People in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hu and Han respected together

Chapter 170 Preparations for dispatching troops
Hearing this, Li Yao already understood that this battle must be fought. He didn't feel scared, but felt a little pity.

After all, Ma Teng has a better reputation than Han Sui, and he also has a son who is one of the five tiger generals——Ma Chao!
It is really troublesome to tame this kind of fierce horse, but as long as this fierce horse is successfully tamed, it will be a thousand-mile horse, easy to get for thousands of troops, but hard to find for one general.

Now that their Li family has become powerful, they need soldiers and food, and it is not impossible to subdue this fierce horse.

Li Yao squinted his eyes slightly. He also wanted to go to this battle. If Ma Teng could understand the general situation, he might be able to make some achievements in the future.

If this person intends to resist, then he and his whole family can only be sent away. This family must surrender or die.

So Li Yao cupped his hands and said:

"Since my father has made a decision, the child should also serve in the army. I don't know how many troops to send, and when to send troops... Have these things been decided?"

Li Wenhou saw that Li Yao took the initiative to ask for a fight, he did not refuse, but nodded with a smile:

"It's being discussed, let's get in first!"

Then Li Yao saluted again, and then returned to the queue, standing in front of his two younger brothers Li Yan and Li Lin.

At this time Li Wenhou looked around the crowd, his expression returned to seriousness, and he said solemnly:

"Now back to the topic, the most important thing this year is to go north and occupy the four counties in Hexi, including the Zhangye vassal state and the Juyan vassal state. Those Hu people must also be subdued. There can be no miscellaneous Hu tribes in my territory. Take in the left and right cavalry troops, disperse them, and garrison the fields..."

"The attack on the southern part of Longxi is only for the purpose of preventing anyone from harassing the rear when the whole army goes north. Therefore, Ma Teng must be eliminated. With the little force in his hand, I don't plan to mobilize troops from all over the world to waste manpower and material resources. I will only take you to crusade. In a month's time at most, I will occupy the entire Longxi!"

Everyone around is gearing up, their strength is as high as [-], and they want to occupy the entire Longxi, a month is more than enough.

But Li Yao suddenly said:
"Father..."

Li Wenhou looked at him, slightly surprised, but still asked:

"What's the matter?"

Facing the gazes of Li Wenhou and the crowd, Li Yao said with a smile:

"Father, our army is strong and strong. In Liangzhou, no one knows, no one knows. We regard Ma Teng as an enemy. Ma Teng may not dare to treat us as an enemy. It is better to send a letter asking him to dedicate the city and lead the troops to return. Maybe this person will be lucky. But as long as our army suppresses the situation, suppresses it with power, and lures it with profit, how can this person dare to resist to the end? In this way, Ma Teng and his [-] troops can be conquered without a single soldier. Among them, the elite will join the Yi Cong Battalion, and the rest of the mob will be organized into the left and right cavalry, spread out, and garrison the fields. This will be more beneficial to us. Whether we are fighting Liangzhou or conquering the world, we don’t necessarily have to rely on fighting. With my father’s reputation and our army’s fierce reputation, we can easily defeat others without fighting!"

Marquis Li Wen stroked his beard with a slightly proud expression on his face. Even though Ma Teng had a good background, he was just an unknown person. If he hadn't occupied the southwestern part of Longxi, he really didn't have the qualifications to be an enemy.

The rest of the people, Li Xiong and Li Hu, opened their mouths one after another, but they didn't say anything in the end. They were not afraid of fighting this battle, but what Li Yao said was reasonable.

Finally Li Wenhou made a decision:

"Then give him a chance. If he is willing to sacrifice the city and lead the troops to surrender, he will not lose his wealth in the future. But if he persists to the end, then let him know what it means to be righteous in Huangzhong, brave and good at fighting!"

Li Xiong, Li Hu, and everyone else stood up and shouted loudly:
"Follow the order!"

Then Li Wenhou said again:
"This battle should be done sooner rather than later, and should be quick rather than slow. You go back and start preparing, suspend training, and recharge your batteries. After five days, the whole army will set off..."

"Quarterman, quickly check the food and supplies. It must be enough for the army to feed for a month. The three garrisons at the head of the river will be responsible for transporting food and maintaining the food road at the same time..."

"Military commander, send someone to inform the county magistrate to let him continue to prepare food and supplies. Maybe it won't be used this time, but it will be used in the future when going north..."

Along with the number of troops to go to battle, the time to go to battle, food and supplies... a series of things were gradually determined.

Li Yao let out a sigh of relief, even though he cheered up, although once the war started, the money and food would be like water, but they endured it for three years, settling the fields, grazing, and developing production, and they were no longer as poor as before.

First of all, in the army, the garrison Sima organized reclamation, and newly opened 120 million mu of land. This is the credit of Qu Yuanli and the credit of the cattle.

If there are not enough cattle for farming, we will use herding cattle. Although the cattle are untrained and still have a lot of wildness, then put a nose ring on it, so that it can be used to cultivate the land by holding the nose ring.

It is not as easy to use as cattle, but at least it can be used. After a period of training, cattle can become cattle. The original cattle were trained in this way.

Because of the abundance of water, these fields are quite fertile, at least three stones per mu, and some can produce four stones per mu.

Delineate pastures, do not fight for water sources without permission, do not fight with each other without permission, make full use of every inch of land, those borders and corners in the past are now all used, and the number of livestock is also increasing year after year, mainly cattle, sheep, and horses.

For the Qiang soldiers below, they have no ownership of these grasslands and fields, only the right to use them. The ownership belongs to the collective, and the right to use them belongs to them.

[-]% of the livestock and grain that increase every year belong to themselves, and [-]% need to be handed over.

Of the [-]% handed in, part of it is used to maintain the standing army out of production, and the other part is stored and will become military rations when the war comes.

Now the army is a whole of its own, not so much an army as a tribe.

Half nomadic, half farming tribe.

They cultivated in spring, grazed in summer, harvested in autumn, and trained in winter, with little free time.

The long-term separation from his family made them complain, but Li Yao immediately announced that his family could be allowed to join the army.

This is a conspiracy. After the Qiang soldiers from various tribes were reunited with their families, they stabilized completely, and gradually formed new tribes under the left and right cavalry.

Here you can eat, drink, and be accompanied by your family. Once you get used to it, you won’t miss the past.

As long as the present is good, there is nothing to miss the hard days of the past.

Probably only the chiefs whose interests have been damaged will miss the good old days, but their words have become less and less effective.

So Li Wenhou also began to appoint them. They are all strong and strong, as long as they put on a layer of iron armor, they are also fierce generals.

Li Wenhou took everything from them, but at the same time gave them a hope. Because of this hope, they did not resist desperately.

After all, they have no real power in their hands, and now they are waiting for Li Wenhou to re-grant them the pasture land after capturing Liangzhou. They are also in the army. Naturally, they know how terrifying this army is, and they have no doubts about whether Li Wenhou can capture Liangzhou.

(End of this chapter)