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  Chapter 379 377 [Li Dingguo's soil work]

  Hanyang, city tower.

  Xu Yixian looked at the enemy army going up the river, and Zhang Dai who was hanging up by the basket, his face was cold and numb.

  He has great ambitions and compares himself to Zhuge Liang.

  It's a pity that Zhang Xianzhong is not Liu Bei. He often doesn't listen to advice, and even if he listens, he only listens to half of it.

  Zhang Xianzhong is a very contradictory person. When he is cruel, he kills in cold blood, but when he is gentle, he loves the people like a son.

  Historically, Zhang Xianzhong once restrained the troops in Sichuan, forbidding soldiers to bully the common people, and violators would be beheaded. The prime minister of the right, Yan Ximing, was cut off by Zhang Xianzhong because he lived in a mansion. He asked the ministers of civil and military affairs to be honest and simple, and he was not allowed to marry local women.

   But when Zhang Xianzhong was provoked by the Sichuan gentry, he took the lead in killing, and many innocent people were also implicated.

  In this time and space, Zhang Xianzhong was similar in Hubei, and he was also very kind to the people at the beginning. Gradually, the taste changed, and government orders were often changed inexplicably, and they all had their own set of reasons.

  Xu Yixian, Zhuge Liang, couldn't keep up with Zhang Xianzhong's train of thought.

   "Mr. Xu!"

  Zhang Dai came to the tower, smiled and bowed.

  Xu Yixian stood up courteously, cupped his hands in return and said, "If your Excellency persuades you to surrender, you don't need to waste your words. If your lord is fighting outside, how can you surrender to the enemy inside?"

Zhang Dai found a place to sit down by himself, with a casual tone, and said with a smile: "I'm not lying to Mr. Xu, and I don't say anything about Zhang Xianzhong's death. But Zhang Xianzhong was indeed defeated. blocked. Does Mr. Xu know about this?"

  Xu Yixian was expressionless, but his fingers trembled involuntarily. He sneered and said, "This is a lie. Our army, horses and infantry have 800,000 soldiers, so how can only the cavalry escape? Your Excellency, please go back."

   "Look outside the city." Zhang Dai pointed to the outside.

  Xu Yixian got up and walked, leaning on the parapet with both hands to visit, but saw He Jiuyi escorting the two of them across the moat.

  He Jiuyi shouted to the city: "Military commander, surrender, the king has already wiped out the entire army, Wang Fuchen and Zhang Mingzhi are here!"

  As soon as this remark came out, the guards were in an uproar, and panic quickly spread.

  Wang Fuchen and Zhang Mingzhi are both Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates, and they are old thieves who have fought in the South and North for more than ten years. And He Jiuyi, although a native of Hubei, is also a rising star under Zhang Xianzhong's command.

   Of the three generals, one defected to the enemy and two were captured. Zhang Xianzhong must have suffered a defeat!

  Zhang Dai walked to Xu Yixian's side: "Mr. Xu, if our army continues to attack the city, and the morale of the army in Hanyang City is fluctuating, how long can you hold on?"

  Xu Yixian was silent.

   "Surrender now, and the soldiers in the city will be saved from death, and they won't even have to dig mines and serve prison sentences," Zhang Dai said, "Take their wives and children, and go to the north to divide the land. The past sins are past."

  At this moment, the news of the Great Northern Plague has reached Zhao Han's ears.

  He really didn't want to kill any more people, and he didn't want to delay the siege, because it would consume a lot of food and grass.

  After repeated thinking, Zhao Han re-determined the policy: All the property of the soldiers under Zhang Xianzhong's command would be confiscated, and they would immigrate to Henan with their families, and they would be treated as ordinary people to share the land. Even if you hide floating wealth, as long as you don't hide much, you will not be held accountable.

  Of course, when immigrating, they have to be dispersed and assigned to different states and counties.

  Henan is already empty, and Shandong is also plagued by plague. We must try our best to enrich the population.

