I have to say that Pei Shiju and Du Ruhui are indeed very powerful in political affairs, and in just half a year, they have handled the affairs of the northwest in an orderly manner, whether it is Lanzhou or Yiwu County far away in the frontier, Li Xin's banner has been planted, and they may not be able to completely control these counties, but the influence is deep into these areas.

And Li Jing did not disappoint Li Xin, the mercenaries and government soldiers under his command have all embarked on the agenda, these mercenaries are brave people, and things such as often harassing the business road on weekdays may happen, and now under Li Jing's governance, these mercenaries have turned around and become soldiers and horses guarding the business road.

With the protection of these soldiers and horses, whether it is political affairs or tuntian, etc., they are all carried out in Shunlì. This violates the interests of those powerful people, and most of the powerful people in the northwest have something to do with bandits. Now, under Li Xin's strong hand, these bandits are under Li Jing's blow, and most of the bandits have nothing to hide, and they have been killed by Li Jing one after another, and these powerful interests have suffered great losses.

"Brother Xue, Lanzhou has been very lively recently?" In Xue Ju's mansion, a middle-aged man looked at Xue Ju with a smile on his face and said.

"Brother Li, isn't your Liangzhou the same?" Xue Ju's face was gloomy, and he looked at Li Liang and said. The excitement in Li Liang's heart, but it is his Xue Ju's joke, in Lanzhou Jincheng, Xue Ju's power has been greatly suppressed, and it can even be said that he has been excluded, although he is known as a general, there are very few soldiers and horses under his command, but more than a thousand people, even worse than the previous position in Jincheng, what makes Xue Ju more atmospheric is that the elite part of his soldiers and horses was all sucked away by Li Jing. Now the rest are also a group of crooked melons and cracked jujube types, and they don't have much combat power at all.

As for Li Liang in Liangzhou, he is also a native of Wuwei, Gansu Province, and a famous prestige in Hexi. He is witty, eloquent, and can help the poor, and is praised by the township, such a person is the biggest hero in Liangzhou, and in Li Xin's deployment, he obeys Li Xin's orders. It can be retained, but all the power must be handed over to the governor's office, which leads to the weakening of the local power. How can these heroes endure this, although there are mercenaries under Li Jing suppressing the entire northwest, but everyone knows that the northwest under the suppression of the army has long been equivalent to a pot of boiling oil. Just waiting for the flame to come.

"yes. Not only us, but the whole of Lanzhou, even Liangzhou, and other places are also like this, isn't the entire northwest now suppressed by Li Jing's army? Brother Xue, how many people are under Li Jing's command, you are the general of Liangzhou, don't you know? Li Liang asked curiously. Eyes twinkle. But it seems to have another idea.

"He is based on the 3,000 elites of Caohan, plus the low-level officers produced by the military academy of the battalion. In just half a month, he firmly held the three thousand elites in his hands, Huang Puwan was really a waste, and the three thousand elites fell into the hands of Li Jing in such a short time. Three thousand elites in hand, plus all kinds of money, salt, grain, etc., how are the Qiang people Li Jing's opponents, if they don't agree, they will be strangled directly, there will be the disaster of destroying the clan, where can these Qiang people resist, Li Jing is really a genius with soldiers, three thousand elites in his hands are like 30,000, the Qiang soldiers killed are unbearable, where is their opponent, burning, party items and even Minshan Qiang have been subdued by Li Jing, not only near Jincheng, Lanzhou and even your Liangzhou There are also many alien races who have been subdued by Li Jing! Xue Ju thought of Li Jing's sweep of Minshanqiang, his eyes erupted with anger, because his good brother Zhong Lishu was killed by Li Jing, and Minshanqiang lost its leader, which was a plate of loose sand, where was Li Jing's opponent.

"Do you know where Li Xin's soldiers and horses are now?" Li Liang suddenly asked.

"I've already arrived in the Western Regions, and I've even entered the Gaochang Kingdom." Xue Ju didn't think about it and said, "What, what do you care about him?" Do you want to throw yourself into the arms of the Western Army? According to your reputation in Liangzhou, Li Xin will definitely take care of you seriously. The care in Xue Ju's mouth is extremely prominent, which is enough to show that this so-called "care" is not a good thing.

"Gaochang is far away from the Great Sui, and there are mostly deserts and Gobi along the way! Although there were not many bandits, the weather along the way was enough to cause heavy losses to the army, and the Metropolitan Governor's move was too risky. Li Liang sighed in a low voice: "Although His Majesty the Emperor wants to completely occupy the Western Regions, the Metropolitan Governor is young and vigorous, and he will attack the Western Regions without preparation, if something happens, how can it be!" ”

"Could it be that there are still people in the Western Regions who will be unfavorable to the Metropolitan Governor? Even the Western Turks and Tiele people don't have such courage! Xue Ju said with some surprise.

