Chapter 112: Building a Deserted Town
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Yanmen County has five counties, namely Yanmen, Fanqi, Lao, Wutai and Lingqiu, with 42,502 households and a population of more than 210,000.
After a lot of turbulence by the Turks, the four cities of the five counties were slaughtered except for the destruction of Lao County.
Even in the Battle of Yanmen, the Turks were repelled and 50,000 or 60,000 captured people were rescued, so the current population of Yanmen is less than 100,000.
Therefore, at present, the county governance of Yanmen County has been temporarily moved to Lao County.
After the Son of Heaven returned to the Eastern Capital, the siege of Fenyang Palace was already spread all over the world.
The Turks, who had just surrendered, once again sought to provoke the Great Sui to go to war, and although they were repulsed, this time most people were less and less optimistic about the situation in the Great Sui.
Li Chongjiu met with Wang Qu, the county guard of Yanmen County, and after Chen Xiaoyi, the county commander, he met with Wu Benlang's general Wang Zhibian.
There were 12 guards in the Sui army, each of which was an army, and it led 50 to 70 mansions. Each guard has one general and two generals; Tiger Benlang will have four people, and Huya Lang will have six people.
As a general of Wu Benlang, Wang Zhibi is currently the highest military official in Taiyuan County.
Therefore, after Li Chongjiu met his boss, he gave a large meeting gift.
For the champion Hou of the Son of Heaven, Wang Zhibi was not too lazy, and Li Chongjiu gave him a lot of money, so he was very close to Li Chongjiu at the moment.
I saw Wang Zhizhi with the demeanor of an elder, and after talking to Li Chongjiu in a serious manner, he talked about the current situation in Yanmen County.
As a border county, Yanmen County originally had a very strong military force.
The following eight Yingyang Mansions must be able to use 8,000 government soldiers, in addition to 4,000 border troops, and 2,000 Fan troops, in addition to a lot of self-organized township soldiers, local heroes also have Qubu self-protection, and everyone in the township practices martial arts.
However, as soon as the Turks came, these forces in Yanmen County were destroyed and attacked.
Not only was the entire Yanmen County sacked by the Turks, but among the eight generals of the government, seven were killed in the battle, and six of the generals were also killed, and the soldiers were almost all wiped out.
As for the border army, there was only a little remnant left, and the Fan army was better, and as soon as the Turks came, they all defected.
As soon as the military force is gone, tens of thousands of people need to be resettled, and the people in Yanmen County are panicking.
At present, according to the meaning of the county guard, the whole county is planning to abandon the defense along the Great Wall and temporarily shrink the only forces to the vicinity of Lao County. Having said this, Wang Zhibi tactfully reminded that when Li Chongjiu was the right prelude, he should not boast about Haikou, saying that he wanted to be sick and enter the eastern capital early to enjoy the glory and wealth.
Guarding Yanmen is just a joke at the moment, the Turks captured Yanmen, and Hu Cai once again herded horses south of Yinshan, not to mention the four counties of Biansai, even Hebei was also under the range of the Turks' iron cavalry. However, Li Chongjiu's move to Wang Zhizhi can only be regarded as a move to sweep the snow in front of the door, and abandon the defense line of the Great Wall, is it really safe?
The Turks can only use Yanmen County as a breakthrough in the defense line of the Great Wall, and invade the south more unscrupulously, as for the other departments of Mobei, they can also take the opportunity to fight the grass valley here. At the same time, it also isolated the two counties of Mayi and Shuofang.
After that, Li Chongjiu told Wang Zhizhi that he was preparing to build a barren town.
When Wang Zhi heard this, he looked at Li Chongjiu with a gaze like a dead man, and after saving a few words, he could only treat Li Chongjiu as a young man, so let him go.
With Wang Zhijiao's consent, Li Chongjiu took advantage of the situation to ask him for military rations, money and rice.
When Li Chongjiu asked like this, Wang Zhizhi simply spread his hands and directly told him.
