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The last letter came from Jinzhou. Fang Rushui, the guard of Jinzhou, sent someone to send it quickly. When Chu Huan received the letter, he saw that the wax seal was red, and he knew it was urgent information.

Moreover, after the messenger who delivered the letter arrived, he collapsed immediately, even the horse was exhausted, and everyone knew the seriousness of the matter.

When Chu Huan received the letter, he was really surprised when he saw the red sealing wax. The Northwest Army, who was the first to think that it might be possible to become Marquis Gan, had already taken action. After reading the letter, he found that things were not as he thought. Bad, but also very serious.

Fang Rushui was very affirmed in the letter that Marquis Gan sent a team from the Northwest Camp. This team was not large, only more than 100 people, but it seemed to bring a lot of things, and after inquiring, it was confirmed that it was A sending off team.

The Marquis Gan and Zhu Lingyue's marriage had been secretly operated before this, and very few people knew about it. Although Fang Rushui was the guard of Jinzhou, he naturally didn't know about this marriage.

Fang Rushui was guarding Jinzhou. In fact, everyone had a tacit duty on him, and that was to monitor the movement of the Northwest Army.

To the south of Jinzhou is Hezhou, which is guarded by Han Ying. Fang Rushui has no worries behind him, but Jinzhou still has [-] to [-] troops stationed. In addition to stabilizing the local situation in Jinzhou, another reason is, of course, to monitor the northwest military.

For Fang Rushui, a sending-off team came out from the Northwest camp. Of course, this was a big deal. Of course he understood the key points. Although he was a little cryptic in the letter, he clearly revealed a meaning. Once this marriage is successful, the Northwest Army is likely to become the enemy of Xiguan. Because of this, Fang Rushui immediately sent a messenger, riding the fastest horse in Jinzhou, day and night, to report the matter as quickly as possible Chu Huan.

When Chu Huan saw the letter, he was not surprised by the marriage between the two families. After all, he knew about it a long time ago. He was just surprised that Gan Yujiao had returned to the northwest.

Gan Yujiao suddenly disappeared from Mingxia nunnery two days before the New Year's Eve. Chu Huan made a decisive decision and sent people to guard the gates of Shuoquan city to check out the people who left the city. Searching all over the city for Gan Yujiao's whereabouts, both the light and the dark attacked at the same time. Chu Huan thought that he could get some news about Gan Yujiao, but until today when he received this letter, there was no news of Gan Yujiao.

Chu Huan always felt that even if someone kidnapped Gan Yujiao, they would not be able to get out of the city in time, and the next few gates were tightly sealed unless they could climb over the city wall and fly out. However, Shuoquan City is the largest city in the northwest, with tall walls. , and there are soldiers patrolling all the time, and it is almost impossible to get out of the city normally.

So he always thought that Gan Yujiao might still be in the city, being controlled by someone. Because of this, he never ordered Qiu Ruxue to stop searching.

But when this letter came out, it also showed that Gan Yujiao had already left the city.

According to time estimates, Gan Yujiao had already left years ago.

Chu Huan was very surprised. He made preparations immediately, but Gan Yujiao still left Shuoquan, and now she had already set off from Northwest Daying, heading for Tianshan Mountain.

It was hard for him to imagine how Gan Yujiao would leave, but the most important thing was that he still didn't know whether Gan Yujiao had changed her mind and left Shuoquan voluntarily to return to the Northwest Camp, or whether she was held hostage.

There is no doubt that the Northwest Army sent Gan Yujiao to Tianshan this time, which was an extremely serious problem for Chu Huan.

Chu Huan hid Gan Yujiao in Mingxia Temple for the purpose of preventing the marriage between the Gan and Zhu families from going smoothly. Before Zhu Lingyue and Marquis Gan officially became relatives, Zhu Lingyue would not be able to act rashly. In this way, he could buy more time for the war on the southern front.

Now that the Northwest Army sent Gan Yujiao in an upright manner, this was actually the most difficult thing. Although Chu Huan was bold and careful, he knew the seriousness of this matter and never dared to let Gan Yujiao have any problems in Xiguan.

And what troubles Chu Huan is that thousands of war horses from Xiliang have arrived at the trading field outside the customs. Of course, Chu Huan has no shortage of new salt for trade. The salt field has not stopped working recently, but the road to foreign trade The sale of new salt is blocked, and now it can only be sold in the four prefectures of Xiguan. With the salt production rate of the six new salt farms, the surrounding areas of Xiguan cannot be completely consumed. Therefore, the new salt bureau has also recently built a number of salt depots to store salt. Big loads of new salt.

Chu Huan has no shortage of salt on hand, so he can take out new salt from the salt warehouse at any time to trade with the salt horse in Xiliang.

However, between the trading field outside the pass and Xiguan, there is Yanmen Pass, and Yanmen Pass is under the control of the Northwest Army. This is what Chu Huan is most distressed about.

Now he can't figure out Ganhou's thoughts.

