Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 200 Zhao Deyan's Return

Caizhou's [-] to [-] soldiers were screened one by one, and those who could pull two stone bows and carry two hundred catties and walk a hundred steps were picked out, and nearly eight thousand young and strong were selected. Li Ye handed over the eight thousand young and strong Give character storage training.

Fu Cun's army has a thousand Hedong soldiers as a base, plus five thousand Jingyuan army slaves, and now has added eight thousand Caizhou elite soldiers. There are a total of fourteen capitals and 4000 people.

The command envoys of each capital, [-]% will be the former generals of the Hedong Army, [-]% will be selected from the Zuo Huwei Army, and the last [-]% will be the officers of the Emperor's Personal Guard.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Ye arranged for Zhang Huaishen's eldest son, Zhang Yanli, to serve as the Commander of Sandu in the Fu Cun Army.

Although Fu Cun's army does not have a bugle, the quality of its infantry is not weaker than other armies, or even surpassed.

Li Ye thought about transferring Huo Cun, who served as the commander of the Youhuwei Army, back from Suizhou, and raised a new army, and awarded the left and right banners with Fu Cunjun.

"Huo Cun and Fu Cun are very similar. They are both extremely brave and about the same age. Their names are both Cun."

What's the bugle?His Majesty the Emperor has a headache.

After the establishment of these two armies, His Majesty the Emperor does not plan to build a new army for the time being.

Huo Cun and Fu Cun's two infantry troops, Li Cunxiao's and Wang Rulin's two cavalry troops, Suo Xun's Modao Army, and Yang Shihou's Silver Spear Army turned into bodyguards' Xuanjia Army, are all the best of the best.

Caizhou suffered a stroke, and all the rest were scattered. Ten people were protected, and numbers were branded on their faces. They were registered and recorded, and their places of origin were indicated.

Shen Cong and others went to take office that day, and Li Ye arranged a hundred personal guards for each of them. These people were only responsible for protecting the safety of the three of them. As for other military powers, don't even think about it. to the states.

When these soldiers are not working, they only have half a catty of grain per day, which is doubled when they are working. In this way, they can save tens of thousands of grains a month.

There is a large army in the formation, but there is no trouble in the reorganization.

And Qin Zongquan, in the prison, kept complaining to the prison officials, saying that he wanted to see the emperor to make a difference, and Du Rangneng even knew about it, and Du Rangneng was able to repay the emperor. Li Ye shook his head, no, he had nothing to say to Qin Zongquan.

After everything settled down, Li Ye sent 500 cavalrymen from the Zuo Xiaowei Army to escort Du Rangneng, Qin Zongquan and their families to Bianliang.

But Li Ye was still staying in Caizhou, and the results of the inventory in the treasury came out, all converted into copper coins, there were more than 500 million guan.

This was also one of the reasons why Li Ye decided to let Shen Cong and others go. If he could make a decisive decision and close the treasury to wait for the emperor to come, his sincerity must be no problem anyway.

Another harvest is that there are more than 6 sets of armor, countless weapons, bows and arrows, more than 4000 horses, and more than 2000 good horses after selection.

These horses were given priority to replace the horses in the Sixth Cavalry Army, and the replaced horses were then selected by the infantry. The remaining poor horses were first handed over to the convoys that transported grain, grass, and supplies, and secondly, to the field troops in the states for pulling plows.

His Majesty the Emperor is looking for skilled craftsmen, and hastened to make farm tools. The matter of spring plowing is now the top priority.

The spring plowing in Caizhou will begin soon, and the daylilies in Shencong are expected to be cold.

Zhou Fengchen, Sitian of Caizhou, was originally a promotion official of the Ministry of Household Affairs. He had co-organized the Jingzhao Mansion's farming and was quite experienced.

Farmland is inseparable from water, and Caizhou’s water system is relatively abundant. There are two major rivers, Rushui and Yingshui, running across the north and south. Numerous ditches branch out from Rushui and Yingshui, covering the entire land of Caizhou like capillaries.

Zhou Fengchen led a group of subordinate officials to measure the land along the Ru River and these ditches. Every ten hectares of land was divided into a piece of land, and a total of 100 people were placed in the ten guarantees. Every ten guarantees elected a village head.

After dividing the land, choose a higher terrain to build the village, build walls with earth bricks, and spread thatch on top.

Crock pots and agricultural tools used for cooking are all distributed by the government, and some villages can even get a horse. These are all government things.

As for the food, the head of the village took people to the government office to collect the monthly quota. As for how to eat, he distributed it by himself.

In half a month, all the more than 2 soldiers in Caizhou had been allocated in place, and there was still a lot of farm tools, and the craftsmen were rushing to make them. In terms of time, the spring plowing would not be missed.

Li Ye has been paying attention to the attitude of these surrendered soldiers, but the result of the investigation is not very satisfactory.

These field soldiers are all accustomed to holding swords and guns, how willing they are to do the heavy farm work now, they all complain very much, and some people go to the nearby villages to connect with each other, and there are signs of trouble.

His Majesty the Emperor will definitely not be used to this kind of thing.

Catch one and destroy ten. This kind of soldier must not be used to it, and can only be suppressed with a high-pressure policy.

The emperor issued an order through the governor's office that the soldiers in the garrisons were not allowed to move around with each other. Any violation would be regarded as treason and be executed immediately.

Of course, at the same time, His Majesty the Emperor issued a decree of grace that anyone who has served as a soldier for three years without fault can be released back to the people, and the government can also grant them land.

Isn't it just three years, even if you have a thought, you can survive.

The court's kindness and power were combined, and the situation soon stabilized.

The matter in Caizhou was settled, but at this time in Xiangcheng, the east of Shannan, Zhao Dezhen was facing a difficult choice.

"The imperial court sent an envoy Xuan Wei to enter the imperial court, what does Da Lang think of this matter?"

Zhao Kuangning is Zhao Deyu's son, he is quite skilled in military affairs, he is good at collecting books, and he can be regarded as a Confucian general.

"Father, how do the soldiers and horses under our command compare with Qin Zongquan?"

Zhao Dezhen shook his head and said: "It's not enough, Qin Zongquan has 15 powerful soldiers, our army is only [-], of which [-] are newly recruited soldiers, and the weapons and armor are far behind, how can we catch up?"

Zhao Kuangning said: "The imperial court used a strong army to destroy Qin Zongquan, and the army is now more powerful. I heard that the gold merchants have also returned to the imperial court, and Cheng Rui and Anfu generals in the south are also soldiers of the imperial court.

If Cheng Rui and Anfu attacked from the south, Yang Shouzong attacked from the west, Luoyang's army attacked from the north, and Caizhou's army attacked from the east, how can we resist? "

Zhao Deyu remained silent.

Zhao Kuangning said again: "Father commander, if you resist, you will perish. If you surrender, you can live. My son watched Ding Ding Guanzhong in the Tang Dynasty, and he pacified the Western Shu. Now he has wiped out the Cai thief Qin Zongquan. Good thing?"

Zhao Dezhen frowned, a town's military envoy, like an emperor, has the power of life and death in a town, it is really hard to give up, but now, how can the power of a gnat resist the imperial court.

"Hey!"

Zhao Dezhen sighed and said: "Just do as Dalang said! Go to Caizhou for father and angel to face the saint, Dalang will guard Xiangzhou, and wait for the imperial court to send someone to take over!"

Zhao Kuangning said: "Father Commander, there is one more matter, Jingnan Wang Jianzhao General..."

Zhao Deyu said: "I wrote a letter to him myself, surrender, surrender!"

(End of this chapter)