Zhao Hao said: "The forbidden army in the east and west is useless, the western army confronts the Korean thieves, the southern army is far away in Jiaozhou, and the eastern army is in the Jiyou area, and the Karasuma people over there are also not restless, only the northern army is stationed in Hanoi to defend Gyeonggi." Where are the soldiers and horses in the imperial court? ”

The Northern Army guards Gyeonggi? I'm afraid of the king of Xiangyang below.

Zhao Ming scolded secretly: The king of Xiangyang has been fighting for ten years, and he has been looking at both capitals, and the forbidden army probably has no combat power, so he kept the northern army by his side to guard against the king of Xiangyang.

Zhao Ming pretended to be flustered and said hurriedly: "What should I do?" If you don't rescue Jinyang, Jinyang City will be broken, and the Xiongnu will get the Jinyang warehouse, and their strength will inevitably increase greatly. ”

Zhao Hao nodded and said, "What the imperial brother said is very true, and the imperial court also judges. Therefore, the imperial court has issued an edict to recruit soldiers and horses from all over the world, and all states and counties sent troops, with the old general of Wei Ran Huguo as the commander, to reinforce Pingyang and Shangdang, looking for opportunities to break the enemy. ”

Zhao Ming understood, and he came to me with the conscription of the world, and he was afraid that I would not obey, so he specially came to say that I was a grandson.

Zhao Ming said: "Brother Huang is here to recruit my soldiers and horses in Longxi, I don't know how many soldiers and horses I want to send in Longxi?" ”

Zhao Hao said: "Indeed, it is indeed a matter of recruiting soldiers and horses, not only in Longxi, but also in Tianshui, Wudu, Yinping, and Fufeng, and the county soldiers must be recruited, and Longxi can gather 7,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry." ”

Zhao Ming's face darkened, this is too much, the foot soldier said, he only has a total of three thousand cavalry in Longxi, and they all have to go? What to do in Longxi?

Zhao Ming said with a slight anger: "Brother Huang, is it playing with me? I Longxi just after the war, the vitality is greatly injured, Longxi cavalry is only a thousand left, this is Zhenxi, Pingxi two armies are known, this battle I and other three armies 10,000 cavalry lost most of the half, although there are captured horses, but the cavalry is not on the horse is counted as cavalry. ”

After a pause, he said: "Moreover, I am only 70,000 or 80,000 young and strong in Longxi, and the court also knows that after the battle of the Longxi Army, it is difficult to levy enough of 30,000 of its own number, how can I levy another 10,000?" Brother Huang should know that I have no soldiers in Longxi. ”

Zhao Hao saw that Zhao Ming was getting more and more anxious, and he was a little angry, and said with a smile: "Brother naturally knows the difficulties of the imperial brother, so before coming to Longxi, the imperial grandfather and father also took into account the situation of the imperial brother, and specially allowed the imperial brother to recruit troops in Hanzhong and Bashu. ”

Zhao Ming smiled bitterly: "Hanzhong and Bashu are both rich places, how can you be willing to come to my Longxi to be a soldier?" Even if they are forcibly recruited, they are homesick and have no fighting spirit, unless the imperial grandfather and the crown prince and uncle can recruit troops in the four counties of Tianshui, Fufeng, Wudu, and Yinping, and hope to recruit usable soldiers. ”

Zhao Hao lowered his head and thought for a while, and said, "Okay, leave this matter to the imperial brother." As long as the emperor's brother can gather 10,000 soldiers and horses for me to go north and merge with the state as soon as possible. ”

Seeing that Zhao Hao should respond to this matter, Zhao Ming said secretly: It seems that the prince has a lot of power to give me this imperial brother, and it is not the right to die, and there is still a lot of space in the middle to talk about the conditions.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ming continued: "The imperial brother is also a person who knows the soldiers, and it is difficult to accomplish the affairs of the cavalry, so if you send them to the battlefield without training, that is to spoil the war horse." ”

Zhao Hao frowned and said, "It's really hard to get together?" ”

Zhao Ming was about to open his mouth to refuse, but Jia Xu said: "King, it may be possible to make up." ”

Zhao Ming didn't know what Jia Xu's intentions were, so he had to ask, "What is the teacher's method?" ”

Jia Xu said: "In this battle, we have a lot of Qianghu prisoners, and the people of Qianghu are themselves skilled in archers and horses, but they are just ......."