"Fighting in the Western Regions, not only is the combat effectiveness of the soldiers strong, but the most important thing is the grain and grass, do you think the grain and grass in Li Xin's hands is enough?" Li Liang said in a low voice: "Grain and grass from Lanzhou Jincheng to Gaochang country, only one stone of ten stones of grain can reach Gaochang, how much grain and grass do you think Li Xin can have?" can support this war, not to mention that I also know that the emperor of the Central Plains has very little support for Li Xin in terms of grain and grass. ”

"Do you know that there are three prohibitions in Lanzhou?" Xue Ju said lightly: "War horses are not allowed to leave Lanzhou, grain cannot go out of Lanzhou, and ordinary people cannot go out of Lanzhou." From Daxing to Lanzhou, I don't know how many merchants came from Daxing every day, some of these people were merchants from the Central Plains, some were merchants from the northwest, and some were Sogdians, these people sent furs, wine, jewelry, and so on to the Central Plains, and these people brought not only tea, porcelain, etc., but also grain, and Li Xin had already transported a lot of grain from the Central Plains. Li Xin did not lack grain, and Li Xin did not know how much grain and grass had been built in Helan Mountain, whether it was Du Ruhui or Pei Shiju, from time to time he played the Son of Heaven, saying that the northwest has a large population, but there is a shortage of grain, although the DPRK and the central government gave very little grain, but it gave Li Xin a reason to buy a large amount of grain and grass. ”

"Li Xin, have a different heart?" Li Liang's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

"The world is in turmoil, Li Xin is on the side, isn't it normal to have different intentions?" Xue Ju said indifferently: "Li Xinai is the Metropolitan Governor of the Western Regions, sitting on one side, and there are at least 100,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, if he has no dissent, it would be strange!" ”

"We are loyal servants of the court, how can we let this happen. Brother Xue, what do you think? Li Liang looked at Xue Ju and said.

"Li Jing is in Lanzhou, do you think those mercenaries can really be bought if you have money? They obeyed Li Jing's orders. How do you do it without soldiers? Xue Ju said disdainfully.

"Although soldiers and horses can't be bought, but Li Xin's tens of thousands of troops are outside, what if there is not enough food and grass?" Li Liang said in a low voice: "Brother Xue thinks that how much grain and grass Li Xin's army can get in the Western Regions, whether it is the Tiele people or the Turks, will not let go of Li Xin's 60,000 army. ”

"You, you're going to cut off his grain?" Xue Ju's face changed when he heard this, and he said nervously: "That's tens of thousands of troops!" And if you want to cut off his food channel, I'm afraid it's not that simple! ”

"The emperor is far away, the Western Regions Mo said that it is thousands of miles away from Daxing, even from Jincheng, Brother Xue, if Li Xin's army is short of food for half a month, the army's heart will be chaotic, Li Xin's foundation is very shallow, if something happens to him, the entire Western Regions will have problems, and every qiē he lived will come to naught, you and I are one in Jincheng, the other is in Liangzhou, and it is not impossible to control the northwest of the Great Sui, the current Great Sui is in turmoil, there are countless rebels, and the imperial army is focusing on the Central Plains, We are making trouble in the northwest, will His Majesty the Emperor send a large army to exterminate us? Li Liang said in a low voice.

"Brother Li, you are living well in Liangzhou, and you also have prestige among the people, unlike me, the general is in Liangzhou, even Li Xin does not dare to touch a single hair of the general, why should the general take this path?" Xue Ju said with some concern. What he didn't expect was that he hadn't reached the last step yet, but Li Liang beside him had this idea.

"It's not a secret, there is a big man in the court, speaking of which is my own family, recently he sent someone to sue me, Li Xin has long been spurned by those big people in the court, plus this person is so happy, those big people have long been dissatisfied, but there was no chance before, but now it is different, this is his own death, so the big man in the court wants us to push it." Li Liang said in a low voice: "After this matter is completed, I will be the governor of Liangzhou, and Brother Xue can be the governor of Lanzhou." What does Brother Xue think? ”

"Matter?" Xue Ju glanced at Li Liang and said, "Cut off his grain channel, Brother Li can do it alone, why bother to pull me?" Xue Ju knew that once this matter leaked out, the Western Army might not be able to spare Li Liang. If he participates in it, he will inevitably be hated by Li Xin's subordinates, and if he can't get his own Lanzhou governor, he will even lose his life.

"Once this matter is leaked, Li Jing and the others will definitely attack my Liangzhou, and then we will need Brother Xue's cooperation." Li Liang said with a smile: "Of course, if you can't find out that it's the best, Brother Xue's position as the head of Lanzhou can be easily obtained." ”

"I'm going to think about it." Xue Ju pondered for a moment and said: "After all, this matter is very important, I can't make a decision alone, if I want to control the whole Lanzhou, I also need to contact some like-minded people." But don't worry, there are many people who hate Li Xin in Lanzhou, and I believe that as long as they pay a little benefit, many people are willing to let Li Xin die. ”?

Xue Ju nodded, he also knew that not only in Lanzhou, there were many people who hated Li Xin, even in Jingshi, and the same was true, the nobles in Li Rail's mouth might really have something to do, otherwise, in terms of Li Rail's strength, I am afraid that there is no one who dares to cut off Li Xin's grain route. However, whether to do it or not, Xue Ju thinks that he still needs to think about it. (To be continued......)