Chapter 971 Footsteps of War (2)

Since summer and April, the people of Jinyang and Taiyuan have obviously smelled unusual smells.

On the wide gallop road, heavy-duty carriages, carrying truckloads of corn and wheat flour, meander forward along the straight road opened by Qin Shi Huang.

Sometimes, from morning to night, the flow of conveying vehicles through the road never stops.

At the same time, the county soldiers stationed in these areas also mobilized one after another to join the team of transporting grain.

In some sections, there are even hundreds or thousands of heavily loaded wagons or ox carts, blocking the news of the entire gallop.

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The strong people in Daibei were the first to react.

They hurriedly wrote letters to recall their children and nephews who had traveled abroad or around the world.

At the same time, the storage of the house was opened.

The armor and weapons that had been sealed for a long time were taken out.

It was then distributed to retainers and soldiers.

Preparing for war began with the local heroes.

In Longyou County, in Dai County, in Shang County, in Yunzhong County, in these northern village pavilions.

One by one, the soldiers and retainers of the famous local families, as well as their sons and nephews, have already prepared their bows and horses, and even started training.

The powerful families, nobles, and eunuchs in these places have sufficient conditions for their children, nephews, and retainers to receive sufficient military training.

For a long time, the Han government in this area also implemented a policy of all the people being soldiers.

Under normal circumstances, the powerful nobles and eunuchs in these regions are inextricably linked to the military.

Either someone in their family is serving in a certain army with great achievements, or their ancestors have served in a certain army with great achievements.

Riding horses and archery, practicing martial arts, and stockpiling weapons, for them, just like the Qilu landlords, learning to read documents, dancing with long sleeves, and annexing land, it is a natural and survival skill.

Because, in these places.

The benefits of annexing land and enslaving and exploiting one's neighbors are far less than those of fighting in the army and making meritorious deeds.

In these places, almost 70 percent of the landlords and noble families acquired their status, wealth, power, and even land from the enemy through war.

As for the exploitation of the neighbors?

Let's be honest.

Let's take Kamishire, for example......

The average yield per mu of a piece of land is only two stones, and even in many places, it is only one and a half stones, and it is full of barren mountains and bad soil and poor mountains and remote poor counties.

By exploiting the peasants, how much money can be exploited?

Moreover, the people of these places are fierce, and the people are probably impassioned and enthusiastic warriors.

These are the places where the category of great revenge and blood revenge is most intense.

If the landlords dare to exploit their neighbors unscrupulously, they will be the same villagers.

There is no need for Chang'an to send the imperial history down.

The local people, they solved those stupid people themselves!

Northland Haoqiang, these four words.

Not just an adjective, it's a verb.

Haoqiang is strong, not only has a smart brain, but also has enough muscles!

For the Northland tycoons, the tenants' rent is a small amount of money.

If you can do it, you can avoid it.

What they need is the loyalty and support of the tenants, as well as the recognition and recognition of Sang Zi.

Just like the famous Li Guang brothers.

Their family was in Chengji, and long before Li Guang made his career, he was already one of the best families.

It has thousands of hectares of fertile land and countless tenants.

However, in the past dynasties of the Li family, the land rent given to its tenants was small, which allowed the Qilu landlords to hit the wall.

The tax of the tenants under the name of the Li family is only fifty percent!

It seems, it's very high!

But in fact, the salaries, forced labor, and exorbitant taxes of these tenants were all covered by the Li family.

So, in reality, the tenants' rent is less than 10%!

It is by virtue of this charity.

The soldiers of the Li family are tall and strong, and more importantly, they are loyal to the children of the Li family, and love and respect the Li family.

This allowed Li Guang to soar into the sky.

Even, the Li family can become an important military aristocratic group of the Han family in the future, and it is inseparable from the dedication and dedication of these soldiers.

And the nobles and nobles in other places are generally the same.

Here, in this northern-bordered region surrounded by mountains and rivers, wide plains, and howling north winds.

Almost every powerful and noble family knows one truth: everything is done with force.

The wealth of the family, the prosperity of the family, the future of the family, and the power of the family are all based on the martial character.

Just win on the battlefield and cut off the enemy's head.

Then, all the efforts will be rewarded.

And it's a multiplier reward!

What's more, being on the border, the imminent threat of the Huns and the destruction caused by the Xiongnu invasion forced them to choose and advocate force, and at the same time use force to obtain privileges and benefits.

This makes even the princes here and the county guards here completely different from the princes and nobles in the interior, especially in Qilu.

In Fenyang County, not far from Taiyuan City.

The contemporary Fenyang Hou Jin Kang looked at the horse-drawn carriages and ox carts on the galloping road.

He laughed, grabbed a wine bag, gulped down the liquor in the bag, then smashed it to the ground, pulled out the sword at his waist, and said loudly to the hundreds of soldiers behind him: "Since my father was ordered by Emperor Taizong, my family and all the monarchs have been guarding here for generations, and there have been twenty years so far!" The ancients said: Raising soldiers for a thousand days, used for a while, I and the kings, hope that the king will go out of the plug, why not a thousand days? ”

"Gentlemen, today, I am drunk with you, come to people, comrades on the battlefield, kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions!" Jin Kang said loudly.

