Chapter 46 The curtain falls on Huaixi
In the afternoon of the same day, according to the orders of Li Chun, the crown prince of the Huaixi marching camp, Lu Zhen, and Han Hong, the deputy marshals Lu Zhen, and Han Hong, the soldiers and horses of the Huaixi army respectively surrendered to the nearest Henan Road marching chief, Adieguangyan, Shannan Dao marching chief, Li Shuo, Huaidong Dao marching chief, Qiu Liangfu, deputy commander of the Jinshang Road march, and Li Wentong, the Shouzhou defense envoy. The next day, Lu Zhen, the deputy marshal of the Huaixi marching camp and the envoy of the Shannan Dongdao Jiedu, Tongping Zhangshi, was escorted by Yan Qin, the deputy commander of the Shannan Provincial March, and the Marquis of Shannan Province, Ma Budu, and Suizhou Assassin Shi Min, from Shenzhou to Caizhou Anmin.
Except for the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses led by Dong Chongzhen who were stationed in Huiqu and were still holding on, all the armies in Huaixi had already surrendered to the official army. Li Yu officially erected the envoy battle of the Zhangyi Army in Caizhou, and issued a notice to the people as the envoy of the Zhangyi Army and the temporary assassin of Caizhou. He also strictly restrained the soldiers and horses, and after Qiu did not commit any crimes, and killed dozens of Huaixi rout troops who were arson and looted, the situation in Caizhou quickly stabilized. The common people also began to enjoy the real life that the officials and soldiers advertised to them: they could go out on the streets at will. Of course, there are both reassurance and accountability, and the middle-level and above officials in Huaixi, except for Hou Weiqing, Deng Huaijin, Dong Changling, and so on, the rest of the families, including Wu Shaoyang, Wu Yuanji, Dong Chongzhen, and even Zhang Boliang and Sun Xianzhong, who died in battle, were all detained. Although Li Yu did not kill anyone, there was still crying in many houses in Caizhou City. When he had the audacity to ask Li Yu what he would do with them, Li Yu replied:
"The Wu family is a thief of the state, and of course the state must be judged. A certain is just a shepherd, and he dares to talk about the affairs of the country. ”
In fact, in this society that does not advocate indiscriminate killing, I really want Li Yu to say that Li Yu himself would say good words to appease these people and let them continue to do their own work, but Li Yu greeted Li Yu and Ah Di Guangyan in advance, and warned them not to be like Gao Chongwen who had a single thought of these thieves and opened up the net without authorization. Li Yu knew very well that these people who had rebel experiences were like athlete's foot, seemingly deferential, and would repeat when the tide was warm. Historically, it was the opening of many rebellious civil and military officials that led to the rebellion of many feudal towns within a few months of Xianzong's death. The emperor's attitude was resolute, and Adie Guangyan and Li Yu had to be strict in execution. Of course, Wu Shaocheng and Wu Yuanqing's families have temporarily received preferential treatment due to their status. However, within the scope of power, in order to calm the hearts of the people in Caizhou as soon as possible, Li Yu was only pursued to the middle level, and other lower-level officials, servants and even cooks were all in peace. In addition, under the guidance of Xian Yu Xiong'er, the bodies of Yang Yuanqing and Su Zhao's family were also exhumed, and their bodies were shallow buried in the mass grave, due to the cold weather, the corpses were not completely decomposed, but they were eaten a lot by wild dogs and rats.
After the city was stabilized, Li Yu, who was the new military and political chief of Shenguang Cai Sanzhou, led the main force of the official army to move to Juchang to station, not disturbing the people in the slightest, and waiting for Lu Zhen to arrive. And the good news of the Huaixi camp has flown over Guanshan and reached the heavens. When the deep and heavy drums in Chang'an City spread the news of victory throughout the four fields, Chang'an City was full of jubilation. The scene of the prosperous era seems to be just around the corner.
Lu Zhen led 8,000 armor soldiers, with Shi Min and Qi Bi He Li as the forerunner, set up a full set of prime minister's honor guards, and came in a long way, along the way Lu Zhen ordered Huaixi to descend troops to follow, and when they arrived in Caizhou, there were 12,000 people, which was particularly spectacular in the snowy wilderness. Just like in Shenzhou, Li Yu came out to greet and worship Daozuo. This time, Lu Zhen did not have the slightest uneasiness, and calmly accepted the kneeling of more than a dozen generals of all sizes, including Li Yu and Li Jincheng, Wei Wu, Li You, Wang Yi, Li Rongzong, Li Zhongyi, Ding Shiliang, Ma Shaoliang, Fu Ya, Tian Zhirong, Yan Shirong, Hou Weiqing, and Hou Weiming. Of course, the praise of Li Yu is not a word. After the praise was over, thousands of Huaixi soldiers were also handed over to Li Yu by Lu Zhen. Since Li Yu is the envoy of Huaixi Jiedu, these soldiers are obviously Li Yu's subordinates. Li Yu mixed them with the soldiers and horses led by Li You, Li Zhongyi, Ding Shiliang and Hou Weiqing's brothers, and the number exceeded 10,000. In order to control this army, Li Yu transferred 20 indoctrination soldiers to this Changyi army at one time. In the establishment allocated by the Ministry of War, this army was organized into the 52nd Army, with Wang Yi as the envoy of soldiers and horses, Hou Weiqing, and Li You as the deputy envoy of soldiers and horses. Later, the Huaixi Army, which surrendered in the Battle of Huiqu, was divided into various armies and mixed. It can't be the climate anymore.
