Chapter 223: The Poor Dagger
In the dark night, on the Jincheng school field, the black pressure is pressed, only countless torches shine on the huge school field, on the tall point general platform, Pei Shiju's gray hair and beard are very eye-catching in the dark night, around him Hu Ben Lang will Su Dingfang, Hu Ya Lang general Wei Chi Gong, Ying Yang Lang general Xue Ju, Jincheng Ling Hao Ying and others have stood on it.
"General Wei Chi, isn't it too child's play for the night army to be dispatched?" Xue Ju suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and said with some worry. In ancient times, it was a very dangerous thing to send troops at night, because of eyesight, discipline, etc., night attacks were actually not as powerful as imagined.
"General Xue, don't worry, we have done it a long time ago, although there are some troubles, but it can still be overcome." Wei Chigong's voice was very loud, and everyone on the stage heard it very clearly.
Everyone also looked at Xue Ju with strange eyes, Xue Ju was a little embarrassed, and there was a burst of anger in his heart. It's just that at this time, he realizes that something is wrong. At the very least, the army in front of him is not as useless as he imagined, and he sent troops out at night and stood on the school ground, but he was silent, which shows the strictness of discipline. He glanced around, and although the generals had personal guards, they were not around. But as the eagle general of Jincheng, he didn't even have a personal guard by his side, which made the bad in his heart even deeper.
"Master Pei, the last general will march under the military order, and Jincheng will be handed over to the old man as soon as he is ready." Su Dingfang solemnly gave a military salute to Pei Shiju. He knew that even Li Xin didn't dare to underestimate this old man.
"Although the general set off, there is an old man in Jincheng, and no one dares to come to offend Jincheng." Pei Shiju's eyes shot a trace of gloom, and he arched his hand towards Su Dingfang and said, "What will happen in the Western Regions in the future will fall on the general." General, please. ”
"The last will be retired." Su Dingfang took two steps back, pulled out the sword at his waist, and said loudly: "Send troops." ”
In an instant, the army was dispatched, the entire land of Jincheng was trembling, 10,000 soldiers roared out, heading towards the west of Jincheng, and in the dark night, there were 5,000 elite cavalry led by Wei Chigong also sent out from the camp.
Xue Ju rode on the horse, silent, he secretly looked around, on his left was Su Dingfang, this young general is said to be Li Xin's descendant, strong in martial arts, once killed Yang Xuangan's younger brother Yang Xuanting, even Yang Guang admired him very much. There is also his own side, there are Su Dingfang's personal guards, there are not many people, only fifty people, but they are all powerful people, at least Xue Ju does not think that he can withstand the attack of fifty people.
What made Xue Ju uneasy was that these fifty people and Su Dingfang faintly surrounded themselves when they just left the city. This made Xue Ju regret a little that he shouldn't have followed Su Dingfang today.
"I heard that the general is very familiar with Minshan Qiang?" Su Dingfang suddenly broke the silence and asked.
Xue Ju's face suddenly changed, and he said nervously: "The last general lives in Jincheng, and he is very familiar with the Qiang people around Jincheng, and Minshan Qiang is also one of them, what?" General, is there something wrong with Minshan Qiang? If so, the general pointed it out, and the general turned around and went to them to settle accounts. Xue Ju didn't know what Su Dingfang meant in his heart, but he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said.
"No, there's no problem." Su Dingfang said with a smile: "Does the general know where we will go on this march?" ”
"The last general doesn't know." Xue Ju's heart moved, and he hurriedly asked. He always felt that there was a great mystery behind this march, but he didn't know what this mystery was.
"Go to Xihai County and exterminate a group of bandits in Xihai County." Su Dingfang said with a smile: "Jin Yan found a salt farm in Xihai County, there are many high-quality salts, but this salt field is now occupied by a group of bandits, and we need to exterminate this group of bandits." But there are people in Jincheng County who are involved in this bandit, so we have to do this. ”
"Nishikishiki?" Xue Ju's feelings rose instantly, what is the most profitable thing in Jincheng, that is Jinyan, all the heroes in Jincheng don't know where Jinyan came from, how to get it, and now the Western Army has actually found a first-class salt field, if he can get this salt field in the future, it will be a mountain of gold, and what he wants to do can't do it? Only then did Xue Ju understand why Su Dingfang would conduct such an exercise, it turned out that he had discovered a golden mountain, and only by sending troops late at night could the best results be achieved.
"It's Nishikishiki. Although the Nishiki salt found is not really Nishiki salt, there is a lot of salt in that place, and it is Nishiki salt that can be made very well when processed. That's a fortune! For our Western Army, we can buy more war horses, forge sharper weapons, and recruit more heroic warriors. Su Dingfang's words are true.
"Thank you, General, for your trust." Xue Ju smiled secretly in his heart, and on the surface, he still bowed his hand to Su Dingfang. He was thinking in his heart, after killing Li Xin, how to find a way to occupy the salt field.
"It doesn't have to be like this, everyone is serving the Metropolitan Governor, regardless of you and me." Su Dingfang laughed, Xue Ju also nodded, and the original doubt in his heart suddenly disappeared without a trace.
The army marched in the dark night, no one complained about being tired, the next afternoon, the army arrived at Minshanqiang, under the leadership of Xue Ju, Minshanqiang warmly received the 10,000 army led by Su Dingfang, however, when it was evening, the army continued to set off. On the third day, the army began to move in a northeasterly direction. Although Xue Ju had some doubts, he was blocked by Su Dingfang.
But on the sixth day, Xue Ju finally found that something was wrong, he found that with the passage of time, the population not only did not decrease, but opened more and more, which is absolutely not the same as the situation of Xihai County, Xihai County is far more complex than Jincheng, the territory is vast, but the population is even more scarce, where is it like this, densely populated, no longer under Jincheng.
"General Su, where are we going? I'm afraid this isn't Xihai County! Xue Ju looked at Su Dingfang with a cold face and said, "The general mobilized the army without authorization, I'm afraid it is suspected of rebellion!" Although the last general is just a general, he is also a general of the imperial court, and the general does not dare to agree with this move, so please let the general go back! ”
"General Xue is a little calm, although this move has changed the plan, it is not Su who is in charge of the decision, but on the orders of the Grand Governor." Su Dingfang said with a smile: "If General Xue has any doubts, you can wait until I see the Grand Governor before we can discuss it, how about it?" ”
"See the Grand Duke?" Xue Ju jumped up violently and looked at Su Dingfang with a frightened gaze.