As the Central Army General of the Right Martial Guard, Li De directly led the army of 8,000, of which 3,000 were Rangers brought by Li De. When Li Deshang was under Liu Chenglin's command, the Rangers once reached more than 5,000.

The Rangers did not have a fixed subordinate. They obeyed Li Ze directly and recruited them wherever they needed it. This was also the most combat-effective cavalry under Li Ze's command besides the wolf cavalry. However, the number of wolf cavalry is limited, and most of them are used as surprise soldiers. If they don't go out, they will inevitably change the situation of the battle.

In order to balance Zhang Jia's right military guard, Li Ze transferred Li De to the right military guard, and the new Ranger commander was also taken over by Ma Yao, who came from the Rangers.

Li De was stationed in Pinglu and Zhang Jia was stationed in Shuozhou. At the same time, Shuozhou City was also the capital of Xu Ziyuan, the governor of Shuozhou.

When Li De returned from hunting with his newlywed wife and stepped into Pinglu City, outside Shuozhou City, Xu Ziyuan was conducting a routine lecture.

The one who listened to his lecture was the first batch of prisoners of war from Pingzhou.

In the Battle of Pingzhou, Deng Jingshan's tens of thousands of troops were jointly made by the Right Guard and the Left Jinwu Guard. However, for political needs, Deng Jingshan was able to reach an agreement with Zhenzhou. He was released and allowed to lead 5,000 confidant troops to leave. However, the other soldiers put down their weapons and became prisoners of war for Zhenzhou's army.

This group of prisoners of war, plus those who were injured and captured before, had as many as 20,000.

The vast majority of them will be placed in Shuozhou, Weizhou, Yunzhou, Guizhou and other places. Among them, Weizhou and Yunzhou were extremely damaged during the war. In order to facilitate rule and to strengthen their strength in this area, to form a restraint on Hedong, Tiande and other areas, Li Ze incorporated Weizhou and Yunzhou into Shuozhou, and Xu Ziyuan served as the name of Shuozhou.

Zhang Jia, the Right Martial Guard, was originally the main general of Yunzhong Shou. In Gao Pian's last battle, he was also listed on the list of sacrifices. After a fight with Zhang Zhongwu, Zhang Jia's strength was greatly damaged and he was once in danger of being annexed by Han Qi. Even the commander of Tiande Peng Fang, also coveted Zhang Jia's most core three thousand Hu cavalry.

In the end, Zhang Jia threw herself into Li Ze and became the most powerful card for Li Ze to insert into this area. Of course, Zhang Jia also received great rewards.

From the worst time, he had only three thousand Hu cavalry left with combat power, and now he has an army of 30,000 people. Not only did he compete with Li Cunzhong from Hedong, but he also made Peng Fang anxious all day long. From Yijie to the fourth-rank commander, he became a general of the third-rank 12 guards in the Tang Dynasty.

Zhang Jia is very satisfied now.

Of course, when his status and power were fully improved, he also paid the price. He lost the right to interfere in civil affairs, and the local civil affairs were all attributed to the governor Xu Ziyuan. Now Zhang Jia has become a simple general.

Unlike Li Cunzhong who had absolute control over the Hedong Army, Zhang Jia had a general like Li De under his command who controlled nearly half of the army, and under his command, the troops he recruited later were infiltrated by Yixing Society. Zhang Jia naturally knew about these, but he didn't care.

Because which generals under Li Ze are not like this?

The deeper he participated, the more he believed that Li Ze's future was not limited to the current position of prime minister, and it was possible to go further or even a few steps. Then, the more he acted respectfully now, he would be able to get greater rewards in the future.

Although he was not Li Ze's direct general, nor did he belong to the group of old men under Li Anguo, Li Ze did not look at him differently. The military supplies of the Right Martial Guard were exactly the same as other guards. Since last winter, he received additional military expenses, weapons and supplies.

This made him understand that in the next step, Li Xiang would make big moves in this direction.

This made him very excited.

Zhang Jia, who put all his thoughts on the training of the army, lived a very fulfilling life. Now he didn't need to worry that the soldiers had no food, no armor, no weapons, no military pay, and just asked Xu Ziyuan for nothing. What he had to do now was to make the soldiers of the Right Martial Guard more combat-capable.

Shuozhou, in fact, has been preparing for war since last winter.

This group of prisoners of war actually arrived before the New Year and was imprisoned in the military camp for more than ten days. It was not until the New Year that the assignment of these prisoners of war was put on the agenda.

The first point is that there were about 2,000 prisoners of war who arrived.

