In addition to Jing Zhen, Xi Xunqiao, and Han Chengmeng, who served as Yongzhou provincial economic envoys, prefects, and Yongzhou magistrates respectively, there was also the first batch of a team of 600 officials accompanying Xi Xunqiao and Han Chengmeng to the west.

, responsible for the takeover of various prefectures and counties and the establishment of provincial government offices.

In addition to a total of 60,000 active soldiers organized into the Longyou Camp Army, Yongzhou Camp Army and Liangzhou Envoys, Yongzhou Province will also defend key passes in the state, such as Wuguan, Sanguan, Xiaoguan, and Pujin

In Guan and other places, six new reserve brigades were established to receive 30,000 prisoners.

In addition, 40,000 captured soldiers and 40,000 active soldiers, under the command of various ministries and brigades, were stationed in the counties in the Fenshui Valley to rest and recuperate, and to prepare for the subsequent attacks on southern Shanxi and Taiyuan.

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Li Zhigao, Li Zhi and his son did not stay in Yongzhou, nor did they go to Fenshui Valley. Instead, after the war in Guanzhong came to an end, they went directly by boat with Gao Shao, Kong Xirong, and Feng Yi who were responsible for delivering the edict and supervising the initial implementation of the provincial system.

Go to Luoyang.

In early June, the weather was hot, so it was pleasant to take a boat ride with the river breeze blowing on our face.

Li Zhigao, wearing a green robe, stood on the bow of the ship and looked at the magnificent scenery of Tongshan Mountain and Xiangshan Mountain flanking the Yu River.

"Master Gao will not be able to stay for a few days when he returns to Luoyang this time, right?" Hearing the footsteps behind him, he turned around and saw Gao Shao coming over and asked.

Gao Shao nodded and said: "Yongzhou Province has been established. Next, Huainan Province, Henan Province, and Hedong Province will be established one after another. In addition to Wen Bo directly leading the Hedong Economic and Strategic Envoy, your Majesty also favors me.

Han Yuanqi came out of Beijing to serve as the economic envoy to Huainan and the economic envoy to Jinzhou..."

There is not much difference from the predictions made a year ago. The battles to regain Guanzhong did not cost much, and the number of casualties in each battle was less than 10,000 in total.

The recapture of Guanzhong not only completely solved the strategic security problem on the western flank of Heluo River, but also brought nearly two million people in the Guanzhong Plain and the four Yongbei prefectures under the rule of Daliang, making the total number of Daliang soldiers and civilians exceed the 10 million mark.

, and after capturing 70,000 strong prisoners, the total number of soldiers and horses that Daliang could mobilize reached an unprecedented 380,000.

At present, in addition to the more than 80,000 troops and reserve troops stationed in Yongzhou Province and Longyou, in addition to the 30,000 troops stationed in Huainan (including Nan Neishi Prefecture, Nanyang Prefecture, Xunyang Prefecture, and Junzhou Prefecture), Daliang

Next, a total of 270,000 soldiers and horses can be mobilized to fight against the Mongolian and Dongliang troops occupying Hedong, Heshuo and Hehuai.

It was also the first time that Daliang was on a frontal battlefield. The total number of troops and horses reached a level comparable to that of the Mongolian Army and the Dongliang Army of the South Campus, and the morale of the generals and the level of soldiers and equipment were even higher than that of the Mongolian Army and the Dongliang Army.

No wonder Han Qian couldn't wait to establish Hedong and Henan provinces to speed up the process of recovering the old counties in Hedong and the lost lands in Hehuai.

Li Zhigao also knew that the general situation was already under the control of Daliang, but he had handed over the military power this time and whether he would be idle in Luoyang or take up a new position has not been decided at this time, and it was not convenient to directly ask Gao Shao about his subsequent plans for Nanyuan Meng.

The specific troop deployment plans of the Army and Dongliang Army.

However, one thing is for sure. There will be no major changes. There will be no major problems in recovering Zelu and other southern Shanxi areas before the end of this year. However, Li Zhigao is not clear whether he will take action against the Dongliang Army at the same time.

He is not yet very clear about the current limits of military mobilization in Luoyang.

In June, the rivers were turbulent. We set out from Yongzhou City and stayed overnight in Tongguan County. At dusk the next day, we anchored at the mausoleum in the north of Mianchi Lake.

The mausoleum was also the starting point for the Battle of Zhiguanxing. At this time, it was the transportation hub from Luoyang to the three prefectures of Fenshui via Yuanqu. A stronger, retractable permanent pontoon bridge with greater traffic capacity is being built.

On behalf of Han Qian, Yin Peng rushed to the mausoleum with a team of ceremonial chariots to wait to greet Li Zhigao. Among the people greeted at the dock was Su Hongyu, who moved directly from Liangzhou to Luoyang with her family.

As we disembarked from the boat and stepped onto the pier, the past memories came to mind.

Seeing his beloved wife and young son standing on the pier, Li Zhigao suddenly thought that four years had passed since he led his troops to march westward to Longyou. He was almost old enough to know his destiny. Time really flies by.

