"The soldiers fought bloody battles on the front line, defending our territory, and I should be grateful to them for keeping the people in the rear from fighting......"

Gao Wei sighed softly, to be honest, the treatment of the current Northern Qi army is very poor. Although the Xianbei people are the main source of soldiers, and they can not produce, because the Han people do not join the army, they specialize in supporting the Xianbei soldiers, which sounds beautiful, but that's it.

The Northern Zhou Dynasty implemented the government military system, and the army could be self-sufficient, but the Northern Qi Dynasty was different, the Northern Qi Dynasty was almost a mercenary system, employing Xianbei people and other ethnic minorities to fight, and they would only give them their lives if they were paid.

At the beginning, the national strength of the Northern Qi was quite strong, and this little money didn't care at all, but Gao Huan and Gao Yang and other people in power were seriously affected by Xianbei thoughts, and they actually engaged in Xianbei infighting, coupled with unclear internal affairs, Xianbei Xungui and Hebei family infighting, lax discipline in the government and the opposition, waste of internal affairs, and various miscellaneous natural disasters, Northern Qi was already poor and could not afford to pay soldiers at the end of Gao Zhan's reign.

In fact, no matter in terms of treatment or the military strength of waging war, the Northern Qi Dynasty is slowly distancing itself from the Northern Zhou Dynasty, which is why the Northern Qi army is becoming more and more unable to fight.

If this is a company, you have made a contribution but have not been paid accordingly, and you live by counting the same 1,800 yuan all day long, will you have the motivation to go up?

In fact, soldiers are the same, when they desperately find that their upward channel is too narrow, their living standards are declining, and they are still fighting in the battlefield, and they are in danger, they will have a sense of despair, and it is already good if they do not rebel, do you still expect them to serve you to death?

Without sufficient rewards and a guarantee system, how can we arouse the enthusiasm of soldiers to fight?

Look at the Tang Dynasty, why can the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty fight? Even the invincible Turks were wiped out because the Tang Dynasty had a preliminary and complete military pension system.

There are so many articles in "Tang Law Shuyi", the deceased in the army not only gave money to the silk (the silk could be used directly as money at that time), but also sent someone by the government department to personally carry the coffin to the deceased's home, the coffin and the shroud were free, and expressed the most sincere condolences......

With such a caring imperial court, they will inspire enthusiasm for fighting, and every time they fight, they have high morale, and one or two hundred thousand people dare to blatantly bully more than 100,000 people on the other side. Because if you unfortunately die in battle, then the state has a pension, and if you make meritorious service, you can get a share of property, so why not fight for fame and wealth?

In fact, Cushman & Wakefield has also prepared a series of military reforms, but the two are more important, he must first solve the decline of the national strength of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and then he can consider the problem of military reform, the national strength cannot support it, so what is the military reform? This is also the reason why he temporarily tolerated Xungui's group of mercenaries, who did he offend to fight for him?

Since we cannot immediately carry out military reform, we can only start with the army's bereavement pension. This is some compensation for the soldiers who fought bloodily on the battlefield, so Gao Wei said: "I plan to write this edict, and in the future, all the soldiers who participated in the great war, and the dead, wounded, and meritorious soldiers can receive rewards according to this......"

"Your Majesty Longen!" Hu Luguang knelt on one knee, his eyes red with excitement.

Gao Wei helped him and said, "Why don't you talk to me about the situation in Yiyang?" ”

Gao Wei also has a lot of attention about Yiyang, this time the Northern Zhou Dynasty made a lot of movements, since last year, Yuwen escorted Gao Zhan to death, and wanted to go east to the Northern Qi, Wei Xiaokuan came to persuade him and did not listen, and insisted on going his own way.

Finally in August last year, the Qi general Dugu Yongye attacked the border of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and took Kongcheng.

Yu Wenyong issued an edict and ordered Yu Wenxian, the prince of Qi, and Li Mu, the Shangzhu State, to march into Yiyang, build five cities including Chongde and Anyi, cut off the grain route of the Qi army to Yiyang, and surrounded Yiyang.

In November, Yu Wenxian asked Yu Xin to write a "Deacon Wen of Heyang in the name of the governor of Shaanxi" and sent it to Dugu Yongye, the assassin of Luoyang at that time, and returned the Xiazhou assassin history of the former Qi State who was captured by the Northern Zhou Dynasty in Northern Qi, as well as horses and donkey weapons, etc., is this Yu Wenxian's goodwill again?

Wrong, Yu Wenxian was inducing Northern Qi to make a wrong judgment of "peace and friendship in the Northern Zhou", and Yu Wenxian had already begun to prepare to attack Luoyang.

Soon, Yu Wenxian and Li Mu launched a siege and attack on Luoyang.

