Zhang Zhao was cursing, and Li Congyao from Wugong County was also cursing.
King Li Qi, who had been pretending to be a grandson for several years in Luoyang and gained a reputation for being gentle, was just pretending to be gentle.
What can he do if he doesn't pretend? If he didn't pretend, he would be killed by Li Siyuan.
And Li Congyao and all the Fengxiang generals were scolding none other than me, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Sikong.
In fact, Zhang Zhao had no idea that the rebellion between Jingyuan Jiedushi Zhangyi's army and Yingning Jiedushi Jingnan's army was largely instigated by Li Congsuo, except that He Chuan was Zhang Congbin's confidant.
The Jingyuan and Binning prefectures used to be Li Maozhen's territory. Although the Li family was moved away, they still had great influence in the local area.
For example, the father of General Wang Zhen, who was tortured to death by Zhang Zhao in Weizhou, was Li Maozhen's fake son.
Li Congzuo's original intention was to drive He Chuan and others to rebel. When the imperial court issued an edict asking him to quell the rebellion, he then raised troops and attacked the imperial court in front and back to kill the rebels who had broken through Chang'an City.
In this way, the wealth accumulated by the rebels in the four prefectures of Jingxing, Ninggan, and Chang'an can be returned to Fengxiang's army.
Li Congyao can still stay in Chang'an, at least he can take over the prefectures and counties east of Fengxiang and west of Chang'an.
However, just as the rebels broke through the Xiwei Bridge, they were directly killed by Zhang Zhao.
Li Congsuo had been planning for several years, but before he could eat the cooked duck, Zhang Zhao overturned the pot and even smashed the stove!
Although Li Congyu captured Xingping County, it seemed that he took advantage of Zhang Zhao.
But in Li Congsuo's opinion, how many things have been saved in Xingping County? Everything in this level is his, and now he doesn't get even one-tenth of it, so why don't he curse?
In Wugong County, Li Congyao felt depressed and drank too much. He moved his fat body and looked at the Chief of Prince Qi's Mansion next to him with drunken eyes.
"Compose another letter and send it to Taifu An, asking him to hand over Kangfu's powerful army to a certain command. I swear to kill that Hexi boy!"
When An Shenqi set out, he had already been promoted to the rank of Imperial Tutor, but Zhang Zhao didn't know it yet.
Li Congyao didn't pay much attention to Zhang Zhao. In his eyes, Zhang Zhao was just a stupid young man from a poor place in Hexi.
The most important thing for him is to get Kangfu's eight thousand strong military force, then hunt rabbits in the grass, and get rid of Zhang Zhao by the way.
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The drunken Li Congyao and Fengxiang generals did not take Zhang Zhao seriously, but Zhang Zhao did not stop spying on Fengxiang's army. He had a group of very useful people in his hands, namely Sogdian merchants.
Zhang Zhao had a small circular Silk Road that blocked all key points on the Silk Road, as well as sugar, tea bricks, cotton and other key products. No Sogdian businessman dared to offend Zhang Zhao.
Therefore, these pervasive profiteers became Zhang Zhao's best spies.
Shang Cao Kang Jinshan, who was appointed by Zhang Zhao to be responsible for the production and operation of cotton and sugar, even followed Zhang Zhao to Guanzhong in order to better supervise the service of these Sogdians.
After two days of inquiring, all the information about Li Congyan's Fengxiang Army from top to bottom was collected.
Which tooth general is good at fighting? Who is Li Congyu’s mastermind? What is the combat strength of Fengxiang's soldiers? How to supply military rations? Who guards Xingping County? What are the personalities of Li Congyao and other important figures?
Zhang Zhao was aware of this and organized his officers to conduct specialized analysis and formulate tactics.
During the two days of collecting intelligence, Zhang Zhao was not idle. He held a public trial outside Mapaoquan Village. The people on trial were naturally the more than 6,000 rebel soldiers below Hechuan.
