When the wet poison man left, he didn't leave any supplies for Liang Jun, and Zuo Sanxiang wanted to reward Liang Jun, so he could only borrow fifty sheepskins and one hundred pieces of cloth from Hu Xiya.

Hu Xiya is also true, and he made a note with Zuo Sanxiang, and the soldiers of Liang Jun all felt that Boss Hu's business was too detailed, and it was not okay to give these things to Zuo Shuai and Liang Jun.

Zuo Sanxiang was very grateful to Hu Xiya, and signed his name on the note, and also pressed the palm print.

The soldiers who received the reward were very embarrassed, this was borrowed from someone by the marshal, and he also set up a note to sign and seal.

Only Zuo Sanxiang and Hu Xiya understood that if Hu Xiya gave them directly to Zuo Sanxiang, these materials would lose the meaning of reward, so that in the eyes of the soldiers, Zuo Sanxiang would just be a favor.

Hu Xiya and Ma Hua led 100 people to the Ili River valley in the northwest, and it took a month to find the local people's village.

The northern mountain range of the Ili River valley is trending northwest and southeast, while the southern mountain range is trending southwest and northeast, converging on the east side of the mountain range, thus forming a trumpet topography that opens to the west.

They had to climb over the snow-capped mountains and descend to the river valley, and as soon as they reached the snow-capped river valley, they were surrounded by a group of people.

Ma Hua resisted with a horizontal knife, and Hu Xiya shouted loudly, "We are from the Central Plains, if you are also the descendants of the Central Plains, don't fight!" ”

The people surrounding them wore fur hats and fox furs, and their outfits did not resemble those from the Central Plains, but their faces were yellow, their eyes were also black, and the leader-like person raised the scimitar in his hand, "You are here to rob our territory?" Or are you here to do business? ”

"Captain, I see that they are all wearing armor, not like they are doing business, what are you here for?"

As soon as he heard the words of the Central Plains, Hu Xiya knew that he couldn't be wrong, so he threw away the sword in his hand, "We are the army sent by the Great Liang Imperial Court to conquer the west, and we are here to find you, we are not here to grab territory!" We are here to ask for your assistance in our expedition to the Western Army! ”

The man known as the lieutenant also put down his sword, "You said the army of the west? Beam? Is it true that my ancestors' letter of help has not been heard from now? ”

"What's the use of you coming now? The Anxi Protectorate is long gone? An old man asked angrily

Ma Hua was completely confused by the second monk, and Hu Xiya didn't understand what this meant, so he had to accompany him with a smiling face, "I'm sorry, everyone, we're late, we set off a year ago!" ”

"A year ago? My ancestors asked for help from the Great Liang court more than a hundred years ago, and they didn't come until now? Never mind! Now that you have come, I will take you to worship them! ”

"Slow! Captain, I don't know if they're real! What if it was a bandit pretending to be a bandit and entering the stockade? You have to do a body search first! The old man called

MCA immediately jumped up, "I am the vanguard of the Western Army, and I am going to be searched!" Outrageous! Don't go too far! ”

"If you refuse to accept the search, you must be a bandit, then don't blame us for being polite!"

As soon as Hu Xiya saw that he was about to fight, he immediately waved his hands, "Everyone! Everybody! Don't get excited! How can a bandit have such a full suit of armor and a cloak and a leather jacket! And this flag! You can do a body search! We split into two groups, one for body searches and the other for guards! We also have to guard against you being bandits, don't we? ”

"The thief shouts to catch the thief! How could we become bandits, our ancestors were all heroes of the Anxi Protectorate! Don't insult us! ”

The old man looked at Ma Hua and Hu Xiya at this time, and waved his hand, "I think the idea that young man said is okay, let's search the body first, check and check!" ”

Ma Hua still refused, "I am a pioneer general, and the knife will never leave me!" You can't be searched! ”

Hu Xiya had no choice but to walk over by himself and let the other party search his body, "This master is really a pioneer general, he kills wet and poisonous people on the battlefield, you can search for others, forget about him!" ”

A woman in the crowd pointed at Ma Hua and said, "I think this person looks like a bandit, and the rest of the people are fine!" This man is not searched, but tied up! ”

Immediately, a few people were going to tie up MCA with ropes, where was MCA willing to follow, and pulled out the knife in front, "You guys mess around again, don't blame me for having no eyes in this knife!" ”

The woman smiled, "With your martial arts, we want to catch you, isn't it a piece of cake!" Tie me up this! ”

Hu Xiya hurriedly waved his hand, "I can't help it!" I can't help it! Girl, what a general! ”

But the girl didn't pay attention to Hu Xiya at all, and took people to tie up Ma Hua, and the soldiers around Ma Hua also drew swords and guns and waited for them.

