Chapter 1578: Garrison Planning and Revision
Tegulen and Chabi were both very good riders, and they knew the importance of riding and the urgency of riding.

After a night of pleasure.

Su Mingzhe already knew the two girls well enough to let them help him with most of the housework without any worries.

He said he was taking care of internal affairs, but in fact he wanted the two women to help him calm people down.

After all, only when outsiders see how much Su Mingzhe trusts and values ​​the two Tartar women can they believe that he truly accepts outsiders and treats them equally.

"My Lord, it's ready!"

Cha Bi had a beautiful oval face, skin as white and firm as sheep's fat, and historical books described her as "very beautiful".

In addition to having a good-looking face, tall stature and an impressive figure, Chabi was also quick-witted, intelligent and fond of reading history books.

All the documents and letters of remonstrance that Tegulun could not understand were organized in an orderly manner by Chabi.

Su Mingzhe checked it once and found no problems, so he began to review it.

……

The correspondence in Dadu mainly came from the territory directly under Kublai Khan.

Before Ogedei succeeded to the throne, Kublai's father Tolui served as regent and led the attack on the Jin Dynasty.

Later, Tolui died of illness. After Ogedei conquered the Jin Dynasty, he gradually became addicted to wine and sex, and left the territory of the Jin Dynasty to Tolui's descendants to manage.

Kublai Khan was the fourth son of Tolui. His territory mainly included nine routes of the old Jin Dynasty, namely Zhongdu Road (Dadu), Hebei East Road, Hebei West Road, Shandong East Road, Shandong West Road, Daming Road, Jingzhao Road, and Nanjing Road. He had a total of 300,000 Tatar troops and 200,000 vassal troops.

A few years ago, in Xiangyang, Su Mingzhe destroyed Kublai Khan's 300,000-strong army, including 200,000 Tatar troops and 100,000 vassal troops.

After the war, although Kublai Khan tried to replenish his military forces, due to his small population, he was only able to recruit 50,000 Tatar troops and 150,000 vassal troops.

This time Kublai Khan went north, taking away 150,000 elite troops, leaving only 50,000 elite troops and 200,000 new troops.

Of the 50,000 elite troops, only 10,000 were stationed in Dadu, and the remaining 40,000 were scattered across the country.

This was also the main reason why Su Mingzhe, after arriving in Dadu, fired three rounds of artillery fire, which frightened Liu Bingzhong and Duo'er into surrendering.

Now that Su Mingzhe has captured Dadu, he still has nearly 200,000 troops in the remaining territory.

Since Kublai Khan's territory was mostly flat plains, Su Mingzhe was confident that he could conquer the country with just one order.

Once all these territories surrender, Kublai Khan will become a lost dog.

As for Mongke, his territory was in Hexi, Jinzhong, Longyou, Guanzhong and other places.

Su Mingzhe has too few soldiers under his command, so he needs to first take over Kublai Khan's territory before he can continue the attack.

……

Three days later.

Yang Guo led 50,000 light cavalry and arrived in Dadu.

At this point, Su Mingzhe's troops outnumbered the prisoners, and he began to reorganize the 60,000 prisoners.

This day.

Yang came over to see Su Mingzhe and said excitedly:
"Brother, I heard that you took six concubines in a row, two of which... were Kublai Khan's concubines?"

"Surprised?"

Seeing Yang Guo's playful expression, Su Mingzhe said unhappily:

"You came to Dadu, but instead of helping me with government affairs, you started gossiping!"

"Brother, I'm not gossiping, I'm worried about you. You know, Master is right behind us with a hundred thousand troops. They will arrive in less than ten days. If he knew that you stole Kublai Khan's two wives, do you think Master would be angry?"

Yang Guo said this with a chuckle.

In his heart, even if Su Mingzhe became a prince, he was still his master's disciple and had to listen to his master.

In response to Yang Guo's words, Su Mingzhe raised his eyebrows:
"Yang Guo, do you want to make a bet?"

Yang Guo asked curiously:

"What are you gambling?"

Su Mingzhe said confidently:

"Let's bet on whether Master will be angry because I married six concubines. Do you dare to bet?"

