Xiaoqi

In an instant, I saw that the wound that was more than a foot long, which had been mostly healed, burst open suddenly under the pressure of Huchuquan, and the blood gushed out instantly, soaking the skirt as fast as the naked eye could see, and within a few breaths The white brocade robe on Yu Fuluo's body was dyed bright red, and then spread from the upper body to the lower body.

In severe pain, Yu Fuluo's pale cheeks were suddenly congested and flushed, blood stains overflowed from the corners of his mouth, and he vomited blood continuously, so that his sunken eye sockets were also bloodshot and scarlet, and the light of life passed away quickly.

"You, good, ruthless, poisonous!" Yu Fuluo, who vomited blood, opened his scarlet eyes, stretched out his blood-stained fingers, and said with extreme resentment.

Seeing that Yu Fuluo was about to die, Hu Chuquan slowly raised his right hand that was pressing on Yu Fuluo's wound, and then took out the cloth towel that he had prepared earlier from the sleeve with his left hand, and slowly wiped the blood stains on his right hand .While wiping his hands, he sneered and said, "You have lived in the Han area for a long time. Haven't you heard that the Han people often say 'no poison is not a husband'! In order to avoid civil strife in the royal city and avoid unnecessary internal strife and killing, it is undoubtedly wise to kill you like this now." For example. Even if someone breaks into the dental tent at this moment, I just need to cover your wound with a handkerchief, who would think that I am the murderer who killed his own brother? So, you can go with peace of mind, and nothing in the world has anything to do with you. "

While speaking, Hu Chuquan suddenly leaned close to Yu Fuluo's left ear, and said in a low voice: "There is one more thing I want to tell you, although the murder of my father was done by Hou Bugudu himself, I gave him a gift in advance. Father's travel route provided. You must keep the secret for me, and don't tell anyone. Hahaha!"

Yu Fuluo, who already had dilated pupils and a sluggish complexion, suddenly had a brilliant glow on his gray cheeks when he heard what Hu Chuquan leaned over to say in his ear, as if he had come back to life.I saw him glaring at Chu Quan with eyes angrily, baring his teeth with blood in the corner of his mouth, and said: "Evil thief, it is unacceptable for you to kill your father and brother. If I die in vain today, it will be the same for you in the future! On the road to Huangquan, I will wait for you to go on the road! "

After saying this, the splendor on Yu Fuluo's face faded instantly, and then lost its luster, and Yu Fuluo, who had scolded Chuquan angrily a second ago, was silent now, only a pair of bulging eyes died He stared at Hu Chuquan, motionless.

Under Huchuquan's horrified gaze, Yu Fuluo, the prairie eagle, fell sadly and died with regret.Looking back at his majestic appearance commanding an army of 15 a month ago, it seems that it was just yesterday, and he is still vivid in my mind, but now he withers like a flash in the pan; fall.

Chapter 605 Banner Hunting Chang'an Road

golden autumn season.

The autumn wind blows, the leaves are falling, dancing and swaying with the wind.

The silver frost falls, the earth is cold, and the maple leaves are stained with red clouds.

The wind howls in the north of Saibei, gold and iron horses ride on the wilderness, fighting in the same room, so full of passion.

The land in Guanzhong is clothed with gold, the family is stable and peaceful, the wife is virtuous and the son is filial, and it is another bumper harvest year.

"Tack-tack jingle bell!"

On the official road from Hanyang County to Chang'an, hundreds of large horse-drawn carriages drove mightily, taking no time to rush, enjoying the golden autumn scenery along the way.

On both sides of the car, groups of cavalry in battle armor lined up, with guns and halberds everywhere, banners and flags, and the soldiers were strong and horses, which were truly mighty.

Right now, there are a huge number of these escorting war cavalry.There are as many as [-] war cavalry walking in the front to clear the way. The cavalry are all wearing black black iron armor, and the mounts under the crotch are also wearing soft armor; even walking on the official road, people can feel a strong sense of killing. The spirit of cutting is very aggressive.Anyone who is familiar with the various battalions of the Xiliang Army will be able to recognize the origin of this cavalry team, because this cavalry team is well-known among the Xiliang Army, and it is the first army of General Li Li.From this, the name of this war cavalry was ready to come out. It was the Longxiang Battalion, one of Li Li's most important war cavalry battalions.

Two years ago, after Li Liping pacified Xiliang, the Longxiang Battalion was ordered to garrison Jincheng. The chief general was Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi, and the deputy commanders were Meng Chong and Li Zheng. They are: Ma Dai, Ma Tie and Matthew.After two years of development and growth, the Longxiang Battalion increased its troops from the original [-] war cavalry to [-]. During this period, under the leadership of Ma Chao, they fought against the Jincheng Qiang all year round. After recruiting troops, the combat effectiveness has not declined at all, but has become stronger.

