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Moreover, their business coverage is also quite extensive, such as they came to offer to underwrite the porcelain of Shouzhou kiln, which is obviously impossible, this is the prerogative of the Persian Hu merchants, for which they specially provided a large amount of loans from the Guanzhong magnates for the defense envoys.

After being rejected to underwrite the porcelain of the Shouzhou kiln, they hoped that the Shouzhou kiln would consider them after the expansion, which was also firmly opposed by the Persian Hu merchants, but the Sogdians were still not discouraged and now turned to Shouzhou to buy grain.

It is said that they were going to ship grain in Shouzhou, then go east along the Huaishui River, and then transfer it north from Surabaya to Xiapi, and from Xiapi to Yizhou by land or by small boat, making huge profits.

This road is not without danger, not to mention that this way of shipping eastward needs to pass through the lower reaches of the Huaishui River where ant thieves are raging, and the Baishuitang water bandits will definitely not give up, even if these Sogdians say that they will move the Huaiyou Navy to escort them, but after entering Surabaya, they will go deep into Xiapi and enter Yizhou, which is a bit unusual.

From Xiapi to Yizhou, whether this line is in Sizhou or Yizhou, now there are many displaced people, the situation is turbulent, and if the caravan wants to move around this line, it is simply impossible if there is no protection of the local strong forces.

Since the Sogdian merchants dared to propose such a path, they must have the confidence to do so, and the price of grain in Yizhou had risen to a rather frightening level, and if the grain could be smoothly transported to Yizhou for sale, it would indeed be a profiteering business.

These Sogdian merchants were quite good at getting along with each other, whether they were ministers and dignitaries or ordinary stewards, and it was no wonder that these people were able to blossom everywhere and have a smooth sail.

While pondering, he saw an old steward running over quietly with a solemn face.

Huang Jing saw that there was something wrong with the other party's expression, and he didn't know what was going on, so he hurriedly greeted him, "Uncle Luo, what's the matter?"

"My lord, the situation is a little strange. ”

The steward surnamed Luo is also old and sophisticated, and he is very familiar with the affairs of Soma, and Huang Jing also trusts him very much, and when he said this, his heart suddenly hung up.

"What's the matter? There's something wrong with the horses?"

"It's not easy to say, if you just talk about the condition of the horses, it's better than the previous batch, except for a few horses' hooves that are a little injured and need to be replaced, it's not a big problem, but it's ......."

"But what?" Huang Jing couldn't help but ask.

"My lord, there is something wrong with the origin of these horses. The steward surnamed Luo lowered his voice and said: "Many of these war horses are like Liang war horses. ”

"The war horses eliminated by the Great Liang Army?" Huang Jing frowned.

"No, these war horses are strong-tongued, they are all healthy horses in the prime of life, there is no problem, uh, they should be active war horses. The steward surnamed Luo swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said dryly: "The little one is afraid of this war horse......

"Stolen?" Huang Jing subconsciously shook his head, how could such a large amount be stolen?

"No, it is impossible to steal them, how can these hundreds of war horses still be stolen? Besides, the last time the small ones of the war horses discovered this situation, but the small ones didn't dare to squeak at that time. The steward surnamed Luo said in a lower voice, "This time almost all of them are active war horses, and it can be seen from the brand of the horse stock that they are from the Tianwu Army, and most of the last ones are from the Shenwu Army." ”

The Tianwu Army and the Shenwu Army are two of the main forces of the Great Liang Army, the Tianwu Army has been stationed in Huaizhou for a long time, while the Shenwu Army is mainly stationed in Shaanzhou, both of which are the main forces against the Hedong Jin Army.

Huang Jing was shocked and changed color, how could the active military horse, which is the main force of the Liang army, be sold to Huaiyou? What is going on?

"Then have you asked those Sogdian merchants?" Huang Jing asked.

"Xiao Xiao inquired very casually last time, those Sogdians said that there were surplus troops from the Liang army, and some were sold by military households who raised horses for the Liang army, and the sources were more miscellaneous. The steward surnamed Luo explained, it was obvious that this reason was difficult to convince the public, and even he himself did not believe it.

It is unlikely that the Great Liang Army will be abolished, and even if the cavalry is abolished, those old and weak horses should be eliminated, how can these strong and healthy horses be removed?

Also, the military households who raised horses for the Liang army, every horse was registered, how could it be sold by the military households without authorization? That is looking for death.

Huang Jing knew that he would not be able to get any valuable and true news from the mouths of these Sogdian merchants, but this kind of thing was not trivial, and I was afraid that there was a lot of hidden content in it, and it had to be reported immediately.

"I know, don't ask about this for the time being, horses, we will accept them, the same, the price is not pressed, but you pay attention to distinguish and register the number and source of such horses. Huang Jing cautiously advised.

After Jiang Feng received this secret report from Wuwentang, he was already in Shouzhou.

Shouzhou has now been turned into a barracks.

