In autumn, August, Tao Ye and his subordinates feasted in Dongmingguan, because they stayed in the Buddha's house. Xuan envoy Yang Qi and other monkeys entered the ladder, killed Tao, and left with his sword and arrow. On the day, the tiger was shocked and frightened, and Fang Su was stunned for a long time. will come out of his funeral, Sikong Li Nong admonished: "I don't know who harmed the Duke of Qin, the thief is in Beijing, and Luan Yu should not go out lightly." "The tiger is stopped, and Yan Bing mourns in the Taiwu Palace.

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The grasslands in June and July are very charming, and the snow melts on the snow-capped mountains to form small streams and rivers that meander along the grasslands, then flow into the Nareri River and the Zolunge River, and finally join the source of the river Xianhai (Zhaling Lake, Ngoling Lake). The clear and pure snow water moistens the land along the way, the grass grows unusually luxuriant in the wind, the cattle and sheep grow happily under the blue sky and white clouds, on the green grass carpet, and several eagles on the snow-capped mountains skim the sky from time to time, inspecting everything in the world with the eyes of a king.

Zeng Hua grabbed the reins of his mount, and the red mount stopped very calmly, and the fragrance of grass mixed with the fishy smell of the earth flew into the nose of the mount, which immediately made this nearly two-meter-tall majestic horse can't help but sneeze, and then shake the thick and curved neck of the horse comfortably, and shake the handsome horse's head.

"Hot Wheels, what's wrong with you?" Zeng Hua gently stroked the fiery red and oily mane on the horse's neck and asked affectionately. Hot Wheels is a teenage stallion. Some time ago, the Hetao tribe unexpectedly found a group of wild horses in the wilderness, this group of wild horses are all tall horses, handsome, very similar to the legendary heavenly horses of the Qiang people. Hot Wheels is the most outstanding of the herd, and the most difficult to tame, and no one dared to approach it when it was sent to the Chishui camp.

Zeng Hua fell in love with this fiery and wild horse at a glance. Originally, according to the rules of horse taming of the Qiang and Tuyuhun people, it would take several months to tame them. But Zeng Hua has his own set of methods.

Zeng Hua first asked someone to vacate a piece of dirt ground, and then used a wooden fence to form a sturdy open-air horse to lock this unruly red horse in, and then left it alone. A few days passed, and the red horse, who had only water to drink, was a little weak on his legs with hunger, and he had no strength to jump and jump, run and kick to declare his personality. Zeng Hua glanced at the side, and saw that the red horse still had the strength to stand there and play a big card for himself, turned around and left, and told the groom to starve the red horse for a few more days, and pile it with "delicious and fragrant" forage next to it, and only show it but not give it food.

A few more days passed, and the red horse finally couldn't bear it anymore, and was lying on the ground hungry, staring at Zeng Hua with weak eyes. At this time, Zeng Hua shamelessly walked over with a handful of tender and delicious grass and dangled in front of the red horse's mouth. Red Horse desperately persevered at first, but in the end, he couldn't bear the heart-wrenching hunger, and reluctantly opened his mouth and began to eat the "food that came to him".

Zeng Hua fed the red horse with the freshest grass and mare's milk, while intimately stroking the red horse's neck and head, and there were words in his mouth: "What a good horse, both personality and know how to judge the situation, if you are really like a stone in a pit smelly and hard, then you deserve to starve to death!" You are a horse and not a tiger, what kind of personality do you play, and others are not allowed to ride! ”

In this way, the fiery prince of wild horses succumbed to Zeng Hua's obscenity and became his mount, and the triumphant master gave the red horse the name Hot Wheels.

Hot Wheels carried Zeng Hua from the Chishui camp, first rushed to Bailan Mountain together, who knew that the four thousand Feiyu Army and the three thousand Bailan coalition army of Tuyuhun Guihua were only a little contact, and Guihua, who suffered a small loss, immediately led his troops to turn around and leave, let go of Bailan Mountain, and went to the source of the river.

