The spring rain is light, like an open veil, moistening the green seedlings of the fields and covering the dock forts and mountains in the distance.

The delicate breeze blows the raindrops, drifts into the pavilion, and falls on Xin Er's face, cool and silky. The air is fresh and pleasant to the spleen and lungs. He took a deep breath, caught the silk towel handed by a subordinate officer, wiped Shicai's hand that was wet from stroking the railing, and looked into the distance. The official road is deserted, and there is still no Dandan's car. He said to himself: "It can't be a distress on the way, right?" ”

In the territory of Longzhou, Tang and Yi live together, and there are many tribes of Huyi. Not only in the oasis in the desert, but also in the counties of the state.

There are many Hu tribes in Jiuquan and Jiankang counties, because they mainly live along the weak water, the Tang people call them "Lu Shuihu". A section of the weak water is also known as the Black River, and "Lu" means black; Lu Shui refers to weak water.

Xin Er invited Du Ya and Yan Dan to Jiankang to discuss military affairs, one of which was about Lu Shuihu.

His subordinates said that he would arrive in the morning, but it was almost noon, and he was still noon. Xin Er couldn't help but make a bad guess.

Summoned the Pan Dan subordinates who delivered the message, Xin Er inquired carefully, calculated the distance, and Pan Dan should have arrived a long time ago.

"Jing Huan, send an order to the Marquis of the begging army, and order him to lead a hundred horsemen out of the city, search in the direction of Jiuquan, and find out where the king of Fanfu is now." Xin Er commanded.

One of the officials bowed down and answered, "Yes." "This person is about forty years old, quite tall, named Huang Rong, the word Jinghuan, and is now the county government secretary. When Zhang Daojiang commented on Xin Er's poor chess skills, he was one of the few people who looked displeased.

Huang Rong saluted respectfully, took a few steps back, turned around and went downstairs, and went to find the beggar waiting in the city to deliver his life.

The Zebian tribes have been added to the military register. Linghu gave Xin Er as a part of the 3,000 foot rides, of which a thousand horses were the Hu people of the begging and other species after the adaptation was completed. In total, they were arranged into two parts. Xin Er recommended Lan Bao to be the commander of the department, and he did not directly serve as a captain, but as an officer and military Sima; Qi Dali and Bald Lian Fan each received a song, both of which were Qu Junhou.

Sometimes Xin Er went out of the house, and Lan Baozhang and the other three took turns to ride the horse, and today it was the turn of begging for strength.

"Du Jun, it's almost noon, let's go back to the house for dinner first."

Not to mention that Xin Er has the power to supervise the military of the three counties, only from the perspective of the official, Xin Er, Du Ya, and Pan Dan, the three of them are all five products, and they are not to welcome Shangguan, Xin Er and Du Ya have been waiting for Pan Dan for a long time, and the etiquette is already in place. Taking a step back, if Yan Dan is really in distress, then the two of them should not be stupid here, but should immediately investigate clearly, report to the DPRK and China, and deal with the follow-up.

Du Ya didn't say anything, he was very dissatisfied in his heart, and thought: "Jiuquan is a stone's throw away from Jiankang, the old man thought it was already late, but I didn't expect you to arrive yet!" Tell your subordinates to say that they will arrive in the morning, and when they wait for a long time, they will not see anyone, and they will play tricks on people? If you want to take advantage of this to seize the prestige of the eagle, it is not impossible, but always remind me, and the tired old man will also wait for a long time. You're a big old man! ”

Jiankang is an overseas Chinese county separated from Jiuquan, and Lechuan is less than 200 miles away from the county of Jiuquan; Xihai County is the northernmost county of Longzhou, deep into the desert, located in the West Sea where the weak water terminal joins, that is, to the south of Juyanze, 500 miles away from Lejuan. Duya thought he was late, but when he arrived, he found that the strong have their own strong players, and it turned out that the most bullish one was Pan Dan.

The two went downstairs, ordered the car to turn back, and returned to the county hall.

