Tang's dining table

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 livestock 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 use of water and land, harvested rice abundantly, dozens of dendrobiums a bunch, and accumulated military grain 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 not sold to merchants.

Since the Tang Dynasty annihilated 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 Zhechong Prefecture in Ganzhou. However, Yunchu was planning to visit During his time, he went to Matisi Temple to worship Buddha, 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 hand 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 were 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 the Royal Mountain Dan Racecourse to select horses for the imperial soldiers, but he missed it.

As for whether to avoid Yun Chu, Yun Chu didn't care very much. Help between people was mutual. If someone didn't want to, that was their choice, and he couldn'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 dug out 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. Moreover, the thick loess layer is like a sponge, absorbing the little rainwater dry. Clean.

Now that the place has been found, Yunchu plans to take a large group of people to carry the food directly. He feels that he is a good friend of Xu Jingye, so there is no need to be polite.

In fact, there is no evidence to prove that this Huoshaoyun has any clues to Xu Jingye. However, Yun Chu determined that these people should be Xu Jingye's men. In the past few years, with the support of the British government, Hexi All the big and small forces in the corridor should have been subdued by Xu Jingye.

This bastard is probably the boss of the underworld in the Hexi Corridor today.

Speaking of which, the Tuyuhun people 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 used to this. If the king didn't say anything now, he would only 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, but Liang Ying knew it.

This is how his grandfather dealt with Junhou back then. He also heard that Junhou followed the emperor's order to teach his grandfather 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... Junhou went to teach his grandpa to study... That should be punished What a brutal beating.

Therefore, Liang Ying had no objection at all when he was treated violently by the monarch, because this was what the Liang family owed 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 was speechless at the large-scale Dikengyuan group in front of him.

He also understood why the old thieves he 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 looked for smoke to check 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 Yun Chu and said, "I've seen you before."

When Yun Chu saw this fat old guy, he twitched the corner of his mouth 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 is all the fault of the old slave. He wants to go home when he is old. Unexpectedly, the concubine gave birth to three children for the old man in one go. No, I have to go back to my old business. , earn some food money for the milk babies."

Yun Chu 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 all the property of the Young Master. Marquis Yun won't even give the Young Master the face, right?"

Yun Chu smiled faintly and said: "The large group of people 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 started to enter the pit yard and confronted the people in the yard. He once again cupped his fists at Yun Chu and said, "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, and 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 housekeeper was also a man who had seen big events. He thought Yun Chu didn't dare!

Following a fierce roar, thick smoke billowed out of a pit yard.

Yun Chu then popped out a second finger, this time throwing in a kerosene bomb, which rose up from the pit courtyard 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 Butler Li and said, "I've always heard that you are an all-rounded person, why don't you seem to be clever this time?

Is it because you know that the things hidden here are the things that the nobles in Chang'an plan to use when they are competing in the Western Regions?

Do you think that I might dare to offend the great lord, but I would not dare to offend all the honorable men anyway?

Is this the source of your courage to reject me? You have the guts 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."

Yun Chu sneered: "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 licking blood with the tip of a knife. 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: "Your Majesty, no one will be left alive?"

Yun Chu sneered and said: "Of course no one will be left behind. They always want to win from the starting line. It's so easy there."

After speaking, he looked at Liang Ying and said, "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: "As 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 sounds of fighting 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 his waist and said, "Then let's start from here."

After Liang Ying saluted, he led his own soldiers 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 have to spend the winter in a warm place.