Chapter 573: Bonds
The situation in Jianzhou deteriorated rapidly, like an avalanche, which was beyond Mu Heng's expectations.
The wolves are not extinguished, and the lions are aggressive.
Faced with the Qin army that quietly broke into the eastern part of Jianzhou, Mu Heng had no good plan and felt the danger of the situation.
Jianzhou gathered soldiers from the two prefectures, with a number of more than seventy or eighty thousand, which was comparable to the number of Qin troops led by Lin Jianlu and Ruan Xinghe, and Mu Heng still did not dare to lead the army to attack Qin with arrogance.
When the strong enemy was waiting, he was still waiting, waiting for the county soldiers from Sichuan Prefecture to come, and after the number exceeded the Qin army, he waited for the opportunity to fight.
Yancheng!
Jianzhou North, Hanhai County.
A relatively prosperous city.
The population of the city is more than 30,000 or 40,000, because it is the only way to the old capital of Dakang, and it is of great strategic importance militarily.
Lin Jianlu, Ruan Xinghe, led the army into Jianzhou, and sent Han Chuhe to lead the vanguard to capture Hancheng in the northwest corner of Jianzhou, Ruan Xinghe and Zhao Poyu easily broke the city under the cover of night.
Occupying Yancheng, the Qin army gained a foothold in Jianzhou.
led the army to attack the Mu family, and the lone army went deep into Jianzhou.
In order to avoid the recurrence of the war disaster in Gaotang Prefecture, before the march, Ruan Xinghe deliberately took his old partner Han Chuhe, who fought in Jiangzhou, and transferred Zhao Poyu and Jin Yuanzong under the command of Gongsun Ang, these two people were all his old troops when he fought with Gongsun Ang in Xiliang.
They are all generals who kill people like hemp and regard death as home.
At this time, Lin Jianlu, Ruan Xinghe, Zhao Poyu, Han Chuhe, Jin Yuanzong, Lei Tong and several other generals were discussing combat matters.
They led the army into Jianzhou, easily captured Hancheng and Yancheng, and seized a large amount of money, grain, and ordnance.
The Qin army had been resting in Yancheng for ten days, which seriously delayed the time of the battle.
Lin Jianlu is a veteran of Dakang, familiar with the history of Jianzhou, and understands the customs and customs of Jianzhou.
The Zhao Kang royal family ruled Jianzhou for hundreds of years, and the people of Jianzhou were loyal to Dakang.
When Mu took over Jianzhou and replaced Zhao Kang's royal rule over Jianzhou, several large-scale uprisings broke out in Jianzhou, led by the Maison.
Eventually, the Mu brothers led an army to suppress the uprising.
Many rebel generals were defeated and killed, and some people surrendered to the Mu family, Mu Yi, and Mu Heng took the opportunity to select strong young people in the rebel army to form the Mu family army.
In order to prevent the Qin army from occupying Jianzhou, an uprising broke out in Jianzhou, endangering the safety of the Qin army and delaying their conquest of Rongzhou and Sichuanzhou.
In response to the heavy tax policy implemented by the Mu brothers in Jianzhou, Rongzhou, and Chuanzhou, Lin Jianlu deliberately weakened the taxes of Hancheng and Yancheng, and reduced the Mu brothers' policy of looting the people and merchants.
It is also to abolish the policy of joint sitting and reduce the cruel and inhumane punishment.
After the promulgation of the decree, the Qin army was actively supported by the people of Hancheng and Yancheng, and the local families even sent money and food to reward the Qin army.
Although the people of Jianzhou were afraid of the Qin army and had no hostility towards the Qin state, after all, for them, the Qin army was a foreign enemy, and the Qin army's occupation of Hancheng and Yancheng belonged to foreign invasion. But since the decline of Dakang, the Zhao Kang royal family lost its rule over Jianzhou, Rongzhou, and Sichuanzhou.
The three states fell into the hands of Muhammad and for several years, they became independent.
The key is that after the Mu brothers quelled the uprising, in order to prevent riots and better rule Jianzhou, they implemented a policy of heavy taxation and joint sitting.
This move caused the local businessmen and wealthy families to be disturbed and miserable.
Under the policy of joint sitting, the patriarch of the family did not even dare to travel with three people, lest he be exposed as plotting an uprising.
