Chapter 35: Yan Han An Han's first name, Zhishi warriors newly defected to

"The bright moonlight in front of the bed is suspected to be frost on the ground. Raise your head to look at the moon and bow your head to miss your hometown.

On this day, after training, Zhao Jin took time to teach a class of military officers to learn Chinese characters and read Chinese poetry. When he read this song, he said to the colonel, "I remember you are a Kazakh, and your hometown is on the other side of Lake Balkhash, right?" Huher said yes. Zhao Jin said, "So Li Bai, who wrote this poem, is your fellow countryman. Li Bai was born in the Broken Leaf City, the Protectorate of the Western Regions, just near you, haha..." Huheer was overjoyed. Unexpectedly, this Chinese poem was still written by his hometown, and he couldn't help missing his hometown more. Zhao Jin said again, "Huheer, you are quite brave and diligent coaches. I want to promote you. From now on, you will be a general."

It turned out that Huheer was good at using the Pa'er hammer and taught the righteous soldiers to use this weapon, which was very powerful. Zhao Jin was diligent in military affairs and often personally paraded himself, so he promoted a lieutenant with expertise as a general. The hammer was one of the standard weapons of the Yuan Dynasty and was originally the weapon of the Western Xia Kingdom. The Mongolian army is good at learning. While conquering the four directions, they draw their strengths from the four directions. No wonder they can fight stronger and stronger. The hammer is similar to the Western shackles. It is to install a six-shaped hammer on a wooden handle to hit the enemy with gravity. When charging, the cavalry waved a hammer and hit the enemy hard, often with a fatal blow! Such weapons are also difficult to use and must be trained more at ordinary times.

After Zhao's promotion, the position of general of the Rebel Army was adjusted to: the famous * four members - left general Li Tu, later general He Anping, right general Wu Da, former general Qi Jin; but the twelve members of the general - Xiao Li, Lu, Lu Xiang, Li Gui, Yan Shizhong, Liu Shang, Gao Jinghe, Lin Mi, Shi Yi, Dai Degong, He Pan, Xu Yu; 14 members of General Pei - Yao Manzi, Du Longhan, An Feng, Ge Lishen, Gulu Lamu, Su Mi Du, Tan Sheng, Zhou Bolong, Huher, Yang Hong, Tianjiang, Gong Liao, Che Chuerliang, Zheng Tongfu; a total of 30 generals. Ya will be a senior lieutenant, roughly equivalent to a colonel in later generations, not among the generals.

Zhao Jin is not only diligent in governing the army, but also in governing politics. There are many brave talents in the new city, but there is a shortage of cultural talents and officials engaged in internal affairs. Zhao Jin has always wanted to appoint a farmer to be responsible for agriculture and animal husbandry; a businessman to be responsible for industry and commerce; but so far, no suitable candidate has been found. Zhang Han and Liu Shide, who only found half-text and half-mao, are good candidates for internal affairs. Zhao Jin appointed Zhang Han as Sikou, responsible for public safety; Liu Shide, who was responsible for the management of materials. These two positions are civilian officials, and their status is equivalent to that of a general.

In view of the problem of internal affairs, Zhao Jin selected a group of slightly educated people and asked He Anping to train them to be basic civil officials, who can serve as central officials, as well as local state and county officials in the future. In order to have officials available in the future, we have to prepare for it now.

As a result, the civil and military positions were gradually enriched, and the regime of the rebels was getting new. At this time, there is one problem that cannot be solved - the name of the Rebel regime.

Although the Rebels regard the Song Dynasty as Zheng Shuo, they also need a resounding name. Zhengshuo of the Song Dynasty is temporary, and the name of the Song Dynasty is actually not loud enough - on the one hand, the Song Dynasty has been weak for hundreds of years; on the other hand, only a small part of the Rebel Army, whether it is a backbone general or a grassroots soldier, is a remnant of the Song Dynasty, and the vast majority of them are not. To make the vast majority of people have a sense of belonging, it is not appropriate to adopt the name of the old Song Dynasty.

Therefore, Zhao Jin gathered Wenwu for several discussions and determined the name of the Rebel regime - Yan Han!

