Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 214 Expansion Again
Time flies, and another year's New Year's Eve is coming. After today, we have entered the historical year 934, which is the third year that Zhang Zhao traveled through.

In the Central Plains, on November 26, Li Siyuan, Emperor Mingzong of the later Tang Dynasty who killed all the descendants of his adoptive father Li Keyong, passed away. Six days after the secret funeral, that is, on the first day of December, Li Siyuan's third son Li Conghou succeeded to the throne.

Therefore, after this New Year's Eve, the reign title of 934 next year will not be Changxing but Yingshun.

Of course, soon Yingshun will become Qingtai, because Li Conghou's brother-in-law Li Congke will rebel and successfully overthrow him.

The funny thing is that Li Siyuan was Li Keyong's adoptive son, who rebelled against his adoptive brother Li Cunxu and killed all his adoptive father's blood descendants.

Li Congke was also Li Siyuan's adoptive son, and he rebelled against his adoptive brother Li Conghou, and almost killed all his adoptive father's bloodline descendants.

Uh!Perhaps he should be called an adopted son, because Li Congke was the oil bottle brought by his mother.

However, no matter what, Li Ke used this line as if he was cursed. It seems that the adopted son used it too much, and the future troubles are still not small.

Of course, King Zhang doesn't have this concern now, because his righteous son army has not yet been established, and the number is only a mere twenty or so people.

All this is because King Zhang's requirements are too high. He recruited adopted sons to form an army of adopted sons. He only recruited those who looked like Han people and were smart. Naturally, the collection was a bit slow.

However, unlike those bigwigs in the Central Plains who adopted adopted sons purely for the sake of force, Zhang Zhao accepted adopted sons for the sake of both civil and military talents.

In addition to the training in riding, archery, martial arts, military skills, books and warfare, reading and literacy are the most basic. For the sake of education, Zhang Zhao also compiled teaching materials himself, including internal affairs, diplomacy, mathematics and laws.

Being the adoptive son of King Zhang is definitely not an easy task. The only one who is not Han Chinese, but Huang Yanger, who was adopted by Zhang Zhao as his adoptive son because of his meritorious detonation, is the one who knows the pain best. Sometimes he really would rather go back. Forget about herding sheep.

On New Year's Eve at this time, in addition to keeping the year old, there is another indispensable procedure, drinking pepper wine.

It's really pepper wine!Take a handful of good pepper, put it in the wine and drink it warm, the taste, tsk tsk!

Bite the bullet and drink two glasses with the crowd, Zhang Zhao hurriedly threw the wine glass as far as possible.

Which great god invented using pepper to warm wine is really insightful!

Fortunately, the alcohol content at this time is not high, and the throat is not very spicy, otherwise it would be numb and spicy, similar to eating hot pot.

In the hall, many people were invited to participate in the New Year's Eve feast all night long. Officers above the captaincy of each army, civilian officials guarding appeasement from all over the country, all of them, hundreds of people were together.

He said he was a civil servant, but in fact he still acted like a warrior. Once he drank a little more, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly changed.

This is not a "high-end state banquet" held by Ju'er Khan and the vice king of the Dajin Kingdom.

Yang Shouli and Huitong monk Zheng Tong were dancing against each other, and after a while, there was a crowd of cheering people, and finally turned into a group of demons dancing wildly.

Ma Yaozi and Barbarian Xiong fought again, the two had always had some rifts, and at this moment they directly started wrestling in the banquet hall with the strength of wine, surrounded by a group of spectators who didn't think it was a big deal and booed.

Zhang Zhao could only helplessly wink at the old Zhang Zhong next to him. If this shit is left alone, the two of them will definitely get angry.

After such a fool completely catches fire, there is a high probability that he will use a knife, which is very detrimental to the unity within Regret Mountain Capital.

'jingle! With a crisp sound, he walked over to Zhang Zhong carelessly, threw two golden pancakes on the wrestling case next to the two of them, and then began to greet the people around him.

"Come on! Tonight, someone will sit in the manor, but this wrestling is meaningless, only brute force. You will be a high-ranking official in the future. Let's play some elegant games, like archery!"

"That's right! Shooting skills, wrestling is nothing more than a competition between the two of you, and shooting skills can show the bravery of the kings!"

"That's right! On New Year's Eve, when the king is in front of you, how can you let your two idiots be more beautiful than you?"

Once Zhang Zhong was on the stage, the atmosphere was different, although he had just arrived in Kesai City for a few days, although strictly speaking Zhang Zhong did not have any military exploits, and he did not even hold an official position.

But no one dared to despise him, just because the king was brought up by Zhang Zhong, few people dared to stab him in front of him.

What's more, this was probably ordered by the king, so soon someone brought up the bow and arrow and the target.

In an instant, everyone's focus changed from two people wrestling with everyone watching to a shooting competition.

The bustling public rolled out twelve good shooters, and the rest took out gold and silver to start betting.

After a while, the high-quality Liuyun Shu brocade, which is hard to find in Anxi and Hezhong, appeared on the bet, and the atmosphere suddenly became more enthusiastic. Everyone looked at the Shu brocade with bright eyes.

Even Barbarian Xiong and Ma Yaozi didn't care about the little rift between the two, and began to breathe heavily.

