Chapter 69 Sweep
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After all, Zhang Guanyu could not bear the heavy pressure, and at the last moment, he resolutely decided to go to Daibei.\
Most of his subordinates opposed staying in western Liaoning, because the consequence of staying in western Liaoning might be to become bandits again and live a difficult life of eating raw meat and drinking blood. They were afraid of that kind of life and were unwilling to live again. Secondly, his subordinates did not believe in the Khitans. If they wanted to stay in western Liaoning, they had to be entrusted and had to work hard for the Khitans. His subordinates could not do it and were unwilling to do it. If they were driven to the mountains by the Khitans in the future, it would be better to go to Daibei to follow the Tiger King. Another more important reason was the myth of the Tiger King. The Tiger King was invincible, and the Western Expedition was even more victorious, and it was easy to capture Xijing. Who has such a skill? What was Yelu Chun? He was defeated repeatedly and would die sooner or later after him. The good days of the Khitans were about to end and he was about to be defeated. At this time, he did not follow the Tiger King, but instead surrendered to the Khitans, which was purely seeking death.
The interests of subordinates in Youyan are much smaller than those of Zhang Guanyu. Zhang Guanyu eats meat, but they just drink soup. If they can't even drink soup, of course they don't want to follow Zhang Guanyu. If Zhang Guanyu has no brothers, how can he rely on? Thinking about the pros and cons of authority, he can only go to Daibei, otherwise his subordinates will follow Luo Qinghan to Daibei.
Zhang Guanyu's final choice made Luo Sinan, Luo Qinghan and others very happy. In this way, except for Yun Haijun and Liao Xingjun, most of the rebels left in western Liaoning were willing to follow Li Hu, and the strength of the rebels was not reduced due to this evacuation.
Yelu Dashi and others were a little disappointed. It was not because Zhang Guanyu went back on his word, but because they saw the current situation of the Khitans from Zhang Guanyu's repeated repetitions. The Khitans are now a scarred wolf. Even thieves like Zhang Guanyu are unwilling to follow the Khitans now. The Khitans have reached the end of their journey. Can Yelu Chun turn the tide in the moment when the Liao Dynasty is about to overturn? He moved into the Tongwen Hall of Xijing.
Xijing was built on the foundation of the ancient city of the "Datong Army" in the Tang Dynasty. The circumference of the whole city is about ten kilometers. The city walls on all sides are made of rammed earth and do not have bricks. There are many corner towers and arrow towers built on the city walls, and a large number of stone throwers and some heavy city guarding equipment are deployed. The defense is strong.
The four walls of Xijing are each built with one city gate. The east is called Yingchun Gate, the south is called Chaoyang Gate, the west is called Dingxi Gate, and the north is called Gongji Gate.
The city follows the old system of the Tang Dynasty's old city, and neatly crossed streets divide the residential areas into hundreds of "houses" of all sizes.
The majestic Xijing Palace is towering above the west of the city, and the north of the city is the military and political center. Most of the official yamen and military camps are built here. The Xijing Left-behind Office and Datong Prefecture office are built west of Gongjimen. The Datong Post, corresponding to the Datong Prefecture Yaya, is located in the east of Gongjimen. One of the highest institutions of Daliao, Xijing Imperial College, is located in the southeast of the nearest official office.
Most of the border defense offices in the southwest and northwest are located in Xijing, such as the Southwest Road Recruitment Office, the Southwest Pacification Envoy Office, the Southwest Inspection Office, the Shanbei Road Deployment Office, and so on. The residences of these border defense officials were naturally built in Xijing City, so the city of Xijing is full of magnificent official offices and mansions, which are spectacular.
Xijing Datong Prefecture has two prefectures and seven counties under its jurisdiction. It is the largest commercial land in the northwest region. At the same time, animal husbandry and farming are very developed. In addition to coal, there are also mineral deposits such as copper, iron, gold and silver. It is the main base for Liao Kingdom's tax revenue, especially its commercial tax revenue, which occupies a large part of its annual tax revenue.
Xijing is located in the south of the country of Dasong. It is connected to the Xia Kingdom in the west and the trump state in the north. It has many trump venues on the border and the residences of various tribes. The most famous places are Shuozhou trump districts on the border, the Liao-Liao border, the Yunnei and Tiande trump districts. In addition, the Ruzhou trump districts in Yanjing are also very large. For this reason, Xijing has specially established a trump office for the collection of commercial taxes, the chief supervisors, the judges, etc. to preside over the collection of commercial taxes and market management. It also has a transshipment envoy to manage trade, trade and other matters. Its subordinate prefectures and counties also have trump offices, salt and iron department, the trump office, and the trump office for the collection of commercial taxes and market management. It also has a trumpet and other matters based on different situations. In addition, it also has a trumpet agency at important passes and intersections. It wants to thoroughly understand all the military, political taxes and other places outside the city.
This is the first time that the rebel army has captured a big city. It is used by the Liao Kingdom to control the military, political, tax and taxes in the northwest. In the future, the rebel army will be based in the north of Dai. The Datong of Xijing is the center. Therefore, whether the matter between Xijing can be clarified is directly related to the future of the rebel army and a series of decisions.
The landlords and officials of the Xijing left-behind department, the main subordinates of Datong Prefecture, the doctoral professor of the Imperial College, and the officials of the Ministry of Commerce and Taxation Institute... The Han and Fan officials of the various offices of Xijing took turns to explain to Li Hu about military and political taxation. Because these matters involve various systems in the Liao Dynasty, they often start with long talks and make all night long.
