"Miao Kui listens to orders!"

"The last general ......" The next task to be assigned is Miao Kui, who followed the expedition for the first time, he was born with a poker face, rarely smiled, did not feel funny, and did not lower his head.

"Gather 2,000 new troops, and follow this officer to the expedition at three o'clock tomorrow. Get all your box trucks ready to go together, and don't miss a mistake! Hong Tao still had a black face, and after giving the order, he seemed to be a little tired, and waved his hand to let everyone leave.

"Shh......h I still have to practice, I laughed, I almost made my official exposed! When the last person walked out of the house, Hong Tao immediately breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed his face with his hands, and kept complaining about Tsering Gongduo. His black face is not angry, but suffocated.

Why such a farce? It's not to find a reasonable excuse for his robbery, otherwise the basin that picks provocations and provokes the war will have to be deducted from his own head.

In this way, no matter whether or not they can hide it from Emperor Shenzong, anyway, the courtiers will definitely not be able to figure out whether the yellow-headed Tatars and the Tanguts are colluding together, and they can't understand this matter if they ask the Tangut government.

Now that the entire western region has effectively escaped the control of the Western Xia government, they themselves, like the Great Song court, are confused about what is happening here.

And this has the advantage of erecting a new enemy for the new army in Huangzhou. An army, a border guard, the consequences of not having the enemy are very miserable, and the more they can conquer and fight, the worse it will become.

Hong Tao will not allow this to happen, so he must raise his own respect. In the past, Kou was a Western Xia person, but now that they have confessed to it, they have to quickly change their opponents.

The yellow-headed Tatars are just temporary workers, temporarily responding to emergency situations, and the ultimate target is still Suzhou and Guazhou. It's always a hassle to have these two things blocked on the road to the Western Regions, and it's very detrimental to your layout.

With a total of 4,000 soldiers and horses, can they beat the yellow-headed Tatars, who are also nomads? Or can the smallest loss be exchanged for the greatest benefit?

There was an answer to this question after seven days, Hong Tao felt that he was sometimes too cautious, Tsering Gongduo was right, there were not so many people at all, and it was not too little to divide by two.

The yellow-headed Tatars were not quite the same as the nomadic regimes of the Western Xia and the Liao, they did not have a unified regime, they were still primitive tribal alliances, and they were still very loose.

On weekdays, when there was nothing to do, the tribes operated within their own pastures, and when there were foreign enemies, several tribal leaders met to discuss who should send how many troops, and they went to the battlefield without even unified command.

Moreover, the yellow-headed Tatars have no cities, no villages and towns, and their largest concentration of personnel is the tribal camp. One in winter and one in summer, as long as there are no major natural disasters, it will remain unchanged for many years.

The most common are small tribes of a few hundred people, and a few or a dozen small tribes are scattered in the vast grasslands and valleys to form a large tribe.

It is true that the regular army of several thousand people in such a small tribe overflows too much energy and is very inefficient. Often, the forward troops have already taken prisoners, and the main forces behind have not yet arrived at the place of engagement.

On several occasions, Hong Tao had to change the configuration of the army, dividing the 4,000 men into two fronts, thirty to fifty miles apart, and using the confessions of the captives to find the next settlement of the yellow-headed Tatars.

Later, it was still too wasteful to do so, so they simply continued to divide and split the army into four from two fronts, striving to capture as many prisoners of war as possible before the limited supplies ran out.

This efficiency has really increased exponentially, and in just ten days, Hong Tao had to choose to retreat and end this so-called self-defense counterattack.

The reason is very simple, the carts were full, and there were more than 4,700 prisoners of war, most of whom were still young and strong, and all the children and old people were left. Otherwise, just eating and drinking every day will cost people's lives, and even if there are enough cattle and sheep to be robbed, serving more than 4,000 people to eat is a big project.

In addition, Hong Tao also realized a problem, in terms of how to plunder the technical level, the Qingtang soldiers were more familiar with the road than the Huangzhou New Army. More than half of the prisoners of war were captured by them, and they did not delay in snatching the west.

The style is the same, all the camps will be wiped out, and nothing will be left, even cow dung will be collected as fuel. At this time, the three horses of each Qingtang soldier were almost full, and they had basically lost their ability to maneuver, and they all became convoys.