Li Zhigao, Gao Shao, Kong Xirong, Feng Yi, and Yin Peng stayed overnight in Mianchi. They set off from Mianchi by carriage and horse early the next morning and entered Luoyang City in Daliang at dusk.

Han Qian held a banquet in Shangyang Garden to welcome Li Zhigao, Li Zhi and his son, Gao Shao, Kong Xirong, Feng Yi and others.

The scale of the banquet was not large, and there was no banquet for the officials. Han Qian mainly reminisced about old friendships with Li Zhigao, Feng Yi, and Kong Xirong. In addition to Zhao Ting'er, Su Hongyu, Feng Liao, etc., who were all old friends, Han Qian also specially invited Chun Shisanniang and Yun Puzi.

Please come over for a banquet.

Li Zhigao and Su Hongyu were both surprised when they saw Chun Shisanniang sitting in the palace.

When she led Liangzhou to surrender to Daliang, Chun Shisanniang did not flee westward with Lu Qingxia and others, but chose to follow Wang Chaner, Chen De and others back to Jinling for trial.

Later in Jinling, Chen De was sentenced to hanging, Wang Chan'er, Xiang Wang Yang Lin and others were imprisoned. Chun Shisanniang's name did not appear in the official notice of Chu Ting.

Li Zhigao and Su Hongyu never figured out where Chun Shisanniang had gone. They thought she was either imprisoned or executed secretly, but they did not expect that she would appear in Luoyang City.

When Kong Xirong saw Chun Shisanniang, who was now forty-six years old and still charming, he was stunned for a while and glared at Feng Yi with feigned anger.

Feng Yi laughed and said, "Don't thank me either. If it hadn't been for Old Tao Yun's intercession, I wouldn't have dared to make the decision and delete Thirteenth Niang's name from the list of prisoners sent to Jinling and send her here.

Luoyang; as for why Old Taoist Yun must save the life of Thirteen Niangs, we have to start with Old Taoist Yun’s love history in his early years..."

Chun Shisanniang glanced at Kong Xirong, lowered her head and sat aside without saying a word.

"You've been away from Luoyang for four years, but you haven't gotten rid of your habit of exposing people's shortcomings. It's no wonder that your Majesty is worried about keeping you as an inspector in Yongzhou." Yun Puzi scolded Feng Yi with a smile.

"Yongzhou City has experienced war, and I don't know when it will be able to return to the prosperity of the past. Besides, if you put yourself in such a high position and show yourself to the subordinates with a rigid face and rules all day long, how can you return to Luoyang to enjoy this place?

The style of many warm and fragrant nephrites?" Feng Yi didn't have the slightest bit of greed for such a high position as the Provincial Inspector. He sat lazily behind the long desk and picked up the wine flask and poured it into the jade cup in front of him.

Full of wine.

Li Zhigao and Su Hongyu were both curious about how Yun Puzi's intercession for Chun Shisanniang had anything to do with the past. However, in such a formal occasion today, with juniors present, they were not as open-minded as Feng Yi to continue questioning. They were thinking in their hearts.

Since Chun Shisanniang has settled in Luoyang, Han Qian couldn't help her attending such a banquet, so he would have the opportunity to talk to her about his farewell afterward.

"Lu Qingxia, Zhou Yuan and Yao Xishui are all still in prison. The Supervisory Office can also use the Daliang Law to convict them." Han Qian motioned for everyone to sit down and talk, and said to Li Zhigao, "The Supervisory Office wants to sentence them to life imprisonment or exile.

, but they can also choose a Taoist temple in Luoyang to spend the rest of their lives. If you wait a few days and you are free, you can go to the detention prison of the Supervisory Office and meet them..."

For thousands of years, the core of the punishment system has been the death penalty, exile, and corporal punishment. Although there is a term of deprivation of freedom and forced labor, it has never been the focus of the punishment system, and there is no such thing as life imprisonment.

Han Qian implemented a new prison system. The punishment in Daliang was the death penalty, with equal emphasis on imprisonment, supplemented by exile and corporal punishment. Several prisons were built in some mines and mines that required a large amount of labor and were convenient for centralized supervision. They were no longer simple.

Those prisoners who were beyond the reach of the death penalty were simply exiled to the border areas to replenish the population.

Neither Lu Qingxia, nor Zhou Yuan, nor even Yao Xishui, nor Han Qian could directly pardon them. Taking care of Li Zhigao's feelings and being able to imprison them in a Taoist temple for life was already the maximum preferential treatment.

"Thank you for your forgiveness, Your Majesty." Li Zhigao thanked him.

"You and I don't have to be so estranged," Han Qian said. "My father died tragically under torture. He left a blood note to me before he was tortured. I secretly made up my mind to end this cannibalistic world and restore peace to the world.

Unification is the first step, and I still need you and the ministers to work together to help me..."

Li Zhigao was slightly startled, thinking that this might be the first time that Han Qian had clearly expressed his will to dominate the world. He sat behind the long desk, leaned forward, knelt down and bowed, and said: "Zhigao, how dare you disobey me!"

