Chapter 18: Draft

The former dynasty was Shanghei and the Great Sui was Shanghong. Just a few years ago, the Sui army fought side by side with the Eastern Turks to resist the invasion of the Western Turks. Therefore, many Eastern Turkish herders were not unfamiliar with the Sui army. When they saw the bright armor and the red army, they knew that the Sui army had come. However, although they reacted quickly, it was still too late. Just as they could not start, another red cloud was pouring on their flanks. They could already see the weapons in the hands of the Sui army in the Qing Dynasty reflecting the cold metal light.

"Buzz." A trembling sound of bowstrings sounded, and countless long arrows flew out from the red clouds, falling accurately among the escaped Turkic herders.

"Xilulu." The running Turkic shepherds were rushing back and fell down their horses, leaving behind them with a straw-like arrow field.

With a rain of arrows, more than ten Turkic people had been removed, and only seven Turkic people were running desperately. The oldest among them was forty or fifty years old, and the youngest was only twelve or thirteen years old. At this time, my heart was filled with fear, and I wished that the horse I had stepped on could fly.

Turkic people are wolves, and Central Plains people are sheep. In the minds of all Turkic people, it is natural for wolves to eat sheep. I didn’t see these people in the Central Plains building the Great Wall. What’s the difference between them and sheep pens? As long as the sheep pen is broken, the sheep in the pen will naturally let the wolf choose to cut off. Now why is it going back on? Since the sheep in the sheep pen rushed out to eat wolf, is there any reason? Among the seven people, the half-large Turkic boy thought in confusion that if he was not escaping his life, he really wanted to ask his father next to him loudly, was he wrong?

"Stop! Stop!" The Sui army chasing behind kept shouting, but the Turks turned a blind eye. Several Turkic herders in the middle of their prime relied on their superb riding skills and even shot arrows backwards. Fortunately, the Sui army was full of armor, and the arrows shot from the Turkic people's soft bows did not cause much damage when they landed on their bodies.

The Sui army chasing behind was furious. These Turks clearly had no intention of surrendering within the range of their crossbow arrows. A Sui army in front pressed them with his hands, and another rain of arrows flew out of the Sui army. The seven people running turned into hedgehogs in an instant. They fell off the horses. The horses under their climax could not run a few steps. When the horse's hooves were soft, they fell to the ground. Both the people and horses were filled with rain of arrows.

"Xilulu." The Sui army, who was chasing these herdsmen, tied the reins. The fast-moving Hongyun stopped. Several Sui army jumped off their horses and checked them forward. One of them returned to report to a general in the middle, who was over thirty years old: "Report to the general, there are a total of fifteen Turkic people, all dead."

Before the general answered, the person next to him who looked like a deputy general sighed: "Oh, one hundred and fifty knots are gone, no, three hundred knots."

In order to make everyone have a more intuitive purpose for entering the grassland this time, the court issued a Feiyi's order, and for each Turkic prisoner, there were ten coins of copper coins as a reward for a horse, and the same was true for other cattle, sheep and other things. Among them, the officers received 30% and the soldiers received 70%.

As for the government soldiers, even if they fight, there is no military pay, only a small amount of subsidy. Some people also have to prepare their own war horses and weapons, and the state will bear the replenishment of war materials. Their income depends entirely on the rewards given by the court after the victory of the war. If this approach is to resist the invasion or rebellion of outsiders, the government soldiers can certainly exert 100% of their combat power, but if they leave the country for too long and have no military pay, the soldiers will inevitably be depressed. The court's practice of directly converting spoils into rewards will undoubtedly increase the morale of these government soldiers entering the grassland.

In fact, this is true. Since the Turks did not expect that the Sui army would suddenly take the initiative to break out of the Great Wall, the Eastern Turkic herders who had been nesting for a winter rushed to a place with abundant water and grass. The closer they got to the Great Wall, the warmer the weather, the faster the snow water melted. Of course, the best water and grass were, which meant that they were sent to the Sui army themselves.

The Sui army entered the grassland less than a month and had captured more than 10,000 Turks, and hundreds of thousands of cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock. As long as these things are transported back, each soldier can receive at least ten taels of reward, which is almost comparable to the annual military pay of the Imperial Guards. This is only their income for more than a month.

People die for money and birds die for food. This is true. For more than a month, the Sui army has been like an ungrateful machine. Whenever they see the Turks, everyone's eyes turn red, whether it is people or livestock, they have a pile of yellow copper coins in their eyes.

