Chapter 1: The Fort Hears the Police

'Years old Jinhe Fuyuguan, riding horses and knife rings in the court'

After a few months, Yang Yuanqing returned to the border fortress he had guarded for more than five years, at this time it was already the middle of winter in November, the north wind was howling, thousands of miles of ice, and the cold wind blew the traveler's skin. caihongwenxue

On the endless Gobi Desert, a caravan of camels laden with goods is slowly moving north along the frozen Yellow River, which is like a jade belt.

The climate north of Lingzhou is very cold, the cold wind is like a knife, everyone wears thick leather robes, and also wears curtain hats, covering the whole body to resist the dust and cold wind.

There were more than 600 camel caravans, loaded with thousands of loads of tea and other goods, and there were about 30 camel drivers with the caravan, almost all of whom were Hu people from the Western Regions.

In addition to Yang Yuanqing and Yang Wei, Kang Bas also brought his wife and daughter, his wife was Sogdian, in her thirties, could not speak Chinese, and the eldest daughter was fourteen years old, a beautiful girl with blue eyes, who could speak a few words of Chinese.

The youngest daughter is six years old, Kangbas told Yang Yuanqing that he was five years old and his daughter was two years old, in fact, he was more to win Yang Yuanqing's sympathy, he actually didn't, only two daughters, every time everyone mentioned this matter and made fun of him, Kangbas would always smile embarrassedly.

Kang Bas named the eldest daughter Kang Mo, and the younger daughter was called Kang Li, and Niuniu and Kang Mo had a very good relationship along the way, the two were of the same age, and they also had company along the way.

In addition to Kangbas's wife and daughter, there are several young officials, all of whom are low-grade petty officials who have just entered the country from the country, most of them are the children of official eunuchs, one is the new county Cheng of Dali City, named Du Ruhui, a native of Jingzhao Duling, at the age of fifteen, he became an alternate official of the Ministry of Officials, while studying in Guozixue, while waiting for the opportunity to enter the office, this time Yang Guang ordered Gao Xiaoji, a young and capable talent to serve as the county magistrate of Dali County, to assist Yang Yuanqing, Gao Xiaoji selected Du Ruhui, praised him for his quick thinking, pragmatic and decisive.

In addition to Du Ruhui, there are three young officials, all of whom are around 20 years old, and they are officials who serve as traffic supervisors, and ordinary officials are reluctant to come to Biansai to take up posts, where the conditions are difficult and far away from their families, and only young people with great ambitions and sharp spirit are willing to go to Biansai.

Although it was cold and hard along the way, several young people were full of interest and full of expectations for the future.

At noon on this day, the team arrived at Liucheng Garrison, and saw a column of wolf smoke rising from the top of the fort from a distance, which was a fort between Fengzhou and Lingzhou, and it was also a beacon, about 40 miles away from the bend of the Yellow River, and belonged to the jurisdiction of the Fengzhou army.

The fort covers an area of one acre, three floors high, one layer of horses, two floors of people, three floors are beacons, a total of 20 soldiers, led by a lord.

The team was still a mile away from the fort, and the commander brought a few soldiers to greet him, the commander was called Yeli Bagge, who was a member of the party, he was a personal soldier of Yujuluo, and Yang Yuanqing was very familiar with him.

The flying horse stepped forward, he turned over and dismounted, and knelt down on one knee to meet Brother Liba, see General Yang! ”

Yang Yuanqing pulled him up, patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, Yeli, I haven't seen him for a few months, how much fur have I saved? ”

The garrison lived a hard life, and usually hunted in the vicinity, obtained furs and sold them to merchants along the way, in exchange for wine, food and some daily necessities.

Brother Yeli Ba sighed bitterly with a bitter face, "Don't mention it, I didn't go out in the autumn, and I didn't have any harvest." ”

Yang Yuanqing was stunned, "For?" ”

"I'll tell you later."

Brother Yeli took a look at the camel team and said with a smile, did you give it to us? ”

"It's all tea, I'll leave you two loads when you leave."

Yang Yuanqing turned around and beckoned to everyone, everyone go to the fort to rest for an hour and drink some hot soup! ”

Everyone was very tired from trekking all the way, and when they heard Yang Yuanqing's shout, everyone sped up and headed towards the fort.

The guards have set up several tents for them, burned dried cow dung, and sent them into the tent to keep them warm, although Ye Liba Ge looked rude, but his heart was as careful as a hair, he heard the patrol said that there were female dependents in Yang Yuanqing's team, so he specially built a thick wool tent for them, and did not use cow dung, but burned charcoal to keep them warm.

When they came to the fort, they got off their horses and camels, and stamped their feet and rubbed their hands together, and their hands and feet were frozen, while the camel drivers settled the camels and scrambled into the tents to warm themselves, and a soldier brought several women into the wool tent and brought a lot of blankets.

"General Yang!"

Du Rumei, the new county magistrate, stepped forward and asked, "Are we going to spend the night here tonight?" "Don't skip words.

Du Rumei has a dark and thin face, medium stature, although he is only twenty years old, he is old-looking, he looks like he is in his thirties, but he is in good spirits, he talks and laughs along the way, and he can tell a lot of allusions everywhere, and he seems to be very knowledgeable.

Although it was his first time as a county minister, he had often gone to Gyeonggi County to help since he was 16 years old, and he had accumulated a lot of experience in government affairs.

Yang Yuanqing concurrently serves as the county commander, and Du Rumei is the county commander, in the general county, the relationship between the county commander and the county commander is very close, but Yang Yuanqing is a soldier after all, not a civilian official, Du Rumei and him lack a common language, it seems a little estranged, not so tacit, and the two don't talk much along the way.

