An Hu's horse ran at the front, and behind An Hu was followed by an army of 40,000, which was all the elite cavalry that Jieli could draw, so to speak, Jieli took away all the elite young men of his tribe.

Of course, if he wanted to draw it, he could also draw an army of close to 200,000. But the rest of them are made up of herdsmen, and it takes a long time to gather these herdsmen, and in such an emergency, Jieli can't have the time to gather so many cavalry.

So Jieli took all the elite cavalry of the headquarters to go out directly, and this time they just carried dry food with them, single man and two horses, and it can almost be said that they rushed to the vicinity of Wuwei in the limit time, and then repaired the position that An Xinggui found out for them for two days.

Grabbing. This place has been placed in advance by An Xinggui's family to prepare for the war in the future, and these Turkic horses who are constantly traveling are fed with beans and wheat and other concentrates!

Because the Turks brought enough dried meat with them, a small part of the food supplement of the people was sufficient, and there was no need to replenish too much for the time being, and all the excess was replenished for the horses.

Once again, they climbed a hillside in front of them, and their location had entered the manhole on the north side of Wuwei, which was west of Minqin County in the later world.

Shajing has a long history of culture, but it was Huo Gang's ancestor Huo Qubing who set up a county here.

But at the moment, below them is a peaceful village, this village is relatively remote, to be precise, the path they have chosen is almost impossible to completely avoid everyone.

"There are three villages in front of this and there for you to rest, but you need to place enough scouts around, otherwise, once we are exposed in advance, our actions will be completely exposed." An Hu said in a deep voice.

巘戅 chasing the text. "I understand, so, there is no way for the people in these villages to stay alive, can Mr. An understand?" Jieli looked at An Hu and said.

If it was Jieli who robbed the Tang Dynasty by himself, he would not hesitate at all, but now he and An Xinggui are in a cooperative relationship, so Jieli is not stupid, he needs to get An Hu's consent, even if Jieli knows that An Hu has no other choice, only this one choice, even so, he has to ask.

"Let's do it, there are three villages in total, the grain has been stored in the village in advance, continue to repair here for a day, we will be ready to go at any time." An Hu said expressionlessly.

Jieli nodded, and then beckoned directly, and several guards next to him immediately walked over: "Take down the three villages in front, don't leave one behind, the scouts will be released for ten miles, and anyone who approaches will be taken down, and it is strictly forbidden to leak any information. ”

"Yes!" The guard immediately left the place.

Soon, the 40,000 cavalry directly divided into three parts and quickly rushed to the village below, one of which rushed directly into the village, while the other two teams followed the scouts who had been released in advance and directly bypassed this village to the other two villages.

Countless screams and wails soon came from the village below, Jieli standing on the hillside had no expression, and An Hu had no expression, these ordinary people's lives seemed to them to be the same as grass mustard on the side of the road, even people like An Hu didn't care.

The screams and wails in the village quickly regained calm, but soon there were all kinds of laughter from the Turks, and the previous screams did not move An Hu, but these laughter made An Hu frown slightly.

"Jieli Khan, we are now grasshoppers on a rope, I think you should restrain your subordinates, if we win this war, you will have a chance to occupy countless lands in the Central Plains, but if you lose, although our An family and even the entire Zhaowu Nine Surnames will perish, but you Jieli Khan will not live long, you should know that Huo Gang has integrated the Western Regions, and it is impossible for you to run to the west."

"So I think you should go down and restrain your people, let them dig all the corpses and buy them, if it causes a plague, this war will not have to be fought." An Hu said.

"I understand, Mr. An rest assured." Jieli nodded, he didn't care, because he knew that what An Hu said was right, now was the most critical time, and when Li Shimin was solved, everything else would be easy to say.

After Jieli finished speaking, he directly slapped his horse and rushed to the villages below, watching Jieli rush down, An Hu took a deep breath, these villages were wiped out, An Hu didn't care, because if things went wrong, An Hu and they could find a suitable excuse, but it really didn't work, so they went straight to the battle.

When the time comes, if you want to explain these problems, you can also explain them.

But this kind of thing can't be discovered by Jieli, but this is no way, as long as there is any chance, An Xinggui will not be able to make such a decision, because once they take this step, it means that all their strategies have failed.

With Jieli's moderation, the whole village soon quieted down, and the 40,000 Turkic cavalry were quietly hiding in these villages, but fortunately it was now close to autumn, and there were two deserts next to the north of here, so they sneaked in along the edge of the desert.

The soldiers on the main patrol here have been transferred by An Xinggui all of them, so it is impossible for anyone to find them.

And now their location has entered the interior of Liangzhou.

From this place, it is about a day's journey to the southwest to reach the main official roads of Liangzhou and Guazhou, which are also the only way for Li Shimin to return to Chang'an.

After the people of the Anjia family have finished probing the situation ahead, they will continue to approach the location of the official road.

Li Shimin is approaching Chang'an little by little, although Li Shimin is already in a hurry, but after all, he has a huge team, and it is impossible to rush like others all the time, and it is already the limit to be able to run for one or two hours a day.

Most of the rest of the time is walking slowly, according to Li Shimin's estimate, it will take about 7 days to arrive from Dunhuang County to Wuwei.

After arriving in Wuwei, they repaired in Wuwei for two days, and then continued on the road, returning to Chang'an from Wuwei If at the current speed, it should take about ten days to return to Chang'an. Grabbing

On the way, in addition to the time when Li Shimin was rushing wildly, the rest of the time, even when he was walking on a horse, he was also discussing with Du Ruhui and Gao Shilian about the opinions raised by Huo Gang.

