For Zhu Mei, Shao Shude just wants him to get out of here.
Three years before Guangqi, there were only more than 2,000 family members of sergeants in the Dingnan Army receiving food and pensions.
During the Western Expedition in the third year of Guangqi's reign, Shao Shude wanted to curse people just thinking about it, but Yang Yue was a big trap!
He almost wiped out the 4,000 Hexi party members who went on the expedition, and in the end only 4,000 or 500 were left. The Yinshan tribe had 6,000 people, and he also killed a thousand people. This year, a total of 7,000 families received pensions.
In the battle to attack Yangzhou, the 3,000 Hexi party members who went on the expedition suffered another thousand casualties, of which at least 700 were eligible for pensions. As for those who were suppressed and killed during the mutiny, of course they would not receive pensions. Zhenwu Army, Yinshan Fanbu, Yi
The left wing of the army also suffered many losses. Counting the losses in the previous attack on Fengzhou and the battle with Zhuge Zhongbao, more than 3,000 people will need to receive pensions during this year's expedition.
Zhu Mei is also a big trap!
Shao Shude is now wondering whether he will have to recruit Hexi Dangxiang for future expeditions. For two consecutive years, he lost 6,000 men, which is almost the sum of all the men that a medium tribe can draw. If he continues like this, he will not be able to protect them all.
Some people will have doubts and cause something to happen.
The leaders are not stupid. Although they deduct their herdsmen and receive pensions from the serfs very happily, the strength of the tribe is getting weaker day by day, which is not a problem.
Shao Shude thought about it last night. After returning to the army, he had to take the army to Lingzhou for another tour to calm down people's thoughts. By the way, he also organized households and people. There were some small farming tribes where many people died.
Now, don't worry about the appearance at this time, just create households and people, give the leader an idle official, and receive a salary to support him in his old age.
"Meet the envoy." Zhu Mei saluted.
After conquering Yangzhou, Zhu Mei's position as the envoy to all directions of Yangzhou was automatically invalidated. But so what if it was still there. Shao Shude led the envoy to Shannan Road. Strictly speaking, it was actually the "envoy to all directions".
Zhu Mei always invites deputy envoys, so it is not an exaggeration to pay him a courtesy.
"Congratulations to Commander Zhu, the Dongchuan Festival is here." There was no smile on Shao Shude's face. He could only hear him saying: "When will we prepare our troops and go south?"
"The imperial court has a decree to set up a recruitment camp in Sanchuan and the states in the gorge, with Tong Pingzhang in charge, and Wei Zhaodu, the military governor of Xichuan, is the military commander of the capital. A certain person with little merit is appointed as the military camp of Zizhou as the military commander of Dongchuan.
Please envoy, we will go south in a few days."
"Zhuge Shizhong is in and out of sleep. There are only a few days left. Doesn't Zhuge Shuai wait before leaving?"
Zhu Mei hesitated after hearing this. He could wait, but Wei Zhaodu would not wait for him. If the Shence Army entered Shu and occupied some prefectures and counties in Dongchuan, it would be a lot of trouble to ask for their return.
"The order is urgent..." Zhu Mei said.
"That's all, let Zhu Shuai go. Over at Longjian, Zhao Jian will borrow the passage, but he must restrain his troops." Shao Shude stretched out his hand to stop Zhu Mei's words and said.
The friendship between old friends is not as important as the territory. In fact, it would be the same if it were him, right? Shao Shude did not dare to deeply analyze his inner thoughts, fearing that he would be afraid in the end.
"Shao Shuai, our family members are still here in Fengxiang Prefecture, please go and take care of them properly."
"Don't worry, Marshal Zhu. It won't be too late to send someone back after Dongchuan is captured."
"This will make me feel relieved." Before leaving, Zhu Mei said mysteriously: "I heard a piece of news that may be useful to Shao Shuai. Xuanwu Zhu Quanzhong's campaign against Qin Zongquan went very smoothly, and his envoys have arrived in the capital and are setting up camp everywhere.
As soon as Caizhou is defeated, the imperial court will appoint Quan Zhong to serve as the military governor and stay in the rear."
Shao Shude was shocked when he heard this. He didn't even know about this, but Zhu Mei actually knew it. It's true that snakes have their own ways, and rats have their own ways.
How much ecstasy soup did Zhu Quanzhong pour into the saint? Xuanwu, Huainan, and Caizhou were the governors of the three towns. The last one who was so awesome was Anlushan.
After Zhu Mei left, Shao Shude went to visit Zhuge Shuang again. Before entering, he met Zhuge Zhongfang.
"Shao Shuai." Zhuge Zhongfang saluted.
"How is your servant doing?"
"It should be in the next two days."
Shao Shude saw that the expression on Zhuge Zhongfang's face seemed to be neither sad nor happy. The joys, anger, sorrows and joys that ordinary people have are much more indifferent when they are in the class with huge power.
