All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 299: Silver Spear Effectiveness

Outside the city of Bozhou, there is a large military camp.

"The population is increasing." Looking through the amount of food and grass consumed by each person, Chen Ran frowned slightly, "We must rush to Youzhou Town as soon as possible."

Although they adopted the strategy of selecting elite troops, the number of combat soldiers, auxiliary soldiers and their families already reached tens of thousands.

After all, we can’t refuse someone with outstanding abilities who wants to invest.

Since we have accepted people, it is only natural for their families to follow the army.

But this consumes.
Not to mention the food and salary rewards to be distributed, even the daily food cost is a huge number.

It's time to find a stable base.

"General." A messenger came in and reported, "The people in Bozhou City replied, saying that they can only provide 3,000 dan of grain at most."

"Three thousand dan? You're sending beggars." Chen Ran sneered, "Tell the people in the city to give them at least ten thousand dan of grain, otherwise we'll start attacking the city tomorrow!"

While he was spending the winter in Qizhou, he reorganized his troops.

The original combat soldiers, the auxiliary soldiers with outstanding performance, and some of the Wei Bo surrendered soldiers were mixed together to form a new force with a combat force of up to 8,000 people.

These are his main combat forces. Chen Ran personally serves as the commander-in-chief and names it the Silver Spear Xiejie Capital.

There were many soldiers from Weizhou Town in the capital, and they all expressed their willingness to die for the general and only asked for his help in revenge.

The target of revenge was naturally Le Yanzhen, who massacred a large number of soldiers' families, and his son Le Congxun.

Chen Ran agreed, and the army headed for Weizhou.

I was just passing by Bozhou and extorted some money.

After Le Yanzhen and his son rebelled and seized Weizhou, they submitted a petition to the court requesting to be the new military governor.

Although several towns in Hebei acted independently, they were at least nominally under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and the appointments issued by the imperial court were still of some use.

In accordance with convention, the court appointed Le Yanzhen as the new governor of Weizhou Town.

But Weizhou Town was very large, and it was no big deal for Le Yanzhen and his son to take advantage of Han Jian's military expedition to rebel, but they killed tens of thousands of soldiers' families, which angered the garrisons in various places.

They refused to obey Le Yanzhen's orders. If Chen Ran's army had not come to attack, a new round of infighting would have surely begun.

As the Jiedushi, Le Yanzhen could only control Weizhou. Moreover, many soldiers inside and outside the city watched coldly and wanted to see him get into trouble.

This is the case with the defenders of Bozhou.

They knew that Chen Ran was going to Weizhou and didn't want to fight him.

After some discussion, the generals agreed to give them 10,000 dan of grain and send them out of the country with courtesy.

Ten thousand shi sounds like a lot, but Chen Ran now has to cook for nearly fifty thousand people every day. No matter how frugal he is, each person needs at least one jin of food a day, which is fifty thousand jin!

In the Tang Dynasty, one stone of grain was about 120 kilograms, which means that four to five hundred stones were needed a day.

The food produced by Bozhou is only enough for twenty days of consumption.

Fortunately, twenty days were enough to reach the city of Daming in Weizhou.

Under Chen Ran's command, there were nearly 8,000 surrendered soldiers from Wei Bo.

All the way under the banner of revenge, they kept in touch with many of their former colleagues and gained a lot of sympathy and support.

Not only did they have a smooth journey, no one stopped them from taking revenge.

Even when they arrived at the city of Daming, a large number of soldiers, civilians and craftsmen in the city took the initiative to leave the city with their families and went to various castles to watch.

Those who could still remain in the city at this time were the diehards of Le Yanzhen and his son, as well as the soldiers who participated in the massacre of their colleagues' families.

There is not much to say about what happens next. We just build siege equipment and prepare for the siege.

During this period, Le Yanzhen also sent envoys out of the city to try to make peace with Chen Ran.

Chen Ran's response was very straightforward. "I have no grudge against you and your son. As long as the soldiers from Wei Bo Town under my command are willing to forgive you, then I will leave."

The result was obvious. The envoy was chopped into meat paste by the angry Wei Bo surrendered soldiers.

After several days of preparation, hundreds of siege engines of various sizes were built, and the siege was launched immediately after one day of repair.

The combat troops and auxiliary troops composed of the surrendered soldiers of Wei Bo fought extremely bravely and attacked the city fearlessly.

The defenders knew very well that if the city was breached, their families would be in danger, so they defended the city very resolutely!

The battle was extremely brutal. Those who came for revenge and those who didn't want to be killed fought with red eyes, and the city walls and outside were littered with corpses.

Chen Ran only allowed the surrendered soldiers from Wei Bo to attack the city, while everyone else sat on the ground and watched the battle.

Also watching the battle were a large number of Wei Bo troops outside the city.

Such a strange sight is jaw-dropping.

This is the reality. The internal strife in Weizhou Town is so tragic.

Tens of thousands of guards and guards formed different hilltops of different sizes, and they kept fighting and fighting each other, killing each other. They were all good at it. Although they had strong fighting power, they never left any great achievements in history books.

In the end, Zhu Wen joined forces from both inside and outside and almost wiped them out.

People all call him "Chang'an is the emperor, Wei Bo is the guard", which is really true.

The number of soldiers under Le Yanzhen and his son was small, and those who were truly willing to stay in the city and fight to the death were less than three thousand.

The Wei Bo surrendered soldiers who were attacking the city were very familiar with the city. They finally used the method of siege from all sides, successfully broke through the weakly defended city wall, opened the city gate and then broke into the city.

In the era of cold weapons, once a city was captured, it meant the end of the war.

