Chapter 222

"Lord Sun, this is the stone road Liangzi. If you cross here, it is the boundary of Lanzhou. We can only escort Lord Sun here and move forward. If our Ganzhou army enters Lanzhou without authorization, it will violate military discipline. I hope you will forgive me!"

"Captain Guo and all the sergeants have worked hard all the way..."

"It's also an honor for my brothers to escort adults!"

Three hours after leaving Shizhai County, Yan Liqiang and his party finally came to the border between Ganzhou and Lanzhou. They escorted Yan Liqiang's cavalry all the way. When they arrived here, they completed the task.

The captain of Qu Bu, who led the 600 cavalry troops, an officer surnamed Guo with thick hair and beard and unsmiling all the way, said goodbye to sun Bingchen at the border between the two states.

At the moment, Yan Liqiang, right next to sun Bingchen, looked at sun Bingchen talking to the officer, and his eyes also looked at the surrounding environment.

Looking ahead, everything in front of us can only be described as desolate.

Shidaoliangzi is a hillside with only grayish brown stones. There is a dry riverbed under the hillside. Several old Populus euphratica trees are stubbornly standing on the river. On the roadside next to Yan Liqiang's words, a weathered boundary pillar is exposed. The words "Ganzhou territory" can be seen on the boundary pillar

There are still Eagles circling in the sky. Yan Liqiang carefully observed the birds in the sky all the way, and compared them with his own feelings. He wanted to see whether his feeling of being watched by others was intrinsically related to the appearance of those birds, but what made Yan Liqiang wonder was that after the feeling of being watched by others disappeared, The birds in the sky come and go, and there seems to be no law to follow.

Such a situation made Yan Liqiang extremely depressed and almost doubted whether he was nervous.

After a few words, Qu Jiang surnamed Guo immediately hugged sun Bingchen, turned the head of the rhinoceros dragon horse and whistled, "brothers, let's go!"

The 600 cavalry almost turned their horses' heads and ran towards the road where Yan Liqiang came in the thunderous sound of hooves. It took only a moment to disappear behind a hillside.

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"Sir, I'll explore the way ahead..." Liang Yijie immediately said to sun Bingchen as soon as the cavalry left.

"OK, go!" Sun Bingchen nodded.

Liang Yijie raised his hand and rode a rhinoceros dragon horse with four guards. First, he ran towards the front, followed by sun Bingchen and Yan Liqiang. The rest of these people and vehicles slowly kept up. Before, they were protected by 600 cavalry, and they were in Ganzhou. They were unimpeded all the way and won't encounter any trouble. Now they have to be careful on the way to Lanzhou.

Although the people and horses have entered the boundary of Lanzhou, there are many mountains in front of them, and there are no official roads at their feet. There is only a dirt road with some ruts extending at their feet. Yan Liqiang obviously feels that after entering the boundary of Lanzhou, sun Bingchen and his party are obviously vigilant, and many guards accompany them, They had already held the bow originally hung on the saddle in their hands, and Yan Liqiang also secretly raised his vigilance.

"Li Qiang, do you know why although Ganzhou is a border state, its population is more than that of Lanzhou, and its cities are more prosperous than Lanzhou?" Sun Bingchen, who was riding a rhinoceros dragon, looked at Yan Liqiang who was riding behind him and asked.

Hearing sun Bingchen's question, Yan Liqiang shook the reins, let his dark cloud cover the snow, trotted forward a few steps, only one horse head behind Sun Bingchen to answer sun Bingchen's question.

Yan Liqiang only slightly organized the language and replied, "when I was in the National Art Museum, I heard the teacher say that Ganzhou is more prosperous than Lanzhou because in the past hundred years, the imperial court has made great efforts to migrate a large number of people from the surrounding states to Ganzhou. Ganzhou is moistened by the snow melted from the Qiyun mountains, rich in products and abundant in water resources, In addition, the normal trade with the seven departments of Shatu and the black Capricorn people has created a situation that Ganzhou, although a border state, is richer than Lanzhou! "

"Yes, Li Qiang, you're right!" Sun Bingchen smiled and looked at Yan Liqiang with appreciation. "Do you think the seven Shatu are good or bad for our Han Empire?"

"This is a national event. Adults and all the officials in the court worry about it. My knowledge is extremely shallow. Where can I compare with adults?" Yan Li forced a smile, grabbed his head and said foolishly.

"Li Qiang, don't be so cautious. I know you must have your own opinion on this matter!" Sun Bingchen saw through what Yan Liqiang was thinking at a glance. "Let's talk casually today. Just say how you think of this problem. If you're wrong, I don't blame you!"

Seeing that he couldn't escape, Yan Liqiang had to smile bitterly and express his views, "the seven Shatu departments are good or bad for us. The key depends on our situation. If the Han Empire is strong and prosperous, the seven Shatu departments will honestly become a barrier between us and the black Capricorn people in the West. If there are problems within us, for example, if there is civil strife in the Empire in the future, Or in case of other unpredictable events, as long as the Han Empire has problems and shows weakness, the seven Shatu will become a major trouble for the northwest states of the Empire and rush at us! By that time, the northwest States will surely have lost their lives and the people will suffer! "

As soon as Yan Liqiang finished, he found that sun Bingchen looked at his eyes and became strange. He seemed to appreciate it, and there seemed to be something else hidden in his eyes“ Now that the seven Shatu tribes have taken root in the northwest, the fait accompli can no longer be changed. How do you think to deal with these Shatu people now, Li Qiang? "“ Do you really want me to say? "“ Go ahead? " Yan Liqiang clenched his teeth, "then take advantage of the weakness of the Empire, start first, use the contradiction between the Shatu seven and the black Capricorn people, unite the black Capricorn people, attack them back and forth, completely uproot the Shatu seven, at least hit them hard, make them unable to turn over in a hundred years, and force the Shatu seven to retreat to the desert!"“ The contradiction between the Han Empire and the black Capricorn people is no smaller than that between the seven departments of Shatu and the black Capricorn people. How can the black Capricorn people join hands with us? "“ Promise the grassland now occupied by Shatu seven to the black Capricorn people. The black Capricorn people are short-sighted and will agree! "“ What's the point of driving away the seven sand areas? "“ This novel has been translated by www.novelhall.com and if you are reading this somewhere, they have stolen our translation