"General, we only have enough food for three days, what should we do?"
A general ran over and said to Gou Xi.
"For three days? That's enough!" Gou Xi looked confident.
In order to cross the long mountainous area as quickly as possible, Gou Xi had ordered too much baggage to be abandoned before setting off, including a lot of food and grass.
"Qiao Jiulang, are there any wealthy families around here?"
Gou Xi said.
The person who led him was called Qiao Tao, ranked ninth.
Gou Xi directly called him Qiao Jiu.
"General, I happen to know that there is a Wu family ahead of us. They are a large family in Guanghan. They have tens of thousands of children and servants. Naturally, there is no shortage of money and food." Qiao Jiu said.
"Thousands of servants?"
When Gou Xi heard this, he immediately frowned slightly.
Such a big family with thousands of servants is definitely not a master that is easy to bully.
What Gou Xi wants is the kind that doesn't require too much force and can save enough money and food for thousands of people to spend ten days and eight days.
Not this kind of wealthy family with thousands of servants.
Qiao Jiu seemed to notice Gou Xi's worry and immediately offered words of advice.
"General, the Wu clan has long since taken refuge with the Di chieftain Li Xiong. Several people in the clan have served as generals and guards for the Ba Di slave thieves. Now Li Xiong has led troops to the north, and among them are many private soldiers of the Wu clan. .”
"You mean, the Wu family doesn't have many troops nowadays?" Gou Xi heard it immediately.
According to Qiao Jiu's idea, if the grain and grass reserves of the powerful Wu family in Guanghan can be obtained, they can use the grain and grass to recruit nearby refugees, and then together they can raise troops to attack Guanghan City.
Ever since the Badi people entered Yizhou from Guanzhong, the refugees throughout Yizhou have never been cut off.
Gou Xi's original plan was to spread the banner widely after entering the hinterland of Yizhou, recruit nearby refugees to strengthen his momentum, attack Guanghan first, cut off the connection between Chengdu and the north, and then attack Chengdu directly.
"The general is right. Wu's tribe now only has one or two thousand people at most. There are also some servants who are old, weak, women and children, so they are nothing to worry about." Qiao Jiu said, patting his chest.
In fact, this was one of the purposes of the Qiao family to lead Gou Xi. The Wu family in Guanghan had always been at odds with the Qiao family. Since the Badi people occupied Yizhou, the conflicts between the two families had even exceeded before.
The Qiao clan had fully understood the strength of the Han army through Qiao Xuan, and naturally wanted to use the strength of the Han army to suppress the Wu clan.
"Okay, lead the way immediately!"
Gou Xi said without hesitation.
Since he had already ventured into a dangerous situation, he naturally no longer looked forward and backward, and simply took down this powerful family to supplement his own strength.
Only in this way can the hope of capturing Chengdu be increased.
"General, don't worry, I'll lead the way right now!"
Qiao Jiu immediately responded happily.
Gou Xi then gave instructions to the left and right generals.
"You all go back to your headquarters, raise all the flags, and let the people of Yizhou know that the King of the Han Dynasty has entered Yizhou!"
After hearing this, several generals agreed in unison.
Gou Xi then gave orders to the Yang family, Ma family and other Qiang and Hu commanders who were accompanying him.
"Send out all your cavalry and cut off all the roads leading to the north as much as possible. Don't let Li Xiong in the north know of our arrival too early."
"Anyone who goes north from Guanghan will be killed without mercy!"
After several Qiang and Hu tribesmen were so handsome, they all happily accepted the order and left.
Now that the whole Yizhou is empty, these cavalry are enough to be invincible, and they can use this name to block roads and plunder.
"As long as we can capture Chengdu and pacify Yizhou, it will be enough to put your mind at ease."
Gou Xi frowned, looked at the north with a serious face, and said silently in his heart.
When he was in the Helan area, he was fully aware of the uncertainty of his future.
Even if Liu Yu doesn't harm him in the end, he will definitely let himself associate with those barbarians for the rest of his life.
Therefore, when he was called up to attack Yizhou, he immediately rushed there non-stop.
Gou Xi hopes that by establishing great achievements, he can become a person who cannot be underestimated.
He didn't ask for any real splitting of the land and border, but he only hoped that after Yizhou, he would take the initiative to hand over military power and get a guarantee.
As the flags of each army were raised again, tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry marched forward with unstoppable momentum.
It was the Wu family of Guanghan who first discovered these enemies emerging from the mountains and forests.
The Wu family happened to have someone serving as the prefect of Guanghan, so naturally the central part of the clan was given to a county soldier.
"Who are those people?"
A small group of patrolling Guanghan County soldiers were puzzled by the sudden appearance of a large number of flags in front of them.
"Maybe the north won the battle?"
A county soldier stretched his neck and said.
He saw colorful flags in the distance, but his lack of literacy prevented him from knowing which team they belonged to.
I just felt that the front was marching very quickly, and it didn't seem like the defeated troops were retreating.
"There is no winning battle in this direction. There are only some Qiang people."
The other person immediately said that it was not reliable.
"It could also be that Zitong won the battle. I heard that the head of our family, Emperor Gen, went there!"
