White horse garrison.
Yao Xiong is riding a tall horse. The horse is red all over except for the white hooves. It is extremely tall and not inferior to a blue lion at all.
His face was full of pride, and he rode his horse proudly and passed in front of many soldiers, taking his time, so that everyone could see clearly the horses under his command and his majestic figure.
Among the good horses sent by those people, Yao Xiong took a fancy to this one at a glance. Liu Taozi rewarded him directly, and Tian Zili helped him name it "Red Rabbit".
Yao Xiong, a big boss, praised Tian Zili repeatedly, thinking that Tian Zili's name was very good, until Cui Gang told him that the name was not Tian Zili's original creation.
There are more than 3,000 people in the Baima garrison.
Among them, there are only four to five hundred elites, and most of the rest are Cangtou.
Their new garrison leader was called Li Qihu, and he was promoted by Liu Taozi because of his military merits.
This guy was a man of few words, but he was brave and capable of fighting. In the previous battle, he beheaded eighteen levels of people by himself, including a powerful commander.
Of course, no one commended him for his contribution. After the battle, the temporary generals let them leave. After learning about it, Liu Taozi, as the general of the town, recognized him as the leader of the White Horse Guards and ordered him to temporarily take charge of this place.
A large army.
He is also quite a famous warrior in the White Horse Garrison, and everyone is extremely convinced of him.
At this moment, the army gathered in the school grounds, looking straight at Yao Xiong as he slowly walked up to the general platform. Yao Xiong had just stepped off the horse, and a soldier took his horse.
Yao Xiong said: "Where is Li Qihu?!"
Li Qihu walked forward quickly and bowed to Yao Xiong, "Meet the General."
Li Qihu has a square face and a beard. He is about forty years old, and his face is full of traces of weathering.
Yao Xiong looked at him and said, "General, I have requested merit for you and have received an edict to officially confer you the title of Chief of the White Horse Guards."
"From now on, you will sit here and train the army. You must abide by the three prohibitions."
Li Qihu trembled, clenched his fists, and saluted Yao Xiong again.
"Thank you General!!"
"Don't be too quick to thank me. The general has also received the rest of your rewards for you. They are all for you!"
Yao Xiong pointed to several large boxes in the distance, stepped forward and took out a sword from them, walked quickly to Li Qihu, and handed the sword to him.
"Those rewards were given to you by the temple. This sword was given to you by the general himself. After hearing about your achievements, he specially gave this sword to you to ask you to make new achievements."
Li Qihu lowered his head and slowly took the sword with both hands.
"Thank you General!!"
Yao Xiong then looked at the rest of the people, "And your rewards have been distributed!!"
“Start distributing now!!”
The soldiers were overjoyed and shouted in unison: "Thank you so much, General!!"
"This is distributed by the Khan, you should thank the Khan!!"
“Thank you Khan!!”
Everyone cheered, and Yao Xiong asked people to distribute the things to them one by one. Li Qihu stood aside and guarded Yao Xiong.
Yao Xiong looked at the ecstatic crowd, then looked at Li Qihu beside him with a smile.
"You are so brave, why haven't you been promoted yet?"
Li Qihu pursed his lips and said, "My subordinate also served as a garrison commander in the past. Due to family ties, he was demoted to Cangtou. He was promoted due to military merit, but he was unable to be promoted again."
"ah?"
Yao Xiong was stunned, then waved his hand, "No problem, my general doesn't care about this. As long as you have merit and follow wholeheartedly, you will be rewarded. This soldier of the White Horse Guards has made mistakes in the past. You must rectify them carefully. Don't make them again."
"only."
Yao Xiong nodded, "I'll leave the rest to you. Leave those peasants to me so that I can take them back to deliver the goods. I will go to several other places tomorrow."
Yao Xiong muttered, and Li Qihu quickly took him to receive the civilian husband he had prepared.
He sacrificed more than 500 people. These people were all in their prime. They didn't look too weak and still had some energy. They were considered the strongest Han people here. Of course, in fact, not all of the people were Han people. Among the Xianbei people, there were also bandits.
In such a poor settlement, many people were arrested and sent to do corvee labor.
Yao Xiong's men counted the number of people and compared the places they passed before escorting them out of Baima garrison.
Baima garrison is not really close to Wuchuan.
