Chapter 100: Recapture of Liangzhou
In the sixth year of Chengping, May 28.
One night of the battle, raid and be raided, the hunter was finally the target of the hunt, came to raid the 70,000 Tibetan army, except for 20,000 cavalry escaped, the rest of the army was wiped out, the Jin army implemented a cold-blooded policy, the defeated 50,000 Tubo soldiers, few of them survived.
Hong Chenghao, the deputy envoy of Anbei Jiedu, immediately led 80,000 Anbei cavalry and went south to Shanzhou.
With the defeat of Tubo and the complete removal of the threat to the people of the Jin Dynasty, Ma Wu ordered a single enemy to lead 3,000 infantry from his headquarters to escort the people back to Zhike County, and Li Xun and Mao Anfu led 3,000 cavalry, followed him, gathered 23,000 people, marched to Liangzhou, and prepared to recapture the city.
Although the Tibetan general Geva Morong escaped from the battlefield, he eventually died at the hands of Zade, and his nephew Ge Wa Yi led 20,000 Tibetan cavalry to return to Shanzhou, with extremely ruthless means, to eliminate dissidents, eradicate the generals loyal to Geva Morong, quickly grasped the military power, gathered 40,000 troops, and temporarily held the city of Shanzhou.
The city of Liangzhou is currently only guarded by 5,000 Tibetan soldiers, and the guard is called Zhao Wei, who is a Han Chinese.
The news of Geva Morong's defeat also reached Liangzhou City, and the morale was demoralized and the people's hearts were not supported.
Ge Wa and Zhao Wei can be said to be old acquaintances, for this person's temperament and ability are extremely admired, has always had the intention to woo, but has never succeeded, while fleeing the battlefield, once sent someone to Liangzhou City, informed the battle situation here, let Zhao Wei withdraw from Liangzhou City.
Zhao Wei beheaded the envoy and scolded Ge Wa for betraying even his uncle, having no humanity at all, and not hating to be with him at all.
May 29, noon.
Ma Wu led his troops to the city of Liangzhou and immediately launched a siege.
The city of Liangzhou is large, there are only 5,000 Tibetan defenders, and the morale of the army is sluggish, and the morale is low, and in less than an hour, it is to successfully break through the city.
"General, the city has been broken, let's go!"
"Yes, General, it's too late if you don't leave, let's go."
Several pro-soldiers pulled Zhao Wei to death.
"Let me go!"
Zhao Wei roared, broke free of the pull of his own soldiers, his eyes were red, he glanced at everyone, gritted his teeth and said, "You all go, I won't go." ”
"General."
Hundreds of pro-soldiers all knelt down, with tears in their eyes, Zhao Wei's pro-soldiers were all Han, who had followed him for many years, and they were called subordinates, but they were actually brothers.
Zhao Wei shook his head and said silently: "Ma Wu is a contemporary famous general, if I can die in his hands, I, Zhao Wei, can also die without regrets." ”
"General, the Jin Dynasty treats you like this, why do you still have...."
Zhao Wei raised his hand to interrupt the words of his own soldiers, and said resolutely: "You immediately withdraw from Liangzhou City, this is the last order I give to you, if you still recognize me Zhao Wei, just carry out the order!" ”
"General!"
Everyone was still persuading, and Zhao Wei shouted in a deep voice: "There is no need to say much, implement it immediately, and there must be no mistakes." ”
After that, Zhao Wei walked into the Governor's Mansion, took off the Tubo military uniform on his body, changed into the former Jin Dynasty official mansion, held the festival talisman, sat down quietly, closed his eyes, and did not have any fear of the coming danger.
Ma Wu rode a horse and walked in the forefront, followed by a group of generals, there were many Han people on the street, welcoming them, these people refused to leave before, originally thought that after the city was broken, there would be a massacre, but they did not expect that this Tubo soldier was actually Qiu did not commit any crimes, and was very disciplined.
