Chapter 609: Closing the Net
"In the face of the big right and wrong, Han Qi finally stood firm!" Li Ze looked very happy, looking at Zhang Hui, Gongsun Changming, Cao Xin and others. "If he can recognize the form and serve our grand strategy without fear of sacrifice, then I will not go through some pigtails and embarrass him. If this battle is won, he should be the first to take the lead. ”
Whether it is Zhang Hui or Gongsun Changming, they all nodded, and it was rare for these two to have a unified opinion on a certain matter.
Hedong is now in turmoil.
After Xue Jun, Sima Fan and others were defeated again and again, they retreated into Taiyuan City in embarrassment. And Zhang Jia then swung his army into Hedong, chasing the tail of Delhi Chinan and advancing step by step. Zhang Jia was not in a hurry at all, and whenever he went to a place, he first began to restore local order and re-establish the government's rule over the local area.
The original local officials either fled with Xue Jun and others, or were killed by the Tubo people before they had time to escape, and it was not too difficult to rebuild on a land that had lost its leadership, especially after the newly established government of these people, and with the support of a strong army.
Besides, the former Hedong, in name, is still the territory of the Tang Dynasty. Knowledgeable people, of course, will clearly understand the contradictions between Hedong and the central government, but for ordinary people, it seems that there is no difference. They are all officials of the Tang Dynasty, and they even cheered because the Tang army regained the land in Hedong that had been trampled by the Tubo people.
In order to govern Hedong, a large number of officials prepared by Li Ze in a year finally came in handy, and the Yixing Society, which Yang Kai had always dreamed of entering Hedong, arrived at their new battlefield with a burden on his back.
In almost all areas of Hedong, the grassroots bureaucracy has been replaced.
Li Ze is not worried about any backlash in the future, because the forces owned by everyone such as Xue Jun have been almost swept away by the Tubo people this time, and these core figures of the family who hid in Taiyuan City are only afraid that Li Ze will be responsible for their defeat and loss of land next.
Zuo Wuwei's vitality was greatly damaged, the confrontation with Laza, the battle, and in the end it is unknown how many people will be left, even if it will be reorganized and expanded to full strength again, but is the new Zuo Wuwei still the Hedong Army of the past? Can Han Qi, Li Cunzhong and others still respond to every call?
Li Ze smiled and browsed the list in his hand, last year's Wujinshi, after a long period of theoretical education in Wuwei Academy, next, can finally go down to the grassroots level to take on a big responsibility.
Zuo Wuwei can only be the Zuo Wuwei of the imperial court, and he can only be the Zuo Wuwei of his Li Ze, how can it be the Zuo Wuwei of Hedong!
"It's time to start closing the net." Gongsun Changming said with some excitement. This time, the overall strategic concept was almost all put forward by him, and then edited by Li Ze, checking and filling in the gaps, even though he never wanted any reputation, but seeing that the huge gains were about to come, he still couldn't contain his excitement.
"It's time to close the net, Hedong has suffered a big crime this time, and I'm afraid that the population will be reduced by two to three percent." Zhang Hui sighed and glanced at Gongsun Changming, the effect of such a plan is indeed obvious, but it is indeed too ruthless, and the people who pay the heaviest price for it are still the most ordinary people.
Whether it is Han Qi or Li Cunzhong, what they have lost is power, Xue Jun and Sima Fan have lost their wealth, the right to speak and their influence, but what the people have lost is their lives.
But Zhang Hui also knows that this is the price that has to be paid. If you want long-term peace and stability, you must exchange it for dripping blood. This not only reminded him of the words hanging in Li Ze's study.
Xing, the people are bitter!
Death, the people suffer!
That was when he first arrived in Wuyi, and Li Ze asked him to write with a pen. Li Ze said at the beginning that he wanted to change all this, prosper, and let the people live and work in peace and contentment. However, at that time, Li Ze's power was far less than today's, and I hope he can still remember the original intention at that time in the days when his power is getting bigger and bigger.
"Cao Shangshu, next, I'm afraid you have to prepare a large number of officials." Li Ze looked at Cao Xin with a smile and said: "After this battle is over, it is estimated that Du Youcai will honestly offer us the land of Ansui, although he only owns Xiazhou now, but this Ansui Jiedu envoy of the imperial court will automatically write a letter to resign from this position, which is still the best." ”
"I'll do my best!" Cao Xin shook his head and said: "Hedong, Hezhong, almost all of my talent reserves have been swept away, but after this battle, the spring boudoir has officially begun, and there will be a batch of fresh blood into the system, which can relieve our talent shortage a little." ”
"Those officials who are working effectively above the local level can be directly promoted." Li Zedao: "This can also give all the officials a hope, as long as they do a good job, there will be a way to rise." Besides, these officials have rich practical experience, and they may be able to achieve results faster than our Jinshi when they get to the place! ”
"Yes, Li Xiang!" Cao Xin nodded and said, "The Ministry itself has a plan for this, and I have asked Bai Mingli to formulate the assessment documents in this regard." ”
"The next thing here is to be entrusted to you." Li Ze arched his hand towards the people in the room and said.
