Chapter 19: The Proposal for the Establishment of the Army

"I don't understand why Childe agreed to He Tengxiao's request so happily." Out of the Thousand Households Mansion, Wen Kelong told Shi Yufeng his questions. The Shi family is also one of the few wealthy businessmen in Jinling City, and they also do some business of selling smuggled iron in private, but it is not so easy to settle the matter privately by selling iron to the border town, in case it is traced.

The moon is shining, there is no need to light the lamp, through the moonlight, you can clearly see the road under your feet, and a few dog barks can be heard in the depths of the alley.

"Our Shi family has been running the business in the border town for more than 50 years, can the second uncle know why our Shi family's business in the border town has not improved?" Shi Yufeng said as he walked.

Wen Kelong has been managing the Shi family's business in Liaodong for nearly ten years, so he naturally knows the reason why the Shi family's business in the border town has not improved: "In the final analysis, our Shi family's foundation in the border town is too shallow. ”

The Shi family's business was mainly in Jiangnan, Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangnan, and before the sea ban, they also did some overseas trade. The Shi family was able to mix in these places, mainly because the Shi family had a strong foundation in these places. The trade of the Nine Border Military Town has been monopolized by Jin merchants and Beijing merchants since the beginning of the country, and it is not so easy for the Shi family to get involved in the trade of the border town and get a piece of the pie.

"It is precisely because the Shi family has no foundation in the border town, so we can't compete with the Jin merchants and Beijing merchants, who have monopolized the border town trade since the beginning of the country. Pingyao Qiao's family, Datong's Zhou family, and Jingshi's Zhu family, these three are the three largest giant businessmen in Jiubian Military Town, which one is not inextricably linked with the border town Jiangmen? One of the most important reasons why the Shi family's business in the border town has not improved is that they have not connected with the local wealthy families, and without the support of the local wealthy families, it is difficult for the Shi family to gain a foothold in the border towns, and at most maintain a half-dead situation like now. Shi Yufeng grew up immersed in the shopping mall since he was a child, although he was young, he thought about the problem more carefully than his peers. After the sea ban, the Shi family's business with foreign countries was interrupted, and at present, the Shi family's business in Jiangnan, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangnan is not good. The Shi family is declining, if it can open the market in Liaodong, it is a rare opportunity for the revitalization of the Shi family.

"But I still don't understand why Gongzi chose He Tengxiao, I heard that He Tengxiao is just an abandoned son of the He family, he has no influence, and he doesn't have any ......oil and water," Wen Kelong shrugged.

"If He Tengxiao has oil and water, it will be our turn?" Shi Yufeng said with a smile, "He Tengxiao's lack of influence in the He family now does not mean that he will not have influence in the He family in the future. ”

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After the Battle of the Sancha River, Zhao and Liao had only sporadic military friction at the intersection of their spheres of influence. There were no more major wars, and the Great Zhao Dynasty hoped to be able to hold on to the remaining lands in Liaodong, and the newly established Liao State also needed time to consolidate and digest the occupied land. Both sides had no intention of provoking any more provocations and began to recuperate.

In order to fight for more living space for his clansmen, Wu Tingzhen went north to recover some of the lost land, and garrisoned troops on the lost land to build a military fort. The situation in Gaizhou tends to ease.

In this situation, He Tengxiao was able to have a good environment to rebuild Pingshan Fort. He Tengxiao's thousand households told him to go to Pingshan Fort with his 20,000 taels of silver a year ago. He Tengxiao's final confirmed and registered military merits were 913 grades, and according to the reward of 40 taels for the first rank of the Liao army, He Tengxiao should have received more than 36,000 taels of silver. Where did the 16,000 taels of silver go to He Tengxiao also understood in his heart that Zhang Yuyang laughed after receiving the reward, and the officials who escorted the reward were quite conscientious, and 20,000 taels of the 36,000 taels of silver could go to He Tengxiao. The angry He Tengxiao kicked Zhang Yuyang three times in a row.

He Tengxiao began to hurry up the work of rebuilding Pingshan Fort, and the ghost knew when the Liao army would move south again. Now his future and life are closely tied to this military fort.

