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Chapter 388: Poverty Denglai


Liao Town cleaned up the battlefield.

More than 100 soldiers were killed, more than 100 were seriously injured, and more than 200 were slightly injured.

The number of killed was not many, but more than 500 horses died.

Once these horses were shot by fire, If hit, it's basically hopeless.

It was already evening when they gathered the wounded and arrived in Dengzhou.

After Zu Dale and others arranged for the troops to camp outside the south gate, Zu Dale, Zu Dabi, Zu Kuan and others would lead hundreds of guards into the city to rest.

Wu Sangui, who was holding back his anger, just didn't intend to step into Dengzhou controlled by Zhao Lie.

He was young and energetic.

Zu Dale and others are different.

After many days of marching and fighting, there is no time for rest.

Now they just want to take a bath and have a big meal.

Unfortunately, although the wish is good, it is not easy to realize it.

They were stopped by soldiers from the Polu army at the city gate, who told them that each person could only bring ten guards into the city.

Zu Dale and others jumped up on the spot and had a stalemate with the soldiers of the Polu army at the city gate.

As a result, a thousand troops of the Polu army rushed out of the city to confront Zu Dale and others.

Wu Sangui waited for a thousand soldiers to come to the city gate to respond.

So the two armies started to butt the bull again.

When things got serious, Zhu Dadian had to make up his mind.

Unfortunately, Lao Zhu was tired from the journey and wanted to rest early.

However, he was woken up from the left and right within half an hour of falling asleep.

Let alone the annoyance in Zhu Dadian's heart.

He immediately ordered the two armies to return to their camps and deal with it the next day.

Both sides gave Lao Zhu face and returned to camp that night.

This time, Liao Town suffered the loss and still did not enter the city.

The next day, Zhao Lie issued a strict order that no matter where the generals came from when entering the city, they could only bring ten guards with them.

Anyone who violated the rules would be expelled from Dengzhou.

Zhao Lie's purpose is very simple, that is, the status quo of Dengzhou being controlled by the Polu army cannot be broken, and too many soldiers entering the city must not be allowed.

Of course, the slogan is to reduce disturbance to the people.

General Liao Zhen simply refused to enter the city because he couldn't stand this cowardice.

But Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian no longer cared about this.

They found that they had inherited a mess from now on.

Zhao Lie handed over all the general affairs of Dengzhou to Zhu Dadian, and he was only responsible for the city defense of Dengzhou.

Don't care about anything else.

By this time, Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian found that they still couldn't get rid of a hot potato they had obtained.

At this time, there were more than 40,000 people living in Dengzhou City and Shuicheng.

Outside the city, there were 40,000 rebel prisoners guarded by soldiers from Changping, Baoding, Shandong and other places.

But there are only a few hundred stones of rice and grain in the city and more than 50,000 yuan of silver.

In addition, the army has more than 120,000 mouths, but it has so little wealth.

In addition, farming in Dengzhou must be resumed.

Otherwise, winter wheat will not be cultivated.

What will happen in spring tomorrow?

Denglai will be full of famine and refugees.

In fact, Zhu Dadian had already appointed the governor of Shandong, and Chen Yingyuan, who had moved from Shandong Zuobuzhengshi to Denglai governor, had not yet taken office, but at this time he still shouldered the responsibility of governor Denglai.

If a person's arrangement is not good and trouble occurs, the first person to be blamed by the court will definitely not be Chen Yingyuan but Zhu Dadian.

This is especially true for Gao Qiqian.

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He knows full well how miserable the emperor's life is.

On this trip, he was to supervise the civil servants and generals, and to try to cause as little trouble to the court after quelling the rebellion.

This was what Long Live Lord had told him before he left, as the court's financial resources were in extreme embarrassment.

The two of them were worried about a lot of bad things, but in the end, they got even worse.

