On March 13, the second year of Guangming, in Tongzhou City, Shao Shude was discussing a major matter with his generals.
"Before Zhu Wen left, he looted most of the grain, grass and goods. The people in the city had no food. Marshal Zhuge and Governor Zhu didn't care. What can be done?" Shao Shude gently flipped through a manuscript handed to him by Chen Cheng,
said.
Seeing that his lord had grown taller, Chen understood the situation and said: "Envoy, it is better to get these people away."
“Where to get it?” Shao Shude asked.
“Suizhou.”
“It takes nearly two months to go from Tongzhou to Suizhou, and we have to pass through Fufang Town, which is difficult.”
"The northeastern part of Jingzhao Prefecture is now completely under the control of the King's Division. It is easy to travel. What about Yofang Town? The military envoy may wish to send someone to inform Li Xiaochang. If he is not allowed to use the road or rob the food carried by the people passing through, our army will
Let's go back and plunder Fangzhou and see how he responds." Chen Cheng said confidently.
In fact, the Tielin Army is not easy to plunder. At the time of Jinyang, everyone had already formed an unspoken rule. Shao Shude announced the army's accounts, and at the same time came forward to negotiate with the local government, sent donations and collected grain, and the sergeants were not allowed to agitate privately. I disagree with this point.
Most of the military leaders have left, and the sergeants are not the kind of relatives who have been married to each other for generations, so this set of rules has been maintained. Military discipline is indeed impressive, but it is actually the foil of their peers.
But the fact that the Tielin Army was not easy to plunder does not mean that they would not plunder. The idea proposed by Chen Cheng was indeed very "wufu" and "domineering". There were several counties in Fangzhou and many rural villages in the countryside. The army drove over to plunder and keep them.
You don't have a cow or a bag of grain left. How dare you, Li Xiaochang, go out to fight in the field? Besides, you can't commit any crime. You're just passing through the border, so why make it so ugly.
"Don't use force." Shao Shude added: "Just recruit as many people as you can get who have no food and clothing. Don't just recruit strong men and women. If they want to take care of the young, old and weak, that's fine too."
“The military envoy is benevolent and righteous,” Chen Cheng praised.
“Everyone, let’s talk about your opinions, I’m listening.” Shao Shude looked at everyone in the room and said.
"Military Ambassador, many people now feel that they cannot stay here anymore, so they go to neighboring Ji County to beg for food, and then return to their hometowns after the situation stabilizes. I feel that I still have to make it clear to them. You cannot stay in a war-torn place for a long time. In case of one or two
With armies facing each other and repeated back and forth, few of them can survive. In the more than 20 prefectures and counties in Jingzhao Prefecture, how can there be any stability?" The first person to speak turned out to be Guan Kairun, who spoke quite logically, which made Shao Shude secretly
nod.
“Military envoy, where does the food come from? Where does the field come from?” Zhu Shuzong asked.
"As for the fields, there are still some idle ones, but not many, and there are threats from party members. After planting this spring, Song Biejiahui will open canals on a small scale once, which can irrigate hundreds of hectares of fields. If the hungry people in Guanzhong can arrive in summer,
Suizhou can also open canals again, but this year it will be too late to sow the seeds, and there is great hope next year." Shao Shude said.
"A certain calculation showed that one household cultivates 30 acres of land, and a thousand households need 300 hectares. According to Song Biejia, after the canals are opened this spring, including the idle land, there are at most more than 800 hectares of land.
If available, we can only accommodate two to three thousand households. Please note when recruiting people, the maximum number is three thousand households. Tongzhou, Fuping, Miyuan, Fengxian, Pan, Tongguan and other prefectures and counties can send people, and finally in
Gather in Tongguan County. Li Yanling will set up a baggage camp there and make preparations for resettlement."
"In terms of grain," Shao Shude sighed and said, "A household of six people needs to eat 2,700 kilograms of corn a year. If there are three thousand households, then it needs 75,000 kilograms of grain a year.
If we want to open the river, we need to send more grain. How much grain storage does our army have now?"
“As reported to the military envoy, there are still more than 98,000 grains and beans.” Li Yanling replied.
“How long will it last?”
"If you don't feed the war horses and draft animals, but only feed them fodder, they can still last for a long time. If you feed them grain and beans, they can last for seven or eight months. It's just the military envoys, Marshal Zhuge and Governor Zhu.
You have to give a batch of grain, there is not much that is really available."
"Take out 35,000 hu of military rations and recruit 2,000 households from Guanzhong to return to Suizhou. If we act quickly, we can plant a batch of beans, melons, fruits, etc. this year, and dig some weeds, and we can barely support it. Even if the people want it,
If you survive this year, the situation will be greatly improved next year." Shao Shude said: "I also thought of a way. The fields obtained by digging canals this year will be sold to the sergeants at a fair price, and the proceeds will be used for military rewards.
Twenty acres per person can handle the land transfer for more than 4,000 people. We, the first old people in the Tielin Army, now have land for everyone, and I can put down a worry. The two thousand households behind will rent the land first.
The land owned by the sergeants lasts for about three years. The land rent may be raised a little so that the sergeants can also benefit from it."
"Since the military envoy said this, we have no objection."
"Then go ahead and do it. You need to make it clear to the sergeants that they have fields and people will farm them, and they will all live a good life in the future. Li Yanling, you will select 500 auxiliary soldiers and provide them with equipment, food and grass."
