Doctor Feng trained these 3,000 Anxi new troops to be equipped with Yuanrong crossbows, which greatly increased the strength in Ma Lu's hands. Ma Ling's reputation in the west of the quicksand is like a scorching sun, and the Anxi athletes are extremely convinced of him, plus it is Gao Qianqian who brings these three thousand athletes, how can it be so easy for Yang Guozhong to win them over.

For the girl in his arms, Ma Lu felt infinite guilt in his heart, but he couldn't keep it for too long after all. Gao Qianqian left Ma Lan's arms and led Ma Lan to the warehouse.

The most conspicuous thing is the Yuanrong crossbow that exudes black light in the leather box on the shelf. After equipping the new army of Anxi with 3,000, there were more than 2,000 Yuanrong crossbows.

This kind of output is at least three times faster than before, which is something that Master Li Xiu has worked hard for half a year to do. In order to increase the production of Yuan Rong's crossbow, he even stopped the research and development of new weapons, which was the thing he always valued the most.

After these Yuanrong crossbows were equipped, there was still a surplus of five thousand Anxi recruits brought by Ma Lan to have a Yuanrong crossbow. If it is the 8,000 Anxi new army in Ma Lan's hands, all of them are equipped with Yuanrong crossbows. Such a force is even more powerful than the 10,000 Anxi new army he brought with him on his expedition to Kufa.

Looking at the warehouse full of all kinds of equipment, a smile appeared on the corner of Ma Lan's mouth. In addition to the Yuan Rong crossbow, there are so many heavenly thunder arrows and gunpowder fire thunder, which is enough for Gele Khan to eat a pot.

"Yang Guozhong didn't come to these things?" Ma Lan asked.

Gao Qianqian said softly: "After he came to Tingzhou, he took over everything. He naturally refused to let go of these things, and wanted to send someone to receive them, I said that these were all produced by our Ma family's workshop, and the Anxi Army had not settled with me, so it could not be regarded as a large army, so it was not given to him. ”

"That's it?"

"Of course he refuses to do so, and sends the Shuofang army to rob it, but I have three thousand athletes in my hands, and all of them only obey my orders, and no one pays attention to him, the prime minister." Gao Qianqian's eyebrows raised slightly. Said proudly, "These three thousand athletes are all good men who can make Mo Dao, where can they let the Shuo Fang army take advantage?" The people sent all called me back, and then Yang Guozhong stopped coming to rob me. Said I'll wait until you come back. ”

"Did you hurt anyone?"

"There are no dead people, there are dozens of broken arms and legs."

Ma Lan nodded, relieved in his heart.

are all sons of the Han family, if it is too worthless to die for such a thing, go to the battlefield and shoot the barbarians. Death is the right death, but you can't die in infighting.

A large number of Yuanrong crossbows were moved out of the warehouse, and the athletes who did not have Yuanrong crossbows in the Anxi New Army all got a handful, and the crossbows that the athletes replaced were directly given to Du Huaiguang. There are still more than 1,000 remaining Yuanrong crossbows, which are still left in the warehouse. Ma Lan was ready to select another part of the soldiers from the Beiting Army and integrate them into the Anxi New Army to equip these remaining Yuan Rong crossbows.

There are definitely not so many good men who can use the Mo Knife right away, but at least they have to be able to use the Mo Knife on the ground. For Ma Lu, this is already the minimum requirement. After all, after Yuan Rong's crossbow is powerful, it may still be possible to fight with the enemy in close combat, but it can't be done without enough strength. Increase the number of people you have lost in vain.

When the selection is completed, there will be a full 10,000 Yuan Rong crossbowmen. Such an army, even if it does not rely on fire, thunder and gunpowder, is enough to sweep the world in this era.

Ordered Du Huaiguang and Li Qiyun to gather the good men of the three armies in Beiting for selection, select those good sons and daughters who can use the Mo sword, and reorganize the existing 8,000 Anxi New Army, and disperse the officers with actual combat experience into the new 3,000 New Army, and retrain these athletes. After doing all this, Ma Ling took Duan Xiushi and Kang Xiaoyu and Gao Qianqian's two daughters, and entered the inner city of Tingzhou under the escort of hundreds of heavily armed soldiers. Go and meet Yang Guozhong, the head of the Hokkaido March.

