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

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

Chu Huan was shocked when he received the letter and saw the red sealing wax. The first person to think of whether Gan Hou's Northwest Army had already taken action. After reading the letter, he found that the matter was not as bad as he thought, but it was also very serious.

Fang Rushui was very sure in the letter that Gan Hou sent a team from the Northwest Camp. The team was not large in number, but there were only more than one hundred people, but they seemed to have a lot of things to bring. After inquiry, it was confirmed that it was a team to send off their relatives.

Before this, Gan Hou and Zhu Lingyue's family got married, they had been secretly operating, and very few people knew about it. Although Fang Rushui was a garrison in Jinzhou, he naturally did not know about this marriage.

Fang Rushui guarded Jinzhou, but in fact, there was a tacit responsibility on him, that was, to monitor the movements of the Northwest Army.

To the south of Jinzhou is Hezhou, guarded by Han Ying in Hezhou. Fang Rushui is in trouble behind, but Jinzhou still has four or five thousand troops stationed. In addition to stabilizing the local situation in Jinzhou, another reason is of course to monitor the Northwest Army.

A team of brides sent out from the Northwest Camp was of course a major event for Fang Rushui. Of course, he understood the key points. Although he was a little obscure in the letter, he clearly expressed one meaning. Once this marriage was successful, the Northwest Army was likely to become the enemy of Xiguan. Because of this, Fang Rushui immediately sent a messenger to ride the fastest horse in Jinzhou, day and night, and reported the matter to Chu Huan as quickly as possible.

Chu Huan saw the letter and was not surprised by the marriage between the two families. After all, he had known about this for a long time, and he was just surprised that Gan Yujiao had returned to the northwest.

Gan Yujiao suddenly disappeared from Mingxia Temple two days before the New Year. Chu Huan made a quick decision and sent people to guard the city gates in Shuoquan to check the people out of the city. He also sent Qiu Ruxue to use Zhu Qingye and other figures from Shuoquan City to search for Gan Yujiao's whereabouts. The two sides of the light and darkness took action at the same time. Chu Huan thought he could get some news about Gan Yujiao, but until today, there was no news about Gan Yujiao.

Chu Huan always felt that even if someone kidnapped Gan Yujiao, he could not get out of the city in time. The next few city gates were tightly sealed, unless they could fly over the city wall, but Shuoquan City was the first city in the northwest. The walls were tall and there were always soldiers patrolling it. It was normal that it was almost impossible to turn the city out.

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

However, the letter came out, which indicated that Gan Yujiao had already left the city.

According to time estimates, Gan Yujiao had already left before the New Year.

Chu Huan was very surprised. He made preparations as soon as possible, but Gan Yujiao still left Shuoquan, and now he has set off from the Northwest Camp and headed to Tianshan.

It was hard for him to imagine how Gan Yujiao left, but the most important thing was that he still couldn't figure out whether Gan Yujiao had changed his mind and voluntarily left Shuoquan and returned to the northwest camp, or was held hostage by others.

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, naturally the purpose of making the marriage between the Gan and Zhu families not go smoothly. Although it is impossible to stop this marriage for a long time, it is impossible to hide Gan Yujiao in Mingxia Temple for a long time, as long as this marriage is delayed, Zhu Lingyue could not act rashly before officially becoming a relative with Gan Hou. In this way, he could completely buy more time for the war on the southern front.

Now that the Northwest Army is giving Gan Yujiao openly, this is the most difficult thing. Although Chu Huan is bold and meticulous, he also knows how powerful this matter is and will never dare to let Gan Yujiao have any problems in the territory of Xiguan.

What bothers Chu Huan is that now thousands of war horses from Xiliang have arrived at the trading ground outside the pass. Of course, Chu Huan has no shortage of new salt for trade. The salt farm has not stopped working in recent times, but the road to foreign trade has been blocked. The sales of new salt can only be found in the four prefectures of Xiguan. With the salt production rate of six new salt farms, the surrounding areas of Xiguan cannot be completely consumed. Therefore, the New Salt Bureau has recently built several salt warehouses to store a large number of new salts.

Chu Huan is not short of salt, so he can propose new salt from the salt warehouse at any time to trade with the salt horses in Xiliang.

However, the trade field outside the pass and the middle of Xiguan is separated by Yanmen Pass, and Yanmen Pass is under the control of the Northwest Army. This is what Chu Huan is most worried about.

He can't figure out Gan Hou's thoughts now.

Although he went to the Northwest Camp in the previous period and had a smooth talk with Gan Hou on the trade field, Gan Hou also promised to ensure the safety of the trade field and the smooth entry and exit of Yanmen Pass, but people's hearts were changeable. Now that Gan Hou and Zhu Lingyue were walking together, he certainly did not want to see the growth of Xiguan. Once 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 strengthened. This was not what Zhu Lingyue was happy to see. As Zhu Lingyue's ally, Chu Huan was afraid that Gan Hou would intercept the thousands of war horses.