The Northern Qi were not fully prepared for this battle, and the Northern Zhou is still besieging Luoyang.

This made Gao Wei a little worried, although he knew that the Northern Qi Dynasty won the battle in the end, but he was inevitably uneasy.

"Don't hide it from Your Majesty, the minister's return to Yecheng this time is to prepare for the battle with Yuwenxian, please allow Your Majesty to raise troops to relieve the siege of Luoyang!"

Hu Luguang immediately knelt on the ground again, and his words were earnest.

Gao Wei's eyes froze, and he said, "According to Aiqing, how to lift the siege of Luoyang?" ”

Hu Luguang said: "Luoyang is the henchman of the Great Qi, once the Zhou army breaks through Luoyang, then it can drive straight in, and there will be no terrain to borrow from the Qianli Plain to resist the Northern Zhou, so Luoyang must be defended!" ”

Gao Wei nodded, he understood this.

Hu Luguang continued: "Now the strategy of the Zhou State is very clear, the Zhou army besieged Yiyang, and then followed to encircle Luoyang, it can be said that the advance can be attacked and retreated, and the capture of Luoyang, Yiyang can not be kept, did not capture Luoyang, Yiyang is used as a bargaining chip for the Zhou army to continue to deal with us." Although the minister defeated Wei Xiaokuan, but Wei Xiaokuan was only a small defeat, which could not affect the overall situation, the focus of the Zhou army this time was Yu Wenxian, if you want to solve the siege of Yiyang, you must lift the siege of Luoyang and defeat Yu Wenxian! ”

Gao Wei pondered for a moment, nodded, and motioned for Hu Luguang to continue.

"If the offensive of the Zhou army is defused this time, in a short period of time, there will be no major moves in the Northern Zhou. Our army will have at least a year to recover. Therefore, the minister's strategy is to lead the army to lift the siege of Luoyang, and then force Yu Wenxian to fight a decisive battle with the minister in Dinglong, so that the siege of Yiyang can be solved! ”

Gao Wei pondered for a while, Hu Lvguang's strategy is too bold and too risky, but it is indeed feasible, in terms of marching and fighting, the king of Lanling is not Hu Lvguang's opponent, no one in the world dares to say that he can defeat Hu Lvguang, since Hu Lvguang proposed this plan, it shows that Hu Lvguang is sure to win.

"How many soldiers and horses does Aiqing want?"

Hu Luguang said: "The minister needs 100,000 soldiers and horses!" ”

"No way!" Gao Wei flatly refused, "You also know the official documents issued by the imperial court, and the imperial court will start preparing for disaster relief soon, if too many manpower and material resources are mobilized at this time, the imperial court will not be able to afford it." ”

Hu Luguang thought about it, gritted his teeth and said: "Twenty thousand, it can't be less!" ”

Gao Wei said, "I allow you to send 30,000 elite foot riders!" There are also King Lanling and the Beida Camp under his command, a total of 40,000! How about the best blades and armor forged by our craftsmen being given priority to your 40,000 iron horsemen? ”

"This ......" Hu Luguang was stunned by this unexpected joy, he originally thought that Gao Wei was planning to give up Yiyang, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Gao Wei smiled bitterly: "Don't hide it from Zuo Xiang, now all the money in my treasury is used for disaster relief, and I have also asked the Hebei family to donate a lot, which is already ready to fly, I really can't afford to raise 100,000 troops to go out at the same time, I hope Zuo Xiang can understand my ......"

"How dare the minister be dissatisfied with His Majesty, the minister, the minister ......"

Although Hu Luguang does not have much political talent, he is not stupid, Gao Wei wants large-scale disaster relief, and he has to support the expenses of 40,000 elites to go on the expedition, these 40,000 people do not seem to be much, but people eat horses and chew, and spending money is like running water, how much money does Gao Wei's treasury have Hu Luguang also knows as a left minister.

"If that's just the case, won't Your Majesty have no money to use?" Hu Luguang expressed his concern for Cushman & Wakefield's finances in a timely manner.

Gao Wei was optimistic: "Although I am poor now, I can still raise tens of thousands of people, and Yiyang is the territory of my Great Qi, can the rivers and mountains conquered by Emperor Shenwu be lost in my hands?" ”

"So Aiqing doesn't have to worry, rest assured that even if I am poor, even if I demolish the Yecheng Imperial Palace and the Jinyang Palace, and sell the iron, I will ensure that your 40,000 army has money and food!"

"Your Majesty......" Hu Luguang was so moved that he didn't know what to say, so he could only lower his head deeply to hide his moist eyes.

"You don't have to mind the left minister...... Let's get up first, the queen has already prepared dinner in Jiafu Palace, Aiqing will go with me. ”

"Minister, obey!"