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Ganzhou Government Office, Zhangye.
Although Zhangye County is not the most prosperous area, under the governance of Liu Hongcheng, it is not picking up lost things on the road and closing the door at night. You must know that Zhangye is the land of the Western Regions. Since ancient times, the Western Regions have been a land of chaos. Many people are not educated and run amok. However, Zhangye under the rule of Liu Hongcheng achieved this effect.
Not only benefited from Liu Hongcheng's moral education, but most importantly, Liu Hongcheng's methods were tough. For those who do not obey the enlightenment and those who do not abide by the etiquette, they will be punished with thunder.
In a short period of time, Zhangye ruled.
Liu Hongcheng has a very high prestige in Ganzhou. What's more, he is not only proficient in the art of governance, but also proficient in the method of commanding troops because of his family background, so even if there are only a few soldiers, he can manage Ganzhou properly.
In the governor's mansion, in the study.
?Liu Hongcheng is handling government affairs.
He has encountered a lot of things now. The reason is that because of the war in Suzhou, many merchants from the Tang Dynasty fled back, and many merchants from the Xia Kingdom fled. Even because of the war, people's livelihood was also affected. Starting to climb, Liu Hongcheng needed to stabilize all these things, just like this, Liu Hongcheng has so many things to do, and he is busy all day long without touching the ground.
"Boom! Boom!"
The knock on the door suddenly sounded.
Immediately the door was pushed open, but it was Liu Hongcheng's staff who entered.
?The name of the staff member is Guo Zhao, from Chang'an, his ancestors used to be brilliant, but in Guo Zhao's generation, his family has long since fallen, and his family is extremely poor. The imperial court opened a course to select a scholar, but he failed several times in the exam. Under the recommendation of his old friend, he went to work beside Liu Hongcheng and advised Liu Hongcheng.
Guo Zhao entered and said, "Inspector, the imperial court has come to issue an edict!"
Liu Hongcheng didn't dare to delay, so he quickly got up to greet him. When he reached the door, he saw the servant who had been summoned. Liu Hongcheng bowed and saluted according to the etiquette of receiving an imperial edict.
The servant directly read out the imperial edict. The general content was to promote Liu Hongcheng, appoint Liu Hongcheng as the governor of Ganzhou, and supervise the military and political affairs.
After Liu Hong accepted the edict, he knew in his heart that the situation on the front line must be bad, and it must be Li Shimin who lost on the front line.
Otherwise, it would not be possible for Li Shimin to deliver the order himself.
Give him a promotion.
After seeing off the servants, Liu Hongcheng took Guo Zhao to the study. On the way to the study, someone entered and delivered a letter to Guo Zhao. The two entered the study room, and after the host and guest were seated, Guo Zhao quickly glanced at the news. His expression was shocked, and he said in a deep voice, "Inspector, you are defeated. The army led by His Majesty was completely defeated at Changbaipo in Jiuquan County." Yes. According to the information obtained so far, only a few thousand of His Majesty's more than 100,000 troops have fled back."
When Liu Hongcheng heard this, he couldn't help taking a breath, and said: "No wonder, His Majesty promoted me to be the governor of Ganzhou, to take charge of the military and political power, and even asked me to recruit soldiers. Although he had expected that His Majesty might lose, he didn't expect that, It will be such a disastrous defeat. But your majesty has suffered such a huge loss, what about the situation of Xia Guo?"
Guo Zhao said: "Xia Guo's army also suffered a huge loss, consuming countless troops. It is roughly estimated that at least 70,000 to 80,000 troops were lost, or even more. However, the specific data is unknown. In a word, The current situation is very unfavorable. The defeated army led by His Majesty is on the way to retreat, and it is estimated that they will soon arrive in Zhangye County."
Liu Hongcheng said: "In this case, you have to be prepared to meet it."
Guo Zhao said: "The humble official thinks that the emperor may pass by, but he may not stay."
Liu Hongcheng said: "What's the reason?"
Guo Zhao said: "The reason is very simple. Now in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, wars are raging everywhere, and there are rebellions everywhere. The domestic situation is unstable, and His Majesty the Emperor must seize the time to go back to stabilize the situation. Once the best time is missed, the consequences will be disastrous."
Liu Hongcheng nodded, but this is also the reason.
At this time, soldiers sent a letter saying that Li Shimin led the army to arrive in Zhangye.
After Liu Hongcheng learned about it, he went to the gate of the city to greet him in person.
After Liu Hongcheng, Guo Zhao and his party arrived, they waited quietly. After waiting for about two quarters of an hour, they saw Li Shimin leading thousands of remnants arriving. Liu Hongcheng stepped forward quickly, saluted and said, "My subject, Liu Hongcheng, pay my respects to Your Majesty."
Li Shimin is still a bit embarrassed now, and the soldiers under his command are also quite tired. After all, after entering the territory of Ganzhou, although they replenished a small amount of food in the town, they never lost time or changed their clothes, so all the people looked exhausted and decadent.
?Li Shimin nodded and said: "Liu Qing, I only need to replenish food and equipment, and I don't need the rest. You provide half a month's food and grass, and I will rest here for half an hour before leaving directly."
Liu Hongcheng said: "I obey!"
He immediately arranged for people to transfer food and equipment from the granary in the city, and replenish the food and weapons to Li Shimin. In fact, it took more than half an hour just to move the food and equipment, and this was still helped by Li Shimin's soldiers. When everything was arranged, an hour had passed, so Li Shimin said he had a rest for half an hour, but actually he set off after an hour of rest.
After Li Shimin left, Liu Hongcheng began to recruit soldiers, and at the same time strengthened the security in Ganzhou.
?After Liu Hongcheng first started to guard, specific news of Li Shimin's defeat began to spread in Ganzhou. The news was that Li Shimin lost tens of thousands of troops, and there were many wars in the Tang Dynasty.
When the news came out, the county town, which was originally a bit jittery, became even more turbulent.
For a while, public opinion began to fly all over the sky.
Causes panic.
After Liu Hongcheng got the news, he sighed in his heart, because this is exactly what happened. Liu Hongcheng couldn't refute the rumors. The only thing he could do was to continue to recruit soldiers, strengthen the defense in Ganzhou, and at the same time arrange sentries to inquire about news from the front line, and be ready for battle at any time.
In fact, even so, Liu Hongcheng felt uneasy.
The situation is too unfavorable.
Although Xia Guo suffered a huge loss, Du Qi's strength is still there, especially Du Qi's consecutive victories, and his influence is growing. As long as Du Qi's army comes, Ganzhou must be in turmoil. Even in the various places under Du Qi's rule, the people lived well and their families were well-off, and they were no different from Du Qi, so many people would be tempted and easily bewitched.
These are what Liu Hongcheng has to deal with.
As a result, he is now so busy that he does not touch the ground, and is going all out to prepare for the resistance.
It's just that no matter how prepared Liu Hongcheng was, the negative public opinion occupied the top, and countless people were not optimistic about Liu Hongcheng. Even many officials in the government privately commented that Ganzhou could not be defended. Moreover, some businessmen, after meeting Liu Hongcheng, vaguely mentioned the matter of losing to Du Qi, and persuaded Liu Hongcheng to simply surrender.
Liu Hongcheng refused one by one.
It is impossible for him to submit to Du Qi.
When he and Du Qi discussed carefully, there was hatred. Because his elder brother Liu Hongji died at the hands of Du Qi. Liu Hongcheng could not choose to surrender because of emotion and reason, public and private.
His choice is to fight to the end. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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