The northwest wind has begun to whistle, and the Hexi Corridor is the channel of the cold wind. When the northwest wind blows, all the greens quickly disappear. Even the sun in the sky becomes weak and feels like it has castrated.
Fortunately, it has not snowed yet, which is very abnormal. According to the situation in the past years, it has been at least the second snow at this time. But the problem is that although it does not snow, it is still chilly. Although Lu Guang's army was ready and the soldiers were wearing cotton coats, the temperature outside still makes people feel cold.
Of course, the one who is most worried about this phenomenon is Lu Guang, because he is the attacking side and must keep attacking to strengthen himself and boost morale. However, when the weather is cold, what else can you do in the north in the middle of winter? At that time, water turns into ice, animals enter hibernation, all plants wither, and you will still fight a bird battle. However, both Guzang and Zhang Tianxi do not mind these. Therefore, for Lu Guang, time is very important!
After discussion with many people, I also specially found many elderly shepherds in the local area to ask about it. Lu Guang determined that there will be half a month to 20 days at the latest, and it will definitely snow. The climate here is that once it snows, heavy snow will block the mountains and traffic will be blocked. Not to mention wars, it is best if you don’t have a door. Moreover, it will not be a snowfall, and it will continue until the beginning of spring next year.
There is nothing I can do. No matter what, I have to get everything done in less than a month at most.
Therefore, Lu Guang thought about Wang Mu's conditions and chose to agree. On the one hand, if Duan Ye did it, he would naturally refuse to admit it. On the other hand, if Duan Ye did not agree, at least there would be a guarantee. Just relying on half of Liangzhou in Jiuquan, Dunhuang, Zhangye, a generation of Jiuquan, Dunhuang, Zhangye, is neither enough to be the foundation nor enough to defend. Because fighting from the east and west, although it is an attack, there is no geographical advantage to garrison, and it will take time to digest these counties that have been captured by themselves. After a long time, other forces may also be involved in Liangzhou. Only by quickly taking over the capital Guzang and the counties in the east, at least pushing the front line to the Yellow River line can we firmly sit in Liangzhou.
The negotiations were completed in a friendly and warm atmosphere. Wang Mu did not notice Duan Ye's whereabouts. Although this person left a deep impression on him, it would not surprise him if such a person went to the business. The most important thing is that although Lu Guang was still bargaining, he agreed to their conditions on the big framework. Therefore, after a long time of slander, the two sides signed an agreement. After receiving the warm hospitality, Wang Mu left satisfied.
In the past few days, Lu Guang's army still habitually launched an attack on Li Tong's troops on Hongchiling. However, although the troops were not invested, they were very fierce in fighting. However, Li Tong had a advantage in the territory and went into battle himself many times, and finally stabilized his position.
Li Tong also knew that the weather had reached this point now. After waiting for a few days, the mountains were covered with heavy snow, and Hongchiling could hardly even get away. He could retreat the army to the valley again. In this way, the Lu army could not keep on being on the front line of the ice and snow. Even if this hurdle was passed, it would have been passed.
Because of this, Li Tong's prestige has increased significantly. In fact, before, when Li Tong became the governor, many people were still unwilling to accept it. After all, his qualifications were only the prefect of Zhangye before, and he had no great achievements in the past, and he was not a relative of a big man. In places like the army, he was actually not very convinced. The reason why everyone did not have much objection at that time was because they were afraid of being beaten by Lu Guang. In that critical situation, it would be good if someone dared to come out and take the lead.
As a result, after Li Tong advocated retreating to Hongchiling, he indeed withstood Lu Guang's offensive. Although he did not defeat them, at least the two sides could win and lose each other in some small-scale battles, which was the best result since Lu Guang entered the pass.
Military achievements are the most convincing. Now the army has completely subdued Li Tong. Especially many soldiers under Liang Yin’s army, who were defeated like mountains in the past, but now they can still stabilize the situation. This is of course the credit of Governor Li!
There is war on the Western Front, but there is no progress in the short term. I will not say this first.
The sky was dark and the cold wind blew. On the vast desert, a fleet of camels still walked slowly eastward. On the Silk Road, there were countless such caravans every year, braved the scorching heat or the severe cold, with wind, sand or the scorching sun, driving their camels with various goods, carrying all kinds of goods from one end of the earth to another.
Although it was very hard along the way, although only one-third of the goods they could bring to their destinations were left, and although they were prone to encounter horse thieves or bad natural conditions and lost their lives. However, countless people still unswervingly walked this Silk Road. It was because the profit was too high, and they could earn three times the profit by collecting silk from a camel caravan in Jiangnan and transporting it to the Dashi Country. Tea and porcelain make more money. What else can be more profitable than doing this?
