Chapter Eighteen Agents
There was no expected fierce battle.
When the first ray of sunlight appeared in the east, the main forces of Feng'an Army and Silver Spears entered Chang'an from Shenwu Gate, Qixia Gate, and Tonghua Gate respectively.
They lined up in an orderly manner to clear out the defeated soldiers running and colliding along the way.
There have been many people in the west gates since last night, and by the day, more people fled.
What's outrageous is that they carry big bags and small bags, and some even push carts. It's really hard to give up Shancai and are unwilling to leave their wealth without escaping.
The one who rushed the most fiercely was Shi Zan's troops.
After meeting Shao Shude last night, he received a promise of safety. Shi Zan breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, the court's promises were useless. King Xia said that you are fine, then you are really fine, no doubt.
There were more than 3,000 people in Yushan Capital. After the mutiny and trouble, Shi Zan took the opportunity to annex and expanded it to 8,000. However, after the news of the Xia army besieging the city from all directions, many people ran away. Shi Zan left the city overnight and met Shao Shude. After returning to the temporary garrison camp in Bashang, he found that more than 1,000 troops had been dispersed, and now only 5,000 were left.
What made him feel gratified was that most of the children of Xu Zhen were there, and everyone took him as the backbone and united together, which moved him very much.
It’s not a problem to lose the miscellaneous soldiers, but to recruit them again. The most important thing is the backbone of the officers. With these three thousand old brothers here, it’s okay to expand the army to tens of thousands of people.
So, they entered the city in Shenshi and made a lot of noise along the way. While arresting the Shen Ce soldiers who were running around, they had already carried thousands of people by dawn, and the entire army had exceeded 10,000.
It seemed almost done, Shi Zan led his people to the Daming Palace, trying to capture King Ji, which was a great achievement.
There were chaos outside the Daming Palace.
A few Yan soldiers were setting fires and were directly knocked down by arrows from Yushandu.
Someone rushed out of the palace, carrying a package on his back, and was holding a palace maid in his hand. I don’t know if it was a palace maid, a concubine or a princess, but there was no difference anyway. In the eyes of the big-headed soldiers, they were tools to vent their desires.
"Shoot the arrow!" Several teams of archers stepped forward, and dense feather arrows flew out, and all the rioters and palace servants fell to the ground.
"Where is Li Kunwei? Where is King Ji?" Shi Zan asked someone to capture several prisoners and asked.
"I ran away last night."
"Hmm? Why run? How dare they run?" Shi Zan was furious...
"There are shouts of killing everywhere, and there are army entering the city at every gate. I don't know how many people have come. The brothers wanted to fight, but they were defeated everywhere, so they didn't want to fight."
Shi Zan was so angry that he waved his sword and killed all the prisoners.
"Xu Erlang!" Shi Zan felt the wound on his forehead ached faintly.
"The last one is here!" Xu Wen walked over with a bloody heavy sword.
"Find out where Li Convey ran and take people to chase!"
"As for the order!" After Xu Wen received the order, he ordered two thousand people, left the Daming Palace, and pursued the west.
"Search forward, if anyone dares to resist, he will be killed without mercy." Shi Zan personally led his people to the Daming Palace.
There are still some riots raging in the palace city.
I don’t know what they think. Everyone else is running for life. You don’t want to escape, but instead take the opportunity to come to the palace city to set fire and plunder the palace people. They are so lustful. Shi Zan smiled angry when he saw it. It was simply out of place with Xia!
"Brothers from Yushandu? We are willing to surrender!" A rioter said with a laugh, holding a crying palace maid in his hand.
"Let me wait? There is still a woman inside." Another rioter spoke: "It's just that there are still a few middle-aged officials guarding with weapons. In fact, it's very loose. We don't want to fight with them."
"Yes! Not only are the concubines and princesses, but the late emperor's woman is here, go quickly. Let me wait, okay?"
The answer to them was fierce swords and guns.
With one knife, the head flew up, and blood spurted all over the ground. The palace servant fell to the ground softly and cried non-stop.
Shi Zan kicked off a corpse of a soldier and walked in with great strides.
The soldiers also flocked in and quickly controlled the entire palace.
Shao Shude was discussing matters with his staff when he received the news.
"In the Battle of Zizhou, Zhang Xingshi led his army out of the city. Someone turned against him at the time of the battle, so he was defeated and died in the battle." Chen Cheng said: "Zhu Mei is in danger. Can the general, can the Jishi army go south?"
"Sure." Shao Shude said: "Let Li Yixian go south and enter Jianzhou, waiting for the next order."
"Tuoba Renfu, Li Ren wanted to lose his news for a long time. There are rumors that they plundered the people in Yunzhou. Zhu Xuan killed more than ten riots, and the two sides clashed. Tuoba Renfu went south to Yanzhou and defected to Zhu Jin. Li Ren wanted to advance east to Qizhou, occupy the city of the prefect, and expel Zhu Xuan as the governor." Chen Cheng continued to report the second news.
This matter was actually within Shao Shude's expectations.