In addition to Zhang Ting's Fourth Army staying in Zhaoyi, Ju Shen, who served as the commander of the Fifth Army, led the Fifth Army to Zhongli City, while the Seventh Army and the Ninth Army, which had not yet completed the redress, moved to Luzhou, which was regarded as a period of recuperation and waiting for the redress.

The First Army, the Sixth Army, the Eighth Army, the Ya Army, and the Second Army of the Water Army, these four are currently the five armies with the strongest combat effectiveness in Huaiyou, and they have completed the full replenishment (a battalion of the Ya Army escorted Yang Pu to Chang'an), and various preparations are underway before the war, and they urgently need to be pulled.

The 1st Cavalry Army and the 2nd Cavalry Army were reorganized in Huzhou, and there was still a shortage of military horses, but they were being replenished one after another.

The 1st Cavalry Army led by Zhang Yin has begun to take shape, and the 2nd Cavalry Army is estimated to take two months to complete the war horses, armor and weapons.

"What do you think of this situation?" Jiang Feng ignored Yang Kan, whose face was a little ugly, and asked directly.

"Your Majesty, these problems of Daliang did not appear only today, in fact, a few years ago, these situations existed, but the situation was not very serious at that time, and everyone turned a blind eye, otherwise, the Daliang Army would not say anything about the Jin Army, the Taining Army, the Reform Army, and the Caizhou Army, would they fight so badly?" Cui Shang rubbed his face a little embarrassed, sighed and said: "The situation of the Tianxing Army and the Longxiang Army is slightly better, but if you want to say that there is no such thing, I don't believe it, as for the Tianwu Army, the Shenwu Army, Tianwei Army, hmph, I'm afraid that theft and selling have become a trend. ”

"Even if it is the Baidu, the Crane Control Army and the Cloud Cavalry Army, aren't there people who do this kind of thing? When the Guangsheng Army was abolished, in addition to those obvious reasons, it was not that some people did too much, and His Royal Highness King Liang was difficult to convince the public, so they used this way to give everyone a dismount, but how much effect can this play? It rotted from the roots. Yang Kan said hatefully.

These generals who came out of Daliang, although they no longer belong to Daliang now, but after all, they grew up in Daliang, and there are so many relatives in Daliang, and their feelings are still difficult to give up for a while, which can be described as deep love and hatred.

"Does Hedong know about these situations?" Jiang Feng frowned.

"How could I not know? It is not clear that these Sogdian merchants came here at the instigation of Hedong or Guanzhong, that is, they came specifically to pull Daliang and these generals into the water, and they dared to sell anything, and they would report damage and loss at every turn, and no matter how strong Daliang's financial resources were, they could not withstand such a toss. Du Tuo also sighed.

"The Shenwu Army and the Tianwu Army are both on the front line of resisting the Jin army, once a war breaks out, will the Liang army be able to resist it? Where is the Tianwei Army stationed?

These three armies were the main forces directly facing the Shatuo people, and they had been stationed in the north for a long time, and they had corrupted and degenerated so quickly?

Jiang Feng shuddered a little, if the Great Liang Army had rotted to this extent, no matter how bright it was, if it won the battle, or fought a tailwind battle, it would be fine, once there was a big defeat, maybe it would be a rotten situation in the city.

Yang Kan and Cui Shang were speechless, they had actually known about this kind of thing for a long time, but this time the news from Huzhou was obviously worse than they imagined, and it had even reached the point of desperation.

Of course, it doesn't mean that all the Liang armies are like this, the situation of the Tianxing army and the Longxiang army is better, and there are still some of the Shenwu army, Tianwu army and Tianwei army who are not in the same stream, but they are afraid that if something happens at a critical time, it will cause a catastrophe.

"I'm worried that if Caizhou also knows about these situations, I even suspect that Caizhou has no intention of marching into Xuzhou, and after taking Yingbo Erzhou, they may be waiting for a better opportunity while digesting it. Jiang Feng said slowly.

Jiang Feng's words made Yang Kan and Cui Shang both shudder, if so, then Daliang would really be in trouble.

Once the Shatuo people are really deliberately waiting for a certain node time, or opportunity, it may be a rushing advance, and then the Caizhou army will probably show its hideous fangs to the beam again, and these two will be enough to tear the beam.

What about Zhonghe Nanyang? Will the Tuyuhun people still bow down to Daliang? Will the three towns of Heshuo still think that Daliang is their backer?

No way.

So time waits for no one, Jiang Feng is more and more aware of the urgency of time, if Daliang is really going to collapse, then he who wins Xuzhou can even participate in this feast of carving up, but unfortunately now he still has to work hard for Xuzhou.

"Okay, let's leave the matter of Daliang to His Royal Highness Zhu Yun to worry about, we still have to pay attention to our own affairs, Xuzhou is our goal, before that, we didn't bother to ask about anything else, it's time for us to take the lead, only after we take Xuzhou, we are qualified to set foot in the Central Plains." ”

Jiang Feng's words aroused everyone's resonance and enthusiasm.