Songzhou is right on the edge of Bianzhou, and the two places are connected. The distance from Junyi County, where it is governed, to Songcheng County is only about three hundred miles.
Both states are wealthy places. The land has been developed for thousands of years and is very fertile. The transportation is developed and river transportation is convenient, supporting a large population.
As for any famous figure, a few decades later there was a man named Zhao Kuangyin who served as the military governor of the German army here.
It was also because of this that after becoming emperor, the country was named Song.
Now, Zhao Kuangyin's grandfather, Zhao Jing, is still the governor of Zhuozhou. His father, Zhao Hongyin, was still in a liquid state, let alone peeing and mud.
There were 360 states and more than 1,500 counties in the Tang Dynasty.
But there are only about forty towns that can really be called vassal towns, that is, there are only about 40 military governors.
The remaining three hundred or so states are either defense envoys, observation envoys, managerial envoys, or simply group training or something like that.
Songzhou belongs to the most common type, that is, ordinary civilian states, which have no governors but only governors.
After Li Longji's restructuring, when a state was established, the boss of a state was the governor.
When a county is established, the head of a county is the prefect.
The governor and the governor have mutual names.
The current governor of Songzhou is Zhang Rui, a typical Tang Dynasty civil servant.
The civil servants of the Tang Dynasty were not the so-called scholars in the Ming and Qing Dynasties who only made money besides kowtow.
Although it is far inferior to that in the early Tang Dynasty, it is still possible to kill people with a sword when mounted, to govern the place when dismounted, to sit and talk about Taoism in Confucian robes, and to convince people with virtue after taking off Confucian robes.
Zhang Rui managed Song Prefecture fairly well, at least he managed to save the people under his control in these troubled times.
He built a local team through team training. It would definitely not be able to go out to fight, but it was very capable of protecting his hometown.
With this team training, they were able to barely protect the people when they were attacked from all directions.
Of course, this is mainly because the nearby big towns are busy with their own affairs and have not sent out the main force.
If, like Li Yunze at this time, he came personally with more than 10,000 elite soldiers, those regiment trainers would naturally be vulnerable.
"How could this happen?" On the top of Songcheng County, Zhang Rui looked stupidly at the regiment trainers he had sent to resist the invasion of the Xuanwu Army. At this time, they were happily setting up camp with the Xuanwu Army to boil water and cook rice. .
The combat effectiveness of group training is not strong, but there are many people.
More than 20,000 people were all gone in just one encounter?
Even if there were 20,000 pigs, they wouldn’t be able to catch them all in one day!
Zhang Rui was very angry and scolded the team coaches for not contributing to their hometown.
Unexpectedly, the well-fed and drunk regiment members took the initiative to line up and shouted to the defenders in the city from outside the range of their bows and crossbows, "Li Jiedu has divided the fields for us~~~ Each person will be allocated a minimum of twenty acres." , it’s all Yongye fields, not Kou-divided fields! If you don’t go home to divide the fields, then you won’t have any.
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A portion. "
As soon as these words came out, the defenders on the city wall were shocked.
They are all fellow villagers, and many of them even have relatives living in the city, so the credibility of their words is naturally very high.
Moreover, the news about the land allocation in Bianzhou had already reached Songzhou.
In the past, there were only rumors, but now it has been confirmed by someone.
The defenders immediately became commotion, and they were barely appeased by suppressing them and generously distributing rewards.
But it was obvious that Zhang Rui could tell that the team trainers guarding the city no longer had any fighting spirit. If the Xuanwu Army came at this time, they would basically be able to break through the city in one battle.
However, what puzzled him was that Li Yunze outside the city had no intention of attacking the city at all.
Not to mention siege, not even the siege equipment was built.
Zhang Rui really couldn't figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it and patrolled the city wall until it got dark and torches were lit all around. Then he went down to the top of the city and went back to the Governor's Mansion to rest.
Everyone in the mansion has been waiting for a long time. The head of the family hasn't come back yet, so no one can eat first.
There is no mention of equality or dignity or anything like that here. There is only one reason. The head of the family is responsible for the entire family. Everything from food, clothing, housing, transportation, and even social status all depends on the head of the family. It is only natural to wait for him to come back before eating.
Open your mouth, respect equality when you keep your mouth shut, etc. First, settle your own basic necessities, food, housing, and transportation before talking about these things.
The atmosphere during dinner was a bit solemn. After all, there was a large army surrounding the city outside the city. In this era, it was common for the whole family to go to the grave together.
After dinner in silence, Zhang Rui left his sons to go to the study to discuss countermeasures.
But his sons were useless. In addition to cheering themselves up and saying that they would be able to hold on, their ideas were either to write to the court to slap the envoys to scold Li Yunze for retreating, or to marry his sister to the elders of nearby feudal towns in exchange for reinforcements.
Anyway, after all, it is either meaningless moral criticism of Li Yunze or the traditional skills of marrying to win over allies.
Zhang Rui was so disappointed that he drove his sons out and sighed in his study.
The reason is simple, he knows he can't escape this time.
At this time, his daughter Zhang Hui came to the study with soup, "Aye has worked hard for the people, let's have a bowl of ginseng soup first."
