As the night gradually deepened, the crescent moon climbed to the sky. The coachman outside the pavilion and the entourage rushed for a day. After eating late food, they yawned all over the sky. Most of them dispersed early and returned to the tent to rest. Only those who were on the turn of vigil were guarding by the bonfire in groups, chatting about some ordinary topics.

At this time, Yan Xing took Gan Ling and several other entourages outside the pavilion. Although it was like a bowl of hot soup that could not solve hunger, and there was no warmth on the night patrol during the night patrol, when his coachman and entourage saw Yan Xing patrol, they still felt a little warm in their hearts.

One or two of the night watchmen tonight were members of the tribe he knew. Yan Xing had no airs, so he sat on the ground like them, exchanged some greetings before getting up and saying goodbye. He did not turn to the corner outside the pavilion after a week of patrol.

The entourage commander and his subordinates who were guarding the goods saw Yan Xing and his group coming over, and quickly stood up to greet them. Yan Xing said a few more words of encouragement, and then waved his hand to let them retreat. The entourages around him scattered around them, only Gan Ling stayed and stayed behind Yan Xing.

Yan Xing looked at the goods thoughtfully, with his deep eyes shining, as if he was calculating something. Although the piled goods were covered with thick oil cloth, Yan Xing knew that there were bags of corn, bunches of cloth, salt blocks that the Qiang tribe urgently needed, and handmade products of pottery lacquer trays...

Of course, the most important thing is that it also contains 10,000 iron arrowheads, 500 iron spearheads, and 300 ring-headed knives.

Although the Qiang people were relatively sinicized than the Hu people outside the Great Wall and also carried out farming and production like the Han people, they had less grains in their land and relied more on animal husbandry. Moreover, their handicraft industry was very backward and basically lacked everything. They always needed to trade livestock, fur, medicinal materials, jade and Han people.

Since the end of the Han Dynasty, local tyrants have continued to grow. There are many rich families who have "raised houses, tall buildings and pavilions, poured into waves, bamboo and wood, grazing in six animals, fish, pear fruit, sandalwood, mulberry and hemp, closed doors and markets, soldiers, crossbows and equipment, and funds reach one million yuan." During this period, the secret transactions between the powerful families in the border counties and Qiang and Hu have been underway. In the past, local governments strictly controlled the most important goods such as salt and iron, and banned transactions in accordance with the law. However, Jincheng County has now fallen into the hands of the rebels, just now.

The Han family, who was in power, was temporarily powerless to control such transactions. How could the powerful people with different thoughts be willing to miss such profitable things? They often use the slackness of the law in private and use the convenience of the government orders to secretly transport the millet and linen stored in their warehouses to the Qiang tribes for trading with the Qiang people, and then transport the livestock, fur and medicinal materials they exchanged in the mainland for sale. What's more, they directly colluded with the iron officials and the Qiang tribes to trade iron tools and horses, and the benefits they received were hundreds of millions of dollars.

Because the Yan family was dependent on the Han family in Jincheng, they took advantage of the convenience of their relationship to get a share, and began to contact the Qiang people in private and conduct secret transactions.

"This time the transaction was made of the third uncle's people. What news did our people come back?" Yan Xing asked Gan Ling.

"This time the person in charge of the connection was Yan Feng. According to him, it was a tribe trading in the White Dog Ju and Shaodang Qiang outside the Great Wall."

"Well... we know too little information. Well, I plan to ask you to take twenty people and find an opportunity to take other paths tomorrow to go over in advance, and lurk to secretly see if there is any other insider in this transaction. I plan... "Yan Xing said the following words, he became quieter and more, deliberately lowering his head so that only Gan Ling next to him could hear it.

"good!"

Gan Ling agreed as always, and Yan Xing didn't say anything else. He knew his confidant and knew that Gan Ling had always been aware of his qualities in dealing with these matters.

He turned around and called the sergeant who was guarding the goods.

"From tomorrow, we must increase twice as much manpower to guard the goods, and there will be no omissions!"

When the sergeant commander faced Yan Xing with a stronger tone, he quickly lowered his head to promise. There were many wars in Liangzhou, and the Yan family's troops were trained according to the army's troops. Although they had not reached the situation of repeated orders in the army, the orders of the head of the family were like military orders to ordinary troops.

