Chapter 198: Aftermath (2)

"Ps: Okay, this is the end of the plot of the Battle of Wei Chu, and then there is no need to be so serious in the description of the court. In addition, the "Father-Son War" is originally a purely funny line, and I am very satisfied that you can smile when you read it, so I don't plan to change it against the original intention. As for the rest of the intrigues, I will try to describe them as rigorously and cruelly as possible. There may be another chapter to be added later.'"

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Indeed, as for how to place the Ping Xuan Army, Zhao Hongrun has been thinking and thinking about it these days.

It stands to reason that this army, which was composed entirely of Chu people, should have been withdrawn after the war, and the generals and sergeants should have been dispersed and placed among the Chu civilians who went to Wei.

But this arrangement, in Zhao Hongrun's opinion, is a pity, after all, no matter how you say it, the Pingxuan Army is also composed of the original Xiong Hu Army and the original Xiong Tuo soldiers, which are all soldiers who have experienced the battlefield battles, no matter what their combat effectiveness is, their willpower is obviously much better than the Wei Rong Army that has never set foot on the battlefield in some places in Wei State, and they are trained as if they were a regular army.

It would be a pity to revoke it and break it up hastily.

But on the other hand, if you want to keep this army, the location of the garrison is another problem.

However, it just so happens that there is an empty city in Dawei right now, an empty seat that must not be easily abandoned, Shangshui!

From the geographical point of view, Shangshui City is not only one of the important hubs of Yingshui water transportation, its east, along the Yingshui further downstream, is just a part of the feudal town of Pingyujun Xiong Hu, Chen County, Xiangcheng two places.

Therefore, Shangshui County must be stationed with heavy troops.

From another point of view, Zhao Hongrun's Liuping army was stationed in Shangshui, also to reserve a way out.

What retreat?

A retreat from the private cooperation transaction with the Jun Xiong Tuo of the city!

I remember that a while ago, Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, had privately mentioned the transaction to Zhao Hongrun. Although Xiong Tuo did not elaborate on it at that time, this kind of transaction is actually easy to guess, it is nothing more than Zhao Hongrun giving Xiong Tuo food and armaments, and Xiong Tuo is rewarded with more Chu specialties.

Although Zhao Hongrun did not agree at that time, in his heart, he obviously tended to secretly support Xiong Tuo more. After all, Xiong Tuo is currently experiencing a defeat, and this person is about to lose ground in Chu. And once Xiong Tuo loses power, under the advantages of one and the other, Guling Jun Xiong Wu and Liyang Jun Xiong Sheng will gain power.

Xiong Wu is okay to say, after all, whether it is Xiong Tuo, Qu Cheng, Yan Mo and others, they all feel that Xiong Wu is just a straw bag with the lofty aristocratic status of the Xiong family, and the problem lies with Liyang Jun Xiong Sheng.

Instead of letting Liyang Jun Xiong Sheng be powerful on the side of Chu State, it is better to secretly support Xiong Tuo, the Jun of Xuancheng, and ask Xiong Tuo and Xiong Sheng to take food. This is the most favorable situation for the Wei State.

And if you want to secretly support Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, then Zhao Hongrun must master Shangshui County.

Because only by mastering Shangshui County, Zhao Hongrun had all kinds of reasons to hide people's ears, nominally to transport a large number of materials to Shangshui, but in fact, he continued downstream along Yingshui, and went straight to Chen County or Xiangcheng controlled by Pingyujun Xiong Hu.

On the other hand, if the official in charge of governing Shangshui County is not Zhao Hongrun's confidant. Well, this kind of private dealing, which must not be publicized. Or it may be detected by others and used as a lever.

Out of this consideration, Zhao Hongrun planned to build Shangshui County into a military frontier city, and only let the soldiers of Pinghui and their families live.

Such an arrangement has various advantages: first, it can avoid the mixing of Wei and Chu people, so as to avoid unnecessary disputes; second, the Pinghui Army can be retained and properly resettled; Third. The heavy troops of Shangshui County can effectively contain Xiong Hu, the king of Pingyu, and Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, although it seems like the current situation, the pair of cousins should not raise troops against Wei again; As for the fourth, it is to facilitate Zhao Hongrun's private trade with Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, in the future.

Come and think about it. The only concern is the loyalty of the Pingxuan army, for example, whether this army will be rebelled against by the Chu State again.

But even so, Zhao Hongrun did not intend to give up food because of choking: because he thought that the Pingxuan army might be rebelled by the Chu State in the future, so he revoked and dispersed it today.

After all, in Zhao Hongrun's view, it seems that Qu Cheng, Yan Mo and others are all quite outstanding generals, if he Wei has always only held the idea of a corner of peace, then there is no need for the Pingxuan army to exist.

He Wei guarded the few small armies in the country, and waited for the armies of other countries to grow more and stronger, and finally they were destroyed by the rest of the countries.

And if he Wei has the ambition to dominate the world in this troubled era of great power, or even to dominate the whole world, then it is necessary to expand the domestic army as much as possible, and it is only a rare case that the weak will defeat the strong in the end.

Moreover, stationing the Pinghui army in Shangshui County is also like a signal similar to "a thousand gold buys horse bones", which can make people all over the world understand that no matter what country people are, even if they are from Chu, a former enemy country of Wei, as long as they defect to Wei and are loyal to Wei, then they can also be reused.

It is believed that in this way, those depressed talents in various countries in the world will defect to Wei one after another, and these talents will also make the entire Wei State become stronger and stronger.

