Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1067
Today's battle was deliberately chosen outside the city. On the one hand, it was to kill and injure the enemy army, and on the other hand, it was also a test for the famous Xizhou Uighur Wolf Guards.At the same time, it is also to further consolidate the confidence and high morale of the troops.You must know that if the enemy army invades, sticking to the city and only defending but not attacking is a manifestation of weakness in itself, and it will affect morale more or less.Of course, the most important thing is to give a gesture to the more than 50 Ganzhou Uyghurs in China, and to dispel some of their thoughts.

Of course, if the wolf guards were not as strong as Fang Zhong, Huang Dongqiu would not hesitate to lead the Volunteer Army to pursue the victory and wipe them out in one fell swoop.But after testing, it was found that the opponent's combat power and fighting will were extremely strong, and it was by no means an army that could be easily and completely defeated.The most important thing is that the Volunteer Corps has limited strength, and Huang Dongqiu doesn't want to go head-to-head with the opponent, because even if he wins, he will suffer a lot of losses.

Although the Xizhou Uighur Kingdom is not small, it is mostly Gobi wasteland and desert, which has nothing to do with wealth.Domestic storage of grain and fodder is extremely limited, especially after a winter, and there is not much left.Originally, according to the plan of the Lion King, the army marched eastward, and after defeating the Volunteer Army, they won the relatively affluent Guazhou, which happened to be a big supplement. You must know that after they took the city of Shazhou last year, the food, grass and wealth in the city made them extravagant. After a winter, it is rare for the people to not starve to death in winter.Therefore, this time the [-] wolf guards came eastward, although there was a reason for retaliation against the Xiangfu country, but it was also the Xizhou Uighurs who were destined to frequently invade other countries or other clans because of the lack of domestic resources. Ways to keep yourself alive in the difficult Western Regions.

Huang Dongqiu observed carefully with the binoculars just now, each of the wolf guards only had three days' worth of dry food at most, and the food and fodder they brought with them was only enough for half a month at most. There are nearby tribes in the Uyghur state to provide food and grass supplies, but if the stone wolf leads a brigade of cavalry and turns into horse thieves to burn, kill and loot near these tribes that should have provided food and grass for the wolf guards, will the food and grass be normal? supply?
And if the Wolf Guards had no food and grass, and the horses and soldiers were hungry, how much combat power and morale would they have left?What's more, in the cold weather, they have almost no measures to keep warm and cold except for the messy sheepskin clothes on their bodies.As one goes up and the other goes up, the balance of combat power between the two sides will inevitably change. Baturmu will either be forced to withdraw his troops, or take the risk of attacking Shazhou City, or directly bypass Shazhou City and attack the hinterland of Guazhou.In response to these three situations, the Volunteer Legion has countermeasures, and these tactics are full of various traps.

Huang Dongqiu ordered to withdraw the troops, and soon ten messengers beside him struck ten golden gongs at the same time. The penetrating sound of the golden gongs made the infantry phalanx in the center of the Volunteer Army retreat to the camp first, and then the cavalry on both sides withdrew again. The same was true for the north and south wings. .At the end, long-range attack companies such as trebuchets, giant guns, and crossbows retreated.Of course, the reconnaissance cavalry, secret sentries, and guard duty battalions that should be dispatched will be implemented in strict accordance with the first-level combat readiness camp regulations stipulated by the Xiangfu National Army Central Department, and will never give the enemy any opportunity.

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Xiangfu State’s grain and grass supply has its own set of logistics systems in charge. Even if it is escorted, there are logistics soldiers in charge. Therefore, Duanmu Zhongren, the four prefectures of Ganzhou, Suzhou, Guazhou, and Liangzhou, is not focusing on Huang Dongqiu in Sand these days. It is not about guaranteeing the war initiated by the state, but still about people's livelihood.

If the Hexi Corridor is to be stable, the key lies in whether everyone, especially the Tibetans and Uyghurs, can have enough food, that is to say, whether there is enough food.The ultimate goal is to closely link the people's livelihood income of various tribes in Tubo and Ganzhou Uighurs with the court of Xiangfu Kingdom, so as to form a situation of "one prospers, all prospers, one loses all".In that case, the Hexi Corridor will definitely be completely stabilized and truly become the road of Xiangfu Kingdom.

To accomplish this goal, opening up the golden commercial road in the Hexi Corridor is an important part, and Huang Dongqiu is leading the Volunteer Army to do this.In addition, the cotton seeds brought back by His Majesty from the distant Tianzhu Kingdom were completely promoted in the Hexi Corridor.Of course, in addition to these two main tasks, fertile fields, especially paddy fields, should be cultivated as much as possible within the Hexi Corridor to increase the value of grain production.

The winter in the Hexi Corridor this year has been exceptionally long. Duanmu Zhongren has been worried these days about whether the people, especially the Tubo and Uighur tribes, have enough winter reserves.

For this reason, half a month ago, he sent the most reliable and trustworthy Long Dingwen under his command to inspect various places and solve some practical difficulties.

