Chapter 981: Ambush under the Qilian Mountains

Chapter 981: Ambush under the Qilian Mountains

  Chapter 981 Ambush soldiers under Qilian Mountain

   "Report!"

  At the foot of Qilian Mountain, I rode there.

   "Reported profusely and found the traces of the Tang army. The total number of Han and Tibetan cavalry is 80,000. They have left the border of Shanzhou and are currently resting in Haiyan City."

   In front of Hu Qi, dozens of them stood in a row.

  The leader is Murong Fuyun's son, Murong Shun's half-brother, Murong Cheng who once killed his father-in-law Tianzhu Wang Jiangtang in Yemataitan, and was named the governor of Heyuan and the king of Heyuan County.

   "Just left Shanzhou? Didn't Hou Junji raise his troops a long time ago? Is this a war or a safari, so dawdling?"

  "Tang Prince Li Chengqian and Nuo Hebo walked together. Tang Prince hunted along the way, traveled mountains and rivers, and asked Hou Junji to find beauties for him everywhere he went. He often walked for a day and stopped for three days..."

   "Hahaha, God bless me too!"

  Murong Cheng laughed loudly, "The descendants of the Tuyuhun Great Khan, the warriors of the Tuyuhun Khanate, the time has come for revenge!"

  He pulled out the knife and cut a few cuts on his face, let the blood flow, cut off another braid, and swore to the sky.

"Tang Guo broke the covenant with Tuyuhun in the past, attacked my tribe, robbed my people, robbed my livestock, occupied my land, and even killed my father. Now, I will cut off Li Chengqian's head with my own hands. Level, dig out his heart and liver to sacrifice to the spirit of my father Khan in the sky, and to pay homage to those Tuyuhun warriors who were killed by the Tang people!"

   "Revenge!"

  Behind Murong Cheng, there are tents of Tuyuhun people all over the mountains and plains, cattle and sheep everywhere, and countless herdsmen leading war horses, brandishing spears and short knives, shouting revenge in unison.

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  Guangxi.

  Yizhou, Longjiang.

The competitive competition in front of Dahuanzhai was completely crushing. The players sent by the Tang Army crushed one barbarian after another. Not only did they beat the barbarians to pieces not only in horseback riding, shooting, and fencing, but also in swimming and rowing. , the big and small Huanzhai barbarians who grew up on the banks of the Longjiang River are all inferior.

The players sent by Tang Jun won all the individual gold, silver and bronze medals. In addition, they also won the first place in the team competition. Chen Ning, Yang Feng and other Lingnan natives competed for the second place. If it weren't for the team competition, the official army could only send one team. The first three will all fall into the hands of the officers and soldiers.

  The game lasted for three days, and it was very lively.

  In addition to the first day, the Tang soldiers kept their formation and showed off their power. From the second day on, it completely became a sports party. They changed into lighter casual robes and enjoyed the excitement in front of them leisurely.

  The barbarians were defeated again and again, and they lost all confidence.

   Not only the big and small Huanzhai, but also the other barbarian chieftains, handsome and powerful who were recruited to accompany the army, were also shocked.

  It is equivalent to holding a big hammer to smash the little self-confidence and arrogance of these people into pieces one by one, and then keep hitting until they are broken into dust.

   "Qin Buqi."

  The competition was all over, and Qin Lang personally presented awards to the winners.

Qin Buqi's performance in the three-day competition was eye-catching. This guy not only used a seven-foot two-handed sword to tyrannize barbarians, but also participated in horse racing, rowing, swimming, archery, spear throwing and other events. Won 13 gold medals in individual events.

  A golden medal, tied with a piece of red silk, these improvised gold medals are made of pure gold, each weighs two taels, and words are engraved on them.

  Qin Buqi bent down excitedly and asked Wei Gong to help him put on the gold medal. After putting it on, he couldn't help picking up the gold medal and biting into his mouth, leaving two rows of teeth marks.

   "Don't worry, this is pure gold, even more than Kaiyuan gold coins."

Gold is afraid of stone and silver is afraid of fire, and pure gold is soft, so when it is circulated as currency, it is actually mixed with silver and copper, which not only increases the toughness of gold coins but also increases their wear resistance. The method of controlling the fineness and color content is to control the cost of gold and silver coins, maintain the profit margin of minting coins, and make it unprofitable for those who destroy coins and melt them into tools.

   But the fineness should not be too low, otherwise it will not only lead to a decrease in credit, but also increase the risk of private and pirated casting.

   Therefore, the gold and silver coins of the imperial court are really controlled at about 80% fineness.

