Zhang Shouqi had never dealt with Li Linfu in the center before, but he had also heard some things about the right minister of the Tang Dynasty.

For example, the style is strong, for example, feminine and treacherous, for example, there is a knife hidden in the smile.

But no matter what, Li Linfu's reputation is outside, and most people in the world say that this person is still a prime minister who does practical things.

Among the previous prime ministers of the Kaiyuan era, the things he did were relatively many or even the most, and it was not too much to call him a "capable minister".

But when I saw it today, Zhang Shouqi felt that the rumors from the outside world were really a little untrue!

What is the concept of recruiting 30,000 soldiers in Hexi, does this right minister have a spectrum in his heart? That's 30,000 people, not 30,000 pigs!

Zhang Shouqi had already scolded in his heart, but because of Li Longji's face, he held back his breath.

"Sage, Hexi region, the burden is far greater than that of Gyeonggi. Liangzhou, in particular, not only undertook a large amount of military service, but also had a lot of labor that was not recorded in the central account books.

The new levy of 5,000 people in Hexi is already the limit, and if 30,000 people are levyed, it will inevitably affect agriculture and government affairs in various places! ”

Zhang Shouqi said earnestly.

Zhang Shouqi served as a military envoy in the Jiankang Army in Ganzhou and knew the military affairs of the Hexi Corridor very well. This is also one of the reasons why Brother Ji let him work part-time as the secretary of the military department.

Hexi, especially Liangzhou, has many complicated affairs, and it is impossible to say it in a few words, and it is by no means a matter of playing tricks and everything will be fine.

"There are millions of people in Liangzhou, can't even 30,000 athletes be levied?"

When Li Longji heard what Zhang Shouqi said, he felt a little inexplicable for a while.

That's Liangzhou!

The permanent population with hukou, including the naturalized Hu people, has exceeded one million. If you include the floating population, it will be more than one million!

In Liangzhou alone, there are hundreds of thousands of people.

It's just that what Ji Ge doesn't know is that in Liangzhou, there is a type of household registration for people with the status of "travelers".

They did not live in Liangzhou and did not have land here, but they were frequent visitors to the Liangzhou Governor's Workshop, traveling between Chang'an and Liangzhou City.

The source of these people may be bankrupt small merchants in the Western Regions, veterans who retired and lost their land, and good families who came to Hexi from Guanzhong to make a living. In the end, they all became "special people" who worked part-time odd jobs and drove cars, and sold small goods by the way.

The first to bear the brunt of military recruitment is these people!

Because they did not have land and did not affect local farming, they became the primary target of military recruitment.

That's right, military recruitment is a kind of compulsory soldier, with compulsion, especially in the town of Hexi, the government has a piece of paper, and even people who have lost their legs like Anaye's adoptive father, Dr. Li, have to volunteer to join the army, and use the medical hall as a field hospital to treat wounded soldiers, not to mention those "travelers" who have lost their land and are alone.

However, the travelers seem to be idle, but in fact they are the key group responsible for transshipment of goods between Guanzhong and Liangzhou!

They drive cars, feed livestock, move goods, and keep the entire transportation line running.

During the Wu and Zhou dynasties, the official transportation of goods between the border towns and Chang'an was undertaken by the state's post station system. At that time, the soldiers and horses in the Western Regions were not as permanent as there were more than 100,000 Tang army border troops as they are now. The need for baggage was not as terrifying as it is now.

However, since the middle of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, the central finance of Datang has been unable to bear such huge expenses. This hole is also rapidly expanding with the white-hot competition with Tibet!

Therefore, the property required by the local government will be distributed step by step by the method of layered transfer, and Chang'an will not send another vehicle to undertake the freight task.

And Liangzhou is the only transit station between the Western Regions and Chang'an. Liangzhou, which has a highly developed animal husbandry industry, has to send a convoy to Chang'an every day to transport goods. The convoy from the Western Regions transported the goods hoarded in Liangzhou to the final destination.

Each region is responsible for its own baggage supply transportation.

To put it simply, the overall freight consumption has not been substantially reduced, but it does transfer the cost of transshipment from the central government to the local government, making Datang's financial operation look better on the books!

And in this system, the role of travelers is crucial. Because they are all free to drive, there is not even a subsidy along the way!

The only advantage is that when freight, you can "carry private goods" in proportion, and if you don't have money to buy goods, you can also find a low-interest loan from the government. In the end, by selling the goods from Chang'an to the Hexi Corridor, the consumption of this road was subsidized.

If Liangzhou conscripts, then it is certain that the logistics system of the entire Western Regions will be in chaos!

If you hadn't been a local official in the Hexi Corridor, it would have been absolutely impossible to know so many details. Nor will they understand what's at stake.

"Sage, Liangzhou is the foundation of the Western Regions, and it should not be moved lightly."

Zhang Shouqi pleaded earnestly.

Brother Ji also seemed to have calmed down from his anger, just a little Turk, isn't there still an ace Chishui Army in Liangzhou? In a short period of time, it will not be said that the scene is so chaotic that it cannot be cleaned up.