In a word, if Wei really has the ambition to win the world, then it is bound to have a mind that can accommodate people from other countries, even if it is a Chu person.

Of course, in order to be cautious, Zhao Hongrun still planned to split the Pingshui Army: Shangshui County had 20,000 soldiers, and the guards would be Gu Liangwei, Wu Majiao, and Wu Ji, and the number would be changed to "Shangshui Army"; Under the command of Qu Cheng and Yan Mo, 30,000 troops were retained, stationed in Zhao Hongrun's original Yanshui camp, and the name was changed to "Yanshui Army".

Zhao Hongrun knew that Qu Cheng and Gu Liangwei were dissatisfied with each other, so this arrangement was also made to restrain each other.

On the whole, staying in the 50,000 troops in the Shangshui and Yanshui areas can also effectively contain the army of the Chu State, so as to avoid the recurrence of the incident of bypassing the Fencheng Fortress and directly attacking Xiping, Shangshui and even the hinterland of the Great Wei like Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng.

The next day, after handing over Shangshui to Gu Liangwei, Zhao Hongrun immediately left the city and went to the Yanshui camp with Qu Cheng, Yan Mo and his 30,000 Ping Xuan army, or the New Yanshui Army.

And at this time. The more than 200,000 civilians of the Chu State who migrated from Zhaoling City also arrived in Yanling one after another.

Today's Yanling is also an empty city, after all, Zhao Hongrun once set fire to the city in order to design Xiong Hu, the king of peace, and moved the people in the city to Anling.

But the other way around. It would be a pity if this land was abandoned, after all, Yanling is located by Yanshui, and the city and county that is generally located by the river can become a rich city and county with a little development, and Zhao Hongrun does not want this place to be abandoned.

Therefore, before the development of the land of Sanchuan was completed, Zhao Hongrun decided to place the 200,000 civilians of the Chu State in Yanling and Changping, plus Shangshui County. These three cities were enough for the people who moved from Chu to Wei.

As for the garrison of the escort, it is believed that the 20,000 merchant and water troops plus the 30,000 Yan water army are enough to protect the stability of this land.

When Zhao Hongrun's order was issued, the 200,000 civilians of the Chu State were very happy, after all, the long journey was a very hard thing, and they naturally hoped to get a piece of land that could be settled for a long time as soon as possible.

Although it is said that Yanling City was burned down by fire, almost only the walls on all sides and the ruins of the city were left. But even so, these 200,000 civilians of the Chu State are still very satisfied. After all, it was close to hills, close to water, and vast fields waiting to be cultivated, and they didn't want more.

As a result, the women, children, and children among the more than 200,000 people of Chu began to clean up the ruins in the city, and among them, the men, plus the 30,000 Yan Shui army under Qu Cheng's command. Nearly 300,000 people felled trees nearby and transported them to the city to help build houses, and nearly 300,000 people were engaged in the rebuilding of Yanling City.

"Your Highness has changed his mind. Are you worried that these people will not be able to support the migration to the land of Sanchuan? ”

Shi Junshui's general Baili looked at the reconstruction project of Yanling City and asked Zhao Hongrun.

In fact, Bailiba also has some concerns about this, after all, although the weather is getting warmer at the beginning of spring, but after all, the land of Sanchuan is far away, if these Chu people are forcibly moved there, there will inevitably be many people who fall on the way due to fatigue and other factors, like this, Yanling is indeed an excellent place to resettle.

Here's the problem......

"I don't know if Your Highness has noticed that most of the more than 200,000 people in Chu are women, children, old and young?" Bailiba whispered to Zhao Hongrun.

Yes, due to the relationship between Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu and Huancheng Jun Xiong Tuo who recruited 160,000 troops to attack Wei in one go, now among the more than 200,000 people of Chu State, there are relatively few young and strong men in the age group of thirteen to thirty-five, and more are families like Wu Ji: widowed women with young children, and there are old people who are gradually aging, and among the civilians with seven to nine people in a household, men over the age of thirteen probably only account for one or two, and there is even no shortage of women, children, old and young.

"Take your time." Zhao Hongrun stretched out his hand and scratched his forehead, comforting each other: "As long as it is ten years, the population here should be considerable." ”

"Ten years...... Bailiba nodded thoughtfully.

For the development of a country, ten years is not a long time, and after ten years, those young boys and girls in front of them will grow up, and then Yanling will inevitably develop into a populous and rich city.

Of course, there are many things to consider during the period, for example, the Wei people in Zhaoling, Suiyang, Xihua and other places are bound to hate the Chu people in Yanling and Changping because of this war, and how to resolve the grievances and contradictions between the two will be a headache for the court in the future.

In addition, there are also pensions, material aid, tax exemptions and other matters in these cities, and I believe that this year's imperial household department will be very busy.

"By the way, Your Highness, there has been a message from the side of Daliang, asking when our army will return to Daliang in triumph, saying that it is necessary to give an exact date in advance......"

As he said this, Bailiba's face was full of meaningful smiles.

Zhao Hongrun frowned when he heard this, and said tentatively: "The general means ......"

"I believe Your Highness also guessed it."

Bailiba said with a smile.

He couldn't help but begin to fantasize about the huge reception scene when His Royal Highness King Su led the army back to Daliang, Wei Tianzi, hundreds of officials of the imperial court, and even half of the soldiers and civilians in Daliang City all went out of the city to greet him. (To be continued.) )