Although the Shatuo cavalry was famous in the Central Plains in the original history, compared with the Mobei Turkic tribes, the combat power of the Shatuo people was actually average. The fuse of this northern expedition was the invasion of the Fugu tribe into Puzhi County, and the Fugu tribe was harming other parts of the Shatuo tribe at that time, and the Shatuo people had no ability to resist at all.

Later, as soon as the Han Navy arrived, they immediately wiped out the Fugu tribe, which can be regarded as avenging the Shatuo people. This time, the bones did their best to participate in the Northern Expedition, in fact, because they were grateful to the Beiting Army.

In the conflict with these small tribes in Mobei, the single Shatuo people do not take advantage, but after all, there are many people, these small tribes in the mountains and valleys have thousands of people, and there are only a few hundred people, and there are not many soldiers who can fight, so the Shatuo people can sweep all over the place so smoothly.

No matter how many people there are on the other side, he is the whole army rushing up, relying on the absolute superiority in numbers to defeat the opponent.

After all, the Mobei Turks are not easy to get along with, and although the Shatuo people have the advantage, they will inevitably lose their troops. In such a conflict, the new army of Anxi did not come forward, everything was carried out by the Gu Zhi Zhi himself, and the subordinates of the Gu Zhi were also constantly decreasing, and by the time they arrived at Yanran Mountain, they had already lost more than 2,000 horses.

Of course, the Shatuo people killed more people, and enough 50,000 or 60,000 Mobei Turks died under their swords.

The road was unimpeded, and when it arrived at Yanran Mountain, it was not far from returning to the Ya tent, and the march was unexpectedly smooth. Originally, after crossing Jinshan, I should have met the Sijie tribe, one of the nine Hui people, but it turned out that the large pasture land was empty, and tens of thousands of Sijie people didn't know where to go, forming a huge no-man's land. Fortunately, there were enough supplies in the previous small tribes, and after passing through these hundreds of miles, there were unlucky small tribes to provide horses and sheep, so there were no problems.

The athletes who had newly joined the new army practiced while walking, and when they arrived here, they finally completed their training thoroughly. The Hui Ya tent was in the valley of the vast Yanran Mountain, and it was time for the new army of Anxi to show its sharp minions.

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When Ma Lan's army arrived at Yanran Mountain, Du Huaiguang's army had just crossed Jinshan, and the mighty men and horses were marching east along the road that the Anxi army had stepped on. Go straight to Yanran Mountain.

The army was followed by a caravan composed of a large number of Xinghu merchants, which blocked the roads. On the one hand, they supplied the army, and at the same time bought the spoils of the army. Copper coins and gold and silver are not used for settlement, and bills issued by Hezhong Commercial Bank are also used for settlement, which is also very convenient.

After the Shatuo cavalry slaughtered the small Western Turkic tribes on the road, they sealed the valley and wrote the mark of Shatuo at the mouth of the valley. to such a place. Then a caravan entered the valley to count the wealth, and after driving out the horses and sheep, he wrote a note to the Shatuo people who followed the army.

This kind of transaction is absolutely fair, and the merchants of this era are all about integrity, and the Xinghu merchants especially attach importance to credibility. In this way, the army has made the most money, not the Beiting army, but the Shatuo people.

The old man Sha Tuo, who was in the Beiting Army, wrote roughly, put the bills under his clothes, and laughed extremely proudly all day long. Such a good thing has never happened before. So much wealth. It's enough for the old and weak in the clan to live for a while.

After the expansion of the Beiting Army, it had 50,000 troops, and only a few thousand remained in Tingzhou, and the rest followed the Beiting soldiers and horses to make Du Huaiguang out of Jinshan, and with a large number of baggage and Xinghu caravans, he entered Mobei to the east.

At the entrance of the canyon leading to Mobei from Jinshan, on top of a mountain peak.

More than a dozen masters of Lijingmen stood on the edge of the cliff with a vigilant face, and looked at the ancient road below with horizontal knives in their hands.

On the ancient road, Xinghu merchants came and went, transporting a large amount of loot through the canyon and heading in the direction of Beiting. Li Longji looked at the lively scene below and looked extremely proud.

"In the past, Yang Guangxi patrolled. Extinguishing Tuguhun opens up the west of the river, and the farthest is not as far as Zhangye, so it is extremely self-satisfied. Now in my twilight years, I have come all the way to Jinshan! Among the emperors of the past and present. I've come so far in person, old man, I'm the first! ”

Gao Lishi stood in front of Li Longji, only a few feet away from the cliff, blocking Li Longji behind him, and an iron staff in his hand was extremely heavy. Nodding his head, he said: "Since the founding of the country, no ancestor has come here, and among the emperors since ancient times, His Majesty is indeed the first." ”

Li Longji said with a smile: "With Ma Renjie's army of 10,000 tigers and wolves, it is easy to sweep Mobei. Walking here today, that's it, you don't have to go to Mobei. I am the Khan of the Heavens, and I should only come to see Me, how can I go to see Me! ”

Gao Lishi breathed a sigh of relief: "Your Majesty has been away from Chang'an for so long, and it is time to go back." ”

"Who said I was going to Chang'an?" Li Longji raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Since I have arrived here this time, how can I not go to the four towns of Anxi to have a look!" ”

"Your Majesty—"

"Old man, you don't have to persuade me." Li Longji said with a smile, "The purpose of my coming out this time is the four towns, and going to the four towns is my purpose." ”

"Ma Renjie wants to unload the grind, and he doesn't want to do it for me, but I can't let him get his way, so I have to put it on him!"

