"This is the west coast of the Beihai Sea, and if you go south, you have to rely on the guidance of Boss Qiu and Boss Jin." Bo Shenghuo smiled. He was followed by two men, his hood almost completely obscuring his face. These two were merchants from the Central Plains, and the caravans were perennial between the Liaoxia and Song dynasties. In autumn, a batch of goods was just sent to the pastures of the herdsmen in the summer country for wintering. Shang Jia is indeed a messenger of the heavens. Yelu Dashi wanted the Murbo people to be his watchdogs and shed blood for the Khitans to guard Xijing Road, but Bo Shenghuo knew that no matter how much blood was shed in Xijing Road, it was also shed for the Liao State. Only by winning the battle in Mobei can we break away from the egg wings of the Liao State and revive the majesty of Haidu Khan.

"It's a matter of such." One of them said in a deep voice. "Khan, what about the goods?" The other asked coldly.

"Gold, silver, pearls and jade, it's still bothering Boss Qiu to do business for us." Bo Sheng smiled and raised his horsewhip. Gold and silver can buy up to some tribal leaders. And with grain cloth, he can recruit more warriors.

"Refreshing! Bo Sheng Huo Khan's friend, Qiu Mou has made a deal! The man lifted the hood on his head, and it turned out to be Qiu Tianrui, the owner of the workshop who was wanted in the Xia Kingdom. He had a deep scar on his face, snaking from his forehead to his neck, like a centipede. It was the hand of someone sent by the Military Intelligence Department, but he still got away with it.

After escaping back to Kanto, Qiu Tianrui took up Fan Mancang, Jin Yulan and other merchants, specializing in the trade of smuggling grain, grass, iron and horses from Hedong to Mobei, because he was rich and powerful, and had the means, but he came from behind and became the leader of the merchants along the way. This time, Bo Shengkuo gathered 20,000 cavalry to attack the hinterland of the Xia Kingdom, or Qiu Tianrui summoned all the merchants, and took the property plundered by the army in the future as collateral, and first paid a batch of grain and grass, and at the same time got Bo Shenghuo's promise, and the gold and silver property obtained by the Erbo people from this trip to the Kouxia Kingdom were handed over to Qiu Tianrui's group of merchants to exchange for grain, grass, cloth, weapons, armor, gunpowder, machinery and other things in the Central Plains.

On the shores of the vast glacial lake, horses dig out snow-covered weeds and bend their necks to chew. The Murbs also took out the butter and dried meat from their skins, and ate them with the snow, so that there was no smoke in the whole meal. In order not to arouse the vigilance of the Xia people, three days ago, Bo Shenghuo did not allow the army to set off fireworks during the day.

"How do these barbarians have long bellies? Can you eat this thing? Jin Yulan complained while chewing on the fried noodles. Although those who run the business road of Mobei can also endure hardships, they always feel cold in their stomachs if they don't eat some hot food. "It's really hard to earn this money." Jin Yulan sighed.

"If they weren't like this, how could they defeat the Xia people." Qiu Tianrui took a vicious bite of the jerky, he was used to the fishy taste. Sometimes Qiu Tianrui even thinks that maybe he is a Hu man in his bones. After about two hours, the army of the Mlb set out again, and they were to pounce on their weak prey like hungry wolves in the sheepfold.

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Five days later, the news of the barbarian invasion and plundering shook the entire Beizhou. More than 100 years ago, the Xia people went to the shore of Xiaohai Lake to reclaim and graze. The first emperor also fiefdomed the Duke of Qin and the Duke of Zhao here. Duhancheng used to be the military residence of the Anbei Military Division, and later the Military Division moved to Hengzhai Fort, which is also a place where sergeants are born. The barbarians plundered Beizhou, something that hadn't happened in decades.

When Xin Yin, the Duke of Qin, heard the news, he immediately rushed to Duhan City, and when he arrived at the city, he met Hou Puying in the north of the town. The two of them were both the founding princes and the protectors, and they had no scruples when they spoke, and Pu Ying said indignantly: "Lord Xin, how did Zhu Yanheng do this, he actually let the barbarians fight in Beizhou." Originally, in the hussar army, Xin Yin used to be the captain of Puying's battalion, although he had been retired for a long time, Puying still called him "adult", not a knighthood.

Xin Yin frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Go see Di Ying first and find out the actual situation." "At the beginning, Zhu Yanheng was very jealous in the hussars. Although Xin Yin is not of the same generation as them, as a captain, he is extremely clear about the grievances between these junior officers. The old Shangguan spoke, and Pu Ying could only slander: "Zhu Yanheng, this bastard, is nothing more than trying to make military merits......"

The two showed the token of the protector and led more than 30 riders to enter Duhan City and go straight to the governor's mansion.

Beizhou Mu Diying heard that the two protectors came together, and immediately came out to greet him with Zhai Huaizhen, the captain of the Duhan Military Academy. After the Duhan army set out, only Zhai Huaizhen's battalion of 500 soldiers was left in Beizhou, half of which were scattered in various counties, and now there are only 250 soldiers in Duhan City. In addition, there are more than 47,000 regimental exercises in the books of the state capital, but they are all scattered in a radius of more than 1,000 miles, and it is difficult to concentrate them in a short period of time. The barbarians who entered the Kou were plundering the herdsmen's wintering pastures one by one, but the Beizhou herdsmen and the Duhan army were powerless to stop them. He had no choice but to let the shade slaughter unnecessary livestock and take his family to the nearby Kurajo to avoid trouble. If the pasture is far away from Cangcheng, it will form a car camp for self-protection. However, the barbarians had nearly 20,000 cavalry, as well as stone-throwing tools and other siege equipment, if the military government did not send troops to expel them in time, and let them continue to suffer from the scourge of winter nests and pastures one by one, the people of Beizhou would suffer.

