It has been a month since the defeat of the Bingzhou Northern Army, and there has been no fighting in the Bingzhou area. Because of Zhao Jun's policy of treating the people well, the mountain bandits in the Bingzhou area who originally started due to the war between the Bingzhou Army, the Bingzhou Northern Army, and the Turks also
Gradually, after Zhao Jun pardoned their crimes, they surrendered one by one and came out of the mountain to surrender.
As for those who had committed heinous crimes in the countryside, Zhao Xun would naturally not let them go. Some bandits who were unwilling to surrender were also wiped out under the strong attack of the Zhao army. In the absence of a common people base,
, no matter how many bandits there are, they are no match for the imperial army.
Of course, Zhao Xun did not kill all the evil bandits. According to the old rules, Zhao Xun asked them to repair roads and bridges. For Zhao Xun, smooth roads are important for both court management and commerce.
Both the military and the military play a vital role. Therefore, when Zhao Xun first captured the land of Bingzhou, he asked local officials to take charge of clearing fields, allocating land, and repairing roads.
Situ Lei agreed to allow the refugees from his territory to enter Bingzhou, wasn't it to put heavy logistical pressure on Zhao Xun? Because of Situ Lei's switch and the attraction of Zhao Jun's domestic policies, in just one month after the two armies reached an agreement,
More than 300,000 people have entered the prefectures and counties in the southern part of Bingzhou. This is because Situ Tai did not evacuate in the southern part of Bingzhou at the beginning. In short, these refugees who have nothing to live in have brought in the various states.
There was a lot of pressure.
However, the officials who took over the place were all veterans with official experience in Youzhou and Jizhou. Therefore, clearing land, allocating land, resettling refugees and other matters were done in an orderly manner. For this reason, many Situ Lei's arrangements were also investigated and punished.
There are hundreds of spies ready to stir up trouble.
In addition to clearing land and allocating land, officials in various state capitals immediately mobilized the people to repair Chidao. For ordinary people and refugees, repairing Chidao can not only provide three meals a day, but also earn some wages. Don’t forget
, in this era
, in this era of warlords' melee, the government makes the people work, which is called labor, and there is no wages. In many cases, even life is not guaranteed. Zhao Jun's arrangement can be regarded as giving these immigrants a
The way to live.
Of course, for those local wealthy gentry who refuse to cooperate, they can only work with the bandits and bandits for free until a certain period of time is reached. In other words, when these people deal with Zhao Jun, the local government can only punish them
Like prisoners, they are subjected to torture and labor here.
Although it seems that the cost of building this road that connects the various states is too high, the benefits that can be obtained over time have amazed everyone in the Zhao army. The road and memory set by Zhao Xun
The various levels of highways among them are also divided into various grades. Depending on the places they connect to and from, the grades are also different.
It’s different. But no matter what, units at the county level are all paved with cement. The most important thing is to prevent heavy rains from falling and mud roads being difficult to walk. Although this is inferior cement, although it cannot be compared with the cement in my memory.
Compared with the oil circuit, however, here, the load capacity of Chidao is not very large, and there is nothing too heavy.
However, with the emergence of Chidao, the number of merchants coming and going increased, and local commerce flourished. Handicraft workshops appeared in many places, and silk, cloth, livestock fur, livestock breeding, etc. have all reached a certain scale. On each Chidao, people came and went.
, there are caravans and carriages coming day and night. As a result, many inns are built along the road, especially in places where the two towns are far apart, forming small resting places for merchants.
land.
The smooth flow of Chi Road also makes business prosper, and the prosperity of business means that the government can collect more taxes. Because of the smooth flow of Chi Road, the number of people going out to play, study, etc. gradually increases. The cement road is not afraid of rain.
It’s raining and it’s not bumpy yet. Sitting in a carriage is much more comfortable than riding a horse. Therefore, there were many knights on the road in the past, but now there are many carriages on the road.
When Chidao was first built in the five states of Youzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, Dingzhou and Liaozhou, the Chief Affairs Secretary and officials of various departments only agreed that for the sake of governance, Chidao should be built in Dingzhou and Liaozhou first, and as for the southern part
There was no need to build the state capital. However, Zhao Xun still decisively ordered that all buildings be built.
