Standalone Northern and Southern Dynasties
Chapter 433 Mansion Soldiers
Chapter 433 Mansion Soldiers
When Chen Qingzhi was on the mountain, he had already seen that Gao Huan's troops were Yuan Tianmu's elite troops, so he did not covet the defeated troops, but led his troops to pursue Gao Huan's two thousand elite cavalry of the Erzhu family.
It can only be said that these two thousand cavalrymen were worthy of being elite soldiers trained by Erzhu Rong. They still maintained discipline when fleeing, and even under the command of Gao Huan, they were able to take the initiative to fight back against Chen Qianzhi's white-robed army.
Unfortunately, Gao Huan's side was defeated on the battlefield and their morale was too low, while Chen Qianzhi's side was in high morale and their troops were more powerful. After the two sides fought, Gao Huan realized that if he continued like this, he would be destroyed here. He had to abandon some of the soldiers in the rear and lead a thousand core elite troops to retreat to Wuzhi at a faster speed.
When Yuan Tianmu attacked Luoyang from Ji County, he had to cross the Qin River when passing through Wuzhi. He built three pontoon bridges on the Qin River for the army to pass.
As long as Gao Huan withdrew his troops to Wuzhi and burned the pontoon bridge over the Qin River, Chen Qianzhi would not be able to continue pursuing him.
When seeing that Gao Huan chose to cut off his tail to survive, Chen Qianzhi also knew that he would not be able to achieve his full success in this pursuit.
Chen Qianzhi's troops had been fighting for half a day. In the end, he chose to swallow the "tail" thrown by Gao Huan and swallow the results of the battle first.
The battle lasted until the evening. Of the army led by Yuan Tianmu, only Gao Huan and his thousand men escaped to Wuzhi. The rest of the army was annihilated and captured by Chen Qianzhi!
When the news of the victory of this battle reached Luoyang City, there was another round of carnival in the city. Emperor Yuan Hao immediately sent Yuan Yu, who was in charge of the Menxia Province, to the north to comfort the troops and also promoted Chen Qingzhi.
However, while promoting him to a higher position, he also ordered Chen Qianzhi to sweep through Henei and sent him far away from Luoyang City.
After all, Yuan Hao couldn't sleep well with such a powerful man in Luoyang.
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In Liangzhou, when they heard that the new governor was Hou Jing, the nobles and officials in Hanzhong City were all a little panicked. They all came to the house of Yang Kan who was about to step down, and some even held Yang Kan's official boots to prevent him from leaving office.
Yang Kan's father was the governor of Liangzhou. Yang Kan grew up in Liangzhou when he was young. He himself came from the prominent Yang family of Taizhou, so during his tenure, local scholars were treated well.
Su Ze asked Hou Jing to replace Yang Kan, which reminded the Liangzhou gentry of the horror of the annihilation of the Yang family in Hanzhong.
Yang Kan also said helplessly:
"My fellow elders, the governor of Liangzhou was appointed by the Duke of the county."
When they heard that it was Su Ze's order, everyone quieted down. Su Ze's prestige in Hanzhong was too high, and these nobles did not dare to go against Su Ze's wishes.
Yang Kan looked at these old subordinates and understood their concerns. He also knew the reason for his transfer. In order to appease people, he continued:
"The Duke of the County transferred the Governor of Hou here mainly for the south. I'm afraid that Governor of Hou will spend more time in Nanzhong City than in Hanzhong City."
"As long as you support the governor's mission, I will certainly not make things difficult for you."
Now everyone understood.
Nanzhong City is a fortress connecting Hanzhong and Shuzhong. It was in this city that Hou Jing defeated the army of Southern Liang, which frightened Xiao Wei, the former governor of Yizhou of Southern Liang, so much that he was transferred back to Jiankang.
Now that Shu is ready to make a move, Hou Jing was sent to Liangzhou to fight.
The gentry in Liangzhou finally felt a little relieved. Since Hou Jing came to fight, as long as they supported him in fighting well, they would be safe.
After understanding this, everyone in Liangzhou finally felt at ease to send Yang Kan off and welcome the new governor, Hou Jing.
After the marriage, Hou Jing became much more stable. After all, Yang Kan was Hou Jing's former superior, and the handover between the two sides was harmonious. Yang Kan also introduced several of his former subordinates, and Hou Jing accepted them all and kept them in office.
After sending Yang Kan away, Hou Jing announced on the spot that he would send troops from Liangzhou to garrison in Nanzhong City.
Because of Yang Kan's precautions, the local nobles and powerful families in Liangzhou were mentally prepared and expressed their willingness to cooperate with the governor, and they actively provided food and manpower and coordinated communications in all aspects.
All this surprised Hou Jing a little. Based on his understanding of the gentry in Liangzhou, they might not dare to make trouble after seeing what happened to the Yang family in Hanzhong.
However, secret delays, slack work, buck-passing and procrastination are bound to occur.
Especially since Hou Jing had been an official for a while, he knew the nature of these aristocratic and powerful people very well. They had no sense of justice and most of the time they only cared about the interests of their own family.
Liangzhou was a place that was originally a swing area in the struggle between the North and the South, so it was normal for the alliance to change.
He thought he would have to put in some effort, but he didn't expect that these guys would actively cooperate with him, making Hou Jing's prepared tricks useless.
But it’s better this way. Hou Jing knew that his main purpose of coming to Liangzhou was to fight. As long as these guys cooperated, he wouldn’t have to waste any effort.