Xin Er and Duya eat.

Du Ya said: "Governor, although there is General Beigong in the county, but the Beiyu just plundered the border people last month, I have the responsibility to guard the land, and I can't leave the county boundary for a long time." If the king has any military orders, ask the governor to show them. ”

Du Ya arrived in Jiankang County yesterday afternoon, and Xin Er has not yet discussed with him in detail the specific military affairs that he was invited to come.

One waited for a long time, and the other came in a hurry to leave. No matter how good Xin Er's kung fu is, he can't help but scold "damn it" in his heart. However, Duya was right, according to the regulations, the county magistrate could not leave the boundary without permission. The reason why Du Ya came all the way from the West Sea was because Xin Er transferred the royal order of Linghu Feng, so it was understandable that he was in a hurry to return to the county party committee after finishing his official business.

"The Lord's military order, I have already roughly told Du Jun in the official document."

"Yes."

"The main two. One is about softness; The two are related to Lu Shuihu. ”

"Not bad."

These are what Xin Er said in the official document, but what Ling Hu Feng specifically asked the three counties to do, he was cautious and did not mention it in the official document.

Duya raised his spirit, listened to Xin Er's speech, and listened to him preach: "The Lord means that at the beginning of this spring, the first thing is to guard against the plundering of grain and disturbing the people; Secondly, the Lord wants to draw one of Lu Shuihu Wu and use it as a tun and pasture to fill the country. ”

After listening, Du Ya changed color and said: "The Lord wants to draw money and shepherds? Aren't you afraid of stirring up chaos here? ”

Rouran is what Duya called the "Northern Captive"; Beiyu is a contemptuous name, and Rouran is the self-name of its tribe.

Lu Shuihu and Yun Lu, such as Rouran and Bei Lu, are also the same thing; Prisoner is also a contempt.

"Gan" is the name given to slaves by the Huns. Although Lu Shuihu and Rouran are two Hu groups with different origins, rising times and active areas, they have one thing in common, that is, their ancestors were slaves or slave tribes.

Lu Shuihu's ancestors were slaves or slaves of the Huns, and after the destruction of the kingdom of the Huns, they went to Longzhou, some of them grazed in the desert oasis, and most of them lived on both sides of the Lushui River.

Rouran's ancestors were slaves of Xianbei earlier, and later took off the identity of slaves, and gradually there were tribes that separated from Xianbei and were called Rouran; With the absorption of various small tribes, the influence has grown in recent years. It was divided into two branches, east and west, and Longbei was their west branch.

The same source of identity caused another similarity between Lu Shuihu and Rouran.

That is, unlike tribal alliances such as Chiloudan and Hegan, which are mainly formed through blood relations, the various tribes within Lu Shuihu and Rouran do not have any direct blood relationship between them, and their composition is complex, and they cannot be named by a single main clan.

——The Tang people used "Lu Shui" as the general name of the Hu people on both sides of the weak water, and this is the reason.

Rouran's main sphere of influence is north of the Longzhou boundary, and the setting of Xihai County is not specifically for Rouran, but it is his duty to defend against their invasion and plunder, and it is needless to say; Only that made the fox Feng want to pump Lu Shui Hu Tun and Mu Mu surprised Duya.

Lu Shuihu has been rooted in weak water for a long time, and since more than 100 years ago, he has been making trouble from time to time, raising nearly 10,000 troops at every turn; Decades ago, he also participated in the civil strife in the Central Plains. The Longdi that had pacified the fox before, and there were some of them.

Although the population has been greatly reduced due to several major defeats, but now it has been reproduced and recovered, and according to rough statistics, I am afraid that they have no less than 70,000 or 80,000 people, but more than 10,000 horses.

These more than 10,000 rides are not the kind that Linghu Feng put together with the old and weak on the side of Zebian, but they are all strong.