The girl threw a rope noose from behind and immediately lassoed MCA, and the rest of the people also threw a noose on MCA.

When everyone was about to cut the rope noose, MCA had already been dragged over by them.

Seeing that MCA was dragged only a foot away from them, MCA roared, plunged his feet into the snow, and pinched a few ropes with both hands, and more than a dozen people on the opposite side couldn't pull MCA.

"Girl, let go quickly, otherwise you will suffer, this general Ma Hua Ma is the master who charges into battle and captures the flag on the battlefield! It's not something you can catch! ”

The girl and MCA had a bar, "Big brother, why are you all watching the play on the side!" Come and help! ”

This big brother, the leader and the old man also came over to help pull MCA, and MCA Yun shouted "Go!" with all his strength! ”

Both hands threw more than a dozen people on the other end of the rope away, and then forcibly ripped off the rope on their bodies.

"This time, you should believe me! General Ma, don't be angry, you have to be forgiving and forgiving! Harmony is precious! Harmony is precious! ”、

Hu Xiya is afraid of horses

Hua can't stop killing people, so this trip will be in vain.

Ma Hua took a deep breath, "Forget it, will General Ben still be angry with a little girl?" Arise, all of you. General Ben doesn't remember villains! ”

The leader on the opposite side got up and waved his hand, "Everyone, don't fight anymore, just now I was sure that this is a general, if he is a bandit, he will definitely not let us go!" ”

The old man looked at MCA, "Even if such a character is a bandit, he is reasonable and will not mess around!" ”

Hu Xiya walked over to help people, "Don't fight, don't know each other, they are all heroes, you can be literate, I have here a handwritten letter from General Zhengxi Zuo Sanxiang!" ”

Everyone looked at the old man and the leader, and the old man nodded, "This is the old man who is the most literate!" ”

"Let's go back to the village first, let the guests freeze outside, it's not our Anxi Village's hospitality!"

Walking all the way, I learned that this leader is called Guo Zhenxi, who is the descendant of Guo Xun, the eighth protector of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate two hundred years ago, the old man's name is Zeng Nianhua, and he is the descendant of Zeng Ning, the last protector of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, and the woman is the granddaughter of the old man called Zeng Banxia.

In that year, the Central Plains was in turmoil, and the Fire Dragon Clan in Mobei took the opportunity to unite with Loulan, Dawan, Kangju, Wusun, Gaochang and other countries to attack the Anxi Protectorate.

The soldiers of the Anxi Protectorate were only 3,000 people, although they were well-equipped and had good combat power, but in the face of a steady stream of enemies, they were still defeated, losing all the cities, and most of them were killed in battle.

The road back to the east has long been blocked by the rebellious Gaochang, and there are three tribes of Qiang, Di, and Tuyuhun to besiege it. The remaining remnants of the Anxi Protectorate protected the dependents of the Anxi Protectorate all the way to the west and fled to the caves in the Ili River Valley to hide.

"It's strange, at that time, as long as the enemy pursues it again, won't it be all gone? Why did they suddenly have a kind heart? MCA thought it was incredible, and it shouldn't be a problem for hundreds of thousands of troops to march into the Ili River valley to exterminate the old and weak remnants of thousands of people.

Zeng Nianhua snorted: "General Ma thinks that the enemy is all monolithic?" Or are they all as solid eyes as generals? At the beginning, the Fire Dragon Clan occupied the land of the Western Regions, and began to attack other countries, and the countries united to fight with the Fire Dragon Clan, but in the end, no one was left behind, except for Gaochang Fuguo, the rest of the countries and tribes were greatly injured. The Fire Dragon Clan can't stay in this Western Regions, so they have to return to Mobei! That's how we survived the cracks surrounded by the enemy! ”

Ma Hua's face turned red, so he had to smile to hide his embarrassment, "It turned out that there was infighting again, these people have this virtue, we have seen it on the way here, they not only attacked us, but also attacked each other!" It has been more than 100 years since the grandfather of the old man, and it has been more than 100 years now, and it has really hurt you for more than 100 years! ”

Zeng Nianhua rubbed his eyes, "Hmph, bitter is not bitter, the water and grass here are abundant, and it is especially suitable for farming, and there is no worry about food and clothing, but there is one thing, my grandfather and father can't go back to the Central Plains that they have been talking about all their lives!" I was the first child born in this Ili River Valley, and since I was a child, I have listened to my grandfather's generation talk about how prosperous Luoyang and Chang'an in the Central Plains are. What a towering tower, what a Xuanwu Lake that can hold a sailor, as well as twelve golden people, what rare beasts in Shanglin Yuan, and treasures and delicacies sent from all over the world! ”

