After the banquet was over, the third prince resisted the urge to return to the big bed, and invited Yan Liang and Wen Chou to come to the secret room of the mansion together to discuss countermeasures!

The sheepskin map was opened, looking at the twelve county cities above, five people, ten pairs of eyes, all of them were scorching light, the most important thing for the princes of the world is the territory, with land, cities, there are countless wealth, there is monstrous power, just ask, who is not moved?

"The land of six counties, half a mountain of gold, but it is a huge temptation!" Feng Ji high-fived with boxing and said everyone's thoughts, great rivers and mountains, who doesn't want to hold it in their hands!

"The land of six counties, half of the golden mountain, is also a huge trap!" The judge looked calm, and said the scruples in everyone's hearts, the bait thrown by 'Ghost Face Xiao Lang' is so delicious!

"It's a matter of success or failure, even if the steel hook is hidden, my son has to eat the bait, the two gentlemen are resourceful, and I hope to teach me!" Yuan Shang gritted his teeth and stared at the map, for him, this is not only the gain or loss of the six counties, but also the belonging of the four states of Hebei!

This expedition to Xiliang, Yuan Shang is burdened with a heavy responsibility, and it is also a great opportunity for him to establish meritorious deeds and enhance his personal prestige, to be able to share the land of the twelve counties equally with Xiao Yi, in front of the people of the world, it is definitely a glorious thing, enough to prove his wisdom and martial arts, of course, if he can defeat this 'greedy wolf' and annex the entire Xiliang, it will be great!

"Give Xiao Yi ordnance, grain and grass, let him go to the west, and fight to the death with the Qianren, if the Qianren win, Xiao Yi will definitely die, if Xiao Yi wins, hehe......" Feng Ji pointed to the Hexi corridor on the map, and beat him hard, "Let's cut off the way back, cut off his grain and grass supply line, and within half a month, his army will disperse, and our army will win without a fight!" ”

"Xiao Lang is as treacherous as a fox, brave as a wolf, you must not be taken lightly, it is not enough to provide armaments, it is best to send a team of men and horses to go out together, one can monitor their movements nearby, understand the inside situation, and second, we will have the capital to bargain, send troops together, divide Xiliang equally, and it is justified!" Judging is cautious by nature, and it is not easy to defeat Xiao Yi, it would be good to be able to divide the match!

"Jiang Qi is loyal and brave, talented, and flexible, but he can do this!" Yan Liang and Wen Chou glanced at each other, and recommended a general under their command, the errand of dancing with the 'wolf' is not something anyone can do!

"The two gentlemen are reasonable, my son will send Jiang Qi to lead 20,000 troops, go out with the army, and then let Yan Liang and Wen Chou two generals, garrison the vital points, wait and see the success or failure, and if it succeeds, it will dominate Xiliang, if it doesn't work, it can also be divided into six county cities, why not!" Yuan Shang looked up to the sky and laughed, it was a pleasant thing to be able to reap the benefits of a fisherman and calculate the 'ghost-faced Xiao Lang' who was powerful in the world!

"Sima Yi is resourceful, has an extraordinary appearance, and is from a famous family, the son can leave him behind and entertain him, one is to use as a hostage to prevent Xiao Lang from suddenly changing, and the other is to buy this person, and then win over the entire Sima family, which is also very beneficial to the lord's hegemony!" After pondering for a moment, the judge made up for it, thinking back to the conversation in the lobby, this young man is by no means an idle person!

"Dashan, this son also appreciates this person, eloquent, personable, called a young man, Xiao Yi used it as a messenger, but he was condescending, let me accept it!"

The next day, Yuan Shang wrote a letter and sent an envoy to Jincheng to discuss the matter of sending troops from the two coalition forces.

In contrast, Sima Yi did not object, he lived in Yuan Shang's mansion generously, he was originally a child of the scholar family, he was nurtured since childhood, in addition to learning, he can also play, what piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, shooting and fishing, walking horses and watching flowers, all of them are all fine!

In just a few days, Sima Yi has become Yuan Shang's best playmate, the two are inseparable, sitting in the same bed, out of the same car, the treatment is so generous, so that a group of Yuan family guests are extremely jealous, but there is no way, in terms of scheming, people can also crush them!

When playing, Yuan Shang naturally recruited in every possible way, gold, silver and jewelry, stunning beauties, high-ranking officials, all promised, Sima Yi smiled and did not answer, neither denied nor promised!

