The battle at Manaizi Lake is over, or in other words, it shouldn't be called a battle.
Before the four hundred hussars led by Lu Sanlang had time to charge, the enemy commander Shi Mili took the lead and fled with his bodyguards.
They collapsed so fast that the chasing party didn't even have time to prepare, so not many were captured or killed.
About three hundred people were beheaded and more than seven hundred were captured alive. The rest were like hares on the grassland, running away without a trace.
Of course, Lu Sanlang was extremely dissatisfied and loudly rebuked his soldiers and generals, asking them to pursue quickly and be sure to catch Shimili and others.
He had reason to get angry. In today's battle, the armored cavalry, as the decisive force, completely defeated the enemy with just one charge.
Such a beautiful assault turned out to be that Yin Li's left wing Qianhu, forward Qianhu and Bashimianqi Qianhu, who were in charge of harvesting, failed to keep up in time, resulting in a serious lack of results.
Lu San understood that the reason for this result was none other than that he had not yet fully mastered the three thousand-household prairie cavalry, which caused the orders he issued to be greatly discounted.
By the time these guys who took the initiative to discount realized that the enemy had collapsed so quickly, it was already too late to think of ways to remedy the situation.
Therefore, Lu Sanlang was particularly annoyed. The heads of the thousand households of these three thousand households also knew that they had missed the opportunity to fight, and they were disgraced and prepared to pursue them.
Just at this moment, the messenger sent by Bai Congxin arrived.
And it was none other than Lu Sanlang's younger brother Lu Dingbang. Although they are said to be brothers, in fact they are not related by blood.
It turned out that when Zhang Yan led them back east from Anxi, Lu Sanlang personally selected a dozen people from the Gulam cavalry trained by the Kara Khanate and asked them to follow his surname of Lu and treat them as descendants of the Anxi army. Brought back to Hexi.
Lu Sanlang himself was born in Gulam, so he naturally knew which Gulam were worth cultivating. After returning from the east, these young men brought back by Lu Sanlang as brothers did show some shining points.
But Lu Sanlang did not get much benefit from this, because the matter of selecting Gulam and being brought back as a descendant of the Anxi Army was not at all instructed by Zhang Yan, but Lu Sanlang's own decision.
The starting point was not to enhance the collective strength, but because Lu Sanlang saw that everyone else had brothers and friends to take care of each other, but he was alone for some reason, so he brought back these dozen people just to give him more help.
This kind of thing can be big or small, and the descendants of the Anxi Army do not want to see him or give him support. Although these young Gulams who came back with Lu Sanlang are capable, promotion has always been a problem.
In the end, it was my kindness, Zhang Shengren, who carefully investigated Lu Sanlang and found that he was not Lu Lushan, but a brave general who was a bit ambitious but not very good at life, so I gave these dozen little Gulams named Lu A way to survive is to let them enter the left and right Yulin Guards for training, giving them a way to ascend.
An Lushan is such a shrewd person! If moral character is not considered, Lu Sanlang is not worthy of carrying An Lushan's shoes.
So he could only look at the little Gulams he brought back with tears in his eyes, and shed tears of gratitude to Zhang Shengren who promoted them to the left and right Yulin Guards. Many of them even directly drew a clear line with Lu Sanlang.
Only Lu Dingbang, who was taken by Bai Congxin as a personal guard and cavalry general, had some conscience and regarded Lu Sanlang as his real brother.
When Lu Sanlang saw Lu Dingbang coming, not only was he not surprised, but he was a little annoyed. He grabbed Lu Dingbang and asked in a low voice.
"But which brat slandered a certain family in front of the Duke of Kucha? Let's let the war rest here and the Duke will know?"
Lu Dingbang was a little confused by the question. It took him a long time to understand what Lu Sanlang was talking about. It seemed that his brother must have missed the secret profit, and he thought someone had reported the news that he had lost his main target. Bai Congxin.
Thinking of this, Lu Dingbang resisted the urge to roll his eyes and said to Lu Sanlang seriously.
"Third brother, the county magistrate is six to seven hundred miles away from here, and the express delivery will take two or three days without stopping. Who would fight so hard to get a black case against you! Or do you have a big enemy with someone else?"
Lu Sanlang's cheeks turned red, and then he felt that he was a little too worried about gains and losses. He had always wanted to take this hard-earned escape as the best opportunity to make a blockbuster success, but the result was that he was too pretentious.
"Then what are you here for? What military duties does Duke Bai ask you to come here for?"
"Ahem!" Lu Dingbang coughed dryly, "It's a good thing that my brother didn't catch Shamili. Duke Bai asked his brother not to catch Shamili, but to follow him all the way eastward and touch the lair of these people. "
Lu Sanlang nodded. Although he didn't catch Shamili, after defeating the enemy, there were many defectors who could help track them down.
