Chapter 403: Thirty-six Roads to Counter Rebels
There are 24 prefectures in the Great Jin Dynasty, namely Qianzhou, Pizhou, Qinzhou, Xiangzhou, Meizhou, Wanzhou, Dazhou, Fuzhou, Yuzhou, Yongzhou, Liuzhou, Yizhou, Qinzhou, Yuzhou, Guizhou, Hengzhou, Leizhou, Suzhou, Qiongzhou, Lianzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and Fuzhou.
However, Canglong City, the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty, was not in any of the twenty-four states. At that time, Liu Hui, the founding emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, opposed the opposition and built a majestic city at the intersection of Yongzhou, Liuzhou, Hengzhou and Suzhou. As the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty, Canglong City.
In addition, Yongzhou, Liuzhou, Hengzhou and Suzhou were divided into part of their territory and assigned it to Canglong City, so that the area of Canglong City and its suburbs was almost the size of Dai'an County.
Liu Ji led two cavalry brigades and three infantry brigades of the Polu Army, as well as 60,000 auxiliary soldiers who escorted food and grass. They needed to pass through Qianzhou, Wanzhou and Yongzhou before they could enter the territory of the capital of Dajin.
According to Heishuitai, in Qianzhou, in addition to Liu Ji, three troops rushed to Canglong City, the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty, in accordance with the imperial edicts. They were the 40,000 troops led by Liu Chong, the governor of Qianzhou Prefecture, 35,000 troops led by Cao Lin, the prefect of Linze County, and 20,000 troops led by Bao Wei, the prefect of Longbei County.
There are a total of one city and nine counties in Qianzhou. One city refers to the city of Luyang City, the eight counties include Yongjing County, Dai'an County, Zhongning County, Linze County, Yulin County, Longbei County, Fufeng County, Fuping County and Longnan County. Among them, Yongjing County, Dai'an County, Zhongning County, Linze County, Yulin County and Luyang City are all bordering the northern grasslands, and Yongjing County and Fufeng County are connected to the deserts in the Western Regions.
Now Liu Ji controls Dai'an County and half of Yongjing County in Qianzhou. The prefect Liu Chong controls Luyang City and Zhongning County. In addition to controlling the entire Linze County, Cao Lin secretly controls two counties in Fuping County. The prefect of Longbei County, Bao Wei controls only half of Longbei County, and there are two border counties, which are controlled by the two generals of Longbei County.
In Qianzhou, except for Liu Ji, Liu Chong, the prefect of the prefect of the prefecture, Cao Lin, the prefect of Linze County, and Bao Wei, the prefect of Longbei County, can be said to be the three strongest people. The other officials in Qianzhou are far inferior to the three in terms of strength. So so far, only four armies in Qianzhou are preparing to quell the rebellion in the southeastern prefectures, and only the above four people have the strength to organize an army to quell the rebellion in the southeastern prefectures.
The army led by Liu Chong, the prefect of Linze County, Cao Lin, and Bao Wei, the prefect of Longbei County, had already set off first and rushed to the capital of Canglong City, the capital of the Jin Dynasty. Therefore, Liu Ji, with 200,000 Polu Army and 60,000 auxiliary troops, did not encounter friendly troops in Qianzhou. Even in the territory of Wanzhou and Yongzhou, Liu Ji did not encounter a friendly army who went to the capital. It seemed that all the troops in these three states who wanted to go to the capital deliberately avoided Liu Ji's Polu Army and were unwilling to go with the Polu Army.
Regarding this situation, Jia Xu analyzed to Liu Ji: "Lord, now our Polu Army has the strength that is no less than the entire Dajin court. Officials from all over the world are still unable to understand the true thoughts of our Polu Army. If our Polu Army wants to leave the Dajin court and establish its own business, then they will have a good relationship with us now, and there may be trouble in the future. Avoiding our Polu Army's team is also for the sake of protecting ourselves."
Liu Ji didn't care about friendly forces who were not friendly. There were no friendly troops along the way, which was just convenient for the Polu Army to promote the people along the way.
Nowadays, the Western Regions Protectorate and Beiting Protectorate controlled by the Polu Army are both vast and sparsely populated, especially the number of Jin people is too small. This time, Liu Ji led his troops to the capital, and he was just right to promote the people along the way to the Polu Army's policy of absorbing immigration. As long as the Jin people who went to the Western Regions Protectorate and Beiting Protectorate to explore, each person would get twenty acres of land free of charge, including children who were learning to speak, and they would still get twenty acres of land free of charge.
Even the Western Regions Protectorate and Beiting Protectorate will distribute some food to immigrants for free to help immigrants spend their first year, and promise that no one of the Jin people who entered the Western Regions Protectorate and Beiting Protectorate will starve to death.
If you are willing to buy more land, the land of the Western Regions Protectorate and the Beiting Protectorate is much cheaper than other places in the Dajin area.
In addition, the land taxes of the Western Regions Protectorate and the Beiting Protectorate were much less than those in other parts of the Jin Dynasty. They only need to hand over 20% of the food produced in the fields every year and hand them over to the Western Regions Protectorate or the Beiting Protectorate.
In addition to the low land tax, the Western Regions Protectorate and the Beiting Protectorate were not high, so they only collected one at 20 yuan.
