Elegy of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 109

Zhang Shougui had never dealt with Li Linfu in the center before, but he had also heard some things about the Right Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty.

For example, the style is strong, the style is feminine and cunning, the smile hides a knife.

But no matter what, Li Linfu's reputation is outstanding, and most people in the world think that this person can be regarded as a prime minister who does practical things.

Among all the prime ministers in the Kaiyuan era, he accomplished more or more things. It is not too much to call him a "capable minister".

But after seeing him today, Zhang Shougui felt that the rumors from the outside world were not true!

What is the concept of Hexi recruiting 3 soldiers? Does this right minister have a clue?That's [-] people, not [-] pigs!
Zhang Shougui was already cursing in his heart, but because of Li Longji's face, he held back his breath.

"Sage, the burden of the Hexi region far exceeds that of Gyeonggi. Especially Liangzhou, not only bears a large amount of military service, but also has many labor services that are not recorded in the central accounting books.

In Hexi, 5000 new recruits are already the limit. If 3 people are recruited, it will definitely affect farming and government affairs in various places! "

Zhang Shougui said earnestly.

Zhang Shougui served as a military envoy in the Jiankang Army in Ganzhou back then, so he has a good understanding of military affairs in the Hexi Corridor.This is one of the reasons why Ji Ge asked him to serve as Minister of the Ministry of War.

In Hexi, especially in Liangzhou, there are many complicated affairs, which can't be finished in a few words.

"There are millions of people in Liangzhou, can't they even conscript [-] athletes?"

Hearing what Zhang Shougui said, Li Longji felt a little inexplicable for a while.

That's Liangzhou!

The fixed population with registered residence, including naturalized Hu people, has exceeded one million.If the floating population is included, the number would be more than one million!
There are tens of thousands of people in Liangzhou city.

What Ji Ge didn't know was that in Liangzhou, there was a type of household registration called "Pedestrian".

They did not live in Liangzhou permanently, nor did they have land here, but they were frequent visitors of Liangzhou Changxingfang, traveling between Chang'an and Liangzhou City.

The source of these people may be bankrupt small merchants in the Western Regions, retired veterans who lost their land, and good families who came to Hexi from Guanzhong to make a living.In the end, they all became "characteristic people" who do part-time odd jobs, drive goods, and sell some small commodities by the way.

These people are the first to be recruited!

Because they had no land and did not affect local farming, they became the primary targets for military recruitment.

That's right, recruiting soldiers is a kind of compulsory service, and it is compulsory, especially in Hexibian Town, where the government issued a document, even Anaye's adoptive father, Dr. Li, who has lost his legs, is required to join the army. As a field hospital for the diagnosis and treatment of wounded soldiers, let alone those "walkers" who have lost their land and are alone.

However, the passengers seem to be idle, but in fact they are the key people responsible for transshipment of goods between Guanzhong and Liangzhou!
They drive cars, feed livestock, carry goods, and maintain the normal operation of the entire transportation line.

During the Wu and Zhou Dynasties, the official cargo transportation between Border Town and Chang'an was undertaken by the country's post station system.At that time, there were not more than [-] Tang troops stationed in the Western Regions as they are now.The demand for supplies is not as dire as it is now.

However, since the mid-Kaiyuan period, the central finance of the Tang Dynasty has been unable to bear such huge expenses.This hole also expanded rapidly as the struggle with Tubo intensified!
Therefore, the property needed by the local area will be distributed step by step through the method of layered transfer, and Chang'an will not send another car to undertake the freight task.

And Liangzhou is the only transit point between the Western Regions and Chang'an.Liangzhou, where the animal husbandry industry is extremely developed, sends convoys to Chang'an every day to transport goods.The convoy from the Western Regions transported the goods hoarded in Liangzhou to the final destination.

Each region is responsible for its own supply and transportation of supplies.

To put it simply, the overall freight consumption has not been substantially reduced, but it has indeed transferred the transshipment costs from the central government to the local governments, making Datang's financial operations look better on its books!
In this system, the role of pedestrians is crucial.Because they all drive for free, there are no subsidies along the way!

The only advantage is that when shipping goods, you can "include private goods" in proportion. If you don't have money to purchase goods, you can also ask the government for low-interest loans.Finally, the goods from Chang'an were sold to the Hexi Corridor to subsidize the consumption along the way.

If Liangzhou conscripts troops, it is certain that the logistics system of the entire Western Region will be in chaos!
These things, if you have not been an official in the Hexi Corridor, it is absolutely impossible to know so many details.Nor do they understand the stakes.

"Saint, Liangzhou is the foundation of the Western Regions, don't move lightly."

Zhang Shougui begged earnestly.

Brother Ji seems to have calmed down from his rage, it's just a little Turkic, isn't there an ace Chishui Army in Liangzhou?In a short period of time, it is not enough to say that the scene is too chaotic to clean up.

"Except for Liangzhou, the other four prefectures in Hexi have recruited [-] athletes. Start the autumn defense order and mobilize troops from Shuofang to Liangzhou!"

