The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 345 Wuyuan's Trade Route ([-])

In March [-] AD, on the north bank of the Yellow River, on the boundless grassland later known as the Tumochuan Plain.The winter snow has melted away, and the entire grassland is green in the slightly chilly spring breeze.In this sea of ​​grass, there are occasional white, brown and even black flakes, which are groups of cattle and sheep, driven by herdsmen of different nationalities, lazily eating fresh tender grass.

Of course, at this time there was no story about the return of the Turhu Special Forces to the east, and this piece of land was not called the Tumochuan Plain.Not long ago, this piece of land was widely known as Qiantao.Now, it has returned to its much older name.

In the middle and early Eastern Han Dynasty, it was called Wuyuan County.It is the hometown of flying general Lu Bu.So after Ji Han took this place, of course he restored the previous name here.This piece of land has also become Ji Han's No. 40 county.Huangfu Ning became the prefect of this reborn Wuyuan County, while Wen Yang was worshiped as a general protecting Xianbei Zhonglang, and he also led the army to station here for the time being.

"Drive~~~drive~~~call~~~"

The dense muffled thunder sounded on the grassland, and the herdsmen who were scattered all over raised their heads one after another, a little flustered, and vigilantly looking for the source of the sound.After they see the fiery red Chinese character flag and the other character flag clearly.The panic and vigilance in their eyes was gone, replaced by deep awe.

Not long after this group of cavalry appeared in everyone's sight, soon, a group of cavalry also ran from the other direction.In addition to the banner of Chinese characters, there is also a banner of Beigong.

"Hahahaha~~~How about it, Ziyang, this time the horse race is about to win again!"

"Hehehe, that's not necessarily true. General Ciqian, we agreed in advance that the first person to arrive first will not be counted, and the arrival time of the whole team will be the last person in the team to reach the finish line. Well, the last team, The whole team should have 100 people, but there are actually 100 people. The general's team, no matter how you look at it, there are not 100 people, right?"

"Huh?" Hearing what Bei Gongxiong said, Wen Yang turned to look at his team.It doesn't matter at first glance, it turns out that at least twenty riders are missing.

"What's going on? It's only a quick march of a hundred miles, why is it so far behind? Huh? What about Ji Wei? Why did he also fall behind?"

"General Rongzhi, when we galloped over just now, there was a person on the side of the road trying to intercept our team. The general's horse was too fast, so he ran over directly. General Ji Wei, who was at the end of the line, saw it and went to deal with it .”

"Oh? Is there such a thing? Well, the whole army dismounted, set up a simple tent and came out to rest. Have you brought the milk brick? Make some milk tea and drink it! Separate a team and lead the horses to the river Go drink some water."

"promise!"

The people under his command went to work separately, and Wen Yang looked at the direction he came from from a distance, and didn't care about Wen Hu and others after he didn't see traces of them for the time being.After the simple tent was set up, he called Bei Gongxiong in: "Ziyang, gallop all the way here, have you ever found any jumping gnats in the grass?"

"The general has paid attention to this matter all the way. During the 100-odd miles of driving, there must be jumping gnats, but they are basically scattered. For example, before the dense locust plague in Guanzhong, none of them were seen. .”

"Good, it's the same for the general who came here. However, although there are very few locust plagues on the Hetao side, the snowfall here was relatively small last year, so we still have to be more vigilant."

"This is a matter of course. General, the last general is from Guanzhong, and he still remembers the locust plague. Speaking of this, should we send a message to Chang'an and ask them to allocate more chickens and ducks for us?"

"Hey, don't think about it. The grassland is too big, no amount of chickens and ducks is useless. Besides, there is an order from Da Sima hanging in the air. On this day, no one dares to take it lightly. Officials and leaders from all over the country are fighting They ordered Chang'an to deploy more chickens and ducks to their place. Our Wuyuan County is very far from Chang'an. How is that possible?"

The Commander Wen Yang mentioned was part of the locust extermination order issued by Guan Yi at the end of last year: when winter turns to spring, local officials and leaders of foreign races must carefully search for the number and concentration of jumping locusts in their jurisdictions. .Once a dense group of jumping gnats is found, people must be strangled immediately and reported to the Chang'an government.If there is no report or the strangling is not effective, if there is another locust plague in summer.Magistrate, behead!Genocide, Genocide!
So this time point is the busiest time for the officials and foreign leaders in Yongliang.Wen Yang and Bei Gongxiong said that they were testing the speed of the cavalry, but in fact they were also inspecting the growth of jumping gnats on the grasslands in the large-scale inspection area.

Fortunately, there was an activity of millions of people in Yongliang digging insect eggs in the whole of Yongliang last winter.By the spring of this year, the number of jumping beetles in various places was still within the safety line.