  As for the old thieves and generals under Zhang Xianzhong, they were carefully screened out and immigrated to Dongfan (Taiwan) and Qiongzhou (Hainan) to reclaim wasteland!

  Xu Yixian still didn't speak.

  Zhang Dai continued: "As for your Excellency, you can serve as an official and go to Henan to assist immigrants. From now on, you will be promoted without discrimination. You are self-proclaimed Zhuge Liang, and you must be full of talents. You can quickly get promoted as an official."

  Xu Yixian felt very aggrieved. He was Zhang Xianzhong's military adviser, and he had the merit of surrendering the city, so he could only be an official?

   So what if you don’t surrender, Hanyang will be captured sooner or later.

  Xu Yixian sighed and said, "I don't care about the army in the city."

  Zhang Dai returned to his original seat, smiled and said, "I am here waiting for your good news."

  Xu Yixian had no choice but to go to the general who guarded the city, and after a few words, it was quickly settled.

  Zhang Xianzhong has been defeated, and the Datong army is approaching the city. No one is willing to stand firm and die.

  In order to show his prestige and frighten these surrendered soldiers, Zhao Han rode a horse Wari horse, wearing a full set of armor, and strode forward with the soldiers.

  Xu Yixian knelt on the ground and looked up at Zhao Han.

  The armor reflected the sun, and the horse on his crotch was an extraordinary horse, which made Xu Yixian feel that he couldn't look directly at it.

  The other soldiers were the same, kneeling on the ground and shivering.

  After taking Hanyang, the city immediately became a material transfer station, freeing up a large number of troops to go north to occupy the territory.

   More than 100,000 regular soldiers, peasant soldiers, and more than 200,000 civilian husbands marched along several rivers in a mighty manner.

  The rivers in Hubei basically run north-south, and the main city is also by the river, which happens to be a channel for troops to enter.

  It was as if the autumn wind swept away the fallen leaves. The journey was very smooth. All along the way, they looked forward to the wind and fell, and soon won Huangpi, Xiaogan, Hanchuan, Yunmeng, Yingcheng, Anlu and other places.

  When the Datong Army occupied Yingshan, Bai Wenxuan of the Central Route Army surrendered directly, and Liu Wenxiu fled into Dabie Mountain with thousands of people.

  Resigned generals like Bai Wenxuan have done countless crimes, but Zhao Han will not backtrack on what he says.

  Since he has surrendered, send him to Taiwan to open up wasteland, and throw him dozens of old thieves, let him slowly compete with the headhunters, maybe it can speed up the development of Taiwan.

  …

   North Route Army.

   Zhao Han’s small territory in Henan has all suffered severe drought this year.

  Then just don’t cultivate the land at all, and all the walls are cleared, and the people retreat to the prefectures and counties.

  Xi County, Luoshan, Xinyang, Gwangju, Guangshan, Gushi, and Shangcheng, there are six counties in one prefecture. The seven cities were left to Li Dingguo to slowly attack the city, and there was no one to see in the wild, and there was no way to grab a grain of food.

  If the city can’t accommodate so many people, there will be more than a dozen checkpoint camps at various passes in the Dabie Mountains, and the people will just transfer to guard the pass.

   Liu Wenxiu and Bai Wenxuan of the Central Route Army are crazy. There are more and more enemy troops guarding the pass. They try to attack other checkpoints, and they also find more and more enemies. Therefore, the South Road was finished, and they were still tackling key problems, and in the end they surrendered and fled.

  Li Dingguo and Ainengqi on the North Road are similar. The seven cities are hardened and cleared, which is more ruthless than that of Guangji.

  If they ignore these seven cities and go directly to Lu'an, which has no solid walls and clear fields, then they will have to cross five large rivers in a row.

  As for the regular army of Huang Shun and Fei Yinggong, they have moved to Huoqiu along the Huaihe River.

  Huoqiu is a place full of water networks and a lot of farmland. The cavalry cannot run at all, and it is very difficult for the army to transport food.