Gao Lishi was stunned and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty's meaning, the old slave doesn't understand." ”

Li Longji said with a smile: "What Ma Renjie is worried about is nothing more than too much power and too strong power, if he is just an envoy of the Anxi Festival, he will definitely not worry about how to deal with himself in the future." The people of the world are worried about the fact that Ma Lu is too powerful. So I need to weaken his power, to reassure him, and to reassure the people of the world. ”

Gao Lishi frowned and said: "Since Your Majesty regards Ma Renjie as a loyal minister, you only need to issue an edict in Chang'an to reduce his power, why do you have to go to the four towns in person?" Now that Ma Renjie is in Mobei, why did His Majesty go to the four towns? ”

Li Longji said with a smile: "Old man, you want to be bad, his positions are all given by me, and he is not at fault, how can I cut his position?" All I have to do is shake his foundation and weaken his power! ”

"Your Majesty means—" The heart of heaven is unpredictable, and Gao Lishi is extremely confused.

"Horse-home-workshop!" Li Longji looked at the ancient road below and said word by word.

Colliers' eyes lit up suddenly, and he nodded vigorously.

"The person Ma Renjie relies on is the Ma family workshop outside Qiuzi City. Yuanrong crossbows and all kinds of ordnance are all from this place. The Anxi army is so strong, it is because of this place. ”

Li Longji said with a smile: "Yang Zhao and others are also loyal, so those who are worried about Ma Lu are because of this. If all the armies in the world have Yuanrong crossbows, and the armies are not the only ones in the Anxi Army, what are the concerns of Yang Zhao's ministers? When the time comes, no one will mention Ma Renjie's arrogance, but will only remember his exploits in the Tang Dynasty. ”

"So this time, I want to go to Anxi in person and watch Feng Changqing move the Ma family workshop to Chang'an."

Gao Lishi nodded vigorously and exclaimed, "Your Majesty's words are very true. If this is really the case, not to mention how people in the world think of Ma Renjie, even if Ma Renjie has ill intentions or his subordinates are ambitious, they will not endanger Datang. If the Beiya forbidden army has Yuanrong crossbows and other things, Chang'an will be as stable as Mount Tai. After the Hui is extinguished, it will be the time of peace in the world. After the Ma family's workshop moved to Chang'an City, the old slave thought that the ordnance produced should be given priority to the Beiya Forbidden Army. ”

Li Longji smiled: "I think so too. The Yuanrong crossbow is really powerful, if it is in the hands of the Longwu soldiers, no matter which unworthy descendant the country is left to, I can laugh at Jiuquan. The Ma family's workshop belongs to Ma Lan himself, but he produces ordnance on a large scale, which is contrary to the laws of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"The Ma family's workshop is Ma Renjie's private property, so will Ma Renjie be dissatisfied?" Colliers asked with a smile.

Li Longji smiled and said: "Ma Renjie is a smart person, he should understand that I am for his good." I asked for his Ma family's workshop, but it cost him a little bit of wealth. Now that he has gold and silver in his family, his wealth is somewhat useless, and he lost the Ma family's workshop, but it preserved his future. He is not a businessman, as the son of Ma Shaobao, it is a big deal to be in front of and behind, what is the benefit of too much wealth? It will only bring trouble to children and grandchildren. What's more, I didn't ask him for nothing, I would use him as the protector of the capital of Anbei and govern the various departments in the south and north of the desert, which can be regarded as compensation for him. ”

"Your Majesty, in this way, Ma Renjie's power will be greater." Colliers said continuously.

"With such great ability, he naturally has to do more things for me. Anyway, his power is already big enough, what is one more Anbei afraid of? In the future, it will be said in the annals of history that I have the wisdom to know people, and it is also a good story for monarchs and ministers! Li Longji was in high spirits and laughed loudly.

Gao Lishi nodded with a smile: "I can really move the Ma family's workshop back to Chang'an, no matter how powerful Ma Renjie is, the old slave doesn't have to worry." ”

"Old man, if you can figure this out, you're not too confused." Li Longji nodded and smiled, "Let's go, let's go back to Tingzhou." Gather Yang Zhao to bring the 5,000 Shuo soldiers, and I and you will go straight to Qiuzi and bring the Ma family's workshop into the military department. ”

"Why do you want to bring troops? Could it be that Your Majesty is worried that the people in the Ma family's workshop will not will? Gao Lishi was puzzled, "Your Majesty is in person, who dares to disobey?" Feng Changqing is in Qiuzi, and he is even more loyal to His Majesty, why did he bring Shuo Fang soldiers there? ”

Li Longji smiled: "It's just just in case." After Ma Renjie became a eunuch, he was loyal and loyal to me for generations, but his subordinates may not all be like this. But this time, I personally went out and came to Anxi from Chang'an, for the Ma family's workshop, and this time I am bound to win! ”

"To be honest, a place like the Ma family's workshop is not in my hands, and I sometimes feel terrified when I think about it. This time, let's take advantage of Ma Lu's people to play a trick in Mobei, and take his workshop into the military department and move it directly to Chang'an, and when he comes back from defeating Hui Hui, everything is a foregone conclusion, haha! When the time comes, I will compensate him for the position of the protector of the capital of Anbei, and it will be worthy of him! (To be continued.) )