All the way north, Gu Xuan and Jinglong rushed forward almost non-stop, compared to those who went to other places to take up their posts, a few servants followed, the carriage was sitting, drinking wine, slowly enjoying the scenery along the way, stopping and walking, and even the chic people who had to leave poems and ink treasures on a whim were too bitter.

Along the way, Gu Xuan finally realized where the name of the god horse of Hulan Ranch came from, this kind of well-known top war horse in the entire Liang country can run at full speed for several hours without resting, not to mention traveling three hundred miles a day, at night at the post station by a special groom with good grass and water, brush the bristles, and then rest for the night, the next day is still like flying, without the slightest fatigue, if it is not for Gu Xuan after all, the five princes who are still poor after all, in the end they are still distressed by the loss of horses, they are only afraid that they will be faster along the way.

The post station system of Liangguo is extremely developed, in Gu Cang's words, since there is a heart to wave the division to the north, it is impossible not to build the most important military facilities such as the post station, so the post station of Liangguo is really covering the whole country, especially the border of You, Yan and two states, but also to achieve five miles of one post, ten miles of a pavilion, on weekdays in the post station to transmit news of the fast horses, that are the best horse in Haizhou produced by the horse.

The horses of Youzhou can endure hardships, the horses of Yanzhou are the best at running on the road, and the horses of Haizhou are the best at short-term sprints, which is the comment of a general in the army, so the fast horses of the post station are all horses from Haizhou pastures, just to transmit information faster.

The management of the post station is even stricter, once it is found that the officials are greedy for ink and silver, or neglect their duties, or use horses privately, they will be killed with a cane, and the whole family will be used as a soldier.

It is this strict system that makes the expansion of the Liang Kingdom extremely fast, and the foundation is extremely stable, once there is any change, the speed of news transmission is the speed of the imperial court's reaction, as long as the territory conquered no one dares to resist again, it is precisely because the Liang Kingdom has built more and more post stations over the years, and the troops hoarded by the two states of Youyan have only increased, and the countries next to them regard the Liang Kingdom as a dragon with ill intentions, and now it is only temporarily lurking, once it has accumulated enough strength, it will immediately stretch out its minions to the surroundings, roaring and turning clouds and rain。

Even Liang Guo himself admitted this, so he didn't bother to establish contact with several surrounding countries, peace was only temporary after all, how could Zhenlong call a toad a brother because his temporary strength was not enough?

Liang Guo has been stable for decades, the foundation has been completely stabilized, according to the temperament of the Gu royal family, the momentum of Liang Guo's expansion is impossible to stop, and the border has been small friction over the years, quite a feeling that the mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings.

Gu Xuan didn't think too far about these problems, the so-called general trend of the country is too far, too illusory, it's good to do the things in front of you first, everyone can do their own things, even if it is the best contribution to the country.

This way to the north, he also really understood the desolation of Youzhou, compared to the rich Liangzhou, Youzhou is simply a wasteland, the land is extremely arid, not to mention the soil quality, which also leads to the very little vegetation and arable land in Youzhou, so although Youzhou, which is located in the northwest of the Liangguo territory, is the largest state in Liangguo, the population is the most sparse.

In front of Youzhou is a vast and boundless sea of death sand, in which lives a group of bloodthirsty Inhumans and groups of outlaw horse bandits scattered like quicksand, because they are in the desert with a treacherous environment, it is elusive, it is difficult to crusade with a large army, and the silence of the Liang country in these years has made them a climate, often come to harass the border, rob the people, extort money and food, and even become a knot in the heart of the border army.

And the west is leaning on a continuous mountain, belonging to a small country with the name of Shu, and the Liang country is also considered to be a bad relationship for decades, its people are fierce, often ambush the ordinary Youzhou people who go to the mountains to hunt or collect herbs, and even some people gather to sneak attack small troops, because the people of Shu are familiar with the situation in the mountains, in the mountains it is like a fish in water, come and go like the wind, and there is no way to send troops into the mountains to search, after all, the situation is not clear, no one can afford to send troops rashly to send troops.

These three enemies all occupy the geographical advantage, restraining the advantage of Youzhou's soldiers, so that they can not attack on a large scale, but the small-scale small-scale encounters are countless, and the two sides are half a catty and eight taels, each with damage, but such a sinister environment has also created the strong combat effectiveness of the Youzhou army, especially the squad action, which is very good at breaking into zero, step by step, which is famous in Liangguo.

Yanzhou next to Youzhou is not a peaceful place, in front of Wei, Jin Liangguo, now Yanzhou, to go forward, in fact, it is the land of Jin and Wei, so the relationship between these two countries and Yanzhou is also conceivable, but there has been restraint with each other over the years, so there has been no large-scale war.

Huangsha County, to which Gu Xuan's fief belongs, is located in the middle of the junction of the two states of Yan, facing the sand sea in the north and the border of the country in the south.