The merchants are real warriors, and they are not afraid of all challenges because they have profits. Of course, because many places in the Western Regions have poor conditions and lack of daily necessities, the rulers are very friendly to merchants. In those places, the social status of merchants is far higher than that of the Central Plains, and some merchants can even control the political situation. This also makes many Central Plains merchants keen on running the Silk Road.
Of course, even horse thieves often loot the caravans and kill merchants, they also know the principle of not being able to fish in the dry pond. If they do too much, on the one hand, the merchants do not pass here and cut off their financial path. On the other hand, the kings from all over the country do not allow this situation. If the horse thieves are too hot, they will send troops to wipe them out. Therefore, they are very restrained in doing one or two big votes every year, and they squat at home at other times. The so-called "not opening a year, and opening a year for a year" means them.
Aksu is the leader of the largest horse thief gang near Guzang. He is about 45 years old, tall and big, Kong Wu is powerful, with a beard on his face, and his small eyes are often wide open, but he doesn't look like a horse thief at all, but rather a simple businessman.
Naturally, he would not show his identity as a horse thief wherever he went. In fact, he and his companions now look like merchants. They have more than a dozen camels and more than thirty horses. In addition to water and food, their camels also have bundles of luxurious carpets, which look very valuable, and they also have various Uz steel knives hanging. There are strings of beautiful beads hanging on the camel's neck without any concealment. Moreover, the companions in Aksu are all dressed in white clothes and white headscarves on their heads, looking like merchants from the Western Regions. But now, they are walking slowly towards the north, and they don't seem to be in a hurry to go.
"Boss, look there, the fat sheep is here." Kuduk is the best assistant in Aksu. He is only thirty years old this year, but he has killed countless people. His face is much more ferocious than Aksu.
"Well, there are about twenty people, including camels and horses, but I don't know how good it is." Aksu said with interest, touching his chubby chin.
"They are coming. Boss, we haven't had any food for many days. Let's do it." Kuduk said with his hands rubbing his hands. While speaking, his big tongue was still circling around his mouth, and he seemed very excited.
"I inform the brothers to be prepared and do it clean and beautifully." Aksu said with a smile. In his opinion, what is about to happen is not a robbery, but an ordinary movement, the purpose is only to help digest the sheep he had just eaten.
"Don't worry, boss!" Kuduk went to prepare excitedly.
The people who came here were naturally Duan Ye and others. This time, Duan Ye was carrying major tasks, so he did not dare to neglect them. Duan Ping, Liu Guo, Zhang Meng and others followed them, and brought the descendants to ensure safety. However, Lu You originally wanted to follow him, but before Duan Ye could object, Lu Guang himself rejected it, which surprised Duan Ye a little.
Because Lu You is Lu Guang's confidant, if he insists on coming, there is no way to refuse from Duan Ye's position, otherwise it will easily cause suspicion. What do you want to do if you avoid us? Now Duan Ye is the time to keep a low profile, so naturally he will not make things boring.
But Duan Ye really has no reason to go back or defect to others. Now under Lu Guang's command, Duan Ye's status is becoming increasingly important. He has soldiers in his hands and money. It is when he uses Lu Guang's protection to vigorously develop himself. Now Lu Guang is still in his entrepreneurial period, so it is impossible to attack himself now. Duan Ye is very safe.
Moreover, many of the chess pieces I had laid out before are now used. After carefully organizing them before Duan Ye found out that he had a lot of power and resources now. On the one hand, Duan Ye was naturally very happy. It was indeed not easy to have such development in less than half a year. But on the other hand, it also made Duan Ye a little wary. He developed so fast that if Lu Guang was not suspicious, he would not believe it. But Lu Guang was so tolerant and maintained absolute trust until now, which was really not easy.
Moreover, the possible blow comes later, the more violent it will be. Duan Ye must be vigilant and take relevant precautions. However, Duan Ye has a trump card. At the most critical moment, Duan Ye has confidence that he will not be suddenly defeated. This also makes Duan Ye know.
"The person in front is not right." In this case, the eyesight of the descendants are the best, while Duan Ping has the richest experience. As soon as the descendants are revealed, everyone is more vigilant. Duan Ping looked at the caravans in front that looked very leisurely, and muttered in his heart.
It's almost winter and the road is about to be closed. Although there may not be no caravans, the key is that this place is still going north. What is this for?