According to the original size of Pingshan Fort, Pingshan Fort could only accommodate about 3,000 people, in order to accommodate surplus refugees. He Teng Xiaopingshan Fort was the main fort, and two sub-forts were built around Pingshan Fort to settle the redundant refugees, and at the same time to defend Pingshan Fort.

Pingshan Fort, a small military fort, has finally been ravaged by the war, and it is a thriving scene.

He Tengxiao sat in the lobby of the Thousand Households Mansion in Pingshan Fort and read the newspaper, the original He Tengxiao was just a small town army hundred households, and the amount of information was very limited. Now He Tengxiao has experienced the era of information explosion, and he knows the importance of information better than anyone else.

In this era, information is blocked, and the way of dissemination is very simple, so far reading Di Bao is the only way for He Tengxiao to obtain information about Liaodong.

After He Tengxiao finished reading the newspaper, Yuan Zhengyu sorted out the newspaper for He Tengxiao. He Tengxiao folded up the corner of a newspaper, and these days he has developed a habit of folding up the corner of a useful newspaper and reading it again at night. This newspaper is about the approval of the new governor of Liaodong, Peng Chaodong, to open the Beiyuan Horse Market and exchange markets with Chahar and Mobei Menggu Departments.

Although the Liao State has risen strongly, the current situation of the Liao State is not optimistic. The Liao army failed to fully occupy the Liaodong Peninsula, and the remnants of the He and Wu families in southeastern Liao posed a threat to the southern part of the Liao state. The Huang family in western Liao, as well as the Qin army that had just come out of the customs, threatened the southwest of the Liao state. The state of Goryeo, east of the Yalu River, was also a vassal state of the Great Zhao and threatened the right wing of the Liao state.

In order to ensure the safety of its left flank, the Liao State has repeatedly sent envoys to the two largest tribes, Chahar and Mobei Menggu, in an attempt to win over the Menggu people. At the same time, the Liao State also changed its strategy against the Han people in the Liao-occupied area, contrary to the previous practice of massacring the Han Chinese. And the captured Zhao army was organized into a Han army, and it was assigned to the command of Yu Yansong, who was not long after he surrendered to the Liao State.

Peng Chaodong opened the original horse market in the north and threw carrots to the Meng people, which was a good strategy to break up the Liao alliance with the Meng Gus.

Yuan Zhengyu is the woman who disguised herself as a scholar, and she was originally born in a scholarly family in Liaoyang. After the Liao army broke Liaoyang, the soldiers and civilians of Liaoyang City were massacred, and Yuan Zhengyu's family was not spared, so Yuan Zhengyu disguised himself as a scholar and fled to Pingshan Fort with the refugees. Luckily picked up a life.

There was such a misunderstanding that night, and Yuan Zhengyu could not justify even if he was innocent. Moreover, Yuan Zhengyu's family was ruined and helpless, so Yuan Zhengyu chose to be in Pingshan Fort after thinking about it again. Yuan Zhengyu was born in a scholarly family, and read poetry and books, He Tengxiao simply put Yuan Zhengyu by his side to sort out the text for himself, which is equivalent to the private secretary of later generations. Anyway, in the eyes of outsiders, Yuan Zhengyu is already He Tengxiao's person.

Yuan Zhengyu was wearing a jacket and skirt today, and when she bent down to sort out the newspaper for He Tengxiao, a refreshing fragrance wafted out of the neckline. He Tengxiao sniffed greedily, and with a very enjoyable look, Yuan Zhengyu glanced at He Tengxiao angrily, covered his neckline, grabbed the newspaper and walked to the back office.

Zhang Yuyang and Ling Feng coincidentally walked into the hall to report military affairs to He Tengxiao, and saw Yuan Zhengyu walking out of the hall in shame and anger, with a wicked smile on his face.

He Tengxiao was sitting in a precarious position, trying his best to maintain his image, and the misunderstanding between him and Yuan Zhengyu that night was destined to be unexplained. Seeing Zhang Yuyang and Ling Feng walking into the lobby with a wicked smile, He Tengxiao really wanted to pick up the tangmu on the table and throw it over.

Although Zhang Yuyang and Ling Feng did not witness the incident between He Tengxiao and Yuan Zhengyu with their own eyes, this matter has been spread all over Pingshan Fort. How could the two of them not know? In this era, it is not a bad thing for men to be greedy for beauty, as long as they don't indulge in it, they may still be able to become a beautiful talk in people's mouths. Zhang Yuyang and Ling Feng naturally did not feel disgusted with He Tengxiao because of this matter.

