Wang De, the new deputy head of the military horse of Xihe Road and the governor of Lanzhou, stood on the head of Anxi City in Rusha Valley, looking at the flowing water in the east, looking worried Zhongzhong, Anxi City is a loess city, the city wall is as high as 15 meters, there are city gates and urn cities in the south and north, there are horse faces on the four walls, and the place around the city is 13 meters away, surrounded by a moat that is 12 meters wide. This errand was originally Li Qiong's, but because of the redivision of the area by Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, there was a little chaos.

After Mu Bobu moved to Dingbian Town, because Dingbian Town was divided into Hengshan Mansion, Mu Tiancheng and others had a disagreement, Mu Tiancheng and some people only wanted the purpose, and decided to stay in Hengshan Mansion to serve as the governor of the Dingbian Army, but most of the soldiers who participated in the attack on Western Xia, such as Jiang Feibiao and Qu Tuluo, were willing to divert to Xi'an Prefecture according to Yang Zhi's order. This was nothing, but what was surprising was Li Qiong, Li Qiong had already returned to Xihe Road, and Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, ordered Li Qiong to go to Hengshan Mansion, and Li Qiong happily accepted the order.

Yang Zhi is nothing, Miao Fu's mutiny in history was done by Li Qiong, and the anti-bone boy is the anti-bone boy after all, and he can't pull it back even after his hard work; Seeing Li Qiong leave alone, Yang Zhi secretly called it a fluke at the same time, and ordered Wang De to serve as the deputy head of Xihe Road and the governor of Lanzhou at the same time, sitting in Lanzhou.

In the Tang Dynasty, the Lanzhou region was occupied by Tubo, and in the third year of the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, Li Yuanhao defeated the Tibetans and occupied Hexi and the Lanzhou region. The Song Dynasty defended Lanzhou with a series of fortresses such as the Niche Valley Village, Rusha City, Xienvoy New Town, and Xiguan of Ma Yushan, cutting off the possibility of the Tangut people connecting to the Hehuang Valley and threatening the Huining area of the Western Xia.

The Western Xia had four large-scale attacks on Lanzhou and returned, the last time the Western Xia claimed to have sent 800,000 troops, but with the reinforcements of the Song army and Tubo Dong, the Western Xia army attacked the city for ten days, and finally withdrew due to the exhaustion of food. Lanzhou has been continuously expanded by the Western Army, in fact, there are now two states, one is Lanzhou headed by Dingxi City, and the other is Beihui Prefecture headed by Rusha City, which governs Guanchuan and other places north of Huining and a large area north of Dingxi, which is actually the frontier position of Lanzhou.

Therefore, compared with Anxi City, which has more than 2,000 residents, Lanzhou is a small city with less than 1,000 people, with Lanquan County, 395 households, and 981 people. However, Lanzhou's defense was extremely good, and Dongguanbao, Jinchengguan, and Jingyuguan were all built on the banks of the Yellow River, and Dongguanbao was less than a mile away from the Yellow River, almost close to the location of Tongguan; Jinchengguan was less than two miles away from Lanzhou City, guarding the iron bridge of Baita Mountain on the south bank of the Yellow River, and Jingyuguan guarding the ferry at the confluence of the Yellow River and Huangshui.

With the natural danger of the Yellow River, the Western Xia army wanted to directly kill Lanzhou, only when it was icy and snowy; once the ice on the Yellow River melted in spring, if the Western Xia army wanted to start a war, it could only have a chance to kill the city of Lanzhou if it first conquered the six walled forts in the north of Anxi City and the city. On the riverbank outside the city, the trees have pulled out their branches in the spring breeze, their green leaves are rising, birds and ducks are bouncing in the green, and a flock of geese are flying in from the south and singing merrily in the sky.

Wang De glanced at the distant mountains, drew his attention back to the north, and asked the veteran soldier Lao Zhongtou beside him: "There are four passes in Majie Mountain, the two passes of Fanchuan Pass and Gonggu Pass of Rusha Valley Pass connect Xizhou and Lanzhou, and the other two passes lead to the original Western Xia Baotai Army, which has now been renamed Northern Taizhou of the Great Song Dynasty, in addition to the two roads that the Western Xia people can take in addition to coming from the north?"

Lao Zhongtou is over fifty years old, full of vicissitudes of life, has stayed in this generation for nearly 40 years, and is a living map of Anxi City; Lao Zhongtou said with a smile: "Ma Yushan just separates us from Hezhou and Xizhou, between Lanzhou and Beihuizhou, there are 30,000 nomadic tribes, and those tribes who occasionally come over do not know how many, who knows that those people are accomplices of Western Xia." They live in a harsh environment, and as long as they give something, they will be tempted. ”

Therefore, Yang Shuai also thought about establishing a field in Beihuizhou, and gradually formed rules in front of these tribes. Wang De shook his head, he participated in Yang Zhi's meeting to arrange the military situation on Xihe Road, Yang Zhi's requirement for Lanzhou is to stick to it, even if it consumes a huge amount of troops, the construction of Xihe Road is mainly based on Xizhou and Hezhou; Liu Qi is also implementing the policy of soldiers on Xihe Road, and is ready to rely on the soldiers who come to defect to replenish the army, and Lanzhou and Beihuizhou rely on pastures. 180

A fast horse came running quickly, and the war horse rushed directly from the horse road to the city, and immediately the knight saw Wang De and hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and Shi Li said: "Chief Qiqi, the new governor of Beihui Prefecture Xu Yan has arrived." Also coming were Marquis Yu Wang Lun and businessman Qiao Yan. ”

Wang De was overjoyed, Xu Yan was Sang Zhong's deputy general, also from the Western Army, fought bravely, and was also the person he asked Yang Zhi for; Wang Lun and Qiao Yan came over, naturally because of the trade in Beihui Prefecture, which contained too many complicated things, Wang De didn't have time to pay attention to it, and he didn't want to pay attention to it.

Wang De directly took Xu Yan away to discuss the military situation, leaving only a servant Ma Xizhong to entertain Wang Lun and Qiao Yan, Qiao Yan was obviously a little surprised, even if he was a businessman, Wang Lun was Yang Zhi's henchman; Wang Lun didn't do it the same thing, he lived in a simple post house, there was only a bowl of meat and a fish on the table, Wang Lun smiled and said to Qiao Yan: "No wonder Yang Shuai urged you to come over, the economy here in Lanzhou is not developed enough, do you have any ideas along the way?"

Wang Lun is a gangster, Qiao Yan is an old fritter, and said with a smile: "My lord said that I am a businessman, and you will do what the government says you will do." ”

"That's what happened. Wang Lun did not care about Ma Xizhong's presence, and said proudly: "Yang Shuai has promoted a group of Guanzhong generals, Xu Yan is the governor of Huizhou, Guo Hao is the governor of Yuanzhou, Tian Sheng is the training envoy of the Jingzhou regiment, Yang Congyi and Wang Jun are the commanders of Wu Jue's army; ”

Qiao Yan was stunned: "No one has told me about this." ”

Wang Lun smiled and said, "Lord Ye said that all officials who are not appointed will never be hired, and they will be driven out of the local area." ”

Qiao Yan and Ma Xizhong both laughed, affirming that Qiao Yan's example is not one or two, Ma Xizhong said appreciatively: "Yang Shuai and Lord Ye's idea is right, the officials of the field can be appointed like this, they can avoid being subject to the local area, and in addition, they will not let the field exist in name only, just ......"

Wang Lun said with a smile: "Don't worry, Lord Ye is training a group of officials to audit the accounts, which will be used to cooperate with the transfer department and the local chief officials to check the accounts in the future." ”