"All the gold is kept, and the rest is used as trophies for the brothers." Hong Tao was pretended to be generous again, and he didn't take anything except the captives and gold.

This made the Qingtang soldiers happy, and they couldn't wait to become a new army in Huangzhou immediately, so that they could follow this generous official to rob again and again in the future, and they didn't have to worry about taking risks in vain, and they would have a good harvest once they went.

"Five hundred soldiers will be sent to my officers, and my new army does not understand their language. Let your people help me watch them go to work on road construction sites, and how about the salaries are the same as those of the new army? ”

In Hong Tao's style, of course, the benefits cannot be taken by others in vain, and they have to be compensated more or less, but this time they want manpower. On the question of how to drive the prisoners of war to work, Hong Tao felt that the new army would not be better than the Qingtang soldiers, after all, they were originally a semi-slave society.

In addition, Hong Tao didn't want the hatred of the yellow-headed Tatars to be sprayed on the Great Song Dynasty and share half of it among the Tubo people.

"The last general is willing to take people there himself!" Tsering Gongduo was even more shameless, as soon as he heard that he could go to Liangzhou to station, he just stared at these prisoners of war to work, and he began to salivate. He has already seen the food of the new army in Huangzhou in Ganzhou, and there is meat and vegetables in a meal, this Nima is simply heaven!

"No, the yellow-headed Tatars will definitely come to retaliate, maybe it will be Ganzhou. There are not only castles here, but also lime mines and lime kilns, which you need to guard. Although Liangzhou is good, there is no spoils to take, and Ganzhou is bitter, but your people can go there in batches, and the captured captives will be exchanged with you with canned food and gas lamps? ”

Don't be funny, who will guard Ganzhou when they all go to Liangzhou to enjoy happiness? However, relying only on Xi Luosa's orders was not enough for these Qingtang soldiers to be stationed in this barren land in a down-to-earth manner, and the necessary benefits had to be given.

But this expense cannot be paid by oneself, and the source must fall on the head of the yellow-headed Tatar. When they meet Hong Tao, a master who catches a toad and takes out urine, they are also unlucky.

"My lord, please rest assured, even if the last general is smeared with liver and brain, he will not let Ganzhou be in any danger!" Tsering Gondo is not stupid, and he instantly understood the key.

Lord Shuai said that he could exchange prisoners of war for supplies, and allowed his soldiers to continue to plunder the territory of the Yellow Tatars. This is much stronger than going to Liangzhou to enjoy happiness, not only meat to eat but also loot, and how much you grab is your own!

"Don't just think about making money for yourself, no matter how much money you have, you have to spend it. The official thinks that if you take out some of the loot and send it back to Qingtang to give it to your brother, you should live a little longer. ”

He doesn't have much affection for Tsering Gongduo Hongtao, he doesn't have enough knowledge, and his brain is not smart enough, but he is more obedient and willing to touch new things, which is related to his special forces life for most of the year.

Since obedience will be rewarded, it is very important to remind him how to be a good deputy to the leader, especially this kind of general who leads the troops outside, and it is very dangerous to show loyalty to the leader from time to time.

“…… The last general understands, thank you for mentioning it......" Tsering Gongduo's face immediately turned white, and he probably swallowed all the loot he had robbed before, and at the same time remembered that his brother was no longer a simple brother, but also the owner of Qingtang, and his younger brother seemed to be a little not very sensible.

"Don't be too nervous, this time the official brought hundreds of rockets and some armor, and you can also bring them back by the way. When he saw Xi Luosa, he said that he had wanted to return a long time ago, but he just asked the official to stay and wait for this batch of supplies. But to go back quickly, you can't do without this place. ”

Fooling people must be a complete set, not only to think about the shortcomings for others, but also to have specific measures to make up for them. In this way, Tsering Gongdo will owe himself a favor in his heart, regardless of whether Xi Luosa has an opinion or not, his image as a bad brother is beginning to take shape.

What do you call provoking? That is, the-stirring stick Hong is not called in vain. As soon as the brothers, who had trusted each other, let him stir up, maybe a rift appeared. As soon as he stirred it up, he had to turn against him in an instant.

Even if he doesn't succeed, he has nothing to lose, and it is often easier to succeed if he makes a move with this kind of peace of mind.