On this winter day, on the road from Longyou to Chang'an, there are camel bells and caravans.

Among the many people rushing east to Chang'an, a team of more than a dozen people heading west was particularly conspicuous. When he rode the god horse abnormally, covered in blood-red sweat and blood, he immediately looked heroic, and his face was radiant, it was Xiao Quai, who had been in the limelight in Chang'an for a while in recent days.

There are more than a dozen riders behind him, and they are all famous people for a while, and they are all flying dragon horses. An Arabian steed with a white head that is almost the same as a small red horse, only half a horse behind Xiao Quai, is none other than Li Qi, the king of Jianning.

is about to meet the Anxi Iron Army, who is praised as the first in the world in the mouth of the master, this young prince who has not yet been on the battlefield seems to be more excited than anyone else, and his clear eyes are frighteningly bright. Infected by the owner's undisguised excitement, the always docile Arabian steed under his crotch also panted, his ears kept swinging, and he neighed excitedly.

As he was marching, he saw a dozen horsemen passing a caravan from a distance, galloping towards this side, and immediately the knights were full of weather, but the excitement and joy could not be hidden.

The first two riders were both in their twenties, one was silent and introverted, the other was cynical, and when he saw Xiao Quai, he couldn't help waving his hand and shouting, who are they if they are not Gu Xiaojun and Li Ergou?

In the blink of an eye, two teams of more than a dozen horsemen had converged, and the knights of both sides whistled each other and greeted each other warmly. This kind of intimacy is a world of difference compared to picking up the group of Hu barbarians in An Lushan.

"Captain Xiao, Zhongcheng is more than ten miles ahead, I am very happy to know that you are coming, and I sent us to meet you first." It was Gu Xiaojun who spoke.

"Captain Xiao, oh, no, it should be called General Xiao, I really didn't expect it, it's only been more than two months, and Captain Xiao has become three generals! Even Wang Jie's invincible guy is planted in your hands. You don't know how arrogant that guy was this time last year. "Li Ergou is still the same giggle.

The two have different personalities, but the joy from the inside out is the same. Although Xiao Quzhi came to Chang'an alone first, his contact with Gao Xianzhi has not been broken.

Especially Gu Xiaojun, Li Ergou, Zhang Xiaogou and other officers at all levels who will follow Xiao Quai's illness in the future, after knowing the latest situation of Xiao Qu's illness, they are so happy that they almost jump up.

Xiao Qubing was happier than them, the Austrian aid of the Anxi Army, and his own team had finally arrived. It's strange and pitiful, if the Anxi Army, the 8,000 tigers, brought more than 10,000 camels to the booty, and thousands of prisoners of war arrived in Chang'an early, why would they be blocked at the door and cursed every day;

With these hundreds of experienced and skilled officers at all levels, elite scouts, and veterans of a hundred battles selected from the Anxi Army as helpers, why should they do everything themselves, and the matter of training and recruiting soldiers can also be carried out as soon as possible.

Xiao Quzhi patted Gu Xiaojun and Li Ergou on the shoulder, and introduced Li Qi, Dugu Yu, Nan Jiyun and others to Gu Xiaojun and the others. Then he asked aloud, "How?" Did it go well? Nothing happened, right? ”

Li Ergou said: "Why didn't it go well? Escorted by an army of 8,000 Anxi troops, those thieves along the way did not all flee from the wind; Even if there were a few who didn't open their eyes, they were killed by the scouts sent out by Zhongcheng and lost their armor. ”

Xiao Quzhi was stunned: "Is there really one?" ”

Zhang Xiaogou, the commander of the scout brigade, said: "They are all Turkic, Dang Xiangqiang, and the tribal bandits of Jiuguo Hu, a team of more than a dozen sentinels, snooping from afar, our scouts chase after them, turn around and run, and I am afraid that there are only two or three hundred killed along the way." ”

Xiao Quai's illness immediately became clear, these were all armed forces of various ethnic groups that surrendered after being defeated by the Tang Dynasty or took the initiative to attach themselves to the Tang Dynasty, and were placed by the Tang Dynasty in more than a dozen prefectures in the Hetao area.

Although these tribes of various ethnic groups have nominally returned to the Tang Dynasty, they are basically the same everywhere as before they returned to the Tang Dynasty. These Hu people of various ethnic groups still only accept the rule of their chieftains, and the Tang Dynasty also named their leaders as governors and assassins, all of which are hereditary.

In addition, the traditional laws of the tribes were adopted within the tribes, and their own soldiers and horses were allowed to be retained. Moreover, the Tang Dynasty was not allowed to levy taxes on the various states, but their leaders and chiefs collected them themselves, and then they wanted to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty.

Ironically, even if they are paying tribute, these tribal leaders do not lose money, but still have to earn, because the reward will be greater.

For these reasons, even though most of these tribes have surrendered and annexed for more than 100 years, their production lifestyles, customs and cultural ideas are still the same as when they were on the grassland.

And they are used to robbing, and they are used to being robbers, and where can they really honestly herd horses and sheep, so they slowly breed groups of robbers and horse bandits, large and small.

Their nature is also different from the full-time horse bandits that Xiao Quzhi first encountered in Moheyanmoi, they belong to semi-professional, usually herdsmen, part-time robbers, more like guerrillas.

