Chapter 96
He intimidated the cavalry of the Six Thousand Zhou Kingdom. Lu Qi led a large army into the Great Douba Valley and continued the journey back. Although it was just a plan to intimidate, if the cavalry generals of the Six Thousand Zhou Kingdom were rude or were unwilling to entangle, Lu Qi would not mind pretending to be Tubo people to make a final kill. The cavalry of the Six Thousand Zhou Kingdom was an enemy to Jin State, and he would be worthy of killing it.
More than 100,000 people walked in Dadoubagu for more than two days before they all entered Ganzhou. Next, Lu Qi was busy resettlement himself. He did not divert nearly 120,000 migrants, but all were resettled in Ganzhou. Because no matter whether the Zhou court allowed the establishment of the Hexi Protectorate, Lu Qi implemented de facto autonomy, and the center of autonomy was in Zhangye, Ganzhou.
Liangzhou had already received the first batch of grain and paid Cheng Dexuan a thousand war horses. Seeing that June was about to end, the winter in Hexi was coming sooner, and sufficient winter had to be prepared before the snow and winter arrived.
Among the resettlement and relocated people, the official documents and imperial edicts of the Zhou court, as well as the seals of various officials, were also sent. There were many official positions in the Protectorate Office. The Protectorate Office established the Protectorate, deputy Protector, chief magistrate, Sima, Censor and Protector, as well as the record officers, military officials, and other auxiliary officials. Among them, the Censor and Protector are envoys of the Zhou court, and their responsibilities are supervisors. The Censor and Protector supervise the Protectorate Office, and proclaim officials supervise the states, and are auxiliary officials of the state.
Lu Qi is of course a Hexi governor, but he only allows others to respect the general, and appointed Zhe Weizhong as the deputy governor, and promoted Li Qin to Sima. Other auxiliary officials often use capable soldiers to take office. Many soldiers with military achievements are only suitable for leading the army and cannot be a good auxiliary official in the Protectorate's Mansion.
The appointment of an official in the Protectorate was only a secondary matter. The most important thing in Hexi was to reorganize the army. The 30,000 Lifu moved from Hehuang became military power. Lu Qidu was appointed as the Heihe Army and stationed in Ganzhou. He used military control to guard the army, farming and forage grass, and forage grass was prepared for winter.
Lu Qi also organized the cavalry in Hexi into the Western Liang Army. After the establishment of the Western Liang Army, it was about 36,000 cavalry, which was the main combat force of Hexi and was not engaged in agricultural and animal husbandry production.
The infantry stationed in Liangzhou was also organized into the Shiyang Army, the infantry stationed in Suzhou was organized into the Jiuquan Army, the infantry stationed in Guazhou was organized into the Yulin Army, and the infantry stationed in Shazhou was organized into the Dunhuang Army. In fact, each state established a military palace. The infantry stationed in the military government would be ordered to be mobilized to become the infantry stationed in Hexi at any time, and they would usually be stationed in the guards and military farms to grazle.
The four leaders of the Uighur rebels who had once been in Datong River, Lu Qi was promoted to the general of the military office. The nearly 30,000 surrendered soldiers obtained in Datong River, and the cavalry naturally belonged to the Western Liang army, and the infantry was scattered into the five military offices. The infantry and military forces of the five military offices were reorganized to 120,000, plus the nearly 40,000 Xiliang cavalry, the military strength of Hexi was about 160,000.
While reorganizing the military power of Hexi, Lu Qi did not ignore the military power of Huizhou. After Huizhou's 50,000 troops attacked Lanzhou and Hehuang, they actually had a conflict with Pan Mei's military power after the war, mainly due to the battle between spoils and prisoners.
Nearly 10,000 people were killed or injured in Huizhou after the war. After the war, Pan Mei's military was not allowed to take away the spoils and 20,000 prisoners of war, because Lu Tianfeng had already taken away most of Hehuang's profits.
As a result, the originally secret battle between Datonghe and Ebao spread all of a sudden, but the Huizhou army refused to obey. General Lu was in the territory of Tubo, and the Tubo army and Xia army that destroyed themselves. The army that attacked Hehuang pursued after the war. Why do you say that the general took advantage of Hehuang? If there was no general to send troops, the spoils would only belong to Tubo.
