"Commander, Xiao Mao is here." Lieutenant General Lu Ming came in to report.
"Let him come in." Shao Shude was having breakfast, with Mrs. Zhao and Mr. Kang serving on the side.
"Judge Xiao, I've seen that the Huaiyuan New City is pretty good. In a year or two, it will be almost ready to move in." Shao Shude asked him to sit down, and then said: "Go to the Tielin Army Camp and find Lu Siye, he will
Tell you something."
"As ordered." Xiao Mao was vaguely aware of what was going on.
Shao Shude waved his hand, and Xiao Mao left quickly.
Seeing Xiao Mao, I thought of Xiao Yun again.
The eight prefectures in Longyou now have a large population. However, due to Shao Shude's policy of immigrating to the border areas, they are still in the tax holiday for the second year of Wende. They are all in the second year of tax holiday.
These states do not expect taxes, but the more than 100,000 Tubo tribes can contribute some cattle and sheep, probably more than 200,000 head.
In other words, the ten states of Lingxia are currently the ones that really contribute to finance and taxation and maintain the operation of the army. Among them, the two states of Feng and Sheng have been exempted from taxes for three years. They will not collect taxes next year and will only collect taxes the year after. However, these two states are poor.
It's a life-threatening situation. I don't have any wealth in the first place, so it doesn't matter.
This year, Qin, Cheng, and Lin prefectures have been newly purchased. For these three places, Shao Shude does not plan to exempt taxes. There are really too many places to spend money. He has already written to Xiao Yuan, Qin, and Cheng prefectures to tax them as Long.
The offerings from Youzhen in the first year of Wende were all sent to Huizhou for accounting.
Weizhou is no longer considered a border. It will be ignored this year. Taxes will be paid next year and will be sent to Huizhou for account.
From now on, Huizhou will be an important treasury of the Collection Department, which stores the money and grain provided by Longyou Town nearby. The Collection Department will send a Kongmu officer to be stationed in Huizhou, under the jurisdiction of the Huiningguan general treasury and the Jinchengjin branch.
, Shanggui branch, Jiangguan branch.
The general treasury of Huiningguan is the residence of Kong Muguan. Except for the part left in the state, all the money and silk from the eight states in Longyou are sent to the general treasury for account. The local grain, cattle, sheep, leather and other physical goods in Huizhou are also sent to the general treasury.
Deposit here.
Jinchengjin Branch is located at the Yellow River Ferry in Wuquan County, Lisuo, Lanzhou. Grain, cattle and sheep from Lanzhou, Lin and Hezhou are stored here.
The Shanggui branch is located on the outskirts of Shanggui County in Lisuo, Qinzhou. The in-kind taxes from the Wei, Min, Cheng, and Qin states are stored here.
There is no way, the eight states of Longyou are so far away, and there are no railways or ships in later generations. The loss of long-distance transshipment is too great, so we can only concentrate high-value materials that are easy to transport somewhere, and then transport them to the capital. Food, only
It can be stored centrally nearby, but it is not enough, and it can be temporarily transported. In short, it is to minimize transportation losses.
Cattle and sheep can actually be transported over long distances, because the pastures of the Dingnan Army are vast, and the cattle and sheep can eat and drink during transportation. But the problem is that it is impossible to gather a large number of cattle and sheep in one place, and they will definitely eat up all the turf you have.
Got to be naked.
It can also be seen from here that the reason why the capital was chosen in ancient times was in a place with strong agricultural production capacity. It was difficult to transport food from other places, and you had to seize power and established a huge bureaucracy.
For a large-scale Forbidden Army, it would be really uncomfortable not to choose a good location. If it runs for a long time, the transportation losses will be so much that it will make you cry.
The last Jiangguan sub-treasury, located outside Xingzhou City, is actually a water station. It was established to store the goods supplied by Longjian Town on Shannan West Road and distribute them to the local sergeants.
rates.
In the four Guanbei Roads, the old system is still followed. Xiazhou has a general warehouse, located in the south of the city. Yanzhou, Suizhou, Yinzhou, Lingzhou and other places all have Cangcheng branch warehouses. Money and silk are uniformly transferred to Xiazhou, and grain is partly transferred to Xiazhou.
They were transferred to Xiazhou and some were left in the local Cangcheng.
However, Cangcheng is still not enough. Zhenwu Military City is in urgent need of building a Dacang City to store a large amount of money, grain, and ordnance in case of emergencies.
Thinking of this, Shao Shude went to the study room and called Chen Cheng.
"Deputy Ambassador Chen, if you build a large Cangcheng city near Zhenwu Military City, will it arouse Li Keyong's suspicion?" Shao Shude asked.
Last night, Zhuge, who had transformed from a young girl into a young woman, poured a bowl of tea for each of them.
