The steppe peoples and the farming peoples are inherently hostile, just as it is the same reason that after the land reaches the limit of the population, it is difficult for a dynasty to sustain.

Supplies are scarce on the grasslands, and there is a shortage of necessary things such as tea, salt, and iron. In ordinary herdsmen's homes, there is not even an iron pot. In winter, heavy snow falls on the grassland, the snowflakes are as big as fists, it can really crush people, the whole grassland is white, cattle and sheep and other livestock will inevitably freeze to death, starve to death, so it is also called "white disaster". Under these circumstances, the Golden Horde would organize a large-scale cavalry to plunder southward every autumn to store food for the coming winter, and at the same time would take away a large number of craftsmen and women.

Naturally, the Central Plains Imperial Court will not sit idly by, and since the beginning of autumn this year, the Liaodong Frontier Army has been tugging back and forth with the Golden Horde Army for more than a month, and each has suffered damage.

At this time last year, it was Zhao Zheng who personally led the army, but this year it was replaced by Qin Xiang. In all fairness, Zhao Zheng was born as a civilian official, although he can't talk about military affairs, but he is definitely not a famous general in the world, Zhao Zheng is still good at political affairs, which can be seen from his well-organized governance of Liaodong. However, Qin Xiang was born as a military attaché, and the recovery of Xijing, Qinzhou, and Liangzhou from the Golden Horde was enough to make him famous in history.

Qin Xiang also lived up to expectations, and for the first time he led the army, he resisted the army of the Golden Horde outside Liaodong. This is also Qin Xiang, and no one else has such means. Together, the leader is the leader, the soldier is the soldier, the art of war is godly, the command does not command the subordinate soldiers, it is useless, no matter how good the army is, the soldiers under his command are willing to fight to the death and do not retreat, but the use of soldiers is a mess, and it is also in vain. Originally, there were two major border army iron cavalry in the imperial court, namely the Northwest Iron Cavalry and the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, and now the Northwest Iron Cavalry no longer exists in the world, only the Liaodong Iron Cavalry remains, and it is inevitable that the arrogant soldiers will be replaced by people with less qualifications, and they must be untamed, but Qin Xiang is different, the old ministers of the three dynasties, and the great feats of recovering the northwest, are known as the "Northwest Heavenly Pillar", and no one is dissatisfied with the military camp.

On a border between Liaodong and the Golden Horde, an ironclad cavalry stood still. Although the leader is already half a hundred years old, he is not old, and he is still heroic.

This person is Qin Xiang, who was born in the Vientiane School Palace, but he abandoned literature and martial arts, and abandoned pen and Rong. Because of Zhang Suqing's reuse, he led the army to recover the northwest, and then was affected by Zhang Suqing, dismissed the official and was imprisoned, and finally returned to the mountains and forests.

When Qin Xiang was famous all over the world, some famous people in the literary world once made couplets to praise Qin Xiang.

Ying Yun Yu Laochen, not crowned in the army, has been crowned on the altar, from the south of Qin, Dingliang north, crisscrossing the northwest of Liangshu in Qinzhong, looking at Kunlun in the west;

Multi-material and beauty, the beginning of fine skills, following the fine arts, like ribbons, love to throw pots, dabbling in the divination of yin and yang strange follow-up, a sense of poetry;

After Qin Xiang returned to his hometown, some people gave him a couplet.

Mention the hero's three-foot sword, sweep the Central Plains, support the South Heavenly Pillar, take charge of the North Gate, decide the East Country, wave the West Earth Spear, and leave more questions for thousands of miles, and new sarong sentences everywhere.

Dressed in the clothes of the six dynasties, he came to find the old Yu, the king of Han, the king of Han, the Xie Fu Qi, the resignation of Liang's father, and the song of Gu Zhoulang.

Such a figure, willing to assist Zhao Zheng, has such a great influence, which is also the reason why the imperial court did not agree to Qin Xiang's northward march to Liaodong.

At this time, Qin Xiang stopped his horse, and the entire army could only follow Qin Xiang's movements to stop the horse's hooves.

The thunderous sound of horses' hooves disappeared, but the dust that was raised could not fall.

