The color brightened, and a group of horse thieves cursed and ran to the big bosses in the distance and asked them to go there to see what was going on, but they didn't send anyone back to report it for three days.

Looking at the vultures hovering in the sky in the distance, a horse thief led by him looked at the bald man beside him, "Big brother, why do I look a little wrong, how can there be so many vultures, is it true that the Seven Masters have been killed." ”

"What so much nonsense, don't you know by looking at it in the past?" The bald man glanced sideways at his brother, and the horse was beaten more fiercely, and the group of people hurried towards the distance.

Approaching the pass, the thieves reined in their horses, and they looked at the hill at the pass, which had been heaped out of human heads, and understood what had happened in the pass, that the men were dead, and that the hovering vultures had come to grab food.

"Big brother, I think Da Qin is really playing this time, I think let's go back and see a chance to slip away!" The scar-faced man looked at those heads, and his heart was a little weak, "No matter how powerful the big boss is, he can't fight Da Qin, we can't die with him." ”

"What nonsense are you talking about!" The bald man looked at the scar-faced man beside him, his eyes widened, "Now the horse thieves in the desert are all acting at our command, and there are 50,000 soldiers and horses under the big boss, you are afraid of a bird." ”

"What's the use of having too many people, you didn't listen to them, that General Li killed a thousand alone, and those soldiers of Great Qin are not human." The scar-faced man was still there chattering about the bald man's words.

"One man kills a thousand, I bah. That's a lie, and you believe it. The bald man was so angry when he saw the scar-faced man next to him. couldn't help but spit on him and scolded.

"Deceitful, in the Taizu Changzhan Record, like Zhenbei General Lu Bu and Lu Fengxian, which of those fierce generals is not ten thousand enemies, and thousands of people are killed." Scarface jumped up, "Can you guarantee that you won't be here this time." ”

"Are you stupid to listen to the book? One kills a thousand, and a thousand people stand there and stretch their necks waiting for you to kill, all of which can exhaust you to death. The bald man slapped the scar-faced man in the face, "You have to talk nonsense again, be careful that I cut you and save you from returning."

After I went, I talked nonsense, which affected Lao Tzu. ”

Listening to the bald man's words, the scar-faced man shuddered, he understood that the bald man was for his good, and if his words reached the ears of the big boss. He's going to die a terrible death, think of it. He closed his mouth, never spoke again, and got on the horse with the bald head, and grew old

The nest went back.

Half a month later, the Ma army brought 3,000 cavalry and 1,000 logistics soldiers, with a large number of officials. The craftsmen, as well as the food arrived at the coalition camp in Hongyun Mountain, their arrival made the entire camp boil, and the regular army of Daqin was afraid that it had not entered for nearly thirty years

The desert has passed, but their prestige is still loud.

The sentries of the coalition army were stupid when the black flags swept in, and during this time, they were only in training queues during the day. In addition to understanding what discipline is, it is also necessary to learn some simple Chinese characters at night. In order to understand simple military orders, he

They could recognize the word 'Qin' written on those banners, and they also knew what the mighty black dragon on those banners represented.

There was chaos in the camp, and all the people ran out of the camp to witness the arrival of the dragoons. Ma Jun and the other two thousand households are all young Zhuang factions in the Western Army, and most of the soldiers under their command are mainly children of military and martial families, and Lu Yan sent them to Li Ang.

It was meant to temper them by suppressing the bandits.

"What's the mess, I'll stand up neatly." Dugu Xiao and the dart riders shouted and kicked the coalition soldiers, telling them to meet the arrival of the dragoons in a neat posture as much as possible.

It was the first time to see such a mighty army with such a large iron wing, and the dragoons marched in a neat procession, and the distance between each horse was never more than half a horse's body, and the front and rear were orderly and impeccable. He thought that the tribal soldiers who had been trained by Huang Yuan had been

Jing can be called an army, but now he knows how wrong he is, and the coalition army is at most a child's trick in front of such an army, and it is not vulnerable at all.

Unlike Iron Wing, the people of those tribes only saw the fine armor, the majestic horses and the mighty military posture, and they only felt a kind of strength from the uniform dark black uniform.

Li Ang rode his horse to meet Ma Jun, he didn't expect that the person sent by the Anxi Protectorate turned out to be his old friend, and it seemed that the desire that the two had made to fight together was about to come true.