"Report to General, we have seized seventy-five good horses, one hundred and forty-eight horses and foals, fifty-one yellow cows, and more than six hundred sheep."

This report finally made the general who had sighed before smile. The value of these more than 200 horses and dozens of scalpers was nearly 3,000 guan. Their people were only 500 people in one building. It was nothing to die a dozen Turks. He poked the general next to him and said, "Cousin, we are rich."

The general next to him glared at his cousin in anger. He really didn't understand why his cousin had inherited the title of uncle Xinyi Gong. The family was rich and rich, so why was he still so greedy for money?

Of course, these two people are Li Jing and Han Shiyi. They are both in their thirties now. Although there are many suspicious reasons for Han Qinhu's death, Han Shiyi successfully inherited his father's title. Both of them are a general family and have learned a lot of martial arts and military tactics. Unfortunately, with the late Sui Emperor Wen's reign of martial arts and culture, he had no talent to display. Now he finally found the opportunity to make achievements.

Li Jing was not blinded by the wealth in front of him and ordered: "Send a scout immediately to search for a radius of fifty miles. There are so many cattle, sheep, and horses. It is impossible for these dozen people to own them. Maybe there is a large tribe nearby."

"Yes, General!" A team of scouts of dozens of people separated, three people and one team scattered in all directions.

Han Shiyi was overjoyed when he heard this: "Cousin, are you talking about it true? Is there really a large tribe nearby?" Han Shiyi was still very confident about Li Jing's judgment, just to confirm it.

"Of course, there are so many horses, but no women, and children. After discovering us, we still try our best to escape even though we knew we would die. It was just to attract us farther apart. Isn't there a large tribe or something?" Li Jing said lightly.

"Oh, I said, no wonder my cousin was not polite and shot them immediately. Three hundred kilns were lost. It turned out that there was still a big fish."

If the dozen dead Turks heard Li Jing's analysis, they would probably feel unwilling to die. They discovered their intention so quickly that their tribe members would not have time to transfer.

An hour later, a sweaty scout ran back from the opposite direction of the Turkic people just escaped: "Report, General, there are Turkic tents about twenty miles away. They are likely to have received news from our army and are currently preparing to move. Beizhi left two people to monitor them."

"Okay, how many of them are there?" Han Shiyi almost jumped up from the sitting grass.

"When the general, there were dense tents, about hundreds. According to the customs of the Turks, a tent could accommodate more than ten people, probably three thousand people."

"Three thousand people?" Han Shiyi frowned. They only had five hundred people. Although there were only five or six hundred of the top three thousand people. However, Turkic people, whether they were elderly or children, could fight after they were on the back. Five hundred and three thousand were victorious, even if they won, they would be a tragic victory. However, if they were allowed to share this piece of fat with others, it would be too painful.

"No need to think about it, send someone to inform the rear immediately and let Lord Qu Tutong send someone to encircle and annihilate him. We will chase him and harass him first, bite them tightly, and prevent the Turks from escaping."

Han Shiyi was helpless. As soon as he notified Qu Tutong, they could only get some soup. However, it was better to drink soup than not. Han Shiyi turned over and the rest of the Sui army was ordered to jump onto the horse. In the sun, the Sui army with hundreds of people turned into a floating red cloud on the grassland, making it roll forward.

The capital city is a detailed scene. Since the news of the victory over the Turks in December last year, few people have cared about the news of the border. Since the Turks no longer threatened the Sui Dynasty, everyone should do whatever they should do. After all, for the people, making money to support their families is the main business.

However, the capital was immediately disturbed by a major event. According to the Queen's will, the talent show will be started in various places from April this year. Within half a year, all unmarried girls aged thirteen to seventeen will be screened by local governments. Anyone who meets the standards will be sent to the palace to enrich the harem for the new emperor.

This news is joyful and sad, but it is not surprising. After all, every few years, the people have to choose a show for the emperor. Many people originally thought that the predecessor would have a show after the mourning period of the late emperor last year. After all, I heard that the new emperor put most of the palace maids back home. If the harem is empty for a long time, even if the emperor does not speak, the queen will take the initiative to mention it, so as not to be talked about by others. Now that the emperor has only started the talent show for nearly eight months after the emperor ascended the throne, it is too late.
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