"Hey, we do business behind closed doors in winter, and if you can deliberately fork in on the official road, it means that we are destined, a pot of wine, not expensive or expensive."

Jiang Xue was pushed in by Wei Yan from outside, her face full of reluctance.

"I knew that this place was so cold, and I didn't want to come to say anything."

Jiang Xue originally stayed well in Jizhou, but when she heard that Cheng Liu was going to Liangzhou, she didn't say anything about going to Liangzhou, but she couldn't pull it anymore, so she could only go with her.

Unexpectedly, after the confluence of the state, there was cold air all the way to the west, and the heavy snow fell for several days, and it did not stop for a moment.

Cheng Liu patted the snowflakes on her head and said softly, "Isn't it you who want to come with you?" You take a sip of wine to warm up your body first, Wei Yan, let them go to the thatched hut in the courtyard to sit, roast the fire, eat something, and rest. ”

Wei Yan took the order and left, and soon greeted outside.

Cheng turned around and looked around, and there were no spare tables in the lobby, so he asked Xiao Er: "How many empty rooms are left upstairs?" ”

"Recently, the snow has closed the mountain, and the upstairs rooms are almost full, but there are still three left, but they are not the upper rooms, I don't know if the guest officer can take a look."

Cheng Liu looked at the sweet potato, and the latter immediately understood, and followed Xiao Er upstairs to make arrangements.

From Yangzhou to Yuzhou first, Yu Youkui redeployed some soldiers and horses in Runan and Xinye, and re-woven the intelligence network of Yizhuang, not to send it back to Jianye, but only to transmit it to Yizhuang at the destination along the way.

It has been five days since the departure, bypassing most of the territory of the Han Dynasty, and including Yuzhou, the terrain of Yanzhou is also well understood.

It's just that the followers of Zhang Jiao are still active, and the soldiers and horses of the imperial court did not rush to attack under the heavy snow, taking advantage of this time, Cheng Liu quickly bypassed several passes, avoided the war, and went all the way to Qiaozhuang until today's Anding County in Liangzhou.

Wei Yan finally finished greeting his subordinates, walked into the inn, and looked at the people present with a slight threat, several of them had fierce and vicious eyes, but they also knew that Cheng Liu and his party were not idle people, but they no longer drew fists, but kept their eyes locked on him.

"Childe, this inn is mixed, and the servants are all guarding outside, and I originally planned to be admitted to the hospital to rest, but after thinking about it carefully, after the heavy snow covers the mountain, there should be guests coming in at night, so I have to be careful."

Cheng Liu rubbed his hands and glanced upstairs.

In less than a moment, the sweet potato had already walked down, signaling that Cheng Liu had been arranged.

"Let's go, upstairs."

Cheng Liu walked in the front, and before Xia Chan left, he glanced at the people in the inn again, and then followed upstairs with a sword.

After they left, there were a few strange noises downstairs, and in the inconspicuous corner, a man and a woman were sitting, drinking and eating meat, and on their table were two large knives, both of which were homemade, and the tips of the knives were broken to make a gap, and iron rings were cast.

There is an obvious totemic pattern on the woman's forehead, like the mark of a primitive tribe, because of the dark skin, under the background of the animal skin worn outside, it looks full of anger.

The man's hair was messy, he hadn't been repaired for about a few years, his beard was unkempt, his food was ugly, his hands and face were oily, but he had a fat head and big ears, he was violent, he looked sloppy, and the calluses on his hands could be seen at a glance as a martial arts practitioner.

After a while, the two swept away the food on the table, licked the oil in their hands, and raised their eyes to look out the door.

Outside the door were the servants brought by Cheng Liu, some of them were roasting the fire, and some of them were standing under the wall outside the courtyard, looking at the inn and the snow-covered mountain road outside.

The two looked at each other, said something difficult to understand, picked up the two large knives on the table, and walked out the door.

At the same time, Cheng Liu and Wei Yan upstairs were sitting at the table, with sketches in front of them, these were all maps of mountains and rivers in various counties and counties in Liangzhou, and even flowers and trees were drawn.

"Childe, you've been watching it for a long time, when are you going to see it?"

The fire in the house was a little too strong, and Wei Yan always felt panicked here.

"Look at it, but you have to think about it. You see, the defensive pass on the Western Front stopped here, these are a few fortresses built by the imperial court last year, and they were sealed after the heavy snowfall, not to mention that the supplies can't get in, and bird poop can't be found. ”

"But if you pass here from the border boundary of Xiqiang, you can just rebuild these pass fortresses, the imperial court spent tens of thousands of taels of snowflake silver to make a wedding dress for others, Xiqiang is not stupid, taking advantage of the heavy snow to close the mountain, after occupying the land boundary, it is more difficult for the garrison of the western front of Kaichun to snatch it back than to ascend to the sky."

Wei Yan pursed his lips: "Childe, what you said is reasonable, but how many soldiers and horses did we bring with us on this trip?" Not to mention these passes, it is not easy to gain a firm foothold from the defensive measures of the Western Front, not to mention, half of the garrison here was left by the original He Jin, we are now on other people's territory, and you have a holiday with him......"

As soon as he heard this, Cheng Liu suddenly slapped the table, as if someone had revealed his scar, and jumped up directly and shouted: "That was all in the past, does He Jin dare to assassinate me now?" What's more, I have the message of the young emperor, and the gold medal of the queen mother, even if I don't have military power, it is not difficult to mobilize thousands of soldiers and horses, right? ”

Wei Yan coughed dryly, and replied with a little embarrassment: "Childe, the defense of the Western Front is only a few thousand people now......

"Damn, it's all because the imperial court spent so much time before, Xiqiang didn't come down, and the fortifications were given out after winter, and his treasury gave the military salary to fight the yellow turban thieves, and there is a big hole in the west, and you can't get anything!"

Seeing that Cheng Liu was in a hurry, Wei Yan couldn't help but sigh.

"But no, the Han room is now paper-paste, and the broken hole can't be covered with paper-paste, right? Although the Huns did not move, they really fought, and they were much better than us in the snow. ”

Now Cheng Liu didn't bother to think about it, replanned the mountains and rivers map, and said: "The imperial court's edict did not directly name me to take over the soldiers and horses, who is the commander over there now?" ”

"The people of the five battalions of the Yulin Army on the left and right should now be the commanders of the three armies, infantry cavalry and heavy cavalry."

Cheng Liu asked with some confusion: "Just these thousands of people, and the equipment of the heavy cavalry?" ”

Speaking of this, Wei Yan couldn't help but blush.

"The Xiqiang cavalry is fierce, so the imperial court did send several battalions of cavalry to engage in battle, and the horses with light cavalry could not bear the climate, and only the horses of the heavy cavalry remained, so the current cavalry is mainly heavy cavalry, plus a part of the infantry, suitable for mountain combat."