Chapter 301 When to Use the Soldier

At night, there was a sound of unruly fighting in the barracks, and the army went to bed.

There is a pot of tea in the room. Qin Mubai looked straight at the steaming kettle and was in a daze.

"Sanlang!" Qin Shubao suddenly shouted fiercely, which scared Qin Mubai: "Ah?"

"Looking at you suddenly, is it a magic barrier?" Dad was obviously a little angry, "Go, run around the big campus and come back with a sweat!"

"No, Dad?" Qin Mubai smiled dryly, "We are not... talking about business!"

"How do you talk about business like this? - Go!" Uncle Qin's eyebrows stood up, and obviously he was a little angry.

Qin Mubai smiled helplessly and had to jump up and go to the campus to run.

"It's all because those little goblins have softened my legs. I want to lie down and sleep now. My brain is a little slow, and I don't want to move..."

He ran back and wiped his face. Qin Mubai sat down in a vigorous manner: "Dad, I'm done!"

"That's a little bit." Qin Shubao said lukewarmly, "Man, don't be addicted to wine and sex - well, let's get down to business!" You just said that you are going to march into Dafeichuan. What's going on?

"Oh, that's it." Qin Mubai told his father what the emperor had told him.

After listening to this, Qin Shubao pondered for a moment and nodded and said, "You should be right. Although His Majesty is the Lord of the world, he is not the only one who can control the public opinion and opinions of the imperial court. Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others represent the wishes of most of the courtiers. They questioned together and constantly exerted pressure. Your Majesty's life is really not easy.

"Apart from the wind direction of the court, at present, I also feel that taking down Dafeichuan is also useful for the overall strategy of Lanzhou." Qin Mubai said.

Qin Shubao frowned slightly: "Typ about your opinion."

"Father, it has been more than half a year since my child came to Lanzhou. For the past six months, Lanzhou has been committed to production and development. Qin Mubai said, "But have you noticed a phenomenon? Although the farmland water conservancy in Lanzhou has progressed rapidly, the measures to move people into Lanzhou have also brought stability and population growth to Lanzhou. However, taxes have shown no sign of growth.

"That's true." Qin Shubao nodded, "The population has increased, and the water conservancy and farmland have also increased. At the same time, haven't you promulgated a policy to benefit the people and reduce or exempt taxes on the new population? The population of Lanzhou is not large, and it is normal that the tax does not increase.

"It's not normal, Dad!" Qin Mubai said, "This means that Lanzhou's business has not developed!"

"Business?" Qin Shubao frowned confusedly. Obviously, such a thing is strange to him. Even from the inside, he is disgusted with businessmen and businessmen.

"Business is the source of taxation. Lanzhou wants to increase taxes, and the development of business is the way to become rich and strong. Moreover, the population of Lanzhou has increased, and the demand for all kinds of living materials, such as clothes, dishes and bedding, is increasing. There are very few such workshops in Lanzhou, and self-sufficiency alone is far from enough. At the same time, in addition to raising military horses, there are also many cattle and sheep in many remote pastures in Lanzhou. We can't use up the milk, meat, fur and other things produced by ourselves. Qin Mubai said, "So, there is an urgent need for businessmen to communicate with each other. They can bring all kinds of specialties from the Western Regions, as well as tea, oil and silk from the Central Plains, and take away our rich cow wool skin. At the same time, they can also generate taxes. Moreover, with so many new people, most of them are now idle, but as the families of the soldiers, they settle here and have nothing to do. They are also the labor force and can play a role! Even if they don't have to do these heavy work in farming and pastoralism, it's always okay to open a shop and run a business trip, right? This can not only resettle these doless people, but also enrich the family background of soldiers and create taxes at the same time. It's a lot of work, father!"

"I see what you mean." Qin Shubao nodded, "Are you trying to say that the existence of the Tubo army in Dafeichuan has hindered the business contacts? They are afraid of war and have no confidence in Lanzhou's military strength, so they dare not go to Lanzhou?

"Yes, that's it!" Qin Mubai nodded decisively, "Originally, Lanzhou was a throat town and a necessary road on the Silk Road, a transit station between the Western Regions and the Central Plains, and had a unique advantage in obtaining taxes and profits. However, because the threat of Tibet is imminent, Lanzhou has been in turmoil since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, businessmen would rather turn to Ganliang and take more detours than take a shortcut to Lanzhou. As a result, Lanzhou is becoming more and more poor and desolate, and the needs to be taken by the court, which has developed a vicious habit of not being self-sufficient and relying on transportation, and gradually formed a vicious circle of getting poorer and poorer, and the court's contribution to Lanzhou is also increasing. In fact, as long as our army takes Dafeichuan, strengthens Lanzhou's public security and border defense, and makes businessmen have confidence in Lanzhou - they will definitely be willing to come!"

