Chapter 430: Going East Can Turn Over the Yalu River 4
The wealthy families in the Xi clan are all surnamed Xiao and Yelu. This was the case with Jerod Aguzhe.
As the confidant of Xiao Gan, the king of Xi, Yelu Aguzhe is the son of the chief of the Meiji tribe. Young, brave, and deeply supported by young people in the Mei tribe, after the old patriarch returns to heaven in the future, although there are many sons under his knees, but the one who can inherit the position of the patriarch must be Yelu Agu Zhe.
A few months ago, Xiao Gan, the king of Xi, returned to Jianke Mountain with the Xi army and the Bohai Navy, saying that the Great Liao had died, and since then, the Xi people have to take advantage of the situation and build a country. The concubine of the Minister of Ori is the sister of Xiao Gan, the king of Xi, and naturally supports Xiao Gan. Relying on the support of the Ori Department, Xi Wang Xiao Gan gathered the leaders and generals of the Xi tribe in Jianke Mountain, changed the Yuan Tianfu, established the Great Xi State, and called himself the Holy Emperor of the Xi State, and the lobby of the Xi Wangfu was also renamed the "Iron Tile Oolong Palace", appointed officials, and minted the "Tianfu Tongbao" money. also recruited people, and for a time, King Xi had seventy or eighty thousand people under him.
In the era of the Xi people, they cultivated in the area of Zhongjing, and the various departments had no ambitions, and now Xiao Gan wants to recruit troops and buy horses, and they are very prosperous, and the Mei Division, the Chu Li Department and the Yaoli Department all feel that it is inappropriate, but the Ori Department and the Bird Department of Xi Wang Xiao Gan strongly agitated, and the three departments reluctantly complied.
The first thing Xiao Gan, the emperor of Xi State, did was to prepare food for the Xi people for the winter. The grain that should have been harvested this autumn was not harvested because the Jin soldiers besieged Zhongjing and looted in all directions, and the grain in the field was also confiscated. This year's winter was surprisingly colder than usual, and there were already people in all tribes who were dying of cold and starvation.
Xiao Gan left 10,000 horses to guard Jianke Mountain, and then personally took the remaining 50,000 horses, turned over Lulongsai, attacked Jingzhou in a battle, killed the guard Liu Zi, not only robbed the state city treasury grain depot, but also searched the whole city in the city, and robbed the Han and Khitan people's family property, grain, and livestock. In this battle, a lot of grain was obtained, as well as cattle and sheep, gold and silver, women, etc. In addition to leaving the army rations, Xiao Gan transported all the rest back to the country to Jianke Mountain, claiming that he would wait for the return to the court to be rewarded.
At this time, these Xi soldiers were red-eyed, and the Liao soldiers in Jingzhou City were just Liao soldiers who had no fighting spirit, and they would not fight to the death at all, I heard that Jizhou, Wuqing and other cities were like this.
One Jingzhou is naturally not enough to survive the winter. Xiao Gan then sent troops to attack Shimen Town. This Shimen Town is the gateway to Jizhou, once Shimen Town is captured, Jizhou will be a defenseless city.
Although he disdained Xiao Gan to kill innocents so indiscriminately, for the sake of the people in his own tribe, Yelu Aguzhe personally led the soldiers of his clan to storm all night, and finally captured Shimen Town. Xiao Gan, the emperor of Xi State, saw that Yelu Aguzhe was so brave, and he was even more interested in winning over Aguzhe and the Mei only department behind Aguzhe, so he specially rewarded Aguzhe with 500 sets of armor and 1,000 stone of grain.
Later, when he heard that the defenders of Yanjing City were fighting with the Jin army in the west for Juyong Guancheng, Xiao Gan ordered Aguzhe to be the vanguard, plus the rest of the troops and horses, and captured Jizhou City in one fell swoop.
After capturing Jizhou City, Xiao Gan allowed the soldiers to burn and loot in the city, but only gave half of the looted property. Grain is not allowed to be kept privately, and all of it is stored in the state treasury. As for women, Xiao Gan didn't care about them, and let these red-eyed soldiers vent.
