"I'm afraid that the ministers of the DPRK and China will not agree to act like this. They have always advocated the cultivation of martial arts, how could they allow the Anxi Army to develop like this. If this is the case, I don't know how many people will join the Anxi army, and the Anxi army will be big in a few years, and those important ministers are afraid that they will not be able to sleep all night. ”

"It doesn't matter. I've thought about this question too, and it's not a problem at all. Ma Lan smiled confidently, "Many of the important ministers of the court advocate the uprooting of the four towns, in order to transfer from Chang'an to Anxi is difficult, and the cost is amazing. It's not that they don't want to open the edge, but they are just worried that they will drag down the entire Tang Dynasty because of the opening. Cheng Gong rest assured, my Tang Dynasty can have today's prosperous era, how can the princes of the court and the central government be the generation of corpse vegetarian food. ”

"As for loyalty, Cheng Gong and I are both Han generals, and the princes in the court are only worried about General Hu's big seat, where will they worry about me? The Anxi army has become strong, as long as it is not in the hands of the Hu people, the important ministers of the court and the central government are probably happy to see it. No one would suspect that people like me and Cheng Gong would have different aspirations, hehe. ”

Duan Xiushi nodded, and said, "I'm in the Tang Border Town, and I'm not the only one in Anxi. The general acts like this, how can other border towns deal with themselves? This time, I am afraid that I will offend many people. Ge Shuhan, An Sishun, An Lushan, these Hu generals, who are willing to spend one hundred and fifty yuan for the soldiers who died in battle! As for asking them to pay the soldiers' salaries, don't even think about it! They still have to withhold the twenty pieces of silk silk rewarded by the imperial court, where can they expect them to take out the money themselves and distribute it to the soldiers. In this way, these people are afraid that they will be dissatisfied with the general. ”

"What others think, who cares about him! I hope that all those who are willing to make a name for themselves in the world will come to Anxi and guard this 10,000-mile territory with 24,000 Han troops, but there are too few people. ”

Ma Lu did not say a layer of meaning, that is, he must open the gap between the Anxi Army and other border armies within a few years, especially the gap with An Lushan's Heshuo strong brigade.

A few years later, the Anshi Rebellion made the Tang Dynasty halved in an instant, which did too much damage to this empire. If this turmoil cannot be prevented, then there must be a force that can quickly and violently suppress the Heshuo rebels and avoid causing too much damage to the Tang Empire.

One must build on a firm foundation? No matter how strong the Anxi army is, it still has to rely on Guan Long's heart. On top of the original history, after An Lushan raised the flag and rebelled, the elite soldiers of the northwest court of Anxi were a king of Wanliqin, and a stick to the west, because of the war in the Central Plains, Tubo took advantage of the weakness to occupy Hexi to block the road, although the lone army in the west struggled to support for decades, Anxi and Beiting still fell into the hands of Tubo, and the Tang Dynasty has never recovered this great river and mountain. Even after a thousand years, most of this area was subsumed into China, but it was no longer the territory of the Han Chinese.

There can be no turmoil in the Central Plains, and even if it is turmoil, it can't be too long, otherwise these thousands of miles of beautiful rivers and mountains can only be handed over to Tibet, and the capture of Hezhong has become an empty talk.

In his heart, the Anxi Army must become a truly professional army, which can quickly extinguish the rebellion in various parts of the Tang Dynasty. Only when the Tang Dynasty is safe can he safely seek the land in the river.

Ge Shuhan is a famous general in a hundred battles, but there was a big loss in the Anshi Rebellion, although An Sishun denounced An Lushan, Ma Lu never thought he was a good person. As for An Lushan, he is the guy Ma Lu wants to kill the most now. These generals are holding the Quartet, which already constitutes the biggest threat to Datang, and it is too late for Ma Lan to drag them down, who cares what they think.

"If it is as the general said, Anxi Jian'er will not have the worry of freezing and starvation. I've thanked the generals for the athletes. Duan Xiushi was silent for a long time, his expression suddenly became extremely solemn, and he bowed to Ma Luan.

Ma Lan smiled and accepted his salute. If Duan Xiushi can agree to his plan, he will not be hindered in this matter, but will become a big help, which is naturally a happy thing.

This matter is settled, this wealth will be liquidated after the distribution of this pension, and a separate treasury will be set up in addition to the Anxi military treasury, and the pensions for the dead of the Anxi army and the military salaries to be paid in the future will come out from here.

The Tocharian Ye Hu and the tribute given by the Protector King to the Son of Heaven were also detained and prepared to be sold, this matter was big or small, but Duan Xiushi did not object to this matter. originally thought that this was a lot of money, but after calculating the amount that would be spent in the next few years, Duan Xiushi felt that this money was far from enough. Instead of giving these treasures to the Son of Heaven and the concubine to enjoy, it is naturally better to leave them to the poor border soldiers.

The plan has been decided, and Ma Lan is not ready to take care of the remaining details, and directly handed them over to Du Huan and Duan Xiushi to discuss. These two people are not dealing with each other now, but they will be his right-hand men, how can Ma Lu be willing to let these two people fall apart. Du Huan is a young man, Duan Xiushi is old, but they are all people who are eager to make contributions, they can be regarded as having common aspirations, and after getting along for a long time, they should be able to become friends.

