Transmigrating into a Turbulent Era as a Soldier, Starting with Marrying a Wife

But the Lady Marquis frowned again and said.

“Lieutenant Li, all the passages to the Calabash Mouth below have been blocked by us, even if those Tiele people are willing to trade.”

“How can these traded horses be transported out?”

Li Yuan smiled, “This is not difficult.”

“There are several gentle slopes in the valley, where we have built wooden walls.”

“We can open a gap in the wooden wall that a horse can pass through.”

“Then, let the Tiele people below who want to trade cooperate to lasso the horses, and they can be dragged up the gentle slope.”

“Now, in the valley, the Tiele internal strife has already resulted in blood feuds, making it impossible to jointly deal with the Liang army. We can try it.”

“In addition, I asked the artisan camp to build several sets of pulleys. If they are installed on the edge of the cliff.”

“We can also try to hoist the horses from the valley.”

The Lady Marquis naturally did not understand what a pulley system was, but she felt that Li Yuan must have a way.

However, her expression soon turned to worry again.

“But don't forget, Marquis, besides the Tiele people below, there are also many Tiele herdsmen and prisoners of war.”

“Most of them come from the tribes conquered by the Tiele people, and they have been bullied by the Tiele masters on weekdays.”

“These people are the targets we are trying to win over.”

It was also very easy to send messages to the people in the valley.

Just have a translator who understands the Tiele language shout at the entrance of the valley.

Li Yuan also found a translator who knew the Tiele script and wrote more than a dozen strips of cloth with the words [Exchange horses for water].

Then, he shot them into the valley with bows and arrows.

Before long, the news spread among the Tiele people trapped in the valley.

The Liang people above were willing to exchange horses for water, one water bag for one horse.

Just tie the horse to the rope.

The Tiele warriors, of course, dismissed the news.

But those herdsmen and prisoners of war who had their water bags snatched away by the Tiele people and were struggling on the verge of thirst were moved.

There were many war horses in the valley, and most of the horses were now unattended, wandering around looking for grass to eat.

If horses could really be exchanged for water, these desperate herdsmen would naturally want to try.

Before long, ropes were hanging down from the Liang army's wooden walls.

A group of herdsmen who couldn't stand the thirst really tied a horse and sent it up.

Before long, the Liang army, after receiving the horse, really used ropes to hoist down a bag of water.

The herdsmen cheered happily and divided the water.

Seeing that exchanging horses for water was really feasible, many thirsty herdsmen found ropes by the cliffs and sent horses.

Li Yuan stood on the hillside and watched. At this time, seventy or eighty horses had been brought up from the valley.

Although a few were injured during the dragging process, most of them were in good condition.

You must know that if the Liang Dynasty wanted to exchange for so many fine war horses at the grassland market.

It would cost at least tens of thousands of copper coins, or hundreds of young women.

And now, the things used for exchange are just some clean water.

The huge benefits made the four generals and Marquis Longxiang excited.

So more ropes were lowered.

In just two hours, more than five hundred war horses were exchanged.

But at this time, those Tiele people who had been watching the herdsmen exchange horses with cold eyes began to act.

The reason why they didn't stop the herdsmen from exchanging war horses just now was just to wait for them to get the water bags and then snatch them.

Now that those herdsmen had the water in their hands, the Tiele people immediately rushed over,砍杀牧奴抢夺水袋.

However, these herdsmen and prisoners of war were not stupid either. Many people drank the water immediately after exchanging it, and would never keep it in their hands waiting for you to snatch it.

Another round of cruel melee broke out in the valley.

Li Yuan looked at the battlefield below, his mind turned, and he said to the translator beside him.

“Go and shout, tell the people below, as long as they are herdsmen and prisoners of war.”

“A Tiele head can also be exchanged for a bag of water.”

“Two Tiele heads, and we can spare his life.”

“Then they can join our Liang cavalry.”

As soon as Li Yuan's conditions were announced.

The melee below became even more frantic.

Marquis Longxiang and the four generals on the side were a little surprised.

The Lady Marquis asked.

“Do you really want to recruit cavalry from these herdsmen?”

Li Yuan nodded.

“These herdsmen and prisoners of war were originally not high in status among the Tiele people.”

“This time, the two sides have become red-eyed, and they can no longer reconcile.”

