Li Siye climbed to the top of the earthen fort, looking north at the magnificent rivers and mountains in the west, the Baima River in the distance is like a jade belt, passing through the mountains and hills, and the outline of the Tianshan Mountains in the distance is hidden in the clouds and mist, which is really beautiful. He looked west again, and saw the city wall of Qiuzi, and the jagged battlements were completely rebuilt in the style of the city of the Central Plains.

From now on, he is the commander of the Turtle Jumping Battalion, and although the target is still 108,000 miles away from the Jiedu Envoy, he is struggling to catch up. If his memory is not bad, the sheep thief over there in Youzhou will successfully ascend to the throne of the Pinglu Festival envoy in the first year of Tianbao, that is, the year after.

According to his current cultivation and promotion speed, it is estimated that he will not be able to catch up with An Lushan, but he can gradually narrow the gap. The most critical and important point is that you must not die by relying on military exploits and meritorious service promotion!

There are many talents in the Anxi army, and there are many meritorious ones, such as Gao Xianzhi, Feng Changqing, Wang Zhengjian, Cheng Qianli, Bi Sishen and others, all of whom are not mediocre people, and there are many generals of the Beiting Department who want to intervene. If you want to get ahead quickly, the difficulty is comparable to that of a rookie author at a certain point in the future. So in the current situation, he can't help but not use his brain.

If he has the opportunity to return to Chang'an again, he will definitely use more money and sit on his ass as soon as possible, so that he can do more things.

In the past few days, Li Siye would climb to the top of the earthen fort every morning, overlooking every corner of the camp.

Zhao Congfang, the captain of the 3rd Regiment, was always the first to get out of the barracks, ran to the Baima River to freshen up, returned to the camp to put on armor, beat the cymbals, woke up the soldiers of the whole regiment, and lined up in the school field for drills.

Li Siye has been observing for more than half a month, Zhao Congfang is like this every morning, never delaying or slacking off, he is truly reborn, and the third regiment has a new atmosphere.

In the early morning of another day, Li Siye climbed to the top of the fort and practiced with a Mo knife in both hands for half an hour. Wait until the sweat is steaming and soaking the head, then sit against the female wall, untie the head, and wring out the water with both hands.

He put his head on the wall to dry, rearranged the wet and messy hair on the top of his head, pinned it with a wooden hairpin, and took out a white towel from his bosom and wrapped it around his forehead as a wipe on his forehead.

After Li Siye finished all this, he looked up and looked carefully, and the fog was thick above the steamed bun-shaped hills in the distance, and a crisp camel bell came out of it. Soon a caravan came out from behind the lush trees and slowly came to the Hakuba River, stepping onto the wooden bridge that spanned both sides of the river.

He was finally able to get a good view of the caravan, led by a few camels leading the way, carrying sacks and colorful fabrics and carpets. In the middle were dozens of horses, also loaded with goods, and at the tail of the team were several camels as a rearguard.

This is a caravan mixed of Hu and Han people, the Han people have swords on their waists, and there are no goods on the horses, so they should be responsible for the protection of the caravan, and the Hu people's attire, he seems to be a little familiar, but the morning mist obscures his vision.

After they all crossed the bridge, they marched to the right side of the camp, deliberately making a large arc to avoid the barracks. Li Siye finally recognized it, isn't this the attire of the herdsmen of the Hidden Division, they both men and women like to weave their braids into various colors of silk and drape them on both sides of their shoulders, according to customs, which braid is the longest and most beautiful, the more likely it is to be attracted to women.

Li Siye lowered his head, leaned on the side of the female wall and shouted below: "Tian Zhen, Fuji Mu!" ”

"Whoa!" The voices of the two came from the barracks, and they waited for five or six seconds before they ran out in armor, stood under the earthen fort and looked up and asked, "General Li!" What's the matter. ”

"There's a caravan passing by outside the camp, you take some people, intercept the caravan, and bring their leader and captain of the guard to meet me!"

Tian Zhen replied loudly: "Since it is a caravan, there is no snooping on the barracks, and there is no fault, how can it be forcibly stopped." We are Tang Dynasty soldiers, disturbing the people for no reason, okay? ”

"If you are told to go, what nonsense."

