Chapter 423
A hundred miles west of Shunjun City is a small town with thousands of elite Xia troops stationed in a small city called stall food. This is not only the only way for the Western Xia court to transport food and grass materials to Shunjun City, but also the important place for the Xifeng clan to store military food and grass.
If Xifeng, who is good at doing business, often manages the food, clothing and expenses of the tens of thousands of people in Shunjun City, then this granary city is related to the stability of the entire Xifeng clan and even the entire Xixia Eastern Front. Because this place has such a critical role, every month or two, Xifeng Yechang will come to check it out in person.
The same is true today. Early in the morning, Xifeng Yechang was wandering around dozens of granaries in this small town surrounded by hundreds of personal guards. While listening to the guards here report to him about the cost of food and grass for the past few days, his face was solemn and he did not dare to be careless.
It was not until his subordinates finished reporting everything and confirmed that Xi Feng Yechang smiled and said, "You have done a good job and with such abundant preparations, we don't have to worry about this winter. I will reward you heavily at that time." This general who guards such an important city is a close member of his Xi Feng family, so there is no need to say that he would ask the court to give it a reward.
It was not until he finished dealing with the matter here that a close guard came up and reported in a low voice: "Class leader, Shunjun City has just sent back the news, and everyone under the Eighth Prince's men has left the city..."
Hearing this, Xi Feng Yechang raised his eyebrows and eyes slightly: "You can't hold back? Has he left the city?"
"The Eighth Master should not be in the city, but we did not find him walking with Sun Qianli and others."
"Hmph, Sun Qianli is really brave. He actually dared to bring people to fight with the horse thief because he wanted to save his friend?" Xi Feng Yechang immediately frowned with some dissatisfaction: "If Xi Feng Changzhen is damaged by this, I will peel him off!" Having said this, a scathing murderous intent suddenly surged out of the body of Xi Feng Yechang, who was already quite elegant and gentle, was so scared that everyone around him was frightened and didn't even dare to breathe.
As the commander of the Xixia Kingdom who has been guarding the eastern frontier for many years, as the leader of the Xifeng clan who can keep the Xifeng clan still in the face of the continuous expansion of the imperial power of the Xia Kingdom, Xifeng Yechang certainly cannot be as simple and easy-going as it seems. He was once a person who came out of a sea of corpse and blood. There were more than tens of millions of people who died because of his orders. Even now he has become much more low-key and gentle, once he gets angry, he can still make his subordinates and others frighten.
In addition, as the chief general of Shunjun City, how could the big and small things happening in this city be hidden from his eyes? He actually found out that the feudal and self-righteous methods had been implemented before it was implemented. The reason why he left the city and came to Danliang City this time was actually to promote the fight between these two sons. He wanted to see which of the two feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the feudal and the fe
But now everything his two sons showed made him very dissatisfied. When he returned to his villa, Xi Feng Yechang's face was still gloomy: "These two are still too young and have too many problems. Xi Fengjian thought that his strength was higher than his younger brother, so he could be unscrupulous, but he actually colluded with the horse thief. If there was a mistake, I would see how he ended! There was also Xi Fengchang. Since he knew that he was not a rival of Xi Feng, what he should do at this time was to endure, either give up this batch of goods, or give up the gold and exchange it for the goods, that would at least be a wise choice.
"But what did he do? He actually tried to fight against the enemy that several times as strong as he could with his own troops. He thought he was really powerful enough to fight a hundred? And Sun Qianli actually encouraged him to make such a decision. It really deserves to be killed!"
Xi Feng Yechang's angry expression made all the confidants in front of him silent and dared not speak. Only one of them spoke after he vented for a while: "Class leader, in fact, this is really no wonder Xi Feng Chang. His men had no one available, and they were always suppressed by Xi Feng Jian. If Sun Qianli was instigated, he naturally wanted to exhale his anger."
"Hmph, this is what I think he did the most wrong. After all, Sun Qianli is just a recent subordinate, and he is a Han native of Liao, how could he trust him so much? If we were like him, my Xifeng clan was swallowed up like other clans decades ago and there was no bones left. Will there be such a situation today?"
After pausing, he sighed, "I asked the people over there to take care of them. It's nothing to die, but Xi Fengchang still needs to protect him. After all, he is my son."
"Don't worry, the clan leader, I have asked the Xiguan Army outside Shunjun City to come and respond early in the morning, and nothing can happen."
