The Golden Family, rising from the Western Regions

Chapter 130 Wuwei Imperial Guards, White Armor Army
"Although you are a Naiman, you are not an official captain under my command."

"But in my eyes, Li Xiao, you are no different from everyone else."

"You have always been a loyal partner worth trusting, and a comrade who can share life and death."

"You led the Horma tribe through life and death on the battlefield and made great contributions to Jinzhou. I, Li Xiao, will always remember this friendship and achievement."

"Today, I will officially grant you the title of Jinzhou Qianhu, and you will be promoted to Donghai Qianhu."

The sea is not just a sea with water.

In nomadic culture, sea is an adjective.

Big.

The grassland can be called the sea, and the desert can also be called the sea.

Big sea of grass and sea of sand.

Therefore, the Thousand Households of Donghai means the Thousand Households of the Eastern Grassland.

Of course, this thousand households was not a formal organization, but like Li Sanhe's Jinzhou thousand households, it was privately awarded by Li Xiao.

However, effectiveness and status are the same within their group.

Li Xiao looked at Bulmahei with a firm and gentle gaze, and solemnly handed over the cavalry sword with both hands: "Today, this cavalry sword that symbolizes honor and status also belongs to you."

"I believe that with your bravery and loyalty, you will be able to use it to be invincible on the battlefield and let everyone know that no matter where you come from, as long as you have Jinzhou in your heart, you are a pillar of our army!"

This knife was indeed forged by Li Xiao specifically for Bulmahei.

On one side were written the four characters 'Success, Martyrdom'.

On the other side was written 'Jinzhou, Donghai Qianhu, Bulumahei' in ten smaller fonts.

In Li Xiao's plan, if Burmahei obeyed his orders and came to Jinzhou to join him, he would give him the knife and all the honor and status.

But if he disappoints Li Xiao, then Li Xiao will personally lead the cavalry to attack the Horma tribe and use this knife to cut off Burmahei's dog head.

Fortunately, Buermahe did not disappoint Li Xiao.

At this moment, looking at the cavalry sword in front of him, Bulma's eyes turned red, his body trembled slightly, and his voice was choked but extremely firm.

"I am deeply grateful for the Governor's kindness. I will sacrifice my life for you and slay all your enemies with this sword. I will protect every inch of Jinzhou and the grasslands with my life and live up to your trust!"

Then he knelt on one knee, pounded his chest with his right fist, and shouted loudly.

"loyalty!"

Over the past six months, Buermahe has been practicing Chinese diligently, staying with a Chinese translator every day.

Finally, his Chinese level was raised to near the passing level.

I can understand Chinese people speaking and can barely communicate with them.

But when he was asked to speak such complicated Chinese, even the idiom "live up to the bone" appeared.

Obviously it is impossible.

He spoke a mixture of Chinese and Naiman, which was translated by Hutu.

Hearing his loyalty, Li Xiao nodded slightly, reached out to help Burmahei up, glanced at everyone, and said loudly: "Everyone, with such loyal and brave people, there is no need to worry about the powerful enemy not being destroyed!"

"From now on, Bulmahei is our brother and our comrade-in-arms."

When Li Dashan and the others heard this, they immediately understood and stood up, greeting him one after another: "Buer Mahei Qianhu."

"We are all brothers. From now on, your affairs will be our affairs."

"That's right, from now on, we'll all share the good times and the bad times together. If we snatch a woman, we'll share it together."

"Hahaha~"

The atmosphere quickly became lively, and Bulmahei was able to initially integrate into the group.

The reason why Li Xiao recruited him was very simple.

Just regard him as a benchmark.

Thousands of dollars to buy horse bones.

If you want to achieve great things, you must have the courage to accommodate all rivers.

War and violence alone will never solve the problem.

We must use both kindness and force to make our enemies fewer and fewer and our friends more and more.

Whether it is the Naimans, the Khitans, the Mongols, the Uighurs, the Dangxiangs, etc.

In Li Xiao's eyes, everyone is a member of the Chinese nation.

If you want these people to submit to you, you have to give them hope.

Bulmahei and Amo are the role models set up by Li Xiao.

Let those people understand that they can get high positions and generous salaries, and get promoted and make money by following Li Xiao.

Li Xiao is not picky about who to hire, he only looks at their abilities, not their backgrounds.

Of course, having said that, it is impossible for Li Xiao not to be on guard.

His plan was to slowly adjust the Horma tribe during this war.

Transfer some people out and then transfer another group of people in.

Let the Horma tribe and Jinzhou slowly merge with each other.

Bulmahe is still a captain, but his subordinates are no longer all the same people as before.

As for future promotions?
Buermahe's age and personal ability mean that his future will not be too far. Perhaps as Li Xiao's power expands, he will slowly fall behind.

……

Three days later, at the Jinzhou Army camp.

The atmosphere was solemn and dignified, and the golden sun and moon battle flags fluttered in the wind.

A thousand cavalrymen stood silently on the vast land of the wilderness.

They were dressed in uniform white cotton armor, which emitted a soft yet tough luster under the golden sunlight, like a silver ocean, calm but secretly turbulent.

These are the cotton armors forged by the Hexi Arms Shop.