Everyone in the room also bowed their hands and said: "I wish Li Xiang a smooth sailing in this army, recover Ansui, and hit Tubo!" ”
Xenobud sat on the stone grinder of a farmer's house in a bit of a frustration, watching his soldiers rummage through the boxes and cabinets in the house looking for food, and as the soldiers came out one by one in despair, Xenobud's face became worse and worse.
The good days are just over a short period of time, and they are gone forever. When they first entered Hedong, they had whatever they wanted, and they only needed to rush into one village after another to get what they wanted. At that time, his team still had thousands of paces to ride.
It's a pity that his next trip turned into hell mode. The people fled either into the city or into the mountains long before they arrived. And behind them, Zhang Jia's right guard pressed over step by step, although slowly, but extremely firmly.
Whether it was him, Ashdulla, or Delhi Chinan, they all tried every possible way to prepare to attack Zhang Jia, and if they could defeat and defeat him, then this game of chess would be alive again.
But it's a pity that Zhang Jia is a turtle, unhurried, no matter how big a flaw they sell, Zhang Jia just didn't see it, there is no flaw in the deployment of military forces, it's like a serial set, no matter what point you touch, it will make his entire system active.
They wanted to eat Zhang Jia, but they didn't want to be entangled by Zhang Jia.
Helpless, they could only go south step by step under Zhang Jia's pressure.
There are fewer and fewer of them, but there are more and more Tang Army. Three days earlier, Xenobud had fought another Don cavalry and suffered a heavy defeat.
That cavalry belonged to the Tang Dynasty Zuo Qianniuwei.
This made Xenobud realize that reinforcements from the Don Army had arrived in Hedong.
Why hasn't Raza broken the Silver State yet? This is already the only way for their lone army to survive, and only when Raza breaks through Yinzhou can he join them and save their lone army. Every night, Xenobud prayed for good news.
But there is no good news, and the bad news follows one another.
Yesterday, news came from Ashdulla that he had encountered the guards of the Tang Zuowei. This made Xenobud's heart cold. There are two more Tang Army, even if they are pioneers, they are already unbearable.
This time out of the army, he Xenobud is simply bad luck.
First in Muyu City, Yuan Chang Lihai Tangji blew up a Buddha ascended to heaven, two Buddhas into the ground, and then in the west of the surrender city, by Li Detong's cavalry gods descended from the sky, a surprise attack, heavy losses, and finally to the east of the river, happy for a few days, then was driven to the sky without a way, into the ground without a door.
"Found food!" The soldiers were cheering, and then a Tibetan soldier rushed out of the house with a bag of millet, and the family buried the food in the ground, and was also found by these hungry Tibetan soldiers.
A cauldron was set up in the middle of the courtyard, and bags of millet were poured into the pot, and it didn't take long for the smell to come out, and everyone, including Xenobud, gathered around the cauldron and gazed greedily at the churning millet porridge.
The sound of horses' hooves, the terrible sound of bull's horns sounded out at an inopportune time, followed by the hoarse shouts of the scouts throughout the village.
"There is an enemy attacking, prepare for war, prepare for war!"
The millet porridge was still churning in the pot, but the Tibetan soldiers had to turn over and get on their horses, and Xenobud saw a pro-soldier scooping a helmet of millet porridge with a helmet, and climbed on the horse's back, while reaching out and feeding the millet porridge in his mouth despite the heat.
He couldn't help but want to cry.
Bai Qiuyi, the captain of the cavalry of the Zuo Qianniu Guard, led five hundred Zuo Qianwei cavalry to rush into the village with five hundred cavalry of the Wujin Shi Enke last year, and the cavalry of the Tubo people had already mounted their horses and ran, and the rest were some foot soldiers or horseless cavalry desperately rushing towards them with swords and guns.
The sword was bright, the war horses were galloping, and after rushing all the way, there were only corpses left in the village. The left thousand guards cavalry did not stop at all, and followed the fleeing Tubo army, chasing wildly.
Zhang Jia's more than 20,000 foot soldiers occupied the point, and the cavalry of Zuo Qianwei and Zuo Weiwei entered the east of the river in a big way, chasing down these desperate Tubo soldiers and horses.
The Tang army is forcing the remaining Tibetan soldiers and horses towards Taiyuan City little by little, preparing to take them down completely.