"Speaking of which, although the population loss in Shang County is severe, there are probably too many bandits. And even then, I should have spotted you before robbing you. I really thought that so many of us were just trash or nothing. It's really
of."
With the guidance of businessmen who were familiar with the road conditions, Li Shushi's journey south became more reasonable. However, although the journey became easier, there were also more robbers. Perhaps it was because of the influence of Zhao
Qinglong led the Yellow Turban Army to break through the county town. Although Li Shushi and his group numbered 800, and it looked like a dark place, there were still people who were not afraid of death and came to harass. There were constant battles along the way, which was really ten thousand.
Kill one person in one step.
In fact, strictly speaking, it is not that the bandits are really that stupid. The bandits are basically local people and are quite familiar with the local mountains and geography. The method of harassment is a great threat to ordinary businessmen and even the army.
It's just that they were not very lucky. They met Li Shushi and his group, and they suffered a big loss immediately.
Li Shushi's army is a real army, and the army is commanded by a group of generals who have considerable battlefield experience and are no longer rookies. Therefore, the bandit's raid is completely useless against the very vigilant Li Shushi's army. Moreover, because of the strength of the opponent
It is not enough to pose much of a threat, and Li Shushi's troops can even rotate effectively to maintain their strength.
So the bandits could only resort to hit-and-run tactics, hoping to wear down Li Shushi's team through fatigue tactics.
But what these bandits never thought was that Li Shushi had many good tracking experts, whether it was the experienced Cao Xing and the scouts he guided who matured with the accumulation of experience, or Xu Chuyou, who aspired to become a righteous thief.
Or Dian Wei, who often needs to go into the mountains to hide from the limelight, and Dian Wei's colleagues, all have done a lot of research on tracking and anti-tracking technology.
Although some senior bandits among these bandits may have escaped the pursuit of Li Shushi's team, most of them did not have such strong skills. In the end, they became the experience points of the soldiers sent by Li Shushi, and this result also made those who were lucky enough to escape
I immediately fled thousands of miles away, determined not to appear next to Li Shushi, a wild wolf, for fear of becoming a meal for Li Shushi's troops.
It's just that these bandits were either caught by Li Shushi or ran away without a trace, unable to notify other bandits. In addition, Li Shushi, who later saw that he could take advantage of it, blocked the news, and the result was what happened now.
There is a strange phenomenon in which bandits from all walks of life rush toward Li Shushi's flesh and blood millstone like moths to a flame.
Although this will have an impact on the marching speed of Li Shushi's troops, considering that they have already taken a lot of detours because of the caravan, they can just use the time saved by taking shortcuts to train troops. Anyway, everyone feels that
The harvest is great.
And through this series of battles, Li Shushi and his subordinates left a very deep impression on the powerful young people in Shangjun. Whether it was the powerful army, the generals who were like gods, or the decisive methods of killing, they
These young people are deeply aware of the strength of what the old people call "Dong's army".
Although they didn't say much, you could tell from the growing awe in their eyes as they looked at Li Shushi and the other officers and soldiers. After all, the environment they lived in was a place where the weak and the strong preyed on each other. If they didn't have enough power, they would have to be attacked.
They were swallowed up by powerful barbarians or harsh environments, so they respected the role of force more than the Central Plains.
Of course, Li Shushi didn’t know how big Su Xiaololi’s personal guard would be. At the same time, he didn’t know whether Luo He’s fan base would exceed Su Xiaololi’s personal guard. But in the face of powerful force, those who had not yet left
The faint sadness that adolescent boys feel under the bright sunshine can only be blown away by the wind.
However, compared to those young boys, what surprised Li Shushi even more was the origin of the businessman who led the team.
The businessman's name was Ma Ji, whose courtesy name was Gongyu. For a businessman to have such a literary word, Li Shushi was surprised when he heard it for the first time. He even jokingly said that Ma Ji was born in such a scholarly family.
Being a businessman, one of the lowest professions among all the Han professions, does one feel sorry for the elders in the family who gave him this name?
Ma Ji could only smile bitterly at Li Shushi's joke and introduced his story to Li Shushi.
In fact, the story is not long and not complicated. Ma Ji is actually a descendant of the Maoling Ma family. The reason why he came to Shangjun is because he was the prefect of Shangjun during the Xinmang period and was a member of the Maoling Ma family.
Descendants, of course, are nothing more than branch clans.
At that time, the situation in the Central Plains was chaotic, so many children of the Ma family stayed in Shangjun. However, as time went by, more and more children of the Ma family returned to Maoling, hoping to return to their ancestral home. More importantly,
It is to rely on the prestige of the Maoling Ma family to seek a more promising future. It's just that the ancestors of the Maji family have stayed in Shangjun for some reason, but in order to maintain the family's expenses, many of their children have to engage in some lowly businesses and at the same time concentrate the family.
