"Your Majesty, the prey is back!" Yuan Xingqin rushed over excitedly.

"Canglang!" Xia Luqi pulled out the knife and stood in front of him.

Yuan Xingqin slowed down and stopped far away.

"Your Majesty, I'm reckless." Yuan Xingqin said awkwardly.

"It's okay." Shao Shude patted Xia Luqi on the shoulder, feeling very satisfied, but he walked forward in person and said, "Yuanqing is intent. Eating deer in winter is the most beautiful life. After a while, he will share the food with the soldiers.

, you take it down and rectify it first."

Yuan Xingqin was holding a deer in his hand, which was exactly what Shao Shude had just shot down. He spoke so well that his arms did not move at all, and his arm strength was indeed very good.

"As for the order." Yuan Xingqi quietly glanced at Xia Luqi and left. Xia Luqi glared back at him.

"I heard you fought with him?" Shao Shude suddenly asked. "I will not decide whether to win or lose." Xia Luqi replied.

"Oh? This person is so brave?" Shao Shude pretended to be surprised and said, "I don't want to fight you in a fight."

"Your Majesty, if it is a battle in the infantry, I will definitely be able to kill this person. I can't tell the skill of the cavalry battle." Xia Luqi blushed and he made a statement.

Shao Shude smiled and said, "It's already good."

Xia Luqi, one of the three hundred kills in history, personally confirmed that Yuan Xingqin was a little capable. And how could this person say, it was much more loyal than the average person at this time. After joining Li Cunxu in history, he devoted his heart to it.

Do your best to avoid life and death on the battlefield. You will rush into the enemy's encirclement alone, enter the blade with empty hands, kill the enemy soldiers, and rescue the lord.

When Li Cunxu was over, he had offended Li Siyuan long ago and could not surrender to him. Therefore, he spoke passionately, but in fact he was not very trustworthy. After Zhuangzong's death, he also fled and was held by the villagers. But he didn't care.

No matter how, he did not rebel, and he did his best with Liu Shouguang or Li Cunxu. Although he was not a loyal and righteous man, he was definitely not a thief and had his own ideas and values.

If you observe and observe, you can slowly put a burden on him.

Well, Shaluchi has been burdened. Shao Shude is very satisfied with him. He has been promoted to deputy general and commands a hundred silver-santhed warriors. After the palace guards, he formed the last escort circle around Shao Shude - these hundred people, too.

He is an old man in the imperial guards. Yishui's cold-forged wart armor, step bow, long spear, horizontal sword, and heavy sword are all called killing machines. It's enough to have them here.

There were knights running in the distance. Looking closely, they were all young men, while the old people had already dismounted and seemed to be chatting, but the corner of their eyes fell on Shao Shude's side.

Shao Shude sat on his classic limited edition tiger skin chair, carefully watching the performance of the younger generations, and commented from time to time.

"There are many good seedlings this year."

"Who is this person? Seven out of ten arrows is as good as Hebasheng back then." - Hebasheng rushed to the horse and shot flying birds, six out of ten, archery skills cannot be said to be the first, but it is also a first-class level.

"Haha, the children are showing off their riding skills in front of me. They will be rewarded if they show off their best."

"Prairie Warriors, let's not talk about anything else, riding and archery are indeed top-notch. They are all my sons, okay, okay!" Shao Shude enjoyed the feeling of the warriors competing to show in front of him, which gave him a kind of heroes in the world.

All of them are satisfied with my sacredness.

What's more, the warriors of the Grassland Slave tribe are all their own families, so they feel even more happy to see them.

"Sweat." The old guys who were resting not far away finally couldn't help it and came over one after another. "Sit down." Shao Shude ordered.

Chu Shenping asked someone to bring a chair - well, the upgraded chair that Shao Sheng ordered is no longer the rope bed of the past.

"Do you know what happened to you and others when you summon me?" Shao Shude asked.

In front of him, more than ten people sat. In addition to the people from Xianyou Palace, the Sanquan inspector Wang He and the confidants of King Xi who went to Zhu were also listed. Basically, the entire Daxia area in Yanbei grassland

The leader of the power.

