More than a hundred miles outside the city of Ledo, Ma Xiu was loudly motivating his subordinates to speed up. Most of his subordinates were the thieves who had been gathered over the years and some brave men from the Western Regions. They joined the ranks of horse thieves under the temptation of money.
"Brothers, please work harder! After making this ticket, let's not talk about anything else, each person will be rewarded with fifty! There are additional wine and meat, and they will eat for three days and three nights in a row! In addition, I will find women for my brothers, and they are all big **! I will guarantee that my brothers will be happy! I will also remember you! When you have saved up enough merits, I will give you some money to sell houses and land to be a rich man! Brothers, do it well! I will never treat my brothers badly!"
When the horse thieves heard this, they screamed strangely.
At first, Ma Xiu didn't have much manpower and didn't have much money, so they were all called brothers. Now they have too many people, but they are called habits, and they are still called brothers. After all, when they have no money, they can only use the title of "brother", but even if they are fooled, they have to give some sweetness, otherwise they may not be able to be "brothers" for a long time.
The horse thieves in the Western Regions are different from those in the northern part of Youzhou in China. The horse thieves in the northern part of Youzhou may be ordinary herders or merchants when they get off their horses, but the horse thieves in the Western Regions are relatively "professional", especially after Fei Qian opened up the Western Regions' business roads, more and more horse thieves became.
Because catching horse thieves is really hard. Especially during the very turbulent period of regime alternation in the Western Regions, clearing out horse thieves is a thankless job, so basically, there are not many ruling classes in the Western Regions who have the desire to do this.
The same is true for Lu Bu.
At the beginning, Lu Bu cleared a large number of horse thieves around Xihai City and near Yumen Pass. However, after the horse thieves retreated and escaped and avoided the route from Xihai City to Yumen Pass, Lu Bu also lost the motivation to continue to clean up horse thieves on such a vast land in the Western Regions.
The input-output is really disproportionate.
Lu Bu kept the route from Xihai City to Yumen Pass smoothly, and could clear out the horse thieves around the route at any cost, but did he say that he wanted to clear the entire Western Regions...
In later generations, Ying Jiang, which has various satellite remote sensing technologies, was made to death by the Aban brothers, not to mention that at present, the man who could only rely on detection scouts to observe with his naked eyes?
When the wind and sand are together, all traces disappear in minutes. In this case, unless there is accurate information to obtain the location of the horse thief's nest, as long as the horse thief cannot hide, it will be very difficult to search. If you go on a rashly, you may not even be able to find the hair.
Lu Bu didn't want to care, so the road from Kushan territory to Xihai City was basically a horse thief.
The group led by Ma Xiu is also one of the more famous ones on this road, and it is still a relatively large one.
Ma Xiu stood at a high place, shook his head proudly, and nodded to his team below. When he just pulled up the team, he was a little nervous because he knew that all the promises were lies, and he was always worried that his lies would be exposed, but now, he is much more righteous.
It’s not that he can really afford to pay for his retirement now, but that he has been used to it because he has been lying too much.
Is there really a "retirement"?
Ma Xiu said yes, and said that someone had already brought money home to become a rich man, but in fact, there was not one, and even burned some paper money after death.
"Head! When will I send some more money? Can I make more money this time? I want to buy a piece of clothing! Ahhhhhhhh!" A horse thief shouted at Ma Xiu Yi Hundred Years Old. His clothes were already quite ragged, and some places were already in the shape of cloth strips. When the cold wind blew, the clothes like rag strips were flying up and down, revealing their body inside. In this weather, they were still wearing a single cloth strip and a hole in the future. No wonder they sneeze.
Ma Xiu also cursed, "Wang Laoliu, did you fucking the money on a woman's belly? Last time I gave you money, you said you wanted to buy clothes. It depends on how many hammers you bought!"
Wang Laoliu laughed and didn't feel ashamed, "Isn't it hot in summer? It's useless to buy clothes..."
