Chapter 609 Hebei Tianhu
The biggest difference between Tian Hu and other forces is that he has a cavalry team known as 50,000, don't say that others are surprised, even Zhang San wonders where he got so many horses?
Later, the Ministry of Intelligence reported that this guy had brought into the army all the livestock that were horses or similar to horses in his sphere of influence, and organized a nondescript cavalry of about 30,000 people.
War horses need to be trained, not only to train, but also to practice, practice speed, practice endurance, etc., even if the Great Song Dynasty lacks horses, there are indeed few war horses, folk pack horses, ploughing horses or driving horses, not to mention that Tian Hu even has mules.
Is such a cavalry useful for fart? It's really useful, the effect of bullying the lack of cavalry is really good, cavalry is cavalry, even if he rides a mule, but he is still taller than you, farther than you, faster than you.
Therefore, the most critical link in the elimination of Tian Hu is to eliminate his wonderful cavalry, of course, this is not a matter for Zhang San, the Great Song Dynasty lacks cavalry, and there is no shortage of Ryukyu now.
Zhang San not only successively established several national large-scale horse farms such as Zhenwo Island Horse Farm, Beihae Horse Farm, Jeju Island Horse Farm, Miaodo Road Horse Farm, etc., but also obtained the management rights of dozens of horse farms through a series of means such as purchase in Liao.
Then through normal trade, bribery of officers and smuggling, etc., tens of thousands of war horses were obtained from the Liao State, and some war horses were obtained from the Mongolian steppe, plus several years of breeding and breeding, Zhang San's current total number of horses finally exceeded 100,000, and the number of war horses and cavalry also reached 40,000.
This number is nothing for the northern peoples, maybe a tribe of 120,000 people can organize more than 50,000 cavalry, but for a continent-dominated Ryukyus, it is not easy to do so.
And raising horses is the same as doing business, I'm afraid that when you have nothing, once you have the capital, then it will be much easier to want more in the future, now Zhang San's horse farm is born more than 30,000 horses every year, and the Liao State and Mongolian steppe can also provide him with more than 50,000 horses every year, I believe that in another three or five years, Zhang San will be able to become a cavalry power.
And that's not counting the cavalry on the steppe, after two or three years of development, the six tribes have now developed into large tribes with more than 5,000 soldiers and a population of more than 30,000.
In the next few years, the six of them will control the entire Mongolian steppe through annexation, expulsion, annexation and other means, and then the whole of Mongolia will become Zhang San's horse farm, and Zhang San will no longer have to worry about the lack of cavalry.
Zhang San got the edict appointing him as the king of Qi, and immediately had a vigorous battle with Liangshan Kou, and the intensity of the battle was very high, so fierce that other forces could not approach the battlefield within ten miles.
The war lasted for three days, and after the soldiers of the Qi State cleaned up the battlefield and announced the total annihilation of the Liangshan Kou, the Song Dynasty also let go of half of the heart, as for why it was only half of it, it was the army of the King of Qi who was still stationed there, and the Liangshan army could enter Tokyo, so the Qi troops that were stronger than the Liangshan army would not be more able to enter Tokyo.
After Zhang San finished cleaning up, some of the soldiers went directly north, crossed the Yellow River to conquer Tianhu, some went to the northeast to receive the Hebei fiefdom, and the other 150,000 returned to Shandong, except for the 50,000 troops stationed in Shandong, the other troops had to return to various places to station.
In this Qi State Campaign, Zhang San almost poured the strength of the country, and successively mobilized more than 400,000 troops and reserve forces, and more than 1 million logistics personnel to complete it, and now that the first phase of the campaign is over, if the long-term defense is empty, it will inevitably give other careerists a chance.
Zhang San returned to Licheng, officially changed Licheng to Jinan, and began his own rule of King Qi, and the first order issued by Zhang San after the queen was to exempt agricultural taxes for three years and people's livelihood.
Anyway, the land has been sorted out by the Liangshan army, and the land has been confiscated by those local tyrants and inferior gentry and black-hearted landlords, and everything that should be divided has been divided, so now Shandong and Hebei are all self-cultivated farmers, and there are no landlords.
Zhang San's decree was supported by the whole people, and then Zhang San began to issue a second order, repairing the Yellow River embankment, dredging the northern water conservancy, and preparing to use two million people to raise the flood control standard of the Yellow River to the level of resisting a 50-year event in two years.
For a while, the people in the north were boiling with resentment, and it was a good thing to repair the Yellow River, but two million people, wouldn't every family have to be born? Every family had to serve hard labor, and Zhang San immediately announced that these jobs were done by slaves and prisoners of war from other countries, and Baixin did not have to serve or sleep in forced labor.
Why do you have to make a big breath when you announce a decree? If you say at the beginning that you will levy two million slaves to repair the Yellow River, it will be just an after-dinner conversation for the people, and it seems to be far away from their lives.
But you don't talk about the use of slaves, these two million conscripts are closely related to the people, you must know that in ancient times, the government not only did not pay wages, but also had to bring their own dry food.
If Zhang San really let them dig the river for free for two years, then it would not only be a matter of doing it for nothing, but the fields at home would be barren, think about the years when Emperor Yang of Sui repaired the Grand Canal, you will know how many people will die in this.
So after the people complained, Zhang San immediately announced the use of slaves, so that everyone would remember that their work was handed over to slaves to do, so that the people would be happy, and the Yellow River was still repaired for their good, so what else was there to say? One word 'good!' ’
Zhang San used a large number of slaves overseas, which has been criticized by many people, many people privately said that Zhang San was unkind and cruel, Zhang San also wanted to let everyone understand a truth through this matter, this work must be done by someone after all, and it is better for others to do it than to do it yourself.
If there are any more people in front of Zhang San, they are crooked, okay, you sympathize with the slaves and don't let them do it, you do it, it is estimated that these people will shut up immediately, just like those so-called Confucians who are full of benevolence, righteousness and moral saints, as well as those Taoist priests who preach the Tao and monks who preach the scriptures.
Zhang San usually asks directly: "You are so fratern, so fond of education, there are some cannibals on my side, who don't understand education and don't listen to the words of saints, why don't you influence them?" Educate them? ”
These people will usually shut up immediately, and if there are really any people who continue to chatter, Zhang San will directly send these people to the slave school, so that they can spread the teachings of the saints.
Anyway, there is nothing wrong with letting these natives listen to the quiet and inaction, listen to the kindness of forbearance, and listen to the teachings of the saints, as for whether there will be secrets leaked? Hehe, with their IQ, can they learn any high-tech?