Water Margin people

Chapter 1507 Plateau Soldiers

Qilian Mountains.

"Generals, I have gathered all my old troops from within a few hundred miles. There are a total of 20,000 people!"

Qi Huai'en came in front of Li Qi and Wu Jie with a smile on his face. During this period of time, he had traveled hundreds of miles around and finally gathered all his old subordinates. Twenty thousand people on this plateau is a force that cannot be underestimated.

"Twenty thousand people? That's not easy!"

Liu Qi smiled and patted Qi Huai'en on the shoulder. He didn't expect that this man could recruit so many old subordinates. It seems that the reputation of being a descendant of the Zamp is still useful.

"Haha, thank you for the compliment, General. Let's go to Qingtang City now and destroy those rebels as soon as possible!"

Qi Huai'en said with a smile, he couldn't wait any longer.

"No hurry! No rush!"

Liu Qi smiled and shook his head.

"Hmm? General, why are there so many more people in this barracks?"

Qi Huai'en was about to ask why when he suddenly discovered that the barracks was full of soldiers. There were many more than before, and each of them was a strong man.

"You are talking about newly recruited soldiers. You have recruited 20,000 soldiers, and we have only managed to recruit 30,000 soldiers with great difficulty!"

Liu Qi smiled and said that after receiving the order to recruit 30,000 troops, he immediately sent people to the various prefectures in Qinfeng Road. As soon as the recruitment information came out, there was an enthusiastic response to sign up, as the Northwest has never lacked brave men.

"Thirty thousand?"

Qi Huai'en looked at the military camp full of soldiers in disbelief. The camp, which previously had only 5,000 people, had suddenly expanded six times.

"I just received news that the Lhasa royal family and the Yalong Jue'a royal family are leading their troops here."

Wu Jie looked at Qi Huai'en and said.

"Yalung Jue'a royal family!"

Qi Huai'en's face changed drastically.

"What's wrong? Are you scared? There are only a hundred thousand of them!"

Seeing Qi Huai'en's face change drastically, Liu Qi immediately smiled and patted his shoulder. He certainly knew why Qi Huai'en was like that. Qi Huai'en claimed to be a descendant of Jiao Siluo, and Jiao Siluo was from the line of King Yalong Jue'a, but later he settled in Qingtang and became a separate lineage after he became strong.

"Afraid? Why should I be afraid of them!"

Qi Huai'en spoke immediately. He was not afraid, but worried about the people under his command. The Qingtang Tubo of Jiaosiluo had been destroyed, but the Yalong Jue'a royal lineage of Yalong Qin Angdaze City had always been there.

"I'll go arrange the soldiers first!"

Qi Huai'en bowed to Liu Qi and Wu Jie and left.

"This guy is scared!"

Liu Qi said with a smile.

"Jiaosiluo has become a thing of the past, and now it is only supported by its former power. However, the prestige of the Yalongjue'a royal family in the Tibetan Plateau remains."

Wu Jie spoke.

"It will take them ten days to get back. We have plenty of time to prepare. This period of time is a good opportunity to train the soldiers and familiarize them with the tactics!"

Liu Qi said that although the recruited soldiers were all brave, they came from nowhere and had not received systematic training.

"We have brought some veterans with us, and each of them will have several hundred soldiers under their command! We are not well-trained, and the Tibetans are even worse. It is said that most of them are slaves and don't even have weapons."

Wu Jie said that he didn't care much about the Tibetan soldiers. The biggest problem of Tibet was the plague on the plateau, and the Tibetans who lacked equipment were not worth mentioning.

Next, the soldiers in the barracks began to train in an orderly manner. The veterans trained these new recruits like soldiers in just half a day.

All of this was seen by Qi Huai'en and the Tibetan soldiers.

Qi Huai'en was full of envy, he also wanted to have such an army, but he had no idea how to train the army well, and he had few people under his command. The Tibetan soldiers were drooling at the equipment, they had never seen such sophisticated weapons, this was simply something that only the guards of the gods could have.

"What are you guys standing there for? Don't you need to train?"

Liu Qi walked up to Qi Huai'en and the Tubo army and started scolding them.

"General, we have to train too?"

Qi Huai'en looked at Liu Qi and asked.

"You are now in the combat sequence of my Qi army. According to military regulations, you also need training."

Liu Qi said bluntly.

"But these are all my Jiaosiluo troops!"

Qi Huai'en immediately declared his sovereignty, saying that these troops were not from Qi but his own army, which he had recruited based on his status as a descendant of Jiaosiluo.

"Your army? You should raise the armaments and food yourself!"

Liu Qi looked at Qi Huai'en coldly. Qi State never allowed any private soldiers, but this fool Qi Huai'en actually recruited 20,000 private soldiers. Fortunately, this was in Tubo. If he was in Qinfeng Road, it would be completely legal for him to kill Qi Huai'en now.

"General, that's not what I meant! Practice, I'll make them all practice!"

Qi Huai'en immediately backed down. He could not afford to supply the armaments and rations for an army of 20,000. Once he could not afford it, the army would disperse, and his reputation would be completely ruined.

"You don't know how to train soldiers, so I brought a group of veterans with me and let them lead the training!"

Liu Qi looked at Qi Huai'en and said.

When Qi Huai'en heard this, his face was filled with ecstasy and he completely forgot about the worry about having his power taken away. If he could train these soldiers well, it would be extremely beneficial to him. He certainly would not miss this free labor.

The southern part of Jishishan Mountain.

Li Qianshun personally led the army and walked in the front. His face was gloomy and his whole body exuded murderous aura.

Compared with his previous fair complexion, Li Qianshun now looked "embarrassed". The most obvious thing was that his skin had become much darker and exuded a purple color.

"Your Majesty, that's enough marching for today!"

A soldier said to Li Qianshun that marching on the plateau means climbing one mountain after another, and it is getting late now, so they cannot continue climbing the mountain.

"Where are those people? Why haven't they come yet?"

Li Qianshun asked irritably. He used to be able to call the wind and rain and was an emperor in Western Xia. But since he fled to the plateau, nothing has gone smoothly for him. The living environment here is really too harsh.

"We'll probably be there by dark."

A general said uncertainly that the Tibetans had no concept of time, and the same was true for marching. They said they could arrive before dark, but in fact they might arrive an hour late.

"Are these people really going to war?"

Li Qianshun gritted his teeth and said, how can we fight with this group of Tibetans?

"Haha, Your Majesty, of course we are going to fight, but you don't have to worry about these details. This is the plateau, our home ground, and the gods will help us!"

A Tibetan noble looked at Li Qianshun and smiled, saying that they did not regard this battle as a problem at all because they were invincible on the plateau.

"Humph, I heard that some people in Qingtang have surrendered to Qi State, and they are not afraid of the epidemic!"

Li Qianshun was not in a good mood. The Tibetans have always relied on qi epidemics.

"The Qingtang people are just a branch of our Yalong Jue'a royal family. Now that the real leader has come, do they still dare not submit?"

Another noble spoke up.

(End of this chapter)