Profound Pure Guard

It takes time for the news to spread, and even if Liu Yuanxiang and Shen Hao start to move non-stop, it will not be immediate.

Tan Bin and the others will first go to Huzhuyuan to investigate the situation, and then return to Wuhu, which will last for half a month. And Liu Yuanxiang also needs to make some preparations in advance. So there will be a window period in the middle.

This empty window period can really change tricks in the hands of a caring person.

For example, after Zhu Shou returned, he began to purchase barbarian slaves from all the slave chambers of commerce except the bonus chamber of commerce. Regardless of race, as long as it was a barbarian, as long as it was healthy and usable, Zhu Shou would need it, and the price would go up a bit. Half.

There is also competition between the tooth companies, sometimes they will take the initiative to raise the market price, and sometimes they will unite to suppress the price of the slave chamber of commerce. Zhu Shou's move attracted the attention of some colleagues, but no one took it seriously.

Because the quantity and quality of slaves caught in the south have declined compared with previous years in the past six months or so, it is normal for Zhu Shou to appropriately raise some purchase prices. Some people follow and others don't follow. But the general direction does not think that the supply of slaves in the south will undergo a major change.

Only Zhu Shou knew that now that the barbarian slaves are hoarding, there will soon be market fluctuations where the price doubles or even several times, and he can use the foresight of the opportunity to make a fortune in turn.

The Bonus Chamber of Commerce also took the action of hoarding barbarian slaves, and even bought barbarian slaves from other slave chambers like Zhu Shou, and the price was also raised by 15%.

The merchants were suspicious, but there was indeed no sign of market decline, so other slave chambers of commerce retained some fine barbarian slaves, and the rest of the ordinary barbarian slaves took advantage of this inexplicable "price increase" to deal with them. After making a lot of money, wait and see the jokes of the Bonus Chamber of Commerce.

It stands to reason that after receiving this ticket at a higher price than the market price, the Bonus Chamber of Commerce has to ship the goods, but what everyone waits for is that the Bonus Chamber of Commerce continues to stock up, and there is no sign of movement.

Afterwards, some people took a look. The answer given by Liu Yuanxiang, the treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce, is that the barbarians in the south are becoming increasingly difficult to capture. Recently, there have been many safari teams that have encountered wolf tribes. The target is also to looting the population. He was worried that something would happen, so he prepared. Stock up some barbarian slaves just in case.

This statement does not seem to be false, and there is even more news that the Bonus Chamber of Commerce has also sent a sentry to investigate the barbarian area farther southeast.

This has nothing to say except to show that Liu Yuanxiang is "cautious", and many people even suffocated secretly while waiting for Liu Yuanxiang to slap himself in the face.

What can happen to the barbarians? Funny! After being plundered by Shengsheng for decades, I am afraid that the entire ethnic group will be abolished. How can we make a reform?

But things are so weird. Only half a month's effort has taken a turn for the worse.

March 21st.

The Bonus Chamber of Commerce broke the news, saying that the sentry they sent to Baitouxia successfully ascertained the recent return of the barbarians after the death of three people. The news brought back is extremely shocking.

The barbarians are not considered barbaric at all in the area south of Baitou Gorge. On the contrary, people live a very moist life. Large ethnic groups gather small ethnic groups, and the division of labor is clear. Those who can cultivate are cultivated. Those who can fight are like the army. It's about to rebuild the king's court.

Even the barbarians sent a large number of cruising and plundering teams to gather the population scattered in the northwest. This is the reason why the slave chambers have been sparsely harvested in the past six months. And there should be a direct conflict with the hunting team of the slave chamber of commerce soon.

Not only that, there are more than 200,000 barbarian troops stationed in the three places of Baitou Gorge, Jianchuan, and Huzhuyuan!

In the face of an established army, there is almost no suspense about the fate of the slave chamber of commerce.

"The barbarian side is going to change!"

The news was first spread through the gossip. Later, Liu Yuanxiang, the treasurer of the Bonus Chamber of Commerce, officially reported the news to the southern frontier army, which immediately raised this uneasy mood.

Of course, as of the end of March? The news about the barbarians is still under control. Have you heard of everything that should have been heard? And the common people, as well as the yamen officials farther away, would never know.

This southern frontier army commander is called Zuo Yuliang? Guan Juzheng third grade? The post is the chief officer of the southern military affairs. He is fully responsible for military and political affairs in all regions from Haixia to Zhuhuoguan. He has more than 250,000 soldiers and horses. Belongs to the great officials in the real sense of the border.

However, Zuo Yuliang has only been in the position of "Southern Military Chief Officer" for up to four years, and then he needs to go back to the Ministry of War and hang up the errand of the Ministry of War Minister to be idle? Belongs to the "Reserve General"? All ranks have passed the threshold of the third rank military officer. It's all so. It is impossible to lead soldiers all year round. It's enough to familiarize you with military affairs in a few short intervals, so that you don't have to be hand-skilled. This is the practice of the old Jing Dynasty.

After receiving the news from the Bonus Chamber of Commerce, Zuo Yuliang did not believe or neglect, but instead sent three striker battalions and six heavy battalions out of the fire on March 25. According to the Bonus Chamber of Commerce. Explore the three places of "Jianchuan, Baitouxia, and Huzhuyuan". At the same time, the delivery point of the baggage weight shall be established.

Will Zuo Yuliang not report the matter until he gets the exact information? This is the responsibility of the chief military officer of one party.

On the fifth day of April, the Qianfeng battalion heading to Jianchuan encountered a group of 3,000 mixed barbarian cavalry shortly after passing Wuhu, and the two sides immediately fought in the field.

After half an hour, the two sides pulled apart, and the Barbarian race left 400 corpses and retreated, while the forward battalion heading for Jianchuan lost more than two hundred men and horses? It could only be repaired on the spot.

As soon as this battle report arrived in Zuo Yuliang's hands, he realized that things might be worse than he thought ~www.wuxiahere.com~ because the barbarians have never been fighting for so many years, and have never been so huge. The formed army appeared in the frontier's field of vision.

And this time? Not only did the barbarians fail to evade, they stiffened. This arrogance alone is very different from the past.

Sure enough? On the sixth day of April, another battle report was passed to Zuo Yuliang's hands: this morning, I encountered a 2,000-man team of barbarians three hundred miles south of Wuhu? Then he fought. More than 600 enemies killed? More than 300 self-defeating? At present, they are unable to continue to go south. Please reinforce them.

Although more enemies were killed, 30% of the battle was lost, which undoubtedly shows how tragic the battle is. This is still the field cavalry slashing each other, it should be advancing and retreating like wind, even if it is lost, it should not be hit for this kind of duty. Mostly it is the result of an intentional rivalry between the two sides.

Judging from the results of the battle, the southern frontier army's combat effectiveness is obviously stronger, but the strong ones are also limited. It is not the kind of one-sided crushing situation.

Zuo Yuliang looked at the two battle reports and knew in his heart that the barbarians were really gaining momentum.

After that, Zuo Yuliangzeng sent three partial troops, each with 5,000 people, and the same number of heavy auxiliary soldiers went south again to Zhuohuoguan, vowing to get closer to investigate the situation in Jianchuan, Baitouxia and Huzhuyuan.