Chu Huan knew very well that if the Xiguan Army really wanted to become strong, it would not be possible without cavalry. In this era of cold weapons, the combat effectiveness of cavalry is by no means boasting. To form a powerful cavalry, you must have a large number of war horses. The Xiliang war horses are all over the world. Once you have a large number of Xiliang war horses, Chu Huan naturally has absolute confidence in the development of the combat effectiveness of the Xiguan Army.

However, once Gan Hou failed to interfere with this transaction, the consequences will be very serious. The people of Xiliang are not fools. If the salt horse transaction is not successfully completed this time, and their horses are even detained by the Northwest Army, it would be hard for Chu Huan to imagine that there will be war horses sent from Xiliang from now on.

The people of Xiliang knew very well what it meant to trade salt horses with the Central Plains. The biggest feature of Xiliang's military advantage over the Central Plains was the cavalry. In order to maintain the advantage of the cavalry, the people of Xiliang have always strictly controlled the Xiliang horses. There has never been a large number of Xiliang horses entering the Central Plains for trading. Therefore, Xiliang horses have always been treasured in the Central Plains. Only high-ranking officials and nobles can raise one or two in the mansion. For a long time, there have been Xiliang horses in the stables, which have become a symbol of status.

The only Xiliang horses were also some Xiliang merchants who risked their beheadings to steal the deal. Xiliang horses were expensive in the Central Plains and were not affordable by ordinary people. As long as the Xiliang merchants had the ability to get the Xiliang horses to the Central Plains, they would definitely make a fortune. People died of wealth and birds died of food. Because of this, many Xiliang merchants have been selling horses to the Central Plains, but the number is pitiful.

Even when the Chinese Dynasty was destroyed and the heroes of the Central Plains were competing for hegemony, many heroes in the northwest went to Xiliang to trade horses with Xiliang, but they were flatly rejected by the people of Xiliang.

The overlords of the Central Plains have always wanted to have a powerful cavalry legion. Moreover, if the war horses under the cavalry are all Western Liang horses, they will reach the peak of cavalry. Unfortunately, this wish has never been achieved by countless heroes in the Central Plains.

Chu Huan knew even more that if it weren't for the severe salt desolation in the Western Liang, if Mahazang had not been ambitious to unify the Western Liang, the salt horse transaction with Xiliang would not have been possible. It would have allowed Mahazang to send thousands of war horses. He could have thought about how hesitant Mahazang was. In the end, it was because of the reality of the Salt Desolation that Mahazang forced Mahazang to make such a decision.

Chu Huan even thought that with Mahazang's mind, it was impossible for him to expect that the Xiliang horse would bring to Xiliang in the long run. Even such a decision was not decided by Mahazang. Perhaps the tribes following Mahazang felt the terrifying pressure of the salt wasteland, so he forced Mahazang to trade salt horses. This situation was not impossible.

Chu Huan believed that if it weren't for the salt wasteland, even if he took out gold and jewelry, Mahazang would never trade horses with the people of the Central Plains.

In any case, this salt horse transaction with Xiliang can be said to be a great opportunity that has never happened in a century. Moreover, Chu Huan was sitting on the ground and pressed down on the price and forced the salt horse transaction with Xiliang at a low price that ordinary people could not imagine. If this opportunity is missed, it may not happen in another hundred years. If Gan Hou really deducted the war horse and the people of Xiliang failed to get the salt they should have exchanged, then the trade in Xiliang will inevitably be interrupted, and the salt horse opportunity that finally appeared will end.

Chu Huan's impression of Gan Hou was not too bad, and he also felt that Gan Hou was not a person without vision. Gan Hou should be able to understand the benefits of salt horse trading in the Central Plains.

But in reality, will Gan Hou let go of his hand and let the Xiliang Horse enter the Pass?

Facing thousands of Xiliang horses, in the eyes of the people of the Central Plains, especially in the eyes of the Central Plains army, it was undoubtedly a batch of bright jewelry, even more expensive than jewelry. Will Gan Hou have another thought when facing those Xiliang horses with long legs? Chu Huan cannot guarantee that Gan Hou will not take all the Xiliang horses for himself for some reason.

For example, the mountain has powerful cavalry today, which is Chu Huan's trouble, which makes Chu Huan feel a little uneasy when he thinks of it. In addition, the tens of thousands of Northwest Army have good combat power. It is difficult for Xiguan to resist the attacks between the two groups. If Gan Hou really takes the horses for himself and uses them to pretend to be the Northwest Army, then the Tianshan cavalry and the Northwest Cavalry will come to Chu Huan feel that he doesn't have to fight at all. He cut off his head and sent it directly to Zhu Lingyue.

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