Chapter 312: The Great Purge of Zhu Qiguo
In Qingshi City, the second largest city in Zhuqi Kingdom, after receiving the will of King Aikailam, the lord of the city, Duke Bai Xiding, immediately transferred 20,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry from the garrison of Qingshi City, and personally led the troops to Zhuqi City. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The decree of King Akailam said that the Eastern Governor of Gaochang Kingdom, Haner Apdurang Zhu Qiguo, sent an army of 100,000 troops to the territory of Suju Kingdom, and cooperated with the army of Gaochang Kingdom to destroy the Jin army entrenched in the territory of Suju Kingdom, and King Akailam asked Duke Bai Xidin to personally lead 20,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry of Qingshi City to join the above-mentioned 100,000 army.
Duke Bai Xidin can also be regarded as the confidant of King Aikailam, after receiving the will of King Aikailam, Duke Bai Xidin did not suspect at all, and led his troops to Zhuqi City.
Then Duke Bai Xidin took dozens of guards without a little defense, and directly entered Zhuqi City, preparing to meet King Ai Kailam, of course, the result can be imagined, Duke Bai Xidin was captured by the soldiers of the guard battalion, and the dozens of guards he brought into Zhuqi City were either killed or captured.
Subsequently, the cavalry under Liu Ji, who pretended to be the cavalry of Gaochangguo, forcibly disarmed the 20,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry in Qingshi City on the pretext that Duke Bai Xiding was suspected of rebellion.
Because Liu Ji's cavalry still had an order from King Aikailam, the 20,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry in Bluestone City were disarmed without the slightest resistance.
There are also 5,000 Gaochang infantry stationed in Qingshi City, which is personally led by Gaochang Wanfu Commander Fadlelai, and not long after Duke Bai Xiddin led 20,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry to leave Qingshi City, Wanfu Fadlelai received a military order from Muhimemini, the commander of the army, and brought all the 5,000 Gaochang infantry stationed in Qingshi City to Zhuqi City.
However, after the commander of the ten thousand soldiers, Fadlelai, with 5,000 Gaochang infantry, hurried all the way to Zhuqi City, he also fell to the same fate as the Duke of Baixiding.
As for the 5,000 Gaochang infantry, after the corps commander Mumchimini came forward, he obediently handed over his weapons to the cavalry under Liu Ji.
As the second largest city in Zhuqi's country, in addition to the 30,000 Zhuqi troops taken away by Duke Bai Xiding, as well as 5,000 Gaochang infantry, there are also 10,000 Zhuqiguo infantry, but this 10,000 Zhuqiguo infantry, after Duke Bai Xidin personally returned to Qingshi City with a cavalry battalion of the Ju'an army, it was also disguised as Gaochang cavalry, and the cavalry battalion of Ju'an County was easily disarmed, so that the second largest city of Zhuqi's country also fell into the hands of Liu Ji.
Relying on similar methods that are not very clever, but very effective, on November 23, 426 of the Great Jin Dynasty, in just five days, the other sixteen cities of Zhuqi's country were completely occupied by the Ji'an army under Liu Ji's command almost without blood, and the 100,000 Zhuqiguo cavalry, 70,000 Zhuqiguo infantry and 10,000 Gaochang infantry in the sixteen cities were all tricked into disarming and became prisoners of the Jue'an army.
Subsequently, with Liu Ji's acquiescence, Zhuqiguo began a bloody purge, which was mainly aimed at the royal family and nobles of Zhuqiguo, as well as the more than 250,000 captured troops of Zhuqiguo.
In order to purge Zhuqiguo this time, Liu Ji transferred all the cavalry battalions and most of the infantry battalions in Xuju County to the territory of Zhuqiguo to ensure the smooth progress of the purge.
Zhu The men in the royal family and nobles, no matter how old they were, were all ruthlessly killed, and only the women of these families could escape, but the young and beautiful women in it were basically selected and distributed to the generals under Liu Ji, even the generals who stayed in Ji'an County.
According to preliminary statistics, the accumulation of hundreds of years of accumulation by Zhu's royal family and nobles will be converted into gold, which will cost more than 30 million taels of gold, not including 25 large and small diamond mines and gem mines, as well as three small gold mines, two silver mines, two copper mines, and a large iron mine in Zhu Qi's country, and the value of diamonds, various precious stones, gold, silver, copper, and iron dug up every year will exceed three or four million taels of gold. In addition, real estate and land are not counted.
Liu Ji had heard before that some countries in the Western Regions were full of gold, and now he really came across one, after occupying Zhuqi's country, Liu Ji could be called a rich country.
The more than 250,000 officers in the army of Zhu Qi's country, and the officers above the commander of a thousand commanders, were all nobles of Zhu Qi's country, so the commanders of the thousand commanders, ten thousand commanders, and commanders similar to the commanders of the army of Zhu Qi were all purged, and even about half of the centurions, because they were nobles or children of nobles, were also ruthlessly killed.
The remaining Zhuqiguo soldiers and low-ranking officers were all incorporated into the Hawks' Army, but these soldiers and low-ranking officers had to sign their names and put their own handprints on a letter of allegiance.
The letter of allegiance prepared for these soldiers and low-ranking officers not only contained insults to the fire god of the Holy Fire Sect, but also a passage cursing the king of Gaochang and the four governors.
Of course, the letter of allegiance was only a deterrent, and Liu Ji also announced that all soldiers and low-level officers of the original Zhu Qiguo country who joined the Jing'an Army would enjoy a three-year tax exemption policy for their immediate family members, including land taxes, poll taxes, and livestock taxes, but not commercial taxes.
After occupying the entire Zhuqi country, Liu Ji announced that from now on, only land tax, poll tax, livestock tax and commercial tax will be levied, and all other harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes will be abolished.
Not all the soldiers and low-level officers of the original Zhu Qi country are willing to join the Ju An Army, after all, Zhu Qi country has a history of hundreds of years, and among these soldiers and low-level officers, there are still a small number of people who are very loyal to Zhu Qi country, do not admit that Zhu Qi country has perished, and are unwilling to serve the enemy.
For these stubborn people, although Liu Ji admired them very much in his heart, he did not show mercy, and about 1,000 people were all beheaded.
In the face of the butcher's knife raised by Liu Ji, the vast majority of the soldiers and low-level officers of the original Zhu Qiguo still chose to sign the letter of allegiance and press their handprints, and obediently joined the Jue'an Army, and the total number was still more than 250,000.
As for the 20,000 Gaochang infantry captured in Zhuqi's country, none of the Gaochang officers above the centurion were slaughtered, and the remaining ordinary Gaochang infantry were also forcibly incorporated by the Ji'an army after signing the allegiance and pressing their fingerprints.