The Western Xia generals surrendered, and of course it was impossible to hand them over.

Not only do they not pay, but they also have to give good treatment.

Li Mida and Yang Zhi jointly wrote a letter back to Beijing, requesting that the soldiers of the Mi Capture Department among the prisoners of war be screened and handed over to the commander of Mi Tu Yuxing.

Huizhou belongs to the border zone between the two countries, and the land is vast and sparsely populated due to years of war. It is completely possible to set aside a piece of land and hand it over to the soldiers of the Mi Capture Department to cultivate and graze.

Of course, you have to guard against Mi Tu rebelling in the face of rebellion.

At the confluence of the Zuguan River and the Li River, there is a Huichuan City (the scale is only a walled fort), which can be garrisoned by Mi Yuxing with troops. The section of the valley where the two rivers meet is the land allocated to the Mi Tsu Division.

The surrounding area is full of castles garrisoned by Han people, including Huizhou City, Qingshuihe Village, Xinquan Village, Shuiquan Fort, Huairong Fort, Tong'an Village, Ganquan Fort, Pingxi Village and so on.

The front and back are blocked, the left and right are blocked, what can the Mi Capture Department do even if it is a rebellion?

This is not a complete rice capture department, it is just screened from the captives, and it is just a thousand people who can be killed. They settled among the Han people, communicated with the Han people for many years, and the residence was biased towards farming, and at most two or three generations were sinicized.

Moreover, Huichuan Castle is still quite important, and it is not considered a cold general to be stationed there, and then give food and livestock to his subordinates to live, Mi Yuxing should be very satisfied.

The most important bargaining chip on the Ming side is not the threat of force.

The threat of force alone not only failed to make the Western Xia return the land, but also frightened them into clinging to the land.

It's those tens of thousands of prisoners of war!

How many tribes are looking forward to the prisoners of war returning alive, and the pressure on the Western Xia monarchs is extremely great. Especially in the eight party departments, about 20,000 people were captured, and they can't just hold on to the refusal of peace talks and let the Ming Dynasty cut down all these captives, right?

The peace talks continued, and Zhu Ming ordered Lanzhou to release 300 prisoners first to show his sincerity.

Although these 300 captives do not need to cut off the thumb of their right hand, they must not be members of the Eighth Party Department.

……

Gyeongju (Gyeongyang).

Liu Zhengyan galloped all the way to Miao Fu's house, and said with a happy face: "There is a great victory on Xihe Road, and I heard that the officers and soldiers have captured more than ten thousand people in Western Xia!" ”

"I've got the news, too." Miao Fu nodded.

Liu Zhengyan said: "It's time for a counterattack!" ”

Miao Fu was not excited, but asked, "What are the two of us?" ”

"The martial arts are too guarded." Liu Zhengyan said.

Miao Fu took out a letter: "Wang Jidao (Wang Yuan) sent someone to send it, it's hard to think that he is far away in Huainan, and he can still think of the two of us." ”

Liu Zhengyan opened the letter and read it, and there were only eight words in it: please resign too much, indicating your heart.

"What does that mean?" Liu Zhengyan didn't understand for a while.

Miao Fu said: "I can't understand it, please come to the army to write a book, and I understand that the prince is ruthless today." The prince asked you and me to be the border guards, and the military and financial power were grasped, which was nothing more than delegating power to the border generals, so that we could raise our own food and salaries to resist the Western Xia. I'm a reckless man with you, how can I know so much? Still secretly happy. When the prince frees his hand, he will definitely clean up our military attachés. ”

Liu Zhengyan was stunned.

After Liu Fa was defeated and died, he was thrown into a cauldron by Tong Guan, and his son Liu Zhengyan naturally couldn't please him.

Fortunately, many of his father's old friends interceded, and Liu Zhengyan was thrown to Huanzhou to serve as the guard of Hongdezhai.

And Miao Fu's father, Miao Xu, is Liu Fa's old partner, and Miao Fu himself has also been Liu Fa's general. When Jin Bing went south, Miao Fu was leading troops in Gyeongju, and his father used to be the governor of Gyeongju and had many old troops here.

Last year, Western Xia took advantage of the weakness to enter, and Liu Zhengyan's soldiers fled slightly and withdrew to Huanzhou City with the remnants of the army.

Huanzhou City was empty of troops and was soon broken by Western Xia, and Liu Zhengyan followed Huanzhou Zhizhou to retreat. He was sent to ask Miao Fu to send troops to rescue, and when the two led the troops to rescue, the governor of Huanzhou had been defeated and died.

