In the autumn of the first year of Jianning, after Liu Yuan returned to Chang'an from his western tour, the situation in Guanzhong gradually stabilized with the passage of time.

Ma Teng on the Liangzhou side was really dead, and seeing that the Xia army had no move to move west, he also knew that the Xia army lacked stamina. Han Sui led 3,000 horses and horses, which had been rearmed with great difficulty, to attack the remnants of the Ma clan to the north, intending to annex Wuwei in order to increase his strength.

Han Sui's move is also gambling.

Han Suizhi's killing of Ma Teng can be regarded as a mortal enmity with the Ma family, but the interests are at the forefront, and he can't care so much. Wuwei was leaderless, attacked by the South Korean army, and could not be stopped. Until the return of Ma Chao and Pang De, the situation in Wuwei had collapsed and could not be resisted. Bloody fighting, breaking through, leading the widowed mother and younger brother, out of Wuwei to join the Qiang tribe.

Han then took advantage of this to enlist Qiang and Han Zhuangding in Jincheng and Wuwei counties to expand his troops. More than half of the strong men in the two counties were forcibly enlisted for them, and they had more than 6,000 soldiers and horses. With such a reckless force, Han Sui naturally knew the dangers, but the Xia army in the east made it difficult for him to sleep and eat, and only the soldiers had a stable breath in their hearts.

At the same time, Song Yang, who fled back to Caohan, intended to fight against Qiangxia together. Song Yang's life was not easy, almost all the soldiers who went east were wiped out, and the loss of so many strong men dealt a heavy blow to his prestige. Song Yang's small court was actually united by the Ganqiang and Hu tribes to entertain themselves.

At this time, there were many "ministers of the court" under him who were dissatisfied with it and complained a lot, and Song Yang was busy with the Xia army outside and the people inside. This method of internal security is naturally the addition of swords and soldiers. Song Yang is ruthless enough, and he slaughters those who make a lot of trouble and collects his subordinates. cut through the chaos so quickly, and the internal riots were suppressed by Song Yang's tough methods, but the bitter fruits of the sequelae of this move need to be tasted slowly.

Han Sui took the initiative to make the union, and he didn't have to think about it, and immediately agreed. With the tiger Xia Jun on his side, he has to work together. As for the previous slight dissonance, I will directly expose it. Those who have achieved great things, do not stick to small things, keep them in their minds, and then take care of them in the future.

As the commander of the Xia army in Liangzhou, Wu Huali has been paying attention to the changes in the situation in Liangzhou. Stay steadily in Ji County and guard Hanyang. The army did not make any major moves, but the military detectives of the Xia State who traveled back and forth between the east and the west were almost not cut off. He silently waited for the opportunity, while training the soldiers, accumulating strength, and preparing to advance westward at any time.

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On the Chang'an side, after two months of adjustment, the reorganization of the Xia army in Guanzhong is also nearing completion. From the time of his career, Liu Yuan has always attached great importance to the army in the first place, and firmly grasped the military power, which is the foundation of his rule over the Great Xia Kingdom. For him, as long as the army remained loyal to him, any chaos was a minor matter.

Called Wang Jianguo, the military power was also monopolized by him, and he never dared to fake his hands to others. This reorganization, also in order to adapt to the changes in the current situation, since entering the customs, there have been many major battles, and the army has suffered a lot of losses, except for the 10,000 troops in Liangzhou, the Xia army scattered in the counties has been less than 40,000.

Liu Yuan gave an order, and all the Guanzhong prisoners who had surrendered to the Tuntian affair were turned into military households and began to implement the world military system. The army does not need to be expanded for the time being, and the tens of thousands of people will be Liu Yuan's source of troops in the future.

All the Xia troops in Guanzhong were unified into the Xia Guozhong Army, which was directly under the jurisdiction of Liu Yuan, the king of Xia, and separated from the Xia Military Region of Bingzhou, Hedong, Hetao, and Monan. The left, right, front, rear, and center armies that had been established in Meiji were also abolished immediately.

Lantian in the southeast of Chang'an was used again, and the Lantian camp belonging to the Xia State was established, with a standing garrison of 10,000 soldiers and horses, 7,000 iron cavalry, and 8,000 infantry troops. The main general of the Lantian battalion, Liu Yuan thought about it for a long time, and finally chose Liu Qiu.