Moreover, the defeated Shimili and others had no luggage and could not run very far on horseback. Horses need to eat and drink, and they also need to eat and drink well before they can run fast.
But immediately, Lu Sanlang's forehead wrinkled, because the home base of these Mierqi and fortune tellers was probably located near Yanran Mountain, almost two thousand miles away.
In that place, there were not only two tribes, Merqi and Zubu, but also two tribes, Dalimi and Yehugua, who had wavering attitudes.
There are dozens of tribes under these four tribes, and there are at least more than 500,000 Dingkou. Once they are all mobilized, they will control at least 200,000 strings.
At present, there are only 6,000 Zhou troops sent out of the fortress. The 40,000 households in Moxi can only send 20,000 troops at most. With 26,000 horses, they can ride a small distance of 2,000 miles to Yanran Mountain to defeat 200,000 enemies. What Baijun Gong has in mind is What do you think?
Lu Sanlang gave a fierce output, obviously disapproving of Bai Congxin's decision.
Finally, Lu Dingbang couldn't bear it anymore. He rolled his eyes at Lu Sanlang. He asked Lu Sanlang helplessly: "Brother, you just said, where is the lair of these people?"
"Near Yanran Mountain!" Lu Sanlang replied in a deep voice.
"Tell me again, what kind of mountain is this?" Lu Dingbang continued to ask.
Lu Sanlang looked at Lu Dingbang with confusion and anger. If he hadn't known this little brother's temper, he would have thought that Lu Dingbang was playing tricks on him.
'Yanran Mountain, Yanran Mountain. Lu Sanlang continued to mutter a few sentences, and suddenly, a word struck into his mind like thunder.
Lu Sanlang grabbed Lu Dingbang's hands, widened his eyes and shouted: "Strangle Shi Yanran! You mean that Duke Bai is going to strangle Shi Yanran!"
Seal the wolf to live in Xu, and restrain Shi Yanran.
As long as you are a military general, you will be excited when you hear these two words.
"Brother, now you know why Duke Bai, who is ranked second only to the Duke of Jin among the generals for 108 yuan, is sent out to sweep outside the Great Wall, but you are not dissatisfied at all, right?"
"It turns out that the saint wanted to let Duke Bai take over Shi Yanran's great merit!" Lu Sanlang was full of envy.
"Of course!" Lu Dingbang also became a little excited, "Otherwise, a yellow-headed gyur would not be worthy of our attention if we lose our secrets. If we really want to kill him, there is no need to go to such trouble!"
Hearing what his younger brother said, Lu Sanlang was excited for a moment, but then he calmed down and looked at Lu Dingbang and said.
"Although we are encouraged by Le Shi Yanran, there are still too few of us. The enemy is ten times more than us, and we are fighting on their territory. The risk is still high!"
Lu Dingbang shook his head, "There are not even 200,000 of them. There are so many of them, but with Mierqi's Hulu Badou, how can they gather all these people together?
Even if Du Sage, the powerful chieftain of resistance to divination, stood up to support, only 112,000 people would be able to survive.
If they are not five times as good as me, how can they dare to come up and fight me? If they escape to the north of Yanran Mountain, what's the point of trying to restrain Shi Yanran. "
With that said, Lu Dingbang saw that Lu Sanlang was still a little hesitant, so he moved closer to him, waved his hands to ask everyone around him to go away, and then whispered.
"Mr. Bai has received news that the saint intends to lead his troops out of the fortress. When the time comes, we will not be the only ones arriving at Yanran Mountain."
Lu Sanlang perked up after hearing this, and immediately asked: "Really? When will the saint leave the fortress? From where?"
Lu Dingbang rolled his eyes again, "My third brother! Is this something that a subordinate of yours should ask about?"
Duke Bai asked me to tell you that as long as you can chase Shimili all the way to Yanran Mountain and attract the four tribes of Mierqi, Zhubu, Dalimi, and Yefu, they will not leave. When the army of saints arrives, this vanguard will The merit is yours. "
After listening to this, Lu Sanlang had a look of determination on his face.
This job is not easy to do. If you are not capable enough, you will basically end up being eaten by Mierqi and the other four before the saint army gathers together. But once you do it well, it will be a great achievement.
"Dingbang, please go back and tell Duke Bai to thank him for giving Lu Sanlang this opportunity. If he doesn't die, as long as the Duke says something about something, I will go through fire and water!"
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Two days later, Lu Dingbang returned to Bai Congxin's handsome tent looking haggard. Bai Congxin glanced at the boy.