After arranging all the matters, Yan Xing walked back to Tingshe. He also began to think about the current situation as he stepped on his mind:

I heard that Zhou Bo had led the troops from six counties to Didao, and the head of the Han family had heard that they were also stationed in Longxi with the main force of the rebels to recruit Bailang Qiang and Qingyi Qiang tribes. It is estimated that both sides had already pulled out their swords and crossbows. The Qiang people outside the frontier were also ready to move. I heard that their demand for iron tools is much greater than in the past...

The war is about to break out.

Longxi Didao City, a camp outside the Han army city.

In the central army tent in the camp, the candlelight on the candlesticks on both sides were brightly illuminated. Cheng Qiu, who looked clean and beautiful, sat high on the general in the tent, frowned and checked the accounts of the army's food and grass consumption in the past few days.

After nearly a month in charge of military affairs, Cheng Qiu finally realized the difficulty of Sun Tzu's words: "Any way of using military forces is to run thousands of chariots, chariots, 100,000 armored vehicles, and feed grains thousands of miles away. Then the cost of internal and external, the use of guests, the materials of rubber paint, and the delivery of chariots and armors will cost a thousand gold a day, and then a hundred thousand troops will be promoted."

Since leading the troops from the six counties to go on the expedition, the troops have been dispatched, the soldiers and armor have been allocated, and labor service has been recruited.

The delivery of various military affairs of food and grass has made Cheng Qiu white. On the surface, as one of the senior assistants in the governor, he was in charge of the central government and was in charge of the affairs of the central government. Now he was entrusted with important tasks when he went on the expedition and was in charge of the entire military affairs. He must be said to be of high authority. But in fact, his family knew his family affairs, and Cheng Qiu knew that he had become a treacherous villain in the mouths of the sergeants in the state. The powerful clan also gritted his teeth at him and wanted to eat him alive.

You should know that since Geng Bi took office, he has been planning to conquer the rebels in Liangzhou. However, when using troops to the outside world, he needs money, food, grass, men and armor. The counties in the west fall into the hands of the rebels. The counties controlled by the court have also experienced the suffering of war and the local areas are not sufficient to protect themselves, so how can they provide soldiers, horses, food and fodder to the states? Faced with the situation of refugees in Liangzhou after the war, this large amount of military expenditure could naturally not be fully distributed to the poor Guizhou leader. Therefore, Geng Bi could only take charge of the throne.

I was determined to attack the powerful clans in the state. Unfortunately, although the governor is powerful, he is still an outsider after all. You should know that the officials in the state generally use the appointment of their own people. In this way, the positions in the state are mostly monopolized by powerful clans and surnames. Faced with such a huge local force, if the superior is weak and incompetent, he will naturally end up in a situation of being bullied. However, if the superior is dedicated to being powerful and unwilling to compromise with the local major surnames, he will sometimes not be able to escape the fate of being expelled by local powerful people.

When Zixiyuan sold official positions today, Geng Bi was from a famous family and spent a lot of money to take office in Liangzhou. Naturally, he was unwilling to do nothing. He came to the border area to make military achievements and be appointed as a marquis and prime minister, and even promoted the third duke like Zhang Wen. Therefore, when he took office, he recruited the children of the big clans in the state, while secretly winning over his confidants who could be used for his own use.

Although Cheng Qiu was born in a poor family and was a minor official for many years, he was quite talented and skilled in political affairs. Therefore, when Geng Bi discovered his talents, he immediately entrusted important tasks and promoted them one after another until he was in the position of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the

Unfortunately, although Cheng Qiu is a capable official, he is a layman in military affairs. Faced with the fact that this defender, newly recruited soldiers and soldiers drawn from the six counties, he was very few of them able to do except to promote a group of lower-level military officials in personnel affairs to win people's hearts. Since Geng Bi arrived at Didao, he moved into the county government and threw military affairs to Cheng Qiu.

The military affairs were already complicated, and I thought that I had already offended the great surname in the state. If I could not make military achievements in this rebellion, I would be immediately criticized by thousands of people, and I would probably be unable to escape death in the end. Cheng Qiu suddenly felt irritated again.

