Chapter 0790. Battles for merit
Buckets and buckets of soybean meal were sent to the county government, bundles of straw were piled up into a hill, there was no shortage of food in Fujian, but the feed for war horses has always been in short supply, but after a day or two, it was still prepared by Ma Yang. [ads:This site has a new URL,Shorthand method:,.] γ
However, Pinglu County, who was ordered to collect these, did not let the villagers suffer from Ma Yang, and he took advantage of the loophole of the medicine Geluo.
The nomadic cavalry from Central Asia plundered Khorasan for many days, and each of them was full of pockets, and because of the hurry, Yaogelo only took away a large amount of supplies left by the Sogdians, leaving more than 3,000 Sogdian corpses, and the remaining amount of booty was still considerable.
Cleaning up the battlefield allowed Ma Yang to gather a lot of wealth in his hands, and with this money to buy supplies, the enthusiasm of the impoverished refugees from all over the country who had been looted was suddenly mobilized, and they collected hay and forage day and night, which made it so efficient.
Not only did they complete the task of collecting military rations, but they also helped the victims of the disaster by the way, killing two birds with one stone.
Watching the last bag of hay being transported into the warehouse, Ma Yang held his hands in the wide-sleeved robe, and couldn't help but turn the smiling Mimi into a slit.
Commanding the officials to seal the warehouse beside him, Liu Bao's wrinkled old face was still full of pain, and after locking the warehouse, Liu Bao simply turned around in pain and arched his hand at Ma Yang.
"My lord, the last general still can't figure it out, why should King An's head be given away, with this feat, it's enough to be crowned an uncle."
It's no wonder that Liu Bao's flesh hurts, one person has ascended to heaven with a chicken dog, Ma Yang has developed, and his deputy is also rising, and he can be promoted to a sixth-grade official or something, but now it's good, there is nothing.
After being annoyed by Liu Bao's question for two days, Ma Yang was finally completely helpless, looked left and right at no one, and simply carefully pasted it to Liu Bao's ear, and whispered: "County Lieutenant Liu, is it a big boy or a hussar general?"
"Of course the hussar general is big."
Liu Bao was born in Tielin, the king of Fujian, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry of the cavalry has always been blind, and he has to admit that he was the first to follow Li Jie, and the power of the crossbow in the Fujian State is definitely one of the best, not to mention one uncle, a hundred uncles may not be bigger than him.
"That's right!"
Hehe smiled, Ma Yang patted Liu Bao's shoulder and said with a smile: "The hussar general killed for a long time, but the first merit was snatched away by our two pawns, even if the general holds his own identity and doesn't care about you and me, he is more or less displeased, and the political forces around the general will treat you and me as political enemies and curry favor with the general, in that case, even if we are crowned uncle, our life will not be easy."
The golden mean has always been one of the criteria of Chinese officialdom, although Ma Yang's master Yu Wenjian has not been an official, but his family has entered countless people, many tricks to be an official, Yu Wenjian is passed down, and it is important to weigh the pros and cons.
Listening to Ma Yang's explanation, Liu Bao couldn't help but tremble, and quickly shook his head and arched his fist in admiration: "It's still wise to be an adult."
"It's not wise, we were going to die, but now we are alive and reunited with our families, isn't it good? Be a man, just be open-minded. β
As soon as Ma Yang explained this, Liu Bao finally got completely happy, scratched his head honestly, laughed and arched his fist and smiled: "It's still a high level of adults, and it's not as good as a lowly position."
"My lord, a new Arab barbecue has been opened in the south of the city, and I finally finished my official duties, in order to celebrate our escape from death, how about you go for a drink?"
This time, Ma Yang's open-minded smile just now turned into a bitter smile, and he shook his head sadly.
"I can't go."
Stunned for a moment, looking at Ma Yang pointing in the direction of the house with a bitter face, Liu Bao suddenly arched his fist sympathetically.
Seeing his boss go home to be a model husband in the sunset, Liu Bao couldn't help it, and laughed with his head high.
I can't afford to hurt my wife's county order!
This one, after the catastrophe, little people like Ma Yang and Liu Bao can go home comfortably and leisurely, but the war that belongs to Yaoge Luo has not ended.
The weather in February was still quite cold, wearing iron armor, lying on the newly grown grass, even if it was as strong as medicine, I felt the slightest cold.
The banner crawled on the grass, and behind Yaogeo, tens of thousands of Guanning iron cavalry were also lying quietly, and beside them, the same well-trained Arab war horses were also lying quietly beside them, occasionally shaking their ears to drive away the mosquitoes that had just been born.
In front of them, in the darkened night, a huge camp stood in the valley a little lower, with the neighing of men and horses, and the flames that lit up for miles.
Even at this time, you can still see the nomadic cavalry in the camp leading the horses out to feed.
This is one of the nine surnames of Zhaowu, a branch of the Sogdians, after the invasion of Khorasan, the speed of looting by this tribe is second only to Anguo, and I don't know how much Fujian blood is contaminated under the butcher's knife, and the entire rear camp, thousands of slaves and women are still trembling and imprisoned there.
