The second year of Tianxi. Winter.

A group of infantry with bright armor climbed mountains and waded through rivers and reached the vicinity of the sloped valley, and the general who led the army was surnamed Chen Minglong, who was one of the great treasurers of the Chen family, and was thirty years old. He was elected the year's treasurer, mainly because of the man in the center of the convoy.

The convoy escorted by the infantry, although in the midst of the wind and dust, was still dressed in joy, red and purple, and polished brightly and cleanly, as if it had crossed thousands of mountains and rivers.

In the middle of the convoy, there is a long car, more luxurious and shiny than other carriages, and there is a stunning girl in the car who is double eight years old, it is Chen Lihua.

The two big shopkeepers elected by the Chen family each term, one in charge of the merchant and one in charge of martial arts, the biggest responsibility of the martial arts shopkeeper this year is to send Chen Lihua to Dayue City according to the marriage contract and marry the prince.

As a result, Chen Long's martial arts became the capital for him to become the youngest treasurer in history.

is not because his father Chen Hao is the big shopkeeper of the previous session.

Chen Long led the convoy of infantry, and when he passed through a hill, he took a few people to the top of the hill and searched for a long time before he found a simple earth grave with a monument on it: "The tomb of the Iron Guard General Huyanlu." ”

Chen Long looked down from the hill, only to see that the surrounding mountains could still faintly see the fortifications left by the war, and a basin under the hill, although not bare, but the weeds were like the messy hair on the head of a leprosy, and some of the places where there was no grass were piled up with yellow sand and gravel, and there was no life.

"They relied on the terrain and the mountains here, and surrounded 600,000 people with 30,000 people?"

"After almost a year of siege, it seems that these rebels can be annihilated alive, you see those fortifications, they were all ballistae at that time, as long as someone approached, they would not be shot to death, and those traps, the rebels were like surrounded by walls on all sides, and those who dared to climb were faced with boiling oil, and the rain of arrows from wood, and those who did not dare to climb could only starve to death here." A handsome young man beside Chen Long replied.

"Is the spirit fairy an idiot? How can you watch the chaotic people build nets and not fight back? ”

"Haha! The big shopkeeper is not a test for me, is he? Here is not far from Chang'an, it took a long time just to assemble, and it seems to be open here, but a few mountains before and after the dangerous place, it is not difficult to build a village, the spirit fairy is bent on Chang'an, as long as he uses more doubtful soldiers, so that he thinks it is not difficult to go, and when he collects the net, he realizes that it is too late, when Qin and Zhao will fight, the Qin soldiers are also more fortifications, and the back road of Zhao is surrounded by infantry formations, so that the border is also encircled, and finally 400,000 Zhao soldiers are surrounded into a desperate situation. ”

"Gan Chen, what you said is not unreasonable, but it is also necessary for the spirit fairy to only understand how to talk about soldiers on paper like Zhao Hao, Huyanlu can compare with Bai Qi with soldiers, and there is no mistake in the battle, but it is a pity that Sima Tong is not better than winning politics."

"The emperor can't be said to be a faint king, after waiting for almost a year, outside Chang'an, there are rebels, how can he not sit on a needle carpet?"

Chen Long ordered the three animals to be sacrificed to Huyanlu, and sighed leisurely, "In fact, it is not difficult to defeat the 600,000 rabble with 30,000 ironclad troops. ”

"Shopkeeper...... Does the shopkeeper have an old relationship with General Huyan? ”

"I was rescued by him when I was in Sicily, when I was five years old, and I went there with my father to buy wine."

"Ahh He...... Why is General Huyan there? ”

"He was the heir to a nobleman there, and later I heard that he had joined the army in order to enter the Senate, and was captured in a war with Persia in Armenia, and then he was exiled to the Central Plains and became the general of the Iron Guard."

Gan Chen was fascinated for a while, his family was proficient in the West, and naturally understood the place and history that Chen Long said, but he still couldn't imagine that a Roman nobleman would go to the Central Plains to be the general of the Iron Guard.

"Isn't that weird?"

"Hmm...... Since this is not his hometown, why is he so insistent on not letting the rebels scatter everywhere? ”

"It's not just him, the soldiers he led are all composed of foreign Huns, all the soldiers have done their duty, and the Iron Guard is almost wiped out here."

Gan Chen wordlessly looked at the basin under the hill, which has now become a ghost town, and imagined that after Huyanlu was given to die, the new commander did not know the art of war, and actually divided the 30,000 Iron Guards into countless small forces to attack the basin.

