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Chen Ying looked at the young men led by Zhao Boying, Guo Rui, Xu Caifu, Dong An, Ren Bi, and Feng Qilan, these young men were dressed in rags, their faces were hungry, and they said with a blank heart: "The fathers and brothers of Shuozhou, you are in the midst of Hulu but do not forget Huaxia, so loyal and martyred is enough to shine in history, this chief promises to you, I will definitely ask for credit to His Majesty the Emperor of Chang'an for you." ”

Luo Shixin, Ryazan and other generals hurriedly stepped forward to support everyone. Zhao Boying, Guo Rui, Xu Caifu, Dong An, Ren Bi, Feng Qilan and others were all favored Ruoran thought in his heart: "These Tang generals who came are not fierce at all, but they are very kind." However, Shibi Khan also died at their hands. ”

The more humble Tang Jun became, the more awe the Shuozhou elders became.

Chen Ying led the officers and soldiers of the Lingzhou Army and nearly 20,000 people to show off their might under the Yanmen Pass, and then collected their troops and returned to the camp.

Chen Ying set up a banquet in the big tent of the Chinese army to entertain the elders and core backbones of the family, a total of about 100 people.

Occupying Shuozhou, Chen Ying's seized a lot of materials. In particular, the treasury of Shuozhou City alone has more than 50,000 stones, of which more than one-third is old grain for many years, and it has begun to mildew. As for the Turkic tribes that swept along the way, millions of cattle and sheep were captured.

Chen Ying was not a stingy person in the first place, but now when he saw these miserable young men, his heart moved inexplicably.

Anyway, it is generous to others, Chen Ying is not stingy, except for the elders and core backbones of the clan who can participate in the banquet when they enter the big tent, Chen Ying is not stingy with ordinary young people. One by one, the sheep were killed, skinned, cut with a big knife, and the large pieces of mutton, almost a pound of a piece, were washed or washed, and they were thrown directly into the cauldron of the army, and water and salt were poured, but the fire began to cook.

In this day and age, eating meat is a very luxurious thing. Many people don't necessarily get to eat a little meat a year.

As for the inside of the big tent, it looks different. Roasted whole lamb that is browned and fragrant. Before the feast began, there was a sound of swallowing saliva from inside the big tent.

Zhao Boying, who had gray hair and beard, smiled embarrassedly: "Xiao'er has not seen meat for more than a year, which makes the general laugh!" ”

"The emperor is not a starving soldier" Chen Ying said with a smile: "You all take refuge in this general manager and welcome the Tang Dynasty, this loyalty alone is enough to make people respectful, you don't have to be polite, everyone has a share." There are more than 50,000 stone of grain in Shuozhou City, 20,000 young and strong, one person counts one, and he tries his best to carry it, and how much can he carry. ”

Hearing this, the big tent suddenly became silent.

Zhao Boying and Xu Caifu are both human spirits, and they glanced at each other. A mirror in my heart. They thought about it, Chen Ying was using grain to buy their young and strong people, and it seemed that Chen Ying was ready to bite the wild goose gate and close it. These young men don't know how many they will die under the Yanmen Gate. At this moment, a young man with a sallow face like a tuberculosis ghost whispered: "General Chen's price is not low, at this season, a bucket of grain can be exchanged for a yellow flower girl, and a stone of grain can buy a young man." We don't lose anything. ”

Everyone whispered, and villains discussed.

In fact, they really wronged Chen Ying, Chen Ying actually didn't plan to storm Yanmen Pass at all, just looked at them pitifully. Who would have thought that they were mistaken. After everyone talked about it for less than a quarter of an hour, Zhao Boying took the lead, got up and said to Chen Ying: "Little old man, thank you General Chen!" ”

Chen Ying underestimated these scrawny men, more than 50,000 stone grains. In Chen Ying's mind, it is very remarkable for a person to carry a stone on his back, and the weight of one hundred and twenty catties cannot be walked far by an adult. However, to Chen Ying's great surprise, Shuozhou City was emptied overnight. Fifty thousand stone of grain, all of which were carried away by these young men.

For an empty treasury, Chen Ying didn't pay attention to it. If Zhang Huaiwei or Ashina Simo can break through the outer three passes and attack the Taiyuan Basin, ten times the grain, Chen Ying can also snatch it back.

Early in the morning, nearly 20,000 young people came to the camp of the Lingzhou Army with a resolute face, when these people came, they carried a large amount of wood, although Fan Junzhang cut down more than ten miles of trees outside Yanmen Pass, but the entire Yanmen Mountain near the trees is more than 10 million, Fan Junzhang cut down not even a dime.

These young and strong people with the way of carrying the car, in just half a day, more than 2,000 pieces of timber were transported to the Yanmen Pass, seeing this scene, Liu Wuzhou did not dare to be careless at all, he had sent cavalry to attack tentatively, but just out of the city, he was all eaten by the lancers of the sixth fold of the Dingyuan Army led by Luo Shixin.

More than 2,000 people didn't even hold out for a quarter of an hour in front of the Dingyuan army, which made Liu Wuzhou almost frightened crazy.

Although his 2,000 cavalry is not as elite as the Turks, even if the Turks want to eat his 2,000 cavalry, I am afraid that they will not be able to do it for a while.

The combat effectiveness of the Don Army was too scary.

Seeing this scene, the children of Shuozhou strengthened their confidence in taking refuge in Datang.

