Updated: 2013-07-09

The Great War, which lasted for more than half a month, finally ended, and outside the city of Kedu, a total of nearly 50,000 soldiers of the Shule Kingdom and some soldiers of the coalition army, finally the whole army was wiped out. What Zhao Jun announced and publicized was the king of Shule and his domestic magnates, and his generals and soldiers, all of whom were killed outside the city.

In fact, these nearly 50,000 people really have no life. It was the last day, and it took three days just to collect the battlefield and clean up the corpses. Because many corpses are frozen in snow by ice and snow, it is difficult to replace. In the end, more than 16,000 Zhao soldiers and soldiers took three days to collect more than 20,000 corpses from the first battle of Zuiri, pour fire oil, and burn them.

Zhao Jie and other soldiers who had held on to Kedu City for nearly a month also returned to the division smoothly with the Zhao army. This time, the king of Shule and the forty or fifty thousand soldiers of the Shule country were all left, and these people in Kedu City contributed a lot.

After the news of the battle under the city of Kedu reached the southern countries, it immediately shook the whole country, and some powerful people who had other ideas in their hearts at this moment also hurriedly extinguished their thoughts and covered themselves tightly, fearing that Zhao Jun would turn around and purge the powerful clans in the country.

And the kings of those countries who had already surrendered to Zhao Jun couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief at this moment, and at the same time, they were also drenched in cold sweat. They were also members of the Southern Alliance in the past, if they hadn't turned around quickly, I was afraid that at this moment, they would have ended up like King Shule. Although they had no power, they were extremely unhappy when they were placed in the rear base camp of the Zhao army in this section, but at this moment, they only had a trace of luck in their hearts.

After Zhao Xun heard that the war was over, he was also overjoyed. After the Southern Alliance settled the eastern half, the time was already 'approaching' the cold winter, and it was not a good time to fight in winter, although he did not go to the front line in person, Zhao Xun was also extremely worried. Now that the war is over, and there is a great victory, how can I not be happy.

Therefore, after the good news of the war was returned, Zhao Xun personally rushed to the capital of the king of Shule. They came together, along with officials at all levels who were preparing to take over the locality. Here, Zhao Xun was not prepared to rule slowly, but directly governed and carried out changes in the state system and system.

In the heavy snow, Zhao Xun entered the capital of the king of Shule. Here, there was not much damage caused by the war. Although this king is not as big as the big cities in the Central Plains, it is not small.

The snow near the entrance of the city 'gate' has already been cleared by the young men in the city arranged by the soldiers left behind by the Zhao army to facilitate the passage of the team. However, heavy snow soon covered part of the road. Therefore, under the arrangement of Sergeant Zhao, some young men who are in charge of this matter have to be responsible for clearing the snow regularly.

Zhao Xun was reluctant to do so, but Wei Zilin and others suggested that in this western land, the prestige of the Great Zhao Guojun should be erected, and they should know the majesty of the Great King. Therefore, the passages of dozens of miles inside and outside the 'gate' of this city can be cleaned up by people. The king of the city is gone, and the magnates are gone. But some slaves, those who had no status, were now given a new civilian status by the Zhao army, which also made the people of this royal capital not resist the Zhao army.

In addition, many of the people of other settlements outside the city have now begun to gather in droves. Because Zhao Jun promised them a new identity and a new tax system, they needed to come and apply for a new household registration. In addition, some of the real estate of the magnates in the city, Zhao Jun wanted to sell them to the people, so there were still a lot of people who came to the royal capital.

Zhao Xun acted with Zhao Xun, in addition to some officials who took over the royal capital and the surrounding areas, there were also tens of thousands of Han people. Almost all of these people migrated from the Central Plains. Except for some of the people of Zhao who came to the land of the Western Regions because of the problems of family life and wanted to obtain more land and tax exemption policies in the Western Regions, more of them fled from the land of the southern princes and were organized by the government to come here with baggage teams and caravans.

