Ten Capitals, Nine Observations, Eight Poles, Seven Yuans, Six Divisions, Five Elders Compete for Da

Chapter 348 Outer Boundary Meteorite!Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu?

"God fast!"

Following Jiang Chen's order, the Qingzhou army accelerated through the vast mountains and forests, and there was only one goal, and that was to kill Xin Longzi, the thief who had betrayed the allies!

Running like a galloping horse, swift as the wind.

Thousands of Qingzhou soldiers marched steadily, and it took three days to finally break out of the range of Luanquan Mountain and enter the border of Jiugu County.

But what is confusing is that many farmlands outside the county town have been abandoned on a large scale and no one has cultivated them.

In the wells of many villages, there are also floating livestock carcasses, which are not drinkable.

Jiang Chen frowned, and ordered:
"Zhang Shan, take Xiao Wu and Gongsun Hu with you, and come back with two tongues."

"Follow your orders!"

Neither Jiang Chen nor the Qingzhou Army knew anything about the current situation in Jiuquan County.

The most urgent task is to quickly obtain information about Jiuquan County and even the great Liangzhou.

Knowing yourself and knowing your enemy can win a hundred battles!
and so--

Jiang Chen immediately ordered the captain Zhang Shan to lead a team of 500 people, Xiao Wu and Gongsun Hu, into Jiugu County.

soon.

The local county magistrate and his wife, as well as the master who is most familiar with the local situation, were all sent to the general's tent.

Jiang Chen looked indifferent, his eyes were slightly cold:
"Where is your general governor, Xin Longzi?"

The county magistrate of Jiugu was a Xiliang iron cavalry, and he was once a muscular warrior who could never leave his saddle.

What he is most good at in his life is not martial arts, but marrying those local tyrants, drinking and eating meat, and discussing how to eat the fields of the poor in a disaster year?
This Liao has only been the magistrate of Jiugu County for three years, and he has added a full [-] mu of land under his name, and there are hundreds of servants in his family.

But now, facing the ferocity of Qingzhou soldiers, what use is the power, wealth and land he has accumulated?

This world, after all, still relies on strength to speak!
Fist is power!

The county magistrate of Jiugu touched the flesh on his thigh, it was fat and loose, and he couldn't help crying:

"I used to follow General Xin Longzi in the north and south for nearly ten years. My body never left the saddle for a long time, and the flesh on my thighs is strong and firm."

"After coming here, it's been three years in a flash. I live comfortably and don't need to ride a horse. The meat on my thighs has grown back, and it's fat and loose."

"Nowadays, you can't even lead the soldiers to resist the rebels..."

The county magistrate of Jiugu sighed, raised his head, and cast a look of hatred at Jiang Chen, with loyalty written all over his face, he said in a deep voice:
"Thinking to extract information from this official is just a dream."

Jiang Chen sneered and praised:
"What a loyal man."

He turned his head and said to Xiao Wu:

"Beat the person repeatedly until he gives in."

"Honestly obey orders."

boom!
With a heavy punch, he slammed into the face of Jiugu county magistrate, knocking out several of his teeth in one blow, and his mouth was dripping with blood.

however--

Even though this fellow has come back to life, he is still very stubborn, even though his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, he never revealed a word of information.

It's a pity that his master was never so stubborn.

After being punched three or four times by Xiao Wu, the master poured out all the information he knew about Jiugu County, Jiuquan County, and even the big Liangzhou, like beans poured out of a bamboo tube:

"Jiuquan County has 120 counties in total, and each county has 40 government soldiers, including ten cavalry soldiers, 70 infantry soldiers, and [-] civilian husband soldiers."

"But these yamen soldiers have all been mobilized to the county town, plus the county soldiers, it is estimated that there are 4000 people."

"In addition, most of the food was also transported away urgently and sent to the county town."

"Even some wells outside the city have been sprinkled with livestock carcasses. Even if they are cleaned up, it will take half a month before they can be drunk."

"The people in the county will be released in large numbers from the city to make a living on their own."

After Jiang Chen carefully understood the situation, he immediately understood the whole territory of Jiuquan County and Xin Longzi's plans.

In a nutshell:
Clear the wall!

The Qingzhou army was originally a guest army, and they carried very little food and clean water. Xin Longzi's move can be said to have hit seven inches!

Even if the Qingzhou army drove hundreds of miles starry night and arrived at Jiuquan County, they were still in a state of exhausted and hungry soldiers to attack a towering city.

However, the thousands of soldiers led by Xin Longzi were waiting for work at leisure.

Jiang Chen frowned and asked:

"Are there no other rivers in Jiuquan County?"

Master smiled wryly:

"Only the Sugan Lake Basin near the county town has a river that melts ice and snow. The other ten counties are similar to the Western Regions, with well water as their main source of water."

In fact.