Compared with the Zebian tribes, Lu Shuihu is known for his brave battles because he often fights in battle, and he is located in the heart of Longzhou, if he really provokes them to rebel, it will cause a lot of damage to the western country.

Xin Er asked, "Don't you agree with Du Jun?" ”

Du Ya's mind turned, and he thought: "Most of the captives are in Jiuquan and Jiankang County, and there are only a few in my Xihai County. If we draw out the people and herdsmen, the main responsibility is not ours. In that case, the king is harsh, why should I touch his moldy head? After taking a sip of water, he calmed down and replied, "The king is wise, and the plan must be far-reaching, and it is not visible to our courtiers. Now that the king's order has been issued, we should do our best. ”

Xin Er said in his heart: "I was shocked, and in a blink of an eye, I slapped Ling Hufeng's fart." When we met yesterday afternoon, I talked to him and found him to be elegant. In the morning, I felt that his demeanor was gentle, but this talk about business was not upright. ”

As for the starting point of Linghu Feng's intention to use Lu Shui Hu Tun and Mu Mu, Xin Er can understand.

Linghu Fengtian shouts "Destiny is in the body", he is ambitious, or ambitious; In addition, in any case, his throne was usurped, and his throne was not right, and the two were combined, and he currently wanted to make some merits, both volunteering and building prestige, so as to suppress him. Where does the merit come from? There is nothing to do in Longzhou, only from outside, that is, military merits.

However, since the establishment of Dingxi, although it has been able to protect itself, why have few Dingxi kings in the past expanded outward?

The main constraint is the country's Tang population.

Longzhou is the old land of Huyi, and most of the Tang people moved in later, and the original base is too small. Before the relocation of the left side of the river, there were only about 40,000 households in the state, and less than 200,000 mouths; Even after the civil strife at sea, after several large migrations of displaced people, the number of Tang households in the entire Dingxi Kingdom is only more than 100,000, 8.9 million. Excluding the women and children, the old and the weak, Ding Zhuang is only one or two hundred thousand. It is okay to use this to defend yourself, but large-scale expansion is not enough.

So, how to solve this problem?

Only start with the Huyi tribe in the state.

The Zhuhu tribe on the shore of Inoze Inoze, the Zhubu of Lushuihu, the tribe of the West Sea, and the Yibu of the border with Ranxing in the southeast, etc., there is no shortage of large tribes, and there are many tents. Only Lu Shuihu can ride more than 10,000 fine horses.

Last year, someone suggested to Linghu Feng, why not follow the system used by Qin and Wei established by the Yi people?

Qin and Wei both implemented the Tang Yi division system, called the emperor and set up officials to rule the Tang people, and at the same time set up a large single in Taiwan to rule the Zhuyi; Then, in agriculture, it was cultivated by the Tang people; Militarily, with their own tribe as the core, they requisitioned the people of the affiliated tribes and the Tang people as soldiers.

The same can be said for Longdi, according to the proponents.

In fact, Longdi is already like this, and there is no shortage of Hu Yi in the troops of Dingxi Kingdom, but Hu Yi does not account for a large proportion. The person who made the suggestion suggested that Linghu Feng could expand the proportion of Hu Yi in the army and requisition the Yi people as soldiers on a large scale to solve the problem of insufficient population of the Tang people.

He also said to Linghu Feng: Make Hu Yi a soldier, even if he is defeated, he will not hurt my vitality in the west.

Only at that time, Linghu Feng was pondering the usurpation of power, although he thought so, he did not immediately adopt this strategy.

Now, he has time to put it into practice. He used this method to enrich the border departments as soldiers. It's just that this method can't be rushed, it has to be done step by step, starting with Huyitun and shepherd.

"If Du Jun has no objection, then I will return to the Lord."

"Okay."

"When will the transfer be completed?"

A person came to the door of the hall, bowed down and said, "General, the villain has found the king of the palace." He parked at Wanting, 20 miles away, and said that it was raining heavily and the road was not easy to walk. ”

Drizzle, where is the rain?

Xin Er was furious.

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