The Golden Family, rising from the Western Regions

Chapter 72: Promoted three levels?

On this day, Xiao Simo summoned all the military leaders.

After receiving the order, Li Xiao first arranged everything in the camp to prevent the Naimans from launching a sneak attack while he was away.

Then he went to the Khitan camp with a group of guards.

However, when he was about to arrive, he discovered that a group of soldiers appeared outside the Khitan camp.

There were about three to four thousand people, all of them cavalry, looking exhausted.

After seeing Li Xiao and others from afar, they seemed to not care at all and just minded their own business.

Either a few people would talk together, or they would spread a sheepskin on the ground and sleep soundly.

It was a mess, with no discipline at all.

"What kind of troops are these? It seems like they just arrived in Jinshan." Erhu looked into the distance curiously, sizing up the army carefully.

Then he discovered something funny: "These people are quite cold-resistant, aren't they? They dare to go into the mountains wearing such thin clothes?"

During the day, the temperature in the mountains is normal, but at night it is so cold that you can freeze to death.

But looking at this army, most people don't seem to realize this and are basically wearing thin clothes.

Da Hu shook his head slightly, expressing his confusion: "Perhaps they have already prepared clothes and are saving them for the evening."

Li Xiao guessed the origin of this army and said calmly, "It should be the army of the desert."

In order to fight a decisive battle with the Naiman people, Xiao Simo mobilized the forces of the four states in the northern border.

The armies of the other three states had all arrived, except for Da Mo, who had not yet arrived. Xiao Simo had already issued several orders and severely reprimanded him.

Unexpectedly, the battle in Jinshan had already started for several days, and the Northern Frontier Army was getting worse and worse, and finally the shadow of the Desert Army was seen.

"Desert? No wonder!" Dahu and Erhu suddenly realized that the desert is in the south and the average temperature is much higher than Jinzhou.

Li Xiao also shook his head speechlessly: "I thought our Jinzhou army was already disorganized enough."

"I didn't expect the army in the desert to be even worse."

Compared with the soldiers of later generations, the army composed of Jinzhou herdsmen was simply a group of bandits.

Li Xiao wanted to rectify military discipline, but he never had the chance. He planned to wait until the battle was over before starting real training.

But when he saw this desert army, he realized that there is always someone higher than you.

I have little experience.

Jinzhou is still facing the threat of the Naiman people, and the herdsmen are all on edge.

Although military discipline is lax, the people are tough and the individual combat effectiveness is extremely strong.

However, the desert faces the Western Xia and Gaochang Uighurs, and most of the area bordering the Naiman tribe is desert.

So since there has been no war for many years, one can imagine the combat effectiveness of the soldiers.

"This group of people are here for a tour at public expense, right?" Li Xiao said with a laugh. No wonder they came so late.

If this group of desert soldiers were pulled up, a charge from the Naimans would be enough to scatter them.

Soon, Li Xiao arrived at Xiao Simo's central military tent.

At this time, many people had already arrived early, many of whom were leaders of nomadic tribes in Beihai and Jinzhou.

During these days, Li Xiao also got to know them and they got along quite well.

However, Li Xiao discovered a strange figure in the crowd.

He is about forty years old, with a strong build, and his smile looks like that of Maitreya Buddha.

"Governor of the Desert?" Li Xiao instantly guessed this person's identity.

Then he secretly shook his head in his heart: "This guy, let's see how he explains to Xiao Simo later."

Delaying military orders is no small matter.

Not long after, Xiao Simo walked in. The noise in the tent disappeared instantly, and everyone saluted Xiao Simo.

"Your Majesty."

"grown ups."

There were all kinds of languages, so each leader basically had an interpreter who could speak Khitan.

Xiao Simo was wearing a wolfskin coat and glanced at everyone in the tent with a dignified look.

Everyone could see that he was in a very bad mood.

Finally, Xiao Simo looked at the governor of the Great Desert and said, "Zhao Gu Yachi, I want you to arrive in Jinzhou before July 12th."

“Why the delay until now?”

"Also, my king's order is that the Great Desert must send 5,000 troops. How many men did you bring? 3,000?"

Hearing Xiao Simo's harsh rebuke, everyone's eyes turned to the Desert Governor in the middle.

I knew in my heart that this was the protagonist of today's meeting.

"Your Excellency, please allow me to report this. I also have my own difficulties." Zhao Gu Yachi said in a panic.

"The truth is, the desert is not peaceful either. Several Karluk tribes have rebelled. I can only suppress them first."

"And on the way to Jinzhou, we encountered sandstorms for several days in a row."

"The general will be incompetent."

Zhaogu Yachi looked helpless, and his reasons were indeed sufficient.

However, Xiao Simo smiled coldly: "Are you done?"

Zhao Gu Yachi nodded slightly, and began to feel a little nervous.

But Xiao Simo waved his hand and said, "Okay, I'll let you meet someone."

As he spoke, the door of the tent was opened and a man walked in.

He was about thirty years old, wearing a round-necked robe, with a sallow complexion, a goatee, and squinting eyes.