"But... the new defeat of the city is not suitable for the use of force. Don't you know?" Qin Shubao said, "Kill the enemy a thousand and lose 800 yuan, and we will bear more losses than the Tubo people, which is very uneconomical."

"The two armies are fighting head-on, that's true." Qin Mubai said, "When fighting a war, it is money and grain. I used to live in a city in the Tang Dynasty. As long as there is a war, the losses are generally greater than those of the Hu people. However, if we position the battlefield in a foreign land, keep our city away from the flames of war, and use the method of strange soldiers to attack and destroy quickly, we can minimize the loss! After taking Dafeichuan, we took the camp step by step and stationed the camp in Dafeichuan, and it was not impossible to open the original in Tuntian. There is no shortage of fertile fields on the shore of Qinghai Lake. Although the long-term cold climate is not particularly suitable for crop growth, the plateau horses of Tubo and their unique plateau boat - yak can be raised there!"

"Yak?" Qin Shubao's eyes lit up, "Do you want to... prepare for the future expedition to Tubo?"

"It's not impossible, father! It's man-made!" Qin Mubai said.

"But we Tang people are not used to the life on the Tubo Plateau at all." Qin Shubao shook his head, "I heard that my colleagues who had used Tubo came back and said that it was difficult to breathe when I went to the plateau. How can I talk about killing and fighting? Obviously, Tubo was born in Si and grew up in Si, so he got used to it.

"Not necessarily!" Qin Mubai said, "Actually, it is also a process of adaptation. From Dafeichuan to Qinghai Lake, the terrain is gradually rising. We can let the non-commissioned men station in this area for training and slowly adapt to it. If it really comes to that day, I, the Tang Dynasty, have the strength to cross the plateau to attack the Tubo mainland, and gradually adapt to the terrain transition step by step as the method of camp training and attack. There is no chance of winning!"

"Very bold and innovative ideas!" Qin Shubao was suddenly refreshed, "Although you don't have to be ambitious, from many aspects, it seems that it is imperative to win Dafeichuan?"

"Indeed!"

Qin Shubao nodded slowly: "It's okay. In fact, I want to fight more than anyone else. Now that you have made up your mind, why don't you start the deployment immediately and invite the Xue brothers to discuss the strategy of marching together.

"Okay. The child will issue a letter tomorrow, inviting the Xue brothers to come to Lanzhou to discuss the strategy of marching together!"

In the early morning of the next day, Qin Mubai first wrote a letter, sent a messenger to the front line of the city, and then continued to train soldiers and horses in the rear camp.

Princess Gaoyang's circle is close to the governor's mansion, and the backyard is only one street away from the wall of the military village. She was woken up early by the sound of soldiers and horses practicing. She was a little upset and wanted to curse, but suddenly jumped out of bed excitedly and hurriedly dressed.

"Quick, prepare the ladder. I want to watch Mu Bai's training, hey hey!"

With a group of maidservants, Princess Gaoyang came to the backyard excitedly. The servants and soldiers had already prepared the people-shaped ladder for Princess Gaoyang to climb high.

On the campus, more than a thousand iron riders were practicing riding and shooting, and the smoke and dust were rolling and killing sounded the sky. A bright red Tang flag fluttered in the wind in the middle of the school yard. The army sweated like rain, and Princess Gaoyang opened her eyes.

"It's so majestic!!! This is the scene of the army. Even I, a woman, feel a little excited when I see it!" She was so excited that she widened her eyes and searched around to find Qin Mubai. But with thousands of troops, how can it be easy to talk to someone? After looking for a long time, there was no one. She was so anxious that she was a little angry.

"Princess, the son-in-law is a general. It should be very eye-catching and easy to find, right? Either watch on the general platform, or wave the flag on the ladder to command, or the bright-headed horse will guide and patrol among the troops!" The maids under the ladder said.

"Well, it makes sense!" As soon as Princess Gaoyang heard this, she began to look for it purposefully. Sure enough, he saw a flying general flag extremely eye-catching, crossing leisurely among the troops. Like a noble leader, he walked proudly among the flock of sheep.

Under the flag is Qin Mubai in a golden armor, apricot and yellow robe!

"Haha, I found it! - Mu Bai is so majestic!" Princess Gaoyang shouted excitedly.

Suddenly, several soldiers ran to the opposite wall and shouted harshly, "Who is making a noise here and peeping at the army's training? This is a big crime!"

"Oh, bold!" Princess Gaoyang said angrily, "Which brigade and which team are you? Be careful, I'll ask my Mu Bai to deal with you, hum!"

