Chapter 318: The Grievances of Shudi

Xiangyang, a military stronghold that connects all directions, was regarded by Zhao Tianyou as a pilot for government affairs and economic reform, whether from the top generals to the grassroots soldiers, the little emperor of the Song Dynasty has been automatically ignored, and few people will mention it.

But Zhao Tianyou can't forget that this country can't lack a nominal emperor, no matter whether Zhao Tianyou can see these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, it is best to make a little clear statement at the moment, so that these officials around him don't guess.

Chen Longfu is the best candidate to pass the word, after all, he is Wen Tianxiang's protégé, an official of the Great Song Dynasty, unlike Du Hu, who has a close relationship with Zhao Tianyou, the words that come out of Chen Longfu's mouth are more convincing than Du Hu.

The Song army repaired and trained in Xiangyang, and used it as a military hub for the Northern Expedition, and countless recruits from various state capitals had to be sent to Xiangyang to participate in military training, and recruited local officials, regardless of size, had to come to Xiangyang to participate in alternative training.

If Zhao Tianyou starts to implement this new set of new policies from Guangzhou, I am afraid that there will be a greater conflict with the officials in Guangzhou, and the final outcome is uncertain.

With Xiangyang as the central focus, the first radiation is some recently recovered cities, all industries are waiting to be revitalized, as long as the new policy is too outrageous, no one will oppose it, how to open from the drum, the degree of acceptance is much higher.

North of the Yellow River and south of Zhengzhou, there are several forces of the Yuan Dynasty, but these soldiers are different from the elite of Ashu, this is after the various meritorious tribes that followed the Western Expedition, there are many tribes, large and small, Kublai Khan rewarded them with many fiefs on the north bank of the Yellow River.

They agreed to enter the border of Henan, the main reason is that it has a close relationship with Ashu, and Kublai Khan intends to give the entire Henan Province to Ashu and make him the king of Henan. This small and slightly smaller force has also been wiped out, and there are owners in large and small fiefdoms, and many old and young women and children have migrated from the northern grasslands, and they have taken root here for a long time to reproduce.

It's a pity that their soil emperor hasn't been addicted yet, Ah Shu took the elite of his entire tribe, and the whole army was wiped out outside the city of Guangzhou, after hearing these news, these forces were both hated and happy. Hate is that Ah Shu died in battle, which means that they have no reliance on these small forces, and they will have to rely on new forces in the future, which will have to pay a lot of price.

The good thing is that the entire Henan Province has become a power vacuum, and everyone has the opportunity to develop and grow, if they can get a few strong supports, it is not difficult to dominate Henan Province from the new.

The fertile land of Shinagawa, a horse in Henan Province, is most suitable for them to raise cattle, sheep and horses in captivity, and the abundant water resources allow them to follow the rise and fall of aquatic plants and graze freely without having to migrate in all seasons. This is also an opportunity for the forces to reshuffle their cards, and instead of uniting to build a front to defend against the high-morale Song army on the south bank of the Yellow River, they are on the lookout for each other and use tricks behind their backs to sabotage the opponent's good deeds.

The ruling class of a country, if there is no culture and no way to learn, then it is destined not to last long, and the reign of Meng Yuan in the official history is also very short, once they get off the horse, they no longer have the heroism they used to have.

A nomadic people with a population of only a few million, after the invention of the stirrup, exploded, except for war is war, there is no time to stop development, and all needs are met by grabbing.

In just a few decades, they have traveled all the lands that horses can reach, conquered countless countries, slaughtered hundreds of cities, and killed more than half of the world's population.

Oh, my God! What kind of concept is this, Genghis Khan's strongest army is no more than a million people, and in the continuous journey, the total number of people they killed is more than 200 million, and many ethnic groups are extinct because of this.

The Han and Nan people under the Mongol rule were untouchables. Kill the Mongols to pay for their lives, kill back and pay a fine of 80 taels of silver, and kill the Han people to pay the price of a donkey for a meal. The first night of the new daughter-in-law in the Han village must be given to the Mongolian chief of the family, and the Chinese people cannot even have a name, they can only use the name of their date of birth, they cannot have weapons, and they can only share a kitchen knife with several families. In order to maintain the purity of the bloodline, the Han people gave birth to their first children and died.

Kublai Khan slaughtered more than 10 million Han Chinese, and ninety percent of the Han civilians in the north were genocided. Before the massacre of the Han people in Shu and the Mongol Empire, it was estimated that there was a total population of more than 20 million, because of the repeated setbacks in Diaoyu City, coupled with the fact that Meng Ke Khan was stoned to death, the Yuan army was burned and killed after entering Shu, and after the massacre, the entire Shu territory was less than 800,000 people, and it almost became a no-man's land.

Today, Zhao Tianyou stopped in Xiangyang and kept developing and training the new army, thinking that the 400,000 yuan army currently in Sichuan would lose the support of Xiangyang's transit materials, and they would definitely not be able to take Diaoyu City, and the myth that the enemy had been blocked for 35 years would be continued.

With the main force of the Yuan army of this size, plus the leader of the army, Kublai Khan's eldest son Zhenjin, how could he easily let them go? No matter what the battlefield in the north was, someone had to repay the bloody killings in Sichuan, and Zhao Tianyou didn't want to let the main force of the Yuan army return to the north.

However, the terrain in Sichuan and Shu is dangerous, and the large-scale march is even more unchanged, coupled with the humid and rainy climate, the firearms that the Song army relied on will be discounted when they enter Shu, so Zhao Tianyou is not ready to chase them into Sichuan, but cut off their supply channels outside, forcing Zhenjin to lead the army back.

Jingmen from Jingzhou sent two teams to march west along the banks of the Zhijiang River, the Zhijiang Yuan army abandoned the defense of the city, and 800 cavalry fled out of the city to Yichang. Along the way, whether it is in the towns along the way or on the deserted paths, there will be people who take out the wine they cherish at home, or the melons, fruits, pears and peaches they pick, and hand them to the soldiers with tears in their eyes.

The morale of the soldiers of the Song army was already very high, and more and more people cheered on the way, so they recruited new soldiers as they went, and when the 20,000 troops marched to Yichang, the number had exceeded 30,000.

The main ones starting from Jingmen were cavalry, and the artillery carriages had to maintain their mobility at all times, and they had to have sufficient and powerful cavalry protection, so this team of more than 10,000 people had 20,000 horses. Such a luxurious and extravagant troop configuration, in the previous Song Dynasty, even the most fierce and powerful Yuejia army in the previous dynasty, in the glory of the number of cavalry is worthy of 20,000.

Just like Ling Zhen's official position is the commander of Xianglong Mansion, the normal cavalry configuration should be five thousand to eight thousand, but when he has the most troops, he doesn't even have three hundred horses, let alone a few thousand.

But now, in the mixed cavalry team that came out of Jingmen, the highest commander was only a partial general under Chen Longfu, and the firearms battalion was not very relieved, so Liu Changhai was still transferred to command in the army.

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