Luoyang City.

The head of the forbidden army camp swayed, neatly and orderly lined up, bags were loaded, and with an order, groups of soldiers drove out of the barracks.

The team marched all the way west, and the banner of the Zhenxi Army was hung everywhere, and what hung on the flag was a single character.

The people of Luoyang expressed their confusion that the forbidden army was generally active around Luoyang, and rarely left the area.

If there were, it was a small-scale departure.

The largest scale was the forbidden army army that accompanied Lu Jia's envoy in winter.

There are tens of thousands of people like this, and there are 40,000 people, and the number is very small.

Behind him, Wang Cheng was also nervously busy.

The order to open the forbidden army came in such a hurry that there was no preparation for food and grass at all.

Fortunately, in the past few years, the Han Dynasty has been stockpiling grain, and granaries have been built in various places, providing a guarantee for the troops to be mobilized at any time.

Therefore, this army did not carry any surplus grain and grass to pull, and for the Han Dynasty, this was also a very experimental march.

The 40,000 forbidden troops carried only three days' rations, and each county was replenished with three days' rations on the spot.

Wang Cheng, the general of grain and grass, began to deploy in Luoyang to arrange baggage.

You can do this on the way, but there is not so much food and grass on the side of the Great Wall.

So they would get enough food and grass at the nearest city to the Great Wall, and then they would start to disperse and garrison each other.

What Wang Cheng needs to do is to take over the burden of this period after taking over the place.

Outside Hanya Pass.

With the unification of the Han Dynasty, the contact between Guanzhong and the Central Plains became more routine.

This has gradually led to the progress of another industry.

The surrounding people began to operate here, selling everything, and even selling boiling water.

The habit of drinking boiled water was well brought to all parts of the country through the Han army, and if it was just to hear what people said, it might not have worked so well.

But many Han soldiers said that they had not drunk boiled water before, and some people would always have a situation of not adapting to the water and soil.

Since drinking boiled water, this has been much less common.

Gradually, it became customary to come from the south to the north, and then brought it to the people of the whole country.

Of course, this is borrowed from the light of winter, everyone has a fire in their house, and waste is also a waste, so just boil some water, and you can drink it to warm your body.

By the time the summer comes, that's bound to change.

These are all vignettes.

Today's Hangu Pass is particularly lively, and the flow of people and caravans have stopped here, and their faces are anxious.

"Shopkeeper, you are well-informed, do you know why the closure is closed? When will you be able to open and close the pass? The merchant sat in front of a shop and asked the shopkeeper with an anxious face.

The traveling merchant was not called a traveling merchant, but a single name, and later everyone said that he was a traveling merchant, so he simply changed his name to the traveling merchant.

In the past, the family had some foundation, but it was not rich.

After the establishment of the Han Kingdom, the development of industry and commerce was vigorously encouraged.

The traveling merchant felt that he had a bit of a family, so he started a business.

But the basic market is small, and it is too difficult to compete, and by chance, he thought of coming to Sanchuan County to have a look, and as a result, he found a business opportunity.

Buying a batch of goods from Sanchuan County and transporting them back to Guanzhong can make a small profit.

And the goods in Guanzhong were transported to Sanchuan County, and there were some meager profits.

Although it was not much, it was more profitable than farming, so he left a few people to plant the land at home, and he himself took a few clansmen and recruited people to do this business together.

Basically, he has to go back and forth every ten days, just three times a month.

For traveling merchants, the more you run, the more you earn.

The plan was good, but on the way back, I was told that Hangu Pass was closed.

The traveling merchant panicked instantly, this was blocked in Sanchuan County for a day, and he had to pay a day's wages, food and shelter, all money.

If he is in Guanzhong, he will not panic, it is a big deal to let people go home and wait, anyway, he will not give money to rest at home.

He dared to spend seven or eight days here, basically this trip would not make any money, and then for every additional day, he would have to lose one day's money.

"I heard that it was the passage of the army!" Pinghu glanced at the old acquaintance, smiled and said with a minced meat.

"The passage of the army?" You Shang was stunned for a moment, and then his face was confused, looking at the minced meat on the table, and said with some heartache: "Can you change to an ordinary porridge?" ”

"It's all out for you, who did you sell it to? Small business, be considerate! Pinghu said with some reluctance on his face.

"Hey......" You Shang sighed helplessly, and looked at the minced meat on the table again, his heart hurt like a knife......

Since you are in business, there are some rules and customs that you still have to abide by.

In order to make people follow their own work more smoothly, the traveling merchant habitually opened meat for everyone at the last meal before returning to the customs, so as to symbolize that the business has gained a lot and hopes to bring good luck for the next time.

Minced meat, in fact, is the kind of meat that is boiled together in porridge, and it is very broken and rotten.

For the caravan, this is also the only good thing they can eat when they come out.

And the price of minced meat is not cheap at all, this one can buy four portions without meat.

Moreover, the one bought by the traveling merchant is still a special version for the caravan, a large pot of the kind, enough for the entire caravan to eat together.

"Let's eat...... Let's eat......" The wandering merchant commanded like a knife, and his subordinates dared to start eating.

