Now that Buddhism is about to return to this land, Your Majesty needs the power of Buddhism, and Buddhism needs the support of His Majesty the Emperor before it can return to the Central Plains.
The two sides who fought to the death a hundred years ago have now become allies. It truly fulfills the saying that there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.
Li Xiang, who was in the northwest, didn't know that two major forces in the south were about to join forces to suppress him.
He was also preparing to go south to conquer the grasslands. This was a promise he had made when it snowed before winter. The Xiliang army was also gathering and preparing various supplies.
Zhang Qingyun didn't care about Xiang Li's actions. Anyway, all the materials consumed by the Xiliang army were supplied by the Xiliang headquarters, and the money spent was not from their northwest yamen.
Only when the war reaches the middle and late stages, is the time when their Northwest Yamen becomes busy. At that time, the materials prepared by Xiliang Headquarters are almost consumed, so they are supplied by their Northwest Yamen!
There is no such thing as a free pie in the world. They, the Northwest Yamen, have obtained so much supplies, so naturally they have to pay a price, otherwise Li Xiang will not have their share of the grassland.
Those grassland tribes look very poor, but in fact they are very rich, but their wealth is not as rich as that of the Central Plains.
Things like gold, silver, and jewelry are not valuable at all on the grasslands. Basically every household has some.
In the past, when they were still hanging out with Da Gan, they could use these gold and silver jewelry to exchange for food or other things they needed.
But then they started to take action again, and after using weapons to plunder things, Daqian's chamber of commerce rarely came to this grassland to trade with the tribes in the small grassland.
Even if their chamber of commerce is very famous in the world, that reputation is of no use on this grassland. Instead, it will be regarded as a fat sheep by the tribes in these small grasslands.
Trading here is really too dangerous. There are so many places in the world where you can make money, so why come to this dangerous area?
Therefore, these tribes on the small grasslands have more and more gold, silver and jewelry in their hands, but they cannot spend any of them.
They couldn't spend money on gold, silver and jewels. When they went south to plunder, most of the things they plundered were still the same!
This formed a very vicious cycle, which also caused some gold and silver jewelry in every tent of the prairie tribe.
These are the information that Xiliang spies found on the grassland.
These things don't have much value on the grassland, but if they fall into the hands of Xiliang, their value will be very high.
The Xiliang headquarters does not need jewelry and the like. In the end, these items will be converted into silver coins and given to the Yamen. They can earn more money by changing hands at will.
Therefore, Zhang Qingyun is not against the war, but is very supportive of it. Xiliang has been fighting continuously since its founding. It is unknown how many people have been killed or injured in the war, but he has never suffered a loss in terms of plundering materials.
He believes that Li Xiang will not fight a losing battle? In addition, the pasture on the small grassland is very good. After conquering this area, Li Xiang will definitely establish a pasture farm on the small grassland. By then, the Northwest Yamen will
There will be a lot more taxes.
Li Xiang exempted from agricultural tax? But these pastures and farms are still within the scope of tax collection. It is best for these places to be run by Xiliang headquarters' own people.
This way they can collect more tax!
"Lord, everything is ready." Cheng Jushu said, standing next to Li Xiang. Li Xiang nodded and looked at the large, dark crowd that had gathered.
These people are all generals under him, and the lowest-ranking ones are all captains in charge of 1,000 people? Half are from Xiliang headquarters, and half are from the seventh and eighth legions.
Everyone was wearing heavy armor and weapons hanging on their waists, and they knew a big battle was waiting for them.
The generals of Xiliang were never afraid of war. They longed for war and enjoyed war.
In the war, can they reflect their own value? In the war, they can gain military exploits, and in the war, they can gain respect!
The most respected profession in Xiliang is the military. Being a soldier here in Xiliang is more respected than being an official.
Among these people, the ones who get the most attention are the group of people at the front. They are the people who were rescued on the border of the grassland. They train hard here, and Xiliang provides them with a lot of meat and practice skills.
They had 11 people come to this meeting.
"I am just a rough man, and I don't know how to speak politely!" Li said loudly to the generals below: "Last year, during the first snowfall of winter in Liangzhou, the Xianbei and Qiang people on the small grassland in the north of Anding County
Hundreds of thousands of civilians in Liangzhou were massacred, and the area was stained red with blood.
