All the way from Chang'an to Jiuquan, all caravans will stay here for ten days and a half to recuperate and replenish supplies.
After leaving Yumen in the west, there are no old friends, only the long stretches of yellow sand and the endless Gobi Desert.
In a place like Jiuquan, it is almost impossible to find enough food to support 4,000 people and more than 8,000 animals for more than a month.
For the officers and soldiers here in Jiuquan County, the grain and grass consumed by the government did not come from Jiuquan itself, but from Ganzhou (which "opened fields to make the best use of water and land, harvested rice abundantly, dozens of dendrobiums a bunch, and accumulated military rations for decades") (
Zhangye).
However, a large amount of grain in Ganzhou was not produced by the people themselves, but came from the fields of the Silla people.
Naturally, the grain produced from the farms can only be used by the military and is not sold to merchants.
Since the Tang Dynasty wiped out the Three Kingdoms of Liaodong, a large number of Silla people have moved here. Black Teeth Changzhi, who was familiar with Yunchu, stayed in Ganzhou as the deputy general of Ganzhou Zhechong Prefecture, but Yunchu planned to visit him.
At that time, he went to Matisi Temple to worship Buddha and was not in Ganzhou.
Fortunately, Ganzhou also had the property of his good friend Ma Gui, so he was able to get enough grain from Zhangye to support Jiuquan.
Ma Gui is no longer the little postmaster. Now, as Ganzhou Biejia, although he cannot dominate Ganzhou with one hand, at least he has the right to speak out in the old postmaster.
The news that Huo Shaoyun had food in his hands was provided by Ma Gui to Yun Chu.
Hei Te Changzhi is trying hard to distance himself from Yun Chu. Any smart person will choose to stay away after working with Yun Chu.
Only those fools would be willing to continue to deal with Yunchu because the benefits provided by Yunchu are enough.
Really smart people understand the truth that returns and risks are equal, and only those who earn certain controllable benefits can go a long way.
There is no doubt that Hei Te Changzhi is a smart man, so when Yun Chu's team arrived in Ganzhou, he went to Mati Temple to worship Buddha.
Sha Zha Xiangru was also very smart. When Yunchu arrived in Jiuquan, he went to Royal Mountain Dan Racecourse to select horses for the imperial soldiers, but he missed it again.
As for whether to avoid Yun Chu, Yun Chu doesn't really care. Help between people is mutual. If someone doesn't want to, that's their choice. You can't force it.
Afanti is indeed the Afanti in the red willow forest. With the help of a group of old bandits, he quickly found the traces of the field mice.
After listening to the old bandit's report, Yunchu was very sure that this group of field mice must come from the west of the Taihang Mountains. Even if not, their leader must be, otherwise they would not have created a pit in the yard.
Pit courtyards are very popular in Jinzhong. The loess layer there is very thick. After digging down two or three feet, there is still a dry loess layer underneath. Then the house is excavated horizontally, and a very good yard appears.
Although such a yard may be flooded by rainwater, the place where such a house can be built does not receive much rainwater in a year, and the thick loess layer is like a sponge, absorbing the little rainwater dry.
Clean.
Now that the place was found, Yunchu planned to take a large group of people to carry the food directly. He felt that there was no need to be polite with Xu Jingye, a good friend.
In fact, there is no evidence to prove that this Huoshaoyun has any clues to Xu Jingye. However, Yunchu determined that these people should be Xu Jingye's men. In the past few years, with the support of the British government, the Hexi Corridor
All the big and small forces in the world should have been conquered by Xu Jingye.
This bastard is probably the boss of the underworld in the Hexi Corridor today.
Speaking of which, the people of Tuyuhun are still too poor. In addition, the terrain is high and they only have cattle and sheep. People cannot eat cattle and sheep without eating some grain.
If he wants to grow food, he still needs to enter the Hexi Corridor, which is rich in water and grass, to feed his large group of men.
This time the move was led by Liang Ying, and it was also the first time that this young man truly took charge.
Although Yun Chu followed, he didn't say a word. Liang Ying was already used to this. If Junhou didn't say anything now, he would point out inappropriate things after he returned, and he would point them out with beatings and scoldings.
For this reason, Wen Rou once asked Yun Chu why he was so irritable towards Liang Ying when he was not so simple and rude when teaching others.
Yun Chu didn't answer, Liang Ying knew it herself.
This is how his grandfather dealt with Junhou back then. He also heard that Junhou had followed the emperor's order to teach his grandfather how to read.
His grandpa likes to kill people, like strong drinks, likes to ruin beauties, likes gambling, and likes to beat others. As for studying... this has never been in his grandpa's life plan. If Junhou goes to teach his grandpa to study, he should be beaten.
How miserable.
Therefore, Liang Ying had no objection at all when being treated violently by the monarch, because the Liang family owed it to the monarch.
Afanti got a donkey with a white mouth and a black body. He happily rode on the donkey's back backwards, calling loudly to his subjects in the red willow forest as he walked.
It is impossible to ask these people to help kill the enemy. If these people are called to clean the battlefield, they will run very fast one by one.