Yang Yuanqing also understands this, and when he is busy, he will naturally get better, but he also has a lot of respect for this young subordinate, he shook his head and explained that there will be a snowstorm in a few days, and we must rush to Dali City as soon as possible, and leave after only resting for an hour. ”

He glanced at Du Rumei's hand, his fingers were red and swollen, and he actually had chilblains, so he asked if the county didn't use chilblain cream? "Don't skip words.

Du Rumei smiled bitterly and shook her head, "I bought a little bit before leaving, but it didn't seem to work." ”

Yang Yuanqing immediately turned around and beckoned to a soldier, and the soldier stepped forward to salute, "Is there something wrong with the general?" "Don't skip words.

"Give me a box of your antifreeze."

The soldier rushed into the fort, and after a moment, he brought a palm-sized wooden box and handed it to Yang Yuanqing.

Yang Yuanqing opened the box, it was filled with black ointment, he handed it to Du Rumei and said with a smile This is boiled by the local people using the soil method, although it is rough, but it is very effective, the county will give it a try. ”

Du Rumei took the box and sniffed it, with a knowing smile on her face, "There is musk, good!" ”

He smiled and said thank you, General, I was in the first place, and called me when I set off. ”

Du Rumei turned around and walked into the tent, Yang Yuanqing looked at his thin back, and suddenly thought of another person, Fang Xuanling, I don't know where this person is?

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Not long after, the aroma of boiled broth permeated the entire camp tent, Yeli Bage took Yang Yuanqing to the third floor of the fort, there was a beacon on it, a total of three pots, put wolf smoke as a number, usually nothing to do, put a pillar of smoke, if a small-scale enemy army attacked, put two pillars of smoke, a large group of enemy attack, then put three pillars of smoke.

The terrain here is higher, looking far away, not far away is the Yellow River with white light, which has been frozen, and then to the west is the endless Ulan Bu and the desert, and the northwest direction is a black and swarthy mountain range, there is a branch of Yin Mountain, the beginning of Wolf Mountain, from Wolf Mountain to Yin Mountain, like a giant dragon lying between heaven and earth, stretching for thousands of miles.

"Didn't go out hunting for an autumn?"

Yang Yuanqing has also been thinking about this reason, "Is there an enemy army appearing?" ”

Brother Yeli nodded, "It's Xue Yantuo, but it's not a large group of cavalry, there are often small groups of cavalry to harass and loot, forcing us not to hunt in the autumn." ”

'Xue Yantuo? ’

Yang Yuanqing is very familiar with this Tiele tribe, in the battle of Harry Lake, he defeated more than 20,000 Xue Yantuo cavalry, this group of grassland bandits actually lingered, ran to Fengzhou to harass.

"Today's climate is extremely cold, there was a heavy snowfall in September on the Jinshan side, Xue Yantuo suffered a catastrophe, and they began to loot everywhere."

Brother Yeli looked at the camel team under the fort worriedly, "General, you have to be careful, you have brought so many goods, if you are targeted by the Xue Yantuo people, it will be troublesome." ”

Yang Yuanqing was silent, he didn't expect that the Xue Yantuo people would actually cross the Yin Mountain to harass the boundary of Fengzhou, the small group of enemy troops in the grassland is usually a team of 100 or 200 people, no matter which one he encounters, he will lose, and he should ask the army to escort him when he was in Lingzhou.

But now it is seven or eight hundred miles away from Lingzhou, which is too far away, Yang Yuanqing pondered for a long time, and then read the pavilion like this to Ye Li's Brother Dao! Give me ten men. ”

"Is ten enough? I can give you fifteen. ”

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "It's too dangerous for you to leave only five people, there are still ten people on the side of Le Shifeng and Henghekou Feng in front, I can take five more, and my fifteen people are enough to deal with a hundred enemies." ”

"Reading Pavilion like this! I will send another of my men to Yongfeng County to ask for help, so that the army over there will come to meet the general. ”

Yongfeng County is the second largest county in Fengzhou, with nearly 2,000 garrisons, more than 400 miles away from here, and is the nearest army.

Yang Yuanqing nodded, this is also a way, "Good Reading Pavilion!" You send your men down at once, and I'll keep going. ”

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An hour later, the team continued to set off north, and there were ten more cavalrymen in the team, and they traveled twenty miles north, passing through Leshi Fengsui, where there were five Fengzi, and Yang Yuanqing took three more, and soon the team arrived at the fork of the Yellow River.

From here, the Yellow River divides into two streams, one continues northward and flows in an arc to the east, while the other curves turn 90 degrees to the east.

The camel procession stopped at the fork of the Yellow River, Yang Yuanqing stood on his horse, staring at the west for a long time, the ice surface was like a huge jade cover, extending into the distance, and under the sunset, there was a magnificent light, which made people feel so magnificent.

Niuniu's heart was as careful as hair, there were more than a dozen soldiers in her team, and she was a little worried in her heart, and slowly urged her to step forward, opened the curtain that covered her face, and asked Yuanqing, is it dangerous? "Don't skip words.

Yang Yuanqing glanced back at her, after a month of hard trekking, she obviously lost a circle, her face looked a little haggard, she was a southerner, she had never experienced such a severe cold, the wind and sand and climate made her not very adaptable.

Yang Yuanqing smiled and comforted her, "On the grassland, danger will always exist, and it is a very dangerous thing to encounter wild wolves in winter, but Tengger will bless us." ”

"Tengger is?"

"Tengger is the god of the grassland."

Yang Yuanqing cheered up and laughed loudly to everyone It's almost home, everyone crosses the river to read the pavilion! ”

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Chapter 1: The Fort Hears the Police

Chapter 1: The Fort Hears the Police