Denglai's subordinate Weihai Guard, Dasong Guard, Chengshan Guard and other guards, under the leadership of the commander, each led two to three thousand soldiers and horses to rush to the rescue.

When these commanders heard that Dengzhou was recaptured by Zhao Lie, they didn't even think about it.

It was so shameless.

During the rebellion, these guards were shocked three times a day.

Some military households even defected to join the rebels, causing a stir.

It was good that they could hold the guard post, so what else could they do?

Unexpectedly, Zhao Lie simply led the Jinghai guards to defeat the rebels three times.

Recover Dengzhou.

This made many commanders almost spit out blood.

Damn it, can you not be so capable?

You Zhao Lie is so capable, but we are also commanders, wouldn't it be too incompetent?

So no one expected to go to Zhouzhou to celebrate Zhao Lie.

Zhao Lie, you can go and have fun on your own.

When the news came that the imperial army had arrived in Dengzhou, it was different.

You have to go and express your attitude, otherwise you will still want to hang out in Ming Dynasty officialdom.

After they arrived in Deden Prefecture, Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqianli ignored these miscellaneous fishes.

The fierce battle was in full swing and when the battle was urgent, none of them were seen.

At this time, everyone had arrived after the counterinsurgency was completed, so they took a rest.

They had no choice but to report to Dusi.

Today, there is only one chief executive left in the capital, Li Youde.

Tang Qian was arrested, Yang Jingtang was full of people, and the three giants were left with such a third giant.

Li Youde received these generals and heard the complaints of these soldiers.

They had not received food and wages for nearly a year.

Governor Denglai had been arrested.

Who cares about them?

It is good to be able to persist until now. .

However, now they can no longer hold on.

In their words, they have used their own private wealth to subsidize the military households in the past few months.

If there is no more food and salary, the military households will not be able to control it, and there will definitely be a disruption in pay.

Li Youde also knew that this matter could not be delayed any longer.

If it continued, the tens of thousands of military households in Denglai guard stations would really be in trouble for pay.

Some military households who could not survive would sell their sons and daughters, and some even commit suicide as a family. of.

Li Youde did not have the ability to solve these problems.

He could only ask for instructions.

Who to ask for instructions was of course Zhao Lie.

Now Li Youde was effusive in his gratitude to Zhao Lie.

If Zhao Lie hadn't used Zhao Haiming's name to frame his family before the fall of Dengzhou, he would have ended up with Tang Qian.

To be honest, the rebels really used swords and guns to force him to work for them.

Li Youde really couldn't care about the life of his family, so he could only help the rebels unintentionally.

Therefore, it was Zhao Lie who pulled him out of this quagmire, and now he dared to disobey him.

Nowadays, his first step is to ask Zhao Lie for instructions on big things and small things.

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As for Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian, well, I'm sorry, you still have to leave.

The Zhao family has the final say in Dengzhou.

Li You Virtue is seeing things truly.

Zhao Lie's answer was simple.

Nowadays, the civil and military affairs of Denglai are in the hands of the supervisors and military supervisors.

Therefore, they have to be handled by the two court officials.

Li Youde then reported to Zhu Dadian and Gao Qi latently and issued an alarm.

It was considered a warning of war.

The Denglai Guards had not persisted enough and was in danger of Guyuan in the past.

It was also because Guyuan was in arrears of pay that before the slaves invaded the army, the military households demanded pay and killed the generals and officials.

The governor Wu Zhiwang was bound to die.

Many soldiers went east to join the Shaanxi rebels, which greatly strengthened the military strength of the Shaanxi rebels.

It can be said that An important reason for the expansion of civil unrest at that time.

Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian were shocked when they heard this.

If the rebellion had just been suppressed and there was another military uprising at Denglai Guards, it would be light for both of them to resign and wait for reconnaissance.

The two met with the commanders.

After these congratulations for suppressing the rebellion, they kept complaining.

Some generals even burst into tears, saying that now military orders could not be transmitted within three miles, and thousands of other households did not listen to orders.

