Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 170 Military morale is available

Suo Xia's answer made Huan Xi very satisfied. He was not in a hurry to enter the city, but went to inspect the Xiongnu archers under the guidance of Xie Ai and Suo Xia.

As for the five thousand cavalry who followed him, Shan Yutai officials took them to another camp to rest.

Suo Xia had already set up a camp for them and prepared meat.

In the Yinchuan camp, the Huns' cavalry were all very enthusiastic when they heard that Huan Xi was coming to inspect.

The world is bustling, all come for the benefit, and the world is bustling, all go for the benefit.

The Huns' archers and cavalry were willing to obey Huan Xi's orders, naturally because of their own interests.

After all, following Huan Xi in battle can always reap huge rewards, so how can the Huns not be tempted by it.

If the severe frost in May had not occurred in Liangzhou, even if it had occurred in the Hetao area, it would not have caused such large-scale riots.

Maybe the Huns would blame Liu Wuhuan and others, thinking that they did not fully surrender to Huan Xi, which caused the wrath of heaven and sent down punishment.

Just like Huan Wen's conclusion about the Liangzhou rebellion, the reason is that Liangzhou was initially settled, people's hearts were not attached, and Huan Xi's kindness was not shown.

Huan Wen has also experienced this kind of thing.

When Li Shi surrendered, various places in central Shu joined him one after another, but because of an earthquake, rebellions broke out in various places in central Shu even before Huan Wen had his troops.

At this time, eight thousand Xiongnu cavalry gathered under the general platform. Huanxi walked towards the high platform. Wherever he passed, the Huns all knelt down on one knee to express their submission to the great Chanyu whom they respected.

The name of Great Chanyu has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Huan Xi stood on the high platform and greeted everyone loudly in Hun language, as if he were facing his old friends:

"Gentlemen, you are welcome and safe!"

Of course, the audience was crowded with Huns cavalry, and it was impossible for everyone to hear Huan Xi's voice. Feilian Helong was one of them.

Fortunately, there were soldiers passing the message for Huan Xi, and even Feilian Helong, who was at the back of the queue, could hear it clearly.

"I'm fine! Is Da Shan Yu fine?"

The knights in the audience answered in unison.

Facing the greetings of eight thousand people, Huan Xi was not happy. He said to everyone:

"There was a rebellion in Liangzhou. Someone betrayed me and failed me. I feel deeply saddened by this. An Neng is fine.

"Many of you have followed me to quell Zhang Zuo's rebellion. Now, do you still have the courage to join me in another expedition to the west to quell the rebellion?"

Hearing this, everyone replied in unison:

"I am willing to be driven by the Great Chanyu! I will follow the Great Chanyu to the death!"

The shouts resounded throughout the sky, and Huan Xi finally showed a smile when he saw that his military spirit was ready.

After leaving the Gongqi Camp, Huan Xi couldn't wait to inspect the official ranches around Yinchuan.

The water and soil conditions of Xitao Grassland are suitable for farming, but today it is still dominated by animal husbandry, not the southern part of the Yangtze River in later generations.

Since Huan Xi occupied the Xitao Grassland, he began to impose a livestock tax on the local Xiongnu herdsmen at a tax rate of 2%.

That is to say, based on the market price of the livestock, for every one thousand yuan worth of livestock, a tax of twenty yuan must be paid, paid in Yonghe five baht.

Therefore, the government will always spend a large amount of Yonghe five baht before the tax period, purchase livestock according to market prices, and breed the collected cattle and sheep in government-owned pastures.

Suo Xia introduced Huan Xi:

"Chan Yutai has been following Liang Gong's orders to purchase private livestock. To this day, there are three official ranches in Xitao Grassland, breeding 30,000 cattle, 100,000 sheep, and no less than 50,000 other miscellaneous livestock."

Huan Xi was in one of the pastures, looking at the herds of cattle and sheep. He did not doubt the authenticity of this number.

After all, the breeding cycle of cattle is once a year and the breeding cycle of sheep is once every five months.