The Iron Guard routed the rebels, but fell into a life-and-death battle and was wiped out.

The rebels fought the trapped beasts, hundreds of thousands of people were like crazy dogs, although most of them were lost, but there were still more than 100,000 people rushing out of the basin, they did not dare to advance to Chang'an, but smashed the land of Guanzhong.

The Iron Guard was divided and surrounded in the sea of people, although they continued to rush to the peak, but they could not bear the endless battle for their lives, fought until the sword was broken, and the blood was exhausted, and they fell one after another, and remained in this narrow basin forever.

"Why is he so stupid?" Gan Chen muttered to himself.

"The tradition in Rome is that to enter the Senate, you must first have military merits, and the so-called senators elected by the people are mainly because they regard it as an honor to stand up in danger, and for them, the so-called nobility is the noble spirit that dares to die before the commoners."

"Yes! Roman emperors, are not in the palace for many years, like Harryander, who reigned for a few decades and only returned to the capital a few times, and the rest were on the front line with the soldiers, when I read history, I also thought it was incredible, the emperor was like this, and the nobles were more accustomed to regard the safety of the people as their responsibility. ”

"Gan Chen, the family motto of the Chen family in the past dynasties is not to enter the official career, and the Central Plains people take the world as their responsibility, but I can't see that the royal family has basic respect for people anyway, if you are in business, fair trade, and Tong Su is not bullied, I just don't understand why you have been with us for so long."

"Ha, big shopkeeper, one day I will also sit in your place, this is my reason, you are right, I also despise the way of Confucianism advocated by the Han Dynasty, it can't solve the way of governing the country."

"It's a pity that in addition to Chang'an Luoyang, Guanzhong is all the soil, I can't imagine that although the spirit fairy is dead, but the place where those chaotic troops have passed, it is like a raging fire and wind, and this area will be restored, and I am afraid it will not work for thirty or forty years."

The two of them slowly descended the mountain and returned to the convoy, at this time, a graceful figure, wearing a yellow silk skirt, a snow leopard skin, a snow fox hat on his head, and a red veil on his face, rode a white horse and floated up, it was Chen Lihua.

"Lihua, you've been playing all day, aren't you tired? Hurry back to the car and rest. ”

"Uncle Long, I only came out when you went up the mountain, and it hasn't been half an hour yet, I just saw the bleak scenery in this area, and asked them what happened, just now I did some incense and candle sacrifices, I didn't expect you to go down the mountain so quickly!"

At this time, a group of cavalry came after him and hurriedly reined in his horse.

"Lihua, your horse is fast, don't let it run too fast, the guards can't catch up with you!" Gan Chen couldn't help but nag.

Chen Lihua pouted, but she couldn't think of words to justify, Chen Long laughed: "Look at your face is red, Uncle Gan is also good for you." ”

Chen Lihua sighed, "I'm afraid that I will be protected by my uncles in the future!" ”

"The prince is benevolent, this family affair is designated by the emperor, he doesn't dare not be good to Lihua!" Gan Chen said with a smile.

"What about Empress Chen? How did the emperor treat her? Chen Lihua sneered.

Chen Gan and the others didn't expect that Chen Lihua was weak and delicate, but her words were as sharp as a bamboo, and she was speechless for a while.

"Fortunately, I have learned to ride a horse since Xiaobai came, and this time I am going to the Western Regions, and I will not drag you down."

"Lihua, don't say that, what you have done for the family, the family knows it, so why drag it down?"

"I heard that Uncle Clan dared to say that the prince is heroic and majestic, not only is it difficult to find in the country, but it is also rare in history, and he is the only one in the world who is worthy of Lihua."

"Rumors may not be credible."

"Chen Yun ignored the territory for him, and ignored the emperor, that ...... Drinking vinegar, I don't think Chen Yun will ...... Is it wrong? Lihua can pick up a big bargain this time. Long Chen stroked his hair and smiled.