Since he arrived in Tingzhou, he naturally had to go to see Yang Guozhong. However, Tingzhou is his own territory, so naturally he can't let Yang Guozhong be arrogant.

After entering the inner city, the Shuo soldiers seen along the way. They were all driven out by force by the pro-soldiers, and when they arrived at the yamen in the center of the inner city, they still concocted the same method, disarming all Yang Guozhong's pro-soldiers and driving them out of the state ya.

"Why did Renjie come here?" Yang Guozhong, the left minister of the Tang Dynasty, turned blue with anger, and pointed at Ma Lan's body and trembled sharply.

Now there is no one at his side who can call on him. Even the guards were replaced by Ma Lan with his own soldiers, and they became lonely in an instant.

He knew that Ma Lan was arrogant in Anxi, but he didn't expect Ma Lan to be so arrogant, not only did he disobey the military order and drove his subordinates into Tingzhou City, but when he came here, he directly and openly treated him like this. He is the head of the Hokkaido march, and he is Ma Lan's top boss!

In Yang Guozhong's opinion, Ma Lan's behavior is enough to engage in military law, but looking around, all the people with their chests and bellies are Ma Lan's personal soldiers, how can they enforce military law?

"Shuo Fang's soldiers are weak, where can they compare to good men like me." Since Yang Guozhong was preparing to give him a horse at the gate of the city before, Ma Lu naturally would not give him a trace of face, looking at Yang Guozhong and smiling lightly, "Yang Gong don't worry, I, the sons, will protect Yang Gong and keep Yang Gong's peace of mind living here." ”

"You!" Yang Guozhong was so angry that he trembled all over, and pointed at Ma Lu speechless.

Ma Lan smiled, sat down in a big way, and motioned for Duan Xiushi and the others to sit down one by one, then looked at Yang Guozhong and said with a smile: "Yang Gong has worked hard from afar. For the sake of national affairs, Yang Gongyuan waded into quicksand and came to Tingzhou, and Ma Luan, the heart of his fist, admired him. I don't know what Yang Gong has to say when he summoned me here? ”

He said that he admired it, but there was no admiration on his face. Yang Guozhong's face turned pale with anger, turned his head to see Duan Xiushi, and said in a deep voice: "This is the gentleman of Anxi Duan!" Although the prime minister is in Chang'an, he knows your reputation. Renjie is so domineering, openly disobeying military orders and bullying superiors, do you just sit idly by? ”

Duan Xiushi's face turned red, and he lowered his head and was silent.

Ma Lan smiled: "Junzi Duan is an honest man, Yang Gong don't want to bully him." He's my subordinate, not my boss, so how can he manage my affairs. ”

Yang Guozhong snorted, sat down slowly, looked at Ma Lu and said in a deep voice: "Renjie, you and I are Weng's son-in-law after all, why is this so?" You are so rude, for the sake of the face of your relatives, I don't care about you, if you change someone else, it is the way to die! I am the commander of the Northern Expedition, you are the deputy commander, I came to you to discuss the matter of sending troops to the north. ”

"Just softened?" Ma Lan sneered in his heart, and at this time he suddenly thought of An Fatzi. Yang Guozhong has a suspicion of An Fatty, and he does not hesitate to use assassination methods, this guy is crazy, but he can do anything.

As soon as he came here, he forced his guards to disarm, just to prevent this kind of thing. Ma Lan didn't believe that Yang Guozhong would bow his head like this, that was definitely not his style.

However, since Yang Guozhong put up with this breath for the time being, Ma Lu didn't care about himself. After all, Yang Youniang still lives in his mansion, and she is a woman who has become him.

"Yang Gongnai is the coach of the Northern Expedition, and Ma Lu is naturally the only one who is the head of Yang Gongma. This time, Yang Gong felt like he was going to Mobei? Ma Lan asked with a smile on his face.

