Wagangzhai plundered Xingyang County, and the harvest was very rich, and the Wagang people will sweep away the haze and talk and laugh in the meeting hall.

"Brother Zhai, you have Mr. Li's help, it's like a tiger with wings." When attacking Jindi Pass, Xu Shiji took the first credit, was in a good mood, admired Li Mi very much, and said: "Mr. Li is not only intellectually outstanding, but also invited many heroes to Wagang, which is really amazing!" ”

Sitting in the hall, in addition to Shan Xiongxin, Wang Bodang and others, there are a few people who have recently defected to Wagangzhai, Li Mi took a small servant, two people and two horses, wandering among the rebels from all walks of life, persuading them to join Wagangzhai, basically there is no refusal.

"I've always wanted to go to Wagang, but no one recommended me." One of the people next to the table said: "This time, fortunately, Mr. Li did not dislike it, and recommended us to come to Wagang and be able to meet Zhai Gong, which is really our blessing." A few others chimed in.

"Since you have come to Wagang, you are all your own brothers, so you don't need to be polite." Zhai Rang was high-spirited and said eloquently: "Now, Zhang Xutuo has retreated to Xingyang, and this East County is all our Wagangzhai, such a big place is enough for us to be happy and happy, let him Yang Guang go in a hurry!" ”

When everyone heard this, they all laughed.

"Is it enough to have wine and meat?" Zhai Rang doubled his troops all of a sudden, and he was really happy, and ordered: "Come on, bring those ladies from Xingyang." ”

After a while, more than a dozen young women were driven into the hall like cattle and sheep, all of them were plump and good-looking, but at this time, because of the panic, they were a little sad, but it made people want to pity them even more.

As soon as they entered, they saw a room full of men, and their eyes burst into tears.

"You can choose these women at will." Zhai Rang said generously: "However, you can't be too greedy and let the other brothers sleep on the cold kang in winter!" After saying that, he laughed first.

After the others laughed, they each chose a woman and unceremoniously took her into their arms. Those women knew that they could not resist, so they could only endure the humiliation and force their faces to laugh.

Xu Shiji didn't seem to be interested in women, frowned, and drank by himself, not only ignoring the people around him, but also not even taking a second look at the gorgeous women dancing in the field.

There was laughter and laughter in Wagang Village, drinking wine and eating meat, but Li Mi and the accompanying little people were chewing stiff cakes under the hot sun.

"Sir, do you really plan to serve Gong Zhai?" The more the little guy ate, the more unpleasant it became, and he couldn't help asking: "You have worked so hard for so long to make friends with those people, but now you plan to send all these people to Wagangzhai, are you willing?" ”

"Wagang is powerful, if I defect to Wagang Village alone, even if Zhai Rang reuses me, I am still an outsider and a strategist." Li Mi replied with a smile: "Now that I persuade those people to defect to Wagang, will Zhai Rang still despise me?" ”

"But sir, aren't you afraid that those people will be bought by Gong Zhai?" The little guy said worriedly: "Those people under Zhai Gong are not mediocre people, and Senior Brother Bodang also respects Zhai Rang, and I think Zhai Gong is also extraordinary." ”

"Xuanying, in terms of intelligence, you don't lose to Bodang, but in terms of looking at people, you are still a little behind." Li Mi said without any worries: "Although Zhai Rang is bold, he loves money too much, and he has no lofty ambitions, he is willing to be the leader of a thief with peace of mind, others may not be willing, you just wait and see." ”

"What the gentleman taught." Li Xuanying bowed down and said.

"Zhang Xutuo has retreated to Xingyang County, let's complete the task quickly and return to Wagangzhai." Li Mi squinted, looked up at the dark clouds in the distance, and said lightly: "It's about to change." ”

Li Xuancheng hummed, cleaned up, mounted their horses, and walked in the dust

In the border area of the Great Sui Dynasty, Mayi County, the Taishou Wang Rengong was full of sadness, and Li Yuan, who was sitting next to him, was also full of gloomy clouds, and the two inadvertently glanced at each other, and each sighed, looking very helpless and helpless.

