"Judge Luo Xiji!" the military official shouted loudly, holding the book.
No one answered.
He picked up his pen and crossed out the name.
"Escape!" shouted another person.
If there is still no answer, cross it out again.
"Shangremo!"
A man came forward. The clerk glanced at him and said, "Give me two pieces of silk."
An envoy took two pieces of Yanzhou miscellaneous silk and put them in this man's hand.
Shang Remo knelt down on the ground, grabbed the ground with his head, and said in Tubo: "Thank you, noble man!"
After that, he left happily.
They also know the use of silk, it can be used to buy things.
I heard that a caravan from Shaanzhou will come through Jiangzhou in a while, selling small items that are urgently needed in daily life, so this will come in handy.
After the rewards were distributed, the civil servants worked tirelessly, leading a group of envoys, driving officers, and large carriages to the families of the Tibetan soldiers who died in the war to distribute the rewards, two pieces of silk to each person.
There is no financial compensation. Since the dynasty, there has been no compensation for the Tibetan soldiers used. This is one of the reasons why the surrounding commanders are willing to use Tibetan soldiers. They just drag them over to fight and kill them if they die.
The Hengshan, Pingxia, and Yinshan Tibetan soldiers employed by Marshal Shao can receive pensions when they die. However, the Tibetan soldiers who were brought to Wei County last year and Yuan County this year will not receive pensions, because they are given priority in land allocation.
However, once households are established and the people are officially settled, the system still needs to be revised, and then they have to be treated as their own people.
Subsequent Qing, Tang, and Tubo tribes continued to come.
Seven thousand people, 40,000 people, a huge number, almost all of them have to be pulled over. For this matter, Li Tangbin has sent several letters of ultimatum, but there has been no response.
He wanted to try to besiege Mianchi County this year, and he valued these newly arrived Tibetan cannon fodder. However, he was transferred to another battlefield. How could he be willing to do so?
Gao Renhou didn't bother to care about this.
Those who were given to him would not be spit out again. He would not consider how he would deal with Li Tang and Binyi joining the army after the Qing and Tang Dynasties were reestablished, but they were still under the command of the Heluo Jingluo Envoy.
Inside.
Those things are too complicated. Why do we, Gao, think so much about it?
Zang Dubao, the envoy of the Tianxiong Army, rode over with a large number of people. He also watched the battle today. Some of the Tibetan soldiers were very brave. He planned to report it to the commander-in-chief and request to be recruited into the army.
The Tianxiong Army only has 5,000 men, which is too few! It cannot undertake even more important tasks, so the army must be expanded.
He took a fancy to a hundred or ten people, and dispersed them all to join the Tianxiong Army. He would continue to observe them later, and if there were any good ones who could be recruited, these Tubo people would be happy to become government officials.
As for the officers, it’s not a problem at all!
This year, 22 people from Xiazhou Martial Arts School, 23 people from Lingzhou Martial Arts School, and 20 people from Lanzhou Martial Arts School have entered their final year of study and have been assigned to interns in the Tianxiong and Chishui Second Armies, and have been appointed as Team Captain and Team Deputy.
The Liangzhou Martial Arts School also opened this year. Among them, the Guzang County Martial Arts School enrolled 50 students, all children around ten years old, and the Liangzhou Martial Arts School enrolled 28 students, all of whom were 14 or 15 years old and had a certain foundation.
Next year, the number of martial arts interns will reach its first peak, with a total of 105 martial arts students leaving the army. The reason is that when martial arts was founded in the first year of Guangqi (885), Xiazhou Shuofang County martial arts recruitment
The 50 children of about ten years old entered the final year of internship with the army after completing five years of county martial arts and four years of state martial arts.
They are different from the previous graduates. Those people started directly from the state martial arts school, but this group of people started from the county martial arts school. In theory, it will take ten years to officially graduate.
Shao Shude believes that they are more loyal and trustworthy. Of course, this is just his opinion, and the actual situation remains to be seen.
Starting from next year, you can slowly taste the fruits planted nine years ago.
The Tianxiong and Chishui armies will be completely "martialized" and then slowly expanded to other armies.
As for whether this move can prevent rebellion, Shao Shude is not optimistic. In the final analysis, any system still relies on people to implement it, and social atmosphere must also be taken into consideration. At this time, the social atmosphere is, "I want to rebel."
But in any case, the military-based army is definitely more stable than the old-fashioned army, and this is enough.
"General Gao."
"General Zang."
When the two met, Zang Dubao saluted first, because Gao Renhou was the receptionist and was a senior official.
"Today's battle, I think the Bian army is just a test. Its main force should still be in Mengzhou. General Gao thinks they will come in force?" Zang Dubao asked.
