After leaving Hezhou City, pretending to be a fur goods merchant, Yin Hu's face was full of worries. From Le Qing's mouth, he already knew the tragedy of the previous war in Lizhou.
But there is no way. The respective interests of the people and the aristocratic families, Xishu and Beiyu are destined to continue this fight.
"Sir, the people from Huang's business rudder have arrived."
"Go to see Ling and ask Huang Tian'er to come see me. Be careful and don't let the people in the carriage become suspicious."
He had never seen the people in the carriage. I only heard from my own Lord’s mouth that he was a kind of Mr. Zao. At first he took refuge in Beidi, but then he defected to Beidi and joined the Sha Rong tribe.
Although he is a capricious person, he knows a lot of information about Sha Rong. No matter what, with this information in hand, my lord can rest assured.
"Huang Mao'er, it's getting late, why haven't you started cooking on the stove?" Just as Yin Hu was thinking, another high-spirited voice came from the carriage not far away.
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"Everyone, don't look back!"
At this time, in the back city of Dayuan Pass, thousands of Xishu soldiers were escorting tens of thousands of soldiers from Beiyu, preparing to disperse and send them to various places to work as coolies to open up wasteland.
Naturally, an army of ten thousand people cannot let the tiger go back to the mountain. It is impossible to surrender within a short period of time. The best way is to work like a soldier before, working hard for several years and killing with vigor.
"Left Army, go south."
Nearly two thousand soldiers from Beiyu surrendered. Under the urging, they turned their direction and headed towards Shuzhou with a hurry.
The Zuo Army's surrender suffered a stroke. An old soldier was probably infected with an illness. He was panting and his whole face was almost rotten. He raised his head and looked at the sky silently as he hurried on, not knowing what he was thinking.
There were more than a dozen soldiers nearby, gathering quietly to protect the old soldier in the center.
"Speed up your feet! If someone misses the military plane, he will not be thrown into the swamp to feed the crocodiles!"
Under the urging of General Xi Shu, the nearly two thousand soldiers who had been dispersed had no choice but to continue rushing forward.
Xu Mu stood at the gate of the city, looking at the surrendered soldiers leaving the city, and didn't know what he was thinking for a moment.
"My lord, there's already a letter from Mr. Yin Hu."
Hearing this sentence, Xu Mu was startled and turned around in surprise.
"Mr. Yin has left Hezhou and is returning to Western Shu with Huang's merchant army."
"If so, there will be no problem."
With Yin Hu here, this merchant helmsman army should be able to use some means to send Huang Daochun into Western Shu.
"Besides -" Dongfang Jing paused, his face even brighter.
"There is also a letter from Lu Xiong. In the direction of Cangwu Prefecture, the iron and stone mines offshore have already built mining stacks on the sea. As a result, our iron and stone in Western Shu will be able to create many tools in the past one or two years. First."
Compared to deceiving Master Suanzao, this piece of information from Lu Xiong, as Dongfang Jing said, is obviously more worthy of joy. For strategic supplies, at the beginning, both he, the king of Shu, and Jia Zhou almost lost their hair, just to think of a way to accumulate them.
Fortunately, now, with these offshore iron ore mines, the urgent need has been solved.
The armor coverage rate of Western Shu is far inferior to that of Beiyu. Many soldiers also wore wood armor to fight, and the battle losses were high. Iron armor, crocodile armor and cotton armor will be given priority in the old soldier camp, but Xu Mu doesn't want to give every soldier of Xishu an extra guarantee of survival when fighting for deer.
"The iron mining master Zuo Zhong has secretly found many craftsmen. According to Lu Xiong, it only takes two or three years to finish mining this iron ore."
The quantity is not too much and the time is not fast. Unfortunately, with the existing technology, Xu Mu had no choice. For the current plan, he can only use means to keep the secrets of Cangwu Province.
Over there, not only the iron ore mines, but also the construction of sea ships were top priorities.
In Xishu, whether it is the four northwest states or the states south of the Yangtze River, Changsheng has planted many spies from the iron torture platform. If it is exposed at that time, it is impossible to tell the clues with the victorious demon wisdom.
"Cangwu Prefecture is now equivalent to our strategic location in Western Shu, and someone needs to be in charge. What I mean is that Zhao Di in the South China Sea needs someone to take care of the movements of the five states in the South China Sea."
Cangwu Prefecture is one of the five prefectures in the South China Sea. Moreover, Zhao Di knew about the Cangwuzhou Ship Port. Xu Mu understood what Dongfang Jing meant. The matter was huge and Cangwu Province was of great significance. A wise man was needed to strategize there.
"Does Bolie have anyone to choose?"
"If we talk about candidates, the most suitable ones are Li Tao and Zhao Dun. These two people have always been strategic and loyal. Unfortunately, Li Tao is old and Zhao Dun has returned to the Western Regions. My lord, I sent Li Liu there. how?"
Li Liu, the grandson of Li Tao, was sent to Jiaozhou as an envoy and cooperated with Lao Huang to defeat Chang Sheng's conspiracy. He was considered a rare talent among the younger generation's staff.
Most of the people who leave the general hall are war generals. In addition to puppy Fu, young staff like Li Liu are even more valuable.
Xu Mu was thinking about carving. One day, whether he or a group of old brothers will grow old or die in battle, they will eventually leave some talented people who can assist Xu Qiao, his legitimate son.
"I will personally write a letter and let Li Liu enter the South China Sea again. If he understands what I mean, I will probably have another good staff member in Western Shu in the future."
Dongfang Jing smiled.
"Although he started from a humble beginning, my lord has done a great job in both civil and military affairs. After you and me, there will be many descendants of Xishu who will follow in his footsteps and continue to move forward bravely."
After a pause, Dongfang Jing suddenly turned around, his expression becoming extremely serious.
"Lord, I have one more thing to do."
"Bolie, please speak."
"I intend to continue to teach Gou Fu in the name of senior brother. I will be in the army and fight at the same time."
Xu Mu was shocked. First there was Jia Zhou, and now there is Dongfang Jing. The two of them joined forces to teach a monster that could stand up to the sky.
"It is not a teaching from master and apprentice. In my heart, Dongfang Jing, I am also half of Master Jia's disciple. I, Dongfang Jing, can inherit the teacher's legacy and teach on his behalf."
"Bo Lie, when you say this... I suddenly remembered that I also have a lot of strange battle formations in my heart. If I get the chance, I would like to take the opportunity to teach Gou Fu together."
Dongfang Jing laughed in the wind.
"I can't believe that from now on, our General Xiao Han will be the pillar of Xi Shu!"
"Excellent."
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