"My lord, if you entrust such an important task to me, I will definitely not let you down!" The vanguard officer of Xiliang's main army said to his soldiers with a solemn face: "So, I hope you all, don't let your guard down. If you are not sure, you can complete the task."
If you have a task for yourself, put it forward as early as possible, so as not to delay the progress of the army!"
The camp was full of senior officers above centurions, and the number of soldiers in the vanguard was 3,000, with a total of thirty centurions.
"Report!" A soldier quickly ran in from outside: "General, there is a letter from General Manager Li Yi, ordering our army to start taking action to clean up the tribes within two hundred miles of the passage. If you can control it, control it. If you don't listen to those in control, kill them."
No forgiveness."
The pioneer officer nodded and said to the centurions: "Start taking action."
"promise!"
The centurions clasped their hands in a salute and left the camp. After a while, the camp was empty of people.
Every soldier rode a horse, and Xiliang kept a large number of war horses in captivity, which were finally brought out in this battle.
Qingxi grasslands and small grasslands all have places to herd horses in Xiliang. In addition, the animal training department of Xiliang has mastered the training technology of horses in Xuanjie in the early years.
There is no shortage of war horses in Xiliang, especially the kind of horses that can be mounted in battle. There are plenty of them in Xiliang.
If we really want to form a cavalry, the number of horse hides in Xiliang is enough to form a million cavalry. However, raising such a large number of cavalry would be an astronomical figure for the finances, and it may cost more than raising the entire Xiliang civilians.
Not to mention what the horses eat, Xiliang cannot supply the armor and weapons for the Xiliang cavalry, even if they only need raw materials.
In addition, Xiliang has better war horses, so instead of forming a cavalry that is of no use, Xiliang should save some materials and money to form Xiliang's own cavalry.
These war horses have become a means of transportation for the soldiers of the Xiliang headquarters. They are used to transport weapons and armor. When necessary, they can also lead the soldiers of the headquarters to charge for a short distance.
Not every horse can lead its own soldiers to charge.
In the past, Xiliang rarely dispatched these horses, but in this year's war, Xiliang finally dispatched them.
For soldiers who start from the barren mountains, each soldier is equipped with a war horse, two rogue horses, and a headquarters war horse.
Colleagues also carry a large amount of grain, fodder specially eaten by horses, etc.
Because of the large number of people and horses, the logistics pressure on the Barren Mountain road is very high. A large amount of grain and grass are transported from Jiuyuan City to Barren Mountain every day, but they are all for the purpose of transporting stones, and no one has done so yet.
It was discovered that Xiliang sent an army from the barren mountains to the back of the grassland.
Even if the Xianbei people on the small grassland were beaten to death, they would not have thought that Xiliang would attack them directly from the barren mountains. It would be like someone leading an army across the Qinchuan River of eight thousand miles to kill in the Central Plains.
It’s hard to believe, and no one will believe this.
However, they never thought that when Xiliang was quarrying stones, they would have people trim a road that went straight to the back of the grassland.
The soldiers from Xiliang Headquarters were running freely on this vibrant grassland where green grass had just grown.
The tribes here are far away from right and wrong and know little about the Central Plains. Most of them are ethnic groups that lived on this grassland before the Xianbei and Qiang people came.
However, later the Xianbei and Qiang ethnic groups came over from the prairie and took away their land. They had no choice but to run to the surrounding barren mountains.
Compared with other parts of the grassland, this area looks very desolate, but with Mount Huang blocking the cold from the north, life is not impossible here.
Their ancestors have survived here for generations. At the same time, they have lost contact with the Central Plains, Xianbei, Qiang and other ethnic groups, and are in a state of isolation from the world.
They have their own culture and a relatively complete society.
However, their small, stable society faced disruption due to the invasion of the Xiliang army and the defeated Qiang people.
Xiliang has entered this small grassland for more than a day or two. No matter how slow these tribes are, they still feel that something is wrong.
In a basin deep inside the barren mountains, there is a stream flowing in from the grassland, forming a medium-sized lake. It is surrounded by continuous high mountains, tightly surrounding the basin.
Coupled with the hot springs emitting white smoke in the mountains not far away, this basin feels like spring all year round.
On the edge of the lake, there are tall buildings built of stone, arranged very neatly.
In the middle of the lake is a tall castle, which is somewhat similar to the fortress in the Western world, but not exactly the same.
inside the castle
"Everyone, we have summoned you to deal with the coming chaos!" A gray-haired old man, speaking in a stiff Daqian voice, shouted to the gathered tribal leaders wearing sheepskin, cowhide, or animal skin clothing.
The tribal leaders below are not from the same race. Although they live in the same place, their races are different. Before the arrival of the Xianbei and Qiang people, there were thousands of tribes on the grassland.
After their arrival, there were only a few of these tribes left, and other tribes either disappeared in the long river of history or ran away here.
Different tribes, different races, naturally have different languages, and these tribes have all had contact with the Daqian Dynasty and have learned the Daqian language, so they regard the Daqian language as their lingua franca.
"Everyone should note that many tribes have disappeared recently. Entire tribes have disappeared. Just a few days ago, the people I sent finally found some traces."
After hearing the old man's words, the people below who were still a little noisy suddenly became quiet and looked up at the old man, waiting for the old man's next words.
The old man paused as he spoke: "This has something to do with the Qiang people!"
"Is it related to the Qiang people? I have said long ago that we should all unite to destroy the Qiang people!" A big man shouted loudly, encouraging the people around him: "They were the ones who drove us here back then. Look, they are just now
Come here and wipe out so many tribes!"
A young man next to the white-haired old man looked at the big man's performance with cold eyes, and many people below were inspired by the big man.
When the Qiang people came over, these tribes wanted to unite to destroy the Qiang people, but in the end because the Qiang people were not weak and there was no harmony between the major tribes, they did not destroy the Qiang people.
"Quiet!" The old man's voice contained some inner strength, and the sound was deafening, making the people below quiet down again: "What I said was related to the Qiang people, but I didn't say it was the Qiang people. The annihilation of those tribesmen would most likely be the result of the Qiang people.
The Qiang people rushed to Xiliang over here!"
"Xiliang?"
"What kind of tribe is Xiliang?"
...
The people below looked confused. They didn't know Xiliang and knew little about the outside world.
