"General, can we really find horses here that can be used as military horses?"

Somewhere in the northeast of Liaolu County, Zhao Ming asked a little unconfidently. He and Gongsun Du have been here for five days, and the shadow of the horse has not been seen, and there are only a few piles of horse manure not far from the riverbank, indicating that there have been horses here. But that's all, because the horse manure has long since dried up.

"I've only heard about it, but I don't know if it's really there." Gongsun Du responded casually.

He was also a little uncertain, he had never heard of a herd of wild horses in the northeast, but when he inquired about the situation before, he heard an old farmer say that he had seen at least dozens of horses by the river in this section. Of course, if this was just the case, Gongsun Du would not be so concerned, and promised Xu Rong that he would be able to find enough military horses within ten days.

The reason is still horse manure, not the piles of horse manure that have been dried up, but after hearing about this, Gongsun Du came to visit once, and saw a lot of fresh horse manure on the riverbank, which confirmed the old farmer's words. And because a long time has passed, the previous horse manure may have been washed away by the torrential rain more than ten days ago.

However, there is still horse manure, doesn't it also mean that the horses have come again since then! There is hope.

"Okay, now, let's go to the north to take a look, in the past few days, only the upper reaches of Liaoshui have not been investigated, maybe there will be good news this time."

In the past few days, under Gongsun Du's deliberate relaxation, his relationship with Zhao Ming has been very good, at least Zhao Ming will not be as afraid of Gongsun Du as before. Yes, after Gongsun Du finished speaking, seeing that Zhao Ming didn't believe it, he pointed to the north and said.

Zhao Ming thought that Gongsun Du was taking him around a few days ago, but now he found out that he was probing from a different direction, but he didn't see it, and he couldn't help but think in his heart: It seems that I am really suitable to be a small soldier.

"Yes, General." After Zhao Ming finished thinking about it, he answered, but when he swept his eyes, he saw that Gongsun Du had already walked a short distance to the north, and hurriedly beat the horses that sat down to keep up.

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Liaoshui, which originated in the northern part of Goguryeo, crossed the Xuansu County and flowed into the sea along the western border of Liaodong County. There are a total of three cities built according to the Liaoshui, the county governor of Xuansu County, Goguryeo (not the alien Goguryeo, this is different), and Liaoyang in its territory, and then there is the Liao Army.

It seems that this small river has an unusual flow of water, otherwise how could it provide water to the three cities. However, in fact, this is not the case, because of the geographical location of Liaoshui, the dry period and the freezing period account for almost six months every year.

Therefore, there is no herd of wild horses near Liaoshui, because its water resources are not abundant.

The old farmer was a real person, and he didn't deceive Gongsun Du, he really saw the herd of horses.

Why is that?

In fact, this has a certain relationship with Goguryeo's southward and westward raids.

Goguryeo itself did not like to plunder as the Xianbei and other tribes, and only at certain certain moments would they go to the territory of the Han Dynasty to plunder. In the past few years, they have often plundered, but it is difficult for them to survive, and only by plundering the Han people can the people in the clan survive proudly.

And they don't rely entirely on raiding, but also on grazing and hunting, but at this time the grazing harvest is already very low, and they rely more on hunting, and the wild horse herd is naturally one of their targets, even if they can't hunt it, they have to drive it out.

The wild horse herd that the old farmer saw was hunted and driven to Liaoshui by Goguryeo. From the beginning of the year to now, it has been almost half a year.

During this period, under the leadership of King Ma, this group of wild horses roamed the east and west banks of the Liaoshui River, up and down for thousands of miles, evading the Goguryeo hunting team that had long since retreated.

When Gongsun Du was exploring north, the wild horses had just swam from the east bank, across the reduced water of the river, and had not long entered the west bank. Therefore, his exploration was again fruitless, which made his heart beat a little drum, because six days had passed, and there were only four days left before the agreed time.

After returning to the barracks, Yang Yi brought him good news.

"General, the search task has been basically completed."

