Zhang Ren, who was so confident, naturally didn't know what kind of posture he met Filippo, but even if he knew it, I'm afraid Zhang Ren didn't care. This guy is in the expansion period now, and after all, Filippo was beaten by Zhang Ren. Several times, Zhang Ren didn't worry about the other party at all.
Therefore, Zhang Ren's letter to Yuan Tan is very interesting. After the supplies were completed, morale was high, and he needed to kill the fourth eagle flag to sacrifice to the sky. Yuan Tan wrote to persuade Zhang Ren, meaning to let Zhang Ren fight. Just two strikes will do. I heard that Rome will have a military parade in the fall, but don’t strike too harshly. If you cripple the opponent, they will come back to trouble you after the military parade.
After Zhang Ren received it, he expressed his understanding, and then raised the broad sword in his hand into the air, and the destiny guidance was turned on. Zhang Ren had a feeling in the dark that as long as he walked around, he would meet him. The opponent, so Zhang Ren set off bravely and high-spirited.
Chen Xi and others in Chang'an naturally don't know about these things. To be precise, Chen Xi and others are still thinking about what Fulward and the others want to do.
"It's all over, it's nothing important. Marquis Mendeting and the others are stationed in Congling. Even if Foward wants to attack, they won't be able to capture it in a short time." Chen Xi was stunned for a while but didn't find anything, so he made a big move Just pretend that nothing is wrong.
"That's what I said, but it's inevitable to be a little worried. If the opponent moves to Xinzhou and can't defeat our Han army, it should be no problem to defeat those miscellaneous fish in Xinzhou." Liu Bei said with some worry, the Western Region had just been captured Within a few years, Kushan came in to cut grass, but the locals would definitely not be able to defeat them.
"This is easy to deal with, don't worry." Li You waved his hand and said, "You don't need to worry too much about the matters in the Western Region. The people of Liangzhou will solve it by themselves."
Liu Bei looked at Li You strangely. Li You was quite cautious and prudent. To be able to say this means that he really looked down on those people who came in from Guishang.
"Because in the past, the Western Regions were managed by the Liangzhou governor." Jia Xu explained from the sidelines, "Recently, that is, when I was young, Liangzhou governor Meng Bolang also led the Liangzhou and Shule people in Shulegan After a fight, in fact, Liangzhou people often fight Waihu, because there is an opponent to fight, which at least means there will be no worries about the pot this year."
"Meng Bolang?" Liu Bei recalled for a moment, finally remembering who this was. He was Meng Da's biological father. This man's reputation was not very good, but his ability was not bad.
After all, in ancient times, those who traveled 3,000 kilometers to fight an opponent and managed to escape unscathed were all masters. Although Meng Tuo failed to win this time and only besieged the opponent's Zhenzhong City for more than 40 days without defeating it, he was jokingly called It is a symbol that the Han Dynasty's dominance in the Western Regions has weakened to a certain limit, but in fact, it traveled more than 3,000 kilometers to attack people and surrounded the opponent, but it did not break the city, which was already very powerful.
In addition, many records have proved that Shule had Kushan standing behind him, and he was hooking up with Kushan. Meng Tuo was not defeated, so he was not too incompetent.
The problem is that at that time, the Han Dynasty was actually quite weak, and they traveled more than 3,000 kilometers to beat people. Liangzhou didn’t think there was any problem. In fact, if you really say it with your conscience, this is the biggest problem. The problem.
"Actually, the people in Liangzhou have some problems with their reputation. As you know, the environment there is short of water and food." Li You sighed and said, "So it would be better to go out to fight. Although the Western Region is a bit far away, , Liangzhou people can run over and suppress them if they have horses."
In fact, it is no longer a simple suppression, but a very complicated reason. It is so complicated that Li You is embarrassed to say it, because the boundary markers in Liangzhou are fake boundary markers. People from Liangzhou go to the Western Regions to serve as officials, pretending that they are from Liangzhou. It's not like this has never happened before.
By the way, this is why San Sha was canonized as Wuji Colonel when he quit Yongzhou, because this official position was the official position that Dong Zhuo once held. More importantly, when Dong Zhuo was Wuji Colonel, he was stationed in Che. Teacher country.
Do you think garrisoning troops abroad and stationing them in other countries’ capitals is a modern way of doing things? No, not at all. At least during the Han Dynasty, the governor of Liangzhou really didn't think it was a problem for me to arrange for a captain to be next to your country's capital, and for your family to help me raise two thousand people and defend your country.
The people of Liangzhou themselves don’t think there is a problem, because the grain industry in Liangzhou is really rubbish, so it is better to go to the Western Regions to be a boss. At least go to the Western Regions and distribute grain and grass. The governor of Liangzhou will be used to resettle the population. The provinces are not worth it. Stable elements are causing trouble.
However, after Sima Lang took over the Western Regions, the days of Liangzhou people eating grain and grass from the Western Regions were over. Although Chen Xi was too lazy to collect taxes from the Liangzhou people and did not expect the Liangzhou people to farm, Liangzhou would just serve as a reserve army for training. But such days are not beautiful.
