Zhao Xun's swiftness of action exceeded Ha Gang's expectations, and he ordered Li Chenfeng to mobilize troops to be stationed in the Bujia tribe on the spot to train the 30,000 standing troops.

In this regard, Ha Gang had no other thoughts in his heart. Now, he was more worried about whether he would be eliminated by Zhao Jun, just like the heir of the Landu tribe in the past. One of those who did not surrender to the Zhao army was eliminated by the Zhao army.

Although there are no less than 60,000 or 70,000 warriors among the Bujia tribe, they are all good warriors. However, only a standing army of 30,000 was the most powerful. According to Zhao Jun's requirements, each of the nine tribes has a standing army of 30,000, ignoring other affairs and only conquest. In addition, only these 30,000 standing troops could be equipped with the armor and equipment traded by the Zhao army.

Of course, you can also say that you don't give it to them, but use it for someone else. However, next, your tribe will face the armed attack of the Zhao army. Even if they don't use force, they will cut off the trade of the tribe, and even be abandoned by the Zhao army, and the two sides will not please them.

After letting Ha Gang take him down to rest, everyone in the hall couldn't help but be happy, and several people smiled.

"Congratulations, my lord, we have won another one! However, this Hagang will remain here for a while, and only after our men have taken control of the 30,000 standing army. Zhang Yuanjing said with a smile.

Zhao Xun said lightly: "If you go outside, you must first settle inside!" Uncle Li, this time I sent people to not only get rid of Ha Gang's cronies among the 30,000 standing troops, but also the leaders and generals of the remaining tens of thousands of warriors. Pick out those whose hearts are on us and be responsible for the rest of the warriors, and as for the standing army, it must be under the control of our men. ”

Li Chenfeng nodded and said, "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely explain these things to them." Although the 30,000 men in each department are not much, they are all troops that do not need us to bear all kinds of materials and money, and we will definitely bring them under our command. However, in order to completely collect the 30,000 standing troops, is it necessary to give some preferential treatment to the families of the 30,000 standing troops? ”

Zhao Xun nodded and said with a smile: "Of course, no matter how preferential treatment is, we don't need to pay too much." In the end, we have to use the materials of the Bujia tribe to train the soldiers under our control. In this way, for the 30,000 standing troops of the Bujia tribe, their identity, status, and family members will be the same as those of the Blue Capital tribe. ”

Zhang Yuanjing stroked his palms and smiled: "Lord, in this way, the leaders of the remaining seven tribes will have a big head. I'd like to see what will happen to the rest of the tribes' standing armies when they learn about the treatment of the standing soldiers of the Buga tribes. It is already good to pay for the standing army to reorganize the armor and equipment, and now, it is necessary to bear the rated salary for them. After victory, they are entitled to distribute forty percent of the loot for themselves. After the sacrifice, their families will receive bereavement. What's more, as soon as they became a standing army, they and their families had the status of civilians, and they owned everything except for the fixed taxes. ”

"At the beginning, the treatment of the soldiers of the Landu tribe was improved, which had already caused some changes in the standing soldiers of the major tribes. It's just that at that time, this Blue Capital tribe was already under our control. Therefore, the leaders of the major tribes still have excuses. But now, they're in trouble......"

Wei Zilin, who was responsible for coordinating the entry of the displaced people and was in charge of the logistics of the army on the northern front, said with some worry: "Although the leader of the Bujia tribe will bow down this time, will it make the leaders of the other tribes dissatisfied with this." It's okay on weekdays, but at this time, ...... At this time, it is the time when the great armies are facing each other, in case these tribes ......"

