Although it is a boat with a long mountain cart, under normal circumstances, they will not bring outsiders into the village. After Xie Laosi's caravan disembarked, these warriors identified themselves, so that they could reach Changshan Village without any problems. Of course, their identities can't be concealed from Xiao Dapeng, the big shopkeeper of the car and horse shop.

In charge of the Changshan Carriage and Horse Travel, Xiao Dapeng has the most extensive sources, he has long known that the west and the war are already a mess, and in his mind, Liu Ziqiu should have died long ago. Although outsiders such as Wei Zheng, Li Jing, Hua Yun, and Han Shige gradually grasped the right to speak in Changshan Village, Xiao Dapeng always felt that he was the real master of Changshan Village. Liu Ziqiu is dead, so naturally he should be in charge.

Now, when he suddenly heard that Liu Ziqiu's subordinates had arrived in Changshan Village, Xiao Dapeng's mood can be imagined. He came over today just to give Liu Ziqiu and his men a disadvantage, so he stabbed hard and fast this time, and went directly to take the other party's life.

But the samurai leader reacted just as quickly, and when he saw Xiao Dapeng draw his sword, he took a step back sharply and also drew the horizontal knife at his waist. With a sound of "dang", the two knives collided fiercely, Xiao Dapeng only felt that his hand was light, and his saber had been broken into two. The samurai leader did not continue to fight back, but just held his sword across his chest and looked at Xiao Dapeng coldly. Xiao Dapeng kept calling Gao Xiu'er "sister-in-law" just now, and the leader couldn't figure out the situation, and he didn't know what the relationship between Xiao Dapeng and Liu Ziqiu was, so he didn't dare to make any further moves.

Xiao Dapeng didn't expect the other party to move so quickly, and what he was holding in his hand was a treasure knife. In Xiao Dapeng's eyes, the person who can make this kind of treasure knife must be a master, and he didn't dare to make another mistake for a while.

However, as the big shopkeeper of the carriage and horse shop, Xiao Dapeng has daily contact with characters of three religions and nine streams, and his reaction is not slow, he was only slightly stunned, then threw the half-cut knife in his hand on the ground, and laughed: "It is worthy of being the eldest brother, and there are really two times, and Xiao Mou is relieved to protect his sister-in-law." ”

In fact, there is no shortage of guards around Gao Xiu'er, and the kung fu of the four Kunlun slaves of Ah Fu and Ah Gui is becoming more and more clear, and it is difficult for a dozen people to get close, and their loyalty is unquestionable. Moreover, Changshan Village is heavily guarded, and outsiders cannot enter it at all. When Xiao Dapeng said this, he just took the opportunity to cover up his thoughts.

Gao Xiu'er Bingxue is smart, how can he not see that he was clearly a dead hand just now, but he was unwilling to break it, and said lightly: "Xiao Dapeng, is the carriage and horse shop very idle?" ”

Xiao Dapeng waved his hand and said, "The younger brother came today to tell my sister-in-law something. The younger brother plans to go to Luoyang tomorrow. ”

Gao Xiu'er raised her eyebrows: "Luoyang? Who's in charge of the carriage and horses? ”

The look on Xiao Dapeng's face had returned to normal, and he said with a smile: "That's the case, the younger brother has a relative in Luoyang, and he only got in touch recently, and the younger brother wants to go and see." We also have a branch in Luoyang, and I will dispatch in Luoyang at that time, and it will be the same. ”

The weather is getting colder, some rivers in the north have begun to freeze, most of the business of the car and horse shop will be concentrated in the south, there must be a lot of inconvenience in Luoyang central dispatch, Gao Xiuer knew that what he said was not the truth, and no one had heard of the Xiao family and relatives in Luoyang. However, Wei Zheng has mentioned more than once that he wants to take back control of the carriage and horse shop, since Xiao Dapeng is going to Luoyang, Gao Xiu'er also wants to use this opportunity to reorganize the carriage and horse shop, so he nodded and said: "If you want to go, then go." ”

"Okay, sister-in-law, my little brother will leave!" Xiao Dapeng knew that his skills were not as good as others, and it was impossible to attack those warriors if he stayed here.

However, what Xiao Dapeng said was not all lies, someone did bring him a message from Luoyang a few days ago, saying that he had a relative who he hadn't seen for many years and wanted to see him. But who that relative is, the other party refuses to say it clearly, only saying that he will know when he sees it, and he will definitely not let him suffer. If it weren't for this kind of thing, with Xiao Dapeng's relatively independent status now, he was going to Luoyang, who would be able to stop him?

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In Weiding City, Liu Ziqiu's wedding is in full swing, and the gifts that are about to be sent to the Tuoba Department are loaded with ten carts, and the most valuable ones are the four sharp horizontal knives. In fact, the warriors of the Tuoba Department are all heroes on horses, and the most suitable thing should be to give them the saber, but Liu Ziqiu kept a hand and hid the saber snow. The horizontal knife is as sharp as the saber, but when fighting on a horse, it is obviously not as easy as the saber. Even so, these four horizontal knives are an extremely heavy gift. Because Liu Ziqiu is very strict with these five kinds of Xihai knives, among them, the sabre and the Mo knife are not even allowed to be taken out of the barracks.

Lin Qiao'er brought twenty pretty girls over and said, "Master, the team to welcome the relatives is ready." ”

These girls are all beautiful girls selected from various tribes, and they are also skilled in riding and archery, and can serve as Tuoba Qianyu's guards and maids in the future.