"Han" does not only refer to the Han nationality. Historically, the Han regimes have been successively known as the Western Han Dynasty, Eastern Han Dynasty, Shu Han Dynasty, Cheng Han Dynasty, Zhao Han Dynasty, Northern Han Dynasty, Southern Han Dynasty, etc., many of which were established by ethnic minorities. In ancient times, there was no collective name of "Chinese nation", and the word "Han" could be used as the general name of many ethnic groups in China. In fact, the Han people themselves are also a greatly integrated nation, and there are no pure Han people. The Han people have been integrated from various ethnic groups since ancient times.

"Yan" means "the descendants of Yan Huang". Whether it is the Han people, the Miao people, the Yi people, the Koreans and other farming nations, or the Qiang people, the Xiongnu, the Xianbei people, the Khitan people, the Jurchens, the Mongols and other nomadic peoples, even if they are not descendants of the Yellow Emperor, at least they are the descendants of the more ancient Yan Emperor. . Huangdi is the co-ancestor of the Han people and several ethnic groups, and Emperor Yan is the co-ancestor of the wider Eastern ethnic family. With "Yan" as the name, Pude has the hearts of all ethnic groups in the new city.

In addition, ancient China paid attention to the virtue of the five elements. The Southern Song Dynasty is Mude, which was destroyed by Yuan; Yuan is Jinde, and according to the five elements, only Huode can be extinguished. Later Zhu Yuanzhang really raised the red flag and created the Ming Dynasty with fire virtue. Zhao Zhen wants to lead the remnants of all ethnic groups of China back to the Central Plains here, which is bound to defeat the Yuan Dynasty; therefore, there is no need for Zhu Yuanzhang to come out, Zhao Zhen himself to occupy Huode first! The word "Yan" is very suitable.

In this way, the Rebel regime has been named "Han" for short, and its full name is "Yan Han". Zhao Jin, the leader of the regime, called it "General Fengtian of Yanhan", and the new city, the capital of the regime, was named "Anhan".

The Yanhan regime revitalised the military and government, and successively set up civil and military officials. Under the leadership of the general, the military and civilians of all ethnic groups fought together.

In Anhan City, there were many military and political measures for a while. It is worth mentioning that the general tried his best to exclude public criticism and greatly streamlined the establishment of the inner palace. Four-fifths of the maids were cut off at once, and nearly 2,000 people were released, leaving less than 500 people. Such a reduction is unprecedented and wise. Those released were all assigned to the soldiers as wives, and the remaining 500 people were not useless. They were all engaged in textile production under the leadership of Hui Niang and sewed military uniforms for the officers and soldiers of each battalion. Since then, a tradition has been formed. The inner palace has actually become a "military uniform production factory", with high production efficiency and unified specifications, ensuring the quality of military uniforms of the Yanhan army.

Zhao Jin reorganized the Yanhan army again. In order to facilitate the unification of the order during the battle, he clarified the subordinates of the generals. Zhao Jin's own direct troops were reorganized into "Hu Ben, with a total of thousands of horses. He Pan was appointed as Lieutenant Hu Ben and Lu Xiang as Hu Ben lieutenant. One of them was brave and the other was careful, leading Hu Ben together, which could complement each other. The female army was reorganized into "tiqi", with a total of 500 riders, and Xu Yu was appointed as the captain of Tiqi. As for Yao Manzi, because Zhao Jin's next plan to attack the countries east of the Volga River made Li Tu and Xiao Qian prepare for this, he put Yao Manzi under Li Tu's command to enrich his strength.

He Anping led a team to the south of Anhan to check the terrain and came all the way to the swamp on the north coast of the Lihai Sea. After some deliberation, He Anping proposed to set up Zezhou in the southeast and Zanzhou in the southwest of Anhan. Zezhou is built on the edge of the marshes and strangles the lower reaches of the Ural River, which can strategically prevent enemy troops from smuggling into the Ural River to attack Anhan. Economically, it can be used as a river port to connect ports along the coast of the Ciphate Sea and divert some of Anhan's goods. Zanzhou was built east of the mouth of the Volga River, not far from the burned city of Shalai. It can strategically control the section near the mouth of the mouth of the Volga River and arch Wei Anhan. Economically, it can replace the role of Shalai City and feed livestock on the surrounding beautiful grasslands.

Zhao Jin sent an envoy to tell He Anping that he fully agreed with his opinion, that is, he was appointed to be fully responsible for the construction of the two cities of Zezhou and Zanzhou, and the south of Anhan. Therefore, according to local conditions, He Anping commanded the people and horses to build the prototype of the two cities with soil, and successively strengthened and expanded them in the future.

