After Chen Lin and the others passed by Huanglong, they no longer dared to take the remote path and went straight to the pipeline. Passing by Huguan, Chen Lin saw a majestic and dangerous pass in the world, Chen Lin saw that the Bishui Pass was majestic and tall, but the Huguan in front of him was a different appearance, it was steep and terrifying. Huguan belongs to Shangdang County, Shangdang terrain is extremely high, there is the meaning of the same party with the sky, so the name is Shangdang. Shangdang is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and the southwest is Wangwu Mountain and Zhongtiao Mountain; To the west is Mount Taiyue; The Taihang Mountains run from the southeast to the east; To the north of Shangdang there are Wuyun Mountain and Bafu Mountain. Therefore, the party is such a dangerous place, and whenever the world is in turmoil, it will become a place where soldiers must fight.

On this day, Chen Lin and the others happened to spend the night in Huguan City, Chen Lin and the others were eating dinner in the inn, and suddenly heard a table of people not far from the inn, who seemed to be a passing businessman, was talking, Chen Lin couldn't help but listen. I saw one person say: "If it weren't for a certain clever person who hid in the thatched hut and didn't come out, even the nine lives would be gone." Another person also said: "Ouch, then your goods are a fluke, I heard that a group of caravans from Xuzhou happened to be met by the Hu people, not to mention the goods were robbed, there were more than 40 people, and there was no one left, alas." ”……

Chen Lin listened for half an hour, was shocked, and said to Cai Yong Fangyue: "Woe, there is a group of Hu people looting the party here. Without waiting for the two to react, Chen Lin shouted to the shopkeeper: "Shop, shopkeeper" A small guy rushed over and asked Chen Lin what he needed, Chen Lin took out ten yuan: "It is said that there are Hu people here who are plundering the Han people, and tell us everything you know, and this money will reward you." Seeing that the money was in hand, the little guy said it in a tick-tock manner, and Chen Lin and the others had some understanding.

It turned out that just a few days ago, I don't know where the Qianghu in the Hexi Plain crossed the Yellow River from, and there were three or four hundred people who crossed the Yellow River and ran rampant in Shangdang County, burning and looting everywhere. Qianghu are good at horses, superb horsemanship, skilled in arching and horsemanship, Shangdang Taishou led the troops out of the city, less than two days, was killed by this team of Qianghu defeated, Taishou was seriously injured and fled back, only one day, he lost his breath. The Shangdang officials hurriedly reported to Jinyang and asked Lord Ding Jianyang to send troops.

The Hexi Corridor was originally the land of the Han Dynasty, and later after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty broke the Xiongnu, a Xiongnu surrendered to the Han family, and the Han Emperor allocated the land of Hexi to the Hu people who moved inward. Since then, various northern tribes have gathered in the land of Hexi, all of whom are willing to surrender to the Han Empire, and these tribes select young and strong people to serve the Han every year, and some of the elite cavalry of the Han Dynasty came out of here. In recent years, the Hu people in Hexi have seen that the Han Dynasty has lost its prestige, and there is no more internal fighting, and there are also turmoil from time to time, and the Qiang people in the west are also frequently rebelling, and their national strength is declining day by day. So some tribes began to plunder the Han people, rob the Han merchants, and now this Qianghu cavalry is from the west of the river, a total of more than 300 horsemen. Originally, they were still a little worried about the plundering across the border, but later they defeated the dignified Taishou of the Han Dynasty, and this group of Hu people became even more unscrupulous. robbed nearly 100 Han men as slaves, carried the materials they had grabbed these days for them, and only waited for a few more robberies, and then returned to Hexi, this winter, their own tribe must be the most abundant in the entire Hexi.

After Chen Lin listened, he slapped the table and shouted: "We must not let this gang of Qiang Hu escape, if they are allowed to return to Hexi, as soon as this case is opened, the land west of Hexi will no longer be owned by my Han." Now Donghu, North Xianbei, and Xiqiang have made my Han exhausted, and the Hexi Corridor is the interior of the Han Dynasty. Fang Yue also said: "Exactly, Xianbei since Tanshikui unified the northern grassland desert, occupied the land of the former Xiongnu, began to ban the Xiongnu, and committed crimes for many years. ”

Chen Lin thought for a while, and said to Cai Yong: "Lord Cai, now that Qiang Hu is galloping outside, if you walk outside, you are afraid of risks, if Lord Cai lives here for a few days, Lord Assassin Shi will definitely send troops to suppress it, and it will not be too late to hit the road again." In fact, Chen Lin only needs to escort Cai Yong to Jinyang and the state office, but Chen Lin thought that he would personally send Cai Yong to Shuofang and settle it, so that he could return to Luoyang with confidence.

When Cai Yong heard this, he nodded: "What Bo Zhi said is that you must not harm everyone's lives anymore." It's just that Bo Zhi only said that he wanted me to stay here, where is Bo Zhi going? Chen Lin's eyes were sharp, and he said coldly: "The lower official wants to go to the party, and although the state is not subordinate to the department, it is also incumbent on the official." Fang Yue high-fived and applauded: "It's a good obligation, Fang Mou and Bo Zhi go together, but I want to see how powerful Qiang Hu is." ”

After the battle of Huanglong, Chen Lin knew that he should be equipped with a bow and arrow, although he could not stand on a horse like the legendary Yu of the Hu people and draw a bow and shoot arrows, but it was a deadly long-range weapon when he got off the horse. If there is a head-to-head battle, the infantry of the Han people and the horse army of the Hu people are not far behind. And every time the Han army fought against the Hu people, it was dragged down, not defeated head-on. The cavalry of the Hu people has always been used to deal with the cavalry that may appear in the Han army, and for the Han infantry in formation, it is difficult to shoot arrows that are immediately farther than the arrows shot by the Han army on the ground, so it is not advisable to use cavalry to deal with the Han army's foot soldiers. However, the Hu cavalry came and went like the wind, specializing in intercepting grain routes, and this is how the Han army was defeated in the desert.

