Guiyi Fei Tang

Chapter 44 Where does the team come from?
Inside the Shandan government office, Zhang Huairong's face was gloomy enough to make water drip.

Liu Jilong, who was standing there, was not frightened when he saw this, but explained it calmly.

"Qilian City guards the Dadouba Valley Road and Sanshui Road from Shanzhou to Ganzhou."

"Then the reason why Lu Yan joined our army was because Shang Bibi was at a disadvantage in the battle. If Shang Bibi is really defeated, then Qilian City will become particularly important."

Historically, not long after Zhang Yichao recovered Ganzhou, Shang Bibi retreated to Shanzhou due to defeat, and finally even fled to Ganzhou. While Lun Kongre attacked Shanzhou, he sent light cavalry to pursue him.

Before, Liu Jilian didn’t know which route this group of people took. He just thought that they came from Liangzhou via a detour. Therefore, he didn’t tell Zhang Yichao about this matter. After all, he was not sure whether Mei Luyan in history had surrendered to Shazhou.

It was only during the past few days of governance that he discovered through Shandan maps that there were many valleys leading directly to Ganzhou from Shanzhou.

If Shang Bibi and Lun Kongre come through these valley paths, then Qilian City will become particularly important.

"They have been fighting for more than ten years. How can the winner be decided so quickly?"

Zhang Huairong's sense of smell was a little poor, and he didn't think that Lun Kongre and Shang Bibi could decide the winner so quickly.

"It's hard to say." Liu Jilong shook his head. "It's better to be safe than sorry. Qilian City will have to be repaired sooner or later. It won't do us any good to offend Suo Xun."

"That's true." Zhang Huairong calmed down and no longer targeted Suo Xun.

He stood up and walked left and right, and felt more and more that what Liu Jilong said made sense.

"How about this? Send him three regiments and two hundred able-bodied men and three hundred middle-aged men. I will also write to Huai Shen, asking him to restore the post station between Zhangye and Shandan as soon as possible."

"With the post station, if Shang Bibi and the others really come, we can also notify Zhangye in time."

"Sima is wise!" Liu Jilian also flattered him without hesitation.

Zhang Huairong didn't want to deal with him, so he turned around and walked towards the inner hall.

Seeing him leave, Liu Jilong was not in a hurry to leave, but sat in a chair and thought.

There is not much historical data about the Guiyi Army, and the most detailed records are in the ancient books found in the Dunhuang Caves.

However, the original detailed records have become blurred due to the loss of ancient books in the Dunhuang Caves.

What Liu Jilian remembered was that after Shang Bibi moved west, she formed an alliance with Zhang Yichao and presented maps of the five states of Lan, Shan, He, Min, and Kuo.

Although Lun Kongre sent troops to pursue, there is no detailed record of the specific results, except that Shang Bibi was not captured.

After this, Zhang Yichao recovered Yizhou, and Pugujun of the Western Huihe took advantage of the uprising of the Guiyi Army and led his Huihe people in rebellion. At the same time, he relied on Zhang Yichao to present the maps of Western Huihe.

Because of this, Zhang Yichao compiled maps of eleven states including Guasha and gave them to Zhang Yitan to send to Chang'an.

At the same time, Tuoba Huaiguang, who stayed in Shanzhou, also defended the city and maintained a non-aggression relationship with the Shazhou army.

As for Shang Bibi, he did not return to Shanzhou, but disappeared in the long river of history, and no one knew his ending.

Among the historical materials he remembered, there were two questions that bothered him.

The first point is how Shang Bibi escaped to Ganzhou, and the second point is how many pursuers Lun Kongre sent.

You should know that although there are twenty regiments of troops in the two cities of Ganzhou on the surface, in fact, only about ten regiments are capable of combat.

When discussing the military strength of the African empire in history, it was basically counted in the tens of thousands.

If this guy sent out tens of thousands of pursuers, the Guiyi Army in history would definitely suffer heavy losses.

