King Zhou An was fifteen years old, and he was in Jiawu.

This is the seventh year since Mo Zhai's death.

On a wasteland northeast of Gaoliu in Zhao State, a team of cavalry was rushing.

The knights all wore the short brown trousers of the Mojia Yishi, and there were long swords hanging on the saddles, which were longer than three feet, which was obviously not a bronze sword, and it was the iron sword that had begun to appear in all countries today.

The sword body is straight and has a ring head, and at a glance, you can see that this is the standard iron sword of the Mo family.

The horse's hooves are galloping, and there is indeed the momentum of Zhao Keman's beard and sassy like a meteor.

This group of people is a company, one hundred and fifty people.

When they arrived on a high ground, the company commander blew the bronze whistle, which was really forbidden, and more than 100 people gathered in unison and quickly lined up.

High underground, a man rode a jujube red horse with white spots on his forehead and ran towards this side.

When they got to the high ground, they saw that there was a man tied to the back of the horse behind the man, who was struggling.

When the company commander saw the man approaching, he asked, "Prisoner, who told you to arrest someone?" Isn't this a scareless? It's good to say that you also learned it in the Peixian Academy, and now Sima Chang is also in charge of more than 20 people, and you don't even know about this? ”

The prisoner threw the man behind him to the ground and said with a smile: "Company commander, you have to blame me for this." I followed behind, in fact, they had been eyeing me for a long time. Three people wanted to arrest me, but when I saw that it was already exposed, I had to kill one of them, and I grabbed one of them and came back to ask. ”

Even the representative knew that he was not a person who didn't know the importance of it, so he nodded and said, "If that's the case, that's right." What do you think? ”

Shu Prisoner nodded and said, "More than 200 people, more than 50 carts." If you have a gun, you should be going to trade with Lou Annoying. ”

He dismounted, walked over to the man who was still struggling, drew his iron sword and put it behind the man's back, and untied the rope from his mouth with one hand.

As soon as the captive's mouth was opened, he said, "You'd better leave this matter alone." These transactions are all involving nobles, and you have already made too many enemies, so why bother to kill yourself? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he was kicked heavily in the back and immediately fell to the ground.

After the prisoner behind him scolded and kicked him, he said in his heart: "Noble, noble...... My father even caught the king of Yue and the king of Chu, how expensive is the person behind you? ”

I was disdainful in my heart, but I didn't scold it on my lips.

Seeing this, even the representative smiled and said, "You also know the rules of the Takayanagi market. Let's not say that the mutual market can only be in Takayanagi, let's just say that the goods you trade ...... Whoever smuggled iron swords, stirrups, leather armor, guns, copper, and gunpowder to the market, the head of the smuggling was beheaded. We're eyeing you, so we know what you're shipping. ”

"Since you have taken this path, you want to be familiar with this place. You must have seen the hanged man hanging from the tree outside Takayanagi Castle, right? Why can't you transport these big truths of trading with the Hu people, I won't tell you anymore, you know it. After the nobles, our Mohists only care about the rules of heaven and the writing of the law, when do we care about the nobles? ”

Since Qu Jiang led more than 80 people from the Mo family to Gaoliu seven years ago, Gaoliu has gradually become an important city in the exchange of cities with Linhu and Lou Fu.

Here to the north of two or three hundred miles, there is a big lake, and there is grassland, the water and grass are abundant, it is the place where the various tribe settlements of Linhu Lou are resting and recuperating.

Not only opened the mutual market, but the Mo family also provided some more materials commonly used by the Hu people in exchange for horses and sheepskins, but there were strict regulations for some special commodities that were not allowed to be traded with each other.

This was recognized by Zhao Hou and designated as a decree, but there are still many smugglers.

Behind many businessmen, they all have aristocratic backgrounds. Every time you go, you can make a lot of profits, especially the forbidden stirrups, iron swords, arrows, and the like.

At this time, the Hu people were still in the copper and stone stage, and there was very little copper, and the arrows were mostly made of bones. A complete set of stirrup saddles can be exchanged for high-quality horses, which are necessary for each nobleman to increase his strength.

The high profits, as well as the hidden military and political uses, often led to desperate people, and corpses hung high in trees outside Takayanagi Castle to make an example.

The captive man thought of some rumors about the Mo family, and thought of the corpse hanging outside Gaoliu City that he had seen before, and finally shuddered.

The captive scolded: "If you want to be a 'righteous man' loyal to your master, then don't say anything, wouldn't it be beautiful to die a well-deserved death?" If you still want to live, say whatever you ask. Hesitant, not a cool person. ”

The man hesitated for a moment, looking at the cold light of the swords held by these people, knowing that these people were not lying, and killing people would not care about the nobles behind them, so he had to nod his head and signal to speak.

"What's being shipped?"

"Iron swords, stirrups."

"For what?"

"Horses."

"Where to trade?"

"Between the valleys north of Xiushui."

"How many people are there?"

"Two hundred and forty, forty spears, one hundred and twenty bows, all with swords."

"Who's behind it?"

Asked this, the captured man was finally silent, thought for a long time, and said slowly: "Que and Jun." ”

Que and Jun, named Zhao Lan, is a branch of Zhao Xianzi when he was a son, and the food is in Que He, which is the nobles of the Zhao family.

