stubborn thief

Chapter 233 Juerwan

In mid-September, there was a light rain in Xining, and then the temperature dropped sharply.

Liu Chengzong sat cross-legged on the tiger skin, wearing a khaki military uniform made in northern Shaanxi, but the coolness still kept rising from the ground.

It was colder here earlier than he had imagined, and probably much colder too.

The guards took down the curtain and hung a piece of felt on the carrier. His cheeks were flushed with cold, and he rubbed his hands and sat cross-legged next to him, warming himself by the fire and saying, "Brother, it's only September, and the grass is covered with frost in the morning. It's much colder than at home." .”

Liu Chengzong put down the list of generals reported by the three generals, nodded to Chengyun and said: "Yes, the mountains are high and the ground is cold, we must hurry up and reorganize, and go west to Juerwan to build a nest. Half a month later, the fields will It's time to freeze."

Juerwan is ninety miles west of Xining City, and it is the westernmost point of the Xiningwei jurisdiction. If you go further west, you will enter the nominal West Sea Tumed.

"Brother thinks it over, is it in Juerwan?" Chengyun asked, then nodded and said: "Then change the defense, let the elder brother replace the soldiers of the hundred households in Juerwan, I will take advantage of the large number of people in the camp now First, send someone to transport a batch of grain to the hundred households in Juerwan."

Now after the reorganization, Liu Chengzong has six battalions, which are the central military battalion of the headquarters, the garrison battalion of Xining, the three training battalions of cavalry and artillery, and the transportation battalion.

The three training battalions are all recruiting soldiers, and the soldiers who have not been selected for the time being will be classified as the baggage battalion under the carrier, and the craftsmen who have become my masters are also incorporated into the baggage battalion, so the carrier is currently the person with the largest number of troops.

Liu Chengzong's reorganization of the troops stems from the fact that the battalion post establishment in the past can no longer meet today's needs. The battalion post establishment can fight, be easily mobilized, and easy to maneuver.

But lacking the ability to garrison, train new recruits and even improve conditions, they can only fly like a bird without long legs until they die.

Everyone has developed excellent marching ability, but literati have very limited knowledge during the march, officers have little time to teach tactics to train soldiers, and craftsmen have no chance to produce ordnance in batches.

Everything can only be robbed and fought until the day there is nothing to rob. Either use extremely strong military capabilities to self-destroy from the inside, or be defeated by the enemy in a self-destruction.

In other words they are a knife but only a knife.

And war requires not just a knife, but a huge and sophisticated machine.

"It's Juerwan. In fact, Beichuan is not bad, but you said that going west from Beichuan requires an extra ninety miles of detour, and you have to climb two mountains."

Cheng Yun nodded and said: "Yes, within a hundred miles, one person walks and drives a donkey cart to transport [-] catties, two days, consumes [-] catties of dry materials and four catties of grain; six people push a wheelbarrow to transport [-] catties, two days, It consumes [-] catties of grain; it is not convenient to pass large livestock carts on the mountains in the northwest."

"That's why Juerwan is here. There is a lot of fodder here. Even if you buy it in Xining, it is very suitable for food. Food is real money, and it is related to how far we can go west."

Liu Chengzong pulled the map as he spoke, pointed to Juerwan and drew a circle: "We can control a radius of [-] miles when we station in Juerwan. We can support Xining in time to the east, push Haibei to the west, and have deserts to the south. Search for nitrate soil, prospect for mines in the mountains in the north, and find out the situation in the west, so we can eat and fight the enemy."

Cheng Yun raised his eyebrows: "Brother, you plan to beat that Dai Qing?"

"Ha, eating and fighting the enemy is not just about robbery. According to the news sent back by Chen Qindai, all the ministries in Qinghai, whether they are Dazi or Fanzi, are not monolithic internally. We will attack one of them rashly. Ministry, it will drive them to unite."

Judging from the current intelligence, the Lion Army may not be the force that has mobilized the most troops in Qinghai, but the quality of their soldiers may be the highest in Qinghai at present.

Liu Chengzong raised his two fingers and tapped on the map: "Divide them up, win over the weak, and cannibalize the strong. Don't start the war lightly unless you have to. Once the war starts, some people will be completely wiped out from Qinghai."

He said: "The benefits of being harmless to humans and animals are the benefits of being harmless to humans and animals. It is frightening and has a frightening effect. Fighting wars here is different from that in the Mainland. Most of them will lose money in a war. You must plan carefully."

Food is the most critical element to restrain their behavior. Although they robbed the Han Palace from the east and got a lot of food, according to his army alone, the monthly consumption of [-] to [-] shi is enough for three years.

But this is just human beings. A large animal consumes as much food as eight people. During the war, it is difficult for soldiers to graze their mounts, and the daily food consumption will surge to an unbearable level with the distance of the expedition.

