In order to prevent the occurrence of overwork and dehydration, Liu Tai ordered the army to stop marching and temporarily stationed outside the county town of Xialuo, and rested in situ.

Shanggu County was founded in the 29th year of the Warring States period (283 B.C.), and was named after the large valley. At that time, King Yan Zhao sent Qin Kai, a general who had returned from being a hostage in Donghu, to defeat Donghu, causing Donghu to retreat more than 1,000 miles to the north, and expanding the northern territory of Yan to Liaodong. Subsequently, the Great Wall was built along the northern border, and five counties of Shanggu, Yuyang, Liaodong, Liaoxi, and Youbeiping were placed, and Shanggu County was the first county in the western part of the northern Xinjiang of the Yan Kingdom.

The county seat is located in the middle of Shanggu County, adjacent to Zhulu County, outside the city is the confluence of the east, west, north and south rivers, is a rare water town in northern Xinjiang, the city is prosperous in business, the population is as many as tens of thousands of households, in all the counties of Shanggu County, second only to the county of Fuyang City, Liu Tai was still in Huacheng, and even some officials proposed that the county of Shanggu County be relocated to Xialuo City, so as to make the commercial culture of Shanggu County more developed, of course, because the matter of migration is very troublesome, there are many things in northern Xinjiang now, If you can do less, you can do less.

Originally, Liu Tai was not going to enter the county seat to rest, after all, during the march, what if something happened and Liu Tai could not be found? However, the people of this city were too hospitable, and when they heard the army passing by the county town, they rushed to the barracks one by one.

Most of the people came to reward the three armies with eggs, dishes or something in their hands, and even the county officials who fell to the city couldn't stop them, and in desperation, Liu Tai could only lead the three thousand guards who accompanied him into the county seat to rejoice with the people. (The guards belong to the Jinyi Guard, but they are not counted as the regular army ranks in the Jinyi Guard, and Liu Tai is considered to be a private person who does not marry, regardless of whether the Jinyi Guard leaves the expedition or not, the personal guard cannot leave Liu Tai.) The process of Tonghuan was happy, and Liu Tai also made a lot of condolences to the people, but the result of Tonghuan was painful, because Liu Tai, a dignified nine-foot man, was tired and lying in the yamen of the county government, holding the military newspaper that had just come from all over the country.

"Zhicai, how can the movements of the Xianbei army be so suspicious? Obviously, Wang Tingdanhan Mountain is only a thousand miles away from Guangning County, Shanggu County, but at this time, Guangning County has not moved at all. Holding the latest military newspaper in his hand, after looking at it a few times, Liu Tai looked at the black and white joke sitting on the side and Xun Yu and asked.

Xi Zhicai and Xun You glanced at each other, and at the same time raised their heads to look at Liu Tai, among which Xi Zhicai had a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said to Liu Tai: "My lord, I think that the reason why Xianbei has not arrived for a long time is that he is waiting for the lord..."

"Well... Oh? What does this mean? Could it be that Murong Feng has itchy skin, and he can't make this general? Liu Tai smiled, lay down on the comfortable warm pit, and said softly.

Xi Zhicai looked at Xun You, did not take the lead in explaining, but gave the opportunity to Xun You, this expedition, Xi Zhicai and Xun You are both military advisors, it is not good to take all the limelight, right?

"Lord, I think that Murong Feng's move is to fight a decisive battle with the lord in the grassland, has the lord ever thought that my Great Wall defense line has been repaired over the years, it can be described as indestructible, Xianbei is not good at attacking the city, and it is impossible to make any preparations, is it possible that the Xianbei army will ride a war horse to hit the Great Wall?" Xun You smiled and arched his hand at Liu Tai and said.

"Well, it makes sense, it seems that as long as General Ben doesn't go to Guangning County for a day, Murong Feng will not attack the city even if he reaches the defense line of the Great Wall." Liu Tai nodded self-deprecatingly and smiled.

"Oh, by the way, is there any news from Guo Jian's kid? I remember that the last time I wrote seemed to be three months ago, this kid is really, I see, he must be out there, and even Huacheng refuses to reply. Liu Tai was lying on the couch, and suddenly remembered Guo Jia, who had not seen him for several years, and asked with a look of nostalgia.

"Hehe...."Xi Zhicai and Xun You looked at each other and smiled, with a hint of inexplicable meaning in their eyes, and did not reply, but turned their heads into black and white.

"Shenhou, this is the tea you want..."Liu Tai frowned and looked at Xi Zhicai and Xun You, wondering why the two didn't answer, when the voice of the government servant suddenly came from beside him.

"Oh, bring it up." Liu Tai responded lightly and sat up. Not long after, I saw a "little guy" with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes and a brocade robe walking into the lobby.

"Xiaowu" is holding a cup of fragrant tea in his hand, wearing a cyan robe, about seven feet (1.7 meters) tall, looking a little thin, with sword eyebrows and stars, the tip of his nose is straight, with a hint of inexplicable smile at the corner of his mouth, and he looks like he is holding a wisdom bead.

"Are you??" Seeing the appearance of the "little guy", Liu Tai was a little puzzled, and there seemed to be an image of a five-meter-tall boy in his mind, but he was a little unsure, so he asked out loud.