Zhang Zhao smiled wryly, and his subordinates could eat and drink in exchange for keeping the year old, but he couldn't, because he still had to arrange these guys.

This time, Yu Supu's defeated soldiers were taken over.More than [-] people were selected from them, and more than [-] Persian soldiers were selected. In addition, more than [-] people were selected from various ministries in Beishan. Zhang Zhao gathered a full [-] troops for himself.

It's a lot of pressure!You must know that during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, the Anxi Army could usually dispatch more than [-] people, and it would not be able to keep up with more logistical supplies.

But Zhang Zhao had to mobilize so many talents, because the next thing he had to face was the counterattack of the entire Samanbos.

Regardless of whether it is on the eve of decline or not, Saman Persia is still a big river country with a population of more than 4 to [-] million.

According to the information provided by Persian general Rashid Salaiman, Saman Persia's military force is divided into four armies.

On the one hand, there are about 5000 people in the Imperial Guards of the Forbidden City of Alka, which is directly controlled by King Nasr II. This is the emir's cronies.

Then there are the Gulam Guards stationed in five important cities including Bukhara, Samarkand, and Herat.

Among them, the Ghulam of Bukhara is controlled by Crown Prince Hamid, with about 20,000 people, and the remaining four cities add up to about 10,000 people.

The third front army is the frontier army that confronts the Safar dynasty in the south. Among them, the Gulam guards and the Al Saliya standing army add up to about 30,000 people.

In the end, there were about 5000 people in the Juzhanti Provincial Standing and Semi-Standing Army that was completely destroyed by Zhang Zhao. More than 4000 people were brought out by Adulal, and only about [-] people fled back in the end.

Zhang Zhao became paralyzed when he heard it. A country with a population of less than 4 million maintains an army of 5000 to [-] people all year round, and the military-to-civilian ratio has reached an astonishing forty to one.

What kind of militarism is this?Nima, in terms of productivity in this era, it would be considered terrifying if the military-to-civilian ratio reached eighty to one. Not everyone can become an old Qin in the Warring States Period.

He also finally knew that the biggest reason for Saman Persia's decline was that the entire country had been kidnapped by the huge military aristocracy and officer class.

With 4 million people supporting more than [-] troops, I am afraid that most of the country's national power will be used to support soldiers.

Even if there are many half-soldiers and half-civilians among them, as well as hiring cheap warriors, that is not something this country can afford.

If he had time, Zhang Zhao could spend it slowly like the Kara Khanate in history, until the giant in the river fell down, and then his mouth was full of oil.

But he didn't have time, so he could only take advantage of the current favorable situation to decisively and quickly tear off the last disguise of Saman Persia. The owner of the [-] army is not strong either.

30,000 people horses is the minimum requirement.

The atmosphere in the hall became more and more enthusiastic, the wild bear hit the bull's-eye with five shots, and forced Ma Yaozi to a corner. If he fell below this figure, he would not only be ashamed, but also lose a lot of money.

But Zhang Zhao didn't care about that. He wrote and drew on the manuscript paper, and he had already started to work out the military reform plan to control these 30,000 people.

First of all, the title of Regretful Mountain Capital will be stripped from the Fengtian Army, because judging from this battle, Zhang Zhao still needs to personally lead the assault.

Moreover, among the more than [-] people left in Regret Mountain City, there are actually many who are not suitable to be released as military officers.

For example, Dunzhu, Manxiong, Song Zhongyi, etc., you can let him bring three 50 people, but if you bring more than 200 people, you will let him harm others and himself.

So Zhang Zhao is going to strip the name of Regret Mountain Capital from the Fengtian Army and become his own name of the Guards.

Then put Fanshun, Dunzhu, Man Xiong, Song Zhongyi and others into the personal guards as middle and lower-level officers, and the scale is based on 300 people.

In the future, these 300 people will become the decisive force to follow the coach to break the formation just like Li Shimin's black cavalry in history.

Those who can be released to serve as military officers, such as Yin Yaozi, Fan Quan, Yan Jin and others will be released to serve as officers this time.

The newly recruited [-] troops will be selected by Feihudu and Tiemadu from Regret Shandu and Baodaying to control them.

The 6000 people will form two armies, each with 8000 people.

The Persian soldiers were mixed with light cavalry from various parts of Beishan, and some infantry from the original thirsty city were formed into the Shunyi Left Army.

Zhang Zhao intends to ask Yan Jin to be the commander of the left army, with Fanquan, Huguang, Persian general Rashid Saliman and others as his deputy.

The Shunyi Right Army used Yin Yaozi as the commander of soldiers and horses, and Ma Yaozi and Lu Sanlang as deputy.

It is still deep winter, and the weather is not conducive to war. The real battle may not start until March and April next year. After Khotan's grain and grass are shipped, the army can march south.

Choosing spring is not only because the road is easy to walk, but also because it can delay the spring plowing of Saman Persia. If the battle goes wrong, the Persians will not be able to farm with peace of mind. Only by attacking instead of defending can the Fergana Basin be better defended.

"My lord! Yan Duwei secretly reported that they intercepted the envoy from Bukhara on the way from Bukhara to Juzhanti. It is said that he was a high-ranking official and sent them over overnight!"

Just when Zhang Zhao was about to complete the general reform plan, Guo Tiance hurried over.

(End of this chapter)