Chapter 303 Henchmen
Of course, this is also because Li Tai took the initiative to take on some heavy tasks, so that other parties involved in the war did not have to be as busy as him.
Yang Zhong, the most dashing among them, met to discuss the distribution of the spoils after the battle, and then received some grain and grass supplies from Yu Wengui. When he led his men and horses back along the road they came from, the rest was distributed to Xiazhou will be responsible for transporting his troops and supplies into the state later.
Although Yu Wengui's department has many people, the personnel involved are also quite complicated, and it should be a relatively busy one. But he just ordered the Hu chiefs under his command to discuss the distribution plan, and then distribute the captives allocated to Xiazhou to the various tribes in proportion. The tribes would return money, food and materials, and then Yu Wengui would deliver them to other coalition forces. Xiazhou The matter is basically over.
Of course, it seems to be a relatively simple set of procedures, but it is also backed by the prestige accumulated by Yu Wengui and even his entire family when they lived in Xiazhou. Otherwise, these powerful chiefs would argue about who is more and who is less, and it may not be possible in a few months. Arguing over a result can lead to a direct confrontation of weapons.
Dongxia Prefecture was severely damaged during the war. Almost all the local Jihu tribes that the rebels followed were killed. Even Li Mu, the governor, was besieged in the prefecture city for many days.
Logically speaking, Dongxia Prefecture should have a lot of various relief and remedial work, but Li Mu was very leisurely. It was rare for Chief Hu to come to the government to seek redress of grievances, and he would not take the initiative to go to the countryside to visit.
The relationship between the government and the people can be said to be very unfamiliar. The tribes have no idea that the government has the responsibility of providing relief and rescuing people after disasters and restoring production. Li Mu does not intend to use this to strengthen the authority of the government and reach out to the masses. He does not care about the lives of these people.
This can be regarded as a relatively typical lazy government that neglects its duties, but there is another saying in the history books, that is, "the government is peaceful and the people cherish it." But it cannot be said that his official morals are corrupt. He was born as a martial artist. He was lucky to have a lot of achievements in these troubled times, but he really lacked the talent and experience to govern. Rather than messing around, it would be better to live in peace.
Li Tai cannot be quiet and indifferent, and his mind is full of Lu's plan urging him to seize every opportunity available.
After several battles, the Lishi Hu people who had been captured and voluntarily surrendered were gathered together, and a total of more than 13,000 people were gathered. Most of them were old, weak, women and children, although they were still relatively small. The considerable power of the Hu tribe was reduced sharply compared to the tens of thousands of troops at the beginning of crossing the river.
It can be seen that even if the Bafu of the Western Wei Dynasty does not focus on the northern Shaanxi area, this is by no means a place where everyone can run wild and undefended. Rouran once could do it, Gao Huan once did, but Li Shihu is still not qualified.
Li Tai planned to keep this section of Li Shihu, but exchanged some of the prisoners captured from other parties, giving up other aspects of the distribution of spoils, in exchange for a Jihu tribe of tens of thousands of people completely under his control. This deal Whether it is a loss or a profit remains to be tested by time.
The sharp decrease in his own strength has greatly reduced the ferocity of these Li Shihu. In addition, Liu Kuzhen tried his best to cooperate. Li Tai's control over the Hu tribe was quite good, and he defeated them without any trouble. They were led to Dongxia Prefecture and settled near Wei Ping City.
It was already the depth of winter, and there was little output in the fields. It was also a huge consumption for tens of thousands of people to eat horse chews.
Li Tai was originally complacent that the Diaoyin Liu family and Xiazhou Yuwengui were reimbursed for this battle, but after taking in this group of Li Shihu, it was not enough to fill in all the reimbursement materials he received from Xiazhou.
Although the resource endowment of the surrounding areas of Weiping County is not bad, large-scale production will have to wait until next spring at least. Li Tai is not a savior who liberates the poor people in Jihu. He saves them and provides them with basic food and clothing. Of course There is also a need to repay.
Therefore, after entering the country, he first organized the Ding Zhuang among them to patrol and survey the surrounding area, and initially included this section of more than 100 miles upstream and downstream of the Sheyan River into the area to be colonized, and built some fortifications and dock walls in some dangerous places. For defense, I occasionally encountered some open-field coal and iron veins with considerable reserves and good quality, so I organized people to circle them and dig them out.
The Lishi Huzhong alone is not enough to fully develop and utilize this realm. And despite Liu Kuzhen's cooperation and control, Li Tai'an's eyes and ears reported that these Lishi Huzhong were still very stubborn about returning home and did not want to stay here for a long time.
At present, they are trapped in the harsh living environment and the tragic war they have just experienced. These Lishi Hu people have no choice but to gather together to depend on each other. If this problem is not taken seriously, then next spring when the field resources are abundant, these Hu people will definitely gather in large numbers. 's escape.
Therefore, Li Tai also put aside his pity and squeezed out the energy of these Lishi Hu prisoners as much as possible this winter to create a foundation for settlement around Wei Ping City, and then recruited more trustworthy Hu tribesmen to actually operate them.
Li Tai stayed in Wei Pingcheng for a while. After watching the work of the Lishi Hu people gradually getting on track, he left a group of troops to garrison here while he went south and returned to Heishui Fangcheng.
