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Chapter 159
It wasn't that Yang Zheng didn't want to expand his troops, but that he had reached the limit.

The rebellion suffered by Xiping was not once or twice, it was the weakest of the Yongliang counties, and it was separated from Jincheng County in the middle of Jian'an period, which is not the same as Nan'an and Anding.

If it weren't for the family property left by the Guo family and Mi Dang, the 1 troops would be difficult.

There are three battalions of Reebok, Xiaoqi, and Qinwei. Only the Qinwei battalion does not need to farm, and the other two battalions have to help when the farming is busy.

Reebok is a spearman, Xiaoqi is a light cavalry, and the personal guard battalion has a thousand heavy armored sword shieldmen, two thousand light cavalry, one thousand heavy cavalry, and two thousand crossbowmen.

Nominally, only Yang Zheng himself or Hu Qiang Xiaowei's House can mobilize the army.

Zhang Te, Du Yu, Zhou Yu, Jiang Faye, and Meng Yu had the right to make decisions on the staff.

The adaptation was completed quickly, and the recruits were mixed with the veterans, but the equipment could not be replenished for a while.

There are quite a few bows and crossbows, but not many arrows.

Especially iron armor and heavy armor.

There are quite a few leather armors seized from the Midang army, and they can be used to make do with it.

There is no problem dealing with bandits and bandits.

The 1 troops were divided into twelve groups, eight groups garrisoned eight ministries, two groups sent troops to suppress bandits, and two groups stayed in the western capital to prepare for any eventuality.

Twelve groups in rotation.

Suppressing thieves in Xiping is not an easy task.

The mountains and rivers are treacherous, the thieves are fierce, the equipment is not too bad, and there are war horses. The stronghold is an important place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

At the beginning, the soldiers had little effect, and sometimes they were captured by thieves, causing more than a hundred casualties.

The worst time was a sneak attack by the thieves Ma Jun, and the entire thousand-man team was defeated, killing more than [-] people and injuring more than [-] people.

Du Yu suggested shrinking first, and then concentrating on attacking one by one, but Yang Zheng refused.

Except for the [-] Qiang cavalry who fled under the city of Xidu, the strength of the other thieves was actually not many, ranging from more than a thousand to one or two hundred.

In terms of military affairs, the current Yang Zheng is more mature than Du Yu, after all, he fought in small battles.

He is also more familiar with his own army.

The recruits and veterans are in the integration period, and it is understandable that their performance is not good.

Yang Zheng could still bear these casualties.

"Give me 200 troops and crush all the bandits!" Liu Heng came up again madly.

Yang Zheng didn't order the main generals to go out, just to train the middle and lower level officers, and the original intention was to train troops.

"You guys have been busy getting into women's beds recently, can you go out?" Yang Zheng teased.

After the battle, Yang Zheng kept his promise, found the Qin and Hu women who had fought in the first round, and rewarded him with dozens of little Qiang widows.

I thought this guy would be twitchy and put on a show, but I didn't expect him to be picky and picky, and only accepted a dozen or so good-looking ones.

Liu Heng blushed, and said with a dry smile: "It's just thieves, I can chop them up by leaning on the wall."

Yang Zheng also laughed dryly, "Then go and support the wall first."

After joking for a while, Yang Zheng felt a lot more relaxed.

Patrolling the soldiers, the morale is fair, and the old soldiers are all suffocating.

Recruits are not real recruits, they have seen blood with a knife.

Yang Zheng felt that the main problem was that they didn't get in well.

"General, my subordinates are willing to lead the troops into battle." One person stood up and cupped his hands.

"Zhao Deng?" Yang Zheng looked at him, but his mood was inexplicably complicated.

Three years ago in Luogu, he betrayed himself, and later saw him pitiful in Wugong City, saved his life, and raised something, so he didn't take it to heart.

Didn't expect him to survive till now.

At this moment, although Zhao Deng had a lame leg, he had an inexplicable aura about him.

It was the aura of a beast that had tasted blood.

People are always changing.

The same is true for the seven disabled soldiers behind them.

The eyes are strong and determined.

