"My lord, I just looked at the equipment of these cavalry, even if it is light cavalry, these equipment is really poor, I need the equipment that the cavalry must have." Shangguan Yonglun thought for a while and said.

"Chief Zhu, this problem will be handed over to you, you must solve the matter of equipping the cavalry brigade as soon as possible." Qin Mu said to Zhu Yongqing.

"My lord, this is really difficult, we have been on the march, and we don't have our own special workshop, this weapon problem is really difficult to solve." Zhu Yongqing said embarrassedly.

However, the "Great Qin Law" clearly stipulates that ordinary people cannot own weapons, let alone make weapons, so Zhu Yongqing has no way to get weapons from other places, and it is impossible for the official workshops in these counties in the northwest to provide weapons for other people's armies.

"I know it's going to be difficult, so try your best."

Qin Duan understood Zhu Yongqing's difficulties, and could only say helplessly, now Qin Duan is eager to get to his own territory as soon as possible, as long as he gets to his own territory, there is no problem at all in building a weapon workshop, but now, he can only find a way to get some everywhere.

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Because of the recruitment of a large number of recruits, when all the officers and soldiers of the entire First Army Corps were engaged in the hot training in Meishan County, an unexpected thing disrupted Qin Dui's training plan, making Qin Duan, who was less than twenty-three years old, experience the cruelty of the war in advance, and also greatly stimulated Qin Dui's desire for power~ Hope.

In the spring, it should have been a busy farming season, and the Yanyun County, Beiyuan County, and Tianshan County in the north of the empire had a great drought and then a locust plague, and many prefectures and counties had almost no harvest, and the empire had not reduced the tax burden on the northern parts of the country in order to raise funds for the war with the Huns, the nomadic people on the northern border in the coming year, and some local landlords and merchants hoarded grain, causing grain prices to soar. Ordinary peasants were miserable, small-scale peasant uprisings against rent and taxes broke out, and the imperial authorities adopted high-pressure policies, and the situation was in turmoil.

In the vast Liboa Great Plain north of the Great Qin Empire, there are still several countries, although their strength is not as strong as that of the Great Qin Empire. But not to be underestimated. Unlike the Great Qin Empire, their inhabitants were predominantly Caucasians, whose ancestors migrated from the Western Continent hundreds of years ago, and then gradually intermarried with the local population, resulting in the current situation.

The ethnicity, religion, history, customs and habits of these countries are close, the relationship is also good, and the national strength is not much different. These countries were all located in the north and northeast of the Great Qin Empire. From west to east, there are the Sith Empire, the Russell Empire, and the Mark Kingdom, and to the northeast is the Yinan Kingdom.

The relationship between the Yinan Kingdom and the Great Qin Empire is average, while the relations between the other three kingdoms and the Great Qin Empire have been tense in recent decades, with armed conflicts in the border areas and many major wars, the most recent being seven years ago. Sandwiched between the Sith Empire and the Russar Kingdom and the Empire was the Duchy of Milan, which was only the size of an empire in terms of territory and population. It has very close ties to the Empire.

Qin Dui got the news from the capital that the Sith Empire and the Russo-Saudi Empire were two countries a month ago. Without any information from the Imperial Intelligence Agency, they suddenly sent troops to the Duchy of Milan, and overnight, the entire Duchy of Milan was divided equally between the Sith Empire and the Russo-Saudi Empire.

By the time the legions of the Great Qin Empire stationed in the north reacted, the Duchy of Milan no longer existed, except for the three princesses who were studying abroad. All the members of the royal family were killed by the chaotic soldiers, and no one cared whether it was intentional or unintentional by the high-ranking leaders of the Sith Empire and the Russo-Saudi Empire.

What made the bigwigs in the capital of the Great Qin Empire angry was. In this way, overnight, the Duchy of Milan, which was friendly with him, no longer existed, you must know that the empire is stationed on the northern border of the empire's most elite million army, and in such a situation, the Duchy of Milan was occupied by the Sith Empire and the Russar Empire that had been fighting with him overnight, so that there was no cache between the Northern Empire and the Sith Empire and the Russar Empire.

This made the Emperor of the Apocalypse angry and killed several eunuchs and palace maids in the palace who were not long-eyed, even so, the Emperor of the Apocalypse was still angry, and killed several officials in charge of border intelligence in the empire, which could be regarded as a little relief of the depression in his heart.

Originally, the Emperor of the Apocalypse was ready to send troops to counterattack and take back the Duchy of Milan, but unfortunately others did not give the Great Qin Empire a chance, perhaps several countries on the border value the big fat of the Dà Qin Empire, and they all sent troops to the border to station, which can scare those big men in the capital, this is really going to fight, what should those countries that look at the excitement suddenly send troops to invade?

So the top brass of the empire collectively turned off, and no one was clamoring to show the Sith Empire and the Russian-Saudi Empire the color, and what was to be done now was how to ensure that the territory of their empire would not be occupied by these neighboring countries.