Li Longji said to Li Linfu in a deep voice.

Autumn prevention order!
Now not only Zhang Shougui was not calm, but even Li Linfu was quite surprised, and he couldn't control the surprised expression on his face.

The Qiu Fang Ling was tailor-made for the powerful Tibetans. It was moved out after the Tang frontier army was repeatedly defeated by Tubo in the Wu Zhou Dynasty. It was not Ji Ge's invention.

It is not a simple decree, but a series of highly targeted temporary border defense policies... collectively.

It involves complex matters such as recruitment, military stationing, training and dispatching of united troops, and large-scale transfer of border troops in different defense areas.If it doesn't move, it's enough. Once it moves, it will have a great impact on the people's livelihood in the border town.

Since Kaiyuan, the number of times autumn prevention orders have been used is also very few.

You can tell from the name, Autumn Defense Order, that the Tang Dynasty must be relatively weak before it needs to "defend"!If Datang was strong in the border town, how could it possibly use the Autumn Defense Order?
In Fang Chongyong's previous life, after the Anshi Rebellion, Tubo was in an absolute offensive position against the Tang Dynasty, so much so that the Tang Dynasty frequently used autumn defense orders, and even the armies of the three towns of Heshuo participated in the autumn defense.Unable to defend himself, he also pulled in the allied Huihe people to defend together.

In the end, Longyou and Shuofang, which were originally prosperous, were smashed into scorched earth, poor and weak.

It is enough to show that the autumn prevention order has done great harm to the economy of border towns!

"Sage, the Turks are already torn apart and have many internal conflicts, so they are not in a hurry to use the Autumn Defense Order."

Li Linfu crossed his hands and saluted and suggested.

He wants to cheat people along the way, but doing things well is the first priority.

Hearing this, Li Longji shook his head, waved his hands lightly and said, "Let's do it, there's no need to say too much. I don't understand military affairs, so I'll talk about military affairs in the future."

Zhang Shougui and Li Linfu had no choice but to retreat, preparing to issue an edict and use troops against Hexi.

"Urgent military situation! Urgent military situation! Urgent military situation!"

At this moment, hoarse shouting came from the distance.

A messenger rushed into the Zichen Palace in a hurry, and he planted three flags behind his back, each with the word "urgent" written on it.

This was a characteristic of the Tang Dynasty. Emergency military situations could be reported directly to the emperor without red tape.

Gao Lishi stepped forward and handed the battle report to Li Longji. Brother Ji didn't even look at it. He stepped forward to help the messenger up and asked, "What's the urgent military situation?"

"The ancient tribe of Baye was invaded by the Turks. Fang Youde, the Jiedu envoy of Youzhou, led [-] troops to the north to set up troops at Qikou, and recruited [-] troops from Khitan and Xi to support them. It was Wei Guangcheng, the Jiedu envoy of Shuofang, who passed on this memorial. reported, and impeached Youzhou Jiedu envoy Fang Youde to dispatch troops across defense areas.

The military situation is urgent, please ask the sage to decide. "

shocked!
Not only Li Longji, but even Li Linfu and Zhang Shougui didn't expect this to be the so-called emergency military situation. They thought it was an accident in Hexi!

The Turkic Bayegube, adjacent to Khitan and Shiwei who were imprisoned by the Tang Dynasty, has always been vacillating.

In layman's terms, her style is that of a top-notch scumbag.

When the Turks were strong, they attacked the Tang Dynasty as "Turkic tribes", and became the first firewall of the Turkic court and the first kicker when they invaded the Tang Dynasty.

When the Turks were weak, they would bounce back to the Tang Dynasty and become an early warning rope when the Turks came to attack, drawing a clear line with the Turks.

Bayegubu is adjacent to Datang, with Shiwei to the east, Khitan and Youzhou Jiedufu to the south.

In the fourth year of Kaiyuan, Datang pulled this "green tea bitch" to his side, and the other party has not rebelled again until today.And now the Baye Ancient Clan is being invaded by the Turks... just as the Turks invaded Hexi, isn't this timing too coincidental?
Do the Turks think that the forces in Hexi are too saturated, so they want to disperse their troops?

It seems that this is not how it works when dividing and attacking together.

Moreover, Qikou is located not far to the southwest of Erenhot City in Fang Chongyong's previous life, and not far to the north of the Hetao area.That is the defense zone of Shuofang Jiedushi, which is clearly written on the military document!
Even if Fang Youde's dispatch of troops to uproot the ancient tribe was a normal frontier response, he shouldn't have stationed troops at Qikou!This place was headed for a raid on the Turkic tent!Instead of going to rescue!
The behavior of the Youzhou border troops is not a bit strange!
"Fang Youde is planning to rebel! Who gave him the courage!"

Ji Ge threw the general's love letter to the ground in anger, but his hand hadn't been retracted yet, but as if thinking of something, he froze in mid-air and didn't move.

His anger goes away just as quickly as it comes.

"Let's all go back."

Ji Ge waved his hand and said, lowering his head and lost in thought.