"Please let the khan make it clear." said Tuoba Jin, the supervisor of Xianyou Palace.

"How much food is left in your respective tribes?" Shao Shude said, "Has the horse lost weight?"

Winter and spring are usually the most difficult time for grassland tribes, because

For the grass has stopped growing. Therefore, the tribes usually start preparing the winter hay in autumn, slaughtering excess livestock, and preparing to survive the harsh winter.

The tribe in winter is like the frozen snake, without any vitality. Whether it is humans or livestock, they are "fatted", and the food and forage are tight, and there is really not much left.

"Sweat, the grain has been gone long ago, and the forage is enough to last until May." Tuoba Jin replied: "The horse has lost some weight, but according to the order of the sweat, there are still more than a thousand horses to use at any time.

If you raise a war horse, you can jump around and jump around once you raise it."

"Khan, my troops and Xianyou Palace seem to be." Go to Zhu and replied. "Where are you?" Shao Shude looked at Wang He and asked.

"Khan, our troops can dispatch three thousand knights and five thousand horses at any time." Wang He replied loudly. "Oh?" Shao Shude was surprised and asked, "Why?"

"I've been guarding against the Khitan thieves." Wang He smiled. "Yeah, it's not bad." Shao Shude said.

After saying that, he pondered for a while, as if he was about to announce something.

Tuoba Jin, leaving Zhu, Wang He and the other two held their breath and were calm and waited quietly, for fear of missing any word.

"In two days, you will go back to each tribe." Shao Shude said, "Slaughter the livestock and prepare the jerky meat. The horses should also feed them quickly, don't be skinny. After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month - Tuoba Jin, you can take the five knots to ride to the horse.

In the area of ​​Yanle’s ancient city; Wang He, you lead ten thousand cavalry to the area of ​​Ximiyunshu; when you go to Zhu, you bring three thousand cavalry to the area of ​​Guangbian Army.”

The Guangbian Army, Ximiyunshu, and Yanle City all belong to the Shanhou area of ​​Youzhou Town. After they gave up, they were occupied by the Khitan. However, in a major war last year, the Xia army chased all the way and the Khitan fled everywhere. Xia

After the army withdrew, the Khitans did not come back and almost became a homeless land.

"You can arrive within ten days, no mistakes are allowed." Shao Shude emphasized again. "Abide by the order." The three of them asked nothing and immediately agreed.

Shao Shude was very satisfied.

Because of the loose relationship, there are always people who quarrel and even bargaining when the leader orders are issued, which has almost become a habit.

Only when a person with very high prestige stands up and speaks, no one dares to contradict him. Once such people appear on the grassland, it means that they have been integrated to a certain level. The power that can be called is very huge, and they can often dispatch hundreds of thousands of people.

ride.

When Shao Shude speaks now, no one dares to talk. The tribes such as Yinshan, Daibei and Yanbei were either defeated by him or cultivated by him. They have a very high prestige and no one dares to talk nonsense.

"Don't worry. I will send some food and grass to Ximiyunshu and other places. You can send someone to accept it." Shao Shude said: "I will also replenish you the slaughtered livestock and the lost horses. You only have one task.

, it is to intercept tribes that may flee north."

"As for the order." The three of them answered in unison.

In fact, it is not a difficult task. The tribes that are fleeing are usually in a state of panic and chaos. And they don’t know that someone is ambushing behind the mountain. If they suddenly attack, it is a high probability that the collapse will occur. This task,

It can even be called easy.

"Okay, let the men come over." Shao Shude said.

After hearing this, the three of them gave a few instructions. After a while, the warriors who were hunting stopped, dismounted from afar, and trotted all the way.

"Greetings to the Great Sweat." Hundreds of people knelt all over the ground. "Get up." Shao Shude helped his hands with his hands.

Thousands of households and heads of people gave their own words, and hundreds of people stood up.

