Wang Jing fell, and Deng Shelubu Haidong.

The thousands of miles of land in Haidong and Liaodong are full of joy. Zhao Guo and Yang Wanhu lived up to expectations, led elite soldiers, went deep behind enemy lines, won nine battles and nine victories, and captured the king of Goryeo. Since Deng She's army, the generals have not made greater contributions than this. If you really do it, you will make a good spring with the world.

Pyongyang.

In the yamen at all levels in the province, officials in a hurry were constantly coming and going. There is no difference between Han and beautiful people in appearance, but at this moment, from the expressions on their faces, you can clearly guess their race.

Those who are brisk and elated are designated as Han Chinese. Nodding his head, he was happier than the Han people, the sycophants of the past, and now they have added a few points, such as Bohai, Jurchen, and some Goryeo people who took the initiative to surrender, such as Jiangdong Cui Bei. forced a smile and pretended to be happy, but from time to time he would sigh gloomily for no reason, needless to say, he must still have a conscience and know that part of the shame of Goryeo was demoted.

When the country of Goryeo is broken, it can be said to be vividly expressed on the faces of all kinds of people.

Coming out of the provincial yamen, slowly walking into the city of Pyongyang.

Wang Jing fought for nearly ten days, and at this time it was already March. The trees are verdant, the willows are down, the streets are crowded, and every restaurant, tea shop, including shops, is lit up in front of the door. Naturally, the Pyongyang Prefecture Yamen did not fail to celebrate such a great victory and organized one rally after another.

Deng She personally approved it, lent it out the small school field in the army, and gave it to use, planning to play a big drama for ten days.

Everywhere hooked fences and tiles, beating gongs and drums, singing, performing, juggling, lively and lively, gathered in one place. On the high stage, the trained storytellers painted their voices and colors, telling how Zhao Guo expected the enemy to be like a god, how Yang Wanhu was like a tiger descending the mountain, how Fang Mihan killed Kou in the mountain pass, and how Guo Conglong broke through the royal city first.

Pyongyang has been owned by the sea for almost a year.

During this year, Deng She divided land, reduced taxes, set up schools, persuaded farmers to mulberry, built roads and canals, encouraged commerce, developed production, established * shops in the cities, and established cooperatives in the villages. It can be said that his policies took into account the interests of all strata, especially the toiling people at the bottom who benefited the most, and their lives were much better than under the rule of the King of Goryeo.

Moreover, during this year, Deng She spared no effort to promote the concept of the Han and Li families, starting from the facts, pointing out that the oppression of Meng Yuan and the King of Goryeo was their worst enemy. This has a faint meaning of "class struggle", in order to divert the attention of ordinary people and transform the focus of contradictions.

However, he knew very well that under the current conditions, if we want to maintain political power, we must not do without the support and support of the landlord class and the literati class. Therefore, he did not explain this meaning thoroughly.

In fact, in all dynasties, rebels often said that "the court has no way" and claimed to "obey the mandate of heaven". This "court has no way", on the surface, it is understood that the emperor is mediocre and the people are not happy. But why don't the people make a living? In their capacity to comply with the mandate of heaven, the rebels fought against the upper ruling class on behalf of the poor people, and in essence, there was a vague hint of class struggle. To put it bluntly, fighting for the hearts and minds of the people means fighting for classes and strata, and for the support and support of different classes and strata.

It's just that because the people's wisdom has not been opened, coupled with the restrictions of economic conditions, the struggle is over, the victory is over, at most, a group of meritorious heroes and fathers have been replaced, and the emperor of the previous dynasty has been dismounted, and a new emperor has been replaced.

Deng She's propaganda and specific governance, one is spiritual, the other is material, and the results are remarkable. In particular, Pyongyang and Shuangcheng have an important position, and they have always been the top priority of his propaganda and administration; as soon as the news of the capture of Wang Jing came out, at least 60 percent of the people who took to the streets to celebrate were sincerely happy.

Outside the city gate on the south side, a team of more than a dozen horsemen came.

On weekdays, there are often similar squads entering and leaving the city gates, either out of the city to patrol or come back from patrolling. But this team is very different from them. If someone who understands Haidong's military system sees it, he will see that in this small team of only a dozen people, there are seven or eight officers from more than 100 households.

The man who walked in the front was thin and thin, and he was draped all over his body, and he turned out to be a marshal. He was followed by two thousand households. If you have to find one with the lowest official rank, you have to count about the two nine commanders who are around the marshal. Judging from the marshal's casual and cordial demeanor towards the two of them, it can be seen that these two nine commanders are obviously his personal soldiers.

The seven-rank official in front of the prime minister, the marshal's personal captain, how can he be compared to a deputy hundred households.

The group entered the city gates.

Although after Deng She changed the military system, the field troops and the garrison army have basically been separated, forming two systems. However, after all, the two of them are different from the Tuntian Army, which mainly focuses on farming, and they still belong to the same regular establishment, and their military uniforms and identities are still exactly the same.