  Although since the Zhenguan reform, a large number of gold and silver coins have been minted and used in standard denominations, and cannot be damaged or cut for use, but gold and silver are very precious after all, and ordinary people do not usually use gold and silver, especially gold coins.

  In recent years, industry and commerce have boomed, and money has become hotter.

  Gold and silver are becoming more and more precious. In the past, one tael of silver was converted into fifteen copper coins, and one tael of gold was converted into about five taels of silver, which was equivalent to eight thousand coins.

  The ratio of gold to silver is one to five.

  However, with the prosperity of maritime trade, overseas Hu merchants also saw business opportunities and began to transport a large amount of silver to Datang. This is mainly because overseas, many foreign countries have huge differences in gold and silver.

  For example, in the Frankish Kingdom, the gold-silver ratio reached one to thirteen, and sometimes even one to fifteen. In Eastern Rome, Visigoth, Persia and other countries, it was roughly around this level.

  Datang has a gold-silver ratio of one to five, which is a huge business opportunity.

   At the earliest, some smart Hu merchants transported valuables such as spices and slaves to the Tang Dynasty, in exchange for gold, porcelain, silk, etc., and shipped them back, and then exchanged them for spices, silver, etc. and shipped them back.

   Later, some people simply resold gold and silver. Boxes of silver were shipped in, and boxes of gold were shipped back. In the Tang Dynasty, five to one silver was exchanged for gold, and in the West, one was exchanged for twelve or thirteen gold for silver. This back and forth was even more profitable than selling spices.

  Later, Datang quickly discovered this loophole, and immediately issued new regulations to plug it, prohibiting the outflow of gold, silver, copper coins, and gold, silver and bronze wares, and severely cracked down.

   Later, many new regulations were issued, and even the gold-silver ratio began to be adjusted, gradually approaching the international gold-silver ratio, from 1:5, to 1:6, 1:8, until now it has roughly stabilized at 1:10.

  Datang still continued to prohibit the export of gold, silver, copper coins and utensils, but allowed the import.

This gave many Hu merchants the opportunity to continue to resell to make money, but Datang welcomes the inflow of real money. Now the country of Wa is the largest importer of overseas copper and silver materials in Datang, and Tianzhu, Persia, Rome, Frank, etc. have become major gold importer.

Datang was huge in size. Although a large amount of gold and silver flowed in every year, under the economic system dominated by precious metals and physical currencies, these inflows of gold, silver and copper were mainly used to mint currency and circulated in Datang. The four countries were also included in the currency circulation area of ​​the Tang Dynasty. The huge demand caused the inflow of these massive gold and silver. Although the money shortage was improved, it did not lead to the depreciation of gold and silver.

  A Kaiyuan gold coin with an 88% fineness can be exchanged for ten Kaiyuan silver coins, or 20,000 copper coins.

  The ratio of gold to copper has changed from 1:8 in the past to 1:20 now. Copper coins have not actually depreciated, and they are still very persistent, but the value of gold has increased significantly.

  So now people like gold coins and gold more.

   It's just that the imperial court has strict management of gold and silver coins, prohibiting private hoarding and hoarding of more than a quantity, and the possession and wearing of gold utensils is also stricter.

  Civilians without status can only wear a limited number of gold ornaments, and gold items are not allowed to be privately owned, while untouchable slaves are not even eligible to wear gold ornaments.

  These policies are all to ensure that gold is strengthened as a currency and better used as currency circulation. But this also further enhanced the social status of gold.

  Nowadays, even if ordinary people get married, the most important thing is gold jewelry.

  At the very least, there must be a gold ring, and if the conditions are better, three golds, or even hardware.

  As for people with status such as officials and gentry, they all like to own and use gold objects within the stipulated permits, such as gold buckles on belts and so on.

  These are status symbols, not only representing wealth, but also representing power.

A gold medal costs two taels of pure gold. Although a gold coin is one tael, it is only 88% fine and worth 20,000 yuan. Although pure gold cannot be used directly, it can be bought in gold and silver shops or banks. For exchange, one tael of pure gold can be exchanged for about 22,000 yuan. As long as the fineness is good, it is very valuable.

  Qin Buqi won thirteen gold medals by himself, and the gold alone can be worth almost three hundred guan.

  Lingnan Jinglue yamen’s army received good treatment, but the monthly salary was only 3,000.

All kinds of other monthly rations, clothing money, New Year's rewards and so on add up, all of which he has in one year, including the treatment he can enjoy as a team deputy as a standard bearer, and the second-turn honors can enjoy The remuneration received, including money, food, clothing, etc. for a year, adds up to about fifty guan.

   But the money also includes his own clothing money, and he has to support his family, so although the salary is good, it is only a little more than a little more.