The state capital was built in sections, and for this reason, the Finance Department was also kept clean. However, Huitong Bank played a great role in it and issued another bond. However, it now seems that the benefits obtained through Chidao under Zhao Jun's rule
, enough to surprise all those who objected.
It is also because of this that when the land of Bingzhou was captured, the construction of Chidao also started. This is also the most fundamental reason why Zhao Xun originally planned to ask Situ Lei to let the refugees enter the country after completing the negotiations with Situ Lei. Now look at
Come on, things are going in the direction you planned.
"Cao Gang was executed in public five days ago. During the execution, all the people cheered. My lord's reputation in the northern part of Bingzhou has reached its peak." Riding on his war horse, Wei Chen reported to Zhao Xun the situation around the nearest Bingzhou area.
Condition.
"What Cao Gang did is his own fault. As the leader of the border army, he ignored the life and death of the local people and colluded with the Turks. It was stupid. Speaking of which, Cao Gang has been away from home in the northern region of Bingzhou for many years. As long as he can hold on to the place and stop the Turks
People entering the country. No matter what, it is better than now. Even if Situ Tai is in charge of Bingzhou, he would not dare to attack him easily. Without the support of the people, his Bingzhou Northern Army is just a castle in the air, which will fall at the first touch." Zhang Yuanjing, who was accompanying him, shook his head and said.
"Wei Chen, how was the battle in Yongzhou? After we defeated the Turks, Murong Cheng was so powerful and extraordinary. Could it be that after so long, he still hasn't been able to do anything about it?" Zhao Xunbu said.
He said quickly.
At this moment, Zhao Xun and his guards are moving towards Jinyang City in Taiyuan Prefecture. After all, Jinyang City is the seat of Bingzhou and the center of Bingzhou. Zhao Xun naturally wants to arrange all the civil and military affairs of Bingzhou this time.
Properly, the southern part of Bingzhou must defend against Yong army raids, and the northern part of Bingzhou must intervene in the war between the Turks and the Qiang and Hu forces. Therefore, Zhao Xun hopes that Bingzhou will be calmed down as soon as possible. Of course, Zhao Xun also needs to check the situation of the refugees entering the country.
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Wei Chen said in a deep voice: "Although Murong Cheng is aggressive, Situ Lei also knows the importance of these two levels. He knows even better what Situ Lei will face after Murong Cheng enters Luoyang. Therefore, in the land of Yongzhou, with the help of the landlord
Taking advantage of the situation, he strictly defended and refused to fight, making it impossible for Murong Chengjiu to attack. And at Hulao Pass in the north, it was because of the Tang army's
, the Yanzhou Army and the Xuzhou Army had no gains for a long time, and gradually began to hold back, making the offensive even more unbearable. However, both the attacker and the defender suffered considerable losses in the January attack. According to reports from Yanzhou, Murong Cheng
Among the more than 100,000 men lost, Situ Lei’s number was no less than 80,000. It can be said that both sides are now scarred from the battle."
"By the way, there is news from Youzhou that Murong Cheng has sent someone to contact our army and ask our army to dispatch. In particular, it is best to go south from Bingzhou and join his Yangzhou army to attack Situ Lei from two directions."
Zhang Yuanjing said in a cold voice: "Are we dispatching? It seems that Murong Cheng was beaten badly. He lost nearly 100,000 people in the two passes of Yongzhou alone, plus the northern area of Jingzhou,
In the sporadic battles in Jiaozhou, I am afraid that the losses of both sides will be increased by 30%. This Murong Cheng is afraid that he will meet his master.
The Duke took advantage of the land of Bingzhou but did not move at all, so he wanted his lord to join in and fight to the death with Situ Lei. Now Murong Cheng knew clearly that the land of Yongzhou was not easy to fight, and Situ Lei was ready to fight to the death. By the way,
Didn’t you tell me what benefits we can gain by sending troops to defeat Situ Lei?”
Wei Chen said: "Murong Cheng's people said that if we send out troops and defeat Situ Lei, we will gain the northern states. In other words, the land of Liangzhou will be ours from now on."
Zhang Yuanjing said angrily: "We have been talking for a long time, but we have gained nothing. We have worked for Murong Cheng in vain. Did Situ Lei think too well? We sent an army to attack Situ Lei, but Liangzhou was sentenced to
Us? What about Yongzhou, Yizhou, and Ningzhou? Don’t talk about the rest. Let’s send troops to Yongzhou.
