In the morning, the dew still trembled and hung on the leaves of the grass, and the sound of the hooves of the Murb shepherds on their horses would have been rolling like thunder in the sky. Today is different, the woman who began pounding cheese before dawn sang with a little sorrow, and most of the herding was underage children. It is rare to see the busy figures of men, and the huge camp seems a little empty and deserted.

After more than 20,000 soldiers set out on the expedition, Haidu Khan Tokhor Murbo was extremely cautious, and he told his subordinates: "Be careful, 10,000 times is not too much." Carelessly, one time is enough. He divided the tea, cloth, and other supplies brought by Jerubib equally among the warriors who went out on the expedition, and the men who remained were also gathered and scattered far away to patrol around the tribe.

Fortunately, with the power of the Khitan, the nearby allied tribes were forced to send the men of the clan to the battle. Otherwise, it is difficult to guarantee that these white-eyed wolves will not take advantage of the situation. Takul Murber squinted his eyes and looked down, and his eldest son, Bo Shenghuo, looked worried.

"Yelu Dashi said that as long as he fights with him, the wealth of the plundered will be distributed to the heads of the warriors," Haidu Khan was illiterate, and Bo Shenghuo sat cross-legged at the bottom, reading the secret letter that Tachi had brought back, "There is no need to hand it over to the tribe, and no matter whether you are from a high or low background, as long as you make meritorious service, you can be promoted." He paused, looked up, and said, "Father Khan, Yelu Dashi is going to dig the foundation of our tribe." ”

Toul Murb knew in his heart that it would be strange if Jerodashi did not make up his mind when these 30,000 warriors were handed over. Although the eldest son looks mediocre, he is no less thoughtful than others, but he is just cowardly and afraid of things. Haidu Khan shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the Mlb tribe can be stronger than other tribes because of the kindness of good men. The wives and children of the tribe are staying in the tribe and will not be easily betrayed. He sighed, "Compared with ordinary warriors, the higher the rank of the general, the easier it is to be bribed and betray the tribe." If Jerod turns around and tempts them, be careful. ”

Haidu Khan picked up the silver tea bowl, grabbed a handful of Xia Guo sugar powder and sprinkled it in, stirred it with two fingers, and drank the tea in one gulp, only to feel the heat emanating from every pore, and his mind was clearer. He carefully pondered the temperament of each commander, and said in a deep voice: "Tell Tachi and Urgon that the commanders above the commander are not allowed to contact the Khitans without permission. After defeating Yelu Yanxi, no matter what Yelu Dashi says, I will bring my warriors back to the grassland. "Most of the generals sent out to lead troops to fight this time, except for their sons and grandsons, are good men who are unique to the center of the tribe.

"Yes, Father Khan." Berthamp agreed.

"Jeroda agreed, as soon as the warriors of the Murbo people set out on the expedition, the four states of Yunying Huanshuo will be given to us. Give you 10,000 warriors and go south to Yunzhou immediately. The Kree Department has been grazing there for a few years and can be your helper. "Haidu Khan's eyes flashed with excitement, the Khitans are a living example, from a powerful tribe to the overlord of the barbarians in the north, it has a great deal to do with the endless supply of grain and grass materials in the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun." As soon as I got a foothold over there, I immediately sent a message, and I arranged for my people to move south. There was a little happiness in his chest, "With Yunzhou City as the backing, the grassland in the south of the desert is also from our Erbo Department." ”

"But if you send these ten thousand warriors out," worried Bersenjo Murbo, "the tribe will be even more empty than ten thousand men left to fight. ”

"Five thousand Murbs can deal with the evil rats." There was a cold light in the eyes of Tohul Murbe, and the prestige of Haidu Khan was accumulated on the bones of countless tribes. He sighed and said, "The only thing to worry about is that the Xia people are coming to attack. We find out the news early and stay away. The Xia people are just guarding us from harassing the shade households, harvesting crops and pastures in the autumn. ”

During the period of the Great Khitan unification, the Xia State sent the Duhan army and the same enemy army to the vicinity of Xiaohai, recruited the people of the department, built the city and reclaimed the grazing, and the Mobei grassland has been troubled since then, and it has been more than 120 years. Between the Xia people, the Khitans, and the nomadic tribes, there have been countless large and small wars. Because the desert north is vast and sparsely populated, it is difficult for the Anbei Military Division to take care of it, and there is always no shortage of desperate nomadic tribes to plunder the settled farms and pastures, and the Anbei Military Division has never stopped luring the herdsmen of the tribe to take refuge.

For decades, Xia Guoan's Northern Military Division made every effort to consolidate its sphere of influence west of Xiaohai, not only dividing the grasslands into countless pastures, but also relocating some Han farmers to small-scale reclamation in the area of Duhancheng and Hengzhaibao. Autumn high horse fertilizer, whether it is planting grain or grass, is the harvest season, and it is also the most nervous time for the Xia cavalry, and it is also the main prevention of the northern desert tribe. After the winter, the livestock of the nomadic tribe can hardly survive the cold winter, and can only take shelter from the wind and snow in a few winter nest pastures. It is difficult for the tribes to move at will like spring, summer and autumn, and this is the time when the Xia cavalry army launched an attack and revenge on the grassland tribes. Over the decades, this set of comings and goings has become a regular rule. The vast grassland is also more fertile and attractive because of the blood of countless warriors.

Transporting food supplies from Guanzhong to Mobei costs a lot on the way, and there is no one out of ten who arrives. This is also the concern that it will be difficult for the military government to launch an offensive in the autumn. At this time, there was a sense of excitement in the cold military camp. "It's going to be a big deal." The lieutenant mysteriously conveyed the order of the military government to the sergeants, and although the detailed plan was still being kept secret, the baggage division had already been transported to Cangcheng one after another because of the delay in the replenishment of the autumn harvest. Before the start of the battle, the sergeants were to be assigned to each household according to the cavalry roster. The boundaries between the sergeants of Mobei and the shadow households are less than other places, and there is no war yet, but there is an entry first, and everyone is happy. In the cold city, the furnace is blazing, the blacksmiths are sweating like rain, and the sound of iron sharpening knives is everywhere.

