A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 285

The sun is rising.

Dyed red half the sky.

On the horizon, mist rises.

The deserted beach of Yanchi is shrouded in morning light and mist.

The rammed-earth Great Wall looms, starting from the Yellow River in Lingzhou in the west, winding all the way east, passing through the high slopes of loess and the edge of the desert, and entering the Yellow River in Yulin in the east.

More than sixty miles southeast of Wucheng and forty miles northwest of Wuyuan City, a new plaque was hung at the pass of the Great Wall between the two cities.

"Townside Fort!"

Su Lie was training soldiers and horses in the morning light, and Wu Huaiyu brought Wei Siren, Du Wen, Wen Fu, Li Deju and others to welcome Xue Wanche and Doulu Huairang.

Xue Wanche led his army deep into the vast sea, swept the northeast of Lingyan, recruited the small Qianghu and Turkic tribes here, set up three counties of Yan'en, Guide, and Huairen, and then went south to Yanzhou for an armed parade , to fully deter those little beards.

"Brother Wu!"

Doulu Huairang rode a horse and greeted Huaiyu from a distance. After the new emperor ascended the throne, this son-in-law got an order to restore Doulu's surname. He came to Lingwu from Longyou. Doulu Huairang was very happy to receive the order. just come.

Dou Lu Huairang was very happy to see his old friend.

Wu Huaiyu saw him riding a fancy horse, wearing a purple robe and a rhinoceros leather armor, and he was very carefree.

Also stepped forward to greet him with a smile, Dou Lu Huairang jumped off the horse and gave him a big hug.

"It's been a hard journey, Brother Doulu."

"It's not hard work. The scenery in this northern land is better than that of Longyou." Dou Lu Huairang pointed at the soldiers and horses behind, and said with some pride, "We have gained a lot from this trip."

The harvest he was referring to was that being in Yuzhou with Xue Wanche was not just to appease the Qianghu Turks and Jihus, Xue Wanche was not that kind of polite person.

This General Xue Meng didn't talk about martial ethics very much, first he deliberately sent only a few small officials to various places, let those Hu people go to Lingzhou to pay a visit, and asked them to pay tribute and taxes.

The tribes ignored him.

So Xue Wanche ordered Qi soldiers and horses to make a surprise attack, sweeping all the way, those little Hu tribes did nothing better than Xue Wanche and Lingzhou elite soldiers, so they surrendered one after another.

There were also some hard bones, Xue Wanche cut off the leader very bluntly, took the men and women of the tribe as slaves, and took away all the cattle and sheep.

Many tribes were directly removed from the list.

Xue Wanche came all the way, beheaded more than a thousand, captured more than 2000 people, and captured tens of thousands of cattle, sheep and horses.

It was indeed a lot of money, and the Lingzhou Army was very happy. They used to do this kind of thing, but this time under the leadership of the new Governor Xue, they had the least casualties, the most captured, and the shortest time.

Dou Lu Huairang, the Sima of Lingzhou Dudufu and the governor of Yuzhou, although he only accompanied him all the way, he was indispensable for the benefits.

Of course, although Wu Huaiyu did not participate, Xue and Doulu also left a share for him, because Wu Huaiyu had reached an agreement with Li Daozong before, and they also left a share for them. Silver Ball Tonghai is worth more than 2000 guan.

"More than 2000 people have been brought here. I heard that Liang Shuo moved all the people from Yanzhou away, and Yanchi was deserted. We brought all these people here, just in time to resume salt production in Yanchi."

Doulu Huairang is the kind of person who shrinks back when fighting, but he is actually good at handling logistics, and he is even more capable of taking advantage of himself by the way.

The two partnered, Xue Wanche led the troops to charge, and attacked and refused to accept, while Doulu Huairang persuaded and comforted them from behind, they had a tacit understanding.

They not only beheaded more than a thousand people, captured more than 2000 people, and captured tens of thousands of cattle and sheep. For the family, those who come to belong to are welcome, registered as a member of the family, and become a member of the people and acquainted with Hu.

They even recruited some young children from among them to serve as soldiers near the city, and awarded some official titles to the leaders to rule.

