Montenegro Bowangu led a large army from under the mountains in the southeast direction to bypass the mountains between Shanzhou, Yunzhou and Muzhou, and then went up to Jinshan County in Muzhou.

Jiang Kedi led his troops from Tongzhou directly along the pipeline and went south to the position of Muzhou Mansion.

The two teams set off for two different positions, and Jiang Kedi would later meet with the Muzhou bureaucrats and go to the garrison troops in Jinshan County to solve the problem, and at the same time meet up with the Black Mountain Bo who had passed later.

Jiang Kedi set off directly from Longzhou, and he set off earlier than Wangu.

Wang Lanling took the troops of Shanhai County on his back many days later after both of them set off, and also walked around Jinshan County and went north to the territory of Yanshan County.

Makishu is a land of bitter cold, and the winters here are much colder than in many places.

Not only that, but the land in Muzhou is concentrated in a few places, and most of the land cannot be grown for crops.

Montenegro Bowangu took the transportation route, and it was also the main land transportation artery, and many merchants usually took this road.

Four years ago, he walked this road, but when he walks it again today, he finds that the road is very difficult.

There were many potholes and ruins on the road, and the horses' hooves stumbled over the snow as they walked over it.

It was no accident, and the potholed roads were not suitable for vehicles and cavalry transporting supplies.

Wangu sat in the car with a helmet, and in addition to the driver who controlled the steering wheel, there was a man in charge of pushing the cart behind the car.

The car broke down......

The road, which was supposed to take a few days, is now uncertain.

Wan Gu looked at the snowflakes flying outside the glass window, even if he didn't go out, he knew the complaints of his subordinates about this matter this time.

Sending troops in severe cold weather is itself a thing that should not be done.

However, it is clear that the weather is one thing, and more is the long-standing dissatisfaction with various problems.

In the past ten years, Wangu has found that many things are slowly changing, especially in the past few years, many things have become more and more intense.

Traditional methods of killing people can no longer solve some problems, nor can they satisfy the majority of people.

The Shanzhou Legion is also trying to find a way to make money, and the money of Shanzhou Mu has something to do with the money of the Shanzhou Legion, and it has nothing to do with it.

Shanzhou's coal mining resources are a money-making business, but in this coal mining business, there are many people who suck blood up and down.

In recent years, military spending has begun to be replaced by food, especially the rewards and salaries given to soldiers, which are replaced by food.

The soldiers are short of money, which is something that many people are aware of, so some soldiers try to get some money on their own, and many places turn a blind eye.

Wangu himself is also making money, he understands some things in his heart, understands that in the past few decades, the combat effectiveness of the Shanzhou Legion has been declining day by day, and to this day, it is basically some embroidered pillows.

Among the low-level soldiers of the entire Shanzhou Legion, there are not many literate people, basically the soldiers are some garbage gangsters, some people who can't get along at home and can only be soldiers.

The descendants of the meritorious nobles can directly enter the army as officers and receive a heavy salary, while those recruits who are conscripted into the barracks may be small soldiers for the rest of their lives.

After three years in the army, he received a sack of corn and wheat to carry home, but other than that, he had nothing.

It's very rare, but it's happening!

Wangu wanted to change that, but he couldn't do anything, and he couldn't do it.

His son, a wealthy coal merchant who owns a mine, sends recruits to work in the mine every year, and then lets them go home after a year's work.

His family's expenses, his women, his children and grandchildren, all need money to live on.

Besides, Shanzhou Mu also knew this kind of thing, and he didn't have the money to help those soldiers, let alone give those soldiers the salary they were greedy for the imperial court.

Most of the soldiers' salaries will be deducted, usually half of the deduction is enough, and few people will directly deduct it.

The people under Wangu have different degrees of salary deduction according to their status and official position.

He sat in the car, quietly closing his eyes and resting.

The car was still moving slowly, and the soldiers behind it were trying to push the car out of the pothole.

When the car came out of the pit, the engineer in charge of maintenance also began to overhaul the car in the freezing weather.

These people are all wearing cotton clothes from Heishui County, although the price is a little more expensive, but they look good and wear warm clothes.

The important thing is that you can directly exchange coal for cotton clothes, which saves the process of spending money, and the distance between the two places is not too far, and the loss in the middle is less.

Since the supplies in the army were also regarded as a business, whether it was food, clothing or other things, there was a slight decline.

It's not good now, but it was actually the same before, and the problems in the army were always the same.

