There will be brave men under the great reward.

Although the recruitment conditions given by Xin Er are not particularly good, they are quite preferential treatment for the children of poor families who have eaten the next meal. In particular, it is especially good to be released after five years of service, and it is not counted in the non-commissioned record.

The number of 3,000 soldiers was filled in a short time, and there were many of them.

After reviewing the family situation such as whether the family background is innocent or not, whether there are brothers in the family, and the ability test of physical fitness, including literacy or not, he left only the able-bodied, and repatriated the rest of the rations issued for the return trip.

On the specific establishment of this newly created force.

According to their place of origin, Xin Er organized his fellow villagers together, and the chief of the army and the chief of the army were selected from among them, and the team leader was above, or he was appointed from the reserve officers under the control of the governor's office, or he was selected from his previous subordinates.

The 3,000 people can be organized into an army, and Xin Er has Xiang Kui as the captain, and he is the main general.

Xin Er had a major military training when he was in Jiankang County, and his subordinate Zhu Ye Zehu cavalry started from recruits.

From the day it was formed, the army was immediately put into training.

Up to now, although it is still only in the stage of "grass creation" and has not yet carried out strict training in battle formations and other aspects, the soldiers have been taught in all aspects such as military law, banners, golden drums, parades, and simple ordnance fighting. is still the same sentence, against Qin and Wei Jingshu, it will inevitably be defeated, but like the Western Regions of the war, if they are not regarded as the main force, they should be roughly available at present.

Yang Fu suggested: "Although the new soldiers are all foot soldiers, there is no need to learn riding and shooting, but the skills of knives, shields, spears, and crossbows are not achieved overnight. Why should the general rush to conquer the Western Regions? It's better to wait a few more months, and wait until the other generation has been trained a little better, and then it's not too late to send troops. ”

Xin Er said: "If you wait for the new army to be trained, it will be autumn. If you send troops in autumn, when the soldiers and horses reach the Western Regions, it will be winter in less than two months. The winter in the Western Regions is very cold, dripping into ice, and in case of heavy snowfall, the road cannot be walked, which is not conducive to fighting. Troops can only be sent in the summer! ”

Yang Fu said: "Ming Gong, since this is the case, you can also wait for it next year." ”

Xin Er took his hand out of the account, looked back at the tall walls of the capital, looked at the east from afar, and said: "Time is not waiting for me!" ”

He thought in his heart, "Pu Mao and Meng Lang have made bold moves to implement reforms in their own countries, which shows that they have the ambition to forge ahead at home; On the other hand, in Dingxi, the valve clan is powerful, the twilight is deep, the Song, Yan, Zhang, and Koji families only have their own interests in their eyes, resist the royal power, and block the door for the Han people to enter, oppress the people, all of them are rich and rival the country, thinking about it at night, nothing more than fighting for the power of the small court in Dingxi, nothing more than Zhong Ming Ding eating, indulging in pleasure, and there is no long-term plan at all. Compared with the two, the death of Dingxi is just around the corner!

"If you want to keep the west alive and keep the stability of this side, the Song, Yan and other families must be weakened and even eradicated!

"However, although the Song, Yan, Zhang, and Koji families have their own plans, they are the same in terms of the fundamental interests of the valve clan. This can be seen from my suggestion to open the ban on Shanze Garden, which aroused fierce opposition from Song, Koji and others.

"I don't have enough fame, although I have taken advantage of the situation to make a few books, and most of the proposals I put forward have been implemented, but these things are nothing more than petty fights, and none of them touch their interests. I can't confront them head-on now, let alone weaken and eradicate them! If I want to weaken and eradicate it, I have to have a higher and greater prestige!

"It is imperative to attack the Western Regions. Not a single day can be delayed. ”

Military merit has always been the fastest way to gain prestige.

For example, the Jiangzuo Imperial Court, since the relocation of Ding, has also had several Northern Expeditions, and has achieved a lot of results, but why did they all end up without a problem? For the reason, most of its northern expeditions were not aimed at "recovering the Central Plains", but were just the products of careerists who wanted to gain greater prestige, so as to achieve the goal of controlling the imperial court and even trying to usurp the throne. If the starting point is not correct, there will be gains, and you will not be able to keep it, or there is no motivation to protect it.