Shao Shude knew a few foreign languages. Dangxiang language is proficient, and Tubo language can be used to most dialogues. He once tried to learn Uighur language, but gave up and didn't have that much energy. Dangxiang language only has language and no words, while Tubo language and Uighur language

They are all written, and it is too troublesome to learn and takes up too time.

"One person gets two pieces of silk and a can of tea." Shao Shude said.

"Thank you." Everyone had known that there would be rewards for a long time, but when they heard this, they were still very excited. "I am very happy to see you." Shao Shude smiled and said, "There are a total of here-"

"Khan, there are four hundred and three people." Tuoba Jin whispered.

"Well, four hundred and three people will be all assigned to the palace guards." Shao Shu

De said. The heads translated it again, and everyone was overjoyed and thanked him again.

One of the sources of the palace guards was the Grassland Slave Tribe. This time, some of the warriors brought by Wang He who went to Zhu, and they also benefited from it.

During the Former Tang Dynasty, the palace guards were mainly composed of the previous military service, the surrendered Hu people, the Gentile protons and students. Most of them were rotated regularly instead of being on duty for a long time.

The same is true for the Xia Dynasty. The palace guards are just jobs. They will be transferred after working for a few years and a new group of people will come. This has both pros and cons, but in the long run, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages. At least since the Northern Dynasties, the effect has been always

Not bad, at least much safer than those who use fixed ones.

Of course, the people from the Grassland Slave Division have to be rotated. Some of the replaced people may enter the military system and become members of the imperial guards and state soldiers, and then eat imperial food; some officers can even get officials, which is a success.

Even those who were sent back to the tribe could receive a generous severance payment, which was quite good. Therefore, I was very excited to hear that I could be a palace guard.

"It's the New Year--" After waving his hand to let the warriors retreat, Shao Shude looked at Tuoba Jin again and said, "Hongyuan, Yulin, Woyang, Xianyou Four Palaces recruited 20,000 people to Youzhou, your troops are not

Exception. I have to train my men and soldiers. The guards have not gathered for a long time to fight. How can I rest assured if I don’t see blood?"

"Your Majesty is wise." Tuoba Jin said.

He knew that training was one thing, but winning over the soldiers of his own tribe was the main reason why the Supreme Khan ordered troops.

The history of the personal guards has a long history. They have fought with Li Keyong and Zhu Quanzhong, but since then, they have been on the battlefield very few times. Except for the Xianyou Palace tribe who often fights with the Khitans, the other three palace tribes.

I was really comfortable and hadn't seen Khan for a long time. This call was just right.

"Narrow to Yanshan Mountain, what places are suitable for building palaces?" Shao Shude asked suddenly.

"Your Majesty, there is a place in the north of Yanle's ancient city. The mountains are elegant and beautiful, and the water and plants are abundant. You can build a palace." Tuoba Jin replied.

"Have you been there?" Shao Shude asked with a smile.

"When I was chasing the Khitan, I came here. The six tribes had graze here and were expelled this year." Tuoba Jin said.

"Okay, I understand." Shao Shude said.

He thought about it and found that the ancient city of Yanle was in the area of ​​Longhua County in later generations, and was actually still in the Yanshan Mountains.

It can be grazed or farmed. It has been in the Central Plains and the tug-of-war between the grasslands in history.

Even if you can’t live a safe life, you can’t grazle here for a long time, and the population has always been very sparse.

This is the suffering of the frontier. Even if there are agricultural conditions that can be reclaimed, you do not have a safe external environment, so you can only exist as a military stronghold and the population cannot be increased.

In this place, the Slave Department is placed to graze as an outer barrier of Youzhou. You can try it. This is actually part of the defense system of Youzhou, the Beidu, which he has been conceiving recently.

As an important town connecting the grassland and the Central Plains, Youzhou will obviously build a complete defense system based on the Yanshan Mountains. The outer periphery of this system is the various vassal tribes and slave tribes of the Bashang Grassland, and the middle is a small number of them set up in the Yanshan Mountains.

The fortress guarded by the soldiers was finally a large army stationed on the Youzhou plain.
Chapter completed!