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The big tent of the Chinese army was crowded, and Zhou Cangzheng convened more than 30 leaders under his command to discuss the matter.

Due to Zhang Bao's unsparing support for the Mobei camp and the benefits of trade between Mobei and the Central Plains, the power of the Han people in Mobei is expanding rapidly, and there are constantly meritorious veterans sent to Mobei from Guanzhong, Xiliang, Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Jizhou, and the power of the tribes under Zhou Cangguanhai is expanding at an alarming speed.

Up to now, the tribe under the command of Zhou Cang alone has 36 leaders and nearly 30,000 cavalry, of which the Han cavalry accounts for 70%, and most of the rest are Qiang, Xiongnu and Karasuma people who have migrated from various places.

Zhou Cang Huo Ran raised his right hand, and the noisy discussion in the tent suddenly stopped.

Zhou Cang glanced around at the thousands of households, and said in a deep voice: "Now it is almost certain that this gang of horse thieves is from the Central Plains, and this must be secretly supported by someone!" Seventeen caravans have been sacked, thirty-eight tribes have been harassed, and our troops have lost more than 10,000 livestock and more than 1,000 people, and this blood debt must be recovered. ”

"Report~~" Zhou Cang's voice fell, and suddenly a junior colonel hurriedly rushed into the big tent and said quickly, "The eldest lady and the son were attacked by horse thieves two hundred miles south of our army, and the situation is critical, please send the army to help!" ”

"Huh!?" Zhou Cang gasped and shouted, "The left and right guards listen to orders!" ”

"The last general!"

In the sound of the promise, the two big men took a step forward and stood proudly in front of Zhou Cang.

Zhou Cang waved his hand and shouted: "Speed five thousand guards to help!" ”

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

The left and right iron guards clasped their fists and led the order.

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Two hundred miles south of the Zhoucang tribe, Liao Chen's three hundred iron cavalry has been completely surrounded!

When the convoy passed through a dirt mountain, a large group of horse thieves suddenly appeared on the vast snowfield, Xu Shaoda took a brief look and suddenly gasped, this group of horse thieves had at least more than 2,000 horses! Obviously, this group of horse thieves had long expected that there must be important people in the carriage guarded by Liao Chen's three hundred iron cavalry, so they summoned their companions and surrounded and annihilated them at all costs.

After all, Liao Chen followed Liao Hua's southern expedition to the north and the characters honed in the war, and immediately took the convoy to the earth mountain, the earth mountain is steep on three sides, only the north side is gentle and conducive to the cavalry assault, Liao Chen put the remaining nearly three hundred cavalry in the front, divided into three formations before and after, this is an offensive and defensive array, although the troops are at an absolute disadvantage, but Liao Chen does not intend to blindly defend.

This guy has been following Zhang Bao for a long time, and Zhang Bao's style of advocating offense has already been integrated into his blood with the immortal iron-blooded army soul.

Liao Chen straddled his horse and raised his sword, standing proudly at the front of the first team, the wind blew the scarf behind Liao Chen's head, and the hunting sound was like the mane behind the lion's head, fluttering with the wind and waves.

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A dark house somewhere.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei jointly rushed to the door, and as soon as they entered the door, Zhang Fei said to Liu Bei excitedly: "Big brother, we are back." ”

Liu Bei sat straight behind the table with a gloomy face and didn't say a word.

Zhang Fei didn't realize it, strode up to Liu Bei, and said excitedly: "Big brother, my second brother and I hunted a bear, and the brothers can have meat tonight." This bird's life is really not human. ”

"Eat, eat, you know how to eat." Before Zhang Fei finished speaking, he was coldly interrupted by Liu Bei, and said in an unkind tone, "Can you do something serious?" ”

Zhang Fei's expression was gloomy, without saying a word, he picked up the wine and drank wildly, "pop~", slammed the wine jar on the ground, the wine splashed, and said angrily: "Living this kind of bird life all day long, my old Zhang has long been fed up~"

"You~" Liu Bei said with a blue face, "Do you think the foolish brother likes this kind of day?" If we don't forbear, Zhang Bao's next target is our brothers. That thief has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, is we an opponent with a few thousand people? ”

"Forbearance, forbearance, the eldest brother knows forbearance~" Zhang Fei said angrily, "When will this bird day be a head?" No matter what mercenary he has hundreds of thousands, can't my second brother and I keep the eldest brother well? ”

Liu Bei looked at Zhang Fei's departing back and said angrily, "Why are you going?" ”

Zhang Fei's cold voice sounded in the endless darkness outside the door: "Drink." ”

"Brother and angry~ The third brother is irritable, but he respects his brother the most in his heart, these days he has been nesting in this place, the third brother will inevitably have some temper, and please don't go to my heart~" Guan Yu stepped forward to comfort Liu Bei and said, "Brother, it's not a way for us to stay in this place all the time, let alone the third brother, the brothers below have also complained because they have no food to eat~"

"Alas~" Liu Bei sighed and said gloomily, "Second brother, it's not that my brother has no enterprising heart, you and I have been stumbling for several years, and my brother is also uneasy in my brother's heart." Helplessly, every time I get better, Zhang Bao's house will always come to the door, and my brother suspects that Zhang Bao's house must be aimed at you and my brother! If not, why would my brother abandon Taishan County? ”