However, Zeng Hua was unwilling to let go easily, leaving 1,000 Feiyu troops to assist Captain Bailan to continue to reorganize the Bailan Department, and began to move westward while dividing the household formation, targeting Zeng Hua's "predetermined" Bailan area (present-day Qaidam Basin and Golmud City in western Qinghai).

However, Zeng Hua personally led the 3,000 Feiyu Army to follow closely behind Gui Kui, and chased for more than ten days, directly to the north of the Hequ area.

Gui Yu can't retire anymore, and if he retreats, he will have to go to be a Shengqiang with the party members. Gui Hua looked at his subordinates who only had two thousand horsemen around him, and he couldn't help but feel bitter in his heart. The 3,000 men and horses lost less than 200 people in a small defeat on Bailan, but less than five days after leaving the camp of Bailan Mountain, the 3,000 men and horses suddenly dispersed a few hundred, and only 2,000 people remained, including nearly 1,000 Tuyuhun people.

"Warriors, there is no way back! Don't let future generations laugh at us as cowards! Gui Kui's face was tragic. Behind him, scattered two thousand cavalry. Some of them had despair on their faces, and they were all Tuyuhun people; Some of them had indifference on their faces, and they were all Bailanqiang people.

Zeng Hua stroked the Hot Wheels while observing the Gui Yu troops lined up in front, and it seemed that the last remnant army of Tuyuhun on this grassland would not be able to see the sun tomorrow.

Zeng Hua straightened up and raised his right hand, and behind him, under the Red Star flag, a trumpeter raised the trombone and blew the sound of three long and three short. Immediately, a dozen trombones echoed behind the hills, also three long and three short, but much longer and stronger.

After the trumpet, the heavy sound of horses' hooves sounded behind the hill, and about six hundred cavalry galloped over the hill and rushed towards the Whiteland coalition in a sparse line of skirmishers. They were all wearing black leather armor and helmets, which made the white feathers fluttering on their heads stand out.

Less than two hundred meters away from the Bailan Coalition Army, the cavalry of the Feiyu Army took off the horn bow of the "Yang Production" on their backs, and then quickly set up an arrow and stretched the bow, facing the Bailan Coalition Army more than 100 meters away, it was a rain of arrows, and immediately shot down more than a dozen cavalry of the Bailan Coalition Army who were in the front and had the worst luck.

Dare to shoot arrows at such a long distance, and can shoot over, it seems that this Flying Feather Army is now "a shotgun for a cannon", and there is no way to compare the "earth bow bone arrows" of the Bailan Coalition Army.

It was easy to wait until these six hundred arrogant Feiyu troops were only seventy or eighty meters away from the Bailan Coalition Army, and they were about to enter the range of the Bailan Coalition Army. The cavalry of the Bailan Alliance Army gritted their teeth and drew their bows, and then secretly instigated their mounts, preparing to attack the Flying Feather Army head-on. But right here, the Flying Feather Army suddenly grabbed the reins and stopped their mounts, and then turned around and ran, without a bit of "grace".

The Tuyuhun cavalry in the Bailan coalition army suddenly became angry, and the warriors did not insult their opponents in battle. Tuyuhun instigated his mounts one after another, and chased after the Flying Feather Army. Who knew that the Feiyu Army, which was running quite fast in front, suddenly stopped, and there was another rain of arrows in his backhand, which immediately knocked down more than a dozen Tuyuhun cavalry who rushed over. But when the Tuyuhun cavalry rushed up against the rain of arrows, before they could reach the side, the Feiyu army pulled their legs and ran again.

How can a person be so shameless? How simple these Qiang people were in the past, but how did they become so unbearable after following the wrong killer demon king? Gui Yu sighed as he watched the Tuyuhun cavalry chase the six hundred flying feather cavalry like rabbits.

Soon, the more than 1,000 cavalry were about to climb over the hills.