This carriage was the largest that could be found in Shule Town, and it was the favorite of the Hushang Mustafa, and it was as wide as all the carriages in Anxi, just enough to walk in ruts, but it was more than half the length of an ordinary carriage. When Mustafa heard that Ma Lan had bought the carriage, he immediately sent his own one, and if it wasn't for Ma Lan's insistence, he would have given it directly to Ma Lan.

This is the territory of Anxi, and Mustafa is the people under his rule, and the one used in the river and in the land of Bapa is naturally not good. Outside the territory, you can burn, kill, plunder and do all kinds of evil, but you still have to do nothing in your own land, so as not to lose the hearts of the people.

A few days ago, in the auction of Shule Town, Du Huan stopped the auction after getting enough wealth to compensate the fallen Han soldiers in Shule Town, which made Mustafa and others extremely uncomfortable. They still have a lot of wealth, but they can only watch Cersei being taken to Anxi, how can they endure it? So as the army marched out, the fellows followed in a wagon. Knowing that these sserpents would be brought to Anthy for sale, they did not want to miss such an opportunity.

Now behind the army, there are dozens of Hu Shang's carriages. Marching with the great army, their safety is naturally the most assured.

Ma Lan drove Du Huan and Duan Xiushi out of the carriage together, and ordered them to go to a nearby carriage to discuss the details. Kang Qingqing looked at Ma Lan, and finally pouted: "That's all mine." ”

"A little bit of something outside the body, in exchange for the supremacy in the river, no matter how it is counted, your father earned it." Ma Lan smiled.

The little girl snorted dissatisfiedly, and found a piece of linen cloth to wipe the saliva that Duan Xiushi spit out when she scolded Du Huan, with a look of disgust on her face, it seems that this girl still has a habit of cleanliness.

Ma Lan looked funny and ignored her. He was a general on horseback, so naturally he would not rush on the carriage, but simply jumped out of the carriage and landed on top of his mount.

Cen Shen has a poem: The horse stepped on the gravel, and the four hooves were bleeding. The war horses of this era did not yet have farriers, and their ability to travel long distances was still limited. Before the launch of the sa mojian, Ma Lan put shoes on the more than 100 war horses, but later the number of war horses increased, and the march and battle for days did not take care of it anymore. In the past few days in Shule Town, half of the war horses have been loaded with shoes.

The invention of the farrier has almost the same status in the history of cavalry as the invention of the stirrup. Ma Lan knew that soon all the grassland peoples would learn this skill, but he couldn't care so much. The Anxi army was a horse army, and when the infantry was attacking, they also rode on horseback, and only dismounted to meet the enemy when they were facing the enemy. Perennial conquest in the north and south, the consumption of horses is serious, with the shoe, the loss of the horse when walking next door to the desert can be smaller.

Unlike the Song Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty had a large number of horse breeding land, relying on a huge population base, and was not afraid of the barbarians on the grassland at all. Whether it is the Turkic Khanate or the post-Turkic Khanate, it has always been pressed and beaten by the Tang Dynasty. The scumbags of the Western Turks are far inferior in combat power, and every time they rebel, they are beaten all over the ground by the Tang army, and they can't take advantage of it at all.

Although Tubo is now at its peak, it has long been full of internal contradictions, Bon and Buddhism that was introduced later fought to the death, and the only thing that is really enough for the enemy of the Tang Dynasty is Da Shi. The cannibal camel cavalry was a difficult opponent, and horses without shoes were easily injured on the Gobi, and with shoes, they could make up for this disadvantage to a large extent.

In this era, cavalry is the most mobile class. Even from Ma Lan's point of view, there is no possibility of changing this situation in a short time. Therefore, the future development direction of the Anxi Army is still cavalry. The Tang Dynasty was not the weak Song Dynasty in later generations, even if the people on the grassland learned to use the shoestr, it was not a big deal.

After arriving in Anxi, soon all the horses will be nailed to the shoes and become a veritable iron horseman.

Along the way, the beacons are facing each other, the military camps are everywhere, and the road is extremely safe. The Western Regions has always been a land of a hundred battles, and it has become so peaceful since the Tang Dynasty established four towns here. The small countries in the oasis and the Turkic tribes in the steppes of the foothills basically no longer dared to fight each other under the suppression of the Tang army, and this was an extremely rare period of peace in the history of the Western Regions.

The area of the Western Regions is vast, and it took more than 20 days from Shule to Anxi (Qiuzi) for more than 2,000 miles. By the time Qiuzi arrived, it was already February of the eleventh year of Tianbao.

Ma Lu's deeds have long been passed back to Qiuzi. What had happened outside Shule Town that day was once again played out outside Qiuzi City.

Some people have seen their loved ones return safely as they wish, and some people have finally confirmed the sad news of their loved ones' deaths. Outside Qiuzi City, a large number of Han people gathered together, crying everywhere.

Qiuzi is the seat of the Imperial Palace, and it is also the largest city in the western part of the city. The prosperity here even exceeds that of Jiaohe County, and the county town of Guanzhong is not far behind, especially the luxury. The abundant capital of Hu merchants here is naturally more than that of the remote Shule Town, and there are dozens of big merchants with thousands of camels.

When I got here, the first thing I did was naturally to compensate the fallen soldiers. Feng Changqing didn't see Ma Lan, but sent someone to send a list of fallen soldiers. Since the floating wealth has long been divided, the money needed for the pension can only be obtained by auction.