A hundred miles west of Shunjun City, it is a small city that is not very large, but there are thousands of elite Xia troops stationed, called Grain Stall. This is not only the only way for the Western Xia court to transport grain and grass materials to Shunjun City, but also an important place for the Xifeng clan to store military grain and grass.

If it is said that the fine seal who is good at business often manages the food and clothing of tens of thousands of people in Shunjun City, then this grain city is related to the stability of the entire Xi Feng clan and even the entire eastern front of Western Xia. Because this place has such a key role, every month or two, the fine seal Ye Chang will come to check it out in person.

It's the same today, early in the morning, Xi Feng Ye Chang walked around in dozens of granaries in this small city surrounded by hundreds of guards, while listening to the local guards report to him about the grain and grass in and out of this period of time, his face was solemn, and he didn't dare to be sloppy.

It wasn't until his subordinates reported everything and confirmed that it was correct, that he smiled and said, "You have done a good job, with such abundant preparations, we don't have to worry about it this winter." Then I will reward you abundantly. "This general guarding such an important city is a close confidant of his Xifeng clan, so there is no need to say anything to ask the court for a reward.

It wasn't until he finished dealing with the business here that a close guard stepped forward and reported in a low voice: "Patriarch, Shunjun City has just sent back the news, and everyone under the Eighth Prince has left the city......

Hearing this, Xi Feng Yechang's eyebrows raised slightly: "Is it unbearable, did he leave the city?" ”

"The eighth prince should not be in the city, but we haven't found him walking with Sun Qianli and others."

"Hmph, this Sun Qianli is really bold, did he really dare to take someone to fight the horse thief, just because he wanted to save his friend?" Fine Seal Ye Chang suddenly frowned with some dissatisfaction: "If Fine Seal Chang is really damaged because of this, I will pick his skin!" Speaking of which, the fine seal Yechang, who originally looked quite elegant and gentle, suddenly had a killing intent pouring out of his body, which frightened everyone around him for a while, and he didn't even dare to breathe.

As the commander of the Western Xia Kingdom who has guarded the eastern frontier for many years, and as the head of the clan that can keep the Xifeng clan alive despite the continuous expansion of the Xia Kingdom's imperial power, it is certainly impossible for the Xifeng Yechang to be as simple and easy-going as it seems on the surface. In the past, he was also a character who came out of the sea of corpses and blood, and tens of millions of people died because of his order, even if he is now much more low-key and gentle, but once he is angry, he can still make his subordinates frightened.

In addition, as the chief general of Shunjun City, how could the big and small things that happened in this city be hidden from his ears and eyes? The clever means of the fine feudalism had actually been known to him long before the implementation, and he left the city this time to come to the grain distribution city, in fact, in order to promote the battle between the two sons, he wanted to see who was better between the fine feudalism and the fine feudal Chang.

But now everything the two sons showed made him very dissatisfied, and when he returned to his other courtyard, Xi Feng Yechang's face was still gloomy: "These two people are still too tender, and there are too many problems." The fine feudalism thinks that his strength is higher than that of his younger brother, so he can be unscrupulous, and he actually colludes with the horse thief, if there is really a mistake, I will see how he ends! There is also a fine seal, since he knows that he is not a fine feudal opponent, what he should do at this time is to forbear, either give up this batch of goods, or obediently admit defeat and exchange gold for people and goods, that is at least a wise choice.

"But what did he do? Actually tried to use the little strength under his hands to fight several times the enemy to the end, did he think he was really strong enough to fight a hundred enemies with one enemy? And that Sun Qianli, who actually instigated him to make such a decision, he really deserves to be killed! ”

The angry performance of the fine seal Yechang made the henchmen in front of him all silent, and they didn't dare to speak. Only one of them spoke after he vented for a while: "Patriarch, in fact, this matter is really not strange. There are no usable people under him, and he has been pressed by the fine feudalism, and with the instigation of that Sun Qianli, he naturally wants to vent his evil anger. ”

"Well, that's what I think he's doing the most wrong. After all, Sun Qianli is just a newly voted subordinate, and he is also a Han from Liao, how can he believe him so much? If we were all like him, my Xifeng clan would have been swallowed up like the other clans decades ago, and there would still be such a situation as it is today? ”

After a pause, he still sighed and said: "Ask the people over there to take care of it, it's nothing to die a few people, but the fine seal is still to be protected, he is my son after all." ”

"Patriarch, don't worry, I have already asked the Xiguan army outside the Shunjun city to come over early in the morning to respond, and nothing will happen."