The two were talking and drinking milk tea. Not long after, Wen Hu brought a strong man in fur into the tent.

"Ji Wei, what's the matter with you? Hey, this person looks familiar, you are..."

"I have a secret matter to report to General Wen, and I ask the general to back away from the left and right sides."

"Hahahaha~~~ I remember now. You are Xu Cong Xu Ziyu from the Luoyang Central Army. Tsk tsk tsk, you, a Lord of Mou Township, actually came to my Wuyuan County in this chilly spring. What, are you Are you here to be a lobbyist for Sima Yan? Your Xu family is not good at this kind of thing!"

Seeing Wen Yang unscrupulously expose his identity in front of Bei Gongxiong and more than a dozen generals of the Han army in the tent.Xu Cong also suddenly became a bachelor: "Hey, Ciqian, I also know that I am not good at being a lobbyist. But the emperor in Luoyang sent me here. Isn't there nothing I can do?"

"Hahaha~~ The road here in Wuyuan is rugged and the environment is difficult. Not to mention the fact that there are a lot of foreign races, horse thieves and other generals haven't had time to wipe them out. So if you really want to send a sharp-tongued person to lobby Wen, I'm afraid it won't happen. Come to Wen Mou alive. From this point of view, the person chosen by your emperor is absolutely right. Well, what does Sima Yan want to say to Wen Mou?"

"Ciqian is refreshing, I'm not good at talking. Now, here is the letter written by the emperor of Jin. You can read it for yourself!"

The meaning of Sima Yan's letter is actually very simple: the defeat in the battle of Jieting was not the responsibility of your Wen brothers. I heard from Hu Yuan who returned to Luoyang that you did fight to the end for Hu Fen and others.Therefore, you can be forgiven for surrendering to the enemy when you are desperate.I will not hold you accountable.I didn't touch your real estate in Luoyang, concubines, servants, etc., but sent someone to protect you.

Now I heard that you can't trust that dog thief Guan Zifeng, and sent you to the frontier to herd sheep.This is a bad warrior!I was very saddened to hear this news.With the talent of a general, he is a good general, a famous commander, how can he be a horseman on the grassland?After all, Guan Zifeng still only trusts people from the Fuxing Society.What a pity you were discriminated against there.

So come back, my warrior.I will make good use of you.Not much to say, as long as you come back, brother, a famous general cannot escape.You can enjoy the world of flowers and flowers in Luoyang, and I will definitely reward you with money.If I want to go to the border to make contributions, how can I regret my responsibility...

"Hmph..." The brothers of the Wen family belong to a family of generals, even though they have received many years of education.But it took a lot of time to read Sima Yan's parallel-style letter.After reading the whole article, a quarter of an hour has passed.

"Hey, Ziyu, speaking of it, when Wen Chu and Ji Wei just returned to Luoyang with Sima Zhao, everyone treated us brothers coldly, only Ziyu took the initiative to accept us. This kindness, Wen Chu has always kept it in his heart. It’s just that in this situation, it’s hard to say, only Ziyu can be wronged.”

"What, you want to kill me to prove your loyalty to Guan Zifeng?"

"How can I, Wen Chu, be this kind of person? Ziyang, you accompany Ziyu, take the letter, and go to the Huangfu prefect on the south bank of the Yellow River to make a report. Then Ziyu can go back. Well, please also ask Huangfu prefect to give him Get a customs clearance document, and go straight to Tongguan when you go back. It’s too dangerous to come from the grassland.”

"So, thank you Ciqian."

Bei Gongxiong pulled Xu Cong out, and the original dozen or so generals in the tent also retreated knowingly.Wen Hu hesitated for a moment, but still spoke: "Brother?"

"Why, is it possible that you really want to go back to Luoyang?"

"Of course not! My brother had a great time with the big man, so I don't want to go back to Luoyang to be angry. What I mean is, if we put Xu Cong back like this, will Da Sima have other thoughts in his heart if he finds out?"

"Hahahaha~~~ Ji Wei, don't underestimate Da Sima's heart. Da Sima and I..." Wen Yang pointed to his chest slightly at this point: "Although I don't have many contacts, I can feel I know that Da Sima trusts me. I am also willing to serve Da Sima loyally, and I believe Da Sima also feels this point."

"Uh... alright. It's just brother. Now the prefect Huangfu is surrounded by a large group of Kanto families. Send Xu Cong there at this time. If he finds out..."

"I want him to see it! This Xu Cong's grandfather is Xu Chu, and his father is Xu Yi. Do you think he is really a loyal minister of Jin?"

(End of this chapter)