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"The imperial court still insists on joining forces to defeat Yan!"
In early February of the sixth year of Tianxuan Period, the sky and the earth were still cold. Wang Zhen, wearing dark cold clothes, stood on the bank of the Huaihe River covered with residual snow, looked at the dark mountains, and said with emotion.
Xu Huai sat on the rock beside him, watching the innocent Wang Xuan carefully run to the water's edge, watching with interest a few whitebaits swimming in the shallow water; Liu Qiong'er picked a few wild branches from the roadside.
Mei, walked back happily...
After the Allied Forces of Zhuzhai accepted the recruitment, under the leadership of Dong Cheng, who was sent to Tangzhou as a servant, the resettlement was carried out quickly and orderly, and groups of people were already on their way to Xinzhou and Daizhou.
It has been a year since Wang Zhen was demoted to Biyang, and he does not know the specific movements in the court over the past year, but we can still get a glimpse of it from the final arrangement of the court's separation and resettlement with the allied forces in various villages.
Since the founding of the Dai Viet Dynasty, Hedong Road has been changed into Hedong Road. It is bounded by Changshan Mountain in the east, the Yellow River in the west, Dizhu Mountain in the south, and Yanmen in the north.
Changshan is Beiyue Hengshan.
At the beginning of the founding of the Dai Viet Dynasty, they were determined to regain the homeland of Yanyun. They fought bloody battles with the Khitans, who had established their dynasty under the name of "Yan" at that time, on both sides of the Taihang Mountains north of the Yellow River for more than 20 years, resulting in numerous casualties on both sides.
In the early years of the Yue-Yan war, the Yue Dynasty lost more and won less. However, the Khitans were unable to invade and annex the Central Plains from the south. The two sides finally used the Baigou River to the east of Changshan and the rolling mountains of Yanmen, Ningwu, Caochengchuan and other places to the west of Changshan.
establish boundaries and reach a peace agreement.
Dai Viet's border defense against the Khitans was mainly divided into east and west routes with Changshan as the boundary.
Beijun West Road is mainly supported by Hedong Road, which governs Taiyuan Prefecture and large hinterland cities such as Jinzhou (Linfen), and forms a border with Xinzhou, Lanzhou, Daizhou in the north and its affiliated military villages such as Yanmen, Ningwu, and Langu.
Line of defense.
In the first thirty years of the founding of the Dai Viet Dynasty, the war with the Khitan people was fierce, but after the peace agreement was reached, the conflicts were much less severe than the war with the Dangxiang people in the west.
In the border war between Song and Yan in recent decades, Khitan cavalry invaded Daizhou, Xinzhou, and Lanzhou from Yunzhong. Later, Wang Xiaocheng led the Jingsheng Army to march north along the Fen River to reinforce Hedong Road, regain Ningwu, Caochengchuan and other places, and launch a counterattack
The series of battles over the capture of Shuozhou and Yunzhong, previously controlled by the Khitans, were the most intense.
In the end, the two sides quickly reached a peace agreement and restored the border lines between the two sides in Daizhou and northern Xinzhou.
All these practical factors make Dai Viet's troops stationed on the border lines east of Hebei and Hebei to resist the Khitans far lower than those along the Hexi border where it confronts the Dangxiang people. At the same time, the elite level of the Northern Army has always been considered
Much lower than the Western Army.
If the DPRK and the Central Government insist on uniting their forces to attack Yan, it does not mean that the officials (the emperor) will decide today and tomorrow they will be able to mobilize hundreds of thousands of horse and infantry to rush into the territory of Yan like a rolling flood.
In the early 20 years since the establishment of the Dai Viet Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses made several northern expeditions and large groups of Khitan cavalry invaded the south several times. The two sides fought countless fierce battles north and south of the border, and countless generals were killed and injured.
No matter how optimistic you are today about the alliance to conquer Yan, you will definitely not dare to skimp on the early military and political arrangements.
Recruiting five or six thousand bandit soldiers from Tongbai Mountain may not seem like much, but in Taiyuan Prefecture on Hedong Road, Lanzhou, Daizhou, and Xinzhou are the core, plus many military villages in the border areas, and the total number of forbidden troops stationed is more than 30,000.
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Dai Viet now recruits nearly 6,000 bandit soldiers from Tongbai Mountain into the forbidden army in Daixin and other places, which is equivalent to directly increasing the size of the garrison north of Hedong Road by 20%.
This not only means that the imperial court has decided to join forces to defeat Yan, but also has entered the stage of substantial military and political deployment.
