Tang Dynasty: Starting from Kou Zhong, the heavens rise!

"Okay, if you dare to let down my daughter, I will never be done with you."

Lu Miaozi choked Kou Zhong with one sentence.

A young and promising person like Kou Zhong might not be a bad choice for Shang Xiuxun, so Lu Miaozi would naturally not stop his daughter.

"Yes."

Kou Zhong nodded helplessly.

PS: Attached is the picture of Tianma.

Chapter 66: The young commander who deceived everyone in the world! ! !

a few days later.

Pegasus Ranch has been renamed Jingling Ranch, and Shang Zhen, Shang Peng, Shang He, Lan Gu and others have all broken through to the early stage of Grand Master.

They eagerly wanted the follow-up exercises and martial arts at the Grand Master level, and without waiting for Shang Xiuxun's arrangements, he proposed to take people to Poyang Ranch.

Shang Xiuxun readily agreed and transferred a thousand stallions from the existing three thousand stallions at Jingling Ranch to go south, taking most of the ranch's manpower with him.

The new owner of Jingling Ranch, Luo Fang, deacons Liang Qian, Wu Yan, and Xu Liang, with the support of the Young Marshal Army, vigorously expanded their manpower and recruited no less than 8000 people from Jingling County. In addition to the ranch staff, they also built an arch guard. In the Pegasus Camp on the ranch, you can ride on a horse and walk on a horse.

For this suggestion, Kou Zhong expressed strong support and allocated a batch of fine steel spears and horn bows suitable for cavalry to equip the Pegasus camp.

Just at this moment, a group of uninvited guests came to the ranch.

"Brother Yuzhi, Song, I didn't expect you to come too."

Li Xiuning looked at the Song siblings with a complicated expression, not knowing what to say.

"It's not unusual for me and my eldest brother to appear here."

"There is a shortage of horses in the south. Almost all of our Song clan's war horses are purchased from Pegasus Ranch."

"But Jinyang is adjacent to the Northland and can buy Turkic horses. Why travel thousands of miles to Jingling County to buy horses."

"It seems that Li Clan is planning to send troops to conquer the world. I think Sister Xiuning should be Li Clan's candidate to lead the second army."

"With the support of the Chai family, Sister Xiuning's women's army should be almost ready. Now we just need horses to build up the cavalry."

Song Yuzhi stared at Li Xiuning opposite him with a pair of beautiful eyes, and said with an indifferent expression.

Geek!

Hearing this, Li Xiuning's pupils shrank severely. "[-]"

She didn't expect that the ignorant little girl in the past would become so sharp in her words, with thorns in her words.

What's more important is that what Song Yuzhi said is exactly what Li Clan is doing now. Li Clan chose Li Xiuning as a gap to open another front, and planned to raise troops in Hongnong County to establish Li Xiuning's Women's Army.

Hongnong is located at the throat between Luoyang, the eastern capital, and Chang'an, the western capital. Controlling this place is tantamount to cutting off the connection between Guanzhong and the Central Plains.

Li Clan's army only needs to go south from Taiyuan County to Hedong to join forces with Li Xiuning's Detachment of Women, and then knock off Hangu and enter Guanzhong.

"As long as it's a good horse, it doesn't matter how much you spend. Miss Shang, your Pegasus Ranch is truly well-deserved."

At this time, Chai Shao and Shang Xiuxun, who were dressed in blue attire, came from outside while discussing the purchase of horses, not paying attention to the tense atmosphere in the hall.

"Young Master Chai."

"It's not that I don't want to sell, but that there are no good horses for sale on the ranch anymore."

Shang Xiuxun said calmly.

Under Kou Zhong's repeated instructions, the matter of Pegasus Ranch being renamed Jingling Ranch and being placed under the name of the Marshal's Army was not announced to the public.

They even deliberately maintained the presence of Pegasus Ranch to hide the whereabouts of the Young Marshal Army.

"how come?"

"Miss Shang, we just saw tens of thousands of war horses outside."

