After leaving Chang'an, Huang Tao and his party continued to travel east. It was already the sixth day of the seventh month when they arrived in Huazhou.

"Captain Wang, is it dangerous to go east? Why do you need the escort of the Zhenguo Army?" Huang Tao asked outside Pude Post.

"The Head of the Wang Team" is Wang Jiao. He had just finished resting in Huazhou, and this time he received a task and took Huang Tao and his group to Shaanxi to meet with the new deputy governor Li Fan as the new deputy envoy of the Jiedushi. Of course, he had to report to his immediate superior first.

"Envoy Huang, I am not a member of the Zhenguo Army. Our team has been incorporated into the Baoyi Army to supplement the war damage. The matter of going east is a military order." Wang Jiao replied.

Of course, there were more than 50 people who were incorporated into the Baoyi Army, but in fact there were as many as 3,000.

These three thousand people were organized into a capital, with veterans of the Tianzhu Army and lower-level officers as backbone, and were supplemented with soldiers of the Zhenguo Army, and were led by Wang Jian and the ten generals of the Tianzhu Army. He is now also a military envoy of the left wing of the Baoyi Army, a senior officer of the vassal state.:.

Shuai Shao is very particular and likes to pretend. Li Fan’s title of Jiedushi will not be removed in the short term, nor will he be allowed to move to the town, so let’s start with erosion.

In the past few months, Hezhong has fought in Hetian, Yuanxian, Huoyi and Fenshui to fight at the same time. Heluo's overall move into the defensive, but this does not mean a complete ceasefire.

In fact, the Baoyi Army, Heyuan Army, Jishi Army and Shunyi Army took turns to attack Mianchi and Shuangqiao, and the personnel losses were quite large, especially the Baoyi Army.

Li Tangbin was also a ruthless man. When he estimated that the Shaanxi-Guo soldiers had almost reached their limit and forced them to mutiny, he asked them to retreat and rest. However, the more than 10,000 troops were fully equipped with troops during the war, from last year to this year, it was less than 8,000.

Li Fan wanted to restore his strength, but found that he had no money to recruit soldiers. Because Shao Shude was urging him to ask for money and grain, he actually hollowed out the Shaanxi Guo treasury.

He now finally realized what Zhang Quanyi felt back then. Li Hanzhi came over to ask for money every few days, but if he didn't give it, he would hang up the officials of Henan Prefecture. Zhang Quanyi could no longer bear it and finally stabbed his brother in his back and defected to Zhu Quanzhong.

Did Li Fan dare to stab Shao Shude back and surrender to Zhu Quanzhong? He didn't dare! Because their territory was not bordered, there were tens of thousands of soldiers under the jurisdiction of Li Tangbin, a large number of Shuofang Army and Qiang and Hu tribes who retreated and recuperated in the territory.

To the west are the Tongguan Zhen Guojun and Shao Shude's "loyal dog" Wang Bian, and to the north are Wang Yao, the governor of the Hezhong Jiezhong, a vassal of Shao Shude.

How to rebel? Could it be that if you enter Xionger Mountain and become a bandit and become a bandit?

After thinking about it, Li Fan took a step back and planned to slow down. Maybe this year, Shao Shude went to plunder Wang Yao after he got the river and stopped staring at Shanzhou to ask for money? Save some money and recruit two or three thousand soldiers, and his strength will slowly recover.

But General Shao was too particular and knew that Baoyi's army suffered heavy losses in succession of war, so he directly added 3,000 troops to him, which was Wang Jianji's army, supported by Shaanxi Guo.

Is Li Fan moved?

"Since there is a military order, then leave." Huang Tao nodded and said.

"I'll wait, I'll take my family to travel east together." Wang Jiao said again.

"wife and children?"

"The army of Zhenguo is of complex origin. There are soldiers from the states, Qiang people recruited by Zaicheng, Jie, He, Wei and other states, and surrendered soldiers. There are not many small families, and our team has fifty people, and only nine of them have started their family, all of them are there." Wang Jiao pointed to the group of people who were cooking not far away and said.

Huang Tao looked over.

I saw dozens of men and women sitting around the grass, cooking things in clay pots.

The child holds the fruit in his hands, eating and playing.

"Why don't you see livestock?" Huang Tao saw all kinds of simple households piled up together, but didn't see livestock. This is strange. The territory under Shuai Dashang may not produce as much grain as the Central Plains, but livestock is owned by every household.

"On weekdays, I live next to Tongguan and don't farm, so I naturally have no livestock." Wang Jiao explained.

Surrounding the city! Huang Tao quickly thought of a word.

"There are Goryeo and Qiang soldiers in the six states of Qin, Cheng, Min, Wei, He and Lan." Huang Tao was familiar with various books, and of course he knew this sentence in the "Six Classics of the Tang Dynasty".

After Goryeo was destroyed, many people were moved to the mainland, and of course there were also people in Longyou. The foreigners fought for the Tang Dynasty and received rewards, so their families lived under the city and built a house. Some continued to grazed and farmed, but more of them lived on rewards and had left agricultural life.

These cities have strong martial styles and are difficult to control, but if they are recruited into the army, they will get used to and adapt to the rules of the army and practice for a few years, they will be good soldiers, because they all have a certain foundation.

As the saying goes, "I grew up beside the border town, and I was born in a archery and horse; a young man was brave and hunted alone at the Yin Mountain; I met the Huns and once captured the eagle..."

The city is surrounded by children, An Lushan’s army is a source of troops, Huang Tao is in a complicated mood about this.