Whether the frontier army is strong or not, in addition to the intuitive indicator of the size of the troops and horses, is directly related to its physical fitness, training, armor and equipment, fighting will, and tenacity to continue fighting.
Most of the 5,000 to 6,000 bandit soldiers recruited from Tongbai Mountain are poor people with sallow muscles in Tongbai Mountain, and their physical fitness can be seen; and filling them into the imperial army of Dai, Xin and other places is not so much recruitment as exile.
, stayed away from their homeland, abandoned their wives, children, and parents, and were incorporated into the forbidden army, with almost no hope of being released for life. How much fighting power can be expected from them?
Even though there are some old bandits among these people, they are very skilled with weapons, but these old bandits can only fight with the wind.
If he encounters a strong enemy and can count on them to charge forward and kill the enemy in battle, Xu Huai can cut off their heads.
In fact, it was not just this time that the imperial court recruited Tongbai mountain bandits to supplement the shortage of soldiers in Xindai and other places. For hundreds of years in Dai Viet, it has long been a practice to hunt down bandits (refugees, thieves) to fill the prison cells.
This approach is of course good for the security of the mainland, but it makes the forbidden army soldiers more mixed and cunning, and the negative restrictions on combat effectiveness are too great and too deep.
Xu Huai felt really unhappy. Sometimes, the deeper he understood the regulations of Dai Viet, the more clearly he could see the cause of the catastrophic disaster in the first year of Jianhe.
However, Xu Huai still wanted to put these worries behind him.
This is a regulation that has been practiced in Dai Viet for more than a hundred years. It is an ancestral law. It is not a status quo that he can change if he thinks there is a problem. Who is he?
The recruitment and resettlement of the rebel army is coming to an end, and the Huaiyuan Township camp is about to be dismantled.
For his contribution to the suppression of bandits in Huaiyuan Township, the imperial court again awarded him a reward, but it was only some gold and silk, and there were no substantial official titles or honors at all.
Still Cheng Lunying, Zhu Tong and others couldn't stand it, so they recommended Jin Longquan to the County Wei Division as the general in charge of swordsmen and archers, and gave up their position in the Inspection Division to Xu Wujiang.
Lu Si had no right to comment on the matter of establishing a county in Huaiyuan. It was necessary for the court officials to weigh the pros and cons and make a decision. However, the city of Huaiyuan had been built, and Xu Huai did not want to rush to establish a county.
After the county was established, official positions such as county magistrate (county magistrate), county magistrate, and county lieutenant were mainly selected and awarded by the imperial court from among the officials. Local forces at most controlled the dispatch of government officials such as the governor. Under mutual checks and balances, many places needed to make concessions.
It is far inferior to the current situation where local forces control everything in Huaiyuan.
In the past two months, the Xu family has been building a tomb temple for Xu Wufu, Xu Heng, and Xu Chen's father and son between Shituo Ridge and Jinshagou.
Tang Tiande was also very cooperative. Before Shibaliwu could be recaptured, he summoned the Tang clan members who gathered in Huaiyuan City to discuss and decide to build a tomb in Shituoling for Tang Wenzhong and other Tang clan members who were victims of banditry and died in battle.
Tomb Temple.
In order to make it more reasonable for Tang Wenzhong's tomb and temple to be built at the west peak of Shituoling, Tang Pan, Tang Qing and others moved their families to Jinsha Gouzhai to show that Tang family members had spread their branches here, and Tang Wenzhong's tomb and temple were also built.
Unexpectedly, there will be a shortage of clan members to sacrifice and sweep.
Xu Bosong, Xu Zhongyu and others took the initiative and decided to give priority to selling the land and house under the name of the eldest son Xu Wu at a low price to the rural soldiers who participated in the suppression of bandits to raise funds for building tombs; while the Tang family's funds for building tombs and temples were temporarily provided by the Xu family
Borrowing.
According to the laws of Dai Viet, households must sell their fields and houses as funeral expenses, and the remaining wealth will be inherited by close relatives, surviving daughters, and married daughters.
What Xu Bosong and the others did was completely in compliance with regulations.
Recruiting two thousand young men to open up roads and build tombs and temples is too loud, too extravagant, and too luxurious?
Xu Wufu worked hard for the Xu clan for half his life. He was killed by bandits and arrows to protect Xu Huai, the wild tiger. Shouldn't he be buried in a more luxurious manner after his death?
