Chapter 258: Iron Rider of the Five Clans
The next day, there was an earth-shattering cheer from the camp of the five tribes, and they had reason to rejoice, because they did not have to be driven out of the place where they had lived for generations, and the Han people had sent a sheep to each of their families, which was not much, but it was enough to calm their hearts. Those Han people also said that in the future, they would be hired to graze cattle for the Han people, train war horses, and give them wages. Originally, they didn't believe in such a good thing, the grassland people and the Han people have been enemies for generations, and they really couldn't believe that the Han people would be so good to them. But with the guarantee of the leader of the Blue Wolf Tribe, and the Blue Wolf Department did bring back the old people and children in their own clan, these Khitan people of the five tribes also believed it.
After successfully subduing the five tribes, Dong Zhuang hurriedly ordered his men to build pastures. Huge cattle and sheep pens and stables were quickly built. These are not the most troublesome, the most troublesome thing is that Dong Zhuang found that among the four large and small pastures, only the ranch where he is located has a river flowing out of Taihang Mountain. This river was formed after the snow melted in the winter of Taihang Mountain, and the water is particularly abundant, so it creates the fertile aquatic plants of this pasture.
But this is not the case with the other three small pastures, where there is no river at all, and they all rely on the little snow on the land in winter, so the water and grass are not satisfactory. Dong Zhuang temporarily decided to take advantage of the time of the people of those tribes to organize them, dig ditches, and completely connect the four pastures with rivers, so that these four pastures will become the same abundant water and grass, not to mention, find something to do for those people, and save them from making trouble.
Just do it, Dong Zhuang arranged people to build a pasture while digging ditches, and was so busy that his feet did not touch the ground, and he was very happy.
Among the young and strong of the five clans, Dong Zhuang selected strong men aged fourteen to forty to form an elite iron cavalry of 2,000 people. Jin Sen led a thousand people, and Guo Yong led a thousand people. As long as Qin Wang's official appointment arrived, Guo Yong's official position as the commander of a cavalry battalion would not be able to run, which made Guo Yong excited for a while. Dong Zhuang let Guo Yong serve as the commander of the cavalry, with his own considerations, the five tribes have just been annexed, he must stabilize the hearts of the five tribes, and a Khitan who holds military power is the best illustration.
The steppe people have lived on horseback since childhood, and are natural cavalrymen, and compared to the Central Plains people, they can fight on horseback without any training. This is also the reason why the Khitans have millions of iron horsemen, because the people are soldiers, and the soldiers are the people. In Dong Zhuang's eyes, the distance they are from invincibility is just reasonable tactics and strict military discipline.
Jin Sen was also very happy, in the last battle of Xinzhou, his 300 cavalry lost more than half, and the loss of war horses was even heavier. These are all pains in his heart, and for such a long time, the cavalry has not done anything decent, which makes Jin Sen very aggrieved
。 But now it was different, he had mastered a thousand cavalry at once, although it was a thousand cavalry of the alien race, but it was enough for him to be excited.
As soon as he took over the 1,000 cavalry, he trained the whole of them, and unlike the brave cavalry soldiers who only liked the brave, he liked those who were obedient, in other words, he liked those who knew the rules. He has always believed that war is never something that can be swayed by the bravery of one person, and what is needed is the strength of unity.
When Jin Sen returned a dozen brave and unruly cavalry to Guo Yong, Guo Yong laughed at him. He laughed it off, and the rest was to mix more than a hundred Han cavalry into this thousand people, and he wanted to ensure that these thousand people were firmly in his hands.
Jin Sen's battalion's next training made Guo Yong puzzled and scoffed, Jin Sen did not teach these 1,000 people any combat skills, but let them ride horses and line up in a strict formation to continuously train various tactics. Charge, emergency stop, turn, salvo, Jin Sen does not pay attention to the result, he only has one request, no matter what, the formation of the cavalry must not be chaotic, whoever is chaotic will be punished.
This kind of training has been practiced for more than a month, and on the surface, it seems that there is no effect except that the formation is getting tighter and tighter, but Jinsen is still happy to do it without any intention of changing.