At that time, I made a promise to pay with blood. If those tribes in the grassland killed one of my Xiliang civilians, I would kill hundreds or thousands of them.
Now it's time for them to pay for their debt with blood!
This time, the army was divided into three groups. The first group, led by Zhao Tiezhu, commander of the Seventh Army Corps, and my three thousand Xiliang heavy cavalry set out from Sanshui City and advanced from east to northwest!
The second army was led by the Eighth Army. The 150,000 Xiliang army was dispatched from Zhangye County and went straight to the place where the Qiang Shanyu was!
On the third route, I personally led 50,000 Xiliang cavalry from Bingzhou and went straight to the ancestral land of the Xianbei people.
Finally, our three route armies may fight together to Baron Lake, the core of the small grassland, in four or five months!
This time I will let the grassland be spilled with blood for three thousand miles!"
Li Xiang's arrangements were very rough. He just formulated the routes of each army. As for how to fight the battle, it depends on these people's own plans. The current plans can never keep up with the changes during the war.
The battlefield is changing rapidly, and the battle plan will change according to the changes on the battlefield. How can he command the army thousands of miles away? Blind command will only cause more losses to his army.
Every soldier under his command is extremely valuable. Losing one not only loses a brave and capable soldier, but also costs a lot of money!
"You go back and discuss the specific combat plans of each army. The Xiliang headquarters will be in charge of the logistics supply line in the early stage, and the Northwest Yamen will be in charge of the later stage. Of course, you should also save yourselves. Every time you conquer a place, keep an eye on the cattle and sheep.
If there is no food, the cattle and sheep will be killed and eaten; if there is food, they will be left to grow."
"And don't hold back when facing the Qiang people. If you encounter them, kill me!" Li Xiang said to the soldiers in a murderous manner: "With the Xianbei people, if you can capture them, capture them, and if you can't, kill them if you can't."
In such a large grassland, people from Xiliang headquarters cannot do everything, so the fate of the Xianbei people is to become the horse herders of Xiliang.
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"Dad, are you going to fight again?" Li Chengqian raised his head and pouted his mouth blankly.
Li Xiang knelt down and touched his son's head: "Well, you should keep an eye on your sister at home, and wait until dad comes back to bring you gifts."
"Can you not go?" Li Chengqian raised his little head and looked at Li Xiang with satisfaction and expectation. Li Xiang had to walk for a long time every time he went out.
Li Xiang shook his head: "Dad has to go. There are many people waiting. They need dad to lead them. They need dad to lead. When you come back, dad will take you to ride a big horse!"
Li Chengqian lowered his head and reluctantly let go of his hand without saying a word. The maid beside him quickly came over and picked up Li Chengqian.
Li Xiang turned around and mounted his horse to leave. He really couldn't stay, he was needed on the battlefield!
He didn't know what he would encounter on the small grassland this time. He didn't believe that people from other forces would let go of this good opportunity!
The mobilization of the Xiliang army cannot be hidden from those who are interested. When the Xiliang army from Jiuyuan County dispatched, the army from Liangzhou also began to dispatch. They were to cope with the army from Jiuyuan County.
There are also some troops that have been mobilized to participate in the grassland battle and are already ready.
The Tongtian River is full of ships of the Xiliang army, and Sanshui City, an important transportation hub, is crowded with people every day, and all kinds of materials are transported to the grassland in one carriage and one carriage.
Many people know that Xiliang is about to start a war again!
The Jiuyuan County side has not been affected by the war. The fields should be farmed and the work should be done. No matter how fierce the war outside is, it will not affect the civilians.
However, there are many young people who are working hard to practice martial arts. They want to become stronger. Only by becoming stronger can they join the Xiliang Army and become a being respected and looked up to by countless people.
If one person serves as a soldier, the whole family will be honored.
People will die on the battlefield, but is there any place in this world where people will not die?
They are able to live in such harmony here in Jiuyuan County. Isn't it because the Xiliang Army is fighting in the south and north, and is it because the Xiliang Army resists foreign enemies that they have such a safe environment?
Moreover, even if he dies, the pension will be enough to raise the child to adulthood!