The people of the royal capital were arranged by the soldiers left behind by the Zhao army for ten miles to greet them, all over the avenue. Because of the cold weather, Zhao Xun did not let them stay on both sides of the road, but allowed them to return to the city with the army. Zhao Xun's approach has won the support of many people. However, it was the tax exemption and the exemption from slavery that the people of the people here really embraced.

Zhao Xun's team also entered the city under the crowd of the people, and the people waiting in the city saw the banner of this team and the people following behind the team, they all knew that this must be the king of Zhao Guoguo in person.

I don't know if it was the soldiers of Zhao who could arrange it, or if the Han people who lived here started it, I don't know who started, and for a while, he actually shouted out the shout of Long Live King Zhao. Suddenly, the shouts came and went, and the sound resounded through the sky, shaking the snow on the city wall and falling down. Many people around actually didn't see where Zhao Xun's team was at all, but when they heard others shouting, they themselves shouted, and finally the entire King of Shule roared.

"Your Majesty, it seems that the people here are beginning to listen to and support you, and the momentum is really great." Han Meng, the chief general of the pro-guard army, said with a smile.

"The power of the people is great and can destroy the world. Now they like me, of course. You're happy, too, but one day they don't like me, and they're in trouble. Now, because we have given them benefits, they have welcomed us so much, and if they are dissatisfied, now, I am afraid that we will not be greeted by the shouts of Banzai, but by a series of attacks. Zhao Xun shook his head and said in a deep voice.

Wei Zilin said with a smile: "What the king said is very reasonable! Now, though, it seems that our officials are doing pretty well here. As long as the first step is done well and there is a good start, then the next problem will be much easier. As for the people here, as long as they are fully integrated into the Han people, we don't need to worry too much. ”

Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "If you want to completely sinicize them, it can't be completed in a while." However, it is not difficult for us. The last of the 50,000 'elite' warriors of the Shule Kingdom were all buried in Kedu City, and the Shule Kingdom, the largest country in the west, ceased to exist completely. The rest is to continue to migrate Hermes-Epitek and sinicize these people. ”

Entering the city, Zhao Xun found that the situation here was much better than expected, because the attack on the royal capital of Shule was due to the help of the internal government, so there was no large-scale destruction in the royal capital. As for the magnates and royal families in the city, except for the death of King Shule in Keluo City, the rest were completely killed in the "'chaos' army" after the city was broken.

In mid-February, shortly after the heavy snow stopped, Li Chenfeng and others led the victorious army back to the capital of the king of Shule, and Zhao Xun personally greeted him at the city gate. The army returned to the royal capital with a great victory, making the people of the Western Regions everywhere tremble.

In the first battle of Kedu City, Zhao Jie's subordinates with a face above Kedu City lost nearly 5,000 soldiers in total. Of course, compared to the more than 50,000 casualties of the Shule Kingdom that were ten times and the Zhao army, the Zhao army could be said to be a complete victory.

Li Chenfeng had a total of millions of silver coins and all kinds of immeasurable valuables, all of which were carried by the kings and magnates of Shule and several surrounding countries, preparing to flee west. But in the end, it still fell into the hands of Zhao Jun. Zhao Jun For Zhao Jun, the flight of these powerful people to the west is also beneficial to Zhao Jun. After all, Zhao Jun didn't have to deliberately do anything to those powerful people, he took advantage of the war 'chaos' to obtain these money, so as not to make the people in the Western Regions everywhere dissatisfied with Zhao Jun.

After hearing the detailed battle report, Li Chenfeng was named Marquis of Pingxi, and Zhao Jie was also awarded the title of earl. This is also the two generals who directly awarded the third-class title for military merit in this battle. The rest of the generals, after the statistics of the merits of the battle of the Western Regions, will be canonized separately.

Next, the rectification and reconstruction of the southern part of the Western Regions was also carried out in an all-round way. Because the Zhao army launched the most fierce attack in the Southern Alliance, and also killed a large number of soldiers of the alliance countries, and more magnates and kings of the countries were killed by the Zhao army in the name of the enemy, so here, the rectification of the Zhao army began very directly and quickly. Of course, no one dared to object. In the land of all countries, the people who were originally in charge of the house were either captured or killed, and now, the people everywhere are all former slaves and inferior people, and they will naturally not fight against Zhao Jun in the face of Zhao Jun's tax exemption policy.