Zhang Yuanjing said with a smile: "It's okay, the remaining seven tribes will never dare to move lightly." Lord Wei has been in charge of logistics and displaced people for a long time, and may not know much about some of our current actions in the Nine Great Tribes. ”

"Since last year, we have been trading with these nine tribes, and now, among these nine tribes, all the daily necessities are taken care of by my Dazhao merchants. In addition, because of trade, the lords of these tribes are not a few people who profit. The furs, tendons and other materials they had accumulated in the past can now be sold to our Zhao merchants in exchange for many things from the Central Plains. And the nobles and ordinary people of these tribes have long been accustomed to living with the things of our Central Plains every day. ”

"If we suddenly cut off trade with these seven tribes now, the leader of these seven tribes will not be able to sit firmly in his position. The tribesmen will not agree, they have no current life, it is difficult to adapt. ”

Wei Zilin nodded, and suddenly realized: "I understand, it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift." Good strategy, good strategy. With commercial means, you can indirectly control these tribes, okay! Now, we can act with much more confidence. ”

Zhang Yuanjing said: "Commercial means can indeed play a key role in some aspects. However, this is also a containment after all, and cannot be used as a last resort. If these tribal leaders are killed, these methods are useless. ”

Wei Zilin said with a smile: "However, the leaders of these tribes don't have the courage to break the net. Besides, we didn't let them die, and they didn't have to fight with their lives. Even if the fish dies and the net breaks, but in the end, the fish is dead, but the net must not be broken. ”

Zhao Xun tapped lightly on the table and said in a deep voice: "Since the leaders of the various tribes have arrived, it is time to rectify them. ”

"Yuan Jing, let the remaining twenty-eight tribal leaders come tomorrow to discuss the rectification of various departments. This time, this king needs to completely calm down the hidden dangers of these more than 30 parts. ”

After a pause, Zhao Xun sighed coldly: "At the beginning, there were more than 100 tribes, and in the end, there were only thirty-five left. If they are not interested, then let them be like the seventy or so tribes, and let them dissipate at once. As for the remaining seven tribes, let's be appeased. At this moment, they should also know the situation of the Bujia tribe. The king did not dare to think of anything else. ”

"Wei Zilin, you coordinate the overall logistics affairs, and you have a heavy burden on you to solve these thirty-five subordinates this time." Zhi looked at Wei Zilin and said in a deep voice.

Wei Zilin said in a loud voice: "If you can solve these grassland Huyi as soon as possible, no matter how busy your subordinates are, it is worth it." I wonder what the lord has done for these tribes? ”

Zhao Xun smiled and said, "For these tribes, of course, you can't directly use force, and you can't blindly dismantle and relocate. What we need to do is to digest these tribes step by step without affecting the overall stability. ”

"Among the various ministries, young and strong men who are good at riding are selected, uniformly organized, and strictly trained, and placed in the border between the western part of Xiazhou and Liangzhou. As for the tribesmen, we will deal with them according to the arrangement of the Landu tribe. All tribes are granted civilian status and their private property is protected. From now on, they don't need to pay anything to the tribal nobles and chiefs except for paying a certain amount of taxes to the tax officials arranged by my Da Zhao. ”

"This king will let the leaders of each tribe stay in the Landu tribe and accompany this king. And you will send directly to the ministries to announce our decree in order to gain the support of these thirty-five tribesmen. ”

Wei Zilin said puzzledly: "For these thirty-five departments, why don't we express our intentions directly to the leaders of each department in the future?" The subordinates want to come, and they will not dare to refuse tomorrow. ”

Zhao Xun said with a smile: "That's right, they don't dare to refuse, but this king doesn't disobey them." Tomorrow it will be made clear to them as usual, and they will be compelled to obey. Immediately, let them write down the warrant, and our people went directly to the ministries to pass the order. In this way, it can not only win the support of ordinary clansmen, but also erect these tribal leaders as targets for the nobles of various tribes. Don't forget, if we do this this time, it will not only be the tribal leaders who will suffer, but also the nobles. ”

Zhao Xun arranged the leader of the Bujia tribe, Ha Gang, with the leaders of the other tribes, which shows that he intends to let the ministries know the previous situation, and this is also to warn the ministries that since they are attached to Zhao Jun, they should have a look. Zhao Jun can let you survive, and naturally let you die and let others take his place.

On the second day, the leaders of the twenty-eight small and medium-sized tribes all met with King Zhao, the lord of the Zhao army. Compared with the first time the various ministries met a few days ago, they were even more afraid now. The leaders of the seven tribes had been drinking with them a few days earlier, but now their heads were hanging from the flagpole outside, a sign of warning to others. The leader of a large tribe, the town guard envoy of King Zhao, was deprived of the right to implement the ministry in the blink of an eye.

