This warrior is so fierce

Chapter 334
Xizhou, Hua County.

Hua County is a remote city in Xizhou.

Since ancient times, Xizhou has only been a general regional division. According to the Qianyuan system, the land of Xizhou is referred to as Sanfu Sandao Sanguzhou.

Sansuke is a folk name, which generally refers to the prosperous areas that can still be seen after Xiguan.

In this area, the city can still retain the appearance of the gods and the land. There are only ancient cities and towns, the population is relatively dense, the commerce and trade are developed, and the freight and shipping are prosperous.

Sansuke is about a few hundred miles away, and there are three roads after Sansuke.

The Dao here is different from the division of administrative regions such as Jiangdong Dao and Jiannan Dao. The Dao here is purely a local name in Xizhou.

It means that there are three roads to the frontier land further west.

Each road has its own characteristics, and what you see and hear along the way is also decidedly different.

The Sanguzhou is the name of the Qianyuan Naxi Prefecture before it became the land, and it can also be considered as the original name of the three states of Xizhou, which are Yongzhou, Liangzhou and Anzhou.

Among them, Liangzhou is still the enfeoffment of King Liang, the younger brother of today's emperor.

Among the three states, Yongzhou is the closest to the capital of God, Liangzhou is next, and Anzhou is the farthest.

The farthest place in Anzhou reached the frontier of Qianyuan.

It is also the hardest and most tiring place. General Right Qin Hu had fought here before, and many soldiers and horses in his troops came from the residents of this place.

For example, Guo Quan, whom Cao Su met, was also a resident of Hua County, Anzhou.

The city wall in Hua County is very short, only about one foot high. Such a city wall can even be made of adobe.

Huaxian County is also very small, with only a thousand people in the city. Most of the people living in this city are poor people who migrated here later, or they are simply children of military status who have been guarding the frontier for generations.

Such a poor place is now even more dilapidated.

In the past six years of Zhengguang, Qianyuan was in turmoil, the people were in dire straits, Wanping in the Central Plains was in chaos, and the frontiers were not very stable.

Residents living in Hua County have always been worried.

The sergeant of the government army guarding the city wall has always maintained the vigilance of the sergeant of the frontier army.

On this day, the autumn wind blew up Hua County and it was bleak, and the air was mixed with the roughness of the northwest.

The sergeants hid in the wall to rest, avoiding the vicissitudes of the skin from being blown by the yellow sand wind.

In fact, they don't care about the skin, anyway, they are getting older anyway, and they can still care about it when they can't eat enough, but when the yellow sand wind blows, they really can't open their eyes.

A handful of dozens of sergeants guarded the city wall of Hua County.

The land of Anzhou is bitterly cold, and many defenders have guarded this city for their entire lives, and have never been to other places.

The sergeants leaned against the wall and chatted, avoiding the yellow sand wind.

At this moment, a rumbling sound of thunder was suddenly heard.

Although Huangshatian is bad, where does the thunder come from?

The sergeants were very puzzled, and stood up and looked out of the wall.

I saw a black line suddenly appeared in the long yellow sandy sky.

That's cavalry.

"Qiang cavalry!"

The old sergeant roared.

I saw countless cavalry galloping from a distance, emerging in the yellow sand all over the sky.

The Qiang people rode on horseback and charged towards the low adobe city with strange roars.

Such a city wall naturally cannot stop the Qiang cavalry, especially the leading Qiang, holding a big octagonal hammer, throwing it towards Hua County from a distance like throwing a brick.

The hammer probably weighed several hundred catties, and it hit the gate of Hua County like a shooting star in the air.

The wooden city gate was instantly smashed to pieces.

The tall and strong horses of the Qiang rushed in from the city gate, while the mounted archers of the Qiang in the distance shot wildly at the soldiers exposed in the wall.

More than a thousand people in Hua County were caught off guard by Qiang cavalry.

The entire Hua County was instantly plunged into a sea of ​​flames, and there were Qiang cavalrymen burning, killing and looting everywhere.

The people of Qianyuan, no one can resist.

Qiang is a nomadic people who have to go west to north in Anzhou. For a long time in the past, the Qiang people have been harassing the Qianyuan border and harassing the land of Anzhou with the advantage of cavalry.

But this time, the scale of Qiang raids was even bigger.

The cavalry who rushed into Hua County alone may break through a thousand people.

Hua County is just a small town, what about Hua County?
late October.

Cao Su led [-] elite soldiers under his command to set up camp from the city of Shendu and head for Xiguan.

Before leaving, Captain Changshui met Cao Su.

Captain Huang Hao of Changshui is a middle-aged man who looks like a scholar. Holding a volume of books in his hands, he burns incense and makes tea in the camp, which seems relatively leisurely.

