Chapter 421: The End
Although Yelu Dagri has been killed, the Hejian Mansion is still in the hands of the rebel army, and the rebel general stationed there is Yelu Dagri's deputy marshal who is also Yelu Qi surnamed Yeluqi.
However, most of the main force of the rebel army has been wiped out, and the remaining 20,000 people in Hejian Province are also grasshoppers after the autumn, and they can't jump for a few days.
The 40,000 Song troops were full of vigor and spirit, and when they arrived outside the Hejian Mansion, they did not rush to attack the city in one go, but stationed on the spot.
In fact, as long as Wu Song spreads the news of Yelu Dagri's death to the city, then the hearts of the rebellious army will inevitably be in turmoil, and taking the opportunity to attack the city will definitely be able to take Hejian City like a mountain, but no matter how overwhelming the siege of the Song army is, it will inevitably have casualties, and Wu Song does not want the Song army to make senseless sacrifices.
Therefore, after the army was stationed outside Hejian City, Wu Song sent an envoy to deliver the box containing Yelu Dagri's head to the hands of Yeluqi, the commander of the rebel army in Hejian City.
At the same time, a letter of surrender was also sent.
At this moment, the rebel army is guarding a lonely city, facing 40,000 elite Song troops, it is already a situation where defeat is inevitable, there is no luck, Wu Song believes that the rebel army in the city will surrender, they have no reason to hold on.
Because of this land, the people of this land have nothing to do with them.
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Wu Song did not wait long, after a night's time, the next morning, the city gate of Hejian was opened, 20,000 rebel troops under the leadership of Yeluqi went out of the city to surrender, after leaving the city, the rebel army got off the war horse, put down the weapons, Yeluqi walked alone in front of the Song army, very humble to Wu Song to submit the surrender letter.
Wu Song accepted the surrender with a calm face, and then instructed a team to go and collect the horses and weapons of the rebel army.
At this point, the Hebei rebel army has been completely pacified!
The 40,000 troops behind him shouted in unison, which meant to show off their might, and the main generals were also proud, while those soldiers were miserable.
Wu Song did not stop the soldiers and subordinates from showing off their might, at this time, they should show off their might, and those soldiers who invaded the Great Song Dynasty should also be ridiculed in this way...... It is already grace not to kill them!
"Into town!"
Only 20,000 soldiers were managed by people, and Wu Song led the army into Hejian City with a wave of his hand.
Although Wu Song and others showed off their might before entering the city, he still gave due respect and kindness to Yeluqi and other rebel generals, as well as the soldiers, the Song Dynasty is a dynasty of etiquette, and has always given preferential treatment to the generals and soldiers, which also makes many foreigners take root in the Great Song Dynasty for generations.
Especially in the area of the border of Western Xia and the border of Liao, since the founding of the Song Dynasty, there have been loyal ministers and good generals of foreign races in all dynasties, the most famous is Yang Zhi and their ancestors on the Yang family, and the Yang family will be the eighty commander She Lao Taijun is a party member! Her maiden home is located in Shecheng on the border of Xiben, which has been guarded by the family of the Dangxiang people for generations, and has made great contributions to the Great Song Dynasty to resist the invasion of the Dangxiang people in the Western Xia!
Now in the Northwest Army of the Great Song Dynasty, half of the generals are party members, and now in this Hejian Mansion, nearly half of the people of the Great Song Dynasty are of Khitan blood.
However, these people were indeed the people of the Great Song Dynasty, and they were more loyal to the Great Song Dynasty than half of the Han Chinese.
This phenomenon is actually very easy to understand, just like the Korean ethnic Chinese in later generations, they are the same race as the Koreans, and the written language and national traditions are the same, but these people are our Chinese, in case the two countries fight evil, who do you say these Korean compatriots help?
Originally, the Song Dynasty's handling of the surrender of troops was mainly dismissal, and those who were willing to continue to join the Song Dynasty army as soldiers also had to go through strict review, after all, they were the first generation of foreigners, not the Song Dynasty's natives.
However, Wu Song had great expectations for these surrendered troops, because he was already keenly aware that in the future, the Jin State would be the biggest enemy of the Great Song Dynasty, and now the Liao State was about to be crippled by the Jin people, although these surrendered troops were expelled by their own country, but after all, they were native Liao, and once the Jin State destroyed the Liao, they would definitely have hatred for the Jin people.
