On the eve of Xu Huai's decision to leave Shangluo and return to Biyang before the refugees retreated eastward, the news that Xiao Yanhan, Zhang Xiongshan, Wu Sanrong, Xiao Xuan and others led 8,000 troops to the south through Taoyuan reached Shangluo City.

When Dong Cheng heard this news, he was shocked and incredible.

Xu Huai-san had officially submitted a memorial to the court before, recommending Dong Cheng as the official office of Jingxiang Road to promote the criminal jail.

In addition to the criminal affairs involving officials and civilians in the road and prefectures, Xu Huai hopes to have a person who is easily accepted by the scholars and ministers, responsible for contacting and supervising officials at all levels appointed by the court in Jingxiang.

This involves the connection between the court regulations and the Chushan New Policy. Apart from Dong Cheng, Xu Huai cannot find a more suitable candidate for the time being.

Emperor Shaolong has not yet agreed to accept Xu Huai's recommendation. Dong Cheng is currently giving advice around Xu Huai as a guest official. In addition to the fact that Xiao Yanhan gave birth to Xiao Prince Xiao Bo and other secret matters, Dong Cheng has also participated in the discussion and formulation of the major policy of Jingxiang to defend the enemy.

Zhang Xiongshan went to Longxi to lobby for the remnants of the Khitan????????????????????????????? Moving south from north of Minshan to the Lushui area was not a top secret in the General Office. Xu Huai mentioned more than once that the Chihu people were blocked from the front battlefield, there would be a possibility of a roundabout attack on Dali and other countries in the memorial to Jianye.

Although Dong Cheng knew about this, he thought that the remnants of the Khitan would be easily persuaded, so he was particularly shocked at this time:

"The Khitan sent eight thousand troops in advance, and most of them were women and children. They went south from Taoyuan to go to Lushui in two months? There is no false news?"

The Lu River is located west of Dali, which is the source of the Yangtze River. Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu Kingdom at the end of the Han Dynasty, mentioned the Lu River in his sentence "In May, crossing Lu River in Bad" and became widely known to the world; and Taoyuan is located between Taoshui and Minshan Mountains. From Taoyuan to the Lu River, it will pass through the eastern part of the Xifan Highland controlled by the Tubo tribes.

Dong Cheng reads historical materials well and knows that the middle and early period of the previous dynasty was the time when the Central Plains were considered the most prosperous and powerful in all dynasties:

In the middle and early period of the previous dynasty, after unifying the Central Plains and conquering the world, they successively destroyed and conquered the Eastern and Western Turks, Gaochang Kingdom, Xueyantuo, Zhongtianzhu, Liaoren, Khitan, Baekje, Tiel, Goguryeo and other countries.

Even when the Xuanzong era, the national strength of the previous dynasty had shrunk, it still successfully destroyed the Southwest Barbarians, Tuqi Shi, Later Turks, Big and Big Bolu, and Shiguo.

However, the previous dynasty never truly conquered or conquered the Tubo Dynasty.

Not only for a long time, Hexi, Longyou, Anxi and other places were annexed by Tubo, but the capital Chang'an even fell into the hands of Tubo cavalry for a time.

One of the key reasons here is that the Xifan Highlands, which later generations called the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, was a natural barrier that was hard to cross in front of the elite infantry cavalry in the Central Plains.

Although the previous dynasty had more victory than defeat, it was mainly concentrated in the battle for control of the Hexi Corridor and the Western Regions. The battlefield was mainly concentrated in Hexi, the Western Regions and surrounding areas, and did not involve the Xibo highlands at the core of Tubo's rule.

The elite infantry cavalry in the Central Plains entered the Western Boat Highlands, only a few hundred miles south of Qinghai Lake. In that battle, 50,000 elite infantry cavalry in the Central Plains were still equipped and trained to be at a disadvantage and were defeated.

Although the Tubo Dynasty fell into a state of disintegration in the later period and was separatist by warlords, no regime could unify the Tubo tribes again, but from Minshan Mountain and Jishi Mountain to the south, to the coast of Lushui, there were many large and small distributions of large and small. I don’t know how many Tubo separatist forces were easily conquered by the remnants of the Khitan tribes that were already in vain today.

Not to mention the huge obstacles on the terrain that are like natural barriers.

The remnants of the Khitans, most of which were advanced people from women and children, embarked on the journey south like this?

Dong Cheng's first thought was that the Khitans were crazy, and when he calmed down, he couldn't help but wonder if Xu Huai had other means to convince the Khitans to take such a risk.

Zhang Xiongshan was preparing for the southward journey in Taoyuan two months ago. It was difficult for the secret letter to explain all the subtle things thoroughly. Xiao Yanhan did not say much about the contradictions within the Khitan remnants, but when he saw the secret letter, Xu Huai did not find it difficult to imagine the difficulties of Xiao Linshi and others.

After all, it is difficult to share wealth and prosperity, and sharing hardships is never easy.

The remnants of the Khitan tribe were less than 100,000 tribes. In the past years, they were unable to find a place to truly settle down and rest and recuperate. But they had to embark on a difficult journey that had never been through in history. How many people were not afraid? Who could have such a high power that made the tribes advance this matter without any doubt?

To be honest, it is difficult for Xu Huai to do this in Jingxiang.

