There are always many places that people can't understand in nature. Across a wolf milk mountain, the northwest of the Sui Dynasty entered the winter early and it was too cold to take it out. If you pee slowly, you may frostbite your baby. But the winter on the west side of Langru Mountain is not so weirdly cold, and it is actually quite comfortable on a windless day.
Apart from practicing daily, Fang Jie spent the rest of his time supervising the soldiers to get used to the horseback as soon as possible. This is the most chaotic time ever, but it is also the most opportune time ever. Otherwise, if the Han people wanted to live comfortably on the grasslands, eating beef and mutton and riding Mongolian war horses would be tantamount to fantasy. The veterans of Shanziying are particularly proud, because they are all masters now, and each of them has to lead dozens of apprentices to practice riding.
As long as you donate horses, cattle and sheep, Fang Jie will not make things difficult for those weak tribes, so the grassland people and the Han people get along well, and even some courageous herdsmen will sit on the high slopes and watch the Han soldiers clumsy. He climbed onto the horse's back and fell off neatly, laughing.
Although they donated part of their wealth, it was not without gain. Because of this powerful Han army, those horse thieves who had become more rampant a while ago became much more honest.
Wherever Fang Jie went, the white lion would follow him. Fang Jie had gradually gotten used to having such a huge monster as an attendant by his side, and when the herdsmen saw the legendary white lion following the Han general, they became more awed and even afraid of this Han man called Fang Xie.
The influence of Buddhism has been on the grassland for thousands of years, and the herdsmen believe in the ominous rumors of the white lion. By the way, they also confirmed that Fang Jie was the murderer. Some people even swore that this Fang Jie was the reincarnation of the great demon who was suppressed by King Ming thousands of years ago, and that his appearance was for revenge.
At first the herdsmen thought that such a vicious and cruel person would cause a bloodbath on the grassland, but later they discovered that this young and handsome man has a good temper and is always easy-going.
"General, the soldiers are still not used to riding and shooting."
Sun Kaidao pointed to the soldiers who were training and said, "A bow and arrow on a bumpy horseback, and you need to hit the target accurately. Men in the grassland have been practicing since they were able to climb on horseback. Proficient. But most of our people are still climbing on horses at one time, and it will not be possible to become qualified light cavalry in a short time."
Fang Jie knew what Sun Kaidao meant, smiled and walked down the high slope, and rode a white lion to the cavalry training ground. He asked for a hard bow and a pot of feathered arrows, stopped in front of the crowd and said loudly: "I never It took only one month for the first time to touch the bow to hit the bull's-eye fifty paces away, and it took three months to hit the target easily from the galloping horse. So don't tell yourself from your heart that you can't do it ... People are all the same, Mengyuan people also have two arms and two legs, can they do it for you?"
Fang Jie pointed to his head and said, "What's more, the Mengyuan people here are worse than you."
The soldiers burst out laughing.
Fang Jie urged the white lion to fire seven arrows while running, and the arrows hit the red heart.
"I know you used to be used to shooting arrows at the enemy after standing firm. But now you are cavalry, if you don't know how to shoot arrows on horseback, wouldn't it be shameful to say it? First of all, you need to know what the advantages of cavalry are. When you returned to the Central Plains and had to fight the enemy, when you rode horses and flitted across the enemy's flanks and knocked them down with feathered arrows, the arrows they shot couldn't keep up with your speed."
"You have to remember one thing, the better you practice, the greater your chances of surviving on the battlefield, and the greater the chance of your enemy dying."
"from now on."
Fang Jie said loudly: "You guys who are corporal commanders and brigade leaders should be careful. If you are not the first batch of people who are good at riding and shooting, your seats will be replaced by people who are better than you. You all Start from scratch, compete fairly, and if you want to keep your position, you must be familiar with horseback earlier than your subordinates. And soldiers, each of you has the opportunity to become the new corporal commander and brigade leader!"
The soldiers immediately burst into cheers, while the low-ranking officers looked worried.
Fang Jie saw their expressions and said: "Why, are you scared? If you are scared, you don't need to compete, just go to the captain and say you quit! If you do this, will you look down on yourself in the future? The reason why you became officers is because you are better than your soldiers in infantry combat! But now you are not infantry, if you are not good enough, why should you occupy the position of officers?"
"Go."
Fang Jie said loudly: "After three months, I will personally supervise the competition of each battalion. Whoever performs the best at that time, I will directly promote whoever is the captain!"
"The general is mighty!"
The soldiers cheered, and the atmosphere became extraordinarily enthusiastic.
Fang Jie got off the white lion and strode up the high slope. Sun Kaidao said with a smile: "In this case, the corporal chiefs below will feel uncomfortable."
Fang Jie said: "If you want to be comfortable, you can use your skills. Anyone under my command has the opportunity to become an officer. It depends on whether you work hard."
"Where are the barbarians?"
He asked after throwing the hard bow to the soldiers beside him.
"The scouts came to report that the northern barbarians entered the grassland from the north of Langru Mountain. Now they are in Sele Banner. Sele Banner is the most northeastern grassland in Mongolian Yuan. Because of its remoteness, it was not affected by the civil war in Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. The leader of the Sele Banner led the troops. They obeyed orders in the royal court, but there were quite a few soldiers left behind in the banner, and it would not be easy for the northern barbarians to gain a foothold on the grassland relying on stone hammers and sticks in their hands."
Fang Jie hummed: "Fan Gucheng should have sent a message today, why hasn't he arrived yet?"
