Chapter 2722: The escaped faction returns in splitting, Kublai Khan secretly intervenes
Chapter 2719: The escaped faction returns in division and Kublai Khan secretly intervenes
Under Yelu Su''s persuasion, Yelu Deguang gave up his direct anti-Sui Dynasty, and then directly ordered the expansion of troops, summoned veterans of the Qiang people and joined the army with light and strong troops. In a short period of time, an army of 20,000 to 30,000 people was formed, and the number was still increasing.
At the same time, the Chinese faction led by He Lou Zigan and Han Yanhui, as well as the Qiang and Jealous faction led by Yelu Lage and Yelu Diela were also expanding their power.
In response to this, the Sui State government not only did not respond at all, but also gave it a green light to encourage the Qiang people under their rule to join the army of these people and serve the country.
For a time, the entire Haizhou was under the Qiang power, and all of them were blatantly expanding their troops.
Among the four major factions of the Qiang people, in addition to the escaped faction, among the other three factions, the dormant faction is the strongest.
Yelu Deguang was able to quickly integrate the dormant faction, and in just a few days, he formed an army of two or three people, and the number continued to grow, which was incomparable to the Qiang and Jinshe factions.
But when the army was formed, more and more troubles followed.
While Yelu Deguang was sleeping on firewood and tasting gall, he secretly built a lot of weapons and equipment to prepare for the future restoration of the country, but he was only barely enough to equip 30,000 people. No matter how many people were, he could not afford it.
But because the pressure brought by the Qin Dynasty was too great, Yelu Deguang was preparing to recruit 40,000 troops, and according to this momentum, it would be able to summon it soon, but the weapons and equipment of the additional 10,000 troops had not yet been settled.
In addition to weapons and equipment, military pay is also a problem.
The army before the Qiang people did not pay military salaries, but only managed the soldiers'' meals. It was considered their own as much as they could grab.
But now the Qiang people have introduced the Han system, and it has become a natural thing to be a soldier to get military pay, so naturally they can no longer follow the old system.
In addition, the 60,000 to 70,000 Qiang soldiers who joined the Sui army were treated very much like Han soldiers, and Yelu Deguang must also give equal treatment.
Now all countries adopt the monetary system of the Qin Dynasty, which means that one gold coin is exchanged for five silver coins and one silver coin is exchanged for three hundred copper coins.
Among the countries, the Qin army had the highest military salary. The Qin army had a monthly salary of one tael and five cents of silver, while the Central Plains countries had between one tael and two cents and one tael and five cents.
The Sui Kingdom is located in a barren land in Guanxi and cannot afford such high military pay, only one tael of silver per month.
If Yelu Deguang could not give his soldiers a minimum monthly salary of one tael of silver per month, he would probably not have received the support of the Qiang people, let alone the great cause of restoring the country.
In other words, the inheritance left by A Baoji before his death was quite rich. In addition, Yelu Deguang has saved a lot of family funds through all kinds of money and fed his personal pockets over the years, otherwise he would not be able to support so many troops.
But when I thought of the Qin army''s moonlight of one or five cents, I raised an army of more than one.2 million.
In other words, the military expenditure of the Qin Dynasty alone costs at least 22 million taels of silver, while the military expenditure of the Sui State in one year is only 252 million taels.
As soon as he thought of this, Yelu Deguang couldn''t help but take a breath of cold air, and even had goose bumps on his body.
Before the Han Dynasty was in chaos, the tax revenue of the thirteen states in a year was probably less than 20 million taels. Before the Qin Dynasty occupied the Central Plains, it had surpassed the Han Dynasty by just half of the country.
This is too outrageous, the gap is really too big.
Yelu Deguang did not know the specific information of the Qin Dynasty, so the data he calculated was not accurate at all. He thought that the Qin Dynasty only had one million and two million troops, but in fact, he calculated 350,000 less. In addition to various other expenses, the Qin Dynasty spent 30 million taels a year.
If internal expenditures and various projects are added, the total fiscal expenditure of Daqin reached 50 million taels per year, which is more than twice the annual total revenue of the Han Dynasty, and it is also twice the annual fiscal expenditure of the other nine countries.