"I thought Xiao Shuai would send an elite cavalry to explore the road from south to Lushui, and then make the final decision after all the conditions are relatively ripe," Han Gui frowned and said, "Shi Shuai directly sent some tribes south forward, which was indeed unprecedented, and this path exploration will be much more difficult than expected..."

Along the way, not only the journey is difficult, but also the separatist forces of all sizes will be subject to Tubo.

When the remnants of the Khitan retreated to the Taoyuan area, they had a fierce and bloody conflict with the Tubo tribes near Jishishan. It is hard to imagine that the Tudong separatist forces, both large and small, would be very polite and polite to borrow the road.

We must predict the fate of this advance team, which accounts for most of the women and children. Han Gui believes that the greater possibility is that the entire army will be destroyed halfway, rather than that some people will successfully arrive at the shore of Lushui.

Xu Huai didn't say much, and he named Han Gui, Dong Cheng, Wang Ju, Fan Zongqi and others to rest.

The next morning, although more than a thousand enemy cavalry rushed to Shangluo City, Xu Huai just summoned Fan Zongqi and others to come to the front and once again told him to avoid the war. Then he ate some breakfast and walked out of the city surrounded by more than a hundred escorts, passed through Wuguan, Xixia, Neixiang, and went back day and night to Biyang.

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"When will you reach the bank of Lushui as soon as possible to form a large business group?"

Xu Huai returned to the Jingsheng Hou Mansion and immediately summoned Shi Zhen, Su Laochang, Xu Wuli and others to directly throw out the problem.

Although Dong Cheng had the opportunity to participate in this discussion, he was a guest official, and he was not very familiar with the real core secrets of the Department of Management, so he maintained restraint, mainly depending on how Shi Zhen, Su Laochang, Xu Wuli and others gave advice.

Of course, he was still quite confused deep down.

Regardless of whether it was Jingxiang lobbying or not, the remnants of the Khitan army took this risk, which was also a decision made by them internally, and the Department of Justice did not need to bear any responsibility for this.

Once again, more than 8,000 advance troops were sent, and half of the women and children lived in, and half of the army was not covered by the army. Some of them could still reach the bank of Lushui. The possibility is really not particularly high.

The Department of Construction has now established a large business group to go to Lushui to support it. The cost is too high and it seems unnecessary.

"When Shi Xun was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue in his early years, he had the honor to have contact with the Dali envoy who came to Bianliang to congratulate him. He could be a deacon of the merchant regiment. I also wrote to Shi Xun, asking him to return to Biyang in advance and wait for the envoy to call him," Shi Zhen said, "In addition, the guards must not be weak. The envoy can use Shi Hu and Su Chong as generals, and from the Selected Front Army, the rear army will each transfer a thousand elite troops to accompany him. In four months, they may be able to reach the bank of Lushui..."

Dong Cheng looked around the people sitting in the hall in a daze.

How could this be a dispatching a merchant group to Lushui?

This is obviously to form a small-scale elite partial army, rush to the bank of Lushui, and meet with the Khitan advance troops who were heading south from Taoyuan!

Besides, four months is too short - I asked the court to agree to send envoys to Dali to coordinate all matters. How much time does it take????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Is this the intention to send an armed business group directly to Dali without seeking the consent of the court?

If the court had not sent envoys from the Dali Kingdom to coordinate the matters and the merchant group only brought the letter from the Jingxiang Road System Department, how could the Dali Kingdom easily agree to the merchant group to cross the territory and head to the bank of Lushui?

The Dali Kingdom did not agree to let the merchant group enter the country. From the beginning, Shi Hu, Su Chong were regarded as generals and Shi Xun as deacon. Are you planning to lead the merchant group to kill them all the way?

If this is the plan, it would be not difficult to understand that two thousand elite defending merchant groups were drawn from the Selected Front Army and the Back Army.

As Shi Zhen's eldest son, Shi Xun was appointed as the Qingtiansi in Jingzhou at this time. Shi Zhen wrote a letter in advance to recall Shi Xun. Is it expected that Xu Huai would make a big fuss about this matter?

"Before this winter, there will be no tough battles in Rucai Prefectures. I'll take a trip to Lushui!" Wang Ju said.

The business group headed south and left the country through Guangnan West Road to Dali. The things they encountered along the way may be extremely complicated. If they encounter anything, they must make decisions quickly and independently. It is impossible to stop halfway and send people back to Bianyang for instructions.

As for the Khitans, even if some of them arrived at the banks of Lushui by chance, how could the indigenous tribes that had lived there before easily surrendered their habitat?

At that time, how could the Khitan advance troops still have the strength to fight against the local indigenous tribes that fought to the death, and the struggle would be extremely bloody and cruel. The purpose of the armed merchant group was to meet and meet, and the struggle would inevitably be cruel and bloody. Wang Ju thought that he personally led the armed merchant group to Lushui thousands of miles away.

Xiao Yanhan alone will definitely not be able to enjoy such high-standard treatment, but Wang Xuan and Liu Qiong'er's two daughters have not yet been given birth. Xiao County Prince Xiao Bo is currently the only child born by Xu Huai. Even if he doesn't receive Biyang in the end, he will do everything possible to make him safe and sound by the Lushui River...

"Then thank you for your hard work in Uncle Qi! One day, I will also be willing to flatten the Xifan highlands. Uncle Qi will regard this journey as a front-lift!" Xu Huaizhensheng said, and decided that Wang Ju personally led the armed merchant group to Lushui...
Chapter completed!