At this moment, outside the city of Shule Prefecture in the North Tianshan Mountains, it was a different scene, and the sergeants of the Chengying Battalion who had just arrived looked strangely at the city and burst into cheers one after another. It was getting late, but the gates were not closed, and many farmers who lived nearby drove their wagons to the city. The large carriage carried the laughter of the family, the adults changed into the rare silk robes, and the children wore hats made of dry straw, wielding small bows and wooden knives. On the road, pedestrians with fluttering sleeves and lanterns looked particularly festive, and rushed to the city in an endless stream.

"Excuse me, man," Zhao Xing pulled down a middle-aged man with a festive face, his robe embroidered with the symbol of the status of a public sergeant, as if he was a retired sergeant, "What festival is being celebrated in the city?" ”

The middle-aged man was stopped by Zhao Xing, and his wife and children also looked back at this group of sergeants on horseback, and the middle-aged man caught a glimpse of Zhao Xingde's military robe with the emblems of centurion and concubine embroidered on the chest, and Wang Tongdeng next to him was also a concubine, and other sergeants, and the title was not under the rank of officer. The title of sergeant of Xia Guo was mostly piled up by military merits, and the middle-aged man was suddenly in awe, and first beckoned his wife and children to come over, so as not to be crowded by the crowd, and then he smiled and said: "This lord, this is a great victory." Anxi general Xu Wenhu led the army to attack the Rus' capital, captured all the Rus' royal family, Anbei general Lu Qingzong and the Rus' king Musti decisive battle, killed 20,000, captured the king, 30,000 Rus' troops surrendered. The state city lifted the curfew, and on the third day of Daqing, the wine and food were paid for by the Chamber of Commerce and the military government, and we all went to catch up with the excitement. ”

"What?" Zhao Xingde was taken aback, he didn't see the latest military report in the past few days, and such a big thing happened, it is conceivable that after defeating Rus, the Western pattern was immediately different for Xia Guo, and Lu Mei had to rely more on Xia Guo's assistance.

"How did the news spread so quickly?" Wang Tongdeng said with a frown.

"The military newspaper of the military government has not yet been announced, and the chamber of commerce in Kangju has first used carrier pigeons to spread the news," the middle-aged man said with an excited face, "There are already a group of caravans, I can't wait to celebrate the big victory, and I have taken the goods over the green ridge first, and the big business house will also rush to the mountain before the heavy snow closes the mountain, try to transport the goods over, and go to Ross to open a branch." "Many Shule people are partnering to take the Green Ridge Trade Road, no matter how the imperial court deals with the aftermath, anyway, all the tea and porcelain hoarded in Shule Prefecture have risen in price.

"Alas, it's a loss," Wang Tongdeng was a little distressed. recalled what General Anxi Xu Wenhu said at the beginning. "If you knew this was the case, please transfer to the Anxi Military Division." Looking up, he saw Zhao Xingde looking at him with a smile, and couldn't help but greet the sergeant under his command in a loud voice, "Take two steps quickly and go to the post station to read the military newspaper." ”

Although everyone is enthusiastic about the title of meritorious name, but there is no Wang Tongdeng so anxious, there are many pedestrians on the road, when they came to the post station, and after a stick of incense time, Wang Tongdeng anxiously handed over the waist card paper, took out the military newspaper that the past officials could read, and beat his chest even more. "There's a fiefdom! Eight founding marquis at once! It hasn't been out for many years. The faces of the sergeants also changed, the Xia Kingdom was promoted to the Lord, the higher it became, the more difficult it became, the prominent lord of the founding prince was a hereditary title with a fief, not only to be enthroned by the emperor, but also to be agreed by the five prefectures. It has been rare to see for more than ten years, and after the battle, Emperor Chen Xuan actually canonized the eight founding marquis at once.

Zhao Xingde frowned and thought about it, as he knew before, the Xia Imperial Court was extremely cautious about the reward of hereditary titles, and he didn't know why he was so unsparing this time. He took the military newspaper from Wang Tongdeng's hand, read it carefully, and when he saw that Xu Wenhu, the general of Anxi, attacked the city of the king of Rus, and first rescued more than ten brothers who were imprisoned by the king of Rus, these dozen nobles and cronies were extremely grateful to the Xia army, and even had to take their relatives to attack the king of Rus with the Xia army.

"These eight marquis are not easy," he sighed as he handed the general to Du, "and this is the nail I have driven into the territory of Rus'." This fiefdom may have to be defended with blood for generations. ”

"That's also a fiefdom!" Wang Tongdeng still looked distressed. The Xia State strictly practiced the land system, and those who received acres of land were privately granted, and the former envoys of the small navy were distributed, and those who did not report the property were sat down, and those who bribed officials were beheaded. There is only one way to obtain a large piece of land, that is, to be named the founding prince, not only to have a noble status, but also to obtain a large area of fiefdom, which can attract homeless people to farm.

Zhao Xingde looked around, and the other sergeants nodded one after another, even the oldest and most serious Du Fujiao, was no exception. "This is a fiefdom!" Sparks were about to burst out of Du Blowhorn's eyes, "The hereditary founding marquis is worth a few lifetimes." As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and rubbed his hands, as if he were pulling out a knife and going to battle. A fiefdom will stand up a group of people who don't want to die. Zhao Xingde sighed secretly, the eight nails that entered the country of Rus were difficult to pull out.