Qilian City is the most majestic on the southern border of the country, but also a big city with the highest military status, the terrain is very dangerous, the edge of the vast sand sea in the west, Yanzhou in the south of the Liangguo, backed by the mountain, the position is prominent, it is the gateway to the south of the country, once the Qilian City is broken, over the towering and continuous Qilian Mountains, and then there is no terrain obstruction, you can drive straight into it, directly into the hinterland of the country, the importance of Qilian City, no need to repeat too much.

Gu Xuan watched the extraordinary dozens of horsemen on the opposite side kick off the dust and quickly leave, and then he sighed heartily towards Jinglong beside him.

"The children of the royal family guarding Qilian City, this end of Mu Shuofeng is not simple. ”

Although they are both borders, Huangsha County and Qilian City are fundamentally two concepts, one is the abandoned son of Liangguo who can be abandoned at any time, and the other is the heavily guarded gateway to defend the country, and their importance is completely incomparable.

The children of the royal family who can be stationed in Qilian City must not be excluded and distributed.

People who have the capital to go to Qilian City must be the mainstay of defending the country, and they must be absolutely trusted by the emperor, otherwise it will be impossible to take charge of Qilian City, you must know that once Qilian City is lost, defending the country is equivalent to opening the door, exposing the entire soft abdomen in front of outsiders, this kind of important place has always been the most trusted by the emperor, and the most capable general can lead the troops to guard, as for others, they are not worthy at all.

Jinglong also nodded thoughtfully, and said: "This person is extraordinary, he can mobilize so many elite cavalry to come and go at will, he must be an important figure within the defense of the country, it's a pity." ”

He was a soldier who had been fighting on the border of Youzhou for many years, and his understanding of this famous and prestigious Qilian City in the south was even higher than Gu Xuan's, so he naturally felt that this Mu Shuo style was by no means simple.

Gu Xuan was stunned for a moment, and said puzzledly: "What is a pity?"

Jinglong just shook his head and sighed, "It's a pity that there are too many guards around this person to kill him." ”

The heart of Liangguo going north is well known to passers-by, Wei Guo and Jin Guo are two big stones blocking the way ahead, if such an important person can attack and kill in advance, when he goes north in the future, he will naturally have a little less resistance.

Gu Xuan didn't dare to agree with Jinglong's thoughts: "The people of the enemy country are also people, where can they kill as soon as they meet, maybe they will become the people of my Liang country in the future, since they are talents, they can be recruited if they can be recruited, and they should not be killed lightly." ”

Jinglong said with some resentment: "I think he has already killed the prince just now." ”

Gu Xuan sighed and said: "A person with high power and smooth sailing naturally can't tolerate others to refuse again and again, if it weren't for his sister being a sensible person, I'm afraid that there would be a fierce battle just now, and this person's heart is too cold-blooded, if it weren't for someone else's words to remind him, he wouldn't even think of helping those two female swordsmen collect the corpses." ”

Jinglong sighed with emotion: "That's the prince, your heart is too good, the superiors of the previous dynasties, which one is not an iron-hearted person." ”

Gu Xuan didn't want to argue about this, but just asked the two workers of the Wang family, "Have you surveyed everything?"

After what happened just now, the two of them didn't dare to slack off, and quickly replied respectfully with their fists: "Lord Wang, all the surveys have been completed." ”

Gu Xuan nodded at this time, and said with satisfaction: "Okay, you two have merit, you should be rewarded, but a group of horse bandits came here just now, so it's no longer safe, let's go back quickly, let's go!"

At the sound of an order, the four of them hurriedly mounted their horses, and then hurried towards the road from which they came.

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He went out at the dawn of the morning, and was busy until almost evening, when he was able to return to the city.

After the soldiers on the castle tower carefully checked their identities, they hurriedly opened a small opening and let their group enter the city, and at the moment of the last ride into the city, the city gate behind them also slowly closed with the power of the mechanism, until it was completely closed without any flaws.

No wonder they are so cautious, it is really because the strength of Huangsha County's current city defense is too weak to allow the slightest mistake.

When Gu Xuan and his entourage returned to the county government, Lu Yi, who had received the news in advance, was already standing at the door with Chen Anmin and others and waiting respectfully.

"Welcome back to the city!"

With a shout, everyone knelt down in unison.

Gu Xuan turned over and dismounted, took the initiative to step forward to help Lu Yi, and said gently: "Sir, you don't have to be so polite, you and I can get along with each other as equals in the future." ”

Lu Yi didn't care what Gu Xuan said, he finished the salute first, and then asked, "Lord Wang, how is the situation?"

The ore matter is related to the future development of Huangsha County and an important strategic direction, and there is no room for mistakes, and Lu Yi is naturally extremely concerned about this.

"Let's go inside. ”

Gu Xuan didn't want to speak at the door, so he stretched out his hand directly and walked into the inner hall with everyone first.

