Chao Yong praised the hard work of the master, and said, "How many soldiers and horses in each department can be used by me?" ”

The seed master said: "A total of 30,000 soldiers and horses have been gathered in the six states near Xingqing Mansion, all of them are cavalry, but the armor is all leather armor, and a considerable number of people do not have leather armor. There are also many bows and arrows that are homemade by the tribe, and the bow power is not strong. ”

Chao Yong thought for a while, and then said: "First reorganize the soldiers and horses, and then unify the leather armor and captured Western Xia bows and arrows." At present, the main thing is to defend against the invasion of the steppe peoples in the north, and the bows and arrows of the Western Xia are enough to deal with the steppe tribes. ”

Mu Hong said: "The Black Mountain Weifu Military Division has 50,000 soldiers and horses in Western Xia to defend the grassland departments, if they are obedient, they don't have to worry about the grassland departments." ”

Seed Master Dao shook his head and said: "We must not only beware of the various departments of the grassland, but also the various departments of the Black Mountain Weifu Military Division, they are different from the various departments of Guishun near Xingqing Mansion. The men of the various departments of Xingqing Mansion were lost nearly half by Li Qianshun and Brother Cha, and they were accustomed to farming, so they could only continue to live in the Yinchuan Plain by submitting to our dynasty. However, the various departments of the Weifu Military Division of Montenegro were closer to the nomads, and Li Qianshun did not mobilize them to guard against the steppe peoples, and the personnel of each department remained intact. Even if they submit to our dynasty, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not pretend to be grassland tribes to plunder the Yinchuan Plain. ”

Lu Zhishen nodded and said: "I can also hear the fierceness of these grassland tribes, nominally they are the tribes under the jurisdiction of Shangjing Dao and Xijing Dao of the Liao State, but these tribes not only often raid the Western Xia, but the Liao State is often harassed by them. ”

Chao Yong didn't think about this problem, and when he heard the seed master say this, there was really such a possibility.

"If any of the tribes dare to come to the Yinchuan Plain to plunder, then unite with the surrounding departments to exterminate them, and we only need the population and livestock to all the departments participating in the war."

Breeder Dodge said: "What do we want the population for?" ”

Chao Yong smiled: "They come to plunder our wealth, and we will let them create wealth for us." Domestic mines need a lot of people, and we can get them to work in the mines. ”

The planter nodded and said, "Shaanxi also produces carbon. Open-pit mining is still bitter and tiring, but underground mining often collapses and explodes, and people often die in mining disasters. If we let them go to mining, we can reduce the number of deaths and injuries among our people. I'm just afraid that this move will attract the impeachment of the imperial history of the DPRK and China? ”

Chao Yong snorted coldly and said, "It is their sin to invade the territory of our dynasty, and those who are matched with the Song Dynasty will have to do hard labor, what can be impeached." If anyone dares to impeach, I will let him come to the border to resist the tribes. ”

With Chao Yong's words, the master will dare to do things with confidence.

If it was before, the emperor of the Song Dynasty promised him. He didn't dare to let go of his hands and feet. Because the favorite thing for the Chinese to do is to suppress the martial artists, in their opinion, to educate the people, not to slaughter, although if they go to the border to educate, no one dares to go. And the emperor of the Song Dynasty has never been responsible, but the breeder has already learned a lesson. At the beginning, he was ordered to take Suizhou, and although he successfully built the city, he was impeached by the imperial history for provoking the border. The Son of Heaven did not dare to come out to take responsibility, and in the end, he was demoted to the fourth level.

However, the master can be trusted by the prince, not only because of the average civil and military status of the Great Liang, but even the martial arts are slightly higher. And the emperor and the crown prince are both from the rivers and lakes. The people of the rivers and lakes made a promise, and the promises of the people of the rivers and lakes are more credible than the words of the Son of Heaven.

Lu Zhishen touched his bald head and said: "If the tribes in the Liao Kingdom come to invade, can we also fight the Liao Kingdom?" ”

Chao Yong thought for a while and said, "If it is a tribe in the Liao Kingdom, you can go to the court first." The imperial court questioned the Liao State and forced them to kill the tribes that committed the crime. The Liao State was defeated by us a few times ago, and the war on the northern front was tense again. You must not dare to offend us. All it takes is a letter of state for them to help us. If they can't kill those tribes, then it's not too late for us to send troops. ”

Seed Master Dao said with emotion: "In the past, when we fought Western Xia, every time we fought Western Xia and was unable to support it, the Liao State would jump out to intervene and buy time for Western Xia to breathe. Once upon a time, it was conceivable that we could ask the Liao State for our guilt. ”

Chao Yong said: "If it weren't for the fact that there are still a few clowns in the country, when Yelu Yanxi invaded Hebei before, I would have led my troops to recapture the sixteen states of Yanyun." The Khitans have stolen the sixteen states of Yanyun, our Han people, for two hundred years, and it is time to return them. You must hurry up and train your troops, especially the cavalry, as long as the Central Plains is unified, it will be the time for us to recapture the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, no matter whether we have to face the Liao State or the Jin State at that time. The land of our Han people must not be lost. ”

When the three of them heard this, they hurriedly got up and arched their hands and said, "Get an order." ”

"After the imperial court sent a governor and divided the land. Recruit tens of thousands of Han cavalry, no matter how many vassal armies there are, our Han people must maintain strong combat power and martial style, otherwise they will be counterattacked by these vassal armies sooner or later. ”

In Chao Yong's plan, firearms must only be in the hands of the Han Chinese, but before firearms can play a decisive role, the Han cavalry must also be able to compete with the cavalry of various tribes. Although the Han Chinese did not have the same riding skills as those who grew up on horseback, the Han people could offset the gap in riding skills with powerful bows and arrows and strong armor.

Mu Hongqi said: "Could it be that the land of Western Xia should be distributed to the people?" ”

Chao Yong nodded and said: "There are many people in the Central Plains and few places, even if they are divided, each person will not be able to share much, and it will take a lot of energy from the imperial court." However, the Yinchuan Plain has a small number of people, and it can be divided evenly. More importantly, if we want to completely turn the Yinchuan Plain into the land of our Han people, then we need to let more Han people come to live here. During the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Lai Canal was built here, and the people were relocated to reclaim the land, but the number was still not enough. Although the Song Dynasty was weaker than the Tang Dynasty, it multiplied with a larger population. With the population of the Song Dynasty, I can move more Han people to the Yinchuan Plain and turn it into a real Han land. ”

The planter said: "If you don't give the party people land, I'm afraid they will have different intentions?" ”

Chao Yong said with a smile: "As long as it is a person who settles on this land, the imperial court will distribute it to them, but most of the party members are not good at farming, even if they are given land, I am afraid that it will not be long before they will sell the land to the Han people again." Of course, it would be even better if they could learn to farm. The imperial court will encourage the Han people to teach the Dangxiang people farming, and encourage the Han people to intermarry with the Dangxiang people, and with our population, it will not take many generations for us to assimilate the Dangxiang people. In the future, the land on the border will be divided, and when the imperial court counts the area of cultivated land and determines how much land each person will distribute, the people can move to the border. The Central Plains does not divide land, and farmers who have no land should be happy to come to the border. (To be continued......)