"I can't bear to see four thousand. The Bian thieves' cavalry suffered casualties of at least eight hundred, and their infantry no less than four thousand."
"Master, is this not considered a gain?"
"I'm too embarrassed to calculate. I estimate there are two to three thousand. Most of them are young men from Heyang, and occasionally there are some from Luoyang, Zhengzhou, and Huazhou."
"The Bian thieves are really ruthless. They have recruited so many people from Heyang to be masters. After this battle is over, will there be any young men left in Heyang?"
"The Bian thieves still have 4,000 cavalry, so we have to kill them all."
"The casualties of the Tibetan cavalry were not light. We must have lost six to seven hundred, right?"
"Bah, there are not as many casualties as our own! Wuwei's army with two thousand cavalry first attacked the rebel army's food team, then fought with Zhang Shensi, and then fought with Pang Shigu. There were still one thousand and two of the two thousand cavalry. Tiande's army also had one thousand cavalry.
There are only seven hundred and four left... We also lost one thousand."
"If you really think about it, our cavalry may not be that much more than the Bian thieves. We need to let the Tibetan people send more horses."
"You speak softly, those leaders understand the official language."
In the Heqing County Government Office, the generals and generals of the Wuwei Army gathered together and were in high spirits.
In today's battle, three thousand people went out to fight. The Bian people were defeated and their hearts were cold.
The last time someone was killed so happily was during the expedition to Lanzhou.
"The summons is here!" A chant sounded outside the door, and everyone looked solemn and stood up one after another.
Gao Renhou walked in surrounded by his generals and staff.
Just now, Shao Shude personally took off his cloak on the tower and gave it to Gao Renhou in recognition of his merits.
Lao Gao put it on directly and strode into the office. All the generals bowed and saluted: "See the envoy."
Gao Renhou sat directly at the top, facing everyone, and scanned around.
The generals and commanders of the various camps of the Wuwei Army and the leaders of the Tibetan tribes were arranged on the left and right.
"Today, the fight was pretty good." Gao Renhou smiled and said: "But the Bian people set up a car formation outside and dug a trench. General Yang also set up several villages outside the camp. At this time, there was a line of carts in front of him, and they fought all night.
Digging trenches is a threat no matter how you look at it. Tonight, I want to select three hundred elite soldiers. After we have had enough wine and food, we will go out of the city to attack at night. You will be ready when you return to camp."
"As ordered." All the generals responded one after another.
"Don't take it lightly." Gao Renhou added: "Pang Shigu was not an easy person to defeat Shi Pu and capture Pengcheng. I heard that he attacked Shifo Mountain Stronghold and dug three layers of trenches. Xu soldiers were not allowed to leave. Then he took advantage of the situation and attacked fiercely.
, Xu's troops were drowsy day by day, and finally collapsed. This battle still has to be fought. Pang Shigu will not retreat, and neither can I. Everyone, be prepared for a hard fight."
Gao Renhou was talking to the generals here, while Shao Shude was leisurely reading in the post station.
Ever since he made up his mind not to micromanage, he fell in love with the feeling of winning by lying down.
Gao Renhou is a man of real ability.
When he was in central Sichuan, the Qiongzhou thieves had tens of thousands of people and sent spies to infiltrate Gao Renhou's army. After being discovered, Gao Renhou understood the spies' concerns about their family being threatened, so he let him go and asked him to defect before the battle.
, surrendered to the imperial court.
On the second day, the bandit soldiers pretended to surrender and set up an ambush. Gao Renhou sent the general into the bandit camp. The bandit soldiers were all grateful for his kindness, and the fake surrender turned into a real surrender.
When Han Xiusheng attacked Xiazhou, Gao Renhou led his troops to a stalemate, held on without fighting, and paralyzed the enemy. However, he secretly sent strong men to attack at night, raised fire and made noise, and defeated the enemy.
Attacking Yang Shili in Dongchuan, he set up ambushes, persuaded him to surrender, used time, and played tricks. In the end, Yang Shili's general Zheng Junxiong forced him to death and opened the city to ask for surrender. Well, Zheng Junxiong was also in the tent today. Gao Renhou was defeated.
Later, he was also defeated by Zhu Mei, fled to Longjian in a hurry, attached himself to Gao Renhou, and became his personal general.
"More than a thousand people were lost before and after." Shao Shude put down the "Three Kingdoms" in his hand and said.