Now in the whole Huanzhou, only Maling Town, Fangquzhai and Mubo Town remain, and the rest of the walled cities are occupied by the Western Xia, and Liu Zhengyan was appointed as the governor of Huanzhou.

And Miao Fu's prestige is sufficient, he has a lot of troops, and his official position is naturally higher.

Huanqing Road was changed to Huanqing Mansion, and Miao Fu served as the prefect of Huanqing, and he grasped the military, political and financial power, and was a proper warlord.

The reason why Wang Yuan wrote to remind them was because Wang Yuan had also followed Liu Fa before.

"I'm a Zhizhou, and there are only two towns and one village left in the territory, what kind of warlord do you want to be?" Liu Zhengyan suddenly became angry when he heard this.

Miao Fu said: "But I am the prefect." I still wonder how Huanqing Road was changed to Huanqing Mansion, and I had to take Pizhou away. However, Pizhou is located in a key position, and the imperial court sent officials to govern, so it is good to send troops to do it against us in the future. We never thought about separating the country, the prince is really ...... There are too many doubts! ”

Liu Zhengyan said: "It's better to send troops to take Huanzhou back, and then let's resign from the post of Taishou." In this way, you can show loyalty to the court, and with Uncle Wang (Wang Yuan) in the court, you and I will definitely be trusted and reused by the prince in the future! ”

Miao Fu thought for a while and said, "That's all it takes." ”

These two people really don't want to be warlords, mainly because their strength and prestige are not enough, they just want to rely on Wang Yuan as a backer and an official to become a knight.

Regarding the Miao Liu mutiny, one theory is that Wang Yuan was greedy for money and used river-crossing boats to load the goods he had looted from the rebellion, resulting in Liu Guangshi's army being unable to cross the river. Afterwards, he colluded with the eunuchs, not only was he exempted from punishment, but he was also reused by Zhao Gou to take charge of the forbidden army. Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan's troops, but they didn't even have anything to eat, so they killed Wang Yuan in a fit of rage, and then hijacked Zhao Gou Qingjun's side, scaring Zhao Gou so that he couldn't have children from impotence.

This description is recorded in the official history, and there are also a lot of brain supplements.

Wang Yuan has always been known for being light on money and good at righteousness, why did he suddenly become greedy for money on the way to the south? In order to transport treasures, he threw the army in Jiangbei.

Moreover, Liu Zhengyan and Miao Fu were able to ascend to the throne, and it was Wang Yuan who recommended and promoted Zhao Gou.

In order to ask for military salaries, and in order to fight Liu Guangshi, Miao and Liu killed their father's good friend, their own backer and Bole Wang Yuan? Still holding the emperor hostage?

The real reason is that most of the troops who followed Zhao Gou's southern crossing came from the north. At that time, the generals were reluctant to cross the river and clamored to kill back, but Wang Yuan suggested that Zhao Gou go to Hangzhou, so all the soldiers resented him.

And Wang Yuan also added an official to lead the forbidden army, and the generals were naturally even more annoyed, and all the dirty things that the eunuchs were looting and exploiting along the way were counted on Wang Yuan's head. The resentment that he could not receive military salaries and that the soldiers were starving and marching was also vented on Wang Yuan.

However, Wang Yuan did have a good relationship with the eunuch Kang Xu, and the ship was indeed helping Zhao Gou's cronies transport goods and goods, and Wang Yuan killed the official who managed the ship afterwards and couldn't clear it.

Now, the Miao-Liu mutiny is definitely gone, and it is estimated that a small group in the army will be formed.

This group has Wang Yuan as the core, and its old subordinates and Liu Fa's old department as the backbone.

For example, Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan in front of him, such as Han Shizhong and the Zhai brothers. Han Shizhong was Wang Yuan's general, and the Zhai brothers were Liu Fa's generals.

This is not surprising, Zhang Guangdao, Li Bao, and Yang Zhi all have their own small groups.

Even Zhang Bo went to Shandong to take a turn and lay down half of Shandong, and also took the opportunity to establish his own team.

"Not to mention the lot," Miao Fu asked, "How many Western Xia soldiers are there in Huanzhou?" Can I send troops to defeat it? ”

Liu Zhengyan said: "It is estimated that the defenders of Huanzhou are less than 5,000. Send people to contact Liu Yanqing and Zhe Keqiu first, and let them send troops together to attack the lost territories under their respective jurisdictions. Western Xia suffered heavy losses in Hehuang, and there must be an empty army on that side, and in order to prevent the imperial court from continuing to advance troops, it will definitely draw troops from this side. You and I, Liu Yanqing, and Zhe Keqiu will make trouble at the same time, and they will make Xixia unable to take care of it. ”

"That's it!" Miao Fu clapped his hands and said.

