The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 333 Newly established prefectures and counties, surrendering all generals

It is only said that after the pacification of Bashu and the end of the war, Gao Qi ordered Zhang Xianzhong, who was in custody in Jiangzhou, to be sent to Chengdu first.

Chengdu, Fucheng

"Zhang Xianzhong, now that our forces have been defeated, don't you want to take refuge in Gu?"

For a while, Gao Qi summoned Zhang Xianzhong himself and asked him about it.

Since Gao Qi already valued Zhang Xianzhong, after Zhang Xianzhong was captured.

Although he has been detained in Jiangzhou, Gao Qi's order is here.

During this period of time, Zhang Xianzhong kept everything as usual except that his freedom was restricted.

In short, even if the Qi army did not abuse Zhang Xianzhong at all, his life can be regarded as a good one!
All this is done, apart from Gao Qi's admiration for Zhang Xianzhong, he hopes to impress Zhang Xianzhong with his sincerity.

However, Zhang Xianzhong didn't seem to hear anything, and said nothing.

In an instant, the mansion fell into an extreme silence.

Time seems to have passed half an hour!

After a long time, Zhang Xianzhong said slowly: "His Royal Highness, since I, Zhang Xianzhong, have been defeated."

"With my ambition, it is absolutely impossible to be loyal to others."

"However, the King of Qi has not treated me with malice these days. Instead, he treats me with good food and drink."

"I heard that Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Elki have not defected. I have nothing to repay. I am willing to say for His Royal Highness King Qi to surrender them and serve Daqi!"

For a while, although Zhang Xianzhong did not express his willingness to surrender, he was willing to surrender his adopted son Li Dingguo and others for Gao Qi.

It is only said that after the Qi army defeated the four righteous sons, Li Dingguo and others were captured one after another.

However, Li Dingguo and others had the ambition to swear to death, and would rather die than surrender!
But now, since Zhang Xianzhong was willing to persuade him to surrender, Gao Qi did not stop him, so he agreed.

I just said, but in the end, I don't know how Zhang Xianzhong persuaded Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Erqi and other generals to agree to surrender.

It has to be said that Zhang Xianzhong is indeed very prestigious.

But in a short period of time, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, El Qi and other important generals all expressed their submission.

Since Zhang Xianzhong's own strength has also reached a first-class level, Gao Qi originally wanted him to work for him.

However, Zhang Xianzhong's attitude is firm, his mind has long been indifferent to fame and fortune, and he no longer chooses to be an official.

Therefore, after all, people have their own ambitions, and it is not good for Gao Qi to force him too much.

In the end, after some consideration, he chose a house in Jiangling, the royal city, as his residence!

After dealing with the captives, Gao Qi turned around to deal with the aftermath.

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Now, with the conquest of Bashu, Hanchuan and other places, Qi's territory can be said to have doubled again.

However, now that the attack has been made, the next step is how to arrange and deploy defenses, as well as the issue of governance.

But now, with Gao Qi taking the lead in leading the main force to go north with [-] troops, Xue Rengui sent Zhang Yun to lead an army of [-] to help when attacking Hanchuan.

Subsequently, Yue Fei was ordered to lead the Hunan Army to the north, as well as Zhang Xianzhong's troops who had surrendered in Shu.

Therefore, the Qi army stationed in Bashu now has nearly 20 people.

Originally, I was troubled by how to defend the doubled land.

But with Fang Xuanling's suggestion, his distress was immediately dispelled.

Fang Xuanling slowly analyzed: "King Qi, although now I have doubled the territory of Da Qi in an instant."

"Actually, the issue of defense is not difficult!"

Hearing this, Gao Qi hurriedly asked: "Xuan Ling, what do you say?"

"King Qi, now the central and southern part of Shu is almost bordering Xiangzhou, and there is absolutely no need for our army to worry about its defensive strength here."

"So, what Xuanling means is to adjust the state and counties, to connect a piece of territory and re-establish it."