Wan Gu only hopes that this time the court can give a little reward, if it is still like last time, if the merits and demerits are offset like last time, and the people below do not give credit for their merits, not many people are willing to be obedient.

At lunchtime, the firehead army handed out square dough blocks wrapped in oiled paper and a small bottle the size of a battery to everyone.

These people eat noodles made in Heishui County, the boxy dry noodles look bright yellow and delicious, and they are boxy, and the upper and lower layers are sandwiched together, so they are called noodles.

This thing can be put more than steamed buns, and it tastes better, it can be eaten boiled or fried.

Usually everyone eats this kind of noodles, but only when there is a war, will the real noodles and seasoning be sent down, so that everyone can eat noodles with seasonings.

The seasoning is placed in a small bottle, with pepper, oil cubes and dried vegetable foam, these are all excellent condiments, and you can cook soup and drink it directly by heating the water.

When they set out the next day, several soldiers fled.

On the third day, the road was smooth, but the legs of several horses were broken, and several soldiers without horses returned the same way.

On the fourth day, Wangu killed a few people, which can be regarded as stopping this unhealthy trend.

But with the wind and snow falling again, there were more and more voices of dissatisfaction in the ranks.

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"Work hard, and you're about to rest!"

Wang Lanling saw that it was already dark, and under the reflection of the moonlight, he encouraged the soldiers behind him.

He rode in the front, and the people behind him were also on horseback, this time with cavalry.

At this time, the army had just arrived near the Hu Camel tribe, and although the snow on the road was heavy, because of the relationship between relatives who often walked in the past few days of the New Year, Wang Lanling specially asked people to maintain a road, which came in handy at this time.

Taokun's people travel to and from Linshan County from this road, and people from the Hu Camel and Yanshanhu tribes often go to Shanhai County to buy something or watch a play, so the road is fairly well maintained.

Where there is a need, Wang Lanling will contribute, and there are no cars that are often driven in this era, so it is not difficult to maintain an intact and smooth road.

In front of Wang Lanling, several herdsmen on horseback quickly approached.

Hu Camel quickly got off the horse, stood on the snow and said to Wang Lanling: "Lord Wang, I have prepared hot water, hot dishes, and hot wine, killed cattle and sheep to cook, and quickly follow me to the big tent to warm up." ”

Wang Lanling nodded, "I don't need to drink, I have to hurry early tomorrow morning, I can't delay, this time it's bothering." ”

Hu Camel took the initiative to lead the horse for Wang Lanling, and said excitedly: "My lord, where is this, it is my honor that you can come to my tribe as a guest!" "The development of Shanhai County has led to the prosperity of the surrounding areas, and it has also continuously attracted more people to join the creation of Shanhai County.

Of course, the most important thing is Wang Lanling's reputation.

Whether it was the two fires, or the attitude towards the horse bandits and powerful officials in Muzhou, Wang Lanling has become a big figure known to the herdsmen and people in the vicinity.

A big man with a good name will be treated and courteous there.

Wang Lanling led the people into the Iron Camel Tribe, where a large number of tents and bags gathered, and soon Hu Zhong and several other people from the Iron Camel tribe led the soldiers into a few tents with wine, food and stoves to rest and eat.

After taking their seats, Hu Huo's wife brought a first-class feast.

A plate of cooked, noodles!

Wang Lanling is not a picky eater, and after eating a plate of noodles, he ate a leg of mutton and mutton, and talked to Hu Camel.

"I may not have enough people this time, you can help me ask, is there anyone in the tribe who is willing to go out with me to suppress bandits, the number is a hundred, if it is not enough, I will find a way on the way."

"Shrimp! Look at what you said, this is a good thing, how can it not be? Hu Huo didn't know which grandson to learn the Shanzhou dialect, so he agreed very happily at this time, "I'll be the first to agree!" I'll be with you tomorrow! This kind of thing should be called to us! ”

Wang Lanling nodded and said: "This time there will be danger, the bullet is not long-eyed, but since I am looking for you, you are willing to help me, I will naturally not favor one over the other, as long as you follow me into battle to kill the enemy, regardless of the county or the tribe, they are all heroes, what others have, you have what!" ”

Hu Huo slammed his fist on the table in front of him and said loudly: "Don't worry, my lord, we don't have soft eggs here!" ”

The next day, when the sky was not yet bright, Wang Lanling set off with more than 1,100 cavalry.