A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 321
Lingzhou's army was localized, and the local army was grouped. After ten years, a feudal town was almost formed, but now it was broken up.

Yang Gongren is old and strong, wearing armor and holding a lance, riding a horse and whip, feeling very heroic.

This rectification is tantamount to the rebirth of Lingzhou. All kinds of hidden diseases and hidden dangers before have finally been given the right medicine.

"Lingzhou is a frontier town and needs a large army to be stationed permanently. The history of commanding and raising troops is a thorny problem,"

The reason why the frontier is easy to become a feudal town is that the situation is special in the final analysis. The military region of the feudal town formed by generals who have been in charge of the army for a long time will naturally become easy to collectivize. It is also strict, and there is no war.

The border areas are different, the military pressure is high, and there are often wars and autumn defenses. A large number of troops are stationed for a long time, and sometimes they cannot be rotated for several years. Many generals guard the border for a long time, and the supervision is not as strict as that of the Central Plains.

The conditions are also poor, so they slowly engage in things such as vacancies, registration, and even false credits. The vacancies are naturally empty. There are so many soldiers, but there are actually none, especially in the Tutuan and Chengpang areas. They are all local Han and Tibetan militiamen. Although there is no food and salary after being selected, they can be exempted from military service. When they are recruited for training and coordinated defensive operations, they also have food, grass, rewards and other expenses.

If there are expenses, it is naturally easy to embezzle.

Even taking advantage of the convenience of being a frontier soldier, some businessmen and merchants in industrial and commercial cities are allowed to register. A frontier soldier who is actually engaged in business and sales can be exempted from tax and not afraid of border investigations.
There are also military fields, etc., which can also be embezzled and embezzled, or rent military fields cheaply to tyrants, or even "abandon the wasteland" directly, let the tyrants open up wasteland for white breeding, or the army can harvest more and report less, etc.

After all, when the army is localized, grouped, and formed into a feudal town, various problems arise.

Lingzhou must defend the Turks and deal with the capital of Liang Shidu, so a large number of troops must be garrisoned for a long time.

Under special circumstances, special interest groups naturally gradually formed.

To solve this kind of local group, first of all, the imperial court must be strong. As long as it has the heart, it must have the ability to solve it overwhelmingly.

Today is the beginning of the Tang Dynasty. Although Lingzhou was suspended outside the Great Wall at the beginning of the country, it is rather special, but now the imperial court is getting stronger, and it is only a matter of one sentence to solve this problem.

Of course, the method should also pay attention to some.

Wu Huaiyu's solution is still relatively mild, and it is more satisfactory to all parties.

The soldiers in Jiuzhen go home in rotation, they can rest at home for a few years, and they can get a lot of money and food to go home. Even the smuggling they participated in before, they have to give them a sum of money, which adds up to a large sum of money , put on slaves such as cattle and horses and bring them back to their hometown, which is enough to satisfy them.

The local soldiers are mainly assigned to them, plus some money and food.

And those merchants and merchants who had registered in the city cleared out, but they also gave some money, grain and land, which can be regarded as a write-off.

In addition, how to protect the interests of the newly rotated inland soldiers, etc., mainly depends on a few points. One is to emphasize that they will be rotated home for a year, and the service will not be postponed. Some of the troops were allocated for farming, and some of the land was rented out. Some of the harvested grains were used as rations for the frontier troops, some were stored in the army, and some were directly distributed to the frontier soldiers as rewards.

The same is true for generals and officers. Generally, the term is one year, and the middle and upper-level officers do not exceed three years, and they are not allowed to stay on the side for a long time.

In the future, for the Lingwu frontier army, not only the prefecture and town soldiers will have four points to garrison the fields and six points will be on duty, but the united soldiers will also be assigned to garrison fields and pastures, and they will also be assigned to grazing fields.

Taking turns to farm and graze, not all the rewards are paid to the public. All state soldiers, government soldiers, united soldiers, and city soldiers can get a share. Not too low.

In the three prefectures of Lingyanyou, relying on the Great Wall, many fortresses and military settlements have been built, so that the Lingwu Army can be completely self-sufficient in the future, and even everyone can earn rations, share surplus food, and get rewards while guarding the border.

