There are many food and materials in several counties in Wuwei County, especially in Guzang City. After all, this place is the capital of Liangzhou, so it is naturally not comparable to leisure. The same goes for cloth, so both of these things come relatively quickly. As for the good horse, because the Huashan Army has relatively high requirements, and specially brought people from Soma to inspect it, the process is naturally slower.

In order to prevent Zhang Qian from repenting and not fighting horses in the end, the exchange of Gulangxia Pass will wait until the other party sends 5,000 war horses. This place is where Zhang Qiang's throat is, as long as he chokes it tightly, he doesn't believe that Zhang Zang dares to play tricks.

Zhou Tong and the others went all the way, and finally arrived at the place that Hu Tian said.

"Yes, it's a treacherous place, narrow in the middle and surrounded by high mountains on both sides. The north is also not far from the Gulang Gorge, and about 20 miles to the south, it will go out of the canyon and enter the valley of the reverse water. The most important thing is that this place is the main road between Hexi and Qinzhou, and to the south, there is also the Great Wall that was built in the Han Dynasty. As long as we repair it a little, we can rely on it to deter Liangzhou! Zhou Tong and the others were a little behind, and stayed in that place to inspect for a while, and Zhou Tong felt very satisfied.

The place where they were actually on the west side of the Wusheling Ridge was there a valley about twenty miles long from north to south. This place used to be called Anyuan Fort.

The geographical significance of this place is not small, because it is a boundary between semi-arid and arid areas, and it is also the westernmost point that the northeast monsoon can reach.

Although the Wusheling Ridge is not particularly long, it lies east and west at the southern end of the Hexi Corridor, and there are many dangerous peaks lined up together, so that the southward way of the Hexi Corridor has to pass through the small river valley at its western end.

However, before the Ming Dynasty, Wusheling was not called Wusheling Ridge, but Hongchi Ridge!

And everything related to the Hexi Corridor must not be able to bypass the existence of one person, that is, Huo Qu's disease.

In that year, after he led people to take the Hexi Corridor, he established a garrison in the place selected by Hu Tian and them. Then, it will extend from the Great Wall on the Jincheng side along the ridge on the right side of the river to this place.

After the opening of the Western Regions that year, the merchants from the Western Regions had to hand over their documents to the Han army after passing through Anyuan Fort before they could pass through the hinterland of the Han Dynasty. At that time, it was a busy business route.

Although it is still a necessary place for business travelers, the fortress where the Han army was once stationed has long since declined. Since not only were there merchants passing through this place, but also large armies often marched from here, some of the people who were left of the original fled to other places.

For Liangzhou, the Gulangxia Pass was more advantageous to the defense of Wuwei County, because it was more important to prevent enemies from the south. Therefore, after Liangzhou became stronger in the past, the focus of defense in this area was shifted to Gulangxia Pass.

In addition, in the past, Jincheng County and Xiping County were under the jurisdiction of Liangzhou, so no one mentioned the restoration of Anyuan Fort. But even if it has been abandoned for so many years, after all, its geographical advantages are still there.

Therefore, when Li Xin said that he would rebuild a pass facing Liangzhou, Hu Tian and the others immediately took a fancy to it.

It just so happens that if Anyuan Fort is built in this place, it happens to be facing the Gulang Gorge Pass, and the defense is to the north.

"If you all feel that you have no opinion, then we will jointly write a letter, report this matter to the general, and ask him to name it!" Hu Tian saw that Zhou Tong and Peng Lin were very satisfied, so he said.

"Excellent! It's just that this place has been abandoned for a long time, and before the pass is established, I'm afraid we will have to stop the army here. In this way, on the one hand, it is to prevent Zhang Qian from having any other ideas after the Gulangxia Pass is returned in the future. On the other hand, we are here, and we can maintain a certain amount of pressure, so that Zhang Qian has to hurry up to fulfill the agreement! Zhou Tong nodded.

"There's another one, I think we'll have to pay attention to it. It is inevitable to return to Gulangxia Pass, but before that, we must not let the other party understand that we have the idea of building a pass here. Otherwise, I am afraid that the matter of peace talks will be uncertain! Peng Lin reminded on the side.

If Zhang Qian saw that the Huashan Army was building a pass here, then it would be much less meaningful for him to take back the Gulangxia Pass.

At least, he couldn't be as stable as before, and he had to station heavy troops at Gulangxia Pass at all times in case the Huashan army suddenly came from this new pass.

In that case, only half of the 5,000 good horses would be left. Peng Lin didn't want to get the ducks in his hand, so they flew away directly.

"That's reasonable, we know a few things about this, and we will make plans when everything settles down!" Zhou Tong and Hu Tian listened to it and agreed with this.

