Of course, a small Du Mi tribe cannot satisfy Liu Ziqiu's appetite, and he does not think that the attack on the Du Mi tribe will destabilize Duo Jishi's military morale. He must continue to charge on the grassland, which will only turn the entire grassland upside down.
, until it threatens the Turkic tent, it will cause panic in Dujishi.
It is said that the guards of Turk Yazhang are the strongest warriors selected from various tribes on the grassland, and the battle with the guards will be the most brutal battle. But Liu Ziqiu already knew that the people of Turk Yazhang are not engaged in herding.
, all the cattle, sheep, horses, fodder, etc. they need are supplied by other tribes. In Liu Ziqiu’s words, these people are a group of parasites who get something for nothing.
Liu Ziqiu also has his own way to deal with parasites, which is to first eliminate their hosts. Liu Ziqiu first wipes out the surrounding tribes, eats their cattle and sheep, consumes their fodder, and makes it difficult for them to maintain their own lives.
Naturally, there is no spare time to support the Turks Yazhang. Of course, the people of the Turks Yazhang, including the Turkic Khans, are used to pampering themselves. They don’t care whether other tribes have the ability to continue to support them, but they will just continue to support them.
Asking for cattle, sheep, horses and fodder from other tribes. Over time, it will inevitably arouse the disgust of other tribes, and the Turkic Yazhang will lose its prestige. Without the support of other tribes, the Turkic Yazhang is just a castle in the air, no matter how powerful it is to protect its own army.
To no avail.
Liu Ziqiu led his army to leave the fierce tribe and continue to move forward. They walked for another three days and spared several small tribes along the way. It was also three days. This time, including the young and strong people of those small tribes, there were no
People complain again and again. They believe that as long as they follow Liu Ziqiu closely, they can live a "good life".
At noon that day, Mu Duoli looked at the undulating mountains not far away and suddenly hesitated. Liu Ziqiu noticed something strange about her and asked, "Is there any danger ahead?"
Mu Duoli shook her head and said, "Master, I want to ask you something."
Liu Ziqiu smiled and said: "You are my woman, and we are a family. You don't have to ask for anything."
Mu Duoli heard these words that could touch a woman's heart, but there was no smile on her face. She pointed to the front and said, "There is a big tribe's camp there."
It should be a happy thing to find the camp of the big tribe. This was originally the purpose of entering the Mobei grassland. But seeing Mu Duoli's reaction, Liu Ziqiu nodded with understanding and said: "Mu Duoli, where is
Your tribe."
"That's my father's tribe." Muduoli sighed and said, "Master, I just want to ask you one thing, spare my father's life no matter what."
"Oh, where is your father's tribe?" Liu Ziqiu suddenly laughed and said, "Your father is my father-in-law. Since it is your father's tribe, how can I fight with them. So, I and I
You go to the tribe together."
Mu Duoli was shocked and said: "Master, this is too dangerous, you must not do it!"
Wen Hao, Jiao Liyan and others also tried to dissuade him: "My lord, with his rich body, how can he risk his own life? He can't leave!"
However, Liu Ziqiu waved his hands disapprovingly and said: "If Liu's father-in-law knew current affairs, he would not make things difficult for Liu. Don't worry, even though there are thousands of troops, Liu can come and go as he pleases, so why not be afraid?"
There is!"
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Just when Liu Ziqiu took Mu Duoli and dozens of soldiers to the Astide Mulin tribe, Li Jing, Wei Zheng, and Hua Yun also gathered at Changshan Village.
Today's Changshan Village is far from what it used to be in terms of financial and human resources. The area has expanded three times compared to the past, completely exceeding the size of a market town. The newly established steelmaking plant outside the village has already produced a large number of qualified iron and steel, piece by piece.
The brand-new knife made according to the drawings sent by Liu Ziqiu is dazzling.
Although Liu Ziqiu handed over Changshan Village to Wei Zheng before leaving, Wei Zheng would still come to Changshan Village to ask Gao Xiuer for instructions every time something big happened. Today he had a major plan that he wanted to implement, so he invited Li Jing and Hua Yun.
Changshan Village. After knowing that Liu Ziqiu was safe and sound, Gao Xiuer became much cheerful. Seeing everyone coming in, she smiled and said: "Mr. Wei, Brother Li, Brother Hua. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. Can you think of a way to help Ziqiu?"
Send some New Year's goods over?"
In Gao Xiuer's heart, the West is a bitter and cold place. Although Liu Ziqiu became the general manager of Hexi Road, he was afraid that life would still be difficult.
Wei Zheng smiled and said: "According to your lord's request, we have prepared everything, mainly some silks and medicinal materials, which are urgently needed in the west. However, when I come today, I have something important to discuss with my wife. My lord
He said in the letter that we should stay in the south of the Yangtze River with peace of mind. The south of the Yangtze River will one day become a prosperous place. After some discussion, we want to do something big in the south of the Yangtze River and echo the trend of the north and south of the lord!"
Gao Xiuer shook his head and said: "The Nu family doesn't understand military and political matters, so you just have to figure it out. Just act more cautiously and don't implicate Changshan Village. Also, Xiao Dapeng has been away for more than two months, but
Ever heard from him?"