These garrisons at the frontier fortress may be close or far apart from each other. The only thing they have in common is that they are all located in the most dangerous places.
Yao Xiong escorted everyone, humming a song, and rode his red rabbit towards Wuchuan.
After walking for several days, we finally arrived at Wuchuan.
They met another team escorting civilian husbands.
Seeing the equally tall horse under the opponent's crotch, Yao Xiong muttered a few words, stepped forward and saluted casually, "Not bad, I was not thrown to death by this horse!"
Yan Heijing rode a big horse and said coldly: "General Yao has never been thrown to death, how could I be thrown to death?"
"Haha, you are really lucky. Not only did you kill Qijin and get the official position, you also got such a good horse!"
Yan Heizhu ignored this guy.
Because he shot and killed many people, and also shot and killed the enemy's "chief general" at a critical moment, he was praised by Liu Taozi, and it can be said that he soared to the sky.
This made Yao Xiong envious. Of course, Yao Xiong now also had a formal official position as a military attache, and his status was still higher than the others. He just envied that the other party was promoted faster than himself.
Zhang Heizu came to greet the two of them. He saluted, and then he ordered people to count them again and accept the peasants they had brought.
These civilians were wearing thin clothes and shivering in the strong wind.
It is now November, and the cold wind in the border fortress is enough to freeze someone.
Ordinary people do not dare to go out. These people have to improvise things from various places and let them wear them before going out.
"Blackfoot, haven't we gathered enough people yet?"
"General Yao, we haven't collected enough yet. We are still short of more than 4,000 men."
Yao Xiong looked at the civilians who followed the military officials into the city and asked in a low voice: "Can these people fight?"
Zhang Heizhu said solemnly: "I am thin and have no strength. I'm afraid I won't be able to wear armor."
Yao Xiong sighed, "It seems that brother's idea is difficult to realize. On the way here just now, I saw that they are all thin and thin, and some of them are not even taller than my waist. Let these people serve as soldiers. I'm afraid
Even ten thousand people can’t defeat a thousand people.”
Yan Heijing suddenly said: "That's because they eat less and work more."
"If we can provide them with meat, plenty of food, daily exercise, and the ability to lift dozens of kilograms of debris, wouldn't they be able to wear armor?"
But Yao Xiong still shook his head, "How much meat do you have to eat to catch up?"
"There is nothing wrong with listening to the general."
Yao Xiong glared at him, "No wonder you got promoted so quickly."
The two were still chatting, but Zhang Heizu had already said goodbye and left.
Zhang Heizu led the civilian workers to the South Campus.
This used to be an important place to welcome guests. Luo had lived here back then, but now it was also used by Liu Taozi to house the auxiliary soldiers.
In accordance with His Majesty's order, Liu Taozi mobilized strong civilians from all over the frontier to add 20,000 auxiliary troops.
At this moment, the South Campus is extremely chaotic, with people coming and going.
The people are still being summoned, and they are not yet full.
Liu Taozi dispersed his own soldiers and let them serve in the auxiliary army. Ordinary soldiers served as officials at the team level, while officers were promoted higher.
Although many people died in this expedition, many brave people stood out, and Liu Taozi selected them to serve as military leaders and building leaders.
Tian Zili once advised him to disperse his soldiers to various garrisons, and let them airborne garrison commanders and other positions to control the entire frontier.
Liu Taozi did not listen to this suggestion. He dispersed his own soldiers among these auxiliary soldiers, used these old soldiers as bones and Han soldiers as flesh and blood to form this new army. However, at the local level, Liu Taozi was just a senior soldier.
To demonstrate military merit, he promoted the bravest among them.
For example, Li Qihu was not Liu Taozi's old subordinate. He himself was a member of the Baima garrison and was just promoted by Liu Taozi.
Zhang Heizu was also granted the title of Military Lord and became a thousand-man-level commander.
It's a pity that only these auxiliary soldiers are in command.
The topic that is hotly discussed in the frontier fortress at the moment is Liu Taozi's execution of Xiren Qijin and the replacement of rewards, as well as the numerous events in which nobles from all over the world bowed their heads and gave gifts.
As for the auxiliary soldiers, it really can't make any waves.
Neither the nobles nor the frontier soldiers cared about these civilians and never thought that the auxiliary soldiers were something worthy of attention.
