The northwest wind has begun to howl, and the Hexi Corridor is the passage of the cold wind, and as soon as the northwest wind blows, all the green quickly disappears, and even the sun in the sky seems to be castrated, becoming weak, and it does not feel anything when it shines on people.

Fortunately, there has been no snow yet, which is very unusual, and according to the situation in the past years, this is at least the second snow, but the problem is. Although it didn't snow, it was still cold, and although Lu Guang's army had been prepared and the soldiers were wearing cotton clothes, the temperature outside still made people feel cold to the bone.

Of course, the most worried about this phenomenon is Lu Guang, because he is the attacker, and he must keep constantly attacking to strengthen himself and boost morale, but when the weather is cold, what else can be done in the north in the middle of winter, when the water turns into ice, the animals go into hibernation, all the plants wither, and fight a bird battle, but whether it is Gu Zang or Zhang Tianxi, they don't mind this, so for Lu Guanglai, time is very important.

After discussing with many people, and specifically looking for many old local shepherds to inquire, Lu Guang determined that there is still half a month to 20 days at the latest, that is bound to snow, and the climate here is that once it snows, the snow will close the mountains, and the traffic will be blocked, not to mention the war, you had better not go out, and the snow will not be one, and it will last until the beginning of spring next year.

There is no way, no matter what, everything must be done in less than 1 month at most.

On the one hand, if Duan Ye got it, he would naturally not admit it, and on the other hand, if Duan Ye didn't agree, at least there was a guarantee, just relying on half of the Liangzhou of the Jiuquan Dunhuang Zhangye generation was neither enough to be the foundation, nor enough to hold on, because it was fought from the east to the west. Although it is a back-attack, there is no geographical advantage to garrison, and it will take time to digest these counties that have been defeated, and it will change after a long time, and other forces may also get involved in Liangzhou.

The negotiations were completed at an accelerated pace in a friendly and warm atmosphere, and Wang Mu did not notice Duan Ye's whereabouts. Although this person left a deep impression on him, but if such a level of character went on a business trip, he would not be surprised, and the most important thing is that although Lu Guang was still bargaining, he agreed to their conditions in the big frame, so after a long more talk, the two sides signed an agreement, and Wang Mu left contentedly after accepting the hospitality.

In the past few days, Lu Guang's army still habitually launched an attack on Li Tong's headquarters on Hongchi Ridge, but although the troops invested were not much, they fought very fiercely, but Li Tong occupied the geographical advantage, and went into battle many times, and finally stabilized his position.

Li Tong also knew that the weather had reached this point now, and if he waited for a few more days, it would snow heavily and the mountains would hardly be able to walk the horses, and he could completely retreat the army back and withdraw to the valley, so that it would be impossible for the Lu army to stay in the forward position in the ice and snow.

Because of this, Li Tong's prestige has been greatly improved now, in fact, before Li Tong became the governor of the capital, there are still many people who are not convinced, after all, his qualifications were only a Zhang Ye Taishou before, and he did not have any great achievements in the past, let alone a relative of a big man, in a place like the army, in fact, it is not very convincing to the public, the reason why everyone did not have much objection at that time was really because he was afraid of Lu Guang, in that critical situation, it would be good for someone to dare to come out and take the lead.

As a result, after Li Tong advocated retreating to Hongchiling, he really withstood Lü Guang's offensive. Although they were not defeated, the two sides were able to win and lose each other in some skirmishes, which was already the best result since Lu Guang entered the customs.

The military exploits are the most convincing, and now the army has completely subdued Li Tong, especially many soldiers under Liang Yin, who were defeated like a mountain in the past, and now they can still stabilize the situation, which is of course the credit of Li Dadudu.

There is war on the Western Front, but there is no progress in the short term, so it is impossible to press it first.

The sky is dark, the cold wind is blowing, on the vast desert, a caravan of camels is still walking slowly and methodically to the east, on the Silk Road, every year there are countless such caravans, braving the scorching heat or cold, against the wind and sand or the scorching sun, driving their camels to carry all kinds of goods, from one end of the earth to the other.

Although it was hard along the way. Although only a third of the goods they can bring to their destination are often left. Although they can easily encounter horse thieves or poor natural conditions and lose their lives, but? Countless people are still unswervingly taking this Silk Road, it is really because the profits are too high, collect a camel caravan of silk in the south of the Yangtze River, and transport it to the big food country to earn back three times the profit, and tea, porcelain earn more, what is more profitable than doing this?

