Xiao Jing could hear the contempt in the two people's mouths, but he didn't pay much attention to it.
Today, the contempt and disdain for foreigners is engraved in the bones of the Han people. It is normal for a town like Muma Town, where Hu and Han people live together, to be disliked.
"Muma Town?! That town in the northernmost part of Shanwu?"
Xiao Jing thought to himself, recalling all the information collected by his spies.
Muma Town, close to the desert, is good at raising horses and riding skills, but is short of food. It has good relations with Xiaohe Village and has been fighting against foreigners all the year round. The townspeople are strong in spirit and full of martial virtue...
"Close to the desert? Are you good at raising horses? Isn't this the best nail to plant in the desert!"
Recalling the information about Muma Town, Xiao Jing was immediately moved.
After all, with the characteristic of 'The First Emperor's Ruler', he is destined to face off against the aliens in the desert sooner or later, so he needs to prepare early.
Thinking of this, Xiao Jing hurried to the troop gathering place in Muma Town.
Huyan Pojun, the eldest son of Muma Town Mayor, is tall and strong, with strong martial arts and is very good at cavalry charges. Therefore, he was sent by Muma Town Mayor to support Shanwu City this time.
Of course, the support for Zenwu City is only a superficial factor, but secretly, it is actually a demonstration to Xiaohezhuang, asking why the food it trades has been greatly reduced?
Muma Town is close to the desert and originally had little fertile farmland. The food produced was simply not enough for the townspeople. Moreover, a severe drought coincided with the food production and the food production was greatly reduced. Life was very difficult.
But to make matters worse, Xiaohezhuang, which had always been on good terms with Muma Town in the past, has recently reduced its transactions with Muma Town because a lot of its fertile land has been occupied by Daliu Town. The grain output is expected to plummet.
All in all, Muma Town was very short of food. They brought 300 second-order cavalry here for many purposes, but they did not support Shanwu City.
After all, the 30,000 Yellow Turbans outside Shanwu City are too scary. No serious person would send his own soldiers to a pit of fire.
"It's just too much!"
As soon as Huyan Pojun came back, his tone was full of anger.
Just now he lowered his face and went to visit other township commanders, but his warm face was met with a cold butt.
Although it was not expressed explicitly, the disdain of those township commanders was too obvious.
Huyan Pojun was a reckless man, that was true, but he was not a fool. He could feel the attitudes of those towns and villages.
Because of this, Huyan Pojun was very angry. He couldn't help but think,
"If we hadn't resisted those foreign tribes in the north, how would your towns and villages be so stable?"
The deputy of the cavalry unit in Muma Town is a scribe. He can understand the anger of Huyan Pojun, but for Muma Town, it is more important to win over Shanwu County towns.
At the critical moment of life and death, the only choice is to humiliate Hu Yan and break the army first.
When the scribe saw Huyan Pojun's attitude, he frowned at first, but then he seemed to think of something and asked in a calm voice.
"General, don't be angry. It doesn't matter that other towns have a bad attitude towards us, but what is the attitude of Da Liu Town towards us?"
When Huyan Pojun heard this, his expression was startled, and then he showed a wry smile and said: "I was so angry at their attitude before I even came into contact with Daliu Town!"
When the scribe heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and then said:
"That's good!"
After finishing speaking, the scribe seemed to have thought of something and sighed helplessly:
"Originally, the mayor prepared 300 second-level cavalry for the purpose of intimidating Da Liu Town and showing his strength, but now it seems that it seems like a waste of time for us!"
Huyan Pojun also smiled bitterly when he heard this.
Not long ago, when I saw the thousands of soldiers in Daliu Town, who could understand the shock and bitterness in their hearts.
"Xiaohezhuang is unreliable! It occupies so much fertile land, but it can't stop the Yellow Turbans. It's ridiculous!"
"If you want food, you have to rely on Da Liu Town!"
