Chapter 1347: Grand Master

Chapter 1347: Grand Master

  Chapter 1347 Grand Master

   Many hussars were only concerned about fleeing, and they didn't even follow the king's order to gather together, but fled all the way to the vassal state and the tribe's hometown.

  Wang Xuance defeated the Piao King's army in the first battle, beheaded more than 10,000 people in three days, captured more than 30,000 people, captured thousands of horses, and more than 1,000 war elephants. Immediately after going south along the Lishui River, they successively broke through a number of hussars' camps, which were owned by the hussars. The hussars fled, and they didn't even pay attention to these camps. The food, grass, supplies, etc. here.

  The Tang army captured several transportation camps almost effortlessly, and obtained a lot of food, grass and transportation equipment, which greatly provided assistance for the Tang army to go south.

  The Hussars have been completely defeated.

  Wang Xuance led his troops all the way down the south to pursue, captured countless cities and villages, but basically encountered no decent resistance, either the Huns abandoned the city and fled south, or the people fled into the mountains.

   At this time, it was no longer the Hussars that affected Wang Xuance's troops, but the Hussars. The rainy season was coming. The rain continued, the mountain torrents rose sharply, and the roads were muddy. The army had to stop advancing.

   began to station down to rest.

Fortunately, the Tang army did not suffer any casualties along the way. They attacked quickly and robbed a lot of money and food. It was okay for a while, and the vast majority of this southern expedition army were barbarian tribal soldiers from the southwest, and thousands of Tang troops were stationed in the southwest for a long time. Yes, I have adapted to the climate here, and brought a lot of medicines, but there have been no plagues or other troubles.

  After the offensive stopped, Wang Xuance was not idle, and he began to send envoys to the surrounding Pyu kingdoms and tribes to surrender.

  The effect is not bad. Seven small kings of Pyu kingdoms and more than a dozen big tribes have been recruited.

   "Currently, Director Wang is stationed in Wacheng, which is more than a thousand miles away from Lishui. It used to be the royal city of Awa State, the head of the eighteen vassal kingdoms of Huyue. Now Ava State has been persuaded to surrender."

  Xiao Siye, a member of the Privy Council, explained to the emperor on a map of Huyue.

  He pointed to a location in the upper reaches of Lishui, which is the city of Ava, backed by Radha Naboni Chadu Mountain. This city is translated as the city of many treasures.

  Because they are located in the upper reaches of Lishui River, Awa has always been stronger. They are more than 1,200 miles away from the capital of Pyu Kingdom, Arom. Arom is also called Shi Lichaluo, and Han Shang also translates it as Zhubo City, a descendant of Promea in the lower reaches of Lishui.

  Wangcheng is still about 800 miles away from the coast.

  The Ava Kingdom is powerful and has an important location. They border the Mino Kingdom to the west, and the junction of Lishui and the Mino River to the south.

  The Mino Kingdom is named because it is located in the Mino River (Chindun River) basin. Mino is also a big country in the upper reaches of Lishui, second only to Ava in strength.

  In the last war, the Mino Kingdom suffered a lot, and this time it was also surrendered by Wang Xuance.

The surrender of the two countries, Ava and Mino, basically marked the fall of the northern part of Pyu. Although there were still many mountainous vassal states and tribes that did not surrender, the two vassal states in the Mino River and Lishui River Basin Surrender has already torn the northern region apart.

  The emperor looked at the map with excitement on his face.

   It is only a thousand miles away from Zhu Bo, the capital of the Pyu Kingdom, and now the Pyu Kingdom no longer has the strength to fight against the Tang Dynasty, and does not even have the prestige and appeal to summon the vassals and tribes to fight against the Tang Dynasty.

   "Saint."

  A servant came in and reported in a low voice.

   "What is it?"

  The servant presented a secret performance to the emperor.

   Li Yin opened it.

  After reading it, his complexion was ugly.

  Xiao Siye and other Privy Council chiefs didn't know what happened, so they had to stop there and wait.

  Long time.

Li Yin closed the memorial and said slowly, "A piece of new news, the grand master Qin from Lu Song united with the nine countries in Nanyang, and a rebel army of 100,000 has invaded the southwestern coast of the Pyu country. They just defeated Michen. country."

Michen State is located in the southwest of Pyu State, 500 miles away from the capital Zhubo, but only 200 miles away from the sea. It belongs to the left bank of Michen River in the Lishui Delta, 240 miles south of the river mouth. This has always been the southwest of Pyu Kingdom. The strongest vassal, also famous for trade.

  Because the southwestern coast of Pyuyue is surrounded by continuous mountains, Michenfan has become an important port.