Hearing this, Gao Qi muttered to himself: "Separate states and counties?"

In the end, with Fang Xuanling's reminder, Gao Qi finally figured it out and perfectly thought of how to deal with the defense of Bashu and Hanchuan.

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Chengdu, Military Mansion Lobby

Gao Qiduan sat on the main seat, and the civil and military people of the ranks leaned on the left and right sides, standing with their heads held high.

After a long time, Gao Qi was the first to stand up and speak impassioned words, praising the contributions of his generals.

After some speeches, the next step is to officially enter the topic.

Rewards for meritorious deeds!

These short four characters are what the generals value the most. After all, who joins the army and fights, who doesn't rush to increase the title of rank?
After Gao Qi's announcement, his final appointment is as follows.

Because Zhuge Liang worked tirelessly and regardless of danger in this battle, he insisted on requesting to go to Chang'an to meet Li Yuan and make an alliance.

In the end, there was victory in capturing Hanchuan.

Afterwards, Zhuge Liang led the army to drag Li Dingguo's troops in Jiange, keeping him immobile!

In Langzhong County, Brazil County, they took advantage of the local terrain and laid out eight formations to hold back the Qiang army and prevent them from entering the hinterland of Hanchuan.

He made an outstanding contribution to the later Gao Qi leading the army to annihilate him.

Therefore, in terms of credit, this time Gao Qi once again appointed Zhuge Liang as the governor, responsible for managing Shuzhong and defending the land of Bashu.

In addition, Wen Tianxiang was the long history and Zhang Song was the Sima to assist Zhuge Liang in governing his land.

After all, Zhuge Liang in history died of illness because of "doing everything personally"!

But now, it is not easy to defend the land of Bashu, not only to be in charge of military affairs but also to deal with government affairs.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Gao Qi put Wen Tianxiang and Zhang Song next to Zhuge Liang, mainly to share the burden.

Later, because Hanchuan County was isolated in the north of Bashu, it was very critical.

Therefore, after consideration, Gao Qi allocated Xicheng County in the east of Hanchuan, and Yicheng and Qinghua County in the south.

Together with Wudu County in the west, they will be gathered together to re-divide the states and counties.

In the end, Gao Qi reunited these counties and established them as a prefecture, which he personally named 'Hanzhou' and took Nanzheng as the governing place.

Afterwards, Gao Qi appointed Zhang Ren as General Zuo Xiaowei to lead the troops stationed in Hanzhou to defend against Li Tang in Guanlong.

Moreover, in view of Li Tang's military strength is very strong, Gao Qi also transferred Fazheng to his side to help them defend Hanzhou together.

Then, Gao Qi merged Xicheng County, Zheyang County, and Nanyang County into Xiangzhou.

Later, Xue Rengui was made the governor of Xiangzhou, and the government was still in Xiangyang, but Xue Rengui was still stationed in Nanyang.

Immediately afterwards, because the territory of Shu was too wide, Gao Qi made a decisive decision and divided the north and south into three.

Taking Chengdu as the boundary, the states and counties south of Chengdu are merged here with Ziyang, Fuling, Dangqu, and Berkshire.

It was established as 'Bazhou', with Berkshire as the state seat.

Subsequently, the counties in the central and southern parts of Shu took Zangke County (now Guizhou) as the state government to rule the counties.

In the end, the northern and eastern counties of Shu were merged together, and Shu County was the main one, which was changed to Shu Prefecture.

After some re-division, Shu was completely divided into three states.

The advantage of what is done now is that it can divide its powers and prevent the people who sit in the Shu land from becoming bigger and threatening the royal power.

As for Dangchang and Hanyang, Lintao merged them and established it as 'Suzhou'.

Now that the state and county have been replanned, the next step is the appointment of officials.

In addition to Zhuge Liang, the governor of Shuzhou, how will the next states and counties be arranged?
(End of this chapter)