The scribe warned Huyan Pojun,
"Therefore, I hope the general will remember that even if Mayor Xiao has a bad attitude towards the general, he must still tolerate it. Now, for Muma Town, food is more important than anything else!"
Hearing this, Huyan Pojun was silent for a moment, feeling a little depressed, but he still nodded firmly.
"That's good, General..."
The scribe nodded, opened his mouth, and was about to say something.
"Report~"
But at this moment, the sergeant suddenly came to report, "Report, the mayor of Daliu Town is asking for a meeting outside the camp!"
Mayor of Daliu Town? ! ! !
Huyan Pojun and the scribe looked at each other in astonishment, with astonishment in their eyes and some disbelief.
Will the mayor of Daliu Town meet with them?
After the shock, the two of them looked at each other. Although they didn't know Xiao Jing's purpose, they didn't dare to neglect and said quickly.
"Quick, please come quickly!! No, I will greet you personally!"
Before he finished speaking, Huyan Pojun walked like the wind and hurried to the outside of the camp, where he saw Xiao Jing and his party.
The moment he saw Xiao Jing, Huyan Pojun was shocked.
He felt a strong threat from the two generals Xu Tai and Cao Xing behind Xiao Jing, which shocked him greatly as he was invincible when fighting with foreign races.
Is this the strength of Da Liu Town?
Xiao Jing didn't wait long outside the military camp in Muma Town when he saw a strong man running out of the military camp in a hurry, followed by a scribe.
Seeing this, Xiao Jing knew for sure that the person in front of him was the leader of the troops coming from Muma Town.
He immediately smiled and said: "It disturbs the general's rest!"
Hearing this, Huyan Pojun waved his hands and said:
"Don't dare, don't dare. I have known about Mayor Xiao's reputation for a long time, and I admire him very much. In my opinion, among all the cowardly people in Shanwu County, Mayor Xiao is the only true hero!"
"It's a pity that I have to guard against that alien race in the desert, otherwise I really want to fight side by side with Mayor Xiao!"
With just one sentence, the faces of Mao Gang from Woniu Town and Ding Chi from Dayan Town who came with Xiao Jing changed slightly, and they secretly cursed them for being such barbarians! He wanted to ignore him even more.
When the scribe who came later heard this, he quickly tugged at the corner of Huyan Pojun's clothes. Only then did he realize that he had said the wrong thing, and a trace of apology appeared on his face.
Xiao Jing nodded and said without hesitation: "Muma Town has always been on guard against foreign races in the past. I have heard about it for a long time, and I really admire it."
As soon as the words changed, Xiao Jing said again: "I heard that Muma Town is short of food. Is this the case?"
When Huyan Pojun heard this, he paused, then shook his head with a wry smile and said, "You can't hide it from Mayor Xiao!"
After finishing speaking, he seemed to have thought of something, and admitted angrily: "The guy from Xiaohe Village no longer wants to trade grain with us, so..."
Before Huyan Pojun heard the words, Xiao Jing smiled and said, "What a coincidence. Our Daliu Town has plenty of food and a slight surplus. I can provide some to Muma Town, but..."
Huyan Pojun heard the words and looked at each other with the scribe. He vaguely understood the unfinished meaning in Xiao Jing's tone and immediately bowed:
"I cannot thank you enough for your kindness. Thank you very much, Mayor Xiao. The people in Muma Town are willing to obey Mayor Xiao's orders!"
Xiao Jing nodded with satisfaction and left immediately.
For him, it is enough to recruit the troops who have come to Muma Town for this support.
As long as the food shortage situation in Muma Town is not improved, there will always be opportunities to win over Muma Town or even control Muma Town, and he has enough patience to wait.
After leaving the military camp where the Muma Town troops were located, Xiao Jing summoned the heads of the support troops in each town to discuss the candidate for the 'commander' of the troops.
In the end, with the strong support of Muma, Wo Niu, and Dashan, Cao Xing of Da Liu Town successfully served as the commander-in-chief of this army of more than 1,300 people.