Merchants are real warriors, they are not afraid of all challenges, because there are profits, of course, because many places in the Western Regions are in poor conditions, lack of living materials, so the rulers are very friendly to merchants, in those places the social status of merchants is far higher than the Central Plains, some merchants can even influence the political situation, which also makes many Central Plains merchants keen to run the Silk Road.

Even a horse thief, of course. Although they often loot caravans and kill merchants, they also know the truth that they can't dry up and fish, if they go too far, on the one hand, the merchants don't pass from here is equivalent to cutting off their wealth, on the other hand, the kings everywhere do not allow this to happen, the horse thieves will send troops to exterminate them if they go too far, so they are very restrained to do one or two votes a year, and the rest of the time they squat at home, the so-called not open for a year, open for a year, talk about them.

Aksu was the leader of the largest gang of horse thieves in the vicinity of Guzang, he was about forty-five years old, tall, powerful, with a beard and a pair of small eyes, although often wide, but he did not look like a horse thief at all, but like a simple businessman.

Naturally, he will not show his identity as a horse thief everywhere he goes, in fact, he and his companions now look completely like merchants, they have more than a dozen camels, more than thirty horses, in addition to water and food, their camels also have bundles of luxurious carpets, which look very valuable, and hang all kinds of Uzi steel knives, camels have undisguised strings of beautiful beads hanging around their necks, and Aksu's companions are all dressed in white, with white turbans wrapped around their heads, they look very much like merchants from the Western Regions, but now, They were walking slowly north, and they didn't seem to be in a hurry at all.

"Boss, look there, the fat sheep is coming!" Kuduk is Aksu's best assistant, he is only thirty years old this year, but he has killed an unknown number of people, and his face is much more hideous than Aksu.

"Well, there are about twenty people, camels and horses, but I don't know how they are in condition!" Aksu touched his chubby chin and said with interest.

"They're coming, boss, it's been a few days, let's have a vote!" Kuduk said with his fists in his hands, and as he spoke, the big tongue was still spinning around his mouth, and Xian looked very excited.

"Tell the brethren to get ready, and make sure it is clean and beautiful!" Aksu said with a smile that it seemed to him that what was about to happen was not a robbery, but an ordinary exercise just to help digest the sheep he had just eaten.

"Don't worry, boss!" Kuduk rushed to prepare.

The people who came over here were naturally Duan Ye and others, this time, Duan Ye was shouldering a major task, so he didn't dare to slack off, Duan Ping, Liu Guo, Zhang Meng and others all followed, and in order to ensure safety, they also brought derivatives, however, Lu You originally wanted to follow, but Duan Ye didn't have time to speak out against it, but Lu Guang himself vetoed it, which made Duan Ye a little surprised.

Because Lu You is Lu Guang's confidant, if he insists on coming, with Duan Ye's position, there is no way to refuse, otherwise it will easily arouse suspicion, what do you want to do if you avoid our people? Now Duan Ye is the moment for Taoguang to cultivate obscurity, so naturally he will not find himself bored.

But Duan Ye really has no reason to go back or defect to others, now under Lu Guang's command, Duan Ye's position is becoming more and more important, he has soldiers in his hands, and he has money, it is the time to use Lu Guang's protection to vigorously develop himself, and now Lu Guang is still in the entrepreneurial period, it is impossible to start with himself now, Duan Ye is very safe.

Moreover, many of the chess pieces that were laid out before have now come in handy, Duan Ye carefully sorted them out before setting off, only to find that he now has a lot of strength and resources, this aspect naturally makes Duan Ye very happy, it is indeed not easy to have such a development in less than half a year, but on the other hand, it also makes Duan Ye a little vigilant, he has developed so much, if you want to say that Lu Guang is not suspicious, the ghost does not believe it, but Lu Guang is so forbearing, and has maintained absolute trust until now, which is really not easy.

Moreover, the later the possible blow comes, the more violent it will be, Duan Ye must be vigilant and take relevant precautions, however, Duan Ye has a trump card, and at the most critical moment, Duan Ye is confident that he will not be suddenly crushed, which also makes Duan Ye know in his heart.

"Something isn't quite right with the person in front!" In this, it is said that the derivative eyesight is the best, and Duan Ping has the most experience, as soon as the derivation is exported, everyone raises their vigilance, and Duan Ping looks at the caravan in front of him that looks very leisurely, and he also mutters in his heart.

It's winter, and the road is going to be closed. Although it is not necessarily that there is no caravan, but the key is in this place, or go north, what is this for.