The soldiers, retainers, and soldiers all cheered, waving their hands excitedly, and shouting, "Kill the enemy!" Fight the enemy! Fight the enemy! ”

The Marquis of Fenyang is a hero of Gaozu.

The first generation of Fenyang Zhuang waited for Jin Jiang, and led thousands of people to rise to Yangxia with Langzhong's cavalry, and the greatest military exploits and the most boastful martial arts were to defeat Xiang Yu's general Zhong Liwu in the front.

was also awarded the title of Marquis for this meritorious service.

However, in the early Han Dynasty, the famous ministers were like rain and fierce generals were like clouds.

The Jin family's status is not high.

The situation, during the reign of Emperor Taizong, changed dramatically.

In the sixth year of Emperor Taizong, Prime Minister Guan Ying led 85,000 soldiers to launch the Henan Campaign and expelled the Xiongnu's power in the Great Wall.

Subsequently, because of the severe border situation and the shortage of food at the border.

Emperor Taizong, on the one hand, accepted Chao Cuo's suggestion to donate millet to the lord, and on the other hand, Emperor Taizong adopted another suggestion made by Chao Cuo: Tuntian!

The Hou family of Fenyang was appointed to undertake the heavy responsibility of accumulating millet in Tuntian near Taiyuan.

The location of the county seat of Fenyang County, so it moved twenty miles south to the place where Lanshui meets.

And the strategic location is very important.

It is held in the center of the three counties of Hexi, Taiyuan and Yanmen, and can control the Chihongling to the west, and to the east, it can guard the Shimen Pass, and at the same time can control the Chi Road from Yanmen to Taiyuan.

The county seat of Fenyang County, therefore, far exceeds the county seat, almost comparable to Taiyuan City.

Fenyang County, a radius of ten miles, the city is three zhang high, and an army of 3,000 people is stationed in the city all the year round.

And the chief officer of this army is none other than the Marquis of Fenyang.

Therefore, in the army directory of the Han Dynasty, there is the establishment of the Fenyang Army.

Although it is not a field army, it is only a garrison army, similar to a county soldier.

But the weapons and armor of the Fenyang Army were no less than those of the field regiment.

This is because next to the county seat of Fenyang is one of the largest granaries of the Han army in the Dai Kingdom: the sheep intestine warehouse.

Here, there was a regular reserve of more than 500,000 stone of military rations.

It is the most important military grain depot for supplying and transporting the defenders of Yanmen.

In the battle of Mayi the year before last, all the grain reserves in the sheep intestine warehouse were consumed, and half of the warehouse has not been filled until now.

This made Jin Kang feel that his opportunity had come.

The old Jin family has been farming here for 20 years.

However, starting from the first Zhuang Hou, to his father, he waited for Jin Jie.

The Jin family has never stopped sharpening their minions and martial arts.

On the same day, Jin Kang wrote a letter asking for war blood overnight, and then sent it to Chang'an with 800 miles of expedited.

In the blood book, Jin Kang said: The minister's father was ordered by Taizong, the first emperor, Tuntian Fenyang, and then, until death, he still thought: Hit Hu! Hit Hu! Now Your Majesty wants to raise troops to eliminate the trouble, please order the ministers to be dogs and horses, and follow the work of dogs......

And Jin Kang's method can only be regarded as an ordinary method.

Compared with Zhou Chang, it is simply a trick played by children.

After seeing the scene of cars and horses on the road, the goods didn't say a word, and took the whole family to set off for Chang'an.

Then, when he arrived in Chang'an, he took his whole family and knelt in front of the bus office crying blood, begging the Son of Heaven to use him if he wanted to use the army, otherwise, he would have no face to see his father Zhou Die under Jiuquan.

Liu Che was annoyed by him and had no choice but to send someone to invite this uncle to live in the palace.

And Zhou Chang's trick also succeeded.

He was able to successfully get to Liu Che's side, and then he began to make suggestions.

Not to mention, this one really has a few brushes.

As for the other Qihou Lake, which is also in Taiyuan, the means are much higher than that of the honest Jin Kang.

People have long hugged Yizong's big thick legs.

In order to catch the express train of Yizong, the old family didn't even want to do the festival.

Zhanghu directly ignored the fact that Yizong shouted 'big brother' every day, ignoring the fact that Yizong was actually more than ten years younger than him.

But this strategy is very effective, and the relatives of the Yi clan need to join and shout for veteran princes like Qi Hou.

Therefore, for this little brother, Yi Zong pinched his nose and accepted it.

And the other princes and feudal lords are also eight immortals who have crossed the sea to show their magical powers.

Ordinary, just like Jin Kang, wrote a blood book and a clear will, declaring: If you can't go for the country, Your Majesty is an eagle dog, what is the use of a minister?

Out of line, there are also a variety of ways to go out of line.

There are shameless ones, and there are more reserved ones.

But in short, throughout April, Liu Che received a full box of various letters asking for war.

Looking at these blood books and righteous words, the righteousness was awe-inspiring, as if Liu Che didn't need them, they wouldn't have the necessary liehous, feudal monarchs and two thousand stones to live in this world.

Liu Che was both a little distressed and a little happy.

Because he knows that the military heart is available! Popular hearts are available! (To be continued.) )