Ling Feng still wanted to say a few words to make fun of He Tengxiao, but when he saw He Tengxiao glaring at him fiercely, he could only swallow the muddy words he had thought of back into his stomach.

Zhang Yuyang was relatively calm, quickly controlled his emotions, and handed the counted book to He Tengxiao.

He Tengxiao did not arrange any other assistants except for Yuan Zhengyu, and personally took Zhang Yuyang's book and looked through it.

Some time ago, He Tengxiao was so busy with the resettlement of refugees that he had no time to take care of military affairs, so he could only put military affairs aside for the time being. Now, the refugees are basically resettled, and the focus has shifted to military affairs.

For military affairs, He Tengxiao did not dare to be sloppy at all, in this troubled times, holding a strong army is the most reliable guarantee of survival. The Manshu people were able to gallop through Liaodong relying on the 200,000 iron cavalry under their command, and the Wu clan fell from a hegemon to bending to beg for food from other tribes, which was also the reason why their own military strength was greatly weakened.

He Tengxiao led soldiers in later generations, and he was no stranger to leading soldiers. But after hundreds of years, He Tengxiao could not copy the method he used to lead troops in later generations. It can only be used as appropriate in light of the actual situation of the world.

The military discipline of Da Zhao Zhen collapsed, and He Tengxiao had no ability to redeem it. However, He Tengxiao was still confident in training the town army of Pingshan Fort into a strong army.

He Tengxiao's initial plan was to use 28 veterans of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion as the backbone and serve as grassroots officers to establish an army completely under his control. These people have all been baptized by blood and fire, and they are all from the cavalry camp, so they are trustworthy.

Zhang Yuyang handed over the register with 350 names, which was the preliminary roster of the new army in Pingshanbao. These people on the list, except for Zhang Yuyang's original team in Pingshan Fort, are the elite who were screened from the rout.

According to the Great Zhao military system, the full strength of a thousand households is 1,120 people. At the beginning of the country, 1,000 households could barely maintain this establishment. However, due to the widespread implementation of the world military system in Dazhao, this system has inherent defects, and after two or three generations, this system is difficult to maintain. Coupled with the national policy of suppressing Wu Chongwen in the Great Zhao, most of the Zhao people are ashamed of joining the army, and there is a saying among the people that good men are not soldiers, and good iron does not hit nails. Soldiers don't want to find ways to get out of the military. Therefore, the phenomenon of the fleeing of the town army is very serious, and the situation in the border town areas is still good, with one thousand households barely able to maintain the establishment of five or six hundred soldiers, and in the inland areas, there is not even one in ten town troops in some prefectures and counties. As a result, the local government had to catch Ding to fill this loophole, forming a vicious circle.

"We have an establishment of 1,120 men, and there is no shortage of men, so we can completely expand the number of men to 1,120." Ling Feng said, not understanding why He Tengxiao was only given three hundred and seventy-eight people.

"There are not many soldiers." He Tengxiao closed the roster, put it on the table, and said, "What I want is not paper numbers, the Gaoguang Northern Expedition has 160,000 troops, what is the result?" With our existing Dingkou, it is not difficult to expand the army to a full number of 1,000 households, but we do not yet have the ability to raise a full number of 1,000 households. ”

"What Lord Qianhu said is extremely true." Zhang Yuyang agrees with He Tengxiao's approach, "Pingshan Fort is in ruins, and a lot of manpower is also needed for spring plowing in the coming year, and the food and salary allocated by the top are far from enough to support a full team of thousands of households." ”

He Tengxiao nodded, "At present, we can only temporarily strengthen the training of these more than 300 soldiers, but we must also select Minzhuang to train them as reserve soldiers when the farm is slack." ”

The war in Liaodong lasted for more than 40 years, and the Zhao army became weaker and weaker, and a key reason was the lack of reserve soldiers of the Zhao army. The Zhao army could not be replenished in time after the old soldiers were consumed, resulting in the army's combat effectiveness becoming weaker and weaker. Now we can't afford to raise so many soldiers, but the practice of training people to serve as reserve soldiers is still feasible.