Tian Zhen lowered her head and muttered, sounding like a whin, before raising her hands above her head: "Wow! ”

"Brothers! Go out on errands! ”

During the exercise, the pro-soldier team stopped the sparring, ran out of the camp gate in a group, and went straight to the road that the caravan must pass.

Tian Zhen did not wear a hood, the black gauze was wrapped around the top of his head, he was wearing fine scale armor, he put the horizontal knife on the ground with both hands, and looked at the caravan that was slowly approaching him.

The brass bell of the camel stopped abruptly, and the leader of the caravan wore a flat-headed scarf, and his face was not very panicked, and he rode a camel and asked: "This military master, we know the caravan and carry the goods to Chang'an for sale, and we have not violated the king's law, so I don't know why we stopped it." ”

"It's a caravan...... Hidden caravans? Tian Zhen originally squinted his eyes and asked, but at this moment he hurriedly stood up and asked, "Are you a hidden caravan?" ”

The leader of the camel also shouted in surprise: "Tian Zhen! ”

"It turned out to be Team Shi Jiang!" Tian Zhen smiled and arched his hand and said, "No wonder General Li asked me to come out to stop you, it turned out that my own family was here." Shi Jiang's team is positive, and who is leading the team today? ”

An old man with braids behind Shi Jiang hurriedly rolled off the camel, bowed over his chest and saluted: "I have seen Master Tian, I am Jiayan from the general's house. ”

"It just so happens that the two of you are going to see General Li together."

"General Lee?" Shi Jiang opened his mouth in surprise.

"Hey," Tian Zhen smiled and explained to him: "You are lonely and unheard of in that place in the Green Ridge, how do you know that the former Li Shou of the Green Ridge is now a Zhonglang general of the imperial court." ”

"Wow, Li Yuanjun is now General Li! It's only been four years! ”

"Cut, it's too slow. The general is concerned about you, and let me take you to him. ”

The two of them instructed the caravan behind them, telling them to stay where they were and wait. It shouldn't take long for them to go to see their old superiors.

Tian Zhen inserted the horizontal knife on the ground into the sheath and led the two to the camp.

The soldiers on the guard tower inside the camp gate immediately warned him: "The general has ordered that no one should enter the camp without being informed!" ”

Tian Zhen pointed to the top of the tower and scolded: "You are blind, you didn't see that it was Lao Tzu who went out to pick up the person himself!" ”

The soldier poked his head down and hurriedly smiled: "Oh, it turned out to be a pro-soldier Tian Team, and the fog was too big in the early morning, so I didn't see it clearly!" Let's take someone inside. ”

Tian Zhen snorted and led the two of them along the ramp to the earthen fort.

Shi Jiang and Jia Yancong's stewards were brought into the hall of the fort, and when they looked up, they saw a majestic general kneeling in front of the desk, and a picture of a black leopard was painted on the wall behind him.

"Humble to meet General Lee."

The two leaned over to salute, and Li Siye stood up and came down from the steps, helping them up in turn: "Yu Gou is okay?" ”

"General Qiyu, Yu Shou captured to make his body quite healthy." Shi Jiang replied respectfully.

Li Siye nodded and sighed: "I haven't been back for a long time, and I don't know if the city has not changed." ”

"There has been no big change, but the life of our military households is getting richer and richer, so the envoy Jun will buy grain everywhere according to the method set by the general, and the surplus grain in the warehouse is enough to defend the city for two years, part of it is used to strengthen the city wall, the rest of the part is used for circulation reserves, and the other part is exchanged for gold and saved."

As soon as he thought of Yu Gou, Li Siye could see in front of him that he was busy with an account book, although this person was not pioneered enough, but he was indeed a person who could keep a stall.

"Quick, sit, let's sit down and talk."

He comforted the two of them to sit down, sat back on the stage, thought for a moment and said, "It is a great thing that I sent Tian Zhen to call you in. This time, I followed the Jiedu envoy back to Chang'an Xugong, and placed two sitting merchants in the West Market, whose names were Michagan and Shali, both of whom were people I trusted. After you arrive in Chang'an, immediately go to the Mijia shop in the south of the West City, deliver all the goods to them, and they will give you a profit of more than 20% of the value of the goods. ”