Chapter 718: The Defeated Army Is Nowhere to Be Found

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After being reprimanded, Yang Xingben didn't care, only smiled self-deprecatingly, and said:

"The last general is also familiar with this private errand, since the doctor is so solemnly advised, it is strictly enforced!"

Qin Jin glanced at him and immediately knew what he was thinking.

"Isn't it just watching Qin Yan and Tian Chengsi become pioneers, do you have grass growing in your heart? Don't worry, no matter how fat the meat is, the two of them can't swallow it, so why rush for a while?"

Yang Xingben smiled:

"The doctor is talking about the itch of the last general, and he is really a little anxious to see that they are taking the men and horses first. ”

Qin Jin restrained his smile and said:

"But ugly words have to be said in front, if the private errand is not done well, you don't have to worry about this fat meat!"

"The doctor is serious, since the last general has taken this errand, he will never be half-hearted, and the quasi-guarantee office is so beautiful that no one can jump out of the problem!"

"Doing a good job in the private sector is not to give me an errand, this is the foundation of our Shenwu Army!"

Qin Jin no longer had a joking tone, Yang Xingben also understood in his heart, he could see that this young doctor did not dare to pin the future of the Shenwu Army on a certain person, whether it was today or the future of the Son of Heaven, it was not easy to get along. The Shenwu army is growing stronger day by day, and whoever is the Son of Heaven must be restricted.

Thinking of this, Yang Xingben's heart moved, isn't this in line with the secret hope he secretly wants?

The people in Shaanzhou and other places were quite wary of the imperial court's Shenwu army at the beginning, but the ensuing opening of warehouses and grain release first dispelled their first layer of uniformity. As the old saying goes, the people take food as the sky, and no matter who takes out the food supply with real money, the people will read it.

In just a few days, the news that Shenwu Junqiu had not committed any crimes and opened a warehouse to help grain gradually spread. Even many people hiding in the mountains have returned to their hometowns with the attitude of trying it out, and have joined the refreshing private sector.

In fact, the private sector is semi-militarized, and it will never be welcomed in a peaceful year. But now it is a troubled time, from the big officials and wealthy families to the ants and common people, they are all living a precarious life, eating the last meal but not the next, hovering between being killed or starved to death all day long.

This kind of pain can only be experienced in person.

Now a Shenwu army has suddenly appeared, not only providing safe shelter, but also taking care of everyone's stomachs, and the two most urgent and basic needs have been met together, and people are naturally eager to rush to it. Compared with these two points, the overhead is subject to the constraints of the military law, which is nothing at all.

At the same time, Qin Jin did not stand still, but continued to advance eastward with the Chinese army, rushing to Xiashi, an important town at the northern foot of Sankun Mountain.

It's just that the situation of Xiashi is more deplorable than that of Shaanzhou, the broken city walls, the scorched ruins, and the ruined walls are all ruined everywhere Qin and Jin can see, not to mention the human figures, even chickens and ducks can't see half of them. As we passed through some villages, the strong stench made people sick.

Those who have experienced the Chang'an War are all too familiar with this kind of stench, that is, the smell of corpses.

Qin Jin immediately ordered people to search around, and with almost no effort, he found hundreds of corpses, and because it was the height of summer, these corpses were rotten to the heart's heart, revealing shocking skeletons.

This must be a masterpiece left by Fang Xuan when he crossed the border, from which rotten corpses, he can barely distinguish the style of clothes, it should be the number of the soldiers in the Heluo area. It seems that what Tian Chengsi said is true, Fang Xuan did kill a lot of local soldiers who repeatedly rebelled, but killing people is killing people, and you can't just throw your corpses in the open field and ignore them, right?

Often, after plague outbreaks and major wars, the problem would be exacerbated if the hundreds or thousands of carrion corpses polluted the nearest water source. So, Qin Jin specially allocated a thousand people to collect all the rotting corpses in one place, put firewood and grass on the shelves, and burned them clean.

Qin Jin secretly sighed: The so-called thousands of miles without a rooster crow, and the white bones are exposed in the wild.

The Tanma sent out had reached Xin'an almost two hundred miles to the east, but there was no news of Fang Xuan's whereabouts.

In addition to looking for Fang Xuan, Qin Jin was more concerned about Mo Yan's uncle and nephew. He didn't believe that the brave and skilled Hui cavalry would be wiped out in the Battle of Luoyang. But they are also like Fang Xuan, and there is no news.

On this day, Qing Xuzi marched all the way east from Chang'an, caught up with Qin Jin, and brought the latest news in Chang'an City. Empress Zhang was really lonely, so she had to send Zhang Qing and the Jiannan army she led. In addition, Guo Ziyi is the deputy marshal and also went out together!

After learning of this arrangement, Qin Jin said in his heart, it must be Cui Lian's means, and even the military power of the Jiannan Army does not want to be completely laissez-faire. This is the prime minister of Lao Chengmouguo, and letting Cui Jian stay in Chang'an is really a knowing choice.

What Qing Xuzi said in a few words seems to be light and light, but in fact, what kind of undercurrent has been experienced by the government and the opposition in Chang'an, only those who are in the whirlpool can say clearly.