The commander of the Central Army of the Xia Kingdom naturally fell on Xu Bu Chiyi, Liu Yuan took him as the general of the leading army, and the general of the Central Protector Army was Zuozhi, and there were leading generals and generals of the Protector Army. In addition, there are six battalions of Huben, Wuwei, Tuncai, Yuecai, Shesheng, and Changshui, each battalion has a strength of 2,000 people, and the general is placed under the command, and the three auxiliaries are stationed to garrison Zhusai.

In addition to the original Xia Army Generals, the Guanzhong generals who had previously surrendered, such as Zhang Xiu, Li Meng, Wang Fang, etc., were all served as Chinese Army generals, and Lu Buyuan's Wei Xu, Hao Meng, Hou Cheng, and Song Xian were also the same.

At the same time as the Chinese army, it was the rectification of the guards. Originally, the guards and sergeants were all aristocratic talents and warriors selected by Liu Yuan from the Xia army, who were responsible for Liu Yuan's living guards, guards, and garrisons of the royal city. Most of them were mainly iron cavalry, which were previously divided into two armies, the north and the south, but since the southern invasion, they have entered Chang'an, and it is difficult to support those many functions by relying only on one of their armies.

The new guard army was split and supplemented into three armies: the guards, the guards, and the janissaries. There are 3,000 guards, responsible for the guards of the Chang'an Imperial Palace, and 3,000 guards and cavalry, who are stationed in Shanglin Yuan in peacetime. As for the 5,000 Janissary Infantry Army, they were stationed in the suburbs of Chang'an.

These three armies are the garrison of Chang'an, the imperial capital. Non-commissioned officers are also elite soldiers selected by the whole army, and they are not allowed to enter without military merit or elite. Long Wei is the general of the guard, Gao Shun is promoted, he is the general of the guard, and Hao Zhao also joined the Praetorian Guard as a captain.

Chang'an city defense, another city guard, thought that Chang'an city garrison, but also responsible for peacetime security.

The western suburbs of Chang'an, Shanglin Garden. In the huge royal garden, many Sanfu households were moved in, planted in Tuntian, and cultivated for Liu Yuan.

Autumn is a good time for hunting, and it is rare to have some free time, Liu Yuan enters the garden to relax. The newly formed guard cavalry is accompanying Liu Yuan, driving the prey for him to hunt.

Liu Yuan does not have particularly strong bravery, but as a grassland man, Liu Yuan has never left behind such a housekeeping ability as riding and shooting. Although state affairs are becoming more and more onerous, when there is time, Liu Yuan will still practice it in person and love it very much.

He and Subu Chiyi rode their horses on the field, and the horse's hooves galloped, splashing smoke and dust all the way. The guards and sergeants on both sides kept driving the scattered and fleeing prey in the direction of Liu Yuan.

Seeing an elk fleeing in a hurry, his legs stepped on the stirrups, pulled the bow and wound it, and cast it, all in one go. However, it missed, and the feathered arrow grazed the elk's tail and stuck in the soil behind it, which was a little far away.

Faced with such a situation, Liu Yuan had long lost his embarrassment. Hearty smile: "Today's luck is not good, don't fight, pass the order to go, shoot this deer, lonely reward!" ”

As soon as these words fell, hundreds of guards and knights who were cruising on the side rushed up in unison, wanting to get the king's reward.

"The king is not a deer shooter, but a country of shooting!" Xu Bu Chiyi knew Liu Yuan's archery skills, but he didn't know how to do it, and said with a smile.

After a little more leisurely running, he slowly slowed down and stopped. Stepping on the autumn grass, Liu Yuan asked: "Guanzhong soldiers, after this adjustment, how is the morale of the army?" ”

Such a large-scale purge is to comprehensively rectify the Xia army in Guanzhong, and all kinds of evaluations, assessments, rewards and punishments are carried out at the same time. There are many proud people, promotion bounties, and naturally there are many people who are punished and degraded. Liu Yuan asked about these frustrated people.

"The king is fair in his evaluation, and there are no disobedience from the top to the bottom!"

Liu Yuan didn't believe much in this, those who were demoted without merit, if they said that they had no complaints, it was impossible. But Su Bu Chiyi's statement in this way at least proves that most of them have been safe.