Zeng Banxia looked at Ma Hua and them, "Grandpa, I think these are all conjectures of the ancestors, you see that these people are just wearing ordinary clothes, and they are black, where are the faces you say are like crowned jade and graceful?" I see, it's because you've read too many books and taken them seriously! ”

Hu Xiya took out a jade pendant from his arms and shook it in front of Zeng Banxia's eyes, "Miss Zeng, the book is indeed unreal, because the prosperity of Central Plains China cannot be described by a few strokes in the book." Do you know how many people were there in Luoyang when they were the most? There are millions of people! There are 1,673 large and small restaurants and 4,298 shops of all kinds in Luoyang, which is Luoyang! After the beginning of spring, my caravan will come again, and I will definitely bring the latest clothes in Luoyang to the girls and big guys! ”

"This Mr. Hu, I don't think you look like a person in the military, you said you are a businessman, so let's talk about it, how much can we sell for this fox fur coat in Luoyang?" Guo Zhenxi asked Hu Xiya coldly, wanting to test whether this young man who claimed to be a businessman was true or false.

"The skin of a thousand sheep is not as good as the skin of a fox; The fur of a thousand yi, not the white of a fox. The value of a sheepskin is now three hundred dollars, according to the calculation of a thousand sheep and a fox, if the fox fur is in the Central Plains, the variegated one can be sold for three hundred yuan for money, which is two hundred and seventy taels of silver, and the pure white fox fur, I can only say that it is worth a fortune! However, if the number of fox furs is large from here, each fox fur can be sold for 800 yuan. Because fox fur is priceless and too rare! ”

"It seems that this Mr. Hu is really a businessman, well, it seems that we have hope of returning to the Central Plains!"

Zeng Nianhua smiled, and asked Huxiya a lot of customs and customs of the Central Plains along the way, chattering like a child.

The shape of Anxi Village is the shape of the military village of the Liang Army, at a glance it is the wooden fence and the wall erected neatly, a flag is inserted on the door of the wall, and the word "Hua" is a big bucket on the flag.

Moreover, Guo Zhenxi, they also imitated some countries in the west and built several watchtowers and arrow towers with stones.

Ma Hua pointed to the flag and asked, "Why is it not the word Liang on it, but Hua?" ”

Zeng Nianhua smiled, "The age is too long, and we don't know if the Central Plains is still the Great Liang world, but we are the descendants of Yan and Huang, the descendants of China, so we embroidered the word "Hua"!" The children in this village are named either with Chinese characters, or with a Xia character, or the name of the Chinese medicine city in the Central Plains

Chi name, although we haven't lived in the Central Plains for a day, we don't dare to forget that we are the descendants of Yan and Huang for a day! ”

Hu Xiya pulled Ma Hua off the horse and respectfully saluted in front of the gate of Anxi Village, and bowed to Zeng Nianhua and them.

Hu Xiya held back a lot of words in his heart, and he also had a very uncomfortable feeling, this group of people, as the descendants of the soldiers of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, had been abandoned by Daliang for hundreds of years, but they still cherished their homeland and did not forget that they were the descendants of Yan and Huang. And he and Ma Hua, if it weren't for the fact that they came to appease them this time and use their troops and land to gain a foothold in the Western Regions, they wouldn't have come here at all. The old people led by Zeng Nianhua are full of infinite enthusiasm for the homeland that has forgotten them, even if they are over the age of old, they still want to return to the Central Plains to fulfill the wishes of their ancestors.

"The fallen leaves return to the roots, and the fox dies! Two, the purpose of your visit this time, in fact, we can also guess. Now that the Great Liang has been restored, the new emperor has sent elite soldiers and strong generals to open up the Western Regions, but from the Central Plains to the Western Regions, it is too expensive to transport grain and grass, so you have to come to us for help! Zeng Nianhua pulled the two of them up and walked towards the place where the sign of "Duhufu" was hung, and explained their purpose.

Before Hu Xiya could defend himself, Zeng Nianhua made a gesture of invitation, "However, we are also descendants of Yan and Huang, of course we will not stand idly by!" The rest will be discussed by Guo Duwei with you! ”

Zeng Nianhua did not enter the "Duhu Mansion", Guo Zhenxi took the two of them in, sat around the fire, scalded a few pots of wine and roasted a lot of meat, but did not mention anything serious.