The doorman was startled, the marshal and others are not said to be able to see them.

In Haidong's army, the law of class is strict. When a subordinate sees a superior, he must salute regardless of his affiliation. More than 20 gatekeepers fell to their knees, and a hundred households turned out from behind the city gate to greet them. These 100 households may have disabilities, walk unsteadily, limp and limp, meet them in three or two steps, and fall to the ground.

Along the way, I passed through several cities, and many people have seen similar situations. With the marshal, a thousand households stepped forward, as was customary, intending to tell them to get up without courtesy.

Unexpectedly, the marshal, who had never paid attention to such trivial matters, turned his legs, jumped off the horse, walked to the front of the kneeling Baihu in a hurry, helped him up with his own hands, and said with a smile: "Zhu Shisan, seeing me, still use so many courtesies?" You're a bird! Whoever learned these things, give them to me quickly. ”

The hundred households didn't dare to raise their heads, listening to the familiar voice, they raised their faces, rubbed their eyes, surprised and delighted, followed Yang Wanhu's hand, stood up, and shouted: "Brother! How are you? ......, hey, I shouldn't call me brother, I should call me Marshal Yang, Lord Yang. Stretched out his hand, probably wanting to hammer Marshal Yang twice to show affection, but before he reached his shoulder, he retracted again.

Marshal Yang laughed, grabbed his hand, and sneered: "The famous Zhu Daring, when did he become so bold?" "Regardless of three-seven-twenty-one, raise your fist and give him two blows.

Baihu smirked.

This marshal is none other than Yang Wanhu. Capture Wang Jing, the vanguard he hits, the south city gate is his main offensive position. At that time, the artillery fire was continuous, and the arrows were like rain, he adhered to the consistent style, took off a red stripe, went into battle in person, charged the front line, broke the city in one fell swoop, and made a first contribution.

The good news that had been sent back to Pyongyang earlier was a brief victory for the 800-mile expeditious service. This time, Yang Wanhu brought back the official military document and the merit books of the soldiers of various departments.

The hundred households guarding the city gate were originally acquaintances with him. At the beginning, Yang Wanhu and Chen Paizi led hundreds of people to Deng She, and this hundred households Zhu 13 was one of them. Later, he was wounded in the First Battle of Liaodong and became disabled. According to the Haidong system, those who have made great contributions can be discharged from the army if they are disabled on the battlefield, and those who want to go to the local area will be arranged to the local area; Those who want to return to their hometowns will be rewarded with money.

Zhu Thirteen, nicknamed Zhu Daring, shows his courage in battle. In several battles, he made a lot of contributions, once for first-class merit, twice for second-class merit, and four times for third-class merit, which is very remarkable.

His hometown is in Sichuan, and he can't go back. He also doesn't want to go to a place, to be a president, a student, and a clerical official of the yamen, how can he go into battle to kill the enemy? It just so happened that his leg injury was not very serious, it didn't affect his daily walking, maybe he couldn't fight in the field, and he couldn't guard a city gate or something, and there was no problem.

In this way, he took the path of Yang Wanhu and Chen Pai, got Deng She's special favor, and was transferred from the field army to the town garrison army and made a hundred households.

Zhu Shisan's initial surprise passed, and he was a lot more restrained, and he said: "I listened to Si Wanhu's words, although Wang Jing fell, the war in South Goryeo did not stop. How did the marshal come back? Dare not? ......," he said, conjectulating, "Dare not that South Goryeo has all been pacified?" ”

"South Goryeo has a land of thousands of miles, where can it be pacified so quickly? Wang Jing, most of the counties in the vicinity, the Gyeonggi region, have indeed surrendered. In some places farther away, there are still stubborn ones. There were only 10,000 men in our front army, which was not enough to launch the final offensive, and the whole army was currently stationed in the vicinity of Wangjing, waiting for General Wen's follow-up troops to follow. This time, I was ordered by General Zhao to come back to meet the lord. ”

Zhu Shisan understood, and said clearly: "The marshal must have made another great contribution." General Zhao sent you back to meet the general, making it clear that he was pleasing the general, and asking for merit and reward for the marshal. ”

Triumphantly returned, met the lord, and reported good news. This is a first-class beauty difference. Zhao Guo has countless fierce generals in the army, why don't you send others? First, Yang Wanhu has the greatest credit, and secondly, Deng She likes his bravery, which is indeed just like what Zhu Shisan said, which has the meaning of pleasing Deng She.

Yang Wanhu smiled reservedly and did not answer. The city was full of gongs and drums, and he looked up and asked, "Why is the city so lively?" ”

"They are all celebrating the victory of our army and the capture of Wangjing."

"Oh?"