Xin Er's determination to crusade against the Western Regions is similar to that of the powerful ministers who Jiangzuo once went on a northern expedition, but their fundamental intentions are the same.

Returning to the tent and sitting back on the hut, Xin Er continued the topic before Yang Fu interjected, asking Tang Ai about the military strategy of the Western Regions.

Xin Er now has to use several strategists and wise men, each with its own strengths.

Yang is fashionable and tends to be strategic, Huang Rong has a keen sense of politics, Zhang Gui is a bit miscellaneous, and when it comes to military strategy, Tang Ai is the best among these people. He has no outstanding resourcefulness, he is a doer, a person who does things in a down-to-earth manner.

In the autumn and winter seasons, Tang Aiyu feather fan often shakes, and in early summer, the plain fan made of crane feathers is always in hand.

He carried the feathers of the fan and used the handle of the fan to draw a map of the situation of the countries in the Western Regions on the ground inside the tent.

The easternmost is Dunhuang County in Longzhou.

Dunhuang County to the west of 600 miles, is the prison Lan Sea, this sea is the Lop Nur of later generations. To the north of the Prison Lan Sea is a mountain range that stretches for hundreds of miles, which is later known as the Kuruktag Mountains, which means arid mountains. To the northeast of the Prison Lan Sea is the famous White Dragon Pile. According to the geological terminology of later generations, Bailongdui is a Yadan landform, which means a small hill with steep walls, which is a landform formed by water erosion and then wind erosion; This area is full of saline-alkali soil platform groups, the color is grayish-white, and a little silver light is reflected in the sun, such as scale armor, so it gets this name.

To the south of the mountain, the Prison Lanhai and the White Dragon Pile are in the middle of the endless desert.

The Western Regions Governor's Mansion in Dingxi is here.

The long history of the Western Regions was originally set up by the Tang Dynasty to inherit the previous generation, and soon after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the northwest region was constantly in turmoil. After Linghu was called Wang Longzhou, when Linghu Feng's father arrived, the country was relatively stable, no longer fighting every year, and had the spare strength to protect the trade routes of the Western Regions, so he re-established this position, and now there are 3,000 soldiers stationed there.

To the north, through the Kuruktag Mountains, about 400 li, the Governor of the Western Regions is the residence of Captain Wuji.

This is the Turpan of later generations.

Captain Wuji, like the long history of the Western Regions, was also reset by Ling Hufeng's father. There are more than 1,000 soldiers.

The long history of the Western Regions and the captain of Wuji, the soldiers and horses of these two battalions are all the troops currently stationed in the Western Regions in Dingxi.

The station of these two departments is also the forefront of Dingxi in the Western Regions.

To the west of the garrison of the captain of Shuji, next to it is Yanqi; To the west of Yanqi is another large country in the Western Regions.

To the north of Qiuci is Wusun, and to the west there are Gumo, Wensu and other countries; Further west is Shule.

To the west of the Western Regions, the Changshi Mansion is Shanshan, a great country in the Western Regions; Further west of Shanshan is Khotan.

To the south of Khotan is the Kunlun Mountains, and to the west of it is a small country called Gashero.

Gashero is bordered by Shule, and further west of the two countries is the Green Ridge.

The northwest side of the Green Ridge is Dawan, and the southwest side is a small country in North Tianzhu.

On the whole, the situation of the entire Western Regions is Wusun in the north, Kunlun in the south, and Green Ridge in the west. In this vast area of nearly 2,000 miles from north to south and 3,000 miles from east to west, its hinterland is a vast desert of about 2,000 miles from east to west and north to south and north to south.

