In Dunhuang, next to the original ancestral home of the Zhang family in Shazhou, a family temple with the size of a king was built.
Three days after Zhang Zhao's wedding, all the generals of the Guiyi Army gathered here to hold sacrifices and a ceremony to comfort their ancestors.
Now that Hexi Longyou has been unified, Zhang Zhao has returned to the country with eighteen states, this place can finally be regarded as a national land, and the dream of the Guiyi Army for generations has been completed.
The two major enemies of the rebel army, the Tubo people in the snowy areas, were completely destroyed during the Little Ice Age.
The Ganzhou Uighur Yao Geluo family, who had a deep hatred, was almost wiped out and could only grow three or two side branches.
In the past ninety years, the Guiyi Army has never been stronger than it is now.
After offering sacrifices to Zhang Yichao, Zhang Zhao led everyone back and held a banquet for the ministers in Jinshan Palace, Zhang Chengfeng's original palace.
This banquet was not only attended by the officials who had returned to the rebel army, but also Zhang Zhao's aunt Princess Fengtian and Li Congde, the crown prince of the Jin Kingdom in Khotan.
Everyone gathered together happily, drinking, singing, and eating meat. There was no distinction between civil and military affairs, and there was no deliberate distinction between superior and inferior.
It was just like the joyous gathering in the Forbidden City of Alka in Bukhara when Zhang Zhao led the crowd to defeat Samantha Nasr II in one fell swoop.
I have to say that Princess Fengtian, who received a systematic imperial education, is indeed a good queen mother.
She sang happily and drank heavily, not rejecting anyone who came, and in Zhang Zhao's name, she distributed the Persian orchids he brought from Khotan to her left and right. She dealt with it very appropriately.
The banquet lasted for three full hours, and at this time, it was time to reward the ministers.
Taking advantage of the establishment of his power, Zhang Zhao simply combined some of the successes of the Song and Ming Dynasty systems and made many changes to the administrative system of his Han Palace.
Under the king of Han, it was divided into two parts: military and political. In terms of politics, there was one official on the left and one on the left, plus the confidant secretary Guo Tiance to assist Zhang Zhao, one internally and two externally.
Under the left and right long history, there are six officials in the household, rites, soldiers, punishments, and labor. The chief officer is a soldier, and the official is the chief secretary, secretary, etc., which corresponds to the six ministries of the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, two additional agencies, Ma Cao and Shang Cao, were set up. One of these two Cao was responsible for breeding war horses, and the other was responsible for Hexi commerce, which were managed by Zhang Zhao himself.
However, this time cannot be compared with the situation of scholars everywhere after the great development of printing technology.
Therefore, it is not possible to directly share the government affairs with the eight cao soldiers. It must be governed by the left and right long history.
According to the practice of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Zhao regarded the left as the most respected one. The chief historian on the left was in charge of the officials, households, and the three Cao Cao of Li participated in the army. The chief historian on the right was in charge of the three Cao Cao in the army, punishment, and work.
If we look at this in the Ming Dynasty, Zuo Changshi would definitely be the most noble, but in this era, that is not necessarily the case.
Here at Zhang Zhao, the Bingcao Shenjun is in charge of army logistics, verification of merit and rewards, placement of wounded soldiers, distribution and recovery of armor, payment of pay, and organization of united troops, which are obviously the most important departments.
At the same time, the engineer is responsible for the development and production of armor, equipment, gunpowder, cyclone cannons, etc., and he also has great power.
Therefore, this long history represents a position of respect and weight.
Locally, Zhang Zhao still adopted the Dao-zhou-county management model.
The Hexi Longyou Jiedu Ambassador is under the jurisdiction of Hexi Road and Longyou Road. There is no Hexi Road Ambassador and Longyou Road Ambassador, only deputy envoys.
The governors of each state are governors, but the governors cannot manage the army. They have push officials, the judges are assistant officers, and each county has county magistrates, captains, etc.
As for the army, it is still known as the Guiyi Army.
In addition to Hanhai Town and Yucheng Town, Wuwei Town, Yingyang Town and Xiongwu Town were added, making a total of five towns.
Wuwei Town is composed of Liubu Han'er and Lanzhou Han'er.
Yingyang Town is mainly composed of the seven tribes of Shanzhou and the Qiang and Dangxiang soldiers of Tao, Hui and the original three states.
