Four days later, Fu Qiao returned.

He was followed by three hundred riders.

Compared with the unhappiness when he went, the ragged clothes, Fu Qiao, who came back, seemed to have changed people, holding his head high, wearing a brand-new crane, plain clothes and embroidered belts, high crown brocade shoes, or not in the depths of winter, I am afraid that I will have a feather fan in my hand, and I walked up, with fluttering sleeves and a clear posture.

This is the elegance of his time in the royal capital, and the remaining three points are insufficient, but his face is dirty because of the dust on the road.

Rushing to Ling Hufeng, who came up, Fu Qiao said deeply: "The minister is fortunate not to disgrace his life, and Uncle Zun has already agreed." These 300 cavalry were all the soldiers of the uncle's family, and they were specially sent to ask the ministers to bring them into Huzhong and obey the orders of the lord. After speaking, I couldn't wait for Ling Hufeng's reply, I squinted my eyes and peeked, where was there any trace of Ling Hufeng in front of me? Hearing his laughter coming from behind, he hurriedly turned around to look, and Linghu Feng had already arrived at the front of the foot horse.

Xin Er picked him up and said with a smile: "Doctor Fu has worked the road!" ”

"Oh, I'm glad I didn't lose my life. I never thought that the governor of Koji not only did not send me to the royal capital, but he was very affectionate and entertained with delicious food and drink,...... By the way, I brought you some gifts, in the car, I'll bring them to you later. ”

"Koji Dudu" is Linghufeng's uncle, named Shuo, is now the military governor of Longdong Counties, the general of Zhendong, and the commander of Tangxing County, which is a military and political minister in Dingxi.

Xin Er said: "The righteousness of the Lord is clear, and the people's hearts are wanting, and the governor of Koji is deeply inspired to turn the darkness into the light. ”

Fu Qiao responded: "Yes, yes." ”

The two answered one-on-one, all absent-minded lies.

Linghu Feng conspired against him, and the rat ran through the hu, what is the righteousness to talk about? Koji Shuo had let go of Linghu Feng and the others before, and this time he was willing to help him take the throne, just to protect himself. The king of Dingxi ordered Hu Yong to kill people like hemp, and cut off a group of "anti-party" every three or five times, people only have one head, and no one can bear his killing method. At present, he has a heavy army in his hand, guarding the eastern boundary, so that Hu Yong is not good to attack him immediately, but as long as the arrangement is stopped, sooner or later he will take his life, and he has to "rebel".

Xin Er said in his heart: "Take a step back and open the sea and the sky, and you have to forgive people and spare people." The king of Dingxi killed too much, which was counterproductive. Seeing that Fu Qiao was acting normally, he asked him, "Is the arrow on the doctor's arm wounded?" ”

Fu Qiao moved his arms twice and said, "The Governor of Koji has found me a good doctor, and the good wound medicine has been used for a few days, and it is no problem." ”

After he was hit by an arrow that day, Cao Fei's wound medicine was not much left, and he was reluctant to give it to him, so he could only pitifully make some herbal dresses of the Huzhong witch doctor.

Linghu called Xin Er: "Ah Gua, come here!" ”

Xin Er walked over quickly.

Linghu Feng grabbed his hand, showed him three hundred paces, and said with a smile: "How?" It's all my uncle's elite private soldiers! This old guy has changed his ways, haha, he's made a lot of money. "Pat the foot soldier and beat the cavalryman's horse, and I was deeply satisfied.

200 foot soldiers, all armor. One hundred cavalrymen, all of whom were armored and equipped, and each had a secondary horse, and the men and horses were majestic and majestic.

Xin Er saw the famous armor for the first time, and couldn't help but take a few more looks.

The knights had dismounted, held the reins, and stood on their knots.

Their armor differed from that of foot soldiers, in addition to their scarbs and body armor, as well as a cape and a leg skirt to protect their legs, and a red cloak over the armor. As soon as the wind blew, Xin Er's eyes were full of undulating red moves, and the cold light of the armor shone in the middle.

Each knight was armed with a lance and sword.

The lance was eight feet long, not comparable to the two wooden spears made by Cao Fei, the handle of the lance was straight, tough and elastic, and the head of the lance was wound with silver thread, which was beautiful at the same time, but also to increase the friction of the lance, so that the knight could easily pull it out of the enemy's body or the object that pierced it.

What particularly attracts attention is the equipment of the war horse.

Xin Er looked closely, the costume is composed of six parts, the curtain, the neck, the chest, the body armor, the back and the parasite, except for the eyes, nose and mouth and the lower part of the horse's legs, the whole body of the war horse is under the protection of the armor.

The chicken neck, the chest, the body armor, and the back are all made of rectangular nail pieces, more than one layer, and there are six or seven layers after a rough count; The body armor is draped below the horse's belly, and the edges are covered with wide edges to protect the horse's limbs from being damaged by the armor.

