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Chapter 151 Spring Hunting

Up a hill and looking at the green fields in the distance, Jia Kui said to Yang Wenguang in annoyance: "Command, are we going back like this? This time I lost a lot and didn't even make back the food I brought on the road. How do you explain it when you go back?"

"How do you explain it? Of course, it is the truth. The deputy commander in front of us said it clearly that we only rob cattle, horses and camels and the herdsmen's sheep did not move. After walking more than 200 miles, there was no way for big livestock?" Yang Wenguang had no expression on his face, but he was helpless in his tone. "Military law cannot be violated. If we say we are not allowed to rob cattle, sheep and food, we must do it. Without seizure, we will come out for nothing this time and we will accept the punishment."

Jia Kui looked at the distant fields and said angrily: "We came out to grab it, but I didn't expect that the thieves only rely on buying, which was cleaner than what we robbed! This is their own people, and they are really careless!"

Yang Wenguang could only sigh, shake his head, helpless.

In previous years, we had to guard against autumn. After Xu Ping arrived in Qinzhou, he decided not only to guard against autumn, but also to carry out spring hunts. The first two great victories wiped out the surrounding party forces and laid the foundation for spring hunts. The Qinzhou army advanced and basically no one stopped them.

The Central Plains Dynasty was originally the owner of this land. The Song army returned here as a royal army, so naturally they would not burn, kill, kill and loot like Fanhu, without any scruples. The purpose of spring hunting was to try to weaken Dangxiang Qiuhou's offensive ability as much as possible.

The principle set by Xu Ping was that unless you encounter resistance, you do not kill people, and rob large livestock such as cattle, horses and camels, as well as gold, silver, copper and coins, and the sheep and food that the herdsmen rely on for survival remained unmoved. In this land, you can't actually tell which clan accounts are Dangxiang people, which clan accounts are Han people, and which clan accounts are Tubo people. Now Dangxiang people are the masters, so many clan accounts are the masters of Dangxiang people. In the past, Tubo people are the masters, and many of them are the same as the Central Plains. This is a matter of no way. The Han, Tibetan and Qiang people are the same origin, and it is impossible to distinguish them. What is important is not who they are. What is important is to change the economic foundation here, so as to rebuild a new political system, so that people here can speak Chinese, change Chinese customs, and become the same as the Central Plains.

Based on such political goals, Chunshou cannot do anything except to attack the military potential of the Dangxiang, and to stabilize the hearts of the people, and to explain the nature of the matter clearly to the robbed herders. As for whether they understand or not, that is another matter. They do not understand, their descendants will understand, and those who forcefully resist can only face swords and guns.

The spring hunt at the beginning went smoothly, especially around Lanzhou. After the battle of Zhuoluo City, there were no large foreign troops within hundreds of miles. The garrison in Yuzhong quickly swept it. It would be impossible to go north. Now there are no people around Zhuoluo City within dozens of miles. Xu Ping's fire made the people in that area feel terrible, and no one is close to it.

There was no way, the garrison in Yuzhong slowly moved to the Tiandu Mountain area, and even crossed the Yellow River northeast, crossed Lingbo Mountain, Roulang Mountain and Shaniuling, entered the scope of Dangxiang Mingsha County, and truly entered the hinterland of Dangxiang. However, they soon found that the materials that could be grabbed in the hinterland of Dangxiang were not as much as those in the Tiandu Mountain area. Finally, today, Yang Wenguang and Jia Kui's troops encountered a very embarrassing thing. According to the principle of spring hunting, they could not even grab the food they ate on the way.

This is related to the insufficient intelligence of the Song army. Xu Ping always believed that the most developed place in Dangxiang's economy should be the irrigation plain where Xingling and the two prefectures were located. The soil there were fertile and there were many ditches, and it had been developed for thousands of years. In his previous life, it was the famous "Bai Shang Jiangnan" and one of the richest places in the northwest. But in fact, after the destruction of the late Tang and Five Dynasties, it was not that. Dangxiang people were not good at developing the economy and knew nothing about agriculture. Even since Zhao Deming, they saw that one

With superior natural geographical conditions, the capital was moved there, and Yuanhao and his son did not build a name for themselves. In history, Xingling and the two states developed, after Yuanhao died, the status of the Han people rose and Dangxiang advocated culture and education. Instead of discussing enthusiastically whether it was because Dangxiang advocated literature, it would be better to think about it first. If they did not advocate culture and education, they lost Tiandu Mountain and Hengshan and were destroyed by the Song army, and the remaining people had already starved to death.

The most developed place in Dangxiang's economy is the Hengshan and Tiandushan areas that are connected to the Song Dynasty. There are excellent pastures here, suitable for the development of the nomadic economy by the Dangxiang people, and also the basins between the mountains. It is suitable for the Han people to farm and combine farming and pastoral farming, providing Dangxiang with main war materials. Xing and Ling prefectures are good places, but at this time they only have potential.

The most deadly thing was that Dangxiang began to issue paper money, and the priority was to loot Xing and Ling states. This time, Yang Wenguang and Jia Kui broke into this mountain pasture and unfortunately discovered that the large livestock of the herdsmen here had been bought by local wealthy officials, and of course they paid for the newly printed paper money.

Thinking of the leader of this clan, he held a thick stack of banknotes in his hand and said with tears in his eyes: "Sir, our gold, silver, cattle, horse, camels have been taken away by the government and gave us this money. I heard that the black beads were learned from the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty also used paper money. If you must get some things back, you will take the money. I heard that the Song army entered the country just robbed cattle, horse, camels, and did not kill people. You took the money and let us live a life."

Whenever he thought of this, Jia Kui felt extremely unlucky. What would he do for the money from Dangxiang seal? The money from the Song Dynasty could buy any goods, while the money from Dangxiang was like waste paper, which was useless. I had said before that the army said that it was good to grab anything, but that the money from Dangxiang seal could not be robbed, and all the money from Dangxiang seal should be kept in the foreign realm.

He and Yang Wenguang were furious on the hill for a while, and Jia Kui said, "Commander, no matter what, we can't go back empty-handedly. We won't be ridiculous, but I'm afraid that this kind of thing will not be our turn in the future."

Yang Wenguang nodded, looked south at the distant mountains and stomped his feet, and said, "You are right. We can't just go back like this. Okay, let's not cross the river for now. Let's turn south and go to Tiandu Mountain for a walk!"

Jia Kui suddenly raised his head: "What the commander said is that wealth and honor are in danger, but his head is only as big as a bowl of scars! There is the Xishou Military Supervisor Division and the Nanyuan of Haozi. Supporting so many troops, it must be rich! When you go there, you will be like walking around in the mountains for more than a dozen times! At worst, after we snatch it, we will cross Roulang Mountain to Huichuan City!"

Yang Wenguang glared at Jia Kui and said, "What are you talking about? Your head is a scar. What should you do if you have lost your head? The most reckless battle is the most reckless. I have said it many times, but I still can't get rid of this problem. Sooner or later, I will cause a big disaster! We go to Tiandu Mountain, as long as it is just Qu Wuling, we will not encounter Dangxiang's army, and there is no big risk. In the battle of Zhuoluo City a few months ago, the Hao thief was scared. There were not many soldiers left in Huizhou. That area was very empty. Thousands of us came from afar. How could we really hit the Xishou Military Supervisor? Avoiding the real and making the virtual is the essence of military strategy!"

Jia Kui said yes, he had been with Yang Wenguang for the longest time, and he got used to it after he had trained a lot.
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