Yang Yi was very excited, and even Gongsun Du's mood was much better: "We have carefully searched them one by one according to the big families in the city that we have learned, and in the end we have found a lot. ”

Yang Yi didn't directly say the harvest, but actually hung up Gongsun Du's appetite. But not to mention, Gongsun Du was really curious by him and asked, "What a gain?" How big is it? ”

Yang Yi's face changed, and he said viciously: "This group of damn bastards, all of them are so rich, and they are trying their best to deceive ordinary people, they really damn it, damn it!" ”

Gongsun Du looked at Yang Yi speechlessly, as if to say: What are you doing?

Yang Yi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "General, we have found a total of nearly 500 stone of grain in the five families. ”

"How much?" Gongsun Du said in a loud voice.

Gongsun Du's surprise made Yang Yi suddenly proud, and he stretched out a hand very complacently and said, "5,000 stones!" At least 5000 stones! ”

"These bastards are damned, damned!" Gongsun Du couldn't help but scold. The warehouse in the county only has 300 stones, and these families who have already fled have 5,000 stones, which is more than ten times, which is really unforgivable!

Then Gongsun Du asked, "Did you move back?" ”

Yang Yi was suddenly embarrassed, and said, "That...... This ......"

Gongsun Du frowned and shouted: "What is this, that, if you move, you will move, and if you don't move, you won't move." What is not good to say. ”

Yang Yi spread his hands and said helplessly: "There are only 9 of us, and the grain is at least 5,000 stones, how can we move it back!" ”

Gongsun Du thought about it, although they are all in the city, but the distance is still not close, 9 people, to move out, at least each person has to walk more than 500 times, it is really difficult. Suddenly, Gongsun Du remembered one thing again, where can he put it when he moves back? 5,000 stone is not a small amount, so much food, I am afraid that these families have accumulated it for several years!

But if you don't move back, Gongsun Du is a little worried, after all, it is in someone else's house, although people don't know whether they ran away or died, but after all, it is not in their own hands.

After thinking about it for a long time, Gongsun Du still didn't have a good way, as for letting the soldiers move, he was worried about leaking the news, cough cough, and the most important thing was that he didn't want Xu Rong to be disgusted in his heart.

Finally, Gongsun Du asked, "Zhengyan, is the location of those grains safe?" Will it be discovered by others? ”

Yang Yi didn't think about it, so he replied: "I believe that except for those who were originally in the family, it may be difficult for others to find a place to hide food." ”

Gongsun Du was somewhat relieved, of course, the most important thing was to rest assured about the situation in Liaodong County, judging from the current situation, those people would not come back in a short time, so they had to wait until the situation stabilized.

Therefore, Gongsun Du decided to ignore this matter for the time being, and said to Yang Yi: "Since it is safe, then don't worry about it for the time being, tomorrow, you take all your personal soldiers, go out of the city with me, and go to find horses." ”

Yang Yi had long known what Gongsun Du was doing these days, so he didn't object, but just asked, "General, are you sure you really have a horse?" ”

Gongsun Du choked, then snorted coldly, and said, "Hmph, if you ask you to find it, don't you hope you can't find it?" After speaking, Gongsun Du stared at Yang Yi with a fierce face.

Yang Yi was a little frightened, mainly because he had never seen Gongsun Du like this, so he had to respond stiffly: "No, no, I still think that if I find it, I can also share a horse with me, after all, I am also the captain of the general's personal soldiers." ”

Gongsun Du snorted again and said, "Hmph, you want a horse?" Very good, then come with me tomorrow to find it, if you can't find it, you won't want to ride a horse in the future. ”

As a subordinate, Yang Yi could only retreat, and responded sullenly: "Yes, general." ”

Gongsun Du didn't bother to pay attention to this muddy person, and went to rest directly. He had to think carefully about how to find the old farmer's herd of horses, the herd of wild horses. He had a feeling that this group of wild horses might be an important cornerstone of his struggle to dominate the world!