Because the Mingguang armor on his body was too heavy, Li Zhongyi turned over and sat on the back of "Blood Killing" with the help of Li Yunxiao. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Blood Kill" shook his head and tail affectionately, and snorted a few times from time to time, obviously, this beast worth 100,000 gold liked the battlefield atmosphere very much.

As the saying goes: horses have no night grass and no fertilizer. Under the reflection of the torches, the blood-red "blood killing" all over the body was extremely energetic, and the whole body showed endless fierceness.

At the beginning, Li Zhongyi got the "blood kill", but he just wanted to run faster and safer.

Today's situation has long been very different from that year, under the protection of tens of thousands of tigers and wolves, as long as it is not ambushed from ten sides, even if it is 100,000 elite Khitan iron horses, it is difficult to move Li Zhongyi.

In addition, because Zhu Niang watched it tightly, Li Zhongyi was never allowed to shoot his horse and break into the enemy formation. Nowadays, the role that "blood killing" can play has become just the flaunting of sweat and blood.

Song Yunxiang, who was in charge of presiding over the stay, walked quickly to the horse, arched his hand and said: "Please forgive the crime of rudeness, you must take care of yourself, and you must not take the danger lightly with the respect of ten thousand gold." ”

Li Zhongyi nodded with a smile, pointed at Zhu Niang a little helplessly, shook his head and sighed and said: "Old Song, don't worry, with her tigress, even if I want to pick up a knife to cut people, it is impossible." ”

Song Yunxiang turned around, hugged his fists at Zhu Niang, and said solemnly: "There is a little master mother, for our big guy, take care of the lord, and at the moment of crisis, you can take someone to tie up the lord." ”

Zhu Niang never dreamed that Song Yunxiang would dare to say such a rebellious thing in front of so many people, and she didn't know how to respond for a while.

At this time, Li Yunxiao also followed behind Song Yunxiang and shouted: "Old Song is right, master, the net worth and lives of tens of thousands of soldiers of our Li family army are all tied to you, but you must not risk yourself." ”

Li Zhongyi pursed his lips, he knew in his heart that since the formation of the Guards, the thoughts of his heavy generals have become heavier and heavier.

The reason is obvious, with the vigorous development of the foundation and the gradual growth of strength, Li Zhongyi, the soul of Li Jiajun, has become more and more prominent.

Quotations from the red era: The sea sails by the helmsman, and when it is used on Li Zhongyi at this time, there is no sense of disobedience!

It was Li Zhongyi who established a new army and led the clay legs from victory to victory, which led to the vigorous momentum of today's Li Jiajun.

Perhaps, in the future, Li Zhongyi will be in power for a long time, and he will be disgusted by people if he is mediocre. But now Li Zhongyi is an indispensable decision-maker for Li Jiajun.

"Alright, it's getting late, let's hit the road." Li Zhongyi ignored Song Yunxiang and Li Yunxiao, turned his head and ordered Yang Lie, who had been watching the excitement.

In this dispatch, in addition to the 3,000 troops from each army to guard Yuguan, including the Guards, the Li Jiajun can be said to be elite.

After seizing Yuguan again, Li Zhongyi had another 20,000 war horses in his hands, just forming a pattern of one person and two horses.

In this way, just like Huo Biyao, the Han army under Li Zhongyi also has a high degree of mobility.

After several years of training and running-in, if you compare the riding and archery skills of the Khitans on the horses, the Li Jiajun will definitely be far inferior. After all, the Khitan people have been a people who grew up on horseback since childhood, and this is an innate advantage that cannot be bridged in the short term.

However, due to Li Zhongyi's great attention, and in previous battles, Li Jiajun was always able to capture a lot of war horses, and with the assistance of 3,000 party cavalry instructors, almost all of his subordinates could ride horses.

Most of the soldiers of the Li family army can also shoot arrows with bows on horses, but they are just on the head, so it is a little difficult to say.

In the final analysis, Li Jiajun is an emerging army based on the organization, discipline, and professionalism of modern and modern armies, with infantry as the mainstay and cavalry as a supplement.

