In the grand prize on the seventh day of October, 160,000 coins and 240,000 bolts of silk were thrown out at once. Now in the treasury, there are only more than 100,000 coins and silk each, which is a bit insufficient.
"Poor guy!" Shao Shude cursed secretly.
Zhu Quanzhong, in the last two or three years, expanded his army aggressively, mass-producing warriors for himself that were not used for production, and at the same time spent a fortune on money and food.
Wei Bo's "Brother Luo Liu" can give money to Zhu Quanzhong, but he cannot give money to himself.
Pei Di stood in the hall with a group of Bianzhou shogunate officials and waited silently.
The high-intensity war in the Central Plains has lasted for many years, and it has reached the stage where the oil is exhausted. They are really afraid that King Xia will open his mouth and send donations to various states.
"Let's reorganize the household registrations in all the states first." Shao Shude ordered: "Cao, Shan and the two states should be reorganized at the same time."
In the early years of the dynasty, it was even possible to update the household registration once a year. Shao Shude did not require such extremes, so he completed this first, and it was only limited to the six prefectures of Bian, Song, Bo Ying and Cao Dan. If Hua Prefecture could be won in the near future, they would also be included in the statistics.
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He now doesn't know how many people there are in the Bian and Song states.
Fortunately, the wars in the late Tang Dynasty were somewhat regular. When the Tang Dynasty fell, it had the largest population in all dynasties. After all, when the Northern Song Dynasty was founded, after five generations of wars, a population of 30 million could still be counted. In other words, starting from the Huangchao Uprising
, to the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, during the eighty years of war, the entire society probably lost at most a quarter of its population.
Compared with the last years of previous dynasties, this level of war was quite mild. Compared with the last years of previous dynasties, the military discipline of officers and soldiers, rebels, and warriors of the late Tang and Five Dynasties was also relatively good.
If the Khitan were not allowed to come in and join in the fun, and if they were not allowed to plunder the population and return to the northeast, there would probably be more left.
Khitan Shao Shude suddenly remembered this.
He stood up. Pei Di was assigning tasks to his staff. He was a little shocked when he saw this, thinking that he had offended King Xia.
"It's okay, it's none of your business." Shao Shude waved his hand and said: "Continue to do your work. This time, be more thorough and count the so-called customers and hidden households. Regarding money and food matters..."
"Your Majesty, Bianzhou is in ruins and the people are in dire straits, so it is better to be tax-free." After leaving the government office, Zhang Hui, who had been silent before, suddenly said.
"You are really a female Bodhisattva." Shao Shude smiled.
"I am also thinking about the king." Zhang Hui said: "In recent years, the war has been constant, and the people's taxes and servitude have been heavy. Otherwise, how could there be so many customers among the people? If the king can tax exemption and let the people breathe a sigh of relief, everyone will definitely praise him.
No one... thinks about Zhu Quanzhong anymore."
"This is asking me to be a Bodhisattva." Shao Shude smiled and said, "Okay, I'll let you do it this time."
He had originally planned to grant tax exemptions to the Bian and Song states for two years to restore some vitality to the dilapidated local economy. Zhang Hui's proposal was actually exactly what he wanted.
"It's not easy to be a Bodhisattva. The female donor has to give a little or two." Shao Shude said with a smile.
Zhang Hui quickened his pace and went back to the study to make tea.
Shao Shude also entered the study with his hands behind his back.
Military reports from various places were piled on the case. He searched through them and found a few about the Khitan, and reviewed them carefully.
A month has passed, and Li Keyong is already garrisoning nearby Bailang.
His troops assembled quickly, but the transfer of grain and grass from Linyu Pass was not so fast.
So far, the only information that has been spied on is the scattered news about Youzhou's large-scale recruitment of grain, grass, mules, horses, and carts. Everything else is very vague.
This is normal. You don't have battlefield observers, so how do you know whether the Jin soldiers and the Khitans fought or not and how well they fought?
"Let Shao Zhiyan come over." Shao Shude ordered.
After Ye Li Kecheng heard it outside, he trotted away. Well, he finally became smarter, although not as good as Li Zhong.
Shao Zhiyan, whose original name was Saola, was the second son of King Xi Quzhu.
Shao Shude has recently become obsessed with changing other people's names, or giving them names. The name Saola really didn't suit his taste, so he simply changed it.
Shao Zhiyan is now also a member of the soldiers, but he is on duty outside the house. After receiving the call, he hurried over, knelt down and saluted according to the habit of the Tibetan people, and said: "Sao La pays homage to the Supreme Khan."
"You made a mistake, try again." Shao Shude said.
Shao Zhiyan understood clearly, stood up and saluted, saying: "Shao Zhiyan, see you, Your Highness."
"Get ready and go back to the grassland in a few days." Shao Shude said.
"As ordered." Saola responded without any hesitation.
Yang Yue is about to withdraw his troops. To be precise, there is almost no food on the grassland. Going south to grab it? Xinyi Gui looks so impoverished, damn, the rats in the warehouse will faint from hunger. If we go to Youzhou
, we still have to bypass the defense line of Juyong Pass, which is not that easy.
Anyway, the mission is almost completed. It has wiped out many tribes, influenced the choices of many grassroots tribes, and attracted Li Keyong's main force. It has been worth it.
Yang Yue made repeated requests to attack the pine forests on the plains and plunder eight Khitan tribes, but Shao Shude rejected them all. The pasture no longer grows, where can you supply the food and grass needed by so many war horses? Therefore, he ordered to retreat to Rou in batches, and to participate in the war.
, Shuo, won the four states, the Tuoba tribe invaded the pasture of Shiwei, formerly a black chariot, and King Xi went to Zhu to continue grazing in Tanshan Mountain.