Although Jiuquan has a word for "wine", the climate is dry and cold, the summer is hot and dry, and the winter is cold and long, and the gravel desert and Gobi are widely distributed. The places where wheat millet can be planted are only part of the basin area.

Almost every year, Liangzhou needs to use caravans to transport a large amount of grain from Jingzhou in the south. For hundreds of years, every team that raises troops in Liangzhou must establish a good relationship with the merchants, otherwise, the soldiers will have no food to eat.

Food shortage!

Water shortage!

This is the status quo facing the Qingzhou Army.

Even if you have money and soldiers, you can't buy food, you can't grab water... Oh, by the way, due to the withdrawal of merchants, even the procurement of medicinal materials is extremely difficult.

Jiang Chen was silent for a while, then raised his head and asked:

"How many criminals are there in the county jail?"

Master recalled for a while, and replied:

"There are about thirty or forty people."

"How many barbarians are there in the city?"

"A few days ago, Hu merchants from the Western Regions brought more than a hundred Kunlun slaves, and they are still in the market and have not been sold yet."

Hearing this, Zhang Baisui's eyes turned slightly cold:
"Do you want to farm?"

Now it is the fourteenth day of the second month of the Kuimao year, and there are still fifteen or sixteen days before the "solar term: Grain Rain".

Although part of the farmland outside the city was abandoned due to the war and bandits, there are still some fields where barley seedlings grow tenaciously and are lush.

If a group of peasants are forcibly recruited, weeds are pulled out, a little fertilizer is applied, and then the military skill of the legion - Tuntian is used, a large amount of grain will surely be harvested.

Jiang Chen looked indifferent:

"Compassion does not control soldiers, righteousness does not manage money."

"Since you are my soldier, if you can't even eat enough, you might as well disband as soon as possible!"

Zhang Baisui was silent for a moment, then frowned and said:

"This technique is vicious and against the harmony of heaven. Even criminals and barbarians are destined to be resented by heaven. General Wu, please proceed with caution."

"Shanren has his own tricks, Captain Zhang doesn't need to worry."

Jiang Chen's expression became more and more majestic, and immediately ordered his master to be the leader, and hurried to the market, which is the so-called slave market.

In such turbulent times, ordinary businessmen have already fled Liangzhou to manage their family properties in safer areas. Only the most ferocious slave traders dare to stay and take the risk!
…………

slave city.

From the outside, it looked like a small stone courtyard surrounded by low walls, but inside the courtyard was filled with hundreds of people, very crowded.

Most of the aristocratic families have the habit of keeping slaves.

Many peasants couldn't survive, so they sold themselves into slavery voluntarily, and even in the southern region, peasants wanted to be slaves but could not.

If you become a slave of an aristocratic family, the treatment is good, the children can have children for the family, and if you are lucky, you can even be given a name and become a concubine, and your descendants will make a fortune from then on.

But now, Liangzhou is one step ahead of other prefectures and has entered the troubled times. Human life is cheaper than millet, rice, cloth, and horses...

It is worthless!

One foot of tulle is better than ten human lives!

This is the truest portrayal of troubled times, and human life is not even as valuable as gauze.

Looking at the courtyard full of Han slaves, Jiang Chen was silent for a while, gave up the idea of ​​letting these people farm the fields, and then said coldly:

"Let the city official come to see me."

soon.

A lean and strong man, wearing a tiger skin, walked out of the small courtyard with a big smile on his face.

He is a well-known Hu merchant in Liangzhou, known as Nuge, but facing the strong Marquis Wu, he is as humble as dust, bent his waist, and said in a very respectful tone:
"The subordinate officials are far away from us, but they don't know that it is the general Wu who is here, so I would like to ask the general... what can you do?"

Jiang Chen said calmly:

"I heard that you have a batch of Kunlun slaves in your hand, and this general wants them."

Nuge smiled and said:
"The general has a good eye. These Kunlun slaves were all born in the Xiaoyu clan. In the official dialect of our Central Plains, they are the Little Mermaid tribe. Both men and women are beautiful and enchanting. They wanted to sell them to Yujing City for a high price, 20 taels per person. The price starts, but all the food in the hands of the villain has been eaten by the rats, so they have to sell it cheaply. If you want it, you can exchange it for a Kunlun slave for a tael of silver."

"beauty?"

Jiang Chen was slightly surprised.

"You'll know it when you see it."

Nuge was very excited, and immediately waved his hands, and asked two soldiers to greet 70 Kunlun slaves from another small courtyard made of stones.

These more than 100 people are all as strong as a cow and as black as the bottom of a pot. At first glance, they seem to be immersed in the night, but when they open their mouths, their white teeth are exposed.

The corner of Jiang Chen's mouth twitched, you call this the Little Mermaid?

It is obvious that the black fish has become the essence!
Nuge excitedly introduced:
"Their favorite food is cold melon and chicken."