"Go down and rest for a while. The feeling of deceiving your brother is really uncomfortable, isn't it?"
Lu Dingbang was silent for a long time, and then nodded, but Bai Congxin smiled and patted him on the shoulder.
"Who told you it was a lie? This brother of yours! He is brave, courageous, and a little clever, but his eyes are always focused on the word profit. If he is not given enough benefits, he cannot do this job. of."
Lu Dingbang's eyes opened suddenly, "My lord, is the saint really going to leave the fortress?"
Bai Congxin did not answer directly, but waved his hand, "Go down and rest quickly. From today on, we must be very energetic!"
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Chengtian Liangzhou Prefecture, Baishui City, is a small city more than eighty miles east of Liangzhou.
The city is not big, with a radius of only about seven or eight miles. The most important building in the city, besides the Baishui County Government Office, is the Baishui County Government School.
There are different schools in the past dynasties. Zhang Zhou's school is not necessarily in the state capital, but the location is selected based on the surrounding population, and there is not only one.
For example, Chengtian Liangzhou Prefecture, in addition to the Fu Xue in Liangzhou, there are also Fu Xue in Baishui County, Minqin County, and Changsong County.
It's just that the people commonly call the government schools in Liangzhou universities and the other three schools as primary schools.
Of course, this is actually determined by the special circumstances of Longyou and Hexi. If it were in the mainland, it would be impossible for one government to set up four schools and still have enough money to support it. However, in Chengtian Liangzhou Prefecture, it is not very easy. Big question.
In the government school, an old master from Zhengzhou Prefecture, Zhili Province, was teaching the pinyin system with various symbols.
The sixteen or seventeen-year-old children who are studying below, no, they must be adults, and they are also grinning like they are learning.
There was no way, the gap between Heluo Yayan at this time and the Mandarin of later generations was really big. Although with the help of literary elders such as Feng Dao, He Ning, Zhao Ying, etc., they finally managed to come up with this system. , but the difficulty of promotion is still not small.
The professors are not very adaptable and the learners are miserable.
If you think about future generations, you will know that many people born in the 1970s and 1980s have learned middle and high school, but Chinese pinyin is still a mess, let alone now.
But compared with the previous Fanqie and Zhuyin, this Pinyin system has undoubtedly made great progress. At least in wealthy places like Longyou, Hexi, more and more children can speak Heluo Yayan.
Many merchants who came and went learned Pinyin. When they arrived at a place, as long as they found the prefecture and county schools, they could always communicate with people.
Baishui County Government Academy is divided into four academies: Liutao, Houde, Tiangong, and Qimin.
Among them, Six Tao refers to martial arts, Houde refers to literature, or to be precise, it is a Confucian academy, Tiangong naturally teaches the wonders of Tiangong, and Qi Min teaches about farming.
Among them, the Six Tao Courtyard has the largest number of people, because basically everyone in Hexi Longyou, especially in Liangzhou Prefecture, has a noble relative. No matter how bad it is, there are fathers and brothers serving in the pro-army and imperial army. They are all eligible to enter the Six Tao Courtyard. hospital.
In addition, inspections in various places will also recommend people with titles such as guns, sticks, bows and arrows, and Qiji.
There are also many people in Houdeyuan. Hexi Longyou is now rich. Everyone realizes that you will never reach a high position just by relying on blood and courage.
Moreover, if they just want to be a middle- and lower-level officer, it would be too unfulfilling for them, so becoming a general or a prime minister has become a requirement of all parents for their children.
If you want to become a general or prime minister, you naturally need to study more, so there are many people in Houdeyuan.
The remaining Tiangong and Qimin Schools do have a lot less people. They are not the Hexi Longyou athletes who are really unable to practice martial arts. Few of them are willing to study in this academy, which has high academic requirements but cannot get into a high position.
However, they don't like it, but people from other places do, so now a large number of people from Zhili, Hedong and even Hebei have gone to Longyou, Hexi Province to study Tiangong and Qi Minyuan as registered residents.
In Houdeyuan, the old master encountered a difficult back nasal sound, and he was stunned for a while.
When he was learning it, this thing was a difficult thing that he couldn't quite figure out.
But the old master was very lucky today. Just when he didn't know what to do, there was a sudden loud noise outside, and then an explosive news came.
The Saint wants to build a large army in Liangzhou Prefecture, Chengtian. Countless people are noisily talking about it, as if the Saint is going to crusade against some disobedient, and he is also recruiting an army in Liangzhou to crusade.
At this moment, the whole school immediately became agitated, and no one noticed the troubled look in the old master's eyes. After they all hurriedly confessed to the master, they ran home, mounted their horses, put on their armor and stomach, and waited for the saint's call. .
