Si Hu, who was far away in Liangzhou, suddenly sneezed. He just thought he had caught a cold, so he was so frightened that he ran to the military doctor and got several packages of medicinal materials.
"If I catch the wind and cold, my body will be weak. If my body is weak, I will not be able to perform meritorious service. If I cannot perform meritorious service, I will not be rewarded with silver."
Xu Mu rubbed his forehead and interrupted Si Hu's chatter.
Now, everyone who is going to the Western Regions has basically arrived. Chao Yi and King Yu Dang also came to Zhaowu County.
As for the guides, Chao Yi had already found two people from the Western Regions and gave them a lot of money.
"Chao Yi, let's go."
"Lord's order."
"Farewell my lord, take care of me all the way!" Chen Zhong led the Liangzhou generals to kneel down and bow to each other outside the city gate of Zhaowu County.
There was some deviation from the original expectation. Now, more than 5,000 Shu soldiers, with nearly 3,000 camels, and more than 5,000 Liang horses, began to rush towards Yumen Pass in a mighty manner.
Seriously, this is Xu Mu's first time traveling outside Liangzhou. In the past, Chao Yi was almost always in charge of affairs outside the customs.
"Chao Yi, how is the situation outside the customs recently?"
Chao Yi was still immersed in the joy of reunion. When he heard Xu Mu's words, he immediately answered with a smile.
"Don't worry, my lord, over there outside the pass, the Yudang tribe and I have killed many Qiang bandits, and they can also be used to train troops."
Yu Dangxiong, who was standing by, also said happily, "The King of Shu doesn't know something. The Qiang bandits outside Yumen Pass will be frightened and run away when they hear the name of General Chao, and they will not dare to provoke him easily again."
"Well done, both of you have made great contributions. By the way, King Yudang, I heard that the Yudang City will be built soon."
"It will take another one or two years before we are completely defeated."
"It's pretty fast. However, you have to remember the original agreement. If you are a friend, of course I will help you, but if you are an enemy-"
King Yudang looked horrified and hurriedly expressed his stance, "Don't worry, King Shu, I, the Yudang tribe, have absolutely no qualms about Western Shu!"
"I know everything." Xu Mu nodded with satisfaction. After all, he is a foreigner, so proper beating is essential.
This time when we go to the Western Regions, in addition to the five thousand people accompanying us, there will also be two thousand young men from the Yudang tribe accompanying us.
I have to say that Lao Yu must have tried his best.
Xu Mu turned around and glanced behind him. He found that Zhuge Fan, who was riding on the camel, had fallen asleep at some point. A Xishu general who was riding at the same end carefully supported the little old man's body to prevent him from falling.
This is so far away, so I have to follow him into the Western Region.
Xu Mu was a little speechless and withdrew his gaze. According to the route, after arriving at Yudang City, the next step is the real road westward. It takes about a month to travel, and you have to be in the vast desert. Although the Silk Road has been opened, there are too few goods for sale. Even if it is Shu brocade medicinal materials, for some reason, the people from the Western Regions actually refused. Because of this, there were very few merchants and government merchants coming and going, and trade became increasingly bleak.
In the future, Xu Mu also wants to build the Yumen Pass into a tax customs.
There was something wrong with this. Xu Mu always felt that there was a pair of black hands working hard to cut off the communication between the Western Region and Shu.
"By the way, King Shu, you need to be careful when going to the Western Region." Yu Dangxiong seemed to have remembered something, and suddenly spoke again.
"What?"
"I heard that after Dong Wen died, many remnants of the Dong family had no way to escape and simply ran outside the Yumen Pass. But General Chao and I searched for a long time and found nothing."
Chao Yi also nodded, "They probably died on their own. I sent troops to search all the oases outside the pass, but I didn't even see a single person."
Xu Mu frowned. Liangzhou was destroyed almost two or three years ago. But I never expected that there would still be trouble left behind. Previously, under the instigation of the King of Food, some members of the Dong family even rebelled.
But then I thought about it, it was also a long time before Chang Laosi conquered Hebei. Now, there are rebellions everywhere.
Only when the world is stable will the foundation be completely solid.
"Let's get on our way first."
A large number of people, horses and camels moved forward in the direction of Yudang City.
…
In the Western Region, in a unique little palace.
The antique pavilion has grape wine, dancing exotic beauties, and the melodious rhythm of the huqin.
There were three or four people sitting on the pavilion. There was no serious talk. Except for the general in the middle, everyone looked at the dance with happy expressions.
"Silver-faced Envoy, someone is here to look for you."
The general sitting in the middle nodded silently and walked out of the pavilion without saying hello.
In the countries of the Western Region, Zhongyuan's silver-faced envoy has become famous. In less than half a year, four small countries that dared to disobey were wiped out. The killing was decisive, so they were called the "Silver Faced Envoy", which means the envoy sent by the gods.
He is Yin Hu.
At this time, Yin Hu's eyes were extremely silent. It is not impossible to destroy several more countries in the Western Region, as long as the troops are used properly.
But he always remembered his lord's words and focused on winning over him. If we wipe out all the people in the Western Region, who will we do business with in the future? What's more, if this happens, the people of the Western Regions will be forced to completely unite and force the Western Shu forces back to Yumen Pass.
Pull one against one, there is no problem with the plan. It's a pity that for some reason in the past year, Yin Hu has always felt that someone secretly has been using conspiracy and poisonous schemes to thwart him.
For example, today, I clearly said that I was here to discuss important matters, but I sat there all afternoon and only watched some dances from the Western Regions. The two kings of the Western Regions did not talk about any serious matters at all.
Walking out of the small palace, Yin Hu stopped.
"General Yin Hu, something happened with General Wei Feng." The person who spoke was a general from Xishu.
"What's wrong?"
"Someone poisoned the horse."
"How many horses died?"
"About three hundred horses, all carefully selected heavy horses."
"Damn it." Yin Hu gritted his teeth.
These days, these conspiracies have become more and more popular. A few days ago, a patrol of Shu troops was ambushed and killed in a small oasis outside the city. More than a hundred people were poisoned to death.
Just as Yin Hu thought, among the countries in the Western Region, there has always been a pair of hands pushing the progress of Western Shu.
"General Yin Hu, my brothers are all furious. Otherwise, let's kill the chicken to scare the monkeys again! Scare off the courage of those people from the Western Regions!"
"Killing to end a war is not a good strategy. Don't forget what I said. Previously, we, Xishu, had just entered the Western Regions and had to kill them. But now if we continue to destroy the country and massacre, we will offend the people of the Western Regions, and no one can win over them. ”
"Go back to camp first."
The Western Region is more than a month's journey from Shu. According to the past situation, except for the winter season, information can only be transmitted once every month.
Now that I think about it, the information from Shu will be delivered soon.
"I finally let my lord down." Yin Hu sighed. After staying in the Western Region for two years, I still couldn't get things done.
Of course, the road between the Western Regions and Shu has been opened, but business exchanges are basically very few. Those Western Shu countries are not willing to sell too many goods to Shu at the moment.
"Who is it?"
While riding on the horse, Yin Hu frowned deeply.
