Under the stands, the cavalry infantry composed of 300 men in the Yiwu army began to dismount and form a formation when they were only three arrows away from the opponent's cavalry. This is a simulated maneuver when an equestrian infantry is ambushed by enemy cavalry.

However, when the formation of the infantry of the Yiwu army was not yet in order, the cavalry of the silver-speared Xiaojie army came desperately to attack, both sides were armed with wooden sticks, and they came and went with each other. The cavalry lost speed, and the cavalry of the Silver Spear Xiaojie Army simply dismounted and fought on foot.

The scene was suddenly filled with smoke and dust, and only the sounds of crying and fighting were heard, but it was impossible to see what was happening.

I have to say that the Silver Spear Filial Piety Army is relatively reckless on its side. According to the basic tactics of the light cavalry, this time you can shoot a wave of arrows without arrows and you can retreat. Then lure the dismounted infantry to pursue forward, and when their formation is scattered, they turn their horses and charge again, pulling back and forth to the limit.

After a few rounds, the mounted infantry did not have much strength, and the rest was the cavalry to fight back without suspense.

But the Silver Spear Xiaojie Army didn't play any routines, but directly chose to be tough!

Fang Chongyong, who was sitting upright on the viewing platform, looked at the chaotic scene in front of him, and held up his chin with a thoughtful look.

The tactics of hussar pulling in battle were not invented by the Mongols, but they used them best. The Tang army was extremely confident in its own strength, but it paid more attention to morale and equipment in actual combat, and besides, the armor worn by the Tang cavalry was also about fifteen kilograms, and it was really impossible to play the Mongols' riotous operations.

The indomitable march of the cavalry of the Silver Spear Filial Piety Army is the norm of this era, or the rule of survival of the fittest.

After a while, there was a mound lying in the exercise venue under the viewing platform, and eight were wailing, most of them were sergeants and soldiers of the Yiwu Army. The Yiwu army made Dai Xiu's face extremely difficult to see in an instant, and the elite of the Yiwu army he selected was so vulnerable.

I wanted to pretend to be a force, but I didn't expect to have big eyes.

In fact, the cavalry of the Silver Spear Xiaojie Army was also forced to stop, and those Yiwu Army foot soldiers were basically beaten to the ground after the opponent dismounted!

"The strength of the Yiwu army is good, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and Dai Jun should not take it to heart, this is just a drill."

Seeing that Dai Xiuyan's face was not good-looking, Fang Chongyong waved his hand disappreciably and said.

"The last will be terrified! It is necessary to train the sons and daughters of the army fiercely! ”

Dai Xiuyan hurriedly saluted and confessed, for fear that Fang Chongyong would find an excuse to put on small shoes for himself.

"Those are all afterthoughts, this ambassador still has something to do, so I won't accompany Ambassador Dai to watch the ceremony and leave."

Fang Chongyong smiled slightly, said hello and turned around to leave. The goal has been achieved, so there is no need to continue to hold on.

However, as soon as he returned to the camp of the Anxi Expeditionary Force, he saw that Wang Yuan, who was the commander of the "Signal Banner" battalion, hurriedly entered the tent, and the other party saluted bravely:

"Jieshuai, we went all the way to Xizhou, and we were all steady. However, when he resupplied in Xizhou and continued westward to the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate Station, he was blocked by the Anxi Border Army in Yanqi Town, east of Qiuzi. ”

"Yanqi Town? Is it the sea of fish? ”

Fang Chongyong asked directly, this place seems to have traveled in his previous life, and it was also called this name at that time. I vaguely remember that there is a large lake in the area, and the scenery is not as beautiful as in the desert, so it is extremely impressive.

At this time, the Tang people called the lake "Fish Sea".

"Hui Jieshuai, it is true. However, we didn't get to the sea of fish, and we were stopped when Zhang Sancheng was guarding the stronghold. The last general found out the situation in Xizhou, so he came back first and handed over the map and notes to the marshal. ”

Wang took out a booklet from his arms and handed it to Fang Chongyong.

The soldiers and horses of the Anxi Protectorate actually didn't give Fang Chongyong face!