Youzhou has a very large territory, probably in the north of Yanzhou, west of Lingzhou, and goes north to the Kubuqi Desert on the south bank of the Yellow River in Fengzhou. Most of the territory is desert and Gobi. The land here is large and barren. The ecological environment is much better than that of later generations, so there are also many Hu people nomadic.

Xue Wanche and the others set up three counties, but they actually left three strongholds and fortresses there, garrisoned by troops, as a buffer zone with the Turkic people at the end of Ashinamo in Hetao Yushe.

This time they brought many captives and livestock, and they also came for the salt in Yanzhou.

Although Xue Wanche and the others are newcomers, they are also very clear about the set of unspoken rules on Lingwu's side, and they will naturally continue to maintain it.

Later, Xue Wanche also arrived.

Immediately, the border fort of Changcheng Town (now Yanchi County) became extremely lively.

Three thousand Lingzhou soldiers and horses, plus one thousand united militiamen accompanying them, and more than a thousand subordinate Fan soldiers recruited by Lingyou followed, and then escorted more than 2000 captives, as well as many cattle and sheep.

These captives and cattle and sheep have basically been allocated.

Lingzhou Governor's Mansion took a part of it into the public, and then Xue Wanche and Wu Huaiyu, the officials who took the lead in the troika took [-]%, and the remaining [-]% was directly distributed to the soldiers who participated in the conquest, united and even affiliated soldiers. , those with high merit get more points, those with less merit get less points, Han soldiers get more points than Fan soldiers, and government soldiers get more points than native soldiers.

This is also the usual practice, and everyone from top to bottom is very satisfied.

But this time, Doulu Huairang proposed that although these captives were assigned to different names, they would not be separated for the time being, but would be brought to Yanzhou to build a salt farm here to collect salt.

It is equivalent to everyone using their own slaves to join the partnership, and the profits of the saltworks will be distributed in the future.

Even the seized cattle, horses and sheep will be sold by Doulu Huairang under unified arrangement, and the money will be distributed at that time.

Xue Wanche was also very enthusiastic when he saw Wu Huaiyu.

Before he came, Wu Huaiyu got him ten hectares of land and more than 2000 yuan in money, not to mention the big business of the Lingzhou Governor's Mansion, which got him a good share. For this, Xue Wanche was quite satisfied.

Not to mention that he still remembers that when he was assassinated in Chang'an, Wu Huaiyu rescued him.

"The three of us are reunited again."

Xue Wanche also came up with a bear hug, this guy is really strong.

Pointing at the captives behind, he said triumphantly, "I know there is no one in Yanchi, so I got these specially. If it's not enough, I'll catch some more."

This guy is crazy.

But this appointment has given the Hu people around him a big blow, and it is indeed very powerful.

"Yanzhou has Anbian, Zhenbian, and Dingbian. It's not bad to build a three-sided castle," Xue Wanche, with his professional military vision, praised Wu Huaiyu for recovering Yanzhou in a short period of time and building a three-sided key defense.

By the Wubai Pool outside the Great Wall, Wucheng was changed to Anbian Castle to station the first battalion of town soldiers, and Baicheng to station the first battalion of prefectural soldiers. The two cities guarded each other, and cooperated with the surrounding beacon towers to form a strong stronghold outside the Great Wall.

Along the line of the Great Wall, there are two pass cities, Zhenbian and Dingbian. The town soldiers are stationed in the town border fort, and Dingbian is also the state city. The town soldiers are stationed in the fort outside the city, and the state soldiers are stationed in the city.

On the front line of the Great Wall, the fortresses stationed troops to defend, even if Liang Shidu and the Turkic people attacked again, they would not be afraid.

Anbian Town in Yanzhou has Dingbian, three battalions of soldiers on three sides, and two battalions of soldiers stationed in Baicheng and Wuyuan.

It's just that the [-] united soldiers have not been recruited yet, and there is a shortage of people.

"During the reign of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty in the previous dynasty, the Great Wall was built five times, and the Shuofang Great Wall from Lingwu to Yulin was built three times. Although decades have passed, the fortress towers of the Great Wall pass are still very complete. Now there are The sage plans and schedules, but a certain one is just doing things according to the order," Huaiyu said with a smile.