Zeng Hua, who saw everything in his eyes, raised his right hand and slashed down hard, and the trumpeter under the military flag immediately blew out a long sound, and suddenly, more than a hundred trombones sounded at the same time, and the strong trumpet echoed leisurely on the grassland with the sun, and the heavy sound of horses' hooves sounded on both sides of the Tuyuhun team of "chasing rabbits", and more than a thousand flying feather troops rushed from the left and right as if they had come out of the ground, and the sabers in their hands flashed cold light in the sun. And the six hundred flying feather troops who were still fleeing for their lives just now also turned around when they heard the horn, the horn bow had been turned back, and the sabers were drawn out one after another. They also brandished their sabers and rushed straight towards the Tuyuhun cavalry.

The Feiyu army in front was the first to rush into the middle of the Tuyuhun cavalry, they passed through the gap of the Tuyuhun cavalry like sharp swords, and while maintaining a hurry, the long and sharp saber flashed like lightning in the hands of the Feiyu cavalry, and slashed across the Tuyuhun on both sides, leaving a deep blood mark. At the same time as the blood splashed, where the flying feather cavalry passed, the Tuyuhun cavalry screamed and fell off their horses.

At the same time, the flying feather cavalry on the left and right flanks also quickly rushed into the Tuyuhun cavalry, and began to bleed the Tuyuhun cavalry from three directions.

Gui Kui's face had turned pale, and he watched as his clansmen and cavalry fell into the trap of the "Demon King" in an instant, with two thousand men besieging a thousand, and becoming more and more inclined to one-sided slaughter. Gui Yu gritted his teeth, and with a wave of his hand, he rushed forward with the remaining thousand white blue cavalry.

But halfway through the rush, with the sound of a horn, another thousand flying feather troops rushed out, stopped and cut the charging Bailan cavalry in two, and then cut them in full.

The combat effectiveness of the Bailan cavalry was not as strong as the desperate Tuyuhun cavalry, so after Gui Yu was taken care of by more than a dozen flying feather cavalry and died, the Bailan cavalry was quickly defeated. And the Tuyuhun cavalry struggled in the disadvantage for an hour, and finally couldn't support it.

After the annihilation of the Gui tribe, Zeng Hua began to move the Bailan tribe to the Bailan area, and ceded the Hequ region to the Dangxiang Qiang people who were moving over.

It's July.

Ye Lixun took nearly 10,000 Xiang Qiang cavalry and Jiang Nan's more than 6,000 white horse Qiang cavalry to carry out a sweep of the Xiang Qiang people of the Southern Party who had always refused to accept the "Wang Hua", completely eliminated the power of the six major tribes of the Xiang Qiang people of the Southern Party, integrated the Xiang Qiang people of the North and South Parties, and then moved to the land of the river meander. Ye Lixun also helped Jiang Nan pick up some "centrifugal" tribes in the remote areas of Baimaqiang, and then took their respective soldiers and horses to the Taiji camp in the Bailan area.

Zeng Hua is now like an outburst, Ye Lixun brought 10,000 party cavalry, Jiang Nan brought 6,000 white horses and Qiang cavalry, Qinghai and Hetaoqiang cavalry added 5,000 cavalry after the previous 3,000 cavalry, the total number reached 8,000, and the original old Feiyu army had 5,000, plus Zeng Hua recruited more than 1,000 people from 100 households, captains, directories, cavalry captains and other children of various departments, the total number of cavalry in Zeng Hua's hands reached 30,000.

After Zeng Hua gathered the troops and horses of various units, he divided 2,000 of the "old Feiyu army" he brought out to the five lieutenants, a total of more than 10,000 cavalry, to help stabilize the various regions and continue to deepen the "structural reform." It's not that Zeng Hua is stingy, but Zeng Hua has other plans.