"Not necessarily." Gao Renhou said in an uncertain tone: "According to the scouts' investigation, the Bian Army is vigorously renovating the Qiziling Pass, and may restore Jiguan in the Han Dynasty, which is the only way to pass the Zhiguan Road. Zhu Quanzhongzhen
Very greedy, even though we can't mobilize many troops, we still want to get involved in the fighting in the river."
"Zhu Quanzhong is not greedy. I think his first goal is probably to renovate the four fortified cities of Wangwu County, Jiguan, Zhiguan, and Jiyuan County, so that we can go through them one by one. To defend the city, Tutuan countrymen are enough.
, we don’t need many troops." Zang Dubao said: "Why are we so miserable? When we leave Xiashi, there are mountains and passes all over the place. When we leave Yuan County, we have Wangwu Mountain, Zhiguan, and Jiguan. This is too difficult to conquer.
Well. Fighting on the Lingxia grassland has never been so troublesome."
"It'll be fine if you just go through this section." Gao Renhou was also speechless.
If the Bian army is mainly here to build the city, it is not a bad thing for them. Perhaps the Qing and Tang Dynasty's five thousand people can be mobilized?
…
Outside Lengquan Pass, An Jinquan led more than a thousand cavalry into the city one after another.
For him, this was a rare opportunity to make an appearance. If the general in charge of the army was not Kang Junli, and his relationship with Li Siyuan was very good, it is difficult to say whether he would have gotten this opportunity.
There are many talented people in Hedong, but most of them are destined to be unable to get ahead.
When entering the city, I met Zhang Jingxun, the envoy of Jiafang.
Zhang Jingxun is a native of Shengzhou. When Li Guochang was appointed as the governor of the Zhenwu Army, his father served in the army and was very senior. Later, they went to Hedong to start a rebellion. There are still relatives living in Shengzhou.
"General Zhang." An Jinquan saluted immediately.
"General An is here. Kang Du will be here soon, and a batch of equipment must be handed over to him personally." Zhang Jingxun's face was not very good, and his tone of voice was also a little anxious.
"When the last general left Jinyang, Dutou was still recruiting troops. It should take some time. However, General Xue has already led the Zhaode, Kuangba, and Fifth Academy armies to set off, and is three days behind our troops." An Jinquan said. replied.
Zhang Jingxun did the math and found that there were only 30,000 troops. I don’t know how many troops Kang Junli planned to recruit, but this is not the point. The point is
"Alas! What are you doing here! A certain man had previously suggested that Kang Dutou should simply send his troops northward and attack Lingxia." Zhang Jing asked: "Shao Shude is bold and reckless. I heard that many troops were sent to Helong. There are also troops stationed in Shannan where we are suppressing, and there is still a war with Zhu Quanzhong in the Heluo area. Lingxia must be extremely empty, so it is better to attack the weak and attack Shengzhou directly to see if he is in a hurry."
Although Zhang Jingxun didn't know the number and deployment of Xia's troops, he made a pretty good guess.
Among the ten states of Lingxia, there is now only one unit of Wuwei Army. To say it is empty is an exaggeration. It is completely undefended.
The main points of the passes have always been garrisoned by conscripts from Tu Tuan Township, such as Luzi Pass, Kaocheng City and other places. Even the state and county soldiers were not so courageous.
"General Zhang, Wang Ke needs to be rescued. This is also the commander's order." An Jinquan reminded in a low voice.
If Zhu Quanzhong were in Jinyang, it was really uncertain whether he could save his son-in-law. He might have adopted Zhang Jingxun's suggestion and attacked Shuozhou and won the victory. But this was Li Keyong, which was a completely different approach.
"Even if you want to save Wang Ke, you shouldn't come here. You don't know that Huoyi has been occupied by the Xia thieves. How can we attack it? It's better to take the Lanshi detour to Cixi. The chance of winning is greater. The Shao thieves are definitely unprepared. ." Zhang Jingxun continued: "Or, simply find a place in Lanshi to sneak to the west bank. In normal times, it would be natural to die, but I don't believe how many soldiers the Shao thief has behind him. It only takes 20,000 government soldiers to cross the river to Yin. I can kill the state and turn everything upside down. After looting, I will run away. What can the Shao thieves do to me?"
An Jinquan smiled bitterly. He was just a young general. Although he somewhat agreed with Zhang Jingxun's opinions, he had no decision-making power.
"That's all, it's boring." Zhang Jingxun also realized that no one listened to him. He shook his head in disinterest and said: "This time, we will definitely return in vain. The dangerous pass and Gaobi Town need Kang Junli to guard it? Alas. !”
