It was not until the end of the sixth year of Taihe that the various tribes completely purged the remaining enemies in the Fenshui River Valley and the surrounding mountains.

The Battle of Zhiguanxing lasted for eleven months, with a total of more than 125,000 Mongolian troops annihilated (of which more than 71,000 enemy soldiers were captured, and the prisoners were included in the total number of annihilations, and more than 54,000 enemies were killed)

people); in addition, more than 20,000 Mongolian women and children were captured in the northern part of Jinzhou (Pingyang Prefecture).

The elite cavalry of the Mongolian tribe were the most courageous and fierce in combat. More than 24,000 people were killed on the battlefield. In the end, less than 6,000 people were disarmed and captured. A far greater proportion of them joined the Jin soldiers and the Yan, Yun, and Han armies.

After the Jin soldiers, Yanyun Han army and Bohai infantry were routed, their fighting will was much weaker. Including more than 10,000 Luzhou elite soldiers who were killed in the early stage of defending and reinforcing Yuanqu City, the Han army finally surrendered in

The total number of people who were shot dead on the battlefield and those who drowned in a hasty attempt to cross the Fen River to the north was only over 24,000.

During the great victory at Zhiguanxing, more than 64,000 Han people were captured and surrendered.

More than 7,000 of the Mongol captives and the Mongol tribesmen captured by Pingyang Prefecture who migrated to the south were all recruited into the military camps of various tribes to serve as hard labor to build roads and city walls.

The Mongol women and children will be collected from Jinzhou, dispersed, and moved to various counties and townships to be incorporated as civilian households. They will join the Dongliang Army who surrendered before, surrender to the captured soldiers of the Han Army, and forcibly marry to form new families to enrich the Ding population.

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The more than 64,000 captured soldiers attached to the enemy Han army were all filled into the reserve brigade and used as auxiliary troops to strengthen training and education.

Due to the bravery and proficiency of the Mongol elite, even after being defeated and surrounded, not many surrendered, resulting in a lot of casualties among Daliang soldiers and horses. In this battle, except for the generals who recovered from their injuries and returned to the camp, all died on the battlefield.

In addition, the total number of Liang generals who died of serious injuries or were disabled and returned to their hometowns for resettlement exceeded 30,000.

However, among the soldiers lost, the reserve brigade was still the main force, especially Ding Zhuang, who was recruited from the refugees in eastern Henan and was incorporated into the reserve brigade, and his losses accounted for half of them.

This was mainly during the final decisive battle of the surprise attack. In order to break through the enemy's frontal defense line, Wenbo threw the reserve brigade soldiers with poor combat effectiveness into the battlefield in a sea of ​​people regardless of casualties, tearing apart the Mongolian army's forward line and defensive barriers.

There were many dead.

This is the sacrifice that must be made to win this glorious victory.

The attrition of the main elite force was still controlled within a limited level without losing the ability to continue fighting.

After this battle, the main infantry brigade, cavalry brigade, and navy brigade were expanded to 40 brigades with 200,000 troops; because the reserve brigade received a large number of captured soldiers, it will maintain an active scale of 70,000 troops in the future, but its combat effectiveness will be temporarily reduced.

The difference is much worse; the Liangzhou army led by Li Zhigao and Chai Jian, in addition, has six brigades with 30,000 troops.

In other words, after the Battle of Zhiguanxing, Daliang's military strength reached a new level, and after incorporating civilian households in Pingyang, Hejin, and Jiangzhou, the total military and civilian population of Daliang just passed the eight million mark.

After the great victory at Zhiguanxing, Wang Yuankui and Wang Xiaoxian immediately withdrew their troops from Huatong Prefecture and Shangluo Prefecture and returned to Yongzhou and Qizhou.

While the Dongliang Army was in eastern Henan throughout the winter, Bianliang, except for desperately building fortifications, did not send anyone across the frozen Yingshui River to attack Yingxi half a step...

The imperial mausoleum of Sejong Zhu Yu was built in the Nanling of Yichuan County at the end of the sixth year of Taihe County under the auspices of Chen Kun, who was demoted to Yichuan County after the Xingyang War.

After Han Qian returned to Luoyang, he personally led the civil and military generals to escort Zhu Yu's coffin hub from Qianxi Temple to Yichuan Nanling for burial.

Han Qian was busy with government affairs. After the funeral ceremony, he returned to Luoyang with his civil and military officers. Zhu Juezhong, Zhu Zhen, Princess Yunhe and other children of the Zhu family, as well as Zhu Yu's concubines, had to stay to guard the mausoleum.

