"Squeak! Squeak...... "The west gate of Fuqiang City slowly opened, and the steward rode a tall horse and walked out of the city, escorted by more than a dozen people.

"Below, the steward of the Xijon Khanate, I don't know what Your Excellency sees me?" The steward's tone was a little weak.

"Lord Steward, can we borrow one to speak." Guo Qi rode on the chasing wind and said to the steward with a smile.

The steward thought for a moment and said, "Your Excellency, please." ”

Guo Qi rode in front, and the steward rode behind, and the two ran south for three or four miles and stopped, and saw Guo Qi and the steward get off the horse from a distance; Because it was far away from everyone, everyone didn't know what the two were talking about, but they saw from a distance, Guo Qi even said with a gesture, and the steward was stunned.

After the two talked for about half an hour, they each rode their own horses back to the West Outer Gate, and the steward after returning was respectful to Guo Qi, and he was completely subordinate.

"Lord Yong, everything in Fuqiang City, the prince can receive it at any time." The steward said respectfully to Guo Qi.

"Okay, this king will go back to the city with you now." Guo Qi said with a smile; "Li Wu, send someone back to order Zhuo Yidao and Sun Guoqing to immediately enter Fuqiang City and count the horses and livestock in the city."

Li Wu was stunned for a moment and then ordered: "No! Commanded by humility. ”

Fuqiang City fell into the hands of Guo Qi in this way, and everyone didn't know what kind of conditions Guo Qi and the steward had reached; Some people who know a little about this only know that the steward followed Guo Qi back to Yongzhou, but after returning to Yongzhou, he disappeared.

More than 40 years later, an old and frail old man in Wushan Town, Longzhou, bragged to his grandson with relish: "I think back then, grandfather, the first time I saw the 'Holy Emperor Majesty' in Fuqiang, I could see at a glance that the 'Holy Emperor Majesty' is a god descended from heaven, and its wisdom and martial arts have no ancients before and after;

So grandpa, I wisely took tens of thousands of horses and hundreds of thousands of livestock to serve under the command of His Majesty the Holy Emperor, otherwise we could have our current family business, and you would live such a worry-free life......"

"Grandpa, you can't say something new, you've said it eight thousand times." A little boy said, "Tell me the story of following the 'Holy Emperor's Majesty' to fight!" ”

"Cough, cough, cough...... Grandpa is tired today and is going to rest, so let's go out and play! The old man coughed and snorted.

Of course, that's all for later.

A day later, in the temporary horse farm outside Fuqiang City.

Guo Qi, accompanied by Sun Guoqing and Zhuo Yidao, was inspecting the horses in the racecourse, and stopped from time to time to evaluate the relatively good horses.

"National Day, how many horses are there in the racecourse now?" Guo Qi touched the head of a horse and asked Sun Guoqing over and over again.

"My lord, there are eighty-three thousand six hundred and seventy-two horses." Sun Guoqing replied casually.

"A knife, how many of them are suitable for war horses? How many are stallions? How many colts are there? Guo Qi asked again.

"My lord, there are twenty-seven thousand four hundred and fifty-nine young horses under two years of age, thirty-five thousand six hundred and twenty-one suitable for war horses, and thirteen thousand seven hundred and twenty-four stallions; All the rest were horses, six thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight. Zhuo Yidao reported to Guo Qi in detail. (Note 1)

"You kid really have a number in his head." Guo Qi patted Zhuo Yidao on the shoulder and said.

"Lord, do you see if these more than 35,000 war horses have been transferred to the hussar guard!" Zhuo Yidao smiled at Guo Qi's eyebrows: "You also know that our hussars have always lacked excellent war horses, and many of these war horses are the descendants of the hybrids of Western Regions horses and Hexi horses, with tall bodies and fast short-range assault speeds......"

"Lao Zhuo, I said you want to be shameless!" Sun Guoqing, who was on the side, said dissatisfiedly: "If your hussar guards are still short of horses, then our government soldiers will not be alive, and if there is no old grandson here to stop me, people would have run away with these horses;

Lord, I don't care how you distribute it, anyway, half of these war horses must be allocated to my grandson, otherwise my grandson will not have the face to go back to see his brothers. ”

"Old Sun, let's be reasonable......"

The two of them quarreled over the distribution of war horses one by one, Guo Qi looked at the two arguing with red faces, not only did not get angry, but also smiled.

"Alright, alright; You two don't quarrel either. Guo Qi smiled at the two of them: "They are all generals who are generals, and they are not afraid of the jokes of the brothers below;

This king will first reveal a message to you, you don't have to worry about this batch of war horses, after returning to Yongzhou, this king intends to reorganize the Yongjun army and establish an independent large-scale cavalry force; At the same time, the Yajun Guard and the local government soldiers will also establish corresponding cavalry units, becoming a mixed infantry and cavalry army that can fight independently. ”

Hearing Guo Qi say this, Sun Guoqing and Zhuo Yidao's eyes lit up, but the focus of their attention was different.

Sun Guoqing asked Guo Qi: "Lord, how many cavalry do you plan to allocate to each army?" ”

Zhuo Yidao asked Guo Qi, "Lord, how many people are there in this so-called large-scale cavalry force?" ”

"You two asked, this king will give you a piece of answer!" Guo Qi said bluntly: "The number of cavalry and cavalry units that the soldiers of each province can build, it depends on how many horses you can plunder from Xirong for this king;

After the end of the Western Expedition, the Yongjun army will further expand its army, and you will also be added to the rank according to your respective merits, but what title you can enter and how big an official you can be promoted depends on your merits. ”

When the two of them heard this, they jumped up with excitement, aren't these soldiers working the battlefield just to seal their wives and sons and increase their officials to knighthood!

Moreover, the further expansion of the Yongjun army means that these generals will lead more troops in the future; These men who throw their heads and spill their blood on the battlefield, who doesn't have a dream of being a general! Being able to command thousands of troops and horses and leave a name in history is also what these rough men want.

Guo Qi stayed in Fuqiang for two days, and then led a government of soldiers and tens of thousands of people who had been recruited, drove all the more than 80,000 horses and hundreds of thousands of cattle, sheep and livestock, and embarked on the road back to the east along the mighty Weishui.

At the same time, the Yongjun army left behind in Chengji and Shangtai also began to organize the people to forcibly transport the baggage in the city, and in line with the strategy of taking away all the baggage, the Yongjun looted the city, and even the surrounding villages and towns were not spared.

Such a vast portage, only the Yongjun naturally could not be completed, all relying on the support of the local people in Qinzhou, of course, these helped the Yongjun people also received rich rewards, but also enhanced the status of the Yongjun in the minds of the people.

When Guo Qi organized the big move, Hu Qiong, Zhuo Yidao, and Sun Guoqing respectively led their troops and horses to launch an attack on Wei, Min, and Cheng Prefectures, because the troops of the three states were all wiped out by the Yong army in Qinzhou, and the three states did not have the slightest strength to resist.

However, at this time, the news of the Yongjun's counterattack into Xirong also reached Shancheng, and Murong Ke, who was originally imprisoned by Guo Qi, also fled.