The curtain is also made of nail pieces, and there is also edging; The position of the horse's forehead is decorated with flowers.

Parasitic erected on the horse's hips, it is a short pole with a fan-like upper edge, which was originally intended to protect the rider's back, and is now mainly used for decoration and majesty. The tail of the war horse is tied into a knot.

The equipment used by the hundred horsemen was leather armor, and the patterns of fierce beasts were painted on it. Although it is not iron armor, it has given people a great shocking vision.

Linghu Feng pointed to the flowers on the forehead of the war horse's face and asked Xin Er, "Do you know what kind of flower this is?" ”

Xin Er didn't have flowers and didn't study, and after looking at it, he seemed to be familiar and didn't dare to be sure, and replied: "Like a peony?" ”

Linghu Feng smiled and said: "Ah Gua, haven't you heard of the peony ride under my uncle's tent?" ”

"It turns out that this is the peony ride."

The familiar name made Xin Er immediately find his memory. There are more than 1,000 armored horses under the tent of Koji Shuo, and the horses are all carved with peony flowers, called "peony horses", and their prestige is far and wide, and they are also equal to the elite equipment of the neighboring Qin State.

Linghu Feng met the captain of the infantry and cavalry armies, beckoned them to come closer, introduced Xin Er, and then said to them: "You two take the trophies and follow me around the ministry." He thought in his heart, "With these three hundred elites to use, there is no need to worry much, He Changxing and the old dog of Chinu will listen to Lao Tzu's call in a down-to-earth manner!" ”

Linghu Feng summoned Ballian Chinu and He Changxing to come, led the foot rider to swagger through the city in the He cadres, and after a long time, he re-entered the Chilou Dan Department, and recruited the small rates of Ballian Jueqian and Chilou Dan, and even took He Changxing and Ballian Chinu together, and asked them: "Can these three hundred pawns be used?" ”

Ballian Chinu, He Changxing, Ballian Jueqian and others all bowed down.

He Changxing said: "The heavenly soldiers are riding gods, and the adults are mighty!" ”

From the escape to the present, Ling Hu Feng has been happy at this time.

Although he took down the five divisions of Zebian through his wrist, he had no soldiers under his command in the end, and his confidence was insufficient, and his usual words and deeds had to be restrained against his will.

Three hundred steps seems to be a small number, but these three hundred steps are placed in the entire Dingxi country, and they are also rare elites. The sun and the moon practice constantly, and the complexion is dark and bright; After a long time on the battlefield, they are all veterans of a hundred battles, their eyes are sharp, and in the silence, the killing aura has already diffused.

When they marched, the cavalry was in front, and the men and horses were all protected by heavy armor, and they could not even see the faces of horses and people, and the long lances were slanted forward, piercing into the sky, and the ring knives were straight, and the cloak was like a tide of blood; The infantry is behind, the armor is robed, the saber holds the spear, the spear is also eight zhang long, called the rifle, the column is like a high forest, carrying a crossbow and a shield, and the formation is neat; During the whole march, only the sound of hooves and footsteps could be heard, and even the neighing of horses could be heard, and only sharp lances could be seen following the direction of the banner, and the people shook the mountains and the dust was scattered.

The herdsmen of the Hu people were all shocked when they saw such regular elite soldiers.

Linghu Feng looked at the bald red slave and asked, "Big brother, do you still want to give my head as a gift to please the dog?" ”

Bald Lian Chinu simply slapped himself twice, "dong dong" buckle his head, and said: "The old slave is confused, and he actually tries to be disrespectful to Ming Gong, and he knows his guilt deeply. Have you forgotten Ming Gong? The old slave is already Ming Gong's dog, Ming Gong asks the old slave to bite whoever the old slave wants, and the old slave will bite whom! ”

Linghu Feng stood on the horizontal knife and laughed.

That night, Linghu Feng held a banquet, the two infantry leaders were the host and guest, Xin Er and Fu Qiao were accompanied, and the bald Lian Chinu father and son and He Changxing were also there, and Jia Zhentuo was not present. When the wine was half-drunk, Bald Lian Chinu took the initiative to perform, and Luo circled his legs and danced a hu dance for Linghu Feng.

The next morning, Linghu summoned Xin Er, Fu Qiao, and Jia Zhen to discuss matters.

When the three of them came, he got straight to the point and said: "Hu Mu is used to being casual, although he will start a war with the dogs in the future, we don't count on them, I think about it, and I can't let them be free." Otherwise, I will fight with the dogs in the future, and if the battle just starts, they will scatter in a hurry, and it will definitely damage my morale. Therefore, I decided to divide them into four governors and restrain them. ”

No one will think that there are many soldiers and horses under his command, and Linghu Feng is doing a rebellious business, he has already failed once, if he fails again this time, then he will really not be able to turn over, so although he has been saying that Hu Mu is scattered, it can't be of great use, and he can only strengthen his momentum, but in the end this is a big force, he actually wants to restrain it for a long time, so as to drive it.