“Let’s bet!” Yang Guo had seen Guo Jing and Huang Rong’s loving relationship since he was a child.

In his opinion, if Guo Jing knew about Su Mingzhe forcibly taking someone else's wife, he would definitely be angry.

……

Guo Jing led the army and arrived a little slowly.

It took Su Mingzhe half a month to capture Dadu, and Yang Guo twelve days to arrive in Dadu before Guo Jing arrived with an army of 100,000.

What Yang Guo expected, Guo Jing's rage against Su Mingzhe, would naturally not happen.

Even after hearing about Su Mingzhe's political marriage in order to appease the people, Guo Jing praised Su Mingzhe:

"Mingzhe, you have done a great job! Whether they are Mongolians, Jurchens, Khitans, Tanguts, or Uighurs, since they have become your subjects, you must treat them equally and let them live and work in peace and contentment..."

"Master, I always remember your teachings and dare not slack off in the slightest!"

Su Mingzhe chatted with Guo Jing for a few words and then asked him to go downstairs and have a rest.

After all, it would definitely be very hard to lead an army of 100,000 on the journey and be responsible for settling the prefectures and counties that surrendered along the way.

After Guo Jing left, Su Mingzhe called Yang Guo over:

"Junior brother, do you admit defeat?"

"Master, I'm sorry to tell you..."

Yang Guo was still a little unconvinced, but he also knew that he didn't understand his master Guo Jing as well as Su Mingzhe.

"Stop talking nonsense! Since you admit defeat, just listen to my orders!"

Su Mingzhe said, took out a seal from his arms and handed it to Yang Guo:
"This is the seal of the Jingdong Road Chief Steward. I now appoint you as the Jingdong Road Chief Steward!"

“Let me go back to JD?”

Yang Guo was somewhat surprised:

"Isn't there a master's wife guarding Jingdong?"

"I have already written a letter and asked my master's wife to come to Dadu!"

Su Mingzhe did not expect that the Tartar officials in Daming, Jingzhao and other places would surrender directly without waiting for his notice of surrender.

This was also the main reason why it took Guo Jing a month to lead 100,000 people to arrive at Dadu from Qizhou.

Now all of Kublai Khan's territory has belonged to Su Mingzhe.

Su Mingzhe needs a strong and capable person to help him handle government affairs.

In Su Mingzhe's opinion, apart from Yang Guo, the only person who can do this job is Huang Rong.

However, in Su Mingzhe's view, guarding Jingdong Road and guarding Dadu are equally important.

Now that Su Mingzhe has taken over Kublai Khan's territory, his mission of guarding the Jingdong Road has changed from guarding against the Tartars to guarding against the Song court.

Although Huang Rong had no loyalty to the Song court, she was extremely obedient to her husband Guo Jing.

If the Song court suddenly sent people north to take over Jingdong Road, Su Mingzhe was afraid that Huang Rong would consider Guo Jing's idea and give up Jingdong Road.

Therefore, after repeated consideration, Su Mingzhe decided to let Huang Rong come to Dadu and let Yang go to guard Jingdong Road.

In addition to arranging Yang Guo to guard Jingdong Road, Su Mingzhe also planned to let Guo Jing lead the army to the north to attack Shangjing, Dongjing, Beijing, and Xianping Road of the old Jin Kingdom.

Su Mingzhe himself was preparing to tour his jurisdiction, reorganize the surrendered soldiers, and at the same time rectify the local customs and folkways.

Once the territory is conquered, it’s over.

Now Su Mingzhe nominally accepted all of Kublai Khan's territory and had an army of 500,000.

However, among the 500,000 troops, 250,000 were surrendered soldiers.

If these surrendered soldiers are not reorganized, no one knows how much combat effectiveness Su Mingzhe can exert when he leads them to attack other territories.

In addition, the Jin Dynasty had occupied the Central Plains for more than a hundred years, and the customs and folkways of the Han people had long been destroyed.

If Su Mingzhe wants to restore the splendor of the Han and Tang dynasties, he must also rectify and modify the folk customs.

In a word, even if Su Mingzhe took over Kublai Khan's territory without bloodshed, he would not be able to continue his expedition to attack Mongke and the grassland without repairing it for a year or two.