Chen Kun was still the little Lord of Jiupin County, so he did not go over to see Han Qian off, but stayed in front of the sacrificial hall of the imperial mausoleum, looking at the mountains and rivers in the distance, all covered with white snow.

Chen Kun was in his fifties, and his temples were gradually turning white.

During the invasion of Xingyang three years ago, he was seriously injured. He was left with foot problems and a limp when he walked. Now his greatest pleasure is sitting on the steps in front of the imperial mausoleum sacrificial hall, looking at the streams, rivers and peaks in front of the mausoleum, and the scenery of the four seasons.

There are different.

After a while, he saw Zhu Zhen in silk clothes coming from a distance. He limped over and saw Zhu Zhen standing in front of the small pavilion, stunned, and asked: "What is your highness thinking about?"

"I was quite puzzled when my father ascended the throne. At this moment, it seems that my father's decision was correct. If I had not turned around and fought for this position, it would have only broken the mountains and rivers.

And the bones of all the children of my Zhu family will be hard to survive." Zhu Zhen stood on the steps in front of the pavilion, exhaled a long breath, and seemed to express the last relief in her heart, "I thought about guarding the mausoleum for my father, and then went to Shangluo.

, after regaining Yongzhou, I may bring benefits to the officials, and I will not waste my father's teachings."

Yongzhou City was lost in his hands, and he would never miss the battle to regain Yongzhou City. As for the subsequent battles, after Guanzhong was regained, the overall situation would be settled, and it would make no difference whether he was there or not.

"Very good!" Chen Kun had always been worried about Zhu Zhen's unwillingness. Hearing what he said, he smiled with relief and said, "It is my wish to build this mausoleum for the late emperor. Wherever your highness will go after Yongzhou is recovered, I will

If you can't do anything else, just lead the horse and whip for His Highness..."

"It's time for Daliang to hire people. I'm afraid your Majesty won't let you go," Zhu Zhen said.

"There are countless capable ministers and officials in the Liang Dynasty. Who am I?" Chen Kun shook his head and smiled and said.

After a while, Zhu Juezhong came back from seeing Han Qian off. He rode up to the pavilion and saw Chen Kun and Zhu Zhen standing together. He said, "Your Majesty said that you have done meritorious service in building the mausoleum, and you have been promoted to a higher rank to be guarded."

After His Highness's term of guarding the mausoleum expired, he went to Luoyang Military Academy to serve as a low-level instructor..."

"Do I have any other choices?" Chen Kun asked.

"Your Majesty said you must not disobey your orders," Zhu Juezhong said, "You are also serious. Just now a group of people helped you say good things, but you hid and didn't even let Your Majesty see you off..."

"Am I, a ninth-grade official with a thick skin, qualified to come before you?" Chen Kun asked.

Zhu Juezhong smiled bitterly and shook his head. He stopped talking nonsense to Chen Kun and asked Zhu Zhen, "Your Highness, where are Yun and her people?"

"What do you want from Yunhe in the sacrificial hall?" Zhu Zhen asked.

"Yun He has always wanted to open a school that exclusively admits girls. In recent years, national funds have been in short supply, and there is no spare money and food to waste on this. Just now, Concubine Shu said something too much. Your Majesty wants to leave the Imperial Household.

After the festival, appropriate some funds should be allocated to start preparations first," Zhu Juezhong said, "You said this is not

Are you just fooling around? As soon as the new year is over, the war to regain Guanzhong will begin in full swing. Where can I have the spare money and food to do this? You all advise Yun He to give up this idea first, and don't take your Lord's casual words seriously.

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Han Qian had already spoken, so naturally they couldn't resist the edict casually, so they thought that Yun He would give up his mind and save Yun this unnecessary expense.

"Girls from poor families can attend the new school, but you old stubborns hold your family tradition high and block your daughters from the new school. Now that I'm setting up a girls' school, you shouldn't have anything to say.

"Yun He sat down in the sacrificial hall and walked out dissatisfied.

"Your Majesty promised me to take Shu Rong and Tian'er to Shangluo after guarding the mausoleum. The house in Luoyang City will remain idle. If you want to set up a girls' school, use it." Zhu Zhen said.

"It's better for my eldest brother to treat Yunhe the best," Princess Yunhe laughed happily and said to Zhu Juezhong, "The Council of Government has four political quotas from my Zhu family. The eldest brother doesn't want to stay in Luoyang and has to go to Shangluo to unify.

As the leader of the army, I should take the top spot as the eldest brother..."

"How can you have the time to prepare a school? Besides, His Highness went to Shangluo to avoid suspicion, so this spot should be lacking." Zhu Juezhong said. He couldn't imagine what it would be like to see a little red among the thousands of green in the Council of Government, so he wanted to give up.

