On the early morning of the second day of September, the sound of neat footsteps left Jinyong City.
"Huang Biao."
"exist."
"Lead our soldiers to the horse market and seize all the horses. War horses, draft horses, and walking horses. We will seize them all and bring them all to Jinyong City."
"Nuo." Huang Biao was about to call the soldiers to leave, but was stopped by Shao Xun again.
"If the horse merchant calls Qu, write a copy of the receipt to them." Shao Xun ordered.
"As ordered." Huang Biao immediately left with his team of 500 soldiers.
"Zhang Gu."
"exist."
"The car dealership in Dasuo City impounded all the vehicles. The harnesses were removed, and the horses, donkeys and mules were taken away."
"Nuo." Zhang Gu left with his five hundred soldiers.
"Li Chong, Yu An."
"exist."
"You two take our sergeants and go to the manors outside the city to ask for horses, donkeys, and mules."
"No." Yu An agreed immediately. Li Zhong hesitated for a moment and then agreed.
A thousand soldiers marched out in formation.
"He Zhong, Zheng Dong."
"exist."
"Set up defenses on the Imperial Street inside Dongyang Gate and not allow a single horse or mule to escape."
"promise."
After the order was issued, Shao Xun had people move the bed, and the big horse sat in Jinyong City with a golden knife, with a smile on his lips, revealing four small tiger teeth that were symmetrical up and down - if you look closely, they look more like fangs.
Yes, this general who always followed the rules showed his crazy fangs at this moment.
When it comes to rules, it's just because the benefits aren't big enough and it's not worth falling out with.
When the benefits are big enough, I don’t care who you are?
"Haha!" Shao Xun suddenly laughed.
Some people actually think he follows the rules.
You haven't seen my madness when I killed Li Yi, Meng Chao, or captured Sima Yi, right?
I became so perverted that I couldn't control myself.
The sun is rising gradually, and the September sunshine is warm.
Shao Xun squinted his eyes and enjoyed the warm sunshine.
Tang Jian and his guests from Shaoyuan, which had expanded to fifty people, stood around with helmets and armor on their heads and weapons in hand.
Angry curses gradually filled the streets, and that was just the first wave of victims.
Shao Xun closed his eyes and fell asleep, seemingly asleep.
In the horse market to the east of the city, the sergeants brandished their spear poles and smashed them down on their heads and faces, pushing away all the horse traders who came to stop them.
Some of the guards were angry and tried to pull weapons from the bottom of the carriage and from the corner of the shop, but they were quickly stopped by the leader.
They followed the leader's gaze and looked at the roofs on the left and right sides.
Fifty Forbidden Army archers have climbed up, picking up their bows and arrows, watching eagerly.
"Bah!" someone spat and hid the ring-shou knife again.
We can still make a few moves against the bandits, but the intimidation of the archers is too great.
Even in a bandit village, archers have a high status and can often get more when dividing the spoils.
It is not advisable to be impulsive when you are not wearing armor.
"Xilulu!" The horse neighed in pain and was roughly pulled out of the stable by the sergeants.
They swung their hooves vigorously, trying to attack the humans who made them feel uncomfortable, but all failed.
After a while, a groom arrived and calmed the horse. The horse's irritable mood calmed down and he was pulled away obediently.
The whole "borrowing a horse" process was peaceful and peaceful, without the slightest conflict.
Before leaving, Huang Biao had someone write a simple note: Wang Rong, the lieutenant of the Northern Army, borrowed 733 horses.
Wang Rong is already dead, I'm afraid I can only ask Wang Yan for this debt.
Well, before Wang Yan knew what happened, his family was called away. After a stalemate, ten horses were taken away.
Zhang Gu, who was leading the team, didn't say much to him at all, just pulled his horse and left.
"How different from Shangguan!" Wang Yan's wife was so angry that she touched her chest and almost couldn't breathe.
Wang Yan glanced at his wife sympathetically.
Guo, who would not even let go of a piece of dung on the road, had ten horses taken away today, so he was strong enough not to faint.
Sisters Wang Jingfeng and Wang Huifeng hid in the house, looked outside through the window lattice, and then looked at each other.
"These soldiers should die as soon as possible." Wang Jingfeng said angrily.
She has a beautiful face and full of charm. When she stands with her sister, she looks like a beautiful white swan.
My younger sister, Wang Huifeng, is not bad looking either, but she is always plain-faced, doesn't like to wear makeup, and is cold, with a repulsive expression. Naturally, she is not as eye-catching as her elder sister.
But she was smarter than Wang Jingfeng, and she was already carefully analyzing the purpose of the soldiers' actions.
I heard from my father that after Sikong's defeat in Xiao County, he ordered the Luoyang Imperial Army to be mobilized and went south to Yuzhou to attack Liu Qiao and his son.
Then, these people who are traveling around to recruit horses should be the soldiers who are going to fight.
But, what do you need so many horses for?
Wang Huifeng had several conjectures in an instant, but unfortunately he couldn't confirm them now.