Zhao Hao said: "This gentleman, please speak." ”

Jia Xu said: "It is easy for these captives to use them as soldiers, but it is difficult to win their hearts. If you don't accept their hearts, it may be difficult to restrain them on the battlefield, and if something happens, you may even mutiny. ”

Zhao Hao asked again: "According to Mr. Wang's wishes, how to accept their hearts?" ”

Jia Xu replied: "The Qianghu people are all outlaws, and in a short period of time, it is difficult to restrain the military order. Grassland life, the day is precarious, why is Qianghu fighting? One is for survival; The second is money. Give them life, and use them as soldiers; Give them money and you will make them perish, but you can only give them their homes to receive their hearts. On the grassland, many people of small tribes, who have survived today, do not know whether they will be conquered by the big clans tomorrow, and their wives and wives are trembling all the time when they are young, if they can give their wives and children a stable way to live, they will be able to accept their hearts. ”

Zhao Hao asked again: "How to act?" ”

Jia Xu said: "If you say that you can collect your heart, I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve it in a short time, you can only scatter money first, and collect their hearts with money and goods first, and then the king will promise that they can be in Longxi's house after this battle, give them land and mansions to collect their hearts, or they can drive these captives to fight." ”

Zhao Ming understood what Jia Xu meant, and immediately said to Jia Xu: "What the teacher said is very true, the combat power of Qianghu is by no means inferior to that of the Xiongnu, and there is a lot of hatred between the two races, so it may be used." It's just that the emperor's grandfather gave me gold and money, not to mention the three armies rewarded in successive battles, and the construction of the new city is also very tight, so how can there be money in the house to give them at the moment. ”

Zhao Hao pouted, these two ghosts are talking so much about the benefits, damn, when it comes to sending troops, there are all kinds of benefits.

Zhao Hao was too lazy to listen to them singing, and said: "Two thousand people, each person will be rewarded with three times." ”

Three times the money is enough to buy seven or eight stones of fine grain, enough for a strong man to eat for a year, and the reward is already very heavy.

Of course, this money is said to be a reward, but it is actually given to Zhao Ming's Wuwang Mansion, as for whether you reward it or not, it is a matter of Wuwangfu, as long as these soldiers and horses come don't make a moth for me.

After making a decision on the spot, Zhao Hao was sent away, and Zhao Ming continued to discuss with the ministers.

How to send this soldier still has to be discussed.

Zhao Ming sat on the main seat and said: "I don't want the situation to be so tense, millions of Huns have been merged into the state, the movement is really not small, if you don't get it right, it will shake the country's capital, how to deploy 10,000 soldiers and horses, how do you see how to act?" ”

Jia Xu said: "In fact, no matter who the king sends to lead the troops and which troops and horses to send, it is impossible for these 10,000 horses to return to my Longxi, especially the 3,000 cavalry." ”

Zhao Ming frowned, knowing that what Jia Xu said was the truth, what to recruit soldiers and horses from all over the world, that is, the prince used this as an excuse to weaken the power of various localities and armies, and named my 3,000 cavalry, although I was given the right to go to the other four counties to recruit soldiers, but my war horses are gone, where to recruit?

Thinking of this, Zhao Ming asked: "In the teacher's opinion, how should I act in Longxi?" ”

Jia Xu groaned: "In the past, although the first Wang Xin challenged the world invincible. But the prestige in the government and the opposition is not high, but a northern expedition, but the prestige of the first king's letter is like the sky, the minister suggested, the king should follow the example of the first king, raise troops and states, and fight the Huns, this matter can be avoided by others, can be retreated, and my Wu Wangfu must not retreat. King Wu and Hu Ren have long been out of the same coin. ”

Jia Xu's meaning is to pour the elite of Longxi to the north, instead of sending some cannon fodder to fight the Huns and enhance his reputation, which sounds good, and besides, King Wu went in person, no one could swallow his 10,000 soldiers and horses, let alone use his soldiers and horses as cannon fodder, on the contrary, if Zhao Ming did not go in person, no matter who led the troops, they would be used as cannon fodder.