The Xiliang army always moves forward before the troops and horses move their food and grass. Many forces know this. When they see the food and grass moving, they know that a big war is likely to begin.
The major forces are extremely envious. They envy Xiliang's cold rice. They envy Xiliang's war capabilities and wealth!
Xiliang, which has been in constant war, not only did not lose because of the war, but became stronger and stronger because of the war.
When other forces go to war, it will affect the economic development in their own territories, and sometimes also affect civilians, because the logistics of the front line rely on those civilians to transport food and grass.
But what about Xiliang?
Basically, there are wars every year, either with the Central Plains forces in the south, with ferocious beasts, or with those resurrected monsters and monsters.
But even so, Xiliang is still developing very well and has become one of the important economic points in the Eastern world, exporting a large amount of grain every year.
The civilians in the territory are martial, wealthy, and have sufficient food. They are even richer than the Central Plains before the Great Chaos!
The soldiers of the Xiliang Army can be called a famous strong army in the world. They are powerful, warlike, and war-loving!
Li Xiang took the Xiliang cavalry by boat to Zhangye County City, gathered with the Xiliang cavalry gathered here, and ran all the way to the northwest. It took a month for Li Xiang to arrive at Bingzhou City.
At this time, the time has come to May, which is the time when the Xiliang Army prepares its entire army to attack the north.
All armies have been prepared.
When the Xiliang army was ready and began to move out, the Qiang and Xianbei people on the grassland began to belatedly aware of the situation.
We can't blame them, because no one knew who the Xiliang army was going to fight at the beginning. They just saw and observed that the Xiliang army was gathering and they were preparing supplies.
But they knew nothing about the gathering place of the army and the number of troops.
It wasn't until the Xiliang army went north that the tribes in the small grassland knew that Li Xiang was going north, and the army he had assembled was to deal with their small grassland.
When the major forces knew that Prime Minister Li was going to attack the small grassland, they were also confused. They knew that when the winter came last year, the small grassland tribe led an army to massacre hundreds of thousands of civilians in Liangzhou.
Li Xiang had formed a rift with Xiao Grassland, but he really didn't know that Li Xiang, the king of Xiliang, was so fierce that he would lead his army north to look for trouble in Xiao Grassland.
This is too fierce!
At the same time, let them know how strong Li Xiang's character is, and he must retaliate. Everyone knows this, but they have never thought of it being so fierce!
Outside Bingzhou City.
As the soldiers on the city watched the black cavalry pass by, their foreheads were covered with sweat. The Xiliang cavalry appeared outside Bingzhou City!
Although the other party only borrowed it to go to the north, only those who witnessed it with their own eyes can feel the pressure!
The Xiliang cavalry, fully armored, formed a road wherever they walked. The cavalry in front of them was just one of the cavalry that entered Bingzhou. There were five more armies like the one in front of them.
Kill in five directions towards the north!
I really don’t know how Xiliang King Li Xiang trained this cavalry, and how he had so much money to raise such a cavalry!
There were many brave people outside the city. They stared blankly at the tall cavalry. The horses were much taller than them. Coupled with the soldiers in black armor, the impact on them was very powerful.
"As expected of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, one of the top ten cavalry in the world!" A young man holding a ranking of Bai Xiaosheng's cavalry looked at the Xiliang Iron Cavalry with burning eyes: "I really hope they can hurt the grassland tribes in this battle.
Let those little prairie people dare not go south."
The Bingzhou side was also invaded by the small prairie people. Every once in a while, the prairie people would go south to plunder. However, there were no big families on the Bingzhou side. The generals sent by the imperial court still guarded this land, so there was no such thing as the Liangzhou side.
awful.
"Three first-class warriors sent from the headquarters will arrive soon. Everyone, prepare what you need to prepare. This time we will go deep into the grassland with these Xiliang cavalry.
If we do it well this time, we won’t have to worry about it for the rest of our lives!”
In a hotel, a large group of people excitedly packed up their things, including books, pens, papers, and food and drinks.
Before the troops behind him left Bingzhou, Li Xiang had already sent his troops deep into the grassland. Now they were staying in a tribe, with raging fire rising around them.
The ground is full of corpses, and no one is left alive...