Lu Zhen led so many soldiers and horses to Caizhou, of course, not to show the prime minister's pomp. Dong Chongzhi is still bending, although his family has fallen into the hands of the official army, he does not lay down his arms and surrenders. Originally, Lu Zhen meant that Li Yu personally took 30,000 soldiers and horses from the Shannan camp to join forces with Adie Guangyan to attack Huiqu, but Li Yu refused. Li Yu said:
"Lu Xianggong, do you remember the story of the siege of Luoyang by Jiujiedu? Don't bother the two masters, let the manager of Adie Guangyan go to take the song. ”
Li Yu said that the siege of Luoyang by Jiujiedu was in the Anshi Rebellion, Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi, Wang Siyuan and other Jiujiedu envoys joined forces to besiege Luoyang, Suzong was suspicious of the heroes, and was unwilling to appoint one person from the nine people or from the court as the commander, but sent the eunuch Yu Chaoen to supervise the army, as a result, Jiujiedu did not buy each other, fought separately, lacked cooperation, and was defeated by the rebels. As soon as Li Yu said this, Lu Zhen understood that the status of the two is not low, who is in whose leadership? It will take a lot of time to decide. So Lu Zhen agreed to Li Yu's suggestion, transferred 30,000 soldiers and horses to Huiqu, and handed them over to the commander of Adie Guangyan. led 70,000 elite officers and soldiers to show off their power in Huanqu, presumably Adie's face can be crooked! (Full text reading, all in (.cn.文.学网)
Lu Zhen entered the city from the west gate of Caizhou, compared with entering Shenzhou, Lu Zhen was even more emotional, in the rebellion of the four towns, Lu Zhen was in charge of confidential information by Dezong's side, and made suggestions, known as the internal minister. Under the tense situation at that time, it was Lu Zhen who persuaded Dezong to put down his body and issue an edict for his own crimes, which made the three towns of Chengde Wang, Ziqingping, Lu Li, and Wei Botian give up their claim to the king and re-declare their allegiance to the imperial court. The situation in the Tang Dynasty was temporarily stabilized. And Li Xilie of Huaixi still refused to go to the name of Emperor Chu, and also killed Lu Guogong and Taishi Yan Zhenqing, since then, although Chen Xianqi was temporarily loyal to the imperial court, it did not last long, and now it has been thirty years, and Caizhou has finally returned to the rule of the imperial court. Back then, he cooperated with Li Sheng, and now he is cooperating with Li Sheng's son, as the person concerned at that time, how could Lu Zhen not be excited?
On the same day, Lu Zhen ordered Wu Yuanji to be escorted from Xiangzhou to Caizhou, and after Wu Shaoyang recovered, he was put into a prisoner car with Wu Shaoyang and Wu Yuanqing and sent to Chang'an.
Li Yu is smart, but Adie is not stupid. Ah Die, who knew the meaning of the song after hearing the strings, didn't say anything, and happily accepted the command of the 30,000 officers and troops of Shannan Province. The next day, from the north and south, all 70,000 officers and troops were dispatched, and outside the camp, they displayed the idiom "in full swing" with great shock. Chen Xumeng, who was extremely deterrent to Dong Chongzhen's mule army, led a thousand cavalry to gallop back and forth in front of the battle, and when the weak Wu Shaoyang and the unkempt Wu Yuanqing, Wu Yuanji and their families sat in the prisoner cart and circled the Huaixi camp, the mule cavalry collapsed. After three days of siege by Adie, the diehards who had planned to die a heroic death were also shaken, and Dong Chongzhen, who knew that the death penalty was inevitable, committed suicide, and the other generals took off their helmets, walked out on their knees, and surrendered in front of Adie. Adie Guangyan rode into the Huanqu camp alone, ran and shouted, promising not to kill a single person, and 13,000 Huaixi elite mule cavalry put down their weapons and surrendered, and the cry shook the sky for a while. So far, from August to November of the first year of Xingzhi, the four-month war in Huaixi ended with the imperial court recovering the entire territory of Huaixi. This battle was fought by the imperial court for four months, but it was prepared for four years.
After the victory document of the Huaixi Xingying was reported to Taiwan Province, Yang Yuanqing, who was appointed as the Shaoqing of Guanglu, asked to see him. Li Yu summoned Yang Yuanqing in Yanying Palace, and Yang Yuanqing proposed that since Dong Chongzhen was dead, he asked the emperor to allow him to kill Xian Yu Xiong'er with his own hands to take revenge. Li Chanted:
"Aiqing is a minister of the imperial court, how can he do such an illegal thing? Xianyu Xiong'er is a slave, doesn't Yang Qing feel that his bearing is too small? My ministers should not kill a lowly slave with their own hands. ”
Yang Yuanqing was in tears, and Li Yufeng turned around:
"If you want to kill, you must kill the thief chief."
