Chapter 14: Zhan Luzhou
The reason why Gao Biao's subordinates suddenly rebelled was mainly because after Gao Biao used Lu Yongzhi and other villains, he became more and more mean and unkind.
Many generals trembled and feared for their lives all the time.
Lu Yongzhi was extremely lustful, and he took a fancy to the wives and concubines of the generals, so he forcibly let the generals cut their love.
During the siege of Luzhou this time, most of Gao Biao's generals fought against Tang Zhangwei, because they had no confidence in defeating Tang Zhangwei's army, so they suddenly attacked Gao Biao.
Of course, the reason why Bi Shiduo made up his mind was mainly because Tang Zhangwei played his boss and made Bi Shiduo the assassin of Yangzhou.
As for Yu Gongchu, he also became the assassin of Shuzhou, and all the generals were rewarded, so these people defected.
Tang Zhangwei and the cavalry in the city were eating hot pot and looking at the scene.
When the Huainan Mule Army of Master Bi and Gao Yu's irons were almost finished, he ordered: "Go!" β
The 10,000 cavalry divided into ten teams, like arrows from the string, rushed towards Gao Yu's troops.
The recruits in Luzhou City also went out to fight, and the army rushed towards Gao Yu's troops.
Tang Zhangwei led the cavalry, shooting with arrows from afar and slashing with knives at close range.
After a round, Gao Biao's nephew Gao Ba, and Gao Biao's beloved general Zhang Shenjian's army were suddenly left.
Under the protection of Gao Ba and the love general Zhang Shenjian, Gao Yu broke out of the encirclement, led 3,000 remnants of soldiers, and fled all the way east.
Tang Zhangwei tracked the whole army and rushed to the city of Yangzhou, where Bai Cunxiao led 4,000 cavalry to join Tang Zhangwei.
Bi Shiduo's Huainan mule army followed, and Lu Yongzhi and others in Yangzhou City did not dare to go out of the city to meet Gao Yu.
Bi Shiduo, Liang Zhang, Chen Hui, Feng Shou, Dong Jin, Yu Gongchu, and Yao Guili led the army to surround the old boss.
Tang Zhangwei did not attack Gao Yu, but instead led his army into Yangzhou City.
Lu Yongzhi and Zhang Shouyi couldn't stop it, carrying a ladder and building Tang Zhangwei's army with a siege ram.
After Tang Zhangwei led the army to attack Yangzhou City, the people of Yangzhou closed their doors one after another, and the two armies fought in the city.
The people in Yangzhou City had no sleep all night, but fortunately, Tang Zhangwei's army did not harass the people.
By dawn the next day, two-thirds of Yangzhou City had been occupied by Tang Zhangwei's troops.
In order to quickly occupy Yangzhou City, Tang Zhangwei announced that anyone who could cut off the heads of Lu Yongzhi and Zhang Shou would be rewarded with 1,000 taels of gold, 10,000 acres of land, and 1,000 horses of silk. As a result, in the barracks of Lu Yongzhi and Zhang Shouyi, everyone saw their heads as if they had seen gold.
LΓΌ Yongzhi and Zhang Shouyi were afraid that they would be killed by their soldiers, so they hurriedly took their henchmen out of the city.
Outside Yangzhou City, Lu Yongzhi and Zhang Shouyi were caught up by Bai Cunxiao, and the soldiers and horses of the three fought for a while. As a result, Bai Cunxiao fought one against two, and finally cut off the heads of the two.
Yangzhou City was occupied by Tang Zhangwei, Gao Biao was frightened, and asked Bi Shiduo to let himself live, but these generals for the sake of wealth, plus in Huainan Gao Biao appointed traitors like Lu Yongzhi, lost the hearts of the people, and finally his plea was not agreed by the generals.
After Bai Cunxiao killed Lu Yong, he joined forces with Bi Shiduo, Liang Zhang, Chen Hui, Feng Shou, Dong Jin, Yu Gongchu, and Yao Guili to break Gao Yu's military formation.