In order to push Yelu Chun to the throne of the Great Liao Emperor as soon as possible, Li Hu released Xiao Delide and Yelu Sababa all the Liao ministers back to Xijing. Almost all the main leaders of the Xijing offices were gone. Fortunately, Li Hu left behind Xiao Temo, Xiao Monknu and Yelu Qingji. These three people, including Dong Xiaochou, Huang She, Chai Yun, Yuanye and other groups of generals and officials familiar with military and political affairs, soon made the Xijing offices re-operate.
It is the time when the Xijing Road prefectures and counties report to the Xijing Left-behind Office for a year and pay taxes. Although the prefectures and counties north of the Great Wall will not come, the prefectures and counties within the Great Wall are now under the control of the rebel army. Their prefectures and counties will still come. The rebel army has to rely on these taxes to support it. And in order to formulate a budget for income and expenditure for next year.
When Li Hu was fully inspecting Xijing in the commander-in-chief's camp, Mao Jun and Hu Jiayong commanded the army to turn Xijing to the bottom.
They first cleaned up the Xijing Palace. The Xijing Palace was the place where the emperor lived, and a complex of palaces mainly composed of Tongwen Hall. This palace will be where the tiger king lives in the future, and it must be completely cleaned from the inside to the outside. Then they cleaned up all the large and small government offices in Xijing and sealed off all warehouses.
Then, they began a "sweeping". Any Khitan nobles and Hanfan officials who followed the Emperor of the Great Liao to the outside of the Great Wall, their property of their mansions was confiscated and their families were arrested. Any Khitan powerful and Hanfan officials who surrendered the land of their mansions could still retain their lives. If these people were willing to stay for the rebels, they would first arrange a place to live, and they would take care of food and drink. Those who were unwilling to stay were given to the bank and hike to Yanjing to find a way out. All slaves in the mainland of Xijing would be restored to their own freedom, while the civilians and merchants were not disturbed.
After the Xijing City was cleaned up, the General General's Office first entered the city, working in the office of the former left-behind office, and all the subordinate governments under the former left-behind office were affiliated with the General General's Office. Soon, Li Hu appointed a large number of officials, from the direct government office of the General General's Office to Datong Prefecture to the prefecture and county magistrates in various places.
The day after entering Tongwen Hall, Ma Liang hurried back from Yanjing, and the envoys of Liao Kingdom, Han and Chen Mi.
The two sides once again discussed the specific details of the alliance. This time, not only talked about military cooperation, but also about border division and Huiyi trade. Li Hu was generous enough to return all the Hepingzhou Road in western Liaoning to Yelu Chun in one breath, and Yelu Chun reciprocates and transfers Ruzhou and Khan Prefecture to Li Hu, but Juyong Pass and Shimen Pass were under the control of the Liao army.
Then Li Hu mentioned the issue of compensation for losses. The rebel army had been operating in western Liaoning for three years and suddenly withdrew. The loss can be imagined. Since the King of Yan promised to give compensation, you will immediately replenish the losses, because I will go north to the Great Wall to fight next year.
Han agreed immediately, but he made an accompanying request, "The King of Yan hopes that you can go south to threaten Taiyuan of the Song Dynasty, restrain the Song army, and force the Song army to postpone the attack time, thereby winning time for the Liao army to repel the Jurchens."
Li Hu frowned slightly and didn't say anything, but his face looked a little bad, and he obviously didn't want to accept this condition.
"Tiger King, you also know that the Liao army is not able to fight on both sides now." Han said truthfully, "If the Liao army was attacked by the north and south of the Song and Jin armies, Zhongjing and Yanjing would definitely lose one and lose one. The hope of losing one of the two capitals would probably be shattered."
"You mean, if King Yan fights on two fronts, he can't compensate me for the losses, right?" Li Hu sneered.
"Yes." Han said, "The loss of fighting on both sides is too great. Judging from the current situation of the Liao Dynasty, self-protection is not enough. How can you get money, grain and weapons?"
Li Hu turned to look at Dong Xiaochou. Dong Xiaochou pondered for a moment and asked, "Did the envoy of the King of Yan go to Bianjing?"
Han nodded, "But the current situation tells the Emperor of Song that now is his best opportunity to recover Youyan, and he cannot abide by the covenant."
"The people of the Song Dynasty are going to beat the dogs in the water." Li Hu mocked, "Since the Emperor of the Song Dynasty is not an idiot, what's the use of going south to threaten Taiyuan?" Then he pointed to his nose and said solemnly, "I am a Han person. I will never fight the Song Dynasty, and my subordinates will not agree to me fight the Song Dynasty, so please go back and tell the King of Yan and ask him to find a way for himself. I can't help this."
Han left in disappointment.
The rebel army in western Liaoning has begun to evacuate. Zhang Gao'er and the King of Hell Army, Zhang Guanyu and the Wu Yong Army took the lead in opening the road and were rushing to Zijin Pass. Luo Sinan and the old camp and more than 100,000 people followed. It is estimated that by early December, Luo Qinghan will take more people to evacuate from western Liaoning. Dong Zhongsun and the Heishan army retreated from the Daling River line. Because the journey is long, it is estimated that it will not be until the New Year before the north to the Taihang Mountains.
Chapter completed!