Chapter 876
Under Yanmen City.
Luo Cheng's White Tiger Imperial Flag appeared, causing the Dai army on the top of the city to feel uneasy.
Before the rebellion of Liu Wuzhou, the officers conspired to agree with each other, and ordinary soldiers were just being brought up, and most of them actually did not want to rebel.
Now, looking at the overwhelming Qin Emperor's army under the city, everyone was frightened.
"Your Majesty, I think Yanmen City is strong. If you attack strongly, you will probably suffer a lot of damage, and our army will also have to defend against the Turks. Therefore, attacking the city is the best and attacking the heart is the best. The General Staff of the Privy Council has drawn up a strategy to attack the heart, using the summer wind to fly kites, and throw the letter of surrender into Yanmen City."
Privy Councilor Zhang Xutuo proposed in front of the formation.
"Can."
The emperor agreed, so the entire army immediately wrote thousands of letters of persuasion to surrender, each letter was not long, but the content was consistent. This time, the emperor only pursued Liu Wu, Zhou Yuan, Junzhang and other a group of rioters, and did not pursue the lieutenant and officers below. At the same time, as long as the front line was in front of the battlefield, he could still remember the merits and rewards.
Someone who killed Liu Wuzhou was granted the title of Marquis of Kaiguo, and rewarded three thousand guan. The three major rebels of Yuan Junzhang, Gao Manzheng and Song Jingang were all granted the title of Prince of Kaiguo, and rewarded one thousand guan.
The emperor also assured the landlords of the North and the Heroes in the city that as long as they can return from darkness and light, they will not only betray them, but also ensure that their personal safety and property will not be violated.
Countless kites fell from the sky, carrying letters of persuasion and amnesty letters. The defenders in the city rushed to read them, and those who were illiterate were asked to read them to everyone. After listening, Dai Jun's eyes changed a little.
When Liu Wuzhou heard about it in the city, he hurriedly ordered that all letters of persuasion be confiscated immediately, and anyone who dared to keep it privately would be executed immediately.
"Your Majesty, I think we should divide our troops to capture Lingqiu and connect General Feng from Boling and Shanggu into Hedong."
"Yuchi Gong, the two generals Qin Qiong obeyed the order. I ordered you to lead 12,000 troops to Lingqiu City to pick up General Feng."
"Cheng Yaojin, and the two generals Xue Wanche obeyed the order. I ordered you to lead 12,000 troops to attack Xixing Pass, and seize the dangerous pass of the Great Wall before the Turks. If it goes well, then divide your troops to occupy Sanggan Town."
"Guo Xiaoke and Cheng Mingzhen, I will order you and two to lead 12,000 people to take Tucheng."
"Qi Guoyuan, Li Rugui, ordered you two to lead 12,000 troops to capture Loufanguan City. If it goes well, you will seize Shanyang City, Mayi County, northward."
Luo Cheng sent eight generals to command nearly 100,000 troops to capture the city, and only 100,000 people were left at Yanmen Pass. Some of the remaining troops were sent by him to restore the order of Zhucheng recovered by Yanmen and Loufan counties.
It has not rained for days and the weather is very hot.
The emperor's tent was fine, with pots of ice cubes sinking, which were all ice and snow stored in the homes of powerful and powerful gentry in nearby cities.
Before Liu Wu and Zhou rebelled, many wealthy families in Daibei turned to them. Now when the emperor came, they came to apologize.
Luo Cheng gave full affirmation and reward to those families who stood firm in the rebellion and did not join Liu Wuzhou.
But Luo Cheng was not polite about these families who were subordinate to Liu Wuzhou.
Although the emperor issued an order to strictly identify those who were abducted by the traitor, and to those who were only forced to pay money and food from the thief, those who were solemnly attached to the traitor and rebelled with all their might have to conquer the treason, they would directly confiscate their families and destroy their families.
The head of the family was executed and confiscated all property. The female family was confiscated into the Yeting Jiaofang. All males were sent to the frontier for farming, while their slaves were confiscated into officials.
Now that the two counties have been recaptured, there are only a few families dealing with this, but they have deeply shocked the gentry and powerful people in Daibei and Hedong.
After the last time he recovered Taiyuan, the emperor dealt with the Wang family in Taiyuan, almost uprooted the entire Wang family, leaving only two branches of Wang Tong and Wang Gui.
This move has indeed caused dissatisfaction among many Hedong gentry. This time, Liu Wuzhou rebelled, and some people secretly met the rebels and even cooperated quietly.
Although there were ice cubes in the imperial tent cooling down, the dozens of powerful gentry leaders of the northern northern sects were all sweating and wet their backs.
The emperor kept smiling, but they thought the smile was terrible.
Because now, almost all of this group of people have had some secret contacts with Liu Wuzhou's rebels, either giving money, donating food, or sending their children to join them.
Anyway, none of them are innocent.
The emperor just sent each of them a booklet, which explained their evidence of their enemy in detail.
The Yuan family was confiscated, the Liu family was confiscated, and they had not been confiscated yet, but who knows whether the emperor would wave his hand and uproot their family from Daibei.
On the left side of the emperor was Li Junxian, the commander of the army, with a hint of undetectable smile on his face.
In his opinion, the dozens of Daibeihao parents were like fish on the chopping board at this time, and were slaughtered by the emperor.