But there was no benefit at all in Yongzhou? In the end, we were asked to attack Liangzhou ourselves, and the general areas of the two sides were divided unceremoniously. Murong Cheng took this for granted. It seems that he really allowed us to conquer Bingzhou but did not
The situation of fighting to the death with Situ Lei and causing the Turks to retreat made Murong Cheng jealous."
Zhao Xun said slowly: "This Murong Cheng really regards himself as the emperor who is about to succeed him."
"Emperor? Don't say that he hasn't climbed up yet. Even if he climbs up, he can't give orders. However, we can't send out troops, but we can't refuse them directly. After all, on the surface, we are still members of the imperial court. What we are fighting is to kill.
The banner of traitors and foreign enemies." Zhang Yuanjing said slowly.
Zhao Xun said with a smile: "You also said that we are fighting under the banner of killing traitors and foreign enemies. Since the traitor cannot be touched, we will use foreign enemies as an excuse. Furthermore, after a hard fight, even if we win
Bingzhou, I am Zhao
The army also needs to rest and reorganize and deal with local affairs. As for Yongzhou, we are helpless. We even hope that the Qi army will enter Yongzhou to help us resist the Liangzhou army in the west and the Turks in the north."
Zhang Yuanjing put her hands on her hands and smiled: "I think Murong Cheng will be very angry after receiving our reply."
Wei Chen went on to report: "Murong Cheng also sent people to win over the mid-level and high-level officers and generals of the Yanzhou Army and the other two armies. It seems that he wants the three parties to join or fight with each other."
"When my lord established the Yanzhou Army, it was indeed a good move. Now, in Jizhou and Qingzhou, we can completely ignore the possible threats from the south. For the Yangzhou Army, it is a big trouble. However,
Murong Cheng also saw the problem that the princes did not have unified command and did not obey the orders. Now the Xuzhou Army, Yanzhou Army and Tang Army are under mutual control, so Murong Cheng cannot take action at will like before."
"The existence of the Yanzhou Army, together with the Xuzhou Army and the Tang Army, separates us from the Yangzhou Army, and also provides a hidden protection between Jizhou and Yongzhou, which indeed allows us to relax a lot. Otherwise, I will not
meeting
During the battle between the two passes in Yongzhou, the northern army mobilized most of the Jizhou army to the west and merged with the state before the northern army went south. The significance of the existence of the Yanzhou army is indeed greater than we expected." Zhao Xun said lightly.
"By the way, has Situ Tai returned to Yongzhou smoothly? I hope that Yongzhou will be in chaos by then." Zhao Xun suddenly remembered Situ Tailai, the governor of Bingzhou who was sent back by him.
Wei Chen smiled and said: "I have gone back and have now stationed in the old capital of Chang'an. Moreover, I don't know whether it was because he felt that he had too few troops or because he felt unsafe. After returning to Chang'an, he did not directly meet his father Situ Lei, but stayed in
Chang'an is not
According to our investigation, it seems that when we completed the negotiations with Situ Lei, Situ Lei had already ruled out the messenger and traveled day and night to Zhenlin County to let Situ Tai lead the entire army to retreat. As a result, for some reason, the messenger
Disappeared halfway."
"So, now Situ Lei has ordered Situ Tai to stay in Chang'an temporarily and be responsible for coordinating the reinforcements coming from Liangzhou and Yizhou and preparing food and supplies for them. In fact, this Situ Tai has now taken control of Jingzhao Mansion in the west of Yongzhou.
The power of Feng Ling Mansion, Shangluo Mansion, and Jingyang Mansion. In other words, this Situ Tai is like the original Governor of Bingzhou. He has become half
The Grand Governor of Yongzhou. Of course, the Grand Governor of Yongzhou and the Grand Governor of Ningyi also suffered. The Grand Governor of Yongzhou was cut off from half of his rights, and the Grand Governor of Ningyi also handed over the Hanzhong Prefecture in the north of Yizhou to Situ.
Tai, and Situ Tai is actually responsible for the defense of the north of the Han River. Because the Jingzhou army has appeared in the north of the Han River and is attacking Wuguan in the north."