Tang Ai pointed to the Wuji Captain's Mansion and the Western Regions Governor's Mansion and said: "Although the garrisons of our dynasty in these two places are all garrisoned, the military supply still depends on the imperial court. In recent years, Rouran has become so powerful that whenever Rouran invades, the two places will often cut off contact with the hinterland, and the garrison of only three or four thousand troops is barely able to protect themselves, let alone protect the trade routes, and exercise effective control over the countries of the Western Regions. ”

The sphere of influence of Western Rouran is roughly in the north of Longzhou, that is to say, it does not border with the Western Regions and other countries, and it cannot pose a direct threat to the two battalions of Wuji Captain and the Western Regions Changshi for the time being; But Rouran can invade Dunhuang and the West Sea at any time.

In particular, Dunhuang County is the rear of the Western Regions Governor's Mansion and Wuji Captain's Mansion.

If this place is invaded, it will have a great impact on the two prefectures of the Western Regions.

Tang Ai moved his finger to Qiuzi and other countries in the Western Regions, and said: "The countries of the Western Regions, Qin Shiji has more than fifty, and then it has been slightly combined, and so far, there are a total of ten. Among them, Qiuzi is the most powerful, followed by Shanshan. In recent years, those who disobey the king's orders and live with different hearts are the most important in these two countries. Qiuzi north of Wusun, the land is plastered, the people are slightly more, especially it, it has not been tributed to the court for many years! ”

The names of these countries in the Western Regions are very familiar.

But when it comes to understanding them, Xin Er knows very little.

At the moment, Xin Er asked about the internal details of Qiuzi and other countries.

Tang Ai paid attention to current affairs, and now he was in the governor's mansion, and he knew the situation of the countries in the Western Regions very well, so he told Xin Er one by one.

In the end, on the issue of Xin Er's conquest of troops in the Western Regions, Tang Ai made a suggestion and said: "The countries of the Western Regions, although many countries are small and outnumbered, Qiuzi and Shanshan should not be underestimated. Changshi recruited troops this time, and only recruited 3,000, and Ai had already made a statement before that, thinking it was too little. Changshi decided to send troops at the end of the month, and Ai thought that at that time, it would be appropriate to transfer some troops and horses from other battalions to supplement them. ”

Of course, Xin Er knew that three thousand recruits would definitely not be enough, and he smiled: "What Qianli said is very true. ”

"Has the long history already made up your mind?"

"Our army has 5,000 soldiers and horses, 3,000 new soldiers, and only 8,000, which is indeed insufficient for the expedition to the Western Regions. However, what if you add Beigong Yue's troops and Dunhuang's garrison? ”

"Beigong Yue's troops and Dunhuang's garrison?"

"yes. Although the commander of the western Rouran Town, Pi Tan, has taken the throne of Rouran, but once he came, he fought a fierce battle with the Xianbei Wei State, and the losses were not small.

"Therefore, I plan to transfer Beigong Yue of the West Sea from me to the Western Regions.

"General Beigong, my fierce general, the troops are all elite in a hundred battles, with his help, plus the garrisons of Dunhuang and the garrisons of the two mansions of the Western Regions Changshi and Wuji Captain, there are more than 20,000 infantry and cavalry in total!

"Qianli, do you think it's enough to attack the Western Regions with this?"

Tang Ai slapped his palms and smiled: "It's not enough, but it kills two birds with one stone!" Long history is brilliant! ”

The generals of the army of Dingxi Kingdom could be roughly divided into two groups before.

One is the group of lords and scholars represented by Koji Shuo, with high political status and close relations with the royal family.

One is represented by the garrisons of Beigong Yue, Dunhuang and the generals and colonels of the two prefectures of the Western Regions, with a low political status, mainly composed of Hu officers, local heroes and children of the Han family.

Of course, it is said that there are two groups, in fact, the group represented by Beigong Yue and others does not have any power in reality, and strictly speaking, this group has not yet been formally formed. There is no other reason than the lack of a charismatic leader.

Xin Er wants to be their leader.

This expedition to the Western Regions, he had two purposes.

One is to improve one's prestige with the help of military exploits; The other is that he hopes that through this battle, he can easily bring the military officials of Dunhuang and the Western Regions and Hu Renyong generals like Beigong Yue into his account.

Tang Ai's so-called "killing two birds with one stone" is what he is talking about.

Seeing that he understood his intentions, Xin Er touched his short mustache and smiled.

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