Of course, what Liu Jilong was most worried about was the butterfly effect caused by his arrival.

If in history, when Lun Kongre was pursuing Shang Bibi, Zhang Yichao had just captured Zhangye and Shandan and had not yet led the main force back to Shazhou, so Lun Kongre's pursuers had no choice but to retreat, then the situation would have changed greatly compared to the current situation.

Thinking of this, Liu Jilong became a little worried, and could not help but greet the soldiers on duty in front of the government hall:

"Tell Jiu Juyan to check whether there are enough wood and asphalt in the warehouses of the city walls." "Yes!" The soldier bowed and turned around and trotted out.

After giving these instructions, Liu Jilong could only calm himself down and prepare to go outside the city to see the progress of the land measurement.

Walking out of the yamen, I found that the situation in Shandan had improved visibly. The people were all wearing brand new linen clothes and were not so dusty anymore.

Under Liu Jilian's governance, although the people who were once slaves had not yet begun to formally divide the land, each household received two pieces of linen.

Without Lu Yan in Shandan for so many years, leaving aside other things, the treasury was still quite full.

In addition to more than 3,000 strings of money and more than 20,000 dan of millet, there were also 500 pieces of hemp paper, 500 dan of beans, 20 pieces of silk cotton, 3,000 pieces of linen, 500 jackets, and 5,000 kilograms of wool.

In addition, there are more than 800 oxen, more than 1,000 beef cattle, more than 600 horses and nearly 10,000 sheep in the animal pens.

Liu Jilong had people train beef cattle to be draft cattle, and it was estimated that they would be able to be used during the spring ploughing next year.

Looking at his masterpiece, Liu Jilong mounted his horse with great satisfaction and walked quickly towards the north gate.

Because most of the population had migrated to Suzhou, Shandan's population was not large at that time. The streets were even a little empty, not to mention any business.

Looking at this scene, Liu Jilong also knew that this was not a solution. Without business, Shandan could only rely on agriculture.

It is still very difficult to support a place like Shandan with heavy military garrisons relying solely on agriculture, not to mention that Liu Jilian and his men's goal is to store enough food to recover Liangzhou.

"We still have to take a shortcut..."

Looking at the situation in Shandan, Liu Jilong felt heavy in his heart.

Now, apart from working hard to climb up, he really has no other thoughts.

If someone like him who has no background wants to climb up, first he must make achievements, and secondly he must have a sufficient platform.

The reason why he could become Shandan's general this time was, first of all, that Zhang Yichao's achievements in this eastern expedition were great enough, so great that several powerful families in Shazhou could not take it all, so they had to give up part of their interests.

It was because of this that he was able to become a special general so smoothly and concurrently serve as the chief clerk.

But if we allow the powerful to develop for a few years, they will expand their power through alliances and marriages, and the situation within Shazhou will become very tense.

By then, someone like him who has no background and only relies on Zhang's family will probably have no room for advancement.

Therefore, the problem facing Liu Jilong's promotion is how to make Shazhou's pie bigger.

In this era, the fastest way to make the pie bigger is to conquer cities and territories.

"Liangzhou..."

Sitting on horseback, he slowly spoke out a place name, his eyes becoming determined.

If this populous state east of Shandan could be recovered ahead of time, the cake of Shazhou would be doubled, and Liu Jilong would also be promoted based on his merits.

However, if he is the only one who gets the promotion, he will always be an outsider and will not be able to be one of the few people who share the cake.

He must form his own team before recovering Liangzhou, and at the same time promote his team together to become a force that cannot be ignored within Shazhou.

As soon as he finished his thought, Liu Jilian had already ridden his horse out of the city.

"Don't checkmate!"

Zhang Chang, who was measuring the land, saw him and hurriedly rode his horse over here. Following him were Ma Cheng, Geng Ming, Li Ji and Chen Jingchong.

Looking at them, Liu Jilong's eyes brightened a little.

"The team is them..."

(End of this chapter)