Pure recruits soldiers, and they don’t farm and graze them anymore, relying solely on the money they get from joining the army to support the whole family.

Gu/span "Why don't you buy some land?" Huang Tao asked.

"Where is there any land in Huazhou?" Wang Jiao shook his head: "There are too many people here, and there are not many lands in the local people. How many can they be distributed to outsiders? Heyuan Army and Jishi Army are in Huazhou, Tongzhou settled their homes. Wang Bian of Huazhou killed many people, but most of the soldiers still have no land at home. I heard from a surrendered person in Bianzhou that the same is true in Henan. The soldiers could not buy land next to Bianzhou, so they simply stopped buying it."

Huang Tao understands it.

Nowadays, the commanders of various towns want to keep all their troops by their side, for fear of being pulled away and rebelled. Even if they have to set up foreign town troops, they are reluctant.

But why are there so many places next to you?

The command of General Shao had more than 100,000 soldiers. Most of them had settled their homes in Lingzhou. But Huaiyuan County was so big, how could everyone have land, even if they had money, not buy it. But you might be able to buy it farther away, but what's the point? It's extremely troublesome to collect rent, so you simply don't buy it.

It is absolutely impossible to let the sect commanders scatter their troops all over the place. They are afraid of being rebelled and their whole family dies. Then they can only gather around them as much as possible and spend money to raise the shogunate.

According to the current trend, if General Shao wins the world in the future, at least half of the troops in the country will be stationed inside and outside the capital. Most of these people are destined to be recruiting soldiers who do not even have their families.

The dozens of cities in front of you are a microcosm of the future.

"The old soldiers in the army said that the one with the most land now should be Tielin and Wuwei Army." Wang Jiao walked over and talked to the group of people, then came back and said, "The soldiers of the two armies went to Huaiyuan early. Many people bought land and let their families or relatives cultivate them. But there were very few others, and it was even more impossible for newly formed Zhenguo Army to be established. But this is good. If you move, you can sell the house as soon as you want. Or you don't want the house. Haha, it's too broken. You can build a new house again. It won't cost a few dollars."

Huang Tao laughed at the sound of his ear and said, "This saves a lot of trouble. If the general stays in the river and lets the soldiers move over, it saves a lot of trouble."

Of course, Huang Tao knew that this was not that simple. Lingzhou is now a bit prosperous. Although it is not as good as big cities such as Chang'an, Bianzhou, Weizhou, and Jinyang, it is not comparable to ordinary prefectures. The soldiers will definitely have emotions. What's more, some people bought land and some people spent a lot of money on the house, which is still very difficult to deal with.

Moreover, it is very dangerous to have no worries like this. They are now loyal to the Grand Marshal, but are they still loyal to the Grand Marshal's son?

Huang Tao thought about it outside the station for a long time, but felt that there was no solution. It was not until Wang Jiao came over and told him that he could go on the road, and then he woke up.

The boy beside the city looked at him curiously.

Their clothes are not bad, and their faces are also very rosy. Obviously, they are not the kind of poor children who are not full or warm in food. When they are having fun, they are still eating with fruits, and their families do not farm. This may only be bought, so they can get a glimpse of their living conditions.

"You guy is so naughty, can you tell Marshal Shao?" He was idle on the road, so Huang Tao grabbed a young man and started chatting with him.

Why do you say he is naughty?

Huang Tao and his group brought a lot of spare horses, the kind without saddles. The boy found a saddle from somewhere, and caught up with a horse trotting, put it on the saddle and rode it up, which was shocking.

After being caught by Wang Jiao, he was arrogant and said that he would take Ma'an to fight with the Bian thieves, shoot the other person to death with an arrow, and then steal the horse.

"Are you old man playing with me?" The young man glanced at him sideways and said, "Who doesn't know Shao Sheng in Weizhou?"

The boy's words made Huang Tao difficult to answer.

He was an official in Helong for several years and knew some local situations. Qinzhou was fine, but it would be different when going west. Just as Hebei people only knew the two sages of Anshi, and the Han people in those places were very ignorant, only knew Shao Sheng of Lingzhou. But the young man in the countryside could say that he could not do it.

"Since you know about General Shao Shao, then I've said that." Huang Tao was almost led by the boy and said the word "Shao Sheng". He only heard him say: "General Shao is the most important rule. He snatches other people and horses at will, but he has to lock him up to the direct military officials to convict him."

"It's just a matter of playing around. You old man is too stingy." The young man's face changed and he muttered, "Since the saint said that, he wouldn't do it in the future."

"You can teach me." Huang Tao smiled and said, "When you grow up, you can go to join the army. After getting the reward, buy a horse by yourself. Isn't it better than robbing others?"

"You can't robbers from Bian?" The young man immediately became interested when he heard the word "joining the army" and asked, "Who is the saint of Bian thief?"

"This..." Huang Tao was silent for a moment and said, "Bianzhou is the only way for Zhu Quanzhong, the prince of Dongping."

"Then go and rob the Bian thief." The young man took out a knife like a magic trick and said, "I only have a saddle and no horse now. When I kill a Bian thief, I will have a horse, and then I will kill Zhu Quanzhong. Shao Sheng was very happy. Maybe he would reward me with a hundred Bian thief slaves, and then I would be a noble person. I heard from my grandmother that my ancestors were descendants of Gao Xianzhi and were also noble people."

Huang Tao laughed and said, "Then you have to practice martial arts diligently."

I was not lonely even if I had someone to chat with me along the way.
Chapter completed!