Zhao Ming sighed secretly, his original plan was to hide in Longxi to farm and build a city, save money, train tens of thousands of cavalry, and wait for those emperors to rebel and the wind and clouds throb, and then conquer the world in the name of countering the rebellion.

But the tree wants to be quiet and the wind is not stopped, and now the mountain rain is about to come, and the wind is full of buildings, and the big things are one after another, it's only been half a year, how many battles have you fought? (Although he himself only fought one battle)

It seems that I can't hide this time, Jia Xu is right, this is a good opportunity to brush up on fame, is the Wuwang Mansion really regrouping? If you want the heroes of the world to bow their heads, Wenchen and military generals came from all directions to vote, and fought a far from explaining the problem in the land of Longxi, raising troops and states, and fighting a decisive battle against the Huns.

After asking other people's opinions, Zhao Ming immediately made a decision and personally proposed that the army go north and merge with the state.

Ma Chao's cavalry battalion had just been established, and the integration time was too little, and the combat power of the troops had not reached its peak at this time, so Zhao Ming ordered Ma Chao to go to the Hungry Tiger Valley to exchange for Yang Zaixing's department, with Yang Zaixing's 3,000 cavalry and Zhao Ming's imperial forest army of 4,000 people, and then selected 3,000 available people from the Qianghu captives, and gave a little reward, and ordered Sima Zhang Rong to be the captain, and Yue Yun to be the deputy commander to lead 3,000 soldiers.

Zhang Rong, a man with all-round talents in civil and military affairs, always has a vacant position, and he is a little sorry for this minister.

For this expedition, the generals were called as follows.

Cavalry battalion: Yang Zaixing, Du Jue, Ma Tie, Ma Xiu.

Pawn camp: Zhang Rong, Yue Yun.

Royal Forest Army: Fan Zeng, Mu Yu, Lu Wenlong, Yang Qilang, Yang Balang.

Civilian officers with the army: Jia Xu, Ma Yan.

Plus Zhao Ming's personal guards: Zhanzhao and Wei Zhongxian. (With my mother's force, I'm afraid I don't need to be guarded much, but Eunuch Wei still needs to protect his own life.) ）

Lin Xiangru and Ma Liang stayed in Longxi to farm, and went to the four counties to recruit 10,000 soldiers.

The arrangement has been decided, Zhao Ming suddenly found that the inventory of armor in the Longxi arsenal has bottomed out, and he has supported a lot of She Saihua before, seeing this, Zhao Ming hurriedly ran to Zhao Hao, and after two hours, he finally asked for another 3,000 sets of clothes and armor for the battalion.

Zhao Hao is actually not so easy to speak, but when he heard that Zhao Ming was going to lead the troops to Bingzhou in person, he also knew that Zhao Ming had invested some blood and brought some elites, so he gritted his teeth and gave three thousand sets of armor.

Da Yan Chao doesn't say anything else, that is, he is rich.

Although the dark tide is surging in various places, the current Son of Heaven pursued the rule of inaction during his reign, and there has been no major event among the people for decades, and the people do have surplus money in their hands.

The wealth of Dayan is by no means inferior to the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty in China.

Twenty days later, Zhao Ming led his army to the camp of General Hedongwei.

On the second day, Zhao Ming met with General Wei Ran Huguo.

In the big tent, Zhao Ming bowed his hand to Ran to protect the country and said, "King Gu has seen General Wei. ”

Ran Huguo didn't dare to slack off, and got up and replied: "King Wu personally rushed to help in the battle, and the old man admired it. ”

Zhao Ming hurriedly shook his head and said: "What did General Wei say, General Wei is nearly sixty years old and can still go to the battlefield and kill Chief Hu, how dare he fall behind when the Lone King is upright and young and strong?" ”