Therefore, Zhao Xunhe simply designated the southern land as Xizhou, which became another new state under the rule of Zhao. He also arranged for the officials of the prefectures and counties of the ten prefectures of Xizhou to immediately start the rectification of the prefectures and counties. Wei Zilin, on the other hand, was in charge of the full power of Xizhou.

Now Xizhou is full of blanks, and there is too much work to be rebuilt. Wei Zilin was previously in charge of Shangzhou affairs, and he also has a deep understanding and experience of local reform, and he is the most ideal person to coordinate the overall situation.

In addition, with the support of Zhao Xun, he does not have much to worry about, no matter how he tosses, the king of Zhao is here, and the Zhao army of tens of thousands of troops is also in the land of the Western Regions, even if there is any accident in this Xizhou, in Zhao Xun's words, it is better to have an accident, then my army will be cleaned again, and completely turn this land of Xizhou into the land of my Han people.

After Zhao Xun and others discussed, in addition to the geographical division of each prefecture and county, the selection of local officials, and the relocation of Han people, they also had to build a gallop road in this western region. It is necessary to connect this land of the Western Regions with Liangzhou. In this way, it will not only facilitate the mobilization of the army, but also greatly facilitate the passage of caravans, so that commerce will flourish. In addition, the city was also changed to the Western Boundary City, which was rebuilt, becoming the boundary between the Western State and the countries of the Far West, and also facilitating the passage of caravans. Of course, it is also the border of Xizhou to the outside world.

Wei Zilin suggested that in Xizhou, a "Y" shaped road should be built. This "Y" shaped road starts from Liangzhou and extends to Shangzhou and Xizhou respectively, until Suye City in the north and Xijie City in the south. This is the main road, which is the main road, and secondly, various localities are building roads that are connected to each other according to the regional conditions. In this way, it can deepen the connection between Shangzhou, Xizhou and the Central Plains.

According to Wei Zilin's suggestion, Zhao Xun decided that this "Y" shaped main road would be the first to start construction and build a cement road, so that materials and troops could be transported rain or shine. At that time, this gallop will surely become the main passage of the east-west trade route. In addition, the construction of Chi Road will not only solve the problem of local stability and trade routes, but also bring a large number of displaced people here. After all, the job requires a lot of manpower. In addition, many slaves were exempted from slave status, and the Han people who migrated from there also needed to survive. At the very least, in the short term, their source of livelihood is still a problem. Even grain doesn't grow in a day.

After the war, Zhao Xun did not immediately return to the Central Plains, nor did the army immediately transfer back, but continued to sit in the land of the Western Regions, after all, the land of Xizhou was newly recovered, and there were still many problems that needed to be solved. Without a strong military force on the side, some problems are not so easy to solve.

Because a large number of Han people migrated here, the fields in Shangzhou and Xizhou also began to be cultivated on a large scale. Compared to before, the people of the Western Regions were not very good at farming, but since the Zhao army took over the area, the proportion of Han people has increased, and the number of fields has also begun to increase on a large scale.

It was also because many of the newly moved Han people and some people who had changed from slavery had no source of livelihood for a short time, and they were also recruited by the Zhao army to build new cities, galloping roads, and water conservancy projects. Unlike those slaves captured from the Wusun Kingdom and the Turkic tribes, they could obtain a certain amount of money and food to support themselves and their families.

You must know that the Zhao army has almost all looted in the countries of the Southern Alliance, whether the kings of the countries surrender or not, the money in their countries and the money of some powerful families have been looted by the Zhao army. Now, what Zhao Jun has done is just to return this money to these people in the name of Zhao Jun's benevolence and righteousness.

Fortunately, the carriages that come and go are not bulky and bulky, and there is no need to think too much about the load when building a gallop road. However, in order to build these sieges faster, Zhao Xun also contributed a lot of earth-shaking thunder assistance, opening mountains and chiseling stones, and the power of sky-shaking thunder is much stronger than handwork.

