After going abroad, except for "rape and plunder" and "burning and killing", no matter what the army does, no one will care, and it is just a small matter to "requisition" the herdsmen's cattle and sheep!

When the herdsmen who were resting in the house heard the screams of the lambs, they thought that wolves were coming, so they immediately picked up sticks and went out to chase the wolves, but instead of wolves, they saw an army more terrible than wolves!

Li Xiaogong actually knew Turkic language, pointed to the sheep held by the soldiers of the Dragon Scale Army, and said a few words in the sound of the sheep screaming.

Hearing Li Xiaogong's words, several elderly herdsmen lowered their heads, but the two children were still yelling angrily under the pull of their parents and brothers.

However, their roar was doomed to be useless, and even their strong father and brother did not dare to say a word "no" in front of the army, let alone that they were all so weak.

Li Ke tugged at Li Xiaogong's sleeve: "King Hejian, what did you just tell them?" ”

Li Xiaogong said: "I just said that we are the army of the Tang Dynasty, and we have requisitioned these cattle and sheep. ”

"That's all?" Li Tai's face was incredulous.

"That's all." Li Xiaogong's face was expressionless.

This is a common thing on the way of the army, and the imperial court has always carried out the "holy way" to the mainland, even if a general with outstanding military achievements does this kind of thing, he will inevitably be demoted and imprisoned. But if it is a state of confinement, it is no different from the enemy country, and they are not counted in the registered households in the world, and the requisition of a few cattle and sheep is not a big deal.

In this very short time, hundreds of sheep and two cows were slaughtered, and the blood stained the grass red, and the smell of blood was a little disgusting.

The herdsmen looked at the red-stained meadows, the two children and the old herdsmen wept silently, they were unarmed herdsmen, it would be nice for the army to come back to life as they passed by, some ......... Some cattle and sheep only.

Leng Feng sighed, dragged Tang Jian beside him, Tang Jian understood, and opened his mouth to say to those herdsmen in Turkic language: "Don't be sad, this official next to me is a big official of the Tang Dynasty, he can promise to the Heavenly Wolf God that after he returns to Chang'an, he will arrange a caravan to pass by you, and then you can get salt and tea equivalent to these cattle and sheep........."

Hearing Tang Jian's words, those herdsmen stopped crying and stood up straight and saluted Leng Feng's chest. In their opinion, this general had no reason to lie to them, not to mention, he promised the Celestial Wolf God.

In the eyes of the steppe people, the assurance made to the wolf god is the most serious, which is equivalent to a monk making a wish in front of the Buddha. For them, although cattle and sheep are the root of life, but compared with salt tea or something, it is nothing, and it is earned to be able to kill a batch of cattle and sheep in exchange for salt tea in these winters.

After killing the cattle and sheep, Leng Feng asked the herdsmen for a lot of pasture, and asked the soldiers to roast the beef and mutton, if they don't do this, the meat will breed a large number of bacteria in a short time, and it will also attract flies, and it will be roasted with fire, how can it last for three or five days.

Of course, the premise is that it doesn't rain, and the practice of scorching it after the rain is useless.

After everyone had divided the food for three days, Leng Feng ordered to move on, followed by an endless grassland, an empty grassland, sometimes like a desert, which would confuse and collapse the intruders. If you don't have the ability to discern your direction, it's possible to be trapped in the depths of the grassland.

It was determined that the direction of the north was advancing all the way, and it was not until he met Wei Chigong's border army that Leng Feng knew that this was at the junction of Jingbei Province and Western Turkic Xintu.

When the army left the country, it was to hand over the documents with the border army, and Wei Chigong, who came after hearing the news, was still so dark, and when he grinned, he showed a mouthful of big white teeth: "Hahaha, I thought it was someone who came to change the guard, but it turned out to be two passing by, and I was overjoyed, and I had to continue to guard here." ”

Li Xiaogong jumped off the horse and said with a smile: "It's almost, after the autumn harvest in the Central Plains, you will almost be able to return to Chang'an." ”

Leng Feng also jumped off the horse and said to Wei Chigong: "It is rare for a military general in Beijing to get a chance to lead the troops out, if you feel that the grassland is difficult, let me help you talk about transferring Liu Hongji out to replace you?" That guy was dying on the woman's belly. ”

"That's not going to work! Ha ha. ”

Although Wei Chigong complained, he must be the first to refrain from doing it, he and Cheng Yanjin were both born in a reckless manner, because they were loyal to the King of Qin, and after the King of Qin became the emperor, he got the status that others envied.

But after all, this is "from the dragon's work", after Li Shimin ascended the throne, he always sent a few of them just to give them prestige and credit, so as to block the mouths of the people.

Li Xiaogong took out the paperwork and handed it to Wuli Sima for verification, Wei Chigong was easy to handle, just say a word, but if you don't go through the formalities with Wuli Sima, tsk, if you can't keep it, people will call the army to arrest you first, and ask why you want to bring troops out of the country without permission.

Li Shimin's "five-li-" is clearly a "marshal No. 2" except that he cannot influence the commander's decision-making during wartime.

Passing by the station, how can you stay for one night, that night, Wei Chigong set up a banquet to entertain Leng Feng and Li Xiaogong, the vegetables are only wild vegetables, beef and mutton are enough, there is no wine, only milk.........

Being in the prairie, it's good to be able to make these things.

After Wei Chigong beckoned the two to sit down, he said embarrassedly: "Being in the grassland, there are only these things, don't laugh." ”

Li Xiaogong shook his head, and Leng Feng nodded directly and threw a half-person-high cloth bag to Yu Chigong. Yu Chigong opened it and saw that it was full of dried cabbage and dried radish, the cabbage was sunburned to the extent that it broke when touched, and the dried radish shrank a lot.

"Let's eat it, we don't have much of this stuff, so you can be content with a bag! Soak them in warm water before cooking, and the taste is a little worse than fresh. ”

Wei Chigong said with emotion: "It's enough to eat, why are there so many requirements!" ”

The grassland is not like the Central Plains, the herdsmen rarely grow vegetables, they all eat beef and mutton, the Central Plains people may be excited because of the meat that is enough, but after a long time, they will still feel that the vegetables are more delicious.

Li Xiaogong didn't eat meat, but ate a bite of wild vegetables, which may not taste very good, swallowed it violently with a bitter face, and took a sip of water before saying, "How is it?" Is there any movement in the Western Turks? ”

Wei Chigong snorted and said: "When the news of the locust plague in Guanzhong spread, several tribes of the Western Turks came to try it, but I beat them up and chased them for more than 30 miles, and they have stopped since then. ”

It stands to reason that the strength of a few tribes is just that, and Wei Chigong is making a bit of a fuss about this, but it is the most suitable thing to do at this time.

"Showing weakness to the enemy" is one of the art of war, and "bluffing" is also an effective method.

(End of chapter)