The Snowy Path of the Heroic Blade Chapter 226: Northern Liang 4 Battle (8)

A group of people walked on the grass of the courtyard pasture. The ground was soft. Occasionally, stagnant water slowly overflowed from around the boots, which shows that the pastures here in Longxi are rich in water, fertilizer, and grass. [] As a horse breeding ground in Beiliang Road, second only to Xianli Ranch, Longxi has no boundaries in winter and spring, and is connected by summer and autumn. Longxi, with its unique climatic conditions, has been the source of horses for every prosperous dynasty since ancient times. Dafeng dynasty was in Longdong and Longxi. He raised 300,000 horses in the area, and set up the post of Longyou horse pastoral supervisor. Liu Ze, the king of ZTE, who was known as the founding emperor of Feng Dafeng, once recruited 160,000 horses here during his two Northern Expeditions. In fact, the nobles of Beimang Longguan were originally the survivors of the Great Qin Dynasty who migrated north during the war 800 years ago. Tracing back to their roots, they were once the people of the Great Qin from Longxi to Tongguan.

Among the group of people, Zhao Luyuan, the principal of Tianjing Ranch, looked particularly trembling. There was no way. The number five and six who temporarily served him as a foil behind him were officials, like Captain Luo Hongcai, without exception. They are all 14 Lieutenants of the Northern Liang Dynasty. As for the only one who has no official status, he was also a general of the Northern Liang Army's stone amulet who had been a Liangzhou general for several years, but unfortunately it was dragged down by the label of the former Beiliang Capital Protector. The new Liang Wang was hereditary, and Shi Fu wittyly asked him to resign and remove his armor. I don't know why it was picked up again this time, and Zhao Luyuan didn't know whether the Shi Fu was going to be settled by the autumn or a comeback. The reason for Zhao Luyuan’s anxiety was that Xu Fengnian was the young man next to him. It was more because Tianjing Ranch was ordered to be in danger this time, but he could only mobilize less than 5,000 horses. The first class horses only had more than 600 horses. The request of the prince is still far behind, but Zhao Lvyuan knows bitterly that if the prince asked for a horse this time half a year earlier, let alone 8,000 horses regardless of rank, it would be 8,000 horses of Northern Liang. , He can also give that the Beiliang Duhu had previously rushed out 10,000 war horses from here, and these six hundred horses were still the last property he left behind with great difficulty. Follow Huaiyang, who came to the ranch to ask for horses. Guan "The Minister of Imperial Envoys" reddened anxiously, and cursed the man for doing the fishing business, and also said that you all protect the mansion. But now that Liang Wang Xu Feng is by his side, Zhao Lvyuan really dare not say half a word of ill of the Northern Liang Duhu Mansion in Huaiyangguan to his face. He can only talk about the nonsense of the humble duty and incompetence. Zhao Lvyuan does not. Silly, let alone Beiliang, everyone in the world knows the relationship between Chu Duhu and King Xinliang, but a real family with different surnames.

Xu Fengnian and Zhao Lvyuan walked side by side on the pasture grass. Behind them was a stone talisman that was in the prime of life but was taciturn all the time. There were also the horned eagle school captain Luo Hongcai and others. Among them was the Longxi captain Zhao Rongguang who was responsible for the safety of the west gate of Liangzhou. . The Tianjing pasture has a vast terrain and beautiful scenery. Longxi has no summer in winter and has a unique climate of cold and frost in June. Therefore, it is much cooler than other places nowadays. Except for Xu Fengnian, who was expressionless, Luo Hongcai and the others all looked fierce. Even the stone talisman, who had been retired from the army for nearly two years, frowned. Xu Fengnian looked at the plump grassland in front of him with a lot of emotion. Starting from Dafeng, where the territory was extended to the Western Regions, where the army and horses of the world were half out of this place, there are many relatives of the emperor and princes and generals who raise their horses privately here. The number of horses compares power and power, and the wealthy Beiliang Road Administration led Li Gongde to propose in the early years whether the horse ban could be opened and sold to Tai'an City and Central Plains dignitaries of horses below Class B war horses. This will surely be a huge income. Using this to reduce pressure on Beiliang taxation, but Xu Xiao directly rejected it. After the scholars went to Liang, there were many scholars who came up with the same strategy. They made a big fuss about Liangma. Without reducing the reserve of A, B, C, and C war horses, they can still give taxes and pay for their soldiers, make friends with the capital of the capital, and show good wishes for Liyang Zhao. Room, it can be said to be profitable and harmless. Song Dongming's Longmen and Xu Weixiong's Wutongyuan didn't dare to decide on this without authorization. After Xu Fengnian's decision was given, he had some thoughts and finally put the matter on hold.

