Chapter 48: Taiyuan
The army rested for three days in the eldest son, and then Hao Zhao took Zhang Jie's men and horses to receive the county seats.
Three days later, Zhang Jie set up troops and went to Taiyuan. Taiyuan County, the county in Jinyang (now Shanxi Dayuan Jinyuan) is also the political center of the state.
If you get Jinyang, you will have to Taiyuan, and the state will basically take it.
A few days later, Zhang Jie's men came to Jinyang, Taiyuan, Zhang Jie did not besiege the city first, only sent envoys into the city, and Zhang Jie camped five miles outside the city.
The messenger is Wang Hao, when Wang Hao came to the city and said that Zhang Jie sent a messenger, the soldiers guarding the city saw that there was only one person and put the hanging basket to let Wang Hao go up, and entered the Taiyuan Taishou Mansion, Taiyuan Taishou, called Wang Su, is Wang Yun's clan, Taiyuan Wang family is the largest family in Taiyuan.
Wang Hao said: Meet Wang Taishou. Wang Su is actually very afraid of Zhang Jie in his heart, mainly because Zhang Jie is famous for killing the family. Wang Sudao: What did Zhang Shimin send you to do? Wang Hao said: A certain is here to save Wang Taishou.
Hmph, save so-and-so, think about how to save yourself first, you are not afraid that so-and-so will kill you first?
Wang Hao smiled: Don't be afraid, Wang Taishou doesn't dare, I'm just a small messenger, if Taishou killed so, it just gave my lord an excuse to slaughter the city.
Even if my lord doesn't slaughter the city, the Taiyuan royal family will definitely have no grass.
My lord may be soft when he kills ordinary people, but he won't blink an eye when he kills your Wang family.
When Wang Su heard this, he was stunned. He just wanted to scare Wang Hao, but he didn't expect Wang Hao to threaten him.
Wang Sudao: Okay, what did you say was the matter here? Wang Hao said: The housekeeper hopes that Wang Taishou can surrender.
Wang Su thought for a while and said: What about the conditions? Wang Haodao: Taishou surrendered to the Wang family's property and could not move a penny, and the Wang family's land was the same. But the rent must be reduced. This cannot be changed.
If Wang Taishou wants to continue to be Taishou, he can do it, but he can't be in Taiyuan, he can go to Jizhou or Youzhou. Wang Su was afraid of rent reduction and loss of power, and said: If I surrender, can I serve in Taiyuan?
Wang Hao said: Wang Taishou is for your good, if you serve in Taiyuan, sooner or later the Wang family will be killed, my lord will not allow corrupt officials to exist, you are in Taiyuan, if the Wang family commits a crime, will you help or not? If you are investigated for favoritism, do you know the consequences?
Now the army is pressing, and if you surrender, you can ensure the safety of your property and family. It's just that you can reduce the land rent and let the poor people have more ways to live, and Wang Taishou is also a person who reads poetry and books. Is it so hard to make some sacrifices for the people?
Wang Su thought for a while and said: The envoy will go down to rest first, and he will ask someone to discuss. Wang Hao: I nodded and said yes. But in the evening, you have to go back, otherwise there may be a misunderstanding. Good.
In the hall of the Taishou Mansion, Wang Su called a group of civil and military officers and said: Now Zhang Jie's army is pressing. What shall we do?
Wang Su said again: Zhang Jie just sent an envoy into the city to persuade a certain person to surrender. What should you do?
A military general's name is Chen Gangdao: Jinyang City is high and deep, Zhang Jie only has 30,000 horses, and we also have more than 10,000 horses.
Another scribe said: Since Ding Yuan was killed, Dong Zhuo led himself to join the state, but he has never been to the state, and now that everyone is dead, Taishou asks himself if he has the determination to dominate the world?
If you are determined, you should hold on to the city, or ask for help.
If there is no determination to dominate the world, and the state will be someone else's sooner or later, we can keep it for a while, can we keep it for a lifetime? If we don't surrender, the result will be Zhang Jie's siege, and if the city is broken, we will die. If you are not afraid of death, even if you keep this time, what about next time?
The only ones who can threaten our merger are Jizhou Zhang Jie, Hanoi Wang Kuang, Hedong Yang Feng, and the Xiongnu.
Wang Kuang, Yang Feng, I am not the master of success, if I don't surrender Zhang Jie, won't I surrender to the Huns?
Everyone is silent, they are all thinking about it, even if they beat Zhang Jie this time, what about next time? What's the point? Wang Kuang, Yang Feng, what kind of people have made things happen?
There is another humanitarian: Taishou, did Zhang Jie's envoy put forward any conditions?
Wang Sudao: As long as we surrender, Zhang Jie will ensure the safety of our talents, and the same is true for the land, but the rent must be reduced, the same as in Jizhou. Everyone stopped talking, although the property was still there, but the rent reduction was also heart-wrenching.
Chen Gangdao: I don't believe that I can't hold the city anymore, if I surrender without fighting, wouldn't it make Zhang Jie look down on our men.
Does General Chen know Lu Bu? Know: There are a few people who don't know. How many rounds can General Chen take under Lu Bu?
This, this ,...... Ten rounds should do. Everyone was half chilled when they heard this.
Can the general know, Dian Wei, Zhao Yunhu?
Dian Wei tore apart with Lu Bu in the Tiger Prison Pass for half a day, and finally returned to the camp regardless of whether they won or lost, and went to Yun to kill Hua Xiong in one round. How many rounds does the general think he can last against Zhao Yun?
