Chapter XXIII

The heavens and the earth rolled like thunder, and the distant horizon was dusty. The war horse under Yun Xiao's crotch was restless, and its four hooves kept kicking on the grass. Yun Xiao had to lean down and brush Xiao Jin's mane to calm it down.

In order to show off in front of the head of the family, Ba Zhen, Bayan, and Ba Du can vigorously toss these cavalry. One moment to perform sprinting, and the other to perform riding archery. The offensive and defensive drills on the grassland were very familiar, and it could be seen that Batu's sons trained these cavalrymen with hard labor.

A platoon of cavalry meteors galloped in front of Yun Xiao, and the arrows in their hands were aimed at the target two hundred paces away one after another. In a short time, the target was already shot into a hedgehog. The missed arrows were as few as stars, and Yun Xiao nodded with satisfaction.

"Hou Ye is still satisfied, these are all according to Hou Ye's orders. The able-bodied children of the poor herdsmen were paid a monthly salary. A contract was signed to break away from the original tribe. They only fought for the queen mother and the little master. The original tribe no longer had any restraint on them, for the sake of their freedom. The Queen Mother has paid a lot of money. Batu reluctantly rode on a Dawan horse and said to Yun Xiao.

"What has been Donghu's finances over the years, and can there be anything that cannot make ends meet?" Yun Xiao knew that raising soldiers was actually throwing money, and there was no sufficient material security. It's a joke to want to raise elite soldiers. At the very least, you have to give adequate guarantees for the food and drink of tens of thousands of people.

"Thanks to the Hou Ye, I have relied on planting cotton and various fruit and vegetable specialties over the years. Donghu made a lot of money, and the annual tariffs were also quite a bit. The merchants of the Western Regions all transported their goods to Donghu, where they were sold to Han Chinese merchants.

Han was very fond of the jewelry of the Western Regions, as well as wool carpets and brocade cloaks. A cloak made of Tibetan antelope wool is particularly popular. As long as the merchants of the Han land passed through Jiuquan, they would be levied several times the heavy tax. When the merchants of the Western Regions arrived in Wuwei, they also had heavy taxes waiting for them.

In this way, the merchants of the Western Regions could only hoard goods in Zhangye and sell. And the merchants of the Han region can only come to Zhangye to buy if they want to buy goods. After coming and going, Zhangye has now become the center of trade between the Western Regions and the Han Dynasty. The annual deed tax was enough to feed the army of 50,000 men, and the Queen Mother rewarded the tribes loyal to the Queen Mother with cotton and other inputs. and use them against the tribes that are not subservient, in spite of this. There was still a lot of money left every year, and the queen mother asked the old slave to purchase pig iron and Dawan horses.

The 50,000 iron horsemen in front of you, although the armor on their bodies is not comparable to our genuine products. But. Compared with the other countries in the Western Regions, it is not a little stronger. Even if you meet the Huns, you don't have two or three times the number of troops, don't try to win favor under them. ”

Old Batu introduced with confidence, and indeed these fighters are all fierce and abnormal. and the Yun family guards who are better equipped than them, don't let it go. The elder Batu has good reasons for self-confidence.

"A soldier is a soldier, and only a soldier who has seen blood is a good soldier. Our guards can fight, and that's because they have all experienced tragic bloody battles. Over the years, the battle has been fought smoothly, and it is not as tragic as before. The soldiers were not as useful as the old men who came down from Lingwu at the beginning.

The army must have a kind of iron-blooded spirit, and this kind of spirit cannot be trained in military training. It can only be cultivated with human blood. There are both enemy and own. This time the Huns came, it was a good opportunity. Wait for the knock, let's let that Yi Zhi slanted into a nail once. Let him, the overlord of the grassland, never return to the grassland desert. ”

"Hahaha! Hou Ye is still so heroic, it is really happy to follow Hou Ye to fight. Those boys at home also miss those days and say to these idiots in Donghu. They still don't believe it, and in their eyes the Huns are invincible. The old slave told them about the tragedy of the Lingwu war, and they actually doubted the authenticity of the old slave's words. was so angry that the old slave turned his face at the banquet. Cut three in a row. The guy who talks yin and yang. ”

Old Batu's hand holding his beard trembled a little, obviously very excited. Yun Xiao smiled slightly. No need to point an iron-blooded wrist. It is difficult to restrain these insatiable Donghu nobles, and the main purpose of Yinyin's armed elite army is probably to deter those Donghu nobles. Instead of dealing with the Huns, it seems that Donghu is also full of contradictions within it.

"Is there anyone else in Donghu who opposes us? I mean the kind of person who can threaten Yun Ao's position. ”

"Over the years, the Queen Mother has been beating and pulling, and the Donghu nobles have stopped a lot. Many nobles are also sincerely attached to us, after all, as long as they are loyal to the Queen Mother, they will have a large amount of wealth every year. However, although on the surface, no one dared to openly oppose the Queen Mother and the little master. Privately, though. There are still many Donghu people who are dissatisfied. ”

"Oh, what are they unhappy about?" Yun Xiao asked curiously.