"Hey, why did this happen!" The people next to him also complained.

But I can only complain, what else can I do?

You can't force your way through, can you?

The Hangu Pass Road is so narrow that only one vehicle can pass through it, and only two people can walk side by side on horseback.

Therefore, the rule of Hangu Pass is that every day, the direction from Sanchuan to Guanzhong is opened, and the direction from Guanzhong to Sanchuan is opened from time to time.

In other words, if you miss this time, you will have to wait for tomorrow.

Most of them arrived here yesterday afternoon, but they didn't expect the checkpoint that was open yesterday to be closed today.

It wasn't until late that the dejected caravans of pedestrians heard some movement.

I couldn't help but get up and go outside to inquire about the news, wanting to see when it would be possible to pass.

However, they didn't have a chance to investigate, and they saw a group of sergeants riding war horses, walking forward at an ordinary speed, and kept shouting: "All pedestrians, vehicles, all leave the main road......

The shouting was repeated over and over again, and the sound grew louder and louder, and then louder and smaller, until it gradually faded away.

"Forbidden Army?" The merchant was stunned for a moment, looking at the outfit of the sergeants.

He has seen the defenders of Hangu Pass I don't know how many times, and he has heard people describe the dress of the forbidden army, and he can basically distinguish it at a glance.

And the group of cavalry that passed just now was the legendary forbidden army.

"It seems that it is really a forbidden army, is the emperor here?" The person next to him was surprised in hindsight.

"No wonder it's such a big battle, it's not surprising that the emperor is here."

"I hope the emperor can open up after he passes, and it's best to let us go with him, so that we don't have to spend an extra day here." Someone lamented.

Everyone doesn't want to spend it, it's money to consume, especially at this time period, this ghost weather.

Sleeping in the open is impossible, it will make people cold and sick.

So they can only spend money on accommodation and firewood for heating, and the price is too high.

It doesn't matter if it's summer, it's not cold anyway, just sleep in the open.

At least it can be spent less.

The cavalry passed and never returned.

And half an hour later, the shadow of the army could finally be seen in the rear.

Merely......

Feel......

Feeling weird?

Why don't they feel like normal travel?

Like a march?

"Zhenxi Army? What kind of army is this? Why is it the same as the forbidden army? You Shang asked the person next to him with a puzzled face, that old brother will go to Luoyang every once in a while, and he has seen more.

"I haven't heard of it, but they are really exactly like the Forbidden Army, I ......" the old brother was talking when he suddenly stopped, his face full of shock.

"Brother, what's wrong?"

"Halfway through talking, there is no **** ...... to give birth to a baby"

"No ****...... What's it? It's not a good thing......"

", they are the forbidden army, look at that team, I met them several times when I entered the city, and the team behind, patrolling in Luoyang, I have also seen it, ...... the hell" This old brother originally wanted to say when the forbidden army became the Zhenxi Army, but the culture could not reach it, so he could only go to the world in a sentence.

"No, why didn't you see the emperor's flag?"

"yes, it seems that there is only one flag?"

"What's up there?"

"Zhang ......"

"How many generals are there in the forbidden army surnamed Zhang?"

"I don't know a few of them, but looking at this posture, it must be tens of thousands of people, right?"

"Yes, if you can lead so many forbidden troops out, it is estimated that only the general of the forbidden army has this qualification, right?"

"Well, I heard that the general of the Praetorian Guard is surnamed Zhang, and he is as old as my son!"

"Don't pretend to be forced, everyone calls it the Praetorian Army, you don't call it the Praetorian Guard, do you show that you are cultured or what? It's as old as your son, and when General Zhang was awesome, your son was still lying on your daughter-in-law's belly......"

In the midst of everyone's discussions, the forbidden army is slowly passing.

The forbidden army is not a cavalry force, and only 10,000 of the 50,000 forbidden troops are equipped with war horses, and they are only the kind of one person and one horse.

Infantry, with a large number of bags, does not need to mention the speed of the march, it is not fast at all.

Before arriving at Hangu Pass, due to terrain factors, the speed of the team had to slow down again.

Then until the sun set, the 40,000 forbidden troops had not fully entered the Hangu Pass, looking at this posture, no matter how you say it, half of them must be waiting outside the Sanchuan County Pass.

However, to everyone's surprise, I thought that the forbidden army would stop and continue to clear the customs after dawn tomorrow.

It didn't, they lit torches and cleared the customs overnight.

In this case, it doesn't seem to have a particularly big impact on the next day?

"Store, is there any latest news?" After nightfall, You Shang and others found the shopkeeper Pinghu, this generation belongs to his news is the most sensitive, such a large-scale transfer of the forbidden army, this is very abnormal!

Pinghu nullified his mouth, wiped his eyes, and said in a somewhat choked voice: "Yes...... Forget it, what are you talking about here? Let's live well tonight, I don't want any money, and I won't do it tomorrow......"

"Quit?"

"What are you going to do if you don't do it? Can't make a living? ”

"Lao Tzu signed up to be a soldier and went to ......"