After sending off Tianchi Xiushi, when Xiao Tang came to the county office, he had already heard a report that the northern part of Hedong Road was in chaos again due to the entry and looting of the party clans, and the Hedong thieves led by Tian Hu also took advantage of the situation to invade the state and seize the county, and the bandits in Taiyuan, Daizhou and other military states were becoming more and more intense.

Moreover, the party departments that entered the country and plundered the money and the thieves in Hedong who were raging everywhere not only did not interfere with each other's well water, but the two sides also seemed to have already divided the scope of attacking various counties and towns, and it seems that it was very likely that Tian Hu deliberately instigated the Xia people to take the opportunity to come and harm the people of the Great Song Dynasty.

There was an angry scolding in the main hall of the county ya, as if Hu Yanzhuo, Guan Sheng, Xuanzan and other officials and generals repeatedly denounced Tian Hu's dog thief for being mad, and it is one thing for the strongmen in the green forest to gather on one side, but in order to fight against the officials and soldiers, they actually led the wolf into the house, and colluded with foreign enemy chiefs to harm the innocent people who were also the sons of the Han family, I am afraid that many green forest thieves who are used to killing people and setting fire will not do this!

Xiao Tang was not surprised at all that Tian Hu colluded with Xixia to fish in troubled waters, after all, in the original book, that guy had such a mind (but at that time, Bian Xiang, who should have been thrown under his command, refuted sharply, Tian Hu had to give up, if it weren't for Zhang Qing and Qiong Ying, who were supposed to do internal response, to kill him by surprise, I'm afraid that Tian Hu would have turned into an official), and now he has been forced to jump off the wall in a hurry, what else can't he do?

However, several party clans in the Xia State entered the country, which was somewhat unexpected by Xiao Tang, the previous Song-Xia War ended with the Great Song Dynasty comprehensively suppressing the Western Xia, and the Liao State suddenly intervened, and now the Song Dynasty is a foregone conclusion that the Xia State will use troops again under Tong Guan's strong request.

It seems that these party tribes that entered the country to plunder and burn are like the Japanese who repeatedly invaded the coastal areas of China in the Ming Dynasty...... Xiao Tang secretly said in his heart: However, whether it is the regular army of the Xia State or the ordinary nomadic tribes, since the other party has invaded the land of the Great Song Dynasty and harmed the innocent people under the rule of the Song State, this battle will be fought even harder, to the death!

Thinking of this, Xiao Tang, who had a calm face, resolutely raised his hand, and the incessant scolding in the county hall suddenly calmed down. At this time, Xiao Tang asked Yao Pingzhong, who was sitting on the right, "Yao Dujian, the western army guards the northwest frontier court, and often fights with the Dangxiang Qiang people. This time the enemy chieftain invaded my Great Song Kou banknote, according to your experience of fighting with the Xia State in the past, what is the combat strength of those nomadic Qiang people? ”

Yao Pingzhong, as a rising star of the Sanyuan Yao clan who was born in the Western Frontier General, is naturally not afraid of the momentum of the Xia Guoqiang people, but when it comes to important matters of the soldiers, Yao Pingzhong does not have a contempt for the old opponent who is about to conquer again. After thinking about it for a while, he said: "Most of the Qiang people are nomadic tribes who rely on water and grass, and the tribes are also large and small, the largest tribe has a population of tens of thousands, and the smallest has a population of only a few hundred. In fact, some Qiang tribes in Jingyuan Road, Yongxing Army and other places often come into contact with the people of our Great Song Dynasty, in addition to taking animal skins and wild things in the field and tea market to trade and sell, and exchange some coarse tea, salt and cloth back, but also have nothing to do on weekdays.

Some of these small tribes are still well-behaved, and those slightly larger tribes have always been arrogant and barbaric, if it weren't for the guard of my western army Erlang, I am afraid that the dry birds will first have to buy and sell, and then they will rob halfway, if they catch up with the black and white disasters in the fierce year, the party Xiang Qiang on the border of the Xia State will have to cross the border to burn and loot, and do nothing. In addition to the Western Army who are accustomed to fighting with the Xia army, the people of the other military states are all farmers and Xiang Xiangyong, and the combat effectiveness is not strong enough, how can they resist?