Chen Cheng was working in 996. After hearing this, he put down his pen, glanced at the book in his master's hand, and said with a smile: "Commander, the current situation is very different from that in the late Han Dynasty."
"Reading history can provide you with a clear lesson. Deputy Ambassador Chen might as well explain it carefully," Shao Shude said.
"How does the commander-in-chief think the Xuanwu Army compares to Cao Wei?"
"It's quite a difference."
"In the second year of Chuping (191), Mengde raised troops and occupied Dongjun. The only surrounding areas were the Black Mountain bandits Yudu, Bairao, and Suigu. The next year (192), Mengde defeated the Yellow Turbans' million-strong army and recruited 300,000 of them.
, Wei Wu’s strength began from this.”
"In the third year of Zhonghe (883), Quanzhong led 500 people out of the town to Xuanwu. There were generals from the Bian and Song Dynasties inside to resist, and there were rebel generals from Boying outside to establish a separatist regime. The surrounding towns were all vassal towns that had been in separatist rule for more than a hundred years. They conquered the south and the north.
He fought against Qiupu, Pang Xun, suppressed Li Guochang and his son, etc., and fought without any resistance. The soldiers were elite, and Quanzhong had the fewest and weakest soldiers. Next year (884), Qin Zongquan will come to power."
"Pfft!" Shao Shude couldn't help laughing.
After Cao Cao gained a foothold in Dongjun, he received a gift package from the Yellow Turban the following year. Before Zhu Quanzhong gained a firm foothold, he ushered in the man-eating demon king Qin Zongquan. His people did not know or want to farm.
Can the millions of Yellow Turbans defeat Qin Zongquan's army of man-eating demons? Qin was a Zhongwu military officer, and the backbone of the Cai thieves were basically professional warriors.
"In the fourth year of Chuping (193), Yuan Shu was defeated, Yu Fuluo was defeated, and Xuzhou was massacred."
"In the first year of Guangqi (885), during the campaign against Qin Zongquan, Pu held his troops stationary while the Cai thieves advanced on Bianzhou. Quanzhong suffered a defeat at home. However, the Bian army fought tooth and nail, but the Cai thieves could not attack for a long time, so he began to think of leaving.
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Three years after he started his army, Cao Cao used a hammer here and a stick here and there. He also slaughtered hundreds of thousands of men and women in Xuzhou, which was quite fierce.
Zhu Quanzhong fought tooth and nail to avoid being defeated by Qin Zongquan. He also jumped in fear because the wheat seedlings outside the city were trampled by the bandit soldiers.
"In just three years since the beginning, Quanzhong has fallen far behind Meng De." Chen Cheng smiled and said: "Who is Meng De's opponent? A thief. Meng De is a newly recruited soldier. He is relatively weak and cannot defeat professional warriors. He was almost killed by Xu Rong.
The whole army was wiped out. After going to the Central Plains, he won consecutive battles and was too weak to cover up his opponents, so he was able to annex prefectures and counties one after another. After Quanzhong defeated Qin Zongquan, he still had to face Zhu Xuan, Zhu Jin, Shi Pu, Luo Hongxin, and Li Keyongzhi.
They have been separatist for 120 years and have been fighting for 120 years. They have been fighting till now to annex Xuanyi, Youguo, Fengguo, Heyang towns and some scattered states. What is there to fear? And the commander-in-chief covers Guanzhong, Helong,
In the river, Ji and Dong——"
Having said this, Chen Cheng coughed and spoke quickly, almost saying the words Dong Zhongying.
Shao Shude didn't feel dissatisfied, but he couldn't stop laughing.
In short, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao was the first group to open up wasteland. At that time, the armies that could fight in the Eastern Han Dynasty were mainly in Luoyang, which was annexed by Dong Zhuo. The troops raised by the Kwantung princes were either inexperienced recruits or
The county soldiers are equivalent to the state and county soldiers and the local soldiers of the country.
At this time, it was up to anyone to move faster. Cao Cao was not slow. He took advantage of the weak military strength of various counties to annex them and develop rapidly. But Zhu Quanzhong was impossible. He was surrounded by old vassal towns with tens of thousands of professional warriors, and he still fought frequently.
The local sense of separatism is also very strong, and they often fight to the death against outsiders.
"How should Dong Zhuo deal with this half of Cao Cao?" Shao Shude asked.