Wei Zheng frowned and said, "This is very strange. Changshan Carriage and Horse Racing Company often receives orders from him, but he never shows up. Just in case, Wei has asked Shuan Zi to temporarily take over Changshan Carriage and Horse Racing Company."
I still need to tell Madam about this matter we are discussing. We plan to take over Yuhang City!"
Although Gao Xiuer is a woman, her knowledge is not inferior to that of a man, but her thoughts still remain on the ancient saying that women cannot interfere in politics. After listening to Wei Zheng's words, Gao Xiuer frowned and said: "It is not a bad idea to take over Yuhang City, but we can only
Do it quietly, and don’t make any announcement after it’s done.”
The world is in chaos now, and the governors of various places are changing frequently. As long as they don't make any noise, no one will notice who replaces the little governors of Yuhang. Of course, the current governor of Yuhang is Yang Xuangan, who is in charge of Yuhang and manages the Yang family.
The Changshan Saltworks was very helpful. Moreover, Dong Chao also took advantage of Liu Ziqiu's smooth trade routes to support Chang'an with a batch of money and grain. If Yang Xuangan got the news, he would definitely be furious. However, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the saltworks has stopped working.
, due to the ice on the river, water transportation to the north has also been suspended. At this time, Yuhang was captured. As long as I did not deliberately announce it, the news would not be immediately transmitted to Chang'an.
Wei Zheng smiled and said, "Madam is still thoughtful."
In fact, Wei Zheng also thought of this, but Gao Xiuer was able to make such a judgment so quickly, which still impressed him.
Li Jing cupped his hands and said: "Brother and sister, my second brother asked me to form a navy and cavalry. I have handed this matter over to Han Shi'e. A dozen large warships have been quietly built, and it is estimated that they will be launched in late spring next year. It's just that the cavalry lacks horses.
The problem is difficult to solve at the moment.”
In fact, Liu Ziqiu had war horses, but they couldn't be transported to Jiangnan.
Gao Xiuer thought for a while and said: "We can only slowly find solutions to the problem of war horses, but we must not relax in training. If there are no war horses, we can make some wooden horses instead. We can also train soldiers to mount and dismount, as well as to shoot arrows and chop on horseback."
The effect of this method will definitely be much worse, but it is really a helpless move.
Hua Yun also stepped forward and said: "Sister-in-law, the Mo Dao Formation is really powerful and can definitely compete with the cavalry. It's just that the full set of armor plus the knives is too heavy. So far, only 500 soldiers have been selected who can bear the full set of equipment.
Do you think the armor can be made thinner?"
The Modao Army was specially designed by Liu Ziqiu to deal with cavalry. The armor was designed to be thicker to effectively withstand the powerful impact of the cavalry. Liu Ziqiu had told Gao Xiuer about this knowledge. However, southerners are generally small in stature and cannot bear such heavy armor.
Equipment. After thinking about it, Gao Xiuer still said: "Whether these soldiers will go to the battlefield to face powerful cavalry in the future, they should rather be lacking than indiscriminately. If the Yuhang area cannot recruit people, they will go to other places to recruit. It is really not possible. Those who have escaped from the north will have trouble."
The common people can also consider it.”
Of course, Li Jing and Wei Zheng can think clearly about these issues with their wisdom. They came here specifically to report to Gao Xiuer, just to show their attitude that they are absolutely loyal to Liu Ziqiu and Gao Xiuer. In such troubled times, they have money, food and soldiers.
You can become a straw king. Now, Liu Ziqiu has handed over all the money, food, soldiers and horses to a few of them, but they feel like they are walking on thin ice.
Listening to Gao Xiuer's orderly distribution, the three of them raised their hands and said, "I'll do it right away."
"Wait a minute." Gao Xiuer waved her hand and called everyone, "What's the Xie family's reaction recently?"
Hua Yun said bitterly: "These aristocratic families look down on others. They suddenly cut off the supply of money and food when we were in the most difficult time. Now that they heard that the second brother has become a big deal, they have the audacity to come to contact us. If you ask me, don't
Deal with them! When my second brother becomes emperor, he will confiscate their entire family and exile them all to Lingnan!"
Wei Zheng chuckled and said: "General Hua's words are wrong! Enemies are easy to resolve but not easy to make. Besides, the Xie family has also helped us. Without the help of the Xie family, how could Changshan Village be what it is today. Wei thought,
You might as well take advantage of the Spring Festival to prepare some mountain goods and send them over to restore contact with the Xie family."
Hearing the idea of sending mountain goods, Gao Xiuer suddenly felt something in her heart and said, "Mr. Wei, when Ziqiu came back from Xie's family, he got a Geng Tie from Xie's family. Did you ever hear about it?"
Li Jing and Hua Yun both came to Changshan Village after Liu Ziqiu's Western Expedition. Naturally, they shook their heads. Wei Zheng also looked confused.
Gao Xiuer turned her head and gave some instructions to Vanilla. Vanilla turned around and entered the back room, and soon came out with a brocade bag. Gao Xiuer took out a piece of red paper from the brocade bag and said: "The birth date and horoscope on this should be a person's birthday.
The young girl is probably a young lady from the Xie family. The New Year is approaching, so why not do this together?"