Chapter 685: The war in the northwest has subsided temporarily
With the fall of Hanzhong County in Yizhou and the disappearance of 50,000 Hu cavalry. The Northwest Territory, which had been noisy for more than half a year, finally returned to calm.
Liu Qian, the king of Liang, and Liu Yu, the minister of state, personally came out to appease the people, and called on the people who fled from Dunhuang, Zhangye, Jiuquan, Wuwei and other places to return to their hometowns and rebuild their homes. To this end, the Liangguo branch of the Jin State Agricultural and Military Merchants and Financial Bank issued a special notice to the people, claiming that as long as these people who fled the local area returned to their residences, they could obtain interest-free loans from the gold bank to help them resume production and rebuild their houses.
The Jin State also released a large number of signals in the "Jin Daily" that are conducive to the recovery of the economy and people's livelihood of the Liang State, claiming that a number of important projects under construction will be injected into the Liang State in the future, in order to thank the Liang State military and civilians who have paid a lot to protect the peace of the northwest of the Han Dynasty.
As a result, the people who were originally worried and afraid of fleeing returned to the northwest of Liangzhou from Anding County, Beidi County, and Jincheng County. To their surprise, they thought that when they returned home, they would only see ruins and devastation, but in fact they were clean and tidy, and there was no loss. Many people's doors and windows were too late to close when they left, but now they are tightly closed, and some farm tools and firewood scattered in the yard are also neatly stacked.
Now the people are happy, the feelings just force everyone to run out for a collective trip, and now they can get a certain amount of interest-free loans from the gold bank, this kind of good thing, if you come a few more times, it will be cool!
Zhao Taifu, who loved the people like a son, personally led a group of "Hu people" who sang the military song "Three Major Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention" to pass by, how could these places be destroyed? While waiting for news from Luoyang, Zhao Xing was worried that the 50,000 sergeants and soldiers of the army had nothing to do, so he organized the soldiers to do good deeds everywhere they went. Seeing that the well in that village was dirty, some soldiers from Xiliang took a few Yanqi soldiers to clean the well, and when they saw that the doors and windows of someone's house were broken by the wind, someone went to help repair them.
This kind of thing that has never happened before has become commonplace after Zhao Xing led the army into Yumen Pass, and it can be described in one sentence, that is, "Taifu led the army into Yumen, and did good things for three thousand miles." ”
Cai Yan once asked Zhao Xing with some curiosity, as an overlord with more than 400,000 troops, why he was so keen on doing some trivial things. Zhao Xing gave Cai Yan a good lesson at that time, and the title was called "Military and Civilian Fish and Water Situation". Zhao Xing said with emotion: "This time a big trap has been laid, although it will eventually achieve my good reputation as a strategist, but it will suffer these uninformed people." If I can't do a good job of pacifying the people in time, then in the end I will only gain territory and lose the hearts of the people, which is not my wish in the end!"
Because the imperial court's edict to crown Zhao Xing as the king of Pingxi had not yet been announced to the world, Huangfu Song and more than 30,000 soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army were still guarded in Diaoyin City. Although they did not have personal freedom, the wounded soldiers were fully healed, and Huangfu Song himself was secretly escorted to Crouching Tiger City, where he was treated and recuperated by two miracle doctors, Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji.
The remaining 30,000 Imperial Forest Army soldiers who had lost their weapons and armor were also honest when they were locked up in Diaoyin City, and they couldn't help but shiver as long as they saw Xu Rong patrolling the city now. The dense burst of angry fire commanded by Zhao Bu under Gaonu City really left a huge psychological shadow on these soldiers.
After the war, according to preliminary statistics, in order to resist the invasion of the 100,000-strong army in Yizhou, the vanguard army suffered a total of more than 15,000 casualties, of which 10,000 were sacrificed and 5,000 were wounded. The main reason for such huge casualties was the heavy losses of the 1st Light Division stationed in Shangguocheng and the 2nd Light Division stationed in Wudu Province. The 1st Light Division lost 4,000 people, and the 2nd Light Division was swept away by the flood and more than 3,800 people.
