In this reception banquet, the easiest to eat is undoubtedly Guo Jia. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The leaders of the various tribes and clans in Dunhuang paid far more attention to the current situation than Guo Jia. They live in Dunhuang, where their glory and wealth come from, and they do not want a powerful and destructive force to come here and cause irreparable damage to their homeland.

But now that the Timurid Empire and the Yuan Empire are about to go to war, they can't control the war, and their homeland has become a battlefield, so they must find an object to rely on between these two powerful forces.

Originally, they were located in the border area of the Yuan clan and were willing to attach themselves to the Yuan clan, but it was precisely because of this free identity of half ministers and half guests that once the Timur army arrived, in order to protect themselves, they took refuge in Timur, and there was also no psychological barrier.

However, Guo Jia's words, they can't help but consider their attitude carefully.

It's hard to be a wall grass!

If you defect to Timur, you will inevitably have to be driven by Timur to rush to the front line and fight against the Yuan clan, so once Timur is defeated and retreats, how can the Yuan clan not liquidate their crimes? Yuan Qi is a notoriously ruthless character.

If they defected to the Yuan clan, Guo Jia had already expressed his attitude, and it was impossible for the Yuan army to give up the Xiongguan Pass and run to the desert to fight with Timur, so they would either retreat into the desert to fight guerrilla attacks with Timur, or they would have to retreat to Pingliang Pass and accept the protection of the Yuan clan, and in this process, their cavalry would inevitably accept the command of the Yuan clan and participate in the battle.

In short, no matter which side they throw towards, they will not want to sit on the sidelines in the collision of the two major armed groups of the East and the West, and it is certain that they will participate in the war, and now it only depends on which side they choose to defect to.

Therefore, what they are most concerned about now is whether the Yuan clan's force is really as strong as Guo Jia said, whether it is enough to fight against the cripple emperor who has not tasted defeat so far, in order to grasp more accurate information, they invariably chose Wei Yan and Xing Tian as the breakthrough point.

Compared with Guo Jia, who is shrewd and calm-tempered, these two guys don't seem to be able to keep secrets. They took turns toasting Wei Yan and Xing Tian, chatting with them enthusiastically, trying every means to get the news they wanted to know from their mouths, and confirming everything Guo Jia had revealed.

In this banquet, they were more tired than anyone else.

The desert sunset, a piece of gold.

The banquet was dispersed, and as the most distinguished guest, Guo Jia was arranged in Yelun's mansion.

This residence is an independent courtyard, only this one courtyard covers an area of more than ten acres, but the courtyard in winter is not very good-looking, most of the places are empty land, perhaps in the spring and summer season, here the flowers are red and grass green, the late autumn is fruitful, full of beautiful pastoral scenery, and at this time it only gives people a sense of desolation.

There are not many buildings in the courtyard, the outer walls are mostly mud, the main passage from the front yard is very long, the whole passage is covered with grape trellises, from a distance, the side covered with snow is reflected by the sun into a piece of gold, like countless entangled golden snakes, once you go down, look up but dry branches

From the outside, this is an ordinary farm, but into the interior, it is a different scene, the curtain mat, all of them are precious from the north and south, east and west, the furniture, furnishings, antiques, jade, all kinds of furnishings are also extremely luxurious, but the magnificence does not show a trace of tackyness, it is really unique.

And these local snakes in Dunhuang have gathered together again.

As the boss of a wealthy family, he was completely drunk at this time, and his eyes flashed: "What do you think, Timur and Yuanqi, which side should we stand on?"

"Guo Jia is Yuan Qi's valued strategist, he shouldn't talk nonsense, he said that Yuan Qi will never abandon the Western Regions, it should be true, Timur, invincible in the West, but knowing that he hit the door and instigated a holy war, they still dare to run to Timur's nose to lobby, it seems that Yuan Qi did not see Timur as an invincible enemy!"

"Their strategy, there is no consideration after the fall of Hexi, referring to the situation I saw, it should indeed be this kind of consideration, Timur came all the way, if you can't capture Pingliang Pass, and the Yuan clan will hold on for a long time, then the final winner must be Yuanqi!" said a head of the family,

"Yuanqi, we must not rebel, otherwise as soon as Timur leaves, we will be disadvantaged! But Timur wants us to join, with our strength, how can we match it? I am now uncertain, whether to abandon my homeland, temporarily retreat into the pass, and accept Yuanqi's care, or to make a false deal with Timur in order to protect myself. The head of Simon's house stood up and said

"If you retreat to Pingliang Pass, it's easy. It's just that this time, we can only take away the floating wealth, and the family business will inevitably suffer huge losses. If they stay, they don't know what step Timur's people will take, and whether they will be lenient in the face of their fellow clans and religions. Originally, I wanted to find out the news from Timur's side, paving the way in advance, but now I am really a little embarrassed, if I make a mistake, it will be a catastrophe, difficult!"

"Hurry up, hurry up, what's the matter if you don't eat tools? If it weren't for the fact that you are strong and the situation is pitiful, Lao Tzu would not be too lazy to use you, and work so slowly!"

A bearded man scolded and directed the hired workers to load the truck.

This is the caravan of the Shazhou royal family, and the hired workers are carrying silk, tea, porcelain, and ironware. These tools sound light, but because they are to be transported remotely, in order to save space and to tie more strongly, these goods are bundled into large bags as much as possible, the silk is soft and soft, but dozens of silk horses are firmly tied together, which is a very heavy burden. Porcelain should be placed in the tea box, and the tea should be filled inside and outside the porcelain to prevent collisions.

On a cold day, the workers who moved the tools were already tired and sweating.

It took more than half a day to complete the loading of more than a dozen truckloads of tools, and then the workers retreated to the side to rest. A sweaty and tired man staggered to the side and sat down in the snow, snorting and panting. He wore a bloated winter robe, and his trousers were patched together with scraps of sand wolf skin, dog skin, and sheepskin, which were ugly and ugly, but they were very warm, and when he sat on the snow, the cool air could not be penetrated for a moment.

Yesterday's meeting discussion made all the families worried, and after a night of discussion, they didn't come up with a reason, and finally everyone secretly cursed Guo Jia, this guy is a dead star, and he came over to block them. However, then again, the gods fought, they suffered, can't we still hide if they can't be provoked? No, early in the morning, some families have adopted the upper plan of the 36 schemes, go!