The news that the Mongols had inquired about was indeed correct. Emperor Guo Ning of the Great Zhou Dynasty was indeed mobilizing troops in Yehuling.
A large number of people have gathered from Yehuling to Xuande and Jinshan and other places, and the combat materials transferred from Juyongguan are also piled up. Deep in the grassland, in the direction of Wushabao, there are also Han slaves rioting, leading to several
The famous ranch changed hands, which was equivalent to providing material support to Zhou's army out of thin air.
It is late autumn at this time. The so-called autumn is high, horses are fat, and the weather is cool. It has been a good time for the grassland people to go south for thousands of years. However, the Great Zhou Dynasty launched its troops at this time, which actually made all the grassland tribes embarrassed. This was a great loss for many grassland herdsmen.
It's really hard to accept.
The six thousand Mongolian families who had previously taken refuge in the Zhou Dynasty went north to fight, causing huge turmoil. The Golden Family sent out cavalry from the Western Regions to fight, but it was still difficult to contain them. At this time, the headquarters of the Zhou Dynasty were mobilized step by step, but the backbone of the grassland could not be suppressed.
But they are still holding on to some trivial matters and have not given any
Judging from various signs, the Mongols neither had the courage to take the initiative to attack south, nor were they prepared for a decisive battle with the Zhou army on the grasslands.
Compared with them, the Zhou army's preparation and assembly were more orderly and had a clear purpose.
In mid-October, Tongzhou defense envoy Shi Qing had already headed to northern Xinjiang with an auxiliary team of more than 5,000 people.
According to the Dajin system, Tongzhou was a branch county of Daxing Prefecture, with no defense or command. However, several years after the founding of the Dazhou Dynasty, due to the continuous expansion of the material transshipment scale between Daxing Prefecture and Tianjin Prefecture, Tongzhou's status as a water and land transportation hub
It also continued to rise, so in the second year of Longwu, Tongzhou was promoted to a defensive state, with Shi Qing as the defensive envoy.
Shi Qing was a powerful general of the Red Coat Army in Shandong in his early years. He had a reputation for being shrewd and capable, and could even be said to be cunning.
When Yang An'er's rebellion failed, he was one of the first people to ask for help; when Yang An'er raised troops and became king for the second time, he often persuaded Liu Erzu to contact Guo Ning, and even met with Yin Chang in person to bring the two families together; when Liu Erzu and Guo Ning
Cooperating, he allowed his subordinates Shao Zhen and Du Guoen to contact Kaifeng.
This person's ten talents are probably only three points for the battlefield and seven points for being exquisite in all directions. He may not be suitable for holding a firm position and fighting to the death, but he is very suitable for taking charge of the military affairs of a place and handling various complicated political affairs. Therefore, he defended in Tongzhou
He has made quite a lot of political achievements as an envoy. The local auxiliary troops he established have performed well in transportation, construction and basic military training. They have also been commended by the Marshal's Office in Zhongdu many times.
The three recruiting divisions of the Great Zhou Dynasty in northern Xinjiang had a total of 55 forts, with 34,000 regular troops and 41,000 auxiliary troops. The number of troops was less than that of the troops stationed in the trenches in the northern border of Dajin.
one fifth.
The Zhou army was more elite and skilled in fighting than the Jin army. With this strength, it was enough to gain an advantage, and it still had room to mobilize the large troops heading north.
However, because the equipment and treatment levels of the army have been greatly improved, there are many requirements for logistical support. Since Guo Ning intends to fight on the grassland, he needs to add some additional auxiliary troops. Shi Qing's troops are the ones who were ordered to go north.
branch.
In recent years, the auxiliary troops in the mainland have become more and more professional and subdivided. Some auxiliary troops are responsible for garrisoning places and maintaining law and order, while others are responsible for transportation projects, mainly repairing bridges and roads and transporting and distributing goods.
Shi Qing's subordinates in Tongzhou are good at this.
The total number of his men was more than 4,000, and he brought half of them this time. There were more than 200 large and small vehicles with the army, and hundreds of mules and horses. In addition to grain and fodder, there were also a large number of tools loaded on the vehicles, such as shovels.
Shovels, ropes, wheelbarrows and even mosquito repellent incense were distributed when marching through Juyong Pass.
During the march, many old soldiers sitting in the car could not restrain themselves. They had already taken out their own set of equipment and looked at the shovels to see if they had good steel fire, to see if the ropes were long and strong, and then smelled the incense.
The smell, he laughed and commented a few words.
These old soldiers are usually experienced, and some of them have retired from the main army. Therefore, even if they may face fighting, they will not panic, which is certainly not the same as the auxiliary soldiers of the Jin Kingdom who were like walking corpses.
Shi Qing himself also withdrew from the main force of the Army Command. The Great Zhou Dynasty always treated the old Red Coat Army members favorably. Generals of his level could get along better and be able to serve as military envoys in the great government. However, Shi Qing
Xia Quan, Huo Yi, and Shi Gui all started out as rebellious farmers. After more than 20 years of ups and downs, they were tired and a little afraid of the ups and downs of the waves.
So they petitioned to be allowed to sit in a more relaxed and less critical position, so that they could rest assured and their superiors could rest assured.
The imperial court considered that the morale of these people was declining, and was not willing to force them. Talents from the military academy came out in waves, and there was no shortage of unruly generals. On the contrary, there were senior, prestigious, and willing to take charge of trivial matters.
On the contrary, there were fewer officers, and Shi Qing's future prospects were not too bad.
He led his troops northward, and happened to be walking between two forts in the past two days. When he crossed the lonely and uninhabited grassland, he looked around and saw that the withered yellow grass grew up to waist and chest height.
He personally chose several directions and walked deep into the meadow to take a look, but found no traces of cutting.
