Wu Yingying smiled and said, "I know the opinions of the two captains. Do you have a plan?"

The dozen or so captains underground all looked at each other, and they were all experts in marching and fighting, so this strategy of recruiting people to settle in the fields could only be listened to.

Wu Yingying saw that everyone didn't speak, and said in his heart that these generals were not familiar with literary affairs, so he had to mention more, so as not to have no one available after his career became bigger in the future, he didn't plan to be like those monarchs of the previous generation, fight the world with military men, and rule the world with Confucian scholars.

Thinking of this, he cleared his throat and said in a deep voice: "I have a plan, do you listen to whether it is feasible? In the chaos in the north, the party and the Khitan took advantage of the situation to loot the border counties, in addition to plundering cattle, horses, grain, and money, they also plundered a large number of people. The party and the Khitan people were not familiar with agricultural affairs, so they only enclosed them indiscriminately and used them as slaves for farming, grazing, and spinning, and each person gave no more than a few yuan a year. I intend to come up with a sum of money to redeem the captive Han people from the party and the Khitan, and these Han people will be responsible for the cultivation of the land near Lanzhou under the supervision of our army. ”

After Wu Yingying finished speaking, he looked at the generals under the hall, Chase was silent, and Guo Nian, the captain of the Jinfan Battalion, immediately said: "In the past, Emperor Wei Wu's redemption of Wen Ji only benefited one person. ”

As soon as this remark came out, all the captains echoed it, and the Han people who were plundered by the Khitan and the party were treated in Saibei as if they were even the original slaves, and the price of their lives was not as good as a big livestock, especially the captains of the Tuhun army were familiar with the situation in the north, and they were glad to see that their commanders were willing to pay for the redemption of these households.

Seeing that no one objected, Wu Yingying's plan was decided, and the Tuhun military captains Yu Furenliang and Shi Gongda went to Shuozhou and Xiazhou respectively to contact the Khitan and party nobles to negotiate the specific matters of the redemption of the Han people in Lanzhou.

The crowd dispersed, but Chase sat at the bottom of the hall, his face gloomy and silent.

Wu Yingying stepped forward and asked, "Captain Cai, do you have any concerns about this ransom of Han people?"

Chase looked up at Wu Yingying, and said worriedly: "In the past, the party and the Khitans plundered the Han people, but they were only allowed to farm the land and herd sheep. The bitter cold outside the Saiwai is not suitable for farming, and the Han people are weak and not good at grazing, so in fact, whether it is for the Han people to farm or graze, Chief Hu has very little income. If the lord implements this policy of redeeming the people, then every time the chief plunders a Han people, he can sell it at a price in my Lanzhou, and the profit is far greater than before. I am afraid that as soon as this strategy comes out, the Khitan and the big chiefs of the party will intensify their efforts to plunder the population of the border counties, and the Han people in our border counties will have no peace!"

Wu Yingying's face turned pale, he had actually thought about it for a long time in this section, but in this troubled era, it is very important to consolidate the foundation of Lanzhou, and he has no time to take care of the consequences of being too far, he sighed, pressed Chase's shoulder and said: "Your words are reasonable, but in troubled times, you can't take care of everything, if we and other forces are big in the future, we can go straight into the desert and recapture all these plundered Han people." ”

Chase nodded, he didn't want Wu Yingying to give up this strategy, at this time, civil and military officials from all over the country were considered good officials if they didn't desperately search for places, and people like Wu Yingying were willing to take out their own money to redeem the Han people who were plundered by foreign races, I'm afraid that there were many people who set up immortal tablets for him.

Wu Yingying looked at Chase's back and said secretly, this Chase's ingenuity, as well as compassion and compassion, if he is good at cultivation, he is a good prime minister. He also sighed, this policy of redeeming the people seems to be a good deed, but it is really difficult to say what the consequences are, whether it is merit or wrong, only future generations can comment on it.

