After Liang Xiao received the holy decree and the official seal, he distributed the official seals and rewards of the rest of the soldiers together.

Long before Sima Ling came, Liang Xiao had already rewarded the soldiers in the north in advance in accordance with the official document sent by the capital, so as not to sharpen their knives in battle and distribute the rewards during the period when they needed to go on the expedition, causing chaos.

In particular, the soldiers of Yanzhou took the reward and sent it home with confidence, along with the merit certificate issued by the army.

The single opening of the genealogy is a great encouragement for the simple ancient people.

This time, Liang Xiao gathered the northern army, and Jizhou also had 30,000 troops transferred to Jixian County to respond to the Quartet at any time.

In addition, there are 200,000 people and 50,000 logistics soldiers.

At the mouth of the Great Wall, 20,000 original defenders of Yanzhou were arranged, encamped, and a large number of roadblocks were set up to prevent the Beihu people from killing back the horse pistol and destroying the animal husbandry that the Great Zhou had finally done.

Some of the livestock has been shipped to other states and counties to reward soldiers and increase production.

The focus is on some stallions and mares, whose quality is slightly better than that of the horses produced in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and there are quite a few of them, which can be temporarily used as the main body of the Great Zhou military horses before the large-scale promotion of good horses in the Western Regions.

Long Wushuang and the others were also excited when they received the official seal and the marquis seal.

Because there are a lot of generals and schools of the feudal marquis this time, except for Liang Xiao, most of the feudal marquis soldiers get the annual income equivalent to the corresponding food and yi income, which is more stable than the original and more stable for the imperial court.

After Long Wushuang made meritorious service, he was also relieved to send his wife and children to the capital, where there was also Dongye Luoxi's second uncle Dongye Hongji, who could help appropriately.

Higashino Xuanji also received a call from the imperial court, and in the future, he could lead his people to Beijing as officials.

The situation of this year's imperial examination is also a little better than last year, the common people have fewer high schools, but there are more poor students in high schools than before, which can alleviate the current situation of the invisible monopoly of the imperial examinations by the big family.

After Liang Xiao made the arrangements, he returned home and informed Gongsun Yue and Diana.

"This year's weather is colder than in previous years, I am about to go on an expedition, you can go back to Beijing and wait for me, and you can also reunite with Xue'er and them."

Gongsun Yue said aggrievedly: "People still have to help you take care of Yanzhou's industry, you can suffer the hardships of the desert, how can I not bear the hardships of Yanzhou!" Moreover, when you triumph, this place is closer to the capital......"

Diana also nodded again and again, looking reluctant.

Liang Xiao was not reluctant after all, but just told them to pay attention to the cold and keep warm.

The three girls were reluctant to send Liang Xiao back to the camp.

In the barracks, the soldiers were full of soldiers, and everyone was excited.

This time, the Great Zhou Wuwei 13,200, the Yanyun Iron Cavalry 24,000, the Xuanwei Cavalry 2,000, and the 10,000 Yellow River Water Army were temporarily reorganized into the Divine Arm Crossbow Team.

In addition, there are 50,000 logistics troops, close to 100,000.

If you count 200,000 people, it is 300,000.

In ancient times, in an army with a quarter of cavalry, logistics troops accounted for at least half, or even more.

The journey of the army to the west was less than a month, and the grain and grass required did not need much, and the focus was on the subsequent northern expedition.

According to the reports of the scouts who penetrated north of the mouth of the Great Wall, as Liang Xiao expected, they did not find that the army of the Beihu people had withdrawn to the desert.

After all, the supplies of the Beihu army were not enough to support them to flee back to the royal court, so they could only seek the support of the Beihu Western army.

Liang Xiao arranged the people and logistics, and waited in the area around the mouth of the Great Wall.

The dead horses of Beihu that were captured before were used to reward the left-behind troops and the people's husbands, and now there are a large number of captured cattle and sheep, which are fat and strong, and it is more than enough to reward the three armies.

Duan Yunyi gave Liang Xiao, the marshal of the Northern Territory, enough power.

Liang Xiao was not stingy, and together with the people who accompanied him, he supplied meat for a month.

