How many war horses were there in the Song Dynasty? From Lingnan, Bashu, northwest, Hebei, East and Hebei to Central Plains, there were only a total of more than 100,000 horses that could actually go to the battlefield. However, at least 25,000 horses added in this battle could be regarded as real war horses.

The battle caused countless cavalry to add to Shaanxi.

The king and his ministers were still very clear-headed. There were horses but no ranches. Zheng Lang also explained the memorial, so Zhao Zhen issued an edict to return the horses that were forcibly collected from the people to the people. They used it as civilians. Some of the disabled, old and weak horses were transferred out and sold to the people.

Those who are forced and lack money are used. These horses are not as valuable as good horses, but a horse can be sold for ten cents of money.

Zhao Zhen was relieved of such a great victory, and all the soldiers who made meritorious were rewarded one after another.

He also made some personnel transfers. At the request of Fan Zhongyan, Zhong Shiheng was transferred to Huanzhou as the governor.

Zheng Lang was stunned when he heard the eunuch reciting the imperial edict. He heard this, but he didn't hear any sound of the wind.

Suddenly, when Yuan Hao came back, he had soldiers and generals under his command, and he was still a little worried, afraid that Yuan Hao would have a mental illness. Fan Zhongyan would also be worried. Seeing the wisdom of the old clan, he wrote a memorial after parting in Weizhou City, asking the old clan to go to Huanzhou to share his worries and sorrows for Fan Zhongyan.

Zheng Lang was a little unwilling to give up. Zheng Lang would let him go to Huanzhou sooner or later, and the two counter-espionage plans were not used. But now, there are two battles next year, at least the battle of Aganhe is imminent. He also needs old plans.

My eyes turned around. No, I had to find a way to let the old man drag it. When Aganhe finished fighting, let the old man go.

The eunuch of the imperial eunuch did not know what he was thinking, so he continued to read it down. Because Zheng Lang recommended it again, the court was finally cautious about the generals and soldiers of Fulin Road. He agreed to Zheng Lang's request and transferred Zhang Ke and Wang Ji to Jingyuan Road. He also promoted Zhang Ke as the wise army of the Deshun Army to replace the vacancy of the old sect.

Whether Zhang Ke and Wang Ji's value is high or not is difficult to calculate. The two are brave generals who charge in battle, and the old generals are planning generals. With the big meat but the fish are gone, Zheng Lang laughed and cried.

Finally, Zheng Lang's reward.

Zheng Lang is very good at being a human being. The big guys were blushed and ashamed, but they were also somewhat satisfied. It was really not easy. Without talking about the materials, weapons, and pensions consumed by the war, just talk about military expenses. Zheng Lang and Zhang Fangping both said something about this. Zhang Fangping deliberately gave examples in the memorial. For ordinary soldiers, the materials cost 500 yuan, the monthly grain, two stones and five dou of spring and winter clothes, six pieces of silk, 12 taels of cotton, and three thousand yuan with clothes. If they were horse soldiers, the cost was even higher. The average calculation was more than fifty chunks.

There is no calculation on how much it will cost to transport these materials from Beijing to Shaanxi.

Therefore, Fan Zhongyan and Cheng Lin have a different statement. Cheng Lin said that a cavalry costs 100 guan a year, and an infantry costs 64 guan a year. Fan Zhongyan can't say less than 10,000 guan a year, that is, 100 guan a year. This does not include the cost of the generals. The Song Dynasty military generals were divided into twelve ranks, the lowest ten generals, the small squad leader had a monthly salary of 12 guan a month. They were instructed. A small team leader like Du Yuhou had a monthly salary of 50 guan a year, and other benefits were still the same. At Zheng Lang's level, the annual salary plus various benefits were nearly 30,000 guan a year! If it was distributed, it would be even more amazing.

The regular troops stationed in Shaanxi, plus the foreign soldiers who enjoyed the treatment of regular troops stationed, reached 300,000.

How much does it cost based on this?

It’s so difficult to turn around!

Everyone carried the flower sedan chair together, and it is recommended to reward Zheng Lang with great success to show his merits.