……

Yan'an Mansion.

Yang Yizhong was struggling to persuade Liu Yanqing, the prefect of Yanyan: "Western Xia has been seriously injured, please send troops to recapture Mizhi Village, Kaiguang Fort, and Yongle City quickly!" ”

Liu Yanqing couldn't bear it and said: "I have sent spies to inquire, if Xixia has really transferred troops elsewhere, it will definitely take back the lost land." ”

Liu Yanqing's loss of territory was not large, and when he heard about the Western Xia invasion, he quickly led his troops back to kill him.

In the entire Yanyan Road, under the defense of Liu Yanqing, only more than a dozen walled forts were lost.

Yang Yizhong's father and two younger brothers died in the battle on the territory that could be sought.

It's just that Yang Yizhong is an officer in Liu Yanqing's territory, so there is no reason to run to Zheke there to argue for revenge.

After more than ten days, Liu Yanqing inquired clearly, and Xixia took the initiative to abandon Pingrong Village, Saimen Village, Ansai Fort, Kaiguang Fort, and Mizhi Village...... It is obvious that the forces are shrinking, the food routes and the defensive line are being shortened, and it is very likely that the troops are being drawn elsewhere.

However, the Western Xia still occupied Yongle City and Luo'er City, which was to defend Yinzhou City further behind.

Liu Yanqing was overjoyed, and immediately asked his son to lead the troops to take over those walled forts, and threw Yang Yizhong, who was arguing non-stop. also let Yang Yizhong serve as the owner of Mizhi Village, stay away in Mizhi, don't run all day long to annoy yourself.

You Yang Yizhong, a descendant of the Yang family, should find a family to ask for soldiers, what do you have to do with my old Liu family?

At the same time as Liu Yanqing sent troops, he also made a move on Linfu Road.

Under Zhu Ming's deliberate connivance, Liu Yanqing and Zhe Keqiu became more and more like warlords. Their enthusiasm for recovering the lost territory increased greatly, and they did not need the urging of the imperial court at all, so they raised their own grain and grass to kill them.

However, the two soon became furious.

When the Western Xia took the initiative to abandon many walled forts, they plundered the people nearby, and they recovered almost white land, and they had to bother to migrate to enrich the population.

Liu Yanqing personally went to the front line and asked his son: "These two walled forts have not been able to be defeated?" ”

Liu Guangshi explained: "After the Western Xia reduced their forces, both Yongle City and Luo'er City had at least 3,000 defenders. The people near the walled fort along the way were all taken away by the Western Xia, and our army could not recruit people all the way, nor could they collect grain and grass nearby. If you want to capture these two castles, you must besiege them for a long time, and the imperial court must bring more grain and grass. ”

Liu Yanqing said: "The imperial court asked me to raise my own grain and grass, and the military salary was also solved by myself. ”

"How can there be such a court? It's clear that our Liu family will be divided! Liu Guangshi said indignantly.

Liu Yanqing said: "On the side of the couch, how can others be allowed to sleep soundly. The prince's soldiers lost more than 100,000 divisions in the Western Xia in the first battle. He is now short of money and food, and he is an enemy in all directions, so he doesn't have the strength to take care of us. I was reluctant to hand over my military power, so it became the current confused situation. ”

Liu Guangshi asked: "Isn't Yao Gu also commanding the army?" ”

"He's different," Liu Yanqing said, "He surrendered early, and Yang Zhi led the troops to suppress him, so the imperial court can naturally trust him." It is estimated that after the Hehuang side is settled, Yao Gu will be recalled to the center, at most let his son continue to lead the troops, and it is impossible for Yao Gu himself to be in charge of the troops anymore. ”

Liu Guangshi pondered: "Give the seed master Dao, Yao Gu be promoted, and then let their son take charge of the army." This is equivalent to Lao Tzu being a hostage in the imperial court, and his son leading troops to fight outside, and the imperial court can be reorganized as it wants. ”

Seeing his son looking at himself while speaking, Liu Yanqing suddenly got angry and said, "Do you also want your father to go to Tokyo to be an official?" ”

"The child never thinks so." Liu Guangshi hurriedly denied it.

(End of chapter)