The seven cases of extermination went unheeded, which naturally exacerbated the tense atmosphere in Qiuzi City. The antagonism between the Hu merchants in the different camps became more and more intense, and the Sogdians, the black-clothed merchants, and the white-clothed merchants basically ceased to do business with each other. On the contrary, some Han businessmen seized this opportunity to expand their own shops and merge the business of Hu merchants, such as the Ma family firm with the background of General Ma Lan, which began to meddle in different trades and bought some shops in Qiuci City.

This kind of thing is naturally done by Gao Qianqian, and Ma Ling is now busy training the five thousand soldiers, where does he have time to pay attention to these. Since the five thousand new troops gathered in Qiuzi, Gao Qianqian has been able to buy a large number of copper coins and silk every day, and there has been turmoil in the Qiuzi market, how can she not seize this good opportunity.

Shoes, thistles, steel knives, barbed wire...... All these things Duan Xiushi asked for the best, so naturally he could only buy them from Gao Qianqian. Now Gao Qianqian has found a large number of veterans who have retired from the general camp, and hired one or two hundred farmers from the nearby Li Siye Grange, expanding the workshop in the Grange several times. The wealth belonging to the public treasury flowed into her hands, and became the wealth of the Ma family, and then became more workshops and shops.

She was tired, but she was very happy. Ma Lan felt sorry for her, and asked her to pay more attention to rest, not to work too hard, the little girl didn't listen at all. Ma Lan was busy training soldiers, so she could only go.

These 5,000 soldiers were selected from the best of the Han army in the four towns, no more than forty years old, most of them had been on the battlefield, and half of them were athletes who followed Ma Lan to sweep the river and then cross the green ridge. There are only more than 1,000 people who have never been on the battlefield, and these more than 1,000 people have been selected from more than 10,000 recruits who have recently joined the army, and their quality in all aspects is not to be said.

In Ma Lan's view, the tactics of the Anxi Army's infantry and cavalry coordination are perfect, and there is no need to make too many changes. What he wants to do is to completely detach this army from production, turn it into a truly professional army, and become the sharpest knife in Datang.

The Tang military system, ten people for the team, the team for the captain, the team for the team, the team for the team, the team for the team, the three hundred people for the group, the regiment for the captain, this is the most basic establishment. The gang is the most basic combat unit, and in addition to the war horses that the soldiers ride, each gang also has six pack horses, which are used to load military stoves, armor beds, tools, etc. The most basic equipment of a warrior is a bow, thirty arrows, a horizontal sword, and a variety of weapons depending on the task in charge.

Although the Anxi army was mainly infantry, there were cavalry on both wings during the battle, even if it was infantry, it was also horse infantry, riding horses when maneuvering, and dismounting to meet the enemy when facing the enemy. The most terrifying weapon of the Tang Dynasty is the crossbow arrows of various ranges, and for the grassland peoples and the Tubo people, the Tang crossbow is their biggest nightmare.

More than 100 years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Army has proven their strength. Ma Lan was not ready to change his course, but was only ready to use the abundant financial resources in his hand to maximize the advantages of the Tang Army's equipment.

The first thing these 5,000 toughest Anxi athletes did when they came to Qiuzi was to train riding. The Anxi army is an army dominated by horse infantry, and everyone can ride horses, and it is not too difficult for one person to control two horses, but it is not easy for one person to control multiple horses in battle.

Of the 5,000 Anxi New Army, Ma Lu was equipped with more than 15,000 war horses. The mobility of the cavalry, he was ready to play to the limit. When running, one man and two horses are necessary, and more horses are used as a supplement.

In his opinion, the most ideal cavalry was the Mongol cavalry, which appeared hundreds of years later.

There is no shortage of horses in the Anxi army, but the war horses that Ma Lan wants are also the best. Of the more than 15,000 horses, 30 percent were purchased from the Great Food War Horse that Ma Lan brought back to Anxi, 30 percent were purchased from nearby Uighur tribes, and the rest were obtained from the Qarluqs west of the Golden Mountain.

In the Battle of Talas, Qarlu was originally an ally of the Tang Dynasty, but in the end he withdrew first, causing the Tang army to suffer a situation of being attacked on the back of the enemy, which led to the final defeat. Ge Lulu Ye was intimidated by the military might of the Tang Dynasty, and after fleeing back, he still chose to send an envoy to Chang'an to pay tribute to the Son of Heaven, in order to naturally seek the forgiveness of the Heavenly Khan.

The envoy had arrived in Anxi not long ago, but was stopped by Ma Lan. Seeing that Ge Lulu Ye Hu was humbly written in the text, knowing that he was not ready to turn his face with the Tang Dynasty, Ma Lan took advantage of this opportunity and asked to buy a batch of war horses from Ge Lulu Ye Hu.

The envoy was escorted back to the west of Jinshan by Ma Lu, and Ge Lulu Ye Hu was about to ease the relationship with the Tang Dynasty, so he dared not allow it, and immediately ordered people to select more than 6,000 good horses and sell them to Ma Lu. Of course, Ma Lan didn't let him suffer, and gave a price that Ye Hu was extremely satisfied with. After the envoy returned to Anxi with more than 6,000 horses, Ma Lu allowed him to continue to Chang'an to meet the Son of Heaven.

All the Mingguang armor stored in the treasury of Anxi Mansion was taken out by Feng Changqing, so that every new army athlete had a set. These athletes are all big-shouldered and round-waisted, and it is not difficult to fight in the bright light armor.