"Cao Zhaowu entered the fourth rank at a young age, and he will be a martial saint in the future."

Cao Su studied in the Imperial Academy for a few days, and he also knew that the martial sage Huang Hao mentioned had a lot of background in the history of the Qianyuan Kingdom.

He was the great general under Gaozu's command before, the man who stood at the pinnacle of the world.

Cao Su hastily and modestly evaded a few words.

Huang Hao came to Cao Su not purely to praise Cao Su.

He asked Cao Su to sit down, and asked with a smile: "Can you play chess, would you like to play a game with me?"

I'm leaving, what's the game?
Cao Su declined politely, "Lieutenant Changshui, forgive me, but my subordinates won't."

Huang Hao also said casually, seeing that Cao Su was still very blunt, he smiled.

"Cao Zhaowu don't need to be cautious. You and I are the emperor's forbidden army. We are members of the family. The higher your ability, the more likely you will be appreciated by the emperor in the future."

Appreciation from the Son of Heaven?
Cao Su didn't expect anything at all. He shook his head, neither saying yes nor no.

Huang Hao tentatively said: "I don't know about Cao Zhaowu, but have you ever heard about the food and pay in the army?"

Cao Su frowned and said, "The army's rations are paid every three months, and now it's more than a month in arrears. I already know about this, and there are a lot of complaints from the soldiers under my command."

"That's right, I came out to serve as a soldier to eat the imperial rations, but now, the imperial rations have been delayed again and again, from a monthly payment to a March payment. No money, it's a shame."

Huang Hao's tone was cold, and in front of Cao Su, he scolded the officials of the household department angrily.

Cao Su didn't know how to interface, so he kept silent.

But after seeing Huang Hao's inquiring and probing eyes, he echoed: "That's true."

"That's right, what I hate even more is that there is food and wages, but they are not paid to us."

Cao Su was very surprised by Huang Hao's words, and he asked, "Where is the salary?"

"The food and payment are in the treasury."

Cao Su didn't understand: "The officials of the household department are telling lies?"

"How can the Ministry of Households tell lies? If the Ministry of Households says that there is no food and payment, then there is no food and payment."

Cao Su was stunned: "Then what did your lord say about the salary?"

"It's the food and pay that exists in the national treasury, but it's not distributed to our imperial army, but to the Habayashi Army, to the artisans who repaired the Xiyuan, and to the palace servants."

Huang Hao sneered and said, "Our imperial army is at the end."

Cao Su was silent, the issue of food and payment had a long history, even the Eighth Colonel could not resolve this issue, what did Huang Hao mean by telling him about it today?
Huang Hao glanced at Cao Su and found that Cao Su was very calm, with a calm expression on his face.

This surprised Huang Hao. Before coming here, he already knew Cao Su. He knew that Cao Su was a fierce general of the "Hundred Riders Thieves Battalion". , It's not like the person who did the "Hundred Riders Robbery Camp" thing at all.

Seeing that Cao Su was silent and expressed his opinion, Huang Hao didn't say any more, and his expression calmed down.

"Telling you this is just to let the soldiers under your command relax. Although the food and salary arrived late, it was just a little later. Moreover, your department has now switched to Xiguan. In the future, Xiguan will have another food and salary delivery, so don't worry."

Huang Hao comforted Cao Su with kind words.

Cao Su naturally thanked Huang Hao politely, and then left Huang Hao's tent.

After Cao Su left, a young man walked into Huang Hao's tent.

This young man, Cao Su, also knew Rong Sheng, the son of Captain Na Rong whom he had met in the Imperial College before.

Rong Sheng suddenly appeared in Huang Hao's barracks in military uniform.

"Brother Huang, how is this person?"

Rong Sheng asked in a low voice.

Huang Hao shook his head helplessly: "This person is not good, he is too calm."

Rong Sheng didn't understand: "Didn't it mean that this person is unparalleled in bravery, and he also robbed the camp with a hundred horses? How could he be so calm?"

"I don't understand either, but after a little contact with him just now, I don't think he is a good candidate, but he is a young man, and he can be won over. The only trouble is that this person comes from a poor family, and there is no one in his family."

"Forget it."

Rong Sheng snorted coldly: "The poor family is only the poor family after all."

"Throughout the ages, is there anyone from a poor family who has accomplished great things? Now, the fourth generation and third son of my Rong family, Engadzenei, how can I let this ignorant person come here to mess around?"

"Wouldn't it be a joke if it became the name of Zhu Zi?"

There is still a sense of superiority in his words.

Huang Hao, who is also from a famous family, felt that it was understandable, so he no longer insisted.

(End of this chapter)