Just when Yang Zhi was gathering the generals in Yangzhou City, in Luzhou City, Chao Gai also gathered all the generals under his command together.

Except for Zhu Tong and Yu Baosi, the color of Song Gongming among the leading generals is no longer visible. Song Qing completely transferred to the civilian government, Chao Gai was in power, and he dared not obey the military orders.

That Yang Zhi and Luan Tingyu have gone east, but Chao Gai's generals are still full of talents. In addition to Sun Li's new brothers, Zhang Qing, Ding Desun, and Gong Wang, as well as Zhang Jun, Zhao Li, Zhang Zhongxiong, and Han Tao.

"The king has sent a military order, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, a large army will be raised to sweep Gyeonggi, and then our troops will storm the Lujiang River and take the opportunity to take the land of Huainan. Look at who Song Junwu has the ability to turn the tide! ”

A layer of fluorescence bloomed on Chao Gai's face. King Tota never thought that he could be where he is today, and now it really makes him sigh.

"The king said that after this battle is over, Huainan does not need to set up any tricks. In the future, only three generals were set up to conquer the south, Pingnan, and Dingnan, and send them to the south. I Chao Gai fought in Huainan early, and if he let others take the lead, there would be no brilliance on his face. At that time, the brothers will also have no light on their faces. ”

Chao Gai said that this is called a straight, but this is the truth. Although the war against the south seems to be the most important in Yangzhou, it is a pity that there is a relationship between Lu Qian and Fangla, the son-in-law of Weng, and a cadre of soldiers and horses in the governor's office of the right army, who will not be awarded the title of General Sannan from the root.

And in addition to them, the Huainan Army in Luzhou is the one who will not give in.

"When it comes to fighting, you are the one who shouts the most. Don't just pay lip service, but become a bad seed when you fight with knives and guns. ”

The generals should drink highly, which is very embarrassing, and Chao Gai is also in a good mood. Pointing at Zhang Zhongxiong and Zhang Jun with a smile, they mentioned the fight just now, and they were the most positive.

Zhang Jun smiled, "It's okay to ask for this." Zhang Jun is a rough man, and he has to ask for help to get to where he is today. Caught up with this change of dynasty, the heaven-sent opportunity for the world to fight for the dragon. But knowing that such a good time is not to be lost, and it will not come again. At this time, if you don't fight for your life, make meritorious contributions, fight for a wife, and earn a big family business, wouldn't you have no ambition. ”

Compared with the idea of leaving a name in history, this kind of thought is also unambitious. But it's real!

Martial artists, especially those who grew up in the environment of emphasizing literature and suppressing martial arts in the Northern Song Dynasty, have the greatest ambition in life.

As soon as Zhang Jun's words came out, the people present immediately burst into laughter.

Compared with Zhang Jun's 'simplicity', Zhang Zhongxiong's face flashed with bitterness, "Asking for help, who of the brothers here doesn't know about the situation of my family?" My old father and brother are still obsessed with it, and they are suffering in prison. Although it is not suffering, it falls in my heart, but the liver and intestines are broken, and the pain is like a knife. I only hope that I will be able to fight for my life in battle, and build up my deeds, so that the king may pardon my old father and brother. ”

Zhang Zhongxiong was telling the truth. How did everyone here not know about his family's situation, in the early days, it was inevitable that there were three or two people who despised him. Now listening to his words, I am not ashamed in my heart.

"Dare to ask for peace of mind. When it comes to fighting, it will be a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, and Zhong Xiong will not frown. Fight to the enemy! ”

Chao Gai was so unhappy to hear it, he likes people who value affection. "Haha! Good! Good ambition! is worthy of being a son of Liangshan Army! If it weren't for the fact that this was not a banquet, Zhang Zhongxiong's words, Chao Gai would have to drink three bowls with him.

Therefore, in Luzhou and Yangzhou, the Liangshan army in both places is gearing up, which shows that on the battlefield of Jiangning Mansion, the Manichaean army is gradually becoming inferior.

In July, Yidu City has a suitable climate and a prosperous market.

Compared with Yidu in the official history, because Lu Qian temporarily set the capital here, this Yidu City is not much more dazzling than before.

Although the scale of the city is still like this, but the people have gathered outside the four gates, and the Qingzhou government has set up four officials and police stations, taxation, etc., which are similar to the county seats.

