Chapter 977: Thousands of Rides

ps: I'm tired after a day of proofreading with the tutor, dizzy and sore, and there is only one shift tonight

During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the six divisions of the Zhou Dynasty often crossed Liangshan and attacked the Dog Rong, Ghost Fang and other tribes outside the deserted clothes. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Since the decline of the Zhou Dynasty, Bai Zhai has stayed in place and occupied this territory called "Shangdi", which was later called Northern Shaanxi, so three hundred years have passed, and no Zhuxia regime has been able to touch here, even if it is the strongest Qin and Jin.

It wasn't until the arrival of the Zhao family's caravan with cavalry that Zhao Wuxian shocked the Bai Zhai tribes with the battle of destroying Shaoliang City, and the unruly Zhai people bowed their heads for the first time in the face of the terrifying power that destroyed the world and declared tribute to the Zhao family, and Shangdi also became the Shangjun of the Zhao family.

Based on several large tribes in the upper region, Zhao Wuxian established a fetter system here, Fushi, Yangzhou, Gaonu, Luodu, and Diaoyin, which are the five fetters of Shangjun, and the local chief Bai Zhai is the head of the fetter county, and all the tribal systems remain unchanged. The Zhao clan only sent deputies to restrain them and reconcile the relationship between Bai Zhai and the Chinese immigrants.

Among the various ministries, the Gaonu Department is the most powerful and the most populous, but the county governance of Shangjun is not there, but near the Yanhe River, dozens of miles south of Gaonu, and this county capital was named "Yan'an" by Zhao Wuxian!

The five counties did not have a household, but Yan'an was a well-structured county from the beginning.

After the Zhao clan forcibly seized Shaoliang, they plundered the city's residents, and some of them were resettled in Yan'an to build a new city from scratch.

Yan'an is surrounded by the Yan River, although overgrown with weeds, thorns, sparse human tracks, and infested with wild animals, but in fact the land is fertile, the water and grass are abundant, and a little development can become a fertile land. Fortunately, there is no shortage of cattle and horses in Shangjun, which can make up for the lack of manpower, and thousands of soldiers and people work together to build Liju at the foot of Jialing Mountain, and the fields are leveled one by one, in this process, the pride and sense of belonging to building a home with their own hands are also spontaneously born, plus each household has obtained a large number of fields, and the displaced people in Hexi have forgotten to return and are willing to take root here.

Over the years, they have developed the banks of the uninhabited Yan River into a fertile land where corn and wheat are all over the Pingchuan and fat ducks are filling the ponds. As for the places where agriculture has not yet been affected, there are also abundant water and grass, cattle and horses, flocks of sheep and sheep, and the agricultural and animal husbandry economy has been well developed.

Yan'an City has also begun to take shape, although the city is still a temporary structure built of logs, but the circumference is several miles, it is already one of the largest cities in the upper land, but it is a pity that the city is wide and has few people has always been a problem that plagues the local county officials.

It wasn't until last year that Yan'an finally ushered in a good opportunity for development, a large number of Hexi people fled into Shangjun to escape the conflict between Qin and Wei, and the Zhao clan ordered all the tribes not to take them in without authorization, and all the displaced people were gathered in Yan'an. By the beginning of spring, there were more than 3,000 households in Yan'an, and 100,000 acres of arable land on both sides of the Yan River were under control.

With the increase of population, commerce has also developed, Shangjun is located in Yongzhou, the place where Rong Di Qunhu is around, and the Zhao headquarters is far away from the big rivers and mountains, and the transportation is inconvenient. However, Yidun, who served as the official of the northern counties, would send caravans to bring grain and goods from the Jin region here every month to exchange cattle, horses, and furs with the upper counties to maintain the local economic balance.

Yan'an's gradual prosperity, continuous absorption of population, and increasingly prosperous commerce will naturally make the eyes of those indigenous Bai Zhai tribes hot, but they dare not do anything. Without him, in addition to the local Zhao Tuntian soldiers, there was also a powerful army cruising in the grasslands outside Yan'an: a cavalry division of 2,500 cavalry!

Shangjun Sima Youcheng was the commander of this cavalry, and he and his cavalry were ordered to guard Shangjun, and the lucky group of thieves were trampled under the hooves of his horses. And the Gaonu Department, which once coveted Yan'an and tried in vain to collude with other ministries to oppose Zhao, was also wiped out by Postal Cheng with a thunderbolt. The Gaonu tribe was scattered, and their six pastures and the population attached to them were also taken over by Yan'an and included in the households.

Gao Nu has been destroyed, there are still four left in Shangjun Bai Zhai, the largest Fu Shi is only seven or eight thousand people, more than a thousand cavalry, can not match the Zhao army at all, can only bow to the ear, as long as there is no rebellion, Zhao Wuxian's restraint on them is not too much.

Under this premise, it is better to be a cow and a horse if you are bound to be a cow or a horse, and a live cow is better than a dead horse. Besides, the Zhao clan has always turned a blind eye to their plundering of Qin and Wei territories, and will even protect them.

This balance was upset in the spring of that year, when at dawn the head of the Skins was shaken from his sleep. He walked out of the tent with the drunkenness of last night's feast, squinted his eyes and looked north, and was suddenly surprised to see a cavalry larger than the postal department appear in front of him.

The people were stunned, and the huge cavalry rode on the plateau in the north of Yongzhou, thousands of troops and horses parted ways, as if several black dragons were soaring over the vast mountains and grasslands.

