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Chapter 270: Three Strategies for Raising War

After sobering up on Tuesday, he summoned his generals to hold a short meeting, and then became a hand-off manager. Anyway, this is not the first time he has done this. Now not only do the servants from the Zhou family know that the second son likes to find faults with his hands behind his back, but even the Shenwei Army also knows this "fault" of their chief general.

If you leave a large group of outstanding abilities such as Ge Shuhan, Nan Jiyun, Zhang Xun, Xu Yuan, Zeng Qiliang on Tuesday, you don’t need to do anything, but you will do everything yourself. In addition to proving that he is a fool who knows nothing, there is also a huge waste of human resources!

The vast westbound convoy travels across the northern shore of Qinghai Lake, where the grassy grassland is lush, and the scenery in the frontier in August is very different from that of the imperial capital Chang'an, which makes the family and young men who come out of Chang'an to relax in a particularly comfortable mood.

Lei Haiqing, a generation of "playing god", is now well-known in Chang'an City. Although he is still a little different from the status of the Liyuan worship, this trip to the west still gains popularity and attention.

Every evening, after the army set up the camp, Lei Haiqing would lead the opera troupe to perform some operas and juggling programs for the soldiers of the Shenwei Army in the center of the venue, adding a lot of joy and laughter to the boring march.

Niannu, who has officially become a disciple of Lei Haiqing, sang some popular songs she learned from Heheng Middle School in recent years with her natural good voice and unique identity advantages.

The popular songs more than a thousand years later have a more beautiful melody and more straightforward lyrics, which are most suitable for singing to the large group of illiterate Qiu Ba in the army.

After a few days, Niannu became the most popular one on the stage. When she sang on stage, the audience suddenly burst into applause and cheers.

On Tuesday, she was by Yang Yuyao's side every day, telling her all kinds of interesting things after coming to Longyou. She had already told some topics and stories several times on Tuesday, but Yang Yuyao was still full of interest and seemed to be unhappy to listen.

In this way, eight days later, the large army of Shenwei, who had moved west from Suirong City, arrived at Fuqi City successfully. Jia Erlong, who was left behind, personally led 500 cavalry to greet him, and caught Zhou Chengye on the south bank of the Buha River. Then he accompanied a huge team to enter Fuqi City.

After entering the city, Jia Erlong directly guided Zhou Chengye to the Dalun Mansion where Qilixu lived, and civil servants such as Chang Jian had already been waiting for the arrival of the chief general in the mansion.

Although it took only half a month to leave Fuqi City, Zhou Chengye still discovered that the former Da Lu Mansion and the Shenwei General's Mansion have undergone some changes.

First of all, the defense and alert in the mansion is more complete. Various open posts and secret sentries are scattered in every corner of the mansion to ensure that the main general Zhou Chengye will not have any danger after moving in. Today, Tuesday has become the public enemy of the Tubo Kingdom. I don’t know how many Tubo spies and spies are spared no effort to monitor him. If opportunities and conditions allow, the Tubo people certainly don’t mind eliminating Tuesday’s future huge threat in advance in the bud.

Secondly, the furnishings and layout of the mansion have changed. All murals such as Tang Ka used by Tubo people to decorate the walls were cleared out, and other religious sculptures and decorations with rich Tubo colors were also cleared out. Chang Jian referred to the style of the mansion in Fuqi City on Tuesday, and ordered people to arrange the entire general's mansion in simplicity and generously, and especially to free up several conference halls that can accommodate different numbers of people.

There are not many other hobbies on Tuesday, but the habit of gathering and discussing matters every now and then is very good. If there are not enough meeting rooms for him to use, it is very likely that someone will directly demolish the Dalun Mansion and rebuild a mansion on Tuesday.

Finally, the courtyards and houses on both sides of the General's Mansion were all requisitioned by Chang Jian, which is said to be for the purpose of living for the middle and high-level generals of the Shenwei Army in the future. These courtyards were originally the residences of the Tuyuhun princes and nobles. After Tubo destroyed Tuyuhun, they became the residences of Tubo's occupying officers and soldiers, but now they have gained nothing from Shenwei Army.

After the resettlement of the young men, family, family members, merchants and other merchants who followed the army into the city, senior generals of the Shenwei Army gathered in the smallest meeting room in the General's Mansion to discuss future development plans.

Chang Jian first reported: "Qi reported to the general that the demographic work in Fuqi City has been completed. At present, there are 4,532 main soldiers, 485 disabled soldiers, 2,118 prisoners of Tubo, and 5,637 elderly, weak women and children in Tuyuhun."

After hearing this, Zhou Chengye turned to Zhang Xun and said, "I would like to ask Zhang Zhanjun and Chang Zhanjun to cooperate with each other to count all the population we brought from Suirong City this time. It is necessary to ensure that in the future, anyone who settles in Fuqi City can find records in the general's mansion population registration book! We cannot let any Tubo spy sneak into the city. This is a major event to ensure the safety of Fuqi City!"

Zhang Xun stood up to accept the order, deeply agreeing with the practice of thoroughly and detailed demographics every time he arrived in a city on Tuesday.

Chang Jian then reported to Zhou Chengye some specific matters related to civil affairs and construction in Fuqi City, and several others added it.

When it was Jia Erlong's turn to report, he reported in detail to Zhou Chengye about the post-war treatment of wounded soldiers, the adjustment of the source of troops, and the resettlement of Tuyuhun soldiers.