Yunchu used to think that the Dikengyuan should be in a secret place. When he saw the Dikengyuan, even though he was well-informed, he couldn't help but click his tongue at the large scale of the Dikengyuan in front of him.
I also understood why the old thieves I sent out to search for people could not find this place.
It is really because these people in the Dikeng Yard use the red willow forest as a cover. Because the wind here is at the mouth of the trumpet, the wind has been blowing towards the red willow forest, and the smoke that appears in the Dikeng Yard naturally enters.
The red willow forest finally gave the old thieves who were looking for smoke to search for people, thinking that the smoke here was caused by the beggars in the red willow forest.
Sometimes, strategies and plans don’t need to be too sophisticated, as long as they are effective, they are the best arrangements.
When Liang Ying led five hundred old thieves, bandits, and thieves out of the red willow forest and began to march towards the pit yard, a very old-looking Mr. Dong Heng climbed up from the first pit yard with great difficulty.
He cupped his hands at Yunchu and said, "I've seen you before."
Yunchu saw the corner of the fat old guy's mouth twitching twice and said, "Steward Li, why are you here? Didn't I say that you have returned to your hometown in Shandong to retire?"
Butler Li said with a smile, "Lao Yunhou is worried about it. It's all the old slave's fault. He wants to go home when he is old. Unexpectedly, my concubine gave birth to three children for the old man in one breath. No, I have to go back to my old job."
Earn some food money for the milk babies."
Yunchu said to Liang Ying, "Let the first pit courtyard go and start searching the rest of the pit courtyards, leaving no one behind."
Butler Li's smiling face immediately changed, and he quickly said to Yun Chu, "This is the property of the Young Master. Marquis Yun won't even give the Young Master the face, right?"
Yun Chu smiled lightly and said, "The large group of troops is about to leave Yumen Pass, but the food and grass on hand are not enough, so I have to do this. I will just wait until I return to Chang'an and then apologize to the British Duke."
Butler Li's face turned gloomy. He saw that under the leadership of Liang Ying, some people began to enter the pit yard and confront the people in the yard. He once again clasped his fists at Yun Chu and said, "Young Master Jieye is nearby."
Yun Chu said lazily, "Then let him come out. I want to ask him what Huo Shao Yun means. Is it to burn Yun to death?"
Yunchu didn't give an order to stop, but the sound of swords clashing was heard in the pit courtyard.
Yun Chu raised his hand and popped out a finger and said, "Don't fight hand to hand, throw thunder and fire bombs. We brought out so many thunder and fire bombs this time, we are not keeping the offspring."
Li Ji's old butler was also a man who had seen big events. He thought Yun Chu didn't dare!
Following a fierce roar, thick smoke billowed from a pit yard.
Yun Chu then popped out a second finger, this time throwing in a kerosene bomb, which rose up from the pit yard with raging fire.
Just when Yun Chu was about to pop out the third finger, Butler Li stepped forward and hugged Yun Chu's hand and said, "I will prepare the food that the Lord wants."
Yun Chu looked at Li Guanjia and said, "I've always heard that you are an all-rounded person, why do you seem to be so clever this time?"
It’s because you know that the things hidden here are all things that the nobles in Chang’an plan to use when they race in the Western Regions, right?”
Do you think that I might dare to offend my lord, but I wouldn’t dare to offend all the honorable men no matter what? Is this the source of your courage to reject me? It’s also that you have the courage to test my bottom line for others, right?”
After listening to Yun Chu's words, Butler Li's face turned pale, his fat body slowly knelt on the ground and said, "Please spare my life for the sake of your father-in-law."
Yunchu sneered and said, "It's too late. You forgot one thing. This is not Chang'an, but a place close to the Western Regions."
Everyone here lives a life of knife-edge licking blood. People here are not so enthusiastic about power because they believe that they are the source of power."
Therefore, in this desert, only when you are strong can you be truly powerful."
As soon as he finished speaking, Liang Ying chopped off Butler Li's head with a knife and then said to Yun Chu, "Is there no one left behind?"
Yun Chu sneered and said, "Of course no one is left behind. They always want to win from the starting line. It's so easy."
After saying this, he looked at Liang Yingdao, "After you did this, if you want to become one with them in the future, I'm afraid you won't have a chance."
Liang Ying smiled and said, "Just like Junhou said, you are truly powerful when you are strong."
Yunchu watched countless people rush into huge pit courtyards from the red willow forest, and listened intently to the sound of fighting that was going on inside.
He said to Liang Ying, "You don't have the shortcomings of your ancestor."
Liang Yingdao "One generation will always be stronger than the other."
Yun Chu stretched and said, "Then let's start from here."
After Liang Ying saluted, he took his own soldiers and walked along the narrow road on the left to a brand new pit courtyard.
After a while, the sound of fighting came from inside.
Yun Chu sighed and said, "It's really selfish. At this time, they are still fighting on their own."
See you tomorrow. The temperature has dropped to minus 20 degrees and my shoulders are starting to get sore. Next year I will spend the winter in a warm place.