After receiving such an answer, Li Chongjiu was not discouraged, and finally forcibly moved 300 Mingguang armors from the arsenal of Laoxian County, 100 of them, 20 crossbows, and 50 crossbows.
After obtaining this qiē, Li Chongjiu was satisfied and ready to go to Huaihuang Town to take up his post.
Of course, before leaving, Li Chongjiu also raised 3,000 soldiers in Yanmen County in the name of Juntun and sent them to Huaihuang Town.
For Li Chongjiu, what kind of eagle will be just a floating cloud, and the Great Sui is about to overturn, even if it is an official residence, it is useless.
In troubled times, grabbing the bar is the last word.
This is also the reason why he did not follow Yang Guang to the Eastern Capital and enjoy the glory and wealth of the nagging son, but established his own power in the barren Huaihuang Town.
This is his world.
The next day, on the restaurant in Lao County, there was a bustling scene below, and the soldiers who were preparing to go to Huaihuang Town were forming a formation, ready to set off.
In the restaurant here, Li Chongjiu, Li Hu, Su Su, Sun Erniang, and Li Yuan, Li Shimin, and Li Zhiwan who came to see each other off.
With Li Yuan's respect, he was able to see him off in person and give Li Chongjiu full face. Li Hu was even more overjoyed, and felt that there was light on his face. Li Yuan raised his glass to Li Chongjiu and said: "The virtuous nephew is young and promising, this move will immediately make a contribution to the town of Huaihuang, and the old man will only be stunned." ”
Li Chongjiu also smiled and said: "Where, the last general will first congratulate Tang Gong and be promoted to Taiyuan to stay behind." Li Yuan waved his hand and said, "This matter is still under discussion between the Son of Heaven and the ministers, and it is not yet clear. ”
Although Li Yuan looked humble and indifferent, Li Chongjiu knew that this matter was a certainty, whether it was from the news in the officialdom or the prophetic foresight that had crossed the public.
The siege of Yanmen was a turning point in Li Yuanzheng's resurrection, which completely dispelled Yang Guang's suspicions about him.
Therefore, he handed over the important task of staying in Taiyuan to Li Yuan, and had the power to supervise the military affairs of the four counties of Mayi, Loufu, Yanmen and Taiyuan. It was Li Yuan who would be the most powerful figure among the four counties in the future.
It is precisely because of this that Li Chongjiu told Li Yuan in advance about the siege of Fenyang Palace, and asked him to owe him a favor as his political investment.
For Li Chongjiu's future rise to Huaihuang Town, in case he faces an enemy from the grassland, Li Yuan is the only support that Li Chongjiu can find.
Li Yuan obviously also attached great importance to Li Chongjiu, and said: "Virtuous nephew, you are based outside the Great Wall, and your intention to defend the border for the imperial court is very good, but you shot the Khan with arrows and beheaded the golden wolf, cutting the face of the Turks. The temper of the beginning will be revenge. ”
"Please be careful when the time comes, if the Turkic 200,000 iron horsemen arrive, don't hesitate, immediately withdraw to the Yanmen Pass, here the old man will protect you." Li Yuan spoke earnestly and admonished Li Chongjiu very seriously. Seeing that Li Yuan treated himself so kindly, whether it was true or not, Li Chongjiu couldn't help but be a little moved.
But all those in high positions have a means of entrapping others, blindly using profit to win over, but it is inferior. Therefore, whether it is Li Yuan or Li Shimin, they all have their own personal charm, and in the intercourse with others, others can't help but feel broken. Li Chongjiu said with a smile: "Thank you Tang Gong for your words, the last general has written it down." ”
Li Hu, Su Su, and Sun Erniang saw that Li Yuan valued Li Chongjiu so much, and they couldn't help but feel light.
For the people of Qiqianzhai, Li Yuan is an unattainable figure, although there was unhappiness on both sides in the past, but this time Li Yuan was able to say these words to Li Chongjiu, which has made everyone respect Li Yuan from the bottom of their hearts.