It had been four years since he captured the Xitao Plain, which was enough to establish a large scale.

After personally inspecting the official ranch, Huan Xi wanted to retake Liangzhou and completely control the fertile grasslands in Liangzhou.

Since Huanxi promoted the Quyuan plow, there was a huge demand for cattle in the Guanlong area, and people often rented or borrowed them from each other. There is no doubt that in a farming society, cattle are hard currency.

Returning to the commander's tent in the Lancer Camp, Huan Xi only left Xie Ai behind, and analyzed the battle with him, comparing his own strength with Qifu Si Fan, Huan Xi said:

"There are six thousand cavalry in Jincheng and Xiping counties, but their hearts are uncertain. If they are forced to fight, they may be in danger of defecting in the face of battle.

"Although Zhu Xu had 40,000 state and county soldiers, he was more than enough to defend the city, but not enough to fight in the field. He could only bluff and not be of great use.

"Yinchuan has five thousand spear cavalry and eight thousand bow cavalry, but the Xiongnu cavalry are not tenacious. If they fall into a hard battle, they may not be able to persist.

"In this battle, the enemy is strong and we are weak, and we are invincible!"

Qifu Sifan had 30,000 Xianbei cavalry beside him, and there were also Wuwei rebels attached to him, which was like a tiger with even more wings.

Huan Xi left the infantry to Wang Meng and asked him to stay in Guanzhong to support Huan Wen at any time.

It can be said that he is short of major generals around him, and the Xiongnu archers and cavalry can only fight with the wind. If the battle situation is unfavorable, as Huan Xi said, it is difficult to expect them to perform miracles.

Therefore, after learning about the Qifu Xianbei rebellion from the beginning, he was no longer prepared to go straight to Liangzhou.

Xie Ai saw Huan Xi's thoughts. He pointed to a mountain range on the map of Liangzhou and said:

"Is Mr. Liang going to attack Wugu Mountain in the wheat field?"

Wugu Mountain in Maitian is the place where Qifu Xianbei lived.

Huan Xi nodded and said with a smile:

"Exactly! Now Qifu Sifan has taken away 30,000 Xianbei cavalry. I predict that the defense of Wugushan in Wheatfield will be empty. If we can break it in one battle and capture its people and livestock, then a big thing will happen!"

Yinchuan and Maitian Wugushan are more than 660 miles apart, and you can go south along the Yellow River Valley Road.

This was the route Qifu Xianbei took when he left Xitao Grassland.

According to Huan Xi's estimate, the entire army would travel 110 miles a day and would arrive in just six days.

It is completely possible to launch an attack on Qifu Xianbei's lair before Qifu Sifan has time to react.

Not to mention the five thousand elite lances and cavalry, even the Xiongnu archers dared to punch hard when faced with a group of old, weak, women and children.

Xie Ai fully agreed with Huan Xi's view.

After all, when the Xianbei cavalry knew that their wives, children, and children had been kidnapped by Huan Xi, they could only have two choices.

One is that the morale of the army is shaken and it will collapse without fighting.

The second one is desperate to pursue him and try to get his family back.

Once Qifu Sifan chooses to recover humans and animals, Huan Xi can lure him out of Liangzhou and ambush him at a chosen location.

The next morning, at dawn, Huan Xi and his 13,000 cavalrymen had already left the camp. They only carried the necessary armor, as well as dried meat and dry food for seven days.

Suo Xia was quite worried. Just going to Wugu Mountain in Maitian would take six days, but Huan Xi only brought seven days' worth of food.

When he was saying goodbye, he couldn't help but remind him:

"Liang Gong's desperate move is indeed commendable for his courage, but if he misses, what will the soldiers feed on?"

Huan Xi smiled and said:

“Only by breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat can we move forward.

"Now that the main force of Qifu Xianbei is out, only the old and the weak are the only ones, how can they be my opponents!

"When I plunder their people and animals, why worry about not having food on the way home!"

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