"It's mainly a matter of the pedigree of the little master." Batuu's voice was a little low, and it seemed like it was a big problem. A king of the Donghu people is a descendant of two Han people. The little thing about Yun Xiao and Yin Yin is, after all, a matter of paper and fire. It is estimated that everyone in Donghu now knows it. It's not impossible.

"Those who are dissatisfied are all the royal families of the original Donghu?" Yun Xiao turned his head to ask Batuu.

"It is indeed those Donghu nobles who wrap up the descendants of the original Empress Dowager Baldgan. They all hated the Queen Mother and the little master very much. There was an assassination attempt in the past, but fortunately we found out beforehand. This did not cause a catastrophe, and we killed many people in the whole city of Dasuo. Anyway, the situation is under control.

But they still let the culprits escape, and now they are operating in the border area between Donghu and the Xiongnu. Bayan went on a campaign once, but was pressed back by twice the Hun cavalry.

The old slave has a bad body, and Zhang Ye needs soldiers to guard him. So, several times I wanted to attack them. None of them were able to mobilize troops. ”

"Humph! Well, since the Huns are coming to attack. The first stop must have been them, the Huns were not familiar with the Donghu people. These people are the best guides, and now Benhou is here. Naturally, they could not be kept, and it was estimated that the Huns would attack before the first snow came.

Why don't we take advantage of this half a month to raid. Strive to take down this force in one fell swoop, so that Ben Hou can also take a look. Is the guy you train a sheep or a fierce sheepdog? ”

"Hahaha, with Hou Ye's iron horse. With these good boys, what are those rebels afraid of? It's really a pleasure to follow Hou Ye to do things, please give Hou Ye an order. Batu is willing to be a pioneer. ”

"Forget it, you're not in good shape. is still recuperating in Zhangye, let Ba Zhen follow me with 10,000 people, and let the young men also see blood. There's an egg to train here all day, and everything that should be practiced is pretty much the same. It's true to go to the battlefield and experience it. ”

Yun Xiao made a plan to strike at the rebellious Donghu nobles first, if they were allowed to live and multiply on the border between Donghu and the Xiongnu. This is always a tumor that grows on Donghu's body, and since it is a tumor, surgery must be performed first.

Suoerhan Chira has been lurking in Zhangye City for more than a month, and for more than a month, he has been non-stop to buy off those old and young who are dissatisfied with the Yun family's rule of Donghu.

Baldgan was already inextricably linked with the Huns, and her sons and nephews were even closer to the Huns. In the time of the Balgans, they were the ones in power. But now, the phoenix in distress is obviously inferior to the chicken. They were often harassed by the nobles, and they were bullied in the city.

Many outstanding children and grandchildren were driven out of their original places of employment and abandoned like rags. Even those who were not driven out were all sent outside Zhangye City. Or manage a Zhuangzi, or camp on a barren mountain to count sand.

"Lord Suorhan Chira, it's not good. Han people, many Han people came. These Han Chinese, dressed in black armor, heard that they had already entered the city. The Queen Mother took the king to the city gate to greet her, and someone was at the welcoming ceremony. I heard that bastard call daddy to a Han man. ”

Munch slammed his fist on the table with some indignation, with a deep hatred on his face. That shameless slut also dares to call herself the queen mother. She tarnished the noble blood of the Donghu people, and actually held up the child born from herself and the Han to be the king.

"Han Chinese, how many are there?" Suoerhan Chira heard that the Han people came, and they were wearing iron armor. My heart trembled, and I heard that the king of Donghu actually called the leader of the Han army to be his father. I don't know if Yun Xiao came over in person. This is a big deal, every defeat of the Huns over the years is related to this Han man called Yunhou.

If it was really Yunhou who came with his invincible black-armored cavalry, he must hurry up and report to Lord Zhongxingyue. Donghu is prepared, could it be that the information of the royal court will not be leaked. Suerhan frowned, thinking about various possible countermeasures.

"It looks like there are more than 10,000 people. But not all cavalry. There were also a lot of soldiers sitting in the cart, which seemed to be the chariot soldiers of the Han army.

Tomorrow, the old dog will arrange a training session. For the Hou Ye of the Yun family to see how powerful those dog legs are. Hmph, all descendants of a group of slaves. Even if you train every day, you can be as strong as you can. "Monk looks down on the little guys that Batu has trained. When did the serfs also begin to enjoy the right to war between the nobility.

Poor Yunxiao was cursed by the Munch brothers, and he didn't shut up until he was tired of scolding Munch. But after a while, he jumped to his feet and cursed. When, slaves were also able to use weapons.

"You mean, there's a drill tomorrow. It is said that it is to let people see his black-armored cavalry, and I saw it today with two legs and a belly, and I didn't see two heads grow. ”

"Good! Since you dare to show your face in Donghu, you shouldn't mind letting me take Xiang Shang's head. "Suerhan Chira was happily obscene. (To be continued......)