"In addition to Wen Bo who directly serves as the economic and strategic envoy to Hedong, Gao Shao and Han Yuanqi have to leave Beijing for East Lake in the past two days, and Xuzhou serves as the economic and strategic envoy to Henan and Huainan - Jing Hao accompanied Emperor Shizong in the southern and northern wars in his early years, and his body

You are left with a hidden illness, and you are not yet sixty years old. You are already unable to bear it anymore. However, you need to lie down and recuperate for half a year. You also have to resign from the Yun Staff Office. That’s why I thought of combining you with Tian Cheng.

Transfer back to the center and take charge of the affairs of the Staff Office." Han Qian said.

Su Hongyu rushed to Luoyang with her family and met Li Zhigao, but she was still somewhat worried.

After all, they have been standing together with Lu Qingxia and Zhou Yuan these years.

They moved to Luoyang, even if they could spend the rest of their lives leisurely with empty titles, they were afraid that someone in the court would still hold grudges about the past, or that they would regard them as a hidden danger to the foundation of Daliang, and they might be killed at some point.

Falling from the sky.

Su Hongyu didn't expect that Han Qian would be willing to use important ministers like Zhigao and Tian Cheng to co-run the staff office. Only then did Su Hongyu's uneasy heart finally fall back to where it was before.

Chun Shisanniang knew that Han Qian and the others were still going to discuss state affairs. After drinking a few glasses of wine, she resigned knowingly. Before leaving, she told Su Hongyu that she had opened a Yunchun winery in the city and had been making wine for the past four or five years.

Industry.

Su Hongyu also asked to resign first and went to Yunchun Winery with Chun Shisanniang to say goodbye.

Once Chun Shisanniang and Su Hongyu left, the remaining generals of Daliang were all left. Han Qian talked about Daliang's subsequent strategic arrangements.

Although from a traditional perspective, if you want to unify the world, you should first go south and then north, but Liang is not shy about attacking cities and strongholds in steep terrain and terrain. This is even the advantage of Liang's army.

Therefore, for subsequent strategic choices, he considered giving priority to recovering Shanxi and other Hedong areas.

The Yu River flows into Jiuyuan through the Hetao Plain on the south side of the Yinshan Mountains. It turns a big bend and goes south along the western foot of Luliang Mountain. It twists and turns for 13400 miles, and merges into the Wei River at the northeast foot of Huashan Mountain in Xiyue. Then it turns east again.

flow.

The land east of Luliang Mountain, north of Xiangshan Mountain, north of Wangwu Mountain and west of the Taihang Mountains has always been called the old county of Hedong. In the previous dynasty, the Hedong Supervisory Road was established to govern eighteen prefectures including Taiyuan Prefecture and Shanxi Luze.

Hedong has many mountains, undulating hills, and crisscrossing ravines. Generally speaking, it is a river sandwiched between two mountains. The east and west sides are tall and majestic mountains and hilly uplifts. The central part is a series of bead-shaped basin subsidences with plains distributed among them. It has been divided into three parts in the past dynasties.

It is a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

As for the overall situation, Daliang has only taken over the Jinzhou and Hejin basins in the lower reaches of the Fen River. Han Qian plans to attack southern Shanxi first, even if he takes over most of the Shangdang Basin in Zezhou and Luzhou, and then

Two routes, one going north from Luzhou and the other going north from Fenshui River Valley, attack Taiyuan from both sides. If Taiyuan is captured, they can then go north to recover Xinzhou and march towards Yunzhou.

In other words, they went all the way north to directly fight the Mongolian army.

As long as the Mongolian army is expelled from the east of Hedong, or the elites of the Mongol people are exhausted, and the terrain of the Taihang Mountains is captured from the west flank, and then the condescending movement to the east to recover Heshuo and the south to recover Hehuai will be achieved.

It will become relatively easier, there will be less tug-of-war to fight, and the people in Hehuai, Heshuo and other places will be able to suffer less from wars and separations.

Li Zhigao nodded. Han Qian's subsequent strategic choice was actually exactly the same as his previous decision to break into the Fenshui Valley from Zhiguanxing and then regain Guanzhong.

It can even be said that even if the battle of Zhiguanxing did not yield such fruitful results, as long as Liang Jun's troops could pin the northern foot of Wangwu Mountain and restrict the Mongolian army from reinforcing Guanzhong from Hedong, it would be impossible to recapture Guanzhong.

What's the difficulty level?

Therefore, after the great victory of Zhiguanxing, Zhao Mengji led

The Mengzhou Army surrendered. Perhaps the outside world thought it was a miracle that they regained Guanzhong in less than half a year, but Li Zhigao was not surprised at all.

The general trend has been achieved. If they, the generals in charge of the army, have to delay for another three to five years to regain Guanzhong, they will be considered incompetent.

The principle is the same. As long as they can drive the Mongolian army out of Hedong, and even seize the important town of Yunzhou at the northwest foot of the Yanshan Mountains, forcing the remaining Mongolian forces to retreat to the vicinity of Yanshan, this will fundamentally weaken the attack on Dongliang.
To be continued...