After Jia Cong had a conversation with Amin.
Amin left Shenyang with the remaining men that day and returned to Hetuala.
Jia Cong's army took over the entire defense of Shenyang.
The war that lasted for several years finally came to a successful conclusion.
Next, Jia Cong went to visit the injured soldiers and comforted them.
He also promised them that even if they could not return to the army, as long as they were willing to stay in Liaodong, each of them would be given enough land to live on, so that they would have enough food and clothing.
If you are willing to take your family over, they will also be given enough land.
These wounded soldiers were naturally grateful and no longer had any worries.
Some disabled veterans are destined to retire.
Once you return to your hometown, life will probably be difficult.
After all, they are all his subordinates, and Jia Cong can only try his best to help them.
Now I have this ability and the conditions, and this is beneficial to both parties.
Those soldiers were given the land to survive and could live a good life.
At the same time, it also allowed Liaodong to increase its population and increase tax revenue, which can be said to be a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.
Jia Cong also arranged manpower to repair the city walls, reorganize the place, and conduct an inventory of Shenyang's population and farmland.
Completely implement his decree in Shenyang.
Then he tallied up the military exploits of his soldiers and sent them to the capital together with the battle reports.
At the same time, a secret message was given to the emperor, telling the whole story of the war.
Of course, it is impossible to tell the truth.
As for whether the emperor believes it or not, that is not his own business.
And by the way, I mentioned that I was going to pick up my wife and children to reunite in Liaodong.
It has been more than a year since the birth of my four children, and I, as a father, have yet to meet them.
It was okay to be busy fighting in the past, but now that the war is over, it feels a bit unreasonable not to see each other again.
After doing all this, leaving a hundred thousand troops stationed in Shenyang, Jia Cong returned to Liaoyang with the remaining troops.
After returning to Liaoyang, he sent Chunlan and Xia Zhu, along with a hundred soldiers, back to the capital to pick up their children to reunite with him in Liaoyang.
Next, while waiting for the imperial edict from the imperial court, he prepared to move into the palace.
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In the Jinluan Hall, the emperor was attending court.
Discussing the war situation in Liaodong with a group of civil and military ministers.
The war entered a continuation stage, and the troops on the court's side were even more disadvantaged.
This made all the officials in the DPRK not very optimistic about this war.
Some ministers advised that to stop this war, we should focus on solid defense.
When we are absolutely sure, it will not be too late to regain Shenyang.
What's more, he bluntly stated that Jia Cong was incompetent, which made the attack on the city hopeless and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties.
Of course, these remarks were simply ignored by everyone.
It's just that everyone is at a loss to deal with the current war in Liaodong.
The emperor glanced around the hall and said, "My dear friends, the war in Liaodong is currently at a stalemate. If you have any good strategies, you might as well tell them and we can discuss them together."
Li Guanglu, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, in this situation, we can only send reinforcements to support. If that doesn't work, we have to withdraw. However, the veteran has confidence in the King of Liaodong, so he is not very worried."
Liu Jin said: "Master Li has confidence in the King of Liaodong. In the past, he relied on the power of artillery, but now the artillery is of no use, and the King of Liaodong is probably at the end of his rope."
If we really need support, don't we still have 100,000 soldiers and horses in Liaoyang? They can just transfer them to the front line. "
Li Guanglu shook his head: "Once the people are transferred away, Liaoyang will be undefended. If the enemy sneaks around the rear and attacks, Liaoyang may be lost. At that time, the imperial army will be attacked from two sides and will have no place to stay.
, it is really possible that the whole army will be annihilated. "
Although this possibility is small, it is not impossible to happen.
"Yes, Mr. Liu doesn't know how to fight, so don't come up with bad ideas blindly. If you don't know, you will think that you are taking advantage of the enemy and deliberately helping the enemy."
"Niu Jizong, don't talk nonsense. I'm just talking about things as they happen. What's wrong with that?"
Hearing what Niu Jizong said, Liu Jin's beard stood up in anger.
"Ahem."
The emperor coughed twice and stopped everyone's commotion.
At this moment, a person walked in from outside the hall, walked forward quickly, and knelt down in the center of the hall.
"Report, Your Majesty, there is an emergency coming from Liaodong 800 miles away. The imperial army captured Shenyang and defeated the barbarian army. Shenyang has returned to the embrace of the imperial court."