People from Xingping, Wugong, Xianyang, and even Qianzhou, Liquan and other places came. Together with some people Zhang Zhao rescued in Jingzhou and Pizhou, tens of thousands of people brought their own dry food to participate in this event. A public trial!
Thousands of rebel soldiers were tied up and knelt by the Weishui River.
Zhang Zhao ordered people to select hundreds of elders and hundreds of victims of great hatred from tens of thousands of people by region and family, and went to the scene to identify them one by one. Those who were verified and punished immediately.
The reason why the momentum was so great was not only the reputation of Zhang Sikong Renyi, but also the thousands of men and women who escaped before the rebel army was defeated. They also came with their families, and they had revenge and grievances. To complain, I would also like to thank Zhang Sikong.
Lady Han Qi walked over with her hand on a thin man. This was Lady Han Qi's husband, Zhao Jinfang, a famous doctor in Jingzhou.
Zhao Jinfang is very lucky, or it cannot be called very lucky. It is his profession that saved him.
A doctor who is good at setting bones and treating wounds from guns and sticks will not kill indiscriminately even if it is a rebel army. Therefore, Zhao Jinfang was captured from Jingzhou and followed the rebel army for almost a month, but he was still alive.
"Zhao Jinfang, a humble citizen, and Mrs. Han, a commoner woman, thank Sikong for his great kindness. There is nothing to repay in this life. If Sikong does not dislike it, my husband and I are willing to follow Sikong to Liangzhou and repay Sikong with my humble medical skills!"
Zhang Zhao touched his chin and glanced at Mrs. Han Qi. What a pity. Why didn't Zhao Jinfang die?
This Lady Han looks quite pretty. After raising her for half a month, she has become more and more plump. She is a plump little widow!
Zhang Sikong has been on a vegetarian diet recently, and he was planning to trick the young widow into sleeping with Han Qi after she couldn't find her husband. As a result, her husband died.
"Xian Kangli is willing to go to Liangzhou, which is a dream come true! This will relieve the suffering of the people in Liangzhou who are unable to seek medical advice!"
However, when he heard that these two people were willing to go to Hexi, Zhang Zhao immediately threw all those little thoughts out of his mind.
Medical doctors are one of the most lacking senior talents in Zhang Zhao. Compared with them, pretty widows are really not rare at all in this era.
"Doctor Zhao, Madam Han, do you still know who killed your parents and the medical apprentice?" Zhang Zhao asked softly after helping Zhao Jinfang up.
"How come you don't know!" Lady Han had stayed with Zhang Zhao for more than half a month, and she was much more courageous than Zhao Jinfang. She walked up to a row of prisoners, her eyes turning red.
"He! Him! Him! And him! I recognize him even when he turns to ashes!"
"Ms. Han, please don't admit your mistake. We can't let a beast go, but we can't unjustly accuse a good person either!" Zhang Zhao reminded seriously.
After hearing this, Mrs. Han Qi bravely walked forward a few steps away from the prisoners, observed them carefully for a moment, and then nodded with certainty.
"Go back to Sikong, I read that right! It's them!"
"Okay!" Zhang Zhao shouted, "According to the Yonghui Law of the Tang Dynasty, the murderer will be punished with his life! Let me chop him down!"
As soon as he finished speaking, and before the prisoners had time to beg for mercy and were about to cry out, they were taken out of the prisoners and dragged to the edge of the Wei River. Without gagging, they cut their heads with a knife.
However, some executioners were not very professional. A beheading job required several cuts before the head was decapitated, causing the rebel soldiers to scream in pain.
Suddenly, laughter and cries arose along the Weihe River. Those who laughed were the people who saw their enemies being beheaded, and those who cried were the tied up rebel soldiers.
Mrs. Han Qi made a start, and the rest progressed quickly. The elders and suffering masters identified one by one.
Generally, after three identifications, the person who is still confirmed to be the murderer will be pulled down to the Wei River and beheaded.
During this public trial, from mid-morning to mid-morning, heads of people were killed along the Weihe River. The water was dyed red, and several carts of headless corpses were pulled out.