"According to Luoyang, we stationed troops at Hulao Pass to keep an eye on the heroes of the Guandong region."
"We still have to capture Luoyang." Shao Shude sighed: "But what if Lu Bu from Bingzhou is watching?"
"He is brave but has no plan, strong but easy to break. If he conquers Gongsun of Youzhou, he will be trapped in the mud. What is there to fear?"
"The three Yuans in Hebei may be using Lu Bu as a screen. How should we attack them?"
"Three Yuans, one is secretly attached to Cao Cao, one is defending behind closed doors, and the other is attacking. The commander-in-chief only needs to attack Cao Cao, and do not interfere in the affairs of Hebei and the annexation of the state. He will be at ease. When the general trend is about to be completed, he will
We can launch a massive Northern Expedition to destroy Lu Bu."
"Will Sun Jian of Huainan interfere in the affairs of Jingzhou?"
"Don't worry, Commander, he and Ezhou Liu Qi are at war with each other, and they won't be able to take action in the short term."
"In this case, the goal is to destroy Cao Cao." Shao Shude smiled and said: "Look, reading history is still useful. Dong Zhongying was not supported by scholars back then and did not have the foundation to establish a foothold in Luoyang, so I will give it a try."
"The first step is to win the battle of Heqing, at least not lose." Chen Cheng reminded.
"This battle will not be over for a while. I will return to the river tomorrow and leave the frontline matters to Gao Renhou." As a ruler, Shao Shude certainly would not say "I want to focus on the military." Neither did Zhu Quanzhong.
He was busy on the campaign trail in Bianzhou, so of course he wouldn't waste time on the front line. Wouldn't that be like Li Keyong?
On April 21, Shao Shude returned to Wangwu County.
The night before he left, Gao Renhou sent people to attack the Bian army's vehicle formation outside the city at night. How can I put it, the rebels were well prepared, but the effect was not very good, and they had no choice but to retreat.
The outcome of the Battle of Heqing cannot be determined in the short term. Now it depends on how many casualties the Bian Army can endure and how long it is willing to spend.
After reviewing part of the ultimatum in Jinxianguan, Shao Shude went to Yuan County again.
"Commander." Liang Zhixia, the governor of Shaozhou, was summoned urgently and bowed in salute.
"Is everything okay at the mine?" Shao Shude asked.
The Zheyaoshan Copper Mine has resumed mining on a small scale. However, the manpower is still too small, with only more than 2,600 miners, all of whom were captured Bian soldiers in the recent period.
There are 5,000 households of Tibetan people in Yuan County, and they have organized 500 county soldiers, but they are the kind without rewards. Strictly speaking, they are Tutuan villagers. They are specially stationed near the Zheyaoshan copper mine to watch over these Tibetan people.
"After the copper is refined, send it to Jiangzhou." Shao Shude ordered.
He recently opened a money store in Jiangxian County, specializing in coining money. Because Jiangxian County originally had copper mines, the output is not as good as it used to be, but it is still quite a lot.
Since the trade fair system in Guanzhong, Shuofang and other towns became popular, the demand for copper coins and silk in bulk trade has been greatly reduced. Nowadays, copper coins are mainly circulated among the private sector, which is crucial for activating the economy.
After all, the Central Plains has been plagued by a lack of currency since ancient times, so that the commodity economy cannot develop at all.
"There is also iron production in Zheyao Mountain. Have the people from the Wei family arrived?"
"Commander, I haven't arrived yet." Liang Zhixia replied.
The Wei family is the Weicai family, and their business is now quite large.
Over the years, there are basically only two "big companies" that have been cultivated in Shuofang Town. One is Wei's Blacksmith Shop, which has made a lot of money from the shogunate's military orders, but it lacks a competitor and is currently basically content to provide
A medium quality product without any sense of crisis.
The other company is Datongma, but it is a monopoly that undertakes many non-operational tasks and has no analytical value.
How will Wei's Blacksmith Shop develop in the future? Shao Shude doesn't know, but he feels that it won't be very successful.
This is the classical era, a soil without any modern culture, system, or productivity elements.
Once unified into a complete empire, there will be no opponents and no motivation to make changes.
Reform has always been about denying oneself, which is very painful. I played well in the old way, why should I change it?
Even if you are the founding emperor, you can't go against heaven, because the thoughts in people's heads cannot be changed. What's even more sad is that you can't find a few people who hold the same views as you, and others think you are hysterical!
