Chapter 624: Take Control of Hexi

There are also a large number of cavalry in the Western Regions, and the Wang clan has a total of 5,000 cavalry in the Western Regions, of which 3,000 are elite cavalry relying on the temple, and the other 2,000 are elite cavalry formed in various places.

There were also a large number of light cavalry, and even a mounted infantryman.

In order to maintain this army, the Wang clan sends a large amount of grain from overseas to the Western Regions through the Dongtian World every year, which is also the majority of the Wang clan's annual consumption of qi luck.

Eighty percent of the luck that the Wang clan obtained from the Western Regions and overseas was used on this.

The low-level soldiers of the Turks basically did not need money and food, these people did not even have armor, and their weapons were very rudimentary. In fact, they were a group of herders, who had been drafted in.

These Turks had no food and did not need to be fed in peacetime, and they would be called in the event of war. And the only way they could get their money was by plundering, and as for the fact that they were not paid, the only way they could get their possessions was to plunder.

Wang was very familiar with the tactics of the Turks in the Western Regions, and after learning that the Turks used this tactic, Wang immediately established beacons in various parts of the Western Regions.

These beacons are not large, usually only a dozen soldiers are guarded, there is some food stored in them, and the soldiers also have war horses, once they find the Turks, they will release wolf smoke to warn, and they will begin to rely on the beacons to encircle and suppress the Turks.

Although this could not completely eliminate the Turkic rangers, it could also cause the Turkic rangers to suffer heavy casualties. The Turkic rangers basically have no equipment, how can they be the opponents of the Wang clan, as long as there are many deaths, they will not dare to come again.

When the Turks found out that sending Turkic rangers was sending people to their heads, they basically had the opportunity to abandon this behavior.

The population of the Western Regions controlled by the Wang clan is about one million, but the distribution range is wide, and there are many places that need to be garrisoned.

It is when the Turks see this situation that they continue to invade.

The land west of the river.

After Wang Xuanji inspected Hexi, he began to order to summon the Haoqiang and Xungui Gatelords of Hexi and Hehuang to come to the meeting.

If the imperial court wants to run Hexi and the Western Regions, it needs to win over these people, and of course, at the same time, it must also deter them from having dissenting intentions.

Wang Xuanji was waiting for them to arrive in the land of the river.

A distance of hundreds of miles was not too far for a cavalryman.

It had been several days since the spring day, and at this time, there was nothing to do, and they had enough time to come.

Wang Xuanji looked at the surrounding victims who were placed here, and their emotions were quite stable, and there was no resentment.

Wang Xuanji attaches great importance to the resettlement work, and some of these people are from Hebei, He, Longyou, and Guanzhong, and they originally did not know each other, but after a few months of running-in, they can already live in harmony.

Wang Xuanji held collective gatherings on festivals such as the winter solstice, wax day, and New Year's Day.

What is the way to get people from all over the world to integrate as quickly as possible? Quite simply, the festival.

Although these people come from different places, they basically have the same festival, and in this kind of festival, Wang Xuanji specially prepared food and wine, as well as celebrations.

The lively activities, coupled with the food and wine, soon became familiar to these strangers.

And this kind of collective festival will also increase the cohesion of these people.

If you want to survive in such a place, you have to work together.

After experiencing wars and droughts, these victims have basically seen the darkest world, and now the imperial court is helping them to restore order and cohesion little by little, and give them hope.

The festival of spring has a very important position in this era, because the arrival of spring also marks the beginning of spring ploughing.

Although the imperial court has already promoted winter wheat, last year due to time problems, the imperial court reclaimed some land to grow winter wheat, but some were too late to cultivate.

So this time it is still necessary to carry out spring ploughing.

Wang Xuanji followed Wang Xuanlie to fight at the beginning, and was familiar with military affairs, and was also familiar with civil affairs, although the military was slightly inferior to Wang Xuanlie, and civil affairs was not as good as Wang Xuanjing, but he was also a rare talent.

Among these victims, many of them had their wives dead and their husbands were alive, and Wang Xuanji personally went to match these people and let them rebuild their families.

The imperial court allocated 30 acres of farmland to these victims, and if all of them were planted with grain, it would be enough for the family.

At the same time, Wang Xuanji also instructed the team owners and generals of Tuntian in various places to treat the people more kindly. At the same time, they were instructed to practice regularly.

They don't need to go into battle to kill the enemy, but they must form a battle to protect themselves.

So the victims were gathered together to practice in the wilderness.

The same is true of the scholars here, the powerful and noble, and the power of the scholars is divided into three types, the first is the troops that the imperial court regulations allow them to equip themselves.

This has been very popular since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and even in the Great Qian Period, the imperial court did not deprive the scholars of this right.

Of course, the number of these tribes is very small, usually fifty people, and the most are only a hundred, because no matter how many they are, they can't afford to raise them, and it will also make the court feel that if you raise so many people, do you want to rebel.

These people don't do anything to produce, they work hard all day long, practice martial arts, and once the family owner goes into battle to fight, these people are their personal guards.

Just like many fierce generals dare to rush into battle, it is because of these parts that they swear to the death.

The requirements of the parts are extremely high, so the number is also minimal.

The largest number of people are the villagers, to put it bluntly, the tenants, these tenants rely on the nobles to live, cultivate their land, and during the slack period, they will be organized to practice, and they will cultivate during the busy period.

They don't need to do any martial arts drills, they basically just form some simple military formations. It is to let these people line up in a military formation and carry out assassination with spears.

Don't think that these are simple, on the battlefield, this kind of assassination is often the bloodiest and the most courageous test.

But the vast majority of bankers are unable to pass this cruel test, so this kind of bankers are also easily defeated.

After all, just so much money and food, what kind of life?

The elite trained by the imperial court is actually mainly in military formations, and then practicing with assassination, of course, is much more difficult than the villagers, and it needs to be tempered a lot, and the will must be firm.

Zhuang Ke's formation, when he encounters these soldiers, he is afraid that he will collapse at the first touch.

The second type of armed force of the nobles is the guard, and most of this part is related to the lord's family, or the same clan, and they have their own land.

Usually used to protect their homeland, and not to fight abroad, these people are more or less skilled in martial arts, good food, and much training, and they are barely qualified soldiers.

Many local scholars can respond to every call, relying on this kind of power. If the nobles raised an army, these people were basically the first soldiers.

(End of chapter)