It's just that this thing can only be thought about before, but not done; Now that the addition of the old uncle is confirmed, he has 300 elite soldiers in the ministry, and he has the confidence to do it, so he is resolute and resolute, and he will start immediately.

Xin Er and Fu Qiao listened. Xin Er said: "The Lord is far-sighted, and he is most afraid of a certain department being defeated first in a war, and this is exactly what it should be. ”

Linghu Feng said: "Among the four parts, the front part is for Lao Cao; Agua, you should be the captain of the left. the right part is given to He Changxing; Ziming, you lead the back. He looked at Fu Qiao, "You have a crown in your skirt, and you can't lead the soldiers, but you still follow me to your left and right, and take charge of the paperwork and personnel." ”

Hu Mu is a cavalryman, Fu Qiao refuses to change into Hu clothes, and he can't even ride a horse, so he definitely can't lead soldiers.

Xin Er and Fu Qiao should be.

Xin Er said in his heart: "The front is for Lao Cao, I am the left captain, and Ziming is the rear?" Only the right part was given to Hu Rate. He originally thought that Linghu Feng was going to use the ministers of the Hu Department as the governors, and he and the others would probably be a deputy and play the role of a supervisor, but he didn't expect that Ling Hu Feng directly appointed himself, Cao Fei and Jia Zhen as the governors, and thought, "Will the Hu people be willing?" ”

Jia Zhen sat on the side, her face darkened and she was silent.

Linghu Feng looked at Fu Qiao and said, "Old Fu, I see that you have a bitter face, are you not happy that I don't give you a ministry to do?" ”

Fu Qiao secretly screamed wronged, and said in his heart: "I worked hard and risked to bring you back your uncle's reply and three hundred elites, you didn't praise it, but came to scare me again!" He replied, "Lord! The minister doesn't know anything about military affairs, how dare he ask to be a minister? "Even if you give me a minister, I don't want to do it." He prides himself on being clear, and he has never thought of such a rough job as being in charge of the army in his life.

Considering to relieve Fu Qiao, Xin Er raised a question and said: "The lord's strategy is indeed clever, but the minister is stupid, but he is a little puzzled. ”

"If you are stupid, the old man says that he can't understand military affairs, and he doesn't even dare to ask for a minister, aren't you a fool?"

Fu Qiao was angry, and said in his heart: "I'm not happy that you don't do it for my minister, and it's me who doesn't dare to become a fool!" I didn't dare to complain, so I had to bow my head and simply didn't say a word.

"Fu Dafu's Botong classics are not comparable to the shallowness of the ministers."

"Haha. Really? Say, "What do you not understand?" ”

"The lord appointed the ministers as the governors, will the big men of the Hu Department agree?"

"These four governors are only in charge of military discipline, regardless of ordinary civilians, and I don't rob their alpaca slaves, why don't I want to!" Ling Hu Feng pointed to the outside of the tent, domineering and exposed, and snorted, "Besides, with my uncle's three hundred steps riding here, who of them would dare not want to?" ”

Xin Er responded: "Yes." "The heart said," even so, it can only be done as a stopgap measure. ”

Everyone knows the importance of the barrel of the gun, and after a long time, those who are big will definitely be dissatisfied. For now, though, expediency is sufficient. Linghu Yong, the king of Dingxi, already knew that Linghu Feng was in Huzhong, and he hadn't seen Song Zhen and Liqiang for a long time to report back to report the news, and he must have guessed what was going on.

Linghu Feng said to Xin Er: "Tomorrow I will ask Gu Lian Fan to lead those small rates assigned to you to visit you." Teach him and Jia Zhen to say, "Hu Yi is not my race, he is just afraid of power, and he is fierce to them." The more fierce you are, the more convinced they are. ”

Xin Er said: "Yes." ”

Suddenly accepting this position, I couldn't help but think about it, and a second doubt appeared in my heart.

He thought: "Just like Linghu Feng said, Hu Mu is scattered, and even their bustling can't strictly restrain them, as a foreign race, I have no foundation in the department, and I don't know much language, but how should I restrain them?" Is it just a little bit fierce? I'm afraid it won't work, right? ”

Seeing that Linghu Feng only taught him and Jia Zhen a little bit of fierceness, and did not mention the specific method of restraining Hu Mu, Xin Er had the heart to raise this doubt again, thought about it, and changed his mind. He said in his heart: "In life, the most important thing is self-reliance. Now I am alone in this other world of the jungle, and I have to rely on myself, not others. I'll go back and think about it first, and if I really can't think of a way, I'll ask him again. ”