Chapter 28: The initial conception of mercenaries

Gao Luxing was on the south bank of Linjiang and observed the situation on the north bank.

Ning Changzhen attacked Jiaozhou without blatantly. According to Ning Changzhen's intention, he wanted to use a fake way to destroy Guo, and used the excuse to pass by Jiaozhou, and then suddenly attacked and seize Jiaozhou. Because judging from the movements of Jiaozhou, the momentum of returning to the Tang Dynasty was already very obvious. Although Ning Changzhen was not a determined minister of the Sui Dynasty, he did not want anyone to stab him in the back.

He holds Qinzhou in his hand and is old in Bai Lidu.

There is enough capital to negotiate with Li Tang... If Jiaozhou returns to Tang, it will inevitably cause him a headache.

Qiu He, the prefect of Jiaozhou, did have plans to return to the Tang Dynasty.

His son Qiu Xinggong followed Li Shimin's order and secretly sneaked into Jiaozhou, he had convinced Qiu He.

He was not unprepared for Ning Changzhen, but he was not completely prepared for it. Gao Shilian was the first to know about Ning Changzhen's troops. He also wanted to surrender to Li Tang, but as Gao Luxing said, the concept of returning to Li Yanqing and surrendering Li Shimin was completely different... Moreover, whether he was the one who led the surrender or the one who followed Qiu He, the result was different.

When he learned that Ning Changzhen was coming, he persuaded Qiu He who was about to go out to welcome him and ordered Qiu Xinggong to lead his troops to attack.

After Qiu Xinggong left, Gao Shilian quickly imprisoned Qiu He. Although he was just a county magistrate in Jiaozhou, his reputation was not inferior to Qiu He at all. Before, he had been cooperating with Qiu He, so Qiu He was not wary of Gao Shilian. After imprisoning Qiu He, Gao Shilian secretly sent Gao Lixing to attack from Haimen Town.

When Qiu Xinggong blocked Ning Changzhen's army, Gao Luxing suddenly attacked from the flank and defeated Ning Changzhen.

Qiu Xinggong was unprepared and met with Gao Luxing happily. The two met old friends too! Qiu He was from Luoyang and his ancestral home was in Luoyang. Qiu Xinggong grew up in Luoyang when he was a child and was very familiar with Gao Luxing, who was also born in Luoyang. At that time, Changsun Sheng was still there, Gao Shilian was already a famous scholar and was well-known in Luoyang. Even Emperor Yang Guang of Sui also admired him very much. Therefore, Qiu Xinggong did not expect that Gao Luxing had ulterior motives.

While he was unprepared, he was deliberately trying to do it.

When Qiu Xinggong walked into Gao Luxing's military tent, Gao Luxing ordered him to tie the ropes...

Then, Gao Luxing quickly accepted the Jiaozhou army with the tiger talisman in his hand. The Jiaozhou troops obviously had a greater sense of belonging to Gao Luxing. After all, Gao Luxing has been in Jiaozhou with Gao Shilian for six or seven years, so how can Qiu Xinggong compare?

Fortunately, the Gao family's father and son were quite kind and did not take the lives of Qiu and his father and son.

After Gao Shilian seized Jiaozhou, he immediately ordered Gao Li to pursue Ning Changzhen... His order was: Don't fight to the death with Li Man, as long as you drive them across Linjiang, you can stop. At the same time, Gao Shilian also ordered Gao Li Jie to test Li Yanqing's attitude. If Li Yanqing's attitude is good, Gao Li Jie can welcome Li Yanqing back to Jiaozhi and discuss specific matters.

Therefore, Gao Luxing did not participate in the battle between black and white slang.

He set up a guard on the other side of Linjiang, and wanted to observe Li Yanqing's actions.

In terms of blood, Gao Luxing and Li Yanqing are also a family. However, Gao Luxing had no contact with Li Yanqing. The reason was that Gao Shilian was quite hostile to Li Yanqing back then, so Gao Luxing did not dare to act without authorization.

However, I still admire Li Yanqing and Gao Luxing...

