In Lantian City, the soldiers of the Taiping Army who had not been expected by Chang'an City had already gathered and mobilized secretly. Only with their actions, the people in the city also had a chain reaction. The corresponding representatives of the elders came to us on the initiative to ask if there are any related matters that require cooperation.
After all, Lamtian County is considered the first stronghold of the Taiping Army to step into the pass, and it is also the last stronghold where the Taiping Army resides in the 22 counties in the Gyeonggi region. The corresponding time of garrison was even longer than the situation in Chang'an City. Even when the twenty-odd counties in Jingzhao's Mansion were all messed up in Chang'an City, Lantian County was still able to take care of itself without sinking and directly affecting it.
In addition, the Lantian city was also crowded and crowded several times. The Guan went to various places and even Changan City to escape to avoid disasters, or took the initiative to leave the country to wait for the transfer to the south of various people supporting the old and the young; they also played the role for a long time. One of the hubs and strongholds for the Taiping Army to transport and transport to Chang'an City, so except for a few officials and wealthy families who were liquidated, most people in the city did not fall into unemployment or famine due to the war.
Therefore, more than a year of getting along with each other is enough to allow the civilians in this middle-to-lower-scale city to be relatively well preserved; they also deeply feel and understand the various exchanges with the past officers and soldiers, rebels, etc. The other side is completely different. Especially after seeing the tragic situation of those exiled outside the city many times in the city, the real contrast of the disparity can easily make people feel lucky.
Therefore, seeing the movement of the Taiping Army, the first reaction of many people is whether they have lost their rare refuge in this troubled world. After all, since the arrival of the Taiping Army, there has been no collection and collection of various items over and over again. Even if the people are enlisted and sold, they are paid for. On the contrary, they have ensured the safety of the county in the course of offensive battles.
Therefore, after adapting to each other and gradually getting used to it, driven by the continuous import of transit materials from the south, Lantian City has instead become a place in the pass where turmoil, famine and disasters continue, and the only place where there is stability, food and clothing. On the other hand, it has also become an experimental field for the Taiping Army to conduct governance and management in the North.
Therefore, the Datang Shunmins in Chek County, Gyeonggi Province, which has been squandered and forced by the military tactics, easily changed their minds with the passage of time; they became the so-called Taiping Avenue and Yilizhizhi Said, from the outside to the inside of the firm supporters. Therefore, no matter how strong the counterattack of the officers outside the city is, most of the people in Lantian City will stand firmly on the side of the defenders.
Of course, this is also part of the cause and effect. A few years ago, the famous minister and general "Blood Hand Bodhisattva" Cui Anqian, led the army of Hedong and Daibei to swept through the pass, fought expeditions outside, and the rear was empty and the new dynasty of Qi was retreating. Even Chang'an City was inevitably lost for a while; One of the divisions also attacked Lantian City.
As a result, the "righteous people" who were loyal to the Tang dynasty in the city were able to respond, and the General Zuo Jinwuwei, who was garrisoned in the city by Daqi Xinchao, rose by day, caught off guard against the big defeat of being attacked and killed by the inside and outside, and only escaped by himself. Thousands of soldiers and horses collapsed and lost all at once. However, what greeted these "righteous people" in the city afterwards was not the encouragement from the court, but the conspiracy of the officers and soldiers to "acquisition the thieves" with blood and spears.
Then wantonly link up and copy and kill, things will inevitably and irresistibly get out of control. The result is that every family is crying and the houses are broken, and even the young and old women are not spared. Therefore, after the Taiping Army defeated the customs, they succeeded in attacking Lantian County by successively defeating the official army. The people in the city were afraid of the liquidation of the volunteers, so they sent out the whole family of the "righteous people".
After they finally figured out the difference and distinction between the Taiping Army and the Daqi New Dynasty, they became even more inseparable and eager for the shelter of the Taiping Army. The reason is simple and simple. The foreign Taiping army does not have too many grievances with them, but once the people of the Daqi New Dynasty come back, they don't know what else will happen? This generation does not follow any magnanimous master.
Therefore, most of the people in the city not only actively cooperated with the Taiping Army stationed in the city, and its patrol team formed on the spot, paying attention to, reporting and reporting every suspicious outsider, etc.; they are still in a certain simplicity. Under the circumstance of right and wrong, efforts are made to reject and reject any things and infiltration methods related to Chang'an City.
Therefore, after Cui Anqian was defeated on behalf of the imperial army, the Taiping Army began to evacuate a large number of people from Chang'an and even Guan, and cried and cried and blocked the city gates to comfort the Lantian city sergeants, but they became the ones at that time. An anecdote and anecdote. After a lapse of more than half a year, the Taiping Army once again left the customs to support Chang'an, and gathered the people in the customs who were willing to go south to avoid disaster, centered on Lantian.
Residents in Lantian County took an active part in this retreat in a more crisp and neat posture than imagined. Therefore, after evacuating most of the old and weak women and children who are not useful, the majority of the population now left in the city is left with some young adults who want to gain some opportunities or purely to look after the house;
In addition, the last few retreats were delayed for some reason, or the local people who were too far away to catch up to enter Dachang Pass and Lantian Pass, and could only escape into Lantian City to avoid chasing. Thanks to the concerted efforts of the same enemies of these groups, with a mere 7,000 to 8,000 garrisons and relatively abundant material preparations, they were able to easily prevent multiple rounds of fierce attacks from the official army.
Nor did they use the echoing and containment methods in Lantian Pass and Dachang Pass to drag the war into the long siege at a relatively low cost. As for the officers and soldiers outside the city, shooting them one after another in the name of the prime minister, Zheng Qi, to persuade surrender and self-protection, they have never been able to easily impress these remaining soldiers and civilians.
On the contrary, the price of a piece of cake was exchanged for a piece of pie. Then, on the back, it was written on the back to expose the malpractices of the officials and the army and that Datang’s dead end Jiezi, under the cover of night, shot the officials back down the city Go to the military camp. Therefore, in the whole winter, except for a corner of Chang'an, Lantian City became the only island in the pass that the officers and soldiers could not attack for a long time.
The outside of the city is in the ice and snow, and the officers and soldiers are becoming more and more sluggish and depressed; many people think that this time the Lantian city may be the same as before, and they can survive a new round of war. But I didn't expect that at the beginning of the spring, the Taiping Army in the city would take the initiative to move.
This is a bit alarming. (End of this chapter)