Without him, There are no salary restrictions.

Zhu Dadian comforted him with kind words, saying that everything would be fine if it didn't matter, and the imperial court would not leave Denglai Guards alone.

In fact, he knew in his heart that he was afraid that the imperial court would really have no money and food to support him, and just suppressing the rebellion would exhaust the imperial court's wealth.

Zhu Dadian even went out of the city to visit the soldiers at the guard station in Denglai.

Their thinness and dilapidation made Zhu Dadian frightened, and Denglai was finished.

The Denglai soldiers died in the rebellion, fled and rebelled, and the soldiers in the guard station were so unpaid that they still had the intention and ability to serve the imperial court.

Defending the southeast of the capital, supporting Liao Town, and attacking southern Liao are all empty words.

That night, the two giants collided, and now this situation cannot be resolved as soon as possible.

"Master Gao, the quickest way now is to send 30,000 reinforcements back to their base.

Denglai is determined not to be able to supply them."

Zhu Dadian said with a cupped hand.

If these soldiers leave, tens of thousands of mouths will be missing, which will greatly reduce Denglai's burden.

"Of course, it's just a shame that Zhao Lie still doesn't hand over Denglai and Shuicheng.

If the army returns, will Zhao Lie..."

Gao Qiqian looked at Zhu Dadian.

The meaning here is obvious, will Zhao Lie rebel?

"Definitely not.

If this is the case, Zhao Lie has already joined forces with Kong Youde, and even secretly assisted Kong Youde from behind, so that both the court and Kong Youde would suffer."

Zhu Dadian shook his head and said, "Furthermore, the Zhao family is considered loyal.

Only when I got here did I know that as early as the fifth year of Tianqi, the Zhao family and his son had beheaded hundreds of slaves in Lushun, not to mention Gyeonggi and Xuanchuan.

If they had different intentions, The battle of Xuanchuan is a loss of strength."

Gao Qiqian was right when he thought about it.

In the Battle of Gyeonggi, the Zhao family was considered a famous general in the Ming Dynasty.

If they wanted to preserve their strength, why bother to fight with Jiannu in Xuanchuan?

It is said that nearly half of them were killed.

Presumably, Jiannu's fighting power was so strong that it would be difficult for the Zhao family's servants to win without suffering heavy casualties.

This shows that the Zhao family really didn't have different intentions for a long time.

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"I think the Zhao family wants to become Li Chengliang and Zu Dashou in Denglai."

Zhu Dadian looked at Gao Qiqian questioningly.

Gao Qiqian thought about it, well, it's true, the two are so similar, they are semi-independent vassal towns.

I think back then Li Chengliang had eight thousand servants, and Zu Dashou now has thousands of servants.

Even if they are held in Jinzhou, it can be said that they are resisting the slaves, but it is better to be said to be neutral.

"This is impossible.

Lord Long Live will never hand over the position of Denglai Commander-in-Chief to the Zhao family."

Gao Qiqian shook his head.

Lord Long Live's wariness of the Zhao family is not a whim, but has been going on for several years.

At that time, Zhao Lie was just a small Qianhu who made great achievements in the capital, but Long Live Lord refused to let him control the soldiers.

Sure enough, even if he did not enter the military camp, Zhao Lie's strength still increased greatly, and now he has thousands of strong soldiers.

The commander is in command.

If the soldiers come under control, wouldn't they be uncontrollable now?

"The general soldier in Denglai is not feasible.

The general soldier in another town is here.

If there is no real and important position, the Zhao family will not let it go."

Zhu Dadian shook his head and thought that Long live the Lord will not allow it.

The problem is that now Zhao Jiayun will not allow the court to take over Dengzhou. .

"It would be better to discuss this with Zhao Lie and settle the matter than this situation.

Denglai can't afford to wait."

Gao Qiqian nodded and agreed to Zhu Dadian's arrangement, and that was all that could be done now

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