Chengyun nodded in agreement with the second brother's opinion on Bingliang, and then Liu Chengzong asked, "What's the matter with you coming here?"

"Three things, one is to ask where to set up camp, it's time to design the barracks; the second is that the craftsmen are in my place, I have never brought craftsmen, come to ask brother how to let the craftsmen do things in the future, the craftsmen are all Where are the arrangements?"

Chengyun waited for a while, and seeing that Liu Chengzong thought about the same, he continued: "The third is to fix the rations of the troops. Now that the garrison has a camp, brother, do you think that the battalions will come to receive the rations every month in the future, or I will give them to each other?" The battalion sends rations, how much rations should officers and non-commissioned officers at all levels have per month?"

Liu Chengzong nodded and said with a smile, "It's all a big deal."

It has been decided to set up the camp in Jurwan, but the design of the camp still needs to be investigated on the spot.

Liu Chengzong said: "You tell Dai Daozi to lead Baiqi and take the painter to Juerwan to explore the situation there and find a suitable place to camp."

"The three training camps should not be too far apart or too close together. If horses are to be herded, the distance should not exceed twenty miles. The Chinese army camp and the supply camp are between them. The supply camp should be closer to the river bank, so that the craftsmen can repair the military bureau. "

Chengyun nodded: "Then the craftsmen will be incorporated into the Military Weapons Bureau later. What if there are local people? Tumin Fanmin."

"Isn't it a good thing to have people?"

Liu Chengzong smiled and said: "Tell Dai Daozi not to fight with them. Needless to say, ask Daozi if he has given Timba to Dazi, and whether he has paid food and horses to any chieftain of Xiningwei. He will come back after he has done his work." .”

"Wait until the army pulls over to talk about it, and others will naturally talk about it. You don't have to pay Timba for Dazi in the future; you don't need to pay for food and horses for the court in the future."

Liu Chengzong said: "It doesn't matter what kind of Dazi, native people, or fans. To me, they are all people. When the time comes, all the local officials in the army will be gathered together, and a set of laws and tax laws will be compiled. Let’s set up a preferential or exemption regulation for military officers to exempt a few people from paying food.”

Chengyun smiled wryly after hearing the words: "It's quite difficult."

His reaction was expected by Liu Chengzong. Most people, like him, knew that Xining would be cold, but they didn't expect it to be so early;

Everyone knows that it is difficult to establish political power, but no one knows how difficult it is to establish political power in this chaotic place.

"Of course it's difficult. That's why I pulled the team into Qinghai."

He stretched out his hand to look at his younger brother and said: "It is very simple for us to plunder Wangzhuang, big landlords, and defeat the official army. It's over."

"Now in a corner, we need soldiers, soldiers, food and food. On the surface, we have subdued the court, and we have made peace with the inside. We can hold the ground, and the more difficult problem comes... What is it? The site is the base of development."

"We have factories, pastures, villages and towns, people and businesses. With the front and rear, we have time distance and depth. The most important thing is the team."

Liu Chengzong looked at Chengyun in a daze, and said with a smile: "You said that the common people are fools, they don't believe it, it's because even we ourselves are not safe, why should the common people believe that we can bring them safety?"

Chengyun felt so empathetic to this sentence, nodded and said: "Yes, the people want land, money and food, and tax resistance, in order to survive. In the past, we gave land, money and food, and helped them fight taxes, but we couldn't let them live. Help them survive. We're putting the cart before the horse."

After all, Cheng Yun said with joy on his face: "It's different from the past, we are safe, and the common people are no longer fools. They compete for the world. The world is the world of people. If we are better than Daming, we will definitely win!"

Unexpectedly, Liu Chengzong shook his head: "You can't say that."

"Just like the natives of Juerwan, if they have been paying the imperial court, we will go there and stop them from paying the imperial court. To the imperial court, they are nothing but grass. Why?"

Chengyun felt that the problem was obvious, so he spread his hands and said, "We are close, but the imperial court is far away. It is the same as Brother Lion said just now. The imperial court cannot keep them, we can make them unsafe."

With a smile on his face, Liu Chengzong said persuasively, "But are we the one closest to them?"

Chengyun was puzzled at first, but then suddenly realized, he nodded solemnly and said, "I see, brother, do you want to take those tribal leaders into action?"

"Can't open the knife."

Liu Chengzong spoke very decisively. He raised his hand and pointed to the east, then south, and then west one by one: "The bureaucratic landlords in Han, the chieftains in Xining, and the nobles in tribes are all similar."

"We can use a simple word to summarize thousands of people like them, but when it comes to individuals, there are good and bad, but they have the same identity. The direct personal difference may be as big as me and Bai Yingzi, never mind……"

Halfway through Liu Chengzong's words, he suddenly remembered that the beating of Baiyingzi was when they returned home from Yuhebao: "You don't know Baiyingzi. In short, the chieftains in Xining, let Luo Rucai come, maybe they will be killed when they enter Xining. Killed, if I were older, I might cooperate with them."