The Qin family established a business here before, which is one of the four major business houses in Pyuyue. Although Michen is more than 200 miles away from the sea, the Michen River has smooth shipping, and the mountains in the east can block the typhoon. It is a fertile delta plain, and it is a very good place. Michen is also the third vassal state after Ava and Mino among the eighteen vassal states of the Pyu Kingdom.

  It is said that there are twelve gates in the royal city of Michen Kingdom. The city wall is still made of blue bricks, and the palace is even more covered with glazed tiles. The trading of the king's capital is prosperous, and they also have their own half-moon-shaped minted silver coins.

  But it was such a hussy and powerful vassal, and in the end, Qin Lang led his fleet to sail thousands of miles away and defeated him in one battle.

  Xiao Siye couldn't help being shocked.

   "Luzon is in the east of Haidong, and Michen is in the south of the southwest. There are more than ten thousand miles on the sea, and now it is the rainy season in Pyuyue..."

The emperor was quite familiar with geography. He knew that although Luzon was far away from the Michen Kingdom, the treasure ship and navigation technology of the Qin family, the distance of thousands of miles was actually nothing. It is Liaodong, which is also seven or eight thousand miles away.

  Besides, Qin Lang has secretly managed Nanyang these years, and it's not like they didn't have supplies from Luzon to Michen. Whether it is taking the west line along the mainland coastline and passing Linyi, Taiping, Jiaozhou, Guangzhou, or going south directly along the Luzon Islands via the east line, passing through Shaoxing, Ningbo, Shanghai, Xicheng, Shigang and other Qin family Nanyang ports, it is very convenient along the way. Replenishment and rest.

   What's more, this time it is not Luzon's family that sent troops, but there are nine powerful countries in Nanyang, so Luzon's ships can be smoothed along the way, as well as good supplies and rest.

   "Are you really sending 100,000 troops?"

"It is said to be only one hundred thousand, but according to reports, Qin Taishi actually sent only three thousand soldiers from Lu Song, and then added some mercenaries along the way, and the Japanese, Linyi, etc. also sent one or two thousand each. follow suit."

"When the first fleet arrived at the coast of Nuochen Kingdom, there were only 6,000 people. After landing, they fought against Michen Kingdom for the first time. They won a big victory and captured a small coastal city. Then they waited for the arrival of the second fleet. Thirteen thousand people.

  They took a boat up the Michen River and arrived at the royal city. After seven days of siege, they broke through the royal capital. At this time, their third fleet with 7,000 men had just landed on the coast. "

  After the arrival of the third fleet, the total strength of the coalition forces reached 20,000. Because Michen Kingdom was captured, Qin Lang stopped the follow-up military reinforcements and began to sweep Michen Kingdom with only 20,000 people.

   This coalition army relied on strong ships, armored ships, hardened soldiers, and fierce generals. The Michen Kingdom was completely collapsed, the king and ministers were captured, and countless soldiers surrendered.

   They conquered and plundered everywhere.

The Michen Kingdom, like the Pyu Kingdom, is a country that believes in Buddhism, and even integrates politics and religion. Two-thirds of the land in the country has been continuously rewarded and has been in the hands of the monastery, and the remaining third is 90% Concentrated in the hands of the royal family and nobles, the land in the hands of the common people is very small.

Of course, the remote mountainous areas of Michen Kingdom are mostly controlled by tribes. These people are only in the control area of ​​Michen Kingdom. The entire Michen Kingdom is prosperous on the surface, but internally turbulent. There are two major differences in the country: Buddhist monks and mountain tribes controlled forces.

Although the kingdom has also established a royal court system of kings, ministers, ministers, generals, etc., the king does not have enough land and wealth to reward noble officials and soldiers, which leads to the constant prestige of the king and the court. decline.

This is like the collapse of the government military system in the middle of the Tang Dynasty in history. The root cause was that land annexation was serious at that time. After the collapse, no one is willing to take the initiative to serve as soldiers, and there is a lack of wealthy middle-class soldiers. After the recruitment system was changed, the military expenditure of the imperial court increased greatly, but the combat effectiveness plummeted instead.

  The current Pyu, Michen and other countries are actually caught in such a vicious circle. The social wealth is basically concentrated in the hands of the royal family and nobles and monasteries, while the tribes in the mountainous areas are often rebellious.

  The people are numb, and the army has no fighting spirit.

Wealth is concentrated in monasteries, royal families and nobles, but they use the money to worship Buddha, build big Buddhas, build monasteries, put gold and silver on big Buddhas, instead of caring about people's livelihood. .

   When there is no strong external interference, this situation can still be maintained, but when there is an invasion and conquest by a super overlord like Datang, they immediately collapse.

Historically, Nanzhao, the small overlord of the Southwest, rose up at the time when the Tang Dynasty and Tubo were fighting each other, and repeatedly jumped between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo. In the eyes of the big overlord at the time, Nanzhao could only be regarded as a clown, but Nanzhao turned When beating Pyu, he easily destroyed his capital and turned Pyu into his vassal state.

