Chapter 312: The Great Purge of Zhuqi Country
After Zhuqi City, the second largest city in Zhuqi, Duke Bai Xiding received the order from King Aikelamu, he immediately dispatched 20,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry from the garrison of Bluestone and personally led his troops to Zhuqi City.
The decree of King Aikelamu said that the great commander of the Eastern Governor of Gaochang State, Han Apudu, Zhu Qiguo dispatched 100,000 troops to the territory of Xuju State, and cooperated with the army of Gaochang State to eliminate the Jin team entrenched in the territory of Xuju State. King Aikelamu led the Duke of Bai Xiding personally to lead 20,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry in Bluestone City to join the above-mentioned 100,000 troops.
Duke Bai Xiding was also the confidant of King Aikelamu. After receiving the order of King Aikelamu, Duke Bai Xiding led his troops to Zhuqi City without any doubt.
Then Duke Bai Xiding took dozens of guards and directly entered Zhuqi City without any defense, preparing to meet King Aikailamu. Of course, the result is conceivable. Duke Bai Xiding was captured alive by soldiers of the Guards. Dozens of guards who he brought into Zhuqi City were either killed or captured.
Then, the cavalry under Liu Ji, who pretended to be a cavalry in Gaochang, forcibly disarmed the 20,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry in Bluestone City on the grounds that Duke Bai Xiding was suspected of treason.
Because Liu Ji's cavalry had an order from King Aikailamu, the 20,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry in Bluestone City were disarmed without any resistance.
There were also 5,000 Gaochang infantry stationed in Bluestone City, led by Gaochang's ten thousand tyrant commander Fadlerlai himself. Shortly after Duke Baixiding led 20,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry away from Bluestone City, the ten thousand tyrant commander Fadlerlai received an order from the army commander Mushimini, and brought all the 5,000 Gaochang infantry stationed in Bluestone City to Zhuqi City.
But after the ten thousand men, Fadlerlai, led five thousand Gaochang infantry, rushed to Zhuqi City, he also ended up like Duke Baixiding.
As for the five thousand Gaochang infantry, after the army commander Muximini came forward, he obediently handed over the weapons to the cavalry under Liu Ji.
As the second largest city of Zhuqi, in the Bluestone City, in addition to the 30,000 troops and 5,000 Gaochang infantry taken away by Duke Bai Xiding, there were also 10,000 infantry in the Bluestone City. However, after Duke Bai Xiding personally brought a cavalry battalion of the Dai'an Army back to Bluestone City, the Dai'an County cavalry battalion dressed as Gaochang cavalry, was easily disarmed. At this point, Zhu Qi's second largest city also fell into the hands of Liu Ji.
Relying on similar, not very clever but very effective means, on November 23, 426, the Great Jin Dynasty, in just five days, the other sixteen cities in the country were completely occupied by the Dai'an army under Liu Ji's command. The 100,000 cavalry of the 16 cities, 70,000 infantry of the 16 cities, and 10,000 infantry of the Gaochang country were all lured and confiscated and became prisoners of the Dai'an army.
Then, with Liu Ji's tacit approval, Zhu Qi's country began a bloody and violent purge. This purge was mainly aimed at Zhu Qi's country's royal family and nobles, as well as more than 250,000 captured Zhu Qi's team.
In order to ensure the great purge of Zhu Qiguo this time, Liu Ji transferred all the cavalry battalions and most of the infantry battalions in Xuju County to Zhu Qiguo's territory to ensure the smooth progress of the great purge.
I wish that the males in the royal family and nobles, no matter how old they are, were all ruthlessly killed. Only women from these families can escape the disaster. However, the young and beautiful women inside were basically selected and assigned to the generals under Liu Ji, and even the generals who stayed in Dai'an County had a share.
As for the property of the royal family and all the nobles, they were all plundered by the Dai'an army. Preliminary statistics show that the accumulation of the royal family and nobles over hundreds of years, converted into gold, would cost more than 30 million taels of gold. This does not include the twenty-five diamond mines and gem mines in the country, as well as three small gold mines, two silver mines, two copper mines and one large iron mine. The above mines alone, the diamonds, various gems, gold, silver, copper and iron dug out every year, would cost more than three to four million taels of gold. In addition, real estate and land were not included.
Liu Ji had heard before that some countries in the Western Regions were full of gold, but now he really encountered one. After occupying Zhu Qi's country, Liu Ji could be regarded as rich and comparable to a country.
The more than 250,000 officers in the team, and officers above the commander of the thousand men were all nobles of the country, so the commander of the thousand men, ten thousand men, and commander of the army similar to the commander of the army were all cleansed, and about half of the centurions were ruthlessly killed because they were nobles or children of nobles.
The remaining soldiers and low-level officers of Zhuqi Country were all incorporated into the Dai'an Army, but these soldiers and low-level officers must sign their names and press their handprints on a letter of loyalty.
The letter of loyalty prepared for these soldiers and low-level officers not only insulted the fire god Ula of the Holy Fire Sect, but also cursed the king of Gaochang and the four great commanders.
Of course, the letter of loyalty is just a deterrent. Liu Ji also announced that all soldiers and low-level officers who joined the Dai'an Army will enjoy a three-year tax exemption policy, including land tax, capitation tax, livestock tax, but not commercial tax.
Zhu Qiguo's original taxes were mainly land tax, capitation tax, livestock tax and commercial tax. In addition, there were some mixed taxes. After occupying the entire Zhu Qiguo, Liu Ji announced that in order to win the hearts of the people, he announced that from now on, only land tax, capitation tax, livestock tax and commercial tax were collected, and all other taxes were abolished.
Not all the soldiers and low-level officers of Zhuqiguo were willing to join the Dai'an army. After all, Zhuqiguo has a history of hundreds of years. Among these soldiers and low-level officers, a small number of people were very loyal to Zhuqiguo and did not admit that Zhuqiguo had perished and were unwilling to serve the enemy.
Although Liu Ji admired these stubborn people very much, he was not ruthless. About a thousand people were all chopped off.
Faced with the butcher knife raised by Liu Ji, most of the soldiers and low-level officers of Yuan Zhuqi Country still chose to sign and put their handprints on the letter of loyalty, and obediently joined the Dai'an Army. The total number was still more than 250,000.
Chapter completed!