Qin Xiang said to the accompanying generals beside him: "To lead the army, the key is the spirit spirit, that is, the soul, if the soul is lost, there will be an army of millions in the air, and it will also be a rabble." But as long as there is that spirit of fighting to the death, there are only 10,000 people, and they can be invincible. Since the Ming Dynasty, the combat strength of the officers and troops has been deteriorating. What is the purpose of being a soldier, either to make meritorious contributions, to seal a wife and a son, or to be a soldier and be paid. Now that the world is noble and martial, don't think about making meritorious contributions, the officials have enough money to swallow, and they can't eat their salaries. What kind of battle are you fighting? Some veterans often say that if you fire three shots in the sky, you are worthy of the emperor. ”

The faces of several generals changed slightly, and they secretly beat drums in their hearts, secretly wondering if the big handsome was beating them.

Qin Xiang didn't look at the expressions of these generals, he still looked into the distance, and said to himself: "Raising troops is the first thing to spend money on. At that time, the champion Hou fought thousands of miles without a single defeat, and he never shared weal and woe with the soldiers, he liked luxury and delicacies, even on the march, but his soldiers never gave birth to dissatisfaction, why?"

The generals looked at each other.

Qin Xiang said: "The reason is very simple, use the money to feed the soldiers, and give everything that should be given, and the soldiers naturally don't care about how extravagant the lord will be." I'm afraid that the soldiers below are very bitter, and the main generals above are squandering, and they don't suffer from widowhood but unevenness, which is easy to cause trouble. Therefore, it is impossible to share the weal and woe with the generals and the soldiers, since there is no money to let the soldiers and the main generals share the joys and sorrows, so they have to let the main generals and the soldiers share the sorrows. ”

Several generals were silent.

Qin Xiang said with a smile: "The ministry and others have done an excellent job in governing the army, so they have today's Liaodong Iron Horse, even if it is against the Golden Horde Iron Horse, which has grown on horseback since childhood, it will not fall behind at all." This reminded the old man of the ambition he set when he was young, that is, to follow the example of the champion Hou of the year, lead the army north for 3,000 miles, cross the Hou Mountain, cross the Gonglu River, and seal the wolf Juxu. Champion champion, champion of the three armies. The big husband carries a three-foot sword, and it should be the same. ”

All the generals were excited.

Qin Xiang stretched out his hand and touched the neck of the mount: "The Northwest Iron Cavalry is dead, I don't want the Liaodong Iron Cavalry to repeat the mistakes of the past." If the Liaodong Iron Cavalry also follows in the footsteps of the Northwest Iron Cavalry, I don't know how many people in this world are emperors and how many people are kings?"

At this moment, someone shouted in a low voice: "Enter the customs." ”

There was a sudden silence.

This is not only the will of Liaodong Haoqiang, but also the will of Liaodong Iron Cavalry, as the so-called world has no owner, only the virtuous live. Now that the government is corrupt, the people are not happy, but Liaodong has become a pure land, not to mention that the people live and work in peace and contentment, at least there is no scene of displaced people everywhere and starvation all over the wilderness, and it is self-evident which one is virtuous.

Qin Xiang didn't hear it, looked around, looked at those familiar and unfamiliar faces, and chuckled: "The Confucian sages have a saying: 'If you don't sweep a house, you can sweep the world!' In other words, if we can't even hold a Liaodong, how can we talk about the world." Therefore, the top priority now is to defeat the Golden Horde army, so that the people of Liaodong can live a stable year without being afraid. ”

After that, Qin Xiang clamped the horse's belly and galloped wildly. Behind him, the ironclad cavalry moved in turn, countless horses' hooves trampled on the ground, like rolling thunder, the ground trembled, and countless smoke and dust were raised, like a long black dragon galloping on the land outside the fortress.

At that time, Emperor Wu of Wei once said a famous sentence in the world: "Let the world be lonely, I don't know how many people are called emperors, how many people are called kings?" However, this sentence can also be applied to the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, if it were not for the Golden Horde on the side, forcing the Liaodong Iron Cavalry to stick to Liaodong, I am afraid that the Liaodong Iron Cavalry would have already entered the customs.

If you want to solve a problem, it will involve a new problem hidden behind this problem, if you go all the way to explore, it is interlocking and complicated, and in the end it is impossible to do anything, so you can only stop and do not delve into it, which is the reason why the pasters of the empire can only have a headache and a pain in their feet. Circling around within the framework of countless questions can never lead to results, like punching in a crowd, just as you want to raise your hand, there are seven or eight hands to hold you, even if you can barely punch, there is not much force. If you want to fundamentally solve this problem, you can only jump out of this framework and break the game from the outside, and the chessboard is already dead, then the chessboard will be lifted off and re-settled.

The Liaodong Iron Cavalry is one of the hands that has the ability to overturn the chessboard.