Horse thieves live in eating, drinking, and either gambling or prostitution. Many people are like Wang Laoliu. When the weather is hot, they use all their clothes for money and only remember to ask for clothes when the weather is cold.
"You stuffed guy!" Ma Xiu reached out and pulled the bag from his horse's back, then searched for it for a while, found an old robe, wrapped it in a piece of stone on the ground, and threw it to Ma Laoliu, "You fuck you and take my clothes as yours, so I won't kill you!"
Ma Laoliu smiled foolishly, quickly put on his robe, and shouted at Ma Xiu, "Thank you for your reward! The boss is kind! Live a hundred years old! Win every battle! Let everyone make a fortune together!"
People in front and behind didn't know what was going on, but even looking at this point, some people joined in the fun and shouted to make a fortune, and they were in a mess without a regular appearance.
Ma Xiu smiled and waved his hand.
Pang De frowned from the side and whispered: "That guy can't stand it for two days, he will definitely be a clothes..."
Gamblers, perverts, and smokers, basically promises are like farting, at most they have a smell, and when the wind blows, there is nothing left.
Ma Xiu said, "It's okay. I know, it's just a piece of clothes."
Some places in the Western Regions are very rich, but more places are very poor, so poor that they work hard for a piece of clothing, so getting rich is the deepest desire in everyone's heart.
But if people with some assets are not going to work hard for a piece of clothing, they need more things at this time, such as "the way of heaven", but before this so-called "the way of heaven" is established, Ma Xiu must do something first...
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West side of Great Kings Mountain.
More than a dozen ragged horse thieves stopped under a small hill, led the way into the horse and jumped off the horse, lowered their bodies to the top of the mountain, and lay in the weeds that were knee-high.
Ma Laoliu suddenly felt itchy on his neck, and he wiped it off the back of his neck, and immediately grabbed a fat lice. He couldn't help but curse and threw it into his mouth, with a crisp sound.
He twisted his neck, then moved forward for a while, and looked into the distance with the cover of the grass.
In the distance, there are scattered plants and trees in various places. In the gray-yellow color, the red flags are particularly obvious.
"Han Army..." Ma Laoliu said indifferently.
Most of the horse thieves came from the Western Regions and were born and raised in this area. They basically had little conception of Han culture or the Han Dynasty. Of course, the Western Regions people in this era did not have any national consciousness or concept of loyalty. Most of them were the ones who gave the benefit to whom they served.
If the Han people give money, there will be horse thieves going to the Han people to serve.
At the same time, as Lu Bu was slacking off in the Western Regions Protectorate, his soldiers and generals gradually became more and more settled as they were happening. Whether they were fighting or practicing daily, they were a bit casual. Logically speaking, such a Han front-line camp should have sent scouts to far-distance posts, but it was obvious that the camp at the moment did not send out any scouts or probes, or did it but did not do it seriously, and it was fine after leaving the scene.
Ma Laoliu retreated silently from the top of the hill.
"How is it?" several people who were low on the hill came up and asked.
"All of them are bad..." Ma Laoliu said, "According to the plan, we will go up and lead them out!"
Several horse thieves nodded, and after a while, they walked out from under the hills and shot some rockets from the outside of the camp toward the camp. Then, without waiting for anything in the camp to do, they roared away.
Several Han cavalrymen around the camp first discovered these horse thieves. Several people shouted loudly. Then more than a dozen soldiers ran out. Then someone took out the horse, turned over and jumped onto the horse's back, and chased Ma Laoliu and others.
In the eyes of these soldiers on the outpost, these horse thieves were simply shitting on the face of the Land Lord. Although the damage was not great, they were extremely insulting. If they could tolerate this, their aunt would not be able to tolerate it!
Ma Laoliu looked back and couldn't help but admire in his heart. Even though the Han cavalry has relaxed now, they are still good at horseback. These soldiers seem to be completely used to life on horseback, and they are extremely skilled in controlling horses. They are slapping their horses with bows and raising their swords, chasing them towards themselves.