One person and three horses took turns to change, and the speed of the Guanning Iron Cavalry actually outran the nomadic defeated soldiers, and arrived at the attack position a few hours earlier, so they still didn't know anything about the soldiers of the Fujian Iron Cavalry, and they still enjoyed their spoils and results so leisurely.
In fact, Li Jie has long suspected the three Persian nobles, and other families have been stripped of their land and privileges that have been passed down from generation to generation.
Even if Li Jie is naΓ―ve, he is not a little defensive if he is betrayed several times in a row, he is stupid, so the secret agents of the Min State infiltrated the Kehu family very early, and the other two families were also closely monitored, which is also the reason why Li Jie is so protective of the three nobles, if you want to take it, you must give it first, Li Jie waited for the day when they jumped out, so he cleaned it up in one breath.
It also happened that Belus could not hold back and attacked Khorasan, and mastered the plan of the Suren family to rebel, Li Jie deliberately entered the concubine and seemed to have gathered all his forces in the East Hindu Kush Mountains.
It seems that more than 200,000 troops are blocked between the mountains, but in fact, there are only 120,000 troops recruited there, and most of them are composed of second-line government soldiers.
In particular, the position of Guanning Iron Cavalry is the most western.
At the first moment of Belus's invasion of Khorasan, the Guanning Iron Cavalry could rush over, relying on the main cavalry and the strong city defense of Thirsty City, it was completely possible to beat these steppe wolves out in one go.
But just before Yao Geluo was about to leave, Li Jie's order made him have to wait.
Almost all of Belus's hands are the elite nomadic cavalry of the Central Asian steppes, and they are extremely mobile, if they fight so much, if they can't beat them, Belus can completely escape back to the steppe, like flies hovering near the eggs, and then wait for the next attack.
Li Jie's appetite is very big, he wants to wipe out this main force of the grassland in the pass!
Therefore, Yao Geluo had to suppress the bloodthirsty * who was about to move, and waited without moving, waiting for the Central Asian cavalry to penetrate a sufficient distance.
At this cost, the two northwestern provinces were reduced to ruins, tens of thousands of tuntian households were slaughtered, and more than 1,000 towns and villages were caught in the flames.
It was suppressed until Li Jie's second order came, and the impassioned order still echoed in Yao Geluo's mind.
No matter how many ways I come, I'll only go all the way! Don't let any of them go!
"General Qiyu, General Dadu has arrived at the mouth of the tiger to set up an ambush, waiting for the general to attack, and Secretary Sun also reported to the general at the same time, and the official document to the king of Min was also sent."
Also prostrate, the herald commander Bi Sizhong lay down beside Yao Geluo and reported in a low voice.
"Good."
Nodding expressionlessly, Yao Geluo was once again engrossed in the enemy camp below the mountain, staring at the entrenched nomads like cheetahs.
However, after hesitating for a moment, the crossbow was lost and still hesitated to lie on the side and asked in a low voice: "But, father, the small county order doesn't dare to fight with you at all, and it is obvious that we defeated the Anguo barbarians, and the small county order is just a coincidence, why do you want to give him this first credit?"
The little herald lieutenant dared to question the decision of the general from the second rank of the hussar, it was not for nothing, he was the second son of Yao Geluo, he had been in the army for several years, but he had no achievements, and now he is still a captain from the seventh rank of the herald, this time he raided the Anguo cavalry, and he also hoped to kill the enemy chief to earn some meritorious service in exchange for a reward, but he was robbed by Ma Yang like this, no wonder he was unwilling.
However, this complaint was exchanged for Yao Geluo's harsh reprimand.
"What do you know? The whole army knew that the county order had killed the chief of Anguonu, and the father could show his face to that kid, but he couldn't deprive him of his military merits, otherwise, who would be willing to follow his father? Any general has to think about whether the military exploits of fighting bravely to kill the enemy will be taken away! β
"Now that the saint has the courage to open up, it is the time for me to wait for the military generals to make meritorious contributions, as the son of my crossbow lost medicine Geluo, you have to win your military merits yourself, otherwise you will be like your eldest brother, turn into a civil official, don't follow Lao Tzu anymore!"
After a stern reprimand, Bi Sizhong lowered his head sadly, but he was unconvinced and muttered: "Where is the opportunity so easy to encounter."
Along the valley road, thousands of Anguo defeated soldiers threw away their armor and rushed towards the camp of the Nasebo people in a panic, and one by one the hungry and thirsty defeated soldiers quickly spread the panic to the same Sogdia, and in an instant, the huge camp became a pot of porridge.
"This is your chance! Rush to Lao Tzu! β
The tiger's eyes suddenly widened, and suddenly revealed his figure from the grass where he was hiding, and Yao Geluo actually carried the big rope himself, turned over on the horse, and galloped in front.
In an instant, more than 10,000 Guanning knights appeared on the hillside, drove their war horses, and galloped down the hillside.
"W-how is this possible?"
In the camp, he was telling his fellow tribesmen about the horror of the Min army, when the sudden appearance of the death knight killed him, and the Anren defeated army, who was panicking and talking to the Sogdians about how miserable the defeat was, was suddenly stupid.