Chapter 1046 Yu Ding

Chapter 1046 Yu Ding

Chapter 1046 Yu Ding
In mid-to-late February, most people left Guangchengze and returned to Luoyang.

Shao Xun was sometimes in Liang County, sometimes in Luyang and Ye County, and sometimes in Xiangcheng, talking with the elders.

This area was the place where he had the strongest rule, the real birthplace of his dragon. It was also located close to Luoyang and could be reached in one day by fast horse or a few days' march.

"To put it bluntly, if there is rebellion in Luoyang in the future, close the city gates." Shao Xun pointed to the villages scattered around and said, "My son can go to Hongnong and Henei to gather the government soldiers and the Black Army, go to Pingyang and Hedong to gather the Yellow Army, or go south to this place to recruit the sons who followed me the earliest. When the troops advance in four directions, there will be some loyal and brave people in Luoyang, so why wait for the traitors to die."

As he spoke, the personal army, which had expanded to 2,500 people, dispersed to various places to be on guard.

Just like Yang Qin who stood his last shift, Huang Zheng is also leaving. Next month he will serve as the deputy commander of Wansheng Army and commander of the first battalion.

Yang Qin will serve as the commander-in-chief of the Silver Spear Camp and lead his troops back to Bianliang for rest and recuperation.

Zhang Shuo remained in Huainan and was promoted to the third rank General of Conquering the Enemy, but he did not establish an office. He only served as the governor of Huainan and supervised the military affairs of the four counties of Huainan, Lujiang, Ruyin and Qiao.

He also underwent major adjustments to his basic troops.

The Xianbei cavalry had already returned north, and their leader Daxi Heruo was rushing to Guangchengze to meet the emperor.

When we attacked and conquered the Huns before, there were three people, Zhao Gu, Yang Tao, Liang Xun, and their various tribes.

Among them, Zhao Gu still had 20,000 soldiers and about 14,000 households, who were previously sent to Yiyang County for reclamation and are still staying there.

Yang Tao still had more than 6,000 households and more than 7,000 soldiers. They were previously in Runan and were sent to Shouchun in late January. Zhang Shuo ordered them to go to the Xiquyang area and clean up the farmland left behind by the Huai people.

Liang Xun has changed his name to Liang Gong. He has 5,000 households and 5,000 soldiers under his command. He was previously sent to Qiao and Pei to reclaim wasteland. In the middle of the first month of the lunar year, he also went south and stationed in Ping'a and Wokou areas in Huaibei. At this time, he was already engaged in spring plowing.

All of Zhao Wei's troops of the Heilongjiang Right Camp moved south and stationed in Shouchun City. They were the backbone of Zhang Shuo's force.

There are also soldiers from Zu Yue's army in Xia Cai.

A total of more than 20,000 people, mainly infantry, with a small number of cavalry, were all the forces that Zhang Shuo could control.

In the twelfth month of last year, the Di Qiang chieftain Xu Chuquanqu in Fengyi County, because his son Yiyu died in Huainan, took advantage of the opportunity that the Hu and Han people in Guanzhong were about to celebrate the New Year and started a rebellion with great momentum.

Jin Zheng led more than 15,000 infantry and cavalry eastward, and at the same time issued an order to mobilize the troops of Guanzhong Prefecture, Diaoyin and Shangjun Hu soldiers to suppress the rebellion.

Years ago, Quan Qu was killed by his subordinates and surrendered.

Shao Xun then intervened in the affairs of the Fengyi tribes, made some adjustments, and established Luodong Longxiang Prefecture near Chengcheng County in later generations.

The land where Zhao Gu, Liang Gong, Yang Tao and others were relocated was adjusted and divided into two Longxiang prefectures in Acheng and Lantian.

The 3,600 required soldiers were composed of 2,400 elite soldiers drawn from the hereditary soldiers of Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and hundreds of soldiers and young men of the military units who were skilled in archery and horse riding were recruited from Luonan, in addition to hundreds of elite soldiers who performed outstandingly in the battle against Liang last year. The military units were drawn from the service households in Bianliang.

There were still a few old, weak, sick and disabled people among the hereditary soldiers of Yan and Yu, and they were all turned into civilians to save them from suffering.

In this way, the hereditary armies of Yan and Yu states became history.

There are not many states in the Daliang Dynasty that still have large-scale hereditary military organizations.

The new military force replaced the traditional old army, which was the elegant governance of the new dynasty.