Long Dingwen is one of the most outstanding among the five hundred disciples of Duanmu Zhongren, and also one of the two sons of the previous master of Suzhou, the Long family.His elder brother Long Dingwu served in the Volunteer Army, and also held a high position, as the brigade commander of the Second Cavalry Brigade.Compared with the civil servants transferred from China, Long Dingwen is very familiar with the various forces in the Hexi Corridor, and it is easier for the various forces in the Hexi Corridor to accept him if he comes forward to coordinate some issues.

Under the protection of a company of Suzhou City Defense Army, Long Dingwen spent more than half a month inspecting various tribes of Tubo and Uyghur, as well as granaries, fields and other places in various places.When he returned to Suzhou to meet Duanmu Zhongren, his expression was heavy, and he said: "My lord, the food reserves of the Tubo and Uyghur tribes are far from waiting for the summer harvest. They will turn into horse thieves and attack the merchants in the past. When the time comes, thieves will be rampant, and once the business roads are broken, it will be even worse, and the Hexi Corridor will probably be in chaos."

Hearing this, Duanmu Zhongren sighed, with an equally heavy expression, and said, "Actually, the old man had expected it a long time ago, and the memorial to the imperial court for allocating food had already been issued seven days ago."

"In addition, my lord, General Huang doesn't know how long it will take to fight, and the army rations have to be prepared in advance." Long Dingwen frowned: "Also, a lot of cultivated land has just been reclaimed, and the cultivation of Tubo and Uighur tribes is very difficult. Novices, even with the guidance of Hannon we arranged, but this year's harvest will not be too much."

Duanmu Zhongren nodded, and said: "Don't worry too much about Huang Dongqiu's military rations. The old man has already given the report to the court, and the court officials will send it out. It's just that this summer harvest can only be done as much as possible. You can take as much as you want! Anyway, Your Majesty will not look at it." We don’t care about food shortages.”

Long Dingwen suddenly remembered something, and said with some concern: "My lord, in order to punish some Uighur tribes, General Huang secretly inquired about the Xizhou Uighurs for information, and killed several Uighur tribes men who were taller than wheels, and gave them to the Uighurs. The tribe left a lot of hatred, but fortunately, Your Majesty is wise and the court has more food, otherwise, if there is no food, these Uighur tribes may rebel at any time."

Duanmu Zhongren shook his head and said: "General Huang did nothing wrong. These Uighur tribes are all white-eyed wolves who are not familiar with them. They look down on them just because of the gift of ignorance. Sometimes they must be killed when they should be killed." As for their rebellion, whether they can have enough to eat is one aspect, but it also depends on General Huang's battle. At the hands of the Uighurs in Ganzhou, even if we give them more food, they will still rebel when it is time to rebel." Duanmu Zhongren didn't care, "In fact, if it weren't for General Huang's massacre a few years ago, He took all the Volunteer Army away, the old man is really worried."

Long Dingwen said thoughtfully, "My disciple, thank you for your teaching."

As Duanmu Zhongren said, neither the Tubo people nor the Uighurs are easy to talk about, easy to rule, and easy to manage the people.

For more than half a year, Duanmu Zhongren tried his best to govern the government and appease the people, persuade farmers and workers.Under Ye Chen's special emphasis, he treated the Tubo people and Uyghurs in his jurisdiction equally, and even took care of the Uyghurs and Tubo people a little under some special circumstances.However, this extremely kind attitude made some Tubo and Uyghur tribes become arrogant and even domineering. They treated the government with indifferent attitudes and provocative words, and even disregarded the national laws of Xiangfu Kingdom. Conflicts and bloodshed incidents, and even a very few people secretly pretending to be horse thieves to rob and kill passing merchants.This kind of thing was not completely eradicated until he and Huang Dongqiu took advantage of the fall of Heiyang Peak to massacre and behead nearly ten thousand men from several tribes.

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Tianding two years, March 21st.

In Jinling, south of the Yangtze River, Zhao Pu announced to the world the seventeen major crimes of Song Emperor Zhao Dezhao, including murdering brothers, raping the queen mother, killing Zhongcheng, and becoming violent. Hunan Road and Liangzhe Road are independent, and the country is called the emperor, and the name of the country is "Wu".

The territory of the Great Wu Kingdom basically includes all of the original Southern Tang and Wuyue countries and part of the former Southern Han Kingdom.And these places are the most affluent areas in China.

At this time, Zhao Pu had already used this winter time to clear out the civil and military officials loyal to the Song Dynasty in the Four Roads, and had completed basic control of these places.But whether it has been completely controlled is another matter. For example, the Liangzhe Road in the original Wuyue Kingdom seemed to be calm, and civil and military officials at the road, state, and county levels also expressed their allegiance to Zhao Pu, but there was an undercurrent. Don't know what will happen in the future.

Jiangnan became independent, and the rebel Zhao Puli declared himself emperor, so Song Guo naturally received this so-called announcement.

Song Emperor Zhao Dezhao drove everyone out of the Chongzheng Hall, and threw all the things he could afford to the ground. The loud sound of various things breaking and colliding, and Zhao Dezhao cursing and roaring continued to come from the hall.

(End of this chapter)