"Starting today, I will make you a captain. You can choose a thousand slaves to train yourself, and choose a day to fight against the bandits." Yang Zheng has heard about what happened in Xiefengwu Fort. In an hour, more than [-] people were killed and injured, and their combat power was not weaker than other regular soldiers.

Only when people show value can they win dignity.

Is it what a man does to live on the pity of others?
Opportunities also need to be fought for.

"Thank you, General!" Zhao Deng bowed tremblingly, with tears in his eyes, but was quickly covered up by the color of determination.

Yang Zheng patted him on the shoulder.

Casualties in the Bandit Suppression War continued, but slowly diminished.

In this era, it is impossible to be undead.

Every day and every month, how many people are starved to death, exhausted, sick, and killed?
Yang Zheng's heart also hardened.

Fortunately, half a month later, there were almost no dead, only injured people.

And more and more heads of bandits were piled up under the city of Xidu.

More and more young men and women were captured.

Thieves are people too, as long as they are people, Yang Zheng will accept them all.

Slaves, waiting to return, and governing the people, one-stop service.

Under the coercion of knives, hard bones and cheap bones are a minority after all.

Most people would still like to live.

There are fewer and fewer thieves in the Xidu, Linqiang, and Anyi Huangshui basins.

Either flee north and enter Lu Shuihu's territory, or go south and enter the land of Hequ, wandering around the Big and Small Elm Valley and Dayun Valley.

As more and more beacon towers and fortresses rose up around Hequ, there was less and less room for bandits to move.

"[-] Han households in Xiping County, [-] Qiang Hu tents, and [-] slaves." After nearly two months of busy work, Du Yu's population statistics came out.

There are about five people per household on average, that is to say, the population of the entire Xiping County is less than 10 including Qianghu and slaves.

There are not as many counties as there are in later generations.

It is not a big problem for 10 people to support an army of 3000 people.

Of course, this is not the population of the entire Xiping County, there are also Qiang and Hu people scattered among the mountains.

It's just that Yang Zheng doesn't have the energy to control them now.

"How much does Tuntian drive?" Yang Zheng asked.

"There are 1 hectares of fields in the Huangshui River Basin, and [-] hectares of fields in the meander. They are all good fields with fertile soil and water." Du Yu went into details.

"Why are there so few in Hequ?" There should not be only [-] hectares to support hundreds of thousands of Qiang people.

Du Yu said: "A lot of land in the southeast of Yugu Valley is still in the hands of the Qiang people. Although the river bend is large, our army only occupies the land between Dayun Valley and Jianwei City. The upper and lower reaches are still controlled by the Qiang people. The existing farmland It is enough for what is needed, and the soldiers have been fighting hard for ten months, so it is not appropriate to use swords again."

Yang Zheng thinks about it too, it is a big taboo to use soldiers when the veterans are tired.

One piece and one relaxation is the way of civil and military affairs.

During the war, people ate horse chews, and all kinds of consumption were extremely astonishing.

The suppression of thieves has achieved phased results.

Now is the time for a full rest.

Both rest and rest.

"How about I want to encourage the soldiers to get married?" Yang Zheng asked.

These days there are more women than men, and there are little widows everywhere, hooking up with the soldiers.

Military law is ruthless, but human nature must also be taken care of.

Du Yu said with a smile: "Prosperity is a major matter for the country, and my subordinates suggest that slaves, Qianghu, and Han people should all be encouraged. Only by marrying wives and having children can people's hearts be stabilized."

Yang Zheng frowned, "There are many Qianghu people in Xiping, but there are few Han people. If you let go of birth marriages, wouldn't it mean that the number of Qianghu people will increase?"

"There is no need to worry about this matter. The Han people are rich and have a high status. Women will naturally cling to them. Moreover, the offspring of Qianghu may not necessarily be Qianghu. The son of Qianghu can also be a Han citizen!" Du Yuchengzhu said in his chest.

Yang Zheng slapped his forehead, yes, this generation cannot be changed, but the next generation can be changed.

No, this generation has to change too.

There are also many teenagers and children among the slaves, and the worldview is being formed, which can be induced completely.

"Yuan Kai's words are true. From now on, we will set up private schools in every city and fort, and recruit scholars from the county as teachers."

(End of this chapter)