The fact that Akagi begged tens of thousands of Han slaves and a large amount of supplies from the Khitans caused great repercussions around Akagi. When Xiao Ding came to deliver the population and supplies that day, many people in Akagi saw it with their own eyes, and for a while, all the people around Akagi were talking about it.
Everyone applauded Qin Wang, and Qin Wang's reputation climbed to a peak again.
"Hey, did you hear that? The Qin Forget in Chicheng discussed with the Khitan people about opening a tea and horse market, and a few days ago he brought tens of thousands of people from the Khitans, and the mountains and seas of materials. Not to mention, that refugee butcher is really capable, he can detain food from the mouths of the Khitans, and he is a handle. On the street of Ulju, a middle-aged man selling baked cakes said to a merchant next to him.
"I've known for a long time, can I go south and north later than you know?" The merchant said with a smile. "I'll tell you the truth, I just came back from Akagi. I saw it with my own eyes when the Khitans sent supplies and population. Mother, what are the tens of thousands of Han people, it is a whole hundred thousand, a large area without borders. In addition to the human head, the black pressure is still the human head. There are also horses, cattle and sheep sent by the Khitans, which stretch for more than ten miles, and I can't count them when I am exhausted. The merchant boasted.
Hearing the merchant's wonderful words, many people who were shopping gathered around.
"Really? It's a damn boost, finally someone came to clean up those bastards of the Khitans. Come on, little brother, eat a bowl of chaos, tell us, what does Qin Forget look like? "An old man selling chaos next to him brought it in
A bowl of wontons, and a large handful of dried shrimp were ruthlessly put in the mouth, and asked.
The merchant took the wonton with a smile, took a sip of the soup, and smiled happily. "If you want to say what Qin Forget looks like, let me tell you, what a blue-faced fang, three heads and six arms, it is completely deceitful. I have seen it from afar, that General Qin is one zhang tall, with gold armor all over his body, and a Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand that is one hundred and eighty catties. Just like the gods in the painting. Otherwise, they can get so many benefits from the Khitans? I can tell you that those Khitans saw General Qin like a dog saw their master, with their tails between them. ”
The merchant said that hundreds of people around him were elated and cheered.
I have to say that Qin Wang's public opinion building has played a great role. It's really not glorious to hook up with the Khitan and Lin, but being able to get so many materials, population, and territory from the Khitan people really adds glory to him. His image in the mouths of the common people has also changed from a man-eating monster with a blue face and fangs, three heads and six arms to a god with a height of one foot and a golden armor all over his body.
"What do you know, a bunch of fools and fools?" At this time, a poor sour literati who was eating at a wonton stall suddenly said in a weird manner, "How did the tea and horse market become the opening of Chicheng and the Khitans?" Such a big thing, at least it has to be done by the Golden Mountain, which is a three-state festival. How can this small town of Akagi do? is obviously a traitor who colluded with the Khitans, but in your mouth he has become a big hero, which is really stupid. ”
Hearing the literati say this, the people around him were not happy, "You saw the collusion between General Qin and the Khitans?" Anyway, I saw the Khitans send supplies and population to Chicheng with my own eyes, can there be a fake? The merchant was the first to be displeased, and opened his mouth to argue.
"That is, we don't know if General Qin colluded with the Khitans, but we know that he rescued countless Han people who were taken captive to the Khitans, and on this point, he deserves a thumbs up for him. It's you, a half-catty duck and a beak of four taels, who rely on everything to say. The middle-aged man who sold the baked cakes sneered unceroniously.
The people who watched the excitement around also started to ridicule the poor literati.
"You, what a vulgar and insulting Sven! And you, really stupid, stupid! The literati turned red with anger, pointed at the merchant and cursed.
"Yes, we are vulgar, we are stupid, and we vulgar and stupid people are not worthy of eating it." The old man at the wonton stall was not happy either, and snatched the half-eaten wonton from the scholar and fell to the ground.
"Unreasonable!" The scholar was furious, took two copper coins on the table, and walked away in the laughter of the crowd.
"Phew! Who wants your stinky money! The old man also had a backbone, and swept the two pennies to the ground with a flick of his hand.