Xiongwu Town is composed of the newly conquered Qinzhou Xiongwu Army plus the Han people from Hezhou and Weizhou.
In addition, Zhang Zhao also selected 3,000 strong and good archers from the six tribes of Liangzhou, Han'er of Lanzhou, seven tribes of Shanzhou, Dangxiang of Zhuzhou, and Han'er of Hewei and incorporated them into the capital of Hanshan.
At this point, the Hanshan capital directly under Zhang Zhao reached a scale of more than 9,000 people, including horse and infantry troops, as well as special units such as cyclone cannons and Fenjin troops.
Once the framework is set up, all that remains is the issue of official closure.
Zhang Zhao appointed his father-in-law, Cao Yuanzhong, as deputy ambassador to Hexi Longyou Jiedu, Zuo Changshi and Liangzhou governor, and transferred him from Shazhou to Liangzhou to handle civil affairs for Zhang Zhao.
His uncle Song Shantong was the deputy envoy of Longyou Road and the chief history officer of Youzhou. He promoted officials in Liangzhou and served as a prisoner for Cao Cao to join the army.
Murong Nobunaga's grandfather, Murong Guiying, was the deputy envoy of Hexi Province and the governor of Shazhou. He guarded the west for Zhang Zhao. When he was promoted, he was transferred from his hometown Guazhou.
Guo Tiance was the secretary in charge of the shogunate of the King of Han, and was also in charge of the military affairs department.
Cao Yanming took the post of governor of Suzhou and secretary-general, who symbolized his confidant, and actually served as Gong Cao to join the army.
Li Ruoyu, the eldest brother of his aunt Li Ruoliu, was the governor of Taozhou.
His brother-in-law Cao Yanlu was the governor of Yizhou and also served as the garrison envoy of Shazhou.
The special official position of Shazhou garrison was to allow Cao Yanlu to lead a battalion of troops to guard Shazhou and later to guard Yizhou.
Jia Yanchang got the coveted position of governor of Lanzhou.
For the military:
Yin Yaozi is the deputy military envoy of the Guiyi Army and the commander-in-chief of Hanhai Town. This cousin is calm and good at guarding. It is most reasonable for him to be in charge of the most important Hanhai Town among Zhang Zhao's five military towns.
Liu Zaisheng was promoted to the commander-in-chief of Yucheng Town and the governor of Yuanzhou. He commanded a battalion each in Yucheng Town and Yingyang Town to guard Yuanzhou and peek into Guanzhong.
Ma Shacai was the commander-in-chief of Wuwei Town and the governor of Huizhou. He was in charge of two battalions and faced Shuofang where Lingwu Jiedushi was located.
Ma Yaozi is the deputy commander-in-chief of Wuwei Town and the governor of Hezhou. He is in charge of two battalions and guards in Hezhou.
Yan Jin is the deputy envoy of Longyou Road, deputy envoy of Guiyi Army, commander-in-chief of Xiongwu Town, governor of Qinzhou, and is responsible for guarding Qinzhou.
This was the second person in the army under Zhang Zhao. He was on guard against Li Congyao, the king of Qin in Fengxiang, and on the other hand against Hou Shu.
Fan Quan was the deputy commander-in-chief of Hanhai Town, the commander of the second battalion, and the governor of Shan and Kuo prefectures. He guarded these two prefectures in the alpine region and guarded against any tribe in Tubo suddenly going crazy.
Among Zhang Zhao's five towns and twenty-two battalions, the above eleven battalions are divided into towns, which is about 11,000 people.
The remaining eleven battalions are Zhang Zhao's standing central force.
Bai Congxin was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Yingyang Town and was in charge of three battalions.
Er Zhujing is the deputy commander-in-chief of Yucheng Town, commanding the remaining two battalions of Yucheng Town.
Shanzhuer Luo Shande is the deputy commander-in-chief of Hanhai Town and the commander of the first battalion.
Luo Yuer is the commander of the second battalion of Hanhai Town.
Cui Huxin is the commander of the third battalion of Hanhai Town.
Zhao Cunyi is the deputy commander-in-chief of Yucheng Town and the commander of the second battalion.
Guo Guang became the commander of the third battalion of Yucheng Town.
Huangyang'er Huang Yingda is the commander of Yingyang Town Camp.
Regret in Shandu.
Murong Nobunaga was the Marquis of Yu, the left capital of the cavalry army, and commanded two thousand fine cavalry.
