Chapter 931 Hedong’s Blood and Merit

The Huang Dynasty was extremely murderous.

Originally, the strategies of successive dynasties in the southwest were mainly based on pacification and control. The so-called pacification naturally meant to suppress and control at the same time.

But Huang Chao was a little different. After being ordered to govern Jiannan Road, he personally led the Jiangdong Army with two battalions of commanders to fight east and west. However, as a civil servant, he was extremely talented in marching and fighting.

Each time, he would first survey the terrain personally, and then lead the elite Jiangdong Army to win several battles. In the past few months, he has defeated several chieftains who had been passed down for more than ten generations.

He was extremely ruthless, and those chieftains and their families had little chance of survival. Basically, they could only suppress the chieftains, and there was no way to pacify them.

Rather, the natives refused to submit to the king’s rule and were classified as “rebels”, so no matter how harshly the Huang Dynasty dealt with them, it was reasonable and legal.

Huang Chao looked up at Chen Da, somewhat puzzled: “General, the natives are fierce and fear power but not virtue. If we don’t treat them harshly, they won’t know fear, let alone sincerely submit to the new dynasty.”

“The natives of these places are the biggest force of the imperial court in managing Jiannan. Only by being more aggressive now and making all the local forces fear them, can the imperial court successfully implement the kingly rule in Jiannan Road.”

“future…”

Huang Chao whispered: “This land of abundance will truly become the territory of the imperial court and contribute to the new dynasty.”

Chen Da was silent for a while, then shook his head and said, “It’s not that I don’t want to give you manpower. Some of the brothers who came back from you, even those who have been through many battles, couldn’t sleep all night.”

“and.”

Chen Da looked at Huang Chao and said slowly, “Recently, the King’s Division of Jiannan Road has important tasks to perform. All my troops may have to go into battle, so I don’t have any left to lend to you.”

Huang Chao was not disappointed when he heard this. Instead, his eyes lit up and he asked, “General Chen, Your Majesty is going to go north from Jiannan Road and advance to Guanzhong, right?”

Chen Da stared at him with wide eyes, a little suspicious: “How did you know?”

“Guess.”

Huang Chao said, “General, you now have tens of thousands of troops under your command. There is no rival in the entire Jiannan Road. The only place that can mobilize all the troops under your command is Guanzhong.”

Chen Da stared at him, and realized that he might have said something wrong. He was about to say something when he heard Huang Chao say with a smile: “Don’t worry, General Chen. I am a tight-lipped person and I won’t say anything nonsense.”

He paused and continued, “Guanzhong is important, but it does not necessarily require tens of thousands of troops to attack at once. General, lend me a battalion of lieutenants, and I promise not to delay your business.”

Chen Da had been pestering him for more than an hour, and now he was really impatient, so he could only sigh and say, “Forget it, I’ll give you two captain battalions.”

“The chaos in the southwest must be ended as soon as possible.”

He looked at Huang Chao and warned him: “The new dynasty has just been established. As a civil servant in the court, you can’t keep your hands stained with blood.”

“Don’t worry, don’t worry.”

Huang Chao was overjoyed and said with a smile: “There are so many natives in the southwest. We can only defeat them one by one with only three or four captain camps. If we kill all these natives, we will not have enough troops.”

“So we can only kill the chicken to scare the monkey.”

He looked at Chen Da and said seriously, “I have told those natives that there are still tens of thousands of soldiers under my command. Once we clear out a few more chieftains, they will be scared.”

“When the time comes, we can talk about it and it will go much more smoothly.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Da shook his head and smiled bitterly.

His murderous nature was far less than that of the temporary Southwest Chief in front of him. Unexpectedly, he became the tiger skin in the latter’s mouth.

After the two chatted for a while, Huang Chao went to the military camp excitedly to pick people. Chen Da watched his back and could only shake his head helplessly.

In the afternoon, Huang Chao left Chen Da’s military camp with two thousand soldiers. At this time, in the commander’s tent, a middle-aged man in cloth was bowing to Chen Da.

“General Chen.”

Chen Da just glanced at him, then quickly stood up, clasped his fists in return, and then said with a smile: “When did Gao Sizheng come?”

The chief of the Southwestern Division of the Ninth Division is Gao Cong.

Gao Cong has a long history in the Nine Departments. When the imperial court conquered Jiannan Road, Gao Cong made a lot of efforts.

Half a year ago, he was summoned to Luoyang by the emperor to be rewarded based on his merits. Although he was not promoted, he was rewarded with a mansion in Luoyang.

This is quite rare among the nine departments.

In addition, the current status of the Jiusi is delicate, and the status of all the directors of the Jiusi has also risen. Even a general like Chen Da, who guards a region, is polite to Gao Cong.