Hawkers, in fact, this is also normal, because Wang is rare after all, he is not Fang Chongyong, theoretically speaking, this is the Tang Army at the same level. You didn't change the defense paperwork, so you went to someone else's station to conduct surveys and investigations, and it was normal to be blocked.

The situation on the side of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate is completely different from that of the three states of Beiting, and the situation there is much more complicated.

The Tang Army's guards and inspections are also much stricter!

"It's hard work, go and rest. Anxi's situation is not in a hurry, and this section commander will deal with it then. ”

Fang Chongyong nodded slightly and said.

He saw that the king rarely had something to say and stopped, so he asked curiously, "Is there anything else?" ”

"Back to the festival marshal, the last general is on the way, I heard some bad rumors, and I was anxious."

Wang said with a difficult face.

"For example?"

"The deputy capital of Anxi protects Gao Xianzhi, who is searching for baggage everywhere and making dry food, I heard that he is preparing to lead the troops to Shule Town to reach Manchuria (Kashgar, Xinjiang), and wants to ......"

It is rare for the king not to know how to continue, because he is also hearsay.

"And then?"

Fang Chongyong's heart sank, and his face instantly became gloomy.

Fu Meng Lingcha's caution and cooperation gave him the illusion that the border generals in the Western Regions were easier to speak.

But in reality, this is not the case.

Many border generals in the Western Regions probably felt that Fang Chongyong's arrival was to rob the peaches that should have belonged to them, or to resist openly or secretly, and play routines. In the Anxi army of the Anxi Protectorate, I am afraid that there are many such people.

No matter what Gao Xianzhi wanted to do this time, he was throwing a face at Fang Chongyong.

Things may not end up making a big fuss, but this wind will not last!

"The last general heard that it was the Tocharian envoy who paid tribute, and the saint gave some gifts in return. Gao Xianzhi wanted to take the trilogy and escort the Tocharian envoy back to Tocharian with the gifts of the Tang Dynasty...... This matter was ordinary, but I heard that the amount of baggage Gao Xianzhi needed this time was a bit large, and the local treasury in Anxi was not enough, and he was still looking for Hu Shang to buy it.

The last general thought it was inappropriate, so he immediately came back to inform the marshal, and everything was decided by the marshal! ”

The king rarely clasped his fists and saluted.

Ha? Tocharo?

Fang Chongyong was stunned for a moment, searching in his mind where this place was, he had browsed it hastily before coming, and he was not very impressed.

He vaguely remembered that Tocharian was not far west of Shule, as if it was in northern Afghanistan, which was not an ordinary distance.

As for why the matter of tribute did not go through him, the ambassador of the Western Regions, it was also because this was the basic plate of the Honglu Temple of the Ministry of Rites. The tributary matters do not happen to be directly under the control of the ambassadors of the Western Regions.

To put it simply: you don't ask about it, we'll do it ourselves; If you ask, I'll tell you what's going on, or we'll do it.

Fang Chongyong didn't ask, so the officials of the Ministry of Rites deliberately didn't say it, and this matter was "silently" completed under the nose of Fang Chongyong, the ambassador of the Western Regions.

Actually, Tocharian is a region, the forces are relatively chaotic, and it is only nominally unified. Before the Arabs came, they were relatively pro-Tang. But when the Arabs began to get involved in the Western Regions, they began to rise towards Qin and Chu.

During the Gaozong period, the Tang Dynasty canonized more than a dozen capital protectorates here in one go. During the Kaiyuan period, Ji Ge canonized the Tocharian monarch Gu Ludun Dadu, and protected the Tocharian leaves. Although nominally the Bone Tur Dun Dadu ruled Tochar, and the total number of troops was more than 100,000.

On the surface, it is also a prince!

But!

Afghanistan, everyone who understands understands, a mountain and a tribe. The governance power is all delegated to the local government, and Ye Hu does not have the governance power of the local government. There is a valley and a regime over there, and it does not interfere with each other, and it is very loose on weekdays.

Otherwise, Gaozong would not have canonized more than a dozen governors here.

It is difficult to say what the attitude of the many forces in Tocharia is now. Because they are also facing the threat of the Tubo people, they naturally do not rule out falling to the Tubo people and finally becoming enemies of the Tang Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Fang Chongyong also guessed what Gao Xianzhi wanted to do.