Although the people outside the city live without the protection of the city, it does not mean that they are not safe. The security here is not inferior to that in the city, and it is impossible to say that the house is not closed at night, but there are very few thefts.

In addition to the absence of the city wall, everything here is similar to the city, the streets are neatly repaired, and the Wuzi has been widened a lot, and the shops on both sides of the street are standardized.

The only thing that is a little discordant is that there are too many soldiers and horses passing here every day. Outside the city, there are four large armies in front and back, the city is the jurisdiction of the governor's office of the Chinese army, and the city defense envoy is part-time by the deputy governor of the left. In addition, there were pro-army units in the city.

Every day, no matter whether it is windy or snowy, there will be formations of soldiers and horses passing through the streets. This is always the case with the dispatch inside and outside the city. But unlike the previous soldiers, the generals and soldiers of the Liangshan Army, although they can't do it without committing four words in the autumn as a whole, at least the Yidu soldiers and horses can. so as not to disturb the order and plunder the goods of the market at will.

In this way, how can we not teach the people inside and outside the capital to be satisfied?

With the two provinces of northern Hebei and Hedong being brought under their rule, the trade between them has become smooth again. Although it did not cause major changes in a short period of time, the prosperity of the trade route was a great thing for the people and the government.

The people were able to benefit from the frequent trade and trade, and the government was able to obtain a large amount of tax revenue to fill the treasury.

A caravan traveled to and from Qilu, Huainan, Hedong, and northern Hebei, and in later generations it was the three provinces of Shanxi, Hebei and Shandong, plus Anhui and northern Jiangsu north of the Yangtze River, which was already the boss. When Lu Qian took the Gyeonggi Road, the Central Plains Province would also fall into the pocket, and the proper Wei Wu Foundation would also be in the pocket.

In addition, trade in various places is convenient, and the people's lives have also changed for the better.

Just like the road construction and high-speed rail in later generations, once it is connected, the people along the way will inevitably benefit. The same is true of this business.

Regarding this situation, Lu Qian was happy to see that if it weren't for the fact that he hadn't officially become a vassal, he would have to let go and 'buy an official mantle'.

Jazz.

A 'benevolent' businessman will definitely play a role as a benchmark.

On this day, the breeze was cool, high and vast, and there were white clouds floating in the blue sky. There are businesses in Yidu City that open early, and the whole street is continuous, and the pedestrians on the street are like shuttles, densely packed with ants, but quite orderly.

A new day begins. As the bustling flow of people onto the street, Lu Qian had also woken up, and in the study of the apse, he continued to browse the information word by word, while comparing the map.

This is an information that the spy department has scrapped all the efforts of the two tigers and wields to sort out. The main records are the situation of the Sticky Eight Ge Division, the Meri Urgent Division, the Eight Enemy Lie Divisions, the Chazha Thorn Division, the Nine Divisions of Dadan [Blocking Divination] and the Menggu Division.

Isn't the last tribe interesting? At this time, the nation to which the 'generation of Tianjiao' belonged in the history was called so by the Khitans. Although later generations said that the Murwei [Mengwu, both refer to the same nation] and the Khitan originated from the same source, with the Xing'an Mountains as the boundary, the south is the Khitan, and the north is the Murwei. But it is obvious that at this time, the Menggu tribe was only a small tribe in the vast prairie dominated by the Liao State.

The main residential area is the Nan River Basin.

At this moment, Lu Qian doesn't need to worry about the bug-level Genghis Khan, it is now the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, not the end of the Golden Dynasty.

At this moment, what really made Lu Qian think about it was not the strength of the grassland tribes, but the Khitan's way of dominating the grassland tribes.

He really didn't know that the Khitans actually established four military states in the central region of Mongolia in later generations.

Located in Zhenzhou, Victoria, and Fangzhou in the Tuwula River Valley, Lu Qian felt that this place would not be too far from Ulaanbaatar in later generations; and Zhaozhou, which is located in the Ulugu River Valley, as well as the Great Palace, which puts the central and eastern parts of the grassland under the control of the Khitan.

