This time he went out with the army, Lu Dufu did not let Xiao Jiu bring all the soldiers and horses of Xiao Zi's battalion, and allowed him to make his own decisions.

Now there are a total of 132 soldiers in the Xiao Zi Battalion, and they are stationed in two teams in Hare Mountain and Wolf Mountain.

Xiao Jiu is ready to draw out fifty of these elites and accompany him to Kyoto.

Now that the plate of the Lingshui caravan is getting bigger and bigger, it is natural that it cannot be left alone.

The veins of Wolf Mountain also need to be garrisoned with enough men.

On the eve of leaving, Xiao Jiu also sent a soldier to call the shrimp crawler who was responsible for managing the miners in Wild Wolf Mountain to make some arrangements.

"Shrimp crawler, you've been under me for some time."

Previously, the shrimp crawler had heard some rumors about Xiao Jiu was going to go out with the army, and when he heard Xiao Jiu's question, he knew that Xiao Jiu was still not at ease with himself.

"It's been more than three months since General Xiao took over Wild Wolf Mountain."

Looking at the slightly restrained man in front of him, Xiao Jiu said coldly: "You should also know the news that I am going to go out with the army." ”

The shrimp crawler remained silent.

"Do you know what I'm worried about when I'm leaving?"

Hearing Xiao Jiu's cold words, the shrimp crawler couldn't help but shiver.

Now he and the bandits in Wild Wolf Mountain are guilty of crimes, and their lives depend on Xiao Jiu's words.

It's really uncomfortable to put this kind of life in the hands of others.

"General, I and more than a dozen brothers in Wild Wolf Mountain definitely have no intention of rebelling."

At this time, the shrimp crawler shed a few tears, knelt directly on the ground, and kowtowed to Xiao Jiu.

Now he was really afraid that Xiao Jiu would not be able to rest assured that he would not be able to rest assured when he was leaving, so he would simply kill him.

"Stand up."

The shrimp crawler stood up tremblingly from the ground, still keeping his head down and not daring to look at Xiao Jiu.

"I know all your performances, and I know your thoughts."

"I, Xiao Jiu, won't do anything to unload the mill and kill donkeys, I called you this time to give you a chance."

Hearing this, the shrimp crawler looked up at Xiao Jiu, but he couldn't see any expression on that cold face.

"Opportunity?" , muttered the shrimp crawler.

"That's right, I will go out with the army tomorrow, and I don't have time to stay in Lingshui County anymore."

"This time I give you a promise, when I return from the expedition, I will give you back a freedom, and at that time it is up to you to decide whether to leave or stay."

When the shrimp crawler heard this, his eyes were full of tears.

He knew that Xiao Jiu had never believed in himself, but at this time, Xiao Jiu was still excited to say this.

Life under the fence is not easy, but they have no choice.

After Xiao Jiu finished speaking, he no longer cared about what the shrimp crawler thought in his heart, and waved directly to send off the guests.

Tonight, Enwei and the scare were not too much worried that the shrimp crawlers would provoke the miners to rebel after he left.

He had to eat the flatbread he painted for him, even if he didn't eat it.

Early in the morning of the second day, the army stationed in Lingshui County started, and Xiao Jiu also began to dispatch troops in Hare Mountain.

This time, Xiao Jiu took away the gold and the fifty elites of the Xiao Zi battalion, and the accompanying soldiers were each armed with a steel knife and a crossbow.

As the Qingzhou army marched out, Xiao Jiu's team followed not far behind.

No one cares about this team of only fifty people, they only think that it is a small "giveaway" for the Qinwang army this time.

The military rations requisitioned by the Qingzhou Army were requisitioned overnight yesterday, and the Xiao Zi Battalion marched lightly at this time.

Before leaving, Xiao Jiu officially promoted Zhang Ben to the second leader of Xiao Zi's battalion, and left Lao Ma to assist him in handling military affairs.

In the process of the continuous growth of Hare Mountain, Zhang Ben has grown the fastest, and he is no longer the good old man he used to be.

When encountering things, some gloomy and compassionate ideas often pop up.

Leaving him in Lingshui County to garrison his base camp, Xiao Jiu was still relieved.

Moreover, now the proletarian guilds and militia squads in various townships and towns in Lingshui County have been formed.

Even if Xiao Jiu took away most of the troops of Xiao Zi's battalion.

The Xiao Zi Battalion, which has the militia as a reserve soldier, is still the largest force in the entire Lingshui County.

And as the caravan becomes profitable, it will continue to expand.

The 30,000 troops that set out from Lingshui County were not very fast because the soldiers were all on foot.

Stop-and-go, by the time I left the Qingzhou realm, it had already been ten days.

In these days, Lu Yaoliang did not treat Xiao Jiu's motley army badly.

Anyway, the Xiaozi battalion is also a big grain payer who brought money into the field, so it will not deduct them from a mouthful of military rations.

The multi-day march passed through many rural towns and towns, but Xiao Jiu felt a lot.

After leaving Lingshui County, civilians in other places did not have a good time.

Nowadays, land annexation in Daxia has been very serious, and much of the land that has been reclaimed has long been divided among powerful landlords.

As you pass through the villages, you can always see some poor people nesting on the side of the road like livestock, and their eyes are numb.

Xiao Jiu saw everything in full, but there was nothing he could do.

These places are not Lingshui County, and their identity is no longer a mountain bandit.

He did not have the ability to help the thousands of poor people in Great Xia who could not eat.

I can only tell myself in my heart.

"Look, that's what happens to the weak."

"No dignity, no tomorrow, live like a dog."

Xiao Jiu looked at everything around him coldly, his face expressionless.

And the officials and soldiers of the Qingzhou Army who traveled with them have long been accustomed to this.

Even in the face of the people blocking the way of the march, they would shout and scold and drive away.

All the way to the march, the line of people who collected food was at the front.

Since the army set out from Qingzhou, in addition to the heavy grain and grass it brought, it also collected grain taxes along the way.

The Qingzhou Army is still a regular local army, but it only collects money and grain from some wealthy merchants.

But can the army that enters the customs in the north collect grain in such a pleasant manner as they do?

Xiao Jiu didn't dare to think about it.

Out of the Qingzhou boundary is the neighboring Jizhou, and when you get here, it is less than a month away from Kyoto.

Before going to Kyoto, they first had to rush to Jizhou City to meet the army of King Qin in the three prefectures in the northern part of the alliance.

But before the army of the three palaces and the king of Qin joined the alliance, the troops outside the Huya Pass of the fortress of Zhili in Kyoto had already come to the city.

……

Zhili side plug, tiger tooth pass.

In the hall of the barracks in the city, the Marquis of Zhenwu, who was dressed in military uniform, was full of melancholy at this time.

Now the rebels of the six states have arrived at Huya Pass.

Zhenwu Hou Jianghu knew that there was no danger to defend north of Huya Pass, but he still didn't expect the other party to come so quickly.

"Where is King Qin's army?"

Facing Jiang Hu's questioning with a sigh, none of the armored generals in the room answered, and the scene was dead.

Jiang Hu would ask two questions every day, but he also knew that it would take time for the army to start.

In the face of the siege that will be launched at some point, they are all embarrassed.

Although Huya Pass is known as the first fortress in Kyoto, the defenders in the city are only 30,000.

In the face of the hundreds of thousands of tiger and wolf armies on the border, they were not too sure about defending the city.