The Qin Dynasty obviously only occupied half of the country, but its fiscal revenue was several times that of the great man who owned the thirteen states. The reason was that the degree of development of civilization was completely different.
Before the Han Dynasty became chaotic, new technologies that could vigorously promote social productivity, such as high-yield grain, looms, papermaking, steelmaking, etc., did not appear.
Nowadays, the same acre of land can produce more food
The same female worker can spend more cloth in the same time.
Different civilization developments, social productivity is completely different.
Of course, the reason why Daqin''s tax revenue is so high is that in addition to internal factors such as technology promoting the improvement of total social productivity and internal governance exploration, the opening of marine trade to find customers everywhere to sell various commodities such as arms, and external factors such as colonization of Yingzhou also account for a very large proportion of Daqin''s fiscal revenue.
It is precisely because of the two major internal and external revenues that can support the huge fiscal expenditure of Daqin of 50 million taels per year, and allow Daqin to maintain an upward trend even during the war, which is far from comparable to that of all other countries.
Yelu Deguang tried hard not to let himself think about the Qin Dynasty, because the gap was too big, and thinking too much would easily lead to his fighting spirit.
Regarding the lack of weapons and equipment in the army, Yelu Deguang solved it a few days later. He directly sent troops to take over Yushu County and opened the Sui State''s kufu, using the Sui State''s resources to expand his army.
In response to this, the Sui State not only did not react at all, but also sent an edict to enthrone the
Yang Guang appointed Yelu Deguang as the Marquis of Liao, and his fief was that Yushu County was completely under his control. He directly recognized Yelu Deguang''s independence from a legal perspective, and did not mind exposing his own harshness and weakness.
After Yelu Deguang, Yang Guang also enthroned other Qiang forces, but his status was not as high as Yelu Deguang, and he took the initiative to increase his weapons and food to support their military expansion.
With the deliberate indulgence and support of the Sui State, the Qiang power, which took a hundred years to be exterminated by the Han people, quickly grew stronger in a short period of time. The dormant faction led by Yelu Deguang formed an army of 40,000, with 32,000 Chinese sects, while the Qiang and Jealous sects had 28,000.
The total strength of the three major Qiang factions reached 100,000, and nearly half of them were veterans. Therefore, the comprehensive quality of this Qiang army is very high. With a little training, it will exert its strong combat effectiveness. It is naturally incomparable to the Qin army, but it is much stronger than the Western Regions Alliance.
Yelu Deguang did not think about continuing to expand his army, but the Qiang people''s foundation was too weak. His 40,000 army was built with the help of the Sui Kingdom. No matter how many, it would be impossible to support it.
Yelu Deguang watched the materials and money in the warehouse, and the daily decrease was rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. He felt so distressed in his heart, and finally understood why the Qin army was so capable.
They were all made with white silver. If the army is not strong in combat, I would be sorry for the resources spent.
Just when Yelu Deguang was actively expanding his army and training, preparing to join forces with the Sui Dynasty to fight against Qin Dynasty, he received great news.
After receiving the accusation from Yelu Deguang, the escaped faction who defected to Yuan Meng immediately recalled the meeting to discuss whether to return.
The life after the escape from the army to surrender to Yuan Meng was actually not easy. Just look at the outcome of the Murong family''s surrender. Only Murong Ke was almost dead and was truly accepted. How could it be so easy to accept so many Qiang people?
Of course, although the escape faction led by Yelu Shilu surrendered to Yuan Meng, he did not give up his military power. At the same time, he refused to actively integrate into Yuan Meng, which seemed to be just a gesture of seeking protection, so naturally he was not accepted by Yuan Meng.
Just when Yuan Meng''s tolerance for the escaped faction reached its peak, Yelu Chucai stood up and took advantage of the death of Tolei and the internal strife of Yuan Meng, he led the Qiang people to support and help Kublai Khan firmly hold the throne, and became Kublai Khan''s confidant think tank, which allowed the escaped faction to avoid the fate of being completely encroached by Yuan Meng.
Although Yelu Chucai has a high prestige in the escape faction and can mobilize the Qiang army at a critical moment, he is still too young after all, and is a junior. The true core of the escape faction is actually Yelu Shilu and Yelu Helu.