As Hou Jing's military merits and military orders were sent to Zhechou Mansion in Liangzhou, the local soldiers were quickly mobilized.
When they go out, they become soldiers; when they disperse, they become civilians.
This is the advantage of the fubing system. These fubing soldiers, who enjoyed exemptions from corvée and taxes and were granted sufficient land, were the best soldiers of that era.
Since Su Ze established the Fubing system, the preferential treatment of Fubing has also produced results.
The idea that being a soldier is glorious began to take root in Guanzhong, and a soldier can indeed bring tangible benefits to his family. Apart from other things, the existence of the Zhechongfu alone prevented local tyrants from arbitrarily oppressing the soldiers and their families. This is the case in the local area. Rural society is a society of human relationships. When the soldiers became the backbone of the grassroots rural areas, more and more families began to rely on them.
Yang Jia was such a palace soldier. Two years ago, he was still a Baima Di from Qiuchi in the mountains and did not even have a proper name. After Su Ze persuaded the Qiuchi Yang family to surrender, Yang Jia was given a Han surname and was included in the palace soldier.
After becoming a government soldier, Yang Jia was allocated land. At the beginning, Di people like him did not know much about farming, but the Duke of Su sent agricultural officials to teach them how to farm.
Su Ze also distributed oxen to Sanchang Village. Of course, it was not possible to be so extravagant as to give one ox to each household. Five households shared one ox, and the ones who managed the oxen were the military households among the five households.
The village where Yang Jia lived was also a mixed community of people of various ethnic groups. The head of the family was a Han Chinese who had fled from Qinzhou. Yang Jia was a soldier of the government, and he was granted land. In order to make more use of his oxen, the old neighbor often helped him with farm work.
After a while, Yang Jia fell in love with the neighbor's daughter. Although the neighbor's daughter was a widow with a son, Yang Jia's original status in Qiuchi Mountain was such that he could not even touch a woman's hand, let alone marry.
After getting married, his wife's family naturally became dependent on Yang Jia's family. Yang Jia was a righteous man who was willing to help his neighbors, and he was soon elected as the neighborhood leader.
There were five households in a neighborhood, and the right to use and distribute oxen was in the hands of the government soldiers, who were naturally the neighborhood leaders.
When Yang Jia joined the army, Su Ze improved the original conscription system and changed it to have the Zhechongfu provide armor, but the soldiers had to provide their own weapons and horses.
The weapons were fine. During the last expedition, Yang Jia seized a precious sword. He also had an ancestral longbow when he was on Qiuchi Mountain, which Yang Jia had always maintained well.
But war horses were hard to come by, and it wasn't that they couldn't afford them. Duke Su had opened up Hexi in recent years and actively traded with the grasslands, so the price of horses had dropped a lot.
Yang Jia had received some silk as rewards during his previous expeditions, and his wife was of the Pixie zodiac sign, so they saved all the silk. It was enough to exchange for a horse.
But a horse is not something that can be obtained just by buying it.
Raising horses requires not only feeding them grass, but also adding refined grains and soybean meal to fatten the horses. Yang Jia really doesn't have the energy to take care of his warhorse.
Without a war horse, he could only serve as a foot soldier in the army. Although Yang Jia was very good at riding and shooting when he was on Qiuchi Mountain, he could only comfort himself at this time that being a foot soldier was good. At least it was safer than being a cavalryman. His wife was about to give birth, and he couldn't let the child be without seeing her father.
Today, the commander of the Zhecho Brigade of Zhecho Mansion delivered military books to the village, and Yang Jia, as a soldier of the mansion, also gathered at the entrance of the village.
The village held a special departure ceremony, and the young children in the village looked at the brave soldiers with envy on their faces.
For boys, admiring the strong is instinctive. The soldiers in the village are all brave men. When Yang Jia has nothing to do, he will tell the children in the village about what happened on the battlefield. For children who cannot even leave the village, the stories of these soldiers are the world they yearn for.
Yang Jia took the military book and returned to the yard when he suddenly heard the neighing of war horses.
Yang Jia was startled. He hurried into the backyard, only to see his brother-in-law leading a horse and combing its hair carefully.
"this?"
"Brother-in-law! This is the fine horse that Grandpa bought from the East Market in the prefectural city! Do you think it's suitable?"
Yang Jia looked at it carefully. Although this horse was not a top-quality one, it had reached the standard of a war horse. Yang Jia was somewhat moved.
My brother-in-law said:
"Brother-in-law, I bought this horse with the silk I've saved over the years and the money raised by the neighbors."
"Also, Grandpa has already discussed with the neighbors that the horse's feed in the village will be shared equally by everyone in the future."
Hearing this, tears welled up in Yang Jia's eyes.
He saw his wife, who was pregnant, coming out of the house and saying to Yang Jia:
"There are people taking care of you at home. My dear, fight well on the battlefield and don't let the Duke down."
Yang Jia nodded heavily.
The next day, Yang Jia said goodbye to his wife and rode on his horse amid the expectant gazes of his neighbors.
This is the system of fubing. A fubing is not just a soldier. It takes the joint efforts of four or five families to support one fubing. Every fubing is responsible for the "investment" of these families.
Rewards on the battlefield, promotions to honorable officers, and even becoming an official for meritorious service, these investments will eventually pay off.
Longxi County gathered 2,000 soldiers, Liangzhou gathered 2,000 soldiers, and then recruited and mobilized 10,000 civilians, and Hou Jing marched towards Nanzhong City in a mighty manner.
(End of this chapter)
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