Chapter 36: After the War
Zhou Xuan withdrew his troops and returned to Yuezhou.
Wang Biao and Huang Lang of Jingxing County abandoned the city long before the city of Bei'an was breached, and now they don't know where to flee.
In the entire Bei'an Mansion, there are only more than 1,000 won left, and they have been guarding the land for the imperial court.
When Han Won's deeds reached the imperial court, the new emperor was greatly moved and thought that he was a loyal minister. After some deliberation by the Son of Heaven and several other ministers, he sent a decree to Chuzhou, enshrined Han Yuan as the general of Nanping Mansion, awarded the earl, the title of loyalty, countless rewards of gold and silver, and built a mansion.
In addition, the officers and soldiers who participated in the defense of the city were rewarded. Li Kui was awarded the title of viscount, Ma Erhan, Hu Dahu, and Hu Erhu were awarded the title of baron, and the rest of the officers and soldiers were given gold silk and promoted to official positions.
It was half a month after the officers and soldiers received the imperial reward. At this time, more than 1,000 officers and soldiers in Linwu City had already left Bei'an Mansion and entered the boundary of the state city.
The more than 1,000 people who survived were welcomed by the millions of residents of the state city, and even the state pastor personally came out to receive them, and the scene was extremely grand. Even Bai Junwu, who was born in Jiangmen and coveted Jiang Luoyue, had to admire them.
10,000 officers and soldiers were trapped in the lonely city for two months, and in the end there were only more than 1,000 people left. Bai Junwu prides himself on his strong martial arts and outstanding strategy, but he doesn't dare to say that he can do such a thing.
Han Yuan's injuries were not light, and as soon as he arrived in the state city, he was sent to the hospital, and the state pastor specially arranged the best doctor to treat him. His younger brother Han Xian and his fiancée Jiang Luoyue are also waiting for him at all times.
"Han Lang..."
Looking at Han Yuan, who was lying on the bed with a pale face, Jiang Luoyue burst into tears, choked and held his rough hands.
Han Yuan opened his eyes and looked at the woman in front of him who haunted him, revealing a faint smile.
"Yue'er... I am back. Han Won said in a hoarse voice.
Jiang Luoyue saw that his body was weak, and said distressedly: "Han Lang, don't talk, watch your body." I'm here, I'm there for you. ”
Han Won nodded and stopped talking. Turning his eyes, he saw his younger brother Han Xian also standing aside, looking at him with concern. He blinked his eyes again, but saw a woman and a little boy standing in an inconspicuous place on the side of the crowd, who were secretly looking over here, but it was Lin Miao and Xiao Song.
Han Won's heart suddenly gave birth to a burst of warmth. At the same time, he once again had a headache for Lin Miao.
When he was in Linwu City, he thought he was going to die. At that time, when he recalled the person he cared about the most, there was Lin Miao's face among them.
When a person is about to die, what he recalls in his mind must be the person he cherishes the most. Han Yuan felt that his heart actually cared about Lin Miao, maybe he didn't like it, but he couldn't let it go.
Han Yuan said in his heart, when his injury is healed, he should find an opportunity to talk to Jiang Luoyue.
Anyway, Lin Miao has been taking care of herself by her side for so long, and since her younger brother has no idea about her, she can't help but give her a name.
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Han Won recuperated in the state city for nearly two months before recovering, and now he can barely get out of bed and move.
Li Kui, Ma Erhan, and the two brothers, Dahu and Erhu, often came to visit him. They shared a lot of news with him—mostly about the rebels and the imperial court's war in Yuezhou.
"Uncle, good news. The rebels were defeated again, and this time even the state city was lost. ”
In front of Han Yuan's bed, Ma Erhan said excitedly.
"Erhan, tell me, how did the rebels lose?" Han Won asked with interest.
Ma Erhan's eyebrows fluttered and said: "Speaking of which, Zhou Xuan himself is also to blame." Last time, he sent the general Chang Chao to Nanping to arrest his wife and second master, but he was repelled by the pioneer General Bai. After Chang Chao went back, he was dismissed from all positions by Zhou Xuan and beaten up. In this big battle between the rebels and the imperial army, Chang Chao entangled a group of rebels to act as an internal response and burned down the granary of the anti-king. The rebel granary was lost, and the army was in turmoil, and they were defeated in a daze. ”
Han Yuan shook his head, secretly saying that things are not so simple. He didn't believe that Zhou Xuan would be so stupid, and he didn't believe that Chang Chao would be willing to go undercover for the imperial court because of this.