Shao Xun was also troubled by the chaotic armies and tribes throughout the world. This chaos lasted throughout the Southern and Northern Dynasties until King Fu Tianwang defeated them all at the Battle of Feishui - the tricky thing was that while he was giving away the miscellaneous soldiers, he also gave away his own people.

Shao Xun didn't think there was anything wrong with Fu Jian's thinking.

Aren’t you going to send the miscellaneous soldiers away and keep them for the New Year?
What he truly trusted were the imperial guards and palace soldiers he had created, including their children.

When they entered the village, the sons of the palace soldiers who had received the news long ago came forward one after another, looking curiously at the Taibai Star Spirit who was described by their fathers as wise and powerful.

"Long live the emperor." At the signal of the personal guards, everyone bowed down.

And the "clever" one added: "Meet the Queen."

At the same time, he secretly sighed that the queen was really young.

Wang Yinling, who was holding Yuan Zhen, was stunned at first, and then she didn't avoid him and just stood there.

Shao Xun coughed lightly, stood in front of her, and said, "Everyone, get up."

The guards also knew that they had made a mistake. They were so angry that they shouted in a low voice: "This is not the queen, why are you shouting?"

Wang Yinling murmured softly: "Yuanzhen, your father is so heartless."

Five-year-old Yuan Zhen looked at his father, then at his mother, buried his face in his mother's arms, and said, "I will listen to my mother."

Wang Yinling kissed her son and whispered in his ear, "My dear, it was worth it to give birth to you after ten months of pregnancy. From now on, I can only rely on you. You two must love each other and help each other."

"Mother, are you talking about Shiyijian?" Yuan Zhen asked curiously.

He didn't like that "brother" and had secretly beaten him in the past. When he grew up, he would definitely fight back.

Wang Yinling freed one hand, gently stroked her belly, and said, "Your brother is here."

Yuan Zhen looked at his mother's flat belly in confusion. Where is his brother?

Wang Yinling chuckled and felt much better.

Men can be replaced, but sons cannot.

If a man is heartless, then educate your son well.

"They are all good men, but I wonder if they are willing to go to the frontier and make achievements." Shao Xun's voice sounded not far away. As soon as these words came out, the originally lively atmosphere became a little cold.

Shao Xun didn't take it seriously, he laughed and said, "Stay at home, plant those few acres of thin land, and barely make ends meet, how can it be enjoyable? You should get rich and noble right away, but you don't even have this little ambition, you are looked down upon."

There is no doubt that this is a method of provoking others, which is particularly effective against teenagers because they tend to get hot-headed.

The effect was indeed quite good. The emperor provoked someone, and in an instant someone fell into the trap. He ignored his parents' worried eyes and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I am willing to take this honor."

"I also want to take this fame." Once there was one, there would be two, and soon more people stood up.

Shao Xun struck while the iron was hot and said to Huang Zheng, "Ask someone to write it down and give the resettlement allowance to him later."

Huang Zheng understood that this would not give them a chance to regret.

Shao Xun looked at Chang Long who was following not far away and said, "I remember your family lives in Shiqiaofang, right?"

"That's right." Chang Long said, "I'll leave the old house to my brothers and sisters, and I'll live with my parents in Luoyang."

Chang Long is the eldest son of General Chang Can of the Left Jinwu Guard, and is eighteen years old this year.

Five years ago in Jinyang, Chang Can, a rough man, had an idea. He took advantage of Shao Xun's words and sent his son to be his personal soldier.

Shao Xun took the same care of these children of nobles.

The personal troops do not need to have strong combat capabilities, but they need to be loyal and careful, so they are carefully cultivated and promoted to the team leader.

"Shiqiao Defense is considered the earliest batch of government soldiers. How many young men from different families are there?" Shao Xun asked.

"I don't go back to the old house often, but I heard that every household has two or three adult sons who can't serve as palace soldiers." Chang Long said, "It's okay in the later batches, there aren't that many. But in a few years, there will be more."

"How do these people make a living?" Shao Xun asked.

According to the data he found out from the Left Cavalry Guard, the combined number of children over 15 or 16 years old in the families of Luonan and Xiangcheng government soldiers and their subordinates was probably over 30,000, who were unable to inherit the position of government soldier, nor could they serve as subordinates of the government soldiers.

A while ago, Jin Zhun had only planned to recruit one thousand people, but in the end he recruited about two thousand people in one go.

Hou Feihu also sent people to Luonan and Xiangcheng to recruit soldiers. Since the conditions in Wuwei were relatively good, he directly recruited 3,000 young men.