"Someone will go with you by then." Shao Shude added.
Originally, there were about 35,000 Liang people in Ruzhou who surrendered. After excluding the 8,000 needed for the left and right Yi Congjun to be reorganized, there were about 12,000 left.
In fact, the further back you pick, the less capable the people are. With more than 30,000 troops surrendered, it is impossible for everyone to be a strong and brave man. After Tielin, Wuwei, Tianxiong, and Yicong all picked up the troops, there were more than 10,000 left.
There are no more than half of the people who can be called strong, that is, six thousand people.
No one should be interested in the last six thousand soldiers. Shao Shude thought for a while and prepared to follow the old trick and send them to the northern grasslands. It happened that this time they captured a large number of black chariot Shiwei, Tatar, Uighur, and Tuyuhun tribesmen.
, some are already on the way to Henan Prefecture, with about 5,000 households, and about 20,000 people, and the other part is left in the grassland, with about 6,000 households, and less than 20,000 people.
After Shao Shude saw these household registrations and then looked at the beheading numbers, he understood clearly. Too many men were killed and it was too ruthless. These tribes lacked young men and were exactly the same as when the three major slave tribes were first established.
He planned to send some of the six thousand soldiers that no one wanted to the grasslands to build a city in Ruyuan to farm and herd, which would become another slave of his.
Of course, even if they are defeated soldiers, their lower limit of combat effectiveness is guaranteed, and they will not be inferior to even state and county soldiers. The question now is whether these people are willing to go.
Logically speaking, after the strong ones are picked away, the remaining people should have little willpower and ability to resist. But as warriors of the country, you must not underestimate their spirit of resistance. No matter what, you still have to send elite soldiers and strong generals to escort them on the road.
. In addition, we must not treat them harshly. The conditions for migrating to the grasslands are already very difficult. They must provide enough cattle, sheep, tents, and household items, and they must also publicize the presence of women (there may be buy one, get one free, or get two free). This pair has not yet
People who start a family are very attractive.
The final destination of the surrendering troops is Tanshan Mountain. They will share the grassland with the tribes who are going to Zhu to help each other. Therefore, Shao Zhiyan needs to go back and coordinate. It can also be regarded as a test for him to see if he has the ability to do things.
Zhang Hui brought tea, and Shao Shude took it and drank it.
Zhang Hui looked at him with wide eyes.
"Can I still not believe you?" Shao Shude couldn't help but joked: "What will happen if I die?"
"If a khan dies suddenly, the chiefs of each tribe will first kill the person who poisoned him and let his entire tribe be buried with him. Then they will attack each other and will not stop until the whole world is turned upside down. In this process, no one can guarantee themselves.
Survive." Shao Zhiyan said seriously: "That scene will be very tragic."
"The grassland and the Han region are actually the same." Zhang Hui sighed.
"Go down quickly and get ready." Shao Shude waved his hand.
"Yes!" Shao Zhiyan bowed and then withdrew.
When he arrived outside, he couldn't help but turn around and take a peek, and saw that the elegant lady had sat in the arms of the Supreme Khan, and the two were still talking in a low voice.
"Bang!" Ye Li Kecheng kicked him and whispered: "Get out of here!"
Shao Zhiyan quickly ran away.
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By the White Wolf River, military flags are hunting.
On the not-so-wide battlefield, hundreds of knights rushed out like arrows.
The first general waved his iron lao and roared loudly.
Many arrows landed on him, but were unable to penetrate the thick armor. Others landed on the horses, but were also blocked by the thick armor.
"Death to the traitor!" The cavalry commander pushed his horse to the extreme speed and rushed into the enemy's thicket. Tie Lao swept down two cavalrymen in succession.
Seeing how brave the incoming general was, the third person was subconsciously frightened. Then he made a stupid mistake and actually showed his back to the enemy and turned around to avoid it.
The cavalryman smashed Tie Lao down. He was blocked by his armor, but he still beat him to pieces. He laughed loudly, stretched out his hand to grab the thief, straddled his horse, and ran back to the main formation.
"General Shi captured one of the thieves alive!" the sergeants shouted when they saw it, like howling wolves.
Li Ke blinked with his one eye, suddenly laughed, and said: "The Khitan thieves have been avoiding fighting for many days. It is really difficult for them to suffer a loss. They are very slippery."
Actually, it’s hard to say that the Khitan suffered a loss.
Before Li Keyong arrived, they had already defeated the defenders of the three frontier garrisons of East and West Erjiashi and Zimengchuan, beheading more than a thousand people, and captured thousands of Han people and tens of thousands of cattle and sheep.
Then send it to Die La Department.
How could Li Keyong be willing to suffer such a loss? Without saying a word, he immediately led his men to chase and suppress him, but the Khitan kept avoiding the battle and did not give him a chance to fight.
Today, the Khitans, who had hit a wall in several other forts, seemed to have decided to change their approach.
Tens of thousands of horsemen from both sides lined up on the banks of the White Wolf Water, and the atmosphere of a decisive battle was very strong.
Li Keyong was overjoyed as he was beaten by the Khitans. What he wanted was a decisive battle.
When men collide face to face, no one should hide from each other. They should greet each other to see who can't hold it back first.
The Khitans were probably used to bullying those tribes, and had an unrealistic overestimation of their own combat effectiveness. They actually wanted to confront the reinforcements coming from Youzhou, so there was nothing to say, just fight!
"Drums beat! March on! Anyone who dares to look back will die!" Li Keyong urged his horse and ordered.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!" More than 20,000 infantrymen shouted in unison and marched in noisily.
The Hengchong Army, the Tielin Army, the Assault Army, the Assault Cavalry Army and other cavalry units followed Lao Li in turn, slowly accelerating.