After these people from the county government of Huangsha County sat down separately, Gu Xuancai frowned and took the initiative to say: "The situation has changed, when we arrived, we have already found traces of horse bandits, although this gang of horse bandits outside the plug is not in production, and it will definitely not be because of mineral resources, but this place is already exposed, and it is impossible to arrange personnel to mine secretly." ”

In the final analysis, Huangsha County still does not have enough manpower, and if there is not enough army to protect the miners and open up safe routes, they can only find hidden places to secretly mine and transport, otherwise they will run into wandering horse bandits or Rakshasa people at any time, and it will be a massacre without suspense, and Huangsha County will not be able to withstand this kind of loss at all now.

For this bad news, Chen Anmin and the others all shook their heads and sighed, but Lu Yi had an expected expression, and stroked his beard and said: "It's okay, Lord Wang, the location of this mineral is actually close to Yanzhou, I don't know if we can negotiate with Yanzhou to jointly mine, so that we can only take a small head, after all, there are not many blacksmiths in the city now, even if a large amount of ore is transported in, it cannot be quickly made into weapons and armor to wear, what does the prince think?"

When Gu Xuan heard this, he touched his chin and thought for a while.

It's not impossible to work together with Yanzhou to mine, anyway, he must be willing, because Huangsha County doesn't have the ability to monopolize it for the time being, and Yanzhou is a big family, and it must have enough strength to help them open up a safe line for transportation, and they can get a steady stream of ore without any effort.

Thinking of this, Gu Xuan said directly: "What Mr. said is not bad, then I will run again tomorrow." ”

"The prince can't. Jinglong suddenly said anxiously, "We have already encountered horse bandits today, we will definitely not be safe on this way, and this trip to Yanzhou is much farther away, how can we let the prince put himself in danger?"

The son of a daughter can't sit down, how can this kind of thing be done by the prince?

Today encountered a horse bandit, it means that this road can no longer guarantee safety, even if your martial arts are high, but two fists are difficult to beat four hands, there are horses under the crotch of horse bandits, come and go like the wind, once surrounded by a large number of horse bandits, even if there is a god horse, it is still difficult to continue.

Unexpectedly, Gu Xuan shook his head and said firmly: "No, Yanzhou is so arrogant and fierce, if I didn't negotiate, it would be impossible for them to share the slightest benefit." ”

Yanzhou is different from Youzhou, Youzhou is the only family of the Xu family, although the generals under them have also divided into a lot of factions, but on the surface, they still take the generalissimo of soldiers and horses Xu Jintang as the head of the horse, and do things according to rules and rules.

Yanzhou is different, Yanzhou is the last place where the Liang Kingdom is still fighting, it is the part that is forcibly deducted from the territory of the Jin Kingdom, and those who remain in Yanzhou are all proud soldiers, one by one, their eyes are above the top, and no one is convinced of anyone, because the general who originally led the army died, and he failed to leave a half of the heirs, and the current general was sent by the imperial court, and he did not fight side by side, and there was no military merit enough to convince everyone, so he could not convince the public at all, that is, a nominal general.

The so-called Xiucai meets the soldiers, it is reasonable to say, the soldiers, once the war starts, it is the most disciplined and regular, but these generals stationed on one side are the most unreasonable group of people, a mineral represents a large number of armor weapons, you must know that the court is not rich in recent years, and because the military attache from the Youzhou military department is powerful in the court, all kinds of resources have been inclined to the side of Youzhou, such a hidden mineral, Yanzhou Army knows that it is really impossible to let go.

If you change to someone else, where can you suppress those people, after getting the map, you will turn around and mine yourself, and you won't care about you at all, and although you are young, you are also the royal family of Liangguo, with the identity of a prince, relying on these, you can still take out a part of the profits from their mouths, so this trip is really necessary for him.

Where would other people not know this truth, but this is too dangerous, and Gu Xuan is unwilling to bring enough guards with him on the grounds that the defense force in the city is insufficient, he is the prince, the person with the highest status in this place, if he really wants to go his own way, no one can stop him, not to mention that everyone knows that this is a helpless thing, and in the end, he can't be defeated, so he has to give up.

"By the way, sir, today I met a person named Duanmu Shuofeng, who should be from the royal family of the Patriotic Kingdom, but he doesn't know my identity, and he has been inviting me to Qilian City as a guest. Gu Xuan thought of this incident, so he simply told the whole thing, and Lu Yi's face suddenly showed a playful smile, because he thought of the senior brother who was defending the country.

Gu Xuan frowned and said, "Since the horse bandit almost killed this Mu Shuofeng's own sister, does it mean that the horse bandit in the sand sea actually has no connection with the defense of the country?"

Lu Yi came back to his senses and stroked his beard and said: "No, because of this, it makes me more sure that these border bandits must have a direct connection with the defense of the country, and may even be the handiwork of this Duanmu Shuofeng!"