They generally grab when they have the opportunity, run away when they are done, and then continue to graze, and their chiefs and chiefs will not care about them anyway, and even most of them secretly support and participate in the distribution of spoils.

And when the wind is tight, they immediately hide the stolen goods and honestly herd the horses and sheep. As long as they are not caught and the stolen goods are found, who dares to say that they did it?

Even sometimes they would flee to the leader to seek refuge if they got the stolen goods, and then the officials of the Tang Dynasty did not dare to arrest people directly, for fear of forcing them to rebel.

Xiao Quzhi sneered in his heart, this character weakness of the Chinese people is innate, and it has not changed for more than a thousand years.

Before the crossing, Xiao Qubing had heard his father tell him that in the 80s and 90s, some Japanese entrepreneurs and officials visited Chinese factories with little Japan.

Then some Chinese officials simply gave treasure and flaunted a lot of secret crafts to these devil spies, the most famous of which is China's rice paper technology, which was "stolen" (or sent by our officials) by the little devils.

And what these little devils have paid is only a verbal sentence, I want to be a "friendly country" with you, develop "friendly relations", and get all these technologies and secrets that could not be snatched away with bayonets before.

The Tang Dynasty was the same, at the beginning Li Shimin was bullied by the Turks, and once said: "Rong Di has a beast's heart, and he is not happy, and he will be harmed." But later, the Tang Dynasty successively pacified the Eastern Turks, Xuyantuo, Hui, Gaochang, Yanqi, Qiuzi, Tuyuhun, and Western Turks.

So those Hu chieftains all groveled to Li Shimin and flattered him to the fullest; In addition, a group of Hu generals who are capable and loyal to Li Tang and Li Shimin have indeed emerged, such as Zhi Zhi Sili, Ashina Dur, Ashina Simo and Qi Bi He Li.

Then these Hu chieftains put on Li Shimin a hat of "Heavenly Khan", and Li Shimin immediately didn't know what his surname was, and began to say that he wanted to "love as one", and as a result, he lured the wolf into the house and gave the best pasture and the best plain (the North China Plain of Hebei) to these Hu tribes to live in.

Datang has given these Hu tribes so many benefits, but the other party only needs to pay a verbal surrender, and this surrender is still very, very unreliable.

For example, the Turks, when the Tang Dynasty was strong, waged its tail and begged for mercy, but when the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo were defeated twice and their strength was greatly damaged, they immediately rebelled;

For example, Dang Xiangqiang surrendered to the Tang Dynasty at first, then Tubo was strong, and then surrendered to Tubo to help fight the Tang Dynasty together, and then the Tang Dynasty was strong again, and immediately surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.

Such capriciousness, in the end, not only did nothing happen, but was also placed in the fattest pasture of the Hetao near Shuofang, didn't this tell everyone that the Tang Dynasty could betray at will?

The most incomprehensible thing about Xiao Quai's illness is that after experiencing countless betrayals and rebellions by these Hu tribes, this stupid policy has not changed at all, and these Hu tribes are still given super-national treatment.

In this case, then all changes should start with yourself!

A cold glint flashed in Xiao Quzhi's eyes, and he said coldly: "These people from the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms who are snooping from afar can be from Liuzhou Hu? ”

Zhang Xiaogou said loudly: "Why not? Liuzhou Hu has yellow hair and purple hair, and it is best not to recognize it, so I personally led the team to chase and kill two teams of Liuzhou Hu's sentinels, killing four enemies. ”

Li Qi looked excited: "Master, are you going to ...... this time" and then there was a heavy blow on the shoulder, he smiled and stopped talking.

"Let's hurry up." Xiao Qu whistled, gently clamped the belly of the little red horse, and jumped out first, followed by dozens of healthy horses like dragons, and also followed closely with a roar.

It didn't take long for Xiao Qu's illness to see the team of nearly 20,000 camels and more than 10,000 Anxi troops that stretched for ten miles.

Xiao Quai's group was on the side of the road, marching west against the crowd, and the sentry and escort sergeants who met them all greeted them warmly, and kept shouting greetings.

Moreover, this time, the kings, vice-kings and envoys of more than 30 countries west of the Green Ridge couldn't help but cheer loudly when they saw Xiao Quai.

Xiao Qu fell ill and didn't have anything, he originally followed the team from the river to the northwest courtyard of Anxi. Li Qi and Dugu Yu, the children of rich families in Chang'an, are different from rangers, they are the first time to experience such a strong scene.

When he landed, he was stimulated to be arrogant and enthusiastic. One by one, I can't wait to go back to more than half a year ago and fight side by side with the Anxi Army, even Nan Jiyun, who is almost forty years old, is no exception.

Xiao Quai's heart was anxious, the horse team did not pause, and passed the crowd and the continuous camel caravan carrying gold, silver and jewelry, and soon saw the big flags flying in the wind, hunting and hunting, and the four-pole knots of the envoys.

The two teams of men and horses surrounded two generals wearing bright light armor and blood-red cloaks. Who is the middle-aged general on the left, who is not his eldest brother Gao Xianzhi, who is the middle-aged general with a handsome face and less than forty years old? As for the man next to him who looked seventy or eighty, and the burly figure was the envoy of Longyoujiedu, the Turkic brother Shuhan.