The people were overjoyed. Since the day before yesterday, there has been no quiet in the city of Pyongyang. Men and women, in groups. Yesterday, I was not on duty, and I walked around the street, and not only young people, good guys, but even old ladies in their seventies went out on the street, grinning and trumpeting flowers. ”

Yang Wanhu listened, and a sense of accomplishment arose. Born as a human being, no matter where you are, you want to be recognized by others and want to hear praise from others. As a soldier, he fought on the front line, returned triumphantly, and celebrated in the city. What an honor, what a pride.

Zhu Shisan made amusement, and then said: "Marshal, you don't know, General Zhao and you broke Wang Jing have all been compiled into a book. If you don't believe it, go to the small school field and have a piece of land, just say this book. The people who gathered around to listen were crowded. Just yesterday, I heard in the street that someone was complimenting you with the words of a storyteller. ”

"What did you say?"

"Some say that you are descended from the stars, and some say that you were a big white-fronted insect in your last life. It is also said that on the night of your birth, the stars move and the sun obscures the sky. Do you know what that means? ”

Yang Wanhu had been trained by the officer training regiment and knew a few words, but he had never read a book, he shook his head and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

The storyteller said that this sentence was said by Jiang Taigong. The sky kills, the stars move, and the sun covers the sky. Say Lord Marshal, you, the heavens will kill the stars. ”

Yang Wanhu was stunned, and the officers on the left and right laughed in unison. He couldn't hold back his smile anymore, laughed happily a few times, was complacent, turned over on his horse, and said: "Zhu Daring, you are a good boy, not only has your courage become small, but you are also so flamboyant when you speak." I'll go to meet the lord first, and when I'm free, I'll look for you to drink! ”

The whip was a little and the dust was gone.

The main road in the city, with cars and horses in the middle and pedestrians on both sides. In the middle of the carriage and the pavement, there is a narrow aisle that allows two horses to walk side by side, and the aisle is paved with stone slabs and symbolically divided by masonry on both sides. Although there were many pedestrians on the street, none of them took this aisle. Because this is the fast track set up by Deng She for military intelligence exchanges, where in wartime, the common people are not allowed to occupy it, and the officials are not allowed to do it, and it is exclusively used by messengers with urgent reports.

The street was crowded, and Yang Wanhu and the others couldn't wait patiently, turned their horses' heads, and entered the path.

More than a dozen war horses galloped on the stone road, and the sound of horses' hooves blended into the noisy streets, like water droplets blending into the sea, and few people could hear them unless they were paying attention. I don't know when, gradually someone noticed their group, and where they ran, the voices of people gradually became low.

Countless eyes turned on, and the people whispered.

The organic spirit guessed their identity and shouted: "Master Jun, are you from Kaesong?" ”

Yang Wanhu pursed his lips, as if he hadn't heard, his eyes did not squint, his head was held high, and he just urged the horse forward. He didn't speak, and the other officers certainly didn't speak. Under the watchful eye, more than a dozen people consciously and unconsciously showed their best state, dragon spirit and tiger, showing off their might.

A pro-soldier followed Yang Wanhu to gallop, while taking down a military flag from the saddle, shaking violently, the red flag of Zhang Yu was swaying in the wind, corresponding to the two rows of green trees on the side of the road, in the noon sun, dazzling people dare not look directly.

On the red flag, a line of black letters.

There are people who can read and write, and they read it out: "Wang Jing'an and Liao are all in command of the Division, and they are all in command of Yang." ”

The Anliaodu Command Division is the number of the troops led by Yang Wanhu. The front is crowned with "Wang Jing", indicating that the first to attack Wang Jing is their team. This is a new army policy. Deng She promised that in the future, the troops who conquered the fortified city and made outstanding achievements in battle could be awarded the name of the city they conquered as a good name for the army.

This measure can better give the soldiers a sense of honor and strengthen the cohesion of the army. Yang Wanhu was the first to receive this honor.

Zhao Guo brought the front of 10,000 people to fight Wang Jing and gathered the elites of various armies in Haidong. The dozen or so officers who came back with Yang Wanhu were not all from the Anliao Command Division, but all of them belonged to each army. When they saw this scene, they followed suit, and they also waved the banner of their headquarters one after another.

The red scarves are still red, and all they play are red flags, high or low, big and small. More than a dozen flags, front and back, like a fiery dragon, rode the wind and walked on the noisy and crowded streets. The people were dumbfounded, and for a moment, wherever they passed, there was silence.

In the distance, in the small school field, a gentle singing, accompanied by the spring breeze, fluttered over: "Haidong sky, blue sky." The people of Haidong like it so much. ”

The melodious singing echoes over Pyongyang.

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1. First-class, second-class, third-class merit.

According to Song's military law: "If the general is injured in battle, there is a person who can be saved, and he will be given a first-class gift." ""Fight or cut the camp, capture the thief alive, each person, the second class, give two horses of silk, six pieces of money" "Kill the thief, cut the first level, the third class, give one horse of silk, three pieces of money." ”