If no one stares at these grassland foreigners and suppresses them, then they will only have wealth and wealth in their eyes. The woman is no different from the thief. What's more, after Li Keyong led his army to attack Wei Bo, Luo Hongxin completely turned to Zhu Quanzhong and no longer allowed Hedong. The Lingxia soldiers had already been separated from the outside.
What should Shao Shude be glad now? Luckily they don’t have the camel-haired brown cloth uniforms in the Xia army? It’s meaningless. After getting in touch again, I will find a way to deal with these bastards.
"Don't worry about them for now. Tuoba Renfu and Li Renyu's troops continue to migrate to Heyang." Shao Shude said.
After they surrendered, their troops left Shahe and grazed in the hilly areas north of Mianchi and south of the Yellow River. After capturing Heyang this time, they moved them to enrich their local household registration.
Tuoba Renfu and Li Ren would most likely be dissatisfied with each other, but Shao Shude didn't care. Starting next year, the warlords in the control area would start to clean up slowly, otherwise there would be a big mess in the future.
In history, Zhu Quanzhong fought in the early years and had a very thorough control of the territory. However, as he fought, due to the situation and various complex factors, more and more military leaders under his command were forced to increase, which brought huge risk of rebellion. But when he felt that there was no hope of unification in this life, Zhu Youyu, the eldest son of the strongest, died of illness when he was attacking Yang Chongben, it was inevitable to reduce the vassal states and kill generals. Then rebellion became commonplace. You moved the interests of the military leaders. Even if you had 200,000 troops and only a few thousand military leaders, you really thought that others would not dare to rebel? Why do I have to calculate the power comparison? If there is no chance of rebellion, I will not rebel? The martial artists in the late Tang Dynasty did not care about so many.
Well, Yang Chongben's rebellion was also the cause of Lao Zhu. Yang's wife was beautiful and beautiful. Lao Zhu forcibly favored Yang's wife in the palace, so Yang Chongben betrayed and surrendered to Li Maozhen. Lao Zhu sent Xiao Zhu to attack him. When he arrived in Yongshou, Zhu Youyu died of illness and the Bian army was in charge.
"Li Keyong's army won several consecutive games and confronted Wei Bo's army across Yongjiqu. He went out to Beizhou to repel Jin general Li Sizhao. Li Hanzhi entered Xiangzhou and was defeated. General, will our army enter Weizhou?" Chen Cheng asked.
"The action is suspended." Before Shao Shude made up his mind, he had to wait and see the situation again.
He still had a little thought of winning over Wei Bo. The royal palace has sent envoys to Weizhou, so let's talk about it after the news is sent back. These six states are not so easy to fight. The towns in Hebei have been peaceful for many years and have a strong foundation. As long as they are not destroyed at once, they will be given time to react, internal relations will be gradually straightened out, the morale of the army will gradually improve, and the economic advantages will become more prominent, and it will not be so easy to fight by then.
If you can't win quickly like you are in Youzhou, if you stay in a stalemate, Li Keyong will not be sure of winning against a behemoth with a population of more than three million.
"The relationship between King Dong Chang of Yue and Qian Lie of Zhenhai Army was deteriorating. The states in eastern Zhejiang were suffering from offering sacrifices and were quite dissatisfied with Dong Chang and wanted to welcome Qian Lie into the jurisdiction." Chen Cheng said: "Dong Chang added several times in addition to the regular taxes to contribute and giveaways from both China and foreign countries. It is reported that every ten days of publication, there were 10,000 taels of gold, 5,000 silver, and 5,000 Yue silk, and sent it to Chang'an, and the tribute was the best in the world. After the opening of the Bian River transport, Dong Chang sent 500 soldiers to escort the goods and goods to Huazhou."
There were even "loyal ministers" in the court's fields, and the amount was still so large. Dong Chang, Zhao Kuangning, Wang Chucun, Wang Rong, Li Keyong, Wang Shifan, Li Kan, etc., and Shao Dashui also paid a lot of tributes. No wonder he could support so many Shen Ce Army.
"Qian Liu occupied Liangzhe, which is not a bad thing for me." Shao Shude smiled and said, "As long as Yang Xingmi occupied Su and Run Erzhou for one day, Qian Liu would have to fight with him."
After Sun Ru's defeat, most of the inheritance was taken over by Yang Xingmi, and his military strength was greatly enhanced. Qian Liu also ate some leftovers. For example, the most elite martial arts master was compiled by Sun Ru's surrendered troops.
However, Wu Yongdu, the arrogant generals, are not so easy to control. In the second year of Tianfu (902), Wu Yongdu rebelled and rebelled. Qian Liu was in danger and asked Yang Xingmi for help. At the critical moment, Yang Xingmi, who had been attacking and killing Qian Liu for many years, made a decisive decision. He married his daughter to give Qian Liu's son. At the same time, he ordered the general Tian Feng to withdraw his troops because he was worried that Tian Feng would take the opportunity to occupy Hangzhou and rebel and become independent. For this reason, he gave up the opportunity to destroy Qian Feng.
It's outrageous, but reasonable, because this is how the warriors of this era are and cannot give them a chance.