It's just that after hearing this name, the person who asked didn't panic, let alone tremble, just asked quietly, "How many times have you traded?" ”

"Three times...... This is the third time. ”

After asking a few more questions, the company commander asked someone to take him to the back, and the company representative gathered the backbone of the company to discuss it.

Shu Prisoner Qi is already Sima Chang, and he became a Mo Master when he was in Peidi, so it is natural for such a backbone to discuss synonymous meetings.

Nine people sat on the ground in a circle, and the company commander said: "Que and Jun are involved, this is interesting." ”

Shu Prisoner's face showed a look of disdain and indifference: "We all know that Que is friendly with Jun and Gongzi, it seems that the battle between Zhao Guo and Gongzi is really interesting." In order to compete for the throne, Mo said that Lin Hu Lou was annoying, but he was afraid that Yi Di, who was ten times more ferocious and tyrannical, could also make friends. ”

"What are the citizens in the eyes of these people? It's just captive pigs and dogs, as long as they can eat their flesh and blood, let alone trade with Lin Hu, I'm afraid that as long as they can get a fief by leading Lin Hu soldiers into the Kou, it is normal. The princes called Huaxia, but when the people Shenhou didn't invite the dog to enter the pickaxe capital, all the women's property was taken by themselves? ”

He is a typical Peixian upbringing of the new generation of young ink people, who have received some radical education since he was a child, and he has always been disdainful of aristocratic martial virtues and the like in his words, and he is very arrogant about the old rules.

Lian Deputy snorted and scolded: "It's useless to reason with them." It's just a little difficult to do, two or three hundred people, and there are carriages, bows, crossbows, and muskets, and our company has no artillery, so it's not easy to attack. ”

The captive suggested, "That's right. Tell someone to bring the captive back to the border fort and gather his troops. More than 100 of us will surround it first. If they dare to go, we will attack; If you don't leave, let's wait for the people from the border fort to come and besiege it. If you just let them go, that's not going to work. ”

It is more than 70 miles away from the border fort, and the border fort is not all such an elite cavalry as them, many of them are infantry, if you wait until you go to pursue it, I am afraid that the opportunity will be missed.

After the death of Mozi, the Si Shang generation carried out many changes and established the "Sishang Military Academy" that specialized in training grassroots officers.

The two years of formal military education taught some basic company-level offense, defense, and army management, as well as some simple military strategies. If there is really a war, it is necessary to expand the army on a large scale and recruit all those who have served in the army, a person like him can directly be the company commander and company representative, but it is not necessary for the time being.

He is regarded as a "root and Miao Hei" ink master, his father is the earliest member of the righteous teacher, captured the king of Chu Yue Wang, if he stays in Sishang, in fact, he has a very nourishing life: Yu Su, who cooperated with his father Shuqing Wang in the battle of Lushui, is now a brigade commander; His name is appropriately given by the number two person in the Mo family today; My father had the highest rank of military merit medal in the army; When he was at the Sishang Military Academy, he was a member of the Keju team in the army......

He was a restless man, full of the passion and fanaticism of young people in the world, and there were horses at home, and since he was a child, he was skilled in equestrianism, so he took the initiative to invite Ying to come to Takayanagi.

There are not many officers like him who came from a "professional class" in Takayanagi.

The opinions were put forward, and the nine people discussed it, and the company commander smiled and said: "Your kid's head is ......."

The words of the company commander also exposed his Mo family background, at this time, except for the Mo family, the mainstream ideas in the world believe that people's thoughts are out of the "heart" rather than the "brain".

Sometimes a simple sentence can reveal whether it is an inker who "mourns for Mr. for three days and is obviously fatherless".

At this time, there were still dozens of miles away from the convoy that traded contraband with Lin Hu. The company carried enough food to feed for seven days, and enough gunpowder to fight a battle.

In terms of military system, they are considered "foot knights", and their main training is to dismount and line up to fight on foot, mainly because most of the soldiers are local farmers, and all the horses in the family rely on horses to farm, and normal horseback riding or something is also since childhood.

Compared with the most elite trained spear-wielding "warrior knights", they are inferior to the impact of horseback fighting; Compared with the elite infantry brigades in Sishang who fought from the Battle of Lushui to the most battle, the battle in array was not as good; But pursuits, sneak attacks, and battlefield maneuvers are unmatched.

In addition, their enemies are mainly the tribal riders of Lin Hu and Lou Fu, and the Mo family has muskets in their hands, iron swords in their waists, elite soldiers and iron armor...... The cavalry of Lin Hu Lou was annoyed, and the single bow used at this time could not be used for more than thirty paces, and the arrows were mostly made of bones, and there were no stirrups and saddles.

Although he was confident and proud, he did not reach the point of being invincible, and if a company went to besiege more than 200 noble private soldiers, the losses would be great.

In addition, now those people have also learned the tactics of the Mo family on the grassland: relying on the car to form a formation, which is used to hold on.

Without the cooperation of artillery, it is indeed difficult to fight, and it is really unnecessary to cause casualties. If you follow them, let those people dare not go, drag them back, and wait for the infantry and artillery of the border fort to be dispatched, and you will be victorious.