On the third day after Liu Laozhi and Pei Ju left.
The roaring cavalry roared in, and three thousand cavalry swept up the dust and rushed outside Taixing City.
"It's Yuwen Chengdu!"
Liu Jingxuan knew that before completely taking over Taixing, King Huai would send a general with a small number of troops to guard the area. On the one hand, it was to prevent accidents.
On the other hand, it is also to monitor the evacuation of the Beifu Army.
However, Liu Jingxuan did not expect that the person who came to take charge was Yuwen's Yuwen Chengdu!
He only knew that the Yuwen clan was destroyed by the Huai army not long ago, and that Yu Wenhua and his three brothers were killed on the battlefield. As for Yuwen Chengdu, he did not get detailed information.
Now it seems that Yuwen Chengdu has joined the Huai army.
"You even gave up your revenge for killing your father. Is it for the sake of the Yuwen clan?"
When he came out to greet him, this thought came to his mind.
For Liu Jingxuan, who knew Yuwen Chengdu's character, he would naturally not think that Yuwen Chengdu was a villain who lived an ignoble life and did not even care about the revenge of killing his father.
As soon as the thought came to mind, he knew the other party's difficulties.
This is also the impact of good or bad reputation on other people. If Yuwen Chengdu has a bad reputation, how could others subconsciously excuse him and take the initiative to find reasons for him?
"I've met General Yuwen!"
Liu Jingxuan stepped forward and welcomed the three thousand cavalry brought by Yuwen Chengdu into the city.
Yuwen Chengdu said calmly: "General Liu, the king ordered me to come to Taixing to take charge. In two hours, one million stones of grain and grass and a large amount of ordnance will arrive!"
"This is the material that your Majesty will use to clean up the major Wubao castles in Nantong Prefecture. General Tang Shengzong will also come soon and send troops eastward based on Taixing!"
"Let me make it clear to you first to avoid any misunderstanding!"
Liu Jingxuan was surprised and said: "King Huai wants to send troops to Nantong Prefecture? So soon?"
Nantong Prefecture is located east of Taixing and is a large area to the north of the Yangtze River estuary. The river runs through this place and it covers a vast area. In the current Chinese world, it is a fertile place.
However, the Taixing Beifu Army was hampered by poor internal affairs and insufficient food and grass, so it never expanded eastward.
This made Liu Jingxuan very regretful at first.
If we can capture the land of Nantong Prefecture, we can at least double the expansion of the Beifu Army.
After the Huai Army captured Taizhou and Taixing, it was normal for the Huai Army to be interested in the land of Nantong Prefecture. However, just after they captured the two lands, especially before Taixing was completely transferred, they sent troops to attack.
This is too hasty.
Liu Jingxuan had doubts in his heart. He naturally did not understand that for the top forces in the Chinese world, time was very tight at this time, and the time before the arrival of the ninth level was getting shorter and shorter.
All forces are accelerating their expansion.
Although he didn't understand in his heart, he didn't show it on his face. Instead, he smiled and said: "General, don't worry, Taixing is now under the rule of King Huai. No matter what you want to do, I will not interfere!"
Yuwen Chengdu nodded and said no more.
He also had no interest in talking.
Two hours later, a large number of cloud chariots appeared from a distance. The cloud chariots contained one million stones of grain and a large amount of supplies. At the same time, Tang Shengzong also brought an additional 50,000 troops and horses assigned to him. Head south from Taizhou.
Compared with Taixing, Taizhou, Xinghua and other places, Nantong Prefecture does not have any outstanding power.
Basically, they were rebels from various dynasties, wealthy households, mountain bandits and water thieves, as well as a large number of common people scattered among them.
"Lie to Kangxi"
When Tang Shengzong sent troops, it was more like suppressing bandits.
Before making this matter a prefecture, it is very necessary to clean up all the filth with the torrent of iron cavalry. Only by cleaning out the rebels and big households with different ideas can we provide a good foundation for the establishment of rule.
Like the big families and rebels who huddled in the corners of the Chinese world, they killed and looted in the past two or three years, releasing all their desires and ambitions.
The Huai army suddenly came and said that they would all be reorganized. Will they be convinced?
The local emperor has done well, why should he surrender to the Huai army?
It would be fine if the imperial power in history did not go to the countryside. It would be fine for them to reluctantly become local tyrants and squires at the county level, but the Huai army's ruling tentacles extend all the way to the villages and towns.
This system is equivalent to weakening their ability to exploit the people in the fish and meat village by 80%, and seriously damaging their own interests.
When interests are violated, even in the heyday of the dynasty, there are people who rebel, not to mention the current chaotic situation in the Chinese world where princes are fighting for hegemony...
Wang Jing, Bu Zhi, Han Xizai, Su Wei and others had anticipated these situations.
That's why there was Tang Shengzong's 50,000-strong army.
For Tang Shengzong.
It can only be said that he has made some achievements in taking Taizhou, but he is not qualified to be in the position. At this time, leading 50,000 troops to send troops is the last chance Wang Jing gives him.
after all.
After capturing Huaidong and other places, the Huai army will no longer conduct external expeditions in a short period of time. It will mainly sort out internal affairs and expand the army at the same time.
If Tang Shengzong could not seize this opportunity, then during the expansion of the Huai Army, he would not be able to surpass those generals who were more senior than him and legitimately become a general.
Time flies.
When November of the third year of Taichu was about to pass.
In Yangzhou City.
Wang Jing received a series of letters reporting victory from Tang Shengzong. This was not beyond his expectation. After all, the land of Nantong Prefecture was just a corner of Huaidong, and spies from the Military Intelligence Department had inquired about it.
Except for a few third-rate generals who barely left their names in history, there are no strong people here.
Tang Shengzong, stimulated by the continuous battles, had already half-stepped into the sixth level.
The 50,000 Huai Army troops were elites who had experienced battlefield training.
If he can't take Nantong Prefecture with 50,000 elite troops, then Wang Jing will really wonder if Tang Shengzong deliberately let the enemy go.
"Your Majesty, more than 300,000 captured soldiers have been initially counted!"
"One hundred thousand of them can be directly incorporated into the fighting force, and the other more than 200,000 prisoners will be temporarily incorporated into the engineering camps to dredge the roads near Yangzhou and build cities..."
In the main hall, Bu Zhao stepped forward to report.
Things after the war, especially the reorganization of captured soldiers, are very important, and Bu Zhao is responsible for this matter.
Except for the more than 300,000 prisoners in this war.
The Huai army defeated Deng Qiang, Fugongyou, the Sui prisoners in Gaoyou Lake, the Yuwen family in Xinghua, Zhang Shicheng in Taizhou, Baoying and Gaoyou City...these troops and horses added up to nearly 600,000.
Counting the current more than 300,000 prisoners.
The number of prisoners reached an astonishing number of more than 900,000, a huge number close to one million.
One million prisoners, the record is extremely brilliant.
But taking care of these prisoners and the food consumed by these prisoners every day is also an astronomical figure.
In other words, Wang Jing has sufficient food and grass support.
Otherwise...at least half of these million captives would die due to various factors in the hands of others.
"Well, in addition to these 100,000 soldiers, the elite soldiers who were previously captured, as well as Zhang Shicheng, Yu Wenhua and their troops must also be selected and incorporated into the soldiers!"
Wang Jing said in a deep voice.