Because Huangsha County originally wanted to be used as a trade bazaar and outpost to open up the entire Death Sand Sea, as a springboard for the Liang Kingdom to go north, but due to the strength of the former monarch of the Liang Kingdom, it aroused a strong backlash from the Inhuman clan, and this plan was also put on hold, and at that time, it happened to be the time of the transfer of the imperial throne, which was the most important thing in the Liang Kingdom, and the whole court was facing purge changes, so naturally there was no time to take care of this small town.

Judging from the terrain alone, it is not an exaggeration to say that this place is a first-class Jedi.

Huangsha County is said to be a county, in fact, it is a larger town, the three surrounding towns that were originally used as a fortress have been broken and occupied by the Inhumans and horse bandits as early as twenty years ago, and have become a place for people, and now only the original county seat is still relying on the help of the Youzhou Army and the solidity of the city itself and struggling to support.

After all, you can't give it to others, and if the imperial court doesn't give up the order, who would dare to pick and choose to run away? At best, it is said that it is greedy for life and afraid of death, and at worst, it is a betrayal!

But now Huangsha County has become Gu Xuan's private territory, and the Youzhou army has withdrawn, so it can be said that it is poor and white, Gu Xuan has a headache when he thinks of this, but he is a young man, since he has boasted of Haikou, he has never thought about going home, just like he said, the soldiers will block the water to cover the soil, open the mountains when encountering the mountains, and build bridges when encountering the water, what can I do?

All the way north, the two of them are fast horses and light horses, extremely fast, the guards of the pass passing by along the way checked the name on the document, they didn't dare to ask too much and hurriedly let go, when they crossed the border of Liangzhou in front, because the officials along the way always deliberately wanted to set up a banquet to entertain, Gu Xuan, who was really bothered, deliberately did not live in the city, and would rather sleep in the open air, this cold day, it can be regarded as having found enough hardship for himself.

It was only five short days after leaving the capital, and he was already close to the real border.

The surrounding land began to become more and more desolate, and there were more and more military fortresses built nearby, that is, some ordinary villages had high walls and fences, and even had their own lookouts, like a crude small walled city, which made Gu Xuan look amazed.

"Childe, be careful, there may be marauding horse bandits or bloodthirsty strangers in this vicinity at any time. ”

After crossing a large murky river, Jinglong suddenly stepped forward and reminded.

Gu Xuan suddenly said with some surprise: "Aren't we still in the territory of Liangguo? Are those people so bold? How did they get past the defenders and come in?"

Jinglong hurriedly explained: " This place is already the border, and there are no mountains on the border of Youzhou, which is not suitable for building continuous defensive walls, and our Emperor Taizu of Liangguo once said that after building a wall, we are wolves living in a circle, and slowly the claws are not favorable, and the teeth are also worn out, and in the end they can only be dogs, only those who run thousands of miles just to eat meat, then they can call wolves, build a wall, and never have the heart to go north, so all along, the border of Youzhou is relying on the fortresses scattered all over the country to suppress the border, and the brigade of men and horses can not pass, but a small group of cavalry can still sneak over while it is dark at night, and in addition to small oases in the desertIf you want to survive, you can only rely on coming out to rob, if you don't rob, you will starve to death today, come to loot maybe you can go back to live a good life, before the appearance of my Liang country, they have lived like this for generations, so they will be so bold. ”

Gu Xuan nodded, he understood, but there was an expression of interest on his face.

"Come and try the sword in my hand, it can be regarded as eliminating harm for the people. ”

Jinglong looked at Gu Xuan with a relaxed face in front of him, frowned, thought about it, and prepared the wording before reminding: "Childe, don't be careless, these people have extremely rich combat experience, and they are good at attacking each other, and there are many conspiracies and tricks, if Childe keeps moving forward with this kind of thought, I think we must go again, just go back to the house directly, after all, if Childe dies in front of my eyes, I can't afford this responsibility." ”

Such words, although they are admonitions, can be regarded as rude, after all, Jinglong is just a subordinate, and he is not qualified to speak to Gu Xuan like this no matter what.

However, Gu Xuan didn't get angry, but turned his head, looked at Jinglong with a resolute face, and nodded very seriously: "Uncle Jinglong's lesson is that it was too smooth to come all the way, but I really shouldn't be so carried away, if I have this kind of thought in the future, please Uncle Jinglong must remind me again!"

Jinglong's face was full of relief, but he still hugged his fists on the horse and saluted, and he didn't dare to say anything, the two passed this small episode, and continued on the road, according to the description of a local person who met on the road before, and went to a village in front of him, wanting to find a place to stay, it is still winter, and Youzhou is also very cold, if you really want to eat and drink dew, you must find a place to rest at night, not only for people to rest, but also for horses to eat grass, but although there are many post stations along the way, it is inevitable that when you just go to the middle place, it is not impossible to find a farmhouse nearby to stay overnight。

However, when I got closer, I saw a fire in the distance, and the sound of fighting faintly came.

Gu Xuan and Jinglong glanced at each other, knowing that something must have happened, and the two of them rode forward without thinking about it.