Chapter 273: Two or Three Years

The second year of Li Yuan, late autumn.

With the completion of the royal palace, some residential areas and office areas.

Next, all the ministers in Kaifeng and Zhao Xin’s own family can also move to Youzhou City.

But to be honest, today’s administration is a bit relatively fragmented.

Although it is said that northerners rule the north and southerners rule the south, that is what they say.

But such a division is obviously not conducive to national unity.

but……

In this short period of time, Zhao Xin can only say that there is nothing he can do.

That’s all for now!
This year.

Zhao Xin has also reached the age of twenty-seven.

As for Yuanyuan and others, they are two years older than him, so naturally they are twenty-nine.

“Time flies so fast.”

When taking them to visit his “masterpiece”, Zhao Xin couldn’t help but express such emotion.

“You married me and became my wives and concubines. I thought you might enjoy a good life, but in this year, I disappeared for at least 330 or 340 days out of 350 or 60 days. We were apart more than together. When I think about it, I really feel sorry for you.”

The girls followed closely, and were inevitably touched by Zhao Xin’s words.

Then he quickly said: “The government is busy with many things every day, and national affairs are naturally more important than us.”

“Yes, the country is not stable yet, how dare we talk about love.”

Zhao Xin said, “It should get better slowly from now on. But why are you all so plump and beautiful? Have you never thought about me for a moment?”

Five people, you look at me, I look at you.

Zhao Xin said, “I miss you guys every day.”

Although the current royal gardens have not yet been fully completed, most of them have been built.

The entire garden covers an area of ​​more than 2,500 acres, which is very luxurious compared to the original Song Dynasty’s harem gardens.

Because of building cities and so on, soil has to be taken.

and so……

A large pond was also dug in the middle of the garden.

In the future I’ll plant some lotus flowers, or something else, and raise some fish, and that’ll be about it.

There are corridors built around the pond, as well as some pavilions, private rooms and so on.

Even if it rains heavily or snows heavily, it will definitely not affect the scenery here in the future.

have to say……

What Zhao Xin did was definitely a bit of a spendthrift.

but……

I have been fighting for most of my life. Can’t I just enjoy myself?

therefore……

Next, after finding a place to sit down, Zhao Xin, like a cat, rubbed his scent all over the five people.

Although he is such a tall man, Zhao Xin sometimes shows a very childish side.

of course!

This reminded the five people of Zhao Xin’s childhood.

When I was still a head shorter than them.

The young man and prince, who in their eyes was not even as tall as them, has now become the master of the world.

How could they not feel emotional?
However, it seems that even when Guanjia was a child, he had never been so clingy.

……

Western Xia.

Xingqing Mansion.

While Zhao Xin was sleeping comfortably on his concubine’s plump and elastic thighs, Zhao Xun also launched an attack on Western Xia.

The government is busy with affairs, so the task of continuing to expand the territory can only be accomplished by them.

In Yanzhou, we defeated 10,000 troops and killed 5,000 enemies.

Weizhou, defeated 50,000 troops and killed 20,000 enemies.

And none of the cities along the way could hold out for even half a day.

Basically, they were all easily taken down by artillery.

And this year…

In addition to hot air balloons, the army also used flying vehicles from the Wang Mang period for the first time.

of course!

This aircraft can only take off when there is wind, and the wind is strong. However, it complements the use of hot air balloons in windy weather.

The main reason is that there are more windy days in Xixia, so we consider using it here.

If you take it to Kaifeng Prefecture, it will definitely not be able to fly.

as far as I can tell……

The effect is only so-so, but it’s better than nothing.

For example, if you are standing on flat ground and someone else is flying, the range of vision is at least 20 to 30 meters or 50 meters, so the range of vision is very different.

The highest I ever tried to fly was probably fifty feet.

But this depends a lot on the weather and wind direction.

If the wind direction is persistent, the person can basically float in the air for half a day without coming down.

to be frank!
Even Zhao Xin didn’t expect that this thing could be made.

But if you think about it carefully, this is just a large kite, but with an extra person hanging under it.

As for why Wang Mang did not use this on a large scale back then.

That’s of course because given the situation at Wang Mang’s time, there simply weren’t many scenarios where this thing could be used.

on the contrary!