When Zhao Boying saw this scene, his heart was full of hope to live. Since the Tang army is so strong, if this battle continues, I am afraid that the children of Shuozhou will survive a lot.

Chen Ying looked at Zhao Boying and said, "Mr. Zhao, the three counties of Shuozhou have been recovered, but less than 3,000 people have been obtained, where are the other people hiding?" ”

Zhao Boying said: "Since ancient times, the Great Dynasty has been in charge of Dingkou, and in some states and counties, officials have deliberately reduced their household registration in order to fake their political achievements or deliberately increase their household registration, and in some states and counties, officials have deliberately reduced their household registration in order to conceal taxes. In this way, it is reported layer by layer, and finally the household department summarizes it again, and the ministers of the court and the central government will make modifications, additions and deletions according to the emperor's likes and dislikes at that time and the needs of the current situation. The last number is recorded in the annals of history, that is, the one who presented it to the ruler on that day. This number can only be used as a person's participation in the prison, not as the original number. ”

Chen Ying listened a little breathlessly, but thinking about the practices of the census in later generations, it was also relieved that it was still like this after a thousand years, how could he be demanding of the Ran people, who were far behind in statistical technology?

But I heard Zhao Boying continue: "Generally speaking, political leniency will gradually show the hukou, and political harshness will gradually fade into obscurity. Why? Political leniency and benevolence, those who are registered in the household register are above board, can be protected by the law, have a basis for doing business, and have a share in education. There are many benefits. Therefore, the account gradually appears; If politics is harsh, the law does not protect the people. The path to study and enter the profession is not smooth. Those who are registered in the household registration are subject to all the disadvantages, so the household registration is hidden. ”

Taking Shuozhou as an example, under the rule of Liu Wuzhou, Shuozhou had more than 3,970 households and more than 16,470 people in three counties and one prefecture in the Ming Dynasty, while in the eighteenth year of the opening of the Sui Dynasty, Mayi County had 8,365 households and 59,137 people.

In fact, in addition to tax evasion hidden population. The scourge of war is also a major cause of population decline. The Turks regarded Shuozhou as their own vegetable garden, and they could pick it whenever they wanted, so in order to make a living, the people had to abandon the official fields and hide in the deep mountains and old forests.

Chen Ying also knows when he thinks about it, from the Wuhu Chaos in history, to the Mongol destruction of the Song Dynasty and the entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, every time Shenzhou sinks, it is accompanied by bloody slaughter. The Chinese nation has always existed, but in fact, it mainly relies on the hidden population to breed offspring. When the Turks wreaked havoc on the land of Shuozhou,

They all hid in the deep mountains and old forests, and when they saw that the Tang army had restored Shuozhou, they appeared timidly. In fact, even if Zhao Boying didn't say it, Chen Ying could guess that the more than 70,000 people they appeared were not all of the hidden population, and it was likely that a large number of people were hiding.

The people of China are actually multi-skilled workers. If you pick up a hoe, you are a farmer, you can farm, if you pick up a blade, you will fight, and if you pick up a tool, you are a craftsman. Without Chen Ying's order, these young men spontaneously began to use wood to build siege equipment. Some people are building simple siege ladders, filling trenches, charging goose carts, ramming the city gates, suppressing the city wall's crossbowmen's nest carts, and siege heavy weapons trebuchets have also begun to assemble under the Yanmen Pass city wall, and as time goes by, these equipment are more and more.

As early as the Warring States Period, the Yue Kingdom had already used primitive "artillery" weapons that could throw 12 catties of stones to 200 steps away to fish. Later, Cao Cao also used a stone machine, and the "thunderbolt" used to hit Yuan Shao's camp in the "Battle of Guandu" was a stone machine with a loud sound when launched. The trebuchet is to use manpower to pull the tips attached to the crossbar (cannon tip, erected on the wooden frame, one end is tied to the leather case that holds the stone bullet with a rope, and the other end is tied with many ropes to facilitate human pulling) to throw the stone bullet, which is divided into single tip and multiple pin. The maximum is thirteen, and a maximum of 500 people are required to cast it.

At this time, the trebuchet built by the children of Shuozhou belongs to the five-tip trebuchet, which requires two people to be solid and forty or fifty people to pull, and can throw more than 50 catties of stone bullets to 50 steps away, or 12 catties of stone bullets to be thrown more than 120 steps away. Such a trebuchet is actually not very powerful.

Even if Chen Ying is not specialized in the study of the history of the anti-military resistance, he knows the principle and manufacturing method of these trebuchets, which are too backward, and the effect conversion rate of the dragging trebuchet is too low. If a counterweight trebuchet was used, even if it could not smash the Yanmen Pass, it would at least increase the casualties of Liu Wuzhou's army.

The trebuchet is a very powerful weapon, but its deterrent significance is greater than its practical significance. In the Mongolian war to destroy the Song Dynasty, the Mongolian army entered Xiangyang and took the return artillery, in fact, the city of Xiangyang was broken, but it was not the credit of the return artillery, but the Southern Song Dynasty guard Lu Wenhuan did not guarantee the surrender of the Yuan in the late festival, which led to the fall of Xiangyang. The Diaoyu City of Hezhou, which also took back artillery to attack the city, held it for more than 30 years, until the defeat of Yashan and the destruction of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Chen Ying stepped forward and said, "Trebuchet, it's not you who do this!" ”