Let the people get tangible benefits
It's a bit unlucky to come to see it.
So far, the robbery camp is just speculation, if Li Jizhong doesn't come, is it possible that Yang Shihou really cut off his own head?
Li Juchuan is very sure.
Li Ye felt that no matter whether Li Jizhong came or not, he had to prepare.
Before dark, Li Ye took two personal guards to inspect the battalions, today's siege intensity is high, the duration is not long, the siege is heavy armor, and the casualties are not large. When the emperor came to visit him, the soldiers were overjoyed.
Although since the Middle Tang Dynasty, the emperor was often slapped in the face by the leaders of the feudal towns, but he still had some influence in the hearts of ordinary soldiers.
Li Ye didn't do much to stand up, talking and laughing with the soldiers, and asking for warmth.
The morale of the soldiers was generally very high, and they didn't think it was difficult to fight in Longzhou.
Most of the soldiers were young people in their twenties, hoping that after the city was broken, they would get some rewards, go home and let their wives and children have a full meal, and those who did not marry hoped to start a family, all of which were simple wishes.
Revitalizing the Tang Dynasty is just a slogan, and they have never seen the glorious Datang, but in this chaotic era at the end of the Tang Dynasty, it is like duckweed.
It is useless to just beat chicken blood and shout slogans, if you want to win the support of the soldiers and the people, you must let them get tangible benefits.
Only by tying up with their interests can it be possible to revitalize Datang.
Otherwise, why should others follow him?
By virtue of being the emperor?
Since the Middle Tang Dynasty, there are not a few Tang emperors who were driven out of Chang'an by the rebels.
At the beginning of his reign, Dezong was quite similar to Zhaozong, with great ambitions, implementing the two tax laws, and strongly advocating the reduction of feudal towns.
It's just that he ignores the interests of the soldiers and the people, and is used by people with intentions.
A Jingyuan mutiny, 5,000 Jingyuan soldiers broke through Chang'an, the emperor fled to Fengtian, and the good situation of pacifying the Anshi Rebellion was buried, and the Tang Dynasty was completely caught in the mutiny one after another, the emperor's authority was lost, and the head of the Kwantung Domain directly called the king, and Zhu Zhu was even more emperor in Chang'an City. The inside is a mess, the outside is even weaker, the Qingshui Alliance, the Longyou states are assigned to Tubo.
The fall of the Longyou states had a far-reaching impact on the Tang Dynasty.
At that time, Nanzhao was also ready to move.
But fortunately, at this time, the fate of the Tang Dynasty should not be extinct, Li Sheng and Wei Gao turned the tide, pacified the rebels internally, and resisted Tibet externally.
The moon is dark and the wind is high.
From time to time there was a wolf howl or two in the wilderness, lonely and desolate. The city of Longzhou was pitch black, and there were not even torches at the head of the city.
It's so quiet, but it's depressing.
Li Ye was not in the big tent, but took his personal guards with ordinary soldiers.
To say that the ancient night is really difficult, a group of big men, there is no entertainment.
The whole army put on armor and pillows and rested in batches.
I don't know when it will be, just when Li Ye felt that Li Jizhong would not come, the front camp suddenly shouted, and then the fire spread.
The shouts of killing pierced the night, and it was impossible to distinguish between friend and foe.
Li Ye originally planned to help, but it was better not to move around in this situation.
The divine operation of one's own people against one's own people will happen from time to time even in the Hereafter.
With Yang Shihou's ability, the 8,000-strong army should be able to kill the enemy army in the camp. The fighting in the front camp lasted only an hour, and then gradually calmed down.
Since the enemy did not rush to the middle camp, it means that they were repulsed.
However, at this time, Yang Shihou had not sent someone over to report the situation, and Li Ye could only continue to wait.
Finally, at dawn, the scout came to report that Yang Shihou had invaded Longzhou City!
Li Ye was overjoyed, what he was most afraid of was the strangulation battle during the siege, and the two sides sent their troops to the city wall little by little to fight.
"Order the Meng side to enter the city." Attacking the city does not mean that the war is over, if Li Jizhong organizes street battles, the damage to Longzhou will be even greater.
Li Jizhong's family is still in Fengxiang, but these have no deterrent effect on him, and in the chaotic times at the end of the Tang Dynasty, etiquette and morality collapsed along with the order of the world.