Starting from Shule Town, cross the famous "Wakhan Corridor" in Fang Chongyong's previous life, and enter northern Afghanistan, that is, the border of Tochar. Surveyed the geography here, suppressed the pro-Tibetan forces in Tocharo, and supported the pro-Tang forces.

Then recruit warriors as servant troops in the local area, provide part of the logistics, and finally go all out to take down Little Bolu!

Of course, Gao Xianzhi can also choose to purge in Tocharo, and then return to Shule to see the after-effects, but it is unknown how to do it in the end.

In all fairness, this move cannot be said to be fooling around, but it is still very much in line with Datang's strategy for the governance of the Western Regions.

Although Tocharian was poor, he had soldiers at his disposal.

Pressing down here, it can be regarded as finding a foothold in the west of Green Ridge, and you can carry out the next step. Among the countries of the Western Regions, Tochar's mercenaries are still quite capable of fighting.

But the problem is that this time it was Gao Xianzhi who found an excuse to "protect the tribute" to play the side ball, and the other party clearly wanted to borrow military merits to be the "king of the mountains" in Anxi, and did not take Fang Chongyong seriously.

If Fang Chongyong can't show his authority this time, and the Western Regions are so vast, then who will care about him, the ambassador of the Western Regions, in the future?

It was rare for the king to feel that something was wrong, but with his identity, he was powerless to stop it, so he had to come back and tell him.

"Let's go, let's start now, I have to trouble you and this section handsome, and go to Qiuzi again!"

Fang Chongyong sighed, his heart was so crooked.

He took Wang Rare out of the tent, and saw He Changqi playing "rock-paper-scissors" with Che Guangqian, playing very energetically. Fang Chongyong suddenly remembered the sentence: "If you have no scheming, you can have a good conversation with someone." If you get along well, then the other person's emotional intelligence must be far better than yours."

Sure enough, He Laohu didn't know that he was being played by Che Guangqian.

"Bring the most elite broken camp in the Silver Spear Filial Piety Army, and we'll go to Qiuzi now!"

Fang Chongyong's face was calm, and he ordered to He Changqi.

"Didn't the army go to Xizhou to repair? Didn't you say you had to build some mountain climbing gear? ”

He Changqi looked at Fang Chongyong with a stunned expression and asked.

Xizhou is the hometown of Gaochang country, the productivity is relatively developed, not to mention the abundant products, and the famous "Gaochang cotton" is also widely planted in the fields. After the Anxi expeditionary force arrived in Xizhou, they had to prepare a batch of cotton clothes, so that they could dare to cross the mountains and mountains without fear of the cold.

How can you be reckless to Shule in one breath?

"That's the next thing, don't make a noise, I'll tell you on the way."

Fang Chongyong couldn't help but scold, and walked directly towards the camp gate, he wanted to say hello to Fu Meng Lingcha before leaving. In the next step, the main force of the Anxi Expeditionary Force will go to Xizhou, and he will go to Qiuzi to settle accounts with Gao Xianzhi.

……

Since the opening of Kaifeng County by the canal, commerce has flourished and the population has increased day by day. There are thousands of boatmen and boatmen, and shops on both sides of the canal gather.

Nowadays, the country has been peaceful for a long time, and the farmland in Bianzhou is not enough to feed the excess population at home, so the young and strong gather at Kaifeng Ferry to beg for a living. Over time, various "guilds" gradually emerged.

There are "comptoirs" who do business; There are "Cao Xing" unloading goods at the ferry; There are even "fighting lines" that use people's money to eliminate disasters for others.

The strange status quo witnessed by Fang Youde is that there are two different "fighting lines", tangled with people fighting for territory and charging "security fees", and the locals are no longer surprised.

In the land of Bianzhou, although the business is developed and the agriculture is also okay, it is ...... In addition, there is not much that can be done to make a living, and this is not Chang'an after all! Therefore, the local people are treacherous, there are few brave and ruthless people, and there are many mercenary people.

Don't look at these beaters, it's all for money. The people in the line are all coming in according to the "contract", and if they mix here today, they may go to the other side of the river tomorrow.

Men don't care about loyalty, the reason why they are loyal is because the bargaining chips for betrayal are not enough.