"The barbarian cavalry is wandering, and they are attacking our pastures everywhere, which is unguardable." Di Ying said with a sad face, "There are only more than 5,000 people in the shadow of the Huto cavalry near Duhan City. Captain Zhai Huaizhen also frowned, he only had more than two hundred sergeants in his hands, and not all of them were cavalry, the others were scattered in various counties. In the previous raids, dozens of soldiers had been killed, and thousands of civilians had suffered.

"Where are these horse thieves now?" Xin Yin asked, looking at the map. The Anbei military division used to refer to the enemy as horse thieves.

"I don't know," Di Ying said with a smile, "the enemy is all cavalry, coming and going like the wind, but judging from the grassland that was attacked, they should have come from the north of Xiaohai and plundered all the way to the south." "The state capital and the Duhan army also sent cavalry scouts to track down the barbarians, but this horse thief was very cunning, and as soon as they found that there were Xia cavalry nearby, they immediately sent hundreds of thousands of horsemen to drive them out. The scouts were outnumbered, and not only did they fail to embellish the enemy, but they also lost a lot of men.

"This is my place in the northern state, and the horse thief 'comes and goes like the wind'?" Xin Yin's eyes lit up with anger, this "coming and going like the wind" sounded to him, it was similar to entering a no-man's land. For the Duke of Qin, whose fief has been here for hundreds of years and has the best horse breed in the Xia Kingdom, there is no greater insult than this. Zhenbei Hou Puying also nodded, and "snorted" dissatisfiedly.

Di Ying and Zhai Huaizhen were both a little embarrassed. To a certain extent, these founding princes, who have been inherited for hundreds of years, are the real rulers of Beizhou. They have vast fiefdoms and loyal subordinates in the Northern State. Because of their high prestige in the local area, they have been elected by the people as protectors for almost all generations, and His Majesty in Dunhuang also respects them.

"The most important thing for a horse thief is not to lose the trace of the enemy." Xin Yin frowned and said, "The enemy's 20,000 cavalry, if they can't drive away, they can't get rid of ,......" He pondered for a moment, turned his face and asked Pu Yingdao, "I will send three hundred generals, you bring two hundred generals, and then ask Zhao Guogong to send three hundred generals, notify the others, and let them do it themselves." Tomorrow before sunrise, I will gather with my family at my horse farm. ”

Pu Ying nodded hurriedly in agreement. The Xin family of the Duke of Qin, the Duke of Zhao Yu Fu and the Hou Pu of Zhenbei were all enshrined in Beizhou, and there were three founding princes in one state, which was unique in the entire Xia Kingdom. Therefore, the wealthy families in the entire northern state are headed by these three families. Among the three, the Duke of Qin, who was the first knight of the founding dynasty, was respected. As the rear of the Anbei Military Division, there are dozens of wealthy families with hereditary titles, and those who are fortunate enough to follow the Duke of Qin on the expedition, even if they die in battle, they are honored. Those who are not notified will feel deeply lost.

"We will always be next to the horse thieves and teach them nothing to hide." Xin Yin stared at the map, he didn't even think about how to find the horse thief first, as if it was a trivial matter, he said to Di Ying and Zhai Huaizhen, "The Qin State Mansion praises three thousand war horses, and the military government tries its best to concentrate 20,000 Yin Hu cavalry, and once it is ready, it will fight a decisive battle with the horse thief." Xin Yin's hair has turned gray, but Jiang Gui's character is old and strong, and he always speaks in such an unquestionable tone.

Zhai Huaizhen hurriedly agreed, and Pu Ying continued: "The Hou Mansion of Zhenbei is willing to send two hundred war horses. ”

Zhou Mu Diying hesitated a little and said, "Don't you wait for the reinforcements to arrive, and then fight a decisive battle with the horse thieves?" ”

"When the reinforcements arrive, there will only be dead people left in Beizhou," a hint of mockery rose at the corner of Xin Yin's mouth, "We, people from Beizhou, when have we relied on reinforcements." "Exactly." Pu Ying also smiled, put his hands in the leather belt around his waist, and looked at the state pastor sent by the Prime Minister's Mansion, he really didn't know the people of Beizhou. Zhai Huaizhen didn't speak, and Di Ying herself smiled a little awkwardly. Even the nearest reinforcements are more than a thousand miles away.

Coming out of the state pastor's mansion, Xin Yin and Pu Ying acted separately, and he personally sent a general to inform Zhao Guogong Yu Fu Jian, which was a courtesy. As for the other wealthy families, they were notified by the Hou Pu Ying of Zhenbei. Xin Yin returned to the Qin Gong Horse Farm, instructed his family to prepare half a month's dry food for 1,500 cavalrymen, gathered the family generals, and in addition to ordering the people who followed him on the expedition, he also arranged the defense of the horse farm and Qin Gong Fort. After he finished the expedition, he returned to the house and told his family. A servant came out of the courtyard with a plate of fruit, Xin Yin's brows furrowed slightly, called the servant, and asked, "Did Madame use it?" ”

The servant did not dare to hide it and nodded. Qin Guogong's wife, Xiao, is a native of Hanzhong, and since marrying in Beizhou, she misses her hometown very much. Sometimes, she placed some citrus and other fresh fruits of the south in the room, but she did not eat them herself, and when the fragrance faded, she gave them out to the servants to eat. Whenever this happens, Xin Yin knows that his wife misses his hometown in Hanzhong again.