While in Liangzhou, Xu Mu has been paying attention to the information of various states. The infiltration of the Night Owl Group has begun to make gratifying progress.
I heard that some time ago, Cao Hongdu led people to visit the four states of Hebei.
Only Cangzhou is still locked up tightly.
"After the integration, the King of Yuzhou has already led a large army to march in front of Yizhou. Today, the King of Yuzhou has captured two of the four states in Hebei."
Chang Silang occupied Huzhou and Yezhou, and the rest were Yizhou and Youzhou. Of course, there is also Gongsun Zu’s Yanzhou in the north.
In this northern war, Xu Mu is optimistic about Chang Shiro. There are many soldiers and generals, and there is no need to worry about food and grass. Those who sell grain have an inherent advantage in troubled times.
"If the king of Yuzhou wins, then he will lose nearly half of the country."
There are three inner city prefectures, Hezhou and four Hebei prefectures, plus Yanzhou, the horse breeding area. In the land of Kyushu, most of them are large and wealthy states.
Jia Zhou hesitated, "As your lord's adviser, I still say the same thing. I hope your lord will pay more attention. When the time comes, living next to tigers may not necessarily be a good thing."
"Of course, in this war in Hebei, Gongsunzu is no fool. In order to survive, he will try every means. I guess it will take a long time."
Xu Mu nodded. In a daze, he saw Chang Laosi standing in front of him again, tying his robe and calling him his little boss.
"Wenlong, the top priority is to manage Xishu."
"This is natural. Two days ago, Huang Daochong from Kezhou sent a congratulatory gift. My lord, guess what it is?"
"silver?"
"Three hundred thousand taels of silver, and in addition, two thousand carts of grain and grass were given as a gift."
"Lao Huang is quite interesting. Wen Long, if you're right, he wants to bet heavily on Xi Shu's cards."
"That's right. Congratulations first. I guess Huang Daochong is also ready to go to bed. He has always done such happy events personally."
In order to survive in troubled times, Lao Huang took his family's desire to survive to the extreme.
"By the way, I almost forgot about Huang Zhizhou in Chengdu."
Huang Zhizhou is the direct bloodline of Huang Daochong and is currently studying in the General Hall.
"Nothing happened. I heard that he is a somewhat talented person."
"Keep it. See Huang Daochong's performance before making plans."
Sitting in the palace, Xu Mu and Jia Zhou began to negotiate again based on Xi Shu's decree. Unfortunately, Yin Hu had already walked in in a hurry before even finishing a cup of tea.
"Lord, the exploration camp has returned...with heavy losses."
The exploration camp was the people sent by Xu Mu to open up the Silk Road. For this reason, they spent a lot of money to recruit guides.
Putting down the file, Xu Mu frowned.
"I asked people who came back from the Pathfinder Camp, and I heard that it was a group of masked horse bandits, with at least 2,000 horsemen, who sneaked out at night and caused heavy losses to the Pathfinder Camp. If the battalion general hadn't been prudent, he would have led the remaining troops quickly. If we enter the stone forest and defend, we are afraid of being completely annihilated."
"They're not horse bandits." Jia Zhou said with a calm expression, "Ordinary horse bandits only rob horse traders and merchants, not generals."
Xu Mu thought the same thing. Reminiscent of the previous incident in Zhaowu County, this wave is very likely to be targeted.
"Six Heroes, let the people in the exploration camp rest in peace and recover first. Remember to pay a pension to the relatives of those who died in the war. In addition, find a way to find a few people who can connect with the Western Region."
Yin Hu clasped his fists, turned around and left.
"Wenlong, good things come hard."
In fact, Xu Mu wanted to go to the Western Regions in person. But the current situation is that there are still many crises around Xishu.
This idea, unless there is a turning point, can only be given up.
The general trend of Western Shu, after the destruction of the three states of Liangdi, the most changeable factor should be the Western Region. If Western Shu were strong, Xu Mu would be more willing to restart the Protectorate and send a general to guard the outside of the pass to resist the prying eyes of monsters and monsters.
If there is one person who can be familiar with the situation in the Western Region and then make decisions, it is the safest way. It's a pity that there is no such thing. In the Central Plains of the Epoch, which has been declining for a hundred years, not to mention ordinary people, even businessmen and nobles have little contact with the Western Regions.
"Inform Chao Yi to assist King Yu Dang and start patrolling outside Liangzhou to kill the robbers."
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Chao Yi, who is less than thirty years old, already has the appearance of a handsome general in his general armor and demeanor. On the other hand, Wei Feng, who was standing next to him, was still chattering endlessly about his affairs with Zhang Dacui.
"Old Wei, I'm afraid there's going to be a war." Chao Yi twitched his mouth. Previously, the postal master came from Shuzhou and brought many letters from Shuzhou.
One of them is from Wei Feng.
"Brother Chao, look at the letter from my family, Dacui, always saying that he hopes I will come home." Wei Feng grinned, his face full of joy.
In Shuzhou, there are not many things about ghostwriting. Letters from home worrying about safety are always flying to the front line like snowflakes.
"Old Wei, put on your helmet."
"I know, I know." Putting the letter in his arms, Wei Feng hurriedly put on his helmet, got on his horse, and started walking side by side with Chao Yi.
According to Xu Mu's wishes, Wei Feng will stay with Chao Yi for more of these days and practice his riding skills with him.
"Open the city gate!" Chao Yi raised his head and shouted.
Not long after, the cavalry of five thousand riders began to rumble out of Liangzhou City like thunder, rushing in the direction of the Yudang tribe.
…
at the same time.
Atop the endless desert, a general in red armor sat coldly on a horse, looking far away in the direction of Liangzhou.
"General Asa, there are no more Central Plains people outside Yumen Pass!"
"well done."
The red-armored general narrowed his eyes. Previously, he had attacked and killed a wave of exploration camps in the Central Plains. That damn new king of Liangzhou actually dared to ignore Qian Wen.
"General Asa, according to me, it is better to mobilize all the troops, attack Liangzhou, and take the opportunity to enter the Central Plains——"
"Are you telling a joke?" The red-armored general frowned. In a daze, he saw again that day when he went to support Dong Wen as a cavalry reinforcement, but he was in Shelangqiu and almost couldn't come back.
The personal guards around him suddenly fell silent.
"Don't worry, the true God will guide us and look for opportunities to step into the Central Plains."
Asa raised his head and looked at the Protector's Mansion not far ahead in silence for a long time.
Outside Yumen Pass, this Protectorate of the Central Plains people was once a nightmare for his ancestors. But fortunately, this Protectorate has been abandoned for a long time.
Feeling inexplicably relieved, Asa led the troops and began to march towards Yumen Pass. Passing by the Duhu Mansion, several small horse traders with Central Plains silhouettes were so frightened that they fled on horseback when they saw the army approaching.
Asa stopped his horse and looked amused. Behind him, more than ten thousand people and horses were also laughing with joy.
"I heard my grandfather say that more than a hundred years ago, the people of the Central Plains would say, 'Those who are obedient will prosper, and those who jump off the beam will perish.' But now, I ride a horse and whip my whip, and my horse's hooves step through the Yumen Pass. But no one dares to come to visit me. Block."
"No more, no one anymore."
"It would be great to have a horse breeding circle in this huge Protector's Mansion."
"General Asa, the horses are tired after a long journey. Why don't we just stay in the Protector's Mansion and leave the horses in trouble."
"good idea."
For a moment, there was wild laughter everywhere around the dilapidated Duhu Mansion.