Hu Xiya knew that Guo Zhenxi must have conditions, so he had to speak first, "Guo Duwei has been loyal and good for generations, we admire it very much, General Zhengxi will definitely go to the imperial court and ask for merit and reward for Guo Duwei and everyone!" ”

Guo Zhenxi picked up a bunch of meat: "We're just here to survive!" Where is the credit? Now the court thinks of us, but we don't want to fight and die, we don't have to worry about eating, drinking, and wearing here, and no one dares to mess with us, why bother to live that kind of life of licking blood on the tip of a knife? If you need food and grass materials, take the money to buy them, we can sell them half and give them away, but if you want us to join you, this can't be done! Our ancestors died nine times to save us, and our lives cannot be sold casually! ”

"Guo Duwei understands the righteousness, Hu is grateful, and we only need Guo Duwei to sell us grain and grass materials! We will never ask you to follow us in battle! ”

Ma Hua wanted to speak several times, but was stopped by Hu Xiya's legs, so he had to bury his head in eating meat and drinking.

Guo Zhenxi took a sip of wine, "But I heard that Liang Jun has only about 2,000 people in Luntai, and there is no money and materials, what do you buy it for?" Will it hit our mind then? ”

Ma Hua raised his head and glared angrily, "The soldiers of our Western Army have received a lot of rewards from Zuo Shuai, but we don't want to reward us, come in exchange for grain and grass, what do you think of us?" ”

"General Ma, rest the anger, rest the anger, Guo Duwei didn't mean that!"

Hu Xiya was a peacemaker, and Guo Zhenxi continued to pick up the meat skewers as if nothing happened, "General Ma, eat meat, drink wine, and be full!" I'm not very good at talking, but I'm telling the truth. I know you've been fighting the damp poison for months, and the damp people are running away in disarray! But you didn't take advantage of it, because it wasn't seized! To gain a foothold in the Western Regions, it is not enough to be able to fight, there must be sufficient materials to ensure it, and there must be a source of soldiers! Today, I will tell the truth, if the Western Army wants to gain a foothold in the Western Regions, it must rebuild the Anxi Protectorate, and this Protectorate can only be located here! ”

"After selling for a long time, it turns out that you want us to conquer the western army to defect to you and be your subordinate? Even if we starve to death, we won't come! "MCA stood up and was leaving

Hu Xiya grabbed him, "General Ma, don't get excited, Guo Duwei's conditions are not impossible to discuss, this Ili River Valley is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the soil is fertile and watery, if the Western Army really comes here to Tuntian, it is not impossible!" ”

"You, a businessman, are thinking about bargaining for business, but Guo Zhenxi wants to turn our Western Army into his Anxi Protectorate! He's going to swallow us! ”

Guo Zhenxi put down the meat skewers, "I didn't say that I wanted to annex you, I just wanted you to rebuild the Anxi Protectorate, and I wanted you to move here, and I didn't want to be the general of Zhengxi!" ”

"You don't want to be the general of Zhengxi, you want to be the protector of the capital!"

"My ancestors have done a lot of protection, why can't I do it? I just want to do it, I can make myself right now! Are you in charge? ”

Hu Xiya hurriedly grabbed the two of them left and right, and two groups of people also ran in outside.

Guo Zhenxi waved his hand, "General Ma and I will drink wine and eat meat, and you will also go back to the house to drink wine and eat meat, don't make a fuss!" ”

Ma Hua also smiled, "Let's go eat meat and drink wine, the wine and meat here are fragrant, eat more, Grandpa Ma, I don't want to leave for a while!" ”

Hu Xiya let go of his hand and touched the back of his head, "That's it, Guo Duwei write down your thoughts, I'll go back and bring them to Zuo Shuai, Zuo Shuai, I'll talk about it, I also think Guo Duwei can do this Dadu Protector!" ”

"Eh, you Huxi Cliff, what's wrong with you? Oh, I see, you must have bought their fox fur and went back to make a fortune, and you spoke to them! ”

Hu Xiya's face turned pale with anger, "You, I, take harmony as your preciousness, I." Let me tell you this, after Guo Duwei is loyal, he will not object to making him the capital protector of the imperial court, Zuo Shuai has no opinion, and our two families can join forces, and when the time comes, no one will be able to shake us in the Western Regions! That's the situation I want! It's true that I'm a businessman, but what I think is that after Daliang dominates the Western Regions, I can have a stable trade route, sell Daliang's goods to countries tens of thousands of miles away, and then send rare goods tens of thousands of miles away back to Daliang! ”