I have to say that although many of Huo Gang's words were said very casually, such words were said by Huo Gang, a giant like Huo Gang standing on the shoulders of a giant of more than 2,000 years of history, and for the ancients of this era, these words are full of inspiration.

Gao Shilian had only met Huo Gang when he was in the alliance, but from what Huo Gang said, Gao Shilian had to admit that Du Ruhui's evaluation of him before was right, if Huo Gang became a minister, he would definitely be the number one talent in the world!

There is no doubt about that!

"By the way, those people with the Han flag are Huo Gang's transport team?" While hurrying away, Li Shimin pointed to a convoy that stayed next to the official road in the distance to rest, waiting for them to pass.

"Yes, Your Majesty, it is the first transportation company in Dahan established by Huo Gang, they are only responsible for collecting freight, and then helping all merchants to transport materials and materials, a bit like a dart game, but because their horses and carriages are very advanced, especially carriages, which use stainless steel wheels and special bearings, so that their carriages are very labor-saving to pull, so their costs are very low." Li Yi, who was following Li Shimin next to him, spoke.

The reason why Li Yi followed Li Shimin was actually a choice made by the Li family in Longxi, or a choice made by Li Yi, the power of the gate valve family may still be very strong in the future, but Li Yi has sensitively captured a trace of change, especially the change after Li Shimin cooperated with Huo Gang.

And he made this choice because Huo Gang hinted to them partially, Huo Gang didn't say it so clearly, but just passed a sentence to Li Yi, if a family wants to go on for a long time, it must not only be consistent with the emperor, but also maintain a certain distance from the emperor.

Li Yi thought about this sentence for a long time, and Li Yi could probably know what it meant to be consistent with the emperor, but maintaining a certain distance from the emperor made Li Yi not very clear. However, after careful thinking, Li Yi probably understood a little bit, if it was just when he first started, Li Yi just thought that Huo Gang was a partner.

Cooperating with him is more for the war horse, which is the task assigned by Li Shimin, and the second is for the books.

But as Li Shimin attaches so much importance to Huo Gang, and the territory of the Han is constantly expanding, and when the Han can take out more and more good things, how can Li Yi not understand what kind of eloquence Huo Gang has.

People like this, not to mention being able to become friends, even being a long-term partner with each other is the greatest blessing for their Longxi Li family, for this, Li Yi actually thinks very clearly.

And if such a person regards you as a friend, even if they regard you as a partner who can cooperate, then the advice given to you is obviously of great value.

This is not only Li Yi thinks so, but also his father, and if nothing else, when Li Yi takes over the position of the patriarch of Dunhuang Fang, because of his contribution, he will also become the next patriarch of the entire Li clan in Longxi.

The patriarch of the nine rooms of the Li clan in Longxi, which means that Li Yi has the right to decide all the directions of the Li clan in Longxi.

In fact, now the other houses of the Li family in Longxi have gradually delegated power to Li Yi, although they have not officially handed it over to him, but as long as Li Yi proposes some methods, they will hardly oppose it.

"Wheels made of steel?" Li Shimin took a deep breath, and then he looked at Li Yi and said, "Do you think Dahan can really sell us some of the steel next year, as they said?" "Hip

"Your Majesty, with all due respect, although I don't know how they did it, the Great Han can indeed refine steel on a large scale, not only that, but the wheels they make these carriages are very fast, I asked our blacksmiths, first of all, they want to make such wheels so finely, this one wheel alone cannot be made in a short time."

"According to them, it will take at least two or three people five or six days to build this wheel."

"But the wheels of these carriages, the speed of the big man, they can build more than a hundred carriages in a day! This speed is said to be limited by the carpenter's part of the carriage. Li Yi said seriously.

Li Shimin took a deep breath, if this is the case, it is not only the amount of steel, but also this is obviously the other party has mastered a more advanced method, just like the Quyuan plow drawings they gave to Datang for free, Quyuan plough Li Shimin has already let people build and experiment, it is not only more labor-saving than the previous plow, just a horse can pull it.

What's more, the Quyuan plow can change direction at will, and one person can operate it, which means that the Quyuan plow can allow a family to plant more land!

This is naturally of great benefit to Datang's next national policy! A family can grow more land, which naturally means more food, and Datang is really not short of land now, but people who are short of planting land.

Quyuan plough means that they can plant tens of millions of acres of more land in Datang!

Then the steel side obviously also has more advanced refining technology, so they can research these carriages made of steel wheels so quickly.

"Hmm." Li Shimin nodded quietly, the official road under his feet was already very easy to go, but he felt that just like what Huo Gang said, if the official road was handed over to these families to cultivate, they would be given certain rights, and I believe they would be very willing to pay.

As long as the official road is well cultivated, it means that they will be transported faster, and if Huo Gang is willing to sell them steel, the steel will be transported to the customs at a faster speed.

"How long are we still away from Wuwei?"

"If you go back to Your Majesty, if you don't count today, we probably have two more days to go." The commander of the Imperial Forest Army next to him immediately replied respectfully.

"Well, tell them to hold on, we'll go to Wuwei to rest." Li Shimin nodded and said.

"Yes!"

But Li Shimin didn't know that just behind their team, in a caravan, a person took out a pigeon from the cage of the carriage and released the pigeon directly again.

And it was not too far from them, in a mountain col, tens of thousands of cavalry were quietly hiding here, and behind them there were at least a dozen villages without a single living person!