According to the records in the military academy textbooks, there were originally Mongolian tribes grazing in this area. The Mongols would store grass before autumn, and a large amount of grass would be cut, tied, and stored. But now the Mongols are shrinking and heading north. In the Monan Mountains
After that, the number of Dingkou dropped sharply, and the pastoral areas covered by the military force of the Zhou Dynasty faced the squeeze of the army's reclamation areas.
Obviously, the Mongolian herdsmen have not been here for a long time.
I heard that many Mongolians who defected to the Zhou Dynasty simply stopped working as herders and turned to weaving wool felt to make money, and their lives were pretty good.
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This is the traditional craft of the Mongolians, which is no worse than that of the Han people. Some Mongolians use a soldering iron to create lifelike patterns on felt, and the selling price is more than double that of ordinary felt.
Of course, there are Mongolians who engage in handicrafts, and there are also Han people who rely on military forts to open up pastures. After all, the food and clothing of so many garrisons are inseparable from the meat, milk, and furs produced in northern Xinjiang. There are several government-supervised business offices.
The ranch is run particularly well and the output can be sold in large quantities.
For example, since last year, the cheese that has been sold in large quantities in Zhongdu and Tianjin is produced in Northern Xinjiang. The warriors who invested in the relevant ranches all received dividends, and everyone was happy.
Since this year, many generals and commanders on Zhongdu Road have tried to get involved in the grassland, and some people have asked Shi Qing to join them. However, Shi Qing's family fortune has been invested in the sea, and his wife lights candles every night to read the sea chart.
Calculating where the goods are at home and on the ship, I really can’t take care of both ends.
The benefits on the grasslands have always been so limited, but under the rule of the Zhou Dynasty, the benefits output has been greatly improved due to the huge commercial exchanges between the grasslands and the Central Plains.
The Zhou Dynasty's control over the grasslands was therefore different from the simple military sweeps of the Han Dynasty, and different from the Tang Dynasty's use of foreigners as border generals. This military regime clearly knew what the warriors needed, so it unhesitatingly combined military, political and economic
The interests were tied together, and the interests were used to firmly root the Han people in the grasslands.
Over the past few years, Dazhou has been working steadily on the grassland. The progress seems not to be fast, but with every step they take, no one can move them away.
The station where Shi Qing arrived was located in the deep mountains and huge ravines behind Yehu Ridge.
The old Jin Army's garrison was in ruins. The newly built camp of the Zhou Army was higher and more dangerous, but it was not enough to accommodate a large army. Fortunately, Shi Qing's troops were here to carry out the project, and they started work immediately after arriving.
From leveling the ground to building trenches and walls, I was busy for several days.
During the few days they expanded the camp, several troops came from the rear to station themselves. Shi Qing estimated that there were more than 20,000 people stationed in the hundreds of miles from Wusha Castle to the rear, including auxiliary troops.
An army of this size is enough to penetrate deep into the grassland and carry out large-scale raids and annihilations. Being able to participate in such a military operation, all the soldiers stationed in the military camp were excited, and even the auxiliary soldiers under Shi Qing were also in high spirits.
In order to let the soldiers relax, each ministry reduced their training and gave them vacations in turns. However, the soldiers had nothing to do in this barren mountain. After the vacation, they either slept in the camp to refresh their mind, or formed small teams and took turns hunting or fishing.
The treatment of the auxiliary soldiers cannot be compared with that of the regular soldiers, but Shi Qing understands the mood of the soldiers very well, and also gives the auxiliary soldiers a holiday and allows them to take turns to rest.
As for Shi Qing himself, if he has free time, he reads books every day. There are two kinds of books, one is the textbook specially issued by Tianjin Military Academy to senior officers, and the other is the scriptures prepared for him by his uncle Shi Quan.
History and other books.
Shi Quan is a serious scholar, and now serves as an experience officer in the Shandong Unified Army Department, so the books he recommends to his nephew are naturally good. However, Shi Qing's daily reading is mainly textbooks.
He estimated that he would not participate in any more wars, but even if he were to command the auxiliary troops, there was still a lot of knowledge worth studying.
Especially after he served as Tongzhou Defense Envoy, he had to lead a large group of subordinates to direct the transfer of supplies on site every day. In the past, he only relied on pointing fingers and urging his subordinates to run around. Later, after learning a lot, he knew how to enter and pay.
, save, the right way to find out how to schedule, in order to obtain the highest efficiency.
Even building bridges and repairing roads makes sense. Different terrains, different soil textures, and different climate environments require particular attention to how the rammed earth is arranged and how the accumulated water flows out.
Shi Qing used to frantically build strongholds in Mount Tai to fight against the Jin army, and he had great experience in this. After the recommendation of Liu Erzu, he dictated an article about his experience. After being polished by others, it was included in the military academy's teaching materials.
The teaching materials of the military academy are compiled by the Marshal's Office. It is a great honor for the article to be included in the teaching materials. Who would have thought that a warrior with a rough background could become famous among people through his writing skills? Shi Qing is proud of this.
He spent a lot of money to have the article engraved by a skilled craftsman from Ningjin County, Xingzhou, and hid it at home.
After feeling proud, he felt that since he had become a famous figure, he must not lose face. He also had to learn other things that needed to be learned. After all, he still had twenty years of military career. Even if he did not fight in battle, he could still make steady progress.
to a higher position.,
The higher the status, the more benefits. Shi Qing is not a particularly greedy person, and he knows how to advance and retreat. He would never do it if he drank the blood of soldiers. But he would not take anything the imperial court was willing to give.
Don't take it for free.
Maybe in two or three years, we can buy a boat on the sea and join hands with others to create a pasture on the grassland?
In this case, when the three sons grow up, each of them will have a family business... It makes people happy to think about it!
