Han Shizu

When I arrived at Guocheng three years ago, it was still a simple small city with a circumference of three to five miles. Three years later, although the area has not been expanded, the defense of the city has become significantly more significant. The wall is nearly two feet high, the city is more than ten feet thick, and there are ditches around it. Form a moat.Overall, this is a city full of grand customs and Han architectural style.

After arriving in Guocheng and getting in touch with the garrison, Yang Fu and his party found a place to camp on the roadside outside the city. Everyone was tightly restrained. After all, it was a military management with strict requirements. Before the mission was completed, it was Not allowed to be undisciplined.

After settling in for a while, Yang Fu ordered a hundred officers and soldiers and 150 civilians, pulled fifty carts of supplies, and headed for Guocheng.Among this batch of supplies, some gunpowder and pig iron were destined for Guocheng for use in factories.

Under the city gate, in front of the suspension bridge, Yang Fu stood on his horse, looking up at the high city wall. On the top of the earth city, the word "Guo Cheng" in regular script looked upright and majestic, and the new chisel marks showed a sharp edge. , soldiers like Yang Fu felt the flavor of an iron horse.

Yang Fu stared at the top of the city in confusion for a while. Suddenly his eyes lit up. He summoned a personal attendant and told him: "I will give you a task. Find me the best painter in the city. No matter the cost, as long as the best!"

"Painter? What is the purpose of the conductor?" the follower asked in confusion.

"Find him for me!" Yang Fu waved his hand impatiently: "I have my own uses!"

Yang Fu wanted to find a painter because he wanted to get a "Guocheng Scenery Picture" to show the scene of Guocheng today. The ultimate goal was to give it as a gift to Guo Yi, the then commander of the Hexi Horse Infantry Army.

In the past winter and spring, there were great changes in Hexi's military and political circles. Not only did the old chief envoy Wang Ming leave his post, but the military commander was also replaced by Guo Yi.The Yang family in Ganzhou welcomed Guo Yi's arrival, simply because of the inextricable relationship between the Guo and Yang families.

Even if the Ganzhou Yang family and the Zhending Yang family are separated by a layer of relationship, Guo Yi can't help but look at the Yang family differently. How could Yang Fu's promotion opportunity not include Guo Yi's support?Otherwise, it would be too simple to escort supplies once and be promoted and promoted in advance.
This year is also Guo Yi's 40th birthday. The birthday may not be in time, but the heart must be sent.Previously, Yang Fu was still considering buying some treasures from Anxi, but after meeting Guo Cheng, he had a more meaningful idea.

The city in front of him is, after all, the core city of the Black Khan that Guo Yi led his army to conquer during his Western Expedition, and it was renamed "Guocheng" to commemorate his achievements. Yang Fu felt that a "Guocheng Scenery Picture" is far more valuable than any jewels. The utensil is more meaningful, and its commemorative significance to Guo Yi cannot be compared with other yellow and white objects.
In Anxi, there is no such thing as separation of military and political affairs. So far, most of Anxi is still in a state of military government. The chief officials of each town are shouldered by the military and political affairs. Here in Guocheng, it is just because the public security is relatively stable. , the economy is more dynamic and the overall atmosphere is relatively relaxed
The current military and political leader of Guo Cheng is the defense envoy Kang Baode, the sixth son of the old commander Kang Zaiyu.The situation of second-generation honors and second-generation officials in Anxi is much more serious than within the empire. The civil and military chiefs of various armies and cities are either queens of domestic dignitaries, or they are the lieutenant generals of the Anxi army and their children.

Regarding Yang Fu's arrival, Kang Baode, who had received the news early, went to the city gate to welcome him in person and showed great joy and intimacy. The first words he said when they met was to express his gratitude, saying that the supplies Yang Fu brought had solved his urgent need.

When asked, Kang Baode explained that Suiye was urging for a batch of armaments, and the factories in Guocheng were unable to supply some iron materials. Of course, Yang Fu didn't believe this statement, and just treated it as a guest. Instead of chatting, I asked about the current situation of Guo Cheng and Anxi.

That night, Kang Baode hosted a banquet for Yang Fu in the defense envoy's residence. The conversation was very pleasant, and the host and guest enjoyed themselves. When he learned that Yang Fu was looking for a painter, Kang Baode immediately patted his chest and arranged for it.