He only gave these five lieutenants 2,000 men and horses, and asked them to reorganize as few as tens of thousands and as many as 100,000 troops, and it was indeed difficult to carry out a "restructuring" that might cause turmoil, but Zeng Hua hoped that these "talents" he fancied could take this opportunity to be tempered and grow into independent generals. Anyway, the words have already been spoken, there are only 2,000 people, you can do it yourself, if you can't figure it out, you can resign, and honestly go to be a warrior who charges into battle, so that others have the ability.

At the same time as the reform of the system, Zeng Hua ordered all departments and households to protect the men of each household under the command of the general to learn to ride horses at the age of five and archery from the age of six.

After equipping the 20,000 Feiyu Army with non-commissioned officers, officers and clerks, Zeng Hua began to serve as the chief instructor again.

After the 20,000 recruits were familiar with the basic tactics and military law and discipline, Zeng Hua's heart opened up again. You can't train a good soldier here, the more the horse runs, the more you can run, and the more the soldier fights, the more you can fight! It is time to find a place for the 20,000 cavalry to move around properly, and by the way, see if they can get some oil and water from somewhere. Recruiting cavalry, appeasing the Qiang people, and the money looted from Wudu and Mukechuan were almost scattered, Zeng Hua felt a little heartache when he thought about it.

Leaving Liangzhou and going west along the southern road of the Western Regions, there are Zhiguo, Xiaowan Kingdom, Jingjue Kingdom, and Loulan Kingdom all subordinate to the Shanshan Kingdom of Duqini; The kingdoms of Ronglu, Humi, Qule, and Pishan were all subordinate to Khotan, the capital of the western city. Although this southern province is not as rich as the northern province, it is also located at the key point of the eastern and western trade routes, and it is also the main one who is rich.

In August, as is customary, it is time for the vassal states to pay a year's tax to the suzerain, and on the south bank of the river, there used to be a constant stream of horses and camels, numbering hundreds or thousands. These are the teams of Zhiguo, Xiaowanguo, Jingjueguo, Loulan and other countries to send taxes and goods to the mud, and the heavy ones are gold, silver, beads, jade, blankets and fabrics and other valuables.

Suddenly, there was a dull sound in the south, and the people on the Mohe Avenue felt the whole earth tremble, and the pack horses and camels were already feeling a pang of uneasiness, and they were neighing there with their heads held high. All the people smelled the sound in horror and looked south, only to see that the sky to the south was rising with dust and mist.

It didn't take long for the people on Mohe Avenue to finally see the truth. Tens of thousands of black cavalrymen came out of the dust and mist, brandished their sabers, and rushed over with a shout. Suddenly, the guards of the tribute team suddenly panicked with neighing and shouting, and after a while, these guards belonging to the subject countries finally made up their minds and began to wave their sabers to meet them.

But under the impact of more than 10,000 cavalry, these guards were like lonely boats in a flood, and more like praying mantis in front of the roaring carriage.

The war ended in less than an hour, and thousands of guards were slaughtered, and thousands of horsemen only dared to crouch there with their heads in their hands, lest they hurt the innocent. More than 10,000 horsemen drove away all the horses and camels carrying their possessions, and then with a whistle they disappeared cleanly, as neatly as they had come.

After most of the day, the groom attendants finally stood up in cringe in the silence, and looked at the corpses and blackened blood stains on the ground, and shook their heads vigorously to recall the scene just now, and for a long time remembered only the fluttering feathers and the shining saber.

When the thunderous King Shanshan had not finished his temper, on the road of the Khotan River, the caravans of the Ronglu, Humi, Qule, and Pishan kingdoms that had sent taxes to Khotan to the western city were also attacked, and all the tax and property were robbed. Not only that, but this cavalry that came out of nowhere actually ransacked the unsuspecting cities of Ronglu, Humi, and Qule like a typhoon. When the Khotanese army arrived, this cavalry was long gone, and there was not even a single hair left.

When the more than 10,000 cavalry concentrated by Shanshan Guo were pulling nets around the Jimo River to "suppress bandits", they suddenly ran head-on into this group of robbers who "floated" back from nowhere.

