Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 198 Forming a New Army

Deng Xia and Huan Qian are not boldly boasting about Haikou. They naturally have this arrogant self-confidence and ability.

Among them, Deng Xia, needless to say, was the most famous general in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, while Huan Qian left behind allusions about suppressing evil and eliminating disease.

In the original time and space, Huan Wen also launched the Northern Expedition in this year, but the target of the attack was Fu Jian in Guanzhong. During the battle with the former Qin Dynasty, Huan Chong was trapped in a tight siege and was about to be captured. Huan Qian rode into the enemy's formation alone and captured Huan Chong. Rescued.

In the former Qin army, if someone was suffering from malaria, just shouting to him, "Huan Zhen evil is coming", the patient could be frightened into recovery, which has the effect of Zhang Liao's cry.

It was precisely because he had these two fierce generals that Huan Xi dared to propose fighting generals to add to the fun and establish his authority.

Sure enough, Deng Xia and Huan Qian each fought five more games. Even in the end, their physical strength was obviously not as good as before, but they still defeated their respective opponents without any danger.

The Hu people have always admired warriors, and today Deng Xia and Huan Qian were in the limelight. The leaders of the various tribes were all impressed and called them flying generals.

In accordance with his previous promise, Huan Xi gave two of his mounts to them respectively, and also rewarded them with 500 pieces of cloth and silk.

Just when everyone thought the matter was over, Suo Bao, the right lieutenant general under Huan Xi, said:

"Don't you think Mr. Liang still has a fine horse? If you are brave enough, please compete with the warriors from various tribes in riding and shooting. I would like to ask Mr. Liang to do it."

Huan Xi smiled and said:

"Well, General Suo Lang, Huan only has that divine horse left. I didn't expect that you would still care about me.

"That's all, it's rare to be in such a good mood today, I promise you that."

There is no doubt that Suo Bao's request for a riding and shooting contest was naturally given by Huan Xi in advance. Otherwise, Suo Bao would not dare to make his own decision.

As soon as they heard that they were going to compete on horseback and archery, people from all walks of life who were good at shooting were all eager to compete.

Yes, none of them could be a match for Deng Qiang and Huan Qian in close combat, but riding and shooting was the skill they relied on to survive.

Seeing Huan Xi's response, Suo Bao said excitedly:

"The general is incompetent, so please allow Mr. Liang to allow me to introduce him to you."

Huan Xi nodded and agreed:

"Go."

During the preparations for Suo Bao, a runway has been drawn under the stage, and ten archery targets have been placed in the inner circle twenty steps away from the runway.

Don't underestimate the distance, which is only twenty steps.

It can be known from the martial arts records of the Qing Dynasty that when shooting from a distance, it can be achieved from a distance of fifty steps, with almost 100 hits.

However, during the mounted shooting test, the overall hit rate from a distance of twenty steps was not even half.

This is also the main reason why Huan Xi despises mounted archery and instead attaches great importance to mounted archery. Riding bows have small pulling power and short range. It is difficult for cavalry to find the crosshair when firing arrows on bumpy horseback.

But since Huan Xi dared to ask Suo Bao to come forward, he naturally did the test in advance.

Suo Bao was praised by his contemporaries as the reincarnation of Guan Yu in the original time and space, but his most outstanding skill was his archery. He once faced three thousand Qiang soldiers holding a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right hand. He fell down, killing more than 30 people and wounding more than 100 people.

Being able to inflict such damage on sword and shield soldiers with arrows is enough to frighten the Qiang people. If the shields had not been used to protect their vital points, more than thirty people would have been killed on the spot.

The Qiang people thought that heaven was about to descend to earth, so they all abandoned their armor and fled.

Huan Xi had asked Suo Bao to test his skills in front of him before, so he had full confidence in him.

But today, Suo Bao still performed steadily. He did not know how many times he ran around the stage on horseback, but all the arrows he shot landed on the target twenty steps away.

Everyone on the stage stood up and applauded.

The warriors from various departments who were still gearing up before are now like eggplants beaten by frost.

Suo Bao said he was trying to attract others, but in fact he was already a leader. Without his ability, no matter how strong he was, he would be overestimating his abilities.

In the end, with Suo Bao's proud achievement of shooting one hundred arrows and hitting one hundred arrows, he undisputedly took away Huan Xi's last mount.

After all, three horses and a thousand-mile horse are not cheap to outsiders. Of course, now that all the tribes in Hexi have surrendered, they can no longer be said to be outsiders.

From then on, the saying of the Four Court Pillars of Guanxi spread among various tribes in Hexi.

The so-called "Four Court Pillars of Guanxi" refer to the four powerful generals under Huan Xi: Deng Xia, Huan Qian, Suo Bao and Deng Qiang.

Among them, Deng Xia, Huan Qian, and Suo Bao naturally showed their power in front of everyone today, and Deng Qiang was selected because Huan Xi praised him for being able to fight Deng Xia for fifty rounds, regardless of the outcome.

It's just that Huan Xi doesn't like the title of the Four Pillars of Guanxi, which is too unlucky.

Of course, these are things to follow.

After the competition, Huan Xi finally got down to business. He sighed to the leaders of each department:

"In the past, Jin and Zuo were in decline, and the country fell apart. The lives of the people were almost lost, and the country was in danger of overturning.

"Fu Jian and Murong Jun were ambitious and claimed to be emperors. At this time when the mountains and rivers are in ruins, Huan is willing to raise a righteous army, help the Jin Dynasty, and quell the rebellion. I very much hope that there will be warriors from all walks of life who can agree with me and help me realize my ambition and save the people." In water and fire.

"Huan plans to select elites from various tribes in Hexi to form an army to fight with me.

"Alas! It's hard to find a confidant in life. I wonder who among you can be of the same mind as me?"