Nowadays, land annexation is very serious in the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the constant disasters in various places have caused bandits to rise. The immigration policy developed by the Polu Army is still very attractive to the victims and bankrupt farmers in various places. Each person can get twenty acres of land for free. If a family of five is a family of five, they can get one hundred acres of land at the Western Regions Protectorate or the Beiting Protectorate, which is all the land owned by a small landlord.
Therefore, the propaganda along the way of the Polu Army was still very effective. A large number of Jin people along the way packed up their belongings and rushed to Dai'an County after the Polu Army left. And with the word of mouth among the people, more and more Jin people learned about the immigration policy of the Polu Army, which also allowed more and more people to embark on the road to a new life.
On October 25, 427, the Grand Jin Dynasty, in the Taiyuan Hall of the Imperial Palace of Canglong City, the Grand Military Commander Dou Yan loudly said to Empress Dowager Zhou, Emperor Liu Heng of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the civil and military officials in the hall: "Report to the Queen Mother, the Emperor, now the army of fourteen prefects and thirteen prefects outside Canglong City has been gathered. The total strength of these 27 routes of quelling rebellions has exceeded 900,000, of which there are almost 700,000 soldiers. According to the news from all over the country, three prefects and four prefects are leading the army to the capital. In addition to the army led by General Liu Ji, the general of the conquering general, this time, a total of 35 people responded to the imperial court's quelling rebellion manifesto."
Suzhou, Qiongzhou and Lianzhou in the southeast of the Great Jin Dynasty have now fallen into the hands of Zhang Mingqi. The other four states in the southeast, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Zhejiang and Fuzhou, have also been caught in the war. As long as the local officials of these four states are still loyal to the Great Jin court, they have led their troops to join the army of General Li Hong or General He Guangzong of the Cavalry to fight with Zhang Mingqi's Red Turban Army. Therefore, the manifesto of the Great Jin court was not sent to the southeastern states, but only to the other seventeen states.
The governors of these seventeen states, of course, had to give face to the imperial edicts issued by the court. So the governors of the seventeen states sent troops to the capital, but not every governor led his troops personally. Many governors sent their generals to lead their troops. Many of the prefects who responded to the imperial edict personally led their troops to the capital. At this time, the prefects who could lead their troops south to suppress the rebellion all had a certain number of troops in their hands.
Empress Dowager Zhou asked at this time: "How far is the rebel army led by General Liu Ji, the general of the expedition, from Canglong City?"
Dou Yan, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of War, immediately said: "Report to the Empress Dowager, the team of Liu Ji, who is now in the army of the general Liu Ji, is about to leave Yongzhou. In about two days, General Liu Ji should be able to arrive in the capital."
Empress Dowager Zhou nodded and said, "Then wait until the team of Liu Ji, the general of the Conquering General, arrived in the capital, and the Ai family and the emperor will summon the officials and generals of various rebels. After all, this time, the army of Liu Ji, the general of the Conquering General, needs to serve as the main force. By the way, how many troops did Liu Ji, bring in this conquering General, this time?"
Dou Yan, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of War, said: "Qi reported to the Empress Dowager, Liu Ji, the general of the conquered expedition, brought a total of 260,000 troops, of which 200,000 were combat soldiers and 60,000 were auxiliary soldiers."
Hearing that Liu Ji had only brought 260,000 troops and 60,000 auxiliary soldiers with almost no combat effectiveness, Emperor Liu Heng of the Jin Dynasty frowned, and he suddenly said, "Didn't it mean that the army of the rebel Zhang Mingqi has exceeded 2 million? If Liu Ji, the general of the conquering general, only brought 260,000 troops this time, then the combined forces of the thirty-five rebels could not catch up with the army of the rebel Zhang Mingqi. Is this possible?"
Dou Yan, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of War, immediately said: "Empress Dowager, Emperor, and the army of the rebel Zhang Mingqi exceeds 2 million, but a large part of them should be just auxiliary soldiers with very weak combat power. This time, the number of soldiers in the thirty-five lines of rebels was one million. In addition, in Suzhou, Hangzhou, Zhejiang and Fuzhou, there are 500,000 troops led by General Li Hong of the Cavalry and General He Guangzong of the Cavalry. The overall strength is not weaker than that of the rebels Zhang Mingqi."
After pausing, Dou Yan, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of War, said again: "Qi Mingmother, after the research of several of our ministers, he is preparing to draw 50,000 elite troops from the imperial guards, led by General Dou Bing of the chariots and cavalry, and go south with other 35 anti-rebels to quell the rebellion. I wonder what the Empress Dowager thinks?"
At this time, a smile appeared on the corner of Empress Dowager Zhou's lips and said, "Just as Taiwei Dou said, so our court will form 36 rebels this time. The Ai family feels that it will surely wipe out the rebel Zhang Mingqi who is in trouble with the country and the people!"
General Dou Bing of the Cheqi Cavalry is the nephew of Dou Yan, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of War, and the most powerful general of the Imperial Army. Now Dou Yan has sent all his nephews to several southeastern states. It seems that the thirteenth family will indeed have to do their best to suppress the rebellion this time.
Chapter completed!