It is difficult to be assigned to an official position, but he is a deputy envoy of the Privy Council. When he was in the court in spring, everyone felt very strange. There was a row of old men in front of him, and there was a young man standing. Zheng Lang felt uncomfortable himself, and others were also amused and crying.

So he was granted the title and granted the title of Duke of Qin.

Zheng Lang immediately refused.

He was the deputy envoy of the Privy Councilor and felt uncomfortable, and the Duke of Qin was also uncomfortable.

The title was not in the Song Dynasty, but it was just a honorary position. The official position was also a honorary position, but this honorary position was the key to future relocation. If you don’t join the official position, it would be difficult to enter the two prefectures.

It has no practical effect, but the Duke of Qin has reached the top of his title. If he makes meritorious contributions in the future, what will the court give him?

When I was at a time when I was unsuccessful, even civil officials had to learn from Li Jing, Cao Bin, and Han Shizhong to be a good grandson.

I wrote a memorial and gave the reason tactfully.

Today, Zhao Zhen is not Zhao Zhen from ten years ago. He has excellent political skills. When he sees this memorial, he can understand the meaning of his words.

The memorial was gone, the sound of firecrackers sounded, and the new year was coming.

...

Jingyuan Road is full of joy, and Yuanhao is not having a good New Year.

Finally I got the feeling of being invaded.

Yuanhao has always been drooling about Fulin Road and has a feud. He has excellent arable land and pastures and a strategic position.

During this invasion, he killed and captured Ningyuan Village in Fengzhou. He killed the head and the prison guards and the soldiers and civilians in the village, besieged the prefectures and the Han residents outside the prefectures and the city were invincible. In particular, Kang Deyu refused to let the people enter the city, resulting in the largest number of those killed.

The population of the three states was sharply reduced. Long after the war, the people did not dare to resume their business and their land was deserted. In order to defend this strategic location, the court had to spend a lot of money to buy food from the Central Plains, which led to countless labor-for-working campaigns in Hedong.

Yuan Hao was also deliberately doing it, trying every means to make Fulin Road several lonely cities. Even if it could not be captured, it would eventually force the Song Dynasty to give up.

But the retribution came, and the Song Dynasty's counter-invasion started from Qinggang Gorge, to Mingsha City in the west and Tiandu Mountain in the south. This large triangular area was also plundered by the Song army. Many people who fled to the north did not dare to come back to farm and grazing again.

The problem is that the Song Dynasty has a vast territory and wealth. What about the Western Xia?

Xixia seems to be quite large in area, but there are not many areas that are truly useful, including the Hetao area, the Yinchuan Plain, and the Hexi Corridor. The rest of the areas are all deserts and Gobi Deserts. What should I use to fight against the Song Dynasty?

In anger, he sent a scout to sneak over to observe, but the New Year was approaching, and the most solemn festival of the Song Dynasty, the Song army still did not relax its warnings.

Yuan Hao had no choice but to attract the leader to look forward to his brother-in-law.

Send troops quickly. If we attack on both sides, the Song Dynasty will not be able to support us.

At this time, he regretted it very much. He had known to offer the woman to raise her as a pig, and as long as she was alive, he would have authority on his own words.

I am not only your ally, but also your brother-in-law!

Regret at this time is useless. People cannot be resurrected when they die. Princess Xingping is probably only left with a pile of dead bones, and even the gods cannot blow it alive when they come. She can only hope that the Khitans have a long-term vision. After hearing some good news, the Khitans began to move their troops to Youzhou.

Wait slowly, this is a little light during his darkest period.

But the light was quickly extinguished.

Liao Xingzong was determined to attack the Song Dynasty, but the Khitan was very sad at this time. Like the Song Dynasty, he lost his ambition.

Some ministers called for a fight, and at least the Song Dynasty would return part of the territory of the Sixteen Prefectures in Guannan to the Khitan. However, some people did not agree to the fight, and Your Majesty might not be able to win. After the Chanyuan Alliance, the two countries would be rested, there would be no war on the border, the country would be peaceful, and the people would live and work in peace. Moreover, they would also enjoy the annual tribute of 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 pieces of silk from the Song Dynasty.

