On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 88 Private soldiers owned by the state

Author: He Tiantian from Lotus Picking

Chapter 88 Private soldiers owned by the state

During Cui Che's return to Jinyang, one person returned to Chang'an and was warmly received by Yang Jian. That was Chang Sun Sheng, who was on an envoy to the Turks.

This time the Turks retreated, and Changsun Sheng was the first to do so.

He once sent the daughter of the Northern Zhou Dynasty to the Turks for marriage, and also sent many envoys outside the Great Wall.

Changsun Sheng, who was well aware of the internal situation of the Turks, went to Yang Jian before the war and carefully analyzed the internal situation of the Turks for him.

Although Shabolu Khan was the Great Khan who took the pictures, due to the fragmentation of the Eastern Turks, Abo Khan Duluobian, Tuli Khan Chu Luohou and other uncles and nephews each led the tribes, so the ability to take pictures was inferior to that of his brothers.

Uncle, Datou Khan Dingjue, who commanded the western Turks.

Datou Khan Dianjue had powerful troops, but he had a bad relationship with the Great Khan Shetu. Changsun Sheng believed that there would be a big war between the two in the future.

However, Apo Khan Daluobian, Tuli Khan Chuluohou and others could not agree with Shetu, so Chang Sun Sheng proposed for Yang Jian the strategy of "making friends from far away and attacking closely, separating from the strong and joining forces with the weak", that is, to win over Datou Khan and Abo Ke

Khan, Tuli Khan, the isolated Great Khan who insisted on invading the Sui Dynasty.

When the Turks are in civil strife, the Sui army will take advantage of the opportunity to advance northward and destroy the Turks in one fell swoop.

Within the Sui Dynasty, there was always a dispute over whether to "first south then north" or "first north then south".

That is to say, should we first deal with the military threat from the Turks and then cross the river to destroy Chen? Or should we first unify China and then concentrate our military power to wipe out the Turks.

Since the Turks were strong and the southern region was weak, Yang Jian initially preferred to "first go south and then go north."

Last year, he ordered Gao Jiong and others to lead the southern expedition. However, due to the rapid deterioration of relations with the Turks and the threat of southern invasion at all times when taking pictures, Yang Jian had no choice but to abandon the southern expedition on the grounds of courtesy rather than mourning.

After reading Chang Sun Sheng's above table, Yang Jian was very happy. He finally had an intuitive understanding of the reality of the Turks and understood that they were not monolithic. He finally changed the previous strategy of "first south and then north" and decided to fully adopt Chang Sun Sheng's strategy.

Sheng's strategy of alienating the Turks was to first eliminate the threat of the Turks in the north, and then drive the army across the river to clean up the south.

In fact, Cui Che knew the whole process of estrangement from the Turks, but he couldn't steal the limelight.

Changsun Sheng had a clear understanding of the situation in the Turks due to his many missions to the Turks. He was able to describe the situation orally and draw mountains and rivers by hand, which convinced Yang Shicheng.

But Cui Che had only been herding sheep in northern Xinjiang when he was six years old. He had never been to the Mobei grassland. He couldn't just count the Turks in Jinyang and know everything about the Turks. Even if he made wild claims, Yang Jian would not believe him.

Besides, before the war, Yang Jian received advice from Chang Sun Sheng, so he summoned his imperial servant Yuan Hui and sent him west to Yiwu Road, that is, from Yiwu (today's Hami, Xinjiang), to send envoys to the western Turks to make good friends with Datou Khan Tijue.

, specially given a wolf head scarf.

He also appointed Changsun Sheng as the general of chariots and cavalry, and brought generous gifts to the east of Huanglong Road, which was the road from Huanglong (today's Chaoyang, Liaoning) to the north of Khitan. He was given to the Xi, Ping, Khitan and other tribes, and used them as guides to go to Apo Khan's great empire.

Luobian is where Tuli Khan's tribe belongs to Luohou.

After the war started, Shetu defeated the Sui army in Liangzhou and other places. He wanted to continue to invade Guanzhong, but Datou Khan, who had secretly formed a good relationship with the Sui Dynasty, did not agree. He did not want Shetu to earn more money.

In order to consolidate his position due to his military exploits, he directly led his troops to retreat.

