Chapter 36: Gaolanzhou Military Governor's Office Cavalry
"What do they want to do?"

Li Xuan heard something wrong in Ashina Fuwen's words.

"They want some cattle and sheep to take back with them to make up for the hardship of the military expedition."

Ashina Fuwen replied to Li Xuan indignantly.

"Gaolanzhou is a hundred miles away from here. Are they tired? How many cattle and sheep does the Feng'an Army have? Besides, the country is in trouble and we are ordered to fight. Isn't that what a soldier should do? We repelled the Turkic cavalry, so they should be thankful."

Li Xuan frowned as he spoke.

"They saw the tens of thousands of cattle and sheep we had taken back from the Turkish cavalry. They wanted 500 sheep and 100 cattle. I refused, and they refused to leave."

Ashina Fuwen answered Li Xuan.

"It's absurd! Those are the herdsmen's cattle and sheep, and they dare to speak up."

Hearing this, Li Xuan said sternly.

The herdsmen had just experienced a disaster, and now some of them have died in the disaster. Isn't this just rubbing salt into their wounds?

Li Xuan, who was a soldier in his previous life, attached great importance to military discipline.

"I sent a message to General Lu, but I haven't received a reply yet. Now the situation over there is getting even worse."

Although Ashina Fuwen had a bad temper, he had less than a hundred men under his command and could not clash with the Gaolanzhou cavalry, so he could only endure it.

Fortunately, Li Xuan finally came back.

"Take me there!"

Li Xuan ordered the soldiers to speed up.

After a while, they arrived at the pasture.

At this time, the patience of the Gaolanzhou cavalry had reached its limit. They crossed the river, but couldn't even take a few cattle and sheep.

Seeing that the Feng'an Army had not responded, the Gaolanzhou cavalry, who had no military discipline, began to wantonly rob the cattle and sheep on the pasture.

"Grandpa, Grandpa..."

"You are simply robbers..."

"Why did you take away all our livestock instead of giving you a few?"

"Leave some for us..."

The herdsmen wailed and tried to stop them, but to no avail.

On the pasture, there were less than a hundred Feng'an cavalrymen, and without military orders, they could not act rashly.

"Are you soldiers or barbarians? You robbed our livestock and are worse than livestock..."

The village head who had gone to Feng'an Military City to report the news burst into tears and denounced these Gao Lanzhou cavalrymen.

"Old thing!"

A soldier heard Lao Li Zheng scolding them like that, so he drew his whip from his waist and wanted to teach Lao Li Zheng a lesson.

The whip was raised high and was about to fall.

"call out……"

Just then, Li Xuan appeared.

When he saw this scene, he was furious. Without hesitation, he took out an arrow from his quiver, bent his bow and shot.

"what……"

With just a scream, the wrist of the Gao Lanzhou cavalryman was pierced by a feather arrow and blood gushed out.

The whip in his hand fell to the ground uncontrollably.

Such a big noise alarmed the other Gaolanzhou cavalry.

"stop!"

Li Xuan arrived at the ranch with his cavalry in a menacing manner.

Luo Xing held a gun and Ashina Fuwen held a spear, following closely behind Li Xuan.

"Go and stop them!"

Most of the Gaolanzhou cavalry were Hu people, who were not good at dealing with people, so they were ready to ride horses to get weapons.

Li Xuan ordered his men to get ahead and intercept them, preventing them from reaching the stable.

"Do you want to die? My Feng'an Army has 8,000 crossbowmen, and they will arrive soon. Anyone who dares to take weapons will be shot to death!"

Seeing that Gao Lanzhou's cavalry still wanted to resist, Li Xuan raised his bow and roared.

Li Xuan knew very early on that the soldiers recruited through the Tang Dynasty's "recruitment system", regardless of whether they were Hu or Han, were pursuing merit and money.

There are very few who are willing to sacrifice their lives for their country. They only follow the orders of their generals without considering the consequences.

That’s why there was a catastrophe like the An-Shi Rebellion.

Some soldiers have no bottom line and act just like bandits.

Only after Li Xuan said this did the Gao Lanzhou cavalry become shocked.

