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Grassland nations and farming nations are inherently hostile. Just like after this land carries a population to the limit, it is the same.

Materials on the grassland are scarce, and necessary items such as tea, salt, and iron are lacking. In ordinary herdsmen's homes, there is not even a single pot. In winter, heavy snow falls on the grassland, and the snowflakes are as big as fists, which can really crush people to death. The entire grassland is white, and cattle, sheep and other livestock will inevitably freeze and starve to death, so it is also called "white disaster". In this case, in the autumn, a large-scale cavalry would be organized to go south to loot, and to store grain for the coming winter, and to abduct a large number of craftsmen and women.

The Central Plains court naturally would not sit still and wait for death. Since the beginning of autumn this year, the Liaodong border army has been tug-of-war with the Jin tent army for more than a month, each with damage.

At this time last year, Zhao Zheng was the leader himself, but this year it was Qin Xiang. To be fair, Zhao Zheng was born as a civil servant. Although he could not be said to be incompetent in military affairs, he was definitely not a famous general in the world. Zhao Zheng was still good at political affairs, which can be seen from his orderly governance of Liaodong. However, Qin Xiang was a military officer. When he recovered Xijing, Qinzhou and Liangzhou from the Golden Horde, it was enough to leave him a name in history. From this point of view, he had a specialty in his profession, and it was undoubtedly more important to hand it over to Qin Xiang to lead the army. A good choice.

Qin Xiang did not disappoint him. When he led his army for the first time, he blocked the army of the Jin Horde outside Liaodong. This is Qin Xiang, and no one else would have such a means. If military affairs are done, leading the army is leading the army, and using the army is using the army. No matter how powerful the military tactics are, it is useless if the command of the soldiers under his command is useless. No matter how good the military is, the soldiers under his command are willing to fight to the death and never retreat, but if the military is used in a mess, they will be useless to die. Originally, there were two major border cavalry in the court, namely the Northwest Iron Cavalry and the Liaodong Iron Cavalry. Now the Northwest Iron Cavalry is no longer in the world, and only the Liaodong Iron Cavalry is left. It is inevitable that the arrogant generals will be arrogant. If you have a relatively low-level experience, you will definitely not be able to do so. Taming, but Qin Xiang is different. He is an old minister of three dynasties and has great achievements in regaining the northwest. He is praised as the "Northwest Pillar". Once he entered the military camp, everyone was convinced.

On a border line between Liaodong and Jinzhang, a cavalry with iron armor stood at the throne. Although the leader of the army is already in his fifties, he does not look old and is still heroic.

This person is Qin Xiang, who was born in the Wanxiang Academy, but he abandoned literature and martial arts and wrote to join the army. Because of Zhang Suqing's heavy use, he led his troops to recover the northwest. Later, he was implicated by Zhang Suqing, dismissed from office and imprisoned, and eventually retired to the mountains and forests.

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When Qin Xiang was famous all over the world, some famous literary scholars once made couplets to praise Qin Xiang.

Yu Laozi, who was not in the army, had already reached the altar, started from Qin south, settled in Liang north, and crossed the intersection of Qinzhong and northwest Liangshu, looking westward at Kunlun; Chen Bishan, and fought against him, and the red arrows were divided into feudals, and Shunchang's flag was shining. In the process, the great power is now a famous general;

A variety of materials and many beauty, begins to master martial arts, continues to be skilled, like ribbons, loves to throw pots, and dabbles in the study of divination, yin and yang, and devotes poetry; use it when it is used, hide when it is left, blackheads intersect, and stones, orioles and flowers are entertained In the evening scene, I was amazed and wise, and I was a versatile talent in civil and military affairs.

After Qin Xiang was dismissed from office and returned home, someone gave him a couplet.

He takes the hero's three-foot sword and sweeps across the Central Plains; supports the pillar of the south, controls the north gate, determines the eastern country, wields the spear of the west, and is even more pleased with the title of thousands of miles, and has a new wonderful sentence everywhere.

He wore a layman's clothes in the Six Dynasties and came to find the old house. He planned to help King Han, saw Xie Fuqi, recited the resignation of Liang's father, and looked at Zhou Lang's songs. He was especially fortunate that he favored the nine-level relatives, and asked Yuan Rong every year.

Such a person is willing to assist Zhao Zheng, and his influence is so great. This is why the court disagrees with Qin Xiang going north to Liaodong.

At this time, Qin Xiang stopped his horse, and the entire army could only stop his horse's hooves following Qin Xiang's movements.

The sound of horse hooves that were originally resounding like thunder disappeared, but the dust raised could not fall for a long time.