The matter of Liangzhou is over, which means that Li Xin can finally breathe a sigh of relief. At least, the war of the Huashan Army is now completely over, and the army can finally rest completely. When he issued an official document and agreed to the final bargaining with Liangzhou, he handed over all the affairs over there to Zhou Tong and them to deal with.

He himself, on the other hand, focused his main attention on civil affairs. However, God obviously didn't want him to be so easy, and on the third day of junior high school, he rode a fast horse from Tianshui County to Chang'an, and sent an unexpected news.

At that time, Li Xin was discussing with Wang Meng and them some things to do in the new year in the general's mansion. Suddenly getting the news, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"General, I don't know what happened?" Wang Meng and the others sat down at the bottom, and after seeing that he had read the official document sent here, they were silent and couldn't help asking.

"The official document jointly sent by Tianshui's Taishou and the town general is about Qiu Chi! On the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, a coup d'état took place in Qiu Chi! Yang Jun, the uncle of the former lord Yang Guo, killed his nephew Yang Guo. Now, he has set himself up as the Duke of Qiu Chi, and he is quickly sending someone to Jiangzuo to ask for a seal! Li Xin glanced at everyone and said leisurely.

Hearing this, Wang Meng and the others couldn't help but glance at each other, but found that everyone didn't seem to be surprised. After all, although Qiu Chi is a small country, it has not been very stable over the years.

Since the time of its founding, there have been frequent instances of civil strife. It happened once the year before last, it happened again last year, and if you push it back, there have been such things. So, everyone seems to have become accustomed to it.

To zoom in a little more, is there still less such a coup d'état in the world today? Don't talk about it far away, just talk about Liangzhou, it's been chaotic a few times in the past two years, and people all over the world have heard a lot about such things.

"General, Qiu Chi is just a small country, no matter how much civil strife they have, it won't affect us after all! If it weren't for the fact that it is still subservient to the Jiangzuo court, we would have taken the opportunity to take the land of Qiuchi and redefine the county! Why bother with the general! After pondering for a while, Shang Shu Tian He of the Ministry of War said.

Tian He's idea is basically representative of the vast majority of the Huashan Army. After all, in terms of the territory and strength of the Huashan Army today, idle people are no longer taken seriously, and the only ones who can really make everyone pay attention to them are Liangzhou, Yanguo and Jiangzuo!

The small place of Qiu Chiguo, sandwiched between Liangzhou and Qinzhou Guanzhong, is like a fish bone in the throat, which makes many civil and military officials of the Huashan Army very uncomfortable. When Fu Qin was destroyed at the beginning, there were some voices in the army, thinking that they should take the opportunity to merge Qiu Chi.

It's just that this kind of thinking has been suppressed by Li Xin and Wang Meng. After all, no matter how chaotic Qiu Chi is, it is also a nominal Jiang Zuo courtier. If the Huashan army went to attack the other party, Jiang Zuo would not be able to sit idly by.

Unless Li Xin wanted to tear his face with Jiang Zuo, it was unlikely that he would make a move against Qiu Chi. In addition, Qiu Chi has always known each other relatively well, and he has never provoked the Huashan Army, so everyone is fine.

"The civil strife in Qiu Chi naturally has nothing to do with us. But what I care about is not to talk about what is going on inside Qiu Chi, but because of Yang An, the son of Yang Guo, he ran to Tianshui and surrendered to us! Li Xin said lightly.

Hearing this, everyone understood what Li Xin was really worried about. After all, now that Qiu Chi has changed to a new master, generally speaking, the new master will kill all the people and horses of the old master.

If Yang Jun, the new lord of Qiu Chi, asked Huashan Army to return Yang An, it would be a little difficult for Huashan Army to do so. Although Huashanjun just doesn't make friends, and the other party doesn't dare to do anything, it will eventually affect the relationship between the two sides.

For the sake of a little Yang An, the relationship between Huashan Army and Qiu Chiguo seems to be a little too much. But you said you should hand it over! It seems that Huashan Jun is too afraid of things, and he doesn't even dare to offend a small feud!

This is where Li Xin is a little worried, after all, Qiu Chi is not far away. Moreover, this place affects the whole body, and it is very easy to lead to other problems, so he has to think about it.

"General, in the opinion of the lower officials, it is better for us to keep this person!" Everyone thought about it, and after thinking for a while, Wang Meng spoke.

"Oh? What do you think? Li Xin hurriedly asked.

"First, our Huashan Army is different from the past, its momentum is growing stronger and stronger, and its strength is increasing day by day. At such a time, it is not only the military strength that needs to be strengthened, but also the cultivation of virtue! Take Yang An in, so that the surrounding forces and the big and small~ Hu tribes can see our tolerant move. In this way, if there is something going on in the future, more people will inevitably come to us! Wang Meng stood up, bowed first, and then said.