In winter, although the strength of the Beihu is weakened, they will definitely go deep into the hinterland of the grassland to hide their strength. The Han army was not familiar with the grassland geography, was not accustomed to the harsh winters here, and the elongated supply lines caused excessive burdens on the Central Plains. Winter was also not good for the Han army.

Yun Jian then planned to have a big victory before winter really came. He took almost all of his main forces out.

Seeing that the cleanup in his camp was as usual, and the news was blocked so well, it was obvious that he was planning a long-distance sneak attack, as long as he didn't rush in and didn't make the mistake of going deep alone, it was very likely that he would come back victorious.

And they succeeded.

A scout had already come to report that the war was promising. Zhang Shenxian was overjoyed, and immediately rushed out, and together with another battalion officer and deputy general who stayed behind, he jointly ordered all the soldiers to welcome the returning army. When he heard the sound of spring thunder, another pair of scouts rode their horses and said that they had won a great victory. Medicine, wine, and food had been prepared in the camp, and everything had been taken out, and the important supplies had been sent out the day before, and the people in the camp could already see the ashes of the horses' hooves, the flags on the ashes, and the shining tips of the spears.

Riots broke out in the north of the camp.

The fox lady suddenly heard the little soldier shouting in a panic: "Escape, escape!" ”

The fox lady wanted to go out to see what was going on, but she and Chi Tao were still not allowed to walk around, so she had to lean on the door of the tent and listen, listening to everyone's meaning, saying that there was such a spy, mixed in the Han army, caught by Yun Jian, and was being charged with heavy shackles, who knew that at this time he suddenly escaped, how could it not be surprising.

And they pursued him to the north, and the man who had fled had reached the entrance of the camp. In the midst of the supplies that were ready to meet the army, a horse was captured and galloped away.

It's too late for everyone to prepare to release arrows here. The man ran out of range of arrows.

The great moment of Yun Jian's victorious return was overshadowed.

When the fox lady saw the legendary wolf general returning with a large army, she didn't feel relaxed, so she felt even more sorry for him: how did he run away from Beihu's spies!

Chi Tao touched her, and she twisted her shoulders impatiently: "What to do?" ”

"I thought you liked salt bars." Chi Tao said.

Yes, the fox lady likes butterflies and smiles, but she still can't avoid being shocked by the heroic charm of Cloud Sword. It's like a person who likes the moon, but still blinks when the sun shines.

She said to Chi Tao angrily: "First." Who I like is none of your business. Second. If you talk like that, I'll throw you out. ”

"You're here because of my ...... There are letters of recommendation! Chi Tao was angry.

The fox lady rolled her eyes: "How do you think they can let the spy run away?" ”

Later, the fox lady learned that the Beihu spy was not an ordinary person, but a master. I can actually use bone shrinking skills! Only then did he forcibly get out of the predicament, seize the horse and flee.

Yun Jian is not an ordinary person. Actually, after they got to the north. Everywhere you go. On the surface, it was to keep the Hu people out of the gate. In fact, this position was fought very hard. If you continue to grind like this, sooner or later it will be bad. Yun Jian carefully investigated, and was finally found out by Zhang Shenxian. I've been secretly spreading information since Kyoto!

Yun Jian's old treacherous treacherous slipped and pretended not to find out when he found out, arrested another person, and called all parts of the rear to search for spies. The spy's backup was really cut off, and he was already anxious, Yun Jian sent another false information to the Beihu spy, and the spy passed on the wrong information to his people, so Yun Jian took the opportunity to attack and control the spy.

The spy could not turn the tide of the battle, but he forced his way out of trouble with his bone shrinking skills, grabbed his horse and fled.

The cheers of celebration were still boiling outside the tent. Yun Jian joined forces with General Yu, after all, he dealt a heavy blow to Beihu. The main force of Beihu was defeated, at least more than 70,000 livestock were lost, more than 90,000 were killed and wounded, and more than 14,000 were captured.

Yu Hexian also made great achievements in Weicheng - he actually had a basic understanding of the situation in Weicheng. What a good prefect.

In fact, the governance team left behind in the city can be regarded as okay. There is basically no need to worry about daily affairs. They also told him many beautiful legends, proving that Weicheng is a good place.

"But it doesn't look good." Yu Hexian frowned.

Desolate and sparsely populated. Ordinary western city. Dry cities. People come and don't want to stay.

"We have mines." Proudly proclaimed by the locals.

Even though the place is barren and sparsely populated, there is iron ore, and the imperial court sends people to mine it all year round. The people of Weicheng feel very proud.

"Then why don't you stay anywhere else, and leave the miners here?" Yu Hexian asked.

"......" The local felt that this question was too open-minded, but the question was so reasonable that he had no words to answer.