"Liu Jianfeng, Ma Yin and others rushed into Hunan, and no one could defeat him, so they might be entrenched here." Chen Cheng took out the next letter and said.
"That's Li Kan's trouble. Liu Jianfeng and others may be connected with Lei Man, so let's leave it for now." Shao Shude said.
The places like Hunan and E Yue are too far away. He has not been arrogant enough to occupy them. Generally speaking, the farther away from the ruling center, the greater the risk of rebellion. Moreover, due to the complex situation, the power of the frontline generals and political leaders must be given to him, allowing him to form his own army, appoint officials, and have to be in charge for a long time. If he replaces people in two or three years, the territory will most likely be lost.
The places where Tang and Deng Sui were unable to directly rule, so they could only entrust a military governor and send a military supervisor to do things, let alone places like Hunan and Shu.
No one in this world is a fool. The Anshi Rebellion has only been around for a hundred years. The Tang Dynasty is still there. The system and rules of the Xuanzong Dynasty can be read. Everyone knows the benefits of dispersing power and replacing people regularly, but why can't it be done? There are profound reasons.
"Okay, let's go here today. It's important to enter the city!" Shao Shude stood up and ordered the civil servants to pack up the documents on the table. Then, surrounded by personal soldiers, he entered the city through Tonghua Gate.
Feng'an army and more than 10,000 silver spearmen had already entered the city and took over the defense of the palace from Shi Zan.
Shao Shude sat in the carriage, slightly lifted the corner of the curtain and looked outside.
The riots are really not particular, they are just robbed, but they also like to set fire, maybe to destroy corpses.
The people of Chang'an are really suffering, and they have been tortured back and forth many times.
The carriage stopped in front of the Daming Palace.
Shao Shude got out of the car and looked at the huge palace that had almost damaged one-third of it, and was speechless for a long time.
"Let Han Quanhui come and see me." After that, he walked in under the escort of his personal soldiers.
Han Quanhui was the chief supervisor of the capital designated by Shao Shude, and he has always followed the "military supervisor".
The palace city was in chaos, and most of the hard work after the chaos of the nest was ruined, which is a pity.
The bodies on the ground have been carried away, and some people are cleaning up the ruins. The remaining palace servants are gathered in a relatively intact palace room and are trembling.
Shao Shude entered Linde Hall. The hall room was intact, but the items were seriously damaged. It is said that he was robbed by the rioters.
There is only one seat in the hall, which is the dragon throne. Shao Shude is determined to sit down and rest for a while, but I'll just forget it.
"Greetings to Your Highness." Han Quanhui jogged over and said.
"Han Dujian, I won't go around in circles. I'm giving you a lucky show. Do you dare to accept it?" Shao Shude asked.
Han Quanhui surrendered to him early and expressed his loyalty several times. After observing for so long, Shao Shude felt that he could trust and be his agent.
Han Quanhui trembled all over when he heard this, not sure whether he was afraid or excited.
"Dare!" Han Quanhui took a deep breath and replied.
"Haha!" Shao Shude smiled and said, "I like you the most. I want to protect you as the envoy of the Ten Army of Shen Ce and the Privy Councilor of the Northern Division. Is this a great success?"
"Your Highness is so kind to you, just like your reborn parents." Han Quanhui knelt directly on the ground, worshiping with great gifts, and burst into tears.
Well? Why are everyone fighting for my nephew and son now? Even the eunuchs...
"As the military commander and the Privy Councilor, do you know what to do?"
"I will only follow the leader of King Xia. If there is any betrayal, the sky will hit lightning and will not die well. Han will be defeated by the enemy. He will be thieves and prostitutes!" Han Quanhui was excited and spoke like a shrew in the market.
Well, the middle-aged officials these days usually came from eunuchs, and their sons often inherited their father's business. The court also issued special laws stating which eunuchs of the grade could adopt several adopted sons, with strict quantity regulations. He said that Han's family was indeed a poisonous oath.
"Now, go and clean up the order of the palace city. Just say that you will be subject to my order, and no one will stop you." Shao Shude ordered.
"Master General, King Ji has been captured." Zheng Yong walked over and reported.
"I'm so detained, don't let him die." Shao Shude said.
If you are against the king, there is no suspense. If you are guilty, you should die.
Of course that was the past. Now that the rituals and music are broken, the imperial court is full of majesty and the many things cannot be controlled at all. Zhang Jun was sentenced to death by the court, but he was hiding in Zhu Quanzhong's territory. Who can investigate?
King Ji, Shao Shude didn't want to see him, and he was too lazy to protect him. Even if he wanted to establish a new king, he would not be able to establish a king who was independent and had ideas. There were a bunch of people in the house of the Sixteen Kings, so it was not difficult to choose someone who was easy to deal with.
The personal soldiers brought the seats. Han Quanhui was good at it. In just a while, he won over a group of eunuchs and whispered to ask whether the people from the Fengchang Bureau would give dinner, and he was very attentive.
Shao Shude praised a few casually, and then asked Han Quanhui, who was the chief minister, to send someone to the journey and ask the saint to return.
Chapter completed!