Although Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty repaired the Great Wall several times, they were all built in the early Sui Dynasty when Jiangnan was not pacified, but it has to be said that the repairs were still very systematic.

Previously, the Tang Dynasty had made little progress in the Shuofang area. Even Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng voluntarily gave up Feng and Sheng and moved the people inland, and Liang Shidu had been separatist from Xia Suiyin. .

Now that the imperial court really wants to go all out to look north, and the soldiers, horses, money and food are in place, everything is really not a problem.

Even if Mr. Liang can move people away, there are not many people in Yanzhou Yi. There are more Hu people than Han people, and there are more born Hus than familiar Hus.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that although the Turks have invaded repeatedly in the past two years, even entered Guanzhong twice, and once approached the Weihe River, they still can't change the fact that they are abruptly attacking and defending.

This time, Liang Shidu retreated without a fight, and Zhuhu in Youzhou fell into disarray. In fact, the most important thing is that the Tang Dynasty was strong, and the Turks were discouraged.

Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty sent disaster relief and condolences to his sworn brother Tuli Little Khan, and at the same time asked Youzhou to open the mutual market trade to send charcoal to Tuli.

But you can ignore Jieli, Yusheshe, Shaboluoshe, etc.

But then turned around and sent envoys to Mobei to canonize Yinan, the leader of Xue Yantuo who moved from the east, as Khan, to give drums and banners, and even to marry relatives.

Originally, the Tiele tribes in Mobei were relatively scattered, and they were crushed by the Turks. In this catastrophe, the tribes in Mobei also suffered heavy losses. However, Jieli still wanted to guard Yugushe in Mobei and set them up to attack the tribes of Tiele. The Ministry of Finance imposed heavy taxes to transfer losses.

Under oppression, the young and ambitious barbarians came to the east and got the support of the emperor of the Central Plains. Naturally, they were very motivated, and they directly contacted the tribes of Tie Le to set up banners to rebel.

Jieli now has to face the rebellion of Mobei Tiele's tribes, and also has to fight against his nephew Tuli.

Furthermore, Lingwu and Shuofang have always been Yu Sheshe's sphere of influence, but this Jieli's nephew, like his cousin Tuli, has long had conflicts with Xieli.Now that Tang Jun is setting up a site in Yushe to make troubles, Jieli doesn't bother to take care of it.

"Let's go, I have prepared the best Yanchi Tan sheep for you, and I will clean up the dust for you."

The town border fort is the Great Wall, but it is not too big. There are three gates in the east, north and south. The east and west walls are 100 meters long, and the north and south walls are 50 meters long. It is five meters high and ten meters high. Although it is just a rammed earth city wall without bricks, it is also very majestic here.

Wu Huaiyu took the Yanchi beach sheep as their welcome.

The fur of these Yanchitan sheep is as white as snow, the mutton is delicious, the meat is tender, has no smell, and tastes delicious. Although Yanzhou has a lot of saline-alkali sandy land, the mutton produced is the best. It may be related to the various Chinese herbal medicines in Yanchi. Related, eat these Chinese herbal medicines and drink weak alkaline water to achieve this delicacy.

No need for complicated cooking methods, just cut into pieces and soak in cold water to remove blood, boil in a pot with cold water on high heat to remove foam, simmer slowly on low heat, add ginger and spring onion, finally add Lingzhou specialty wolfberry, and add Yanzhou green onion before serving. Salt, you can also add some hob pieces of radish to stew together.

When it comes out of the pan, sprinkle chopped green onion, the meat is fragrant.

Doulu Huairang called it delicious, "This reminds me of our days in Zhang County. The sheep in Yanzhou and the tofu in Zhang County are absolutely amazing."

Xue Wanche was even more voracious, and had no time to chat.

"Don't worry, there are hand-caught mutton, pan-fried lamb chops, cumin mutton skewers, and grilled Tan lamb legs. They are specially prepared for you, Yanzhou Tan Yang Whole Lamb Banquet."

(End of this chapter)