Iron fortresses and flowing soldiers.

In late May, the Lingwu Army and the Fourth Army stayed behind to garrison fields and build forts, while the third army attacked Shuofang.

They walked eastward along the Great Wall, and the soldiers and horses of the three routes were not far apart and echoed each other from afar.

The soldiers left Yanzhou and entered Xiazhou.

Soon I met soldiers and horses from the Xiazhou Dudufu's Mansion, on the west bank of the Hongliu River and south of the Great Wall, which are now under the control of the Xiazhou Dudufu's Mansion.

Duan Decao is indeed a frontier general who has been in Yanzhou for a long time and has dealt with Liang Shidu for many years. Although he also had many problems when he was the governor of Yanzhou, he has never been in vain in battle.

As soon as he came to Xiazhou, he immediately regained the areas south of the Great Wall and east of the Hongliu River, and quickly built more castles in these areas, perfected Fengsui, and at the same time established military settlements.

They also enlisted to make up some Tutuan and Chengpang. Liang divisions had come to commit crimes several times, but they were all repelled.

Hongliu River, the upper reaches of Wuding River in Xiazhou.

It originated from Baiyu Mountain at the junction of the four prefectures of Yanxia and Qingyan. Baiyu Mountain is a dry mountain, but it gave birth to the source of the Wuding River.

In the upper reaches, the Loess Plateau stretches for hundreds of miles, and tall red willows grow on both sides of the river.

These tamarisks are drought and heat tolerant.

The red willows on both sides of the bank are all close to the water, all the way from the yellow sand to the mountain.

Because these red willows are in the river section before the confluence of Xiazhou and Wushui, they are called Hongliu River.

When there is no rain, the water of the Hongliu River is very clear, and the water volume of the river is very small, but its two banks are also important grain areas in Xiazhou.

When Helian Bobo came here, he saw the river wandering here, the lush water and grass, and the large and small lakes scattered here and there. He was very impressed and praised, so he built a white capital city in Xiazhou, named Tongwan, which means to rule the world and rule all nations. .

This white city was built extremely firmly.

He Lianbo conscripted [-] Han Hu to build the city, using local materials. He dug out the white lake mud from the shallow lake in the northwest of the city, mixed it with lime and quartz sand, and deliberately built it with dust during the tamping process. It is still in the process of construction. , Use steamed earth to ram the city wall.

Lime, quartz sand, clay, etc. are mixed with water to form triadic soil, which is extremely hard after fortification.

Even every section of the building has to be randomly inspected, and the awl cannot penetrate more than one inch into the wall. If the awl penetrates an inch, the builder will be killed immediately and the body will be buried in the wall.

It took 10 people six years to finally complete the Baicheng.

It's a pity that although Tongwan City was completed, the prosperous Great Xia Kingdom failed to unify all nations. The Great Xia Dynasty was soon destroyed, but Tongwan City was left behind and became an important military town in the North Houshuofang area.

It has always been the center of this Mediterranean region.

Liang Shidu also occupied this place at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and claimed the king separately.

On the east bank of the Hongliu River, pseudo-beams also built many forts.

The forward of the Lingwu Legion appeared on the bank of the Hongliu River, and the detective cavalry of the false beam immediately passed the news to the beacon castle, and the beacon guards on the beacon pier quickly began to light the beacon smoke.

Beacon smoke rises, Tang Qi comes.

This time it was no longer Duan Decao's small group of Xiazhou soldiers crossing the river to harass the farmland on the east bank, but the Tang army came to attack.

Beacon smoke is everywhere, and it is passed on from one station to another.

The billowing beacon smoke covered the sky on the east bank of the Hongliu River.

Wudaogou Fort.

It is named because it is located on the east bank of the upper reaches of the Hongliu River, where the Wudaogou River flows into the Hongliu River. Liang Jun built a fort on the hill at the bend of the river.

The castle is not big, but it is condescending, guarding the bend of the river. There are many better fields in the bend of the mountain, and soldiers are stationed in the fields. But since this year, this place has become a front line, and it is no longer peaceful.

The two guards pointed to the distance to the west and shouted loudly. One turned around and pulled out a drumstick to beat the cowhide drum vigorously, while the other soldier took out a horn and blew it.