The general led by Shi Zhongfei took his captured prisoners of war (population), property, cattle, sheep and food without any concessions, forcibly breaking through Pan Mei's army's obstacles and returned to Huizhou.
When he arrived at Huining Pass near the Huizhou border, Shi Zhongfei made an amazing decision to transport all the battles from Huining to cross the Yellow River and escorted them to Liangzhou, Hexi, and only more than 20,000 people were taken to Huining County for naturalization. His reason was that the spoils could not be lost, so he asked the general to distribute rewards.
Lu Qi received the report of the war and was moved and speechless. Shi Zhongfei caused trouble for him, but his innocent heart was also clear. After experiencing a bloody battle, Shi Zhongfei had a deep sense of responsibility for the soldiers he belonged to. He wanted the soldiers to receive the reward they deserved.
But Shi Zhongfei did this, which really violated the taboos of the Zhou court and also offended King Ji. He should have asked King Ji to be the decision. But Lu Qi understood that the rewards given by King Ji could not be higher than Pan Mei's military strength, and at most it would be equal. Pan Mei's rewards to the soldiers were definitely not much, and the rewards for winning in the army would be unannounced.
Lu Qi also understood that the Zhou Emperor had set up the Hexi Protectorate and retained his original power after unexpectedly. After an unexpected incident, the Zhou Emperor did not serve as his power in Huizhou. On the positive side, it was for the security of Huizhou, and on the conspiracy, but did not want Huizhou's 50,000 military power to Hexi by Lu Qi.
If the Zhou court had served Lu Qi's power in Huizhou, Lu Qi would definitely transfer 50,000 troops from Huizhou to Hexi. The reason is very simple. Hexi needs military strength to fight against foreign enemies, but the Zhou court retained Lu Qi's power in Huizhou, which also retained Lu Qi's defensive responsibility for Huizhou. For the sake of Huizhou's people and his own reputation, Lu Qi could not ignore Huizhou's defense.
If 50,000 troops are restrained in Huizhou, it will be conducive to the stability of Hehuang and its surrounding areas. The deterrence of a strong military force is one of the major conditions for Hehuang to be stable. Any dissatisfied force who wants to rebel will think that Huizhou has 50,000 troops and Huizhou's military power belongs to Lu Tianfeng, and Lu Tianfeng has more than 100,000 troops in Hexi. Under the shock, he will feel that rebellion is a burning fire.
Lu Qi could only accept Shi Zhongfei's trouble, but he asked the trophy of the state army to be booked separately for custody, and then told the Huizhou army that the Hexi army would not use the Huizhou army's war gains. After spending rewards and pensions, the remaining will be used to improve the survival of the Huizhou army, such as improving food and treating diseases. Although it was so refuted, the rewards given by Lu Qi were still very high.
While sending back the reward, Lu Qi also sent a letter to King Ji, making a clear explanation for Shi Zhongfei. He said that Shi Zhongfei was a young man and only cared about the rewards of the bloody soldiers. He ignored the concerns that he should have as a general in the court, and also said that Shi Zhongfei's actions were to cause trouble for him. He suggested that King Ji reward the 30,000 soldiers who were left behind, and that he would also make contributions to staying in Huizhou.
The letter was written. As for how King Ji would understand, Lu Qi couldn't care so much. In fact, he was helpless about Shi Zhongfei's actions. If he hadn't understood Shi Zhongfei's temperament, Lu Qi might have refused to take over the battle. This time the spoils were dominated by Lu Qi, but in fact it would not be beneficial to Lu Qi.
After taking over the battle, he seized the power of King Ji and the Zhou court, directly pushing Lu Qi to the top of the taboo. Moreover, he took over the battle. If the rewards were less, the Huizhou army was dissatisfied. If there were too many rewards, it would be an unfair to Lu Qi's army. Lu Qi's subordinates were not just Huizhou army.
Lu Qi knew very well that he was the one who took the initiative to get rewards for the battle. In fact, Shi Zhongfei was the one who benefited the most. He also cared for his younger brother and won the respect of the Huizhou military. However, Shi Zhongfei's relatives were all in Kaifeng Prefecture. If one day Lu Qi tore off his face with Zhou State, Shi Zhongfei would find it difficult for Shi Zhongfei to stand on his side. This is Lu Qi's helplessness.
Chapter completed!