Based on the reality of the huge cost of raising horses in the Central Plains, and Li Zhongyi did not grasp the real power of the entire Great Zhou, it was actually a compromise that Li Zhongyi was forced to make by focusing on the infantry army.

Of course, the cost of training ten infantry soldiers is equivalent to the cost of a horse soldier, even if it is a one-to-one exchange with the Khitans, Li Zhongyi can afford it.

Fighting a war is not only about money and food, but also about combat effectiveness, and there must also be a concept of cost. One of the more famous examples is the English longbowmen, whose training and equipment costs far less than that of knights who wore plate armor and had high horses under their hips.

With Li Zhongyi's order, the Li family army poured out, with Yang Lie as the vanguard, after the Liaoshan River was broken, it marched mightily into the Great Plain of Tokyo Road east of Yuguan.

Unlike the previous Han army, Li Zhongyi went east to Yuguan this time, and he also brought the collected fleet along the way.

The movement of the army is all about the speed of the soldiers, and if they go on the road with the captured materials and prisoners, it will inevitably seriously affect the mobility of the army.

"Master, those merchants were originally secretly scolding you, but now they are all praising you." Li Yunxiao couldn't help but sigh.

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly, the government forcibly requisitioned civilian ships and manpower, and did not give money, this is the root cause of the people's hatred of the government.

Not to mention the current government, even if it is a local government thousands of years later, it will never be able to change the bad habit of liking to take the people's money indiscriminately.

How to put it, any level of local government, as long as it does not have a strict power restraint mechanism, has the impulse to expand its power.

Although he also used his power to requisition civilian, merchant and fishing boats, he made a clear promise to give full subsidies to Khitan slaves, horses, cattle, sheep, and various leather products.

As the saying goes, scarcity is expensive, and there is a shortage of horses in the Central Plains, so the price of horses has been high. And because the Central Plains prohibits the slaughter of cattle without permission, leather products are also in demand.

It is no exaggeration to say that in the Central Plains, leather products have even played a role in hard currency to a certain extent.

Therefore, Li Zhongyi's compensation arrangement was very popular with businessmen and fishermen.

At the same time, in view of the goods carried by the merchants, Li Zhongyi also set a policy of fully opening up barter trade. Specifically, the goods brought by the merchants on the ship could be exchanged for various materials looted by Li Zhongyi at a reasonable valuation, including Khitan slaves and women.

Compared with these small businessmen, Li Zhongyi, who has a big family, can be said to be the first wealthy businessman in the Great Zhou. Whether it is linen or porcelain, Li Zhongyi has a wide range of sales channels.

If Li Zhongyi does not understand the businessman's pursuit of profit, then in this era, there is no second person who can see it more clearly.

The world is bustling, all for profit. Along the shores of Bohai Bay, boats of all sizes flock north, confirming this old adage.

"My lord, why did our soldiers bother to cheapen these cheap merchants for the benefits they exchanged for their flesh and blood?" Liao Shanhe asked Li Zhongyi with some puzzlement.

Li Zhongyi curled the corners of his mouth slightly, and said with a smile: "No farming is unstable, no business is not rich, no work is not strong." ”

Seeing Liao Shanhe blinking a pair of bull's eyes and looking ignorant, Li Zhongyi further explained: "Let me ask you, when I first came to Da Zhou, what did I rely on to gain His Majesty's appreciation? ”

"There are a lot of taxes in Xiaoyaojin... Uh......" Liao Shanhe may have noticed it, and uncovered the scars of Li Zhongyi's previous cheap business, and hurriedly stopped his mouth.

Li Zhongyi didn't care at all that he was very close to the merchants, and it was like a variety of rumors about his identity, and said lightly: "There are a lot of taxes in the imperial court, which is a great thing." ”

The greatest advantage of the smallholder economy is that it is self-sufficient and allows the government to control the movement of people. The disadvantage is that he is complacent and does not seek to improve. (To be continued.) )