  Getting three hundred guan at once is really a windfall.

   Open your mouth and bite twice to verify, it's not that you really don't believe in Wei Gong, it's just that there is such an idea in your mind.

"You kid, you've made everyone angry." Qin Lang smiled and patted this guy's arm. This guy is so thick that his arms are as thick as his own legs. No wonder he can use a seven-foot heavy sword. The scabbard is useless, and the blade has no edge, it is very blunt.

Usually, it is mainly carried on the back or on the shoulders. When using it, it is mainly used to swing it, and use the inertia to swing it up and chop. Its power is amazing, but it weighs fifteen catties. It won't take long.

   If you want to be able to use it on the battlefield all the time, you need extremely extraordinary strength.

   It's no easier than swinging a heavy ax or a mace.

  This time the competition was relatively random, and there were many loopholes in the regulations. For example, there were no restrictions on participating events. As a result, Qin Buqi won more than 20 events by himself, and he just grabbed the championship of 13 events.

  Qin Lang hung thirteen gold medals around his neck, and the gold was only twenty-six taels, almost two catties.

  This guy was so happy from ear to ear, with more than three hundred guan, even if he finished the battle of Longyou Podangxiang and Pingtuyuhun, traveled thousands of miles, and went to Half Life, the reward he got was far from that much.

  This amount of money, if he does not eat or drink now, he will have to save for several years of food and salary to save it.

   "How do you plan to spend the money?"

   "I plan to take another concubine to help the woman in the house, and give me a few more children." Qin Buqi was honest.

   "Hahaha, that's a good idea."

  Qin Lang smiled and gave him another surprise, "You are simply a super soldier, all-rounder. I heard that you are only the standard bearer of the Eighth Regiment of the Yamen, and you have not lost any official positions?"

"The Ministry of War allowed me to work for eight years, and now it's only the fifth year, and it will take at least three years. In addition, I have to pay for it. I used to marry a wife, have children, build a house, and support my mother. I don't have much money left. Just keep going."

"Your good luck has come, boy, you are not a weapon, a gentleman is not a weapon, this name is very good. People with skills will not be buried after all. Although I didn't find you in Longyou back then, but this time You are very eye-catching, so I plan to reuse you, you were originally the standard-bearer of the Eighth Regiment, right? Being a standard-bearer is too subdued, so I decided to make an exception and promote you as the coach of the Eighth Regiment."

  The position of instructor is equivalent to the Master Chief in the US military.

  The Lingnan Yanei Army is a relatively new army, and it is different from the traditional Fubing in many places. Take the coach for example, Qin Lang has a coach envoy in the Ya Nei Army, also known as the chief coach, and all the lower levels of the Xiangying regiment have coaches.

The responsibilities of instructors are clearly different from those of military officers at all levels. Officers are mainly responsible for the formulation of combat plans and operational command, while instructors assist officers in managing the army, mainly responsible for training and marching, etc., and manage troops according to the orders of officers and the military system. .

  The instructors at all levels are all experienced and outstanding warriors from the bottom.

  Each battalion, regiment, brigade, etc. has not only the instructor in charge, but also the instructor of bow and crossbow, gun and club, and riding and archery in charge of the training of various arms.

Below the coach, there are sergeants in the lower-level team and fire grass-roots organizations. These are also experienced veterans who have become the backbone of the grass-roots army. There is no official grade position.

Below them, there are junior soldiers, third-class soldiers, second-class soldiers, and first-class soldiers. Money and food treatment.

  The hierarchy is very clear, which makes the Ya Nei Army not only have clear responsibilities, but also have a more complete organizational structure, and it is very good to mobilize the enthusiasm of the soldiers, strive for good performance, and work hard to train martial arts to obtain a higher level.

   As the flag bearer of the Eighth Regiment of the Ya Army, Qin Buqi is a second-rank officer. Although he has no official rank, he is still a sergeant. He is a veteran among the soldiers, and his ability and treatment are very good.

   What is missing is opportunity, but there are many capable people in the military, but few opportunities.

  Qin Buqi now meets Qin Lang, the opportunity has come.

  The instructor of the regiment belongs to the first-level officer of the regiment, and the rank of lieutenant is one level lower than the lieutenant of Zhechongfu. The lieutenant of Zhechongfu is from the seventh rank.

  The coach of the regiment is therefore a minister on the eighth rank, one level higher than the garrison master.

"If you have a job, you have a rank, so I will give you the rank of deputy lieutenant from the seventh rank, and the rank is the same. I hope you will work hard, give full play to your almighty ability, teach the brothers of the eighth regiment of the tooth army well, and lead the brothers in the future." Make meritorious deeds!"

  (end of this chapter)