In Peshawar City, as soon as Zhang Zhao's army entered the city, the entire Peshawar garrison was disarmed.
In fact, there are not many defenders. According to the confession of the captured secretary of the Shahi Dynasty in India, the entire kingdom has a population of about 900,000, and the entire army is less than 50,000.
It doesn't look as big as this kingdom?
Moreover, with more than 900,000 yuan, you can easily draw an army of 50,000 yuan, so your martial virtue should be very abundant!
Bullshit! After Zhang Zhao asked, he found out that the reason why more than 900,000 people could field an army of 50,000 was because the untouchables below Sudra were not included in the statistics at all.
The secretary used data from more than forty years ago and estimated that there were more than four million Dalits in the Shahi dynasty.
Ma Yaozi next to him gulped when he heard this data.
To sum it up, numerically speaking, the entire Shahi dynasty had about five hundred Brahmins, more than five thousand Kshatriyas, tens of thousands Vaishyas, seven to eight hundred thousand Shudras, and more than four million Dalits.
Among them, those who can be called the ruling class are Brahmins and Kshatriyas.
incredible! More than five thousand people serve as masters for more than five million people. Even on average, each Brahmin and Kshatriya can have a thousand individuals and slaves.
What is cool? This is called cool! This is not the kind of personal dependence between tribes and tenants in the Central Plains. This is basically a dependence on slaves.
For a moment, Zhang Zhao really didn't want to leave. He now has more than 10,000 people under his command. Based on the current force value, he can at least conquer a large country with a population of more than 10 million, and then convert Hinduism.
How cool this is! Even the lowest-ranking soldiers can be assigned to a village with one or two hundred slaves.
According to the characteristics of the Asan natives, their children and grandchildren will be able to be masters here forever.
"Get out!" Zhang Zhao waved his hand, which was filled with heat, and drove out the shivering secretary of the Xia Xi Dynasty.
In the hall, more than thirty people looked at Zhang Zhao. These were his most core subordinates.
There are Yin Yao Zi and Fan Quan Fan Shun who are Zhang Zhao's closest confidants.
There are formation-breaking generals like Man Xiong and Dunzhu.
There are trusted officers such as Yan Jin, Ma Yaozi, and Bai Congxin.
There are those from the Guo family in Suiye, and those from the Yang family and Xue family in Xinqiuci.
There are also people like Li Ruotai and Hu Zaile who joined halfway, but have fully integrated into it.
Everyone looked at Zhang Zhao, who had a changing expression on his face and rarely walked around, looking uneasy. They were actually very confused in their hearts.
How nice it is here! If we decide to put down roots, in a few years, we will no longer have to struggle and can enjoy life here and become masters.
"I said, if I don't want to stay here, I still want to go back to Dunhuang as we all agreed. Do you have any objections?"
This was the first time Zhang Zhao spoke to everyone in a consultative tone, which was absolutely unimaginable before.
Discussions were allowed in the past, but when it came time to make decisions, Zhang Zhao always made decisions arbitrarily.
"Erlangjun, if we just go back to Dunhuang, Yan Jin doesn't want to go back with you!"
Um?
Zhang Zhao's eyes widened in shock. He thought that Yan Jin must be the person who supported him the most, because he, like King Zhang, had great ambitions.
But I didn’t expect it! The first person to betray the revolution turned out to be this guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes.
But before Zhang Zhao asked, Yan Jin chuckled, and for the first time a cunning look appeared on his serious face.
"Erlangjun, what's the point of returning to Dunhuang? It's windy and sandy, and with just a few people, the Cao family has eaten up all the benefits. What can we do when we go back?"
So if you just want to go back to Dunhuang, we might as well stay here.
But if you want to go back and conquer Ganliang, or even march into Chang'an, then Yan Jin must follow you up the mountain of swords and under the sea of fire.
All the descendants of Shatuo Zhuxie's family can sit on the throne of the Ming Dynasty. Isn't it possible that the descendants of Zhang Taibao, the hero of the world, can't do it? "
Hold! I even learned to take a big breath!
However, Yan Jin is right! Zhang Zhao thought about it, I am determined to unify the Central Plains and end the troubled times.
What does it mean to just be a clean and hygienic master in Tianzhu every day? How can such a low-level desire be allowed to replace the highest-level ideal in the heart?
Without ideals, what is the difference between being a salted fish?
"Erlangjun, we are all fools. Anyway, we will follow you wherever you go?"
Barbarian Bear pulled Dunzhu and others to kneel down on one knee to Zhang Zhao. Trap warriors like them, if in the hands of a monarch who makes good use of them, would be a devastating weapon, but if met with an unreliable person, they would probably be consumables. .
