Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 638
Yuchixin was waiting.

He waited for the player to finish building the city in Siping, and then he could close the door and beat the dogs to wipe out the enemies in Zhuozhou City.

Yu Chixin was waiting, and so was Zhang Duanyang in Pengcheng.

An Qingxu was really too slow.

An Qingxu's refugee army dragged along the Bianhe River for more than a month since they gave up attacking Luoyang and marched eastward along the Bianhe River. Now they have only gone halfway, before leaving the city of Bianzhou.

An Qingxu was also in a state of desperation. He went south from Xiangzhou smoothly, and the military discipline could still be maintained, but now the military discipline has basically broken down.

When the soldiers saw the bustling city of Bianzhou, they couldn't walk anymore. Several generals clamored to rob Bianzhou and eat their stomachs before leaving.

Bianzhou City, the capital of Bianzhou City after the founding of the Song Dynasty, was changed to Bianjing City, and the Song Dynasty was also called Bian Song in the history books.

There are many reasons why the Song Dynasty established its capital in Bianzhou. First of all, the Emperor Song himself started as a warlord who ruled Bianzhou separately, and this is the land of Longxing.

In addition, the Guanzhong section of the Grand Canal’s water transportation gradually fell into disrepair after the mid-Tang Dynasty. The long-term war in the Guanzhong area caused great damage to water conservancy facilities, and gradually changed from a granary to a barren wasteland.

For example, in "The Song of Mulan", when Mulan joined the army, "I bought a horse in the east market, a saddle in the west market, a bridle in the south market, and a long whip in the north market." A son of a good family can be rewarded by the court, and even if he dies in battle, he can get a pension from the court.

As a result, Bianzhou gradually became the central city of water transportation, and also became a commercial city along with the water transportation.

And Bianzhou is united, vowing to stop the refugee army. These recruits are also well-funded, and they promise to give a lot of money rewards after An Qingxu retreats. Therefore, the morale of the recruits in Bianzhou is very high, not only repelling Anqing Xu's siege troops even went out of the city at night to harass An Qingxu several times.

Seeing that his subordinates were going to plunder Bianzhou City, although An Qingxu was Emperor Dayan, he did not dare to disobey the unanimous opinion of his subordinates, so he ordered the army to station outside Bianzhou City, preparing to plunder Bianzhou City. Walk.

Since the death of Bianzhou Army Jiedushi Xu Shuji, the imperial court did not set up Bianzhou Army Jiedushi again, and merged Bianzhou Army into Zhang Xun's army left behind in Dongdu.

Speaking of it, it was also due to fate. Back then, Zhang Wu held Xu Shuji, the Jiedu envoy of the Bianzhou Army, and asked him to send troops to rescue Suiyang. Later, after killing Xu Shuji, he followed Zhang Xun to restore Luoyang City.

In addition, water transportation also requires a large number of young and strong labor force, and these people are also high-quality recruits.

Without the governor, it means that Bianzhou has no government.

When Xining reformed, a large number of redundant troops were abolished, but it also caused a large number of landless soldiers to lose income. So since then, there have been continuous uprisings in the Song Dynasty, and fires have to be put out everywhere.

In the mid-Tang Dynasty, the Fubing system was completely disintegrated, and the Liangjiazi system, which lasted from the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, completely began to disintegrate.

But unexpectedly, when he arrived in Bianzhou, Zhang Wu heard the news that Shi Siming and his son had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.

This time An Qingxu's soldiers forced Bianzhou. The governor of Bianzhou had just arrived and was an incompetent guy, so he just abandoned the city and ran away.

Now An Qingxu understood that Bianzhou was a hard bone, and he could not chew it off.

So Zhang Wu simply stopped in Bianzhou City, and he was ready to take a good look at the city in the later "Along the River During the Qingming Festival".

Zhang Wu smiled and said, "Although An Qingxu didn't attack Bianzhou City, of course, when recruiting soldiers, you didn't say that if An Qingxu didn't attack the city, there would be no reward?"

Regarding this result, Zhang Wu did not refuse. He took office directly and began to organize the defense of Bianzhou.

Zhang Wu was not angry, he stood up, looked at Xu Ya and said:

Therefore, in Bianzhou City, it is completely different from other places. After the governor of Dangzhou ran away, such a group of businessmen were in charge.

So it was Xu Ya who was most distressed at the scene, and he was the one who insisted on getting rid of the debt.

The soldiers recruited were all the men on the pier, the guys in the business, or the escorts who transported food.

Except for Xu Ya, all the people present here are well-known big businessmen in Bianzhou City. In Bianzhou, a city with a strong commercial atmosphere, those local tyrants are not keen to finally buy land, but are keen on doing business and buying shops.

The merchants like Xu Ya think that An Qingxu didn't attack the city at all, and your Bianzhou new army didn't shed a single drop of blood, so there is no need to pay the previously promised reward for defending the city.

Bianzhou people who have experienced many military disasters understand that if these refugee troops are allowed to come in, they will definitely die without a place to bury them. It is better to defend the city desperately, so as to keep some property.

