The Bad Man was nearly dead at the beginning and was picked up by Yang Shuzi and taken home

(The data in this chapter are all from Baidu, please forgive me if there is any inappropriateness)

A few days later, at Prince Qi’s Mansion in Fengxiang.

The high steps raise the entire Qi Wang Mansion several feet higher than other nearby buildings. The two ten-foot-tall stone lions at the entrance serve as a front porch, giving it an extraordinary aura. The plaque at the entrance reads three large gold-painted characters "Qi Wang Mansion".

Li Maozhen looked at the tall mansion in front of him and had a lot of thoughts in his mind for a moment, recalling what happened more than ten years ago.

After a long time, Fanyintian came over and interrupted his thoughts.

"Prince Guang, Prince Qi invites you!"

"Ok!"

Then he followed Fanyintian in. Thinking that he was about to meet the princess, his heart beat faster.

……

"Reporting to King Qi, King Guang has arrived."

"I know, you go down first."

Li Zhaozhao responded expressionlessly and dismissed the people around him.

After everyone left, only An Dongjun, Li Zhaozhao and Li Maozhen in disguise were left in the main hall.

Sensing that the atmosphere was not right, Li Maozhen instantly felt a sense of crisis and looked at Li Zhaozhao, who still had that expressionless look on his face.

Then he looked at Anton Jun, who was standing timidly beside Li Zhaozhao, as if asking:

"What's going on? Am I exposed now? What's wrong with you?"

Anton-kun looked hopeless, shook his head, and responded promptly:

"It's impossible to hide it. My wife is too smart."

Li Maozhen's eyes widened like a pair of copper bells.

'Oh my god, what should I do?'

"Brother-in-law, there is nothing I can do about my brother-in-law. You are on your own."

Just as the two were communicating with each other, Li Zhaozhao suddenly spoke in a lukewarm tone.

"Brother Wang, we haven't seen each other for thirteen years. Don't you want to see my sister's true face?"

Li Maozhen also took off his mask calmly and said with a smile:

"You really are my sister. After not seeing you for so many years, sister Wang, are you okay?"

"Thanks to my brother for taking care of me. I'm fine."

Li Zhaozhao looked at the face that had imprisoned him on the throne for thirteen years with some resentment and grievance. His mind was confused and he placed great emphasis on the word "take care of".

Actually, should I say I hate him, a little bit. After all, he left without mercy and left me in Qi for thirteen years.

But the feeling was not very strong, because as his sister, she knew that she had to carry these things. Moreover, if she was not the King of Qi, she might not have gone out incognito and got lost, and naturally she would not have met Anton Jun.

“Brother Wang is back, you don’t have to do these things anymore. When I came back, I also saw how the people lived along the way.

"For so long, Wang Mei, you have really taken good care of Qiguo. Thank you for your hard work!"

Li Maozhen said this and put his hand on Li Zhaozhao's shoulders.

An Dongjun's eyelids jumped when he saw this. He suddenly felt that bringing Li Maozhen back was not a good thing. He coughed and said:

"Ahem... just talk, don't touch me, men and women shouldn't touch each other, do you understand?"

After saying that, he walked forward and moved Li Maozhen's hand away from Li Zhaozhao's shoulder.

Then he held her in his arms. Li Zhaozhao blushed when he saw this. Li Maozhen was stunned at first, then he laughed and scolded:

"Hey, you little brat, are you jealous of your brother-in-law?"

Li Zhaozhao glared at him and said coquettishly, "Brother Wang!"

This brother Wang is really something. He hasn't even started yet, but he already called his elder brother-in-law.

Li Maozhen couldn't help but sigh when he saw this, it's over, my sister is already turning her elbow outward before she even gets married, what should I do in the future.

Anton rolled his eyes at him and said, "Alright, alright, let's get down to business first.

"Brother-in-law, please tell me about the situation on your side first. How many horses can you give to Qi State? How many soldiers can you give to Qi State? It's time to discuss the trade with Daliang, Jin State and other princes."

As he spoke, he pulled the empress to sit down and made tea.

Li Maozhen also sat down and said:

“This time when I went to Tibet, I found that the Tibetan tribes were also in constant conflict.

The original Tubo territory was divided into several hundred local tyrants.

However, it is mainly divided into five factions, namely the Lhasa royal family, the Ali royal family, the Ladakh royal family, the Yaze royal family, and the Yalong Jue'a royal family.

Among them, the Lhasa royal family is the strongest.

They had been fighting each other for a long time, which gave us a great opportunity. I first led 100 people with the three tribe masters to the four tribes except the Lhasa royal line.