Li Xun observed the surroundings, the city was quite calm, after the city was broken, it was really a strange thing that there was no large-scale destruction and massacre.
"The Metropolitan Governor, the defenders in the city have failed to break through, and they have all surrendered, nearly 4,000 people, all of whom are Tubo Ping."
In Tibet, the hierarchy of people is strict, divided into the royal family, the big nobles, the sub-nobles, and the Ping people, that is, the common people, also called the Ping people, and then the slaves, Tubo once occupied Longyou for a long time, although the final defeat, lost Longyou, but also hijacked hundreds of thousands of Jin Dynasty people to return to Tibet, these Jin Dynasty people to Tubo, all were classified as slaves, the status is extremely low, but after so many years of development, many Jin Dynasty people and Tubo locals intermarried, and with the growth of the second generation of Han people, The number of people is already quite a lot, in order to consolidate their own throne, gather strength, and vigorously enhance the status of the Tibetan Han people, as long as these Han people serve in the army, they will be given the status of ordinary people, get rid of the slave lowly status, but the Tibetan Han people, no matter how much merit they make, still can not get a high position.
"Metropolitan Governor, these people all have the blood of my Jin Dynasty, it's a pity to kill them."
Zhao Chi said softly on the side.
Ma Wu pondered for a moment, and finally nodded and said, "Since they treated the people of Liangzhou well and did not carry out massacres, I, Ma Wu, will give them a way to live." ”
Li Xun arched his hand and praised: "The governor of the capital is benevolent and righteous. ”
Ma Wu glanced at him and said with a smile: "Li Xun, you successfully attracted the enemy last night and held your position, I will ask for credit for you." ”
Li Xun said: "Thanks to the two generals Shan Qiu and Mao Anfu, who commanded and fought bravely, and General Zhao Chi came to help in time, this stabilized the battle situation, and the last general did not do anything, and he did not dare to say anything." ”
Ma Wu smiled and didn't say anything, these credits may be very important to Shan Qiu and others, but I am afraid that they are insignificant to Li Xun, with his relationship, even if he doesn't do anything, as long as this battle ends smoothly, the current emperor will reward him heavily, but Ma Wu did not have any jealousy, after all, even if it was himself, if he hadn't been appreciated and promoted by Liu Ji, no matter how much credit he made, I am afraid he would not have been able to reach this height today.
Everyone entered the governor's mansion, and around a room, hundreds of Tibetan soldiers sat quietly, and all their weapons and armor were thrown on the ground.
"Where is Zhao Wei?"
Ma Wu dismounted, walked up to these people, and asked in a loud voice.
These people closed their eyes and ignored him.
"The general of the defeated army dares to be so rude, he is simply looking for death."
A general was furious and was about to step forward to kill someone when he drew his weapon and was about to step forward to kill him, but Ma Wu stopped him, shook his head, and then stepped forward and pushed open the door and walked in.
Li Xun walked into the room and saw a man, wearing an official uniform of the Jin Dynasty, holding a festival charm in his hand, sitting there quietly, this person was in his forties, with a heroic look and an extraordinary temperament.
"Where is Zhao Wei?"
Zhao Chi asked loudly.
Zhao Wei opened his eyes and stood up: "I am Zhao Wei." ”
Zhao Chi was overjoyed, ordered the soldiers on the left and right, stepped forward and pulled out his official uniform, Zhao Wei did not resist, but when the soldiers kicked his knees and asked him to kneel for Ma Wu, Zhao Wei struggled fiercely to resist and shouted: "We are each the minister of two countries, and there is no reason to bow to each other." ”
Zhao Chi was furious, took the whip from the hands of others, and was about to step forward to beat someone.
"Forget it, let him go."
Ma Wu shook his head, looked at Zhao Wei, and said softly: "Zhao Wei, you and I are colleagues, why do you want to defect to Tibet and endanger our compatriots?" ”