"After Chen Changqing's death, Yuan An seemed to have received advice from an expert and moved the capital to Cangzhou for the second time." Outside Bailu County, on the bank of the river, Jia Zhou spoke calmly about the information.
Xu Mu nodded slightly.
After Fushan's defeat, Chen Changqing's attempt to hold the emperor hostage was completely extinguished. Even if it weren't for Yuan An, the Xia'er army led by Li Zhiqiu would not let him go.
"After the war, as soon as Li Zhiqiu passed Muyun Prefecture, he recruited another five to six thousand rebels. In addition to the chivalrous troops from other places, he now has nearly 40,000 troops."
"If nothing else goes wrong, Li Zhiqiu will begin to slowly invade Muyun Prefecture. Without the imperial family to control the prefecture, the remaining defeated Jiang bandits, even if they are larger in number, will not be able to stop them."
In this battle of floating mountains and rivers, not only Xu Mu benefited, but Li Zhiqiu also benefited. No matter how bad it was, it could be regarded as completely destroying the reputation of the hero in the world.
What's more coincidental is that Yuan An... moved the capital again. Undoubtedly, this gave Li Zhiqiu another opportunity.
"Where's that Rulong?"
"Hu Baisong?" Jia Zhou smiled, "Chen Changqing had just died, and he was writing charges in his study. Yuan An was afraid of being blamed for killing Confucians, so he only fined him ten thousand taels of silver."
"What a little fool." Xu Mu looked funny. If he let Rulong go, he would definitely cause trouble for himself in the future.
"Ru Long went to defend the emperor?"
Jia Zhou shook his head, "The whole family has moved, and the Hu family's biggest opportunity to take off was lost in his hands."
"Wenlong, where did you move to?"
Jia Zhou smiled and said, "It doesn't matter where you go, just wait for the next round of selection."
"I'm a little surprised that Hu Baisong doesn't go to defend the emperor."
"From the killing of Chen Changqing to the second move of the capital, Yuan An must be a master. Hu Baisong understands that with his arrogant temperament, he will definitely not be the second staff member."
Jia Zhou raised his head and looked towards the river with a sigh.
"Cangzhou has many aristocratic families and is known as the hometown of scholars. These people have read too many sages and will eventually choose to protect the emperor. The master behind Yuan An made a good move."
"But no matter what, with the current reputation of the dynasty, he will not have much majesty for at least a hundred years. The trend of separatism among heroes will still come. Unless..."
Xu Mu was startled, "Yuan An still has fun?"
"There is still a chance to change the situation." Jia Zhou smiled, "Yuan An went on a personal expedition, led an army to invade the Saibei grassland, and captured Beidi Khan alive. If so, the dynasty's reputation and appeal will be reunited."
"Wenlong, why don't you let him catch the stars? This is more likely." Xu Mu was speechless.
"So, I don't think there will be any changes. My lord, entering Shu is the best strategy."
Xu Mu nodded.
"Lord, all the people from Fufeng City should have moved here." After saying this, Jia Zhou bowed his hands and turned to leave.
He seemed a little tired and moved slowly.
This lonely private school teacher finally earned his name as the "Poisonous Osprey" after a great war.
Xu Mu returned his hand, stood for a while, then turned around and walked towards Bailu County.
As Jia Zhou said, in the past few days, the villagers and soldiers' families who were originally in Fufeng City have all moved over, and the journey is lively and exciting, and the excitement on their faces cannot be concealed.
Bailu County has been occupied by river bandits for several years. Not to mention the villages outside the city, just talking about the towns, I don't know how many people have fled.
The total number of villagers and soldiers' families, numbering at least several thousand, followed Chen Sheng's logistics camp and entered the city to choose a good home.
Of course, if someone is living there, they cannot be disturbed.
Jiang Caiwei and Li Dawan, under the watchful eyes of several guards, hurriedly raised their heads, searching for Xu Mu's figure.
When she saw Xu Mu walking into the city gate, Li Dawan, a silly girl, stood there for no reason and cried "Wow".
"Second Madam, didn't I tell you before that my lord is fine..." A guard spoke beside him.
"I'm afraid you'll lie to me, I want to see him with my own eyes!"
Jiang Caiwei, who was on the side, comforted Li Dawan, then hurriedly raised her hand and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
"Brother Mu, they must be crying. When you look at Mrs. Dawan, your makeup is all gone." As soon as he approached, Si Hu grinned.
Xu Mu also felt a little nervous, stretched out his hand, and hugged Jiang Caiwei into his arms.
Without waiting for a greeting, Li Dawan, who was nearby, rushed over.
"Li Dawan, please wipe your nose first, it's stuck to my robe."
"I don't care, I'm holding you."
Xu Mu smiled without being pretentious and took Li Dawan into his arms.
After hugging him for only a short time, Xu Mu raised his head, his expression slightly startled.
The old lame took the lead, followed by Chen Datie and the old scholar. To be honest, Xu Mu did not expect that these three old treasures would come to greet him in person.
"Three seniors, Xu Mu is very grateful."
"Call Dad!" the three old men said in unison.
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Going southwest from Bailu County, about three hundred miles away, is Yuguan.
Along with the majestic and steep mountains, Yuguan is located in a canyon. As a naturally dangerous pass into the middle of Sichuan, it has always been known as the Grand Pass.
In the past, when Emperor Gaozu of the Ji Dynasty first entered Shu, he used three thousand elite soldiers to hold off 70,000 enemy troops by relying on the majestic pass.
It can be seen that the name of this natural danger is not a general name.
After Yuguan, there is the middle of Shu.
The thirteen counties in Shuzhou are divided into central Shu and outer Shu. Outside Shu are the towns and cities along the river, with a total of two counties.
Central Sichuan is a fertile land, divided into nine counties, with fertile land and abundant products. Among them, there are six horse farms, which are famous for producing southwestern maned horses.
In addition, the mountains of central Sichuan are lingering, and there are countless mountain barbarians hiding in the mountains. As the prestige of the dynasty has been wiped out, the barbarians have paid off their annual tribute. In recent times, the noise has become more and more fierce. They have begun to go out to plunder supplies.
If you are not careful, some remote villages will be slaughtered entirely.
The three kings of Shu actually had their own strategies to deal with these barbarians in the mountains and forests. They might win over them, divide them up, or send them large amounts of military pay and turn them into barbarian barracks.
Click.
On the edge of the forest road in Shu, a horse dealer with a frown on his face stabbed the last barbarian in front of him to death, drew his sword, cut off a corner of his beast robe and wiped it several times.
"Which tribe?"
"King, you should not be a barbarian from the south."
The leading horse dealer sneered and got on his horse. Nearly a hundred men following him also got on their horses.
At the end, they were connected with ropes and were driving at least three hundred horses from the southwest.
The horse dealer raised his head and glanced at Yuguan not far away, feeling an unspeakable sense of loss in his heart.
"Go to Xiangjiang outside Shu!"
After finding a path, nearly a hundred horse traders rode forward cautiously.
In order not to die trapped in southern Sichuan, we sent some heroes to explore the road early and opened up a hidden path. Even if it could only pass a hundred people, it still bypassed the majestic pass.
The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to reach the blue sky.
But no matter what the path is, there will eventually be pioneers.
Riding on the horse, the leading horse dealer's eyes suddenly became slightly focused.