If you want to approach Qingzhu Village, you must have a guide, and Zhang Qingyun is a very good guide. Li Xiangting is glad that he did not kill Zhang Qingyun at that time, otherwise the Xiliang camp would not have developed so fast. Li Xiangting knew very little about the northwest land.
, I still have some understanding of the outside world through Zhang Qingyun.
Also because Zhang Qingyun knew the information about the iron mining area, Zhang Qingyun was an important driving force for the development of the Xiliang camp.
Li Xiang patted Zhang Qingyun on the shoulder: "You should be familiar with Qingzhu Village. If we kill there, which direction do you think we will kill from?"
Zhang Qingyun didn't think much about it: "After the third master took down Qingzhu Village, he should be entertaining the people from Xuanshui Village at this time. The first master and their movements must be aware of their movements. Our Xiliang camp has not been exposed until now.
, they don’t know about our existence. With the character of the third leader, they should be rewarding their soldiers lavishly.
There are many traps around Qingzhu Village, and there is no trap map for the boss, so we can only kill them through the main road in front!"
Li Xiang listened silently for a while, and then he went to fight head-on with the men and horses of Qingzhu Village. The losses in the head-on battle would definitely be huge, but are there any immortals in the war?
The failure of Qingzhu Village will leave nearly a hundred corpses behind. If you want to gain a foothold in the country and avoid being destroyed, you have to become stronger.
"Then kill them from the front!" Li said to Xiang Xiang, who was eating barbecue next to him: "Order the scout troops to go to Qingzhu Village first and investigate the surrounding situation for me. I will take the lead and let those who have been to Qingzhu Village with Qingyun
Those few people took the lead."
"Yes!" Mao Yi put down the barbecue he was eating and walked towards the forest not far away. The scouts and ordinary soldiers did not eat together. Even if they ate, they ate in secret. The Xiliang scouts were the strongest part of the militia.
Taken out of the army, the scout unit is also the strongest unit in the army. Of course, this refers to a small unit.
After taking a bite of the barbecue, Zhang Qingyun said: "My lord, I don't know what arrangements you are going to make with Teacher and Yulan?"
Having stayed in the Xiliang camp for a long time, Zhang Qingyun knew that there were many mysterious places in the Xiliang camp. Those places were only open to soldiers from the Xiliang camp. There were also Westerners from the Western world in the Xiliang camp. He knew
The Xiliang Camp will only be open to a small number of people in the future, and only people trusted by Li Xin can enter the Xiliang Camp.
He is not yet confident enough to think that his face alone can make his mentor and Yulan stay in the Xiliang camp. He is very clear about his status and his status.
Li Xiang did not expect that Zhang Qingyun would ask questions about qualifications, and Li Xiang did not figure out how to arrange Zhou Hangjie. He would not think that he had saved Zhou Hangjie, and that Mr. Zhou Hangjie would just follow him. This is impossible, he
He doesn't have that kind of ability yet, but if he can unify the northwest, it might still be possible.
Li Xiang thought for a while and then said: "After taking down Qingzhu Village, I plan to build a camp there. No, it should be a city. How do you feel about placing your mentor and others there?
Sample?"
When Zhang Qingyun heard this, he felt a little disappointed, but this little disappointment soon disappeared. The mentor and Yulan in the Xiliang camp could not be seen for the time being, but as long as they followed Li Xiang, they could gain Li Xiang's trust when the time came.
, you can see the Xiliang camp he mentioned.
"That's fine, Westerners, how do you plan to solve it?" Zhang Qingyun said: "We have been separated from the Western world for thousands of years. If there is a road that can lead to the Western world, things from the Western world can be transported back and we can be wiped out. There are countless benefits from transporting the things there!"
Li Xiang took out a handful of snow-white salt and put it on the barbecue, turning it over and over: "Do you think I don't want to go there? We are still too weak now. If we had enough strength, with the salt I just put on it, we would all You can earn countless silver coins!"
If things in the Western world are nihilistic wealth, the snow-white salt in the hands of Li Xiang and Zhang Qingyun is visible wealth. Unfortunately, even though they are like young children, they have a lot of gold at home and are surrounded by tough men. If he dares to expose this gold, death will be waiting for him.
Zhang Qingyun looked at the barbecue in front of him. There was a lot of salt on it. The salt he ate in the Xiliang camp was the best salt he had ever eaten in the northwest. His mentor had status in Qingzhu Village, but they ate it. The salt they eat is just a little better than what the soldiers at the bottom eat, and the amount is just enough.