Dangerous Pass is adjacent to Queshu Valley in the north.
This Queshu Valley is a rare dangerous road in the north similar to Qinling Mountains and Bashan Mountain, and is comparable to Yanmen Pass.
The total length is about 110 miles, and the most dangerous part is tens of miles. Two mountains stand between each other, and the Fenshui River flows out of it. It goes up to Daishanfu and down to Juejian. Some sections of the road are cut into the mountains and built plank roads to pass through. , leaving the valley is the Cold Spring Pass, and after leaving the pass is the plain wilderness.
Fenshui Pass, Xiandi Pass, Gaobi Town, and Lengquan Pass are arranged one after another. The Xia thief takes the lead and goes to Jinyang?
For a place like this, it is enough to recruit local villagers to guard it, but do you need to bring tens of thousands of horses?
"If we can't attack for a long time this time, we will definitely be defeated!" Zhang Jingxun said angrily.
An Jinquan was speechless.
"Big victory! Big victory!" The rapid sound of horse hooves sounded in the distance. Judging from his attire, he turned out to be the Lubu Flying Knight who was delivering news to various counties. Could he be going to Lingshi County?
"There was a great victory in Guizhou, and Yan was captured and killed. Hu Zhizhi's thirty thousand soldiers were very surprised. Kuangchou escaped by riding alone, and Xi's army was defeated."
"The great victory in Guizhou..."
Lubu's flying flags gradually faded away.
Zhang Jingxun and An Jinquan looked at each other.
After a long time, Zhang Jingxun suddenly asked: "Lan, the rocks and mountains are so continuous, can the fortresses be defended well?"
"There should be no problem." An Jinquan didn't know why, but he still replied.
In fact, he didn't know very well and just answered based on his impression.
Lanzhou and Shizhou are mountainous areas with dangerous terrain and numerous passes. They have always been backwaters in Hedong.
"I advise Kang Dutou not to save Wang Ke." Zhang Jingxun suddenly smiled, his mood seemed to be much relieved, and said: "Hedong is a beautiful place, guard these fortresses, you don't need many soldiers. What's the point of fighting Shao Shude?
?As long as these barriers are not lost for a day, he will not be able to reach Jinyang from the river. The only weakness of Jinyang is Shangdang."
Historically, when Zhu Quanzhong besieged Jinyang, several groups of soldiers and horses came out. The main force was led by Shi Shucong, who went to Shangdang. In Hebei, there were three groups of troops and horses that crossed the Taihang Mountains and entered Hedong.
There was only one way from the river, and it was blocked by dangerous passes. As for Lan and Shishan Mountains, he didn't try it at all. Maybe it was because he didn't have enough troops, or maybe the logistics and transportation were too troublesome.
"That's all, I'll go talk to Kang Dutou myself." Zhang Jingxun became happier and happier as he talked. He suddenly smiled and said, "I told you to leave Lanshi just now. Don't go to Youzhou.
How rich! Hurry up and capture it. If you really feel unhappy, dig out Shao Shude's lair and you will definitely gain something. Shao's thieves are sometimes very conservative in their tactics. If you go south through the Lanshi, he will definitely have some troops waiting. Maybe it's one of them.
The pro-army Tielin Army, don’t go.”
An Jin didn't answer at all.
If it were Zhu Quanzhong's attack on Hezhong, the commander-in-chief might turn a blind eye, but if Shao Shude attacks, the commander-in-chief will be very angry, but it may not be as you wish.
…
Along the Fenshui River, Shao Shude was still waiting for news.
The movements of the Hedong Army were unknown, and he did not dare to act rashly.
This is like the fog of a battlefield. People with a God's perspective can see clearly, but people inside can only guess secretly.
The Tielin Army is the only reserve force and cannot be moved.
The Wang brothers, who were facing each other across the river, finally began to fight.
Wang Ke sent troops to build a pontoon bridge, but was repeatedly stopped by the Jiangzhou Army. He sent hundreds of people to sneak across in small boats, but Meng Zhixiang led his cavalry to defeat them.
When the news spread back to the south bank, the officers and soldiers in the river began to despise Wang Ke more and more, and there were more and more shady people in the army.
But Wang Yao didn't have the strength to attack. The two sides faced off for several days, with neither side making any progress.
"Send the order to Yanshui Pass and the cavalry troops to cross the river." On April 30, Shao Shude finally made up his mind.
Since you can't guess the enemy's movements, you might as well throw a big rock into the pit and see if any flies fly out.
Let the Wang brothers play their own game first.
Wang Ke, you will experience the feeling of the king's flag changing at the top of the city.