Looking at Leon on horseback, the horse army waved his hand to stop the army behind him, and almost instantly, the marching cavalry stopped, and they gave the impression that they had stopped at the same time, no one first, no one behind, or they didn't move at all. This scene, in the eyes of those coalition soldiers, made them understand for the first time what is called iron discipline.

Ma Jun instigated the war horse under his crotch, pulled out the saber at his waist, and met the rushing Li Ang. The two men rushed at each other like arrows, and then swords struck each other, a loud roar that threatened to tear through everyone's eardrums.

"What a strong sword." Ma Jun held the sword in both hands, looked at Li Ang who was close at hand, praised, and then used his strength to open the blade of the sword, put the saber into the scabbard, and jumped off the horse.

"Your knives aren't bad either." Li Ang also jumped off his horse, and then the two of them hit each other on the chest, and laughed together, they are not good at making friends, but in Jade Dragon Castle, the two of them have become each other's first friends, that kind

Even if you haven't seen each other for ten years, you can still go to the soup for each other when you meet again.

"I was shocked to hear that you were going to kill all the horse thieves in the desert." Ma Jun smiled, returned to his army formation with Li Ang Zema, and shouted to those soldiers, "I've all seen Li Qianhu." ”

"I've seen Li Qianhu." The uniform sound sounded, shaking the four fields, and also making those grassland coalition troops look like earth, they didn't expect the voice shouted by thousands of people to be so terrifying.

"Nice soldier." Looking at the soldiers between the ages of twenty-five and thirty, Leon looked at Ma Jun, and intuitively felt that this army gave him a very special feeling.

"They are all descendants of the Northwest Military Martial Family. They were trained as soldiers since they were children, and they entered the Ochichong Prefecture for training at the age of twelve. At the age of sixteen, he began to participate in the selection of the Dragoon, although he didn't dare to say that all of them were one in a hundred, but in front of you, he was definitely the protector of Anxi

The most elite of the province are 3,000 people. Ma Jun introduced his subordinates, "The Metropolitan Governor asked us to come this time, so that we can practice with these horse thieves." Let's hope you won't let us down here! ”

"Don't worry, I won't let you down." Li Ang listened to Ma Jun's words, and he already understood that the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate also has their officer training plan, I am afraid that the Chang'an Metropolitan Protectorate and the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate have such plans, and in the future expansion of the army, it is not a military force

It is simply difficult for the family faction to grasp the military power.

"That'll do." As he spoke, he walked between the dragoons and the accompanying baggage. The artisans entered the camp, and the dragoons maintained their usual style. They set up their own camps, and under the command of officers of all ranks, they built camps with astonishing speed, and all kinds of defenses

The measures also made the tribal soldiers dumbfounded.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, the leaders of Tie Yi, who had already surrendered, looked at those Great Qin officials who came from afar, and they all showed a respectful posture. They couldn't hide their shock in their hearts, and at the same time, they were even more in awe of Li Ang, who was able to mobilize a general of such a large size in a short period of time

, must be an important person in Great Qin, with such thoughts, they have all made up their minds to tie up with Li Ang.

The officials who were sent this time were the Confucian officials who were implicated last year, and they thought that they would sink for the rest of their lives, but they didn't expect that there would be this opportunity to educate the barbarians. For those who learn Confucianism

They came to educate the barbarians. They believe that Confucian culture is far more sacred than anything else, and in their view, the soldiers can conquer those barbarians with the sword, but they can only fight violence with violence, and only they can educate these barbarians with the way of the broad sages

A real conquest.

The Confucian officials took over all civil affairs with enthusiasm, and with their efforts, all the goods transported were distributed to each tribe in an orderly manner. Of course, these frustrated Confucian officials also got them among these barbarians

Longed-for reverence and praise.

"Fame and fortune are always hard to see!" Looking at those busy Confucian officials, Li Ang smiled and sighed, he has no bad feelings towards Confucianism, nor does he have a good impression, but he does not agree with the Confucian concept in governing the country, and it is better for the imperial power to be in the hands of the Legalists, like that

It is really in line with the interests of the empire, the Legalists of the Great Qin Land will never procrastinate in doing things, they will act vigorously and resolutely, and they will not say any way of forgiveness to the outside world, surrender or death, which is their national policy for foreign races.