It is made of multiple layers of thick cotton cloth tightly sewn together. Each layer of cotton cloth has been specially treated to not only keep warm but also have strong defensive power.

On the surface of the cotton armor, copper nails are neatly arranged to firmly fix the inner armor plates in the interlayer.

They wore a pointed tasseled helmet forged from wootz steel, with a white tassel standing high on top, swaying gently in the breeze. The earmuffs on either side obscured most of their faces, and a neck guard was installed around their necks to protect them from enemy attacks.

It also adds a bit of heroic spirit to these soldiers.

During these three days, Li Xiao only did one thing.

Select soldiers.

From the 4,500 Jinzhou soldiers, the most elite 1,000 were selected.

He wanted to form a personal army, just like the Tiger Division of the Turks and Temujin's Qiexue Army.

He wanted to choose an army that would obey him completely and become his most trusted and sharpest knife.

The thousand people in front of us are the results of the selection over the past three days.

Whether in terms of horse archery, sprinting, endurance, close combat, etc., they are the best in the Jinzhou army.

Today is the day when this army is formed.

Soon, accompanied by the sound of low horse hooves, Li Xiao came over with several thousand households and personal soldiers.

At this moment, Li Xiao was also wearing white cotton armor, and his attire was almost the same as that of the thousand soldiers.

The only difference was that there was a golden tiger head buckle inlaid on his waist belt, with the tiger's eyes wide open, full of domineering aura.

The helmet, forged from Wootz steel, was also depicted with gold thread with images of the sun, moon, mountains, rivers, dragons, and swords.

Then there is the gold-inlaid cavalry sword on his waist, with a golden tiger head on the handle.

Like the six great commanders, Li Xiao also has his own cavalry sword, which is more luxurious.

It’s not that Li Xiao deliberately pursues enjoyment, but that this era is inherently class-divided.

There must be some external things to reflect the class differences so that the soldiers can respect them.

Eating and living together with soldiers, being one and the same, only existed in a specific era.

At this moment, Li Xiao was riding a warhorse, standing on the hillside, his left hand lightly placed on the hilt of the sword, his head slightly raised, his eyes as sharp as torches, scanning the army in front of him.

These are the personal troops he selected.

The 4,500 soldiers who went to attack the royal court were already the elite of Jinzhou, and these 1,000 men were the elite among the elite.

He took a deep breath, and his resonant voice echoed across the land like a bell: "Soldiers."

"Today, the fact that you are able to stand before me proves that each and every one of you is the pride of Golden State."

"You have stood out from countless warriors. Your tenacity, your bravery, and your loyalty have all been best demonstrated during these few days of selection."

He slowly swept his gaze over each soldier, his eyes filled with expectation and admiration: "From today on, I will give you a unique title - Wuwei Army!"

"You are the sharp blade of the Golden State, the fearless vanguard charging into battle!"

"Your mission is to annihilate every invading enemy, to crush every enemy camp, to make them tremble under our iron hoofs, to completely destroy their ambitions, and to prevent them from ever daring to covet our Golden State!"

……

Listening to Li Xiao's passionate words, the thousand Wuwei Army soldiers were excited.

Then, an endless roar was heard above the earth.

"wind!"

"wind!"

"wind!"

At this moment, the entire grassland was shrouded in this momentum, making people feel an overwhelming force.

The soldiers raised their halberds and shouted loudly, their faces flushed with exertion, veins bulging on their foreheads, their eyes fixed on the front, as if the enemy was already before them.

They will use their spears to cut down all enemies.

Afterwards, Li Xiao personally awarded cavalry swords to the soldiers of this army, and asked each soldier's name and memorized it in his mind.

Today, the cavalry sword is no longer just a weapon, but more like a symbol of status and honor.

Only officers such as Qianhu and Baihu, as well as elite soldiers, could own a cavalry sword.

If ordinary soldiers wanted it, they could only purchase it from the Hexi Armory in their private capacity.

The quality is the same as that issued by the army, but the style is slightly different.

The cavalry sword of a thousand households is an eagle inlaid with gold, and the cavalry sword of a hundred households is a wolf head inlaid with silver.

The cavalry sword of the Wuwei Army is the most common style.

Although I don't have my own name.

But on one side of the blade, there are four big characters engraved: "Success, Martyrdom".

On the other side, two simple words are engraved.

Wu Rong.

At this moment, the cavalry sword forged by Hexi Weapon Shop had another name besides the Hexi sword.

"Wu Rong Sword!"

If an ordinary soldier buys it privately, he will just get a weapon and nothing else.

……

On this day, the Wuwei Army, which was feared throughout the Western Regions and the grasslands, was born.

Wearing white cotton armor, holding a hook-and-sickle spear, carrying a heavy cavalry bow, and wearing a cavalry sword at the waist became the symbol of this army.

The reason why Li Xiao did not choose cotton armor of other colors is very simple.

Jinzhou does not have dyeing technology yet.

All the cotton cloth produced by Hexi Textile Company is of its original color, which is off-white.

In order to dye it, dyeing technology needs to be introduced from the desert or even further away.

Li Xiao doesn't have the time.

Therefore, the first batch of cotton armor produced were all white.

It is for this reason that the Wuwei Army has another name.

White Armor Army!
(End of this chapter)