Chapter 1129 A century-old plan with no future troubles
The emperor was wearing a brown robe, sitting in the Liaodong city lord's mansion, very happy.
"Raise the beacon fire to enter the fortress, and report victory to Prince Dingzhou!"
Liaodong City, which was defeated by Yang Guang's million-strong army three times, was defeated by him in one battle. The joy and pride in Li Shimin's heart can be imagined.
Changsun Wuji held the elated report of the results of the battle that had just been counted by various ministries, "In this battle, more than 8,000 Goguryeo troops were killed, more than 80,000 were captured, and more than 100,000 Goguryeo people were captured. There are countless other ordnance!"
A group of ministers congratulated Li Shimin one after another.
"Eat the enemy for one hour, count me for twenty minutes, avoid one stone for stalks, and treat me for twenty stones! Liaodong City seized a million stones of grain, and Tongding, Xuanju, and Jian'an also seized nearly a million stones. So many seized, so that Our army's eastward expedition can completely stop transporting food from the rear to Liao, but it is because the food is in the hands of the enemy."
The soldiers and horses have not moved, but the food and grass go first.
For the expedition to Liaodong, the transportation of grain and grass became more and more important. Datang had no shortage of grain and grass, but how to transport grain and grass from the distant Central Plains to the battlefield of Liaodong was very difficult.
Li Shimin couldn't help feeling, "Thinking back when Emperor Yang conquered Liao, he sent millions of soldiers and millions of civilians to transport grain and grass from Jianghuai, Shandong and other places to Liao. The two people worked together to transport ten shi of grain. As a result, you will have to consume seven stones when you arrive at Liaodong Minfu!"
Millions of troops plus millions of civilians, the food consumption of millions of people is astonishing, causing the entire Central Plains of the Sui Dynasty to be in turmoil for a while, and millions of people left their hometowns and went to Liaodong from production, which also stagnated production in the entire Central Plains , which then led to the great famine in the Central Plains, so refugees everywhere.
Datang has been preparing for the conquest of Liao for many years. It has long been stockpiling grain and grass at the border, and there is a long stream of water. Yingzhou in western Liaoning, Jinzhou in eastern Liaoning, as well as Youzhou and Dengzhou have set up military warehouses in advance, storing a lot of grain and grass. However, if it cannot be seized in Liaodong, it is still not easy to transport grain from Yingjin and other places to the battlefield.
But now, so much food has been seized, which is completely enough for the battlefield, and there is no need to work hard to transfer it from the rear.
One soldier costs about seven to ten shi a year, and one hundred thousand soldiers and horses cost a million shi a year. If the consumption of war horses is added, the food and grass captured so far is enough for a year.
With food in hand, don't panic.
Li Shimin ordered the whole army to take a short rest in Liaodong City, ordered to kill pigs and sheep to reward the three armies, and distribute wine and meat.
Establish Liaozhou with Liaodong City, restore Xiangping County, set up Gaizhou with Gaimu City, and set up Jianzhou with Jian'an City.
"How will the captives of Goguryeo and the surrendered people be settled?" asked Zheng Yuanxuan, the former Yizhou governor who accompanied him.
"How should Zheng Qing's intention be settled?"
Zheng Yuanxuan crossed his hands and replied, "I think that this time the sage's army came here to avenge the shame of China and avenge the hatred of his children. Now that the war is going smoothly, the cities have been conquered, and prefectures have been set up. That is to consider long-term guarding. Then I think that you should appease the local people to win people's hearts."
He proposed to release the captives, etc., and let them become obedient citizens of Datang from then on.
"I object!"
Changsun Wuji immediately stood up and objected loudly, "Although the conquest of the Liao Dynasty went smoothly, it should not be careless. After all, Liaodong is hanging outside the pass. My Tang Dynasty has only just won a few cities. If we are too lenient to these Goguryeo people, it will be difficult to protect them." They repeatedly said that as a safe measure, the minister thought that all the captive Goguryeo nobles, rich households, etc. should be moved to the Central Plains, scattered in Dazhou for resettlement, so as to strengthen supervision. For ordinary people, some of them should also be moved to the Central Plains.”
"Wei Guogong?"
The emperor asked Qin Lang, but Qin Lang was drinking. After arriving at the Liaodong city, he was actually very leisurely. He seldom intervened in matters of siege and war. .
Just like now, everyone is seriously discussing the issue of follow-up disposal, but Qin Lang is tasting the wine of the Goguryeo people.
The taste is average, far worse than that of the Central Plains.
"How does Wei Gong think the descendants should be dealt with?"
Li Shimin asked again.
Qin Lang put down his wine glass.
"I think that if you want to solve the hidden danger of Goguryeo once and for all, you must destroy the country. For the Goguryeo people, the best way is to move all the people. For the upper-level noble officials, powerful and wealthy households, some leniency can be given. Forgive, pardon their crimes, and then move to the Central Plains Dazhou."
"As for the other captured soldiers, I thought that these people could be directly transported to the Central Plains and sold as slaves."
"The rest of the people who surrendered should also move most of them to the Central Plains."
Qin Lang’s opinion still needs to be emigrated and changed, otherwise the Goguryeo people have been operating in Liaodong for hundreds of years, and it will be easy to repeat in the future.
Especially those upper-class nobles, they cannot be allowed to stay. Compared with ordinary people at the bottom, they are definitely more likely to rebel, so they are directly relocated to the Central Plains.
Li Shimin frowned, feeling that the project was too big.