In the third year of Liao Tianzan (924), Yelu Abaoji went westward to prevent all the tribes of [Tatar] from "looking at the wind and surrendering", and three tribes were relocated. From then until the Liao Jingzong Dynasty, the various ministries often sent tributes to Liao. The annual tribute is 1,700 horses, 440 camels, 10,000 mink skins, and 2,500 mouse skins. At the beginning of the Liao Shengzong Dynasty, it was the most difficult tribe in Liao to subdue. In the twelfth year of the Holy Emperor and the twelfth year (994), he ordered the princess (Concubine Qi) to lead Wugu and other troops to the west to pacify the town, and built the city of Kedun in 1003, and in the following year, the town (Zhikedun City), Wei, and Fang Sanzhou, and transferred more than 20,000 cavalry of the tribal soldiers and more than 700 people of Bohai, Jurchen, and Han to defend the town; In the twenty-ninth year of unification, he blocked the envoys of the various ministries of the festival.

This is not to say that this trick can make all the tribes of the grassland obedient and smart, but that they can control the situation on the grassland at all times.

Just like the palace of the Great King, it was the last resort in the fifth year of Liao Da'an (1089). Appointed the largest tribe in the Divination, the Northern Blockade, as the minister. But only three years later, the prepared North Liaoning Road Solicitation made Yelu Lu Sagu attack Mogusi by mistake, and the northern blockade was a "rebellion", and other tribes also responded. But the Liao State will no longer compromise, and after a small ten years of hard fighting, Mogusi will be captured and killed, and the rebellion will be completely suppressed.

That's the benefit, the benefit that can be seen with the naked eye. It is not for complete suppression, but for prevention. Otherwise, if Mogus grows up thoroughly, who dares to say that the generation of Tianjiao on the grassland will not be born in advance?

From the four military states to the east, there are also the main city of Tala, the city of Pi Beihe and the city of Donghe, where the army division of the black bone enemy is located, which is already connected to the Shangjing Road of the Khitans.

According to the information found by the Espionage Division, this is still a grassland Silk Road. Every year, a batch of silk from the Central Plains is transported directly to Central Asia through this steppe route. For the Khitan nobles to exchange for Central Asia and even Europe luxury ornaments and many treasures.

It was a shock to him.

When he mentioned the Silk Road, he only knew about the land Silk Road from Chang'an to the west, and the maritime Silk Road, which originated along the coast of Lingnan. Where do you know the steppe Silk Road of birds?

But that's the fact that there is. Back then, the Liao State couldn't gnaw Zhao and Song, but the development to the west was not captured? Before the Song-Liao War, the Liao State already had a good foundation for ruling on the prairie. Later, military prefectures were set up in the grassland areas, and although the number was small, it also achieved effective management of the central and eastern parts of the grasslands. It is not impossible to sort out a business path that connects everywhere.

In contrast, the later Jurchens had much lower means in the management of the grasslands.

At the same time, in the Inner Mongolia region of later generations, that is, around Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, the Khitans actually established 34 military states of various sizes, most of which were composed of immigrants from the Central Plains. In the Liao-Song War, the Khitan plundered a large number of people from the Central Plains, and the establishment of many military states in the Shangjing area was directly related to the resettlement of captured Han Chinese. The existence and reproduction of these people have provided great help for the construction of northern grassland cities and the development of agriculture, handicrafts, industry and commerce in Liao.

Lu Qian knew that these capitals might soon be owned by the Jurchens. But he didn't worry about the Jurchens, and in two years, the power he had would be far stronger than it was now. Only with men and horses to fight, he can fight the Jurchens.

Now he was curious about the Khitan's way of dominating the steppe. This approach and its results have helped him a lot. After all, he is an 'ambitious' man, and his eyes are not just staring at one acre and three points of land in the Central Plains.

Because of his vigilance against the 'generation of Tianjiao', or the northern nomads, Lu Qian always wanted to have a mature mode of ruling over the prairie. Earlier, he thought of the 'Eight Banners', of Tantra, and of the policies of the Manchus. But now the Khitan method has made a new discovery.

- Grassland Silk Road.

This may not be able to become an economic lifeline along with the eastern and western tribes of the prairie, and if used properly, it is better than thousands of troops.

As soon as this idea came to him, it quickly took root in his mind. It is not a good idea to organically combine it with the Manchu policy toward Mongolia.

Of course, this idea is still very simple, it is just a sketch, but it has already made Lu Qian feel promising. ()

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