When they heard that it was Liaodong's Eight Hundred Miles Expedition, everyone was shocked and frightened. They thought the imperial army had been defeated.
When I heard later, it turned out that the imperial court had won, and I was relieved.
As expected of Jia Cong, he did not disappoint everyone.
When the emperor heard this, he felt very happy.
The territory lost in the hands of his father was finally regained in his own hands.
Doesn't this mean that he is stronger than his father?
Jia Cong was indeed the same Jia Cong, truly invincible, invincible, and invincible.
Having such a powerful minister is both his luck and his misfortune.
Such a powerful minister is really unsettling.
Perhaps just as the queen mother said, Jia Cong really has no dissatisfaction now.
However, who can say clearly whether there will be one in the future.
Forget it, forget about these troublesome things for now, let Wang Bao keep an eye on him.
Thinking of this, the emperor smiled on his face.
"Okay, that's great. Jia Aiqing is indeed the God of War of our empire. She really did not disappoint me. Submit the battle report quickly. I want to take a good look at how Jia Aiqing won this battle."
Wang Bao quickly walked down the platform, took the battle report and the secret report to the emperor, and handed it into the emperor's hands.
The emperor opened the battle report and read it once, and then asked Wang Bao to pass it on to several adults in the cabinet.
Then he picked up Jia Cong's secret memorial and read it carefully.
It contains detailed records of the beginning and end of the war, as well as some of Jia Cong's plans.
He also briefly talked about the bet between the two parties.
But the bet turned to Shenyang. Jia Cong lost and returned to Liaoyang. Shenyang still belonged to the barbarians.
The barbarians lost and withdrew from Shenyang. Shenyang was returned to the imperial court and promised not to attack Dachu without permission again.
This is roughly what it means. Otherwise, Jia Cong would not be able to explain it to the court if he let so many people go, but countless pairs of eyes could see it.
After reading it, the emperor couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
Jia Cong's operation was really hard for him to understand.
It can be said that he colluded with the barbarians. So many people were killed in the battle between the two sides.
So this idea is simply not tenable.
Even the emperor himself would not believe it.
If Jia Cong had nothing to do with the barbarians, he let hundreds of thousands of enemies go before his eyes.
I really don't understand what Jia Cong is thinking.
If we can use this to kill all the hundreds of thousands of enemies, Liaodong will be safe from now on.
No need to be afraid anymore, the barbarians are coming to harass you.
I believe Jia Cong could not fail to see such a result, but he still let the person go, which is really puzzling.
Unable to figure it out, the emperor had no choice but to let it go.
"Dear dear friends, now the imperial army has won a great victory and driven the barbarians out of Shenyang. This is a great event worthy of celebration. The cabinet, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of War will discuss together the issue of rewards for the soldiers' military exploits. Implement it as soon as possible.
Li Aiqing, just
Let your Ministry of War represent the imperial court and go to Liaodong to reward the three armies. "
"I obey your orders."
After he retired from the court, the emperor called several important ministers to the imperial study alone.
Show Jia Cong's secret memorial to everyone.
After seeing that everyone had finished reading, the emperor spoke.
"My dear friends, I really can't understand Jia Aiqing's actions. What's the point of doing this? If we keep all those prisoners, wouldn't there be no future troubles?"
After hearing this, all the ministers also fell into deep thought.
Liu Jin said: "Your Majesty, this move by the King of Liaodong is suspected of releasing enemy troops. In doing so, he must have hidden secrets. I ask your Majesty to order a strict investigation."
Li Rong frowned: "Mr. Liu, you have not considered what you said. During the entire battle to regain Liaodong, the King of Liaodong led the imperial army and killed hundreds of thousands of barbarian enemies. How could the barbarians have such great hatred?" Will you ignore it?
It is pure nonsense to say that the King of Liaodong harbors ulterior secrets. "
Niu Jizong also said: "Your Majesty, those enemy prisoners are no less than the imperial troops. If they are forced to stay, it will only cause greater conflicts and more people will die. The King of Liaodong is purely thinking about the overall situation.
If all those more than 100,000 people were really killed, some Taoist priests in the court would probably stand up and accuse the King of Liaodong, who was good at killing prisoners, a cruel butcher, etc. I hope that Your Majesty will take the King of Liaodong to task. "
This is really possible. Some people always stand on the highest moral line and blame others.