"Okay." Looking at his beautiful daughter, Zhang Rui smiled and took a sip of the ginseng soup.
Looking up, he saw that Zhang Hui was still there, and he looked confused, "Is something wrong?"
Zhang Hui hesitated for a moment, but chose to speak: "Yeah, Xuanwu's army is so powerful that it was as powerful as Huang Chao, which was wiped out by them. There are only more than 10,000 people in Songzhou City to defend the city, how can it withstand it."
Zhang Rui frowned when he heard this, "What do you want to say?"
"Yeah, yeah." Zhang Hui could hear the impatience in his father's words, but he still said, "It's better to surrender."
On one side is the most powerful army known in the world, and on the other side are farmers who have just put down their hoes. Is there any other way out without surrender?
Zhang Rui, who was silent for a while, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "It's not that he doesn't want to surrender, it's that he can't surrender."
"Then Li Yunze robbed people by force, killed people, took property, and even took away the fields, and then distributed them to the mud-legged people in Guizhou. All the squires and celebrities in Songzhou are in the city. What if I surrender them?"
At this point, Zhang Rui sighed and waved his hands repeatedly, "You don't understand, go ahead, go ahead."
Zhang Hui, who was confused in his heart, bowed and left. After leaving, he still didn't understand: "I'm going to die, so what do I care about the squires and celebrities?" '
The next day, when Zhang Rui, who had dark circles under his eyes, went up to the city wall, he was shocked to see many people outside holding long ropes and wooden stakes, measuring fields piece by piece.
After the measurement is completed, a person dressed as a clerk will issue the document on the spot and use a big seal.
Although they were far apart, the cheers from outside when dividing the fields could still be heard clearly, and they were so harsh.
Zhang Rui staggered and almost fell to the top of the city.
Although he didn't fully understand it, he vaguely felt that this was a huge event, big enough to destroy everything!
When he finally came to his senses, he was shocked to see that the surroundings were in chaos, and even the city gates were opened.
Familiar relatives, friends from the same village, and even enemies outside the city have begun to divide their fields. Why is I still standing on the top of the city?
Watching them all divide the land, and then you will no longer have a place to stand?
The strong men who had just put down their hoes rushed down to the top of the city like crazy, opened the city gate and ran out in a swarm.
What about Songzhou City? The life and death of the gentlemen in the city is none of my business. The division of land is the most important thing.
Zhang Rui sat down on the bed, his eyes empty and desperate.
He finally understood now that Li Yunze could conquer the world with this move!
"Your Majesty." The confidants around him stamped their feet eagerly, "I hope you can quickly call for men from all the families in the city to come out and guard the city."
When news of Li Yunze's army came, all the powerful local families in Songzhou hid in Songzhou City, which was protected by tall walls.
Over there, Li Yunze's army advanced very slowly, and even took the initiative to divide his troops, intentionally or unintentionally, to drive the powerful families towards the city.
Therefore, all the powerful families in Songzhou were basically in the city at this time.
They had money, food, and people. If they mobilized, they could gather an army of troops, and they would not be dragged away because of the land allocation outside the city.
"It's too late." A frustrated Zhang Rui shook his head repeatedly. "If they had had the intention to send the children of the clan to the city, they wouldn't have happened today."
The local gentry of a powerful family still have the traditional concept that it is up to the Guizhou leaders to have to fight and die, and they can just eat, drink, play and enjoy themselves at home.
Seeing the soldiers outside the city begin to line up and slowly approach the city gate, Zhang Rui stood up in a hurry, "Go back to the house quickly and call on everyone to flee quickly!"
When Li Yunze rode into the city, everything was over.
The wealthy and powerful country gentry in Songzhou were basically all defeated. When the soldiers rushed into each house, they didn't even know that the city had been breached.
For these people, Li Yunze just waved his hand and asked the soldiers to take them away and deal with them, leaving them useless.
When we arrived at the Governor's Mansion, we saw that all the Governor's family who had fled had been captured.
After all, Li Yunze deliberately designed this situation to catch everyone in one fell swoop. How could he let them escape so easily?
Looking at the Zhang Rui family kneeling all over the yard, before Li Yunze took off his helmet and could say something, Zhang Hui, who was not far away, looked up and called out, "Please forgive me and my family, Li Jiedu, my little girl is willing to do anything." The horse repays Jiedu for his great kindness."
I looked over and saw a beautiful girl.
Li Yunze asked blankly, "Who are you?"
"The little girl's name is Zhang Hui, and she is the daughter of the governor of Songzhou."
"Zhang Hui?" Li Yunze raised his eyebrows slightly. He had seen this name when checking Zhu Wen's information.
After pondering for a moment, Li Yunze waved his hand, "Keep her here and lock up everyone else."
Before the Zhang family was taken away, they all looked at Zhang Hui with pleading eyes, begging her to serve Li Yunze well and find a way to get them out.
Controlling Songzhou is not the end, but the beginning.
For most emperors, it was enough to control a place, gain the allegiance of a powerful family, be able to collect taxes, money and food, and get the manpower support of a powerful family to warm the bed.
But it was not enough for Li Yunze.
This is just a skin change, and the cycle will start again in two or three hundred years.
So Li Yunze has a lot to do, and the first thing is to uproot the local local snakes!