Yunhe's idea of ​​entering the Council of Ministers.

"Now that everyone in Daliang recognizes your Majesty as the master, what else is there to avoid suspicion?" Yun He said, "If you obstruct me, I will go directly to your Majesty to talk about this matter."

"Okay, you can do whatever you want, just don't accuse me behind my back." Zhu Juezhong agreed with a wry smile...

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Compared with the joy and excitement in Luoyang, during the seventh year of Taihe, the city of Mengzhou was enveloped in an unspeakable depressive atmosphere.

Zhao Mengji's governor's office was not decorated with lanterns and decorations, and there was no hint of the New Year's atmosphere. The folk shops in the streets and alleys were also very interesting, and there was no hint of the New Year's atmosphere.

The snow on the main street was cleared, but there was still snow on the corners and eaves. Pedestrians passed by in a hurry, some looking worried or suspicious, but no one dared to talk casually about when Liang Jun might come to attack Mengzhou City.

However, no matter how hard we suppress and blockade, Mengzhou is separated from Puzhou and Jinzhou by Wangwushan. There were even reports that the defeated troops fled to Mengzhou a few years ago. The Mongolian army was defeated by Liang Jun in Wangwushan. Why?

It can't be blocked.

Not to mention the generals, the people in the streets and alleys have also heard various rumors. There are even rumors that the Mongol King Nanyuan was beheaded in Puzhou City, and the remnants will flee back to the desert.

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Following Lu Qingxia, Zhou Yuan left Liangzhou, fled here and there, and finally joined the Mongol people. Anji Xiang couldn't be happier.

He was an eunuch who had passed away and was unable to start a family. In his early years, he was an orphan who lived on the streets and was secretly adopted by Wan Honglou. At this time, he had no relatives around him.

He didn't get along with Zhou Yuan and others. He didn't want to stay in the deserted house and stare at a few old servants during the New Year. He went to Zuiyang Tower in Dongshi early in the morning to drink, and leaned against the window on the second floor to look at the rows of people in the city.

The snow on the eaves makes me feel a little better.

From a distance, I saw Wei Mingfu, the chief minister of the governor's house, Cao, riding a skinny donkey and stopped in front of Zuiyang Tower. I saw him handing the skinny donkey to an old servant to lead, and people were also walking towards Zuiyang Tower. I felt strange.

, Wei Mingfu came here to drink so early during the Chinese New Year?

"What a coincidence, Mr. An is also drinking here?" Gu Mingfu went upstairs and saw Anji Xiang sitting in front of the window, and asked in surprise.

Gu Mingfu was one of the few people in Mengzhou City who could speak a few words. Anji Xiang stood up and returned the courtesy and asked him to sit in front of the window. The waiter brought Gu Mingfu a wine glass, thinking that it was so cold.

Having someone to drink with you in the morning is definitely not a bad thing.

"When does Mr. An think Liang Jun will attack Mengzhou?" Gu Mingfu drank a glass of wine, rubbed his frozen hands, and asked in a low voice.

"Who knows?" Anji Xiang smiled bitterly and said, "Perhaps Lord Liang feels that Marshal Zhao is no longer a threat, so he wants to leave Mengzhou without fighting and take Guanzhong first..."

In Anji Xiang's opinion, even if Liang Jun wants to fight, he will definitely wait until the Hehuai River thaws before sending troops.

By then, the Dongliang Army will not be able to threaten western Henan, and at the same time, they will inevitably worry that the Wuzhi Dam will be dug up by the Liang Army, causing the water of the Yu River to return to its original path, and re-separating Bianliang and Mengzhou. In that case

, Zhu Rang may not dare to directly mobilize Bianliang soldiers and horses to aid Mengzhou.

However, the Mongolian army managed to gather 30,000 troops in Ze and Lu states. If they wanted to prevent the Liang army from advancing eastward from Qinyang, they could not go south. In this case, it was the best time for the Liang army to attack Mengzhou.

Of course, Zhao Mengji may not continue to work for the Mongol people at this time. If Han Qian can grasp Zhao Mengji's mentality, he may leave Mengzhou without fighting and capture Guanzhong first.

Gu Mingfu didn't seem to take Anji Xiangyi's words of waning interest into consideration. He drank another glass of wine and said with a frown: "Why is the wine in Zuiyanglou today a little astringent, especially if it is mixed with water? It's a Chinese New Year."

, such a big restaurant didn’t prepare any snacks..."

"How could the shopkeeper have thought that you and I would come to drink early today?" Anji Xiang said with a smile.
To be continued...