100,000 soldiers, and 150,000 war horses, accompanied by a large number of pack horses, carriages, and ox carts.

"The marshal has an order: expel Beihu, sweep the desert, and when the time comes, immediately go on the expedition!"

As Liang Xiao's military order spread, the 100,000-strong army, mighty, went out of the mouth of the Great Wall and directly rushed to the Hetao area in the west.

In the last game, Liang Xiao achieved an unprecedented victory, 50,000 to 200,000, giving the soldiers in the north unprecedented confidence.

This time, the enemy army is only 40,000, and his own 100,000 troops, 50,000 combat soldiers, and more than half of the cavalry, there is no reason to fail!

Knowing that Liang Xiao was on the expedition, the people of Yanzhou sent the spare cotton and linen at home to support Liang Xiao's victory over the enemy, and Taishou Mansion should purchase it at market price.

Xuanwei led Sima Ling to sit in Yanzhou, temporarily guarding the northern border for Liang Xiao, assisted by Gu Pingxiu and others.

The promotion of Zhuge Yu and other civil officials is also on the agenda.

This time, the Great Zhou army carried a sufficient amount of supplies, and the carriages that emptied the materials were directly dismantled and used to burn fires along the way, in order to complete the western expedition as soon as possible.

The army marched halfway, and in the afternoon of the same day, they set up camp and chose a place with abundant water and grass.

A team of fast horses to the west attracted the attention of the Great Zhou scouts.

"Emperor Beihu Feng sent an envoy with the head of Tuoba Pavilion to ask to see the marshal!"

Liang Xiao, who was discussing with the generals, heard the news and immediately arranged a meeting.

The envoy sent the head of Tuoba Pavilion and the official seal of the Great Zhou, as well as some letters and clothes that could prove his identity, and knelt in front of Liang Xiao.

"The two countries should have turned the war into a jade silk, but it was all because Tuoba Pavilion and Tuoba Jun provoked us, we only listened to the rumors for a while, raised troops to the south, and regretted not being at the beginning!"

"Tuoba Pavilion has been subdued, as long as the Marquis of Lanling agrees, Shan Yu is willing to give 100,000 taels of gold and 1 million taels of silver to the Marquis of Lanling in the future, and from then on he will be a vassal to the south and never ......rebel again."

The envoy burst into tears, and after accusing the Tuoba clan of the crimes, he gave many assurances to the Wind Emperor.

"Tribute of gold and silver in the future?" Liang Xiao squinted slightly, staring at the messenger.

The envoy hurriedly said: "We are only willing to pay tribute to the Marquis of Lanling, and we will be sent in the future!" ”

"Presumptuous! It's all at the end of the road, and it's still harboring evil intentions, and you can't try to trap our marshal?! ”

Mu Lingxiao was the first to reprimand.

The generals were also outraged.

The meaning of the other party is quite obvious, the Beihu people only recognize Liang Xiao as the master, and invisibly tempt Liang Xiao to claim the emperor and rebel.

Liang Xiao said: "You go back to inform Shan Yu, let him take the sheep with him, take all the Beihu soldiers, dismiss the troops and unload the armor, and come to the camp to take the blame, otherwise everything will not be discussed." ”

The messenger's face was troubled.

"You're trying to say that it's better to flee back into the desert, right?" Liang Xiao smiled.

The messenger was speechless.

In today's situation, the Beihu people face Liang Xiao, and there is no secret at all.

Liang Xiao said with a straight face: "Our army will continue to march tomorrow, let Shan Yu be captured, active or passive, it all depends on his consciousness!" ”

The envoy still tried to negotiate, but Liang Xiao just ordered someone to entertain him and his party with good wine and meat, and sent them away overnight.

"Marshal, just let him run away, isn't that a leak of the news in vain?" The soldiers were a little worried.

Liang Xiao smiled mysteriously: "Do you think there can be such a good thing?" ”

Lin Xiu, who was with the army, and Shifang looked at each other and smiled.

"Naturally, there can't be, the marshal should want to see which direction the envoy is going back!"

Liang Xiao nodded and said, "Not bad!" At this moment, the moon is dark and the wind is high, and the eighteen cavalry of Yanyun have secretly sent troops to track this mission. ”