After resting for one day and two nights in Guocheng, Yang Fu just led his team to break camp and continue westward to Suiye the next day.A team of people were left behind to look after the empty vehicles and livestock, which were valuable assets for the transport team.

After passing Guocheng, it was not far from Suiye. Logically speaking, the rest of the journey should be easier, but on the contrary, Yang Fu became more nervous and issued strict orders, asking his subordinates to cheer up and be on alert. The control of civilian husbands has also become stricter.

At the Defense Envoy's Mansion, Kang Baode once reminded him to be careful. Although the words were a bit vague, all the defense envoys in Guocheng said so, and Yang Fu did not dare to be careless.The road between Guocheng and Suiye does not look like it has been repaired. It is more like a road made by people and cars. It is bumpy and uneven, and it is difficult for people to walk, let alone the heavy vehicles, which is on a flat road. Otherwise, it will be difficult to walk. difficult.

What's even more rare is that it hasn't rained for four consecutive days. In this area, there is still enough rainfall in summer. Just after entering the Zhuhai Basin, it stopped for three days due to heavy rain.

Going west from Guocheng, the climate becomes drier, the population becomes sparse, the environment is deserted, and the surrounding area is a wild and primitive scene.Many people even have the illusion that what Guo Cheng has seen and heard about Fanshu is false.

Yang Fu still remembers that in the early years, Han immigrants were distributed along the south coast of Zhuhai. At their peak, there was a village every few miles.But this time, we only encountered two large strongholds on the way. The people gathered around the forts to work and produce. The scope of their activities was obviously restricted.

After inquiry, we learned that since the destruction of the country, the remnants of the Black Khan have repeatedly caused troubles, and many rebels (mainly religious people) have gathered in chaos, hiding in the surrounding mountains and forests, and coming out of the mountains from time to time to attack the Han people. After Suiye's "extermination of religion" operation, the situation became even more intense.

In the past few years, the Governor's Office focused on the fight against the YSL coalition forces, and did not pay attention to the riots in the rear. It only maintained limited maintenance, resulting in the collapse of public order.It was not until after the Battle of Talos that the Anxi Governor's Office, which had won a decisive victory, finally freed up its hands and really began to solve the problems in the rear. It mobilized heavy troops to annihilate the "religious bandits" and plowed the entire coast of Zhuhai, so that the thieves' power could be contained. .

However, the originally scattered Han villages also developed into the current state of agglomeration under the crisis-ridden situation.The prosperity in Guocheng is almost impossible to replicate in the southwest of the Zhuhai Basin.

Even now, those "religious bandits" have not been wiped out. It is not that they live a good life in the mountains and forests, nor that the officers and soldiers do not try their best to suppress the bandits. It is just that there are still black Khan remnants who cannot stand the enslavement of the Han people, let alone Liu Min's belief. Choose to join the bandits.

Every busy farming season, especially the harvest period, is often the time when "teaching bandits" are most likely to cause trouble. Right now, it is the time for the summer grain harvest.

The journey was uneventful until we reached Jile Town on the west side of Zhuhai, but unfortunately, we encountered a chaos.A group of "religious bandits" emerged from nowhere and were besieging Jile Town.As an important checkpoint on the main transportation road, Jile Town has deep ditches and strong walls, and there are a hundred well-equipped Anxi sergeants stationed there. Naturally, it is not something that can be captured by bandits who lack the equipment to attack fortresses.

However, the people living around Zhendian were in trouble. The task of the garrison was to guard the town fort. There was not much spare rescue force, and the accommodation space in the town fort was also limited.

When this happened, Yang Fu naturally had no reason to sit back and watch. Of course, he couldn't ignore it. After all, his escort teams in the wild were obviously more dangerous than the Jile defenders who were defending the fort.

Yang Fu had a family background and experienced actual combat. Faced with the rebellion caused by the "teaching bandits", Yang Fu made a decisive decision and calmly sent two hundred officers and soldiers to rescue after the attack. This was [-]% of his combat power. As for him, He took the remaining group of officers, soldiers and civilians to guard the supplies.

There are not many bandits, and the Anxi and Hexi frontier troops are mostly elite, especially the Anxi army. If the two sides attack from a pincer attack, the result will be hard to be unexpected.Soon, the "teaching bandits" were defeated, beheading more than two hundred people.

However, compared to this victory in counterinsurgency, Yang Fu was more puzzled that on the shores of Zhuhai, "religious bandits" could actually attack towns on a large scale?