Xu Fengnian stopped at the top of a hillside with a gentle **** and looked up, full of greenery.

Xu Fengnian suddenly turned his head and smiled at Zhao Luyuan, who was nearly fifty years old, and said, "Master Zhao, this is actually the second time we have met. The king was still young, and he came here to escape the heat with Xu Xiao, remember that At that time, Mr. Zhao had just retired from the Liangzhou frontier army, and soon after taking up his post at Tianjing Ranch. At that time, the horse farm was a waste of time. Mr. Zhao patted his chest and promised Xu Xiao that within ten years he would make Longxi the No. 1 in Liyang. The big racecourse, I don’t know if Master Zhao remembers, he promised Xu Xiao that one day he would take out a horse, the world’s number one horse, to celebrate my prince’s honor and honor?"

The old man who has been dealing with war horses all his life was immediately excited, and said with a trembling: "The prince still remembers, still remember... How dare you forget your humble job? Not to mention that Tianjing Ranch has worked hard to nurture good horses, and has been entrusting him for so many years. Military generals and crossbowmen, as long as they see the handsome king of wild horses on the desert grassland, they must be sent to the courtyard ranch after they are captured. In fact, there was really a **** horse sent to the ranch four years ago, but the king and the crown. During the ceremony, the old man mistakenly thought that the prince had forgotten the matter, and was afraid that he would be said to be a **** official who only knew how to slaughter his horse. He hesitated for many days, but he still did not send it to the Qingliangshan Palace. In the end, he really couldn’t get through us Cavalry Vice-Marshal Zhou’s various requests had to be sent out, and I knew it for a long time... Well, I really regret it!"

Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, our Beiliang Iron Horse can have what it is today, and all the large and small horse farms, including the courtyard ranch and the Xianli ranch, have contributed a lot. How many battlefields has this king ever been to today? It is said that there are two second-class horses for riding, but they are barely worthy. Another first-class horse is a violent thing."

Presumably knowing that Zhao Luyuan is going to fight for the injustice, Xu Fengnian waved his hand and said: "You go back first, I will talk to General Shi."

Everyone left, leaving behind the stone talisman recognized as a bumpy road in Northern Liang. This person and Youzhou governor Hu Kui, who were known as Liangzhou Shuangbi in the past, were both young "old men" from the frontier army with outstanding achievements. Bi’s statement originally refers to the two cavalry generals who were the first to emerge in the Spring and Autumn Wars, Wu Qi and Xu Pu. At that time, Xu Xiao was still moving to the Spring and Autumn Period. Now, one person is hiding his name in Dunhuang City, Beimang, and one person has gone to Xishu to assist Chen Zhibao. Chen Zhibao's departure from Liang to Shu, while Xu Fengnian's hereditary dispensation became a watershed between Shi Fu and Hu Kui in the officialdom of the King of Northern Liang. The latter re-emerged as a powerful official in frontiers, but the higher-ranking Shi Fu was eclipsed. Disarmed and returned to the field. However, what is strange is that both Qingliangshan and the Huaiyangguan Duhu Mansion set up later on Shifu’s resignation were treated with disregard, even if Chu Lushan also served as Liangzhou general later, he did not clearly inform the Liangzhou military circle stone. Fu has retired from the army, and the Military Intelligence Daily will still send the stone charms to the "General Liangzhou" who will recuperate at home once every half-decade.

