In Xining Prefecture, Xu Wei inspected the last stop of Xihe Road. After more than 20 days of inspection, the top governor of Shaanxi Province already has a considerable understanding of this place. Xihe Road is a multi-ethnic mixed settlement, mainly Qiang people, "animal husbandry is more developed, agriculture is far less than the interior of Shaanxi, and trade with Qin Fengjing Yuan is more frequent. Although the imperial court has set up many prefectures and counties here, the Qiang people are still dominated by tribes, and within a state, there are dozens of Daxi tribes. Or by the name of the place, or by the name of the person, and so on. The folk style is fierce, and the martial style is very strong.

Most of the chiefs of the various departments held hereditary military positions, and in the event of a major war, they were "obliged to send troops and horses to the commanders." Therefore, the name of the Xihe Army's bravery and good fighting is the best in Shaanxi.

"This is Cat Cow City." Yao Pingzhong pointed to a city in front of him and said to Xu Wei.

Cat Cow City? How can you come up with such a strange name? Xu Wei guessed that it might have been called Yak City, but it had changed. It is said that the summer army attacked Maoniucheng and was defeated by the Tubo army defending the city, and "the commanders were all captured." Li Yuanhao was furious when he heard the news, "personally led the army to attack, but in the face of Jiancheng, the Xia army could not attack." The cunning Yuan Hao pretended to make peace with the defenders, "but secretly hid the troops behind, and as soon as the city was opened", the party people swarmed in, and the city fell. Later, "this catniu city was recaptured by the Song army" and was renamed "Xuanwei City", but it is still commonly known as Maoniu in habits.

"Let's go, let's go into the city." Zhang Qing gasped. Xu Wei felt that he had some altitude sickness, so he thought about hurrying to finish this last stop and then go back to Qinzhou.

Maoniucheng was not among Xu Wei's inspections, but he heard that this was the border of Song and Xia, and there had been a big war, so he wanted to come and see it, and he didn't notify the local civil and military officials in advance. When they led the guards to the bottom of the city, they found that the city was full of armor soldiers, and the city was already closed, "as if facing a great enemy."

"What's going on?" Zhang Qing looked at the city and found that something seemed to be wrong. Xu Wei's guards also held their equipment and looked around alertly. Yao Pingzhong didn't know what to do, so he swept from left to right with his head held high, "seeing that the city is completely in a state of battle", he shouted: "Go and ask personally!" "As soon as he struck his horse forward, he ran less than fifty paces, and a burst of arrows came down from the city! The warlord jerked the reins, the horse neighed, and the man stood up! Look at it again, "More than a dozen steps away, the iron arrow is nailed into the ground!"

"Blind your mother's eyes!!" The general was shocked and angry, and couldn't help but scold.

There was no movement in the city for a long time, but when he saw that the soldiers with swords and bows were unmoved, "Then a man leaned out from the Tooth Battlement and shouted, "Who is coming!" ”

"I'll fuck you! Yao Jing is here! Hurry up and open the city! The warrior roared on horseback.

There was a stir in the city! Yao Dashuai is here? What did Yao Dashuai do when he came to Cat Cow City? This place is located on the border, and the highest commander that the military and civilians usually see is the city lord, and when they hear that the commander of Xihe is coming, the soldiers dare not believe it.

"How do I know it's Yao Jingluo? What credentials do you have? The castle guard asked. Yao Pingzhong heard it behind him, and said sideways: "Tai Lieutenant, wait for the humble position to call men?" ”

Xu Wei nodded and reminded: "You are not in the limelight, this limelight is not right" Yao Pingzhong should go down and move forward, Zhang Qing immediately ordered the guards to come up and surround a cadre of commanders in the middle. The knife is unsheathed, the arrow is wound, and the battle is ready.

"The guard general of the city" is the commander of the Xi River, and Yao Pingzhong "calls you Duan City Lord out!" Yao Pingzhong shouted at the city.