Even in Daqian, he had only seen the snow-white salt eaten in the Xiliang camp at his mentor's home during the Chinese New Year. However, in the Xiliang camp, this snow-white salt was eaten casually.
If this salt can be transported out, no, even if it is sold in the northwest land, it will be enough for their Xiliang camp. Just relying on the salt can feed their entire Xiliang camp.
Their current strength is good, but they are still too weak compared with those top-level strengths. If their strength reaches the top level in the northwest, they can take out Yanba at that time. Taking out Yanba before that is asking for death. Yanba The benefits are really too high.
"We are still too weak!" Zhang Qingyun suddenly sighed.
Li Xiang smiled and said: "I am too weak, it has nothing to do with you!"
Zhang Qingyun looked at Li Xiang and said, "Master, don't you want to take me in?"
Li Xiang was a little surprised when he heard the word "lord": "Are you sure you want to follow me?"
The word "Lord" is what Zhang Qingyun heard the soldiers and farmers in the Xiliang camp call Prime Minister Li uniformly. There is one over there in Daqian who is called a king or a monarch.
Zhang Qingyun thought about it for a long time. He is not young anymore. When his mentor was just like him, he was already a world-famous talent in Daqian. Half a year later, he directly entered the officialdom of Daqian and became a The official of the local parents.
And what about him?
Every day in Qingzhu Village, he had to deal with the bandits. He also imagined that there would be a wise master to help him. He was not very intelligent, but he could still do things like logistics. In the Xiliang camp, he saw a lot of vitality. , a different vitality than that of Qingzhu Village.
There is no fighting at all in the Xiliang camp. They are all serving one person. As the owner of the Xiliang camp, Li Xiang's performance puts Zhang Qingyun to shame. Li Xiang can go hunting and cut down trees with the farmers in the cold winter. , fishing, he is busier than the farmers.
Today's battle with Qingzhu Village, the image of Li Xiang leading the army could not disappear in his mind for a long time. The momentum displayed by the Xiliang soldiers made Zhang Qingyun know that Li Xiang's talk of unifying the northwest was not a fantasy.
If he wants to truly integrate into the Xiliang camp, he must seek refuge with Li Xiang. Otherwise, how can Li Xiang accept him? How can he enter the core of the Xiliang camp?
Hearing Li Xiang's question, Zhang Qingyun nodded affirmatively, and Li Xiang laughed: "Hahaha, you are finally willing to help me!"
Zhang Qingyun smiled and said: "Didn't I help you before?"
"Can that be the same?" Li Xiang smiled: "It was my knife before and I held the knife on your neck. Now it's your kid who takes the initiative to help. This is different!"
Zhang Qingyun smiled and said no more. Li Xiang continued; "After we take down Qingzhu Village, we don't have to be so careful. We can hit whoever we want around us!"
By the way, there should be gold and silver in Qingzhu Village, right?"
"Gold and silver?" Zhang Qingyun recalled: "Yes, but the quantity is not very large. These gold and silver are usually sent to Black Tiger City!"
"Not much, about how much?" The gold and silver in Qingzhu Village is related to the archers and swordsmen in the Xiliang camp. Li Xiang doesn't know how the swordsmen in the system are, but Li Xiang knows the archers. Archers can kill on the battlefield.
With machines and archers attacking the city, it will be much easier to fight the enemy.
If there is too little silver and you can only recruit a few archers, what's the use?
"There are about nearly a thousand taels of silver. I don't know much about the gold. These silvers are the price difference made up by the merchants when selling spiritual bamboo." Zhang Qingyun is the only scholar in Qingzhu Village. The trade between Qingzhu Village and the merchants
He was often pulled over, and he still knew a little about the finances in the camp.
"Is there a lot of silver and gold in the northwest?" Li Xiang continued to ask.
If there were really one thousand taels of silver in Qingzhu Village, the silver would be enough for him to recruit dozens of archers. With these archers, they would not only be able to sweep the surrounding area, but they would also have great initiative in both defense and attack.
He also heard a message from Zhang Qingyun's words. Gold and silver seem to be despised by people in the northwest. In Daqian, the environment is very precious. For example, his monthly salary in the imperial capital is only fifty taels.
silver.
Zhang Qingyun said: "Outside the Northwest Pass, the most important thing is not gold and silver, but all kinds of natural and earthly treasures and supplies needed for daily life. Outside the Northwest Pass, gold and silver are basically of no use except for being used in small towns. The winter is coming.
, Gold and silver cannot be eaten, they cannot keep people warm, and they cannot improve their strength like Lingbao. No one can take gold and silver.