It seems that the King of Guangping, supported by Qin and Jin, has an advantage again, and the Shenwu army can attack Luoyang with peace of mind. But in reality, this is just another balance of forces. Once some sudden and accidental factors intervene, this balance will be easily broken.

"Why is the doctor so sad? The Shenwu Army is fighting steadily, although the progress is not fast, but one step at a time, it can be better than that Fang Xuan too much!"

Qing Xuzi probed the doubts in Qin Jin's heart, and did not forget to send a sycophant.

Qin Jin was used to seeing Qing Xuzi's flamboyant appearance, so he didn't eat him for a long time, but he didn't plan to hide it from him.

"Fang Xuan has not been seen until now, his life and death are unknown, and even Mo Yan's uncle and nephew have not been heard from, which is really strange!"

Qingxuzi pointed his throat and said with a smile:

"Doctor, it's dark under the lights, didn't you send a scout horse to the north of the Yellow River to explore?"

"You mean north of the Yellow River?"

Hearing this, Qin Jin slapped his thigh hard as if he had an epiphany.

"It's really a hundred secrets, why didn't you think of going deep into the Wangwu Mountain on the north bank of the Yellow River to find out!"

"Poor Dao estimates that Fang Xuan's old arms and legs may not be able to force the Yellow River, and eighty percent of them will flee to the Sankun Mountain in the south. Only the Uighurs will turn to the north, and they will never abandon the north to the south!"

Fang Xuan is now a lost dog, and whether he finds it or not has little impact on the Tang Dynasty, even if this person does not die, the punishment waiting for him will be extremely severe. The 20,000 cavalry of the Hui Department is completely different, and they must be found first. What Qin Jin thought was not to get his help, but to be afraid that these people would be hungry and would burn, kill and loot in the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty regardless of it. The people in Heluo and Hedong have already suffered too much from the war, and they can't make matters worse.

After passing through Shaanzhou until Mianchi, after rough statistics, at least 50,000 corpses were disposed of, including local people, as well as local soldiers, Qin Jin saw that it was shocking, Fang Xuan led his troops eastward and did not kill many rebels, but indirectly killed many local people, and the dissatisfaction accumulated by the prime minister who talked about the army on paper has become more and more inflated.

Even Qing Xuzi was frequently stunned after seeing the tragic scene of white bones and rotting corpses everywhere.

"No wonder the people I saw along the poor road seemed to have a lot of resistance to Wang Shi, and now I know the reason! Although these regiments of soldiers have repeatedly rebelled and surrendered, they are very hateful, but they are all native people, and which one of them has no relatives and children? Fang Xuan killed one person, and he made dozens or even dozens of enemies for the imperial court, and tens of thousands of people were killed, that is, millions of enemies. ”

Qin Jin knew that although Qing Xuzi was exaggerating, in the end, this kind of retaliatory slaughter would only add countless troubles to the restoration of order in Heluo in the future.

Fortunately, at present, the people of Heluo are living a precarious and hungry life, and the Shenwu Army can use food and shelter to win people's hearts. But once the rebellion is put down in the future, those people who have lost their relatives don't know how many times they will put this account on the heads of the imperial court.

Qingxuzi seemed to be a roundworm in Qin Jin's stomach, Qin Jin had just thought of the private sector, so he said in a timely manner:

"The doctor uses the private sector to win the hearts of the people, although it wastes energy, and wastes money and food, but it also puts the people under supervision, this transaction looks like a loss on the surface, but in the long run it is profitable!"

Qin Jin rarely hid in front of this flamboyant old way.

"Of course, this has the intention of stabilizing the place, but there is also one of the biggest advantages of setting up a private enterprise, that is, to restore the imperial court's control of the local household registration at the smallest cost!"

After this war, the people of Heluo, Hedong, and even Hebei were displaced, and the household registration books in the hands of the imperial court had become a pile of waste paper. If the Shenwu army does not take the opportunity to form a civilian army to win over the people, it will be difficult for the future magistrates or jiedu envoys, or they will not be willing to reorganize the population. At that time, the Tang Dynasty's rents could not be collected, so how could we talk about the control of the localities?

Especially in Hebei Province, from the period of the Empress Wu to the period of Li Longji, in the past hundred years, it has received too many Beidi Hu people. The Khitans, the Servants, the Turks, and even the Zahu lived in various counties. That's where the biggest headache is!

Moreover, unlike the inherent impression of the Qin and Jin dynasties, Hebei at this time was known as "half of Kyushu," and its rents and taxes were even more than those on the banks of the Lianghuai River, otherwise how could An Lushan dare to launch a fatal blow to the entire Tang Dynasty with the land of Hebei? This is by no means a simple battle with many soldiers and horses. There is a more important factor in this, how can the soldiers not be opposed?

Qin Jin planned that as long as the counties of Hebei Province were also reorganized one by one according to the current model of the Shenwu military and civilian enterprises, then the centrifugal force of Hebei Province on the Central Dynasty would also be gradually neutralized. However, these are too far to think, and now even Luoyang has not been recovered, let alone recovered Hebei?

In the afternoon of the same day, there was an unexpected discovery, Fang Xuan was found, and he was unscathed!

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