  Huoqiu must defend!

  The drought here is not serious, and the irrigation water source is sufficient. It is estimated that there will be a bumper harvest this year.

  In order to keep food, Huo Qiu assembled three regular divisions, while Zhao Han only had six regular divisions in total.

   Li Dingguo and Ainengqi were unwilling to attack a city with strong walls and clear fields, nor did they want to attack Lu'an, which had to cross five rivers. They could only choose to attack Huoqiu along the Huai River.

  One side must attack, the other side must save, and a big battle is destined.

  Fei Ruhe led troops to station at the junction of Huai River and Shi River, Zhang Tieniu stationed at the junction of Huai River and Pi River, and Huang Shun stationed at Huoqiu County between the two.

   This blocked the passage to the south. At most, Li Dingguo sent a small force to make a surprise attack to the south. The large army had to fight head-to-head in Huoqiu.

   If you dare to go south or east without fighting, then wait for the grain road to be cut off!

   In desperation, Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi had no choice but to camp across the river from Fei Ruhe.

  When the former was unloading grain and grass from the ship, Zhang Tieniu and Huang Shun immediately led troops to meet up.

  There is a river of history between the two sides, and they get up all day long and stare blankly, and no one dares to take the initiative to cross the river to attack. And eighty miles upstream of the Shihe River, there is Gushi County with solid walls and clear fields.

   This confrontation lasted for more than half a month.

   "We can only cross the river in Linshui Town," Li Dingguo sighed, "We have been here a few times before, and the guards have repeatedly inquired about it. The only place to cross the river is there."

  Ai Nengqi said: "We know it, and the enemy army knows it too. I'm afraid they won't be able to easily defeat them."

  The place where Li Dingguo can cross the river is only ten miles away.

  If you go further south, the Shihe River will fork into several branches, and after crossing one branch, another branch will follow, which can make people crazy.

  The attacking side has such a headache. They have to think about how to cross the river, while the Datong army only needs to think about how to prevent the enemy from crossing the river.

   "Build a floating bridge." Li Dingguo made up his mind.

   They spent another few days making many bamboo and wooden rafts.

  The river channel in Linshui Town is only 40 meters wide, and because of the drought, the water level has dropped, and the river channel with water is only 30 meters wide.

   Bamboo rafts and wooden rafts were **** and carried into the river to build pontoon bridges.

  Huang Shun's troops were further downstream, Fei Ruhe was in charge of defending this place, and Zhang Tieniu was in the middle to support the two friendly troops.

   "Boom boom boom!"

  I have already tried the artillery with ammunition falling, and it was fired accurately and landed in the middle of the river.

   After a salvo, two pontoon bridges were destroyed.

   "Build a pontoon bridge, and everyone will be rewarded with twelve taels!" Li Dingguo roared and ordered.

  The people responsible for building the pontoon bridge were all death squads. Although many bamboo rafts and wooden rafts were broken, few of these death squads really died.

   It went on like this for several days, constantly shelling and building bridges.

  Once the bridge is built to the center of the river, the firecrackers will shoot salvo at the enemy. When the pontoon bridge is built, the Year of the Monkey will be gone.

  On the eighth day after the bridge was built, a sentry cavalry from the south suddenly came back to report: "Captain, the enemy cavalry wants to cross the river in the south!"

  It was Li Dingguo who sent cavalry to go around for sixty miles, trying to swim quietly at night.

  It's a pity that there are many landlubbers in the cavalry, and they dare not swim directly. They have to make bamboo rafts first, and they are discovered by sentry cavalry of the Datong Army.

  The cavalry smuggling was discovered, and Li Dingguo finally said ruthlessly: "The peasants take the soil and fill up the river!"

  Of course it is impossible to fill in the river of history, just fill in this section.

  The 40-meter-wide river channel is not only 30 meters wide due to the dry weather, but also the water flow is extremely slow. It is relatively easy to fill in a road.

   It just takes a little time.

  (end of this chapter)