But this time it was different. The soldiers in the city knew that they would not survive if they surrendered, so they fought to the death with the idea of ​​killing one to get their money's worth and killing two to make a profit. Even their families came out to help them fight.

The entire Daming city was a place of blood and corpses everywhere.

The melee in the city lasted for a day and a night. It was not until the afternoon of the next day that Chen Ran ordered his troops to enter the city and control the situation.

"General." Liu Xun went out of the city to report to Chen Ran, with a sad look on his face, "It's really tragic. Almost everyone in the city was killed."

Chen Ran, who had known this would be the outcome, did not hesitate to ask, "Where are Le Yanzhen and his son?"

"Le Congxun died in battle, and his body was chopped into pulp."

"Le Yanzhen took poison and jumped into the well. The Wei Bo soldiers, who were bloodthirsty, were still trying to fish him out, preparing to chop him into pulp."

"This Wei Bo Town." Chen Ran shook his head again and again after hearing this. "Foreign wars are not so good, but it's exciting to see people killing each other."

"General." Pang Shigu trotted in and reported, "Wei Bo Town Commander Zhao Wenbian, Ya General Luo Hongxin, Sword and Axe General Li Gongquan, Tenth General Yang Liyan, and Tour Envoy Cheng Gongxin have all sent envoys to come."

Chen Ran asked casually, "What's the matter?"

"They said." Pang Shigu himself found it ridiculous and couldn't help laughing out loud, "The supplies in the armory, granary and official warehouse in Daming City all belong to the Wei Bo Army, so our army cannot use them."

Zhao Wenbian was the new governor recommended by the Wei Bo soldiers after Le Yanzhen was frightened by them and fled to become a monk.

But no one knew what he was thinking. He refused to send troops to fight Le Congxun, and was soon slaughtered by the guards.

Afterwards, the Ya soldiers chose Luo Hongxin as the new Jiedushi. He had a son named Luo Shaowei, who colluded with Zhu Wen and cooperated internally and externally to massacre more than 100,000 Ya soldiers of Wei Bo and their families, completely putting down the Ya soldiers rebellion that had lasted for nearly 200 years in Wei Bo town.

When reasoning didn't work, they just solved the problem physically, and it was finally over.

The people who sent the envoys were all from one of the factions among the Wei Bo Ya soldiers.

It is common for people to sabotage each other and even fight to the death.

"Let the messenger go." Chen Ran waved his hand casually. "If you don't accept it, just bring out the troops to fight."

He has seen through Wei Bo Town. It appears to be powerful and domineering on the surface, but in fact it is a mess inside!
Just as he thought, the soldiers on the hilltops were blaming each other and no one was willing to take the initiative to fight Chen Ran.

Everyone had the same idea. After Chen Ran left, they would go and seize Daming City, Weizhou, and the Jiedushi. If they mobilized the big tent at this time, they would be eliminated early.

The ones who were killed in the fight were the surrendered soldiers from Wei Bo Town, but the spoils of war in the city were seized by Chen Ran.

Although it was inevitable that some soldiers took advantage of the chaos to pocket a lot of money and goods, compared with the accumulation of Wei Bo Town over the past two hundred years, those were minor problems that were not worth mentioning.

"General." Pang Shigu, who served as the chief secretary, held a thick account book and smiled with his teeth bared. "I have counted it. The money, silk, gold and silver seized are worth 70 million coins! 2.29 million dan of millet, wheat and beans! 610,000 pieces of cloth! 4,200 cattle and sheep, 1,700 horses of various types, more than 39,000 pieces of weapons of various types, more than 8,400 sets of armor of various types, more than 600 sets of horse armor, more than 4,000 bows, 13,000 pots of arrows, beef tendons, leather, medicinal materials, carts, tents, flags, gongs and drums, salt, wine, oil, dried fruits, tea, pickles and so on are countless!"

Weizhou Town is a big town in Hebei Province, and they refused to pay taxes and supplies to the imperial court.

After years of accumulation, these supplies are not that much.

In fact, more than 20 years later, when Luo Shaowei asked Zhu Wen to eliminate Wei Bo's soldiers, he paid hundreds of millions of money in three years, and the food and military supplies during these three years were all supplied by Wei Bo Town.

Only Weizhou Town could have such a thing happen where one had to spend money and effort to hire someone to eliminate one's subordinates.

Such a large amount of supplies is more than the total amount Chen Ran had seized in his previous battles in various places. It can be said that he became rich overnight.

Chen Ran, who had become rich, did not rush to spend and enjoy himself, but instead used the money to start a business.

"Raise the flag and recruit soldiers!"

The internal friction in Weizhou Town was very severe, but the quality of its troops was very good.

Chen Ran offered generous treatment, and with the surrendered soldiers from Wei Bo coming forward to call on their friends, he was able to find a lot of people to join.

Most of them were soldiers who were tired of the constant infighting and precarious life in the town.

After all, the leader on this hill kills a wave today, and the leader on that hill kills another wave tomorrow, and even kills their families as well. Who knows if it will be your turn the day after tomorrow?
There were many soldiers who were unwilling to stay in Wei Bo Town in fear, and Chen Ran took away several thousand of them in one breath.

Not only did it make up for the losses from the previous attack on Daming Castle, but there was even a lot of surplus left.

Afterwards, the generals and commanders of Wei Bo Town gathered their troops together and threatened Chen Ran not to recruit more people from them, otherwise they would be doomed to fail. This was the end of the fight.

As for their request for Chen Ran to keep the stolen supplies, General Chen just thought they were talking nonsense and ignored them completely.

Chen Ran stayed in Weizhou for more than a month before he set off northward with a huge amount of supplies, escorted by a group of Wei Bo soldiers.

(End of this chapter)