755, recruiting troops

By the time Murong Tianshui and Song Kejin came to the city, the sky was shining and the hour was still early.

Murong Tianshui and Song Kejin did not immediately return to the official office, but walked around the streets and alleys, intending to inspect the situation of the people in the city. Because Murong Tianshui knew in his heart that it had been a month since he had traveled thousands of miles from the capital to Dunhuang; But today he sent away the former general Wang Zhaoyuan, and he was still officially taking office on his first day. He still didn't know anything about the military intelligence and civilians inside and outside the city. With General Song here today, why not ask him to be a guide and personally observe the people's feelings, so that in the future, we can adapt measures to local conditions and benefit the people. Based on this situation, Song Kejin readily agreed, and led General Murong to report on the internal and external situation of Dunhuang City while walking.

"General Song, how many people are there in this city?"

"There are 68,970 households!"

"Sixty-eight thousand nine hundred and seventy households!" Murong Tianshui's tone was heavy, and he muttered: "Within the city pass, we only have two thousand soldiers, and the proportion of soldiers and civilians is too small, so all the people should be soldiers." ”

"Hmmm! What General Murong said was true. As a matter of fact, before leaving, General Wang solemnly instructed his subordinates to do their best to assist the general, and he mentioned strengthening the strength of the army. ”

"What did General Wang say?" Murong Tianshui's eyes suddenly lit up.

"General Wang asked me to suggest that the people in the city select soldiers, pay close attention to the training of soldiers and horses, and enhance the military strength and defense capability, and do not take it lightly."

"Hmm. We should put up a notice and recruit immediately. ”

In the early morning of the second day, on October 25, the four gates of Dunhuang laid down a recruitment notice, and the common people bravely signed up to join the army, and on the same day, they recruited 3,000 children. However, here comes the problem again. Now the expansion of troops has doubled and a half! How do you feed this spoiled 5,000 soldiers?

So, Murong Tianshui convened General Wenchen again to discuss the decision. In the end, it was decided that the army and the people should unite as one, and the soldiers would not leave the peasants, and the peasants would not leave the soldiers; The two sides should cooperate with each other, complement each other, and develop increasingly in the direction of self-sufficiency.

At the same time, Murong Tianshui wrote a letter to the Son of Heaven and sent someone to Beijing to ask for the Son of Heaven's assistance and expand the supply of military supplies. However, he knew in his heart that to go to the capital, he had to pass through Jiayuguan, Jiuquan, Zhangye (Ganzhou), Liangzhou (Wuwei), Lanzhou, Didao, Weiyuan, Longxi, Luomenchuan, Fuqiang County, Tianshui, Wangyuan (Qian) Yuanyi, Fengxiang Fuyi, Qishan, Fufeng, Wugongyi, Ma Weiyi, Xingping, Xianyang, so thousands of miles away, in case of an emergency in the city, it must be far away from the water to quench the thirst of the near, and it is difficult to respond to the urgent need. The reason for this is only a stopgap measure. What is more important and fundamental is to rely on oneself and local strength to enrich the people and strengthen the army, reduce the burden on the court, and relieve the worries of the Son of Heaven.

In order to train the Dunhuang soldiers and horses well, Murong Tianshui took responsibility and took the lead in the soldiers, trained his martial arts, improved his combat skills, and ate and lived with the soldiers and generals all day long, so as to achieve the determination to share weal and woe with the soldiers and generals and work together to defend the frontier territory.

Therefore, the real heroic sword must not only split Huashan, but also have poetry and distance. People must have dreams in order to have the motivation to move forward. Life must not only have the immediate reluctance, but also poetry and distance, longing and yearning, but also ideals and ambitions.

But without a healthy body, what's the use of being young? What's the use of having riches? What's the use of you having time? Without health, what more poetry and distance do you want, that is only "wet (dead, corpse, lice) and prescriptions." The beauties of the twentieth century, Zhou Xuan, Ruan Lingyu, Lin Huiyin, Weng Meiling, Sanmao, Teresa Teng, Anita Mui, the handsome guys from ancient times to the present, Huo Quai, Li Shimin, Emperor Tongzhi, Sun Yat-sen, Wang Jingwei, Leslie Cheung, Li Yong, didn't they all die early due to illness? Therefore, not only women and men, but all people in the world should be the most important and wealthy, with health as the most important. We must civilize our minds, savage our limbs, practice martial arts, strengthen our bodies, and strengthen our physique, just like the famous sword of a hero.