Chapter 116: Dawn
Liyang in the Han Dynasty had a large camp of Liyang, at the end of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao stationed heavy troops here, through the Wei and Jin dynasties, its status is becoming more and more important.
Shi Min's ancestors were also here as the governor of the cavalry, and he was the tooth keeper for several generations.
In today's situation of the division between the north and south of the river, the importance of Liyang has become more and more prominent.
The Black Cloud Army that went deep into Hebei and plundered was placed under Liyang's eyelids.
The 26,000-strong army crossed the river on ice, and Liyang suddenly became nervous.
The casualties of the 4,000 cavalry were already nerve-wracking to Duan Qin, and in the face of the menacing Black Cloud Army, he could only defend the city.
But Xu Cheng didn't give him any chance, wearing two layers of armor and taking the lead, the army attacked for five days in a row, and Xu Cheng was covered with more than ten wounds, and finally captured Liyang.
Duan Qin led 3,000 horsemen and went to Xiangguo.
This battle not only captured an important town in Hebei, but also captured 2,000 fine war horses, as well as more than 27,000 Xianbei family members of the Duan clan, all of whom were escorted to Chenliu.
Li Yue added Feng Xu to become the general of Beizhong Lang, the governor of Liyang, and led the backbone Zuoying to guard Liyang.
After the capture of Liyang, the Heiyun army did not need to deploy a large number of troops in Dongjun south of the Yellow River, which reduced the military pressure on Yanzhou.
Hebei is completely open in front of the Black Cloud Army.
There was no need to send troops to plunder, and the tribes in Hebei who were tired of war and fighting took the initiative to go south and defect to Yanzhou.
When the Yellow River was unfrozen, the number of people plundered and attached was as high as 240,000, 300,000 stone of grain, 230,000 head of livestock plundered before and after, and other cloth, silk, iron, and copper, which were more than 500 carts.
Sure enough, the old saying was fulfilled, horses have no night grass and no fat......
The Chinese people who went south were all turned into common people, and like Tuntianke, there were six officials and four people.
The Qiang, Di, and Wuhuan who took the initiative to join them turned into servants and grazed the fields for Yanzhou, and obtained seven officials and three people.
The Xianbei people and Huns who were taken from captivity all became slaves, and all their products were confiscated except for survival.
I thought they would resist, but I didn't expect them to be all relieved.
Compared with the carnage in the north, Yanzhou can at least survive.
Becoming a slave is not a big deal, and slaves have been widespread since the Han and Wei dynasties.
Those who dared to resist among these Hu people had already died under the sword of the Black Cloud Army, and most of the captives had already accepted their fate.
Eighty or ninety thousand slaves were far from enough for Yanzhou, and people had to be employed everywhere for farming, grazing, building dock forts, and so on.
However, at this time, the dust in Hebei is almost settled, between October and October, two or three hundred thousand Hu people died under the knife of the angry Chinese people, and the Hu people of Jizhou have moved north, or defected to Xiangguo, or went to the desert, and were devoured by tigers and wolves along the way.
And vendetta will never last only a few months, it must be a long-term process.
Li Yue was busy, and Shi Min was not idle.
In February of the first year of Qinglong (350 years), the battle of Yebei broke out, Shi Min led a thousand fine cavalry, holding a two-edged spear, and galloped to attack it, Shi Kun, Zhang Ju, Wang Lang 70,000 troops were defeated in a battle, 3,000 were killed, more than 10,000 prisoners, and the rest fled.
1,000 cavalry defeated the 70,000 Qianhu army, and Shi Min's name once again resounded all over the world.
The people of Hebei rushed to join it.
At the same time, the west side also divided the winners and losers, Ma Qiu as always pulled across, 30,000 horses were broken by Fu Xiong's 10,000 Di army, and even Ma Qiu himself was captured, surrendered to Fu Hong, and was named the general of the army......
The population that Hebei could capture became smaller and smaller, and Qianhu defected to Xiangguo and gathered under Shi Yi.
At this time, Ren Chengguo sent back the report of defeat.
Cui Jin's offensive was not smooth, and Qi Min had already prepared, clearing the field and strengthening the city defense.
Cui Jin attacked for more than ten days, lost his troops, and the city still stands.
Just when the Zhenshan battalion was tired, Qi Min was outstanding, a group of men and horses attacked the Zhenshan camp at night, and the defenders of the city were attacked on both sides, although the Zhenshan battalion fought bloody battles and repelled the enemy, but its own casualties were not small, and it was unable to attack the city.