It took us more than a year and a half to use various poisonous insects and techniques to gain the support of their leaders. Then the four of us joined forces to attack the Lhasa royal family and unified the Tibetan tribes a year ago.

The three cave masters and two corpse ancestors of the Dangxiang also rose to high positions. Since we launched the attack on the Dangxiang, they have been continuously providing us with intelligence.

With foresight, we realized that the Dangxiang were no match for us. In the end, we attacked them from both inside and outside and took over that place without any effort.

Poor Tuoba, he found out before his death that none of his confidants were actually his own people.

Later, we gradually eliminated those who had different intentions towards merging the tribes, and now we have been recuperating after half a year.

The local garrison troops on the Dangxiang side were divided into 12 military supervisory divisions on the left and right wings, totaling 300,000 people, while the central field army directly under the capture of the living army was responsible for the main task of attacking the enemy, with a total number of about 100,000 people. (All the people of the Dangxiang were soldiers)

Because of the long-term civil war, Tubo is now the remnant of various tribes, with a force of 10. " (In the early days of Tubo's battles with the Tang army, the number of troops often reached more than 20, 40 or even 20. So don't think it is weak. It is said on the Internet that there were still troops during the Five Dynasties.)

"So many!!!" x2

Both Anton Jun and Li Zhaozhao were a little surprised. After all, in this era, the number of people can represent something to a certain extent. Otherwise, you can see the exaggeration in the anime Mobei. Although there is not a million cavalry, as long as there is half of it, no prince in the Central Plains of this era can afford to offend them.

(The anime says there were a million cavalrymen in Mobei, but the information I found is: in history, Abaoji once led an army of 30 to raid Weizhou in Jin, claiming to have a million troops, but in reality there should not be so many.

There is another historical record: When Empress Shulü was in charge, she selected the best soldiers from the Han and Tibetan areas to form the Sushan Army; Emperor Taizong further selected the best soldiers from all over the country and placed them in the Pishi Army. Together, they had 500,000 cavalrymen, which greatly enhanced the national prestige. The Pishi Army was established by Emperor Taizong, with a total of 300,000 cavalrymen. The Sushan Army was established by Empress Di, with a total of 200,000 cavalrymen.)

Qi State now has 2 soldiers, including about 4000 cavalry. (According to the Tongdian: At that time, 6000 soldiers were usually a legion, including 4000 cavalry (including Yueqi and Wuqi), 6000 infantry, archers, and logistics personnel)

The Daliang army had about 300,000 soldiers. (In the second year of Zhenming, the Liang army encountered the Jin army in the west of Guyuan City and was defeated. The number of infantrymen alone who were annihilated reached 70,000. Zhu Youzhen's so-called million soldiers is probably about the same as Yelü Abaoji's, and most of them are exaggerated.)

The Jin army had about 180,000 soldiers. (I didn't find any other information, but there is one: Li Cunxu led a mixed brigade of 70,000 infantry and cavalry, and finally defeated 300,000 Khitan soldiers outside Youzhou City.)

(The above three northern countries’ military forces are all available for deployment at any time, excluding their own border guards)

Damn, I guess even the two of them have never fought such a rich battle.

Thinking of this, An Dongjun's eyes lit up. Isn't this stable? I dare to ask which princes' power can compare with Qiguo now.

"So how many horses can we give to Qi now?"

The reason why Anton Jun set his eyes on the Dangxiang land was for their horses and food.

Because there is a severe shortage of horses in the Central Plains.

The northwest region was occupied by the Dangxiang, and there was Mobei in the north and Liaodong. These areas were all areas that produced fine horses, but they were all occupied by foreign races.

The Dangxiang people were especially good at raising horses, producing many horses of excellent breeds. Yuan Zhen of the Tang Dynasty wrote, "Buy Dangxiang horses in the north and capture Tibetan parrots in the west." Later, people in the Song Dynasty praised Dangxiang horses as "the best in the world."

Now that we have occupied that place, we naturally have to take all of these into our possession.

"Dangxiang and Tubo have about 10,000 top-quality horses, 50,000 war horses, 80,000 farm horses, and about 200,000 sick horses, old horses, young horses, and crossbow horses, as well as tens of thousands of cattle and sheep. However, these are all the assets of the family, so it is impossible to use them all for business."

"Then, when trading with Qi, we will secretly exchange three or four tenths of the fine horses and military horses for Qi. As for the grooms, a few thousand people will be enough. (I checked the ratio of servants to horses and it was about 1:10)

The field horses were kept there for their own use, and some of the field horses were mixed with war horses and sick horses to be sold to the states of Jin and Liang.

As for the rest of the horses, cattle and sheep, don’t worry, just keep them there first, it’s cheaper.”

Li Maozhen nodded: "Of course I understand this."