Chapter 1020: Su Dingfang and Ding Yanping
Chapter 1020 Su Dingfang and Ding Yanping
Chapter 1018: Su Dingfang and Ding Yanping
Dong Zhuo's reputation is indeed very bad, but to the entire Kansai region, especially Liangzhou, he is a sage-like existence.
The Qiang people have been causing harm to Xiliang for decades, but they have never been able to find an effective solution. Even the Han Dynasty was dragged down by this.
However, since Dong Zhuo became the shepherd of Liangzhou, he not only quickly put an end to the Keqiang rebellion and ended decades of continuous war in Liangzhou, but also changed the extremely barren situation in Liangzhou.
So, Dong Zhuo's status in the hearts of Liangzhou people is the same as Qin Wen's status in the hearts of Bingzhou people. He is simply the savior.
In the hearts of all Xiliang soldiers, Dong Zhuo is a person of faith, so as long as Dong Zhuo is still alive, no one dares to reorganize Liang army prisoners of war.
Those who have done this before, without exception, have all been counterattacked by the Liang army. With just a little provocation, the Liang army can instigate rebellion against those who surrendered.
After the alliance against Dong was dispersed, the princes and generals lost all the prisoners of war of the Liang army to Qin Hao because in their view, the prisoners of war of the Liang army were worthless.
You can’t kill or release them. If you keep them locked up, you’ll be wasting food. If you don’t take care of them, you’ll hurt yourself. It’s simply worthless among the chickens.
Qin Hao had not dared to recruit Liang Army prisoners of war before. After all, as long as Dong Zhuo was still there, it would be a time bomb.
But now that Dong Zhuo is dead, Qin Hao can still safely recruit these Liang soldiers who have lost their faith.
The news of Dong Zhuo's death is still under seal. Liu Bowen and others don't know about it yet. Qin Hao considered it difficult to explain the source of the information, so he didn't reveal it directly. After all, this matter will be exposed sooner or later.
Seeing that Qin Hao seemed to be worried about the loyalty of the Liang army's surrendered troops, Liu Bowen immediately smiled and said: "My lord, the loyalty of the Liang army prisoners of war is indeed a big problem, but as long as the surrendered troops are recruited carefully, all those who are loyal to Dong Zhuo will be included. Eliminate them, and completely disrupt their organization for training, so that the chance of prisoner rebellion is minimized. "
“What the military advisor said is true.”
Qin Hao's eyes suddenly lit up, and then he smiled and said: "However, if we exclude those who are loyal to Dong Zhuo, the only one in our army who can do this is probably General Ding Yanping."
Most of the Liang army generals are unwilling to surrender. Among the Liang generals who have surrendered to the Qin army so far, Ding Yanping has the highest rank. The reason why he surrendered was because his adopted son Luo Cheng played the emotional card. In addition, It was because of Qin Hao's personal persuasion.
“General Ding Yanping, I now order you to go to the prisoner-of-war camp immediately and select 20,000 Liang army prisoners of war to organize into an army.”
As soon as Qin Hao's order was given, Ding Yanping immediately stood up and said in a deep voice: "Promise."
Ding Yanping, as a senior general of the Liang Army, naturally has a high prestige after serving in the Liang Army for many years. He can not only identify relatively pure soldiers, but also restrain this surrendered army to a great extent.
“Su Dingfang, after the 20,000 Liang Army prisoners of war have been selected, you will be the chief general and General Ding Yanping will be the deputy general. Then immediately lead the 20,000 troops to Hanoi.”
Of course, Qin Hao knew that Ding Yanping was the most suitable person to lead the Liang army to surrender, but Ding Yanping was a surrendered general after all, and he had only surrendered not long ago.
Although Qin Hao believed in Ding Yanping's loyalty and character, directly appointing him as the commander of an army so quickly would definitely arouse the jealousy and dissatisfaction of other generals in the army, so he finally chose Su Dingfang, who had the highest command.
When Su Dingfang heard this, he was overjoyed and said in a deep voice: "Thank you, my lord, for trusting me. I will protect Hanoi without losing any territory." Although they have been making progress over the years, the gap between them has become wider and wider, and naturally he is extremely unwilling to do so.
Su Dingfang wanted to prove his ability, but he always lacked an opportunity to show it, and now this opportunity has finally come.
Twenty thousand Liang troops surrendered, plus 10,000 elite Qin troops, but their opponents were only the miscellaneous troops in the south.
Su Dingfang thought it was not difficult to defend the four counties of Hanoi. As long as he could seize the right opportunity, he might not be able to severely damage the invading Allied Forces in the South.
"Report...The cavalry is reporting to the lord. General Bai Qi has sent important military information."
The soldier quickly ran over and handed over the scroll, but Qin Hao's pupils shrank after taking it and looking at it. Seeing this, Liu Bowen asked: "Lord, what's the news?"
Qin Hao frowned and said: "The spies sent by Bai Qi found out that Yang Jian led the army in the second half of the retreat. The entire army hung up white flags and supported Dong Zhuo's coffin all the way to Guanzhong."
What shocked Qin Hao was naturally not the news of Dong Zhuo's death, but the fact that Yang Jian took the initiative to expose the news of Dong Zhuo's death before retreating to Hangu Pass. Didn't this give Li Yuan an opportunity to prepare in advance?
By the way, Yang Jian must have received the news that Li Yuan was in Nanxiang and not in Guanzhong.
It seems that Yang Jian is full of confidence this time, Qin Hao secretly thought, and at the same time he couldn't help but feel troubled by Yang Jian's careful thinking.
After Dong Zhuo's death, Yang Jian quickly unified the thinking of the Liang army, withdrew from Mianchi overnight, returned to Guanzhong to seize power, leaving behind the strongest Li Yuanba, and Yuwen Chengdu, whose political stance was unclear...
Yang Jian's current series of reactions can be said to be almost seamless, as if he had been prepared in advance. This also made Qin Hao wonder whether Dong Zhuo was killed by Yang Jian.
“It seems that it is necessary to ask Di Renjie or Bao Zheng to investigate.”
Qin Haoke has never forgotten these two detectives under his command.
These two people are simply born to be prodigies in solving crimes. It is not enough to solve the cases within their own jurisdiction. They also take the time to actively help nearby counties solve cases. The two even compete in solving cases.
Recently, a major case of serial **** and murder occurred in Nanyang. The murderer traveled across more than a dozen counties in Nanyang, openly **** and killing thirty-six women. His arrogance and ruthless methods shocked the entire Nanyang.
Nanyang Prefect Qin Zheng was furious when he learned about it. He immediately set up a special task force for the case and ordered Di Renjie and Bao Zheng to jointly solve the case.
Di Renjie and Bao Zheng thought that it was just a **** and murder case, and it was not that difficult. They wanted to compare themselves with each other, so they naturally investigated it separately.
This time Di Renjie saw through the disguise of the murderer before Bao Zheng, and this murderer was none other than one of the four most notorious villains in the world. He was extremely vicious, Yun Zhonghe.
Yun Zhonghe is not very strong, he is only a second-rate peak warrior, but his light skills are extremely good, and it would be extremely difficult to catch him if he just absconds.
Due to Di Renjie's carelessness and the fact that Li Yuanfang was not around, Yun Zhonghe actually escaped from being rounded up by nearly a hundred county soldiers under the public gaze.
(End of this chapter)