The fourteenth year of Xiping, the end of the year

A group of people arrived in Liangzhou from the waterway, and rushed from Liangzhou to the Western Regions, the vast tens of thousands of people, coupled with logistics grain, grass and baggage, etc., so that the road from Liangzhou to the Western Regions was blocked, and the local officials in Liangzhou began to get busy, on the one hand, they could not delay the march of the army, so they had to expel the merchants and pedestrians on the road in advance.

On the other hand, they had to open a feasible road for the merchants and the common people, but the carriages and the like could not come and go for a few days, and there was no place for the gallop to pass, so they could only wait for the army to pass before they could go on the road.

Huang Zhong led the most elite knights to open the way at the front, and Dong Zhuo took him as the vanguard general and sat in the Chinese army himself.

"Dong Gong... General Sun is there...."

Cao Cao rode a horse, followed behind Dong Zhuo, and said with some doubts.

He felt that now that the army was open, he should not go directly to the Western Regions, but should go to support Sun Jian, who still had tens of thousands of elite southern troops in his hands to help Sun Jian deal with the affairs of the Qiang people outside the Saiwai.

Dong Zhuo rode a high-headed horse, wore armor, and was majestic, he didn't look back at Cao Cao, and said directly: "Just a few Qiang people, what about the tens of thousands of southern troops under Sun Jian's command, do you still need us to help?" Now the main purpose is to go to the Western Regions, search all the way, and destroy the enemy..."

"Enemy, how did Dong Gong know that there was an enemy?"

"If there is no enemy, how can the merchant not return?"

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "We don't know anything about the situation there... I don't even know why the merchant traveled and failed to return, these tens of thousands of troops, open the Western Regions, do Dong Gong know what the situation is in the Western Regions? Before I arrived, I flipped through the Chronicles of the Western Regions, where most of the places were barren and there were no people, and we tens of thousands of people entered the Western Regions, and we didn't know how much grain and grass it would cost to enter..."

"Grain and grass are heavy, we have our own history of Liangzhou Thorn, and the long history of the Western Regions will find a way, what do you and me have to do with it?!"

"Dong Gong... This Liangzhou, the Western Regions, isn't it the territory of my Great Han? After decades of governance here, it has only reached the point where it is today, and Dong Zhuo's behavior like this will not exhaust the accumulation of decades in the two places? ”

"This has nothing to do with me, Your Majesty's order is for me to search for business trips and defeat the thieves, I am a hussar general, not the Liangzhou Assassin History, not the protection of both domains..."Dong Zhuo said coldly.

"Gong Dong, even so, we should wait for Captain Gongsun to return.."

"Okay, I'm the main general, it's not your turn to teach me how to fight!!" Dong Zhuo angrily interrupted Cao Cao's words and walked away, Cao Cao watched him leave helplessly, how could he not understand Dong Zhuo's thoughts, this guy was thinking about the position of captain, he was about to go crazy, this military exploit, he wanted to monopolize it all, at least, he didn't want to give Sun Jian a part.

If he goes to support Sun Jian first, those Qiang people outside the Saiwai will soon be destroyed, and at that time, Sun Jian will also send troops together, Dong Zhuo will not be able to get all the credit, therefore, he would rather not rescue Sun Jian's credits, and he doesn't want Sun Jian to get involved, this guy, alas, Cao Cao frowned, and didn't know how to speak, lowered his head, and pondered.

As he was walking, a man laughed next to him.

Cao Cao was a little annoyed in his heart, turned his head, and beside him was a school captain, burly and strong, but he looked at him and smiled.

Cao Cao recognized this person and asked unhappily, "Captain Hua?" Why laugh? ”

"General Cao, don't be angry, don't be angry, I think it's okay, Jun is still very powerful!"

"Oh?"

"Dong Gong has a little short temper, but he treats his soldiers very kindly, like me, it took three whole years to make him disgusted in every way, and when he saw it, he was beaten and scolded... Cao Gong has only been less than half a month, and he can make Dong Gong hate him so much, I really admire it! Hua Xiong didn't have the slightest hint of ridicule on his face, he said this very seriously.

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, but suddenly laughed out loud and said: "Therefore, the captain can only be the captain, but I can be the deputy commander!" ”

Hua Xiong was also very happy, Cao Cao's senses were suddenly very good, this guy looked black and thin and thin, he didn't think he was still a heroic man, he chatted with Cao Cao, and the conversation was very happy, and the soldiers around him were a little confused, even Guan Yu in the rear, when he came on horseback, he was also at a loss for a moment, and made countless enemies in the temple, implemented the new policy, and the world-famous Cao Cao talked so happily with this people.

What exactly are they talking about?

Guan Yu was a little curious, so he got a little closer, pretending to be inspecting the soldiers.

I saw Hua Xiong pointing to the temple, and he said: "This new deal, it's good, but what you did is wrong, how can the new deal be implemented like this!" ”

"I would like to hear the teachings of Hua Gong."

"I said, when you implemented the new policy, didn't you just want those big clans to pay more money, I understand, I was also born in poverty, when I was a child, I gave Haoqiang cattle to plough the land every day, my land has long been gone, I can't pay taxes, so I sold it to Haoqiang, no land is easier, at least I don't have to pay agricultural taxes, I can barely eat for them..."