There was no response from the city, and after a long time, I saw that there were many people rushing to the city. One of them poked his head out and looked carefully, only to see that the person under the city was immediately under the city, who was not Yao Dashuai? His heart was shocked, and he hurriedly rushed down to the city, led a dozen horsemen, and drove half of the men out of it.

"I've seen a little bit of justice!" That person is the local guard "Zhimao Niucheng, surnamed Duan." Yao Pingzhong's face was a little angry, and he pointed at the horsewhip: "What are you doing?" ”

The city lord of that section couldn't tell his age" but he was tall, extremely strong, his skin and bones were like iron and steel, and he was fully armed with iron armor, so he didn't care about answering at all, and said quickly: "Jiang Jingluo will enter the city and talk about it." ”

Yao Pingzhong was full of suspicion, stared at the other party for a moment, and turned around to summon his hand. Xu Wei and the others were surrounded by the guards and drove into the city, only to see that this cat-cow city is actually not big, but it is extremely strong, and the height and thickness of its city walls are even more than the Guanzhong city! As soon as I entered the city, I found that this place was really like a great enemy, in addition to the guards on the city, there were troops assembled in the city to stand by.

"Look at this, are you preparing to defend the city?" Zhang Qingxi said.

Xu Wei didn't speak, he was wondering who ate the bear's heart and leopard gall and dared to invade my border? This is located on the border of Song and Xia, could it be a party member? Not really, right? Not long ago, I sent someone to congratulate Lord Xia on his birthday," and he gave me two hundred good horses as a token of thanks. Could it be the Tibetans? I really can't say for sure, conflicts and disputes on the border area are always inevitable.

And when they had entered the city, they all dismounted. That section of the city lord was about to lead the minister to the court, but was called by Yao Pingzhong, and said loudly: "You come with me." ”

The city lord Duan was puzzled, and followed him to Xu Wei, only to hear the prince introduce to a man in his thirties and thirties: "This is Taiwei Xu." ”

The city lord of Duan has been in Maoniu City for ten years, and even the chief of the Shuai Division will hardly come to this place, so when he heard the word "Taiwei", he couldn't react, and asked in a loud voice: "Which Taiwei?" Yao Xiyan's face changed, and he scolded: "What else can be a captain?" Sichuan and Shaanxi Xuanfu deputy envoy, Shaanxi system envoy "Xu Taiwei!" ”

There is a way that he is in armor and does not give full courtesy, but when the Duan City Lord heard this, he felt that his legs were weak, and he fell down, and the shocked look on his face could not be concealed! He was not intimidated by the rank of rank that surpassed him," but he had a premonition that something was wrong. Yao Pingzhong's face couldn't hold it, and the six roads in Shaanxi knew that my Xihe soldiers were strong and strong, and they were good at fighting. Mother: "Why are you so cowardly, when you hear the name of the captain, your legs are so frightened?" Isn't that a shame on me!

With a whip over, Captain Xi was furious: "Get up!" Shame on you! ”

The city lord of Duan climbed up, bowed his head and bowed: "Duan Hong, who knows the cat cow city, has seen the captain!" ”

Xu Wei looked around and asked, "Duan City Lord, you are heavily guarded in this city, and the soldiers are out of their sheaths and their arrows are wound?" So what's going on? ”

"Back to Taiwei, from here to the northwest, less than a hundred miles is the Xixia Renduoquan City. In early summer, there was a famine there, and in order to grab grain, cattle and sheep, the Qiang tribes under the city of Renduoquan often crossed the border to plunder. The humble post raised troops several times to strike, "but the other party's whereabouts are uncertain, and the results are not great." lasted for a few months" and became the norm. At the beginning of this month, the lord of the city of Naren Duoquan actually sent someone to ask the lowly to borrow a thousand stones of grain and three thousand cattle and sheep, but when the lowly position did not allow it, he threatened to lead an army to attack. ”！ ~！