Cui Jin pleaded guilty.
This is the first defeat since the establishment of Heiyun Mountain, and the impact is not insignificant.
There are many people who impeach Cui Jin in various places, and even the army has complained, thinking that Cui Jin has damaged the military prestige and can't even take down a single Rencheng County.
Since it is defeated, it must be punished, and the Black Cloud Army has always had clear rewards and punishments.
Li Yue was relieved of his post as the Taishou of Cui Jinlu County, demoted to the rank of Soldier Cao, and confiscated all the fields and properties that had been rewarded before, and the Zhenshan Battalion was temporarily commanded by Bo Wu.
The punishment was not insignificant, not only depriving him of military power and official position, but also confiscating his land and property, leaving him with only one title to join the army.
At this point, the complaints in the army gradually disappeared.
Chang Wei arched his hand and said: "According to his subordinates, this matter is very strange, Qi Min has less than 3,000 soldiers in the county, and he is negligent in training, how can he resist the elite of the 6,000 town and mountain battalions?" ”
The Zhenshan battalion was adapted on the basis of the old department of Xuanyuan Mountain, although it was not a descendant of the Heiyun Army, but its combat power should not be underestimated.
And Cui Jin is also a veteran, so he will never be able to beat Qi Min.
Li Yue pondered for a while, either Qi Min was his mother's wizard in using soldiers, or there was someone behind him.
When you think about it, it's clear.
"Yanzhou Haoqiang!" Li Yue and Chang Wei spoke in unison.
Plundered Hebei, Heiyun Mountain made a windfall, and Haoqiang also tiptoed to get involved, but Li Yue ignored them.
They sent troops privately, but they were attacked head-on by the Zhao army, so they naturally held a grudge.
Coupled with the setting of school affairs, it is a great threat to them.
In fact, half of the county commanders and taishou in various places are their people, and Li Yue's refusal to change the officials in various places is also to appease them and calm them.
"I see, this is Yanzhou Haoqiang's dismount!" Li Yue laughed.
Since it is called Haoqiang, it must be Hao and strong.
At the beginning of the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu Dutian, these people directly attacked and killed court officials.
They were also the biggest beneficiaries of the great rebellion at the end of the Han Dynasty.
Sun Ce swept through Jiangdong, but he was still planted on the assassins sent by Haoqiang......
Since the Yongjia Rebellion, China has weakened, but these heroes are growing, and after decades of chaos, they have been attached to each other's in-laws, forming an intertwined network of interests.
"Governor, Qi Min's letter of guilt has arrived." Zhang Shengye entered with a silk in his hand.
Li Yue glanced at it, "The sinner Min Baibai, the former is a disaster in the township, so he has to lead the township to attack bravely, detaining more than 500 people, and is waiting to write to the governor, but he didn't think that the governor's army is coming, and Min can only fight against the governor in order to protect the people, and win it, capital crime, capital crime!" Today, I will repair a letter, and I hope that the governor will take the world's plan as his mind, regardless of the past suspicions, and the people of Rencheng will feel the kindness of the governor......"
Where is this letter of guilt, it is clearly to show off, deliberately provoking Li Yue's anger.
"What a Qi Min, I underestimated you!" Li Yue laughed instead of being angry.
In this troubled world, there are people everywhere, a county order cannot be despised by a county order, and a guard cannot be underestimated.
"Qi Min has the support of Yanzhou Haoqiang behind him, and this matter is forbearance for the time being, and the matter of Hebei is the most important." Chang Wei, as a person of this era, is very strong and powerful.
"No, now the matter of Hebei is small, and the matter here is big, this battle must be fought, otherwise who will be in Yanzhou in the future?" Li Yue threw the silk on the ground.
Regarding the problem of the proliferation of tigers and wolves in the Later Zhao period, there are many records in the history books, and I made it up if it was not an old fish.
"Book of Jin, Volume 17, Chronicle Seventh": Min bowed to lead the Zhao people to punish all the Hu Xuan, no noble and lowly men and women, young and old, more than 200,000 dead, corpses outside the city, all eaten by wild dogs and jackals.
"Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 100 Jin Ji 22": Since last spring, the west of Tongguan, as for Chang'an, tigers and wolves are violent. During the day, he followed the way, and at night he sent out the house, did not eat six animals, and specialized in cannibalism, and killed more than 700 people. The people waste and cultivate, gather together to live, and the harm is endless.
(End of chapter)