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    Update time: 2013-03-09

    It has been a month since the Northern Army defeated Bingzhou, and there is no fighting in Bingzhou.  Because of Zhao Jun's policy of being kind to the people, the bandits and bandits in Bingzhou who originally fought against the Bingzhou Army, the Northern Army of Bingzhou, and the Turks gradually surrendered one by one and came out of the mountains to surrender after Zhao Jun pardoned their crimes.  .

    As for those who had committed heinous crimes in the countryside, Zhao Xun would not let them go. Some mountain bandits who were unwilling to surrender were wiped out under the strong attack of the Zhao army.  Without 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 bandits who did evil.  According to the old rules, Zhao Xun asked them to repair roads and bridges.  For Zhao Xun, smooth roads played a vital role in court management, commerce, and military affairs.  Therefore, when Zhao Xun first took over the land of Bingzhou, he asked local officials to take charge of clearing fields, allocating land, and repairing roads.

    Why did Situ Lei agree to allow the refugees in his territory to enter Bingzhou 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 counties in the southern part of Bingzhou. This is because there was still Situ in the southern part of Bingzhou at the beginning.  Tai did not withdraw.  In short, the entry of these homeless refugees has put a lot of pressure on state governments.

    However, the officials who took over the place were all veterans with official experience in Youzhou and Jizhou. Therefore, matters such as clearing land, allocating land, and resettling refugees were all done in an orderly manner. To this end, many Situ Lei's arrangements were also investigated and punished.  There are hundreds of spies ready to stir up trouble.

    In addition to clearing fields 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, 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 also gave these immigrants a way to live.

    Of course, for those local wealthy gentry who refused to cooperate, they could only work with the bandits and bandits for free until a certain period of time was reached.  In other words, when these people deal with Zhao Jun, the local government can only treat them as prisoners and suffer torture 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 Chidao decided by Zhao Xun is the same as the various levels of highway in his memory. It is also divided into various levels.  There are different levels according to the places connected to and from.  But no matter what, units at the county level are paved with cement. The most important thing is to prevent heavy rains from making it difficult to walk on mud roads.  Although this is low-quality cement, although it cannot be compared with the cement oil road in memory, the carrying capacity of Chidao here is not very large, and nothing is too heavy.

    But with the emergence of Chidao, the number of merchants increased and local commerce flourished.  Handicraft workshops have appeared in many places, and silk, cloth, livestock fur, livestock breeding, etc. have all reached a certain scale.  On every road, there are caravans and carriages coming and going day and night.  As a result, many inns were built along Chidao, especially in places where the two towns were far apart, forming small resting places for merchants.

    The smooth flow of Chidao also makes business flourish, and the prosperity of business means that the government can collect more taxes.  Due to the smooth flow of the road, the number of people going out for fun, study tours, etc. has gradually increased. The cement road is not afraid of rain and is not bumpy.  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 horse-drawn carriages on the road.

    When Chidao was first built in the five prefectures of Youzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, Dingzhou, and Liaozhou, the Chief Affairs Secretary and officials from 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 is no need to build the state capital anymore.  However, Zhao Xun still decisively ordered the construction to be carried out in various state capitals. For this reason, he also let the Finance Secretary go clean.  However, Huitong Bank played a big role in it and issued another bond.  However, it now seems that the benefits obtained through Chidao under Zhao Jun's rule are enough to surprise all those who oppose it.

    It is also because of this that when the land of Bingzhou was captured, the construction of Chidao also started.  This was also the fundamental reason why Zhao Xun originally planned to ask Situ Lei to let the refugees enter the country after completing negotiations with him.  Now it seems that things are going in the direction of their plan.

    "Cao Gang had been executed in public five days ago. When the execution was carried out, all the people cheered. The Lord's reputation in the northern part of Bingzhou has been greatly improved.?At the top.  "Riding on the war horse, Wei Chen reported to Zhao Xun the situation around the nearest Bingzhou area.

    "What Cao Gang did is his own fault. As the commander-in-chief 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 also been away from home in the northern area of ??Bingzhou for many years. As long as he can hold on to the place and stop the Turks  People enter the country. No matter what, it is better than now. Even if Situ Tai is in charge of Bingzhou, he will not dare to attack him easily. Without the support of the people, his Bingzhou Northern Army is a castle in the air, and it will fall at the first touch.

    "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 had to make proper arrangements for the civil and military affairs of Bingzhou this time. The southern part of Bingzhou had to defend against the Yong army's surprise attack, while the northern part of Bingzhou had to intervene in the war between the Turks and the Qiang and Hu forces.  Therefore, Zhao Xun hopes that Bingzhou will calm down as soon as possible.  Of course, Zhao Xun also needs to find out the status of the refugees entering the country.