After Ning Changzhen was killed by Yan Hu, Bai Li was defeated! Ning Xuan, the son of Ning Changzhen, led his troops to break out of the siege, and Li Yanqing did not order a pursuit. It was not that he did not want to order a pursuit, but that he could not command the Hei Li people to continue chasing.

After the war came to an end, the black li people happily cleaned up the battlefield.

From the corpses, I peeled off my armor and cut off my scalp, thinking that I had made a military achievement.

This method of treating the enemy was very similar to that of the Indians, which made Li Yanqing quite unhappy. However, he had no way to stop it.

He ordered people to heal Yanhu's wounds, but Li Yanqing urged his horse to get off the hill and meet Gao Luxing.

The two of them are almost the same age, and they are both from Yingyang Mansion, so they naturally show great affection.

Gao Luxing bowed and smiled and said, "Congratulations to the prince, congratulations to the prince... Ning Changzhen's death, Rong Gui's land will be fully returned to the prince."

"Haha, Brother Gao Jiyan.

If my uncle hadn't cooperated in Jiaozhou, how could Yan Qing win this great victory? My brother traveled thousands of miles to pursue Ning Changzhen, which made his troops exhausted. Yan Qing might have won a miserable victory even if he wins... By the way, my uncle is in good health? When my mother came, she also told me that I must go to visit my uncle and listen to my uncle's teachings. But this matter is busy and there is no suitable opportunity."

Li Yanqing did not show a lofty attitude.

Instead, he talked with Gao Luxing as a junior in his own tone.

He even pulled out his mother-in-law as a shield, which made Gao Luxing feel intimate towards him. After all, he was a family, so there were not so many rules when speaking.

Gao Luxing held Li Yanqing's hand and was about to speak.

"Prince Li, we won!"

An arrogant voice with an extremely strong accent sounded. Luo Dou was surrounded by more than a hundred people and strode towards him.

In front of Li Yanqing, he did not salute, but gave in slightly.

Li Yanqing smiled and nodded repeatedly, "If it weren't for the help of King Li, the victory or defeat of this battle is still to be discussed...

King Li, you have made great contributions this time. When I repay the court, your throne must be within your reach."

Li Yanqing promised to be named King Luo Dou.

But without the consent of the court, this lie king would always be incorrect and dissatisfied.

Luo Dou laughed loudly and bowed and said, "Your Majesty Li needs to worry too much about this... The children are cleaning up, I want to visit you. I won't say much to you... By the way, Ning Changzhen died, his white slang..."

"Oh, of course, it's done according to the customs of slang people."

According to the customs of the slang people, Bai Li will become a slave to black li from then on.

Luo Dou nodded with satisfaction and left with the people...

As soon as he left, he was pursing high and frowned.

This slang dog is so arrogant!

"Your Majesty, don't take it to your heart. You are so mean, you are greedy and rich... In fact, this is also the case in Jiaozhou.

My father has lived here for eight years and is a little used to it! If you want to change them, it may not be possible to work at once... However, the combat power of the slang people is indeed strong. Especially these black slangs can be regarded as fearless."

Li Yanqing smiled but did not express his opinion.

In his eyes, Luo Dou was just a greedy jackal.

It is not difficult to deal with him, but the difficult thing is... the customs of the lie people. Du Lao's status is like the king of a country, and the spiritual leader of a tribe. These lie people are very convinced by Luo Dou. If they want to deal with Luo Dou, they will probably be very difficult if they do not bribe the lie people's heart.

"Brother, I just noticed that there seem to be slang people in your army?"

Gao Luxing nodded and said, "But some ly people participated in the war... You know, Rong Gui, ly people accounted for the majority. In addition to black and white ly, there were many wandering ly people. Oh, they were the kind of ly people who were destroyed and had no support.

These people gathered in Jiaozhou and became a secret concern.

Later, my father and Qiu He suggested to recruit these slang people to join the army..."

"Are they willing?"

As far as Li Yanqing knows, slang people do not like to restrain themselves.

Gao Luxing replied with a wry smile: "Of course I don't want to... But if you give me a generous salary, these guys are still willing to join the war.