I don't know how many times the tragedy of the father killing the son and the son killing the father has happened.
Jingnan Jiedu made Cheng Xiao suspicious that his son was unreliable, and killed them all.
Needless to say, the son killed Lao Tzu.
When the sky was bright, Yang Shihou rode at a gallop, holding a bloody human head in his hand, regardless of the obstruction of the guards, and saw Li Ye before dismounting and paying homage: "The last general is fortunate not to dishonor His Majesty's order, and the head of the traitor Li Jizhong is here!" ”
"General Yang is really a god general!" Li Ye exclaimed.
Yang Shihou has always been unwilling, and he has been stumbling under Li Hanzhi until now.
Today's battle can be regarded as a real raising of eyebrows, and his face is full of red light at the moment, and the word "god general" is extremely useful, "Your Majesty, the last general!" "The hardest Longzhou is laid, and Fengxiang and Suining Prefectures are no problem.
Li Ye and Yang Shihou entered the city together.
The last time I was strict in Fengxiang, the military discipline was strict, and now the effect is out.
The Praetorian Guard and Tiance Army blocked the whole city, and the streets and alleys were full of patrolling soldiers.
After Li Jizhong was killed, the defenders lost their will to resist, laid down their arms and surrendered, and some fish slipped through the net and escaped into the people's homes.
Since the battle took place in the middle of the night and was resolved quickly, the people were only slightly disturbed, not as chaotic as Fengxiang City.
What made Li Ye happiest was that there were 50,000 stones of grain in the treasury and 30,000 yuan.
Li Ye has no concept of money, and besides, Guanzhong is so poor that he can't buy anything with money.
In this year, it is absolutely rare for a state and county to have surplus grain in Guanzhong, which shows the wealth of Longzhou.
Fifty thousand stone grain relieved a lot of pressure.
The three armies did not move, the grain and grass went first, and the soldiers had no meat, so the consumption of grain was greater.
Of the 10,000 defenders, less than 2,000 were killed and more than 6,000 surrendered.
Including the surrender army in Fengxiang City, there are almost 15,000 people.
Let them go, maybe someone will raise their arms and shout, and they will be a big force, so they can only be temporarily incorporated into the auxiliary army for transformation.
Under strict military discipline, not only did there be no looting in the city, but there were even wealthy families who drove hundreds of sheep to work in the army.
Longzhou is rich in water and grass, and the people not only farm, but also graze according to local conditions. Li Ye has been going through a year, and he has never seen such an initiative.
"Meet Your Majesty." He said that he was a rich man, and he was dressed as a peasant.
"Hurry up, please get up, it's rare that you still have Datang in your heart." Li Ye said with emotion.
Tang Xizong ran away at every turn, and the hearts of the people in Guanzhong had long been lost, and Li Ye, the emperor, had some influence in Chang'an.
The person who took the lead has gray hair, wrinkled face, is at least sixty years old, and has at least experienced the rule of Dazhong of the Xuanzong Dynasty, "The small people's livelihood is the Tang people, and the death is the Tang ghost, I heard that His Majesty rose up to fight the thief, and the small people were also overjoyed in the early frontier, and the imperial army entered the city without committing any crimes. ”
To be able to say this is certainly not an ordinary person in the local area.
Li Ye sighed: "The country is difficult, and you are also suffering, as the Son of Heaven, I am ashamed of the fathers and elders in Guanzhong." ”
"Why did Your Majesty say this? Your Majesty does not abandon the people of Longzhou, and the people of Longzhou naturally live up to Your Majesty. ”
The words made Li Ye's heart warm.
Recalling that on the city wall of Chang'an, looking at Li Maozhen's Fengxiang army, the Shence army cowered, and the ministers of the court and the central government had ghosts, and their hearts were full of discouragement.
The support of the people made Li Ye feel that he had done nothing wrong, and military discipline was always the top priority.
Qin Zongquan, Sun Ru and others, the soldiers were mighty for a while, but in the end, they were not defeated and died?
Li Ye's mind was hot, and he immediately took out 20,000 stone of grain and distributed it to the people in the city, and used 30,000 yuan to buy pigs and sheep in the city, so that 20,000 soldiers could have a full meal.
It's good to have a full stomach these days, let alone eat meat.
For a time, the military and the people were all happy.