"After taking you back, general, you only need to let them eat a meal, and they will be loyal to you forever."

After Jiang Chen waved his hand and ordered Xiao Wu to send some gold and silver, he lost interest.

He quickly took these Kunlun slaves and dozens of criminals, a total of 200 people, to the deserted farmland outside the county seat.

"Those wells with livestock carcasses can't be drunk, but they can still be used for irrigation. Xiao Wu, you bring a group of peasants to fetch water. Gongsun Hu, you bring a group of farmers to weed."

soon.

About [-] mu of farmland has been irrigated with sewage, and weeds have been mostly pulled out to avoid competition for nutrients.

everything's ready.

Legion Martial Arts - Tuntian!
open!

Holding a hoe in his hand, Jiang Chen poured the energy and blood of his whole body into this most common farm tool, and then dispersed the blood energy of ten regiments into the bodies of ten Qingzhou fighters including Xiao Wu and Feng Lebin.

As a transfer station, they quickly differentiated into thousands of blood-colored shimmers, which fell into the bodies of thousands of soldiers.

In the end, the majestic blood energy gathered and penetrated into the bodies of the criminals and Kunlun slaves, taking away the most precious things.

Lifespan!

In an instant, the appearance of these Kunlun slaves, who were as strong as cattle, changed rapidly.

In less than two or three breaths of time, the hair is gray, the teeth are falling out, and the youth is rapidly transformed into middle age, and then into old age. In the end, even the skin and flesh are gone with the weather, leaving only bones.

As for the twenty or thirty criminals, Jiang Chen also cut off a relatively reasonable lifespan based on the crimes they committed. Most of them became middle-aged and elderly people, and there were also a few murderers who died directly.

It is quite reasonable to risk one's life for one's life.

The remaining criminals who survived also lost their ability to do evil, so the Qingzhou Army paid some money and allowed them to return home.

boom!
The majestic blood energy that contained longevity submerged into the farmland in an instant, and in just a moment, the earth cracked and dried up.

Countless barley seedlings sprouted and grew rapidly as if they had taken height-enhancing medicine, absorbing the nutrients in the soil.

Jiang Chen just blinked his eyes a few times, and the size of the wheat seedlings grew from about three or four inches to more than one and a half feet.

Wheat is a self-pollinating plant. It usually completes pollination within two or three days after entering the flowering stage.

Stimulated by the military skill of the legion - Tuntian, with every breath, it seems that a day has passed, and the greenish yellowish ears of wheat are gradually falling down.

It is only a week or two away from maturity.

but--

The bloody blessing brought by nearly two hundred lives has also been exhausted.

Next.

It's time for Qingzhou soldiers to take action!

The strength of Qingzhou soldiers comes from natural vegetation, and they also have an extremely unique mysterious skill - "planting", which can speed up the growth of plants to a certain extent, but most of them are used to plant medicinal materials to accelerate the growth of wheat seedlings, basically they cannot be harvested. cost back.

But in the last week, it didn't matter. A group of Qingzhou soldiers took action one after another, prompting the wheat field to usher in the final transformation.

Wherever the spring breeze passes by, the fragrance of the wheat grains wafts through the air.

Harvest!
It is estimated that the [-]-mu wheat field can produce thousands of shi of grain, enough to supply [-] Qingzhou soldiers for about half a month.

With food in hand, don't panic!
Jiang Chen was overjoyed, but he also frowned, feeling that the world around him was slightly alienated from him.

If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight!
He doesn't even have the heart to bear the crimes for the soldiers, what kind of general is he?
But what is unexpected is——

The next moment!
The attitude of the surrounding world suddenly ushered in a 180-degree reversal, and an extremely friendly attitude and aura burst out...

"Well!"

Jiang Chen snorted, only felt the heat surge in his body, it was the personality of [Tai Sui Cang Hou], on a large scale, drawing spiritual power from the outside world and ingesting it into the body of Marquis Wu.

This is a sign of medicinal digestion!

At the level of Marquis Wu, every time you digest the medicinal properties, not only the changes in your body, but also the large-scale extraction of external spiritual power!
boom!
The blood energy in his body suddenly increased by almost half of Wei Anguo's volume!

Bursts of golden light also descended from the vast world, and all of them floated into Jiang Chen's index finger, condensing into sections of mysterious texture.

called——

"Meteorite!"

It can consume its own luck to attract meteorites from outside the boundary to enter the Kyushu boundary and fall into the designated place.

to be honest.

Just like the Great Magister-Son of Destiny-Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty.

"Meteors fall into the camp at night, and clouds fall like bad mountains during the day. When the camp falls, it falls below the ground, and officials and officials are disgusted"-the ultimate war method!
Call Meteor!

Jiang Chen was half surprised and half happy:

"It's bad, have I become Liu Xiu?"

(End of this chapter)