As soon as the battle began, the Shanshan cavalry immediately knew that these more than 10,000 "robbers" were not ordinary robbers. They drew their arrows and bows in the midst of a gallop, and then the sabers they wielded in their hands were like a storm in the desert, and they could make all the people and horses that passed by a ditch of blood.

These robbers, who had no formation, did not stop fighting at all, swept shallow among the Shanshan cavalry, plundered dozens or hundreds of lives, and then immediately left, and then disappeared into the wilderness. After a while, they came out of nowhere, and there was another rain of arrows and a wind of knives.

More than 10,000 Shanshan cavalry were like being attacked from all sides, exhausted, and they were like a lost horse team in the *, they could only struggle to support.

The robbers didn't hold them out for long, though. When the Shanshan cavalry was slaughtered, in a strange trumpet, the more than 10,000 robbers were like crazy, divided into three ways and plunged straight over, like three sharp knives to divide the Shanshan cavalry into several parts, and then began to divide and annihilate these defeated Shanshan cavalry one by one.

Wiped out Shanshan's living force, this group of robbers immediately changed from sneaky to open-minded, not only looting the countries of Jizhi, Xiaowan, Jingjue, Loulan and other countries, and finally besieging the mud city, turning the once rich Shanshan into ruins.

In October, in the eastern part of the Bailan region, a large contingent staggered through heavy snow. In the middle of this group were more than 10,000 energetic and wealthy horsemen, and the white feathers on their helmets almost melted into the snow. In the middle of the procession, the heavy packages on thousands of pack horses and camels showed that they had indeed made a fortune, and the thousands of carriages were carrying all craftsmen and women who had been plundered from the southern Western Regions, and the more than 100,000 cattle and sheep behind were not only their captures, but also their current supplies.

Zeng Hua triumphantly instigated Hot Wheels to walk in front of the team. Starting from the Bailan area, passing through the Qaidam Basin, and crossing the Altun Mountains, the 20,000 Qiang riders who suddenly appeared under the leadership of Zeng Hua ransacked Shanshan and Khotan, the two great powers of the Southern Western Regions, and Shanshan was basically wiped out. After experiencing this short-term but effective "organized crime" activity, the 20,000 Qiang cavalry received actual combat training in the thousands of miles of raids.

In the heavy snowstorm, the team passed through the Bailan area and finally returned to the Chishui camp in the Qinghai region. After counting and distributing the trophies, Zeng Hua stationed 20,000 Qiang cavalry in Qinghai and Hetao areas, and started a new **** training.

Zeng Hua is full and busy during the day, happy and happy at night, this small day is lived.

But within a few days, Zeng Hua felt a sense of loss welling up in his heart, making him often stand in front of the big tent in a daze.

This night, Zeng Hua stood in front of the tent with his hands behind his back and looked at the east and pondered. After a while, Zeng Hua felt a warmth on his back, and a leather robe was draped on his body. He turned his head to look and saw Jinsu standing behind him, looking at him affectionately.

"Zhenxiu, it's windy outside, you can go back."

"My lord, it doesn't matter, the concubine is wearing a leather robe." Jinxiu asked cautiously. "My lord, do you have any worries?"

"Yes, I've been out for a year, and now that the Xiqiang region has begun to stabilize, I don't have to squat here anymore. Zhenxiu, do you want to see a bigger and more prosperous place than Qinghai? Zeng Hua asked lovingly. Zhenxiu is a very considerate woman, not only can she ride a horse heroically to accompany Zeng Hua to run on the grassland, but also take care of Zeng Hua's daily life who is not used to grassland life.

"Wherever the adults go, the concubine is willing to go with him." Jinxiu replied softly.

"Okay, as long as I don't go to war, wherever I go, I will definitely take Zhenxiu there." Zeng Hua touched Zhenxiu's shy and red face, and then muttered, "It's time to go back!" ”