It was already the ninth day of October when Tong Guan arrived at Pingliang City in Weizhou. On the third day after the prince's death, he followed the imperial edict and traveled day and night. In fifteen days, he reached Weizhou City, more than two thousand miles away.
This place must have received the news that the official family had lost their beloved son, and the festive decorations and objects were hurriedly removed.
However, traces of carnival and celebration can still be seen, and a faint smell of alcohol seems to be floating over the entire Weizhou City.
After all, this was the country's unprecedented victory over Xia in a hundred years.
Ninety thousand people were beheaded and 130,000 captured, as well as countless cattle, sheep, and horses.
On the way, Tong Guan also heard that His Royal Highness King Jian, in his capacity as the Sixth Route Propaganda Envoy of Shaanxi Province, wrote about the king of Xia Kingdom, asking why he violated the Song-Xia peace agreement, betrayed his trust, sent troops to invade the land of Huangzhong, invaded with armed force, and violently interfered with the Song Dynasty.
Domestic affairs.
The leader of the Xia Kingdom must give an explanation to the Song State, hand over the main criminal, pay compensation, and cede the territory... Otherwise, His Highness King Jian will lead an army of 500,000 tigers and eagles to go to Xingqing Mansion to ask the Xia Lord for an explanation.
When did Song State and Xia State become so cross?
The people who heard the news at that time looked excited, proud and proud.
Their love for His Highness King Jian could not be greater in their words.
There were two sour scribes who said something strangely. They said that King Jian was militaristic, inconsiderate of the people's strength, violent and cruel... Before they could finish their words, they were swarmed by the surrounding soldiers and civilians, punched and kicked, and beaten half to death.
Shaanxi Sixth Road, especially Yanbian Five Road, has really strong folk customs.
"Under the sect... Let Qingtang be Shanzhou; Miaochuan be Huangzhou; Jianzha City be renamed Ningsai City, Xige City be renamed Jishi City be Kuozhou Zongge City be renamed Longzhi City, belong to Shanzhou. Shan, Huang
, Kuozhou was merged with Huangzhong, Henan and other newly recovered cities were placed under the jurisdiction of Longyou Protectorate, and they still belong to Xihe Lanhui Road."
"...The first contribution was made by Wang Zhen, who promoted the training envoy of the Qianzhou regiment and led the military envoy of Longyou; the second contribution was Liu Fa, who promoted the training envoy of the Linzhou regiment, led the deputy envoy of Longyou, and knew the military of Shanzhou Prefecture; Guo Cheng,
He was promoted to be the envoy of Dongshanggemen, who knew the military affairs of Huangzhou Prefecture; Wang Hou was promoted to be the envoy of Xishanggemen, and he was aware of the military affairs of Hezhou Prefecture; Gao Shixuan was promoted to be the deputy envoy of Dongshanggemen
, knowing the military affairs of Kuozhou Prefecture; Hu Luxiong was promoted to the deputy envoy of Xishanggemen and the military envoy to Longyou; Yang Keshi was promoted to the deputy envoy of Xishanggemen and led Zuo Yiwei Zuo Sima; Yao Gu was promoted to the east workshop envoy and led
Lanzhou Military and Horse Envoy; Zhong Jianzhong was promoted to West Workshop Envoy and led Xizhou Military and Horse Envoy; Wang Shunchen promoted Neizangku Envoy and led Hezhou Military and Horse Envoy...
"Zhang Kai promoted Yin Yizi, a general official of Tongyi, to be the envoy of the six-pronged strategy of Shaanxi; Sun Lu... Yao Lin was promoted to the envoy of Wu Shengjun Jiedu, and led the envoy of the three-pronged strategy of Xihe, Jingyuan and Qinfeng; Liu Zhongwu
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As the governor of Jianzhou, he was promoted as the envoy for the pacification of the Huanqing Road; Zhongpu was promoted as the defense envoy of Jianzhou, and he was the envoy for the pacification of the Xihe-Huilan Road; Zhe Keshi was promoted as the defense envoy of Jizhou, and the envoy for the pacification of the Jingyuan Road.
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Tong Guan's voice was different from that of ordinary chamberlains, loud and strong.
There are three awards in total.
One letter is an encouragement to the generals who participated in the battle, and detailed rewards will be distributed to each army. The second letter is a reward for the battle of Huangzhong and the generals who followed Zhao Si in three battles and three victories. The third letter is
It was to reward Zhang Kai who was stationed in the rear, as well as the generals of Xihe, Qinfeng, Jingyuan and Huanqing.
According to Zhao Si's orders, they contained the Xia army in the early stage, and took the initiative to attack in the later stage, uprooting the Xia army's stronghold on the pass, and advancing the border line for nearly a hundred miles. Especially Duoling and Hengshan, they completely occupied the terrain. They were condescending and could send troops at any time.
Raid the territory of Xia Kingdom.
After reading it, Tong Guan explained to everyone: "Everyone, the officials have said that His Royal Highness King Jian's reward will be awarded in person at Chui Gong Hall."
That's good.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, their faces full of joy.
The rewards from officials and the court were extremely generous.
Everyone knew, firstly, that this victory was dazzling enough, and secondly, King Jian said good things for everyone. Otherwise, those civil servants would not have been willing to let go so easily.
In short, this time it all depends on King Jian.
Yao Lin and Liu Zhongwu took the lead, and dozens of generals who had made meritorious services and were awarded the title lined up in order and solemnly bowed to Zhao Si.
"This great victory is all due to the great king's planning and taking the lead, which is the first contribution. We are attached to the tail and climbed the honghe, all because of the great king's guidance. I am so grateful! I am willing to break my body and bones as a repayment in case of disaster!"