Therefore, the Qin army occupied Hancheng and Yancheng, abolished heavy taxes, abolished criminal punishments, and the families in the two places were relieved.
In order to win over Hancheng, the wealthy families and people in Yancheng, after the patriarch of the living family sent money and grain, Lin Jianlu specially sent Han Chuhe to kill the collateral children of the Mu family in Yancheng in public at the head of the city.
The people, who had been bullied by the Mu family for a long time, increasingly supported the Qin army's conquest.
Originally, the Qin army was supported by the people of Hancheng and Yancheng, Lin Jianlu and Ruan Xinghe should lead the army to fight, taking advantage of the momentum of the Qin army and taking advantage of the fact that the Mu family army had not returned in the north, marching to other cities, waiting for an opportunity to expand the results of the battle.
However, Lin Jianlu and Ruan Xinghe underestimated the influence of the Mu family on the people of Yancheng and Hancheng, to be precise, the influence of the bandits in the city and the bandits in the mountains.
When Han Chuhe led the army to capture Hancheng, Ruan Xinghe, and Zhao Polu led the army to attack Yancheng, many rogues in Hancheng ignored the law of the forest to reduce taxes and abolish punishments, and even rebelled in the city, attacking Han Chuhe's headquarters at night, and even worse, some rogues rushed into the Qin army's military camp and tried to burn the Qin army's grain and grass.
Outside the city, bandits from all over the country who occupied the mountains gathered and openly attacked Hancheng, which was occupied by Han Chuhe.
Although Han Chuhe was iron-blooded and thunderous, he led the army to kill the bandits in the city, led the army out of the city to chase and kill the bandits who attacked the city, and hung the corpses of the anti-Qin people at the head of the city, killing chickens and monkeys to set an example, but unfortunately his iron-blooded killing had little effect.
In Hancheng, where the Qin army was entrenched, there were rogues from time to time.
Ruan Xinghe and Zhao Polu led the army to capture Yancheng, which was welcomed by the people in the city, but they also encountered people who were favored by the Mu brothers, who led the Liukou to cause chaos in the city, which seriously affected the pace of the Qin army's battle.
When Mu Yi and Mu Heng led the army back to Jianzhou and sent troops to harass the Qin army, the situation became more and more serious.
There were rogues who burned the yamen in the city, killed the patrolling Qin army, and deliberately provoked the relationship between the big families in the city and the Qin army.
In order to reduce worries, in the past few days, Lin Jianlu, Ruan Xinghe, sent Han Chuhe to meet the Mu family army that harassed the Qin army, and sent Zhao Poyu, Jin Yuanzong, and Lei Tong to quell the bandits in the city, and went into the mountains to kill the bandits.
It took several days to delay the Qin army's battle before it completely eradicated the people who endangered the Qin army.
There was time to discuss the matter of combat.
"Marshal, the scouts have news, General Guo and General Gongsun led the army to seize Jiangzhou, and are currently leading the army to break into Jianzhou and fight on the eastern front, we will eradicate the bandits in the city and the bandits in the mountains, we have been delayed for too long, we can't wait!" In the hall, Han Chuhe spoke to Lin Jianlu.
Kill chickens with a cattle slaughtering knife!
They led their army to Jianzhou, and their purpose was to completely annihilate the Mujia army and seize Jianzhou.
Today, I spend a lot of time on trivial matters, wasting time and missing opportunities.
Not only did the Mu brothers lead the army back from the north, Mu Heng sat in Jianzhou, but was also harassed by a small group of Jianzhou county soldiers, according to the scout report, the Mu brothers are gathering the county soldiers of Jianzhou, Rongzhou, and Sichuanzhou, if Mu Heng has a large number of county soldiers, even if the county soldiers are weak, but when the number of county soldiers exceeds the Qin army, it is still difficult to hit the county soldiers, kill Mu Heng, and seize Jianzhou.
If you are not careful, the Qin army may repeat the mistakes of the past, like the conquest of Gaotang Prefecture, and be dragged in Jianzhou.
What's more, within the Qin army, there is also competition between various generals.
Guo Jikang and Gongsun Ang led the army into Jianzhou, fought non-stop on the eastern front, and faced few resistance from the Mu family's army, and they may strike later and establish more military achievements.