Hearing this, Xi Feng Yechang's face looked a little better: "Yeli, you should do your business properly. It seems that when you go back this time, these two sons will temporarily suppress them. I originally thought that Xi Fengchang would go to Xingqing Mansion to celebrate the emperor's birthday this time, but now we have to change people, otherwise you will go this time?"
But Shi Feng Yeri immediately refused: "The emperor's birthday is November. I'm afraid I won't be able to come back this year. Now the situation between the Three Kingdoms is changing, so I don't want to miss such a good opportunity."
"Haha, you want to help me. Just don't go, so don't go if you don't want to go. Let's talk about the candidate, there is still some time to choose anyway." Shin-hono Chang was not dissatisfied with the other party's polite refusal, but said with a smile, and was quite satisfied with Shin-honori's loyalty.
It was not until this time that the anger he had caused because of his two sons slowly dissipated, and the people around him finally breathed a sigh of relief.
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At the same time, a cavalry team of about 200 people had already appeared outside the nest of the Nanshan thief a hundred and fifty miles south of Shunjun City.
It was a trumpet-shaped valley. From a distance, Sun Tu and the others could see several worn flags fluttering in the wind over the valley. People and horses had seen their arrival in front of the valley, so soon, hundreds of cavalry rumbled out of the valley to meet them.
Like the Song Dynasty, there were also many bandits and bandits in Xixia at this time. However, unlike the bandits in the Song Dynasty who occupied the mountains and became kings, most of the bandits here were horse thieves, and their nests often changed. This valley was just their temporary foothold.
Although it was a little distance away, the situation on the valley was completely in Sun Tu's eyes, and he shook his head repeatedly. There was no defense at all in this thief's nest, and there were not many people, only about 500 people. There was only a few people and horses, and there was no danger to defend. If it were in the territory of the Song Dynasty, it would have been suppressed and eliminated by the local government. But it was a good place to be mentioned by the people who came here that this Nanshan thief had been in trouble in Shunjun City for many years. I don't know if it was because he could not find them or because of other reasons, the Xifeng family turned a blind eye to it.
Sun Tu thought about these things casually. When the other party approached, he also urged the horse to meet them. Without waiting for the other party to speak, he had already asked first: "Can the people from my Xifeng clan be damaged?"
The fierce and fierce man was stunned when he heard this, and said casually: "Everyone is still alive..." Then he woke up a little, glared at him, and shouted: "It's not you who are the masters here today, where is Jin?"
Sun Tu smiled softly and waved his hand. A cavalry took two steps forward and untied a skin bag on his back. The golden one was full of gold ingots. It seemed that the number was indeed hundreds of taels.
At this time, a ray of sunlight shone on the gold in the bag, reflecting golden lights, shaking straight to the eyes of the horse bandits opposite, and at the same time, they all showed a greedy expression. At that moment, the leader shouted anxiously: "Take the gold over quickly, otherwise we will kill everyone!"
"That's not true. You have seen the gold, but we have never seen the people and goods we want. How dare I hand over the gold to you like this?" Sun Tu shook his head, and as he waved his hand, the cavalry quickly pulled his horse back with his skin.
"You..." The bandits suddenly became annoyed and stared at him hatefully, as if they could come to snatch them at any time. But at this time, the guards behind Sun Tu had quickly shown their bows and arrows and scimitars, which made the other party dare not attack immediately. They could only say with hatred by the leader: "Okay, I'll send you goods and people now. Don't play tricks, otherwise..." As he said that, he made a gesture, and someone raised his hand and shot an arrow.
A moment later, there was another wave of people moving in the valley ahead. Then Sun Tu and the others saw dozens of cars and a hundred people escorting up with more than two hundred horse thieves holding weapons. When they got closer, everyone could finally see that the car was indeed filled with various cloth, salt bags and other goods. As for the prisoners, they all looked sad, and the sharp-eyed Sun Tu found Huangfu Duan at a glance.
It was not until he saw that he was safe and sound that Sun Tu breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he was fine.
Soon, these people and goods came to the front, and were stopped by the horse thief. The leader then stared at Sun Tu and the others and said, "You hand over the gold, and the goods and people can be taken away!"
Sun Tu was not busy doing it, but just looked at the horse thieves and said, "Do you know that the goods from Shunjun City were robbed this time? Are you not afraid of being surrounded by the army afterwards? I thought it would be too late for you to stop..."
"What are you talking about? Hand over the gold quickly! If we were afraid of the people from Shunjun City, we would not have robbed here for several years!" The leader shouted again impatiently.
Chapter completed!