Recalling the previous battles in Datang Border Town since Kaiyuan, Ji Ge finally figured out where these places are and what the stance of these forces is.In Wei Guangcheng's report, there are many inaccuracies and inaccuracies, and his one-sided words cannot be believed.

Ji Ge suddenly felt that the person who caused the problem this time should be "the villain first sues", but the watchdog only knows Wei Guangcheng, the Shuofang Jiedu envoy who is sleeping, not Youzhou Festival, who ran a little farther with his frisbee in his hand. The degree makes Fang Youde.

An active watchdog is much better than a dead dog that only knows how to sleep in.Fang Youde's problem was just that he did what Shuofang Jiedushi should do.

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As night fell, Fang Chongyong, who was pretending to be patrolling on the tower of Baitingbao, was in an extremely bad mood.The feeling now is no different from the feeling of blowing the cold wind on the hillside all night when I first arrived in Hexi.

Xin Yunjing had already led his troops to ambush near the granary, waiting to ambush the Turks.

Fang Chongyong is the deputy military envoy in name, but he can't mobilize the soldiers and horses here alone, or no one will really regard him as the commander.

Now the ion time is still a little bit short, but Fang Chongyong didn't even see the shadow of the Turks!

"Did you know that there was a Hu Ji named Luzhu in Liangzhou City? She was only 13 years old and sold to a middle-aged woman for only fifteen pieces of cloth.

If you are captured by the Turks, I will redeem you with thirty pieces of cloth. "

In order to liven up the atmosphere, Fang Zhongyong forced a smile and said to Anaye.

He just wanted to hear the other party criticize him.

"It's okay, the Chishui Army is close at hand, so you don't have to worry, Mr. Lang."

Anaye was gentle for a rare time, holding Fang Chongyong's hand, only felt that the hand was frighteningly cold, and the palm was full of cold sweat.

This guy is just pretending to be emotional!
Anaye secretly laughed in her heart.

In fact, the locals in Hexi are already used to wars on the border. Guazhou in the five states of Hexi was once attacked by the Tubo people!The time is not far from now.

Going to war, being injured, returning home, working, and going to war again... these are part, or even all, of the lives of people in border towns.

Tonight, Anaye is not afraid at all, the only person who is afraid is Fang Chongyong, who came from Chang'an and has never seen any "worldly" yamen.

"Lang Jun, it's cold and windy here, shall we go back to sleep?"

Fang Laique, who was on the side, yawned and asked.

This time, Fang Dafu, who was wearing leather armor, did not scold him, but Fang Chongyong said with a relaxed expression: "Young Lord, you can go back to sleep, you should be fine tonight."

"nothing?"

Fang Chongyong was taken aback for a moment, he and Xin Yunjing both thought that the Turks were going to attack at night!Fang Dafu actually said nothing happened?

"Before the war, the atmosphere was not like this."

Fang Dafu said with emotion, seeming to remember the past.

While they were talking, they saw the shore closest to here. The fire was shining in the sky and could be seen from a long distance away!
Fang Chongyong looked at the changes in the distance with a face of amazement, with mixed emotions in his heart.

The art of war book is very clear, and what to do in any situation is also described clearly.But when the real thing happened, it felt completely different.It's like that kind of... at a loss and in a hurry, and nothing is done in the end!
"It should be the Chishui Army who came to rescue."

Fang Dafu sighed.

Fang Chongyong nodded slightly and didn't ask much, because as long as he opened his mouth, his poor IQ would be exposed.

The closest to Baitinghai, the frontier army with sufficient strength to be frightening, is the Chishui Army.There are [-] soldiers on the list, and [-] horses on the list.Even if they don't rescue the Baiting army, but only to retake the Baiting sea horse farm, the Chishui army will try their best to drive the Turks to the north of Baiting sea.

To understand these things, you don't need any skills or profound knowledge.

It was already the fourth day since Baitingbao was besieged. If Wang Zhongsi wanted to rescue the siege immediately, it didn't seem to take so long.Then one thing can be confirmed, that is, the Chishui Army's surprise attack was not a hasty attack, but a well-prepared strategic counterattack.

Tang Jun's "mobile defense" system in Liangzhou began to show value at this time.This system is a classic defense method that closely matches the terrain of the sandbar and uses points to control the surface.It seems inconspicuous, but it actually has a strong strategic depth.

The system that can cope with the Tubo and the declining Turks is a piece of cake.

Sure enough, just as he was thinking about it, Fang Chongyong saw a raging fire on another shore of the Baiting Sea!

"The Turks are running away."

Fang Dafu pointed to the north calmly and said.

"How...how do you know this?"

Fang Chongyong asked doubtfully.

"You'll know it when you see it a lot. There's nothing strange about it. Your husband will understand these things in the future."

Hearing what Fang Dafu said, Fang Chongyong nodded slightly and sighed.

I learned a lot when I came to Hexi, but it seemed like I hadn’t learned anything. I was still in the state of eating five cakes and was still half full.

This made him feel like a little waste who only came up with crooked ideas.

(End of this chapter)