Ma Laoliu whistled, and then turned around and shot arrows with everyone.
The light arrows fluttered in the wind. As long as they were not hit by chance, well, even if they were hit by them, their lethality was not high. Therefore, the Han cavalry behind them felt even more insulted and became more angry and chased the horse thieves and others.
Because the Han people's war horses and equipment are relatively well-equipped, and horse thieves are relatively poor in any aspect, they are gradually being chased closer and closer after running for a while.
Ma Laoliu gradually felt sweat on his forehead. While urging the war horse, he kept looking left and right. Suddenly, his face turned happy and his fingers were put in his mouth and whistled...
As the outpost, the Han cavalry still had some experience. After hearing the movement, they subconsciously collected the war horses, but it was too late.
Ma Xiu rushed down from the side slope with his men and directly rushed towards these unlucky Han cavalry.
Although the Han cavalry immediately turned when they saw that the situation was not good, it was very difficult for the war horses galloping in a large angle to turn.
Just as the Han cavalry was suppressed by equipment when they faced ordinary horse thieves, Ma Xiu also had skills crushing against ordinary Han cavalry, and soon he killed more than ten Han cavalry who were chasing them.
"Cut off the head!" Ma Xiu laughed loudly, shaking the blood from the weapon, and instructed, "Don't rush to grab things! Go a few more people and lead some Han troops out!"
Ma Xiu needed to set up a sign. What actions in the Western Regions can be more likely to gain majesty than trampling on the Han army? Of course, if you directly attack Xihai City and destroy Lu Bu, it would be even more majestic, but Ma Xiu was not crazy enough to be out of bounds. He knew who he could deal with, and there were those people he could not deal with.
After setting up an ambush again, Ma Xiu frowned, "Why didn't the Han army come out?"
Only a dozen Han cavalrymen obviously could not satisfy Ma Xiu's appetite, nor could they say that they had made many achievements. After all, as long as the larger horse thief gang had a conflict with the Han army, more than a dozen people were killed or injured...
Why didn’t the Han army come out?
No courage?
Or is it an ambush if you see through it?
Or are you going to gather and have a big one?
…(O_O)?…
Just when Ma Xiu was thinking about it, Chen Ada, who was at the front-line military camp, looked pale.
"Why are there horse thieves now? Where did these guys come from? Why didn't the outpost issue a warning? Why?" Chen Ada jumped and covered his guilt with anger.
If there were enough war horses in the camp, Chen Ada would not be afraid of any small horse thieves.
But the problem is that there are no war horses now...
The war horses were all "dead" just a few days ago, and are now waiting for subsequent additions.
So there is no daily patrol and detection.
This camp was arranged by Li Rusheng before. The front-line barracks existed as an important key point. After receiving the warning from the outpost, they fought in the group attack mode, and five hundred cavalry could solve most unexpected situations.
If five hundred cavalry cannot solve it, one or two thousand may not be able to solve it. It will be directly transmitted to Lu Bu, and then dispatch the army in the rear to surround, intersperse, or directly resist face to face...
Logically speaking, based on some of the previous experiences in the Western Regions of the Han Dynasty and his own understanding, Li Ru, at this stage, can indeed play a key role in controlling the surface, focus on the square and circle, coordinate with each other, and respond to the front and back, but the problem is that no matter how good the plan is, the person will be executed.
Once the relaxed Han army collapses in spirit, no matter how good the system is, it will be useless in good equipment. Anyway, no one in the Western Regions dares to provoke the Han army? Anyway, the Han army in the Western Regions is the boss, right? Anyway, isn’t it peaceful for a while? Anyway, others are doing it, so why can’t I do it too?
And now...
『Defense camp!』 Chen Ada ordered, 『Come and call General Wei! Request support!』
In the camp, a few war horses were squeezed out, and then someone rushed to the rear and found Wei Xu.
Wei Xu was counting money, his face shining brightly by the gold and silver in front of him.
ah……
Legend, bah, gold!