Zhang Yuanjing pondered for a moment and said: "I'm afraid that Situ Lei's eldest son has already taken action, and Situ Lei also knows it in his heart. It seems that there is no need for the master to instigate it, and Situ Lei's sons have already started to have conflicts. Although this Situ Lei
It is hoped that from the performance of several sons,
Choosing the best ones is the main thing. But I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to control the actions of these sons. As for the actions of the Jingzhou Army, I'm afraid Situ Lei's situation is worse than expected. However, it is already
It’s the end of October. It won’t be long before the war ends.”
"Well, our main goal now is the Qiang and Hu lands and the northern Turks. There should be no problem in the Qiang and Hu lands. With the Liangzhou army unable to stir up trouble and our army sweeping westward, the Qiang and Hu
All tribes will either surrender or be exterminated, and Wei Zilin will take charge of the overall situation. I believe that Wei Zilin and Li Huaiyuan can handle everything well."
"Next, it's time for the Turks in the north. However, when winter comes, the life of the Turks is not very easy. We can take this opportunity to win over the targets we need. We only need eight or nine troops to act as a northern barrier.
The next step is to gradually advance outward and gradually build the city."
Zhang Yuanjing said: "Lord, don't worry, our people have already roped in the three tribes. Just in case, the soldiers of these three tribes have been contaminated with the blood of the other tribes. There are also some scouts and spies from the big tribes. Wait until the heavy snow comes."
Many small and medium-sized tribes will suffer from snow disasters. After all,
Not every tribe can survive the winter well, especially due to the heavy snowstorm at the end of last year, coupled with our raids, Xue Nie Khan's extortionate expropriations on the grassland not only made many tribes dissatisfied, but also made life difficult for many tribes.
To continue, this is also our opportunity.”
Zhao Xun nodded. He already knew what Zhang Yuanjing said. The snow disaster and the defeat of his own army caused Xue Nie Khan to suffer. In order to make up for the losses, Xue Nie Khan naturally needed to let other tribes share his burden.
loss. Of course, it was also to declare that he was the supreme Khan.
power, so he conquered several small and medium-sized tribes by force and expanded his army and herdsmen. However, this also made some tribes dissatisfied with Xue Nie Khan, which also gave Zhao Xun the possibility to win him over and even surrender.
When winter comes and heavy snow falls, that is the best time.
"When the heavy snow comes, it's time for our soldiers to move around on the grassland. There are many cavalry in our Zhao army. Our Zhao army's armor is far stronger than that of the Turks. Why are we guarding while the Turks attack? Starting from this year
, we should change it. We Han people are not afraid of heavy snow, but I want to make it worse for the Turks. It seems that if the government prepares a batch of cultivated saplings, it is best to turn the grassland into a dense forest." Zhao Xun said softly.
said.
"Your Majesty, you want to fight back? It's not impossible, but we need to prepare a lot of things. Among them, the soldiers need strong wine to keep warm, food, multiple bowstrings, etc..."
From Dingping County to Taiyuan Prefecture, many areas have begun to build Chidao along the way. Zhao Xun led the guards all the way down and saw that the government offices in various places have a new look. At least, the people in various places have begun to build roads.
They accepted the Zhao army and were no longer afraid of the Zhao army. And some refugees also appeared in the central area. It seems that there are still more refugees entering from the south than expected.
Although Situ Lei strictly ordered the control card to prohibit young people from passing through, how could he stop the people who were looking for a living? With the help of Zhao's merchants, every young refugee became a caravan guard and went back and forth through the control card.
In addition, in order to allow the influx of young people to enter the country and prevent the refugees from being separated, Zhao Xun also sent a large number of people to bribe the card guards and find secret passages.
The roads along the way, especially the original pipelines in the central land, have not been renovated, but there are also many carriages passing by on these pipelines. Most of them are businessmen from various places, and many are even
Local businessmen. But no matter what, they are all businessmen who have registered as businessmen with the local commerce department, which means that Zhao Jun can collect an extra tax.
Of course, no matter what kind of caravan it is, no matter whose caravan it is, wherever the army comes, it must avoid and give way. After all, the military situation is urgent. When Zhao Xun approached Jinyang City, he saw many caravans and carriages.