Horse on the World

Chapter 175 Gifts
In the early hours of the morning, Lu Dalin's troops arrived at Qingding, saw the corpses of 99 heroes, and heard about the extremely tragic capture-the-flag battle. Even a general like Lu Dalin, who is used to life and death, could not help being moved and went to the stretcher. In front of Guan Shaolong who was on the road, he solemnly gave him a military salute, patted his chest, "Well done, brother!"

Guan Shaolong's face was pale. Although the bleeding from the severed arm had stopped long ago, the severe pain still distorted his face. He was lying on the stretcher on which some spears were improvised. Seeing Lu Dalin salute him, he couldn't help but Blushing with excitement, "Thank you, General Lu!"

Li Qing looked at this man with a smile, and said: "He is a good man. When he grows up, my Dingzhou army will grow up. Shaolong, heal his wounds with peace of mind. After heals up, come to my personal guard camp. Don't think that you are missing one." You can't be a soldier with your arms, and you'll be a great soldier in the future."

"Thank you, Marshal!" Guan Shaolong was overjoyed, struggling to get up and salute Li Qing, Li Qing stretched out his hand to gently press his chest, and said in a gentle voice: "Don't move, the most important thing now is to heal your wounds."

"The wind knows the strength of the grass, and the heroes come out of the swing. I have these good men in Dingzhou, how can I be invincible!" Li Qing looked at the generals under his command, and said with pride: "Today we have severely damaged the morale of the Wolf Running Army. Come on!" They will be wiped out on this vast grassland one day, and let this piece of Guangmao land become our horse herding land in Dingzhou, and become our back garden in Dingzhou! At that time, it will be the day when our Dingzhou takes off , where my war horse is heading, where the military flag is flying, who can stop my sharpness."

Lu Dalin, Lu Dabing, Jiang Kui and others looked excited, and said in unison: "The commander is mighty!"

This is the first time that Li Qing confides his heart in front of a major general in the army. Dingzhou is just the place where he accumulates his strength. After leveling the grassland, it will be the day when he takes off. There, of course, is the land of the Central Plains.As a general under Li Qing's command, Li Qing's ambition is their glorious future, how can they not make people yearn for it.

The large group of people returned to Shanglinli, and the outposts that returned earlier had already sent back the news of victory. When the army returned to the city of Shanglinli, there were thunderous cheers. In recent years, Dingzhou has rarely won such a big victory. Since Li Qing took charge of Dingzhou, his two consecutive victories, coupled with the previous Fuyuan Battle, made his prestige rise to the highest point for a while. When he saw Li Qing's commander-in-chief appear, he was shocked The mighty sound resounded over Shanglinli City.

Li Qing smiled, rode on the horse, and walked slowly into the gate of Shanglin City, while Lu Dalin and the others deliberately lagged behind by more than ten steps, so that Li Qing in front stood out more and was more conspicuous.

Although the battle was a big victory, in order to prevent Haningqi from Qingbu's retaliation, the vigilance in Shanglinli was still not lifted. Li Qing also stayed in Shanglinli with his personal guard battalion and whirlwind battalion until three days later, when the spies and The intelligence personnel of the Investigation and Statistics Department also determined that the Qing tribe had retreated, while the Red tribe was obviously afraid of another attack from Dingzhou, and retreated at the same time.And Hu He also led the army back, Qingbu suffered a major blow, his mission here is completely meaningless, the current Qingbu is no longer able to compete with the White Bu Being unable to pose a threat to Bayar is a good thing from one aspect, but doing it by Li Qing and doing it by himself are completely different things.

Hu He was very tired, but he raised his vigilance to [-] points. After seeing the combat effectiveness of Li Qing's soldiers, he had a clear understanding of Li Qing's strength. Not sure, the strength of the two sides is [-]-[-], it is hard to say who will win and who will lose, but fortunately there is Long Xiao of the Great Chanyu, and the White Department must still have an advantage in terms of elite soldiers. Hu He does not believe that Lu Dalin's Department also has such Combat strength, this can be proved by Li Qing's reluctance to fight with him in Qingding. It shows that even if Li Qing has the upper hand, he is not sure of completely annihilating himself. Otherwise, with Li Qing's character, such a good opportunity It would be strange if you didn't catch it and flatten yourself.

Li Qing was avoiding fighting Baibu in the wild too early, but wanted Baibu to bleed under the fortified city, and Da Shanyu also retracted his loose fingers one by one, and clenched them into a powerful fist, clearly of?Or in the next year, the land under his feet will definitely be stained with blood, Hu He thought so.

"Winter wheat has been planted, but this year, Shanglinli is still not self-sufficient and still needs Dingzhou's support!" Lu Dalin pointed to the newly plowed land under his feet and said to Li Qing.

Li Qing squatted down, grabbed a ball of soil under his feet, twisted it into fine powder in his hands, watched the black fertile fine soil slipping from his hands, and smiled on his face, "Very good, we used to be in Dingzhou Suffering from a shortage of food, but now that so much has been reclaimed, this problem will be solved soon. Oh, General Lu, I will ask Lu Yiming to send a group of administrative officials to Shanglin to help you manage the land here. Administration, and you, just focus on the military, there are more and more people in Shanglin, and it is no longer just a military fortress, I think, soon, I will re-establish a county here."