The few generals sitting below looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

"Tang Guogong, Your Majesty is reluctant to send troops, and forces us to fight head-on with the Turks, with more than 30,000 people in our hands, why should we fight with the Turks?" The more Wang Rengong spoke, the more annoyed he became, and said angrily: "The Turkic cavalry came without a trace, and we didn't even know where they were, so how should this battle be fought?" ”

"Don't worry, Lord Gunner." Li Yuan himself was sweating profusely, but comforted: "I have already begun to send people to train cavalry, so that they can eat and live like the Turks, and in time, they should barely be able to fight." As for the whereabouts of the Turks, they are nothing more than trying to rob them of the food and grass for the winter, and as long as we arrange these places properly, we should be fine. ”

Wang Ren respectfully followed Li Yuan's fingers, looked at several locations on the map, and said with a sigh: "If the troops are divided, I am afraid that not only will they not be able to prevent the Turkic soldiers, but they will also lose the lives of the soldiers in vain." ”

"What Lord Wang said is very true." Li Yuan smiled reluctantly and said, "But the Turkic population is large, and the ordinary granary can't satisfy them at all, so their target is most likely this place." Li Yuan nodded to a county town in the north of Mayi County and said affirmatively.

"This place is the perfect fit." A partial general frowned and said: "But the terrain here is flat, and the cavalry comes and goes like the wind, if the Turks find out about the situation, it is very easy to escape, even if our war horses are trained, they cannot compare to the war horses of the Turks!" ”

"Yes, the cavalry under the command of the last general, the martial arts on the horse are not inferior to the Turks, but they can't catch up with others at all, and they can't display their martial arts, and they have always felt aggrieved!" Another general echoed.

For a while, the hall was boiling, but no one could come up with an idea. Everyone said that it all came down to the problem of war horses.

The war horses of the Great Sui are not as good as those of the Turks, and this situation is not a day or two, but after so many years, the imperial court still has not thought of a solution.

In fact, this discussion has been going on for several days, but there has been no progress.

"Report!" A soldier ran into the hall, saluted Wang Rengong and Li Yuan, and said, "Lord Tang Guogong, Luoyang has sent a batch of equipment, saying that it can solve the problem that war horses are not as good as the Turks, do you want to go and see it?" ”

"Of course!" Without waiting for Li Yuan to answer, Wang Rengong preemptively said: "Hurry up and lead the way." "The anxious appearance is obviously that he is in a hurry to go to the doctor.

"Lord County Shou, Lord Tang Guogong, generals." Captain Xiao led a hundred soldiers, carefully all the way, and finally sent the things to Mayi County.

A thousand horses needed four thousand horseshoes, and these horseshoes filled eight chests.

Wang Ren couldn't return the salute, and couldn't wait to say: "What is in this box, hurry up and open it." ”

Captain Xiao commanded, and eight huge boxes were opened at the same time, revealing the dark horseshoe inside.

Wang Rengong took out one, pondered it carefully for a while, and then handed it to Li Yuan, Li Yuan took it and looked at it for a while, and for some reason, the two of them looked at Captain Xiao with doubts.

"These things were secretly created by His Majesty's order to be loyal and brave, as for how to use them, the villain will explain them in detail." Captain Xiao said unhurriedly: "Two adults, I wonder if you can enjoy the meal first?" ”

At this time, everyone noticed that Xiao Xiaowei and the others were dressed in clothes, which was no different from that of refugees, Xiao Xiaowei was a little embarrassed, lowered his head, but his stomach couldn't stop ringing, causing a light laugh.

"Come, hurry up and order someone to prepare a meal to reward all the soldiers who have come from afar." Wang Rengong looked back and gave an order, and someone went down to prepare.

Then, Wang Rengong ordered the soldiers to be taken to rest, and invited Captain Xiao into the hall, and first brought some pastries to satisfy his hunger.

Captain Xiao stuffed a few pieces indiscriminately, drank some tea, and then explained the use of the horseshoe in detail.