Guan Yu was puzzled: "It's just puzzling to the younger brother, the elder brother has been obscure and his power has been extremely inconspicuous among the princes of all walks of life over the years, why does that Zhang Bao always target the elder brother?" ”

"It's also incomprehensible to be a brother, but~" Liu Bei took a deep breath and said in a condensed voice, "Kuang Fu Han is the ambition of my brother's life." Today's son falls into the hands of Cao Cao, the country will not be a country, and he must secretly accumulate strength for his brother no matter how to win the Son of Heaven! ”

Guan Yu was very relieved in his heart, the reason why Guan Yu took a fancy to Liu Bei and followed Liu Bei, brotherhood only accounted for one of them, and the second was because Liu Bei was the emperor of the Han family, and only Liu Bei was the only one who really supported the Han family among the heroes of all walks of life in the world, otherwise with his martial arts, no matter where he was thrown, at least he would be the general position of leading an army.

"A certain and third brother swear to follow their brother to the death!" Guan Yu said in a deep voice, "Go and persuade the third brother to avoid him doing anything stupid." ”

"Hmmm! You go~" Liu Bei bowed his head slightly, a ruthless color flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "You tell the third brother that you have already made plans for your brother, and the day when my brother will rise is not far away!" ”

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Mobei grassland.

Horses' hooves churned, blood and flesh flew everywhere!

Liao Chen rose up with a knife and slashed the horse thief in front of him, and was about to urge the horse to enter again, when two wolf tooth arrows swept into the air, with the experience of a hundred battles, Liao Chen instinctively turned to one side, avoiding the vital point in his heart, and the sharp arrow cluster was coldly nailed into his waist ribs.

Bone-eating cold waves are coming, and the power is rapidly fading.

Two more horse thieves howled and rushed over, the bright sabre flashed with dazzling cold light under the light of the remnant sun, Liao Chen's expression was cold, it seemed that he could not escape death today.

Liao Chen is not afraid of death, as a soldier, he has long been able to talk and laugh about life and death, the only thing he feels unwilling is that after he dies, no one will be able to protect the safety of his wife and son, if he lets his wife and son have an accident in his hands, it will be difficult to look at it even if he dies!

"Woo woo~~"

Just when Liao Chen was thinking that he was going to die, a long horn suddenly sounded on the vast snowfield again, and the horse thief who was howling and rushing forward like a tide immediately turned his horse's head and fled into the distance, and disappeared from Liao Chen's field of vision in less than a moment.

"Whew!"

Liao Chen let out a long sigh of relief, only to feel a collapse and fall from the horse's back.

"General, reinforcements, our reinforcements are coming!"

The two soldiers who had survived a hundred battles struggled to lean over, pointing to the vast snowfield in the north and shouting to Liao Chen, Liao Chen looked in the direction of the soldier's finger, and sure enough, he saw a faint black line appearing from the snowfield, and in less than a moment, the faint black line had turned into a large group of galloping cavalry.

"Fuck it!"

Liao Chen crossed the steel knife and cut off the shafts of the two wolf tooth arrows inserted in his waist, this movement hurt so much that he frowned, and couldn't help cursing viciously, looking around, almost all of the three hundred iron horsemen he brought were killed on the battlefield, and now Liao Chen and the two horsemen behind him were left!

But the price paid by the horse thieves was even heavier, at least a thousand horsemen were piled up!

"Sigh Rhythm ~~"

In the neighing of horses that resounded in the sky, the two healthy horses rushed up the mountain like a gallop, and the two Angzang generals on horseback shouted at Liao Chen: "The left and right guards of General Zhoucang in the Mobei Grassland are coming to greet them, where are the eldest lady and the son?" ”

Liao Chen stretched out his hand and weakly pointed to the carriage on the top of the dirt mountain behind him, and gasped: "It's ~~ in the car." ”

The curtain of the carriage suddenly opened, and a gentle shadow appeared from the carriage, followed by the young Zhang Tuo, and the left and right guards who came to escort the car hurriedly turned over and dismounted, knelt on the snowfield, and said respectfully: "Knock to see Madame, knock to see Gongzi." ”

"Get up." Wanrou said solemnly, "The two generals have worked hard. ”

"Mrs. Xie."

The left and right guards bowed again, got up and stood on one side, and the left iron guard solemnly said: "Respectfully ask the lady and son to go on the road, the general will lead the army to arrive soon." ”

"Wait." Wanrou waved her hand, walked up to Liao Chen, and said, "General Liao Chen, the concubine has studied medical skills with the Holy Maiden, and let the concubine take a look at your arrow wounds. ”

Liao Chen hurriedly struggled to get up, half-knelt on the snow and responded: "Returning to Madame, the last general's injury is fine, and I also ask Madame and Gongzi to go on the road early and rush to General Zhoucang's tribe." ”

"It seems that the general's injuries are indeed not serious, but the bleeding must be stopped first." Wanrou said this, and said to Zhang Tuo, "Tuo'er, bring the hemostatic appointment for my mother." ”

Zhang Tuo responded and hurriedly returned to the carriage to get the medicine.

