Kai Fu Han

Chapter 534 Withdraw Your Fist
Just keep some people on Yuzhou Island to maintain deterrence.

The most difficult point of disagreement between the two sides was finally settled, and Zhao showed commendable toughness towards the Xinghan Alliance.

Compared with later generations of Southern Zhao who wanted to be the younger brother of Jin, when facing the Xinghan Alliance, Zhao always wanted to be the eldest brother.

On March [-], the peace treaty was officially signed.

The signatory on the Nan Zhao side was Huang Qianshan, and on the Xinghan League side it was Ye Chuan, the captain of the Second Fleet.

As an intelligence chief, Xu Zhong is not suitable to sign such documents.
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After the peace treaty was signed, both sides began to withdraw their troops from the north and south of the Yellow River. First, the Xinghan Alliance withdrew the two fleets from Yuzhou Island, leaving only a field regiment of infantry with 2000 people and two state-level armed sand ships on the island. .

The transmission of information from Zhao was slow, and it was not until March 3000 that the order was delivered to Haizhou. Han Zhong in Haizhou was very reluctant, but in the end, he only left [-] people in Haizhou in accordance with the order of Emperor Nan Zhao. All other troops withdrew to the south of Chuzhou.

Next came Yizhou, leaving only Liu Xinjun's second brigade, Sun Li's third brigade and Ye Jia's ninth brigade and retreated to Haicang Town.

It wasn't until the end of March that Zhao's defenders on the front line of Henan and the defenders of Songcheng in Yingtianfu had just withdrawn, leaving only more than 2 people.

Songcheng's 30 imperial troops came to Henan for a month's tour, and then went back south without doing anything.

In the end, the Xinghan League left 1 field troops in Hebei and Yuzhou Island. Together with the garrison troops in the states and counties along the river, the total force in Linhe, Hebei was maintained at 2.

Southern Zhao, on the other hand, left 5000 people in Kaifeng, 1 people in Songcheng, and 3000 people in Haizhou. Together with the Huaiyang Army, Suqian, Pengcheng and other garrison defenders along the river, the total force was close to [-].

Both sides tacitly agreed not to abide by the agreement to leave "1" defenders, leaving a tail for the next conflict to break out.

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On March 25, Liu Xinqi returned to Penglai.

The war on the Western Front has ended. Wunan's [-]th Brigade swept across Damingfu Road. All three states and one prefecture under Damingfu Road were recovered. The rebel army in Xingrenfu was also recruited by Wunan, and a new barracks was established on the spot to deal with these. The rebels were reinvented.The officers in the rebel army were sent back to Penglai, where they planned to study for a year at the Lecture Hall in Baishi Bay. After passing the assessment, they would be assigned to various field brigades or garrison troops.

After screening by the Xingren Army, they removed the old, weak, old-timers, and those who no longer wanted to be soldiers, leaving 2 people, including [-] in the Army and [-] in the Navy.

Liu Xinqi ordered the [-]th Brigade to garrison Yuancheng in Daming Prefecture to rest and standby and not continue to advance westward.

The main reason that brought the [-]th Brigade to a halt was food and gunpowder pressure.

The troops of the Xinghan League had sharp firearms, but they also relied too much on firearms.Without firearms, the gap with the cold weapon army is not very big, and siege of cities and territories will definitely result in a large number of casualties.

Now that the capital of the Puppet Qi has been breached, the territory of the Puppet Qi in the west has become a piece of scattered sand.

Liu Xinqi planned to let the field armies of each brigade rest for two months, and then enter the Hebei West Road and Hedong Road after the summer harvest.

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The war in the north is still going on.

Sun Li's third brigade swept back and forth on the East Road of Hebei to eliminate the puppet Qi, the remnants of the Jin Kingdom, and some unruly opposition forces and bandit cottages.Help the officials of the Xinghan League to take over the management of the prefectures and counties on Hebei East Road and deal with the big households in the city who still want to remain independent.

The field army of 1 people was scattered throughout the Hebei East Road, which seemed a bit insignificant for a while. Fortunately, there were still garrison troops heading north to help.

The previous prisoners in Cangzhou and the prisoners in the Battle of Yongqing were successively screened, and finally 27 prisoners were left and were incorporated into labor camps.Since Liu Xinqi returned to Penglai, Yingping's letters for help have not been interrupted. One letter a day, asking Liu Xinqi to increase his manpower. Liu Xinang had already taken the decision to support Yingping's 30 garrison, but this small force faced the [-]-strong garrison. Adding new captives is a drop in the bucket.

Yingping had to kill more than a dozen thorns every day, relying on the high-end capabilities of the soldiers to survive.

Liu Xinqi understood Yingping's difficulties. Most of the 27 captives were Jurchens, making management very difficult.Moreover, these people must learn Chinese before they can escape from the labor camps. This is a long-term job, and it is impossible to continue to support the garrison.

Two hundred one-star general cards were sent by Liu Xinqi to Yingping, who was far away in Cangzhou, so that he could increase his manpower.

Over the years, there have been a lot of naturalized Jurchens in the Xinghan League, and Yingping has planned to select some of them and attach them with immortal talismans, so that these people can use the barbarians to control the barbarians.

Wu Jin's Eighth Brigade occupied Zongzhou and Jinzhou Road along the coast of Beijing Road and has joined the rebels on Tokyo Road.Liu Zhijie's [-]th Brigade is still stuck on Zhongdu Road.

Zhongdu Road, Beijing Road and Tokyo Road do not have good popular recognition, that is, "people's hearts and minds", so it is quite difficult for military occupation.

The enemies of the field army are not only the Jin Army, but also all local sizable forces, and even ordinary people.

This requires the field army to stay at least one battalion to maintain stability wherever it goes.

Moreover, the language used by the people in these three villages is different from that of the people in Jingdong and Hebei. The dialects of Chinese are very different, and it sounds like another language to ordinary people.

In addition to differences in dialects, the Liao people, Jurchens and people of other ethnic groups in these places all have their own national languages.

Language differences add to the difficulty of occupation.

In addition, the previous three fleets were transferred to the south, and the Xinghan Alliance's logistical support for Hebei dropped sharply, which also greatly slowed down the progress of the field army's siege of cities and territories.

Due to a combination of multiple factors, in the prefectures and counties of Zhongdu Road and Beijing Road, the proportion occupied by the Xinghan League by the end of March had not exceeded [-]%.

Fortunately, all coastal prefectures and counties have been occupied, and the "Bohai Rim Strategy" can be said to be basically completed.

The next step is to work hard. With the help of logistical supplies from coastal states and counties, we will gradually extend our power inland, occupy and stabilize a place, and then continue to move inland and continue to occupy it.

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On April [-], Liu Xinqi took another day off and stayed at home with his wife.

Lying on Zhou Yue's belly and listening to the strong heartbeat of the child in Zhou Yue's belly, Liu Xinqi felt very comfortable.

No wonder people say that it is easier to build a country than to defend it. The reason is not only because of the high quality of the emperor who opened the country, but also because of the comfortable environment faced by the emperor who defended the country.

Ease easily wears down one's fighting spirit.

Penglai has been peaceful and stable for four years. Since the Xinghan League occupied this place, Penglai City has never seen war again.

It is far away from wars, and industrial trade is developed, making Penglai more and more prosperous.

The buildings outside the Penglai city wall have stretched two miles away. Penglai City, which originally had a population of more than 1, has now exploded to 10 people. If the industrial population of Baishi Bay is added in, the urban population of Penglai has exceeded 20.

(End of this chapter)