The little leader of the team said.
"Let's go take a look first. Anyway, it must be one of our own."
Several people think it makes sense.
This is the hinterland of Yizhou. Apart from the army of Dacheng Kingdom, it is impossible for other armies to appear.
A group of people walked quickly towards the front.
They had just walked not far when they saw a group of cavalry appearing among the flags waving in front of them.
These cavalry seemed to be heading towards them.
"Hey, that's not quite right."
When the leader of the county soldiers saw this, he couldn't help but murmur in his heart, and a bad premonition came to his heart.
Almost in a moment, the cavalrymen urged their horses to spread out horizontally at high speed.
Looking at this posture, it seems that they are about to surround them.
"No, retreat quickly!"
The leader of the county soldiers panicked, shouted, and immediately turned around and ran back.
At this time, the rapid sound of horse hooves had reached everyone's ears, followed by a sharp whistling sound.
"ah!"
"ah!"
Several screams rang out around them, clusters of feather arrows shot straight at them, and two county soldiers fell down with howls.
"Spare your life, spare your life!"
Seeing this, the remaining county soldiers knew that they could not run away. They all gathered together and begged for mercy to the surrounding cavalry.
"Who are you!"
A cavalryman on a black horse asked fiercely.
The little leader of the Guanghan County soldiers saw this and immediately replied.
"We are Guanghan County soldiers, people of Wu Mansion!"
"Wu Fujun?"
The cavalryman had a puzzled look on his face, as if he had never heard of Lord Wu.
When several Guanghan County soldiers saw this, they all felt panic.
The cavalrymen who killed two of their comrades all had accents from the Guanzhong area. They were definitely not natives of Yizhou, and even their accents were different from those of the Di people.
They all vaguely guessed that these cavalry must be enemies!
At this moment, another group of well-armored cavalry rushed over.
The leader was wearing shining armor, and he looked like a general of high rank.
"General, these are all county soldiers from Guanghan, and they are said to be members of the Wu family!"
When Gou Xi heard this, he was immediately overjoyed.
What a coincidence.
"I am the Han Dynasty's chariot and cavalry general, and I have been ordered to attack the Chengdu bandits. Are you willing to serve the imperial court?!"
When several Guanghan County soldiers heard this, they were all stunned.
They never expected that this large group of troops turned out to be soldiers and horses of the Han Kingdom in the north.
They all came from the mountain road. Aren't the northern passes of the mountain road guarded by soldiers and horses from the Dacheng Kingdom?
How could so many Han troops attack Guanghan County without any news being sent?
However, these things are no longer their concern.
What these county soldiers want most is to survive.
"Yes, yes!" said the leader of the Guanghan County soldiers.
"Yes, yes, we are all willing to serve!"
"We are all willing to serve the imperial court!"
Gou Xi saw that these little fish and shrimps were quite sensible, so he gave the order straightforwardly.
"Well, I, the general, will give you a chance to make meritorious deeds!"
"You lead the way to Wu's Wubao. Tell us that we are Di soldiers from the north. We need to collect some food and grass nearby so that Wubao can open the city gate!"
Gou Xi already knew from Qiao Jiu that Wu's Wubao in Guanghan was strong and huge, with four city gates alone. It could be said to be a real small city.
If there is no internal response or surprise attack, I'm afraid it will take some effort.
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Dongpingzhou.
South of Lelang County.
Baekje Kingdom, Weirye City.
As the capital of the Baekje Kingdom, Weirye City has a population of tens of thousands. It can be said to be the most prosperous city on the entire peninsula besides Lelang City.
Such a city has become more and more prosperous due to various trades since King Baekje surrendered to Han.
The nobles of the Buyeo people of Baekje in the city also enjoyed a more prosperous life.
However, today there is an air of chilling in and around Weili City.
The closed city gates, as well as the Baekje soldiers on the city walls ready to go, all showed that a crisis was coming.
"Are these Buyeo people still unwilling to leave the city?"
Outside Weili City, Zhang Tong, the governor of Dongping Prefecture of the Han Dynasty, was riding in front of the formation, looking at Weili City not far away, and said dissatisfiedly.
"I am reporting to you, the people of Fuyu in the city say that they are all loyal servants of the Han Dynasty and have never disobeyed and refused to move away from Weili City!"
One of the generals said with his hand raised.
Zhang Tongtong, the governor of Dongping Prefecture, immediately smiled softly after hearing this.
"If you don't want to evacuate, that's even better. It just allows me to completely wipe out these Buyeo bandits."
Zhang Tong remembered that when he was under siege in Lelang County, these Buyeo people from Baekje invaded and plundered him a lot.
Now that he has a chance, he can take revenge.
Zhang Tong immediately turned to the side and said to Murong Ren.
"General Murong, now that the Fuyu thieves in Weili City are unwilling to submit, General Lao still has to fight!"
When Murong Ren heard this, he immediately agreed.
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhang. We can deal with these little thieves in Fuyu with just one fight. We will keep them safe so that no chickens or dogs will be left in Weili City!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Tong immediately waved his hand and said.
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