What is gratifying is that since 10,000 hoplites seized Baishui Pass in Guanghan County, Yizhou, some officers and men of the Light Second Division who were swept away by the flood have successively gathered at Baishui Pass from the lower reaches of the Western Han River.
Since neither Cao nor Liu Shi sacrificed, nor did the banners of the two armies be lost, replenishing the supply of troops for these two troops became a top priority.
Zhao Xing secretly ordered the vanguard army to record meritorious service for Cao Xing, Liu Shi, Wang Shuang and other division commanders who had made meritorious contributions in battle, and collectively commended the first and second light divisions that had made great sacrifices. In order to facilitate the next step in dealing with Yizhou, Zhao Xing ordered Zhang He to select 10,000 of the best soldiers from the 40,000 new army and quickly replenish them to the divisions of the vanguard army, and then ordered the 1st and 2nd Light Divisions that had been rested and replenished to immediately go to Baishui Pass to merge with the two heavy divisions stationed there to jointly defend Baishui Pass.
Zhao Xing appointed Wang Shuang as the commander of Baishui Pass, and appointed Fu Zhi as a military advisor, who would be responsible for the western front of Yizhou in the future.
The remaining 20,000 troops of the vanguard army all went to Hanzhong, under the personal command of Zhang He, approaching the Jiameng Pass from the eastern front to Yizhou, and undertook the eastern front of Yizhou in the future.
The new army of 10,000 people was picked up by the vanguard army, and the remaining 30,000 people were all transferred to the reserve on the spot, responsible for the security and defense of Hanzhong County, of which 10,000 were stationed in Fangling and 10,000 were stationed in Shangyong.
Ma Chao, who had nothing to do in Hanzhong, led 20,000 Xiliang cavalry and 25,000 Yanqi cavalry to return to the Western Regions again, and in the future they will be a sharp spear under the account of the king of Pingxi, sweeping in the Western Regions;
It turned out that after the first battle of Gaonu, Xu Rong showed his talent as a general, and was affirmed and recognized by Zhao Xing, so Zhao Xing asked him to take over Zhou Cang's position, and let Zhou Cang serve as the head of the Liwei Training Regiment, and in the future, he would be responsible for training the Hu people of the Western Regions for himself. Zhou Cang was very interested in this new appointment, as he was now training for Zhao Xing, the king of Pingxi.
It was Zhao Gang who succeeded Xu Rong, and he also did a very good job in Hedong County this time, which made Zhao Xing's eyes light up after reading the battle report, and he seemed to see Li Tiezhu's shadow.
Zhao Xing was very satisfied with this turtle who was still "sucking, sucking" and eating snot in his mouth when he saw him, but now he can take the position of the main general. After all, it is difficult for one person to last, but the strength of a group of people and the strength of a group can affect the long-term and even the world.
Zhao Gangguan Zhao Xing called brother, because Zhao Xing called Zhao Gang his father Zhao Daring called uncle. And Zhao Bu, who is a few years younger than Zhao Gang, wants to call Zhao Xing his father, so after Zhao Gang and Zhao Bu got together, the two often quarreled and amused over the things of their generation, which made Zhao Bu's stuffy gourd a lot more sunny.
The soldiers of the 5,000 Han Army Cavalry Division, who accompanied several back and forth inside and outside Zhaoxing Pass, finally returned to the establishment, so that the Dingyuan Army once again returned to a full state of 40,000 people. Zhao Xing asked the Dingyuan Army to move the military headquarters originally located in Yuyang to Gaonulai, and in the future, it will be mainly responsible for the internal security of the Liang State and the Jin State. Among them, Huang Xuan's division was stationed in the surrendered city, Yaoxing's division was stationed in Daqingshan, Yansheng's division was stationed in Jincheng, and the Han cavalry division was stationed in Guzang.
If you look closely, the distribution of these four divisions is also very clear.