At the same time, the beaten envoys returned to Jinyang and Yecheng crying.
Yecheng.
Right Prime Minister's Office.
The house was quite lively. Gao Zhan was sitting in the upper seat, well-dressed. He was no longer as dissolute as before, and did not open his clothes anymore. He was sitting in the upper seat, with a smile on his face. He looked handsome and powerful, as if he could illuminate the entire lobby.
It's bright.
The distinguished guests sat on the left and right, looking at King Changguang above, and some could not move their eyes away.
Brilliant.
For some reason, King Changguang suddenly changed his temperament.
In the past, King Changguang, who was arrogant, rude, dissolute, and often intimidated everyone, suddenly became humble, kind, and gentle.
He was friendly to the nobles in Yecheng, visited their homes several times, and wrote letters to nobles from various places to repair relations with them.
For a time, everyone's attitude towards Gao Zhan also changed.
Just like Gao Yan's mansion, his place has become lively. The distinguished guests come one after another without interruption. Gao Zhan talks to them and is polite and considerate. He will give gifts to everyone who comes to visit him.
, expressed his feelings. Less than a month after coming to Yecheng, his friends have already spread all over the place, and the name of King Changguang is becoming more and more famous.
At this moment, the singing in the palace was loud and clear, and Gao Zhan was sitting solemnly in the upper position without appearing too stern. He looked at the guests on the left and right and nodded frequently.
Just when he was at his happiest moment, the knight drove in and glanced at him.
Gao Zhan got up secretly, arranged for people to take care of the guests, and then went to join the monks.
The two of them walked to the backyard, and He Shikai hurriedly said: "Your Majesty!! Something big has happened!!"
"Then Liu Taozi accepted the gifts, robbed the carriage and slaves, beat the envoys, and asked them to send more gifts. This is shameless, hateful, and a villain."
Listening to He Shikai's curse, Gao Zhan glanced at him.
"It's too much. Just talking about extortion, seizing slaves on carriages, beating messengers, etc. is too much."
The monk had a meal and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty! I'm not making it up! It's true! He really took over the carriage."
Gao Zhan was stunned, and he asked hesitantly: "You mean, you guys didn't make it up, he really did this???"
Gao Zhan signaled the nobles to send gifts this time, just as Cui Gang said, he wanted to accuse Liu Taozi of blackmailing the nobles and humiliating the people. He didn't care whether His Majesty would care about it.
I just care about whether the other distinguished nobles will be angry after hearing this.
Your Majesty has always doted on Liu Taozi, and he will not ask any questions if Liu Taozi did these things.
It would be best if he didn't ask about his guilt. The nobles would know whose side he was on, and they would naturally come to support those who should be supported.
But Gao Zhan didn't expect that he would actually do these things without having to frame him.
Gao Zhan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and laughed.
"What a Liu Taozi!"
"He knew it was difficult to prove his innocence, so he did these things directly!"
"No wonder His Majesty loves him so much. It's really extraordinary, extraordinary!"
He Shikai looked at his king in astonishment and didn't know how to answer the question for a moment.
Gao Zhan laughed for a long time, then stopped, and said quietly: "At the beginning, in order for Your Majesty to accomplish such a great thing, I offended many people and suffered a lot of scolding. Before it was accomplished, he personally promised me that he would let me do it after it was accomplished.
The emperor’s younger brother.”
"Now that the matter is settled, he has gained military merit and secured his position, so he left me in Yecheng and made that little brat the prince."
"In these years, I have worked hard without complaining, done all the things that offended people, done all the work that was embarrassing, and charged forward time and time again, regardless of life and death, but when it comes time to reward me, it will be none of my business anymore??"
"Prime Minister Right, Prime Minister Right, assisting the Crown Prince?"
Gao Zhan suddenly laughed, and he slowly looked at He Shikai beside him.
"Do you think this is appropriate?"
He Shikai was trembling and dared not speak.
"My only fault was that I trusted him too much. He asked me to bite Han Chen, so I went up to bite him, and he asked me to bite him. I never retreated until the end. I have nothing."
He opened his mouth and said: "If he can do this throne, I can do it too."
"Your Majesty has already had the idea of ​​suppressing your nobles at this moment. By asking Liu Taozhi to form a warrior camp, you can see that he is also afraid of me."
"There is no delay."