Gao Cong laughed at Chen and said, “I have been walking around Jiannan Road recently, thinking about the natives.”

Chen Da was a little curious: “Natives?”

He immediately reacted and said in a daze, “It turns out that Huang Chao is not the only one doing this.”

“Of course.” Gao Cong said, “The natives have been occupying Jiannan Road for who knows how long. Many places in Jiannan Road are mountainous and densely forested, and only the natives know how to move around. Without the help of Jiusi, Mr. Huang can’t do anything.”

Chen Da laughed and said, “It seems that this is also what His Majesty meant.”

Gao Cong said slowly: “Your Majesty also wants to completely subjugate these local natives to the king and turn them into commoners.”

Chen Da was a little curious: “If that’s the case, why doesn’t Your Majesty directly give orders to the army to clean up the local chieftains?”

“Killing is not a complete kill.”

“We can only use both beating and intimidation.”

Gao Cong smiled and said, “This kind of thing is best done by Mr. Huang. If General Chen leads the army to do it, it might cause even bigger trouble.”

“If General Chen doesn’t move, those natives won’t and won’t dare to unite on a large scale.”

After the two chatted about the local natives for a while, Gao Cong patted his head and said, “Look at my memory, it’s getting worse and worse, General Chen.”

He looked at Chen Da and said, “General Su has asked the Nine Departments to inform you as quickly as possible, asking you to march into Wuguan immediately and prepare to enter Guanzhong from Wuguan.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Da was stunned for a moment, then asked, “When did it happen?”

“About three days ago.”

Chen Da was stunned: “Three days?”

Gao Cong nodded and said with a smile: “The Jiusi is now a little richer and has more ways to pass on information. The carrier pigeons we raise can be used to pass on some of the most important information.”

Chen Da looked at Gao Cong for a long time before he slowly said, “Okay, Chen got it.”

He stood up and said, “I will dispatch troops to Wuguan right away.”

Gao Cong also stood up and followed behind Chen Da, saying slowly: “General Chen, General Su said that the Shuofang Army in Guanzhong is a little strange. After the encounter in Tongguan, General Su found that the Shuofang Army seemed to have become much weaker.”

“General Su said that when you attack Wuguan, if you feel it is difficult, you can make a bigger noise and try to attract more Shuofang troops to rescue Wuguan, but you don’t have to take Wuguan.”

“If, if General Chen thinks there is a chance to capture Wuguan.”

Gao Cong whispered, “Look for an opportunity to break into Wuguan directly. By then, General Su will meet General Chen in Guanzhong.”

“We, the Nine Departments, will participate in the entire process and pass on the message to the general and General Su.”

Chen Da’s expression turned serious. He glanced at Gao Cong and said slowly, “Okay.”

“I will dispatch troops right away. Gao Sizheng will report to the general. Three days later, our army will begin to attack Wuguan.”

Gao Cong nodded, clasped his fists towards Chen Da and said, “Okay.”

“I wish General Chen a successful battle.”

Chen Da returned the greeting with a fist, and said with a smile: “Thanks to Gao Sizheng for his good words.”

…………

At almost the same time, in the Hedong Army camp near Xiaoguan, He Man, the director of the Guanzhong Division of the Nine Departments, was sitting opposite Li Hao, the general of the Hedong Army, in the commander’s tent.

He Man looked at Li Hao and said slowly: “General Li, the Nine Departments have found out that the Shuofang Army is continuously transporting money and goods from Guanzhong to Shuofang through Xiaoguan.”

He Man paused and continued, “That is to say, the Wei family and their sons no longer have their sights set on Guanzhong, and the main force of the Shuofang Army may escape from Xiaoguan at any time.”

“Escape back to the north.”

He looked at Li Hao and continued, “Now is the time for the general and the Hedong Army to make an effort. Once the Shuofang Army escapes from Xiaoguan, the general will just have to hold them back for quite a long time, giving General Su’s main force some chance to react.”

Li Hao frowned, then looked up at He Man and whispered, “If the main force of Shuofang escapes from Xiaoguan, it will be difficult for our army to stop them, and it is impossible to stop them.”

“so.”

He Man looked at Li Hao and said, “General, you can try to take Xiaoguan first and defend the city.”

Seeing that Li Hao was silent, He Man said slowly: “General, this is a great opportunity for you and the Hedong Army.”

“It has been said above that in this battle, the Hedong Army will be credited as the Jiangdong Army, that is, the Royal Army.”

He Man said calmly, “The court will recognize all the merits.”

He looked at Li Yu again and continued, “If this battle succeeds, the general’s position in the new dynasty may be…”

“Far better than Minister Li.”

(End of this chapter)