Chen Gang stopped talking, and it made no difference if he wanted to face Zhao Yun, and it was estimated that he would be sent to death.
Wang Su said: Hey, it's not that I'm greedy for life and afraid of death. But it's invincible!
For the sake of the people of the city, let's surrender. Please General Chen strictly enforce military discipline and don't let Zhang Jie have an excuse to deal with us, if the general still wants to be a general in the army, he should recommend General Chen.
After everyone dispersed, Wang Su called Wang Hao and said, "Please send the messenger back and tell Zhang that Wang Su is willing to surrender." Please make you enter the city tomorrow.
Wang Hao said happily: Wang Taishou understands that the righteousness Hao admires, you and I are both surnamed Wang, and we are about to serve the Lord together, and I will ask Wang Taishou to take care of me in the future.
When Wang Hao returned to Zhang Jie's tent, he said that tomorrow Wang Su would lead the civil and military officials to surrender.
Zhang Jie was overjoyed and said: Okay! You've done it beautifully, I've made a note of it.
Gao Randao: Will it be a fraud? Wang Hao said: I don't think so.
Ju Yidao: Whether it is a real surrender or a fraudulent surrender, as long as the city gate is opened, it is easier for our family to occupy the city gate first than to attack the city.
Yes, General Ju said yes, as long as the city gate is opened, it is easier than the siege.
On the morning of the second day, the city gate was opened, but I didn't expect Wang Su to learn from the ancients, hanging the Taishou seal with a rope around his neck naked, kneeling dozens of steps outside the city gate. On both sides knelt the civil and military forces. Zhang Jie looks at how this is a bit like filming TV is unreal, but it is true.
Zhang Jie came to Wang Su's side accompanied by Dian Wei, and Wang Su raised the seal with both hands.
Dao: Wang Su did not measure his strength to lead the civil and military forces of Taiyuan County to beg for surrender to Zhang Zhijun. Zhang Jie took the seal and said: Wang Taishou understands the righteousness, Jie is deeply pleased, please hurry up, and then Zhang Jie gave the seal to the guards, and helped Wang Su with both hands. Dao: Enter the city.
Zhao Yun led the cavalry first, and then the soldiers and horses walked into the city. Even Li Ru was stunned, there was such a neat and powerful footwork in the world. It is impossible for all of the 30,000 troops to enter the city, only 5,000 into the city, and the rest are stationed outside the city.
The Taishou Mansion is the former Prefecture Thorn History Mansion. This is a big building, with a history of more than 100 years, Zhang Jie kneels and sits in the main seat of the lobby, both sides of the civil and military. Zhang Jie said: If you can peacefully settle in Taiyuan without means of war, Wang Taishou will also make the first contribution.
However, there are still more than a dozen county towns in Taiyuan that have not been received, so Wang Taishou was asked to send people to accompany Wang Hao to receive the cities. Next, there are Hexi County, Yanmen County, Yunzhong County, Wuyuan County, Shuofang County and other counties. I don't know if you still have a river to discuss? You can speak freely.
Wang Su said: If you want to quickly occupy the state must seize the Yanmen Pass, if you let the Xiongnu know that the state is in the civil war, it is likely to attack the Yanmen Pass, if the Yanmen Pass is lost, it will be a disaster for the state, Yanmen County now only has 2,000 soldiers, mainly stationed in the Yanmen Pass. The imperial court was corrupt these years.
The Huns often have the move to enter the customs, and there are many of their spies in the state, the lord and the state can be slowly recovered, but this pass must not be lost, otherwise the Huns will come to the state to fight the grass valley, I don't know how many people will be killed and wounded.
Zhang Jie also knows the importance of Yanmen Pass, the three sides of the rush to be incomparable, Jiusai respects the first pass, it can be said that a history of Yanmen Pass, is half of the bloody ancient Chinese military history, the Warring States period Zhao famous general Li Mu, is a perennial battle in the Yanmen Pass area. After Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, he sent the general Meng Tian to lead 300,000 troops from Yanmen Pass to the north, recovered the Hetao area, drove the Xiongnu to the north of Yinshan, and built the Great Wall.
The famous generals of the Han Dynasty, such as Li Guang, Wei Qing and Huo Quzhi, went out of Yanmen to the north to attack the Xiongnu many times, and the Xiongnu fled far away from Mobei and did not dare to peep into the Han realm in the south. Guo Ziyi, a famous general in the Tang Dynasty, went out of Yanmen to quell the Anshi Rebellion. Xue Rengui guarded Yanmen Pass for a long time to defend against Turkic southern invaders.
During the Northern Song Dynasty, Yanmen Pass actually became the border line between Song and Liao, and the loyal and brave Yang family will guard Yanmen Pass for a long time, and the Liao army has carried out a protracted tug-of-war on the front line of Yanmen Pass, leaving many heroic stories of loyalty to the country.
Even in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in later generations, the Eighth Route Army still fought guerrillas at Yanmen Pass. Thinking of this, Zhang Jie said: Zilong, you immediately lead 3,000 cavalry to Yanmen Pass, bring more supplies and food, it is best to collude with the generals guarding the pass to fight your own people, we will fight the Huns and other alien races in the future. Although the Southern Xiongnu have surrendered, they have begun to be ready to disobey discipline over the years, and when Lao Tzu unifies the north, they have to be replaced. Go, the sooner the better.
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