"I will lead Yecheng's army to attack overnight. While he is still conferring rewards on the ministers and princes, I will let Gao Guiyan open the city gate, rush into Jinyang, and force him to give up his throne."
He Shikai was so frightened that he almost collapsed on the ground. He quickly grabbed Gao Zhan's hand.
"Your Majesty, don't be impulsive!"
"If things come to light."
"What are you afraid of?! If you are exposed, you will die!"
"How can you hesitate to do great things?!"
"Your Majesty! Now that the nobles still trust Your Majesty, if you send troops now, you will occupy the palace. How will you deal with everyone's attack?"
"With Liu Taozi's incident this time, it will be a matter of time before the nobles and nobles leave. When the nobles and nobles leave, the king will win over them. With their support, wouldn't it be possible to accomplish great things?"
"Why should your Majesty be anxious??"
Gao Zhan didn't answer, his face was very determined, and He Shikai hurriedly said: "If the king insists on this, he can ask a wizard to come for divination to see whether the big thing can be successful."
Gao Zhan pondered for a moment and looked at He Shikai with a half-smile.
"Okay, let's do it."
At this moment, a servant suddenly rushed in and saluted Gao Zhan, "Your Majesty! Duke Mo Chen is here and says he has important matters to discuss with you!"
Gao Zhan nodded and asked people to invite him in.
Hou Mo, Chen Jingui.
He was the second son of Prime Minister Hou Mo and Chen. He was a capable man in both civil and military affairs and was appointed as General of the Military Guard.
Jin Gui's face turned red and he was breathing heavily. When he saw Gao Zhan, he knelt down in front of him.
Gao Zhan hurriedly helped him up, "Hou Mo Chenjun!! Why is this?!"
Jin Gui raised his head with a fierce look on his face, "Your Majesty, according to your instructions, I sent someone to give a gift to Liu Taozi. This guy is bullying someone too much! Bullying someone too much!"
"He actually seized my carriage, slave, beat my messenger, and really blackmailed me! Let me give him some more money!"
"Your Majesty! If I continue to be patient, I won't be able to gain a foothold in the palace. I'm afraid I won't be able to obey your orders anymore. I have to fight him to the death. Please don't stop me!!"
Gao Zhan suddenly had a headache.
The current strategy is to make the nobles look wronged and make Tao Zi look bad, so that more nobles who are dissatisfied with the court can be attracted to stand with him.
But if he directly attacks Liu Taozi, then the drama will not be able to continue, and it will directly turn into a fight between the two sides, and the situation will be out of control.
He hurriedly comforted him: "Don't get angry. What did King White Water say?"
King Baishui was the father of Jin Gui, the elder Hou Mo Chenxiang of Da Qi. He was the old man who followed Gao Huan in the army, and he was the old man among the old men.
Jin Gui said angrily: "My father told me that if you suffer such humiliation and dare not fight back, then you should not inherit his title."
Gao Zhan smiled bitterly, and held the other person's hand cordially, "Listen to me, Liu Taozi is deeply loved by Your Majesty. He blackmailed Murong Jun before and was not punished. How can he be punished now? Besides, he blackmailed Murong Jun before.
, Your Majesty has handed over the elites of Wuchuan to him to govern. Even if you bring the army there, can you still fight with your own family? "
"You want to take revenge, of course you can, but now is not the time. We need to contact more people and let His Majesty stand up for us and hold us accountable."
"If Your Majesty favors Liu Taozi, he will not take action for us."
Gao Zhan paused and his expression became solemn.
"I will take action!!"
"If you can trust me, you will tolerate me again."
Looking at Gao Zhan in front of him, Jin Gui took a deep breath and cursed again: "This thief, what kind of general is he? He is clearly a robber! I gave you a gift with good intentions, but how dare you treat me like this. One day, I will
I have to chop him into pieces and feed him to the fish!!”
Jin Gui cursed loudly for a long time until he got angry and finally calmed down.
Gao Zhan said helplessly: "It is all my fault that you have been wronged. Please tolerate it for a little longer. I will definitely not let him go!"
After appeasing him for a long time, Jin Gui left here angrily.
Only then did Gao Zhan sneer.
"This little brat is really good at finding trouble. Call the wizard in and ask him to go through the side door and divine for me in the backyard to see if I can send troops."
"only!!"
Chapter completed!