"Ahem."
Hu Yong coughed twice and said: "His Majesty, the King of Liaodong, did nothing wrong. He should have made that decision after careful consideration. However, it seems a little inappropriate to take his wife and children to Liaodong. It must be done Just leave enough hostages."
Li Guanglu cupped his hands and said, "What the Chief Assistant said does make some sense, but there are some exceptions in this matter. The King of Liaodong is busy fighting wars. His own children have been born for more than a year and they have not yet met. It is really unjustifiable.
Now that the war is over, King Liaodong wants to take them over to reunite with their family. This is human nature. I thought I could agree to King Liaodong's request and reunite their family. "
Liu Jin said: "Since the war is over, why not transfer Jia Cong back to the capital and let him reunite with his children in the capital? Wouldn't that be better? Besides, there are too many soldiers and horses in Liaodong. Can some be transferred back to the capital?"
Everyone looked at each other and felt a little moved by this proposal.
This is indeed a good opportunity to weaken Jia Cong. As long as Jia Cong leaves Liaodong and returns to the capital without troops, there will be no worries.
Even the emperor couldn't help but nodded secretly and gave Liu Jin a thumbs up secretly.
Li Guanglu said with a slight hesitation: "This is indeed a good opportunity to weaken Jia Cong, but now that Shenyang has begun to decide, people's hearts are unstable, and it is unknown whether the barbarians will keep their promises.
At this time, it is best to have Jia Cong in charge of Liaodong to ensure nothing goes wrong. If Jia Cong leaves Liaodong and the barbarians know that he is gone and they counterattack in a large scale, we will suffer heavy losses and our good form will be ruined. "
This situation is not impossible.
At this time, it is indeed inappropriate to recall Jia Cong directly.
After everyone heard this, there was another silence.
The emperor pondered for a moment and then said: "At this time, stability should be the priority. Jia Cong continues to be in charge of Liaodong and allows his children, wives and concubines to go to Liaodong to reunite. Jia Cong has made outstanding contributions and was promoted to a second-class king."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
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The news of the imperial army's victory and the recovery of the entire Liaodong quickly spread throughout the capital.
Xue Baochai and others in Ningguo Mansion also received the news.
Everyone cheered and looked forward to going to Liaodong to reunite with Jia Cong.
Two days later, Chunlan and others returned to the capital.
Knowing that they were here to pick up themselves and others, everyone became even happier.
especially big
Sister Yu'er, when you go to Liaodong this time, you can go back to the grassland and see your hometown and your parents.
Da Yuer smiled and said: "This time I can finally go home and visit. I feel a little homesick."
Hai Lanzhu said, "How will my father feel when he sees us?"
"Now that the prince is the most powerful force in the north, even the father can only be careful to please. Sister, don't worry. When the time comes, the prince will accompany us back, it will be considered a glorious return."
"Well, the prince will be very happy when he sees the child."
Xiao Yuer smiled and said: "When I go to Liaodong, I will ask the prince to accept me first, and I will also give him a son."
The three sisters laughed for a while and then began to pack their luggage.
Ling Guan and Xue Baochai discussed it and decided to set off for Liaodong in three days.
I went to tell Mother Jia specifically about this, but Mother Jia didn't say anything and told them to be careful on the road.
After Xichun found out, she insisted on going to Liaodong together to see her brother.
Tanchun naturally wanted to go, but Xue Baochai had no choice but to agree to take them with him.
Anyway, if someone is protecting you, nothing will happen.
Yingchun is discussing marriage, so naturally he can't follow.
Almost all the remaining female relatives in Ningguo Mansion came out this time.
However, Youshi was still left behind and asked to look after the house and be responsible for everything at home.
After all, someone still needs to be in charge of the family's property and shops.
Qin Keqing couldn't follow either. After all, his identity was rather embarrassing, so he could only wait until next time.
Miaoyu did not follow him this time, and still stayed in the Grand View Garden.
This time, in addition to the 100 soldiers brought by Chunlan, there were also 50 female guards from Ningguo Mansion, and a caravan of more than 100 carriages.
Five children, plus Tianci, a total of six children, are all in the team this time.
Everyone packed up and left Ningguo Mansion three days later.
The motorcade went all the way out of the North City Gate and headed toward Liaodong.