    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  To take advantage of this, he strictly defended and refused to fight, making it impossible for Murong Chengjiu to attack Hulao Pass in the north. The Tang Army, Yanzhou Army, and Xuzhou Army gradually began to hold back due to the long-term failure of the Tang Army, Yanzhou Army, and Xuzhou Army, making the offensive even more difficult.  It was unbearable. However, both the attackers and the defenders suffered heavy losses in the January attack. According to reports from Yanzhou, Murong Cheng lost more than 100,000 men, and Situ Lei lost no less than 80,000 men.  It can be said that both sides are now scarred.¡±

    "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 areas 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 his lord has taken advantage of Bingzhou but is not moving, so he wants his lord to join in and fight to the death with Situ Lei.  . Now Murong Cheng understands that this land of Yongzhou is not easy to fight, and Situ Lei is ready to fight. By the way, did you tell us 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 the army 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? Not to mention the rest, we sent troops to Yongzhou, but we didn¡¯t get any benefit from Yongzhou? In the end, we were forced to attack Liangzhou by ourselves, and they were divided into two unceremoniously.  The general territory of the country. Murong Cheng took it for granted. It seems that the fact that we conquered Bingzhou without fighting Situ Lei and allowed 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 directly. After all, on the surface, we are still members of the imperial court. What we are fighting is to kill.  The flag 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 to make an issue. Furthermore, after a hard fight, even if we win  In Bingzhou, our Zhao army also needs to rest 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 and Yanzhou Army.He and the Tang army controlled each other so that Murong Cheng could no longer take action as casually as 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  During the battle between the two passes in Yongzhou, the northern army mobilized most of the Jizhou army to merge with the state. 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 now I have stationed in the old capital Chang'an. Moreover, I don't know whether it was because he felt that he had too few troops or felt unsafe. After returning to Chang'an, he did not directly meet his father Situ Lei, but stayed in  Chang'an didn't move. According to our investigation, it seems that when we completed the negotiation with Situ Lei, Situ Lei had already eliminated the messenger and sent the order to Zhenlin County day and night, asking Situ Tai to retreat with the entire army. As a result, for some reason, this happened.  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 now controls Jingzhao Mansion in the west of Yongzhou,  With the power of Feng Ling Mansion, Shangluo Mansion, and Jingyang Mansion, in other words, this Situ Tai became half of Yongzhou Governor like the original Governor of Bingzhou. Of course, the Governor of Yongzhou and others also suffered.  The Governor of Ningyi. The Governor of Yongzhou was deprived of half of his rights, and the Governor of Ningyi also handed over the Hanzhong Prefecture in the north of Yizhou to Situ Tai, who was actually responsible for the defense of the north of the Han River.  Because Jingzhou¡¯s army has appeared in the north of 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  He hopes to choose the best among his sons' performance, 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.  As expected. However, it is already the end of October and the war will end soon."

    "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 westwards, 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."

    "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 as the northern barrier.  The next step is to gradually advance outward and gradually build the city.¡±

    Zhang Yuanjing said: "Your Majesty, 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 the heavy snow disaster at the end of last year, coupled with our raids, this Xue Nie Khan not only conquered the grasslands.  It has made many tribes dissatisfied and made many tribes¡¯ lives unsustainable. This is also our opportunity.¡±

    Zhao Xun nodded, he already knew what Zhang Yuanjing said.  The snow disaster and the decimation 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 losses.  Of course, in order to declare the supreme power of his khan, he conquered several small and medium-sized tribes by force and expanded his army and herdsmen.  But this also made some tribes dissatisfied with Xue Nie Khan, which also gave Zhao Xun the possibility to win him over and even make him 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 it is best to ask the government to prepare a batch of cultivated saplings to turn the grassland into a dense forest." Zhao Xun said softly.  said.

    "My lord, 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 bow strings, etc"

    From Dingping County to Taiyuan Prefecture, Chidao construction has begun in many areas along the way. Zhao Xun led the guards all the way.Now, I can see that the government offices in various places have a new look.  At the very least, people everywhere have begun to accept Zhao Jun and are no longer afraid of Zhao Jun.  Some refugees also appeared in the central region. 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 crossing the border, how could he stop the people who were looking for a living.  Coupled with the help of Zhao's merchants, all the young and strong refugees turned into caravan guards to pass 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 traveling on these pipelines. Most of them are businessmen from various places, and many are even  Local businessman.  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 passing on the official road.
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