The pork butcher is smoother than a pig butcher!

Chapter 127 Great news
Zhao Muyun, the general of the border town 800 li away, received an urgent report from Jinzhou Pass.

Immediately, more stringent defensive arrangements were made for the five border guards.

Immediately afterwards, he sent his guerrilla general Tian Jiu with three thousand cavalry to Jinzhou Pass to provide reinforcements.

The reason why we didn't start with an army of 10,000 people.

He had great confidence in Jinzhou Pass, a strategically advantageous pass.

As long as the defending troops don't lose their composure, defeating a hundred men is not a dream.

But what he didn't know was.

Jinzhou Pass is about to face the most severe defensive crisis since its establishment.

The root of the crisis lies with a young man named Yaqub Beg.

The small and thin Yaqub Beg wouldn't last more than a few rounds in a real battle.

But the young man does indeed possess the abilities of a strategist.

He believed that the Kingdom of Bei was too large for the Kashgar Khanate to contain alone!

Since the State of Bei itself was incompetent and got bogged down in peasant uprisings.

Why not unite with Bei's other enemies abroad and feast together?

He had high hopes for the Tatar Tumed tribe, which was more than 300 miles to the west!

The Tatar Tumed tribe and the Kashgar Khanate were not only neighbors but also long-time rivals, and fought each other for many years.

Their cavalry was also quite formidable.

If both sides are willing to sit down and have a proper talk for their common interests.

The possibility of them jointly taking over the Bei State court is still quite high.

Then, they can divide up the spoils of victory among themselves by appointing a king or queen.

In a barren desert, what good things are there to fight over?
A once-in-a-century opportunity is right in front of us; we must seize it.

The young man is a thoughtful person.

In less than half a year, he had already collected a lot of information about the garrison commanders and the number of border troops in the nine border towns of the Bei State.

He stated that as long as they showed sincerity in sharing this information with the Tatar Tumed tribe.

If the alliance is proposed again, it will be very difficult for it not to succeed.

The supreme commander was completely convinced by him, and looked at Yaqub Beg with great eagerness:
"Good, good, good! You young people are quick-witted, courageous, resourceful, and daring to think and act. Not bad, not bad."

then.

So he was given 500 of his most formidable archer cavalrymen and sent to the Tatar Tumed tribe, which was more than 300 miles away.

The biggest challenge of this trip was that they needed to trek through the Tuyuhun Road.

There was nothing they could do; King Atu, with the power of a single rat, drove their mounts out of Peace Pass.

period.

No fewer than six hundred horses died under the steel claws of King Atu.

The psychological trauma inflicted on the Akhal-Teke horses is unimaginable.

It's terrifying. The horses never want to set foot in that wicked place in their lifetime.

"Awooooo"

King Atu: Come again next time! The muscular physique is delicious!
It happily went back to report its victory to its owner.

It's a real shame that these horse carcasses are so heavy that even rats can't drag them.

The owner was perfectly fine when they left.

When they returned the next day, the little dumpling inside the owner's belly had already been born.

"Squeak squeak squeak, I'm not happy that I didn't see the little one right away."

"Chirp chirp chirp, she's so cute and well-behaved!"

No wonder humans can live for hundreds of years.

Newborn human babies are so much cuter than baby mice.

It will make "oh oh oh" sounds.

She will cry loudly.

It's all pink and tender, and smells like milk.

Most importantly, the cub has so much black hair on its head.

This is exactly in line with my aesthetic sense!
The newborn baby, only two nights and a day old, did nothing to win over King Atu, who often rolled his eyes at his owner. King Atu had nothing else in his eyes but to lie next to the baby's swaddling clothes and stare at the baby like a lovesick mouse.

With a free nanny helping to look after the children at night, why would Gan Minglan be unhappy?

He used his supernatural abilities to repair his body repeatedly, making the most of the time.
The next day.

The prefect of Jinzhou City had his officials cross the turbid river in sheepskin rafts and deliver many gifts to Jinzhou Pass.

This includes, but is not limited to, daily necessities such as rice, oil, salt, clothing, tents, and medicine.

At the request of the garrison commander, all the gunpowder and cannonballs in the prefectural city were sent over.

The Prefect understands the principle of "if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold" very well!
After receiving and arranging these supplies, the soldiers set up a firewood pile by the ferry crossing at the main gate.

The corpses of the Hu people, as well as the corpses of Guan Jun and the common people, must all be burned as soon as possible.

The decomposition of corpses can easily trigger plagues.

Most people have this basic common sense.

By the afternoon.

The air above the entire fortress was filled with a suffocating smell of burning corpses.

This greatly alarmed the Kashgar Khanate's archers and cavalry, who were Muslims.

Unwilling to be burned to ashes after death, they could only run to the outskirts of Xiguan City at night to steal their comrade's body.

As a result, they were killed again by the Guan army on the city gate tower.

Then, they retreated to their base and stopped harassing the pass.

Life must go on.

Soldiers' families and civilians began to build temporary shelters on their burned-down homes.

As a military household.

The son succeeds the father.

The younger brother succeeded the deceased elder brother.

Five thousand greenhorn recruits were given a critical mission and were on duty within a day.

The Jinzhou Pass post station also welcomed a new postmaster and groom transferred from the prefectural city.

The rest stop is now the only building that survived the fire.

The garrison commander and others also moved in.

With housing so scarce, the newly arrived postmaster planned to expel the escorting officials and exiled prisoners.

The leader surnamed Huang then took the opportunity to find the garrison commander.

He proposed.

They have less than twenty days left to escort them, and they hope the garrison commander can do them a favor and let them pass through the East Gate to the border town.

The defending general's attitude was unusually amiable:

"It's alright, it's alright. You've all had it tough, serving the imperial court. On behalf of all the Guan soldiers, I thank you for fighting the enemy together the night before last."

I heard that the number of casualties among your escorting officers was also quite high.

Just then, the prefect sent ten doctors and a lot of medicine for external injuries. You can take this opportunity to get treated as well. We can't let you leave with injuries after putting in so much effort."

The defending general was very determined.

We must let them stay and recover for a few more days.

He also indicated that after defeating the Hu army, he would report to the court the merits of the officials of Daming Prefecture in killing the enemy.

This made it difficult for the leader surnamed Huang to refuse.

As low-ranking officials, they have almost no chance of promotion now that they've reached this point.

But if the imperial court could record their contribution in assisting the Guan army in killing the Hu army, things would be different.

The temptation to change the lintel ultimately overcame his fear of Hu Jun.

The garrison commander reassured him once again.

"General Zhao of the border town has already sent cavalry to support our Jinzhou Pass. They are all brave warriors who have fought against the Tatars for many years. With them in command, how can we not kill off the barbarian army?"

Besides, once the general from the border city arrives at Jinzhou Pass, you don't even need to go to the border city; you can just hand over those exiled prisoners to them, right?

The leader surnamed Huang's eyes lit up!
How much effort would it save for the officers and soldiers if the handover was done directly with the border army office in Jinzhou Pass?

This is absolutely fantastic news!
(End of this chapter)