Zheng He looked at the thirty rancher players and said:
"Everyone knows that once a war breaks out, our Shandan Ranch is east of Zhangye City and we will definitely not be able to escape the flames of war."
All the players nodded, that's why they gathered here.
Zheng He continued: "We have to defend our pastures, but in the end we have to rely on ourselves!"
Zheng He looked around and said: "I think each ranch will send out men and horses. We will also form a cavalry. No matter which ranch is attacked, we can use this cavalry to rescue. What do you think of this method?"
Raise a cavalry?
Many ranchers, look at me and I look at you.
Previously, we recruited many herdsmen from the nearby Qiang tribe for grazing.
Together, everyone can really form a cavalry force of several hundred people.
There is naturally no shortage of war horses at Shandan Racecourse. As long as you purchase some weapons, you can equip a cavalry unit.
Shandan Racecourse hangs in the east of Zhangye City. Once a war really starts, it will definitely be harassed by the enemy.
Zheng He said to form cavalry to guard and rescue each other. Although it would sacrifice some time for grazing, at least it would have some power to fight back when the enemy came.
When the rancher players formed a cavalry to save themselves.
Shang Qixin'er, who had just completed her ordination, had already led the army towards Wuwei City.
This time, he gathered a total of 50,000 troops from the east of Tubo, and there were almost 70,000 slaves responsible for logistics and transportation.
This can be said to have mobilized all the elite forces of Tubo East Road!
The castle owners on the host road all sent their samurai. In order to participate in the battle, the samurai also needed to prepare their own dry food on the road.
Bawu walked in the team, but he didn't feel as happy as when he went out for the first time.
It is already summer, the time when the work in the fields is heaviest.
There is a shortage of water in the eastern Tubo Road. Bawu has to carry buckets every day to fetch water from the river several kilometers away, and then carry it back to the fields to irrigate highland barley and wheat.
He had to go back and forth so many times every day that Bawu's shoulders were worn out.
Now that Bawu has been drafted into the army, the only person in the family who can carry water is his sister, who is less than fourteen years old.
When he thought of his younger brothers and sisters at home, Bawu felt even more sad.
The last time I was punished in a big way, my family was easily embarrassed.
The marriage that my sister had planned since childhood was annulled, and Bawu couldn't come up with the dowry for the engagement. This has left her still unmarried.
Bawu felt that if he died in this battle, he would be embarrassed to enter the Immortal Heaven to see his parents.
Not only Bawu, but all the Tibetan warriors who participated in the Battle of Dangjin Pass are not in a high mood now.
Those warriors who escaped disaster last time were as full of longing for the future as Bawu went out for the first time.
They expected to invade Han cities and plunder Han people's property.
They looked forward to bringing the wives and children of the Han people back to their manor and becoming slaves passed down from generation to generation.
They look forward to relying on their achievements on the battlefield to go one step further and become higher-level warriors, or become castle lords who rule a party.
Anyway, Ba Wu no longer had any ambition, he just wanted to survive in the war.
The monk Jihu who presided over Shang Qi Xin'er's ordination also went out with the army, and he took his disciples to accompany Shang Qi Xin'er.
Shang Qixin'er sat on the sedan chair carried by twenty slaves and asked the monk Jinghu beside her:
"Master, what do you think of our army?"
Monk Shantarakshita immediately said: "I have never seen such a mighty army in Tianzhu. Da Lun is indeed the protector of my Buddhist sect!"
Shang Qixin'er laughed heartily. His army could not even see its head, and the cattle and sheep accompanying the army could eat up all the fodder in the place they passed.
Naturally, Shantarakshita, an eminent monk from India, had never seen such a powerful force.
Shang Qi'er said proudly: "This time I have mobilized all my troops to defeat the Jianning Mara and turn Longyou into a Buddhist kingdom on earth!"
After Monk Shantarakshita ordained Shang Qixin'er, the new Buddhist Dharma Protector announced that King Jianning of the Tang Dynasty was the reincarnation of Mara, and he came here just to destroy Buddhism!
Then, Shang Qixin'er announced Li Yan's ten crimes, listing Li Yan's "crimes" of cutting down mountains and destroying temples, and burning down the Daleiyin Temple in Shazhou.
Shang Qixin'er had already issued an order requiring seven manors to enshrine a monk.
Compared with the barbaric and backward Bon religion, the monks' mouths are much sweeter than the Bon priests who often sacrifice human beings.
Moreover, the warriors found that the little Buddhist stories made the slaves feel a lot more peaceful. Some slaves chanted Buddha's name every day and prayed that they would be reincarnated into a good family after death.
The Tubo manor owners soon discovered that Buddhism was a good tool for governance.
And many of these vulgar warriors also became interested in Buddhism.
This time, the great discussion on ordination made more Tibetan warriors choose to receive ordination together and become the "protectors" of Buddhism!
Shang Qixin'er's campaign against Jianning Moluo made the army very excited, and they were all holding their breath and wanted to fight the Tang army.
Monk Shantarakshita put his hands together and said, "Amitabha, if we can get the blessing of the Buddha in this battle, we will be invincible!"
Shang Qixin'er was in a very good mood after listening to the monk's beautiful words.
Originally, when Jinshan Pass was defeated, Tubo lost its way to the north.
Unexpectedly, merchants from the west brought good news. King Jianning clashed with Fang Guan, the newly appointed governor of Hexi Province. Li Yan occupied Zhangye, and Fang Guan was left with only Wuwei city.
This also allowed Shang Qixin'er to see new opportunities.
Tubo's attack on the Tang Dynasty probably followed these routes.
By influencing the countries in the Western Regions, they invaded the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty.
Nowadays, this road is somewhat difficult. The Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty is too strong, Dashi is also a dynasty that is rising strongly, and Tubo's influence in the Western Region is the weakest, and it cannot make things happen at all.
The second road was to attack Shazhou from Dangjin Pass. Now the river valley has been lost, and Tibet has completely lost this road.
Then they went out from the Qilian Mountains to attack Wuwei. The Tang Dynasty arranged the Chishui Army in Wuwei City and built the tall Wuwei City to defend against Tibetan attacks from this direction.
Shang Qixin'er saw an opportunity. If Fang Guan and the Chishui Army could be kept still, he could directly enter the Hexi Corridor and surround Zhangye with a large army.
As long as Zhangye City can be captured, the connection between Longyou and the Tang Dynasty can be cut off.
At that time, Shang Qixin'er can ask Zanputing to mobilize all the elites of Tibet and capture Longyou in one fell swoop!
Just after the Tubo army went out to fight, Yuantong and a group of monks and players who had sneaked into the Tubo East Road finally began to take action.
This time Shang Qixin'er not only took away all the warriors, but also took away almost all the men in their prime.
After Yuantong returned to Bawu's manor, he immediately began to contact his believers door to door. These flames scattered on the plateau had burned even more intensely under Tubo's brutal rule!