There will be deserters and deserters during wars, and the Northern Liao Dynasty was a dynasty that mainly relied on cavalry. At this time, the appearance of such stragglers on the border between the country and the dynasty should not be a big deal.
Zhao Xi didn't think so.
Regardless of whether they were Pishijun or Oruduo in Northern Liao, as long as they escaped the war and entered the Song Dynasty, they had only one identity, that is, they were refugees.
It is understandable that there are only three, five, or even ten cavalry soldiers wandering around the border. However, it is not normal for dozens to hundreds of roving soldiers to wander around the border.
"The officials thought this was Yelu Yixin's troops raising food and grass?"
After comparing this information in detail, the cabinet also felt that something was really abnormal.
The imperial court was well prepared for the refugees from the Northern Liao Dynasty, and had proper arrangements for food and accommodation. As long as the horses were handed over to the state capital, even for the refugees who had nothing, Hejian and Zhending Prefectures would give them a bite to eat.
Since they can be obtained easily, why do fugitives have to waste time and effort going to the countryside to rob them?
"It is already the middle of winter. It is estimated that the tax revenue of Nanjing Road in Bei Liao this year has been completely collected and consumed by Yelu Yixin due to the war. This is also the reason why the number of refugees in Bei Liao has increased."
"On the Guochao side, a lot of newly cultivated farmland has been opened on the border. The policy of reducing and exempting the two taxes has allowed the people of Guochao to have food reserves in the winter. This situation is also understood by the neighboring Beiliao-Nanjing Road."
"According to this inference, a small number of border robberies are understandable. What I can't figure out now is, first, will the guerrillas be so knowledgeable during the robberies? Looking at this information, all the robberies have no
casualties."
"The second point is that the number of all the rangers that appeared corresponds to the formation of the Northern Liao cavalry, which proves that they all appeared in an organized system. I am thinking that no matter how bad Yelu Yixin is, he should not be included in the army.
There are deserters who have become established and still have military discipline."
If it was simply to raise food and grass, Zhao Xi wouldn't attach so much importance to it. Who has ever seen a well-disciplined military going to rob food and grass? Or a rebellious team that is already doomed to defeat. This is very strange.
"Officials, that is to say, Yelu Yixin is raising food and grass! The imperial court needs to order the border troops to strictly defend the border..."
"Prime Minister Wang, Zhang Dun thought that it would be difficult for the frontier army to be so well-defended that it could block all the border lines. Although there were nearly 200,000 troops in Hebei Province, the frontier army advanced dozens of miles to defend the city of Hebei Province.
As well as the resettlement and stabilization of the fleeing refugees, all need to be completed by the border army."
"The Hebei Road stretches for hundreds of miles, and our side is dominated by infantry and chariots, with only the scouts being cavalry. With such a basis, it is an almost impossible task to prevent the cavalry from entering the small Northern Liao army."
Zhang Dun knew the armament situation in Hebei very well, and in fact Wang Anshi also knew it, but their starting points were different and they had different requirements for the border troops.
"The imperial court should first come up with measures to resettle the robbed border residents. It is the middle of winter and the border residents who have lost their food reserves will have a hard time this winter..."
Han Zhen was in charge of civil affairs and needed to consider the damage caused to the border people between China and North Korea due to the war in Northern Liao.
"The Changping warehouse in Hebei Province has sufficient reserves. This year, the imperial court has significantly increased the amount of grain transferred to Hebei Province. Hebei Province should be able to properly resettle border residents."
Everyone stated that they were in charge of affairs, and Lu Huiqing took charge of the country's trade and supplies. He believed that it would not have much impact on the current plight of the few border residents in the country.
"In relation to Yelu Yixin, does the court have a special contact person?"
Zhao Xi didn't think these border residents would be a big problem. He was more considering the factors behind it.
"Official family······"
"Prime Minister, gentlemen, I am wondering whether Yelu Yixin has really reached the point of depletion? This year's taxes on Nanjing Road in Bei Liao should have been collected by Yelu Yixin."
"The taxes on Nanjing Road in the Northern Liao Dynasty accounted for nearly 40% of the tax revenue of the Northern Liao Dynasty. How could Yelu Yixin waste 40% of the entire Northern Liao tax revenue so that he could squander it all in a short period of time?"
The Nanjing Road of the Northern Liao Dynasty, that is, the Han people in the Yanyun area, was the main area of food supply for the Northern Liao court. It can even be said that it shouldered the great responsibility of food supply for the entire Northern Liao Dynasty.
When Yelu Yixin raised his troops from Nanjing Road, he relied on sufficient food and grass to encourage all parties to respond to the rebellion. It was impossible for him to consume all the food and grass in just one year. This is unreasonable.
"The officials judge that the guerrillas at this time have other purposes?"
The question is, what purpose can Yelu Yixin have? Just the entry of a hundred cavalry, or the robbery of some food, what threat can it pose to the country?
Wang Anshi couldn't understand. That's right, he was an upright gentleman, and he couldn't imagine what the bottom line would be for Yelu Yixin in doing things.
"Contact the conditions that Yelu Yixin proposed to the court some time ago. Please connect these two things..."
Zhao Xi didn't want to explain it directly. Yelu Yixin could do this, but he could think of it. Doesn't this mean that he also had such thoughts?
"Guan, is this a gift from Yelu Yixin? If he finally has no way out, what will happen will no longer be robbery of food, but the massacre of border residents?"
Is it Lu Huiqing...
Seeing that everyone in the cabinet looked at him, Lu Huiqing didn't care... Anyway, such achievements were not due to his uprightness. Being able to see through conspiracies and conspiracies was a manifestation of his ability.
"Everyone, it is said that the current situation of Yelu Yixin is very poor, and can even be defined as miserable. Why did you dare to send envoys to make those demands to the country some time ago?"
"It's very simple, it shows that he has a back-up plan. At this time, a small group of cavalry harassed the border residents and robbed food, which is a sign of his back-up plan. He was telling me that if the court could not agree to his request, the next step would not be robbery.
Food...”
In his statement, Lu Huiqing became more and more certain that his guess was probably accurate.
"Officials, everyone, Zhang Dun agrees with what Mr. Lu Ge said. Two hundred thousand border troops placed in the entire Hebei Province cannot completely block the entire border."
"This is also the reason why only small groups of cavalry appear at the border. When a large group enters the country, it is difficult to hide their identity among the many scout teams."
"Besides, there are too many refugees on the border now. The states, counties, including the garrison, have no time to identify whether the refugees are soldiers or civilians. Most of the refugees bring horses, basically war horses, and swords are also common.
Things you carry with you..."
Now that the matter is clear, there is really no good way to prevent this kind of thing except to spurn Yelu Yixin's shamelessness.
As for closing the border, this is impossible. The imperial court also hopes to take this opportunity to show kindness to the civilians of Hebei Province, so that after the final recovery of Yanyun, there will be hope for the king's army to go north.
The hearts of my fellow tribesmen have been broken, and I really cannot abandon them again at this time.