Chao Yong praised the hard work and achievements of cultivating teachers and said: "How many soldiers and horses in each department can be used by me?"
Zhongshi Daozhen said: "A total of 30,000 soldiers and horses have been gathered in the six states near Xingqing Mansion, all of them are cavalry, but the armors are all leather armor, and a considerable number of people do not have leather armor. Many bows and arrows are also made by the tribes. The bow power is not strong.¡±
Chao Yong thought for a while and then said: "First organize the troops and horses, and then uniformly equip them with leather armor and captured Xixia bows and arrows. The main thing now is to defend against the invasion of the grassland tribes in the north. The bows and arrows of Xixia are enough to deal with the grassland tribes."
Mu Hong said: "Heishan Weifu Army Division has 50,000 soldiers and horses from Xixia to defend the grassland tribes. If they surrender, there is no need to worry about the grassland tribes."
Zhong Shidao shook his head and said: "We not only have to be wary of the grassland tribes, but also the tribes of the Black Mountain Weifu Military Division. They are different from the tribes that surrendered near Xingqing Mansion. The men of the Xingqing Mansion were killed by Li Qianshun and Cha Ge Nearly half of them were lost. In addition, they were accustomed to farming life. They could only continue to live in the Yinchuan Plain by surrendering to our country. The ministries of the Heishan Weifu Military Division were closer to the nomadic people. Li Qianshun wanted to guard against the grassland people and did not mobilize them. The ministries. Even if they surrender to our court, there is no guarantee that they will not pretend to be grassland tribes and plunder the Yinchuan plains."
Lu Zhishen nodded and said: "I have also heard how ferocious these grassland tribes are. They are nominally tribes under the jurisdiction of Shangjing Road and Xijing Road of the Liao Kingdom, but not only do these tribes often plunder Xixia, but even the Liao Kingdom is often harassed by them."
Chao Yong did not consider this issue. After hearing what Zhong Shidao said, it was really possible.
"If any tribe dares to come to the Yinchuan Plain to plunder, then we will unite with the surrounding tribes to destroy them. We only need the population and livestock to be distributed to all the tribes participating in the war."
Planter Dao Qi said: "What do we need the population for?"
Chao Yong smiled and said: "They came to rob our wealth. We will let them create wealth for us. The domestic mines need a lot of people, and we can let them work in the mines."
Zhong Shidao nodded and said: "Shaanxi also produces coal. Open-pit mining is only painful and tiring, but underground mining often collapses and explodes, and people often die in mining accidents. If we let them go mining, we can reduce the number of coal mines. I've suffered casualties among the people of the court, but I'm afraid this will lead to the impeachment of the imperial censor?"
Chao Yong snorted coldly and said: "It is their crime to invade the territory of our dynasty, just like the people who were assassinated by the Song Dynasty have to do labor. Is there anything that can be impeached? If anyone dares to impeach, I will let him come to the border to resist those tribes. "
With Chao Yong¡¯s words, Master Zhong dared to do things with confidence.
"If the emperor of the Song Dynasty had made a promise to him before, he would not have dared to do it. Because what the Chinese people in North Korea love to do most is to suppress military personnel, in their opinion. We need to educate all the people, not massacre them. Although if they were allowed to go to the border to educate, no one would dare to go. The emperor of the Song Dynasty has never taken responsibility, but the generals of the family have learned this lesson long ago. When Zhong'e took Suizhou under a secret order, although he successfully built the city, he was impeached by the imperial censor for provoking border provocations. The emperor did not dare to take responsibility, and in the end Zhonge was demoted to the fourth level.
"However, Zhong Shidao can trust the prince, not only because Daliang's civil and military status is average, but even the military personnel are slightly higher. Moreover, both the emperor and the prince came from the world. Jianghu people keep their promises, and the promises of Jianghu people are more trustworthy than the emperor's golden words.
Lu Zhishen, stroking his bald head, said: "If the tribes in the Liao Kingdom come to invade, can we also attack the Liao Kingdom?"
Chao Yong thought for a while and said: "If it is a tribe within the Liao Kingdom, you can report it to the court first. The court will ask the Liao Kingdom for the crime and force them to kill the offending tribe. The Liao Kingdom was defeated by us in the first round. The war on the northern front resumed again. If they don't dare to offend us, we can ask them to help us with a letter of credence. If they can't kill those tribes, it won't be too late for us to send troops."
Zhong Shidao said with emotion: "In the past, when we fought against Xixia, when Xixia was unable to support itself, the Liao Kingdom would jump out and intervene to give Xixia some time to breathe. Once upon a time, it was conceivable that we could accuse the Liao Kingdom."
Chao Yong said: "If there weren't a few clowns in the country, when Yelu Yanxi invaded Hebei, I would have led my troops to recapture the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. The Khitan people have stolen the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun from our Han people for two hundred years. It's time to come back. You must seize the time to train your troops, especially the cavalry. As long as the Central Plains is unified, it will be time for us to take back the Sixteenth State of Yanyun, no matter whether it is the land of the Liao Kingdom or the Jin Kingdom. No room for error.¡±
Hearing this, Master Zhong and the other three hurriedly stood up and cupped their hands and said, "Yes."
"After the imperial court sends a governor and enfeoffs the land, we will recruit tens of thousands of Han cavalry. No matter how many vassal armies there are, we Han people must maintain a strong combat power and martial spirit, otherwise we will be defeated by these vassal armies sooner or later.Devour. "
In Chao Yong¡¯s plan, firearms must only be controlled by the Han people, but before firearms can play a decisive role, the Han cavalry must also be able to compete with the cavalry of various tribes. Although the Han people's riding skills are not as good as those of the people who grew up on horses, the Han people can use powerful bows and arrows and strong armor to offset the difference in riding skills.
Mu Hongqi asked: "Is it possible that the land of Xixia should be distributed to the people?"
Chao Yong nodded and said: "The Central Plains has a lot of people but little land. Even if it is divided, each person will not be able to get much, and it will cost the court a lot of energy. However, the Yinchuan Plain has a lot of people but little land, so it can be divided evenly. More importantly If we want to completely turn the Yinchuan Plain into the land of our Han people, we need to let more Han people come here to live. During the Tang Dynasty, they built the Tanglai Canal and moved the people to reclaim the land, but the number of people in the Song Dynasty was still not enough. , but it has produced more people. With the population of the Song Dynasty, I, Daliang, can move more Han people to the Yinchuan Plain and turn it into a real Han people's land. "
Master Zhong said: "If we don't give land to the party members, I'm afraid they will have different intentions?"
Chao Yong smiled and said: "As long as they are settled on this land, the court will allocate it to them. However, most of the Dangxiang people are not good at farming. Even if they are allocated land, I am afraid that it will not be long before they sell it to the Han people." Of course, it would be better if they could learn to farm. The imperial court would encourage the Han people to teach the Dangxiang people about farming and encourage intermarriage between the Han and Dangxiang people. With our population, it would not take many generations for us to assimilate the Dangxiang people. In the future, the land on the border will be divided. When the court calculates the area of ??cultivated land and determines how much land each person will be allocated, the people can move to the border. The land in the Central Plains will not be divided. Farmers who have lost their land should be happy to come to the border." To be continued)