"Your Mu Bai?" The sergeants couldn't help but be dumbfounded and suddenly came to their senses - was it Princess Gaoyang on the opposite side?

Immediately, the sergeants gave each other a look, as if nothing had happened, and they rode horses and ran in line.

"Haha! It's so funny!" Princess Gaoyang shouted excitedly, "I will scare them by naming Mu Bai!"

The maids under the ladder laughed together and said, "Your Highness, isn't your name as good as your son-in-law's name?"

"I want you to take care of it, bitch!" Princess Gaoyang said, "I just like to report his name to scare people. How about it?"

The riders rode back and quietly told Qin Mubai, who was on patrol in the army.

Qin Mubai couldn't help laughing secretly and ran towards the wall.

"Haha, Mu Bai! I can see you training here!" Princess Gaoyang shouted excitedly.

"Stop it, go down. Climbing so high, I can't beat you." Qin Mubai laughed and said, "How can the army practice, how can we peep? If this is an ordinary people, they can be caught and cut down.

"Wow, is it so serious?" Princess Gaoyang shouted in surprise.

"Of course." Qin Mubai said, "Don't mess around like this anymore. If you meet a few bad-tempered soldiers today, you will shoot them with an arrow first. I'll see who you're going to blame.

"Uh? Suddenly, Princess Gaoyang was still a little scared. Although I have thousands of ways to kill those little soldiers, in case they are killed by others first, no matter how much revenge they take, it will be useless!

"Then I'll go down!" Princess Gaoyang answered with uneasy lingering lingering and hurriedly climbed down the ladder. As soon as she climbed down a few grids, she immediately climbed up and shouted, "Mu Bai, come and eat with me at noon!"

Qin Mubai's heart was cold, and I don't want to be annihilated anymore! ......

"You'd better come here! My father said that he wanted to have a meal with you. Qin Mubai said.

"I'm not going!" Princess Gaoyang swung her mouth, climbed down the stairs and said anly, "Bad guy, how dare you push him if you ask him to come here? Who wants to have dinner with his old man? It's so formal!"

"Hee hee!" The maidservant laughed strangely, "Your Highness, is the emperor's son-in-law... afraid?"

Princess Gaoyang was stunned at first, and then her face changed. Suddenly, her face was full of anger: "You are all to blame! Look, I won't smoke you!!"

"Wow! Princess, spare your life. We all do what you want! ...Hehe!" A group of maids began to escape with laughter.

At noon, Princess Gaoyang still went to the governor's mansion and had lunch with Qin's father and son. After dinner, Qin Mubai accompanied her around the outside of the barracks to open her eyes.

"Hey hey, I really want to ride a horse!" Princess Gaoyang looked at the crowd of horses and said excitedly, "Mubai, when you come to Lanzhou, you will be free from Chang'an. It's really comfortable!" You can do whatever you want. Can you teach me how to ride a horse?

"Okay, just tell me which horse you like." Qin Mubai smiled and said, "Helong is rich in good horses. Almost all of them are the best horses in Lanzhou. There are few places in the Tang Dynasty that can compare with here. Of course, except for the imperial court inspectors.

"Hey hey! You help me choose, and I like what you choose!" Princess Gaoyang said with a smile, "It's ready. Go to my way. You teach me how to ride in person!"

Qin Mubai felt a chill in his heart: "Do I have to go to your place? ...But it's true. It's not good to be seen by the sergeants here.

"Oh, you don't seem to like going to my place?" Princess Gaoyang wanted to change her face and said angrily, "Why is it like this?"

Qin Mubai said with a dry smile: "I'm not afraid of you...cough!"

"Well, if you get cheap, you can still be good. I'll beat you!" Princess Gaoyang blushed and raised her embroidered fist to greet her.

"Stop! Near the barracks, pay attention to the impact!" Qin Mubai grabbed her fist and laughed, "Let's go and pick a horse for you!"

"Good!" Princess Gaoyang cheered and looked like a child.

Qin Mubai smiled, and his heart also swept away the depression and dullness of the past six months. He felt that the whole world had added a few bright colors, and his mood was also much more relaxed and peaceful.

Gao Yang, like a child, is easy to be satisfied and happy; and her happiness, which brings to Qin Mubai, is greater happiness.

Two days later, the Xue brothers and their most important deputy generals came to Lanzhou. Although Xue Wanjun was seriously injured and never recovered, he also came with injuries. I heard that it was to discuss the strategy of marching. He was more excited and excited than anyone else.

The generals gathered in the council hall of the governor's office. Facing the Dafeichuan sand table made after being closely investigated by the hundred riders under the command of Qin Mubai, they began to discuss the strategy of advancing into Dafeichuan!