The Lingzhou army was localized and the local army was grouped. It took ten years for a vassal town to be almost formed, but now it has been broken up.
Yang Gongren is getting stronger and stronger with age. He wears armor, holds a spear, rides his horse and whips his whip. He feels very heroic.
This rectification is nothing less than the rebirth of Lingzhou. All kinds of stubborn diseases and hidden dangers before have finally been given the right medicine.
"Lingzhou Fortress needs a large army to be stationed in the border town for garrison. The history of commanding and raising troops is a thorny problem,"
Why is it easy for border areas to become vassal towns? In the final analysis, the situation is special. Military regions like vassal towns where generals have been in charge of troops for a long time are naturally easy to become grouped. In the mainland, soldiers and generals are separated from each other.
It's strict, and there's no war.
The border areas are different, with high military pressure, frequent wars, anti-autumn wars, etc., a large number of troops stationed for a long time, and sometimes not even allowed to rotate for several years, and many generals guarding the border for a long time, and the supervision is not as strict as that in the Central Plains.
The conditions were also poor, so they slowly started to do things such as false quotas, registering, and even taking merit. Naturally, the false quotas meant empty pay. There were originally so many soldiers, but there were not actually any, especially in the Tu Tuan area near the city.
They are all local Han and Tibetan militiamen. Although there is no food and salary after being selected, they can be exempted from service, recruited for training, and when they coordinate defensive operations, they also have food, rewards and other expenses.
When there are expenses, it is naturally easy to become corrupt.
They even took advantage of the convenience of being a border soldier and allowed some merchants in industrial and commercial cities to register. With the identity of a border soldier, they can actually engage in business and sales. They can enjoy tax exemptions and are not afraid of border inspections.
There are also military fields, etc., which can also be embezzled and corrupted, or the military fields can be leased to the powerful at a cheap price, or even abandoned directly and allowed to be reclaimed by the powerful, or the military cantons can harvest more than they deserve, and so on.
After all, when the army is localized, grouped, and formed into vassal towns, various problems arise.
Lingzhou not only had to defend against the Turks, but also deal with Liang's capital, so it had to guard a large number of troops for a long time.
Under special circumstances, special interest groups naturally gradually formed.
To solve this kind of local group, first of all, the imperial court must be strong. As long as there is a will, it must have the ability to solve it overwhelmingly.
Today is the beginning of the Tang Dynasty. Although Lingzhou was located outside the Great Wall at the beginning of the country, which was quite special, but now that the imperial court is getting stronger, it is only a matter of words to solve this problem.
Of course, you also need to pay attention to the method.
Wu Huaiyu's solution is relatively mild and more satisfactory to all parties.
The soldiers in Jiuzhen were rotated back home. They could rest at home for a few years and not serve in the army. They could also receive a large amount of money to go home. Even for the smuggling they had participated in in the past, they were also given a sum of money, which added up to a large amount of money.
, replaced with slaves, cattle, horses, etc. and brought them back to their hometown, which was enough to satisfy them.
The local soldiers mainly divided their fields and supplemented them with some money and food.
The merchants who were originally registered in the city were cleared out, but they were also given some money, grain and land, which was regarded as a write-off.
In addition, there are several main points on how to protect the interests of the newly rotated mainland soldiers. One is to emphasize that they will be rotated home for one year and will not extend their service. The other is to allocate military fields and pastures to them so that they can
Some military camps were divided into crops and some were rented out as tenants. Some of the grain harvest was used as rations for the border troops, part was for military reserves, and some was directly distributed to the border troops as rewards.
The same is true for generals and officers. Generally, the term is one year, and the term for middle and upper-level officers does not exceed three years. They are not allowed to stay on the side for a long time.
From now on, for the Lingwu border army, not only would the state and town soldiers be required to occupy four and six portions of the land for field duty, but the troops in the united military city and adjacent areas would also be allocated fields and pastures for them, and they would also be required to use the fields for grazing.
They take turns tending the fields and grazing, and not all the gains are turned over to the public. All state soldiers, government soldiers, united soldiers, and city side soldiers can get a share. Even the soldiers who work in the fields are the same as the soldiers guarding the city. If they perform well, they will also receive rewards.
Not low.