"Actually, we have ...... here We're not bad here......" he said, "It's good to have water." ”

It turned out that the land in Weicheng was not poor, but only lacked water, especially in the west. Thanks to the Kumo Mountains blocking the great desert in the west, the city was saved from erosion. The north side is bordered by the prairie that extends from the north, not a desert, but the grass grows all year round, and the grass roots are intertwined in the ground, and it is difficult to plow, so I have to raise animals, and I can produce a group of sheep and a few horses every year. To the east is Feixiao Mountain, which is also a mountain area guarded by the imperial court, and there are water veins, but it is difficult to lead to the main land of Weicheng, which is not helpful for farming. It has too many rocks and mountains, and it is inconvenient to grow crops, so it has to raise some lowly and easy-to-raise livestock such as goats. It is here that the rock antelope is also produced, and it is difficult to hunt, so it has to be used for recreation.

Weicheng's agricultural land is mainly concentrated in a small area at the foot of Kumo Mountain in the southwest, barely enough to supply Weicheng's own people. In this way, the people of Weicheng still refused to go to other places, thinking that they were very good here. It's hard to leave your homeland! They didn't expect a new prefect to change much for them.

Yu Hexuan himself has no ambition to make any political achievements in Weicheng. Even the group of people assigned by Mrs. Yu also know: Mrs. just wants the son to make a political achievement here, and there is no need to take risks on the front line, and she uses the authority to guard the iron mine to contain the old general Yu, so that the old general does not dare to change his son lightly. Everyone doesn't ask for merit, but just ask for no fault!

The good news from the front line came, and the spies didn't need to be caught anymore. Yu He's heart was tickled by Yun Jian's victory, and asked Cao Mujian: Can we kill Hu Ren?

Cao Mujian had no choice but to appease him: Then let's go fight the rock antelope first.

Just go. When a group of people were about to enter Feixiao Mountain, Yu He instantly glanced forward and was happy: "Uncle Cao, there are a lot of people here!" ”

Cao Mujian took a look: It's true! I haven't seen such people since I entered Weicheng! It's a pity that it's not a city citizen, but a homeless person.

Because of the harsh environment of the city, many people have no land, no place to live, and can't bear to leave their homeland, wandering in this area, becoming homeless. Their life is to dig some small mines: there is nothing good on the ground of Weicheng, and there are very things buried in the ground. In addition to gold and silver, copper, iron, tin, and even coal, and a kind of black combustible oil, there are still some of them. The imperial court mainly controlled copper and iron. The control of copper mines is to prevent others from privately minting copper coins, and the control of iron mines is to prevent others from privately casting weapons. Money and weapons are the lifeblood of the country, and the rich ore they rely on is mined by the imperial court, and the rest cannot be managed.

Nominally, other mines also belong to the state, and the government also has the power to manage, and the management method is to charge a certain fee and sell the mines to merchants for mining, and the mining process is supervised and assisted by the government.

The problem is that the government often collects too much money, talks too much nonsense, does not manage the idea when it comes to management, and exploits it too harshly. A powerful businessman, the official master has done it, the mining process does not need the government to interfere, and the mining mines are not given to the government, just to give the official lord filial piety, and it saves a lot. The troublemaker -- this is half a bandit and half a businessman, stealing and picking. Anyway, the government doesn't know where the mine is so clear, they explore it themselves, poke it out, mine it themselves, buy a few local minions, don't let the top officials know, they really have to catch it ruthlessly, they run away, and the mine does some organs, and the mine is often not a rich mine.

Here, Weicheng is half powerful and half mischievous. The businessman gave the government some filial piety, and the government gave the businessman some convenience. This is also a win-win situation.

Relying on Weicheng's own grain production alone, it is not very reluctant to feed everyone, the official copper and official iron ore are directly solved by the central government, and the profits cannot be given to the locality, the people are hungry, the imperial court rarely provides relief, and the tax is lighter It is considered to be very face-saving, there is really a catastrophe, send some grain and grass down, and be exploited all the way according to the routine, how much is left into the hungry intestines? It's better to be self-reliant.

Those miners, called mine chiefs in Weicheng, were basically locals, at least locals, seven or eight people in a small mine, dozens or hundreds of people in a large mine, and so many families were able to support their families. If you want to strictly manage, the imperial court has a lot of requirements for mining operations, and you don't have to deliberately make it difficult, at least you have to review it for three or five months, pull a cart of documents, and the energy is expensive, and filial piety is indispensable in all links, and in the end it may not be able to be approved, which mine head is happy. If you have to force him to be tried, no one will mine small mines, big mines, mined out and found to a certain scale, according to the laws of the imperial court, it is to be nationalized, which is happy to make a wedding dress for others, only the mines that do not slip in the autumn can be reluctantly operated, but it sees that small mines and large mines have fled, and they have also escaped supervision, you have to strictly enforce the law, he is in a hurry, and he has done it with a sharp spade. Who are you? The official lord will not personally go to the front line to enforce the law, and every official is also a local, and he is not very happy to be embarrassed by the death of the local fathers and elders. Just let it go. (To be continued......)