Prince Wu's Mansion, Prince Yuzhang's Mansion, Tingwei's Mansion, Shizhong's Mansion...
There are scenes of people shouting and neighing everywhere.
One horse was taken away and gathered in Jinyong City.
When Shao Xun woke up from his sleep, several groups of people had been blocked outside.
In the afternoon, military commander Cao Fu hurried over in an ox cart.
"Quan... Xiaolangjun, what are you doing? Why are the whole city asking for horses? He Lun didn't dare to come forward and hid, so everyone came to the old man's house and even the emperor was alarmed."
Cao Fu said anxiously.
In the early autumn of September, Cao Fu had a layer of oily sweat on his forehead, which looked very funny.
"Commander, please be patient." Shao Xun welcomed Cao Fu over, asked him to sit on his bed, and asked, "Has the emperor ever issued an edict to rebuke him?"
"That's not true. The emperor has important things to do," Cao Fu said.
"What's the matter?"
"Turning a private toad into a public toad."
Shao Xun couldn't help laughing.
It's September, how many days can the toad still be able to jump around? The emperor's hard work is destined to be in vain.
"You haven't said yet, what do you want?" Cao Fu asked again.
"Rush to the aid of King Fan Yang."
"Is it so urgent? Need so many horses? Luoyang is not far from Xuchang."
"The military situation is urgent, and I am also very worried." Shao Xun smiled and said: "Don't worry, Commander, I will leave soon."
"When are you leaving?"
"Noon tomorrow at the latest."
"How many horses did you get?"
"There are no less than a thousand horses, and there are also more than a thousand donkeys and mules. When everyone comes back, the number may exceed three thousand."
"You...you are really messing around." Cao Fu breathed a sigh of relief and said angrily: "I thought you were rebelling."
If the chips are sufficient, I wouldn't mind doing it.
Shao Xun muttered something silently in his mind and said: "It makes no sense to be a military commander. I fought hard for Sikong and was willing to bear the infamy. You can just give me a few words of praise. Why are you slandering me?"
Cao Fu wanted to speak but stopped.
You are alone, with no wife, no children, no worries, no cares, so it is not surprising that you are really rebelling.
In more than seventy years, he has seen too many things, and nothing is impossible.
"Military Commander, over there with Wang Pushe, help me take care of it. When you return in triumph, you will definitely bear the burden and apologize." Shao Xun said.
"Why did you harm Wang Yifu?" Cao Fu asked curiously.
"Let him owe some debt." Shao Xun said vaguely.
Cao Fu was too lazy to ask any more questions.
He could bear the turmoil today. After all, he was borrowing the horse, not robbing it. It was said that the horse would be returned to its original owner after the battle.
Whether you believe it or not, with this guide, many things will be easier to handle.
Furthermore, as Shao Xun said, he was rushing to help King Fan Yang and was loyal to him. Could Sikong still be really angry?
After suffering such a huge defeat and having few soldiers at hand, your most capable general gathered horses for your great cause and quickly rushed to Xuchang's aid. What happened to getting some horses?
Cao Fu stayed until the afternoon and left, but he did not go back to the palace. Instead, he went to the palace to express his love to the emperor, trying to suppress the turmoil as much as possible.
That evening, He Lun came to Jinyong City with a thousand carefully selected warriors.
Shao Xun saw that there were many acquaintances among the soldiers and immediately smiled.
"Where is the sudden general?" he shouted suddenly.
Among the thousands of sergeants, some did not know why, but immediately someone shouted loudly: "The sudden general is here!"
"Haha!" Shao Xun laughed.
How can I know that my reputation will not be spread by dismantling my old army?
My dear generals, your golden-armored general is back.
Unmentioned, these thousand people were temporarily organized into two buildings. The owner of the building, Gao Yi, led half of them, and a former Chinese Army officer named Zhang Jin led the other half.
"Bring all the weapons you have, and each person will prepare five days of dry food and four days of horse feed (usually beans and grain)." Shao Xun ordered.
"No." Gao Yi and Zhang Jin responded in unison.
Shao Xun calculated that if mules were included, there might eventually be more than two thousand riding tools.
One thousand surprise generals, plus fifty of his personal soldiers, is almost enough.
As for the large army, they were left to Li Chong and Huang Biao to take charge, and they drove slowly behind.
The vanguard usually needs to be dispatched three days in advance.
As pioneers among pioneers, they leave tomorrow.
This time, I will show you what running for hundreds of miles means.
On the third day of September, at dawn, the gate of Jinyong City opened.
One thousand and fifty soldiers sat astride their horses in unison.
Behind them, there were about 200 people with more than 2,000 horses, donkeys, and mules.
Some carried luggage on their backs, while others ran empty-handed to maintain their strength.
"Let's go!" Shao Xun waved his hand and ran out first.
More than a thousand cavalry followed closely behind and exited through Ximing Gate.
After they left, the remaining two hundred or so people carefully drove the large group of horses and mules towards the city gate.
Chapter completed!