The weather and wind speed in Xixia are sufficient.

At least it is much better than the situation on the battlefield that Wang Mang faced back then.

Using this thing, the Song Dynasty’s army can detect the enemy faster than the enemy.

What Zhao Xun needed to do was to send out all the dragoons to attack before the enemy could react.

Some Xixia civilians and soldiers were able to escape on horseback.

But the problem is…

Their baggage, cattle, sheep, and some elderly, weak, women and children were all their lifeblood. Therefore, many Xixia civilians and soldiers did not flee, but planned to fight to the death with Zhao Xun.

of course!

It’s even more impossible to win by force.

Zhao Xun ordered some of the dragoons to dismount and fight on foot, and in a short while, they were all shot like sieves.

Mo Zang Epang also brought people to fight with Zhao Xun.

only……

As it turned out, this battle was completely impossible to win.

If you go up, you will be killed.

As long as the Western Xia cavalry dared to approach, it would basically be tantamount to seeking death.

The key is……

The opponent’s discipline is better than theirs. No matter from which angle you look at it, Mei Zang Epang can’t see any possibility of them defeating the opponent.

The only option is to escape!
After the defeat in Weizhou, Mo Zang Epang no longer wanted Xingqing Prefecture, and he burned everything that could be burned along the way.

As long as the Song army’s war horses have no fodder and no supplies, the Song army will have to return to where they came from.

Since Zhao Xun already knew that the other party would do this, he naturally did not go to Xingqing Prefecture. Instead, he cooperated with other friendly forces, went south, controlled the Hulu River, occupied the other party’s Tiandu Military Supervision Office, and ordered the friendly forces to build a city in this area. At the same time, he continued to move westward and attack the Xishou Baotai Military Supervision Office, as well as Zhuola and Nan Military Supervision Office together with Qingtang Tubo.

Although most of the troops of these military supervisory offices may have been withdrawn, only a few are left to guard the homes.

But… no matter how small this mosquito is, it’s still meat.

The Song army’s heroic performance was so heroic that even the Qingtang Tubo were surprised.

After all… when did the Song army become so powerful?

It is no exaggeration to say that this is a battle spanning thousands of miles.

Yes!

If we have to be picky, the Song army spent less than two months in this battle and covered at least 1,200 miles.

Is this still the Song army they knew, which was surrounded and defeated by the Western Xia army less than 20 or 30 miles away from its own stronghold?
This year……

Zuo Si Luo is also old.

He died of illness on the day when Zhao Xun captured Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Supervision Office.

His third son, Dong Zhen, succeeded him.

Fortunately, although Dong Jian was the third child in the family, his two elder brothers died early, which made it possible for him to inherit his father’s position without any effort.

Dong Zhan told Zhao Xun about his father’s death at the front line.

Zhao Xun has now completed his mission, so naturally, he let Dong Zhan go back.

He then returned to the Tiandu Military Supervision Office with the spoils.

And sent someone to report the war situation to Zhao Xin.

Zhao Xin then sent someone to take the battle report to find the Zubu, Ugu, and Dilie tribes in Mobei.

The envoys of the Song Dynasty walked into the tents of the chieftains of the Zhubu, Ugu, and Dilie tribes, and asked them one by one: “Do you still recognize me as the Heavenly Khan?”

The Zubu, Ugu and Dilie tribes are not fools.

Of course it means recognition.

Then we started discussing the relevant details.

They first made excuses for themselves, saying that they didn’t actually want to betray the Khan, it was all because of Western Xia!

of course!

If you want to know whether what they said is true, then it can only be judged by Zhao Xin himself.

After discussing with his ministers, Zhao Xin also thought that the Ugu and Dilie tribes should be real.

After all, they were really dragged into it.

But this nonsense of the Ministry of Destruction…

Probably you can’t trust it completely.

Because it is possible that the Zhububu tribe is really thinking about how to become independent.

In fact, any nomadic tribe with dreams and ambitions does not want to become a vassal of others.

Do you think it is something to be proud of to pay tribute of 10,000 sable skins and 20,000 horses and camels to others every year?