Yang Guozhong snorted sullenly, obviously extremely unhappy in his heart, and after taking a few deep breaths, he said in a low voice: "This northern expedition is related to the fortunes of the Tang Dynasty, once it is successful, it will be able to prevent future troubles for future generations." Let me tell you about the current situation. ”

"Okay."

Ma Lan nodded. After Yang Guozhong arrived in Tingzhou, the news from Chang'an came directly to him, and the others were not very clear, and Ma Ling also wanted to know what the current situation was.

"In this northern expedition, there were originally six ways of people, but after the efforts of the prime minister in the past few months, now there are two more ways of people and horses, and they have become eight ways of people!" Yang Guozhong pointed to the huge map of Mobei on the wall, and a hint of pride appeared on his face.

"Eight-way people? Where did the two more people come from? Seeing that Yang Guozhong began to talk about business, Ma Ling also accepted the idea of fighting with him, and frowned and asked.

"The sharpness of Renjie's soldiers is unparalleled in the world, I am Wenchen, and I can only be a longitudinal and horizontal er!" Yang Guozhong said proudly, "There are many of these two roads, one from the extreme east and the other from the northwest!" ”

"Yang Gong, please speak."

Yang Guozhong's face showed pride, this was something he was proud of, and he was naturally happy to say it.

"This army in the extreme east is Murowei! Although the Governor's Mansion of Murowei is subordinate to the Tang Dynasty, it is blocked by Khitan white-headed taunts, and there has always been little tribute. After returning to the country, he wanted to annex Murwei, and repeatedly encroached on the land of Murwei, and Murwei also hated it very much. This time, the army of the Tang Dynasty is in the north, and I have sent someone to see the chief of Murowei, and ordered him to send an army to enter from the east and cooperate with Li Jing to sweep the grassland. He has agreed, this generation is also a good fighter, this time he has gathered 20,000 troops, prepared his own private food, and can attack westward at any time! ”

Ma Ling nodded with a faint smile: "The people of the mountains and wilderness of Murowei are also good at fighting, and the soldiers of 20,000 tigers and wolves are also a great help to the Tang Dynasty." ”

Yang Guozhong nodded proudly, and said: "The extra army in the northwest is the bank of the sword water, and the Duwei Miao descendant!" ”

"Ranth?"

"Exactly!" Yang Guozhong nodded, "In the past, Li Ling surrendered to the Xiongnu, and was sealed to Jianshui by the king of the Xiongnu. After you and others claimed to be Li Ling, they were all of Miao descendants, with tens of thousands of clan accounts and 120,000 people, and they were also big clans. This department has always been focused on the Central Plains, but the mountains are high and the road is far away. This time, I sent an envoy to infiltrate the Hui and double the way into the Hui Dynasty, and persuaded the Huang Jia to fight back together, and when the king saw the envoy, he wept bitterly! Said that he had already returned to the Han Dynasty, but the cold was far away, and this time he was willing to send soldiers in the country to help the Tang Dynasty break through the Hui Dynasty, and then move south to attach himself to the Tang Dynasty. ”

Ma Lan smiled and nodded: "It's loyal." This department is so prosperous, and it may be able to return to Yinshan in the future. ”

Yang Guozhong shook his head and said, "How can Renjie talk like this!" He is a descendant of Li Ling, and he is the same clan as His Majesty! That's why this ministry is different from others. Even if it is the lord of Yin Mountain, it is also a big screen domain of the Tang Dynasty, which is not comparable to other barbarians. ”

Ma Lan smiled and nodded. On top of the original history, the one who destroyed the Hui was the Yellows. But this is nothing, a few decades later, the Tang Dynasty will completely enter the era of firearms, and at that time, any barbarian will not be a problem, and they can only bow down under the power of the Tang Dynasty.

As for the same sect and different sects, that's another story. The Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty originated from Xianbei, but he just forcibly recognized Lao Tzu as his ancestor, and he was not the same as Li Ling's descendants. (To be continued.) )