"This is Panjiabao?" When Cheng Yun and the others crossed an earthen beam and saw Panjiabao for the first time, they were immediately speechless by the scene in front of them.

In the imagination of most of them, the Pan family had just returned from Persia after a long journey, and it had been less than a year since they settled and built the city, and this Panjiabao must be the same as those Hu tribes, many of whom had dealt with the local Hu people in Anxi, and some of them participated in the relocation of the Hu tribe that had originally settled here.

Cheng Yun was better, before leaving, Cheng Yuhou specially told him about the situation of Panjiabao, and told him that Panjiabao was made of dock fort, with a wall, and there were rammed earth houses in it, but Cheng Yu Hou didn't mention the details like how big the dock fort was, how high the wall was, and how many houses there were, and Cheng Yun didn't ask.

Cheng Yun himself guessed that Panjiabao should be a small village with more than a dozen earthen houses and enclosed by a one-person-high earthen wall, just like the common local Tu villages in Anxi, so he actually admired it very much in his heart, and felt that it was very remarkable to be able to establish a village in such a short time.

However, admiration is admiration, the living standard of such a village is really different from that of the Tang Dynasty that has been operating for hundreds of years, and Cheng Yun, who is used to living in the city, is not willing to suffer such a crime, so he has been thinking about how to persuade the young family owner to give up Panjiabao and follow him back to the city.

But what's going on in front of you?

Standing on the earthen beam, the scenery of the whole Panjiabao is unobstructed, under the blue sky, a small city surrounded by the long city wall stands on the dirt slope in the middle of the plain, you can see the rows of roofs over the wall, the roofs are all composed of dark blue tiles, it is the time to cook, and the curling white smoke is connected on the roof, like an auspicious cloud floating on the black sea.

From the front of the city wall to the foot of the earthen beams, all the farmland has been cultivated, which is neatly divided into square squares by horizontal and vertical ditches and roads, as if a pair of big hands have outlined the earth into a huge chessboard.

Although in terms of scale, the city is much larger than the small city in front of you, it stands to reason that these Tang soldiers and people who came from the city should not be so shocked. But for some reason, these people were shocked.

There was silence on the earthen beam for a while, and then the silence was broken by a shock

"This really took a year to build?!"

It was Ruda who exclaimed, he habitually wiped his bare head and stared at Panjiabao in the distance with round eyes.

Not only Luda couldn't believe it, but so did the others, especially the Tang Jun who had been here last year, rubbing their eyes and muttering to themselves

"No, I remember last year it was just a wasteland, could I be mistaken, the river to the south? But I don't remember any other towns around here. ”

Cheng Yun was also shocked, but as the leader of the team, he tried his best to suppress the agitation in his heart and maintained a trace of calm, so he was the first to discover the movement on Panjiabao's side.

"Don't be stunned, Panjiabao has sent someone to greet us, cheer me up, don't weaken the prestige of my Tocharian army!"

It was Pan Xiaogu and his party who came to greet them, in fact, as early as two or three hours ago, Pan Xiaogu had already learned of Cheng Yun's arrival. Last time, Song Jiang reminded Pan Xiaogu that there might be Turkic people or other Hu tribes in Persia migrating to Anxi in the near future, and Panjiabao happened to be on one of the migration paths, so Pan Xiaogu arranged scout posts around each settlement early in the morning, and once he found a large group of people, he would report immediately.

Cheng Yun walked down the earthen beam and walked along the dirt road in the field for a while, and saw a young man a little younger than himself from a distance, walking from the opposite side with a group of young men dressed as family members.

When the two sides approached the land of two arrows, the people on the opposite side stopped, Cheng Yun noticed that behind the young man opposite, several family members took out bows and arrows and made a defensive gesture, seeing the other party's actions, the people on Cheng Yun's side couldn't help but stop advancing, the two sides were at a stalemate for a while, and then one person on the opposite side asked loudly: "The person who came is the brother of the Tang Tocharian army?" ”

Cheng Yun knew in his heart that the other party's vigilance was not at fault, but for some reason he was not happy in his heart, so he glanced at Luda on the side, and asked Luda to deal with the other party's questioning.

"Why are you waiting for the grass people to block my way? The current one is the captain of the Huozhou Military Government, the Tang Border Army, hurry up and get out of the way, and call your master to come and greet you! Luda really lived up to Cheng Yun's expectations, and refused to suffer any losses.

Cheng Yun's eyesight was excellent, and he clearly saw that after the young man on the opposite side heard Luda's response, he pursed his lips disdainfully, and then waved his hand to the people behind him, asking them to put down their bows and arrows and release their guards, which was regarded as the first step back in action, Cheng Yun had just let his subordinates continue to move forward, and he heard the young man shout

"On the other side is Captain Cheng, Pan has seen Uncle Ling Cheng Du Yu before, and I heard Brother Cheng mention you."

These words almost didn't make Cheng Yun angry, that young man must be Pan Xiaogu, but he opened his mouth, he called his uncle brother and brother in his words, isn't he a generation taller than himself, how can he get along with this person in the future?

Cheng Yun didn't want to see a guy who was obviously younger than himself all day long, but he was putting on an elder shelf all day long. So he glanced at a subordinate, and when the subordinate saw it, he took out a note from the box he was carrying behind his back and was stamped with the seal of the governor of Huozhou.

As a result, the subordinates handed over the profound post, Cheng Yun said seriously: "The army only recognizes military orders and does not know personal feelings, we are following the military order of the Huozhou Observation Envoy, and came to train the township brave and strong, which one is Pan Xiaogu, quickly stepped forward to take the complaint, and succeeded to the post of commander of the Huozhou Xiang Army, and from now on, the new army will be trained in Panjiabao without delay." ”

Cheng Yun rode on the horse, and as he spoke, he held up his post to Zhang Zhang, and deliberately did not look at Pan Xiaogu directly, as if he didn't know that he was the head of the Pan family.

The two sides had converged at this time, and although they were still a little wary of each other, the atmosphere that had become tense had dissipated. Cheng Yun's attitude was just to anger the young man on the other side.

Sure enough, this action really made Pan Xiaogu angry, and he saw the young man shaking his head with a wry smile on his face, and then walked to his horse and bowed his hand

"Xiaguan Pan Xiaogu takes the order!"