Within two months, more than 5,000 acres of fertile land in Qingliu River and more than 160 homes in Lutai Village of Xu Wu's family were sold. At the same time, Zhufengtang also purchased Xu Wufu's pasture on the north slope of Yuhuangling and Huaiyuan.
, Biyang Lue Horse Market’s share, raised a total of more than 40,000 yuan, which was used to build carriage roads from Lutai and Xiema Mountain to Jinshagou, and to build tombs and temples at the north and south foothills of the west peak of Shituo Ridge.
On this basis, the construction of Jinshagou Xinzhai, which is located next to Tang Wenzhong's tomb and temple and is more steep, can be officially started in one or two months. After that, it is planned to open a carriage road from the west peak of Shituoling.
Go to Tiighu Beach.
By then, Xiema Mountain, Lutai Village and Jinshagou will form a horn with Huaiyuan City on the east bank of Baijian River. Regardless of whether the great disaster in the first year of Jianhe will affect Tongbai Mountain, he can feel it to some extent at this time.
Some peace of mind.
Men also need a sense of security.
When the Xu family was internally divided, Zhou Jing, Xu Hai and other veterans who returned home from the Jingsheng Army had been wavering in their attitudes. They did not side with Xu Huai and others without hesitation like Xu Wukun and Xu Wuliang.
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Even when Xu Huai captured Beiqiao Village and captured Xu clan soldiers, they chose to return to Lutai Village with Xu Wufu and Xu Wuqi.
However, in any case, they had no intention of harming Xu Huai and the others. They were more hesitant because they thought that after the bandit chaos in Jingping, they would still rely on Xu Wufu to support their family.
Xu Wufu, Xu Heng, and Xu Chen's father and son were all dead. The power within the Xu family to resist them was completely disintegrated. Xu Huai didn't feel the need to exclude or suppress Zhou Jing, Xu Hai and others, and let Xu Wukun and Xu Wuliang come forward.
, ask them to come out to assist Su Laochang in taking care of the Bei Slope Pasture, which has been taken over by Zhufengtang, as well as the mule and horse markets in Huaiyuan and Biyang.
In addition to their strong skills, Zhou Jing and others have helped Xu Wufu manage the mule and horse market and other businesses over the years. They are much better than the younger generation of the Xu people in all aspects.
Of course, rising stars such as Xu Xin'an, Xu Sihu, Yin Peng, and Han Qi, as well as Tang Pan, Tang Qing, and Xu Huai who joined the Zhufengtang as Tang family's descendants, cannot let them waste their energy on taking care of general affairs.
At this time, several horses came from the direction of Huaiyuan City. As they approached, it was Xu Xin'an who came with people to report: "A messenger from Bianjing came with a decree saying that the king will be rewarded for his contribution to the suppression, and he will be awarded the Lanzhou Stone."
When the field supervisor is appointed, he will immediately go to Lanzhou to take up his post upon receiving the order, without any delay in dispatching..."
"Fuck, this is considered a feather reward!" Xu Huai was so angry that he yelled.
They, the remnants of the Jingsheng Army, have become a strong presence in Tongbai Mountain, and they can be said to be powerful dragons that cannot overwhelm the local snakes. Even if Dong Cheng came to Tangzhou as a servant, he could not even think of what he could do to the king.
It was not that Xu Huai had not thought that Cai Qing would give Wang Zhen a derogatory position if he caused mischief in the court, but he did not expect that they would directly kick Wang Zhen to Lanzhou.
At this time, Cai Qing was actively planning to unite troops to attack Yan. It was only a step in military and political deployment to recruit traitors to Xin, Dai and other places and incorporate them into the Forbidden Army.
Xin, Dai, Lan, Taiyuan (Bingzhou) and Hedong Road Division and the Forbidden Army will definitely be replaced by generals from the main combat faction, and there will definitely be many direct descendants of Cai Qing.
If Wang Zhen was demoted to Lanzhou, wouldn't he really become a sheep and fall into the tiger's mouth?
Besides, what kind of bullshit job is the quarry supervisor? Isn't it a bit uglier than the patrol inspector?
"The envoy of the capital is in the inspection department at this time?" Wang Zhen was not surprised at all. He straightened his clothes and walked back to the dirt road to ask Xu Xin'an. He looked at Lu Xiong again and said, "Go to Lanzhou to see with your own eyes the great Vietnam we have."
It is better to fight against the Yan all the way than to be tens of thousands of miles away and not know what is going to happen - if Vietnam is going to suffer a disaster, I will be buried in Lanzhou, which can be a warning to all the princes in the court..."