Resources are tilted towards more promising young people.
Although this result is a bit cruel, it is also helpless for the family that is struggling to survive. However, Ma Ji takes these very lightly, because he feels that his qualifications are not outstanding, and it is not surprising that he cannot be favored by the elders of the clan.
, but his efforts have not been in vain. At least his son has shown good talents and is likely to become a key training target within the clan. This also gives him more motivation for his caravan career. For his future
son's future.
It's just that Northern Shaanxi could not get rid of poverty in the era when the country was founded on agriculture. Although I don't know what Ma Ji and other members of the Ma family who stayed in Shangjun did for, it is undeniable that their lives are not rich.
.
Although Li Shushi admired a strong and intelligent man like Ma Ji, it was difficult for him to help. After all, although there was no shortage of rivers in Shangjun, agricultural development was not easy because of the high annual evaporation.
There are not many special products. Although there are some good grasslands in the north and west of Shangjun, they are also the sphere of influence of the Xianbei and Qiang people.
Even if Li Shushi could command the two counties, trade and material transportation between the two counties would still need to pass through the Huns' sphere of influence. Li Shushi had no practical solution for the Huns' royal court located in Meiji, northwest of Xihe River. After all, these people had
It has considerable autonomy, and it feels like a country within a country. You can't kill but you can't kill. The opponent has absolute strategic initiative and can invade the transportation arteries of Shangjun and Xihe at any time, unless the Huns become a farming nation, but now
Is it possible?
Not to mention that because Shangjun had been invaded by Xianbei, Huns and Qiang people for many years, the imperial court had planned to abandon it. Anyway, Shangjun government had to be moved more than once due to foreign invasions. Perhaps Liu Hong put Li Shushi in Xihe because of this.
The imperial court really couldn't care about Shangjun, which had barren land and suffered from years of war, but it was unwilling to do so, so it decided to give it another try.
Of course, Li Shushi would not tell Ma Ji these analyses, after all, he was just a traveling scholar now.
"You are all fellow villagers of Shangjun. I don't want to embarrass you. But in comparison, we all know very well that the yellow scarf thieves in Qiyuan are very arrogant, and those Huns barbarians from the south are even more unreasonable. Even if you just follow
I used to have to face them here, but then I won’t be as easy to talk to as I am.”
Sure enough, as Ma Ji said, when Li Shushi and his party arrived in Diaoyin, they began to be closely "monitored" by the locals. The originally most convenient passage along the Luoshui River Valley to Fengyi County was also blocked by the powerful coalition forces in Diaoyin.
.
However, perhaps they saw that Li Shushi and his group were not only large in number, but many of them were powerful men from Fushi County, and were far more powerful than those guarding the passage. Although they had received some military training, their profession was still the common people's militia, so for Li Shushi and others
The people were quite polite, but they resolutely refused the request for approval. In their view, a team of nearly a thousand people could already have a decisive impact on the allied forces of the Feng and Le tribes that were staged in the Douyan Battle in Qiyuan.
In fact, what Li Shushi didn't know was that the powerful people in Gao Nu had also sent a limited number of people to join in the fun. The powerful people in Diaoyin thought that since they were fellow villagers in the same county, everyone should be able to help each other, so they quickly let him go.
.It’s just that as soon as the opponent arrived on the battlefield of Qiyuan, he was easily persuaded by Le to join Feng Yi’s powerful coalition.
In fact, it is simple to say, it is just an application of information asymmetry. Because the Qiang people invaded Sanfu, the court naturally could not give up on this area. Although Shangjun was somewhat reluctant, it was more important than Sanfu.
The sex is much worse, so
If the people of the semi-abandoned Shangjun can be moved to Sanfu to enrich Sanfu's household registration, it will obviously be a good supplement for Sanfu to resist the invasion of foreign enemies. And Leshi, who is also a local snake after all, can naturally become a
A reliable bridge.
It is precisely because of knowing this reason that the powerful coalition forces in Diaoyin, which were still united at first, are showing signs of collapse and disintegration, not to mention the powerful forces in other areas further north with more difficult conditions? The coalition forces in Diaoyin were suppressed by the Feng clan and did not dare to defect.
, so these depressed powerful people also decided not to let the powerful people in other places get this advantage. This is why the people who guard the passage are tough.
Is it just that Li Shushi is afraid of the other party? The troops standing behind him are not the militiamen who have not changed their profession, but real soldiers who have not only transferred their profession but have also experienced countless battles, large and small. If the other party's tone was not so polite, I would be afraid.
Li Shushi had already ordered the troops to level the small checkpoint in front of him.
"The young master opposite, please calm down. I have a proposal here. I wonder if you are interested in it?"
Just when Li Shushi was not going to waste time here and was preparing to give an order to forcefully pass the level, a middle-aged man's voice came from behind the level, causing Li Shushi to temporarily withdraw the order he was originally planning to give.