At the end of February, part of the army that was in chaos in the Northeast had returned to Guanzhong, and other troops were also retreating one after another. It is expected that by early May, most of the troops would be able to return to Guanzhong.

Of course, this does not mean that the court completely gave up military control over the Northeast. From the time he went to Hebei to fight the Khitan, the court successively invested in the north and sent nearly 100,000 more troops.

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This time, 80,000 troops will be withdrawn. There will still be nearly 20,000 troops directly under the imperial court in the northeast to continue to maintain the expedition and suppression of the Khitan Dahe clan and the reconstruction of Yingzhou and Andong Protectorate.

In fact, after Yingzhou defeated the main force of the Khitan rebels, the intensity of the war suddenly decreased. The only thing that can be praised was the recovery of Youzhou and Yingzhou. In these two battles, the main force involved in the war was mainly the people led by Zhang Renyuan and reinforced from Hequ. To put it more accurately, that is, the group of Hu soldiers and mercenaries in Xihexing Society.

Although the main force of the Liaodong Road Army led by Heichi Changzhi also entered the Northeast battlefield, its main task is to shock.

The Hu people in the Northeast lived in a mixed state. Before the new banishing order was officially established, these Hu troops could become part of the rebellion. In order to ensure that the situation did not deteriorate further, the court of law must maintain sufficient troops to deter them.

Of course, there is not no gain in the frontal battlefield. The pursuit and attack against the Khitan Dahe clan was excellent. The imperial army killed and captured more than 10,000 Dahe clan members, which did not include the results on the Yingzhou battlefield.

As a giant in the Donghu, the Khitan lived under the wings of the Tang Dynasty for many years, especially in the battle to conquer Goguryeo, and thus shared a lot of dividends of destruction of the country.

According to the information obtained by the Andong Protectorate in the early years, the eight Khitan tribes should have a population of more than 100,000. As the leader of its tribal alliance and the strong national strength of the Tang Dynasty endorsed it, the actual number of tribes and peoples should have exceeded 50,000.

It is precisely because of such a strong population base that Li Jinzhong dared to brazenly raise troops to rebel against the Tang Dynasty. However, although the Dahe clan has a large population, it cannot withstand the continuous pursuit. In particular, Li Jinzhong's biggest mistake was that he did not withdraw to western Liaoning before the main army of the Tang Dynasty arrived at the Hebei battlefield, causing more than half of his power to be lost on the Hebei battlefield.

The only thing that determines the outcome of the war is never a simple comparison of the troops. The location of the war is more important than the number of troops. In the original history, after conquering Yingzhou, Li Jinzhong did not rush to enter the Hebei region, but stayed in the western Liaoning area to wait for his work. He borrowed favorable terrain to defeat the Tang Dynasty's rebels at his doorstep, which won the Khitan the capital to continue to struggle.

But now in this time and space, the Khitan first caused chaos in Youzhou, and had a deep understanding of the weakness of the Tang Dynasty in Hebei. In addition, there was a coup in the Tang Dynasty, so the Khitan's actions were more radical and misjudged the time when the Tang army was put into the battlefield, so the main force almost lost all the battle in Yingzhou.

Despite this, when the war extended to western Liaoning, the long supply line and the complex geographical situation in western Liaoning also restricted the continued performance of the Tang army. The battlefield in western Liaoning lasted even longer than that in Hebei and invested more troops, but the results were not as brilliant as Hebei. This was the constraint brought by the war environment.

But despite this, the Khitan Dahe family lost as many as 50,000 people on the battlefield, which means that the Dahe family, as a tribal force, can be said to be dead in name only.

Even without the continued pursuit of the Tang army, the neighbors around them, who were like wolves and tigers, would not give up such an opportunity to share their food. Even the other tribes of the Khitan have begun to respond to the call of the Tang Dynasty and began to frequently invade the Songmo Prefecture territory of the Dahe clan.

But what is a little unpleasant is that Sun Wanrong, another leader of the Dahe clan, fled to western Liaoning after being defeated in Youzhou, and is still in the wild and has not been arrested for a long time.

Of course, Li Tong also understood that this matter should not be blamed for the soldiers on the frontline for not doing their best. The main reason was that the court punished the Dahe clan too severely this time, which was equivalent to issuing a clan extermination order.

Originally, in history, Sun Wanrong was killed by his family slaves and presented it to the Tang Dynasty. However, now the court has no intention of continuing to contain the Dahe family, so naturally it forced these Dahe family remnants to resist to the end. Instead, no tribes rebeled.

There are many mountains and rivers in western Liaoning. If Sun Wanrong is willing to escape and not fight head-on with the Tang Dynasty, it is not easy to accurately target his target and kill him.

Although the main force of the Tang army was gradually withdrawing from the inland, Li Tong did not intend to let Sun Wanrong go. He personally surrendered and prepared a letter to announce that all the people in the Northeast, who were not from the Dahe tribe who could hold Sun Wanrong's head to offer, would be directly awarded the title of Duke of the Kingdom!

A mere defeated general is naturally not worth such a high price. But Li Tong wants to declare to the people in the Northeast that those who dare to rebel must be prepared to die and die and have no way to escape!

The situation in the Northeast collapsed, and if we wanted to re-establish the order, we could not rely solely on military means. Especially the Tang Dynasty was huge, and the war in the Northeast was not over, and another incident occurred in the west. Therefore, in addition to tough military strikes, certain kindness and comfort were also an indispensable means.

