Lanzhou... Due to its geographical location, it can be said to be the key point in the northwest region.

After Qin Shi Huang unified China, the land of Lanzhou belonged to Yuzhong, and the Great Wall was built here "because of the river as a block". The Han Dynasty controlled the Hexi Corridor, and after passing through the Western Regions, in order to strengthen its control over this area, Jincheng County and Jincheng County were set up.

In the Sui Dynasty, it was named Lanzhou because of the nearby Gaolan Mountain.

Although Lanzhou City is narrow, because the majestic Gaolan Mountain in the south is arched to protect Lanzhou City, the north is facing the surging Yellow River, the east is the Maheng Mountain that "although the ice and snow do not disappear in midsummer", and the famous Yugu Valley in the southwest, the situation is very dangerous.

In addition, "the land is in the middle of the north and south, and it is the place where the throat of the east and the west is choked", and it has been the throat of the eastern and western military since ancient times. To the west of Lanzhou is the famous Hexi Corridor, and to the east is the vast Guanzhong Plain. Therefore, its gains and losses are of great importance to the rulers of all ethnic groups who are constantly vying for power.

After a few days of turbulence, Li Zhan and the others are finally about to arrive in Lanzhou, but you won't think that what is happening in Lanzhou City at this time.

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On the streets of Lanzhou, which is usually bustling, there is no one at this time, the gate is closed, the windows are tight, and the residents of Lanzhou are hiding in their homes shivering, some people may say, it is not caused by the plague, after all, the Black Death is extremely contagious.

It's just that this is not the case, in fact, the plague of the Tang army, that is, the Black Death, did not spread to Lanzhou City, and the Tang Dynasty army is still thirty miles east of Lanzhou City.

Because Li Jing had studied medicine, he controlled the plague in the army very well, and now basically the plague is only prevalent in the army, and it is still internal, and some external armies can still act.

The reason why the streets of Lanzhou are empty at this time is that Cui Yujue, the son of Lanzhou Thorn Shi, is playing a game, and the name of this game is hunting... What is a hunting game?

Because the son of the Lanzhou assassin has a habit of liking to kill, so one day a month, Cui Yujue will put fifty slaves of different ages and genders on the streets of Lanzhou to hunt.

Not only Cui Yujue himself, but also a group of gentlemen from Lanzhou... will also join the hunt on horseback, and the slaves who are killed can only consider themselves unlucky, but if you are a powerful slave, you can also escape and ascend to heaven, but the chance of escaping is very small.

You must know that three years have passed since Cui Yujue started this hunting game, and the slaves who died in the hands of Cui Yujue and Lanzhou Xuan can be said to be thousands, but there is really no one who really escaped.

"Phew...!"

"Poof...!"

A young man rode on a white horse, calmly shot an arrow, followed by the arrow directly into a running slave, the slave staggered to the ground, the slave was shot in the lower leg, and could no longer run.

There was a cheer all around.

"Well shot...!"

"Yikes... It's still Young Master Cui. ”

"That's right... Young Master Cui is mighty. ”

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In the applause, the young Cui Yujue lightly pulled out a sword from the horse, the sword was sharp, the cold light flashed, only to see Cui Yujue rush straight forward, the blade of the sword slashed on the slave's head, and the slave's head was in a different place.

"Beautiful...!"

It was another group of crazy applause, but Cui Yujue was obviously numb to these applause, so he didn't see Cui Yujue excited, but just smiled faintly: "There are still 40 people, you all still have a chance, who can become today's hunting king, then I will ask my father to give him the errand of trading salt with the party members." ”

"What...?"

"Really...!"

"Great...!"

The excited voice sounded, you must know that doing a salt errand with this Dangxiang people, that is really profitable, Dangxiang is a branch of the ancient Qiang people, they have lived a nomadic life in the east and south of Qinghai Lake and the upper reaches of the Yellow River since ancient times.

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the Central Plains Dynasty tended to be strong, and the party people migrated to the interior, especially after the rise of Tibet, under the persecution of the Tubo soldiers, they fled from the hometown of Hehuang and migrated to Lanzhou, Gansu and Longzhong, Longdong, Longdong, southeast Longdong and Ningxia. The Sui and Tang dynasties also effectively resettled them, and some of their leaders were even named assassins.

At the same time, however, there were also contradictions with the officials and people in the interior, and wars and chaos occurred from time to time.

Cui Zhiwen, that is, Cui Yujue's father, this is also unlucky, just came to Lanzhou, and encountered 30,000 party members to invade Lanzhou, at this time, there are not many troops in Lanzhou City, and the assassin Cui Zhiwen has not been in office for a long time. For a while, the people in the city were panicked and didn't know how to deal with it.

However, Assassin Shi Cui Zhiwen knew it in his heart, he had previously served as Sima of the Lingzhou Governor's Mansion, and Lingzhou was now in the Zhongwei area, so he had a better understanding of the border situation and the people's feelings, and he also had a grasp of the party's combat ideas.

After analysis, he believes that if he fights hard, I am afraid that it will inevitably burn the jade and the state capital. So he asked for help from Feishu, the general of Quan Shancai, who was stationed in the surrounding area, and on the other hand, he used a suspicious strategy. Cui Tingshi was not in a hurry, and first ordered someone to open the city gate and invite the party members to enter the city.

This is exactly the same as Zhuge Liang's empty city in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Who knows, but it is the party members who are afraid.

What are you afraid of, afraid that there will be an ambush in the city, and you don't dare to enter. In this way, the stalemate lasted for most of the day, and finally the general Quan Shancai led his troops to rescue, and the party members were caught off guard, and under the internal and external attacks, they suffered heavy casualties.

Quan Shan is a native of Luoyang, Qinzhou, which is now a native of Qin'an County. He was the general of Zuo Jin Wuwei, the Shangzhu State, and the founding marquis. This time, Kwon Shancai decided to bury all the surrendered party members alive to prevent future troubles. was stopped by Cui Zhiwen. Cui Zhiwen believes that "killing and surrendering is ominous", but should convince people with virtue.

At the same time, he also rejected the suggestion that Quan Shancai privately divide the population and take the surrendered party members as his own slaves. In this regard, the party members were very moved, and all the remnants of the party items from near and far came to surrender, which can be regarded as a relatively complete solution to the border troubles in the Lanzhou area.

This Lanzhou assassin Cui Zhiwen not only has a good plan for the empty city, but also has a benevolent heart and a famous minister's demeanor, but this famous minister has a beast son, but Cui Zhiwen has no choice, Cui Yujue is an old man, and Cui Zhiwen is such a son, when people are old, they will generally lick the calf.

And Cui Zhiwen's three views also think that it is not a big deal for a slave to be killed, so this will make his son unscrupulous.

It's just that Cui Zhiwen doesn't know that his connivance has actually led his son Cui Yujue astray, and the so-called is not a failure to report, but the time has not come.

"Young Master Cui said... Whoever hunts more slaves today will get the opportunity to trade with the party members... I'm not welcome first, this opportunity to trade with the party members, I want it from the Zhang family. ”

"Phew... Who do you think you are, and the Zhang family asked for it, let me tell you, my Xu family really wants it. ”

"You guys... Let's all rest... The opportunity to trade with party members is our Shao family's. ”

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"Alright... Don't fight, I already have five heads in my hands, if you continue to fight like this, you won't get any chance to trade with the party. After speaking, Cui Yujue put his sword into the sheath, followed by a whip, and searched for another street.

Seeing that Cui Yujue went to find someone, the other family gentlemen finally rushed to move, you know, the party is definitely a big piece of fat, and everyone wants to take a bite.

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