"Do you think this is going to be a trap? Perhaps, this is Zhou Xuan's deliberate doing, and Chang Chao did not really surrender to the imperial court? ”
"It's, it can't be!" Listening to Han Yuan's words, Ma Erhan exclaimed.
Li Kui on the side thought for a moment, and suddenly said: "Uncle's guess is very likely!" Zhou Xuan has always been cunning, how could he suddenly become so unbearable? ”
The two brothers, the big tiger and the second tiger, sat on the side, listening in a daze. The brothers' knowledge and abilities are at the lower middle level, and their only advantage is that everything is obedient.
"Big Tiger, you go and get the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. I will write a letter immediately, and you give it to the Governor of the Prefecture, and ask him to forward the letter to the Generalissimo who is fighting in Yuezhou. Han Won commanded.
The big tiger listened to the order, did not dare to slack off, and immediately took the pen and ink.
Han Yuan waved his pen, pondered for a moment, and wrote a letter. Dahu took the letter and went to the state pastor as he instructed.
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A few days before the New Year's Festival, the battle in Yuezhou was finally decided.
Zhou Xuan committed suicide after defeat, and most of his family members were captured, and all of them were sent to the capital to wait for the fall of the Son of Heaven.
As expected by the Korean won, Chang Chao was indeed a fraud. Thanks to Han Yuan's letter, the generalissimo of the imperial court counterinsurgency who fought in Yuezhou had a lot of thoughts about Chang Chao. Later, the generalissimo found out that Chang Chao was secretly in contact with the rebels, and immediately sent someone to arrest him. I don't know if it was because Chang was overkilled, and the officers and soldiers acted so quickly that they still escaped for him.
After Chang Chao's plan to oppose the undercover failed, Zhou Xuan had no choice but to start a decisive battle with the imperial court in Xijiang Mansion, Yuezhou.
The world is impermanent, and many officials and gentry who originally supported Zhou Xuan's uprising betrayed him one after another when they saw that the imperial court was far less powerful than they imagined.
The decisive battle lasted only one day, and the rebel army, known as 100,000 troops, was routed. Zhou Xuan saw that the general trend had gone, and immediately committed suicide by drinking the sword. The people who had rebelled with him either surrendered or fled, in short, they were scattered.
At this point, the border of Great Xia finally returned to a short period of tranquility.
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Han Won returned to Nam Binh with his family and subordinates.
This time, because his merits were too great, the imperial court specially set up a general position for him in Nanping Mansion, and his relationship with the secretary of Nanping Mansion was almost equal. In some ways, even the entire Nampyeong Province is now in the hands of the won because he has military power in his hands.
Han won's new home in Nanpyeong, the Earl's Palace, was also built by the imperial court with a huge amount of money, and the entire mansion was built magnificently and exquisitely. It covers an area of 100 acres alone, not to mention all kinds of houses, gardens, promenades, and lakes.
After this battle, the officers and soldiers stationed in Chuzhou by the imperial court can be said to have been completely emptied, and the situation could not be restored at all without a few years. For the safety of the state city, the imperial court ordered Bai Junwu to be stationed in the state city and serve as the temporary generalissimo of Chuzhou, and his main task was to recruit soldiers.
After Han Yuan arrived in Nanping Mansion, Huang Lang and Wang Biao, who were on the run, tried to send someone to contact him. The two fled without a fight because they abandoned Jingxing City, and now they have become the targets of the imperial court. The meaning of the two is nothing more than that they want to leave the relationship of Korean won, hoping to be exempted.
Han Yuan was worried about the shortage of troops at hand, and when he saw the two of them coming to vote, he was naturally willing to accept it. He immediately promised that as long as the two of them led troops to surrender, they would definitely play the Ming court and exempt them from their crimes.
However, Li Kui and Ma Erhan have different opinions on this. Now there are more than 1,000 people under Han Yuan, but Huang Lang and Wang Biao have brought nearly 30,000 people to take refuge.
Han Won didn't worry too much about this, he had his own ideas. Right now, all his actions are based on expanding his strength.