"Don't worry, we don't want more. The first batch only requires [-] horses. We will order more horses next year."

Li Xiuning quickly spoke.

War horses are extremely important to the Detachment of Women.

Hongnong County is located in the east of Hangu Pass. The valley plain carved out between the south bank of the river and the Weishan and Beimang Mountains is flat. Without cavalry, how could the Detachment of Women withstand the Sui army's attacks from Guanzhong and Luoyang.

"Miss Li, these horses already have owners."

Shang Xiuxun shook his head and did not consider Li Xiuning's proposal.

"This..."

Immediately.

Li Xiuning and Chai Shao were both stunned.

Tens of thousands of war horses all have owners. Who is so wealthy?

"Ha ha!"

"It's not that enemies don't get together. I didn't expect to meet Miss Li here."

"Miss Song, Brother Song, I haven't seen you for a long time. How are you doing?"

Along with a burst of laughter, a figure in mysterious clothes walked out of the inner hall, instantly attracting the attention of everyone present.

"Kou Zhong?"

"Brother Kou!"

Li Xiuning's pretty face changed color instantly.

Song Yuzhi stepped forward happily.

Song Shidao on the side said helplessly: "We didn't see Brother Kou in Jiangzuo, but unexpectedly we saw him here."

As early as when they were escorting the timber to Poyang, the Song brothers and sisters wanted to see Kou Zhong, but unexpectedly they were rejected.

Even in the two counties of Jiujiang and Jiangxia, there was no trace of Kou Zhong, and no one in the Young Marshal's army revealed his whereabouts.

In desperation, the two of them could only come to Jingling with the Song clan's expectations, hoping to purchase a batch of war horses from Pegasus Ranch.

"Brother Song must have come here to buy war horses, but I'm afraid he will be disappointed."

Meeting Song Shidao's gaze, Kou Zhong smiled.

"Could it be..."

Song Shidao's eyes immediately shone with light as he stared at Kou Zhong.

Before Kou Zhong could speak, Shang Xiuxun had already spoken: "Young Master Song guessed correctly, the horses at Pegasus Ranch belong to the Young Marshal's Army."

"what?"

"Tens of thousands of war horses were sold to the Young Marshal's Army. How could the Young Marshal's Army get so much money?"

Chai Shao blurted out.

In the fifth year of Daye, the price of a pack horse was 20 taels of silver, and the price of a fine Northland war horse was 60 taels of silver.

The war horses produced by Pegasus Ranch are no less than the war horses of the North. Today, a war horse costs at least 120 taels of silver, equivalent to 12 gold.

A rough estimate is that there are at least 3 war horses at Pegasus Ranch, which is 36 gold.

Although the Shaoshuai Army controls the three counties of Jiangxia, Jiujiang, and Poyang, they have expanded their army by hundreds of thousands and are still engaged in farming. They must be in extremely financial distress. How can they get these millions of taels of silver? Are they going to live hard? ?

"Humph!"

"Even if Brother Kou doesn't have it, our Song clan does."

"Don't talk about these war horses. Even if there are [-] war horses, we, the Song clan, can afford them."

Song Yuzhi on the side raised his eyebrows and said proudly.

Song Shidao's mouth twitched when he heard this. This is really a waste of money. 36 gold is not a small amount for the Song clan.

Li Xiuning and Chai Shao were also choked by Song Yuzhi's words. The Song family was indeed wealthy and controlled one-third of the world's salt fortune.

"No money, Brother Kou saved me. I voluntarily gave these horses to the Young Marshal's Army."

At this time, Shang Xiuxun spoke quietly, and everyone was stunned for a moment.

Kou Zhong, on the other hand, saw Shang Xiuxun and Song Yuzhi staring at each other with big eyes and small eyes, and there were sparks in the eyes of the two women, feeling a little helpless.

"Are you the world-famous Sword King Kou Zhong?"

"Chai Shao has met the young marshal!"

Chai Shao, who had just come to his senses, looked at the young man in black clothes who was fighting with the two girls. He couldn't help but be in awe and bowed his hands.