"Commander, Li Keyong hasn't even defeated Datong Helianduo, so how can he care about us?" Chen Cheng said without hesitation.
"Then let's repair it." Shao Shude said: "This year the army went out to eat, and there was a lot of money and food left in the town. It happened to be in Fengzhou that the Zhenwu Army was overhauling Cangcheng, and the old Cangcheng in Lingzhou was also going to be expanded.
, the two western cities have more and more registered households, and it is necessary to build cities. The governance power of Linzhou has been taken back, and it is necessary to invest money and food for rectification. "
It’s not that I don’t know, but I’m shocked when I calculate it. There are so many historical debts, and it’s really time to make up for them.
"Send an envoy to Hedong, bring some gifts, say good things to Li Keyong, and don't let him think nonsense." Shao Shude ordered.
"As commanded."
In fact, what if you think blindly, but what if you don't think blindly? As Chen Cheng said, Li Keyong didn't even attack Helian Duo, so he couldn't do it even if he wanted to. Is it possible that he flew over the Datong Army to attack the Zhenwu Army?
It's just that Shao Shude has always been cautious and conservative, and doesn't like to mess up things on the scene. Li Keyong is a donkey-tempered person who will accept soft things rather than hard ones, so there is no need to provoke him for the time being.
Let's build the frontline logistics base first. Once Helian Duo is destroyed, if Li Keyong expresses his thoughts to the Zhenwu Army, he can send a large army to garrison. I understand that he will not be able to waste time in the north for a long time.
"Let's go and have a look outside the city." Shao Shude suddenly remembered that there was another thing that offended Li Keyong this year, and that was the Shunyi army who had just escorted you and Xu Xinzu's family members to Lingzhou together with the Leopard Cavalry.
The sworn brother may not be happy about taking in someone else's traitorous general, but it's not a big deal.
Before leaving the study, Shao Shude walked past Zhuge and said, "I have nothing to do today, so go down and rest first."
Zhuge was about to speak but stopped.
"Don't worry, your father will stay in Lingzhou for a while. As long as he is honest, there will be no big deal."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhuge thanked him quickly, with an expression on his face like a flower blooming.
Chen Cheng glanced at him in surprise. This Zhuge girl must be the handsome junior, right?
Several large armies were stationed outside Huaiyuan City, namely Tielin Army, Tianzhu Army, Zhenwu Army, Baoqidu and the newly arrived Shunyi Army. The additional army just arrived in Baojing County yesterday and was still on its way north to join forces.
The soldiers and horses temporarily recruited by the Yi Congjun have been released. Now there are only three thousand Yamen troops left in the left wing, and they have already embarked on the road back to Xiazhou.
The total number of continuation troops is 16,000, and more than 2,000 will be used to supplement the vacancies in various departments of the Yamen Army. The remaining people will first be sent to the Tielin Army with 1,000 people to form a combat barracks and an auxiliary barracks, so that
The size of this army expanded to 10,000 people, the first army in the town with a size of over 10,000 people.
The Tianzhu Army fought well this time, and the existing 4,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry continued to expand: 2,000 people were transferred from the continuation army to the Tianzhu Army, expanding it to 7,000 infantry.
The Zhenwu Army also made great achievements, adding a thousand infantry and a total of eight thousand infantry and cavalry.
The Tianxiong Army was newly built, with a total of five thousand soldiers, all of whom were infantry.
After such treatment, there were about four to five thousand people left in the reserve army, all of whom were sent to the eight states of Hewei to form state troops.
Xiao Yun took up the post with two thousand Shence troops. The local area relied entirely on the Feng'an Army, Tiande Army, and Jinglue Army stationed there to protect the state. The state army system was empty. This time, it was just right to combine the four to five thousand Cai people with them.
Two thousand Shence troops were mixed together to improve the local defense system first.
The state soldiers have always been the reservoir of the Yamen army. If the Yamen army is killed, disabled, or sick, priority will be given to recruiting personnel from the state soldiers to supplement them. Therefore, the construction of local state soldiers cannot be neglected. They are available in other places, such as Hewei
The states have not yet been perfected, and this time it just fills the gap.
The Tielin Army, Zhenwu Army, Tianzhu Army and the newly-established Tianxiong Army exchanged part of their troops as usual, and then reorganized after being broken up. Although this will affect the combat effectiveness in the short term, the training of the Difficult Army is the same.
The golden drum flag and various commands are the same, so it will be no problem to adapt after reorganization.
Moreover, this kind of dispersion preserves the most basic team-level units, which ensures the combat effectiveness as much as possible. What needs to be done now is to become familiar with the generals at all levels as soon as possible and spend time training them. The combat effectiveness will be improved within a few months.
