That night, Ma Yue and Cheng Yi Gutar drank in the tent, although they were willing to gamble and lose and verbally serve Ma Yue, but no one knew what they thought in their hearts, and Ma Yue would definitely not tie his life to the customs and promises of the Qiang people. It's just that the temptation of thousands of cavalry is too great, and he is willing to try to see if he can really bring the two of them together.

The three of them talked about a lot of things that night, and they also knew a little more about the past of the two of them.

One is a small chief who was elected as the leader by personal force but did not govern the tribe well, and the other is the leader of the ringing horse who fell into the grass and lost his family. Chengyi's tribe is a branch of Baimaqiang under Xiqiang, originally he also thought about relying on Beigong Boyu, but the old Beigong Boyu didn't care about the life and death of a small tribe of more than 1,000 people like Chengyi, it happened to be spared by Ma Yue, and Ma Yue was only because of the Qiang tradition, and moved to Hanyang County because the robbery of the horse farm in Jincheng County was too fierce, and his tribe did not have enough strength to rob the good pasture, and it would die out in the long run.

The Qiang tribe usually does not move eastward, the southwest of Liangzhou is the sphere of influence of the Western Qiang, the influence of the Han officials here has fallen to the freezing point for many years, the central part is controlled by the Liangzhou Hao clan, such as the Song family, and the east is the place where the Han officials have the greatest influence, the Qiang people are brave and ruthless, once the Han people have a conflict, it is indispensable to suffer, so they rarely move east.

It is for this reason that the pastures in the east are almost unoccupied.

Cheng Yi's luck is good, the more Ma is a protégé of the assassin, it is not difficult for him to find a horse farm to recuperate. Without this relationship, it would have been almost impossible for a Qiang tribe to gain a foothold in eastern Liangzhou.

In the next few days, Ma Yue did not go to the martial arts arena again, except for Guo Yan and others who would go to watch the competition, and the rest of the time they were in the tent to talk with Cheng Yi Gutaer about the customs of Han and Qiang, or to practice martial arts or study Liutao.

And, of course, tease the young eagles.

The eaglet has been around for more than a month and weighs no more than three or five pounds. Looking at these little creatures now, it is impossible to tell that in a few months they will grow into big ones with a wingspan of two meters.

The two eagle slaves, one named Ma Yu and the other named Ma Li, are both rough in martial arts, but the most powerful thing is the skill of falconry. After that, the day was a regular life, and finally on this day, Dong Zhuo came to inform Ma Yue that he was going to return to Longxian County, and asked Ma Yue to prepare.

The next day, despite the recent good weather, there were still ice cubes on the road that could not be dissolved.

Everyone embarked on the return journey, compared to the apprehension when they started, when they went back, everyone earned what they needed, and Ma Teng slashed three generals in a row and got two sets of iron armor and three horses. Li Dao and Guo Yan have also made gains. What's more, Ma Yue has a whole tribe and thousands of soldiers and horses.

However, he didn't tell anyone about Cheng Yi's attachment, just wait for Cheng Yi to lead his troops to invest in Zhangjiachuan in the next year.

Not everyone can afford to raise the Flying Eagle in these years, if in the Central Plains, these two domesticated vultures alone are worth hundreds of gold.

And the biggest harvest is that the old Beigong Boyu promised these warriors who had won three consecutive battles a hundred cattle and sheep in the spring of the next year, and two hundred livestock was a lot of wealth for the Ma family.

Everyone worked hard all the way, and the distance of thousands of miles was not so far, but they entered the boundary of Longxian County in two days.

Placing the entourage at home, the Ma brothers followed Dong Zhuo to the Thorn Mansion to attend the banquet.

During the banquet, everyone told Liang Hu some interesting things about the Qiang tribe, of course, Ma Yue was inevitably asked by Liang Hu to check his studies, but fortunately, Ma Yue did not pull down his schoolwork, otherwise he would be scolded by Liang Hu.