The leaders of each department looked at each other, you looked at me, I looked at you.

To be honest, if they just obeyed Huan Xi as their leader, they would naturally be willing to do so, but if they wanted to transfer all the elites from the tribe to Huan Xi and follow him in his conquests, they would be somewhat reluctant to do so. But they did not dare to object to Huan Xi's proposal.

I didn't see the Great Chanyu saying everything plainly. Anyone who agrees is of the same mind and heart as him. If he refuses, wouldn't it be that he has different aspirations?

When everyone hesitated, the bald Qi Fuyan was the first to ask:

"I wonder how many soldiers Da Shanyu plans to recruit?"

Huan Xi stretched out a finger:

"Ten thousand fine knights."

When everyone heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief. What they were afraid of was that Huan Xi would eat tens of thousands or even a hundred thousand young men in one bite. Now, as long as they can gather 10,000 fine cavalry, it is within their tolerance.

After all, there are hundreds of thousands of young Hu people from Hexi gathered inside and outside Guzang at this time.

Seeing everyone's agreement, Huan Xi stood up and said:

"Starting from tomorrow, I will hold a grand martial arts performance here, and select 10,000 elites from hundreds of thousands of young people, named Baibao Xianbei.

"Those who can be selected to be Baobao Xianbei will be rewarded with three sheep and five pieces of cloth.

"With reference to the soldiers under Huan's command, he was given seven pieces of spring and winter clothing, twelve pieces of silk, and twelve stones of chestnuts every year.

"Family members then moved eastward and settled in Hetao, and the most fertile grassland was designated for them to graze.

"Yesterday's alliance oath is still in my ears. You must not stop the young men of the tribe from coming to apply for recruitment!"

Due to differences in living habits, Huan Xi could not allocate fields to Baibao Xianbei just like he did to soldiers. Naturally, he had to delineate the most fertile pastures in the Hetao area for them.

Just when the Xianbei leaders of the Hexi tribes stood up to receive their orders, Juqu Qi Fuyan asked:

"Da Chanyu, since the military name is Baibao Xianbei, I wonder if we Lushui Hu people will also run for election."

The chief of Hehuang Linshuihu was also watching Huan Xi.

Huan Xi nodded and said:

"Baibao Xianbei is just a title. As long as the barbarians in Hexi are willing to help me, how can Huan turn them away?"

Although Huan Xi's Baibao Xianbei could not reach the level of one in a hundred in the Northern Qi Dynasty, it was still a selection of 10,000 people from hundreds of thousands. As long as they were trained strictly and paid attention to discipline, they could easily obtain a strong army.

Nomadic tribes compete for pasture, and conflicts will break out from time to time. Don't worry about the fighting skills of these people.

In fact, the finances of Guanxi were not rich. Fortunately, Huanxi defeated Xianbei and brought back more than 300,000 livestock, which made up a lot of money.

However, setting up a Baibao Xianbei army of 10,000 people and supporting them with military treatment naturally required Huanxi to find another way to make money. Therefore, it was logical to levy livestock taxes from various ministries in Hexi.

There is an example of the Tiefu Xiongnu paying livestock tax to the Yinchuan Chanyutai, and the tribes in Hexi were able to accept this matter calmly.

After all, the tax rate is not high, only two percent.

The total number of livestock in Hexi tribes is no less than four to five million.

With a tax rate of 2%, Huanxi was able to collect taxes worth nearly 100,000 head of livestock every year.

This was one of the reasons why he refused to immediately revolt after quelling the Qifu Xianbei rebellion, but insisted on forming an alliance with various tribes.

Previously, Huan Xi agreed to Bald Qi Fuyan's proposal to build another Shan Yu Tai in Liangzhou.

Huanxi established a chanyutai in Guzang to administer the Hexi tribe, and Yinchuan chanyutai administered the Hetao tribe.

Zhao Ju, the governor of Liang Province, concurrently served as the assistant to the left of Guzang Shan Yutai, and Bo Niuyi, the lord of Liangzhou, also served as the right assistant of Guzang Shan Yutai.

At the same time, Zhao Ju resigned from the post of prefect of Jincheng and only retained the post of prefect of Wuwei County. Huanxi took his father-in-law Tufa Qi Fuyan as the prefect of Jincheng, and Tufa Xianbei also moved from Wuwei County to Jincheng County.

On that day, the news that Huan Xi recruited warriors from various tribes in Hexi spread like wings.

Faced with the huge reward promised by Huan Xi and the generous treatment that he would enjoy after joining Baibao Xianbei, who could hold back and not be tempted by it.

The Xianbei warriors who had previously lost to Deng Xia and Huan Qian, such as Bald Lu Pan, Helan Jutan and others, also decided to run for election tomorrow and received support from the leaders of various ministries.

When people like them enter Baibao Xianbei, they naturally want to be officers, not pawns.

Even though Huan Xi and his family will be moved to Hetao, this friendship will still exist after all.

The more military exploits Bald Lu Pan, He Lan Ju Tan and others have achieved, the higher their status will be. If they drink water without forgetting the well diggers, Huan Xi will eventually think of the good of those tribes.

In the evening, Huan Xi returned to Liang Palace. Facing his wife, he smiled tiredly and said:

"The matter has almost been discussed. Once the Xianbei soldiers are selected, we can set off and return to Chang'an."

Xie Daoyun asked him to sit down, stood behind him and rubbed Huan Xi's shoulders, saying:

"Wherever your husband is, that's where my home is. Whether it's in Guzang or Chang'an, it doesn't make much difference to me."

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　　I haven’t played Mount and Blade 2 for a long time, and I discovered that the Khan’s guard has been shaved off to a terrible extent, and it’s difficult to use the Guan Dao in close combat.

　　

　

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