At that time, Yang Yuanqing's supervisor was approved. After Yang Yuanqing thanked him, he said:
"Your Majesty, Weichen has been in Huaixi for many years, and knows where the countless treasures accumulated in Huaixi for 30 years are, thanks to the emperor's love, the minister is willing to go to Caizhou, and take back all the treasures hidden in Huaixi to the emperor. Please ask the emperor for your permission. ”
Historically, the emperor should not love money, and any wise monarch should refuse it with righteousness and solemnity when he hears such words, and give the person who makes the suggestion a patient and meticulous ideological education of either a thunderstorm or a gentle drizzle, just when the resident is about to record the emperor's famous words, but he waits for a long time and does not move, and the heart of the living officer rises to his throat. After a long while, Li Yu said quietly:
"Forget it."
The emperor finally didn't do anything contrary to the holy virtues, and the magistrate finally breathed a sigh of relief, but Li Chen's next words made him collapse. Li Yu said:
"After such a long battle, who knows if it's still there?"
The magistrate is going to collapse.
The next day, the imperial court officially issued an edict, with Pei Du as the chief envoy and Yang Yuanqing as the deputy envoy to Huaixi to express consolation. What they brought with them was the Emperor's decree:
The prince Li Chun, Lu Zhen, Han Hongtiao, and Cai Zhi's soldiers were all poorly heard. The people of Huaixi County will be given two years; Near the four states of thieves, exempt from summer tax for the coming year. The officers and soldiers who died in the war were all buried and given food and clothing to their families for five years; Those who are disabled due to war injuries should not stop their food and clothing.
In addition, the emperor, who adhered to the principle of eliminating evil, also sealed two swords to Pei Du and Yang Yuanqing, and asked them to kill Wu Shaocheng's old general. There were quite a few complaints about this kind of thing in the court, but when I heard that Pei Du went, everyone was relieved. Li Yu is actually very helpless, this kind of thing should actually be done by Li Jifu to ensure that the evil is eliminated cleanly, but where is the prime minister doing this kind of thing? Li Yu found that there were too few people in the court who dared to be evildoers, so he treasured Li Jifu more and more.
Under the guidance of Lu Zhen, Li Yu, the new envoy of the Zhangyi Army, ordered that all kinds of harsh regulations in the Wu Shaocheng period, such as not allowed to speak on the road, not allowed to light candles at night, and the execution of drinking and eating together, etc., only forbade thieves to fight and kill, and did not ask anything else, and the people of Huaixi further realized what it means to live a normal life.
In early December, Yang Yuanqing escorted Wu Shaoyang, Wu Yuanji and his family members and Xian Yu Xiong'er and others to Chang'an, Li Yu was accompanied by Li Jifu, Pei Tuzi, Yu Youpage, Li Xun and the prince Li Chun, who had returned to the imperial court in advance, boarded the Xing'an Gate and was captured. This is the fourth feudal town under the single willow tree since Li Yu ascended the throne. Wei Bo, Ziqing, Chengde and other towns were invited to watch the beheading in the Beijing Concert Academy. "The Foreign History of the Spring and Ming Dynasty" and "This Spring and Autumn" both published large editorials and published comments full of omissions.
As for Wu Shaocheng, the culprit of Huaixi, although he was dead, Li Yu still ordered him to be whipped. Since Wu Yuanqing himself had planned to surrender the town, although he was unsuccessful, Li Yu pardoned him for his capital crime and demoted him to the rank of Chunzhou Sihu. Wu Shaocheng's family was also spared because of Wu Yuanqing. Wu Shaocheng, who was once arrogant, fell into such a situation, which taught a vivid lesson to the towns.
Since Huaixi has been pacified, the soldiers and horses of all provinces have received year-end bonuses and returned to the New Year one after another. After the New Year, the imperial court ordered Pei Du to stay after the Zhangyi Festival, and Wang Pei to stay after the Zhongwu Festival, and summoned Li Yu and A Dieguangyan to the court. Li Yu came to Yanying Hall to meet the two in person to show the greatest credit.
On the eighteenth day of the first month of the second year of Xingzhi, the imperial court issued an edict to reward the meritorious heroes of Huaixi. The crown prince Li Chun received a number of rewards; Deputy Marshal Shannan Dongdao Jiedu made Lu Zhen Jin Jue Wu Guogong, plus Shaobao; Xuanwu Festival made Han Hong Jin Jue Xu Guogong, and added the servant; The Changyi Festival made Li Yu the Duke of Liangguo; The loyalty and martial arts festival made Adie, Guangyan, Jin Jue, Chen Guogong; Zheng Yuqing was the Duke of Xingyang County. Li Jifu has been working hard in Huaixi for many years, and he has also been rewarded. Other Wu Chongyin and others also have their own rewards.
Half a year later, Huaixi and Anhuang strike towns.
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