The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 464 Chapter 463 West Wind (30)

It has been three days since Pang Tong returned to Juyan City. Since Pang Tong was sent as an envoy, Zhang Yan has been very worried about Pang Tong, fearing that Pang Tong will be in danger.

When he saw Pang Tong's safe and sound return, his hanging heart finally fell.

Zhang Yan personally greeted Pang Tong's return outside Juyan City. After the two met, there was no greetings, and Pang Tong directly reported his situation after his mission to Zhang Yanzuo.

When Zhang Yan learned that Pang Tong did not follow the original intention to help the Western Regions to deal with the Xianbei, but instead helped the Xianbei defeat the Western Regions, he was very surprised.

"You must have your purpose in doing this. Can you tell me?" Zhang Yan regained his composure after being surprised, and asked directly.

Pang Tong said: "His Royal Highness, please forgive me for changing my original original intention, but I did this out of consideration for the big man. The Western Region coalition led by Hu Yanhui is just a group of mobs, and Hu Yanhui Yanhui is also a bit arrogant and arrogant. If he defeats the Xianbei people and captures Jinwei Mountain, he will use it as a place for development, continue to move eastward, and restore the Huns' status as the overlord of the grasslands in the past. And the blood of the Huns There is a spirit of never bowing your head flowing in it. I am worried that after the Huns become the overlord on the grassland, they will once again threaten the safety of the border of the Han Dynasty. In addition, since His Royal Highness King Yan wants to reopen the Silk Road, the Western Regions must It will be an extremely important section of the Silk Road. If Hu Yanhui continues to exist in the Western Regions, it may pose a threat to the Silk Road. Then all our previous efforts will be in vain. On the contrary, although the Xianbei people seem to be powerful, But in the past, the Han Dynasty was regarded as a dependent force. If possible, we can even live in peace. This is undoubtedly the most exciting thing for the people on the border. Therefore, the subordinates boldly changed their original intentions. On the premise of not violating the purpose of His Highness King Yan, he helped the Xianbei people."

After listening to Pang Tong's explanation, Zhang Yan felt that what Pang Tong said was very reasonable. Even if Pang Tong didn't help the Xianbei people, with the overall strength of the Xianbei people, he believed that they would defeat the Western Region coalition forces.But the appearance of Pang Tong accelerated the disintegration of the coalition forces in the Western Regions, and made the Xianbei people owe Pang Tong a favor.At the same time, Pang Tong also showed the powerful power of the Han army's weapons to Rilu Deduction. Rilv Deduction and others were deeply shocked, and there should be no more troubles.

"Shi Yuan, thank you for your hard work on this journey, the king has already prepared a banquet, please enter the city quickly!"

Zhang Yan welcomed Pang Tong into Juyan City and entertained him personally. In addition, Zhang Yan also gave a reasonable reward to Ayub, the groom who served as a translator, for his achievements.

In view of the fact that Ayub first took Zhang Yan out of the Great Gobi as a guide and won the battle of Jiluo Mountain, and then served as an interpreter to help Pang Tong complete the important task of envoy, Zhang Yan made a formal visit to Ayub Canonized, appointed Ayub as the captain of the Guards, directly subordinate to his subordinates, leading the deputy captain and eight soldiers.

The position of captain is a basic unit in the army. It belongs to the official rank of the seventh rank and enjoys a salary of six hundred shi. For Ayub, it is undoubtedly a very happy thing.

Ayub immediately knelt in front of Zhang Yan and thanked him repeatedly.

However, the basic units in the army seem to be set a bit high. The military expenditure has been huge in recent years, and a large part of it is because the ranks in the army are set too high. A small captain is a seventh-rank official rank. The salary alone is six hundred shi, which is the same as that of a county magistrate.

As a result, the military expenditure is undoubtedly huge.For example, if there are 600 troops, then there will be [-] captains alone, and the annual salary will be [-] million shi, which is not counting the level above the captain.

Therefore, in the past two years, the national treasury has been in a state of deficit, and reform is imminent.

However, in Zhang Yan's view, the rank and salary he formulated at that time was entirely a way to motivate grassroots officers, so as to stimulate their ambition to kill the enemy and make meritorious service.And in his opinion, it is precisely because the captain is the most basic officer, and also the most important, because when the war comes, most of the people who charge forward are these captains who are taking the lead.Moreover, these captains are basically the pillars of the family. If this pillar is gone, the family will collapse.Therefore, the salary of six hundred shi can be regarded as making up for them.

However, as Zhang Yan's territory expanded day by day, the number of troops increased day by day, and such huge military expenditures also increased day by day, and eventually the national treasury would become empty.

Since then, Jia Xu, Chen Qun, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Bing Yuan, Hua Xin, Wang Lang and other court ministers have all gone to the court one after another, demanding that the military ranks be re-established.

In today's Zhang Yan's army, in addition to the large number of captains, there are countless generals. There are several people with the rank of generals alone, and they have no affiliation with each other. Although there is nothing between the generals, they His subordinates are fighting openly and secretly.

All in all, the army has been developing into a deformed aspect, and a complete reform is necessary.In addition to the military, the existing bureaucratic system also needs to be updated.
Zhang Yan has already been plotting reforms. When the matter here is over, he will return to Pengcheng and start reforms, so that the Han court will completely change into a new look.