So Barbarian Xiong and the others didn't know anything else, but they knew they had to talk to Jing Zhao.
"Erlangjun, without you, Yaozi and I would just be a pawn living in a haze all my life, and I wouldn't be able to live a good life even in Dunhuang.
If you let me go back to Dunhuang, the kite will go back to Dunhuang. There is no loss anyway. If you let me go to Chang'an, the kite will follow you to Chang'an.
I think Yan Jin is right, no one is more suitable than you to sit on the throne of the Daming Palace. "
What Ma Yaozi said was true. Not mentioning the knowledge and growth he had gained over the years, but with his delicious, lustful, stingy, trouble-loving, and often careless character in speaking, it would be difficult to change the monarch. My head dropped to the ground.
Only Zhang Zhao could not only tolerate him, but also discover his strengths and cultivate him.
"Erlangjun, let alone Bai Congxin, Qiongre Duojin, and Ma Shacai. The three of us were originally just horse thieves on the Qilian Mountains. Without Erlangjun, how would we be today? Erlangjun, a scholar of the country, will wait for me, and I will wait. I must follow you to the death!"
These three are all from Ge Du's horse thieves gang. Similarly, despite the fact that there are currently five to six of them, without Zhang Zhao discovering them and giving full play to their strengths, the best outcome for these people would be to become horse thieves and wait until they are riding. Without a horse or a bow, I don't know where I will die.
"Erlangjun, you promised me that after you dominate the world in the future, you will let a certain person take the people from the Qilian Mountains back to Qiuci to rebuild the Bai family!" After the three people expressed their intentions, Bai Congxin said half-jokingly .
"Don't worry, the Bai family of Qiuci are loyal ministers of the Tang Dynasty. If the day you said comes true, a certain person will personally bring an army to defeat the Gaochang Uighurs and return Qiuci to the Bai family."
Zhang Zhao made the most solemn promise in front of everyone. This was also Bai Cong's confident wish to rebuild the Bai family royal family in Qiuci.
"You don't need to ask me, Mr. Erlang, I am a prince and grandson of Wudu County, with the blood of the Li Tang royal family flowing through him!
Return to the Central Plains, rebuild the Celestial Dynasty, and after becoming famous, sing poems, drink and have fun with three or five friends by the Qujiang Pond. If you can have a few famous prostitutes and beauties to accompany you, this life will be enough! Chang'an, I must go back! "
Li Ruotai's eyes were blurred. It seemed that the Yuchi family's artistic talent and literary youth disease had taken hold in him.
"A certain Hu Ci Le and Quanzi Hu Guang must be following the king. Although this place is rich, it is a gentle trap. If you want to make achievements and leave a name for future generations, how can you live in this barbarian land?"
Well, Zhang Zhao looked at Hu Cile, you are a Dadan and one of the ancestors of the Mongolian compatriots later, why are you not interested in Tianzhu? The emperors of the Mughal Dynasty were Mongolians educated by Tianfang.
"Without the king, our Yang, Xue, and Zheng families would have become Hu'er's slaves long ago. Whatever the king wants us to do, we can just give the order!"
Yang Shouli answered simply. They had been on the verge of annihilation until now, so what else could they say?
"Your Majesty, you know what my servant Guo Tiance is thinking. It is my lifelong wish to restore the glory of my ancestor Wuwei as a king. I will never be greedy for the wealth of Tianzhu!"
"Yes! The same goes for servant Guo Guangcheng. I originally mentioned Wu Gou and returned eastward with the king. If I can be like Lingyan Pavilion in the future, my journey in this world will be worthwhile!"
"That's right! That's right! When a man is alive, he will be like Lingyan Pavilion!"
"When I grow old, I will definitely find someone to write down my heroic deeds into a storybook, just like the complete biography of the heroes of the Tang Dynasty, and pass it on to future generations!"
Everyone was discussing with great enthusiasm, but Zhang Zhao felt a little ashamed.
There was actually a moment when he really wanted to stay in India, because the success and comfort here were visible to the naked eye.
But at this moment, he once again strengthened his ideals and traveled across time. If he ended up being an Asan in India, how could he be worthy of this experience?
This place can become a place of wealth, but it can never become a place for Zhang Zhao to settle down.
"A certain Zhang Erlang, I am lucky to have all of you who share the same goals with me. If I can re-establish a great dynasty, you will all be the heroes of Lingyan Pavilion! I will never let you down!"
Zhang Zhao bowed to everyone in the hall. This was the first time that he, Zhang Zhao, as a small group, had a clear direction for the future.
Everyone also knows that Zhang Zhao’s ambition is no longer to regain the family fortune of the rebel army and then break through Ganliang and become Zhang Yichao again, but he wants to become Emperor Taizongwen Li Shimin again!