The ambition of the Jin people and wolves, in case of committing the Song Dynasty in the future, these Liao cavalry will be a sharp sword if they are used well!
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The news that the Hebei rebels were pacified quickly spread throughout the north and south of the Great Song Dynasty, the government and the opposition celebrated, and the people were boiling.
Three days! It took only three days to pacify the Hebei rebellion, this speed was beyond everyone's expectations, for a time Wu Song's three days to set Hebei miraculous feats were set up as a flaunt, this battle was too beautiful to fight fast and fierce, and beheaded the commander of the rebellion, not only happy, but also played the momentum of the Song army, played the prestige of the Great Song Dynasty!
After receiving the news, the imperial court issued an order as soon as possible, ordering the armies to return to their headquarters to rest and recuperate, and each with a large amount of reward, while Wu Song and other main generals received the order to enter Kaifeng City as soon as possible after resting and receiving the reward.
The face saint was rewarded for his military exploits, which was already a great honor for the general, and it also implied that the amount of this reward would definitely not be low.
As for those generals, except for a few major generals who were going to be brought to Kaifeng, the rest were naturally authorized by Wu Song to deal with them properly.
After staying in Hejian Mansion for a few days, he gave a full reward to his elite soldiers, and after Wu Song divided the soldiers of each state capital, he finally returned to Qingzhou with more than 10,000 Qingzhou soldiers from his headquarters.
In this quelling of the rebellion, the Song army suffered very few casualties, and the 50,000 army lost about 4,000 people after two major battles.
This is also thanks to An Daoquan, a divine doctor who has been with the army, otherwise this casualty figure is likely to exceed 5,000.
And among the 4,000 people lost, the Qingzhou army, which has been rushing to the front, accounted for nearly 1,000 people!
The names and corpses of each of these thousand people, Wu Song, have already checked clearly, brought their corpses back to their hometown, and then gave their families a considerable pension, Wu Song can only do so much.
The battlefield is so cruel, Ci is not in charge of the army, without this small number of people sacrificed, more people will die.
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Qingzhou City is still prosperous.
Outside the proud building, the lights are colorful, the gongs and drums are noisy, Wu Zhi, Song Jiangwu, Xiao Rang and others are dressed in rich and noble costumes, and they are looking at the city gate outside the proud building.
In fact, Deyi Building is located in the prime area of the inner city of Qingzhou City, with lively streets on both sides, and there are pedestrians and shops at a glance...... But Wu Zhi couldn't help but stretch his neck to look in the direction of the city gate.
And Song Jiangwu used them to see that the martial arts officials were like this, and they also stretched their necks to look over there.
ββToday is the day of Wu Song's triumphant return!
This time it was a national-level triumphant, but it was not comparable to the previous encirclement and suppression of bandits, so as early as a few days ago, on Jingdong East Road, the governors of several state capitals around Qingzhou gathered in Qingzhou, in order to welcome Wu Song's return today.
This is also a kind of courtesy for the officialdom of the Song Dynasty to show respect for the generals who have made great contributions, after all, Wu Song is about to go to the Golden Palace to face the saint.
Xie Xuan led the officials to the city gate early in the morning to greet them, while Wu Zhi prepared wine and food in the proud building, waiting for them to come and sit down.
Of course, the Qingzhou camp has already prepared good wine and meat for the soldiers!
"Brother Yun, has Wu Song arrived?" Seeing Brother Yun running over to hear the news in front, Wu Zhi hurriedly asked.
"It's coming, it's coming! It's already at the gates! Brother Yun was panting, and then his face was bitter, and he said: "It's just that after the second brother and the officials and lords greeted each other, they just wanted to enter the city together, but they were stopped by a group of people!" β
When Wu Zhi heard this, he couldn't help but smile at Song Jiangwu beside him.
"The people are so enthusiastic! Hehe! β
"It's not the people who are celebrating, but a group of crying people who stop the second brother!"
As soon as Brother Yun's words changed, Wu Zhi and the others all turned pale and tightened their chrysanthemums after hearing this!