Zhao Xun was also unambiguous, and directly told more than 20 people about his requirements. Twenty-eight people dared to say that they didn't want to be one of the heads hanging on the flagpole. Besides, these thirty-five tribes can be preserved because these tribal leaders do not have a strong desire and ambition to control, and the tribe is not very powerful. Faced with King Zhao's request, they did not dare to refuse.

As a result, more than 20 leaders wrote down warrants and sent their cronies to assist the Zhao army in returning to their tribe. In other words, from now on, their control over the tribe has fallen to a low point.

However, Zhao Xun may have promised these tribal leaders and encouraged them to trade with Zhao merchants in the future. They were even encouraged to join the caravan to enrich their possessions.

Despite the loss of tribal power, these tribal leaders were dissatisfied. However, since they were relocated to these places by the Zhao army, they knew that this was inevitable. It's just that it's a little hard to accept when it comes to the end. Now, however, they have no choice, after all, life is more important than rights. Besides, if you lose your rights, you can get money, which can be regarded as a kind of compensation.

"Yes, yes! The thirty-five departments are all surrendered, so that the Xia Prefecture and the northern part of the state can be completely stable. As long as the control is increased in the future, the immigration can be carried out. Wei Zilin frowned.

"Yes, thirty-five troops can at least recruit more than 100,000 cavalry. Even if you only need the elite among them, you can come up with at least 50,000. The grassland tribes, all of them are good at cavalry. Li Chenfeng considered from the military aspect, for military generals, the strength and number of troops are the most important.

Zhao Xun said slowly: "One hundred thousand? There are too many, we can't afford to raise so many troops. The consumption of cavalry is not comparable to that of foot soldiers. This time, only 50,000 elites are needed. It is arranged in the southwest of Xiazhou, the place where it meets Liangzhou. They need to be trained strictly, and my Sergeant Zhao has strict military discipline, which is the minimum requirement. ”

Zhang Yuanjing pondered for a while, and said: "The lord will recruit 50,000 cavalry and arrange them in the place where Liangzhou is handed over, is it going to launch Liangzhou?" ”

Zhao Xun said with a smile: "It's not that you want to do anything to Liangzhou, and now the land of Liangzhou is not peaceful." The countries of the Western Regions are becoming more and more ignorant of advancing and retreating, and if the governor of Liangzhou can't suppress Liangzhou, then we can only do it. ”

After a pause, Zhao Xun's face was slightly heavy, and then said: "In addition, Situ Lei's actions are also very fast. The current Qi army has been persecuted by the princes from all walks of life. If we can't give us a certain amount of help, I'm afraid that this Qi army will be in danger. Of course, the most important thing is that this Situ Lei will take the biggest advantage. This was a bit different from what we expected, Situ Lei's actions were too fast, and Murong Cheng's reactions were too slow. ”

"I thought that Situ Lei would only act after the official war between our eastern princes, but who would have thought that this cunning old thief would immediately attack as soon as he noticed that something was wrong. What's more, he was ready for action for a long time. And Murong Cheng did not withdraw his troops from Yangzhou in time as we expected. Instead, he was in a stalemate with Li Chi in Xuzhou for a period of time, allowing the actions of the princes from all walks of life to be unhindered. As for the Qi army in Qidi, without the command and command of the King of Qi, they are even more vulnerable to fighting on their own. ”

"Now, Situ Lei's strength has grown too fast, and so have the other princes. But our external enemies have not diminished in the slightest. The countries of the Western Regions, in the past, were just a group of small ants that surrendered to the Great Yan Empire, but now, they even want to turn the sky upside down. The Central Plains is weak, and foreign enemies want to take a bite. ”

"Wei Chen, you must pay attention to the situation in the south at any time. But if there is a situation, report it immediately. ”

Wei Chen nodded, and then said: "Lord, there is news from Youzhou, Murong Cheng, the king of Qi, has sent a messenger again to ask when our army will send troops. ”

