The pork butcher is smoother than a pig butcher!

Chapter 252 Heading West

The division of the Zuo clan into different branches is quite interesting.

Ultimately, the Zuo family, which remained in the border town, still appointed Zuo Wenxuan, the direct descendant, as their patriarch.

The Zuo family, who are about to move to Guanxi Qiwei, will be led by Zuo Wenkang, the most promising member of the collateral branch.

The day before the westward expeditionary army set off, the family genealogy brought from Leyuan County, Daming Prefecture, was officially cut up.
Under normal circumstances, Zuo Wenkang didn't need Gan Minglan to worry about the affairs of the Zuo family.

He had previously taught his cousins ​​how to weave straw sandals, and later took them to the cartography team.

These families were also transferred from being exiled convicts to military status.

Military status was not a good thing in the past.

But in the Northwest, the border troops are currently the ones having the best time.

Most importantly, the Jade-Faced Rakshasa Guerrilla General is the wife of the Zuo family of Guanzhong!
What's so great about the direct line of the family?

With Wen Kang and his wife by their side, they might become a newly wealthy family in Kansai in a few years.

The newly noblewoman, Lady Zuo, Gan Minglan, is leading a vanguard of five thousand men on a rapid march at top speed.

Before they set off, she only allowed these people to bring enough military rations for ten days.

If we don't get to the battlefield within ten days, we'll go hungry!

Who would dare to waste time on the road?

She ran with incredible ease and comfort.

If Wild Horse King hadn't had its speed suppressed by her, it could have killed its way to the Seven Guards of Kansai in two days and one night.

The other wild horses were bridled and are now being ridden by the fourteen most skilled scouts of the vanguard battalion.

More than 10,000 Mongolian horses followed behind them, taking turns carrying the vanguard cavalry.

Yes, these are all top-quality warhorses that Gan Minglan brought back last time using the trapping horse formation.

The warhorses were first healed of their leg injuries and strengthened in the valley pastures by the wood-type ability.

Later, it was placed in the cavalry camp and fed and cared for for more than a month.

Today, it has finally come in very handy.

Bang Chi Bang Chi!

The speed and stamina of the lead herd of wild horses completely awakened the competitive spirit within the Mongolian warhorses.

They chased each other, racing at top speed.

Dust filled the air on the official road in the fifth month of the lunar calendar.
The residents of Jinzhou Pass, who received the news a few days in advance, have kept their stoves burning non-stop for the past two days.

What for?
Naturally, it was to be used as rations for the army!

Everyone knows that the border town is short of food, and they are afraid that the vanguard battalion will not have enough to eat.

The stingy old man is back online, heading to Jinzhou City across the river early in the morning and not returning until noon.

He shouted loudly as soon as he entered the door:
"Old woman! I bought ten catties of pork today. Chop it up and put it into the pancakes! Don't keep any meat, cook it all up, and then send these meat pancakes to General Yu who is on his western expedition against the Hu!"

The old woman was throwing things around on the stove, muttering curses under her breath:

"You old hag! Isn't our little grandson going to the battlefield in a few days? Why don't you care about him at all? He's the only grandson of your Kou family!"

The stingy old man glared and puffed out his beard:
"You old hag with long hair and short brains! I heard that General Yu has become the guerrilla general of the vanguard battalion this time! Do you even know what the vanguard battalion is? She's the one who's going to lead the soldiers to fight at the very front!"

With her leading the team, the blood feud between our eldest son and grandson will soon be avenged! If she's even more powerful, she could take down all seven guards of Guanzhong in one fell swoop! Forget eating ten pounds of my meat pies, I'd be willing to eat my flesh and drink my blood!

The old woman, who had just been somewhat resentful, hurriedly washed her hands and began cutting the meat, replying, "I understand, I understand."

Lao Kou's family situation is very special.

His son and eldest grandson were both previously stationed at Heping Pass.

When the Kashgar Khanate cavalry breached Heping Pass, the defending soldiers fought them to the death. Of the Kou family, only their former daughter-in-law, who had remarried and lived near Jinzhou Pass, and their young grandson, just fifteen years old and about to join the western expedition against the Hu (Tibetan) forces, survived.

The Seven Guards of Guanzhong are now part of the territory of the Kashgar Khanate.

Recapturing the Seven Guards of Guanzhong is nothing less than avenging the Kou family.

The cavalrymen, born in the border town, had previously faced the Tatar nomads from the north as their enemies.

They did not yet have such a strong sense of shared hatred towards the Kashgar Khanate and other Western Regions peoples.

But Jinzhou Pass is different!

Nine out of ten households have a blood feud with the Kashgar Khanate!

Let's not even mention the soldiers who died at Heping Pass and how many relatives they had.

It was the fire that burned down Jinzhou Pass last year.

If it weren't for the timely reinforcements from the border town, and the fortunate encounter with General Yu, that jade-faced demon...

Everyone at Jinzhou Pass is long dead.

Ever since receiving General Zhao's urgent message about the grand plan to conquer the Hu people in the west, the entire Jinzhou Pass has been like a pot of boiling water.

The new recruits who had fought alongside General Yu six months ago held a grand competition across the entire region to compete for the three thousand spots in the Western Expeditionary Army.

I fought tooth and nail to stand out from all my brothers!

Everyone craned their necks, eagerly awaiting the arrival of the western expeditionary army.

Although they were not ordered to lead the vanguard troops personally by General Yu.

He was, after all, one of the 80,000 troops who marched west to conquer the Hu.

I felt a strong sense of participation and pride.

Didn't you see those brothers who lost the fight crying their eyes out?
The vanguard battalion of 5,000 cavalrymen did not reach Jinzhou Pass until the evening of the third day.

Gan Minglan's original intention was to pass the level quickly.

However, the families of the soldiers at Jinzhou Pass were just too enthusiastic.

Boiled eggs, meat patties, and other food were kept being stuffed into the hands of the vanguard soldiers on horseback.

"Kids, eat up! These pancakes are freshly fried by your grandma, they're still warm! The dough was scalded with boiling water, so they're super soft!"

"What are you standing there for? Don't be shy, we're all on the same side! We need to eat our fill to have the strength, and in a few days we'll kill a few more barbarians!"

“General Yu from your vanguard battalion is an old acquaintance of ours! My son was even fighting alongside her on the city gate tower at the end of last year!”

"Yes, yes! General Yu is a great benefactor of our Jinzhou Pass. How can we not express our gratitude when our great benefactor leads his troops through our old territory?"

"General Jade"

Not only were the cavalrymen warmly welcomed and fed by their families, but the crowd surrounding Gan Minglan was also incredibly dense.

The vanguard cavalrymen: Tsk tsk, so Jinzhou Pass is General Gan's happy hometown! No wonder they didn't let them carry more rations. Today's meal is enough for them to eat and drink for several days!
Wow! These soft, meat-filled pancakes smell amazing!

The old acquaintance, the garrison commander of Jinzhou Pass, had nothing else in his eyes. He looked at the well-equipped vanguard battalion and drooled with envy.

If it weren't for his duty to defend the city, he would have wanted to be General Yu's groom.

General Yu was more capable than he thought.

In just six months, he was promoted from an exiled convict to a fifth-rank guerrilla general.

This person, who is destined for great things in the future, has a life-or-death bond with Lao Ma.

Just thinking about it makes me feel so proud, how so?

(End of this chapter)