At that time, it was said that it was 300,000 yuan per year. Your Majesty is now increasing the price. Silver was worth 2 jin of coins in the Song Dynasty. Although silk was not given good silk, it was worth half a day, and it was still a slam. In addition to the annual tribute, there were three other venues. The monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty believed that doing business was better than our Khitans. In fact, our Khitans lacked copper coins. Although the Song people could do business, we had to pay them even if we were poor. The benefits of this were no less than that of the annual tribute.

If you win, you will lose.

Liao Xingzong was furious because of a quarrel. He wanted to beat him, but he couldn't resist the many people who persuaded him to make peace. Finally, he hesitated. So he ran to the old prime minister Zhang Jian's mansion. He did not talk about the serious matters and had a meal at the Zhang family first. The emperor was not called taking advantage of the emperor's meal at the minister's house, but was called thanks. After the meal, he began to ask about the strategy of the southern attack.

Zhang Jian is a rare good minister in the Khitan.

He had no military ability, but he had strong official and political talents and knowledge. He was once the top scholar in the Khitan. Not only that, his moral character was equally noble and his life was frugal. When Emperor Xingzong of Liao saw his robe was worn, he quietly ordered someone to burn a hole with a fire clip to mark it, but he never saw him change it. Emperor Xingzong of Liao asked the reason and replied that I have been wearing this dress for more than 30 years. I have no other clothes, so I can only wear this dress. It is not that I have no money. All his money is used to help Zhou Jia relatives and old friends. Emperor Xingzong of Liao was very moved and ordered him to take things from the inner palace. Zhang Jian only took three pieces of cloth with the imperial edict. The left prime minister, King Han, who was once in the Khitan, was like this. Emperor Xingzong of Liao always treated him like a teacher.

With Zhang Jian's status in the Khitan, Liao Xingzong asked about national policies, and it was also impossible.

However, this time I asked Zhang Jian a little wrong. Zhang Jian was a Han native from Youzhou. If you asked him whether he should fight the Song Dynasty, how would Zhang Jian answer? Could it be that all the Han people in the world were Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao?

Zhang Jian was not very easy to answer, Your Majesty can't beat him, he is a Han Chinese, and such an answer will make people gossip.

So he said lightly: "What's the difficulty? Just send an envoy to ask, why do you need to go far and go to congratulate me?"

"Okay, not bad," Liao Xingzong was very happy, then grabbed Zhang Jian's hand and said, "It's still Zhang Xiangyingming."

The consequences are unpredictable. If you don’t fight, it’s a pity to let go of this opportunity. Only Zhang Jian’s plan is truly killing two birds with one stone.

When I returned to the palace, I looked at the ministers under my command. The more I thought about it, the more I felt that the old prime minister was good. I ran to Zhang Jian’s house again, had wine and talked with Zhang Jian, and gave countless rewards, and returned with drunkenness.

Then he ordered Xiao Temo, the envoy of Xuanhui of the Southern Court, and Liu Liufu, a scholar in Hanlin, to go to the Song Dynasty.

Yuan Hao was still waiting for the good news of the Khitan sending troops...

While waiting, he stared at the south.

He was dissatisfied with the surrender of the Song Dynasty. Now, Zheng Lang, Fan, Zhongyan and Han Qi have tormented, and the population has dropped sharply. Many Qiang people under him have moved him. Wu Jie has a wealth in his hands, and coupled with the income from the market, this wealth makes him even more moved.

Xixia was poor, lacking everything, lacking land, lacking people, lacking cloth, lacking wealth. Sheep, horse, felt, blanket, and green salt were numerous, and they were inexhaustible. In the past, they traded with the Song Dynasty to exchange for necessary supplies for the Western Xia. However, the Song Dynasty closed the tent and relied on smuggling. The border investigation of the Song Dynasty was tight, and even after being caught, the merchants would be beheaded, resulting in a sharp drop in the number of smuggling, making the Western Xia even more poor.

So he put his ideas on the blind man.

Looking at the map, I thought about it for a long time. Even if I attack the blind felt, I should consider good plans. Finally, I will focus on one point, Aganzhai!
Chapter completed!