Guiyi Fei Tang

Chapter 47: Uighurs Go South
"Drive! Drive!"

At night, as the Tangqi outside the city returned to the city gate one after another, the four gates of Shandan were tightly closed, and new news continued to be sent to the yamen.

The figures of the Uighurs appeared in the west and the north respectively. They drove the herds and grazed them at will on the grasslands of Shandan.

Although Liu Jilong ordered them to be expelled, this group of people flocked to Shandan whenever they had the chance and tried to occupy all the grasslands.

"A brigade must be stationed at Longshou Mountain to guard the various passes."

"Yes, we need to clarify this matter with Zhangye and guard all the passes in Longshou Mountain."

"These Huihe dogs dare not go to Liangzhou to graze, so they took advantage of our opportunity to rest and come to the south of Longshou Mountain to graze. How hateful!"

"That's how the barbarians are. Didn't they trick and kill Yang Beiting because they were defeated in the war?"

In the hall of the government office, several captains were discussing how to deal with the Uighurs, and at the same time mentioned Yang Xigu, the Protector General of Beiting who had been tricked and killed by the Uighur prime minister.

New and old grudges made them hate the Uighurs no less than they hated the Tubo. Suo Xun and Liu Jilian, who were sitting on the left and right seats, and Zhang Huairong, who was sitting in the main seat, remained silent and did not speak.

In fact, they hated these Uighurs in their hearts, but the current situation was too complicated. There were enemies on all sides, and Shandan was not the Shandan of the three of them.

Without Zhang Yichao's military order, they really had no better way except to drive away these Uighurs.

Liu Jilong glanced at Suo Xun and Zhang Huairong, and seeing that they were silent, he knew that they were unable to give up their airs as sons of powerful families.

"It seems that I am the only one who can do this bad guy..."

Liu Jilong sighed, feeling helpless.

"Shandan has a complex terrain, located between the Huihe, Umu, and Tubo. Even if we want to fight the Huihe, we have to wait until Qilian City is repaired and the soldiers in Zhangye are trained."

Liu Jilian was ready to delay the matter, but due to his past achievements and the prestige he had accumulated in Shandan over the days, the five captains did not say anything for a while.

But Liu Jilong knew very well that it was not a solution to keep suppressing their tempers.

Now he just hoped that he had remembered the time wrong, and Shang Bibi and Lun Kongre had not yet decided the winner.

Otherwise, Shandan, which had just gotten back on track, would probably soon be engulfed in the flames of war.

Thinking of this, Zhang Huairong also spoke up to help Liu Jilong: "Okay, everyone, retreat and have a good rest."

"I'll take my leave..."

Seeing Zhang Huairong say this, the five captains could only suppress their temper, stand up, bow, and turn away.

After they left, Suo Xun also left the hall without saying a word, leaving Zhang Huairong and Liu Jilong who were feeling a little headache.

After a long while, Zhang Huairong spoke first: "The situation in Shandan is becoming more and more complicated. I hope nothing will happen to Emu."

"It shouldn't be." Liu Jilong nodded in agreement. He remembered that the conflict between Emu and Guiyi Army did not break out until the Guiyi Army recaptured Liangzhou.

Before that, Wu Mo had been grazing in Xiutu Lake and Baiting Lake in the north of Liangzhou.

The Ganzhou Uighurs, after all, bully the weak and fear the strong. If Zhang Yichao and his main force were still in Ganzhou, they would not dare to be so presumptuous.

In the past, they did not dare to provoke the Tubo of Ganzhou and the Umo tribe of Xiutu Ze, but now they come to bully their Ganzhou soldiers.

"Huai Shen will send a letter in three to five days. I will send someone to find you then. You can go down and have a rest. You have worked hard these days."

Zhang Huairong comforted Liu Jilong, but Liu Jilong didn't think there was anything wrong.

For him, life today has changed dramatically compared to a year ago.

In the past, he had to herd horses for Tibetan nobles to earn a living. Now, although he cooks sheep and cattle every day, meat is indispensable.

The government would slaughter ten old sheep every day and distribute them to more than 130 military officers above the rank of cook in the army, as well as more than 20 literate soldiers.

For example, Liu Jilong and his three companions had at least two catties of mutton for each meal, the lieutenant had one catty, the brigade commander and Zhibai had half a catty each, and the captains had a mixture of mutton and mutton offal, totaling half a catty. As for the head cook, it was basically just broth and some shredded pork.

Liu Jilong was very satisfied with such a life. At least he would no longer worry about food and clothing.

"In that case, I will take my leave first."

Liu Jilong stood up and bowed to Zhang Huairong, then left the yamen and walked towards his own yard.

When he returned to the yard, he saw that fifteen-year-old Cao Mao had prepared a meal for him.

A bowl of stewed mutton, a plate of fried wild vegetables, and a bucket of four or five pounds of corn rice - this was Liu Jilong's standard meal.

He invited Cao Mao to sit down and eat together. Cao Mao also sat down with ease and said to Liu Jilong:

"General, today Sima Zhang sent someone to bring us five pounds of flour and a piece of silk."

"Tomorrow I will ask someone to take your measurements and make two sets of clothes for you."

Cao Mao smiled happily, obviously very satisfied with his current life.

Two months ago, he was still a hungry orphan in Zhangye City. He had to chop firewood and herd horses for the nobles every day and could only eat coarse food.

Since she followed Liu Jilong to settle down in Shandan, she had corn rice to her heart's content every day, as well as mutton soup and a few pounds of mutton.

Days like this are the ones I only dared to dream of.

"Let's make that piece of silk into an official uniform. We should still wear military uniform on weekdays."

Liu Jilong was reluctant to wear silk clothes as casual clothes. Upon hearing this, Cao Mao smiled and nodded, then lowered his head and started to attack the wild vegetables and corn rice in his bowl.

Liu Jilong picked up two pieces of mutton for him and started eating as well.

After eating and drinking, Liu Jilong went to the study to deal with the government affairs delivered today.

Although Shandan is small, there are a lot of things to do, and it still takes half an hour every day to deal with them.

By the time he finished, the moon was already high in the sky and it was time to take off his clothes and rest.

He had a dreamless night and did not wake up until the next day. Liu Jilong asked Cao Mao to ask a tailor to measure his size and then make the clothes bigger.

He is only seventeen now and still has a few years of room to grow. In order for his clothes to not look too small in the future, I can only make them bigger now.

An hour passed, and as the measurement was completed, Liu Jilong, who had just changed his clothes, heard a knock on the door before he could go out.

Without being told, Cao Mao ran to open the door to welcome the guests.

When Liu Jilong walked out of the study, he saw Jiu Juyan who followed Cao Mao in.

"what happened?"

When Liu Jilong saw Jiu Juyan coming to find him, he sensed something was wrong.

Jiu Juyan bowed and said, "The Huihe people have come across Longshou Mountain to graze again, but this time they are wearing leather armor and carrying long swords and short bows. It seems that they are not here with good intentions."

"I dare not make the decision, so I come here to ask for instructions from another general."

Hearing this, Liu Jilong subconsciously asked, "Have you told Zhang Sima and Suo Guoyi?"

"Suo Guoyi has left the city. Sima Zhang asked you to deal with him."

Jiu Juyan responded honestly, and at the same time he couldn't help but defend Liu Jilong: "These matters should be handled by Sima Zhang and Suo Guoyi, you can..."

Liu Jilong raised his hand to signal him to stop talking, then turned his head to Cao Mao and said, "Put on the armor for me. I will go outside the city to see what these pig-dog Huihe people want to do!"

(End of this chapter)