General Qin

Outside Yiqu city.

The army stopped, and Zhao Tuo saw Li Ju, the governor of Beidi, and Wu Shiluo who were waiting for him here.

Li Ju, the governor of the county, is a distant branch of Li Xin's family. With his family background as a general, he made some military exploits and succeeded in ascending to the position.

Wu Shiluo is about fifty years old, wearing a high crown and dark black clothes, at first glance, he thought he was a nobleman from Qin Dynasty.

However, Zhao Tuo looked at it carefully, and he could still see something exotic from Wu Shiluo's face.

After all, the bridge of the nose and eye sockets are somewhat different from those of the Central Plains people.

The Rong people of the Wu clan are not the genus of Zhuxia. It is said that their ancestors moved from the west, and later settled near the Jitou Mountain in the upper reaches of the Jingshui River. The land was named Wuzhi because of the clan name, and now it is Wuzhi in Qin State. county.

"Wu Zhiluo has seen the General, and the reputation of the General sweeping the six countries has long been heard, and now he sees that he is really a young hero, and Luo admires him very much."

Although he is from the Rong tribe who resell cattle and horses, Wu Shiluo's behavior is full of Chinese etiquette, personable, and his fluent Qin dialect makes people hard to pick.

"Mr. Wushi's words are serious. You are a good minister of the country. Tuo still needs a lot of help from Mr. Wushi to attack the Hu people in the north."

Zhao Tuo bowed his hands to each other with a very polite attitude.

Qin Shihuang gave Wu Shiluo the treatment of "ranking than the emperor".

Wu Zhiluo can not only enter the pilgrimage to meet the emperor, but also has the right to discuss and participate in government affairs. He has a very high status in the local area. Even the governor of Beidi must treat him with courtesy, so Zhao Tuo cannot be slighted.

Not to mention, he will use the other party next.

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Li Ju, who was standing beside him, couldn't wait any longer, stretched out his hand and smiled and said, "The general came from a long way, and the journey was hard, I have already prepared some thin wine in the mansion, please Mr. Wushi to accompany him, to welcome the general Wash the dust."

"There is Lao Li County Sheriff."

Zhao Tuo nodded, and asked Deputy General Sima Liang to arrange for his thousands of guards to set up camp first, and then he brought Li Shiqi and Chen Ping, two trusted staff members, into the city under the welcome of Li Ju and Wu Shiluo.

"Yiqu City is small and sparsely populated, and there are no good mansions. If the general does not abandon it, he can temporarily live in the county mansion."

Li Junshou walked and talked, wanting to arrange a place for Zhao Tuo.

Zhao Tuo looked at the scenery along the way, and he saw that Yiqu City was very dilapidated.

The roads in the city are narrow, the houses on both sides are crooked, and even the county government office is a bit old, let alone compared with those county government offices in the inland, it is even inferior to a county government office in Guanzhong.

Zhao Tuo said: "Thank you for the kindness of the county guard, but I will be stationed in the camp when I lead the army to fight, so I won't bother you in the city."

Li Junshou said with admiration: "It's winter now, and the camp is quite cold. The general can share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, and share the cold and heat. No wonder he can win every battle."

Zhao Tuo spoke politely, but his mind was on Wu Shiluo who was next to him.

However, the two of them didn't say much except for some polite words along the way.

The real thing is to talk at the dinner table.

After a while, Zhao Tuo was welcomed into the hall of the county mansion.

Although the houses in this county are not as luxurious as those in the mainland, they are also very spacious and grand.

The sky hadn't completely darkened yet, and the house had already been lit with lights, illuminating the hall like daylight.

In addition to the county guards Li Ju and Wu Shiluo, the banquet was accompanied by Beidi County's Supervisor Yushi and Jun Cheng.

"The cavalry of the Yue family appeared outside the Great Wall. The county lieutenant has brought people to check, but they are not here. Please forgive me, the general."

Li Ju's words answered the doubts in Zhao Tuo's heart, no wonder he didn't see the county lieutenant in charge of the military.

At the same time, Zhao Tuo's mind was attracted by the news of the haunting of the Yueshi cavalry.

As soon as he was seated, he asked, "Mr. Li, why did the Yueshi cavalry haunt outside the Great Wall? Could it be that they knew that Qin State was about to take Henan?"

Sitting at the end of the hall, Li Shiqi and Chen Ping frowned.

Because of the barrier of the Great Wall, and the fact that Hu people usually live far away from the border, in their planning, the current Yuezhi should not know Qin's plan to seize Henan.

This is a point they can take advantage of and have some plans for.

If the Yuezhi people knew about this in advance, the situation would be very different, and some accidents would happen for no reason.

Li Ju showed embarrassment, and said: "Before the general came here, I have ordered the news to be blocked. Ordinary people are not allowed to go out anywhere on the Great Wall, so it should not be leaked, only some businessmen who are out of the fortress..."

As he spoke, Li Ju looked at Wu Shiluo next to him.

Holding the wine cup in his hand, Wu Zhiluo said, "The merchants in the north have trade relations with the Rong, Yuezhi and even the Xiongnu in the west. Every month, some people will bring goods from Guanzhong to Rong to exchange cattle and horses there."

"Before the Yuezhi attacked the Xiongnu, the trade has not been cut off. If merchants are not allowed to leave the fortress at this time, coupled with the sudden gathering of a large number of cavalry in Beidi County, it may arouse the Yuezhi's vigilance. Therefore, I think it is not appropriate to have an accident at this time. As in the past, trading in the Hu region can have the effect of paralyzing the opponent. And I think that the general also needs specific information about the Yuezhi people in Henan."

"What Mr. Wuzhi said is true. Those businessmen who travel in Henan to gather information for us are indeed more useful than those in the Great Wall."

Zhao Tuo smiled lightly, and instead of being entangled in this matter, he brought up other topics.

After a while, the banquet began.

Golden roasted whole lamb sprinkled with various spices, wild venison covered with black sauce...

A large amount of meat, coupled with the local specialty milk wine, made Zhao Tuo feel different from Zhuxia's diet in this meal.

At the same time, he did not forget the purpose of this time. During the conversation with Wu Shiluo, Li Ju and others, he learned a lot about the situation of the Yuezhi who occupied Henan.

The Yuezhi is a tribal alliance-style country, living in the Hexi Corridor, with a powerful force of 150,000 to 60,000 cavalry.

Its leader is King Yuezhi.

Below the Yuezhi King, there are five Xihous, each of whom is the leader of a large tribe that separates one side, which is equivalent to the prince level of the Xia Dynasty, and has great power in the Yuezhi Kingdom.

Now that they have invaded Henan and expelled the Huns, it is two of them, Xihou, who have about 60,000 to 70,000 cavalry.

Because it was a welcome banquet for himself, and there were still several months before leaving the war, Zhao Tuo only talked about the Yueshi for a while, and then talked about some interesting things in the mainland with Li Ju, Wu Shiluo and others.

For a while, the host and guest enjoyed themselves, and the banquet ended happily.

After the entertainment, Zhao Tuo once again rejected Li Ju's proposal to stay in Yiqu City, bid farewell to Wu Shiluo and others, and chose to go back to the camp to rest.

Tomorrow, he will go to the cavalry garrison of the counties, which is more than ten miles away from the city, to conduct inspections.

Zhao Tuo's military camp was set up on the flat ground five miles outside Yiqu City. The camps were connected with each other, and there were 5,000 people.

As soon as he entered the tent, Chen Ping couldn't wait to speak.

"General, we must guard against Na Wuzhi."

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