Changsun Sheng also persuaded his nephew Ranqian, who had taken the picture, to deliver false news: the Tiele tribe in the rear wanted to rebel and planned to attack Yazhang.

It happened that He Lou Zigan, the general manager of Lanzhou, had won a battle. When he took pictures and saw that the battle was not going well, Datou withdrew his troops again. He was worried that there would be losses in the rear, so he stopped.

Changsun Sheng did not rest long after returning to Chang'an. After some planning with Yang Jian, he hurried northward to continue his cause of alienation. If the Turks were divided internally, the biggest reason was the system of small and large khans, which separated the powerful factions on all sides and acted independently.

, then Chang Sun Sheng’s encouragement must be indispensable.

After Datou Khan retreated privately, Yang Jian also saw clearly the reality and reality of the Turks, and strengthened his strategy of "first north, then south". At least until the Turks' threat was resolved, he would not launch another southern expedition.

Now that the Turks will not look south for the time being, Yang Jian is finally able to free up his hands to solve the problem of private soldiers.

Private military tribes had appeared as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but it was not until the late Eastern Han Dynasty that powerful landowners expanded their power, annexed large areas of land, built forts, and recruited private armed forces, and became popular.

During the Five Hus and Sixteen Kingdoms period, there were many wars in the north, and the powerful landowners urgently needed to expand their private armed forces to defend their property, which eventually became an invincible trend.

At the end of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the soldiers and civilians of the six towns revolted in Hebei. The rebel leader Ge Rong, who had hundreds of thousands of people, sent troops to attack Li Yuchuan, the stronghold of the Li family in Zhao County.

Li Yuchuan chewed it off.

At that time, Gao Huan and Yu Wentai were still serving under Ge Rong.

Fortunately, the problem of private soldiers in Hebei has long since disappeared through the persistent suppression of the Gao regime. What Yang Jian faces is not an unsolvable problem.

The nationalization of private soldiers was Yang Jian's solution to the problem of private soldiers.

The so-called nationalization of private soldiers means that powerful local private soldiers will be incorporated into the government army system, and the leaders of the private soldiers will be given official positions as government soldiers. Brother Che, who has three thousand soldiers in Boling's hometown, is regarded by Yang Jian as his future son-in-law.

For this reason, he also gave a general with a mixed title, who could hold both civil and military positions.

Cui Che's 3,000 Buqu were also reorganized into a township troupe, and were still managed by Zhang Wu, who was appointed as the leader of the township troupe.

They are trained regularly in peacetime, and are called up to fight when something happens. These private soldiers are transformed into government soldiers, which is not without benefits. At least they are exempted from corvee service.

But the task of raising these three thousand people still fell on Brother Che.

The private army was nationalized, but in the final analysis, it was still a private army. Yang Jian just gave him an official position as a soldier, and he had to go whoring for nothing during the war.

Of course, my father-in-law will suffer some losses if he suffers.

However, under Cui Che's entanglement, Yang Guang took advantage of his position to allocate 500 horses to Cui Che's township regiment. It was not that he wanted to form a cavalry. There were only 500 horses, which could not form a large scale. One man had one horse.

They are just five hundred mounted infantry, but they are used to practice riding skills and prepare for the future.

The lack of horses now does not mean there will still be a shortage in the future. Don't let a group of people be very clumsy on horseback when the horse problem is solved.

As for weapons, Cui Che finally no longer has to worry about him. Li Xiong, the Minister of War in Daxingtai, Hebei Province, has a close relationship with him, so it is reasonable to take proper care of him.

At the same time, Cui Che also spread the news to Hebei that Princess Shang Leping, Yang Lihua, was not only the old lady named Cui Che's grandmother, but also everyone in the entire third room rushed to celebrate.

She was the eldest daughter that the emperor cared about most, and who would dislike her getting married and raising a child? Mrs. Feng even immediately packed her bags and took some servants with her, and her maid set off to Bingzhou to visit her grandson.

Cui Zhaorong, who was in Wenxi, was one step ahead of her and had arrived in Jinyang long ago.

The second update and the first update should be late, so I go to bed first. The two updates of the old book will be at night.

(End of chapter)