Shao Shude entered the bedroom. Jiang Dewen, Niu Li, and Wang Qianyu were all present, and they all saluted upon seeing this.
Shao Shude stretched out his hand to stop, and asked his soldiers to bring a bed over and sit in front of Zhuge Shuangtai.
Zhuge Zhongfang, who came in together, glanced at him and secretly cursed: At this time, he still wants to buy people's hearts.
"Shu De is here." Zhuge Shuang forced a smile.
"Your Majesty, Zhuge Zhongbao has been taken to Nanzheng, what should we do with him?"
"That's all. They are all warriors in troubled times, and I also know his thoughts. I wanted to ask a few questions, but now that I think about it, it's unnecessary." Zhuge Shuang took a long time to finish this sentence. After a long time
, and then said: "In the past, I blocked two swords and arrows for a certain person. If you look at this son, I will have died a long time ago. That's all, let him be spared once, and Shu De will deal with it himself."
"good."
"Secretary Jiang, when the town was not in chaos, how much silk was collected from the eleven states?" Zhuge Shuang suddenly asked. Xu said a lot in one breath, and his face became even worse, but he still insisted on asking.
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"When I returned to the commander-in-chief, I received more than 400,000 pieces of various kinds of silk, cloth, and silk, and more than 110,000 yuan of money." Jiang Dewen replied.
Shao Shude wanted to shed tears after hearing this. This household tax revenue has far exceeded the land of the ten states of Lingxia. Damn it, uncle, how poor Lingxia is! But I still have cattle and sheep donated by the Tibetan tribe.
There are hundreds of thousands of them a year. Thinking of this, he felt a little happier.
But you can't think about it in detail. If you think about it carefully, you have to calculate it carefully. If you calculate it carefully, the wealth created per capita is still far less than that of other people. Moreover, Shannan West Road is at the bottom of Sanchuan. The agricultural level of Manxiu is too low, and the overall level is lagging behind.
If there are two rivers in east and west, it will be even more incomparable.
Sure enough, there are only martial arts warriors in the northwest!
"Xingyuan Prefecture does not need to raise too many troops, more than 10,000 people are enough. From now on, every year, 150,000 stones of rice will be shipped to Gudaochuan, and handed over to Shude to support the army. In addition, 60,000 pieces of silk from Liangzhou will be sent to Banan.
60,000 pieces of ox cloth will be used as rewards in the army." Zhuge Shuang said: "This will always be the rule, my son, this is your father's request, and you must not violate it."
"Sir, I already know this and will not dare to disobey orders." Zhuge Zhongfang responded quickly.
"That's it, I'm relieved." Zhuge Shuang took a breath and fell into a drowsy state again.
"Let the servant have a good rest." Shao Shude sat for a while, then stood up and left.
The goods and grain provided by Shannan West Road can almost cover the rewards of ten thousand people, and the grain is more than enough, with tens of thousands of stones left. Plus the money and silk shipped by Zhao Jian of Longjian Town through the Jialing River, not to mention tens of thousands of stones.
Now the town can support 15,000 people. From now on, the town will only need to pay food gifts for these 15,000 people, that is, 360,000 dan a year to their families, which saves a lot of burden.
On the third day of July, soldiers and horses from all walks of life returned from Yangzhou one after another and arrived in Nanzheng.
Yang Fugong and his son were also escorted over. Shao Shude was too lazy to see him and directly ordered to be escorted to the capital. Ximen Zhongsui must be happy to deal with this old enemy.
Yangzhou captured more than a thousand thieves. In fact, most of them were young men recruited temporarily, but they were unlucky and had rebelled, so naturally they had nothing good to eat. These people, plus Zhuge Zhongbao's five thousand surrendered soldiers, connected with other
All the family members were taken away and sent to Lingxia and Hewei for resettlement.
If it was not too troublesome, Shao Shude also wanted to touch the barbarian tribes that had been lured by Zhuge Zhongbao, uproot them and move them away.
Marshal Shao's ability to rob the people should be considered the first echelon among the military leaders. Even Yang Xingmi, who forcibly relocated 50,000 households at one time, should not be inferior to Shao in terms of overall historical achievements.
"Commander." Zhang Yanqiu led Liang Hanyong into the tent and saluted.
"Here he comes." Shao Shude put down the "Book of Sui" in his hand and said, "How do you feel about this attack on Yangzhou?"
"If everyone in the city is united, it is indeed not appropriate to attack by force." Zhang Yanqiu replied.
"In the past, Zhang patrolled Yongqiu, but he could only kill hundreds of Tu Tuan villagers and more than a thousand strong men, and killed 120,000 thieves. Zhao Ji of Chenzhou had only 3,000 soldiers, and 150,000 thieves besieged Jing for 300 days.
In the south, there were only a few thousand soldiers, and tens of thousands of Cai thieves besieged the city for two years but could not be defeated. Li Shouzhong's 60,000 elite troops from Youzhou attacked Yizhou, but there were only three or four thousand people in the city, with more than ten thousand casualties, and they could not be defeated. If Liu Rengong hadn't offered a plan to enter the city,
And if the city is unprepared, there is probably no chance of it. This siege cannot be carried out with a single blow, so we should not attack by force in the future." Shao Shude said.