There is a kind of mentality called, "I feel good." Eating subsidies from the state is not as good as eating from other people's homes. In addition, there are no more Qiang people, there is no need to fight, and there is no rebellion in the Western Regions. Liangzhou people are already a little tired. Although I am still enthusiastic about joining the army recently, it is obvious that I am lacking motivation.
"Oh, that's it. But in this case, can it really be in time?" Liu Bei said with some worry, "If Fulward finds an old road through the green hills and enters Xinzhou, will Liangzhou's support be able to arrive in time?"
"Of course." Chen Xi said expressionlessly. Don't look at the short legs of the Xiliang cavalry. It is not slow for people to march long distances, and the road is now repaired.
"Okay." Liu Bei didn't think there was any problem with people from Liangzhou doing this. After all, other states have a maximum of two months of military service a year. Captains can just try it out. I heard that Liangzhou conducts training all year round. , basically no longer farming.
"Speaking of which, I've always wanted to ask, is it really okay for Liangzhou not to farm and only grow cotton, linseed, and some drought-tolerant plants?" Liu Bei said with some worry.
"It's no problem. Every year, the grain shipped from Yongzhou through the canal is sent to the counties in Liangzhou by land. It's actually quite good." Chen Xi was silent for a while and said.
Chen Xi originally planned to build some small villages in Liangzhou, but later gave up. Farming in Liangzhou really requires a lot of investment and low output. Although he has the spiritual talent to support it, it is not unsustainable, but it is not cost-effective. It's better to transport grain. Anyway, grain prices are now fake grain prices and rely on official results.
Now Chen Xi is really using Liangzhou as the core weight to stabilize food prices. The entire Liangzhou relies on commercial grain, and the locals are fully engaged in military service. The rest are all used to grow cash crops, and the food is transported to Liangzhou by the state. How can this approach be done? To put it bluntly, the problem is quite big, but with the reconstruction of Yongzhou Liufu Canal and the construction of Chenghan Expressway, it is actually quite good for Liangzhou to be so mixed.
Two grain-producing areas and one military camp are actually not a big problem, and it is relatively easier to manage. As for the disadvantage, I am afraid that the Liangzhou people will have ridiculous combat effectiveness under the training of unlimited military service. In fact, the entire army has the largest military service. This is the advantage and the biggest disadvantage.
Because military service is required every year, and in accordance with national regulations, long weapons, cavalry, and chariot training are carried out. From the age of twenty to fifty-six, the person who is 1.6 meters tall is considered disabled and does not need to perform military service. The result of this is The fighting power of ordinary people will gradually become abnormal.
In addition, if ordinary people have the opportunity to see blood, over decades, even if they do not join a fixed legion, their combat effectiveness will be very abnormal. For example, at the end of the Emperor Wu Dynasty, Liu Zhi launched the Chang'an West City without troops. Tens of thousands of people fought with the Jianzhang Battalion led by the Prime Minister and the Chang'an Northern Army for five days and five nights...
The reason for the final defeat was that the people discovered that the prince had rebelled and Emperor Wu was still alive, rather than Jianzhang Yingqiu and the Northern Army defeating the people.
So this is the abnormality of the conscription system. You have no idea what level of combat effectiveness the tens of millions of people across the country have achieved after decades of training. Maybe the so-called elite backbone you have been relying on actually has less combat effectiveness and organizational strength. Not much better than the militia.
To put it simply, if the Han Dynasty still maintained the conscription system during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, a hellish situation would have arisen. That is, the combat effectiveness of the five schools of the Northern Army led by Huangfu Song would not be significantly different from that of ordinary Yellow Turban soldiers. difference.
It's just that after such a fatal problem arose, the conscription system gradually began to be abolished. By Liu Xiu's time, it was completely abolished and replaced by recruitment. Then it was brought back in the Yuanfeng Dynasty, because the conscription system was really He can fight.
In fact, if you look at Beigui, you will know that Beigui has a proper conscription system, plus a national service system, so individuals are recruited into the regular army. This is actually because Beigui’s conscription system is not perfect, and it was replaced by the one in the era of Emperor Wu , ordinary people, after the prince distributes equipment, can ride with Jianzhang's camp, and the Northern Army can fight head-on. There is really no way to fight.
"As long as you have an idea." Liu Bei nodded. Although he really felt that transporting food like this would cause a lot of losses, Chen Xi didn't think so, so that's fine.
"In fact, the manpower and material resources wasted on transporting grain are much smaller than the manpower and material resources wasted on letting Liangzhou people grow grain. Moreover, Liangzhou people can train with peace of mind. I don't know why. Liangzhou people may be born with the ability. Fight." Chen Xi said with a smile as if he understood Liu Bei's thoughts.
Liu Bei didn't say anything. He really didn't understand this.
"I will send an official document to Liangzhou later and ask each county to dispatch 5,000 people to conduct training in Xinzhou. In this way, the problem will be solved." Li You said with a calm expression.
"Is there tens of thousands of troops here?" Liu Bei asked after pondering for a while.
"They're not working, they're just training. Let's go to another place and serve." Li You said with a gentle look. Chen Xi had nothing to say.
"Okay, just watch. Don't let the Kushan people come in anyway. The terrain in Congling is too complex and there are many crossings." Liu Bei warned very seriously, with a defensive tone.