The news that Zhao Jun pacified the Western Regions and established another state was transmitted back to the Central Plains, and suddenly, the entire Central Plains was shaken inexplicably. Many people began to publicize Zhao Xun's exploits, saying that Zhao Xun was the true son of the dragon. This is not only the people under Zhao who are excited and publicized, but also the scholars under other princes who have also begun to publicize what Zhao Xun has done. Even, many scholars under the princes began to use Zhao Xun to compare with these princes, and let them truce and settle the people.

For Zhao Xun's exploits in the Western Regions, the princes in the southern part of the Central Plains were both envious and jealous, and they were also very annoyed. Envy and jealousy of Zhao's ability to win consecutive battles and expand his territory. Annoyed, the officials and scholars under him began to deviate from themselves. Many Confucians compared them to Zhao Xun, which made them jealous and annoyed. However, they can't just attack these famous Confucians.

When it comes to expanding the territory, the King of Qi and the King of Shu can do it. But where do they have the 'essence' to do this now? If they had the 'fine' strength to do this, they wouldn't be afraid of Zhao Xun. The rear is unstable, how can there be a 'fine' force to expand in position?

Regarding the situation in the Central Plains, Zhao Xun naturally ignored it. Of course, there is no need to pay attention to it. The more obvious his exploits in the Western Regions, the higher and higher the gap between him and the southern princes in the future, and the difficulty of the southern expedition will become smaller and smaller. Now, Zhao Xun still focuses on Xizhou. Just because you have a place doesn't mean you can control a place. If he doesn't completely control here, how can Zhao Xun be willing.

As the weather warmed up, farming in Xizhou and Shangzhou also began to take place. The people regard food as the sky, and Zhao Xun naturally understands the importance of food to the people. Since ancient times, the change of dynasties, except for the invasion of foreign enemies, is almost always because the people have become a problem to eat, and they will raise their banners to rebel.

With the migration of Hermes-Epitek, agriculture in the two states of the Western Regions also began to become the mainstream. And some people from the Western Regions, along with the Han Chinese, began to change to farming. Of course, this is also what Zhao Xun wants to see. Many of the countries in the Western Regions are mainly nomadic, and such tribes and countries are often relatively strong and good at riding and fighting, and are far less easy to rule than peasants. In addition, nomadic life is not conducive to the aggregation and management of population. Therefore, changing their way of life is also a policy set by Zhao Xun and others and implemented slowly.

At the same time, with the arrival of the 'spring' day, some hidden dangers have also begun to appear. Because of the great war between the Southern Alliance and the Zhao army, many deserters and some unwilling magnates and clans also began to become active. In the land of Xizhou, horse thieves have appeared in many places.

For horse thieves, whether they are merchants or people from the Western Regions, they have no good impression of them. In the Western Regions, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and many horse thieves not only plunder caravans, but also attack the people and herdsmen in various places in order to make a living. At the beginning in Shangzhou, Zhao Jun spent a lot of time in order to solve the problem of horse thieves.

"Even the caravans transporting supplies for us dare to plunder, and these horse thieves must be dealt with as soon as possible. In addition, it is also necessary to let the people everywhere know that these horse thieves can only destroy their current lives. These horse thieves are in the name of revenge, and after a long time, it is extremely unfavorable to us. There are still many great families from all over the world, and they are still waiting and watching. ”

In this way, a notice was posted in Zhufu County, saying that the horse thieves had looted the grain, seeds, and farm tools that had been transported to them. These horse thieves are ruining their lives now, and these horse thieves want to keep them as slaves. In short, all unfavorable things should be pushed on these horse thieves. First of all, whether they are real horse thieves or some people who oppose us under various banners, all of them are 'made' to the opposite side of the people. Ling Xiao said coldly.

Wei Zilin smiled: "Yes, in this way, you can isolate them." In addition, reports are encouraged and serious injuries are given. Of course, the most important thing is the actions of our army. The local county soldiers in Zhufu County have only just begun to be formed, and many localities have not yet been put in place. Now the action has to rely on the soldiers of each town. ”