As a friend of Jia Liulou 46, it is impossible for Chai Shao not to know about the generals of the Wagang Army joining the Young Marshal's Army. What's more, he has been chivalrous, agile and brave in his life. He admires heroes like Kou Zhong the most.

He was not as young as the weak crown and defeated the four great swordsmen of Cihang Jingzhai. Who in the world does not respect Kou Zhong!

"Brother Sichang."

"From the perspective of Xie Yingdeng and Hou Junji, we should be considered friends."

"But judging from the Li clan, we should be considered enemies."

"You and Li Clan should have reached the stage of discussing marriage. If my prediction is correct, that old fox Li Yuan should have promised Li Xiuning to you."

"Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to ignore your great family fortune and accompany Li Xiuning all the way south to buy horses."

"Haha, Li Yuan really sold it at a good price, using a third lady of the Li family in exchange for the support of the extremely wealthy Chai family."

After taking a look at Chai Shao, Kou Zhong laughed sarcastically.

"The young marshal is one of the best princes in the world. How can he act like a gentleman when he mocks and insinuates my father like this?"

Li Xiuning couldn't bear it anymore and asked.

The contempt and disdain came out of Koo Zhong's tone, which made it difficult for her to accept such an insult.

Even though the Li family used Li Xiuning as a bargaining chip in exchange for the support of the Chai family, that was the biggest pain in Li Xiuning's heart. How cruel it was to be exposed like this!

"Really? Gentleman?"

"What a coincidence, I, Kou Zhong, have never admitted that I am a gentleman."

"Master Ling and I were orphaned when we were young. Since childhood, we have been rolling around in the streets and alleys, fighting for food with wild dogs."

"Do you know how we learned to read and write? We would go to the wall of other people's private schools every day and secretly watch the old man in class."

"One day, I was discovered by others and chased for several streets."

"We have different backgrounds from aristocratic families like yours, and the Young Marshal's Army is not the Sui Army."

"From the day the Young Marshal's Army was established, the promise I, Kou Zhong, made was to allow every common person to have their own land and have enough food and clothing."

"The world is huge, and everything is created by the people. They should have the right to enjoy it all, instead of living like dogs."

In front of everyone present, Kou Zhong said loudly.

At this moment, everyone seemed to have seen how the two little beggars struggled to live and rise up on the streets of Jiangdu in the past.

Thinking that the young commander's army divided the fields in the three counties of Poyang, gave away grain seeds for free, and wiped out the aristocratic families, everyone fell into silence...

Even Shang Xiuxun, the owner of Pegasus Ranch, comes from a family of military commanders. After all, they are not ordinary people. They can't understand the feeling of being crushed to death like a bug, and they can't understand Kou Zhong's current situation. Mood.

However, when Shang Xiuxun and Song Yuzhi looked at the domineering and wanton Kou Zhong, the brilliance in their beautiful eyes became more and more intense. Kou Zhong, who had made his fortune from scratch, attracted their favor more than any other young master from aristocratic families.

Even Li Xiuning's inner heart was not moved by Koo Zhong's collision.

"Brother Kou is really a strange man!"

"What the young commander has done is admirable!"

Song Shidao and Chai Shao could not help but be fascinated by Kou Zhong's style.

The young marshal's army can go to war for the common people and the world's aristocratic families. This in itself is a kind of courage that ordinary people cannot match.

"Xingyang and Jingling are eight hundred miles apart."

"But Xingyang is thousands of miles apart from Jiangxia and Poyang."

"When the Three Great Sword Attendants Cihang Jingzhai were hung in the Yellow Crane Tower in Jiangxia, the young marshal should be in Xingyang. How did he manage to travel so quickly? Not to mention the big river, even if he galloped his horse day and night, he couldn't do this. , unless the young marshal was in Jingling at that time."

"Miss Shang and the young marshal have known each other for more than a day. Since the young marshal's army is short of war horses, they will be eager to transport them to Jiangzuo."