In the three states of Lingyanyou, many fortresses and military camps were built based on the Great Wall, so that the Lingwu Army could be completely self-sufficient in the future. Even while guarding the border, everyone could earn rations, share surplus food, and receive rewards.
The fortress is made of iron, and the generals are flowing water.
In late May, the Lingwu Regiment and the fourth army stayed in the fields to build forts, while the three armies attacked Shuofang.
They walked eastward along the Great Wall. The three groups of soldiers and horses were not far apart and echoed each other from afar.
The troops left Yanzhou and entered Xiazhou.
Soon they met the troops of the Xiazhou Dudufu. They were on the west bank of the Hongliu River and south of the Great Wall, which are now the areas controlled by the Xiazhou Dudufu.
Duan Decao is worthy of being a frontier general who has been in Yanzhou for a long time and has had many years of dealings with Liangshi. Although he also had many problems when he was the governor of Yanzhou, he was never in vain when it came to fighting.
As soon as he came to Xiazhou, he immediately recovered the area south of the Great Wall and east of the Hongliu River, and quickly built more castles in these areas, improved the beacon system, and also set up military camps.
They also recruited some local regiments and attacked them several times near the city, but were repulsed by the Liang division.
Hongliu River, the upper reaches of Wuding River in Xiazhou.
It originates from Baiyu Mountain at the junction of the four states of Yanxia and Qingyan. Baiyu Mountain is an arid mountain, but it gave birth to the source of Wuding River.
Upstream here, there is the Loess Plateau that stretches for hundreds of miles, and tall red willows grow on both sides of the river.
These tamarisks are drought and heat tolerant.
There are red willows on both sides of the bank all along the water, and yellow sand all the way to the mountains.
Because these red willows are in the section before the confluence of Xiazhou and Wushui, it is called the Red Willow River.
When there is no rain, the water of Hongliu River is very clear and the water volume is very small. However, both sides of the river are also important grain areas in Xiazhou.
When Helian Bobo came here, he couldn't help but admire it when he saw the rivers here, the water and grass, and the large and small lakes dotted here. So he built a white capital in Xiazhou, named Tongwan, which means to rule the world and rule over all nations.
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This white city is extremely solidly built.
Helian Bobo recruited 100,000 Han barbarians to build the city. He used local materials and dug out the white lake mud from the shallow lake in the northwest of the city. He mixed it with lime and quartz sand, and carefully built it with dust during the ramming process. It is still in the process of construction.
, use steamed earth to ram the city walls.
Lime, quartz sand, clay, etc. are mixed with water to form triple soil, which is extremely hard after the city is built.
There were even random inspections every time a section was built. The awl should not be driven more than an inch into the wall. If the awl penetrated even an inch, the builders would be killed immediately and their bodies buried in the wall.
It took one hundred thousand people six years to finally build the White City.
It is a pity that although Tongwan City was built, the prosperous Great Xia Kingdom failed to unify all the countries. The Great Xia Dynasty was soon destroyed, but Tongwan City was left behind and became an important military town in the northern Houshuofang area.
It has always been the center of this central area.
Liang Shidu also occupied this place at the end of the Sui Dynasty and became king separately.
On the east bank of the Hongliu River, Pseudo-Liang also built many forts.
The vanguard of the Lingwu Corps appeared on the banks of the Hongliu River, and the Puppet Liang's reconnaissance cavalry immediately conveyed the news to the beacon fort. The beacon guards on the beacon pier quickly began to light the beacon smoke.
When the beacon smoke rises, Tang Qi comes.
This time it was no longer a small group of Duan Decao's Xiazhou soldiers who crossed the river to harass the fields on the east bank, but a large-scale attack by the Tang army.
Beacon smoke is everywhere, passing from station to station.
The billowing beacon smoke covered the sky on the east bank of the Hongliu River.
Wudaogou Fort.
It was named because it was located on the east bank of the upper reaches of the Hongliu River, where Wudaogou River merged into the Hongliu River. Liang Jun built a fortress on the hills of the river bend.
The castle is not big, but it is located high up, guarding the river bend. There are many good fields in the river bend at the foot of the mountain, and soldiers are stationed in the fields. However, since this year, it has become a front line and is no longer peaceful.
The two soldiers pointed to the distance to the west and shouted loudly. One of them turned around and took out a drumstick and beat the cowhide drum with all his strength, while the other soldier took out a horn and blew it.