"Little Guy" didn't reply directly, but smiled and first put the tea on the case in front of Liu Tai, took a step back, and suddenly fell to the ground in front of Liu Tai, shouting: "Guo Jia meets the lord......"

"......." Liu Tai looked stunned on the spot, as if he didn't hear clearly, and asked, "You say... Who are you??? ”

"Little Guy" raised his head, his eyes were slightly moist, but the corners of his mouth said with a smile: "Guo Jia has seen the lord, I wonder if the lord has been okay in the past two years?" ”

"Little... Kashiko?? Liu Tai opened his mouth, suddenly stepped out of bed, stepped forward to support Guo Jia's arms and said, "You say, are you Xiao Jiazi?" How can it be? How did it change so much? It's only been two years!! ”

As the saying goes, there are eighteen changes in women's colleges, and at least nine changes in men's colleges, right? Today's Guo Jia is fourteen years old, one meter seven tall, looks like Chengren, of course, in ancient times at the age of thirteen or fourteen, if you don't go to school, you can be considered an adult, even a poor family, a ten-year-old child has to go to the field to farm, with immature hands to feed the family.

"Lord, please see, this is still a jade bead given to Jia by the lord back then, and Jia Ke has always carried it in his hand and never left it." Guo Jia smiled helplessly, and looked at Xi Zhicai and Xun You for help, but both of them had nothing to do with themselves, and there was black and white there, in desperation, Guo Jia could only put his sleeves up and show Liu Tai a string of jade beads on his wrist.

"Hey...."Liu Tai has no doubts at all now, the reason why he didn't believe it just now is just because Guo Jia has changed too much, and now he sees the jade beads that his celebrities have scurried up to give to Guo Jia, what else is there to believe?

"Xiao Jiazi, you have been gone for seven hundred and ninety-three days, so that my brother misses you so much." Liu Tai hugged Guo Jia with tears in his eyes, then looked at Guo Jia carefully, and said with an emotional look.

Hearing Liu Tai actually say the exact number of days he left, Guo Jia couldn't help himself, and said to Liu Tai with a slight sob: "Lord, when Jia heard that nearly a million foot soldiers in the northern grassland were riding south, he could no longer travel abroad. ”

"Yes, good brother." Liu Tai patted Guo Jia's shoulder, took Guo Jia's hand and sat back on the plane and asked, "Where have you traveled in the past two years, Xiao Jiazi, tell me for everyone." ”

Guo Jia had tears in his eyes, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Lord, after Jia left the northern Xinjiang, he went all the way to the south, passing through a lot of places, under the escort of the two brothers Liao Hua and Zhou Cang, although there were several adventures, but nothing major happened (ps: omitted.......)"

Unconsciously, Guo Jia and Liu Tai talked for nearly three hours, and if it was getting late today, even the subordinates had already brought the meal.

Guo Jia's travel is very exciting, it can be said that he has traveled all over the country in two years, and in the travels, he has increased a lot of knowledge, and even accepted two concubines, of course, the concubines have been escorted to Guo's mansion in Huacheng by the firm before Guo Jialai's whereabouts.

Don't think that Guo Jia is not the person in charge of the firm and can't command the firm, the firm can be said to be in the hands of Guo Jia to the behemoth today, if you talk about the degree of understanding of the firm, even the current president of the firm Mi Zhu can not compare, and even within the firm, many old people are Guo Jia's hand-to-hand, other people's face, these old people may not give, but Guo Jia speaks, these old people dare not listen?

"Xiao Jiazi, according to what you said, the current situation in Yangzhou is terrible?" The delicious meal is right in front of him, but Liu Tai tastes like chewing wax, and in Guo Jia's mouth, Liu Tai knows that today's Huangjiao can't speak the same as in the past.

In Yangzhou, Jingzhou, and Yizhou, it can be said that the Yellow Sect's right to speak is more convincing than that of the government, and even many regular soldiers and county soldiers have begun to carry the Yellow Belt on their shoulders, especially after Liu Yu was deposed, this situation has become more and more intense, and even to the extent that the generals in southern Xinjiang are chanting the name of the Heavenly Master every day, of course, except for a few core figures of the Yellow Sect, it is impossible for these generals to know that the Yellow Sect has the intention of rebellion, thinking that the Yellow Sect and the ancestral religion in the north are the holy places to save the Li people.

"Yes..."Guo Jia nodded with a heavy expression and said: "In Yangzhou and Jingzhou, not only the scholars and generals, including those gate valves, have a very deep belief in the Yellow Sect, and even some gate valves sell a large amount of grain and grass to the Yellow Sect to fund the development of the Yellow Sect. ”

"Hey..."Liu Tai sighed deeply, although today, if Liu Tai is above 10,000 people in terms of authority, but there is still a Central Plains between southern Xinjiang and northern Xinjiang, it is obviously unrealistic to want to touch his hand to southern Xinjiang, even if Liu Tai wants to warn those gate lords at this time, I am afraid that not many people will listen to it.

Faith! This is a very admirable word, but also a very terrifying word, faith can make people's spiritual world incomparably full, driven by people with hearts, but also can make people go crazy for the faith in their hearts, to destroy everything! Like what... The Yellow Turban Uprising at the end of the Han Dynasty!

(To be continued)