Two years down.Ma Chao established a great reputation among the Qiang people, and was hailed by the Qiang people as the "Shenweitian General". Therefore, thousands of carefully selected Qiang cavalry were recruited into the Longxiang camp.Because of this, after being surrendered by Ma Chao, many tribes of the Jincheng Qiang moved into Jincheng and resettled one after another. This not only increased the population of Jincheng County by tens of thousands, but also greatly promoted the integration of ethnic groups. A sign of peace and stability.

With the great rule of Jincheng County, Ma Chao's status in the Xiliang Army has been rising steadily.In addition, his younger sister Ma Yunluo was taken as a concubine by the coach Li Lin, which made his position in the army more stable.Afterwards, he stood out from the fifteen Zhonglang generals, and his rising momentum was strong, and his reputation was close to that of the five tiger generals, faintly showing the posture of keeping pace with the five tiger generals.It is a pity.In the past two years, there have been no large-scale battles in Xiliang, so many generals have military exploits.But he did not achieve the merits of promotion.Therefore, the position has remained in place; Ma Chao is one of the representatives.

The team leading the way in the front is the Longxiang Battalion, and the team protecting the car drivers in the middle is naturally not an unknown person.

That's exactly what happened.Guarding the camps to the left and right of the car were the flying bear heavy armored cavalry of the "First Battle Battalion of the Xiliang Army". This was the heavy armored cavalry under Huan Fei, the first general of the Xiliang Army.Two years ago Fei Xiong Bing was ordered to garrison Zhangye County, where many barbarian tribes are concentrated, adjacent to Hehuang.To the southwest is the West Sea.And Huan Fei himself is a warlike person. After stationing troops in Zhangye, he didn't stay for almost a moment. He fought continuously for half a year, and sent troops together with Wuwei Battalion and Longxiang Battalion.Gather nearly [-] cavalry to attack the barbarian tribes in the Hehuang area, and then conquer hundreds of miles of territory around Xihai in one fell swoop, taking down the entire Xihai County.Therefore, the Battle of Hehuang was the largest battle in Xiliang during the two years of rest and recuperation. Huan Fei, Fan Yong and Ma Chao were all in the limelight, their reputation spread far and wide in the Western Regions, and they gained a lot of fame and fortune. .

After two years, the Feixiong soldiers did not increase the number of soldiers on the surface. It used to be 5000 warriors, but now it is 5000.However, besides fighting, Huan Fei's best skill is to recruit people into the gang. I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to be satisfied with a team of [-] people.Think back when he was the leader of the horse thieves, he had [-] to [-] thieves under his command. Now three or four years have passed, how could he become worse and worse?What's more, he is the favorite general of the lord Li Li very much. Others dare not do things like deception, but Huan Fei definitely dares to do it.Furthermore, the recruitment of troops was something Li Li had promised himself, and it was not considered a violation of military orders.

Therefore, after two years, Huan Fei's flying bear heavy armored cavalry had only 5000 people on the surface, but in fact it was far more than this number of soldiers and horses.During Li Li's trip to the Central Plains, Huan Fei faltered and revealed little by little, and the right was to report to Li Li, and finally revealed all of Fei Xiongbing's family fortune.

Huan Fei is worthy of being a thieves. He knows that the heavy armor of the Feixiong soldiers is hard-won, and it is impossible to expand the army indefinitely.So he found another way, cleverly set up names, and added two auxiliary teams to the Feixiong soldiers; one was the supply team, and the other was the sentinel cavalry brigade.According to the normal establishment of each battalion, the luggage is generally in charge of the personal guards under the command, and the sentinels are included in the scout brigade.But Huan Fei chose to divide these two arms separately. The supply team recruited a full 8000 people, and the sentry cavalry brigade had a total of [-] soldiers and horses.

In this way, under Huan Fei's ingenious design, he doubled the strength of the Feixiong Battalion and still had room to spare.Whenever there was a battle, he would combine the supply team and the sentry cavalry brigade to form [-] light cavalry in the lead, and the heavy cavalry in the rear;

Li Li knew about Huan Fei's massive expansion of troops and horses. When he sent Fei Xiong soldiers to garrison Zhangye County, he wanted to find a good battlefield for Huan Fei and let him show his talents.However, what Li Li never expected was that in less than a year and a half, Huan Fei actually doubled the size of the Feixiong Battalion from 2 to more than [-]. The last few commanded the personal guards under their command, a total of [-] warriors.Moreover, Huan Fei has the same temperament as Ma Chao, regardless of their origin or race, as long as they are young and strong warriors who are proficient in bows and horses, brave and obedient to orders, whether they are Qiang people or Xiaoyue clan, they will all be recruited. to their account.