The drums and trumpets sound.
The other soldiers in the fort came out in panic.
"Tang Qi, Tang Qi is here!"
"Big Stock Tangqi."
The castle garrison hurriedly climbed up to the watchtower, and sure enough he saw smoke and dust rising on the other side of the river to the west, and a large number of Tang troops appeared.
Wudaogou Fort is not big, with hundreds of people usually stationed there.
Half of them are on duty and half are working in the fields. Some of the soldiers' families are also here. They just dig cave dwellings at the foot of the mountain and by the river to live in, which is also convenient for farming.
Seeing the smoke and dust covering the sky and the countless Tang cavalry, the garrison leader panicked.
Although the beacon has been lit, they don't know how long they can last.
When a small group of Tangxia Prefecture knights crossed the river, they could quickly retreat to the mountain castle. Although the castle was not big, it occupied a dangerous position and was at a commanding height. Even the small group of knights could not do anything about it.
But now that so many people are coming, it's dangerous.
Some soldiers ran directly out of the fort to pick up their families at the foot of the mountain.
A mess.
There were even some garrison soldiers who had no family to worry about and took advantage of the chaos to flee.
At the foot of the mountain, the families of the garrison soldiers who dug kilns on the cliffs, or other people who farmed here, when they heard the horn and saw the beacon smoke, they immediately dragged their families up the mountain. Everyone rolled up their bags, carried food on their backs, and even rushed
Bring the cattle and sheep.
Wu Junwei led the forward cavalry of the Zuo Yuhou Army of the Lingwu Army to cross the Hongliu River first, and there were no Puppet Liang troops to block them along the way.
Facing the Tang army, the one hundred defenders of Wudaogou Fort either ran away or retreated to the mountain castle. No one dared to step forward to fight.
Riding lightly on a fast horse.
Flags are flying.
King Wu's mighty horsemen and horses quickly reached the foot of the mountain. Many people who had not yet entered the castle were frightened and many children cried loudly.
Wu Junwei waved the horse in his hand.
Block their way and order the soldiers to drive them to the river.
They became prisoners, but no one like Wu Junwei dared to kill innocent people indiscriminately, let alone take credit for their crimes. Wu Huaiyu had already issued a strict order before the war. Anyone who dared to mess up would be punished on the spot by military law.
Of course, although this time I came to Xiazhou, I did not come to directly destroy all the Liang divisions, but all the crops I encountered were destroyed, and all the soldiers and civilians I encountered were captured and taken back.
Captives are also rewarded for their merit.
The main mission of the Lingwu Legion's attack this time is to harass and destroy, and try not to attack fortified cities.
However, Wu Junwei naturally led his cavalry to the foot of the fort, and seeing that the opponent was so afraid of fighting, he also rode forward and persuaded him to surrender at the foot of the fort.
"I am the forward cavalry king of the Zuo Yuhou Army of the Lingwu Army of the Tang Dynasty. I advise you to open the door and surrender..."
Wu Junwei never thought that they would surrender after just a few words, but when they arrived, they would definitely go through the motions, persuade them to surrender, and even give their names.
Just as he turned to leave, the garrison leader on the top of the city answered.
"If we surrender, will we be safe?"
Wu Junwei stopped, feeling a little unexpectedly happy, so he loudly said the benefits of surrender. If you surrender, you will not be killed, your life and property will be preserved, your family and children will be preserved, and the officers will even be able to keep their ranks for future use. In short, if you surrender,
The conditions are okay, but if it is breached and captured, it will be completely different.
"Okay, we surrender!"
Without waiting for Wu Junwei to persuade him again, the garrison leader in the city surrendered happily.
Soon, the castle door opened, and the garrison leader took the lead in surrendering. No one in the castle resisted.
When the Tang flag was planted on the watchtower of Wudaogou Fort and Wu Junwei stood in the castle, he was even a little surprised. Although the fortress was small, it was quite dangerous and strong. There were dozens of garrison soldiers in the fort.
Families, common people, etc., there must be a small number of 500 people.
This was taken down without any bloodshed, plus the 200 people who were stopped outside just now.
He immediately captured a fort and gained 800 mouths.
"Damn, this is so smooth. Hurry up and report the victory to Wu Changshi. We are off to a great start and we have won the first battle!"
