After walking for three days and entering Ganzhou, the scenery on the road gradually changed.

Wusheng County is close to the northern border of Liguo, with a lot of wind and sand and few trees.

It was already winter, and it had just snowed, making the road very difficult to travel.

Even if they were walking on the official road, the horses' hooves would often get stuck in the mud.

"This official line needs to be repaired." Lu Dingfeng complained with a frown.

"I guess this path was repaired once a hundred years ago and has not been repaired again, right?"

When Chu Qingyan was in power, he paid special attention to military affairs.

The Chi Road leading to the northwest was built by her.

But after her, the emperor of the Lu family became wary of the Chu family, and instead began to cut various military expenditures.

"You must not raise a child who is not your biological child. We will never be of the same mind as you."

Chu Qingyan often reminded Chu Tianjiao secretly. Chu Tianjiao knew that she was complaining about Emperor Gaozong who succeeded him, so he didn't say much every time she heard it.

Lu Dingfeng was lazy and unwilling to ride a horse, so he followed Chu Qingyan in the carriage.

The two old foxes were getting together peacefully to look at the map of the northwest.

"Xiao Qingyan, you see, the geographical location of Wusheng County is quite good.

If we build a base there, we can radiate the Northern Wilderness Prairie to the north, and fight against the Xirong to the west. "

"I once set up a Ganzhou-Shaanxi Dahe granary in Ganzhou. The location is not far from Wusheng County, because I value this strategic location.

I just don’t know if the Dahe Granary is still operating. "

"Just ask my grandson-in-law."

Lu Dingfeng stuck his head out of the car window and waved to Chu Tianjiao.

After Chu Tianjiao saw it, he came over.

Hearing the two ancestors ask about Dahe Granary, Chu Tianjiao frowned and complained:

"It is there, but it has been abandoned long ago. Firstly, the imperial court has no surplus grain to store, and secondly, the barbarians from the Northern Wilderness may come to harvest grass and grain. If it is not heavily guarded, this granary cannot be defended at all."

Chu Qingyan asked: "The northern wilderness is barren and there have never been any large nomadic tribes. How dare you invade Ganzhou's Grassland Valley?"

After Chu Tianjiao recalled what he knew, he said:

"In the past 20 years, a leader named 'Dahe Shi Moji' appeared among the Beihuang Hu people, and he gathered many small tribes and established the Beihu Royal Court.

It's just that their power is still far behind the Six Nations, and they move around and have no fixed residence, so they haven't been noticed by the Six Nations yet.

Xirong fought against Beihu many times.

In recent years, there has been abundant rain, and there have been more pastures in the Northern Wilderness Prairie. The Xirong people are covetous of these new pastures and want to take them for themselves. "

As far as Chu Tianjiao knew, the relationship between the Chu family army and Beihu had been good in the past ten years.

Our common enemy is Xirong.

Privately, the Chu family would also sell some salt and iron to Beihu, and Beihu would provide war horses for the Chu family's army.

This time when Chu Tianjiao went to Dongyi, he planned to take the Northern Wilderness Prairie.

By the way, I made a deal with the Beihu people to purchase [-] war horses to equip the new army.

After hearing Chu Tianjiao's words, Lu Dingfeng and Chu Qingyan both felt a little sad. Things have changed in the world, and they have to learn many things all over again.

After walking for more than half a day, towards dusk, the group arrived outside Wusheng County.

The soldiers guarding the city stood at the top of the city and saw the dust flying from a distance. They were startled. They closed the city gate anxiously and ran to report to the county magistrate.

The county magistrate's surname was Guo Mingshun, and he was already in his forties. When he heard the report from his subordinates, he was so shocked that he jumped up from his concubine's lap.

"Quickly, get me that patched official uniform. This must be the imperial army passing by."

Guo Shun knew in his heart that this was definitely not an enemy attack.