Therefore, after receiving the message from Yelu Deguang, the fugitives led by Yelu Shilu, Yelu Xiuge, Yelu Helu and Yelu Xizhen, who were dissatisfied with being not accepted by Yuan Meng, decided to return to their hometown to support Yelu Deguang''s restoration.
The accepted person, led by Yelu Chucai, decided to stay in Yuanmeng, and the reason given was also very fatal.
It is not certain whether the Qiang people can restore the country. If they are in Yuanmeng, if Yelu Deguang fails, the fleeing Qiang people will at least have a shelter.
The older generation of Qiang people such as Yelu Shilu could not refute this reason, so they could only agree that Yelu Chucai stayed in Yuanmeng.
After the Qiang tribe destroyed the country, the Qiang people who escaped from the Qiang land fled, fled into the desert through Han Sui''s territory, and after joining Yuan Meng, they were placed in the Western Desert Grassland, near Hezhou and Liangzhou, but far away from Yuan Meng''s capital Longcheng.
There were not many people who escaped from the Qiang territory when the escaping faction had just escaped, with only 20,000 people in total, but they were all elite, and they also included two elite soldiers of the Qiang people, Pi Shi Army and Tielin Army.
After so many years of rest and recuperation, the Qiang people''s escaped sect also took root in the grasslands in the west of Mo, and grew stronger by annexing some small tribes, and became the leader of the three major tribes in the west of Mo, with a population of 150,000 and an army of 40,000.
It is precisely because the escape faction is not weak that he can get involved in the civil war between Yuan and Meng and support Yelu Chucai to enter the center of Yuan and Meng.
Now the Qiang people''s escaped sects have been divided into two factions: the Return Sect and the Yuanhua Sect.
The return faction led by Yelu Shilu decided to return to the Qiang people, but there was a Liangzhou separated from Haizhou in the west of the desert, so it was impossible for them to bring ordinary people back as well.
Therefore, after some discussion, Yelu Shilu decided to return with only 30,000 troops to support Yelu De in restoration of the country.
The Yuanhua faction headed by Yelu Chucai led 100,000 tribes and 10,000 troops to stay on the grassland to continue serving the Yuanmeng.
When Yelu Shilu learned that Yelu Shilu was going to return with 30,000 troops, Yelu Deguang was naturally overjoyed and quickly sent Yelu Shilu to return as soon as possible to avoid long nights and dreams. After all, if Yuan Meng knew about it, Kublai Khan had a stingy personality, it would definitely be impossible for him to let Yelu Shilu return.
Yelu Deguang actually thought too much. Not only did Kublai Khan not refuse to let him go, but he also hoped that Yelu Shilu would return.
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Longcheng.
Yelu Chucai did not think that his rumor was a betrayal of his fellow tribes and people. Because without Kublai Khan''s nod, Yelu Shilu and others would not be able to go back at all, and would even affect the 100,000 families in the tribe, so he had to be the rumor.
Looking at Kublai Khan who turned his back to him but looked calm and calm, and was not angry at all because of betrayal, Yelu Chucai couldn''t help but beat and scold Yelu Shilu and others in his heart.
His Majesty Yuan was already tolerant of the Qiang people, but they were grateful, but Yelu Deguang sent their hearts away with a letter, which was simply ungrateful.
Although Yelu Chucai also hoped that Yelu Deguang could restore the country, the person who used him and allowed his talents to be displayed was Kublai Khan. A scholar died for his confidant, so in his heart, Kublai Khan was the wise monarch who deserved his loyalty for the rest of his life.
"Forget it, their hearts are no longer in Dayuan, and those who can keep them cannot keep their hearts."
Kublai Khan waved his hand and said lightly, "If you want to leave, let them go."
When Yelu Chucai heard this, he was so moved that he almost burst into tears. He knelt down and said, "Your Majesty has never seen you forever, I admire you."
When Kublai Khan heard this, he shook his head and laughed, and did not speak again.
He let Yelu Shilu and others leave, so naturally he didn''t really care about betrayal, but wanted to use these people to support the Sui Kingdom and cause trouble for the Qin Dynasty to destroy the Sui Dynasty.
(This chapter ends)