“If the herdsmen really killed two Tiele people.”

“With such a great hatred, they would never dare to return to the grassland.”

“They can only follow us.”

Then Li Yuan cupped his hands to the Lady Marquis.

“This subordinate congratulates the Marquis for gaining another strong army.”

Marquis Longxiang was stunned.

“Are you saying that these herdsmen cavalry are recruited for me?”

Li Yuan had a bitter smile on his face.

“Of course, they are recruited for you.”

“I am just a small lieutenant, how can I have the financial resources to support so many cavalry.”

“Marquis Longxiang has a noble status, and the Longxiang army has suffered losses this time.”

“If these herdsmen cavalry can be recruited, it is actually an excellent source of soldiers.”

“The current situation in the Liang Dynasty is very confusing, the more soldiers and horses the Marquis has in hand, the better.”

Hearing Li Yuan's words, Marquis Longxiang couldn't help but nod.

Bai Yuxuan, who was on the side, also came over and whispered in her elder sister's ear.

“Lieutenant Li is right, the current Liang Dynasty is turbulent.”

“Many forces are ready to move.”

“If our Bai family wants to protect ourselves.”

“Elder sister must accumulate strength and prepare for everything early.”

Hearing Li Yuan and her younger sister's words, the Lady Marquis also nodded slightly.

So in the following days.

This kind of transaction of exchanging war horses and Tiele heads for water continued.

War horses were constantly being sent up, and herdsmen and prisoner-of-war soldiers also came to join with Tiele heads.

As soon as Li Yuan's idea came out, these days, under the valley, there were desperate shouts of killing everywhere.

The chaos lasted for seven days.

On the eighth day, the valley below finally became quiet.

During these days, the Liang army exchanged water for more than 6,000 good horses.

More than 2,400 Tiele herdsmen and prisoner-of-war soldiers joined.

And the valley below had completely turned into a dead place, with broken corpses and almost insane people everywhere.

After waiting for another two days, after confirming that there was no danger.

Li Yuan personally led thousands of Longxiang troops to clear the Xiaopingchuan of the Calabash Mouth.

Walking into the valley was like coming to the Shura hell.

You would step on human limbs and broken arms every few steps.

Looking around, there were corpses of people and horses everywhere on the ground.

There were still hundreds of surviving Tiele troops, but most of them had become dazed lunatics.

Finally, under a tree, Li Yuan found the corpses of the Tiele commander Sangdu and dozens of thousand-household chiefs.

Some of them committed suicide, while others were killed by their personal soldiers.

Sangdu's guards and personal soldiers also committed suicide beside him to be buried with him.

Li Yuan looked at the scene like Abi Hell, and felt a little uncomfortable all over.

Fortunately, everything was over.

After that, it took several days to clean up the battlefield with the surrendered prisoners of war and herdsmen.

This is within the territory of Great Liang. If so many corpses are not handled properly, it will cause a plague.

The corpses of the Tiele people were cremated in a concentrated manner.

Various knives, spears, armor, and leather robes were piled up like mountains.

And the horses obtained from the seized and traded horses eventually numbered more than 7,500.

But an unexpected thing happened here.

That is, the surrendered herdsmen were unwilling to join the Longxiang Army.

They only had one request, which was to follow the powerful warrior Li Yuan.

This was very unexpected to everyone.

The custom of the grassland nation is to follow the strongest warrior, which is also the tradition of the northern barbarians.

In this war, Li Yuan's performance did make these herdsmen feel awe.

The powerful thousand-household chief was killed by Li Yuan at least two or three times.

One of them was a very famous tiger-fighting warrior among the Tiele people.

And the number of hundred-household chiefs who died under Li Yuan's cavalry spear was too many to count.

The way Marquis Longxiang solved this problem was also very simple and rude.

She directly gave Li Yuan the title of Longxiang Army Qianqi Chief.

These prisoner-of-war soldiers were directly assigned to Li Yuan's cavalry thousand-man team.

Now the prisoners of war were all satisfied.

Li Yuan could only nod in agreement now. He also understood that, currently, no one but himself could deter and command this group of brave herdsmen cavalry.

As for whether doing so complied with the military laws of Great Liang.

The current Marquis Longxiang could no longer care so much.