Perhaps because of his upset and having been kneeling for a long time, Cheng Qiu's legs gradually became numb. He rolled up the bamboo slips in front of him and placed them on the side of the table, lowered his head and rubbed his thighs. However, his mood was not smooth, and he simply got up and walked along the tent with his heart.

I heard that the rebels had recruited many tribes of the Qingyi Qiang, and many of the Qingyi Qiang tribes were sharp. However, the group of soldiers and horses he led were temporarily pieced together. Although they were under the banner of suppressing the rebellion, it is unknown who would win if they fought. After all, in recent years, officers and soldiers have suffered many defeats in battles with the rebels and the Qiang people.

Thinking about things in mind, Cheng Qiu took a few more steps forward.

Suddenly, he seemed to be alert to something and took back his step forward.

Too quiet!

Although there is a curfew at night in the army and the soldiers are not allowed to leave their camp without authorization, the sound of Jinzha's beating will sound on time. In the past, the soldiers outside the tent should have rotated and moved, so why are there no sound tonight?

Cheng Qiu, who was puzzled in his heart, was shocked and puzzled for a moment. He was hesitant to leave the account to check or call the guards in.

Before he could make a decision, a sudden burst of chaotic footsteps sounded around the tent. Before Cheng Qiu could react, the curtain of the tent was roughly lifted up.

A cold wind with gravel swelled up in his face, and Cheng Qiu couldn't help but squint his eyes. His nose twitched, and his heart skipped a beat:

The smell of blood!

Immediately followed by the smell of blood, a team of soldiers like wolves and tigers rushed in and surrounded him. The swords and guns that were shining with cold light under the candlelight were still dripping with blood, pointing at him in a diagonal manner.

"The army is under a night curfew. Are you going to break into the military tent at night for no reason? Do you want to try military laws with yourself?"

Cheng Qiu has been in the officialdom for a long time and is in a high position. He was stunned for a moment and then calmed down quickly. He did not choose to sit and wait for death, trying to suppress these soldiers in an aura. Unfortunately, he regretted it after he said it. He watched every soldier treat his words as wind in his ears, with no expression on his face, as if he was treating him as a dead person.

There are no common dissatisfied soldiers in the army, they are clearly a team of dead soldiers!

Just as Cheng Qiu's speech was silent, another sound of armor leaves rubbing, a black shadow with a helmet and armor appeared from the dark outside the tent. The steps of the visitor were very light, but the pressure on Cheng Qiu's heart was so great that it was difficult to add.

After seeing the person coming clearly, Cheng Qiu couldn't help but scream.

"King————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Wang Guo was carrying his hands on his back, and his black and red face was calm. He did not respond to Cheng Qiu's scream, but just looked at the panicked Cheng Qiu for a while before he spoke slowly.

"Military orders, Cheng Qiu intends to rebel, and follow the law and rectify the law!"

"Kingdom, you--" Cheng Qiu jumped up and subconsciously wanted to rush to the kingdom. But the soldiers around him had already rushed forward and threw him to the ground. The high crown on his head was torn off, his hair spread apart, and Cheng Qiu's lips were also knocked out. He opened his bloody mouth and shouted out before he could say another word. A soldier behind him had already pulled his long hair hard, stabbed the sharp blade in his hand from the back of his neck, and cut off the head that was already high in the upper part of Zhizhong not long ago. For a moment, blood was everywhere and fell on the armor of the dead soldiers in the tent. The dead soldiers were still expressionless, carrying their blood-dropped heads and presented them to the kingdom.

Just after the Kingdom ordered, he retreated to the tent just right, avoiding the radiant blood. At this moment, he watched his former domineering colleagues in the state who turned into a dead body and his bloody head presented by his subordinates, his face was still gloomy, but there was a slight hint of undetectable joy.

He waved his hand and asked his personal soldiers to stand aside with his blood-dropped head, standing outside the tent without saying a word. Not long after, another rapid pace came. Wang Fan, the eldest son of the kingdom, looked complicated and trotted over with several personal soldiers. Seeing the kingdom standing outside the tent, Wang Fan subconsciously shrank his head, and then quickly walked forward and approached the kingdom's ear, his voice changing due to nervous trembling.

"Father, our men have already controlled the city, but-"

"Bon Fang is dead!"
Chapter completed!