The drums and trumpets sounded together.

The other soldiers in the fort panicked.

"Tang Qi, Tang Qi is here!"

"Big stock Tang Qi."

The lord of the castle hurriedly climbed up the watchtower, and sure enough, he saw smoke and dust everywhere on the other side of the river to the west, and a large group of Tang troops appeared.

Wudaogou Fortress is not too big, usually a hundred people are stationed there.

Half of them are on duty, and the other half are farming. Some soldiers' families are also here, but they dig cave dwellings at the foot of the mountain and by the river, which is also convenient for farming.

Seeing the smoke and dust covering the sky and the countless Tang cavalry, the garrison leader panicked.

Although the beacon smoke has also been lit, they don't know how long it will last.

Before Tang Xiazhou's small group of rangers came across the river, they could quickly retreat to the Shanmao Castle. Although this castle is not big, it occupies a dangerous position and is condescending, and the small group of rangers can't do anything about it.

But now that so many people are coming, it is dangerous.

Some soldiers ran out of the fort directly to pick up their families down the mountain.

It was a mess.

There were even some guards who had no family concerns, and took advantage of the chaos to run away.

At the foot of the mountain, the family members of the guards who dug kilns by the cliff, or other common people farming here, when they heard the horn and saw the beacon smoke, they immediately dragged their families up the mountain with their mouths. Bring cattle and sheep.

Wu Junwei led the vanguard of the Zuo Yuhou Army of the Lingwu Army Corps to cross the Hongliu River first, and there were no fake beams to stop them along the way.

Facing the Tang army, the hundred defenders of Wudaogou Fort either ran away, or all retreated to Shanmao Castle, and none of them dared to come forward to fight.

Ride lightly on a fast horse.

Flags fluttered.

Wu Junwei's hundred cavalry men and horses had already reached the foot of the mountain very quickly. Many people who had not yet entered the castle were panicked, and many children were crying loudly.

Wu Junwei waved the horse in his hand.

Block their way and order the soldiers to drive them to the river.

They became captives, but no one like Wu Junwei dared to kill innocent people indiscriminately, let alone commit meritorious deeds. Wu Huaiyu had already issued a strict order before the war. Whoever dares to mess up will be punished according to military law and executed on the spot.

Of course, this time I came to Xiazhou, although I didn't come here to directly destroy Liang Shidu, but all the crops encountered were destroyed, and all the soldiers and civilians encountered were captured and taken back.

Captives are also rewarded for their merits.

The main mission of the Lingwu Legion's attack this time is to harass and destroy, and try not to attack fortified cities.

However, Wu Junwei led his cavalry to the fort, and seeing that the opponent was so fearful of fighting, he rode his horse forward and persuaded him to surrender under the fort.

"I am the forward of the Zuoyuhou Army of the Great Tang Lingwu Army Regiment Qiwu Junwei, I advise you to open the door and surrender..."

Wu Junwei didn't think that they would surrender with a few words, but when they came, they would definitely go through a formality, persuade them to surrender, and even sign up for their names.

Just as he turned to leave, the guard on the top of the wall answered.

"If I wait to surrender, can I keep it safe?"

Wu Junwei stopped, a little surprised, so he said loudly the treatment of surrendering again. Surrendering is not killing, life and property can be preserved, and the family is naturally preserved. Officers can even keep their grades for later use. In short, if you surrender, The conditions are okay, but if they are captured and captured, it will be completely different.

"Okay, we surrender!"

Before Wu Junwei could persuade him again, the garrison of the city directly surrendered happily.

Soon, the gate of the castle was opened, and the lord came out to surrender first, and no one in the castle resisted.

When the Tang flag was planted on the watchtower of Wudaogou Fort and Wu Junwei was also standing in the castle, he was even a little surprised. Although the fort was small, it was also quite strong and strong. There were dozens of soldiers in the fort, plus There must be less than 500 people for family members and common people,

This was taken down without bloodshed, plus the two hundred people who were stopped outside just now.

He directly seized a fort and gained eight hundred mouths.

"Damn, this is going too well, hurry up and report the victory to Wuchang Shi, the flag is set to win, and the first battle is won!"

(End of this chapter)