"Isn't that good, they like to ask for fame, so give them this false name, you see they are quite happy." Ma Jun glanced at the Confucian officials with red faces, and couldn't help but smile when he thought of how the way of the sages they talked about along the way would educate the barbarians

"Actually, it's quite good for them to give them a little power, to educate the barbarians, and to do what they want to do, but as for governing the entire empire, they will only do a mess." ”

"You don't like Confucianism?" Listening to Ma Jun's tone, Li Ang asked with a smile, Although there are still hundreds of schools of thought among the people of Great Qin, the real influence is still the five masters of Bingmo, Dao, Fa and Confucianism, and in the army, it has always been the Legalists who have an absolute advantage, because of one hundred

Fifty years ago, Cao Cao, the founding emperor of the Great Qin Dynasty, was himself a follower of the Legalists, and with an unparalleled iron fist, he built a vast empire and instilled an iron-blooded faith in the powerful legions that defended the country.

"No one likes Confucianism when they are soldiers, they only stop the expansion of the empire, and if they fight, they can't think of anything else they can do but drag their feet?" Ma Jun spread his hands and said, "We have to be glad that Your Majesty drove those cynics out of the court, and those Legalists are crazy."

The son is back, and from now on, we people don't have to complain that we have nothing to do. ”

"Soldiers are born for war, and without war, soldiers are nothing, and they die in idleness, like dogs in captivity." Ma Jun's eyes showed a bit of war-loving essence, the children of the military family, there is no one who is not warlike, and he has been instilled as a soldier since he was a child

They want to go to the battlefield to make meritorious contributions, and they have a desire for war that is far beyond ordinary people.

"The horse thieves of the desert will not let you down." Looking at the horse army who was feeling there, Li Ang unfolded the map, "Three thousand miles of desert, not counting Tiele and Uighurs, the population here is close to one million, do you know how many horse thieves there are in the desert." ”

"How many?" Looking at Li Ang's expression, Ma Jun frowned and asked, he felt that what Li Ang was going to say next must not be a good thing.

"100,000, nearly 100,000 horse thieves, counting, on average, one out of ten desert people is a horse thief." Li Ang looked at the surprised Ma Jun and said quietly, "In the desert, being a horse thief is not a shameful thing. ”

"100,000 horse thieves, that sounds like a terrifying number, you're going to kill them all?" Ma Jun looked at Li Ang, who had not seen him for several years, and he felt that the smell of blood on his good friend was almost comparable to that of those battlefield veterans, and any madness came out of his mouth

He wouldn't be surprised.

"Why kill them, they are rare labor." Li Ang glanced at Ma Jun, shook his head and said, "When Emperor Taizu conquered the grassland, he once said that to exercise effective rule over these places, the road is everything, and the road leads in all directions, no

But it can speed up the movement of troops, and it is also conducive to the business of merchants and the spread of culture. ”

"And you can transport large quantities of grain, and use it to control the conquered, and once they are no longer grazing, the grain is their dead end." Ma Jun took Li Ang's words, and it turned out that the method used by Emperor Taizu to conquer the grassland was completely effective

The conquered tribes built roads, consumed their populations, and then used the roads as a basis to build fortresses, garrison armies, and subjugate those peoples with food.

"Emperor Taizu's method, although cruel, is very effective, and the people of the Legalists like to build, they will agree with my plan." Li Ang remembered what had happened in the fifty years since the founding of the country, in order to build a road through the grassland, Wuhuan was conquered by Great Qin,

Xianbei and other ethnic groups died a total of nearly 300,000 people, and in Daqin, in order to dig the Grand Canal that connects the north and south, Marshal Zhou Yu at that time conquered the island, and captured the Japanese people on the island, all of them were sent back to the mainland to dig the canal, and finally returned alive

10,000 people.

"The Legalists are indeed a group of madmen who like to build, building a main road across the desert, supplemented by a number of side roads." Ma Jun looked at Li Ang with a deep groan, "The slaves of 100,000 horse thieves are not enough, are you planning to drag Tiele into the water?" ”

Li Ang didn't answer Ma Jun, he just smiled and walked out of the military tent. Looking at Li Ang who was leaving, Ma Jun laughed in a low voice, "What a crazy plan, it's exciting!" ”