"My lord, are you in great need of gold and silver?"
Li Xiang took a bite of the barbecue. Gold and silver were sought after by countless people in Daqian. It was the strongest currency. But outside the Northwest Pass, they were despised. But this is right. Gold and silver cannot fill people up like food.
It can't keep people warm like animal skins, and it can't improve people's strength like spiritual treasures.
Li Xiang solemnly said to Zhang Qingyun: "I need a lot of gold and silver, which is related to the future development of our camp."
Zhang Qingyun thought of powerful forces like Black Tiger City. The only ones who collected large amounts of gold and silver outside the Northwest Pass were the major forces. They did not take it for themselves, but transported the gold and silver to the pass and handed it over to the forces behind them.
Thereby gaining support from the forces within the pass.
"I understand!" Zhang Qingyun thought for a while and said: "My lord, there is not much gold and silver in Qingzhu Village, but there is no shortage of gold and silver in Xuanshui Village. The last time was the last town trade fair before winter.
Xuanshui Village exchanged the spirit fish for a large amount of gold and silver. Although I don't know what they did in exchange for so much gold and silver, my subordinates can be sure that they did not give away the gold and silver. In addition, now they are involved in
During the attack on Qingzhu Village, they must still have the gold and silver in their hands."
"Xuanshui Village!" Li Xiang felt that this village seemed to have a lot of fate with him. Zhang Qingyun continued: "Half of the people in Xuanshui Village came to support Qingzhu Village. If we eat the people in Qingzhu Village, then Xuanshui Village will be destroyed."
There are only half of the men and horses left. It has been such a long time since the beginning of winter, and there should not be much food left in Xuanshui Village. We just need to seal off the lake!"
Li Xiang feels that Zhang Qingyun is a bit beyond his appearance. He used to feel very honest, but he has changed so much all of a sudden, but he likes it.
While the two were discussing, the spearmen behind them gathered and rushed towards Qingzhu Village under the order of Prime Minister Li.
Zhou Yulan and Zhou Hangjie at the back rested for a long time and then received an order from the front that they were going to follow the army.
Li Xiang sent ten militiamen to protect Zhou Hangjie and Zhou Yulan, and also to reassure Zhang Qingyun.
I don’t know if Zhou Hangjie will help him. It’s almost the same with Zhang Qingyun’s gang. Currently, the prisoners in the Xiliang camp are only a few people from the iron ore area. Before the surrounding forces are unified, Zhang Qingyun is enough.
Now with Zhang Qingyun outside and Li Yi inside, Prime Minister Li only needs to watch over the army for the time being.
At night, the army in the front set up camp, and the moonlight illuminated the earth. Li Xiang led Zhang Qingyun and fifty people forward overnight, while the army in the rear set up camp on the spot.
On the edge of the camp, Zhou Yulan leaned against a tree trunk. After a while, several birdsong was heard in the distance. Zhou Yulan put her hands to her mouth and made similar birdcalls.
Swish!
After a while, the leaves on the giant tree rustled, and a figure appeared on the branches. It was the boss who disappeared during the day.
"Dad, are you okay?"
Zhou Yulan stood up immediately.
Zhou Hangjie removed the mask on his face and revealed his true face: "It's okay. As long as I'm not surrounded by them, they can't do anything to me. How much do you know about the origin of this Xiliang camp?"
Zhou Yulan told Uncle Zhou what she had guessed and what Zhang Qingyun had told them. Zhou Hangjie frowned after hearing this.
If that young man is really Prime Minister Li, it will be difficult for the Xiliang camp to win him over. He was expelled from Daqian, so there is no other choice but to resort to tricks and run to the northwest to establish a new force outside the Northwest Pass.
The northwest land is a good place to obtain funds. If you have the Northwest Pass in your hands, this is a force that cannot be underestimated.
If Li Xiang was one of the abandoned ones, as Yulan said, at most it was because his family was not immediately killed and expelled from Daqian.
Generally, people like him will be accepted by others outside the Northwest Pass, even if his cultivation talent is poor and his strength is not high.
But as a general, he would always practice military training to some extent, and there were the fewest people outside the Northwest Pass, because if officers were expelled, they would be taken away by the Great Wall Legion.
It's a fool's errand to expect a man who was almost killed to continue to help the prince.
"You continue to follow him, be careful not to expose yourself, and don't take the initiative to ask anything!" Zhou Hangjie glanced at the brightly lit Xiliang military camp: "If anything happens, please contact Nightingale!"