Qin Xiang said to the accompanying general beside him: "The key to leading the army lies in the spirit of spirit, that is, the soul. If the soul is lost, there will be a million troops, and it will be a mob. But as long as there is the spirit of fighting to the end, Even if there are only ten thousand people, they can be invincible. Since the Yong Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, the combat power of the official army has been declining. Why? The first thing is to eat empty salary and drink soldiers' blood. What is the purpose of being a soldier? Either to make achievements or be granted a wife Yinzi, either join the army and eat wages. Nowadays, the world is rich and noble, and the martial arts are low. Don’t think about making achievements. Those who are officials will swallow up all the money and can’t even get wages. So what else can they fight? Some veterans I often say that firing three guns into the sky is worthy of the emperor."

The faces of several generals changed slightly, and they secretly wondered if the general was beating them.

Qin Xiang did not see the expressions of these generals, but still looked into the distance and said to himself: " Raising soldiers is the first thing to spend money. The champion Hou turned thousands of miles and had no defeat, but he never shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers. He likes luxury and delicacies, even during the march, but his soldiers never felt dissatisfied. Why?”

The generals looked at each other.

Qin Xiang said, "The reason is very simple. If you use money to feed all the soldiers, you will give them all the ones you should give. Naturally, the soldiers will not care about how luxurious the main general is. If you are afraid, the soldiers below will be very hard, and the main general above will be very active. Squandering, not worrying about lack of worries but unevenness, will easily cause trouble. Therefore, it is impossible to share the joys and sorrows of the generals and soldiers. Since there is no money to make the soldiers below share the joys and sorrows of the generals, I have to make the soldiers and soldiers There are so many hardships."

Several generals remained silent.

Qin Xiang smiled and said, "Minister Tang and others have done a great job in managing the army, so we have the Liaodong Iron Cavalry today. Even if they are facing the Golden Horde Iron Cavalry who have grown up on horseback since childhood, they are not inferior at all. This reminds me of the ambition I set when I was young, which is to follow the example of the champion marquis of that year, lead the army to the north for 3,000 miles, pass Lihou Mountain, cross Gonglu River, and seal the Wolf's Lair. Champion champion, bravest of the three armies. A real man holding a three-foot sword should be like this."

All the generals were excited.

Qin Xiang reached out and touched the neck of his mount: "The Northwest Iron Cavalry is dead, and I don't want the Liaodong Iron Cavalry to repeat the same mistake. If the Liaodong Iron Cavalry also follows the footsteps of the Northwest Iron Cavalry, I don't know how many people in this world will be emperors and how many will be kings?"

At this moment, someone shouted in a low voice: "Enter the pass."

Suddenly quiet.

This is not only the wish of the Liaodong tyrants, but also the wish of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry. As the saying goes, there is no master in the world, only the virtuous can rule it. Now the government is corrupt and the people are living in poverty, but Liaodong has become a pure land. Not to mention that the people live and work in peace and contentment, at least there are no refugees and starving people everywhere. It is self-evident who is virtuous.

Qin Xiang pretended not to hear it, looked around, looked at those familiar and unfamiliar faces, and chuckled: "The Confucian sages said: 'If you can't even sweep your own house, how can you sweep the world!' For us, if we can't even defend Liaodong, how can we talk about the world. So the top priority now is to defeat the Golden Horde Army so that the people of Liaodong can have a peaceful year without fear."

After saying that, Qin Xiang squeezed his horse's belly and galloped away. The armored cavalry behind him moved one after another, and countless horse hooves trampled on the ground, like rolling thunder, the ground trembled, and countless smoke and dust were raised, like a black dragon galloping freely on the land outside the Great Wall.

Emperor Wu of Wei once said a famous saying: "If there is no me in the world, I don't know how many people will be emperors and how many will be kings?" Qin Xiang just used this sentence. If there is no Liaodong Iron Cavalry, the elite troops in hand, to deter the four directions, the world will be in chaos immediately. If you just gather a few tens of thousands of troops, you dare to call yourself a king. It will be like the Great Wei losing its deer and the world chasing it. However, this sentence can also be applied to the Liaodong Iron Cavalry. If there is no Golden Horde, forcing the Liaodong Iron Cavalry to hold on to Liaodong, I am afraid that the Liaodong Iron Cavalry would have entered the pass long ago.

The world's affairs are bad here, one link after another, one link after another, if you want to solve a problem, it will involve new problems hidden behind this problem. If you explore it all the way, it will be linked together and complicated. In the end, it will be tangled and messy. In the end, you can't do anything and can only stop here and don't go into it. This is the reason why the imperial paperhangers of all dynasties can only treat the symptoms. Going around in the framework of countless problems will never lead to any results, just like throwing a punch in a crowd of people. When you want to raise your hand, seven or eight hands will hold you back. Even if you can barely throw a punch, it will be powerless. To fundamentally solve this problem, you can only jump out of this framework and break the situation from outside. If the chessboard is already dead, then flip the chessboard and place the pieces again.

The Liaodong Iron Cavalry is one of the hands that has the ability to flip the chessboard.