But Li Tong did not intend to invest more human resources in the Northeast, so the fat piece of Dahe family was a bargaining chip he used to restrain and divide the Northeast Hu. A large tribe with more than 50,000 people and at least more than 100,000 tribes could still be full of oil even if they just drank a sip of soup.

As for the imperial court's extermination methods against the Dahe clan were too bloody and cruel, you Hu tribes did not intend to rebel, so why are you worried about this?

Of course, during the pursuit of the Dahe clan, other Khitan tribes were inevitably affected. After all, the customs and costumes were too similar, making it difficult to distinguish, and many people who took the opportunity to divide the Khitan forces were unwilling to distinguish them too clearly.

In response to this, Li Tong also ordered the frontline generals not to pursue it too carefully, and could even suggest some encouragement. Whoever asked you to shave your hair and shave your hair is the original sin.

After all, the Khitan will become a major trouble in the Northeast in the future, and even enter the Central Plains for a time, which is not closely related to the current Dahe clan. After a hundred years of power, the one who led the Khitan to grow stronger again was the Yaonian clan, which is still very weak. The Yaonian clan was picked by the Yelu clan of the Diela tribe, which is currently very weak, and the Khitan was heading towards its most glorious moment under the leadership of the Yelu clan.

Of course, the fundamental logic reflected by the ups and downs of the Khitan for hundreds of years was that the Central Plains dynasty had no control over the Northeast region. Although it once destroyed the powerful Goguryeo, in the following historical process, except for the name of a sect leader, these Donghu tribes could only be allowed to reproduce and perish on this land, and to perish brilliantly.

Li Tong may not be able to influence the future, but in the time and space of the Tang Dynasty he controls, he still hopes to establish a more effective rule in the Northeast. The reason why the attack on the Khitan was only concentrated on the Dahe family was that other tribes would invade resources belonging to the Khitan and rise into a new disaster.

At present, other Donghu tribes are instigated to attack the Khitan as a whole, and also lay a lead in the future to continue to sort out the situation in the Northeast.

When the Tang Dynasty's national strength returns to its peak and can intervene in the Northeast more effectively, we can turn our heads to uphold justice for the Khitans. I just wanted to teach the Dahe family a lesson, the evil clan. Who made you implicate innocent people and let me bear the name of tyranny? Don't be afraid of Khitans, Dad will help you calculate every blood debt!

In addition to the Khitan issue, another serious problem in the Northeast is the escape of the Martres. The Martres are now entrenched in Liaodong. Because the journey is too far and the requirements for logistics support are higher, the Tang army has not officially entered Liaodong for military strikes, so it is still mainly focused on inducing and deterring the people.

In fact, the Tang Dynasty also had a relatively important bargaining chip for the Marine. After regaining Yingzhou, when Zhang Renyuan's troops continued to pursue and suppress the surrounding areas, they accidentally searched Dae Jo-young, the founding leader of the Bohai Kingdom.

Although Dae Jo-young is not as famous as the lord of the Hokkien Kingdom of Haidong, Zhang Renyuan, a son of the lord of the lord of the lord, naturally knew the importance of this character, so he immediately wrote to the court after arresting him and proposed to use Dae Jo-young as a bargaining chip to contact and negotiate with the lords in Liaodong.

Li Tong naturally agreed with this and sent a message to Zhang Renyuan that no matter what the negotiation result was, Dae Jo-young could not let go and must be controlled by the Tang army.

Although most historical figures can succeed in special opportunities, as a regionally not very powerful force, Dae Jo-young also played a key role in being able to escape east to create a country.

For example, the Battle of Tianmenling, known as the Battle of the Bohai Kingdom, was the victory over the Khitan 25th Li Kaigu under the guidance of Dae Jo-young, and the Marines and the Goguryeo remnants were able to successfully cross the east and eventually create the Bohai Kingdom.

Without Dae Jo-young, the outstanding leader, Marcelona would still have variables in the final future. For such an unexpected gain, Li Tong certainly would not allow the tiger to return to the mountain.

Unfortunately, shortly after Dae Jo-young was arrested, another incident occurred in the Marinha tribe in Liaodong. Dae Jo-young's father Qiqi Zhongxiang actually died, and his subordinates were also led by another wealthy chief Qi Si Biyu. Compared with Qi Qi Zi Biyu, Qi Si Biyu's determination to fight against Tang was stronger, which also blocked the communication between the Tang and Marinha.

Such accidents cannot be avoided by manpower. Li Tong could only signal Zhang Renyuan, who was staying in the Liao border, to respond flexibly. If he failed to recruit, he would use the complex forces in the region to fight Qi Si Biyu.

This is the case for the regulation of major events in the Northeast. In addition to these, there is another small thing that makes Li Tong a little annoyed.

That is the guy Wang Xiaojie. He cried and begged for the battle, and even opened a small vest for this. However, as the generals from the Northeast returned to the court to attend, Wang Xiaojie stayed in the door after returning to the country. Even Li Tong sent a few times to summon the staff and did not come to attend, and he didn't know what he was doing.

Li Tong had something to arrange for Wang Xiaojie, but he was naturally particularly dissatisfied with his attitude. He summoned him several times but did not see him, so he lost his patience and simply sent Yang Sixu to the mansion to promulgate the imperial edict. If the person did not come, he would come to see him!

Under such a threat, Wang Xiaojie finally entered the court. But after seeing Wang Xiaojie's current appearance, Li Tong realized that it seemed that he had misunderstood Wang Xiaojie.
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