There are a total of five thousand soldiers and horses under the jurisdiction of Haimen Town.

But in fact, there are only 800 soldiers in the palace, and only 1,000 local brave men... All the rest are slang people who were temporarily summoned.

Everyone can get three stakes when they participate in the war, and they agreed that all the items seized on the battlefield belong to them... You also know that my Haimen Town is still quite rich. If it were other places, it would be difficult to afford this kind of expense. This time, the battle almost summoned all the Yousan Li people in my Haimen Town, and the expenses were really amazing!"

According to Gao Luxing, he brought five thousand people.

Among them, there were three thousand people, all of whom were temporarily summoned by Yousan Li people...

In this battle, Gao Xuan would need to spend tens of thousands of guan. If he had not guarded a place with abundant oil and water in Haimen Town, he would have really not been able to bear it. You should know that even Xuanhua under Maizizhong's rule would have only 15,000 guan a year. Such a huge expenditure, not to mention Maizizhong, may not even Gao Shilian be able to bear it.

However, Li Yanqing couldn't help but feel moved in his heart.

He asked in confusion: "Is this kind of wandering slang people very large?"

Gao Luxing was a little confused, why Li Yanqing was interested in this issue.

After thinking about it, he whispered: "There are not many people in Yousan Li... The people have a strong sense of rurality and are very concerned about spoils. Whenever a war begins between tribes, the winner will overtake the loser's tribe. In fact, there are not many people who can escape. However, the people are greedy and have excellent wealth..."

As he spoke, Gao Luxing pointed his army with his hand and lowered his voice: "Your Majesty, you think that the registered population of my Haimen Town is only 10,000, and the number of people in Yousan Li will not exceed 10,000. Many of these three thousand Li people came from there with the boat... Li people are actually quite hard, and if you have the opportunity to make money, you will naturally not let it go.

The island has been quite peaceful over the years, but as the population continues to increase, the burden on the slang people is getting heavier and heavier.

So the local native slang people had to cross the sea to seek opportunities... Three stakes of money can make them live comfortably on the island for three months. When they had no money, they would come out to do it a few more times. The Feng family also knew about this, but they did not stop it."

Li Yanqing suddenly felt that these slang people seemed to have quite similarities with the mercenaries in later generations.

However, they lack an organization and do not have strict training. What they do is just wealth, and it is not difficult to pass on.

"What do these slang people do?"

The island that Gao Luxing mentioned is actually Hainan Island in later generations, and it is also the foundation of the Feng family.

"If a tribe starts a war, they will participate. If there is no war, these people will work with the merchant ships in Haimen Town.

You also know that those guys are not only fierce, but also proficient in water. They also have some ways on the sea, so the merchant ships in Haimen Town are also willing to hire them..."

Li Yanqing couldn't help but feel a little moved!

This is like the prototype of the mercenaries in later generations.

However, these slang people are still in an unorganized and undisciplined straitor. If they can be organized... slowly, there are actually many slang people in Ronggui area, and they live very poorly. Gao Luxing just said that they are greedy and despised, but wouldn't they say that if they give them enough benefits, they can obey me?

Luo Dou?

However, a greedy and despicable second-hand man can easily get him done as long as he gives him enough benefits.

I can bring Luo Dou's subordinates over by hiring... Well, I also need to cooperate with corresponding brainwashing! Isn't Baiyi Maitreya the best at doing such things? They can make the people willingly lose everything, and that can also make the slang gradually accept me and alienate Luo Dou... Without his subordinates, what is Luo Dou?

Follow the army Maitreya!

It's like a political cadre, or a Western military priest...

In the flash of lightning, Li Yanqing had a rough prototype in his mind. However, if he wanted to fully implement it, he would need to make more careful plans... Well, Duoduo will arrive in Xuanhua in a while and discuss this matter with her at that time. However, the teachings of Maitreya in White are somewhat inadequate and can be modified appropriately.

Thinking of this, Li Yanqing's mouth outlined an evil line.
Chapter completed!