And in this way, Liaodong may become a dead land. If the Tang Dynasty moved all the Goguryeo people away, and then moved the Han people from the Central Plains, it would not be easy to enter and exit.
It may not be 20 or 30 years before Liaodong can hardly recover. For Li Shimin, doing so seems too cruel, and it will inevitably affect his image as Tian Khan.
But Qin Lang also reminded Li Shimin that after all, Liaodong has been independent for hundreds of years and has no sense of belonging to the Central Plains. It is heavily guarded, it is better to dismember Goguryeo once and for all.
Yuchi Jingde agreed.
This old black has been silent for ten years. Although he was named and enlisted this time to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Sixth Army of the Emperor, he was actually just the emperor's personal bodyguard and had no chance to lead the army. He had clearly opposed it before. The emperor conquered Liao.
But since everyone has come, Lao Hei still thinks that the problem should be solved once and for all.
"Could it be that so many people have to move to the Central Plains, how many people will die on the way?" Zheng Yuanxuan objected.
"Duke Zheng is worrying too much. In fact, emigrating is not that troublesome. We can entrust this matter to merchants. For the slaves to be sold, we will directly invite merchants to come to the camp to auction and transport them away. Other Goguryeo people can also be entrusted to merchants. Let’s transport them back to the Central Plains together, and the court will pay for it.”
Datang is now well-developed in commerce and trade, and there are many maritime merchants. The Bohai Sea route is already lively, and a single edict can attract countless merchants.
Transporting to Dengzhou, Tianjin, Qinhuangdao and other ports by ship is definitely more convenient and quicker than moving thousands of miles by land. The weather is good now, so it won’t be said that a large number of people will freeze to death on the road.
Li Shimin pondered for a long time.
Finally, Qin Lang was asked to draw up a detailed statement, and he would think about it carefully.
After thinking for three days, Li Shimin finally agreed to Qin Lang's suggestion. All the captives of Goguryeo were sold as slaves, and the descendants were moved to the Central Plains as the people. Take it to the Central Plains.
As for the land, livestock, houses, shops, etc. in Liaodong, all were confiscated and confiscated.
The emperor rewarded the soldiers with half of the floating wealth in the captured cities, and used the remaining half for military use. All the soldiers cheered.
Now you can make a fortune.
Those accompanying ministers all wrote to their homes one after another, asking to send people to share the cake. Now Datang has acquired no less than 100,000 captives. Just selling these people into slavery is a huge windfall, not to mention taking it all alone. If you take three or five thousand people at random, you can make a lot of money by handing them over.
Niu Jinda's deputy manager, Wang Wendu, was appointed governor of Jianzhou, Cheng Mingzhen moved to governor of Liaozhou, and Xue Wanbei was governor of Gaizhou, each of which was stationed separately.
After seven days of rest under Liaodong City, the emperor ordered the whole army to move out and continue to march south.
Prepare to join forces with Niu Jinda, besiege Anshi, and remove this important town on the Liaodong defense line.
On the marching road, Li Shimin was riding on the horse. The brown robe on his body was already a little cold, but the emperor refused to add more clothes.
Qin Lang accompanied the emperor on horseback.
"After taking Anshicheng, you can rest your troops for the winter first, and then fight again in the spring, crossing the Yalu River and attacking Pyongyang!"
For Anshi City, Li Shimin is now full of confidence. Liaodong City, the most important town, has been easily won, and Anshi City is naturally successful.
Because Gao Wenxin, the lord of Jian'an City, was the first Koguryo general to surrender, Li Shimin generously rewarded him with the rank of General Loyalty and ordered him to go to Anshi City to surrender.
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"Report!"
"When General Gao Wenxin of Zhongwu persuaded Baiyan City to surrender, he was beheaded by the guard Sun Daiyin, and Baiyan City refused to surrender."
Looking at the head brought back by Gao Wenxin's subordinates, Li Shimin's face changed drastically.
Although Gao Wenxin is a surrender, he is already a loyal general of the Tang Dynasty and his envoy to persuade him to surrender. How dare the Lord of Baiyan be like this!
Baiyan City is only one Shichen Road away from Liaodong City. It was originally a mountain city on the outskirts of Liaodong City. Heavy.
But it was only a small city after all, Li Shimin's eyes were all on Anshi City, how could this little Baiyan City dare to kill his envoy.
"The last general is willing to lead the army to take down Baiyan City and bring back the head of the city lord, Sun Daiyin!"
Heshun County King Li Simo asked for a fight.
Qin Guozhong, Li Simo, and Qibi Heli, the three princes' sons-in-law, also joined in the fight.
"Since the king of Heshun County is the first to ask for the battle, then I will send 10,000 of your troops to go first!"
Qin Lang reminded the emperor that since this grandson Daiyin dared to kill the envoy of the Tang Dynasty to surrender, then this person must have some support, and he had to be careful.
"Goguryeo depends on the danger of the mountain city, but after Liaodong City is captured, how many soldiers and horses are there in Baiyan City? There is no danger without soldiers, so there is nothing to fear." Li Simo said loudly.
This time when fighting Goguryeo, the Turkic, Dangxiang, Khitan, Xi, and Tie Le generals under the emperor's command were more loyal and active than one, and they all competed to show their loyalty actively.
"The king of the county should be more careful. If there is no chance, don't rush to attack. When the army arrives, it will not be too late to attack the city together."
"Duke Wei is worrying too much, the little Baiyan City can go down with a drum!"
Li Simo led the troops away.
(end of this chapter)