Listening to this chorus, it was like a loud voice made by one person, and the rest of the people were all moved.
Tong Guan, who was standing aside, had a look of surprise on his face and his eyes were rolling around.
Zhao Si just came back from Xihe, where he has been busy since the war.
To fulfill his promise, in addition to all the spoils of war being distributed according to merit, he also allocated a sum of money from the court's military expenses to give generous rewards to the Tibetan soldiers who followed him through life and death.
Amid the cheers of the crowd, Zhao Si continued his reward.
A captain of ten will be transferred to a household, a captain of centurions will be transferred to a household of hundreds, and a captain of thousands will be transferred to a household of thousands. Anyone who follows him from birth to death, as long as he does not violate military laws, will be transferred to a regular household, or called a military household.
Those who died in battle, according to merit, should belong to the principal household, should belong to the first household, should belong to the first household, should belong to the first household, should belong to the first household... But this position will be inherited by his heirs.
If the heir is underage, he will be given a job first. However, the household and cattle and sheep will be allocated to his family first. When he grows up to fifteen years old, he will inherit the position earned by his father's military merit and continue to work hard to earn military merit.
If there is no heir, his younger brother will inherit...
Each main household should have three to five supporting households. The supporting households herd cattle and sheep for the main household in normal times, and send out one to two cavalry in time of war to serve as auxiliary soldiers for the main household.
And every ten regular households is one household, and every ten regular households is one hundred households... and so on.
Ten thousand households are temporarily divided into one wing, and the seven wings of Jing, Gui, Liu, Xing, Zhang, Yi, and Zhen are one flag.
This first batch of cavalry from the tribes of Huangzhong, Hequ, and Taoshui who followed him were organized into the Suzaku Banner. The flag was red in color, with a yellow Suzaku with spread wings in the flag, also called the Red Banner.
Each wing flag is a red red bird flag with yellow stars on each wing.
It's just that it's not full yet. But Zhao seems to believe that the Suzaku Banner will be full soon.
How to implement the support of the main household? This is the most fundamental.
Zhao Si took the tens of thousands of victorious Suzaku banner cavalry back to Kuozhou and invited hundreds of tribal leaders and nobles "politely" to discuss important matters.
Zhao Si invited these hundreds of tribal leaders to move their families to the prosperous land in Guanzhong. He patted his chest and promised that every family would have a house and land, enough to make you a rich man.
As for their troops, they must be given over to the Suzaku Banner Cavalry.
Those who were originally the sons of tribal leaders had to inherit the family business in advance.
Not the eldest son? He is now an officer of King Jian, and is no more noble than your eldest son who hides behind and refuses to contribute to the court!
It turned out to be just an ordinary herdsman, but now he has made a meritorious service and is coming to take over his small tribe...
There must be some people who don't agree, so please take a good look at the tens of thousands of Suzaku Banner cavalry behind me.
Most of these people are the second sons and concubines whom the leader dislikes, or they are sent by the tribe to make up the numbers.
Anyway, they are not the beloved sons and confidants of the tribal leader, or the nobles of the tribe. These people are relatively "stable" and feel that the Song Army's previous record of wins and losses is quite suspenseful this time, so it is better to wait and see for a while.
The result...is really a mess!
Zhao Si looked at the faces of those tribal leaders and nobles and sneered in his heart.
Do you dare to say no? The tens of thousands of cavalry behind me are all vested interests. A single look can make you wipe out.
So, next time I recruit you, move faster; when I lead you to fight, be brave!
There were also those tribal leaders, big and small, who were incited by Xia's spies and started to cause rebellion.
There are quite a lot of them. The top 50 who are the most popular before the election are selected will be beheaded in public, their property will be confiscated, and their family members will not be slaves. For the accomplices in the back, stop being leaders and move their families to the Central Plains and become honest farmers.
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In this way, Zhao Si used the power of defeating the Xia army to smash the original system of more than 200,000 tent tribes in Huangzhong, Hequ, and Taoshui areas, and then disrupted them and assigned them to those who followed him.
Soldiers of the Zhuque Banner.
"I know that some principal households only have one or two households to help them. Who told you to make a small contribution? We allocate the households according to military merit first. If you are not convinced, good! Be ambitious! Xihai, Achai, Tuosima, Ya
Longjuewo, Wuru, Qiangtang, Nacang, Wusizang, two to three thousand miles across in the west, there are snow-covered grasslands, and there are many herdsmen, cattle and sheep. If you have the courage, go and rob them!"
"I still follow the old rules. I will not take any of the spoils of war, population, cattle, sheep, or pastures. They will all belong to you and will be distributed according to military merit!"
The people in the Zhuque Banner were so excited that they wanted to get on their horses and head west to take back their own people, cattle, sheep and pastures.
"Your Majesty, are you really going to rob it?" Gao Shixuan, who is also the deputy envoy of the Suzaku Banner, couldn't help but ask.
"Of course we're going to grab it." Liu Fa, who was also the commander of the Suzaku Banner's military envoy, already understood what Zhao Si meant.
"The king's intention is to take advantage of Tubo in the west, where all the kingdoms are scattered, and command the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Zhuque Banner to march westward in turn. The first is to train the troops and practice the cavalry tactics taught to us by the king; the second is to gather the sources of troops. Although there is a population of
It’s sparse, but at any rate it has a population of hundreds of thousands, and should be able to gather 200,000 cavalry. The third is to cut off the threats on the flanks, so that we can go all out to deal with the Hexi family in the east."
Zhao Si laughed loudly, "Liu Fa is the one who knows me."
Hu Luxiong, who is also the deputy envoy of the Zhuque Banner, rubbed his hands and said excitedly: "I like to do this job." This chapter has been completed!