After the war, the Suirong Army not only did not reduce its personnel, but its main combat troops had more than 1,500 more troops than before the war, mainly because it was the temporary acquisition of a group of Tuyuhun soldiers to join. These Tuyuhun soldiers were originally cannon fodders to cover the battle of Suirong soldiers, but through their own efforts, they won the different view of the main general Zhou Chengye. After the war, they were respectively incorporated into various sub-bats of the Shenwei Army and became regular troops to lead the military salary in the future.

After listening to Jia Erlong's report on Tuesday, he said: "I would like to remind you here today that in the future, the Shenwei Army will recruit new soldiers from the entire territory of the Tang Dynasty to join the camp. As generals, you must pay attention to preventing soldiers from building up hills, gangs, and races from being divided. Once similar situations occur, it will not only damage our army's combat effectiveness, but also cause a series of problems such as poor military orders and dispersed military discipline!"

"Anyone who joins the Shenwei Army is our brothers and sisters, no matter whether he is a Turk, Tuyuhun, Han, Goryeo, Tocharis, or even Tubo! In my Shenwei Army, Zhou does not look at his origin, does not look at his race, but only his military achievements and loyalty!"

When Zhou Chengye said this, his expression on his face was very serious, which shows his importance to this issue.

Among the generals, Geshuhan is a Turkic race, but he has always regarded himself as a Tang people and has no feelings for the Turkic tribes entrenched in the north of the Tang Dynasty. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, generals of various races have been rewarded, and few Han ministers in the court have raised objections to the generals of the foreign generals as the heads of the army. To put it bluntly, even Li Yuan and Li Shimin have the bloodline of the Hu people, why should everyone be serious?

Hei Chi Changzhi, a famous general of that time, was a Baekje native, and was also accepted by the Tang Dynasty; Gao Xianzhi, a famous general in the Tang Dynasty army, is a Goguryeo, and is also valued and appreciated by Li Longji; and although Geshuhan was born in Anxi Turks, he also wrote many classic examples of fighting against Tubo in history.

Tuesday came from later generations and was quite familiar with the development history of a country that mainly immigrated and became the world's number one power in just over two hundred years. In Tuesday's view, although this country has no historical background, it maintains its vigorous creativity because it is good at inclusiveness and inclusion.

At this time, the Tang Dynasty was also in an era of unprecedented integration. Not only did the emperor and ministers have a broad mind of acceptance, but ordinary people in the Tang Dynasty were brave enough to try and accept various new things. If the Tang Empire had maintained such momentum and had no problems in the middle, I really couldn't imagine how it would expand to the end!

The majority of the generals on the field did not find it ridiculous or unexpected to the statement that the main general Zhou Chengye proposed that "no matter whether they are from origin or race, they only look at military merits and loyalty, because they themselves think so.

Among the Tang Dynasty border troops, especially Longyou Road and Hebei Road, there are many non-Han generals and soldiers, including An Lushan and Shi Siming. In the eyes of the soldiers, as long as you admit that the Tang Dynasty is your own country and the enemy is willing to fight bloody battles with you and kill the enemy side by side after the enemy arrives, there is no need to distinguish whether you are a Han or a member of another tribe.

After listening to the reports of all subordinates, he pondered a little on Tuesday and said: "I have listened to reports and suggestions from all parties over the past period of time. I have a complete plan for how to operate Fuqi City and how to operate the Shenwei Army in the future. In summary, there are three policies."

"The first policy is to fight to support the war!"

"I plan to complete the mission of expanding the Shenwei Army this winter and next spring. At that time, our army will have a total of 20,000 troops, of which more than 15,000 are recruits with no battlefield experience. How to improve the combat effectiveness of these recruits? In addition to strict and hard training, it is to send them all to the front line of Tang Tu's confrontation, so that they can experience bloodshed and sacrificed, so that they can be trained into the strong soldiers that the general needs!"

"We must be prepared to fight the Tubo people for a long time. We must kill all their young soldiers, rob all their cattle, sheep and livestock, capture all their old, weak, women and children, and erode the strength of the Tubo country bit by bit, and eventually turn the stolen animals and population into strength and resources for our army to develop and grow!"

"The second policy is to fight for hoarding!"

"I have carefully examined the land along the Qinghai Lake and in the Buha River Basin. It is a pity to rush to these places to grazing. As long as the entire army is mobilized to carry out military farming and establish a trestle, within three years, our army's food and grass will not need to be supported by the court. We are soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, so we should share the burden with the emperor and the country. If we can be self-sufficient, the saved military expenditure will allow the Tang Dynasty to support more troops!"

"The third policy is to support the war with business!"

"With the truth, there is no farming, no soldiers, no wealth, no business, no business, I may not be very proficient in war, but when it comes to the way of doing business and getting rich, if I think I am the second, I am afraid no one in the Tang army dares to claim to be the first! Brothers, I will leave my family and other businesses and follow me to suffer in this fortress, and I have the obligation to make you all rich and let your family and children live an enviable life!"

ps: Dear, I didn’t update yesterday, I’m really sorry. Qingyang did a whole day of housework at home yesterday, and at night he had to attend a colleague’s wedding banquet. Today, my parents and their baby daughter finally came to Shanghai. It feels that no matter how hard it is, it’s worth it!
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