Although he was young, Aguzhe disdained such indulgence. He also strictly ordered the soldiers of his tribe to only rob goods and food, and not to commit adultery.
It's just that although he can restrain his subordinates, Agu Zhe's behavior is gradually ridiculed by people from other tribes behind his back, and some people even say that Agu Zhe has hidden diseases and the like.
Emperor Xiao Gan of Xi State saw that Yanjing City had retreated from the Jin soldiers, and there was trouble in the Southern Dynasty, so the elite soldiers and iron cavalry rushed to the southern border river, feeling that this was a godsend.
Xiao Gan summoned all the generals in Jizhou, and declared that he would go south to attack the city and plunder the land, but I don't know which general was willing to lead the troops to go.
Jizhou is the largest city outside of Yanjing, and it is also a place where merchants and goods gather from the north and south. Besides, where can Jizhou City be rich in those small counties? What's more, the south side is low-lying, and the network is crisscrossed, and these Xi troops go back and forth in the mountains, and no one can beat them, but when they reach the south canals and ponds, they will be infected if they don't drown.
At the moment, these generals all lowered their heads one by one, beating their heads on the street for a beautiful woman, and they were all silent at this time.
Agu Zhe was thinking about being able to leave Jizhou, out of sight and out of mind, seeing that these people didn't want to go, he stood up and said to Xiao Gan, the emperor of Xi State, "The last general is willing to go south to attack the city for the emperor." ”
When Xiao Gan saw that Yelu Aguzhe was willing to go, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and allocated some arrows and weapons to Aguzhe, so he ordered Aguzhe to lead his troops to capture Anci City the next day.
Ancicheng is located in the middle line of the south, middle and north, and the choice situation is unknown, Xiao Gan knows that Yanjing City is strong and difficult to attack, so he naturally refuses to let his subordinates directly attack Yanjing City. Instead, they chose the Anci and Gu'an lines in the middle line.
Agu Zhe asked his subordinates to pack up their bags and utensils that night, and the next morning he led his troops south, rushed more than 100 miles, and rushed to Anci City, where there were no officers and soldiers to defend, just some private guards of wealthy families. Aguzhe led his 20,000 tribal army and attacked Anci Castle in less than half a day.
In addition to grain, grass and property, Agu Zhe did not take anything, but sent people to take half of the looted property and send it back to Jizhou, and the rest of the time was to send troops to guard Anci City, waiting for Xiao Gan's military order, so as to go west to capture Gu'an City.
The time sequence has entered the month of La, to pass Laba, there are more people in the street market in Anci City, ushering in the peak season of festival consumption, scattered merchants made "door gods, peach charms, spring cards"; The paper horse shop prints New Year's pictures such as "Zhong Kui, Cai Ma, Hui Hui Ma", although it is a gadget, but it is also a thing that should be used for the occasion, and the picture is auspicious, and it is expected to be sold for a few dollars. There are even those who hang Tu Su bags outside the door in order to drive away evil spirits and avoid disasters.
Agu Zhe also bought a few, and when he sent people to send the grain back to his tribe, he also sent these Tusu bags and peach charms home, hoping to bless the whole family with peace and auspiciousness.
Sending off the soldiers who sent the food, Agu Zhe was drinking in the house, when he suddenly heard thunder at the city gate, and I don't know what was going on, the defenders on the city gate ran in and reported, "General, there is a Han army outside the city, and he shot an arrow at the city tower, but he almost knocked down the city tower, and now it is about to collapse." What else did he say to tell the king that Wan Shengjun had arrived. ”
Yelu Aguzhe was shocked in his heart, an arrow can knock down the city tower, what kind of heavy arrow is this? This Wan Shengjun has heard the emperor say that it is extremely powerful. An arrow can knock down a city tower, no wonder even the emperor is afraid of him. At that moment, he said to the visitor, "Where is the Han family now?" ”
The soldier who told the news said, "I've ridden away." ”
Aguzhe's heart was relieved, and he said, "Take me to see it." "I like Song Chungui, please collect x Song Chungui.