Hearing this, Xi Feng Yechang's face looked better: "It's still Yeli, you do things properly, it seems that when you go back this time, these two sons will temporarily suppress them." Originally, I thought that I would let Xi Fengchang go to Xingqing Mansion to congratulate the emperor on his birthday on my behalf this time, but now I have to change people, or you will go on this trip? ”

But he immediately excused himself: "The emperor's birthday is in November, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back this year, and now the situation between the three kingdoms is changeable, I don't want to miss such a good opportunity." ”

"Hehe, you, you don't want to help me. That's it, if you don't want to go, don't go, let's talk about the candidates, anyway, there is still some time to choose. He was not dissatisfied with the other party's refusal, but said with a smile that he was quite satisfied with the loyalty of the thin seal Yeli.

It was only then that his anger over his two sons slowly dissipated, and the people around him finally breathed a sigh of relief.

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At the same time, a cavalry contingent of about 200 people had already appeared outside the lair of the Nanshan bandits, one hundred and fifty miles south of Shunjun City.

It was a trumpet-shaped valley, and in the distance, Sun Tu and they could see a few shabby flags fluttering in the wind over the valley, and there were already people and horses in front of the valley who saw their arrival, so soon, hundreds of cavalry rumbled out of the valley to meet them.

Like the Great Song Dynasty, there were also many bandits and thieves in the Western Xia at this time, but unlike the Song bandits who occupied the mountains as the king, most of the thieves here were horse thieves, and their nests were often changed, and this valley was only a temporary foothold for them.

Although there was a distance away, the situation on the other side of the valley still completely fell into Sun Tu's eyes, and he shook his head again and again. There is no defense at all in these thieves' lairs, and there are not many people, only about five hundred. With just such a few people, and there is no danger to defend, if it were changed to the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, I am afraid that it would have been suppressed and cleared by the local government. But it's good here, I heard the people who came here mention that this Nanshan bandit has been a disaster in Shunjun City for many years, and I don't know if it's because I can't find them, or because of other reasons, I actually let the Xifeng clan turn a blind eye to this.

Sun Tu also thought about these things casually, and when the other party approached, he also urged the horse to catch up, and without waiting for the other party to speak, he had already taken the first step and asked, "Is there any damage to the people of my fine Feng clan?" ”

The fierce-looking strong man was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and said casually: "Everyone is still alive......" Then he woke up a little, glared at him, and shouted: "It's not you who are in charge here today, what about gold?" ”

Sun Tu smiled lightly and waved his hand, and a cavalryman took two steps forward, untied a leather bag on his back, and showed it, where the golden head was full of gold ingots, and the number was indeed hundreds of taels.

At this time, a ray of sunlight shone on the bag of gold, reflecting the golden light, which made the eyes of several horse bandits opposite dazzled, and at the same time made them all show greedy expressions. At that moment, the leader cried out, "Bring the gold quickly, or we will kill them all!" ”

"That's not going to happen. You have seen the gold, but we have not seen the people and goods we want, so how dare I give it to you like this? Sun Tu shook his head, and with a wave of his hand, the cavalry quickly pulled back his horse with his skin.

"You ......" The horse bandits suddenly became annoyed, and they all stared at him with hatred, as if they might come to rob him at any moment. But at this time, the guards behind Sun Tu had quickly shown their bows and arrows and scimitars, which made the other party dare not attack immediately, so he could only say hatefully from the leader: "Okay, I'll send you the goods and people, don't play tricks, otherwise you'll ......" As he spoke, he made a gesture, and someone raised his hand and shot an arrow.

A moment later, there was another wave of people and horses in the valley ahead, and then Sun Tu and they saw dozens of cars and hundreds of people walking forward under the escort of more than two hundred horse thieves armed with weapons. When they got closer, everyone could finally see that the cart was indeed filled with all kinds of cloth, salt bags and other goods, as for those prisoners, they all looked sad, and the sharp-eyed Sun Tu found the Huangfu Duan in it at a glance.

It wasn't until he saw that he was safe and sound that Sun Tu breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the person was fine.

Soon, these people and goods came to him, and then they were stopped by the horse thieves, and the leader stared at Sun Tu and said, "You hand over the gold, and the goods and people can be taken away!" ”

Sun Tu didn't do it too much, just looked at these horse thieves and said, "Do you know that this time you are robbing the goods of Shunjun City?" Aren't you afraid of being surrounded and suppressed by the army afterwards? I thought you had time to stop at this point......"

"What nonsense! Hand over the gold! If we were afraid of the people of Shunjun City, we wouldn't have plundered here for years! The leader drank again impatiently.

At this time, Sun Tu's gaze suddenly crossed over these horse thieves who were blinded by gold, looked at the seemingly calm valley behind them, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly before he said, "Then don't regret it!" Then he motioned for the cavalryman to bring the gold-filled skin. This made the horse thieves on the opposite side suddenly show excited and greedy expressions, and they didn't know that the upheaval was coming......