"Father-in-law, you must guarantee the lives of the brothers, they are all injured because of my Li Xin, if you can save their lives, everything is worth it." Li Xin took Yao Dongzhu's hand and said. These veterans are a treasure, and the construction of the militia in the future depends on these veterans, and these veterans will play a great role in the training of new soldiers.

"Governor, my subordinates will do their best to save the lives of the soldiers. It's just that the herbs are not enough, and I ask the Metropolitan Governor to raise them earlier. Yao Dongzhu sighed in a low voice: "Every big war will consume a large amount of medicinal materials, and I am afraid that it will not be able to support it for a long time!" ”

"Well, when I return to Jincheng, I will immediately ask people to raise funds." Li Xin nodded and said to the people around him: "The soldiers are bleeding and tearing in front, all kinds of food are given priority to the wounded brothers, although wine cannot be supplied, but meat must be supplied." Mr. Du, when he arrived in Jincheng, he not only encouraged the people to raise sheep, but also let people raise pigs, and the meat of the soldiers must be guaranteed. Li Xin knew that in this era, meat was still relatively scarce, because of the lack of meat, the ancient soldiers could not be maximized.

"Thank you, Governor." After hearing this, the generals also saluted Li Xin with joy and convincing. There are very few people who can really take the treatment of soldiers to heart, the so-called mercy is not in charge of the soldiers, and the soldiers are sometimes a number, and the chess pieces in the hands of the generals to establish meritorious deeds. Although Li Xin is like this, he is indeed very good to the soldiers, especially after today, it is conceivable that the treatment of the Western Army will be greatly improved.

Li Xin did not stay in the wounded barracks for long, and what happened today was only a small battle, basically the battle ended in less than two hours, and the number of dead and wounded was not much.

However, no one present underestimated this battle, because after Li Xin entered the northwest, the first battle won a great victory, and it had the effect of shocking the whole of Lanzhou in a certain way. The people in Lanzhou would never dare to offend Li Xin at the risk of being hanged. The heroes in Lanzhou City are more or less related to the bandits' ambush of Li Xin, and even Xue Ju is the mastermind behind it, after this war, Xue Ju and others can only end in gloom, at least at this stage, they dare not offend Li Xin.

"Governor, among the bandits captured this time, there are still many thieves who are unrepentant and do many evils, and the last general has already beheaded these bandits to deter the bandits in Lanzhou." In the big tent, Su Dingfang and others reported the results of this battle, and then said loudly.

"Yes, Metropolitan Governor, these guys should be killed for the disaster of Lanzhou on weekdays, and it can be regarded as avenging the victims in Lanzhou." It was Xue Ju who spoke, and he returned to his original appearance, but his face was much gloomy again, and his eyes were like poisonous snakes, as if he could devour the enemy in front of him at any time.

"Isn't killing them cheaper?" Li Xin looked around and said, "If you want to get rich, build roads first." Lanzhou is an important section of the Silk Road, and I don't know how many merchants come and go. Why should we give up this mountain of gold? But if we want to keep these people, we not only have to fight these bandits, but more importantly, we need to build roads, and the roads will be smooth, so that the traders can walk easily, and more people will be attracted, so the first thing we have to do is to build roads. ”

"Metropolitan Governor, this Lanzhou is mostly a desert Gobi land, and it may be very difficult to build roads!" Xue Ju said with some concern.

"Fix as much as you can. Trees should be planted on both sides of the official road. Li Xin said very indifferently. At this time, the northwest was not like that of later generations, and the desert was not particularly strict at this time, if the water and soil were maintained at this time, it might be able to achieve unexpected results, not to mention, it was these captives that were used. Li Xin won't feel distressed if he dies.

When everyone heard this, their faces moved, and even Du Ruhui's face showed a hint of compassion, and it was conceivable that in the future, the official roads of Lanzhou and even the entire Western Regions would be greatly changed, but there would also be countless dry bones under these roads. However, this qiē people will not think about changing anything, because since they are captives, they have no power to decide this qiē.

The next day Li Xin's army set off, this time it was different from the previous time, the army of tens of thousands of people marched around, including cavalry, infantry, baggage soldiers, nurses, etc., from the Gangou post line, there were nearly 20,000 prisoners, the momentum was huge, Li Xin in order to strengthen the momentum, ordered people to play the flag, one flag was written with the words "Hou Li of Shouyang of the Great Sui", and the words of "the Metropolitan Governor of the Western Regions of the Great Sui" were embroidered on the other, the banner covered the sky and the sun, the swords and guns stood in a forest, the anger was soaring, for a time, the whole Lanzhou was shaken, Everywhere the army arrived, the local officials and gentry came out to greet them, and they did not dare to slack off. The bandits along the way retreated, for fear of Li Xin, after all, Li Xin's army eliminated several relatively large bandits in Lanzhou, and the remaining bandits dared to stand in Li Xin's way.

On this day, the city of Jincheng was dressed up in a new way, from Pei Shiju, down to the various county orders, Si Cao and other managers came to greet him, waiting in Jincheng ten miles.

"It's finally here." Pei Shiju looked at the army coming from afar, and his face suddenly showed a look of relief, at this time, although he was the deputy capital protector, there were some things that Li Xin needed to decide. Without Li Xin here, there are many things that are difficult to implement, and around Jincheng, many ethnic minorities such as the Qiang are located nearby, and there are many policies waiting for Li Xin to make a decision.

"Xue Ju has suffered a big loss this time. But there was nothing to say, and the entire relationship between the Qiang people and him was destroyed by Li Xin overnight. Will the Qiang people still be friends with him in the future? Hao Ying already knew what happened in Gangouyi, and sighed slightly in his heart, Xue Ju still has a very strong foundation in Jincheng, and now the battle between the two has not yet begun, Xue Ju's foundation has been constantly deprived and destroyed, a Minshan Qiang is just an example, but it is this case that makes Xue Ju's hard-working foundation for more than ten years have loopholes. He was curious about Li Xin, a young man he had never met, and was eager to see him coming.

"Lord Hao, do you think the Metropolitan Governor can really use me?" The one who spoke was a middle-aged man, with three long beards hanging down, and a trace of uneasiness flashing in his eyes, he was Chu Liang, the former Sihu of Xihai County, who was transferred from Xihai County by Pei Shiju, he knew that Li Xin lacked civil officials, especially a literati like Chu Liang, who happened to be reused by Li Xin. But Chu Liang has no bottom in his heart.

"The Metropolitan Governor can strategize and win a decisive victory thousands of miles away. Before entering Lanzhou, he knew about Lanzhou, so why should Ximing worry? Hao Ying said with relief.

"It's coming, it's coming." Someone in the crowd said.

Chu Liang looked over, only to see the army in the distance stopped, dozens of horses galloped over, one of the young men was dressed in golden armor, and a jade lion in the night was galloping towards him, which was extremely eye-catching among the many cavalry. Needless to say, this person is Li Xin, the governor of the Western Regions.

"The old man brings the Protector of the Western Regions to welcome the Grand Governor." At this time, the war drums on Jincheng sounded in unison, and I saw Pei Shiju leading everyone forward and said loudly. Hao Ying and the others also said loudly.

"Greetings to the Grand Duke."

"You don't have to be polite." Li Xin glanced at everyone in front of him, dozens of people stood there respectfully, and at this moment, he finally experienced the joy of holding power in his hands.