He walked to the middle of the tent and saluted Xiao Simo, saying, "Your Highness, I, Gu Zizhong, pay my respects to you, my Lord."

Although he spoke Khitan, Li Xiao knew he was Han Chinese as soon as he heard the name.

When Zhao Gu Yachi saw Gu Zizhong, his face became extremely surprised, and then he became angry.

Her eyes were blazing as she stared at him and said, "Gu Zizhong, how dare you betray me?" "Gu is originally a subordinate of Lord Xiao. I was only ordered to approach you. How can I be accused of betrayal?"

"Gu has always been loyal to Lord Xiao." The man shook his head nonchalantly.

Hearing this, Zhaogu Yachi could no longer hold back.

He roared angrily, "Gu Zizhong, I will kill you."

Over the past two years, he has treated Gu Zizhong as his confidant and has revealed many secrets to him.

In other words, everything he did was under Xiao Simo's nose.

Including this expedition, there was no Karluk rebellion in the desert, let alone sandstorms.

Zhaogu Yachi deliberately slowed down the pace, wanting the Naiman people to consume Xiao Simo's strength.

Moreover, he has been in contact with the royal court and may have received a secret summons from Zhilugu.

"Take it!"

Xiao Simo waved his hand, and the guards who had been prepared immediately rushed forward and directly controlled Zhaogu Yachi.

"Xiao Simo, I am the governor of the desert appointed by Jurkhaan himself. You have no right to arrest me."

"You are rebelling, Jurghan will not let you go." Zhaogu Yachi kept shouting.

Xiao Simo, however, remained indifferent.

It has long been known that Zhaogu Yachi is not a neutral party as he seems to be, but a member of the royal court, so Xiao Simo has been making secret plans.

Before he became the governor of Dongdu, he sent people to lurk here, and today he finally closed the net.

"cut!"

Xiao Simo shouted in a cold voice.

Afterwards, Zhaogu Yachi was dragged out of the tent while roaring and begging for mercy.

"Thank you for your hard work, sir." Xiao Simo nodded slightly at Gu Zizhong.

"This is my duty."

Then, Xiao Simo ordered, "General Xiao Tuladuo."

"exist."

"The Desert Army is temporarily under your command."

"As ordered."

After saying that, Xiao Tuladuo strode out of the tent and went to receive the army from the desert.

Avoid the incident of Zhaogu Yachi causing chaos in the desert army.

Li Xiao stood below and witnessed the entire process.

I applauded Xiao Simo's move in my heart.

If nothing unexpected happens, Xiao Tuladuo will be the next governor of the desert.

This position is also considered a high-ranking official, and Xiao Tuladuo himself will definitely be satisfied.

Once he leaves, the army under his command will definitely be handed over to someone else to lead.

Xiao Simo then had the opportunity to promote young people he admired.

At the same time, he also completely took control of the desert.

"Xiao Simo has finally figured out the Qarluk rebellion." Li Xiao said in amazement.

Suppress the Qarluk people, resolve the threat of the Naimans, take back the desert, and use force to threaten the registered citizens of Jinzhou, complete the replacement of the generals of the six departments, and at the same time consume the military strength of the nomadic tribes in the North Sea and strengthen control over the North Sea.

Kill six birds with one stone.

Li Xiao had to admit that he was still a beginner in political tactics.

Compared with an old bastard like Xiao Simo, he is still too kind.

The heart is not black enough.

Not long after, the personal guards came in carrying Zhaogu Yachi's head.

There was still lingering anger and unwillingness on the hideous face covered in blood.

Xiao Simo showed his head to everyone to make an example of him.

"We are all from the Northern Frontier, we are one community."

"Anyone who dares to be indecisive and disobey military orders will suffer this fate." Xiao Simo shouted in a deep voice to everyone.

"There is a mountain of gold before us. If we climb over it, we will have access to millions of fat cattle and sheep and tens of thousands of beautiful women from the Naiman tribe."

……

Zhaogu Yachi was just a tool to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, to warn those military leaders who wanted to preserve their strength not to try to fish in troubled waters.

Anyone who is unwilling to work hard will become the next Zhaogu Yachi.

Of course, there is power and rewards.

Xiao Simo directly announced that whoever could break through the Jinshan defense line first would be promoted three levels.

Then there are a lot of rewards such as cattle, sheep, slaves, etc.

In short, it is just empty talk, and we will capture Jinshan as quickly as possible and eliminate the Naiman people's vitality.

"Promoted three levels?" Li Xiao murmured in his heart. The pancake was very big.

But Li Xiao suddenly realized a problem. While implementing the northern and southern official system, Western Liao also implemented the nine-rank official system.

What rank is the governor?

What rank is this Qian Hu official of yours?

The things that Xiao Simo made himself have not yet been categorized into grades.

Thinking of this, I was speechless.

If you are not a governor, what good will it matter even if you are promoted to level five?
Li Xiao looked down upon things among the civil servants.

If you want to be promoted, promote him to governor.

(End of this chapter)