The princes compete for hegemony, Cao and Yuan are the strongest, if he didn't see Yuan Shang before, Sima Yi would still think about it and take refuge in the Hebei Group, but after seeing the character of this third prince, he can be very sure that the overlord of the Central Plains is none other than the Cao family, as a smart person, he will naturally stand on the side of the winner!

Only by standing on the side of the winner can you have a chance to become the ultimate winner!

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In the golden city, Xiao Yi is actively preparing to go on the expedition, the cool land in the west, more than 2,000 miles longitudinally and horizontally, the more west, the worse the environment, the wind is all over the sky, the yellow sand is rolling, the water source is extremely scarce, the day is scorching and unbearable, the eggs can be baked, and the night is extremely cold, dripping into ice, walking in it, like falling into hell!

In order to maintain the physical strength of the soldiers, it is necessary to prepare a large amount of supplies, tents, dry food, drinking water, clothing, medicines, firewood and grass, horse feed...... There are so many of them that you can't miss them!

In fact, it is not difficult to raise materials, Jincheng is rich, the population is large, as long as you are willing to spend money, you can get things, what really makes Xiao Yi a headache, or the transportation problem, two thousand miles away, mountains, Gobi, desert, the road is rugged and difficult to travel, want to transport so many Zizhong over, to ensure the daily consumption of the army, how difficult it is!

Hundreds of years ago, the 'Champion Hou' - Huo Quai's expedition to the west of the Xiongnu, snatching the Qilian Mountains, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was supported by all his national strength, in order to transport grain and grass, the cattle alone called as many as 100,000 heads, and recruited 500,000 people, shouldering people, to ensure the logistics supply of 100,000 soldiers, the loss was so great that it almost shook the country!

Xiao Yi was also ready to lead an army of 100,000 to the west, but there was no Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty behind him to rely on, everything could only be self-raised and self-sufficient.

The size of the camel is much larger than that of cattle and horses, and it can carry six or seven hundred pounds of weight, long journeys, millions of years of evolution, this animal is fully adapted to the harsh environment of the desert, the hooves have thick skin pads, can walk freely in the desert, the nostrils can open and close, can effectively block the wind and sand, the best thing is that the camel's two humps, can store nutrients, after a full meal, you can not drink or eat for half a month, it is simply a god-given beast - the ship of the desert!

There are no camels in the army, if you want to, you have to collect them everywhere, after thinking about it, Xiao Yi handed over the important task to Liang Xing, this person is the head snake of Xiliang, or a mixed race of Hu and Han, with a treacherous personality and unscrupulous means, he is the best candidate, but if you want to make a fox work hard, you must give some sweetness!

"Within a month, collect 50,000 camels, and after the deed is completed, you will be the lord of the Golden City!" With a wave of Xiao Yi's big hand, a big seal of the Jincheng County Guard flew out, Jincheng is the seat of Liangzhou governance, and controlling this place is equivalent to sitting on the throne of Liangzhou Mu!

"Don't worry, the governor will do his best to not disgrace his life!" Liang Xing hugged the big seal tightly, trembling with excitement, the fate of the two is now linked, only if Xiao Yixi wins the expedition, can he become the assassin of Liangzhou!

With the temptation, there is the motivation to move forward, Liang Xing mobilized manpower, began to desperately collect camels, and the camel hands who led the team, in general, there are three ways:

First, the collection, Xiliang people have a tradition of raising camels, especially in the hands of local heroes, more than thousands, less hundreds, all have camel herds, Liang Xing with his own relationship, come forward to collect, soft and hard, no one dares not agree!

Second, buy, money can make the ghost grind, let alone camels, open the treasury, put out real money, buy camels from the herdsmen!

Third, robbery, Liangzhou connects the Central Plains and the Western Regions, and there are often business travelers, these people will also carry a large number of camels in order to pass through the desert, Liang Xing seized the caravan in the name of 'searching for spies', and all the camels were confiscated!

In this way, all kinds of means came out, a large number of camels gathered outside the golden city, the daily chirping continued, as far as the eye could see, the hump rose and fell, magnificent, and the soldiers of all departments also began to be familiar with these 'desert boats', training, feeding, riding, and preparing for the westward expedition!

At the same time, a Hongling urgent report, from Jincheng, went straight to Xuchang, Xiao Yi did not have a talented Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty behind him, but there was a cultural and martial arts, not inferior to any emperor's prime minister, such a backer, naturally to use it!