Luo Hou, the former general of the lock barbarian army, finally chose to end his life by self-determination.

Luo Hou is dead!

The remnants of the Lock-up Barbarians finally surrendered.

Of the 60,000 horses brought by Luo Hou, nearly 40,000 surrendered in the end, most of the remaining 20,000 were killed in battle, and a small number fled in the chaos and did not know what to do.

Cleaning up the battlefield and collecting prisoners, Song Jingang, Guan Yun and Xue Yong cooperated very well. While discussing the next plan of action, the three of them sent someone to report the latest situation to Ma Shuo.

Guan Yun, Song Jingang, and Xue Yong first discussed the matter of the captives. Among the nearly 40,000 captives, there are basically no cronies belonging to Luo Hou, because those cronies of Luo Hou were either killed in the continuation of resistance after Luo Hou chose to self-judge, or they also chose to self-judge.

These captives themselves are all border troops of the barbarian army, and they are all very good in terms of quality, and they are all veterans of a hundred battles against the barbarians. Therefore, all three of them want to make good use of this group of captives and expand their strength.

However, the identities of the three are different. Guan Yun is an old man, Song Jingang is a newcomer who has just joined, and Xue Yong has not officially joined. Therefore, when the three of them discussed this matter together, Song Jingang and Xue Yong did not speak immediately, but waited for Guan Yun to express his opinion first.

Seeing that neither of them spoke, Guan Yun knew the other party's scruples, so he didn't hesitate anymore and directly said his thoughts.

"General Xue, Captain Song, let me talk about my thoughts first. My Suzaku battalion is a cavalry battalion, so the cavalry of these captives, almost a little more than 3,000, will all belong to me! On Captain Song's side, he lost part of his manpower in this battle, and directly selected a batch from these prisoners to select and replenish. The remaining captives also asked General Xue to come forward to recruit and surrender in a unified manner, temporarily disperse and settle them, and wait for further instructions from General Ma of the auxiliary Qin! ”

Guan Yun did not replenish Xue Yong's manpower, because at this time, Xue Yong still had more than 30,000 people in his hands, and it was indeed not suitable to replenish manpower for the time being. Moreover, according to the establishment of the auxiliary Qin army, even if it is a battalion, the size of a battalion is 20,000 people, and at most it is equipped with more than 5,000 baggage soldiers.

What's more, Xue Yong's identity is still very embarrassing, if the remaining more than 30,000 captives are given to him, this guy is a little cautious, it will be troublesome. You can't have the heart to hurt others, and you can't have the heart to defend people.

"I agree with Captain Guan's arrangement." Song Jingang first echoed.

"Xue has no opinion!" Xue Yong also said afterwards. Guan Yun's opinion, Xue Yong certainly knew what it meant. However, now that he has made his decision, he will not have any other ideas. Because from Luo Hou's body, he has already seen the future, and if he really has other ideas, his results will not be much better than Luo Hou. Why bother!

"However, these captives, we can actually use them very well!" Song Jingang said suddenly.

"Captain Song, tell me quickly!" Song Jingang's words immediately made Guan Yun and Xue Yong interested.

"I think that the situation on our side, the two counties must not have received news yet. Therefore, we might as well use these captives, under the banner of Luo Hou, and take the opportunity to take the two cities! Song Jingang said his thoughts directly.

"Good, great! Let's plan it well! When Guan Yun and Xue Yong heard this, they were immediately amazed, Song Jingang's idea was indeed a good idea.

So, the three of them began to discuss this plan. As the saying goes, one person counts the short, two people count the long, and after some discussion, a complete plan gradually takes shape.

In the end, the three of them decided to divide their troops into two routes, one was for Song Jingang to go to Guyuan County with the T-shaped battalion and more than 10,000 prisoners, and the other was for Xue Yong to go to Gu'an County with his headquarters and some prisoners. As for Guan Yun's department, he was left in Longxian and stationed in the city with about 10,000 prisoners in case of accidents.

Because under the banner of Luo Hou, everyone was wearing the clothes of the lock barbarian army, and they deliberately chose twilight to fall, and the light did not arrive at a very good time. Whether it was the defenders of Guyuan County or the defenders of Gu'an County, they didn't find any flaws and opened the city gates one after another.

When the city gate opened, neither Song Jingang nor Xue Yong was polite, and directly led people to rush in, controlling the city gate as quickly as possible. Subsequently, they quickly took control of all the key parts of the city. Although there was some resistance in the process, the men and horses who stayed behind in the city finally chose to surrender due to the disparity in numbers.

Almost without bloodshed, Song Jingang and Xue Yong achieved their respective goals, and included the two counties of Guyuan and Gu'an into the pocket of the auxiliary Qin army, making the counties under Ma Shuo's rule from six to nine at once. This number is already equivalent to the counties under the rule of the Western Xinjiang Metropolitan Protectorate.

When the news that the three counties were in the pocket reached Ma Shuo's hands, Ma Shuo couldn't help laughing. A day ago, after some bargaining, he finally signed an alliance agreement with Li Mu. Originally, according to the agreement, the two sides jointly sent troops, and first took the three counties of the lock barbarian army, and then the three counties each side got half of it.

However, now, without waiting for the two sides to jointly send troops, Song Jingang and others have successfully taken the three cities, which is a surprise. Of course, in this case, it is naturally impossible for Ma Shuo to take out the three counties and share them with Li Mu.

However, before Li Mu learned the news, Ma Shuo had to complete one more thing, that is, to reorganize the rest of the Suo Barbarian Army as soon as possible, expand the new battalion, and strengthen the defense of the new defense line, so as to prevent the Western Xinjiang Protectorate from becoming angry.

Although the two sides have formed an alliance, everyone knows very well in their hearts that the so-called alliance is just a piece of paper, and everything is false in front of interests.

According to the information sent back by Song Jingang and others, this time, including Xue Yong's troops and prisoners, a total of about 90,000 people were received from the rest of the lock barbarian army. Among them, the cavalry has been taken away by the Suzaku Battalion, plus the part that has been taken away by the T-shaped battalion, there are still more than 85,000 people left.

Ma Shuo decided to use these people as the basis to form four character battalions again, which were divided into Gengzi Battalion, Xinzi Battalion, Nonzi Battalion and Guizi Battalion. After the reorganization, these four battalions were all temporarily controlled by Xue Yong as the deputy commander of the infantry of the auxiliary Qin army, and at the same time, he also led the commander of the Gengzi battalion, which was Xue Yong's personal guard battalion.

In this way, the northeastern frontier line bordered the western Xinjiang Protectorate, and the garrison defense force reached eight battalions and a full 160,000 horses.