Although the previous trip to Northwest Daying had a very smooth discussion with Marquis Gan about the trade field, and Marquis Gan kept promises to ensure the safety of the trade field and the smooth entry and exit of Yanmen Pass, but people's hearts are fickle. Now Marquis Gan and Zhu Lingyue are walking in At the same time, of course he did not want to see the growth of Xiguan. Once the thousands of Xiliang war horses were in the hands of Chu Huan, there was no doubt that the combat effectiveness of the Xiguan army would be greatly enhanced. This was not what Zhu Lingyue would like to see. As Zhu Lingyue's ally, Chu Huan was only afraid that Marquis Gan would act as a hindrance and intercept the thousands of horses.

Chu Huan knew very well that if the Xiguan Army really wanted to be strong, it would be impossible without cavalry. In this era of cold weapons, the combat effectiveness of cavalry is by no means boasted, but to form a strong cavalry, you must have a large number of cavalry. The war horses of Xiliang are the best in the world. Once there are a large number of Xiliang war horses, Chu Huan naturally has absolute confidence in the development of the Xiguan Army's combat effectiveness.

However, once this transaction fails due to Marquis Gan's interference, the consequences will be very serious. Xiliang people are not fools. If they fail to complete the salt horse transaction this time, and even their horses are detained by the Northwest Army, Then it was hard for Chu Huan to imagine that war horses would be sent from Xiliang with confidence from now on.

Xiliang people are very clear about what it means to trade salt and horses with the Central Plains. For a long time, the biggest feature of Xiliang's military advantage over the Central Plains is cavalry. With strict control, there has never been a large number of Xiliang horses entering the Central Plains for trading. Therefore, Xiliang horses have always been treasured horses in the Central Plains. Only dignitaries who spend a lot of money can raise one or two in the mansion. For a long time, Xiliang horses in the stables have also become a status symbol.

The only Xiliang horses were sold by some Xiliang merchants at the risk of beheading. The price of Xiliang horses in the Central Plains was too high for ordinary people to afford. Getting to the Central Plains is bound to make a lot of money, people make money and birds die for food. Because of this, there have been many Xiliang businessmen selling horses to the Central Plains, but the number is pitiful.

Even when the Hua Dynasty fell and the heroes of the Central Plains were fighting for hegemony, many heroes in the Northwest went to Xiliang to trade horses with Xiliang, but they were flatly rejected by the Xiliang people.

The overlords of the Central Plains have always hoped to have a powerful cavalry army, and if the horses under the cavalry were all Xiliang horses, they would have reached the peak of the cavalry. It is a pity that this wish has been dreamed by countless heroes in the Central Plains, but it has never been realized.

Chu Huan was even more aware that if it wasn't for the serious salt shortage in Xiliang, and if it wasn't for Maha Zang's ambition to unify Xi Liang, the salt horse trade between himself and Xiliang would not have been possible, and Maha Zang would have sent With thousands of war horses, he could imagine how hesitant Maha Tsang was in his heart. In the end, it was because the reality of the salt shortage forced Maha Tsang to make such a decision.

Chu Huan was even thinking that with Maha Zang's mind, it is impossible not to think of the threat that Xiliang horses entering the Central Plains will bring to Xiliang in the long run. Even such a decision is not made by Maha Zang, maybe Xiliang The tribes who followed Maha Zang felt the terrible pressure of the salt shortage, so they forced Maha Zang to trade salt and horses. Such a situation is not impossible.

Chu Huan believed that if it wasn't for the salt shortage, even if he took out gold and jewelry, Maha Zang would never trade horses with the Central Plains people.

In any case, the salt horse transaction with Xiliang this time can be said to be a great opportunity that has never appeared in a century, and Chu Huan took the ground to suppress the price and forcibly traded salt horse with Xiliang at an unimaginable low price. If you miss this opportunity, I'm afraid it won't happen in another hundred years. If Marquis Gan really buckles the horse and the people of Xiliang fail to get the salt they should have exchanged for as they wish, then the trade in Xiliang will inevitably be interrupted. This is the end of the salt horse opportunity.

Chu Huan's impression of Ganhou is not too bad, and he also thinks that Ganhou is not a person without vision. Ganhou should be able to understand the benefits of the salt horse trade to the Central Plains.

But in reality, will Marquis Gan let go and let Xiliang Ma pass through?

Facing thousands of Xiliang horses, in the eyes of the Central Plains people, especially in the eyes of the Central Plains army, they are undoubtedly a batch of shining jewels, even more expensive than jewels. Gan Hou faced those Xiliang horses with long legs and fat , Will there be another thought in my heart?Chu Huan couldn't guarantee that Marquis Gan would not take all Xiliang horses for himself for some reason.

Now Tianshan has a powerful cavalry, which is Chu Huan's heart trouble. It makes Chu Huan feel a little uneasy when he thinks about it. In addition, the Northwest Army has tens of thousands of people, which already have good combat effectiveness. It is hard to resist, if Hou Gan really took the horses as his own and used them to pretend to be the Northwest Army, when the Tianshan cavalry and the Northwest cavalry came in two directions, Chu Huan felt that he didn't have to fight at all, cut off his head, and directly Just send it to Zhu Lingyue.

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