Xu Feng asked in a young voice: "General Shi, this time 10,000 elite soldiers from the Western Shu Road rushed to Guangling Road. Wei Fucheng and Dian Xionghu were only lieutenants, and an outsider, Hu Yanruan, was the general. At the border between Liangxi and Shu, Chen Zhibao asked a young man called Che Ye to guard the north gate of Xishu. What is General Shi’s opinion on these two things?"

Shi Fu frowned more and more, and said nothing.

Xu Fengnian waited quietly for the following, as if he was determined to wait for the former king of Shu's confidant to speak, so as to pay for his name. However, Shi Fu gritted his teeth and did not speak, and his expression became more and more gloomy. If the young feudal king asked Ji Liuzhou or Youzhou Hulukou in Hutou City, Liangzhou, Shi Fu would know that he could talk without saying anything, but Chen Zhibao No matter whether Chen Zhibao runs counter to Beiliang or not, as long as Chen Zhibao does not explicitly target Beiliang, his stone charms will not turn against Chen Zhibao. Even if Xu Fengnian was annoyed by it today, Shifu still did not hesitate. Shi Fu actually admired the young Xu family around him, but there were some things that touched the bottom line. Shi Fu couldn't get past the threshold in his heart. Therefore, the Huaihua general Zhong Hongwu, who was the commander of the cavalry at the time, would be very interested in Shi Fu. People make an exception and "look up and see", which is regarded as a thorn in the eye.

Xu Fengnian didn't wait for the answer, and asked again: "If this king said that General Shi could gather three hundred people, and all of them moved safely to Xishu, then would you go to Xishu?"

Shifu hesitated for a while, and smiled bitterly: "Different from Wei Fu’s Chengdian male animal, and also different from the lonely car field from Beimang, my Shifu’s family is a big family in Liangzhou, even if I am willing to go to the west. Shu, and the prince did not stop him, but many old people in the family who were used to the northern Liang customs would not agree to leave their homes. This has nothing to do with whether Shi Fu can be a high official in Xishu again, let’s not hide it. The prince, speaking of helplessness, stepped back ten thousand steps. In fact, the Shi family really wanted to move to Xishu with those ancestral tablets. Not to mention, the three of my family and my peers, and the four in Liangzhou. The young nephews who served in the frontier army should all stay in Beiliang. In this way, the Shi family has been torn apart before leaving Beiliang Road."

Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "General Shi is a frank meeting."

Shi Fu smiled and said: "It's useless to hide and tuck. I know that there are spies who have been in the Shi family for many years. It is not that I have the ability to have such a fiery eye, but Chu Lushan is taking office. Before the Beiliang Guardian, I made a special trip to Shijia to'frankly meet me.' Therefore, in the past two years, I have not been able to sleep peacefully any day. It is funny to say that I was in the border army in the early years, even if I went deep into the hinterland of Beimang many times. , Rested on the horse anywhere, and slept better than now on my own bed."

Xu Fengnian was noncommittal about Chu Lushan’s putting eyeliner in the Shi’s house. He changed the subject and asked with a smile: “There are currently eight hundred white horses in the courtyard ranch, and three thousand and four hundred riders from Luo Hongcai and two school lieutenants, plus the Longxi of the ranch itself. The garrison and Zhao Rongguang’s two thousand riders left in place, together, it is still less than eight thousand. The king can only wait for three days at most. One of the two colonel of Tongguan, East Gate of Liangzhou, Xin Yinma Ye Will bring three thousand fine horses to come, and the number can be over ten thousand. General Shi thinks that these ten thousand horses rushed into the Liuzhou battlefield, will they be able to send charcoal in the snow, or will they not be able to quench their thirst?"

Stone Talisman asked back: "If Stone Talisman speaks bluntly, will the prince really listen?"

Xu Fengnian said calmly: "Let’s talk about it first. After all, your Shifu is not a veteran of the Spring and Autumn Period like Yan Wenluan and Chen Yunchui, nor is it a member of the Xu family who has made great achievements like Chu Lushan and Yuan Zuozong. You are not qualified to say anything. Let this king listen to something."