Yellow orange, shiny gold!
What's good about the Western Regions? Even if you eat three meals a day, there is a layer of grey that is always missing on the beef and mutton soup! Even if you bathe every day, it is still a thick layer of mud! If you eat too much meat, you can't even pull out the shit. If you don't get vegetables or tea for a long time, you have to hold a round wooden stick to hold it! If you don't get it out, you'll be dead!
Even though Wei Xu was in glory under Lu Bu, he still thought that one day he would go back to the Central Plains and return to his hometown. So could he go home empty-handed? He just had to bring some money and property with him? Isn’t it just for these cute and shiny little things to fight for so many years?
"Report to General, the number is right!" Ergouzi nodded and said, "I cut several pieces into pieces myself, they are all real! Real gold!"
Wei Xu nodded, and then he was still worried, "You flip through it, pick a few more pieces from the bottom, cut it open and see... These guys are all ghosts, don't be fooled by them."
Ergouzi was stunned for a moment, then responded quickly, turned around and went to the box to check again.
Wei Xu touched the gold nuggets on the table.
The gold nuggets were cold, but Wei Xu's heart was hot.
Well, save a little more, and then go home!
After all, Lu Bu is in a very popular place now, so he takes the opportunity to do more...
If you save enough, go home. What is the remaining mess? Haha, anyway, I have retired and will be troublesome for my next job, and it has nothing to do with me!
Just as Wei Xu was looking forward, a guard ran in from the gate of the courtyard with a dusty messenger who delivered military information.
Wei Xu's face changed, "Damn it! Didn't you see that I'm busy here?! Wait a moment!"
After Wei Xu and his confidant generals Jin Zi quickly moved behind the screen to hide it, Wei Xu let the commander come in a little impatiently.
"Report to the General!" The messenger was ordered to pay a visit, "The Forward Battalion was attacked by a large number of horse thieves! Please send reinforcements quickly!"
"Oh?" Wei Xu was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled, "Well, I understand, you go down first!"
『General!』 The messenger was also stunned, 『General...』
"Ah, I know, I know, really... go down!" Wei Xu waved his hand and asked someone to take the messenger away.
The messenger was inexplicably , but he had no choice but to follow the guards.
"Tsk, this Chen Ada..." Wei Xu shook his head, "It's really, he's still playing with this trick... Ergouzi, Ergouzi, come here!"
Ergouzi came up quickly and asked with a smile: "What are the general's instructions?"
"What did you and Chen Ada say?" Wei Xu asked, "Are you looking for a horse thief again?"
Ergouzi nodded.
Wei Xu said, "Why don't you know how to change some tricks? Every day, this horse thief is almost capable! Forget it this time, next time, you must find a new reason next time! And Chen Ada is so fucking careful, and he even made such a thing. Really, this messenger sent me the military intelligence to me, wouldn't it cause me trouble?"
Only then did he talk about the Longxi incident to Lu Bu, but he didn't expect it to be so soon...well, it's fulfilled?
Ergouzi kept claiming yes, but his heart was muttering, "Aren't this horse thief, all of you decided on your own at that time? Why did you blame this on my head now?"
It's really...
However, Ergouzi only dared to whisper in his stomach, and did not dare to express his feelings on the surface.
"You said, Chen Ada has reported the horse thief, what should I do now?" Wei Xu was a little impatient, thinking that Ergouzi didn't get the matter done. "You said, if I don't send troops, wouldn't this be exposed? If the troops were sent, the people here came to the vanguard's camp, and if that kid accidentally let him say something..."
Ergouzi was also thinking, and suddenly slapped his thigh, "General, you have it! General, you should prepare your troops according to the normal process, don't end up being criticized by Yin Jian. Then when the general is ready to set off, Chen Ada reported a pacified news. Isn't it just right? Everything is just right...
"Hey?" Wei Xu's eyes lit up, "Yes, then Chen Ada's losses can be argued? Not bad, Ergouzi, you have made progress!"
Chapter completed!