This truth can be said to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in Bianzhou.

Because of the loss of the imperial court's governance, the canal management staff is lacking, and there are more than 100 people in the capital water supervisor, managing hundreds of rivers across the country, and all governance is just on paper, just talking.

Fang Youde didn't know it before, but now that he saw the chaos of the Bianzhou ferry with his own eyes, he realized that Taizong's so-called "few officials and reducing government" was basically tantamount to laissez-faire.

Step on the watermelon rind and slide wherever you go.

"Ah Lang, aren't you a general? Arrest them all and make them soldiers! ”

On the bank of the canal, Fang Laique suddenly pointed to the group of thugs who had returned home after finishing work and said.

"Yes, indeed."

Fang Youde nodded slightly and said, with a thoughtful expression.

The next day, he came to the Bianzhou Mansion and arrogantly asked Xue Jiangtong to assassinate Shi Xue Jiangtong in Bianzhou and build a yamen for himself to be the envoy of the Xuanwu Army.

Fang Youde is now the one who has entered the Lingyan Pavilion! Who would dare to snub him!

Xue Jiangtong, who was born in the "Assassin History Family", did not dare to slack off, and issued a "forced demolition order" to the houses around the yamen, ordering the people here to leave after three days, otherwise they would send someone to forcibly demolish them. Of course, he set aside another piece of land in Kaifeng, the state capital, to rebuild houses for those people.

As for the money for the construction of the house, I'm sorry, but there is no one, because this forced demolition is not for the livelihood of officials, but for the "government".

Tang Law stipulates that officials will lose money and land if they demolish other houses and build their own houses, but it is not said that the government will repair the yamen and requisition land, and pay for land requisition! It is already the emperor's grace to reallocate a piece of land in the city to rebuild the houses for those people, so if you don't accept it, go to Chang'an to sue the emperor!

Not only that, in order to give Fang Youde face, Xue Jiangtong also built a ferry on the bank of the Yellow River to "train the water army" for Fang Youde, as a training base for the Xuanwu Army, that is, the canal inspection and law enforcement team.

In addition, a special fund for the canal tax was allocated to Fang Youde to recruit soldiers, with a quota of 3,000, according to the recruitment standard of 50 per person, sufficient allocation, monthly allocation, and payment within a year.

Before the yamen was established, Fang Youde hung a sign in front of the yamen of Bianzhou Mansion to recruit brave men.

Because of the good pay, countless people came to apply. However, when Fang Youde put out the military law and rules and regulations of the Xuanwu Army, most of the conscripts immediately left.

"Article 1, those who join the Xuanwu Army will be stabbed in the face for one day, and they will not be able to take off for life."

"The second, those who win and die, the team is beheaded; Those who are defeated and return to the army will be beheaded by the team; Will lose its army, and there will be no forgiveness! ”

"Article 3, the festival degree makes the soldiers and generals eat, live and eat together, and the military merits are not graded, and only the military merits are rewarded."

“……”

Looking at this military method that made people's scalps explode, those young people who wanted to enter the Xuanwu Army to fish instantly retreated.

Many people have a question in their hearts: Bianzhou is not a border town, and there is no war to be fought, is it necessary to formulate military laws so strictly?

However, soon, in the surprised eyes of everyone, one after another burly, powerful men gritted their teeth and walked into the Bianzhou Mansion one after another to participate in the "interview" presided over by Fang Youde, the envoy of the Xuanwu Army.

Nowadays, the acres of land are becoming more and more unable to support the extra people, although the military law of the Xuanwu Army is perverted, their money is ...... That's too much!

There will be brave men under the heavy reward, and this saying will work in any dynasty.

The Xuanwu Army was established, and the news of open recruitment spread to the outside world, and young people from Bianzhou and even neighboring prefectures and counties came here.

Fang Youde selected 3,000 strong people, and later eliminated 2,000 of them, broke up a team of 100 people, stationed at various ferries along the canal, and belonged to the state capitals and yas, which did not belong to the establishment of the Xuanwu Army. The remaining 1,000 people were the soldiers of the Xuanwu Army, and he selected 300 of the bravest men from them to establish a battalion of elite soldiers.

Name: Control Crane.

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