He will be fully recovered soon.
Every reorganization of the army is a good opportunity to eliminate the survival ground for careerists, and Marshal Shao will never miss such an opportunity.
After the reorganization is completed, the Dingnan Army will have a total of 74,000 infantry and cavalry. It is estimated that the scale will not be as large as that of Zhu Quanzhong, but it will be better than that of Hedong.
Of the more than 70,000 people, there are actually less than 60,000 who really need to be supported by themselves, and the rest rely on the support of Shannanxi Road and Longjian Town.
Considering that in the first year of Wende, the total area of eighteen prefectures including Guanbei and Longyou, there were more than 191,100 households and more than 928,000 people. Yinshan Fanbu, Hengshan Dangxiang, Pingxia Dangxiang, Hexi Dangxiang, Hui
There are nearly 900,000 people in the Zhou and Fan tribes and the Hewei and Fan tribes in total. The ratio of soldiers to civilians is about 30:1, which is quite healthy.
However, the Tibetan people are too poor, and only two or three people can be worth the financial contribution of a Han people farming. Therefore, the ratio of soldiers to civilians is about 20 to one. The burden on the people is heavy, but it is still bearable.
the point.
Finally, there was a Shunyi army. After being recruited and scattered in Henan, it already had more than 2,700 infantry and more than 600 cavalry. Shao Shude was hesitant about this army and didn't know what to do with it.
"Envoy An, please sit down." In the camp, Shao Shude summoned the three generals of the army, An Xiuxiu, Li Duo and He Wei.
"Thank you, Marshal, for taking me in." An Xiuxiu said gratefully.
Shao Shude observed this man carefully and found that he had a typical face of the nine surnames of Zhaowu, a bit like the Iranians of later generations, as did the less than 700 cavalry under his command.
Datang, what are you doing? There are a lot of white people in the territory, and there are even many inland prefectures and counties. Sogdians, tribes with white characteristics among the Turkic tribes, Arabs, what other white tribes are there? Shao Shude is not sure,
He felt that there were probably between 500,000 and 1,000,000 white people living in various vassal towns in the Tang Dynasty. The six towns of Hedong, Datong Army, Fengzhou, Zhenwu Army, Guiyi Army, and Liangzhou should have the largest number of white people.
Tian Khan, he is really unscrupulous.
But at this point, Shao Shude has no discrimination against the Sogdians. They are his people who engage in business, pay taxes, herd, farm, and serve as soldiers. They are entitled to his protection. Don't behave like yours.
Just do the same as An Lushan, the Sogdian predecessor.
"Why did An Jun envoy abandon Hedong? In the past, An Renyi rebelled against Hedong, first went to Qin Zongquan, and then to Yang Xingmi. What were the reasons?" Shao Shude asked.
"Now that things have happened, there is nothing that can't be said." An Xiuxiu said: "Li Guochang, Li Keyong and his son were very cruel to the nine surnames of Zhaowu who lived in the east of Hedong and the Datong Army. They only wanted to punish the tribesmen.
When Ding Zhuang went to war, he had to donate goods. If a tribe suffered too many deaths, that tribe would be included in the three tribes of Shatuo and be forcibly annexed."
Shao Shude felt a little embarrassed after hearing this.
There were 900,000 households in the eighteen states, and he also used many tricks. In addition to vigorously immigrating from the Guandong region, he also continued to annex small farming tribes, took in fugitive slaves from the grasslands, and slowly recruited people through conscription.
The family members of Sergeant Dangxiang also moved to the city. They kept making various small moves, and then trained them in Chinese style, making them take Han names, speak Mandarin, wear Tang Dynasty clothes, celebrate Tang Dynasty festivals, and constantly encroach on them like dogs.
Speaking of which, it is similar to the methods used by Li Guochang and his son, only a little softer.
"Who else with the nine surnames of Zhaowu is serving as a general in the army?"
"An Jingsi (Li Cunxiao), An Jinquan, An Yuanxin, Shi Jingcun, Anqing tribe, almost 70% of them are Zhaowu nine surnames, and, hey, I can't remember too many at the moment, anyway, An, Shi, Kang, Shi, etc.
I dare not say all of them, but most of them." An Xiuxiu replied.
Shao Shude nodded. In the northwest area, there were indeed more generals named Kang. He had met Kang Chuangui and Kang Yuancheng, and they did have some white blood. It seemed that they were both from the ninth surname of Zhaowu.
The state liked to use barbarians to fight wars, and as a result, a large number of barbarians climbed to high positions. This situation is not surprising.
"How many people of the nine surnames of Zhaowu have not been annexed?"
"There are always 200,000 people, or more, I don't know for sure." An Xiuxiu said.