Therefore, the flying bear soldiers are powerful and extremely brave, but their personnel are mixed.Among them, Han people accounted for the majority, and there were young and strong people of other races, and there were even dozens of blond and blue-eyed wanderers from the Western Regions.This invisibly caused Li Li a lot of trouble, forcing him to send eagle eyes to watch out for the whereabouts of the foreign soldiers.But as long as these people are honest and loyal, Li Li will not treat them like any other, and they will be punished as they should be rewarded, and there is no need for special treatment.After all, blond-haired and blue-eyed caucasians look strange on the land of China, but they have slowly developed on the other side of the ocean. They can't be killed anyway, so it's better to keep them to see the effect.

The consequences of Huan Fei's wanton expansion of troops were so serious that when he traveled with Li Li, he was often worried about the lack of food and grass for Fei Xiong's soldiers, not to mention the salary.Because of this, he had to confess to Li Li that he hoped that the Chang'an treasury would allocate food and salaries to support the daily expenses of Fei Xiong soldiers.Naturally, Li Li would not refuse this. As the commander-in-chief of the Xiliang Army, it was his duty to ensure the food and salaries of his soldiers and horses.Therefore, he handed over the matter to Li Dian, the prefect of Zhangye, who was fully responsible. As a result, all the treasury income of Zhangye County in the past year was invested in Fei Xiongbing.

In view of this, Li Li explained to Li Xin and others long before his travels that in the event of a war, Huan Fei's Feixiong soldiers would be the first soldiers to be considered for recruitment.After all, Zhangye County is vast and sparsely populated, and the total population of the county is only 10,000+ people, but it has to provide nearly [-] troops and more than [-] county soldiers. In addition, the people are exempted from paying taxes for two years; so Li Dian is really driven to a desperate situation In addition, in addition to collecting taxes for caravans and shops, the entire Zhangye County government soldiers are wantonly farming, and even Li Dian is still cultivating and growing vegetables in his mansion to supplement his family.

Li Li knew nothing about these things before.He only knew that Li Dian's burden was heavy, but he didn't expect that Li Dian was forced to go to such a field, and the dignified eunuch had to grow his own vegetables, otherwise the family would have no money left to buy vegetables.If the prefect is like this, the situation of others can be imagined.

It wasn't until all the Feixiong soldiers entered Hanyang County that Li Li told the deputy commander Huang Lie about Li Dian's situation.Li Li felt deeply guilty about this. On the second night when he returned to Hanyang Governor's Mansion from Beidi County, he immediately ordered to reward all the officials in Zhangye County. , Other officials have a one-year salary increase.

The follow-up army guarding the chariot is the largest, namely: [-] Qinglong battalion iron cavalry, [-] Wushuang iron cavalry, [-] Wuwei battalion infantry, and [-] golden guard cavalry, a total of [-] cavalry.

The three teams of soldiers and horses in the front, middle and rear have a total of 14 cavalry, stretching for more than [-] miles. Do more than a hundred horse-drawn carriages need so many soldiers and horses to escort them along the way?

Obviously, such a huge team was not specially designed to escort more than a hundred cars, because Li Li was not so stupid yet.Mobilizing 10,000+ soldiers and horses to escort them at every turn, no matter how good-looking and ostentatious Li Li is, he can't do such a ridiculous thing.

From the mobilization of soldiers and horses alone, it can be seen that the 14 infantry are all the main battalions stationed in Yongliang and Liangzhou, and they are almost [-]% of the troops stationed in the two states.In addition, only [-] main forces stationed in Yongliang and Liangzhou remained in place, and the rest of the troops stationed in the city were all county soldiers.

Combined with Li Li putting down the Saibei War, he returned to Liangzhou in advance, and then took all the family members of Hanyang County to Chang'an, and led the main battalions of Yongliang and Liangzhou to Chang'an.All these show that the Xiliang army will face an unprecedented battle, and Li Li's center of gravity has also shifted from Yongliang and Liangzhou to Chang'an. The enemies he has to face are naturally the princes from all walks of life in the Central Plains.

At the same time, the meeting of the Central Plains lords did not hide from the eyes and ears of the Xiliang army, so that Li Li had already prepared to hand over the security and defense matters of the states and counties to the county soldiers to take over, thus transferring the main battle battalion come out.After a lapse of two full years, Chang'an City will once again usher in a large assembly of the Xiliang Army.

Chapter 606

The cold wind in the northern part of Saipan spreads the grassland, and the flags of Xiliang roll up in the sky.