"I know that Daibei is in a remote and remote place, and it is not easy for everyone to live. Although many families are rich families who have been in Daibei for a hundred years or even more than a hundred years, they have suffered a lot of border chaos. It is precisely because of the special geography and history of this Daibei that you have your own way of survival, which is understandable."
The emperor's tone changed in this city.
"But, I don't like the way you used to deal with things in the past. Perhaps in your opinion, in the border area of Daibei, the Hu people went south and the imperial court took them back. From time to time, there were even Hu people coming to rob. The imperial court sometimes advanced and sometimes retreated, but your family took root here and could not leave. So when the Turks came, you paid tribute to the Turks, the imperial court came back, you paid rent to the imperial court......"
"It's not good, I don't like it very much."
The emperor gave these people another choice, or a choice that they had no choice.
Luo Cheng asked these wealthy families in Daibei to hand over all the land and property they had in their hands to the court, and the court would give them land to build houses and move them to the place of the Six Capitals to resettle the elderly, weak, women and children of all ethnic groups. Then they would replace the land and farms in Annan, one to two, and one acre of land in Daibei to two acres of land in Annan Jiaozhi and other counties.
The sweat on Yuchi Lin's face slipped down and he didn't dare to wipe it for a moment.
The Yuchi family is a century-old strong clan in Yanmen. In fact, they are the Xianbei people. The Xianbei people and the Han people have mixed blood. The degree of sinicization is very high. In this generation, they have taken root and sprouted and have strong power.
There are hundreds of men in the Yuchi family, more than a thousand servants in the family, and even more than 200 soldiers of their own. This is also a very strong force in a border area like Yanmen. On the one hand, they have a large number of farms, and on the other hand, they go deep into the grassland to sell horses and go south for many years. It can be said that they have money and people to be rich.
In the past, the Yuchi family had a good relationship with Liu Wuzhou. Before Liu Wuzhou rebelled, the Yuchi family had already spent money to clear the joints and arranged several children to serve in Yingyang Mansion.
After Liu Wuzhou rebelled, the Yuchi family secretly supported him, gave him money and food, and sent several children to bring his family soldiers. In the small court of Liu Wuzhou, the Yuchi family occupied the position of a general and a minister.
When Yuchi Lin was eighteen years old, he inherited the position of clan leader of his father and developed a skill that could be good at everything in the turbulent border area.
"Your Majesty, I am willing to take out three thousand stones of grain to reward the army." He said in a low voice, "Also, I am willing to take out half of my family wealth to help the army to quell the rebellion."
Yuchi Lin knew very well what the emperor said. If he reached that point, the Yuchi family would almost be destroyed. He moved to Liujing to settle down, but only the elderly, weak, women and children were placed, which were hostages. However, the young and Zhuang people had to replace their family business to Annan.
It was almost the end of the world. The Yuchi family, who was used to the cold winds of Daibei, wanted to go to Annan, where the miasma was rampant? Did they suffer from the heat of Annan?
Not to mention replacing two acres of land with one acre, he wouldn't be willing to go there if he exchanged ten acres of land with one acre.
Moreover, the Yuchi family relies on not only the place in Daibei, but also the family's horse trading business. How can they sell horses after going to Annan?
Unfortunately, the emperor did not discuss it with them.
"Don't want to go? Or do you still want to stay in Daibei so that you can continue to collude with the enemy and help the rebel? Huh?"
"The little people dare not, don't dare." Yuchi Lin and others were so scared that they knelt on the ground, saying no to them.
"Don't dare? Then I believe you don't dare. I will give you a choice. Either go to Annan or hand it over to the three departments to review and inform you of the crime of treason. Choose one of two, choose!"
Yuchi Lin lay on the ground, his butt raised high.
His body was shaking like a squeezing bran. The pale-faced middle-aged leader of the Yuchi family seemed cowardly at this time, but in fact, he was famously cruel in Yanmen County.
Those who dare to do the right thing with the Yuchi family will never have any good endings, or even disappear. The Yuchi family sells horses and lends money, borrows their lamb benefits, but cannot repay them when they expire. Many people can only sell 0 as slaves, and they are sent to the grassland to be shepherd slaves.
But at this time, in front of the Emperor of Qin, Yuchi Lin dared not say anything.
He just knelt on the ground and kept begging the emperor, saying that he would give half of his family fortune to pay tribute to the emperor.
But Luo Cheng didn't care at all.
He is the emperor of the Qin Dynasty, not a horse thief who kidnapped and blackmailed.
"I won't bargain!"
Yuchi Lin suddenly collapsed on the ground.
The Yuchi family is finished.
There was a lot of crying in the imperial tent.
But the emperor waved his hand with disgust and immediately the imperial guards dragged them out.
After these people were dragged away, the tent became much quieter for a while.
The emperor said to the Privy Councilor Zhang Xutuo, "Since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, he has won more than defeated the northern grassland tribes, but the Central Plains and the Grassland are still under the inside and outside the Great Wall. To this day, the counties north of Taiyuan are sparsely populated, let alone the outer outer border of the Yanmen Great Wall. It is time to change the policy. To the south of Yinshan Mountain, there will be a new border between the Central Plains and the Grassland, and the desert will be a buffer zone for the Central Plains and the Grassland nomadic tribes. In the future, these nomadic tribes will not be allowed to come and go freely."
"Let's start with these wealthy families in Daibei, move them away, and then move them to the people who have cultivated the fields and cultivated the border, set up a new frontier garrison palace, and enter the government troops."
Chapter completed!