Shao Shude read the archives of the imperial court. During the Kangdaibin Rebellion in the Kaiyuan period, the rebels with the nine surnames of Zhaowu numbered more than 35,000 horses. After being suppressed, tens of thousands of people moved to the prefectures and counties in the Guandong interior, and they were basically integrated and assimilated.
There were still tens of thousands of people who stayed in the local area and did not participate in the rebellion. By the end of Kaiyuan, there were still more than 80,000 people with the nine surnames of Zhaowu in the Hequ area.
After the Anshi Rebellion, most of these people went to Hedong Road to engage in farming and nomadic life. They still maintained the organizational form of the tribe. The number of 200,000 people who have multiplied to this day is actually relatively small. But considering that they are constantly going out to fight, such as
Kang Chengxun once suppressed Pang Xun's uprising. Coincidentally, Li Guochang also suppressed Pang Xun's uprising. The population growth may not be that fast, so it is possible that there are only more than 200,000 people.
These more than 200,000 people are all Shatuo reserves...
"If a foreign enemy invades Daibei, how many people from the nine surnames of Zhaowu will respond?" Shao Shude suddenly asked.
An Xiuxiu was stunned for a moment, and after thinking hard for a long time, he said: "I don't know either."
Shao Shude looked at him and said nothing.
"Commander!" An Xiuxiu knelt on the ground and said anxiously: "I am really afraid of the Shatuo people. Moreover, the Li family and his son have also given many people opportunities. After rising to a higher position, they may not turn to their own people. Shatuo
How many Zhenshatuo people are there in the Anqing tribe, one of the three tribes? They all have the nine surnames of Zhaowu! Marshal Mingjian, I don’t dare to talk nonsense just to cater to the commander, it will ruin a big thing!"
"What nonsense are you talking about! What's the big deal?" Shao Shude laughed angrily and said, "Li Keyong is my sworn brother, how can An Neng seek to seize his brother's family property?"
He really hasn't made up his mind to attack Hedong.
Although the border between the Dingnan Army and Hedong is long, most of it is the Yellow River. It does not freeze in winter, or even if it freezes, it is very brittle, so the army cannot move. If we attack Hedong, there is only one possibility, and that is from
Departing from Zhenwu Military City, we entered the land of Yunshuo. That is to say, Zhe Zongben suggested when we were in Fengxiang Mansion, connected with Datong Helianduo, and headed south and north together.
However, Hedong is strong, with 60,000 yamen troops, which are also quite elite. Li Keyong can also recruit the Daibei Fan tribe. His hardcore Shatuo tribe alone can draw 30,000 to 40,000 elite troops. If the maximum number of troops is recruited, 50,000 troops can also be recruited.
Yes. If the nine surnames of Zhaowu were to join the expedition, tens of thousands of men would be no problem. With these tribes guarding Daibei and stationing troops at important passes such as Yanmen Pass, it would be difficult to cross the border unless someone surrendered or allowed the northern troops to go south.
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Shao Shude has also been to Hedong for two years. It is really a beautiful place. There are natural dangers of the Yellow River in the west and the Taihang Mountains in the east, both of which are difficult to navigate. There are only two directions, one south and one north, but there are many passes in Daibei, all of which are Yifudang.
Guan Wanfu could not open up the situation. In addition to the three tribes of Shatuo and the nine surnames of Zhaowu, there were also five tribes from the north. They had always been close to Li Keyong and could draw more than 50,000 soldiers and horses.
In such a situation, after several years of hard fighting, the possibility of defeat is very high. Even if they win a tragic victory, they will only get a bunch of Tibetan tribes in Daibei. What is the use of this? The best place in Taiyuan Prefecture has been occupied by Xuanwu soldiers.
On the contrary, it would be much easier for Zhu Quanzhong to attack the east of Hedong. He only needed to occupy the two states of Zelu and then besiege Jinyang. This is actually the case in history. Zelu is the life gate of Taiyuan Prefecture.
Approaching the city, Li Keyong almost ran away.
It is not appropriate to provoke Li Keyong for the time being. Let’s start with the easy stuff and then the tough stuff, and then we’ll talk about what we can chew on.
At the end of Liangzhou, there was a large population. I dare not say that all of them were of Han descent, but at least 60 to 70 percent were. The rest were a hodgepodge of Tubo, Dangxiang, Tuyuhun, Uighur and other tribes.
Just over twenty years ago, the leader of the Mo Mo clan, the Lu family, followed Gao Pian to Sichuan to fight against Nanzhao. I wonder how much loyalty is left after these twenty years.
"Get up!" Shao Shude said: "Shunyi Army is newly established and has not made any achievements yet. I will give you a chance in a while."
"The last general will obey the commander's orders and go through fire and water without hesitation." An Xiuxiu responded.