge amount of wealth.
Yuan mutinied 20,000 troops to rob money and silk, and even the people of nearby Chang'an also came to rob, but only a small part was robbed, and the rest was taken by Zhu Si.
Zhu Si's military expenditures in these years basically came from the money and grain from these two treasuries and Guangtong warehouse. It was not until shortly before the capital was moved that the copper coins and cloth were finally exhausted, which shows how much private wealth Li Shi and the previous emperors had accumulated.
The Qionglin Treasury is a treasury for storing fabrics and silks. It is currently empty. The Daying Treasury is divided into two. Copper coins and gold and silver treasures are placed in one vault, and large and valuable items are placed in another vault. Copper coins and gold
The silver treasure is gone, only large and valuable items remain.