Outside Blackwater Fengcheng, a group of people had been waiting here for a long time. When they saw Li Tai and his troops arriving, they all rushed to greet him, calling him lord or alang, and some of them directly commensurate with their official positions.
"Is Fangcheng suffering from severe harassment?"
Li Tai turned over and dismounted, saw slight signs of damage and additional fortifications on the city wall, and looked at the defense chief Zhu Meng and asked.
"When Master Lang led his troops to pursue the bandit army in the north, several bandits from the lower reaches of the Black Water, Hu Bian, gathered to harass them again. The servants immediately organized their troops to resist and counterattack, and repelled all the attacks. Please bear this in mind, Master Lang. Ordered to defend the city and not attack."
Zhu Meng quickly crossed his hands and replied that He Basheng's old men had long regarded Li Tai as their new lord, and hoped that Li Tai could lead them to avenge their old lord, so they were loyal to Li Tai and obeyed his words.
The Heishuihu in the lower reaches of Heishui was originally the target of Li Tai's focus on prevention and control this year. However, he did not expect that Lishihu, a strong dragon passing through the border, would appear again after winter. However, the infestation of Heishui did not disappear, and it remained the same. It happened as predicted.
Due to sufficient preparations and the fact that Zhu Meng, a veteran, was here, these local bastards were not allowed to succeed in the end. But it is difficult to drive them all away. A strong cavalry army can destroy a country, but if they are allowed to accurately catch a rabbit in the vast forest wilderness, it will be in vain.
Therefore, the survival mode of Jihu in this situation is to first develop in obscurity, then break out when the power becomes stronger, and then be conquered and pacified, and then flee and continue to develop in obscurity.
After recounting the course of the war, Zhu Meng also emphatically reminded him of the contributions of the Diao Yin Liu clan in helping the war.
The person who led the reinforcements here was Liu Ping, the son of Liu Kang, the leader of the Liu clan. When they entered Fangcheng and sat down with each other, Li Tai first expressed his gratitude to him, and then ordered someone to place a map directly in front of Liu Ping. On the previous case.
"Excuse me, Grand Governor, what does this mean?"
Liu Ping looked at the somewhat unfamiliar map with a confused look on his face.
"The thing is like this..."
Li Tai smiled and recounted his plan, hoping that the Liu family of Diaoyin could send their tribesmen to the Sheyan River Basin for business and fortification, and become the northern outpost of the three-defense city system.
After hearing this plan, Liu Ping's expression changed uncertainly. He was both happy and worried, and he didn't know how to respond for a while.
As a local chief, of course he hopes that the bigger the territory, the better. The wider the territory means the wider the living space. But Sheyanshui is hundreds of thousands of miles away from their current clan. The landscape, geography, and people are not familiar to them. It is hard to say whether they will be able to establish themselves after moving there.
Li Tai knew that the Liu family in Diaoyin was not a poor and run-down Hu tribe, and this choice was also very difficult for them.
He needs a convinced and enterprising Hu tribe to act as his eyes and ears in the north, so he does not intend to use strong methods to force him. He will only briefly analyze the pros and cons. If the Liu family still sticks to their homeland and refuses to move, the current cooperation Although it is still maintained, there will be no in-depth cooperation and development in the future.
"This is indeed a major matter related to the rise and fall of the tribe. There is no need to rush into a decision. You can go back to the tribe to discuss it with the tribe leaders and elders, and you can also conduct on-the-spot investigation..."
Before Li Tai finished speaking, Liu Ping got up from the table, walked to Li Tai's table, knelt down with a plop and said: "The matter is indeed not small, but there is no need to hesitate for a long time. Although the last general has not been with the big general, The Governor knows each other's heart, but he knows that the Governor will never point out a narrow path. Since his mind and vision are not as broad as the Governor's, it will never be wrong to obey the orders! Love the advice!”
Li Tai's dealings with the Diaoyin Liu family mainly involved negotiating with the clan leader Liu Kang. He was also deeply impressed by Liu Changan who asked to see him before, but he was a bit unfamiliar with the eldest son Liu Pingze, but he did not expect that he would be so decisive in dealing with the matter. It was a bit surprising.
If it is hoped that the new Fangcheng in the north will be put into construction and production at the beginning of next spring, the Liu family in Diaoyin will naturally move as early as possible. Li Tai was still worried about whether his department was capable of doing this, but here Liu Ping expressed his position After that, the doubts in his heart were dispelled. He stood up from the table and helped Liu Ping up. He patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "A man of righteousness will never take responsibility lightly! As long as the northern defense city is built well, I will definitely help him." Please ask for the position of county governor!"
"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief!"
After Liu Ping heard this, he couldn't help being pleasantly surprised. Because he had offended the powerful people in power, his family's repeated attempts to return to justice had been very difficult. Even if they invested 500,000 pieces of silk, they could not get Li. Tai made such a solid promise, but now he just expressed his decisive stance, but the expected reward was astonishing, so he hurriedly paid his respects and said: "But if you can follow the command of the governor, you will never have an official or noble title, and you will never be able to do anything. Dare to resign!”