There are indeed two extremes in capturing an enemy city. One is to capture it quickly with minor casualties, even without a fight, and the other is to pay huge casualties but still be unable to capture it. The longer the delay, the more determined the soldiers and civilians in the city will be to defend the city.
The more determined they are, because they have already made the siege party pay a huge price. Once the city is defeated, they are likely to face a massacre, so they might as well fight to the end and forget it.
"Our advantage is the cavalry. From now on, we must always use the advantage of the cavalry to exploit our strengths and avoid our weaknesses." Shao Shude said: "Let your troops send back the thousands of captured people. Try to resettle them in Wei and Min states. They will grow mulberry and weave."
Bu, it was a waste to go to Lingzhou."
"Yes." Zhang Yanqiu responded.
"Liang Hanyong, if you are successful in attacking the city this time, you should be promoted to deputy general. If there are no real vacancies in Zhenwu Army, he will go to other departments. Deputy Envoy Chen has recruited more than 10,000 troops from Henan, so there are still vacancies." Shao Shude said:
"Go back first."
"As ordered." Liang Hanyong replied. The wounds on his hands and body were not completely healed yet. This expedition was indeed a desperate effort.
After Zhang and Liang left, Shao Shude carefully thought about his future plans.
Zhu Quanzhong should have gained a lot from his attack on Caizhou.
Caizhou has three cities: Zhongcheng, South Acropolis, and Beiguan City. It is actually similar to Fengxiang Mansion. The latter has two east and west gate cities to protect the central city. Yanzhou City has almost the same routine, but it is more exaggerated.
The five cities are at the horns of each other. No matter which one you attack, you may be attacked from the sides and rear, which is a bit like a fortress with crossfire.
Caizhou's Beiguan City was conquered by Zhu Quanzhong. It has been more than two months since the siege of the south city, but it has not yet fallen, and the middle city has not been reached yet.
However, the three cities are not big. In fact, they cannot garrison many troops. The maximum total of them is ten thousand, which may not be enough. In other words, most of Qin Zongquan's troops are still outside the city. If nothing unexpected happens, most of these people will
He was destroyed or conquered by Zhu Quanzhong. In other words, if he could afford it, he would have more than 100,000 brave Cai soldiers now.
That place in Henan has a large population and endless plains. The disadvantage is that it is a place for four battles, but once you can withstand it, you can attack everywhere, and the disadvantages turn into advantages. The same is true for Cao Cao, and the same is true for Zhu Quanzhong.
"Lu Siye, I want to write a letter." Shao Shude sat up straight and said.
It's time to repair the relationship with Li Keyong. Two years ago, his strength was still stronger than Zhu Quanzhong, but that may not be the case now. It's a pity that Li Keyong hasn't realized this yet. In terms of military strength, Zhu Quanzhong is already the best in the world.
The largest feudal vassal was no longer easily defeated by Hedong’s 60,000 soldiers and horses.
Huang Chao, Qin Zongquan, was Zhu Quanzhong's big crisis, and it was also a great supplement. Five hundred people took office and took over the thousands of defeated Xuanwu soldiers. After Huang Chao's defeat, it expanded to 20,000 troops, and then recruited troops twice to defeat Qin Zongquan and attack the Zhu family.
Brothers, the military strength has been expanded to more than 40,000.
This time, we will capture Heyang, Henan Prefecture, and Xuzhou, and attack Caizhou. The number of troops may increase to 70,000 to 80,000.
Shao Shude was reluctant to enter Shu for the time being because he was worried that the generals would be separated and independent. Now it seems that he has to put more energy in Henan. Li Keyong didn't know how he did it. He besieged Xingzhou City several times and many people died.
?Ten thousand? Twenty thousand? But it has not yet been captured. The northern attack on Yunzhou City failed several times and returned without success.
Gave Zhu Quanzhong too much development time!
"In the letter to Li Keyong, please give me the general idea. You can polish it in detail." Shao Shude said: "I am afraid that Li Keyong has not seen clearly the speed of Zhu Quanzhong's rise, or he has realized it, but he is too willful and does not want to believe it.
You look down on others too much. Well, you don’t need to write this sentence.”
"Let's just say that once Zhu Quanzhong recruits more than 100,000 Cai thieves and his military strength increases greatly, the Huaixi states cannot support it and will definitely expand. I advise him to attack Heyang and put some pressure on Zhu Quanzhong."
"As commanded."
"Commander, Zhuge Shizhong has passed away." Lu Ming, the deputy general of the army, suddenly walked in and reported.
"When the time comes, we will do it. Marshal Zhuge has died a happy death. It is actually not easy for a martial artist. Let's go and see the servant off for the last time." Shao Shude stood up and said.