Chen Lin decided to find bows and arrows in Huguan City and equip the guards. Chen Lin searched the entire city, but there was no one who sold ironware, and in the last thought, it seemed that he could only find a pot guard. During this year, it is not surprising that the local guards sold military rations and ordnance privately, and this is how the Chen family's nursing home equipment came from.

When Chen Lin saw Wang Shoujiang, he only felt that what he saw was not a guard, but a wealthy merchant who saw a wealthy man, with a short body, a face as white as jade, and a greasy and trembling body shook out to see Chen Lin. Chen Lin did not say that he was a Han official, but said that he was a businessman from a family in Yuzhou, and when he went to Merge for the first time, he heard that Qianghu was rampant, and he wanted some "unwanted" equipment in the army, so that he could defend himself.

Wang Shoujiang laughed and said, "The first time? I don't know what kind of goods to carry? Chen Lin knew that these generals who guarded the customs had a greasy way to collect customs duties and fill their pockets. Chen Lin said: "General, this is the first time, but I came to explore the market first, so I didn't bring any goods, but many people have to pay some taxes to pass the customs." After speaking, he looked at Wang Shoujiang with a smile on his face, Wang Shoujiang looked at it, this person said, well, and asked: "I don't know how many pieces the merchant wants?" "Naturally, it's a weapon.

Chen Lin didn't want a sword at this time, he only wanted an iron bow and arrows, so he said: "This, General Wang, the little one only wants some strong iron bows and arrows, I don't know if General Wang has them?" Wang Shoujiang sighed, looked at Chen Lin suspiciously, ordinary people will not and dare not ask for an iron bow in the army, this Chen Lin, no matter, it happens that there are a lot of iron bows in the pass, but he is afraid that Chen Lin will pay more money, so he pretended to be embarrassed: "This iron bow is some, but the iron bow is not as good as a sword, the workmanship is very exquisite, it is eye-catching, and it is not easy to do." After that, he squinted and secretly looked at Chen Lin, Chen Lin saw it clearly, and said in his heart that this was clearly a typical businessman, where was the pass guard.

Chen Lin pretended not to see it, and said with a smile: "The small one is willing to exchange two taels of gold for an iron bow in the army, if there is a stone iron bow, the small one will bid three taels of gold, and I hope that General Wang will send more arrows." "An ordinary wooden bow can be obtained for only a few hundred dollars, it is an iron bow, and it is rarely used in the army, most of them are equipped with wooden bows, that is, the iron bow is about one or two gold, Chen Lin opened the price nearly twice as much. Wang Shoujiang was as happy as seeing his father, and hurriedly asked, "Really?" Seeing this, Chen Lin sneered and disdained in his heart, but he didn't show it, so he had to affirm: "How dare the little one deceive General Wang, the little one brought fifty people, I don't know if General Wang can make up fifty iron bows?" ”

Money opened the way, Chen Lin and a few people left the guard's mansion with fifty iron bows and a cart of arrows, Chen Lin remembered that the Chen family had been looking for an excellent blacksmith for many years, but there was no result for many years, and they had always relied on this way to arm the courtyard, which cost a lot of money. If you can have a blacksmith of your own, plus the assistance of an ordinary strong man, you will definitely not worry about armaments, and it seems that there is a chance to get a blacksmith into the Chen family even if it is a few unsightly means.

The guards brought by Chen Lin are all veterans who have been working in the Chen family for many years, and they also change shifts from time to time to walk around with the Chen family's caravan, and the old lady of the Chen family attaches great importance to the practice of the nursing home, so it is not the first time that the guards of the Chen family have encountered a big iron bow, and they are also handy to use. It was Fang Yue's nursing home, holding an iron bow and archery, but the effect was unsatisfactory, causing Fang Yue to be ashamed for a while.

Chen Lin and Fang Yue each took ten people out of Huguan City, flew to the party, and the rest were in the inn to protect Cai Yong. The reason why Chen Lin dared to let go of Cai Yong was that no one dared to do anything in the city, and there were so many guards guarding it, and more than 20 guards surrounded the small courtyard of the inn where Cai Yong lived.

Chen Lin and his entourage traveled less than twenty miles to the west, and suddenly saw thick smoke rising into the sky in the mountain col over there, Chen Lin looked at it and shouted: "Disaster, there must be a village that has suffered a disaster, Brother Dingguo, I'll go and see." Fang Yue: "I'm afraid that if it's that gang of Qianghu, I'll have fewer people and I will suffer." Chen Lin shouted excitedly: "Even so, we can't see the suffering of my Han people and sit idly by." Fang Yue was deeply ashamed of what he said just now, and hurriedly followed Chen Lin and ran straight in the direction of the smoke.

From time to time, Chen Lin and others came to the front, it was really a small village, there were only more than 20 households, but at this time there was no longer the appearance of a village, every family was in flames, the village road was messy, corpses were everywhere, and there were no living people. Chen Lin and the others were at the head of the village, they were angry, Chen Lin held the Pu knife at his waist tightly, his eyes were spewing fire, when had he seen such a tragic appearance, the whole village was afraid that it would be slaughtered.

Chen Lin shouted hoarsely: "Go and check, are there any survivors?" The group of guards was also indignant and hurried into the village. After carefully counting, there were a total of 77 corpses in the village, and none of them survived, including women, children, and babies. Chen Lin and the others walked out of the village with black faces, looking back at the head of the village, not knowing and feeling in their hearts. At this time, a cold burst of shouts came from the source: "Beast, look at the gun." "A tall black shadow galloped forward, but I don't know who it is.