MTL - Wei and Jin Cooks-Chapter 799 captive
Chapter 799 Captive
The reason why the emperor was captured was because Gou Xi and Gou Chun were lured deep into the depths, and lost themselves in successive victories. They were proud and conceited, and were defeated by Liu Cong's counterattack. First, Gou Chun was captured, and Gou Xi... said in the letter that he felt that the situation was over, and he had only a few hundred riders around him, so he had to surrender to Shi Le to save his life.
Ming felt a pain in his heart when he predicted it, tears filled his eyes in an instant, and he was deeply saddened, "The general...he has so short-sighted."
The two years of extravagance not only damaged Gou Xi's body, but also damaged his mind. How could he surrender?
As long as he doesn't surrender, and the emperor is in Yanzhou, he can form a new army with a wave of his arms. Even if he can't turn defeat into victory, as long as he finds the emperor and escorts him to Yuzhou and Jiangnan, he can make a comeback. How can he be afraid of death? And down?
This was a fatal blow to Da Jin's morale.
Ming Yu hurriedly looked down. As soon as the brothers Gou Xi surrendered, the emperor was in a difficult situation. It was almost the news of his surrender.
The emperor could only gather the remaining generals to defend Yuncheng in the end, but Liu Cong's offensive was so fast that he couldn't hold it.
Zhao Ju was on the western front, and was held back by Shi Le's 50,000 troops. He was unable to return in time. When he rushed back, Liu Cong had already killed the emperor and all the ministers and clans.
Zhao Ju was also defeated and disappeared with the remaining 8,000 Zhao family troops.
Ming suppressed the grief in his heart, folded the letter and looked at Zhao Hanzhang: "Your Majesty is now in Liu Cong's hands. Does the envoy want to surrender?"
Zhao Hanzhang frowned, and after thinking for a moment with a sullen face, he said: "The emperor can be changed again." Surrender is impossible.
Ming Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately said: "Your Majesty has been captured. I don't know where the crown prince is. Apart from the crown prince, the only ones in the clan who are closer to the emperor are Sima Yan, the king of Wu, and Sima Ye, the king of Qin."
They are all descendants of Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty.
Calculated, Sima Yan had a total of twenty-six sons. Except for a few who died young, the rest of them died one after another in the remaining years. The current emperor is the youngest one. Besides him, there is also a Wu king alive.
The other dozen princes are all dead, and as for their descendants, not many are still alive.
The Sima family is too fertile and has too many grandchildren, she really can't remember, and too many have died in the past few years.
During the Eight Kings Rebellion, many people died. Shi Le killed another group two years ago. Now that Yuncheng has been destroyed, I don’t know how many escaped.
Zhao Hanzhang wrote to Zhao Ming, asking him to stick to Yuzhou and look for the surviving clan and officials.
As for the emperor, if you can save it, you can save it. If you can't, we will discuss it after she goes back.
Zhao Hanzhang paused for a moment, and asked him to help inquire about Zhao Zhongyu's news, "He is the order of the Minister, and he must be by His Majesty's side. If he can be contacted, please save his life first, and I will find a way to replace him."
Zhao Hanzhang sent the letter, turned around and ordered Luoyang to attack Pingyang County with all its strength, and ordered Bei Gongchun to support Shangdang.
Zhao Hanzhang said: "Take all the captives as war slaves and tell them that military merits are exchanged for good status. Those who convert to good status can choose to leave the army and divide the fields to cultivate; they can also stay in the army as military status and accumulate military merit for promotion. Tell them They, I, Zhao Hanzhang, treat them equally, no matter if they are Han, Xiongnu, Jiehu or Xianbei, in my place, as long as they do not violate the laws I set, they are all good citizens!"
"I, Zhao Hanzhang, am not cruel, and I don't kill innocent people indiscriminately. If you follow me, those who are capable will not only be able to eat well, but also establish a career. They will honor their ancestors! Those who are incompetent can also plow and graze, and innocent people will not die!"
Fan Ying and Zeng Yue wrote down the words and went to agitate and persuade the prisoners in person.
On the second day, Zhao Hanzhang spoke in person again, and everyone's already shaken hearts swayed even more.
Among the captured people, needless to say, the Han people, basically they surrendered as soon as Zhao Hanzhang opened his mouth.
The rest are Hu people, they are hesitant because Shi Le treats them well.
Except for some of them who were coerced by him everywhere and had to serve as soldiers, the rest were Hu people who he sent to persuade to come back after he arrived in Bingzhou.
The situation of the Hu people was not very good at that time.
It was also the Sima family who committed the crimes. They have been fighting constantly, and the people's lives are difficult, and the Hu people are also ordinary people in the Jin Dynasty. They migrated here. The common people of lower status.
When encountering soldiers who can’t pay the military salary, they will be caught as refugees and fugitive slaves and sold for military salary; and when Liu Yuan’s Han Dynasty is established, the Xiongnu will still look down on Jiehu and other miscellaneous people, and willfully bully and oppress them.
So Zhang Bin persuaded Shi Le to raise the banner of Jiehu, and then unite with other Hu tribes to occupy one side.
Shi Le did exactly that. Since he joined the Shangdang, his position has gradually stabilized. Liu Cong tried several times to take the Shangdang away but failed.
So the temptation Zhao Hanzhang gave them just made them shake a bit, not enough to be loyal to her.
Zhao Hanzhang: "Since you have surrendered to me, you have to be loyal to me! During this period, whoever dares to betray me or do something wrong to me will be killed without mercy!"
The captives bowed their heads silently, General, please rest assured, they are only loyal to Zhao Hanzhang physically, not to her in their hearts, everything is for living.
Zhao Hanzhang left Tunliu County after making some arrangements, and headed for Lu County with the army.
She searched among the captives, found two officers, asked where their family members and friends were, and then asked them to follow the left and right, leading them to open the gates of the two cities along the way, waiting to receive their family members After relatives and friends, Zhao Hanzhang met. Among their children, he selected two literate teenagers to be transferred to Tunliu County as official officials, and he also selected two girls to help Fan Ying handle documents in the army. They were actually doing odd jobs.
They also asked their daughters-in-law to join the medical team, learn medical skills with the army, and help deal with wounded soldiers. They also have military membership and are paid every month.
In one calculation, it is better than a husband who has made military achievements but is still a military slave.
The two barbarians knelt in front of Zhao Hanzhang, expressing in tears that they would be loyal to Zhao Hanzhang.
Zhao Hanzhang nodded, let them go down, promoted them to be team leaders, and each took a hundred prisoners.
As soon as they got out of the main account, Sun Dong and Zhi Hei looked at each other. In fact, they didn't want to betray the general, but Zhao Hanzhang gave too much, and the situation was like this. If one day they were captured by the general, they would serve the general again Well, I believe the general will forgive them.
Zhi Hei muttered in a low voice: "My heart is still loyal to the general."
Body...he can't help himself.
When attacking Lu County, Zhihei took the initiative to be the vanguard and led people to storm Lu County. Only by making meritorious service can he get rid of his slave status and transfer to military status. Zhao Inspector, oh, no, it was Zhao Hanzhang who said that if he accumulated military merits to join the army Yes, let him transfer his son to his subordinates, and even his wife can be transferred to his camp as a medical girl.
(end of this chapter)