Seeing that he couldn't escape, Gao Xiao shook his spirits and went into battle to fight, but because of old age and decrepitude, he was captured by Master Bi.
When Master Bi sent Gao Yu into the city, Tang Zhangwei sent him, along with Gao Ba and Zhang Shenjian, to Yang Xingmi's men.
Yang Xingmi is now Tang Zhangwei's newly appointed commander of the trapping camp, and when Yang Xingmi heard Tang Zhangwei's appointment, he almost couldn't believe his ears, because in their opinion, even if he didn't die, how could he still hold such an official position?
Surprisingly, Tang Zhangweili ignored public opinion and still insisted on his appointment.
Yang Xingmi ordered Gao Yu, Gao Ba, and Zhang Shenjian to participate in training every day, and the three of them were miserable.
Bi Shiduo became the assassin of Yangzhou, and Tang Zhangwei did not confiscate his Huainan mule army, but on the contrary, he built a new official office.
This moved Bi Shiduo greatly, and he said to Tang Zhangwei: "I will definitely serve Dashuai to the end, until my liver and brain are ruined." β
Tang Zhangwei personally led an army of 30,000 and escorted Yu Gongchu into Shuzhou City to become a assassin. However, Yu Gongchu's army was still adapted by Tang Zhangwei.
Zhang Xiong, the original assassin of Shuzhou, surrendered to Tang Zhangwei, his army was absorbed, and he was reappointed as the assassin of Chuzhou.
Hezhou assassinated Shi Sun Duan, led the troops to surrender, and sacrificed all the gold and silver in the treasury.
Tang Zhangwei pointed out that the seven states of Huainan were all invincible.
When Yangzhou, Chuzhou, Luzhou, Shouzhou, Chuzhou, Hezhou, Shuzhou, and Haozhou all came into the hands of Tang Zhangwei, he began his own reorganization plan.
After Tang Zhangwei appointed Wei Zhuang as Huainanliu, he ordered all people to obey Wei Zhuang's orders, including women.
At the same time, Tang Zhangwei began to count the population.
Before the war, there were 77,150 households in Yangzhou and a population of 467,857. After the war, there were 69,000 households left in Yangzhou, and 428,560 people were left.
Zhenhai Jiedu made Zhou Bao take advantage of the Huainan War and retreat to his own territory. The surrounding strong clans did not dare to wrestle with Tang Zhangwei again.
The generals hoped to use the power of this time to quickly expand outward, while the Wenchen hoped to protect the territory and the people.
Tang Zhangwei announced the land of seven states, and trained 100,000 male soldiers, including 30,000 cavalry, including mule army, and 70,000 infantry.
In addition, all officials must be re-evaluated, and those who are greedy for ink, as well as those who were previously appointed arbitrarily by Gao Biao, must be re-evaluated.
Tang Zhangwei ordered the establishment of the Tang Literature Museum, which specialized in teaching arithmetic and Tang characters, and all the teachers were served by the original scholars.
In the army, Tang Zhangwei also established a literacy class, and let all soldiers and generals learn to read and write in their spare time.
Tang Zhangwei ordered that anyone who reads books after passing the exam, knows more than 1,000 words, can write articles, and can understand arithmetic, can receive Lu Mi and Tang Tongbao.
Each scholar was given five liters of rice, and Wei Zhuang opposed this proposal, saying: "In this way, it will be wasted on money and food, which is not conducive to the general's hegemony." β
Wei Wan'er said: "Brother, you are wrong, this is not only not a waste of money and food, but a good thing to clean up people's hearts." β
Tang Zhangwei and Wei Wan'er looked at each other, and he smiled and said, "Those who know me, Wei Wan'er too!" β
However, this policy has not been well implemented.
Many scholars, hearing that they could white-collar Lu Mi, immediately rushed to the official office. After they passed the exam, they sat there in a daze, and they couldn't get a copy for more than a month.
Because these scholars were powerless, the officials deliberately played tricks on them, and they deliberately humiliated these scholars.
Tang Zhangwei thought that his good governance had been implemented, because every day he received the news that those who read were grateful to Dade.