After getting rid of this group of people, most of those left are not so eager to go out and explore the world.

In fact, these are the children of government soldiers, who have a strong martial spirit. If they were children of ordinary civilians, it would be impossible to recruit so many.

"Your Majesty, almost all the soldiers of the Left Cavalry Guard are honored officials. Many veterans took out their life savings to buy land. They first looked for it in Luonan and Xiangcheng, but there were few fields and the price was high, so they couldn't buy much. Later, they went to nearby Runan to buy land. There were many wastelands there, the price was cheap, and it was not far from Xiangcheng and Luonan. After buying land, they settled there as civilians." Chang Long said: "There are also those who don't have that much money, or parents who don't want their sons to leave their hometowns, so the land of the troops is distributed to them for cultivation. But the court is strict, and the troops can't be driven away, so they can only divide the land. A soldier family often has four or five households, five or six households of troops, two or three of which are brothers of the new soldiers or even brothers-in-law or brothers-in-law."

"Two hundred acres of land can support more people, so there will be less money and food to support the soldiers." Shao Xun said, "Some people would rather go hungry than go to the frontier, or even leave their hometown."

"It is true, and there are quite a few of them." Chang Long said, "But we can still make a living. If we really can't survive, we will definitely become refugees."

"Five years ago, there weren't so many things going on." Shao Xun said, "It's changing so fast."

Of course this is normal.

Five years ago, he was only eleven or twelve years old and still lived with his father and brothers. Five years later, he has reached the age to start a family and build a career.

In a peaceful world, the population growth is really fast, and this is even before an epidemic swept across the country, otherwise it would be even more terrifying.

The two conscriptions brought in 5,000 men, including some family members (mostly women under 20 years old and young children), with a total number of more than 8,000, which greatly alleviated the problem of too many people and too little land.

The government is lazy and can't solve these problems for you all the time. It's good enough if they can report once every five or ten years. Generally speaking, as long as there is no chaos in the local area and the people can barely make a living, they won't care.

Shao Xun remembered that when his eldest son Jin Dao was the chief of Zuo Jinwu Guard, he went to Chenliu several times to measure the land and mentioned this matter. However, the Zuo Jinwu Guard was not in a serious situation, as the population of Luonan and Xiangcheng expanded too fast.

If Shao Xun does not care, the military system can still be used for several decades. If he manages it, it can continue to last longer on this basis.

While he was thinking, Huang Zheng had already gathered together those who were willing to apply, about three hundred people.

About half of them are married, some are just young couples, and some have babies.

Shao Xun calculated that among the 30,000 "surplus men" (sons of palace soldiers and retainers) of the Left Cavalry Guard, several thousand had been dealt with by the old palace soldiers themselves, either going to other places or becoming retainers; another 5,000 were taken away through two rounds of conscription. Today, the Shiqiao Defense had recruited 300 men, and other defenses were continuing to recruit, so it was estimated that there were still quite a few left, and it would not be a problem to gather 2,000 to 3,000 men. Finally, the whole family was given travel expenses and went to Hongcheng Town to serve as garrison soldiers.

The rest are probably "diehards" who are hard to shake, unless they are forced to relocate regardless of human ethics, or wait until they feel that life is unbearable and are willing to settle in other places.

This is a big trouble, but also a huge asset, because they have certain basic martial arts and battle formation knowledge.

"Recruit another group of people who are willing to go to Pingcheng." Shao Xun added, "Explain it to them clearly. Those who are married can bring their wives and children. When they go to Pingcheng, they will be the imperial guards. There are many vacancies in this army and they have not been filled yet. Although Pingcheng is bitterly cold, the life of the imperial guards is better than struggling to make a living in their hometown."

Wang Yinling listened from the side, noticed the way Shao Xun was looking at her, and kissed her son's tender little face.

Yuan Zhen chuckled.

Shao Xun also smiled. It felt pretty good that his wife and children depended on him.

After the autumn comes, we will recruit 10,000 people from here to march south.

These are all good soldiers, at least stronger than the young and strong. If they are transporting supplies, they may not scatter even if the Wu people come to intercept the food supply route.

If Xiangyang could be captured, Shao Xun wanted to see if these people were willing to stay there.

Now that you're here, why go back?
At most, he could send someone back with the news, asking his hometown to find a new bride as soon as possible, and the couple could settle down in Xiangyang together. That would be great.

(End of this chapter)