A total of 1,600 rebels were identified and all beheaded.
Of course, the remaining ones are not just good people, but these people, who committed adultery, robbery, and robbery, but they did not kill anyone, nor did they coerce anyone into committing murder.
But the people at the public trial were already furious. Starting from Jingzhou, the rebels burned, killed and looted all the way. They killed as many as 20,000 people and harmed at least ten or two hundred thousand people. The enemy is gone.
As soon as Zhang Zhao appeared, countless people who felt that they had not been able to relieve their hatred began to gather around Zhang Zhao and kowtow and plead.
Zhang Zhao was right when he thought about it. Now he doesn't have a prison system or anything. Although some people didn't kill anyone, they committed a lot of burning, killing, looting, and adultery.
So after thinking about it, he pulled out more than three of the rebels who were suffering masters, and killed more than a thousand people.
At this time, some people were still crying and begging, wanting to behead all the rebels who raped their wives, daughters and sisters.
Zhang Zhao would not agree. He would not be beheaded once or twice for rape and robbery, whether at this time or in future generations.
The Qin and Han dynasties used corporal punishment, which meant picking your nose and cutting off your ears. In severe cases, you would be tortured directly by castration, and you would have the tools chopped off.
In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, corporal punishment was abolished and replaced by military exile.
hey-hey! Confinement and exile! Zhang Sikong is going to fight Li Congzuo, but there is a shortage of cannon fodder death squads!
This is also the reason why Zhang Zhao will not continue to kill. He has killed nearly 3,000 people, which is close to half of the number of prisoners. He has also established his authority, so they can be used as cannon fodder.
Of course, on the surface, what I, Zhang Sikong, said was high-sounding and righteous. He stood on the high platform, opened his hands and pressed down, and the people immediately fell silent.
"The rebels are indeed hateful! They are indeed worse than animals! I hate them deeply, and I want to kill them all, but I can't!
Because no matter who it is, what crime has it committed? Punishment must be based on laws and regulations. Today we can kill people without relying on laws and regulations. So what is the difference between us and these rioters?
Death penalty! Living crime deserves punishment! "
Zhang Zhao spoke, and the clever elders also began to help appease the already jealous neighbors.
They knew in their hearts that if they changed the commander and gained thousands of rebel troops, and they didn't quickly join the army to increase their strength, how could they be punished according to law?
You must know that at least two to three thousand of the people killed were veterans who were accustomed to fighting, and their combat effectiveness was very good.
After the rebel soldiers were dealt with, it was the officers' turn. Zhang Zhao didn't even need to interrogate these seventy or eighty people, and decided to behead them all.
Among these people, at least they are junior officers in charge of more than fifty people. If they don't want to become thieves, there are many ways.
He Chuan was so frightened that his nerves almost collapsed. He never expected that Zhang Zhaoneng, the governor of Hexi Province, could be so cruel and cut off thousands of heads in one day.
And they don't follow the rules. They don't recruit these tooth soldiers and officers who are so powerful in combat.
He looked at Zhang Zhao and moved his lips a few times, wanting to beg for mercy, but he knew in his heart that Zhang Zhao would definitely not let him go, so Zhang Zhao also smiled coldly.
"There's no need to beg for mercy, He Bingma Envoy, if I can give you such pleasure, I've already received God's favor!"
After saying that, Zhang Zhao directly asked Barbarian Bear to pull down the leader of the rebel army who killed tens of thousands of people, and he said to Yan Jin next to him.
"I want to attack Li Congzuo, but I don't have a stable rear yet, which is always a problem.
Chengjie, you will take He Chuan's head to Qianzhou to join Er Zhujing, recruit hundreds of people in Qianzhou City to surrender, and then guard Qianzhou strictly to guard against sneak attacks.
We must guard our way back north. I'm not worried if others go, so I can only let you go! "
Yan Jin nodded seriously. He knew the importance of Qianzhou. He originally wanted to follow Zhang Zhao to defeat Li Congzuo, but he wisely did not say it.