Suddenly, a soldier with a small triangular red flag on his back galloped over and said loudly: "Lord, urgent military situation!" ”

This is Liu Ziqiu's newly organized stagecoach. Post stations for delivering letters and official documents have existed since ancient times, and Liu Ziqiu made great efforts to reorganize the post stations in various places, equipped them with the best horses and excellent riders, and greatly increased the number of post stations, setting up at least four post stations in each county. Now in the entire Hexi Road, the transmission of information has been much faster, and what happens at the border can be transmitted to Weiding City within a day.

There is no trivial matter in the military situation, Liu Ziqiu put aside the team to welcome his relatives, and said in a deep voice: "Say!" ”

The poster dismounted, knelt on one knee, and said loudly: "Lord Qiqi, there are Turkic criminals in Wuwei County!" ”

Zhao Ling, who was standing on the side, frowned and said, "It's common for the Turks to commit borders, why is it so early this year?" ”

The post cavalry continued to report: "The Turkic soldiers and horses have washed the county seat of Gaoyue in blood. ”

Wuwei is a border county, which used to be the residence of Feng Xiaoci, the governor of Hexi Province. After the first battle of Zhangye, Feng Xiaoci did not know where to go, because he gave the order to slaughter those young boys and girls and take the lead in military exploits, and Liu Ziqiu had already spread to all over the country and wanted him. But he has been operating in Hexi for many years, and there are many henchmen and minions, and Liu Ziqiu can't catch him for a while.

The Great Wall divides Wuwei County into two parts, the outer part and the inner part of the Sai, which is no less than the northwest granary of Zhangye, with abundant rain and fertile land. Outside the Seychelles, however, is a vast desert as far as the eye can see. However, there are also oases dotted in the desert, and Gaoyue County is one of them, with more than 10,000 permanent residents in the city.

Hearing that the Turkic soldiers and horses had washed Gaoyue County in blood, Liu Ziqiu's face sank, and he said loudly: "Prepare horses, order troops, and follow me out of the fortress!" ”

Zhao Ling hurriedly persuaded: "Lord, the Tuoba Department is ready there, what about welcoming relatives?" ”

Liu Ziqiu waved his hand and said, "Saving soldiers is like fighting a fire, and the matter of welcoming relatives will be discussed later." ”

In Xihai, Liu Ziqiu's words are holy decrees, and no one dares to disobey them. Half an hour later, 20,000 cavalry were assembled outside the city.

The same nomadic cavalry, but they have been completely changed compared to a year ago. All the riders lined the leather armor with a thin layer of iron armor, although this armor was very thin and light, the protective power was not inferior to the heavy iron armor of the Great Sui Forbidden Army. In addition to armor, the riders' attack weapons have also been greatly improved. The saber replaced the scimitar as the standard equipment, which gave the riders an extra weapon in addition to riding and shooting.

Even the old profession of mounted archery has changed a lot, and in addition to the traditional cavalry bow, Liu Ziqiu equipped them with cavalry crossbows. Crossbows are characterized by their high power and long range, but they are more time-consuming and laborious to reload. The cavalry crossbows that Liu Ziqiu equipped them with were small and easy to carry, and the iron arrows were pre-loaded, with safety and handles. In peacetime, it is hung next to the saddle, and in wartime it can be picked up and shot.

The biggest change is also in the way they fight. These nomadic cavalry had been organized for more than two months of training, and many of them had participated in the battle to capture the counties of Hexi and Longxi. Now, they have learned to queue up, learned the combat mode of splitting and combining, no longer rely on mounted shooting, they can fully mobilize the impact of the war horse, and their combat effectiveness is no longer the same as in the past.

Although there were only 20,000 cavalry, there were seventy or eighty thousand horses with them, and each soldier was equipped with three or four war horses, and most of them were mares in the nursing period. Although the Mobei grassland has begun to snow, it has not yet reached the cold winter covered with ice and snow, and pasture grass can still be found in many places, and for the soldiers, mare's milk and jerky are the best fighting food.

Liu Ziqiu knew very little about the current situation of the Turks, only that the Turks were divided into two parts: the Eastern Turks and the Western Turks. Last summer, the Eastern Turkic Qimin Khan also met Yang Guang in Yulin. The steppe bordering Wuwei is under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Turks, and it must be the Eastern Turks who bloody the county seat of Gaoyue. But the entire Eastern Turks are composed of many different tribes, and Liu Ziqiu is even less clear about which tribe these people come from.

But Liu Ziqiu knows that for thousands of years, the nomads on the Mobei grassland have been the biggest threat to the Central Plains. Before the Turks, there were Xiongnu and Xianbei, and after the Turks, there were Khitan, Jurchen, and Mongolia. Due to the different living habits, it is basically impossible for the farming people from the Central Plains to control the vast Mobei grassland, and even to completely defeat the nomadic tribes on the grassland. The people of these nomadic tribes, even if they were scattered, could run across the steppe for days and nights, and finally escaped. When there is civil strife in the Central Plains and their strength is weakened, they will make a comeback.

Liu Ziqiu has lived in the West Sea Wasteland for more than half a year, and is already quite familiar with the nomadic tribes, and even he himself has become a member of the nomadic tribes, so he naturally knows that it is impossible to eliminate or really control the Turkic tribes by himself.