The chief of the Zhubu tribe, Tarigan, then sent people to find Mo Zang Epang and ask him what was going on.

After being beaten so badly by the Heavenly Khan, what will they do in the future?
Mei Zang Epang was also very smart. He simply replied, “We were just careless and fell into the trap.”

There was no mention at all that the Song army had muskets.

Because Mei Zang Epang was afraid that he would bring it up, Tarigan didn’t dare to go against Zhao Xin anymore.

As for Zhao Xin…

Since you say you submit, please send your eldest sons to the capital.

This request should be reasonable, right?

The result is……

The Ugu and Dilie tribes obediently sent their eldest sons here.

although……

Zhao Xin didn’t know whether there were any fake ones.

Zhao Xin has mentioned this issue to others.

then……

Even those people couldn’t help but stand there in a daze.

of course!

It doesn’t matter anymore.

As long as you are willing to send it to me, it means that you are still willing to call me Heavenly Khan, and then I will not hit you.

As for the Zubu tribe, they refused to change their stubborn nature.

Until the third year of Li Yuan, when it was almost the beginning of the summer, the people had not been sent yet.

That means they don’t take him, the Khan, seriously at all.

Unfortunately, Zhao Xin was short of manpower, so there was no way to send Zhao Xun to attack the enemy.

However, there is another reason, which is that Zhao Xin hopes to reform the Liao Kingdom’s military system first, and then use the reformed military system to win this war.

Why did Zhao Xin go to so much trouble to keep the Liao Kingdom and the Khitans? Wasn’t it because he wanted to place them north of Yanshan Mountain and use them to defend against enemies from the north?
If the Khitans can’t even play this role, then why would Zhao Xin keep them?

therefore……

In the third year of Li Yuan, Zhao Xin also carried out some reforms to the original Liao military system.

First of all, the original Nabo system of the Liao Dynasty was directly abolished.

The so-called Nabo system is the Liao Dynasty emperor’s camp system.

The Liao emperor once said that he could not stay in one place stably throughout the year.

But where spring goes, there summer goes.

And at the same time…

When the emperor traveled, he had to be accompanied by a large number of guards and attendants.

The total number of these people must be at least 10,000 or 20,000.

In addition…

For example, some attendant officials and their families, when the Liao emperor wanted to go somewhere else, they had to follow him with cars and tents.

This is just like the emperors’ tours in ancient times.

However, ancient emperors would usually build temporary palaces in advance for rest on the road.

The Khitans were even more convenient. They only needed to stick some long spears into the ground for protection and demarcation. This was their natural palace.

The emperor of the Liao Dynasty was basically on the road every day of the year.

The benefit of doing this is, first of all, of course, that it conforms to the living habits of the nomadic people themselves. Secondly, because the emperor travels around like this, he can better control every inch of his country’s territory and every citizen.

If there is any disadvantage, it is that it is easy for someone to attack it all at once, and if the defense is not strict enough, it is very easy for the emperor to be assassinated.

after all……

This is completely different from the protection of city walls in the Central Plains.

Nowadays, since there is no Khitan emperor anymore, the Nabo system is naturally no longer needed.

Kill these 10,000 guards first.

However, since Yelu Hongji lost many battles, in fact…

Today, the number of people left in the Nabo system is less than 10,000.

There are probably only two to three thousand guards at most.

As for some officials, they will be kept first, and as for those ordinary soldiers with ordinary backgrounds, they will go home to herd sheep if they can, and if they don’t want to go home to herd sheep, they will be arranged to new formations next.

The second step is to reorganize and deploy troops.

Arrange the recruited soldiers for the Southwest Recruiting Office, Northwest Recruiting Office, and Ugundiliedu Xiangwen Office.

As for the source of these soldiers, they were recruited previously.

For each place, we can only arrange about 15,000 people at most.

after all……

No matter how many people you have, when you are on the battlefield, you are at most a cheerleading team.

The essential……

Once he recruits too many people, Zhao Xin won’t be able to support them.

Anyway…

That is to break down the original Liao military system from the inside out, and then reorganize it.

And when reorganizing, you can’t allow too many troops to come from the same tribe.

And they should be as common as possible, rather than the aristocrats they once were.

(End of this chapter)