This is also why the empire sent 800 miles of fast horses to send urgent mail to Qin Dui, and the Huns on the border of Tokugawa County began to move again, and the intelligence agencies of the empire got the news that the top leaders of the Huns were interested in attacking Tokugawa County in the northwest in the near future, so they asked Qin Dui to speed up the march and arrive in Tokugawa County before the Huns moved, so as to prepare for the invasion of the Huns.

Leaving Meishan County to the west, the time also entered March, it is the time of harvest and sowing, a field on both sides of the road is full of busy farmers, occasionally the breeze blows, the grass on the edge of the field undulates with the wind, which makes people feel the joy.

After all, this Meishan County is close to the Central Plains of the empire, and it is slightly less affected by the war in the northwest, but it has not affected the normal life of the local people, after all, no matter how the northwest counties do not listen to the orders of the empire, he must ensure the normal life of the people in the territory, otherwise if these people cannot live normally, if they all flee from home, who provides food for their army, who replenishes the supply of troops for their army, everyone is not a fool, everyone knows the importance of the common people.

Seeing the scene of the peasants busy sowing seeds in front of him, Qin Duan couldn't help but sigh a little, food is the foundation of human survival, and the reason why these nomadic people in the northwest go south to Koubian year after year is not so much because they are aggressive, but because they are forced by life.

You must know that the climate of the Tengger steppe where they are located is changeable, the soil in many areas is poor, and the harvest of agriculture and animal husbandry is not guaranteed, if a tribal leader does not even solve the problem of food and clothing for his people, then his rule is almost over, so the attack of the nomads on the neighboring countries is subjectively the need of the upper nobles to expand their power and plunder wealth, and objectively the poor farmers and herdsmen of the lower class to meet their own survival needs.

Of course, the lack of military strength or defense capability of the surrounding countries is also a condition that stimulates the invasion of these nomadic peoples.

In his previous life, Qin Duan had studied history and agreed with the ideas of those historical and military experts in his previous life, believing that in those dynasties in ancient China, it was impossible to finally solve the problem by adopting military means, and that in order to fundamentally solve this problem, it was necessary to use comprehensive means such as politics, economy, military, diplomacy, and even chemistry and religion to achieve good results.

It is only because of the limitations of the rulers of the feudal era, or for reasons unknown to other historians, that all dynasties in history have used military force to solve border problems.

Five days later, Qin Du led the troops to reach the westernmost prefecture of Meishan County - Yeshan Mansion, Yeshan Mansion borders Longdong Mansion of Guanxi County in the west, connects with Black Mountain Mansion in the north, and borders Nanshan Mansion in Yongshuang County in the south, the strategic location is also very important, the land of Yeshan Mansion is quite vast, the population is only more than one million people, and the economy is mainly based on agriculture, but there are mountains and forests here, and a large number of lacquer trees grow, and the lacquer produced here is quite famous in the entire empire, and many local people make a living by cutting lacquer.

In the mountains and forests are also rich in birds such as parrots, starlings, thrushes, cuckoos, etc., many people rely on catching these birds and then domesticating them to the capital Yanjing, Luo~Yang, Jinling, Zhili, Xidu and other metropolises to sell, not only expensive, but also in short supply.

Qin Duan also took a look at the bird market here in his spare time when he was resting in Hayama Mansion, and felt that it was indeed very valuable for ornamentation, and he heard that some important people in the capital were very fond of these things, and they could also use it themselves.

When leaving Hayama Prefecture, the local soldiers who joined the army told Qin Du that leaving the territory of Hayama Prefecture was Longdong Mansion in Guanxi County, where the public security situation was worrying, and horse thieves who came and went without a trace, bandits who occupied the mountains as kings, and robbers who blocked the road and robbed were all haunted from time to time.

After hearing this, Qin Duan, Liang Qiming, Zhu Yongqing and others all felt that if they could really encounter such a good thing, it would be unwanted, and they just used it to test the training of the troops.

After entering the territory of Longdong County, the living standards of the common people have dropped significantly, and the pedestrians on the road are hurrying, and it can be seen that the local social security is not good, fortunately, no one dares to fight the idea of Qin Dui and his party, and the whole road is still calm, Qin Du also heard that the people in this area are strong, the people are caring for the group, and the rural family is strong.

Longdong Mansion is already the dividing line of Qin Dui's journey, and then go to the northwest, and enter the Bonan Mansion in the Northwest County, where social security is even more chaotic, and it has almost become anarchy, since the war ten years ago, the empire is also unable to govern here, and the management of the empire here is only a symbolic existence, not to mention the ordinary people, those who have a little way are trying to leave, and the rich people hire a large number of private bodyguards and mercenaries to ensure their safety.

After all, from the Northwest County to the Tokugawa County that Qin Du was about to serve, they were all located in the northwesternmost part of the empire, bordering the territory of the Humble Humns. (To be continued......)