Zhao Tai sent away nearly a hundred Southern Song officers and two thousand Huaixi elite soldiers, leaving a vacancy in the army.

In the southern suburbs of Suining, Zhao Tai rode on his horse and watched the Song army go away. He said to Wang Wentong in a deep voice: "Sir, please count the number of vacancies in the army and inform me."

Wang Wentong nodded slightly: "I understand the humble position."

Now as Zhao Tai's strength grows, relying on seconding officers from abroad to build a command team is obviously no longer feasible.

Before, he only had a few thousand people, who were patchwork here and there, and could barely put up a structure. Now that he has more than 30,000 people, he must establish his own talent training and selection system.

A few days later, at the residence of Suining Zhongyi Army Jiedu Envoy, Zhao Tai listened to Wang Wentong's report. Not only was there a shortage of officers in the vassal town, but as he occupied Pizhou and Tengzhou, civil servants were also in short supply.

Zhou Quan said: "My lord, when we seconded officers before, my husband assigned two deputy positions to these officers. Now that the position is vacant, should we convert the deputy positions we trained into full-time positions?"

Zhao Tai stroked his beard. He originally had this plan. In order to prevent the army from losing command and training officers after the Southern Song officers left, he assigned two adjutants to each Southern Song officer.

Now nearly a hundred people have left at once, and many positions are vacant, which can indeed be filled by these deputy positions.

Wang Wentong, however, shook his head and objected loudly, "I think it is inappropriate for a humble position. These deputies have not made any achievements, so how can they be directly promoted to full positions? I think it is better to let them perform the duties of their principal positions as deputy positions. If they do well, they will be promoted to full positions."

, if they do not do well, their jobs will be taken away. Receiving rewards without merit will be unfair to those who have merit, and it will also make officers no longer value military merit."

Zhao Tai nodded when he heard the words: "What you said makes sense. Let's do this. The deputy positions will be filled by the vacant principal positions. As for whether they can remove the word "generation", it depends on their ability."

When Wang Wentong saw that his suggestion was adopted, he immediately became enthusiastic and suggested: "My lord, now we are short of civil and military talents. I thought that my lord could issue a recruitment order to recruit capable and famous people under the rule to serve my lord."

This advice is also very pertinent. Generally, when you have a site, the first thing you need to do is to recruit talents. Otherwise, it will be useless if you have an empty site and no one to manage it.

"Sir, do you know if there are any talents and celebrities within my jurisdiction?" Zhao Tai suddenly asked.

King Wen of Zhou got Jiang Taigong, Duke Huan of Qi got Guan Zhong, Le Yi, Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times, got help from Zhuge Liang, and then achieved great success.

It can be seen from this that if a force wants to become bigger and stronger, the introduction of talents is crucial.

Now that Zhao Tai was short of civil and military talents, he asked if there were any talents under his administration. If so, Zhao Tai was willing to visit the thatched cottage and recruit them to help him govern his territory and conquer the world.

Wang Wentong said: "In the humble position, I do know that there are a few talented people who can be recruited into the palace. For example, Wang Bin of Bozhou, who was originally the Minister of Provincial Lingshi, left his job and went to Sizhou to avoid trouble not long ago, so he can be recruited. In addition, there is a person in Suzhou

A powerful man named Li Xizhu. This time the Mongolian army looted Suzhou and destroyed all the prefectures and counties. However, Li Xizhu and his clan repelled the Mongolian army and did not let the Mongolian army invade the Li family's stronghold."

Zhao Tai silently wrote down these two names in his mind, "Then Mr. Lao, write a few letters for me to recruit these talents. In addition, post a recruitment order to recruit talents."

Wang Wentong nodded, "I humbly accept my order."

Zhao Tai then looked at Zhou Bin and said: "I also want to build two schools, one civil and one military, in Pizhou to cultivate civil and military talents. I also ask your husband to preside over it and allocate funds for the construction as soon as possible."

Zhou Bin also bowed his head and saluted after hearing this, "I humbly obey my command!"

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In February, the earth returns to spring and the weather becomes warmer.

When Zhao Tai returned to Suining to rest and the people left the city and went to the fields to resume production, the Mongolian cavalry who had rested in Luoyang for more than half a month suddenly came out of Hulao Pass again.

West of Kaifeng City, Zhongmu County.

After learning that the Mongolian army had withdrawn, the people who had been hiding in the county for three months began to leave the city one after another, returned to the village, cleaned up their houses, and went to the fields to produce with their farm tools.

The retreat of the Mongolian army this time was different from the past. In the past, the Guanhe defense line was there, and the Mongolian army all withdrew to the north bank before the Yellow River thawed.

This means that the people do not have to worry about the Mongolian army suddenly entering Henan again. They can produce with peace of mind until winter comes after the autumn harvest, when they enter the city again and enter the fort to avoid the Mongolian army.

Because the time of the Mongolian army's invasion was winter, it happened to be the time when the people were resting and did not need to produce. Therefore, previous invasions by the Mongolian army had little damage to the Central Plains and would not interfere with people's production.

Because of this, the Jin State was able to rely on the Guanhe Defense Line and fight with the Jin soldiers for twenty years.

This time the situation was different. The Mongolian army broke through Tongguan and occupied Luoyang. A gap was opened in the Guanhe defense line. The Mongolian army's plunder of Henan would not be limited to the three months of winter.

At this time, the people also knew that going out of the city to farm would be dangerous, but for the people, they had no choice.

Because if they don't farm, they will starve to death, so they can only go to the fields at risk.

In the early morning of this morning, the spring rain stopped and the sky cleared up. In Baisha Town in the western suburbs of Zhongmou County, men who had eaten breakfast went to work in the fields with hoes, while children moved the lambs out to herd sheep and cattle. The scene was peaceful.

A few miles away from the town, a murderous Mongolian army passed through nearly a hundred miles of uninhabited land and suddenly appeared on the border of Zhongmou.

After Wokuotai withdrew, Subotai was left behind to guard Luoyang. His mission was to guard Luoyang and Tongguan while constantly sending cavalry into areas controlled by the Jin army to plunder.

The plains of eastern Henan are flat, and the Mongolian cavalry comes and goes like the wind. It is difficult for the Jin army to catch the Mongolian cavalry, but the Mongolian army can continue to plunder the villages and towns of the Jin country, destroying the war potential of the Jin country, and at the same time obtain a certain amount of supplies.

At this time, the war horses were galloping, their hooves trampled through the water-filled depressions, causing splashes of water. Hundreds of Mongolian cavalry raised their scimitars, and like wolves on the grassland, they rushed directly towards the small town not far away.

"There are Mongolian troops!" The farmer, who was preparing to go to the fields with a hoe, felt the trembling of the earth, saw the cavalry coming from a distance, and immediately exclaimed.

Men, women, old and young in the villages and towns heard the noise and immediately ran out of their houses. When they saw the cavalry galloping over, they immediately screamed and ran in all directions.

"Kill!" The Mongolian cavalry waved their scimitars and roared ferociously, hacking the fleeing farmers to death, then rushed into the town and started a merciless massacre of the people.
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