The land of the Central Plains is stormy, and the East China Sea's turbulent waves touch the reef.

The weather in September this autumn has changed, and all the heroes are competing for romance.

There is a festival in all things withered and prosperous, and a bunch of green leaves are all over the mountain.

When the Battle of Saibei Prairie was in full swing, the undercurrents in the Central Plains were surging, and princes from all walks of life dispatched troops one after another.

Suddenly, the atmosphere in Dahan Shenzhou was strange, and an inexplicable feeling of oppression filled the hearts of countless people. It seemed that there was always the sound of iron hooves in their ears, and the smell of war smoke was always lingering in their noses.

Over the past few days, there has been a cloud of dark clouds over Sili, making the sky gloomy and gloomy, making people feel depressing.During the period, the north wind was blowing, which made people feel more and more clearly the coldness of late autumn, and the cold winter is not far away.

Compared with the gloomy and cold weather in Sili, the coast of the East China Sea is full of clear skies, scorching sun and warmth.

Xiapi City, city guard mansion.

"Hi! Big brother was invited by Tao Qian for so long and there is no news. I'm so anxious!"

Zhang Fei, who was more than nine feet tall, paced back and forth in the lobby, and the heavy footsteps made the wooden floor rattle.

On the left side of the hall, the red-faced and long-bearded Guan Yu sat upright, his tiger eyes narrowed slightly, and he sat calmly, drinking wine by himself, stroking his long beard with his hands from time to time, as if he had a plan in mind.The end is a general's style, unpredictable.

"Third brother, don't walk back and forth, you will feel dizzy. Why don't you sit down and have a drink with me, wouldn't it be nice!" Seeing Zhang Fei swaying back and forth for half an hour, Guan Yu couldn't help but speak speak.

"Uh, that's fine!" Zhang Fei was astonished when he heard the sound, and then sat down in response, took a bowl of wine and drank it down in one gulp.

To be honest, turn it down in half an hour.Zhang Fei himself was tired, so Guan Yu gave him a step and sat down.After all, he has a strong figure, big shoulders and a round waist, and he likes to wear battle armor all the year round, so he is a little tired from walking back and forth in the hall.What's more, such a good thing as drinking is his favorite. He usually enjoys drinking without drinking, but today is an exception.

Early this morning, a servant from the State Shepherd's Mansion came to summon Liu Bei, claiming that Tao Qian was critically ill and urgently summoned Liu Bei to discuss important matters.Ever since Tao Qian fell ill and was bedridden.There have been two emergency summons like this before, and this is the third.The first two times Liu Bei took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to meet Tao Qian. After the meeting, Tao Qian entrusted Liu Bei with Xuzhou's military administration twice, and handed the military symbols and seals to Liu Bei, but Liu Bei refused.Thank you repeatedly.

Now it is late autumn and winter is approaching.Tao Qian has been seriously ill for several months.I'm afraid I can't delay this time, the deadline is approaching.At this time, Tao Qian urgently invited Liu Bei to discuss the matter, but in fact he was entrusting the funeral, and anyone with a discerning eye knew it.

Because of this, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were overjoyed when they heard the news, and rushed to the lobby of the Chengshou Mansion.He wants to meet Tao Qian with his elder brother Liu Bei.This was a great joy that the three of them had been waiting for. They lived in Xuzhou for a full year, waiting for today.As long as Tao Qian dies, who among the six counties of Xuzhou will be the opponent of the three brothers.The huge Xuzhou is at your fingertips.Once Xuzhou falls into Liu Bei's hands, the days of the three brothers' running around for many years under the fence will be immediately ended. Since then, they have their own territory, their fame is in sight, their great achievements are in sight, and they can finally show their talents!

When Guan and Zhang rushed over excitedly, Liu Bei uncharacteristically asked them to stay in the mansion to wait, and then took Jian Yong, Sun Qian and a dozen of his own soldiers to the state pastoral mansion.This made Guan Yu and Zhang Fei very surprised, and even a little angry, but Liu Bei's attitude was firm, so Guan and Zhang had no choice but to obey, so they stayed in the lobby to eat and wait.

Jian Yong, courtesy name Xianhe, met Liu Bei when he was young, and he followed Liu Bei when he raised troops to fight for the yellow scarf, and won Liu Bei's trust and reliance.In terms of qualifications and trust, Jian Yong's weight in Liu Bei's mind is no less than that of Guan and Zhang.However, people's abilities vary, and Jian Yong's talents are far from being comparable to those of Guan and Zhang. Therefore, Guan and Zhang accompany Liu Bei at ordinary times, while Jian Yong is responsible for handling government affairs and trivial matters, which is equivalent to Liu Bei's side. Butler.