After Wu Yingying arrived in Lanzhou, he put food and ransom for the Han people, which were all things that other families could not do. What you don't want to do, as the saying goes, people's hearts are like mirrors, the Shenwei soldiers don't need to speak, and the Tuhun army also knows that the new commander is not a thing in the pool, this kind of temperament, sooner or later, he will fly to the nine heavens, and when he is in this class, the military households who follow him to fight the world, the lucky one is the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai, the future of the ministers of Lingyan Pavilion, and the bad luck is also to return to the hometown and be raised, and other festivals and towns do not know the so-called life and death, and in the end it is also the fate of the bones by the uncertain river. Even if the big thing doesn't work out, with such a lord, he is doing benevolent and righteous things, and he will have the face to see his ancestors and ancestors when he dies.

In this atmosphere, the ensuing reorganization of the Tuhun army went unexpectedly smoothly.

Wu Yingying felt that the cavalry under the six commands of the Tuhun Army was similar, and he failed to give full play to the expertise of the soldiers. As the backbone of his future army, the Tuhun army will be a sharp blade that will slaughter the world, and there must be a division of labor in the formation of the army, which is reflected in the organization of the troops.

Referring to the precedent of Jinfan and Shenwei, the Tuhun army also re-conducted a contest to win officials, and only those with outstanding strength could be promoted to the rank of ten commanders, and the ten commanders of each battalion were promoted to centurions, and the centurions were elected captains.

The soldiers who are good at riding and archery are concentrated in the three archery battalions of Baiyu, Chi Hunting, and Ta Yan, and each cavalry wears light armor, with a small shield, and carries a soft and hard bow, and 150 negative arrows, and is responsible for fighting, scouting, running, and harassing.

The soldiers who were good at slashing and killing were organized into two hussar battalions with high hooves and annoyances, and the vital parts of the men and horses were covered with heavy armor, holding long lances, sabers, shields, horse bows, and 100 negative arrows, shooting at long distances and stabbing at close range, and fighting with sabers in melee, responsible for driving out the enemy's light cavalry, guarding their own rangers, and charging into battle if necessary.

The most powerful and fierce cavalry was used to organize and rebuild the real heavy cavalry, because of the name of the Jianghuai strong brigade Heiyundu, riding a high-headed horse, the men and horses were hung with heavy armor all over the body, tied together with leather belts, although they did not fall, holding a long lance and heavy shield, without bows and arrows, and used to impact the enemy's large array.

After this reorganization, not only the combat strength of the Tuhun army has been greatly improved compared with the past, but all the generals have also been completely incorporated into Wu Yingying's Lanzhou army system.

Knowing that the command will be of great use in the future, all the captains of the infantry battalion have gone all out to train the soldiers, but Wu Yingying has been idle, and in addition to pondering some ways to make money every day, he is looking forward to the early return of the captains who went to Shuozhou and Xiazhou.

Lanzhou, which is in ruins, is in urgent need of a lot of labor. Ten days later, he went to Shuo and Xia Erzhou to contact Yu Furen and Shi Gongda, who had redeemed the exiled Han people, to report that the Xiazhou party promised to sell a total of 4,000 strong women to the Han people in Lanzhou, each of which was worth 30 yuan, and the healthy women were worth 20 yuan, and the Khitan nobles in Shuozhou promised to sell a total of 7,000 strong women to the Han people in Lanzhou, each of which was worth 20 yuan and 15 strong women.

"A total of 222,500 yuan was required. Chase quickly reported the total amount that needed to be paid by Lanzhou.

"Is this really the price?" Wu Yingying felt a little shocked, the price of the population is too low, you must know that the price of an ordinary horse in the northern pastoral area is also twenty yuan, and the price of a good horse is more than fifty yuan, which can catch up with a strong man and a healthy woman.

"The price is quite fair. Shi Gongda was worried that Wu Yingying would think that the price of the party items in Xiazhou was too high, and added: "The number of people asked for by the adults is too large, and the party items are worried that the crops in the fields will be wasted next year, so the price is slightly higher than usual." ”

"The price offered by the Khitans is cheaper than usual, probably because they occupy the sixteen states of Yanyun, although Shuozhou sells a lot of slaves this time, but it can replenish a batch of Hanmin from other states in time. It's just that the Shuozhou Khitan made a strange condition, and wanted to command the envoy to go to Mayi to ransom these slaves in person. Yu Furen also said.