If the Northern Hu people were calling, beacon smoke would definitely be lit on the border first.

Chu Minyu led several personal guards, leading the way and calling the door outside the city gate.

At this time, the soldiers guarding the city had also clearly seen the military flag with the image of a tiger descending from the mountain. The pattern on this military flag was unknown to everyone in the country.

"It's the Chu family's army passing by. Go and report it to the county magistrate."

The city gate slowly opened. Chu Minyu was worried about disturbing the people and did not enter the city immediately.

Chu Tianjiao also arrived with someone at this time, and the brother and sister showed their identity certificates, which made the city gate official speechless with excitement.

The people of Wusheng County certainly knew that their area had been given as a fief by the emperor to the eldest daughter of the Chu family.

Some time ago, people from the Ministry of Industry came to the county to build the county's main mansion for the eldest daughter of the Chu family.

Before the master came to the county head's mansion, people in Wusheng County heard that the eldest daughter of the Chu family went to Linhai and won a great victory, and was made the princess again.

According to regulations, the princess's mansion is more than twice the size of the county's mansion. However, someone from the Chu family came to inform that there was no need to expand the palace. Miss Chu said: Just make it as long as it can accommodate people.

In Wusheng County, stories began to circulate about the heroic story of the princess killing everyone in Linhai.

The people of Wusheng are very proud, General Wusheng is ours, and our Wusheng County has the God of War!

Oh my god, now that I saw the living General Wu Sheng, the city gate officer knelt down with a bang.

Chu Tianjiao hurriedly asked Lu Chengji to help him up.

Chu Tianjiao originally wanted to ask the city gate official about the situation in Wusheng County, but he saw a group of people coming in a hurry. When they got close, they bowed down to the Chu brothers and sisters and bowed down.

"The magistrate of Wusheng County, Guo Shun, pays homage to the princess and General Chu."

Guo Shun's beard and hair were a little messy, with a few gray hairs faintly visible. He had three patches on his official uniform, and his posture was extremely humble.

When Chu Minyu saw this, he felt that he must be an upright official, so he quickly helped Guo Shun up himself.

Chu Tianjiao knew that he had arrived suddenly and Wu Sheng County Magistrate had not yet gotten wind of it.

Seeing Guo Shun's appearance, Chu Tianjiao frowned slightly.

Chu Tianjiao has asked Li Yanghou to ask Prime Minister Wang to replace the Wusheng County Magistrate.

This matter is not difficult for Prime Minister Wang, but the court's procedures are cumbersome, and now even Guo Shun himself does not know that he is about to be transferred.

Chu Tianjiao thought that he had to send a message back to ask where Guo Shun had been arranged.

If he is really an upright official, he cannot be allowed to suffer a loss because of his own arrangements.

In a small county town, there is no place for a thousand cavalry.

Chu Tianjiao had no choice but to arrange for the thousand cavalry to camp outside the city. He only brought his own soldiers and the Fengzi squad into the city.

Along the way, I saw that the city was closed and closed, and it was quite deserted. Chu Tianjiao asked Guo Shun: "County Magistrate Guo, why are all the businesses in the city withered and deserted?"

Guo Shun covered his face with his wide sleeves and wiped his tears and said: "Reporting to the princess, Wusheng County is suffering! A group of Beihu people came in at the beginning of the year and took away many people. Now the city has not yet recovered."

Chu Minyu was stunned: "The Beihu people came in? Why didn't they hear the military report?"

Guo Shundao said: "I reported it to the Ganzhou Prefecture, which sent garrison troops to pursue it, but no trace of the Beihu people was found, so we left it alone."

Chu Minyu was furious: "From the border to Wusheng County, there are at least three beacon towers and countless villages. How can the Beihu people come and go without a trace?"

Guo Shun hesitated and couldn't explain clearly.

Chu Tianjiao was thoughtful and asked: "County Magistrate Guo, are you sure the person here is from Beihu?"

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