Chengyun curled his lips and said: "If you can't cooperate, even if Chen Shiwen looks like a good person, sitting in the chieftain's seat can only torment the common people, give them their wages and then give them money to win back. Is it a human thing?"

"I think about as much as you do on this point."

Liu Chengzong laughed lightly: "Our family is actually doing some crooked ways, so we don't need to rebel. We just want to fight the court to the end to win the world; we don't rebel to win the world."

"If it's the latter, I'll be more ruthless than they oppress the people. After all, what belongs to the divine weapon may not be virtuous. Those who are strong in soldiers and horses are the emperor."

"But in order to solve the upside down of the world, we have to make some progress. It is our responsibility to eliminate the landlords, chieftains and nobles."

After all, Liu Chengzong quickly raised his hand and emphasized to his younger brother: "Chengyun, what I'm talking about is the elimination of this class, not the elimination of people with this identity. They are born like this, and it may not be their fault. It's just that these identities hinder the development of history. .”

Chengyun didn't quite understand what he meant, but he probably understood what he meant. For some reason, his eyes lit up when he heard the word "History", and he felt that what the second brother said made sense and was so powerful.

At the same time, I also feel that my second brother has entrusted me with a very important historical mission.

But right after Liu Chengzong, he changed the subject: "But at present, we can't eliminate the chieftains for the time being. We can only adopt a cooperative approach to win over a group and suppress a group."

Chengyun stared and asked, "Why?"

"Because there is no talent."

Liu Chengzong was very helpless. He said: "There are [-] natives in the Hehuang area. If we are powerful enough, we can take the West Sea Lake and Haibei, occupy the Hehuang Valley, and we can get rid of the chieftain, but who will get rid of the chieftain?" Manage the people?"

"Recover the landlord's land, equalize the land and exempt the tax. Who will directly manage the people? Ten thousand troops are scattered to the localities, and one person manages ten people. They become the new nobles. Is this our original intention?"

"We need to have a professional team. Everyone is like you. They can walk among the people and know what the people want. We have commanders in the army. A qualified commander can know the needs of fifty soldiers. Life is hard, correct the unhealthy tendencies in the team, and the folks should do the same."

Liu Shizi spread his hands and said, "Otherwise, if these classes are wiped out, but they cannot go deep into the common people, the lost position among the common people will soon be occupied by powerful villains and rascals, and they are the real scumbags. "

Chengyun deeply agrees with this, and feels that he is still thinking too simply, but immediately afterward, his face is full of sorrow: "Brother, I thought you were talking to me to explain me, but why do I feel... this matter is more difficult, If there are 10 people, it takes [-], so where do you choose them? How much will it cost to maintain them.”

"The expenditure is not small, but the effect is very large. If 10 people can pay [-] taxes a year, and spend [-] to support [-] people to do this work, it is very worthwhile. Do you know what it means? We will be in history. Since then, he has been able to fully mobilize the people."

Speaking of this, Liu Chengzong's expression suddenly became very serious, even with regret: "I asked Sunday Qiang a question. I asked him, when Daming died, would he know where we stand in history?"

"Then I'm going to recruit him, he replied, he might stand in the position of a historical sinner."

Liu Chengzong looked disgusted when he said this, and then asked: "Do you know Chengyun?"

Chengyun thought about it and shook his head: "I don't know."

"With the righteousness of the Ming Dynasty, the strong control over the local area, and the collapse of the sky, it is difficult to see the situation of the separatists and warlords in the last Tang and Yuan Dynasties. If we lose, it will be full of smells. History has left us. The location will be behind the yellow nest."

"Impossible!" Chengyun shook his head decisively: "We are much better than Huang Chao! We don't smash people up and eat them."

On the contrary, Liu Chengzong took this very lightly, and spread his hands and said: "We are also fighting on the move. You know how to deal with dead horses, bloodletting, dividing, smoking and drying, so that they can be stored for a longer time."

"My craftsman didn't even have time to stop and cast door cannons. He, Huang Chao, could make hundreds of stone mortars that disturb people? If he had that time, he would have built a few return cannons and smashed Jiedushi to death."

"So if we lose and die, how can we be cleaner than him?"

"But think about it." He laughed mockingly, and then said seriously: "If we win and take a step forward, who are we?"

Liu Chengzong looked at Chengyun and nodded slightly, the skin on his face was numb: "It was the two dynasties that raised troops because of the crimes against the people, and there was no major division and melee, just like the Western and Eastern Han, the powerful Central Plains Empire that lasted for 600 years!"

　good morning!

　　
　
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