I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 55
Other generals also made some additions, and finally Li Shimin and his confidants determined the internal affairs and military strategy of the Yanmen Army for the next few years.

It is said that to fight against the outside world, the inside must be settled first, and there is always a hungry wolf staring at him in the north of Bingzhou, always making Li Shimin feel like a thorn in his back and a thorn in his throat.

Therefore, Li Shimin decided to take them first, and the battlefield is the best place to train soldiers. Bloody fighting will quickly turn recruits into veterans, and veterans into elite soldiers.

Li Shimin decided that after this year's autumn harvest, the army would come out, and first take Xianbei to the roots. This unfriendly neighbor was beaten to the ground. His tribe was located in Yunzhong and Dingxiang, next to him.Moreover, Li Shimin has already found a breakthrough, and this victory has a great chance.

Therefore, preparations for the army began at the beginning of the year, and all preparations for food, ordnance, war horses, etc. had to start.

Li Shimin's military horse farm in Censhan Mountain is already quite prosperous. In addition, he has domesticated and bought horses from the barbarians, and there are already more than 2 war horses.The cavalry is the protagonist in the battle against Hu, and you must have at least [-] cavalry to have a chance of winning.

Naturally, buying war horses is the fastest. For this reason, Li Shimin spent a lot of money to buy more than 2 war horses from horse dealers in the Western Regions, and spent tens of thousands of taels of gold for this.

All the scout troops under his command were also sent out to scout the terrain, explore the Hu tribe, the distribution of troops, the source of water and other information.As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles.

The entire Yanmen County is making intensive preparations for this expedition, but this time Li Shimin still wants to march in a low-key manner, not to expose his strength too much in front of the world.Therefore, this time he is planning to hide the truth and march secretly.

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Since the beginning of spring, the army has reclaimed land while training, and the fertile land along the Sanggan River has been reclaimed in patches quickly. Water conservancy facilities are dotted with water conservancy facilities.According to preliminary estimates, there are about [-] mu of fertile land.

At the same time, Li Shimin invited the magistrates of the counties under his rule to issue a reclamation order, and organized the young, old and young in the county to step up the leveling of the land, and the quota for each county was more than [-] mu.

On the other hand, Li Shimin secretly purchased grain from Sili and other places through his uncle, and about [-] shi was secretly stored in Jinyang, which was also prepared for Li Shimin in advance.

He also secretly notified Jushou to purchase grain and grass reserves in Jizhou and secretly transport them to Hongshan Pass. This will be an important source of grain and grass for the eastward movement of Jizhou.

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In terms of ordnance, Li Shimin secretly "invited" Ou Jianyun, a weapon craftsman in Luoyang City, to make weapons in the Yanmen Army. This man was a well-known casting master in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

This person was able to be invited, thanks to Baiqisi's secret agent in the detective department in Luoyang, Sili.In order to make the sharpest weapons, Li Shimin ordered Baiqisi to secretly search for the court's craftsmen.

The imperial court has closed several government-run workshops due to financial difficulties. Ou Jianyun and other craftsmen lost their livelihoods and soon fell to the streets. They were discovered by secret agents lurking in Luoyang, and even a group of unemployed craftsmen were killed He was secretly brought to Yanmen and became Li Shimin's craftsman.

Li Shimin told Ou Jianyun the concept of weapons in the Tang Dynasty, including Hengdao, Modao, Mingguang armor, and crossbows and other weapons that were popular in the Tang Dynasty.

The military strength of the Tang Dynasty is strong, in addition to the excellent military system, the more important thing is that the weapons are very sophisticated.

This person can also be called the "Weapon Master" of the Han Dynasty. Not only is he skilled in craftsmanship, but he also knows how to forge weapons. In addition, Bingzhou has rich reserves of iron ore, and he quickly refined the finished product.

Li Shimin was very satisfied when he saw the finished product, and he used a horizontal knife to chop the big ring knife that was commonly used by the Han army. As a result, a large gap was exposed when the Han knife was cut, but the horizontal knife was intact.Then let the batches be produced on a large scale.

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The 185 years in history, that is, the second year of Zhongping, was an extraordinary year. Affected by the second Little Ice Age, after the disaster of the Yellow Turbans, a great epidemic followed, and different places appeared in Jizhou and other places. degree of plague spread.A large-scale locust plague swept Sili and other areas, the world was in chaos, and the people were in dire straits.

This year, Huangfu Song was dismissed from the post of Bingzhou State Shepherd because he offended the eunuch, took back his left chariot riding general's seal and ribbon, and deprived him of six thousand households.It was changed to the title of Marquis of Duxiang, with two thousand households in Shiyi.Wang Fen, a member of the Danggu, successfully succeeded him as the governor of Jizhou.

In the same year, the Xiqiang Rebellion, which lasted for many years in history, broke out.

Bian Zhang, Han Sui and others led tens of thousands of cavalry into Sanfu and invaded Yuanling on the grounds of punishing eunuchs. The arrogance flourished and the world was stirred up.

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On the other hand, for Li Shimin, thanks to the irrigation of the Sanggan River and the unusually smooth weather in the Yanmen area this year, this year is a rare bumper harvest year.

Yanmen County has cultivated a total of more than 20 mu of fertile land. Although the harvest of the land just planted this year is not very good, there is some initial production value, and nearly [-] shi of grain has been harvested.

The army has been gradually refitted, and the army is well-equipped.In addition, after more than ten months of training, the mental outlook of the soldiers has also greatly improved. It can be said that the soldiers are strong and strong, and they look like elite soldiers in the world.

Li Shimin wasted money, and with Li Jue's secret blood transfusion, he finally gathered [-] cavalry, which was the limit he could afford at the moment.If it weren't for his own riches, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to afford it.

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During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Donghu was defeated by Huns Maodun Shanyu, and they were divided into two parts. They surrendered Wuhuan Mountain and Xianbei Mountain respectively. Wuhuan and Xiongnu are similar.

As the spies who sneaked into Xianbei's territory continued to send back information, Li Shimin finally had some understanding of Xianbei's internal situation.

In 181, after the death of Tan Shihuai, the Xianbei split, the western Xianbei rebelled, and Monan split into three groups from the east of Yunzhong: one was evolved from Helian, and the Budugen Group had tens of thousands of people. Yunzhong and Yanmen area.

He Lian is the son of Tan Shihuai who hunted Ma Yi with Li Shimin. This man is indeed ambitious and talented, and his ability is very mediocre. After being defeated by Li Shimin, he was unwilling to fail. He went out to attack Beidi and was killed by a sharpshooter from Beidi up.

His son, Qianman, was young, and his brother's son, the leader, was appointed as the leader. Later, this Qianman grew up and competed with the leader for the throne.After the chief died, his younger brother Budugen became the new king.

The second is the Kebineng Group, which is distributed in Daijun, Shanggu and other places, and the third is a number of small groups that belonged to the original alliance "Eastern Masters", scattered in Liaoxi, Youbeiping and Yuyang Great Wall.Among them, Ke Bineng Group is the strongest.

This time Li Shimin's key goal is to take Budugen first and clear up his northern border troubles.For the time being, we will not engage in direct conflict with the Ke Bineng Group...

(End of this chapter)