After five or six days of traveling north, the team of several hundred people successfully reached Gaoping on the border of Anding County, which was temporarily out of the control of the rebels.

Gaoping County Commander is a rich man in his thirties, he learned of Lu Bu's arrival, hurriedly changed into official clothes, and took a group of officials in the county to meet him outside the city.

Lu Bu walked to the city gate, saw Zhou Guang, the county commander who bowed to greet him, and did not dismount, informed him, and said that he would rest here for a few days before getting up.

How dare Zhou Guang say half a 'no', maybe in the eyes of the people, the county order is a big official who tops the sky. However, in the eyes of a general like Lu Bu, his status is slightly higher than that of a civilian.

How much does the county order pay for a year?

Two hundred stones.

How much is General Duliao's salary in a year?

than two thousand stones.

The difference between Yulu alone is nearly ten times, and there is naturally no need to talk about the level of status.

Lu Bu rode into the city on Chisu, and hundreds of horsemen followed behind him, advancing in turn.

The streets of the city were lined with onlookers, some with their necks long, some holding their dolls, all looking this way. The expressions on their faces varied, some were excited, some were novel, and some were worried that could not be concealed......

Suddenly a huge cavalry team was stationed, could it be that Gaoping was about to start fighting here?

There is a faint sense of unease in the hearts of the people, for them, the most important thing is to live a good life in peace and stability, and no one likes war.

At noon, the county ordered Zhou Guang to prepare a banquet, and specially asked his subordinates to slaughter the head sheep and wash the dust for Lu Bu in the county government.

During the banquet, Zhou Guang toasted again and again, constantly greeting the two generals in the guest seats.

It's a good story, everyone likes to hear it.

Therefore, Lu Bu and Yan Yi had a good impression of this county magistrate.

After three rounds of drinking, the food on the table was eaten.

Zhou Guang glanced at the two people below him, and asked tentatively: "The two generals, do you want to retreat north?" ”

If it is really impossible to resist the front, then he has to make a plan to run away as soon as possible, I heard that those rebels are fierce, and every time they capture a place, they will kill the officials in the county who are greedy and tyrannical.

Zhou Guang has been a commander in Gaoping for seven or eight years, although he has not done anything hurtful to heaven and reason, but he has done a lot of small things.

Once the rebels captured Gaoping, after knowing his bad deeds, they would definitely be in a catastrophe.

"Military affairs, how can you be a small county magistrate to intervene. Mo Fei wants to marry the Qiang people, and secretly responds to it! Yan Yi raised his eyebrows, put the wine bottle in his hand on the desk, and asked in a cold voice.

The sweat on Zhou Guang's forehead came out as soon as he 'swished', and hurriedly waved his hand: "The lower official is loyal to the Han Dynasty, but Zhao Sun and Moon, how can he do that kind of collusion with traitors, if the general does not believe it, the lower official can swear to the sky to prove his innocence." ”

Just as Zhou Guang was about to kneel on the ground and swear, Lu Bu came out to stop him, and took the initiative to be a peacemaker, and said to Yan Yi: "General Yan, Zhou County's order is just a momentary slip of the tongue. If he were a rebel, he would have done so much to entertain us, don't you think? ”

Zhou Guang hurriedly nodded his head and beat a drum in his heart. He just wanted to understand the movements of the rebels, so that he could find a way out in advance, but he didn't pay attention to the forbidden line of spying on the military intelligence.

Yan Yi stared at Zhou Guang for a long time before retracting his gaze and said unhappily: "Since General Lu intercedes for you, I will write it down for the time being, if you commit it again next time, this general will not be spared!" ”

"The lower officials know, they know."

Knowing that the county magistrate who had escaped the catastrophe bowed his body and stretched out his hand to wipe the beads of sweat from his forehead, he didn't notice that the two people with red and white faces below looked at each other and smiled for a moment.

"Where is the leader of the Dongqiang people known by the Zhou County Order?" Lu Bu took a sip of wine and mentioned the main purpose of his visit.

There are many ethnic groups of Qiang people, and there can be more than 100 and 50 kinds of subdivisions, and they can also be summarized into two major branches, east and west.

The Xiqiang people lived in the Longxi, Hanyang and Jincheng areas, and the Xiqiang were the main force in this rebellion. The Dongqiang people mostly live together with the Han people, and are active in the three regions of Anding, Beidi, and Shangjun.

The Dongqiang people can be traced back to the pre-Qin period at the earliest, and later came to the Han Dynasty, when the Xiqiang people were in civil strife, and a large part of the people migrated to the east, merged with the original Dongqiang people, and became the new Dongqiang.

This group of migrated Qiang people was the ally that Lu Bu was looking for.

Since the fight against Xiliang to quell the rebellion, he has been bouncing on other people's chessboards. Now that he walked out of the chessboard, of course, he had to mean something, and he had to repay the person behind the scenes.

I don't know what your intentions are, but if you didn't kill me in the first place, you have to be prepared for my crazy revenge.

What cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods dare to step on my head, don't say anything, really I'm a bully?

When Lu Bu escaped from the Xi River Valley, he had already made up his mind: I won't be able to lay out, then I will stir up the situation and make him dark.

Anyway, Liangzhou has become a pot of porridge, and it is not bad for me.

Hearing Lu Bu's question, Zhou Guang shook his head, he was just an ordinary local county order, how could he have the ability to make friends with those Qiang people.

However, Lu Bu helped him intercede, and Zhou Guang still kept this kindness in his heart. He looked at Lu Bu and said slowly: "The leader of the Qiang people really doesn't know, but at the end of this month, it is the Qiang people's sacrifice to the heavens. This is an extremely important festival for them, and many Qiang leaders will go to worship and worship. If the general wants to find it, he might as well go there. ”

"Where?" Lu Bu asked immediately.

Zhou Guang shook his head again, "There is no way to know about this lower official, the place where they hold it is different every year, I suggest that the general go north again, ask, maybe you can know." ”

It seems that this county commander really doesn't know, and Lu Bu is no longer strong.

After resting for three days, Lu Bu led the army to continue on the road and set off, still heading north.

Out of Gaoping, he soon entered the boundary of Beidi County.

The number of Qiang people along the way gradually increased, and Lu Bu also asked many people, but these Qiang people did not seem to have any good feelings towards the Han army, not only did they look indifferent, but they also didn't know anything.

Lu Bu had no choice but to continue north.

When the team arrived at Jiecheng, Lu Bu finally learned the specific location of the Qiang people's sacrifice to heaven - Zuogu.

The county commander in the city was still enthusiastic, cooking sheep and cooking to greet Lu Bu and his soldiers.

Lu Bu also learned some basic information from the county order, the Qiang people's sacrifice to heaven did not allow the Han government to interfere, and if the army was brought there, it was likely to cause unnecessary conflicts and disputes.

Also, in such a traditional festival, the Qiang people must wear national costumes to be eligible to participate.

After Lu Bu learned about it, a few days before the heavenly sacrifice, he got two sets of clothes of the Qiang people and put them on with Chen Wei.

As for Yan Yi and the rest of the soldiers, they stayed in the city.