Chapter 377: Horse House
Seeing that Ma Chao was finally gone, Ding Yuan finally couldn't hold it anymore, and his numb leg made him fall to the ground again in embarrassment. Ding Yuan held the ground with one hand and looked at Xiliangjun. At this time, the Xiliang army had successfully entered the city, and 30,000 horses and horses walked majestically and confidently on the wide streets of Luoyang City.
When the Xiliang army marched, there was a uniform sound of horses' hooves, and the iron armor on his body made a sonorous sound, which made people shudder. Every soldier of the Xiliang Army is covered with iron armor all over his body, and even his face is protected by an iron mask, each mask is cast into the shape of a tiger opening its bloody mouth. Ding Yuan was also surprised to find that even the cavalry of the Xiliang Army was very neat and uniform when they marched, and every six horses were lined up without a trace of confusion. Unexpectedly, Ma Chao could train the cavalry to be as neat as a synchronous pawn, which made Ding Yuan gasp.
What made Ding Yuan feel even more terrifying was that he found that all the Xiliang soldiers were wearing iron armor, and a pair of leather armor could be seen under the iron armor; Each Xiliang soldier was armed with a spear, two scimitars hanging from his waist, a pair of bows on his back, and four quivers hanging on his saddle, of which thousands of horsemen held horse lances, and thousands of horsemen had crossbows hanging from their saddles, many of which were large yellow crossbows. And seeing the end, Ding Yuan saw that the last in the Xiliang army was more than 2,000 people driving war horses that were several times the number of Xiliang cavalry! Every war horse is fat and strong, very powerful!
The equipment of the Xiliang Army is actually so good! Ding Yuan was dumbfounded, because he knew that even the northern and southern armies in the capital could not wear iron armor for the whole army, at least the crossbowmen among them were only leather armor. But the Xiliang soldiers are actually wearing iron armor! What's even more terrifying is that there are so many war horses of the Xiliang Army! And the war horses of the northern and southern armies combined, there are not so many!
Ding Yuan finally sat down weakly on the ground, he thought to himself, it seems that the general He Jin is more than lucky, and he who followed He Jin is also likely to set himself on fire......
Ma Chao ignored Ding Yuan and Wu Qiong's troops, and led the Xiliang army to form a neat line and enter Luoyang City. Riding Xiaobai slowly walking on the wide streets of Luoyang City, Ma Chao could see the pedestrians on both sides of the street, and all of them widened their eyes, looking at him and the black iron rider behind him curiously. Ma Chao raised his head slightly, and he could still see that in the windows of the high wine shops exposed by the high walls on both sides of the street, many people poked their heads out, and they were also looking at him and the Xiliang Iron Rider behind him with eyes full of surprise.
Seeing that the eyes of the people in Luoyang City showed more surprise, Ma Chao was slightly disappointed. Ma Chao thought to himself, it seems that the reputation of Xiliang Tieqi is still too stinky, and it will not be able to change people's prejudice against Xiliang Tieqi for a while.
Jian Shuo noticed the loneliness that flashed on Ma Chao's face, and said, "The general is worried about the problem of the people's distraction?" ”
Upon hearing this, Ma Chao was very surprised by Jian Shuo's ability to observe words and looks. But think about it, a companion is like a tiger, if you don't have the ability to observe words and looks, the eunuchs in the palace won't live long at all, let alone be one of the ten permanent servants like Jian Shuo.
Ma Chao said: "Not bad. In the eyes of the world, Xiliang Tieqi has always been a rebel, and it is not much better than an ant thief. Although I have rectified military discipline and made the Xiliang Iron Cavalry look new, the people of the world will not change their views for a while. ”
Jian Shuo said indifferently: "All the major events in the world are done by heroes, although the people in the world are stupid, there is nothing to worry about." Therefore, it doesn't matter what the people of the world think of the general and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry under the general's command, what matters is His Majesty's opinion. The reason why His Majesty dared to use the general was naturally because he thought that the general and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry under the command of the general were loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty, and this was enough. Besides, it will be seen over time. The reason why the people of Luoyang were afraid was because they saw Xiliang Tieqi for the first time. Over time, they will naturally change their views. ”
After listening to Jian Shuo's consolation, Ma Chao was relieved.
But what Ma Chao didn't know was that the surprised expressions of people were not because of the fear of the Xiliang Iron Rider that he imagined; People are amazed because of him. In the vast snow, Ma Chao, who had taken off his fox fur, revealed a light silver-white brocade robe on his body, and a face like a silver moon seemed to be integrated with the vast white snow. Yingting's face makes people see God even more. People have heard of Ma Chao's title "Jin Ma Chao", and originally thought it was because Ma Chao liked to serve Jin. At this time, when I really saw it, I realized that it was because Ma Chao was as beautiful as splendor. Therefore, the onlookers looked at Ma Chao with surprise in their eyes.
After experiencing a good baptism of the eyes of the crowd on both sides of the road, Jian Shuo finally led Ma Chao to lead his troops to Yanxili and Yongheli. Jian Shuo pointed to Yongheli and said to Ma Chao: "General, as soon as you walk in this Yongheli, you can see the camp of the Xiliang Army." His Majesty knows that there are many war horses in the Xiliang Army, so in addition to the camp tents and training grounds for the soldiers in the camp, the horse shed is also very large, enough to accommodate tens of thousands of war horses of the Xiliang Army. ”
Ma Chao nodded, raised his left hand and waved, Pang De, Zhang Xiu, Ju Yi, Xu Huang, Yu Fuluo, Hu Chuquan and other generals led the Xiliang army into the main gate of Yongheli.
Ma Chao, Jia Xu, Yang Biao, Cai Yong, Cai Zhaoji and others continued to follow Jian Shuo and came to a lane next to Yongheli. When he came to the inner door, Ma Chao looked up and saw the word "Yanxi" on the inner door. Ma Chao looked east again, and saw that looking along the high inner wall of Yanxili, it was the high palace wall, where was the North Palace. Ma Chao's heart is somewhat stable.
Then under the guidance of Jian Shuo, Ma Chao and the others entered Yanxili, and after a few steps, Jian Shuo stopped in front of a deep mansion compound. Ma Chao saw that the word "horse house" was on the door plaque of the house, and he couldn't help but feel a little grateful to the emperor. Jian Shuo got off the horse, and Ma Chao and others also got off the horse. This time, Jian Shuo did not walk in the front, he stood on his side, stretched out his hand to make a "please" movement, and said with a smile: "The general is the owner of this mansion, the general pleases first!" ”
Ma Chao was not polite, raised his legs and stepped into his horse house one by one. As soon as I crossed the threshold, I was greeted by a high shadow wall, under which were a row of flower pots; Walking down the steps, the soles of Ma Chao's feet sank slightly, and when he looked down, it turned out that the ground was covered with a thick layer of fine white stones, which was very soft and comfortable to step on.
Bypassing the shadow wall, the group came to the atrium, where the ground was also paved with soft and fine white stones, and snowflakes fell on it, making the entire atrium look white. In each of the four corners of the atrium, there is also a verdant and slim cypress, which adds a strong green to the atrium.