After thinking about it, Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "Reply, just say that the northern Turkic army is coming, and our army will not dare to move lightly until the Turkic army is resolved." After all, the Turkic armies were more dangerous than Siture. In addition, to tell them that the appearance of this king in the land of Bingzhou and Xiazhou has already put a lot of pressure on Situ Lei. Although he did not go directly to the army, it was equivalent to secretly helping him, which was enough to relieve him of a lot of pressure. ”

Subsequently, Zhao Xun did not start a war with the Turkic army on the opposite side, but continued to rectify his own internal affairs. As Zhao Xun said, if you go outside, you must first settle inside. Now the Turkic army is afraid that the long border line of the Zhao army is full of troops, and they can pull the Turkic tribes attached to the Zhao army to send troops from any direction at any time. Therefore, they did not dare to move lightly.

As for Zhao Xun, he has no intention of directly starting a war with the other party. Judging from the current situation, the longer it drags on, the better it will be for you. After all, among the troops participating in the war, Zhao's army was not large, and it was also distributed in Xiazhou and Bingzhou. The money and food that need to be borne are not much, and even only need to pay some armor, equipment, salt and tea and other daily necessities to buy livestock directly from the major tribes to eat. Not only has the logistical pressure been reduced, but the soldiers have not increased their meat consumption. Not to mention, a large part of the logistics of the Zhao army was delivered to the caravan to complete.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhao Xun naturally unceremoniously began to rectify his various tribes. I have to say that Zhao Xun's killing of the seven tribal leaders is still very deterrent. Coupled with the submission of the leader of the Bujia tribe, the rest of the tribes did not dare to have any ideas.

For various tribes, Zhao Xun's various actions have harmed their interests. However, Zhao Jun also relaxed the restrictions on commerce and trade, which also allowed them to make a lot of money, and for this reason, when they were unable to resist, they also calmed down the resentment in their hearts a little.

The reason for the relaxation of trade restrictions, and even allowed various tribal nobles and chieftains to enter the southern Zhao land to trade and form caravans. It was because they had handed over the tribal military power and tax rights, and they had not yet provided a lot of soldiers and excellent war horses for the Zhao army.

When Zhao Xun arrived in the land of Xiazhou, in addition to the Turks being worried, there were two other people who were also worried. One is Situ Fei, the governor of Liangzhou, who is dozens of miles away, and the other is Situ Lei, the king of Yong, who is stationed in Yizhou.

Situ Fei naturally needless to say, Liangzhou and Bingzhou and Xiazhou are all connected. Zhao Jun can cross the line and fight at any time. With his current ability, he simply can't resist it. And the land of Liangzhou is also extremely unstable now. The countries of the Western Regions in the west also began to disturb the border repeatedly. Internally, the Qianghu tribes are also becoming more and more arrogant. In this regard, Situ Fei is also powerless. After all, at this time, the Yongjun army was concentrating their energy on Qidi, and Situ Lei had no time to take care of the western part of Liangzhou and the interior. In other words, even if Liangzhou is lost, as long as it can benefit from the south, it will be more worthwhile.

Although Situ Fei was unwilling, after all, it was Situ Lei who was in charge of Yongjun. Therefore, after receiving Situ Lei's military transfer order, he still gritted his teeth and transferred a lot of troops from Liangzhou.

And Situ Lei, who is in Yizhou, is even more worried about the situation in the north. Of course, Situ Lei was not worried about Liangzhou. It is Yongzhou, the land of Chang'an in the west of Yongzhou.

You must know that now the center of gravity of the Yongjun army is in the south, but the center of power is in Luoyang, Yongzhou. One south and one east, the critical connection in the middle is the old capital of Chang'an.

If Chang'an is taken by the Zhao army, then the Yong army will be divided into two, and the end will not be able to care about each other. Immediately afterwards, the entire Yongzhou will be lost, and the Great Yan Kingdom will be captured.

Although this emperor and the national capital, no one has taken it seriously. However, once lost from the Yongjun. Then, Situ Lei understood that the Yongjun would not be able to reverse the situation of inevitable defeat.

Therefore, while slowing down the movement of the alignment, Situ Lei urgently sent people to pay attention to the situation of Zhao Jun and collect Zhao Xun's current movements. Be prepared to return to rescue at any time, and of course, there are strict orders for Chang'an and other places to prepare for defense.