Lihua's face was hot, but fortunately the others couldn't see it, "Uncle Long is joking with Lihua again, I don't pay attention to you!" ”

Chen Gan and the others watched Lihua ride their horses back, and couldn't help laughing, "Lihua, this kid is usually sentimental, and if she leaves that place in the south of the Yangtze River, it may be good for her!" ”

Lihua returned to the carriage and wondered for a while, then she heard the voice of Xiaoyun, the personal maid: "Miss, Miss, take a look at this urgent report!" ”

Lihua took a small box handed over by Xiaoyun, there was a scroll in the box, she hurriedly read it, and couldn't help but change color, "What is this called urgent report, it's been almost a year, if I knew it at that time, I wouldn't have come here from Jiankang!" ”

Xiaoyun was surprised: "Why did Miss say that?" Did something happen? In any case, with the big shopkeeper in charge, the young lady doesn't need to be angry! ”

******

At the same time, Chen Long and Gan Chen also received an urgent report, Gan Chen shook his head and sighed and said, "How did the current emergency report come out?" Such a major event as Prince Jin's expedition to Persia with Shelunxi was delivered to us nearly a year later? ”

"Chen Yun must have known it a long time ago, otherwise why didn't she return for a long time, she didn't report it, and none of the informants in the Western Regions knew about it, as the big shopkeeper, I think we have lost the ability to be the largest business, and I need to immediately reorganize the news network here."

"But your responsibility now is Lihua!"

"That's right! When it comes to Dayue, we will take it there as the center and re-establish a network, and you don't go back to Jiangnan, it will be your responsibility. ”

"Humph! was able to cover up the news so closely, and there was only Zhuge Xiaomin in Dayue City. Gan Chen slapped his thigh.

"Long Er is resourceful, Zuo Yong is treacherous, with the two of them helping Zhuge Clan, you have to be a hundred times more careful about your activities in Dayue City!"

"Know! Now let's go and explain to Lihua! ”

******

Although Sima Dan remembered that it was winter, it was still as hot as a furnace during the day.

I can't imagine that there is a place in the world that is really like a mountain of flames, a desert.

Sima Dan and Molten Niutian were tied to horses and rode on horses, opening the way in front, followed by five horsemen, all of whom were Shelun's blood guards.

"Big dog! It's been dozens of days away from your Great Khan's army, and if you want to kill it, why don't you do it? Sima Dan scolded, but his voice was like a crack in the sun, and he was in pain when he spoke.

"Since the Great Khan swore to the Immortal Heaven that he would not kill you, he could only send you to the farthest and farthest place, don't worry, the guide said that there is an oasis ahead, I will sell you, if you are lucky, you can really go to Rome!"

"I'm cāo your ancestors, the guide has killed you, and I still believe you fart! You're trying to kill us from thirst, aren't you? ”

Niu Tian, who had been silent, suddenly fell to the ground on his horse, fell into the yellow sand and was silent, Sima Dan howled with a broken voice, and also plunged under the horse, crawled to Niu Tian's side, and pounced on him and cried.

The leader of the five blood guards, the big dog, was so scorched by the sun that he didn't want to move on his horse, so he called out to his men to dismount and look at the cow field and pull Sima Dan away.

Several of his subordinates were already dazed under the sun, and they blamed each other and a man got off the horse, but Sima Dan lay on Niu Tian like crazy and couldn't pull away, and finally the two of them pulled him away.

"Brother!" Sima Dan struggled desperately, and the two people who were pulling him waved their fists, but they still couldn't stop him.

Another gentle man went to see Niu Tian and turned him over to probe his breath, but Niu Tian suddenly opened his eyes, pulled out his saber from the man's waist with a twist, and stabbed him in the chest.

The blood guards were shocked, and they couldn't figure out how Niu Tian broke the rope that bound him, and when they saw Sima Dan with a mouthful of blood, they seemed to understand something.

Niu Tian rushed at Sima Dan like lightning and swung his knife to force away the two blood guards, and had already cut the rope on his body into several pieces.

When Sima Dan and the others completely eliminated the big dog and the others, they hurriedly rushed to the water bag next to the war horse.

When Ushida opened his mouth to swallow the water, a feathered arrow flew and shot the water bag away.

Niu Tian's face was covered with water, but he could only lick the water droplets on his beard.

Sima Dan drank his saliva desperately, threw the water bag to Niu Tian, turned around and saw that not far away, dozens of horses were surrounded.

Immediately, the knights were all in black robes, and I don't know if they were wearing armor under the black robes.

"They must have been following us for a long time, and they saw us fighting, so they hurriedly approached." Sima Dan gasped.

Niu Tian drank anxiously and coughed a few times, seeing those black-clothed knights slowly approaching, hurriedly picked up their weapons, at this time, the two suddenly felt that the sky was dark, I don't know how many nets were covering them at the same time, although the two had already prepared, but after all, the manpower was limited, and they struggled once, and they were captured.