Zhang Jia was actually very interested in these prisoners of war. These people were serious soldiers, and he was extremely familiar with the combat effectiveness of the Lu Long Army. When he was under Gao Pian's command, he had fought with the Lu Long Army many times and was extremely happy with the arrival of this group of people. Because this means that he could quickly recruit more qualified soldiers at a certain time.

Of course, the premise is that these prisoners of war have been transformed first.

This is the rules set by Li Ze.

When we arrived in Shuozhou, the only way for these people to transform was to enter the settlement sites, transform through labor, and carry out self-salvation.

After the merger, Shuozhou was insufficient in population. In order to solve the needs of food, Xu Ziyuan established one settlement site after another. At first, the army was reclaimed and then handed over to the people one after another.

And the people's origins are all kinds of strange things.

Miscellaneous Hu and savages are all the targets of Xu Ziyuan's naturalization. Xu Ziyuan, who came from Wuwei Academy, believed in the creed that Di Yi would enter China as China. Therefore, those Miscellaneous Hu and savages who came back with their families would immediately gain the trust of Shuozhou, including houses, livestock, farm tools, seeds, and fields. Those who were single without worries need to go to the settlement site for a certain period of time before they could get the same rights.

And the second way to come is to dig the corner of Hedong.

The large number of Zahu and savages entered these areas, which made the proportion of ethnic groups in Shuozhou somewhat unbalanced. In order to balance this gap, Xu Ziyuan set his sights on Hedong.

After thoroughly grasping Shuozhou, Xu Ziyuan spared no effort to dig the corner of Hedong with the inseparable connection between Shuozhou itself and Hedong.

Shuozhou's series of preferential conditions for farmers are extremely attractive to landless tenants in Hedong, poor people and even proletarians in the city.

First, he moved on a small scale, followed by a large-scale escape. Until Hedong began to become alert and blockade the border, Xu Ziyuan still did not stop.

You have Zhang Liang's plan, I have a wall ladder, and there is even a special department in Xu Ziyuan's governor's mansion, which is to assist these people in Hedong to escape from Hedong and come to Shuozhou.

Zhang Jia agreed with this policy, and his resentment towards Han Qi, Li Cunzhong and others came from the heart. For this reason, he even sent troops to patrol the border to meet the people fleeing Hedong. For this reason, his Right Wu Guard and Li Cunzhong's Left Wu Guard had many conflicts on the border.

In the past two years, there have been as many as tens of thousands of people flowing from Hedong to Shuozhou.

And these people are powerful means used by Xu Ziyuan to restrain and balance the miscellaneous Hus and savages.

In Xu Ziyuan's view, Han Qi and Li Cunzhong were loyal to the Tang Dynasty, not Li Ze. Now everyone is still on the same boat, but one day, everyone will part ways. So now every time Shuozhou digs a little from Hedong, Shuozhou is stronger, while Hedong is weaker.

So, he enjoyed it.

Xu Ziyuan was very happy that the prisoners in Pingzhou were placed in Shuozhou. In this way, Shuozhou was not only a group of strong laborers, but also a strong combat power. On this point, he was consistent with Zhang Jia. As for whether these prisoners of war were easy to manage, he was not worried at all.

Firstly, what Yixingshe is best at doing is to instigate and appease such things. Secondly, these people are too far away from their hometown now. Even if they are at home, they will probably become a worm when they go out and go to a place where they are unfamiliar with their own places.

Everything is good at home, but it is difficult to go out. This is not something you can talk about casually.

Standing on the high platform and looking at the prisoners of war curled up and squatting on the ground on the school ground below, Xu Ziyuan's eyes were filled with smiles, while Zhang Jia beside him looked at these prisoners of war one by one. In his eyes, these people were not suitable for spearmen, those suitable for swords and shields, and those suitable for cavalry. At first glance, he almost realized it.

Xu Ziyuan walked to the edge of the platform, waved his hand, and a soldier beat the drum hard. With the sound of drums, the prisoners squatting on the ground stood up one after another, looking up at the red-robed senior official in Zhenzhou on the platform.

"Your commander abandoned you." As soon as Xu Ziyuan opened his mouth, he poked the hearts of these people, causing most prisoners of war to change their colors.

Yes, they were abandoned.

When the Tang army allowed Deng Jingshan to leave with five thousand soldiers, they were not one of the five thousand people. The abandoned anger and sadness had been with them for a long time.

"But you should be glad that you are our prisoners of war. From Pingzhou to Shuozhou, you are thousands of miles away. In such a cold winter, you did not starve to death, did not freeze to death, were injured or sick, and each was properly cared for and treated, so you are still alive." Xu Ziyuan roared on the high platform.

And every time he said something, ten loud soldiers repeated his words together so that all prisoners of war could hear it clearly.
Chapter completed!