"You don't know how rich they are, just look at me, I have been fighting for decades, born and died, there are more than a dozen acres of land, you look at Yuan Xiaowei, ah, it is the old Sikong, he is the same as me, we enlisted in the army in the same year, but the land under his name is hundreds of hectares, in all states... You want them to pay for the land, how easy it is, you give them a name! ”

"The first-class clan, the second-class clan, each class has a fixed number of cultivated land, if it is exceeded, it will be confiscated directly, they care about these useless, you give a first-class clan, even if they receive their land, they will not be angry, and they will happily say that they are first-class!!"

Listening to Hua Xiong's words, Cao Cao had mixed feelings in his heart, and something seemed to appear in his mind, but it was not clear.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Guan Yu scolded angrily, Hua Xiong, who was pointing at the general trend, stopped abruptly, Guan Yu looked at Cao Cao again, and arched his hand and said: "Cao Gong, Hua Xiong is a bad man, you don't have to care, if he has offended, he still looks at Haihan..."

"How could it be, Captain Hua!" Cao Cao said with emotion.

Guan Yu turned his head and looked at Hua Xiong, who was smirking and wincing.

With Guan Yu's participation, Cao Cao didn't continue to ask questions for the time being, the three of them drove together, chatting, Hua Xiong asked with some doubts: "I heard that the one who went to the Western Regions to investigate the situation before was the military called the Xiaoyong Battalion?" “

"Yes." Cao Cao nodded.

"Why do you set up such an army, I have heard that they will not fight, they will only march, flee in all directions, and have no combat power..."

Cao Cao smiled and said, "Captain Hua, do you know that over the years, which army has made the most contributions?" ”

"I don't know!"

"It's the Brave Battalion."

"That's not their captain, Gongsun Zhan, this guy is a guy who can fight."

Cao Cao shook his head and said with some solemnity: "Not exactly, the Xiaoyong battalion, although they are not good at fighting, but they have their own ability, these years, they have been running around in Hezhou, and have made countless feats, these Donghao people, taken as prey by the Goguryeo people, have been hunted and killed for nearly a hundred years, which makes them not very sensitive, they are the most agile scouts of the Han Dynasty, tracking, fleeing, searching, rounding up, they do a very good job." ”

"In Hezhou, no thieves can avoid them, and no army can catch up with them, from their establishment to the present, they have not been captured alive by the enemy... A large army needs the best eyes and ears, able to probe the four directions, and know it in the palm of your hand..."

Huaxiong has been marching for many years, Cao Cao only said a few words, he understood, he laughed, and said: "With this army here, we can know all the news of the other party, where we are going, and where the grain is heavy, but the enemy doesn't know anything about us..."

"Exactly!"

The three laughed.

"Captain Hua, what do you think of the bureaucratic system?"

............

At this moment, in the endless desert, Gongsun Chan looked at the wheels not far away, holding a short sword in his hand, and fell into deep thought.

"Captain, there was a battle here!"

"Well. Is it our business trip? So who is the enemy? Gongsun Zhan was a little puzzled, he looked at Chen Yao on the side, and asked, "Look again, this is left by our business traveler?" Chen Yao got off the camel, stepped forward, looked at the wheel seriously, and then looked at the camel, he nodded and said, "It's ours... I even rode this camel..."

Chen Yao looked at the camel's mutilated left ear and said solemnly.

Gongsun Chan nodded, looked at Mireyi on the other side, and asked, "Are there thieves or anything like this?" ”

"Indeed," he paused, and continued, "This was originally a borderless land, and in the distance, there was an area that, although surrounded by desert, still had water to drink, and could survive... Originally, there was no human population there, but the surrounding countries such as Lule, Jimo, Qiuzi, Ruoqiang, etc., exiled the criminals in their territory here... It became a gathering place for a gang of thieves..."

"How many of them are there?"

"About a thousand."

Gongsun Chan frowned, thinking, if they sneak attacked, would they have the ability to destroy the merchants?

Gongsun Chan looked at the Donghao people around him and shouted, "Brothers, search around for a while and see if you can find anything!" ”

"Respectfully!"

Everyone dispersed and searched carefully, Gongsun Zhan stayed here, continued to think, Chen Yao on the side said helplessly: "Captain, you can't find it if you look like this, it's windy here, everything will be covered, it's a fluke to find these, how is it possible..."

"Captain!" One of them shouted and interrupted him, only to see him pull out a long knife from the sand.

Chen Yao's eyes widened blankly, looked at Gongsun Zhan, and then looked at the soldiers over there.

Gongsun Chan laughed, and didn't rush to see those things, let the soldiers continue to search, squinted their eyes, and said: "I think back then, when the Goguryeo people hunted and killed us, we hid in the mountains and forests, searched everywhere, and survived for several years without any substance..."

"The captain is from Donghao?"

"I'm not."

Chen Yao hadn't reacted yet, the soldiers arrived one by one, and put the things in their arms in front of Gongsun Zhan, there were swords, goods, and even, there were soldiers who found the copper coin, Chen Yao was stunned, how did you turn out the copper coin from the sand? ? Are you sure you didn't put it in yourself??

Gongsun Chan looked at the materials carefully, and showed them to Mi Reyi on the side.

Mireyi took the long knife, looked at it for a moment, shook his head and said: "These are not produced in the Western Regions, we all use arc-shaped knives here, not like this, such knives, I have never seen them..."

"I've seen it!"

Chen Yao on the side looked at Gongsun Chan and said:

"This is for the Kushan people."