Liao Chen had no choice but to let Wanrou dress him with medicine, and then respectfully invite Wanrou and Zhang Tuo to board the car and head towards the Zhoucang tribe.

Less than ten miles to the north, more than 10,000 Mobei cavalry led by Zhou Cang also rushed to the guard, Zhou Cang personally escorted Wanrou and Zhang Tuo back to the camp, while ordering the left and right iron guards to follow the horseshoe prints left on the snow field to pursue the horse thieves, but this group of horse thieves is really cunning, and after fleeing to the east for dozens of miles, they turned into dozens of small strands and scattered, the left and right iron guards knew that there would be no result if they chased down, so they had no choice but to lead the troops back to the camp without mentioning.

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Zhoucang Daying.

Wanrou said to Zhou Cang: "General Zhou Cang, the concubine sent Tuo'er to the general's camp this time, it was on the order of her husband, so that he could taste the pain of ice and snow outside the plug, the general must not care about Tuo'er's identity as a son, take care of him everywhere, and sympathize with him, it would be against his father's good intentions." ”

Zhou Cang arched his hand in the south and said solemnly: "Madame, don't worry, the last general knows it." ”

"Alas, Tuo'er, this kid is good at everything, but his temperament is a little dead-eyed, so he should be allowed to endure more hardships and have more experience." Wanrou smiled bitterly, "And this kid likes to get to the bottom of everything, and he will have to worry about the general in the future, and the concubine is here to thank her husband and Tuo'er first." ”

"Madame, why do you need to do that?" Zhou Cang hurriedly got up and said, "Serving the lord and wife is the duty of the last general. ”

"Huan'er" Wan'er turned back to the maid behind her and said, "Go and call Tuo'er." ”

Huan'er answered, went out of the account and came back, with a slightly flustered look on his face, and said, "Madam, the son is gone." ”

"Huh?" Wan Rou's face was pale, "Wasn't you still playing outside the tent just now?" ”

"yes." Seeing that Wanrou's face changed, Huan'er became more and more panicked in her heart, and said in a worried voice, "I was still building a snowman just now, and this blink of an eye is gone." ”

"This, this~~" Wanrou said urgently, "You go and find it." ”

"Madame, don't panic." Zhou Cang said, "This is the camp that the last general has been running for many years, and the horse thieves will never dare to come to make trouble, not to mention that there are cavalry patrols around the camp, if the son wants to run out of the camp, he will definitely be discovered by these patrol cavalry, and now no one has come to report the news, indicating that the son is still in the camp, and the last general will send someone to find it." ”

Wan Rou bowed her head and said, "There is General Lao." ”

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On the right side of the camp there is a piece of worn-out felt bags, more worn and older than the felt bags in other areas, these worn felt bags can not stop the cold wind whistling in addition to the rain and snow, and most of the people living in the felt bags are slaves with vegetable faces and dull expressions.

Most of these slaves were wearing heavy shackles and shackles, and they were strung together like grasshoppers in heavy chains, and if no one unchained them, they didn't even want to act alone, so they didn't need to be guarded at all, and they couldn't run away even if they wanted to.

Most of these slaves were Xianbei, Xiongnu, Buyeo and other barbarians.

At the beginning, Zhou Cang and Guan Hai were all killed when they caught Xianbei and Fuyu barbarian men, but after the rise of commerce under Zhang Bao's rule, Zhou Cang and they changed their practices and sold the captive foreign men as slaves to the Central Plains in exchange for a large amount of grain, cloth, iron, armor, and so on.

The notorious business practice of the slave trade has begun to sprout!

In the ancient history of China, the slave trade did not exist, but the Chinese civilization, which was a state of etiquette, had always been extremely resistant to this kind of trade, but the pyramid system implemented by Zhang Bao in the Mobei grassland completely changed this situation!

Zhang Bao, the initiator of the pyramid system, and Zhou Cang, Guan Hai and others, who strongly supported this system, did not know that their bloody plundering of the steppe peoples was giving birth to a slave trade that lasted for thousands of years! With the prosperity of industry and commerce under Zhang Bao's rule, as well as the rise of a large number of pastures and farms, the demand for slaves increased rapidly.

The increase in the demand for slaves further stimulated the plundering of the population of Xianbei, Dingling, and Buyeo by the Zhou Cang and Guanhai departments, so that in the late period of Zhang Bao's reign, the strong demand for slaves became the biggest incentive for the Han nationality to expand abroad! Tens of thousands of armed forces, whether official or civilian, crossed the vast Gobi and the barren desert and began to spread their black hands...... But this is all an afterthought, and it is impossible for the current Zhou Cang to know.

Of course, Zhang Bao, as a traverser, will more or less understand this truth, but now that the Yellow Turban's chariot is too big, for this kind of win-win thing, it is no longer something Zhang Bao can stop. Of course, Zhang Bao didn't want to stop it, Zhang Bao never felt that he should have sympathy for the barbarians, otherwise who would sympathize with the Han nation that was regarded as a "two-legged sheep" in history?