"In addition to Liangzhou, the other four states in Hexi have levied 20,000 athletes. Open the autumn defense order and transfer troops from Shuofang to Liangzhou! ”

Li Longji said to Li Linfu in a deep voice.

Autumn Defense Order!

Not only was Zhang Shouqi not calm, but even Li Linfu felt quite surprised, and the surprised expression on his face was uncontrollable.

The autumn defense order is tailor-made for the powerful Tubo people, since the Tang Dynasty border army was repeatedly defeated to the Tubo in the last year of the Wu Dynasty, it was moved out, not Ji Ge's invention.

It is not a simple decree, but a series of highly targeted temporary border policies...... Collectively referred to as .

It involves complex matters such as recruitment, military cantonment, training and dispatch of united troops, and large-scale transfer of border troops from different defense areas. If it is not moved, it will have a great impact on the people's livelihood of the border towns.

Since the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the number of times the autumn defense order has been used is also only a handful.

As you can hear from the name, the autumn defense order, it must be "prevented" only if Datang is relatively weak! If Datang is strong in the border town, how can it be possible to use the autumn defense order?

In the history of Fang Chongyong's previous life, after the Anshi Rebellion, Tubo was in a state of absolute offensive against the Tang Dynasty, so that the Tang Dynasty frequently used the autumn defense order, and even the armies of the three towns of Heshuo participated in the autumn defense. If you can't defend yourself, you will pull the allied Hui people in to defend together.

In the end, the originally rich Longyou and Shuofang were scorched, poor and weak.

It is enough to see that the autumn defense order has greatly damaged the economy of the border towns!

"Sage, the Turks are already divided and there are many internal contradictions, but they are not in a hurry to use the autumn defense order."

Li Linfu crossed his hands and bowed.

He wants to take the pit people with him, but getting things done well is the first thing.

Hearing this, Li Longji shook his head, waved his hand lightly and said, "Go ahead and do it, there is no need to say more." Brother Nu is not familiar with military affairs, and he will think clearly about military affairs in the future. ”

Zhang Shouqi and Li Linfu had no choice but to retreat, preparing to issue an edict and use troops against Hexi.

"Urgent military intelligence! Emergency military intelligence! Emergency military intelligence! ”

At that moment, a hoarse shout was heard in the distance.

A herald hurriedly rushed into the Zichen Palace, and he planted three flags behind his back, each with the word "urgent" written on it.

This is a characteristic of the Tang Dynasty, and emergency military information can be reported directly to the emperor without red tape.

Gao Lishi stepped forward to hand over the battle report to Li Longji, but Brother Ji didn't look at it, stepped forward to help the herald up and asked, "What is the emergency military situation?" ”

"The ancient department of Baye was invaded by the Turks, and Fang Youde, the envoy of Youzhou Jiedu, led 5,000 troops to the north to the mouth of the tun army, and recruited 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Khitan and Xi people as a countermeasure. It was Shuo Fang Jiedu who made Wei Guangcheng pass this report, and impeached Youzhou Jiedu to make Fang Youde dispatch troops and horses across the defense area.

The military situation is urgent, please ask the saint to decide. ”

Dumbfounded!

Not only Li Longji, but even Li Linfu and Zhang Shouqi didn't expect the so-called emergency military situation to be this, they thought that something had happened in Hexi!

The Turkic Baye Ancient Department, adjacent to the Khitan and Murwei who were bound by the Tang Dynasty, has always wavered in its position.

In layman's terms, her style is the best scumbag.

When the Turks were strong, they attacked the Tang Dynasty as the "Turkic Tribes", becoming the first firewall of the Turkic royal court and the first kicking horse boy when they invaded the Tang Dynasty.

When the Turks were weak, they would jump back to the side of the Tang Dynasty, becoming an early warning rope when the Turks came to attack, and drawing a line with the Turks.

The ancient part of Baye is adjacent to the Tang Dynasty, with Murowei to the east, Khitan and Youzhou Jiedu Mansion of the Tang Dynasty to the south.

In the fourth year of Kaiyuan, Datang pulled this "green tea" to his side, and the other party has not rebelled again until today. And now the ancient tribe of Baye is invaded by the Turks...... coincided with the invasion of Hexi by Turkic soldiers and horses, is this timing too coincidental?

Did the Turks think that the forces on the west side of the river were too saturated, so they wanted to disperse their troops?

It seems that the split attack is not like this.

Moreover, the location of the moraine is not far from the southwest of Erenhot City in Fang Chongyong's previous life, not far from the north of the Hetao area. There is the defense area of the Shuofang Jiedu envoy, which is clearly written on the documents of the Ministry of War!

Even if Fang Youde's dispatch of troops to pull out the ancient department is a normal border army to deal with, then it should not be stationed at the mouth of the moraine! This place is headed for a raid on the Turkic tent! And not to solve the siege!

The behavior of the border army in Youzhou is not a little strange!

"Fang Youde, is this going to rebel! Who gave him the guts! ”

Brother Ji angrily threw the military intelligence document to the ground, but his hand was not withdrawn, but as if he thought of something, he froze in mid-air and did not move.

His anger comes and goes as fast as it comes.