What's more, according to the military system of the Xia State, when the Xia Ting went out to fight, he used silver medals to summon many tribal chiefs to be constrained. The tribal leader commands the soldiers of each tribe, which is called 'a slip'. When conscription, the tent (the party tribe lives in the tent, and one family is one account, which is equivalent to one household of the Song people) is sent as a unit. Men must be registered between the ages of 10 and 14, and at the age of 15 they will go out with the army, and they will be 70 years old......"

Yao Pingzhong then eloquently said that the military system of the Xia State belongs to the military institutions and establishments of the Song Dynasty, and the tribal military system of the Qiang people coexists, and the Xia Dynasty is divided into left and right sides in the whole territory of the country, with a total of 12 military departments, each with a military name, stationed in various military important places, and its subordinates are subordinate to the Xia army troops with the well-known Xia army troops such as the garrison army, the iron harrier, and the proton army, and the brave men who have been in battle for a long time, as well as the children of the party nobles who can ride and shoot well, composed of the captured Han people and the Han people under the Xia State) and other troops belonged to the whole people, and they were called up when there was a war, but they were only the subjects of each tribe on weekdays.

"In this way, these party tribes that invaded Hedong can also be regarded as the regular army brigade of the Xia State." Xiao Tang nodded and said in a deep voice.

Yao Pingzhong sneered and said: "It is the most famous part of the Xia army of the Iron Harrier, the Poxi Army, and the Garrison Army, and my Western Army has not cut off the heads of those guys. These Qiang tribes who came have no large army to coordinate, and no Xia army generals to command, what kind of climate can they become? Although the last general is not talented, he is also willing to ask Xiao Jieshuai for his life: ask me to lead the army north for the vanguard department to resist the Xia thief enemy chieftain, which is also the ability of my son's connoisseur. ”

Yao Pingzhong's voice was not finished, and Hu Yanzhuo, Guan Sheng and other generals also came out to ask for orders, begging Xiao Tang to let them gather their troops and horses, and take the lead in going north to suppress the bandit chieftains. After all, the nomadic tribes in the Xia country crossed the border, and the nature of this war can be regarded as changing, from the green forest soldiers and horses that ravaged in the country, to resist foreign humiliation and protect the people of the Great Song Dynasty from the scourge of foreign tigers and wolves. Almost all of the soldiers present were extremely bloody soldiers, who would be willing to be left behind at such a time?

"Not only are Yao Dujian, Huyan Commander, and Guan Dujian going, but the entry of Xia thieves is not trivial, and it is inevitable to use all available soldiers and horses to calm the disaster caused by the dog thieves of Jingping Party Xiang Qiang and Tian Hu as soon as possible."

Xiao Tang said in a deep voice, he thought about it for a while, and said: "Pass on my military order, except for Xu Jieshuai who led his men and horses to sit in the Weisheng Army, and strictly prevent the remnants of the thieves from waiting for an opportunity to make trouble. All the troops and horses were transferred to Taiyuan Mansion, and then deployed and conscripted according to the party items and the movements of the Tianhu Thief Army. Luo Xueyu also stayed here, and continued to distribute warehouses to help the displaced people who were plagued by banditry everywhere. and went out to appease the people everywhere; The rest of the entourage thieves were allowed to surrender and surrender and become villagers, or they were detained and interrogated, and their responsibilities were strictly investigated, all of which were under Luo Xueyu's full authority. ”

When the people present heard this, they thundered in unison. At this time, Wang Jin suddenly asked Xiao Tang again: "Xiao Jieshuai, how should the new army be arranged?" ”

The reason why Wang Jin asked this question was because although the previous battle to intercept the thieves in Jieshan was a complete victory, more than 700 people were killed in the battle among the 4,000 new troops, and more than 400 were seriously wounded. During this period, although the displaced people who were displaced to Tongba County were selected from all over the country to serve as reserve soldiers, after all, the training period was too short, and Wang Jin also needed to ask Xiao Tang whether he would go to Taiyuan Mansion with the army together with the 2,000 reserve army, or continue to teach the new army to stay in Tongba County for strict training, and then replenish the source of troops one after another.

Xiao Tang paused for a moment and said: "Those who are seriously injured and unable to fight, instruct the surrounding county medical halls to treat the wounded soldiers, and select suitable people among the displaced people to take care of them. The rest of the new army soldiers and reserve soldiers all went to Taiyuan Mansion with the army to listen to military orders. Nowadays, there are also a large number of displaced people in the north of Hedong Road who need to settle down, and they can also choose to join the army bravely...... What's more, since this battle has not been completed, there are still many trials and tribulations that this army has to go through. ”

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