Of the 5,000 men, 2,000 were mainly cavalry, 2,000 were infantry, and 1,000 were responsible for controlling the various crossbows on the camels, and would appear as Modao infantry if necessary. These 1,000 people are the most robust, and their role in critical times should not be underestimated.

As for the tactics, it was still the usual method of the Tang army, the infantry formed a formation to advance and the cavalry flanked them, relying on the crossbow arrows in the formation to suppress the enemy and weaken the enemy's living force little by little. The difference is that the Tang crossbow was originally equipped on the ox cart, and now the Ma Lan is loaded with the crossbow arrows on the camel.

This army is entirely an imaginary enemy of the Great Cannibals, and desert warfare is inevitable in the future. When he was in the river, Ma Ling had successfully mounted the bed crossbow on the camel's back, and now after transformation, the Tang army's large and small crossbow arrows have been successfully loaded on the camel's back. Compared to ox carts, camels are much faster to maneuver.

Compared with the original Anxi army, this army has more crossbow bolts equipped to an outrageous extent. Since Ma Lan brought the sons and daughters of the Han family back from the river, he didn't want to let them die easily. In the final analysis, it is his selfish intention to intervene in the river, and it really has little to do with these athletes, he is thinking about the future of the Han nation, and these really have little to do with the border army athletes. War means casualties, and he can only try to make this army better equipped and have a better casualty rate, so that he can get by.

More than 2,000 camels brought back from the river were all equipped into this army. During the battle, there will be a thousand camels in the center, and the Mosaber infantry will not be allowed to leave the camels' backs until the crossbow arrows have been fired.

After spending some time practicing horsemanship, the army of 5,000 men drove to the border between the oasis and the desert and began training in desert warfare. After equipping the shoes, the sand and gravel on the Gobi no longer posed a threat to the horses, and the 5,000 athletes sweated like rain on the Gobi and began to turn Ma Lan's idea into reality little by little.

The ideal Anxi Army in Ma Luan's mind is the Anxi Army that has an absolute advantage in long-range weapons and can win by relying on long-range weapons. At the same time, after losing the advantage of long-range weapons, the Anxi army was still able to defeat the opponent hard. An army that only relies on the superiority of long-range weapons to suppress the opponent and does not have the courage to fight in close combat must not be relied on.

On the Gobi, people neighed with joy and horses, and 5,000 soldiers marched like a wall. Two thousand infantry armed with swords and spears to guard the camel in the middle, cavalry to protect the wings, the camel on the back of Tian Mingyuan waved the flag, the junior officers continued to issue short orders, accompanied by a burst of "collapse, collapse" sound, one by one huge arrows flew out like dark clouds, bombarded the ground in the distance.

Han Wu and Li An each took a thousand knights and suddenly accelerated, bent his bow on the back of his horse and shot three arrows in a row, and then at the same time pulled out a short spear from behind him and threw it into the open space between the two teams of knights. After throwing four short spears in a row, the open space between the two cavalry was full of feathered arrows and short spears, and if there was an enemy army here, you can imagine what the result would be.

This short spear was specially designed by Ma Lan for this new army, and the inspiration naturally came from and. Posilin's cavalry. On the night of the launch of the Sa Mojian on that day, the short spear of the Great Cannibal had caused serious losses to the prisoners of war of the Anxi Army who had no battle armor. For Ma Lan, this is a bloody lesson.

The spears were exactly the same size, and were made of steel. The only one who can do this is naturally the Ma family workshop under Gao Qianqian. It's not just the cavalry that has this kind of thing, but the infantry also has four behind them. As for the sturdiest camels, each of them carried as many as ten on their backs.

These tens of thousands of stainless steel short spears embody Gao Qianqian's hard work, and of course they also bring her a huge amount of wealth. As long as there is money to be made, Gao Qianqian does not feel tired.

Ma Ling and Feng Changqing accompanied Bian Lingcheng to stand on top of a sand dune, watching the soldiers below gather together again. Bian Lingcheng said with a smile: "It is so majestic, it is really the master of the king!" Renjie, if the Son of Heaven can see this, I don't know how happy he should be! ”

Ma Lan smiled, but Feng Changqing sighed and said, "Such an army is simply piled up with copper coins. The five thousand people have emptied all the old man's belongings, and the old man no longer has a piece of Mingguang armor or an eight-ox crossbow. Now Anxi's treasury has become an empty shell. 5,000 people are okay, if the Han army in the four towns is all equipped like this, the old man will vomit blood! ”

"The armor Chang'an has, rather than staying in the warehouse of the prison to get moldy, it is better to transport it here. The old general doesn't have to worry, a certain family is willing to help in this matter. Bian Lingcheng said with a smile.

"Thank you so much Angel!" Feng Changqing was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed to Bian Lingcheng.

"The old general is for the Tang Dynasty, and a certain family can't afford to be a big gift from the old general." Bian Lingcheng avoided it with a smile, and said, "It's just that there are a lot of things here, and I haven't seen them in the prison." The Eight Bull Crossbow Mingguang Armor can help you come, and the rest of the things have to be done by Renjie himself. ”

Ma Lan smiled and nodded, it was nothing more than expanding the scale of the workshop. As long as sufficient profits are guaranteed, Gao Qianqian will have a lot of motivation.