  For Wang Xuance in the north, the rainy season does affect marching operations, especially supplies. The land has been plundered for thousands of miles, and the supply line has also increased by thousands of miles. In the rear is Lishui Yongchang and other areas where supply is difficult. The main supply is imported from Jiaozhou, which is too difficult.

   But to Qin Lang and the others, the rainy season is nothing, as long as they avoid the typhoon, a little rain is nothing, and they can still sail. After entering the inland river, the river surface in the rainy season is more suitable for sailing.

  Qin Lang's strategy is to follow the vertical and horizontal water network on the delta, first take down the key points of Nuochen and other towns near the river and near the sea, use this as a stronghold, and then divide their troops to attack.

   This plan was very successful.

  Anyway, the Allied Forces of the Ten Kingdoms are doing very well now. The wealth of Michen Kingdom is concentrated in the hands of monasteries and nobles, so just grab cities, manors, and monasteries directly. Those silver coins, golden Buddhas and silver Buddhas are very easy to grab.

The Mino Kingdom sent a lot of troops to the north before, but they have not yet returned in time, and the remaining troops are also very weak. The Mino Kingdom is essentially a country with no standing army, and it relies on conscripts to fight wars. The rainy season restricted their recruitment, and Qin Lang's coalition forces used the surprise attack tactics of warships, which was very successful.

  Easily divided the Michen Kingdom.

  Qin Lang surrendered while attacking fiercely. The monks, nobles, and chieftains of Mino were very soft-boned, and no one had the firm idea of ​​a nation-state.

  Anyway, they have worshiped the Pyu country as their suzerain for hundreds of years in the past, and the tribal chiefs from all over the country have long been accustomed to worshiping King Michen as their suzerain, and now they just change their suzerain.

  For those soldiers, it doesn't matter much.

  The monks want to resist, because Qin Lang doesn't respect Buddha and Dharma, but although they are rich, they control both economics and ideas, but they just don't have enough force, so they can't be mentioned in front of Qin Lang.

  Finally, before facing the choice of losing their heads or kneeling, many monks still knelt.

So now according to the information received by the emperor, Qin Lang led the 20,000 coalition army not only to sweep Michen Kingdom, but also supported a governor in Michen Kingdom, supported a national teacher, and adapted a military force to surrender. The Concorde Army changed the Mino Kingdom into the Michen Governor's Mansion and rebuilt a Michen administrative system.

Michen Kingdom has now restored stability and order. The coalition forces actually only occupied a few large cities and villages, but now almost the entire Michen Kingdom has surrendered to the coalition forces, and happily received the titles and official positions conferred by Qin Lang. Even the reorganized soldiers of the Union Army received the settling allowance and military salary from Qin Lang, and they cheered happily.

The old nobles and monasteries were the hardest hit, and they were robbed miserably, but their resistance was crushed by the coalition forces, and they lost their courage. The officials appointed by the new administrative system established by Qin Lang were all small and medium nobles. Mostly powerful, the reorganized Concierge Army was not valued or even enslaved in the past. Therefore, the Governor's Office and the Concierge Army actively helped the coalition to suppress and monitor those royal families, nobles, and monastery monks who used to be aloof.

  Qin Lang confiscated the land that originally belonged to the royal family, nobles, and monastery monks, and distributed part of it to the officials of the governor's mansion and the soldiers of the Concorde Army, and part of it to the common people at the bottom.

  Finally, some of them will be sold cheaply, and the proceeds will be shared equally by the coalition forces.

  The rest of the land, Qin Lang is making a book, ready to dedicate it to the court.

   All the ruling privy officials were silent.

  I used to think that Wang Xuance used his troops like a god, and he defeated the Pyu army with only tens of thousands of horses. Even with these tens of thousands of horses, the regular army of the imperial court was only a few thousand.

   But now compared to that Grand Master Qin, everyone couldn't help being silent.

  Qin Lang actually formed a sea coalition army from the far east of the sea, Luzon, and traveled thousands of miles across the sea.

   "What are the court's navy doing now?" the emperor seemed to ask casually.

But all the generals here understand that the emperor is expressing his dissatisfaction with the navy. In the imperial court's strategy for the southern expedition, the two armies of land and water are also attacking from the north and the south. Form an expeditionary naval fleet.

  But now the expedition fleet is still in the preparation stage, and there is no shadow yet, but Luzon has already led troops to destroy a country.

   "The expedition fleet is still under preparation, and it is planned to officially set sail after autumn."

  When the emperor heard this, he just snorted coldly.

   "When they arrive in Pyu country, the day lily will be cold, right?"

  (end of this chapter)