"Yes, Marshal!" Lu Dalin's face was calm, as if Li Qing had distributed his power without making a fuss, and he didn't care at all. "I am also suffering from this matter. Dingzhou has arranged more and more refugees to go to Shanglinli, reclaimed land, and established more and more village settlements, so that the general is really at a loss. With professional civil servants Come and worry about these things, the last general can concentrate on training the army and fighting against the barbarians."

Li Qing glanced at Lu Dalin appreciatively. Now he feels more and more that Lu Dalin is not only a warrior on the battlefield, but also a qualified and mature politician. In some respects, he is much more experienced than himself. Because of the existence of the barbarians, Dingzhou's current policy is to lean towards this place as much as possible. Therefore, it is impossible for him to be caught by the military administration here, and there needs to be someone to check and balance. It seems that Lu Dalin has already Thinking of this question, it was only after he suddenly raised it that he could be so calm.

"Although the administrative officials sent here belong to the state, the situation in Shanglinli is special. You still have temporary control over them when the war breaks out. These officials are responsible to you and Lu Yiming at the same time." Li Qing Dao, he also doesn't want the two sides to argue at a critical moment, which is not good for his plan.

"Yes, thank you, Commander." Lu Dalin clasped his fists and said.

"However, Commander, can you equip us with the armored stomach of the Whirlwind Camp first?" Lu Dalin asked. In the past few days, he saw that the new type of armor that the Whirlwind Camp has just equipped has excellent protection against bows and arrows, especially the armor that has been added. After installing the visor, the protection of the soldiers has been upgraded to a higher level. In the past when fighting barbarians, many soldiers were shot in the face. This is because the barbarians are very good at arrows, and it is not easy to penetrate Kai Armor, causing a lot of damage to soldiers, many arrows are coming towards the face, and this armor with face protection can solve this problem.

"This kind of armor has not been mass-produced yet, and we don't have the ability to equip all your troops. Let's go to Mr. Shang and equip you with a battalion first!" Li Qing nodded.

Lu Dalin was very satisfied to be able to get a battalion of this kind of armor. He also knew that this kind of armor hadn't been mass-produced yet, and even Wang Qinian's Tianlei Battalion didn't have any equipment. From this point of view, Li Qing really liked him is very trustworthy.

"Although I can't install new armor on a large scale for you, I still have a gift for you." Li Qing said with a smile.

oh?Lu Dalin was very interested, since the Marshal gave a gift, it must be something extraordinary.

"The craftsman has produced a kind of plate armor, which is made of the latest steel, but it is too laborious to make, and the craftsmen have to hammer it out one by one, and they are unable to make it on a large scale. This kind of plate armor is much better than the fish scale armor you are using now!" Li Qing laughed.This kind of steel plate armor was what Li Qing suddenly thought of when he saw his carriage that was comparable to a bulletproof vehicle. In this era, most generals used fish scale armor to embroider pieces of iron. It weighs at least a few dozen kilograms, not to mention cumbersome, and it is often pierced by weapons at the joints, causing damage to the generals. This kind of steel plate armor is much better. First, the weight drops sharply, which greatly reduces the generals. The burden can save physical strength, and the protective performance has also been greatly improved.It's just a pity that this thing is too laborious to make.If only there was a stamping machine!Li Qing often thought in his heart.But now, there is no need to do this dream, and only a small amount can be made to equip the generals.

"I'll send it to you soon! Not many, mainly for senior generals!" Li Qing said.

"Thank you, Marshal!" Such an unexpected gift made Lu Dalin very happy. On the battlefield, the casualties of generals are the most troublesome. It is extremely difficult to train a general, but a small accident will cause him casualties. This will often lead to the collapse of a unit, especially a unit like Lu Dalin with a majority of cavalry. Although the current system of the Dingzhou Army has minimized the discovery of such things, it is still inevitable that some generals will have accidents. If this problem is solved, his unit's combat power will also increase.

"Tomorrow I'm going back to Dingzhou. While you're training and setting up troops in Shanglin, you'll also continue to put pressure on the grasslands, and keep mopping up small tribes. Before the first snow of this year, fight as many as possible." Fighting, forcing these tribes to the hinterland of the grassland, and increasing Bayar's logistical burden, our economic embargo on the grassland has been effective, let Bayar worry about how to feed these tribesmen who have taken refuge in him!" Li Qing said with a smile .

Lu Dalin nodded and said: "Yes, I will send troops to take turns to fight, one to achieve the commander's strategic goal, and another to train troops. The fighting power of the wolf-running army is indeed stronger than ours!" Lu Dalin sighed road.

"One army can't change the general situation!" Li Qing said: "The longer the time, the more obvious our advantage will be."

"By the way, it's been a long time since you and Da Bing parted ways. It's rare to get together this time. Let's have a good talk between the two brothers today. Tomorrow, he will follow me again!" Li Qing said with a smile.

"How can a man have so many mothers-in-law and mothers? The soldier shoulders the safety of the commander-in-chief, how can he leave it lightly!" Lu Dalin smiled and refused, "What's more, our two brothers have met several times in the past few days. After becoming the commander-in-chief, I have grown a lot, and I am much calmer than before."

(End of this chapter)