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Knowing Li Xuanba's true identity, Hu Fei and Qin Feng only panicked for a moment.

What does the enmity between the imperial court and Wagang have to do with these little people? Moreover, if Li Xuanba really wanted to embarrass them, he didn't have to wait until now, as early as when he was in Hengshan, he had the opportunity to kill them.

After a short panic, Hu Fei became excited, being able to serve under the account of Zhou Guogong was undoubtedly the best choice for them, duckweed in troubled times.

"Let's get down to business." Li Xuanba's eyes were casually observed in the racecourse, and he said, "How much do you know about the situation over there?" ”

"Hui Gongzi, the leader of the horse bandits over there is surnamed Xiao, named Buyi, originally a thief near Taihang Mountain in Shanggu County, and later Dou Jiande attacked Shanggu County, so they fled to Qiaoshan and started selling horses." Captain Xiao replied respectfully: "At first, we were fairly at peace with them, but as their strength gradually grew, they often came to harass us and tried to drive us out of Huairong. ”

"You came here first, it stands to reason that you have taken advantage of the right time and place, why did you make them stronger?" Qin Feng said curiously. Hu Fei and the others also looked confused, very strange.

"We buy horses for breeding, and they are constantly buying horses from the Turks, and then selling them to various powers in the Central Plains." Captain Xiao explained: "The Turkic people's war horses have excellent blood and are deeply loved by the soldiers, in order to ensure the source of the war horses, they will naturally secretly fund Xiao Buyi!" ”

"This is the so-called big fortune and hard to get rich!" Li Xuanba sneered and said with a cold face: "How many people do they have?" ”

"More than 5,000 people, 4,000 war horses. Among them were quite a few Turks and Daxi. Without waiting for Li Xuanba to ask, Captain Xiao continued: "There are only 1,300 people on our side, and 2,326 war horses. ”

"So, as long as we kill this Xiao Buyi, we will have six thousand horsemen?" When Li Xuanba heard this, he was not surprised or rejoiced. raised his eyebrows and said: "My father is so big, he hasn't done anything about killing people and stealing goods, since he Xiao Buyi sent it to the door, he can't say that he wants to be a horse bandit." ”

Li Xuanba's appearance made Li Jiuzhi, Xiao Xiaowei and others feel at ease, and everyone smiled, as if the four thousand war horses had appeared in front of them.

The service period of war horses is generally two to eight years, and a divine horse like Chiyan can't withstand the erosion of time. Gradually becoming old, so the court needs war horses, and a lot of them.

Two thousand heavy armored cavalry, four thousand light cavalry, and at least six thousand horses, while the number of war horses that the Southern Sui could provide was less than three thousand.

After seeing the horse farm, the group returned to the village, and Li Jiuzhi ordered someone to take out the map. A detailed introduction to Qiao Shan's situation, and then. Captain Xiao also marked Xiao Buyi's defense, Li Xuanba's comprehension was very strong, and after a while, a three-dimensional painting appeared in his mind.

"Listen to what you said, Xiao Buyi really has people in the army to help, otherwise ordinary horse bandits would not be so tightly defended." There was a moment of silence. Li Xuanba pointed to the map and said: "He built the village between Zhuoshui and Sanggan River, and there is a reservoir of the imperial court behind it, so he will never worry about the problem of water sources, if anyone wants to attack him, he can only attack from the west." But. In the west, it was difficult for the cavalry to march because of the Qiaoshan Mountain, but beyond the Qiaoshan Mountain was the grassland, and they had plenty of horses, and the terrain was extremely favorable to them. ”

"What Childe said is very true." Captain Xiao said respectfully: "Gao Kaidao once sent 4,000 elite soldiers to attack Xiao Buyi in an attempt to seize his war horse, but as a result, as soon as the 4,000 people crossed the mountain, they were raided by 2,000 horse bandits, with heavy casualties, and it is said that only more than 200 people escaped. ”

The surrounding people call Xiao Buyi a Qiaoshan horse bandit, but Xiao Buyi's village is not actually on the mountain, the mountains and rivers form a natural barrier, as for what the real village looks like, few people have seen it with their own eyes.

"As far as I know, there is a lot of mud and sand in the waters in the north, and it is difficult to walk on the shore, if someone occupies Qiao Mountain, how can Xiao Buyi solve the problem of grain and grass?" Li Xuanba frowned, and said suspiciously: "Five thousand people have to consume a lot of food every day, no matter how they prepare, the stored food is not enough to consume." ”

There are only more than 1,000 people in Li Jiuzhi's village, and the main reason is that there is not enough food. The property transported from Tang Guogong was basically used to purchase horses, and Li Jiu pointed out that there was no way to feed more people.

But Xiao Buyi is different, he keeps buying and selling horses, not only will he not sit on the empty side, but he will become richer and richer, because in the troubled times, he doesn't need to worry that the horses he bought will not be sold, on the contrary, those who come to him to buy horses can only make a price with him.

As there are more and more horse bandits in Qiao Shanzhai, the consumption of food will definitely increase, isn't Xiao Buyi worried about this? Or was there a way for him to still get food when Josan was occupied?

"The villain is also weird." Li Jiuzhi replied: "In order to prevent Xiao Buyi's sneak attack, we sent people to keep an eye on Qiao Shan at all times, but we never found the team transporting grain. ”

"Where's the waterway?" Li Xuanba suddenly thought of a possibility and asked, "Have you sent someone to pay attention to the movement on the water?" ”

"Except for the merchant ships coming and going, no anomalies were found." Li Jiuzhi was a little strange why Li Xuanba asked this question, the banks of the river are full of mud and sand, muddy all year round, people can't walk at all, let alone carrying heavy food?

"Excluding all the impossible, what remains, even if it is unreasonable, is the truth." Li Xuanba smiled and said: "Merchant ships can transport flour and jewelry, and naturally they can also transport grain, and even pontoon bridges can be built on the water, not to mention sediment?" ”

As a science student, this kind of reasoning is the most basic common sense, just like doing a multiple-choice question, as long as you eliminate all the wrong answers, the remaining one will naturally be correct.

"Childe, can we sneak up on them from the rear through the waterway?" Li Jiuzhi was young after all, and Captain Xiao had never led troops to fight, their ideas were still too simple, and when they heard that there was a way to kill into Xiao Buyi's stockade, their eyes lit up.

"What I can think of, others can think of too." Li Xuanba shook his head and said: "If my guess is correct, those merchant ships you have seen, in addition to transporting grain for Qiao Shanzhai, will also transport war horses for them, in short, those merchant ships should be Xiao Buyi's!" ”

Everyone has been thinking about the problem of transporting grain and grass, and they haven't thought about the war horse at all, but at this time, they were reminded by Li Xuanba, and everyone suddenly realized.

Since Xiao Buyi sells horses for a living, the horses he owns have to be transported out after all, and since he is not on the road of Qiaoshan, it can only be through the waterway.

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