The Book of Heaven

Chapter 445
"His Royal Highness, Mingyue, Ma Zhao?"

The four women rode side by side, almost blocking the entire street, and the onlookers on both sides hurriedly dodged, especially those who were carrying baskets or carrying slings, for fear that they would be caught by the hooves of the horses. To step on.

In fact, the four women on the horseback are very skilled in riding, and the horses under the crotch are also carefully selected good horses. It is impossible to step on passers-by. The horse is even more frightening.

Ma Zheng's eyes actually saw Ma Zhao first.I haven't seen him for a while, but this guy's figure seems to have grown again.

"Look, Ma Zhao is the real monster, not much worse than your old man!" Indeed, even though Ma Chao is tall, he is not as good as today's Ma Zhao, even Ma Chao is watching After knowing it, they couldn't help but frowned, and said: "Good boy, take it to the front line to polish it, and you will be a talent of our Ma family in the future!"

"He is not your descendant." Ma Zheng whispered.

"It's hard to say, old man, I was very romantic when I was young."

"You're called obscene!"

The conversation between Ma Zheng and Ma Chao may only be heard by Ma Daogong, who is next to them, but Ma Daogong's face is extremely complicated at this time, he knows Ma Chao's identity, and he doesn't even have an air in front of this person. Dare to breathe, seeing the two of them getting along so casually now, Ma Daogong felt envious, but if he was asked to imitate Ma Zheng, he definitely couldn't do it.

The arrival of Liu Xu made the Ma family members including Ma Zheng kneel on the ground, but the old man Ma Chao slipped away so fast that no one found out when he disappeared. Presumably he didn't like to kneel down to a little girl. To count, only Liu Xu could kneel to him.

"You are finally back, what are you waiting for, get on your horse and follow me!"

Princess Qingping is Princess Qingping. Her unique arrogance can make her ignore any worldly rules. She even does such things as robbing men so neatly, but those onlookers gave Liu Xu a thumbs up one by one. .

"Ma Zheng, sit on my horse, I'm young." As expected, like a mother, like a daughter, Ying Gu hid half of her body on the horse's back, showing her head, staring at Ma Zheng with a smile and said.

"I will ride my horse for you, and I will walk!"

Zhuge Xingxing wasn't slow to react, she was the lowest among the four women, who would give in if she refused?
"Master, can I have a horse?"

By now, Ma Zheng also knew that none of the four women could ride on their horses, so they had to solve it by themselves.Of course, Ma Daogong would not disapprove of this trivial matter, so he handed over his mount to Ma Zheng. Ma Zheng took the reins and turned on the horse without any qualms, but he didn't pay attention to the strange eyes of the horse family members behind him.

"Patriarch, I will go with Her Royal Highness first."

Ma Daogong waved helplessly to show that he knew.The welcome event that had originally inspired teachers and people ended without a problem. The ancestor Ma Chao disappeared, and Ma Zheng was kidnapped by four women. Ma Daogong has never been so frustrated in his life.But when he thought of the close relationship between Ma Zheng and his ancestor, Ma Daogong suddenly felt that his eyes were bright again.

Not to mention that Ma's family stepped up preparations for the marriage again because of Ma Zheng's safe return, and Ma Zheng's painful and happy life in the next few days, a warning message from the northwest border has already made Chang'an city The court hall was filled with awe.

The letter came from the Persian Protectorate, military situation, urgent military situation.

The Great Food Kingdom, which has been silent for 30 years, is about to move again. According to the news from the empire’s spies in the Great Food Kingdom, the caliph in Damascus mobilized more than 50 troops this time, preparing for an all-out war with the Han Empire.

The smoke of the Great Yue Clan has not cleared, and the most basic military layout has not been completed. The Great Food Kingdom is so sensitive, is it going to war now?
The Great Food Kingdom is a big country in the West. In the eyes of the Great Han Empire, it is a truly worthy opponent. There are not many countries like this.

The court was very nervous, but everyone was not afraid. A 50 army is nothing. The Han Empire has 20 troops stationed in the Persian Protectorate for many years, and the Xiongnu Protectorate has nearly 20 troops stationed in the Protectorate of the Huns. Including the two armies stationed in the Da Yuezhi just now, the total 50, and the Majiaxuanjia cavalry trained by the Ma family totaled [-]. In other words, the Han Empire could gather [-] troops in minutes.

But war is not just a pile of numbers. The combat effectiveness of the army, the ability of the generals, logistics supplies and even the will of the people will seriously affect the outcome of the war.If the Great Food Kingdom took the initiative to provoke a war, the common people of the Han Empire would definitely not agree to it. The days of the Heavenly Kingdom have been long, and every commoner will have a sincere sense of superiority even if they eat ordinary clothes and wear ordinary clothes.

Of course, the dignified kingdom of heaven cannot ignore the provocations of the western barbarians. The imperial court only needs to pour some oil on this sentiment, and it can make the whole country boil, and then the problem of people's aspirations will be resolved.

However, it is impossible to transfer all the troops in the northwest, especially the newly occupied Da Yuezhi, which still needs troops to stay stable. In addition, the soldiers and horses of the Xiongnu Protectorate can only mobilize 5 troops at most, and the Persian Protectorate is the first to bear the brunt. On the front line of the war, the whole army can be mobilized, so it is only more than 20 people, less than half of the opponent's troops.

The question of whether to mobilize troops and horses from other places caused the officials of the imperial court to quarrel. As the saying goes, the family is big and the business is big. The total strength of the Han Empire is over one million, but there are too many places to guard. Once separated, the number that can really gather quickly is very limited.

Li Yuan's army, who was on the way back to Chang'an, received an order to station on the spot and wait for the next step.After all, there is also an army of [-] here, and there is no room for waste. The key is how to use it.

But when the court was at a loss, the Guan family suddenly sent a signal that they were willing to form [-] troops from the family's children and followers.

Before the emperor had time to highly praise the Guan family, the Zhao family, Zhang family, and Huang family also expressed their opinions immediately, and each family was willing to send [-] troops to support the imperial court in the fight against the Great Food Kingdom.

The children of the four kings with different surnames formed an army of 20. At this time, the people in the government and the public suddenly realized that none of the five kings with different surnames was a fuel-efficient lamp. In the past, they kept a low profile and it was a gift from outsiders. People, [-] soldiers and horses burst out every minute, who in the world can fight against it?

Everyone understands that the Ma family did not express their position on this matter, because from the beginning, the imperial court counted the Ma family's [-] soldiers and horses, half of which were cavalry.

In this way, 50 soldiers and horses seemed to be enough, which caused the court to shout for battle. At this critical moment, the Zhuge family said that the workshop after technical improvement could produce sufficient equipment before the start of the war. , and as the general guide of technical improvement, Ma Zheng should take the lead.

At this time, Ma Zheng's name was once again heard by the court officials, and more detailed information about Ma Zheng also appeared on the desks of these intelligence officials.

Originally thought that Ma Zheng was already in the limelight, but no one expected that in the next court meeting, Ma Zheng's name would once again become the focus.

(End of this chapter)