In the courtyard of the former Bianzhou Army Jiedu Envoy's Mansion, several representatives of wealthy households in Bianzhou were sitting face to face with Zhang Wu in armor.

So An Qingxu decisively ordered the soldiers to abandon the siege and continue eastward to Pengcheng.

The governor of Bianzhou has already fled. According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, it is an unforgivable crime to guard the soil and defect, so naturally he will not return to Bianzhou City.

Seeing An Qingxu's refugee army approaching menacingly, the wealthy households in Bianzhou City quickly reached an agreement to donate money together and then recruit Lifu and civilian husbands from the wharf to organize an army to defend Bianzhou.

However, with the complete withdrawal of the land equalization system from the stage of history, the real good family has completely disappeared.

Before the military system of the Tang Dynasty was destroyed, Liangjiazi had to prepare weapons and horses when he joined the army.

Rich households in Bianzhou could only pool money and spontaneously recruit soldiers to defend Bianzhou. Zhang Wu became the leader of Bianzhou's recruiting soldiers as if he had obeyed his orders.

But this time, the situation seems to have changed a little bit.

When An Qingxu was preparing to attack the city, everyone was naturally helping each other, but when An Qingxu ran away, conflicts arose.

In the Song Dynasty, which did not restrain land annexation, there were no longer so many good families who had land and land, and could equip their own horses and weapons for battle.

When Xu Ya said this, everyone stood up and accused Zhang Wu of being greedy.

So in the Song Dynasty, the comprehensive recruitment system replaced the Fubing system and became the country's military system.

Now, those vagrant troops who bully the weak and fear the hard will be frightened. Zhang Wu can single-handedly rush in front of Xu Shuji and hold Xu Shuji hostage. He is the top character among player assassins.

They all depended on the rich merchants in Bianzhou City for their meals. If they really took the lead in making a fuss, they might not be able to find jobs in Bianzhou City anymore.

When An Qingxu's army retreated, something went wrong in Bianzhou City.

Xu Ya snorted coldly, only to hear Zhang Wu continue to say:
"If the reward is not given today, then in the future, if the bandit commits another crime, will he still be able to recruit so many soldiers?"

Several merchants present also wavered. What Zhang Wu said was indeed correct. This time, An Qingxu retreated because the top and bottom of Bianzhou City were unanimous. No one wants to enlist in the army anymore.

And the most important reason is because of Bianzhou's important position in water transportation.

In the past, when encountering such reckless things, he could only endure it.

The oldest businessman was named Xu Ya. He was originally a distant relative with Xu Shuji, the former Jiedu envoy of the Bianzhou Army. He also relied on this relationship to start the grain business in Bianzhou. He is now the richest man in Bianzhou City.

Recruiting soldiers with imperial salaries also solved the survival problems of a large number of farmers who lost their land. Therefore, in the early years of the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty used most of the country's income to support the army, but it was able to maintain the country's stability.

Good family sons are self-cultivated farmers with clean family backgrounds. These people are loyal to the country, obey discipline and have good physical fitness. They have been the best source of soldiers since the Qin and Han Dynasties.

However, the proportion of each family's contribution is based on the amount of property. Xu Ya's family has the most wealth and has to contribute the most money.

On the wharf, a water worker who was kind and generous, and often helped the common people fight injustices, was elected as the leader of the recruits.

And the name of this water worker is Zhang Wu.

Regardless of the pros and cons of the combat effectiveness of government soldiers and recruiting soldiers, Bianzhou has been a very high-quality recruiting place since the mid-Tang Dynasty.

Ever since Luoyang recovered, Zhang Wu, a powerful player, left Zhang Xun's command. He was planning to go north along the way to see if he could find trouble with Shi Siming and his son.

It's just that the current Bianzhou is still not the Bianjing city of the Song Dynasty, and the urban population is far from reaching one million in later generations. However, relying on the prosperity of water transportation, Bianzhou City is still a famous and prosperous city in the world.

Xu Ya slapped the table and said: "The recruitment is to resist the security bandits. Since the security bandits have not come, the rewards will naturally be given up. During the period when you were recruited, the three meals a day were never shorter than you, and now you have to disperse. After eating for nothing for a few days, the greedy and despicable people may find it difficult to gain a foothold in Bianzhou!"

But An Qingxu didn't expect that this time he hit the iron plate. Zhang Wu led the Bianzhou recruits to resist desperately. Zhang Wu also sneaked into An Qingxu's army and assassinated several generals.

Bianzhou is located in the center of the Bianhe River, and all food shipped from the southeast will arrive in Bianzhou, and then transported to Luoyang and Chang'an.

"Is Master Xu ready to pay?"

"Those who have no merit will not be rewarded! Why do we have to pay for it!"

Zhang Wu smiled slightly and said: "This scene is so similar. In Bianzhou City, it is said that Master Xu and Xu Shuji, the governor of the previous festival, are related. The last time I saw it, I didn't think it was the same. Today I saw it. It is exactly the same."

Xu Ya was stunned, looking at Zhang Wu's smiling face, but suddenly felt a chill.

(End of this chapter)