Li Cunhui, who had just recognized Zhang Zhao as his adoptive father, was appointed the Marquis of Yu, the right capital of the cavalry army, and commanded 1,500 fine cavalry.
Li Ruotai was the capital of the Iron Horse General Yuhou, commanding 600 armored cavalry.
Zhebu Jiashi was appointed the Marquis of Yu, the general capital of Youyi, and commanded a thousand horse archers of Youyi who were responsible for reconnaissance and cover-up missions. Wen Chongle, Yue Saonu, etc. were all among them as commanders.
Hu Cile was the Marquis of Yu from the left capital of the Uighurs, and was in charge of the Uighur, Dadan, Zubu and other horse archers collected from Juyanhai and the desert to the north.
Shen Nianban served as the Uighur righteous from the right capital Yuhou, and controlled the Uighur light cavalry drawn from the Ganzhou Uighurs.
Although these two Uighur Yicon were in the establishment of Hanshandu, they were actually cannon fodder light cavalry with little or even no armor.
The more than 2,000 infantry troops in Shandu were personally commanded by Zhang Zhao.
All members are equipped with cotton armor, a powerful one-stone bow, a divine arm bow, and a sword. They are the elite among the elite, and they are the team that Zhang Zhao started his career with.
Man Xiong, Dunzhu, Qiongre Duojin, Wang Tongtong, Fanshun, Lu Sanlang and other heroes are among them.
At this point, Zhang Zhao's armed force team has also been built. There are 22,000 people in the 22 battalions in the five towns, of which 11,000 are generally stationed in local places and will only be recruited in times of war.
The remaining 11,000 people plus the more than 9,000 people in Hanshandu, an army of just over 20,000, are the mobile forces that Zhang Zhao can mobilize at any time.
Their armor coverage rate reached over 70%, and together with the Camel Tornado Artillery Corps, which was renamed the Shenji Battalion, and the demolition troops from Jindu, there were a total of 32,000 troops.
At the same time, the civilian paramilitary institutions will not be left behind. If there is a war, under extreme circumstances, the united infantry and cavalry of various ministries in the countryside can be recruited, plus the civilian men, if they come out in full force, about 80,000 people can be gathered. scale.
But with the economic strength and productivity of Hexi Longyou, if we send troops for this purpose, even if we win, it will be a miserable victory, and if we lose, we will have to destroy the country.
Even if we go out a few more times, whether we win or lose, it will greatly affect production and life.
After the awards were given, Zhang Zhao ordered people to draw Cao Yuanzhong, Murong Guiying, Luo Tongda, Yan Jin, Bai Congxin, Guo Tiance, Fan Quan, Fan Shun, Liu Zaisheng, Yin Yaozi, Ma Yaozi, Ma Shacai, Luo Shande, and Dunzhu. , Man Xiong, Wang Tongtong, Qiongre Duojin, Cao Yanming, Er Zhujing, Murong Nobunaga, Li Cunhui, Shen Nianban, Cui Huxin, Zhebu Jiashi, Du Lun's portrait of Chixin is called Hexi Longyou Return to the Country Twenty Years Statue of the Five Loyal Ministers.
He also asked people to open a separate Buddhist cave in Mogao Grottoes. The mural tells the story of Zhang Zhao leading 25 loyal ministers to return to Hexi.
It is sealed in the Mogao Grottoes, just like the travel map of Zhang Yichao, his great-grandfather Zhang Taibao's Hexi Jiedu envoy, who led the army.
In the mural, Zhang Zhao is wearing golden armor, holding a long spear in hand, and a red rabbit horse under his crotch, facing the rising sun and leading the army to attack.
On the left is a heroic and extraordinary white-robed young man with a spear like a dragon, and on the right is a black-armored knight with his hands raised like an eagle, shooting a barrage of arrows.
Behind him, Dunzhu, Barbarian Xiong, Wang Tongtong, and Qiongre Duojin, the four generals of Xionghu, easily defeated the enemies surrounding them.
Twenty-five people, all with vivid expressions, look like gods.
In the distance, the miserable enemy troops were throwing away their armor and fleeing in confusion.
Because it was painted in Qifeng Pavilion of Jinshan Palace, it is also called the Twenty-Five Loyalty of Feng Pavilion.
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This is the last chapter of the return of the Nine Bends of the Yellow River to the Han Dynasty. From now on, the story only belongs to the Guiyi Army. Even if it is over, the next chapter is about the whole world!