After saying goodbye to Dong Zhuo and the others, Ma Yue rested at home for a day, and the two brothers were recruited to the Assassin's Mansion again the next day.

"Shou Cheng, Erlang. This time the two of you went to Jincheng to do a good job, with the two of you learning to be a thief, the team rate is too overkill, I intend to promote Shou to become the county lieutenant of Anluo, Erlang is young, so he will not be promoted for the time being, leading the original team of people and horses to practice, no longer need to guard the horse farm, after the year I will return from Luoyang and be transferred to Beidi Lian County as a county lieutenant to guard against Xianbei Koubian. ”

Hearing that Liang Hu intended to mention the two of them as county lieutenants, the Ma brothers immediately bowed down: "Thank you Lord Thorn Shi for your love." ”

The county lieutenant was in charge of the military in the county, which was just right for Ma Teng. Anluo is a large county, with 3,000 county soldiers, 400 stone for the county lieutenant, and 3,000 for 15 moon valleys. In addition, the team rate is also an official position of 200 stones, and the monthly money of the Moon Valley is 1,000. One hundred and twenty catties of grain is enough for one person to eat a month and a half of grain.

Coupled with the rewards of the imperial court during the New Year's holidays, basically the two of them are enough to support nearly 100 people in their families.

Ma Yue now has a very light view of the official position in the county, his eldest brother has won the position of county lieutenant, and it is enough for him to be the former team leader, and the official position of two hundred stones is also around, and he can also increase the experience of arranging troops.

In Ma Yue's opinion, the county lieutenant of Lian County in Beidi County will be very useful, and when the time comes, he will be able to train thousands of county soldiers, and it is no longer a small fight today.

The next morning, the Ma family sent Ma Teng to Luoyang County to take up his post, Luoyang is not far from Longxian, the horse arrived in an hour, and Ma Teng took away ten Qinhuzhuang guests as his entourage.

After Ma Teng left, the days were the same as before, Ma Yue lived in the barracks all day long, the difference is that the barracks are more lively now than before going to Jincheng.

Peng was appointed as the deputy of Ma Yue's team, and the 100-person team had almost no change, but there were 100 more horses, which Liang Hu specially allocated for Ma Yue to train.

Now there are more Gutaer, the man who holds a long axe and protects Ma Yue every inch, as well as Ma Yu's horsepower and two eagle slaves.

There are also more than a dozen fierce dogs.

In the two decades that Ma Teng Ma Yue left, Peng took the lead of the team and added Guan Yu's help, in addition to the military formation and combat skills drills, there were also more training items for hunting beasts, and the sergeants were generally supplied with food, without much oil and water, in order to ensure that the soldiers had meat and went into the mountain every afternoon for an hour to hunt animals to supplement the lack of meat.

Peng Tuo's idea is indeed efficient and convenient, the soldiers are all good hands, and hunting in the mountains is also first-class, and in the fight with wild beasts, he can improve the ability to survive in the wild.

After Ma Yue came back, he still maintained this training program, and also brought more than a dozen fierce dogs from his family to help the soldiers hunt.

The safety of Zhangshan Village does not have to be too worried now, and more than 30 men from the north carry knives and horses, bows and arrows, which have a great deterrent effect on those small groups of stupid thieves.

And the barracks have also changed, now the number of horses in the valley is almost a thousand, Liang Hu allocated another soldier to live in the barracks, the barracks will be built more tightly, eight towers resident archers, the barracks will be the entrance of the horse farm in the whole enclosure, if you want to enter the horse farm unless you use Guo Yan's stupid method to climb the mountain overnight and then jump down, otherwise there is only one way to impact the barracks.

As for attacking the barracks, only those Qiang bandits with nearly 1,000 people have the ability to storm the barracks, and around Longxian, although small groups of thieves continue, large bandit groups have not heard of it for a long time.