Sun Kaidao thought for a while and said: "The emperor recruited troops to expand the army in Jinyang, and sent people to Fangu three times to ask the defenders to bring a message to the general to go to Jinyang to face the saint. The general has not replied, and it is estimated that the emperor will send people to obstruct Fan Gucheng. Pass messages between us."
"The methods are getting more and more despicable."
Fang Jie shook his head.
Sun Kaidao hummed: "It's just a disgusting method. The emperor doesn't dare to provoke a war easily now. The longer he delays in the northwest, the more unfavorable it will be for him. Luo Yao has already entered the south of the Yangtze River, and Gao Kaitai's troops occupy the east road Afterwards, they invaded Suyuan Road and approached the hinterland of the Central Plains. The emperor was able to persist with his sick body until now, because he was worried about the prince's young courtiers messing up the government, and wanted to rush back to help... "
"After winter, it is estimated that the emperor will attack Gao Kaitai. But..."
Sun Kaidao thought for a while and said: "Chen Xiaoru's Feiyupao inquired about the news that the emperor's body has almost collapsed these days, and he can't even walk by himself. Traveling depends on Su Buwei pushing it in a wheelchair. Maybe... the emperor simply waits It's not until spring."
Fang Jie shook his head: "Sometimes when I think about it, the world of the Yang family is so stable, how can it be chaotic, and it will be scattered if it is said to be broken?"
"Stability is only what it seems on the surface..."
Sun Kaidao sighed: "The Great Sui Dynasty has only been established for more than a hundred years. The Yang family's attitude towards the people below is to allow them to target each other and weaken each other. There is no trust between the courtiers. Isn't it rare for people to slander each other secretly? For more than a hundred years, the contradiction between the old and the new nobles was instigated by the Yang family, using the meritorious ministers who founded the country to suppress the famous families of the previous dynasty, and using the noble families of the former dynasty to check and balance the meritorious ministers."
"Contradictions have always existed, but the Yang family is strong enough to suppress them. The emperors of the Sui Dynasty did not have a weak one, and they were able to balance the forces of all parties with ease. But now, the emperor is seriously ill and dying, the prince is young, and the emperor The most trusted few who can be regarded as Tuogu's ministers are actually unreliable, let alone others?"
Fang Jie nodded: "How does the military adviser think it can be solved?"
Sun Kaidao shook his head slowly: "Subordinates only know how to be ministers..."
Fang Jie sighed, thinking that being an emperor is such a hard job, let alone dealing with so many complicated affairs every day, just talking about how to balance the ministers under him, even if he racked his brains, he might not be able to do it well.
He sat down on the high slope, looked at the soldiers below in a daze, and all he could think about was this kind of question, which was something he would never think about before. Maybe it was because I was a little bored, but I thought about it a lot. The more he thought about it, Fang Jie found that he had to admire the members of the Yang family.
From the founding of the country to the present, with the method of the Yang family to check and balance the courtiers, if there is a trash emperor, I am afraid that the government will be in a mess.
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Because the days were comfortable enough that the soldiers realized that it was already the Chinese New Year before they realized that time flies. The past few months have passed too quickly, and their lives are full and full of fun. After daily training, they return to the camp to rest, and they don't have to worry about what kind of enemies they face, so they are extraordinarily relaxed.
At Fang Jie's level of cultivation, he no longer has to worry about the alternation of cold and warm.
The soldiers put on thick cotton clothes, but he was still only wearing a single robe. Therefore, it looks more upright.
During these days, the people in Feiyupao have been trying to infiltrate the royal court, but because of their appearance and language, it is extremely difficult to do so. And Chen Xiaoru's status in the Ouchi Guard Office was not high, only a hundred households, so he didn't know how many people the Ouchi Guard Office had arranged to lurk in Mengyuan. Zhuo Buyi's seat is not low, but he is the kind of person who would never ask Luo Weiran such a thing.
So now, Fang Xie can't use any of the Ouchi guards who are in Meng Yuan.
Those people may know that he is in Manduqi, but because of concerns about the situation, none of them are willing to expose it. The chaos of the Sui Dynasty and the civil war in the Mongolian and Yuan dynasties gave them an opportunity to be ordinary people. As long as they don't come forward themselves, they can maintain the life they already know. They can put aside their identity as Feiyupao, and they don't have to worry about it anymore.
No reliable news, not even news.
Fang Xie couldn't predict what would happen to Prince Zhong and Xiang Qingniu when they went to Daxue Mountain. He knew that King Ming was seriously injured, but an old monster with a thousand years of practice really didn't have any means to save his life? If King Ming is such a person, how could he be the only one for thousands of years
That's right, the current Fozong is the weakest Fozong in history, and the current King Ming is the weakest King Ming in history.
But Fang Jie always felt that the road for Prince Zhong to kill King Ming would not be so smooth.
There is also the mysterious Dazizai Tianzun. It is said that if he does not leave Dalun Temple, he is the first person under King Ming. But this is too vague, Fang Xie doesn't know how strong King Ming is, so he can't guess how strong Da Zizai is.
More and more people were sent out, but nothing was found.
On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, when the soldiers were getting ready to spend the first Spring Festival on the grassland, the rangers patrolling 30 miles outside the camp found a black spot in the distance, moving slowly . They immediately alerted and outflanked the past in a fan shape.
When they got closer, they realized that it was a fat man with a dull face.
He walked mechanically, his lips were already chapped, and the clothes on his body were in tatters. The boots were gone, and the feet were black with mud. His complexion was very bad, and he didn't know how many days he hadn't bathed. A few meters away, the bad smell can rush into a person's nose. Hair is messy, like a chicken coop.
But there was a jade belt around his waist that looked clean, and he held it with one hand.
Right upright.