Chapter 619 Making things difficult outside the Western Regions
While in Liangzhou, Xu Mu has been paying attention to the intelligence of various states. The infiltration of the Ye Xiao 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 was also Gongsunzu's Yanzhou in the north.
In this northern war, Xu Mu was optimistic about Chang Silang. He had many soldiers and generals, and there was no worry about food and grass. Those who sold food had 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 the horse-breeding land of Yanzhou and Jiuzhou, most of which are large and prosperous prefectures.
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 estimate that the fight will last for 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 two thousand carts of grain and grass."
"Lao Huang is quite interesting. Wen Long, if you're right, he wants to bet heavily on Xi Shu's cards."
"That's right. The congratulatory gifts go first. I guess Huang Daochong is also preparing to go into the cold weather. 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.
"There's nothing unusual about him. I heard he's a somewhat talented person."
"Keep it. Let's see Huang Daochong's performance before making any plans."
Sitting in the palace, Xu Mu and Jia Zhou began to negotiate again based on the decree of Xi Shu. Unfortunately, Yin Hu had already walked in in a hurry before finishing a cup of tea.
"Lord, the exploration camp has returned...with heavy losses."
The exploration camp was the troops sent by Xu Mu to open up the Silk Road. For this reason, he 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 quickly led the remaining troops.
If we enter the stone forest and defend, we are afraid of being completely wiped out."
"They are not horse bandits." Jia Zhou said with a calm expression, "Ordinary horse bandits only rob horse traders and merchants, not generals."
Xu Mu Shen thought the same thing. Thinking of the previous incident in Zhaowu County, this wave was very likely to be targeted.
"Six heroes, let the people in the exploration camp rest in peace and recuperate 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 Regions."
Yin Hu clasped his fists, turned around and left.
"Wenlong, good things come hard."
In fact, Xu Mu would like 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 three states of Liangdi were destroyed, the most changeable factor should be the Western Region. If Western Shu becomes strong, Xu Mu would be more willing to restart the Protectorate and send a general to guard the outside of the pass.
The peeping eyes of the living monsters.
If there is one person who can be familiar with the situation in the Western Regions and then make decisions, it is the safest way. Unfortunately, there is no such thing. In the Central Plains, which has been weakened for hundreds of years, not to mention ordinary people, even the businessmen have little contact with the Western Regions.
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"Inform Chao Yi to assist King Yu Dang and start patrolling outside Liangzhou to kill the robbers."
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Chao Yi, who was less than 30 years old, already looked like a handsome general in his armor, demeanor and conversation. On the other hand, Wei Feng, who was next to him, was still chattering about himself and Zhang Dacui.
"Old Wei, I'm afraid there's going to be a war." Chao Yi twitched his mouth. Previously, the postman came from Shuzhou and brought many letters from Shuzhou.
One of them is from Wei Feng.
"Brother Chao, take a look, my family's letter from Dacui always says that he hopes I will come home." Wei Feng grinned, his face full of joy.
In Shuzhou, there are many ghostwriting tasks. 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, five thousand cavalry troops began to thunder out of Liangzhou City and hurried towards the Yudang tribe.
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at the same time.
Atop the endless desert, a general in red armor was riding coldly on a horse, looking far into the distance 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 enter 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 his men and horses and began to march towards the Yumen Pass. Passing by the Duhu Mansion, several horse traders with silhouettes of Central Plains people were so frightened that they fled on horseback when they saw the army approaching.
Asa stopped his horse and showed a funny look. Behind him, more than ten thousand people and horses also laughed happily.
"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.
"Hinder."
"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 a mess?"
"good idea."
For a moment, there was wild laughter everywhere around the dilapidated Duhu Mansion.