Shi Fu sighed, still speaking slowly: "In my opinion, the prince’s ten thousand riders are not a drop in the bucket, but it may be beneficial to the situation in Liuzhou, but it is definitely no different from the north. In the overall situation of Liang, if I were the prince, I would be more thorough. Let the two deputy generals of Lingzhou, Wang Zhi and Huang Xiaokuai, take the lead, with Yanxia school lieutenant Jiao Wuyi and other school lieutenants as the main force, not only the cavalry in Liangzhou The influx of Liuzhou to relieve the urgent need, should also decisively bring these outstanding cavalry forces from Lingzhou to the north and enter Liuzhou. After defeating the Liugui army on the western line of Beimang, they quickly filled the Liangzhou Pass and the south of Huaiyang Pass. That blank..."

Stone Talisman suddenly felt the murderous intent of the young prince, and said calmly: "I didn't know the situation, but now that I have come to the Tianjing Ranch, I heard about the number of war horses in this ranch, and I can guess how many stone charms are. The prince doesn’t need to think too much about the plan with the Duhufu."

Xu Fengnian nodded, knelt down, pulled out a licorice and chewed.

Shifu continued: "In the final analysis, the Liangzhou controversy, Liangzhou Pass, Liuzhou and Youzhou, the three battlefields will have their own winners and losers, but the place that really determines the survival of our Beiliang is actually only Liangzhou. Outside the customs, this place lost, and Beiliang also lost the Beiliang general trend that was finally accumulated by the two generations of the general and the prince. The prince’s soldiers went on a peril, letting the 10,000 snow dragon horses and two heavy cavalry under the leadership of Yuan. Going to Youzhou Hulukou and wanting to eat Yang Yuanzan’s army on the eastern front, there is nothing wrong with it. On the contrary, it is very surprising to win. There have been many such ridiculous battles in which the generals have won great battles but killed the king. Before the battle of West Leibi was finally determined, everyone in the outside world was optimistic about Xichu, who fought a series of trivial victories, but the general was The siege of the West Leibi must be completed even with the rapid consumption of troops, and even a few soldiers and horses will be taken on the important but not critical battlefield to actively lure most of the elites of the Western Chu to eat it, just to create the periphery of the West Leibi. The little cracks in the defense, the glorious battle of Princess Tomb led by Yuan Commander, is a clear proof."

Xu Fengnian stood up abruptly, "General Shi, these ten thousand horses will be handed over to you, and you will take them to Liuzhou to help Qingcang City and the Dragon Elephant Army in three days at the latest."

Shi Fu was stunned on the spot, not only wondering why he could take on the great responsibility, but also wondering why Xu Fengnian was not leading the army himself.

Xu Fengnian spit out the chewed grass roots~IndoMTL.com~said in a deep voice: "The news I got this morning, Hutou City has fallen, and the army of Beimang has suppressed the three towns of Liuyafuling in Huaiyang."

Shi Fu's face changed drastically, and he was shocked: "How could Tiger Head City fall so quickly?!"

Xu Fengnian turned and looked to the north, "Dong Zhuo, a lunatic, used to send people to dig a tunnel every few days to die, sixteen tunnels, and in the end five thousand people died, but no one thought that this guy was not at all. I dug 16 secret roads, but a total of 38 in a frenzied manner! Twelve of them were only dug outside the city and stopped, and then cooperated with the ground siege at any cost..."

Speaking of this, Xu Fengnian stopped talking.

Shi Fu murmured: "This madman, this **** of a bitch..."

Xu Fengnian turned his head and said to Shi Fu, "I am going to Huaiyang Pass, Shi Fu, from now on you will regain your status as General of Liangzhou. Not only those 10,000 riders, but all of them will enter Lingzhou in Liangzhou. The cavalry will be led by you."

Stone Talisman exhaled a heavy breath, clasped his fist and said: "The last general will lead!" R1058

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