The main reason was that they believed it to be true. If the Feng'an Army's 8,000 crossbowmen arrived, these cavalrymen who had lost their horses would have no power to resist at all.

"You have injured my soldiers, which is a serious crime in the army. I will report it to the commander."

Gao Lanzhou Cavalry General came over angrily and questioned Li Xuan.

"I just came back from defeating the enemy at the border, and I thought the enemy had come again. Unfortunately, my archery skills are not good, and I wanted to shoot him to death."

Li Xuan said in a deep voice while riding on a horse.

The Feng'an cavalry couldn't help laughing, because their general was a man who could ride a horse and shoot the tassel.

"You...are ridiculous...our armor doesn't prove that we are Tang troops?"

Gao Lanzhou Cavalry General was furious.

"In my eyes, people's behavior is easier to tell than their appearance. The Tang army would not plunder their own people. During the Wu Zhou period, Prime Minister Zhang Guangfu allowed his troops to plunder in Yuzhou and kill the surrendered to claim credit. Don't you know what happened to him? It's only been a short time. I am just like Di Renjie now. I have a hatred in my heart. I wish I could hold the Shangfang Zhanma Sword and chop off all your heads."

Li Xuan's voice was gentle at the beginning, but he became more and more intense as he spoke, and finally his roar was like thunder, and his eyes were like those of a tiger or a wolf, causing Gao Lanzhou's cavalry general to tremble and not dare to look Li Xuan in the eye.

Even the soldiers under Li Xuan's command were silent.

At this time, the Feng'an cavalry were in awe of Li Xuan.

Air condensation.

No one dared to answer, only the cattle, sheep and other livestock cried out in fear.

The herdsmen looked at Li Xuan with gratitude.

This is a real general!
He was wearing bloody armor, and looked kind despite his rugged appearance.

Lao Lizheng recognized Li Xuan, and it was he who asked to lead the army to rescue the herdsmen.

For a moment, I burst into tears.

"Who do you belong to?"

Finally, Li Xuan continued to speak, staring at Gao Lanzhou Cavalry General.

"My name is Hunxuan, and I am a cavalryman under the Gaolan Prefecture Governor's Office..."

The cavalry general was afraid of Li Xuan, so he could only bury his resentment in his heart and wait until he returned to inform the governor.

"Is this what Hun Shizhi taught you?"

Li Xuan immediately thought of someone.

Although Gaolan Prefecture is called a 'prefecture', it is not actually an administrative unit at the 'prefecture-county' level. It is still under the jurisdiction of Lingwu Prefecture.

After the Hun tribe, one of the Nine Clans of Tiele, surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, it was settled in Gaolanzhou. The leader of the Hun tribe served as the governor of Gaolanzhou for generations.

The Gaolanzhou Military Governor's Office had three thousand light cavalry, which were not included in the Shuofang army.

But it was under the jurisdiction of the Shuofang Jiedushi.

Hun Shizhi may not be very famous in history, but his son Hun Yu is very famous.

A brave man who joined the army at the age of eleven and could perform a great feat of jumping at the age of twelve. He began to fight in the south and the north at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and within a few years, he became the bravest among the three armies.

Hun Yu should be only eight or nine years old now.

"We have worked so hard to support you, you shouldn't do this..."

Hun Xuan was even more dissatisfied.

Is it easy to send out troops? They sent out troops urgently overnight, but in the end they didn't even get any reward.

"National affairs are not your selfish desires. If we talk nicely, what's wrong with giving you a share of the war horses we got this time? You dare to rob the cattle and sheep of the Tang people. It seems that you, the Hun tribe, do not consider yourselves as Tang people. Go back and ask Hun Shizhi if this is true. Remember, I am the deputy envoy of Feng'an Army, Li Xuan."

Li Xuan spoke to Hun Xuan in a serious tone.

The Tielehun tribe had been under the rule of the Tang Dynasty for many years, and the Tang Dynasty gave them fertile pastures and treated them well.

This was a soul-searching question that made Hun Xuan break out in a cold sweat.

"Give them some dry food and carry them across the Yellow River. As for the horses, leave them in Feng'an Army for now."

When Hunxuan was terrified, Li Xuan gave instructions to Ashina Fuwen.

(End of this chapter)