, chariots and horses, they will escort these people back to Suizhou in advance to deliver the goods with Song Biejia. Li Xiaochang, I forgive him for not daring to stop him!" Shao Shude finally said, which was the final word.
After agreeing on this matter, the next step is to reorganize the army. Since the troops were dispatched, the army has expanded from 4,000 to more than 7,000. If it is not reorganized, the combat effectiveness will inevitably decline.
Fan He has been assigned to lead a battalion of soldiers. There are five battalions in front, left, center and right, which are the main force of the Tielin Army. In addition, there is also a battalion trapped in the formation. Li Tangbin wronged him to be a deputy general and led the 500 Chao troops to surrender.
. Eight hundred cavalry and pawns were assigned to Zhu Shuzong, led by two men, Zhe Siyu. Zhu Shuzong was appointed by You Yi as the chief, and ten generals were Zhe Siyu as deputy.
Wei Boqiu was newly promoted to deputy general of the personal army, responsible for commanding the military camp, commanding cavalry, miscellaneous troops, military law, and patrol posts.
Li Yanling’s supply camp promoted Li Renjun and Liu Zijing to deputy generals and served as his assistants.
After the reorganization was completed, it was training. Zhuge Shuang had no intention of provoking Huang Chao too much. He just wanted to work in peace and quiet, and then go to a wealthy and stable place to retire. Therefore, after Zhu Wen retreated, he stationed in Tongzhou to watch the situation, while constantly
Contact Zheng Tian from Fengxiang to see if there is any progress regarding Sanchuan Jieshuai.
Wang Chongrong, on the other hand, was eager to show off in front of the court and kept urging Zhuge Shuang to go south to join him to attack Huang Chao. Zhu Mei, the governor of Daizhou, was persuaded by him and went south early. Shao Shude guessed that Zhu Mei also wanted to do something.
Jiedushi Dangdang is eager to make meritorious deeds, which is exactly the same as himself.
On March 20th, Shao Shude, who had just finished training with the sergeant, received a report from Li Yanling that 400 households had been recruited in Tongzhou and were about to be sent to Tongguan. Meiyuan, Panxian, Huayuan, Fengxian, and Fuping were also
One or two hundred households each were persuaded to go north to Suizhou.
This is a huge project that costs a lot of money, but it has to be carried out. Suizhou's agricultural resources still have a lot of room for utilization. After the hardships in the past few years, there will naturally be countless benefits in the future. It is a fundamental move to consolidate
, for Shao Dajun, who has a hobby of farming, of course he will not remain indifferent.
At the end of March, the imperial court continued to urge soldiers and horses from all over the country to go to Guanzhong to fight against Huang Chao. People from Henan and Hebei responded one after another, sending either two thousand, or three or four thousand. In short, some troops came over, and the situation in Huang Chao did not look good.
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These news mainly came from Zhuge Shuang, and one of them caught Shao Shude's attention.
“Commander, the imperial court doesn’t want to wait for a moment. It can’t wait to regain Chang’an tomorrow, and even people like Li Keyong have been pardoned.” Shao Shude pointed to a person’s name and said.
Zhuge Shuang was sipping tea leisurely and contentedly. When he heard this, he took a look and said: "Who told the armies to make progress unfavorably? Isn't Chang'an still in Huang Chao's hands now? Li Keyong can forgive those arrogant feudal lords in Henan and Hebei who rebelled.
The vassal can do the same, as long as you are willing to come to Guanzhong, the imperial court will be generous."
Zhuge Shuang didn't blush at all when he said this, and he didn't feel that his inaction would have any negative impact on the situation. This calm and shameless skill was indeed honed over decades.
Zhuge Shuang has recently been appointed as the recruiting envoy for the camp in the north of the capital, but the troops under his command are still only more than 10,000 people. In fact, they are the Tielin Army plus the remnants of Yi Zhao that he recruited.
Zheng Tian was conferred the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Camps on all sides of the capital by the saint, Cheng Zongchu, the envoy of the Jingyuan Festival, was appointed as the deputy commander, and Tang Hongfu, the envoy of the Shuofang Festival, was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Marching Army. Wang Chongrong was appointed as the Recruitment Envoy of the east camp of the capital, but he probably did not attach much importance to it.
How much momentum this position still has at the moment is hard to say in the future.
"All the Tibetan and Han soldiers who have made meritorious service in the disaster will be dismissed by Yi Mo. Alas, as soon as this edict was issued, Li Guochang and his son were exonerated." Shao Shude didn't care about anyone else, but he was unhappy with Li Keyong's ability to extricate himself.
Then Shatuo chief Li Youjin led three Shatuo tribes and more than 30,000 troops from Tuyuhun to attack Huangchao. Aren't they all prepared for Li Keyong? Damn it! The battle against thieves in Hedong was in vain.
"This is the Tianbujue Li family and his son. Shude is so worried." Zhuge Shuang took a sip of tea and said: "Tuoba Sigong is the person who should pay more attention to him. He is a slippery man and also very domineering. He should not be underestimated.
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The Tuoba family has been running Youzhou for decades, and their roots are deep. To deal with them, they need to mobilize at least 20,000 troops to encircle and suppress them. Xia Sui Town cannot currently support this kind of consumption. In a short period of time, they can really only make peace with them.
Already.
It doesn’t matter, we should first consolidate the fundamentals. After farming is successful and the economic strength is greatly improved, we can then use military and political means to eliminate this generation. Shao Shude understands this principle very well.