Since the beginning of spring, the captured nobles of Dongsi countries have come to redeem their families one after another, and Zhao Jin knocked a lot of gold and silver. On this day, Grand Duke Tenota, the monarch of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, also sent people to redeem Utita and Kurefaru. Zhao Jin thought to himself, "Utita is very high-quality, and the more she bullies her, the happier she will be. It suits me very much. I really don't want to return it. That's all for Kurefaru." So Zhao Jin sent people back to Kurefaru, who was working hard in Zezhou, and gave it to the messenger: "Your grand duke is too stingy. This little ransom can only redeem this man. Women won't give it!" Seeing that the general's face was rude and unreasonable, the messenger had to claim Kurefalu first and returned to China to report to the Grand Duke.

Let's talk about the situation in the north. After Qi Jin, Lu Xiang, Liu Shang and Gu Lu Lamu settled in the north, they all led their troops back to Anhan. Zhao Jin wanted to send governance officials to the north, but there was a shortage of civil officials and no one could send them. Zhao Jin had to send two more educated generals first: Lin Mi and Ge Lishen, stationed in the two cities of Ovalu and Ye Leisi respectively, and temporarily led the affairs of the north. Fortunately, the folk customs in the north are simple and not difficult to manage.

The most important thing is the east. Moku Temur, the king of the Golden Curtain, has gone on an expedition to India. Although it is far away, he will always come back sooner or later. It is estimated that he is on his way back now. There are also people from the Khanate who stay in Central Asia and may come to attack Anhan first. Therefore, the pressure on the east side of Anhan is very heavy. Zhao Jin was relieved. When he finished the important affairs in the city, he set out in person and ordered 800 Hu Ben, 200 Tiqi, 2,000 cavalry and 6,000 infantry battalions, and invited He Pan, Lu Xiang, Xu Yu, Liu Shang, Gao Jinghe, Shi Fu, An Feng, Su Mi Du, Huhe Er and other generals to join with Wuda's troops to jointly prepare for the fight against the Mongolian army.

Zhao Jin led the people out of Seoul, went nearly 500 miles to the southeast, crossed the Ural River, then went 800 miles east, entered the Cangling hilly area, and then walked about 400 miles to reach the Cangling Pass. More than 5,000 people from Wuda rushed here to build a barrier at the end of winter. Zhao Zhen arrived in April of the lunar calendar, and more than half of the Cangling Pass had been built. Zhao Jin immediately ordered the troops who arrived and work hard to build it and complete it as soon as possible.

Cangling is just a traditional commercial road on the north bank of the Cien Sea, and merchants often pass through Central Asia and Dongsi. However, if it is an army, it does not have to pass through Cangling. It can march close to the Cita Sea, cross the deserts and swamps, cross the Ural River, and directly attack Anhan. So, why did the rebels still choose to build the Cangling Pass?

The original meaning of the pass is not to strangle all roads. Just like Tongguan and Shanhaiguan, famous passes with extremely superior geographical situation can be bypassed. Hulao Pass, Fenshui Pass, Niangzi Pass, Juyong Pass, Jiayu Pass, Yumen Pass, etc., all of them can be bypassed. In fact, the main significance of the pass is not to block the dead path, but in the containment and deterrence of the enemy's main force. If the enemy's main force dares to bypass it, it will deter the way behind it.

Genghis Khan's army attacked the Jin Dynasty, which had been restrained by Tongguan for a long time and was difficult to walk. In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji dared to lead the army around Shanhaiguan to attack Beijing, which was a dangerous move. If the Ming army commanded well, the Qing army might have been cut off and the horse would not return. Unfortunately, the command of the Ming army was chaotic and led to the overthrow of the country!

Therefore, Zhao Jin always reads the experience of history books and military books and learned from historical lessons. On the one hand, he built the Cangling Pass, and on the other hand, he also established Zezhou by the Ural River, which was not only prepared to fight against the enemy with Xiongguan, but also prevented the enemy from bypassing Xiongguan for sneak attacks.

The Cangling area is far away from the bustling area, and the population is very sparse, and there are wild chickens and squirrels everywhere. The Yanhan army picked stones and soil here and built a fortress. Since then, there has been a human settlement in the area.

(to be continued in the next section)