However, the improvement of productivity level is complementary to the progress of ideology and culture, changes in social values and the reform of political system. Shao Shude does not want to revolutionize his own life. He just wants to use his prestige to contribute to some technical achievements during his lifetime.
The progress of the system provides a guarantee of power. Try to seize the next few decades and improve as much as possible. The most important thing is to be able to promote it and be known and used by more people so that it will never disappear again.
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He could imagine that after his death, the system he established would probably be out of shape or even exist in name only, and would be assimilated by real society.
But before that, it is also good to cultivate more improved seeds, it is also good to produce more technological progress in iron smelting, it is also good to promote an additional agricultural production model, it is also good to expand the territory...
…
This is his "payment" for his life and death, arrogance and extravagance in this era.
In terms of agriculture, the three-crop rotation system has been promoted in Lingzhou for many years. The seed-to-harvest ratio is stable at more than 1:12. It is also a mixed agricultural operation model. It is more resistant to disasters and plays a great role in attracting Tibetan people to settle.
Before that, the average harvest of farmland in the north was one bush per mu, and the seed-to-harvest ratio was only 1:7. In this matter, he felt that he was worthy of all the farmers in the world. If Heyang is captured in the future, it will be the same as white land. He will
I plan to learn from Lingzhou and fully implement the three-crop rotation system. Another outstanding feature of this agricultural production model is that it is based on raising livestock, especially horses!
If all farmers in the north adapt to this new agricultural production model, the number of livestock in the Central Plains will be unimaginably large, and a considerable part of them will definitely be horses. As long as the policies of the Xuanzong Dynasty are followed, and official stations purchase private horses, the private sector will
He will always maintain a large number of horses, which may profoundly change the historical direction of this country, even if the dynasty he founded eventually falls.
Shao Shude does not have any hope in the government-run government that is full of corruption, and it will inevitably be corrupted.
"Let me handle the Wei family's matter." Shao Shude shook his head, knowing that the Wei family was powerful and Liang Zhixia might not dare to say anything. He would wait until he went back to find Wei before coming to the United States to discuss the matter.
On April 22, Shao Shude returned to Longchi Palace.
After entering Taoism and ascending to immortality, he held Wei Cai's mature body and played with it while saying: "The sergeant's family has moved to Jinjiang, so your blacksmith shop should also move here."
Wei Cailaimei's limbs were intertwined with Shao Shude's body, swimming gently, and she hummed in her nose.
Shao Shude's scalp is numb, this Hu girl! She is not satisfied yet!
"The farm tools made by Ye Lishi's blacksmith shop are better for fighting than yours." Shao Shude stopped playing, not daring to add fuel to the fire.
"His mines are good." Wei Cai Laimei hugged her tighter and continued to rub her.
"I asked your family to make Chashan swords with different irons, but there has been no action. Wei's blacksmith shop has been able to muddle along and expect the shogunate to buy your swords? If we can't think of a way, I will use these three thousand Mo swords this year.
Let Ye Li make it," Shao Shude said.
Wei Cailaimei suddenly raised her head, with a timid look on her face: "Your Majesty..."
"That's all." Shao Shude also knew that this matter was a bit difficult for her, so he changed another thing and said: "Three thousand Mo Dao, I am not in a hurry to use it. I will let your two families make it separately, half for each family. But this
The price needs to be lowered, maybe 10% with a knife. But the quality cannot be worse, I will check it myself. Making less money? Think of a way, your house still uses leather bellows, you can't replace them all with wood.
Bellows? Can’t you use a larger stove? Charcoal is too expensive, so think of ways to use pebbles. Knives made of pebbles are brittle? Find a way on your own.”
When Wei Cai came to the United States, he also knew that this matter might not only be a matter of making money, but also involve the status of the Wei Cai family.
The Yeli clan not only has a large-scale iron smelting workshop, but also has soldiers in hand, who can conquer the country for the king. But the power of the Weicai clan is much smaller, and they are not on the same level. If they want the family to be rich, they may really have to
These things please the king.
"I know, I will send someone back to Tiejinze tomorrow to talk to my family." As she said this, she grabbed Shao Shude's hand and put it on her body.
Shao Shude's hair is about to explode.
Han women would never do this - embarrass their husbands!
It's my first day at work and I'm probably quite busy. I'll combine 2 chapters into 1. I'll try to do another chapter in the evening.