March 20 of the Chang'an calendar

The army of the Xianrong people all gathered in the north of Ganzhou, temporarily rested, and the troops pointed directly at Wuwei County.

The Yilong Battalion Li Bibu who had left Wuwei County had rushed back to Xiping City, and the Suzhou Battalion Leng Wushuang who stayed in Wuwei County immediately decided to abandon Wuwei County and began to evacuate to Xiping after detecting the movements of the Xianrong people.

At this time, the small Xiping City had gathered 60,000 troops, the Kongshan Army, the Yangzhou Army, the Ganzhou Battalion, and the remnants of the Suzhou Battalion, Huojiawei and the Yilong Battalion.

In the south of Xiping City, there are camp tents and endless tents.

Under the planning of Sima Yan Beifeng, the coalition forces unanimously decided to fight a decisive battle with the enemy under Xiping City, because if the battle situation was unfavorable, they could retreat to Jincheng and fight again. If you take the initiative to seek a decisive battle, once you are too far away from Xiping City, there is no support, and the supply line is too long, not to mention, once you lose, there is nowhere to retreat, and under Xiping City, you can also greatly weaken the threat of enemy cavalry.

So, a big battle began to be prepared in full swing......

At the same time, the 40,000 horses of Menghu and the Southern Horde Army, which were entrenched in Xia City, were also like Yan Beifeng's speculation, and they did not move for a long time. And Chang Long has already sent a secret envoy to the peace talks.

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In Xia Cheng, a team of people driving big carts and small carts came to the city gate.

"Hey, stop! What the hell!? The guards at the gate were Menghu soldiers, and when they saw this group of people, they shouted loudly.

"This military master, we are merchants from the south, we want to go to the grassland to do some business, passing by here, we want to enter the city to find a place to stay." The man who took the lead said, and secretly stuffed some silver into the hand of the Menghu soldier.

The Menghu soldier touched something in his hand, and immediately raised his eyebrows.

"It's a business, let's go inside."

"Thank you, Master Jun!"

The group entered the city smoothly, to say that this South Horde is still a little capable, since the occupation of Xia City, he did not do anything in the city, but ordered everything to be as usual, and his soldiers were also well restrained.

As for Meng Ge, counting the wounded, he made up 20,000 yuan, and now he can only lick his wounds with tears in his eyes, how can he still care about Xianrong people so much......

The pace and Menggo are very clear, the east city belongs to Xianrong, and the west city belongs to Menghu, so it is divided into two from the central axis of Xia City, and the two families each account for half.

The merchants entered the city, looking left and right, cautiously.

"Shopkeeper, where are we going now?"

"Let's find a place to stay."

The group went around and found a dilapidated inn to stay in.

There were few guests in the inn, but it was quiet, and the innkeeper was tinkering with a few guys.

The caravan shopkeeper arranged the men, and went out of the inn alone, stood at the door, and looked left and right.

"I said this guest officer, you're fine, don't go out, there are only some nonsense people on the street, and it's very dangerous."

The innkeeper walked out with a wooden plank, and when he saw the shopkeeper looking around at the door, he kindly reminded him.

"Oh, thank you for the kindness of the shopkeeper, may I ask the shopkeeper, where is there a pharmacy in this city, and I want to grab a few pairs of medicines." The man asked with a smile.

The innkeeper looked the person in front of him up and down, and saw that he was dignified, with long beard and flowery hair, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, if he wasn't older, he must be the lord who looked like Pan An. But it doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the body, what are you doing with the medicine......

"Don't get me wrong, I'm going to do business on the grassland, and I just want to grab a few commonly used recipes in case of emergency." The man saw the shopkeeper looking at him strangely, and quickly explained.

"Oh, oh, that's the case, I didn't expect you to be a careful person, oh, at the end of this street, there is one on the right, which is the most famous Wang Ji pharmacy in our city." The innkeeper pointed in the general direction and said kindly.

"Thank you boss, I'll see you later." The man said gratefully.

"Be careful, those Hu people love to find trouble, don't let them get entangled." The boss admonished again.

"I see." The man smiled and nodded, it seems that these Menghu and Xianrong people have really frightened the people in the city.

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The man followed the innkeeper's instructions and quickly found the pharmacy.

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"Yo, this guest officer, grab some medicine?" The shopkeeper on the counter was a middle-aged man, and he was very surprised to see a guest.

"Oh, grab some medicine for heart disease." The man entered the shop, looked at it, and stood in front of the cabinet and whispered.

"Does the guest officer have a recipe?" When the shopkeeper heard this, he smiled slightly and said softly.

The man tilted his head and glanced at the shopkeeper, took out an envelope from his bosom, and slapped it on the counter.

The owner of the pharmacy looked down and saw that there was nothing on the envelope, then raised his head and took a closer look at the man's appearance, hesitated for a long time, slowly picked up the envelope, opened it and looked at it.

A blank piece of paper, four big characters: skullcap Afoetida.

After reading it, the pharmacy owner's face sank.

"Where did the guest officer get the prescription from?"

"Chang'an."

The man said calmly, which made the pharmacy owner raise his head in surprise, and looked directly at the man, but he was speechless for a while, faintly, and tears seemed to flash in his eyes.

The shopkeeper came back to his senses, quickly put away the prescription, stuffed it into an envelope, and handed it back to the man.

"The guest officer comes with me!"

The man put away the envelope, nodded, and followed the boss into the backyard.

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A cottage in the backyard.

"Please, please be seated!"

"Okay, okay."

The hut was a little messy, and the owner of the pharmacy hurriedly wiped down the stools and tables, rummaged through the cabinets to find a fairly clean teapot, and made a pot of tea.

The man sat on the stool, looking at the shopkeeper of the pharmacy in a hurry, and felt quite emotional.

"How long have you been here?" The man asked.

"Oh, I've been here for ten years, huh...... Almost. The pharmacy owner replied as he poured tea.

"Alone all the time? You're all that old......" the man asked with a smile.

This question, the shopkeeper of the pharmacy who asked lost his soul, and his expression suddenly changed greatly.

The man instantly understood.

"I took the liberty of ...... under it"

"When the city was in turmoil, the Hu people who were rushed in ......"

As he spoke, a few tears rolled down the face of the shopkeeper of the pharmacy.

The man felt a little guilty.

"Hey, let's talk about what tasks Chang'an has." The shopkeeper quickly wiped away his tears and forced a smile.

"I don't have any tasks, I'm just here to inquire about some news." The man sighed and turned to the point.

"Please!"

"What's going on in the city right now?"

"One east and one west, each accounting for half, but in fact, Menghu has no capital to compete with the Xianrong people, and now Menggo's men and horses are only 20,000 wounded, and the grain and grass still rely on the support of the Xianrong people, like a lost dog, unable to advance or retreat. The Xianrong people are constantly transporting grain and grass from the southern tent, and it seems that they plan to entrench themselves in Xia City for a long time. ”

"Where does Mongo live now?"

"The army is basically stationed outside the city, and he and the guards are in a house near the west gate."

The man nodded, thoughtful.