At the banquet, Pang Tong confided to Zhang Yan his true intention of asking the Xianbei people to sign the covenant, and suggested that Zhang Yan put the leader of Xianbei in the west, Rilu, under house arrest, and bring him back to Pengcheng, just like dealing with the surrendered Southern Huns. To deal with Xianbei in the west, remotely command the Xianbei people outside the Great Wall.

If the deduction of the law of the law does not obey, it will be shot and killed, and then a person who is willing to be a puppet will be selected from among the nobles to serve as the leader of the western Xianbei.

In addition, Pang Tong strongly suggested that the Han people be relocated to the place where the Xianbei people reside, and teach the Xianbei people how to farm, so that they can gradually naturalize into the Han people, so as to kill the primitive wildness of their nation.

It has to be said that Pang Tong was very good at dealing with border troubles, and Zhang Yan valued him very much, so he agreed to Pang Tong's suggestion.

The next day, news came from the scouts that the Xianbei had defeated the coalition forces of the Western Regions led by Hu Yanhui in Jinwei Mountain. Hu Yanhui himself was killed in the melee, most of the Huns were killed, and the coalition forces of the Western Regions were defeated. , fled back to the Western Regions.

When the news came, Pang Tong felt the most exciting, because this plan was arranged by him, and this result was also expected by him early on.

The opportunity that Pang Tong had been waiting for finally came, and the Western Regions would become his blockbuster place.

Therefore, Pang Tong volunteered to Zhang Yan, and was willing to go to the countries of the Western Regions as an envoy again, let him pass on the might of the Great Han, let him submit, and live in peace with all ethnic groups in the Western Regions.Anyone who dares to be an enemy of the big man will face the danger of destroying the country.

Zhang Yan felt that Pang Tong's suggestion was very good, so he began to plan to send Pang Tong to the Western Regions, and once again sent Ayub to Pang Tong's side to protect Pang Tong and act as a guide and interpreter.

In fact, sending Ayub to Pang Tong's side was also based on the consideration that Ayub was the prince of Dawan. If Ayub could return to Dawan to become the king and submit to the great man forever, it would be a good choice .

However, regarding the identity of Prince Dawan, Zhang Yan never asked Ayub, nor did he want to expose Ayub. He was waiting, waiting for this prince to bring him some late surprises.Perhaps, Pang Tong and Ayub will become an eternal legend in the history of the Western Regions.

A few days later, the Western Xianbei Shanyu deduced the law of the sun, led most of the Xianbei nobles, and [-] cavalry, and brought rich gifts to the city of Juyan.

This time, there was no more war between the Xianbei people and the Han people. Zhang Yan received the Rilu deduction with grand etiquette. During the meeting, Zhang Yan and the Rilu deduction reached an agreement that the two sides would no longer fight and maintain peace.But then, Zhang Yan asked Rilu Deyan to go back to the capital with him on the grounds that he was appointed as a servant by imperial edict to meet the current Emperor Han.

Rilu Deduction didn't know that this was a poisonous plan, so he gladly accepted Zhang Yan's invitation, and planned to bring the nobles of his clan to meet the emperor together.

Seeing that the Japanese law deduction agreed to his request, Zhang Yan secretly ordered the withdrawal of the army, and a massacre that was about to happen was resolved.

According to the agreement, Zhang Yan released the captured Xianbei people, but the horses, cattle, sheep and all the looted materials would not be returned.There is no objection to the deduction of the law of the law. For him, as long as people are fine.

A few days later, Zhang Yan formally sent Pang Tong to the Western Regions. Ayub, Ma Tie, and Ma Xiu accompanied him with [-] cavalry. Sincerity, go west out of Yumen Pass and head towards the Western Regions.

And Zhang Yan began to return to the court with a squadron. Tai Shici led his soldiers back to Bingzhou. Ma Teng and Zhuge Liang followed Zhang Yan back to the court. Xu Shu was officially appointed as the prefect of Zhangye. It was a nail that was directly nailed to the main road of the Silk Road, and also nailed to the heartland of Liangzhou under the jurisdiction of Ma Chao.

In addition, Zhang Yan wrote another secret letter to Xu Shu, asking him to pay more attention to Ma Chao.Xu Shu is a smart person. After reading this letter, he naturally understood the reason behind it, and he readily expressed his willingness to accept the appointment.

The deduction of the law of the law brought more than 200 nobles from Xianbei, all of whom followed Zhang Yan to the court to meet the emperor.

Regarding Ma Chao's outstanding performance in this Western Expedition, Zhang Yan granted Ma Chao the title of Krupp, a first-class earl, and a thousand households in Xiangwu County.

In addition, Suo Guang was formally appointed as governor of Dunhuang, Yang Qiu as governor of Jiuquan, Cheng Yi as governor of Zhangye, Yang Fu as governor of Longxi, Gai Shun as governor of Jincheng, Ma Dai as governor of Tianshui, Pang De as governor of Anding, and Pang Rou. He is the prefect of Wuwei, Ma Gang is the prefect of Beidi, and Wang Shuang is the prefect of Wudu.Ma Chao was still the general of Zhenxi and the shepherd of Liangzhou. He moved his office to Guzang City in Wuwei County, and he has been guarding Liangzhou for the Han Dynasty ever since.

As for the Qiang people who joined the battle this time, Zhang Yan sent people to send some of the cattle and sheep looted from the Xianbei people, and returned them [-] horses as a thank you.

After everything was arranged properly, Zhang Yan embarked on the journey back to the imperial court, but what awaited him was a notorious man who bore the crime of regicide...

(End of this chapter)