"Stand down."

Brother Ji waved his hand and said, bowing his head and falling into deep thought.

Recalling the previous battles in the border towns of the Tang Dynasty since the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, Ji Ge finally figured out where these places were and what the positions of these forces were. In Wei Guangcheng's report, there are many untruths, and I can't listen to his side of the story.

Ji Ge suddenly felt that the person who had the problem this time should be "the wicked sue first", but when the watchdog only knew that the sleeping Shuofang Jiedu made Wei Guangcheng, not the Youzhou Jiedu who ran a little farther away with a frisbee in his mouth, Fang Youde.

A more active watchdog is much stronger than a dead dog that only knows how to sleep. The problem of Fang Youde is only to do what should be done by Shuo Fangjiedu.

……

As night fell, Fang Chongyong, who was pretending to patrol the tower of Baitingbao City, was in a very bad mood. The feeling now is no different from the feeling of blowing a cold wind on the hillside all night when I first arrived in Hexi.

Xin Yunjing had already led his troops to ambush near the granary, waiting to fight the Turkic ambush.

Fang Chongyong is nominally a deputy military envoy, but in fact, he can't mobilize the soldiers and horses here, or no one will really regard him as a commander.

Now the ion time is still a little bit close, but Fang Chongyong didn't even see the shadow of the Turks!

"Do you know, there is a orchid named Luzhu in Liangzhou City, who is only thirteen years old, and he sold it to a middle-aged woman for only fifteen pieces of cloth.

If you are captured by the Turks, I will redeem you with thirty pieces of cloth. ”

In order to liven up the atmosphere, Fang Chongyong smiled reluctantly and said to Anaye.

He just wanted to hear what the other party said to him.

"It's okay, the Chishui Army is close at hand, Lang Jun doesn't have to worry."

Anaya was rarely gentle, holding Fang Chongyong's hand, only to feel that the hand was frighteningly cold, and his palm was full of cold sweat.

Feelings are all pretending!

Anaye was secretly amused in her heart.

In fact, the locals of Hexi are already accustomed to border wars, and Guazhou in the five states of Hexi has been attacked by the Tubo people once! Time is not far away.

Went out, got wounded, returned home, worked, and went out again...... These are all part or even all of the lives of the people of these border towns.

Anaye is not afraid at all tonight, the only person who is afraid is Fang Chongyong, who came from Chang'an and has never seen anything "in the world".

"Lang Jun, it's cold and windy here, shall we go back to sleep?"

Fang Laique, who was on the side, yawned and asked.

This time, Fang Dafu, who was wearing leather armor, did not scold him, but said with a relaxed face: "Xiao Langjun can go back to sleep, he should be fine tonight." ”

"Nothing?"

Fang Chongyong was stunned, he and Xin Yun Jing thought that the Turks were going to attack at night! Fang Dafu actually said that it was okay?

"Before the big war, it wasn't like that."

Fang Dafu said with emotion, as if he remembered the past.

As they spoke, they saw the nearest shore, with a blazing fire shining from afar!

Fang Chongyong looked at the changes in the distance with a shocked expression, and his heart was mixed.

The art of war book is very clear, and what to do in any situation is also clearly described. But when it really came to the end, it felt completely different. It's like that...... I was at a loss and in a hurry, and in the end nothing was done!

"It should be the Chishui Army who has come to relieve the siege."

Fang Dafu sighed.

Fang Chongyong nodded slightly and didn't ask much, because as long as he opened his mouth, his inferior IQ would be exposed.

The closest to Baitinghai, the border army with sufficient troops to the terrifying is the Chishui Army. There are 33,000 registered soldiers and 13,000 registered horses. Even if it was not for the Baiting Army to relieve the siege, just to recapture the Baiting Seahorse Farm, the Chishui Army would do its best to drive the Turks to the north of the Baiting Sea.

To understand these things, you don't need any skills or advanced knowledge.

It was already the fourth day since Baitingbao was surrounded, and it didn't seem that it would take so long for Wang Zhongsi to break the siege as soon as possible. Then one thing can be confirmed, that is, the surprise attack of the Chishui Army was not a hasty battle, but a well-prepared strategic counterattack.

The Tang Army's "mobile defense" system in Liangzhou began to show value at this time. This system is a classic defense method that closely matches the terrain of the sandbar and controls the surface with points. It seems inconspicuous, but in fact it has a strong strategic depth.

It is not a problem to be able to cope with the Tibetan system and the declining Turkic people.

Sure enough, just as he was thinking, Fang Chongyong saw that another shore of Baiting Sea was also burning with fire!

"The Turks are running away."

Fang Dafu pointed to the north and said quietly.

"This ...... How do you know? ”

Fang Chongyong asked suspiciously.

"It's okay to see more and know, nothing strange. Lang Jun will understand these things in the future. ”

Hearing Fang Dafu say this, Fang Chongyong nodded slightly and sighed.

I came to Hexi to learn a lot of things, but it seems that I didn't learn, and I was always in a state of eating five breads and being half full.

It made him feel like a little piece of shit, just coming up with some crooked ideas.

(End of chapter)