Stable, the city is as its name suggests.

At this time, the army was up and down, and everyone's hearts seemed to settle down.

Different from the Lingwu in the north and the Huile that guards the estuary, this is the northwest inland and the Anding County of the Han Dynasty. The soil they are stepping on now is the land of the Han Dynasty.

When this army returned, it was no longer a fledgling calf, but a tiger that had sharpened its claws through the wind and snow on the steppe Gobi.

On the flanks and behind the army, a brigade of former Han slaves was slowly marching forward with carts and helping to escort the Turks who had been reduced to prisoners. Behind them were 5,000 broken horses and more than 2,000 cavalry—just horsemen.

This battle also has an advantage for the Han Dynasty, that is, a large number of horses were captured, but the cavalry could not be trained overnight, so now it is just a matter of selecting some Northwest men with better equestrian skills and even young men among the Han slaves as "cavalry infantry", responsible for guarding the periphery, contacting and even helping to watch the Turks, after all, these Turks are almost few honest except for the Han people themselves who look down on him.

Of course, the Turks who had lost their horses were not even as flexible as the Han in running, and these cavalry infantry were not vegetarians after all, and after killing a dozen in succession, the rest of the Turks could only choose to obey, at least on the surface.

The cavalry came the fastest, and the settled fathers who went out of the city to greet them could already see the dancing red banner and the faces of the first few people.

has been in the northwest for a long time, and the faces of Hou Mi and others also have a unique red color of the plateau, coupled with dark skin, they look no different from the men in the northwest.

Although the commander of Xiao Guan has changed, Liang Rui's arrangement is no different from the original Yu Yi, and they are generally closed, so that since Cao Zhong has surrendered, he has suspected that he can go directly to the south of Pinggao County and take the avenue in Guanzhong to come back.

Of course, it is obvious that the order Liang Rui received is similar to what Yu Yi received at the beginning, Li Xinchen does not cause trouble, then they can't cause trouble, and if Li Xinchen really plans to do it, then Liang Rui is not in vain.

Although they are still on the march, Cao Zhong and others have already begun to think about how to deal with Liang Rui, with the appearance of the imperial court has always been "stingy", it is not very likely to give up Lingwu, and it is true that no one knows what nomads will rise in the north next time, or whether another Turkic will come to retaliate, once the exploration is not timely, it is possible that the Turks will be killed directly to Anding or Jincheng, so this risk cannot be taken away, it is best to try to move the battle line forward.

And in this way, it is like a nail embedded in Xiaoguan and Pinggao County on the road from Anding to Lingwu, which must be eradicated by the Northwest Army whether it goes north or south.

However, at least now both sides are negotiating to try to avoid conflict, and after the war, the army also needs to rest, and so many Han Chinese people and Turkic prisoners also need to be settled, so dealing with Liang Rui is not a top priority.

Xu Deyan, who came back first, looked at the majestic Han cavalry, and then looked at the continuous team behind him, with a solemn expression on his face, but his eyes glanced at the heads of several families next to him, these people have long been a "difficult disease" in the governance of the northwest.

These families have been entrenched in the northwest for too long, and they have all become intertwined snakes.

For them, this northwest is the place where the Tiangao Emperor is far away, and whoever sits on the dragon chair actually doesn't matter much, they can all survive peacefully, and even be able to grab more benefits in the process of strength change. Otherwise, it would be impossible for these families to sit firmly in Diaoyutai in the chaos of hundreds of years, watching all kinds of heroes change from one place to another, and it is actually them who really grasp the northwest.

Therefore, in the previous battles with the Northern Zhou Dynasty and even against the Turks, these people's enthusiasm was not high, which also made Changsun Sheng and Xu Deyan very big. After all, without the help of these local families, some things are indeed difficult to do, and this time the Han also relied on a large amount of grain, grass and soldiers and horses in Bashu, so he made up for the gap in the northwest in time.

And what about the next time, when the Great Han really went to war with the Northern Zhou?

Won't these people be holding back?

The return of the Han army this time is obviously an out-and-out shock to these families. When they were even ready to change course in the northwest again, the Han really won the battle and defeated the Turks.

This made these families feel cold behind their backs, but they also came to greet them one after another.

But for the Han army, which returned from a great victory, the behavior of these people was just icing on the cake, and they didn't know that the Han governor, who was standing at the forefront at this time, was already calculating their property in his heart.

"This is the land of the big man, let the family clean up." Xu Deyan tilted his head slightly and dropped a sentence.

This sentence was very light, and it was said to Niu Hong, who was standing behind him.

Niu Hong himself is from Anding Niu, and this sentence is obviously what Xu Deyan wants him to give to Anding Niu.

Niu Hong gasped, looking at the figure of the young man who was walking forward, this sentence weighed on his heart, and it was as heavy as a thousand pounds.

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"Your Majesty is greeted." The ministers led by King Gu Ye were already waiting on the dock.

Li Xinchen went out and slipped around for a long time, Gu Yewang, the Zaifu, naturally had the heaviest burden, and there were a lot more wrinkles on his face.

"You Aiqing have worked hard." Li Xinchen said with a smile, and even personally stepped forward to support King Gu Ye, "I have been to Beijing for many days, and the family and country have to rely on the maintenance of the Zhuqing family. ”

"Don't dare!" Gu Yewang and the others hurriedly returned the salute.

At the same time, they also began to secretly ponder in their hearts, Your Majesty took out the two battles of Northwest and Nanxiang so straightforwardly, obviously it not only means that the imperial court will reward the meritorious soldiers of these two battles in the future, but also means that Your Majesty has become more and more aware of the next strategic direction, and the one between Northwest and Nanxiang is not Yang Jian?

Now that it was not what it used to be, there was no need for the Great Han to vacillate between the two forces, and it was time to show his strength.

"Gu Gong, come, join me in the chariot!"

Li Xinchen laughed and personally supported Gu Yewang: "Compared to when you go, Gu Gong is old?" ”

Gu Yewang looked at the crutches in his hand, and said helplessly: "The new tide and new atmosphere, as the so-called 'Gou Ri Xin, Sun Ri Xin, and Sun Xin', the old minister is in his position, he doesn't dare to slow down, His Majesty is in the prime of life, and the old minister is naturally old!" ”

Li Xinchen sighed with emotion: "Gu Gong and rest assured, even if Gu Gong is old, I will not treat Gu Gong badly." ”

King Gu Ye looked at Li Xinchen gratefully, what Li Xinchen promised just now was the future of the Gu family.

I don't regret this path, and I am on the right track.

——Volume 12 is over——

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