Their main force successively crossed the turbulent Wuding River and rushed to the south, and there was even a group of partial divisions under the banner of the Zhao clan rushing towards the camp tent of the Fu Shi Department.

Seeing that it was Zhao's cavalry, the Bai Zhai people guarding the camp wall did not dare to stop it, and let it go all the way, and the cavalry ran unhindered in front of the leader of the skin, but saw that although the Zhao envoy headed by the head was dusty, he was full of spirit, he showed the knots in his hand, and said to the skin-giving people in Bai Zhai's language: "Shangqing sent the county Yu Sima and the Shangjun post Sima to fight the thieves, and ordered the skin Shi department to send half of Ding Zhuang, bring their own horses, rations, and weapons, and assemble in Yan'an before the first day of the first month of March, and march south with the two Simas!" ”

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When the horse's hooves stopped outside Yan'an City, Yu Xi breathed a sigh of relief, and he looked back, behind him were five thousand knights, as well as more horses, all of them were tanned and dusty.

Considering that Daidi is located in the dividing line between agriculture and animal husbandry, and the north and south of the Sanggan River are almost two different economic forms, so he established a cavalry called Longcheng in the grassland area in the northwest of Daijun, so that Yu Xi trained cavalry here and restrained the Saiwaironghu tribe.

Within four years, the Central Plains was in turmoil, but Daijun was far away from the war, and had made great progress, because of the strength of the Longcheng garrison, many Hurong tribes continued to depend, after providing arable land, pastures and security, the recruitment of soldiers from these new annexed people was very smooth, Yu Xi asked him to fight in a letter to Zhao Wuxian, and said that "Daijun Shima controls the strings, and there are tens of thousands."

This is an exaggeration, but almost everyone in the entire Dai County can ride a horse, and it is okay to gather six or seven thousand horsemen.

Zhao Wuxian praised Yu Xi, and at the same time officially sent Yu Xi to the south, helping him attack Qin Wei.

At the beginning of January, Yu Xi issued a notice to let the leaders and lords of the various tribes in Dai County lead their troops to come to Longcheng for a meeting.

"After four years of recuperation, the Daijun cavalry finally has a place to use!"

After this announcement, Yu Xi sent 2,500 cavalry to Zhao of Daijun, and another tribe of Dai, Tu He, and Wuzhong sent 2,500 Rong Hu cavalry to help fight in the process of seizing Dai County. On that day, the banners of Longcheng were in the sky, and the bows and arrows were like a forest, and the people of Ronghu who were watching were all shocked.

The 5,000-strong army set out from Daijun in mid-January, detoured through Loufu, and almost ate up the water, grass, cattle and sheep that Lou Nu had to eat along the way, and finally crossed the river from the edge of Linhu's territory and entered Shangjun. They passed through the Fushi, Yangzhou, Gaonu and other departments, and finally arrived in Yan'an.

Unlike four years ago, the battle line was longer, and the battle time was also set after March, so the army had to save its horsepower and not go fast, more than a thousand miles, and they walked for a whole month.

Facing the post Cheng who went out of the city to greet him, Yu Xi smiled at him, the stunned young man four years ago was the same as himself, he was already a county Sima, which has the meaning of the son inheriting his father's business, and it is also indispensable to the post Cheng's own efforts.

He touched his beard and said with a smile: "If you don't leave the saddle for a month, not only are the horses too thin, but our bodies are also stinky, and we can raise fleas, so it's important to let the soldiers eat and drink enough, and then go to Yanhe to take a bath." ”

Youcheng asked people to entertain these Daijun cavalry who came from afar, those who were born in China were okay and could be stationed under the city, while those Ronghu tribal troops were restrained by the new dogs on the outskirts of the city, far away from residential areas, and their military discipline was really a big problem.

After resting for a few days, the leaders of the tribes in Shangjun also came to Yan'an one after another, and under the threat of the Zhao clan's strong force, they all expressed their willingness to take the tribe Ding Zhuang to join and crusade against the Qin state for the Zhao clan.

"There are 2,500 horses in Shangjun, plus the four Bai Zhai of Fushi, Diaoyin, Yangzhou, and Luodu, a total of 4,500 horses."

"I have 5,000 horsemen on my side, plus the Lou Fu and Linhu tribesmen recruited along the way, there are 5,500 horsemen!"

Yu Xi, Youcheng, and Xinzhi Dog were all pleasantly surprised to find that the cavalry under their command exceeded 10,000.

10,000 cavalry, this is something they couldn't think of before, and this is also the achievement of Zhao Wuxian to let Dai County and Shang County operate for several years. If used correctly, it is a powerful force that can change the world. For a while, all the generals of the Zhao clan had full confidence, believing that they would be able to rely on this team of men and horses to cross the west of the river and create a new situation for the Zhao clan!

Yu Xi, the commander-in-chief of the operation on the Western Front, announced: "Ten thousand cavalry assembled, grain and grass is a big problem, the tribes in Shangjun can only afford more than a month, for the time being, let the horses be released in the Yanhe River first, so that the long-distance tired riders can eat enough, and when they have enough fat, we will assemble in early March and set out in mid-March." ”

He pointed to the water and said: "The sweet spring water and grass are abundant, so take this place as the base camp, divide the left and right armies out of Liangshan, one army tends to Shaoliang, cut off the Longmen, one army tends to the king's official, and cut off the Puban ferry, which is bound to make Hexi a piece of erosion!" Let Qin Wei have no way out! (To be continued.) )