Seeing that Han wendang and other leaders make Chen Hai flirt in a few words, fan Dachun can only obey the current no matter how reluctant he is.
Although a large number of slaves were looted before Yequ mountain, the management was really crude. He didn''t want to make a detailed list. More than 2000 slaves couldn''t distinguish between the old and the new in a short time. Chen Hai asked fan Dachun to simply exempt them from their hard labor. Then he took out five or six hundred thousand kilograms of grain from the warehouse, Together with the more than 3000 mu of grain fields reclaimed by the Yequ lake, as well as four or five hundred cattle and sheep, they were all divided into the hands of slaves. After these slaves were exempted from hard labor, they still had family property to keep.
Although it is thought that these things will disappear after things fail, and they can''t run away with them, seeing that the savings for many years are distributed to the slaves who hold life and death in their own hands, fan Dachun''s heart is still bleeding and can''t bear to see it. Chen Hai took Korean as them and finished these things in two days.
Most of the slaves will be able to share grain, fields and animals this time. They are full of excitement. Many slaves have been swept over for a short time. They still think about their wives, children and children.
Chen Hai comforted these people and would not block those who wanted to leave Yequ mountain and return to their hometown, but advised them to stay at Yequ mountain for the time being. How can they wait until the spring when the weather is not so bad and then go on the road before they can walk back to their hometown alive.
In such bad weather, even if you bring enough food and water, ordinary people don''t want to cross the vast desert. Even if you don''t lose your way and encounter a snowstorm, nine out of ten will freeze to death in the sand sea.
Most of these slaves were herdsmen and farmers who lived and multiplied in Pinglu and nearby oases, and many were business travelers who traveled through the Xixia corridor and fought for wealth with their lives. Although fan Dachun killed all those who had accomplishments, many others were able to read and break characters and have extraordinary knowledge.
In such a short time, Chen Hai can only select more than ten people to act as civil officials of Yequ mountain temporarily. After the horse thieves leave, they take over the defense of the stone city of Yequ mountain and are responsible for the distribution of grain, fields, livestock and subsequent farming and animal husbandry.
Fan Dachun and his men occupied Yequ mountain and also accumulated a lot of armour. Although they were all mainland goods despised by elite horse thieves, Chen Hai also took them out and asked these dozens of people to pick up some strong generals from slaves to prevent monsters or sand wolves from breaking into Yequ mountain in cold winter.
Fan Dachun was full of opinions about Chen Hai''s taking out the surplus armor to arm the slaves, but the so-called three or four hundred slaves organized were strong, skinny and weak. He could crush seven or eight of them with one finger. In the Western Qiang country, he could only be regarded as the lowest and most ineffective servant. There was really no threat, so he refrained from saying a word.
When the horse thieves were ready, they rode West through the vast sand sea and snow field, turned more than 800 miles to the southwest and arrived at Songyang Lake oasis.
Although Songyang Lake oasis is not the only way for the old road of Western Qiang, it is also within the scope of Xixia corridor. Streams flow down from the mountains in the South and converge into Songyang river with great water potential in the wasteland at the north foot.
Because the Songyang river is surrounded by Shiling terrain and the river water infiltration is not serious, it extends more than 400 miles to the north to form a medium-sized lake with an area of tens of thousands of mu. Around the lake, 40 or 50 miles away, there are sparse trees and grass. Even if it is covered with snow and ice in the cold winter, you can still feel the vitality in the depths of the vast sand sea.
Songyang Lake oasis is much larger than Yequ mountain. However, because Songyang Lake oasis is located within the Xixia corridor, although the Western Qiang state is unable to send elite troops and horses to garrison for a long time, it also forbids other forces to be involved in it, and will send raids regularly. Therefore, except that herdsmen stop occasionally, no horse thief force has the ability to occupy here for a long time.
When Chen Hai and his men arrived at Songyang lake, the other 17 route horse thieves had gathered here. A high black flag was raised on the Bank of Songyang lake. In addition to the pattern of Eagle Head and human body, it was also written with the word "Heishan"; Fan Dachun was the last to know the news, and they were delayed for three or four days in Yequ mountain because Chen Hai and Ning chaner suddenly intervened.
In the depths of the vast desert, the horse thieves catch up with the harsh winter season. Although the plush horse produced by Jinzhou is not only very durable, but also resistant to the cold, in the coldest season of Jinzhou all year round, the horses march in the field for a long time, and the loss is also large. In order to ensure that the horses have sufficient strength when they rush to the front, each horse thief has at least one or two empty horses to ride.
In this way, tens of thousands of horse thieves and twenty or thirty thousand horses will fill the lonely and desolate Songyang lake with people and horses.
It is impossible that there will be much trust among the horse thieves. When they arrive at Songyang lake, Chen Hai and Ning chaner are also far away to find a place with abundant water and grass and stay at a certain distance from other horse thieves.
In order to avoid unnecessary vigilance and misunderstanding, the horse thieves of Yequ mountain thought that fan Dachun was the leader, while Ning chaner and Chen Hai claimed that they were just the leaders of Yequ mountain.
Fan Dachun took the letter left by Hu Bilie after his death and went to see other horse thief leaders to discuss the action arrangement.
No one knows what accidents will happen in the vast sand sea. Maybe Hu Bilie and others have changed temporarily and turned elsewhere. Hu Bilie and others have not appeared, and other horse thief leaders don''t feel anything unusual; Fan Dachun hurried to meet with other horse thief leaders, but nothing happened when he returned.
Other horse thieves didn''t pay much attention to Yequ mountain. They even doubted whether Yequ mountain had the courage to participate in the big case that was destined to shock the eastern regions of Jinzhou and Hexi. Some horse thief leaders even suggested that Yequ mountain be leveled two days earlier.
Now Yequ mountain has sent troops as scheduled. Others are embarrassed to take Yequ mountain, but they don''t pay much attention to Yequ mountain. They just want more than 400 people in Yequ mountain to stay in Songyang Lake temporarily and follow the large forces. Yequ mountain didn''t send people to participate in the relatively difficult and dangerous sentry, reconnaissance and blockade of Xixia corridor.
Fan Dachun could not hide his guilty conscience and returned to the camp with some key information.
Among the 18 route horse thieves, Heishan, guhuoshan and magic Moon Lake are the strongest. Among them, Heishan bandits have the strongest strength. The coalition Army established takes Heishan as the name and is headed by Kong Peng, the leader of Heishan bandits. They jointly decide the size of the action. Early on, Hu Bilie and others also contacted various route horse thieves in the name of Heishan bandits. Fan Dachun also came back under the name of "Captain general".
However, the formation of the Montenegrin coalition is very loose, just to facilitate the unified action of this vote, and the internal constraints are far from as strong as expected.
Two days ago, a group of horse thieves who arrived at Songyang Lake in advance couldn''t help acting without authorization and robbed a caravan crossing Songyang River and preparing to go to Hexi.
In this season, we also set off for the caravan in Hexi, which is destined to be attractive.
Although there were more than 400 horsemen acting without authorization, and their strength was even slightly stronger than that of Yequ mountain, they failed to completely wipe out the escort and business travel of the caravan, which made many people escape. At the same time, they left too many traces to deal with, which was enough to alert the family seeing off team in Hexi.
The chariot and horse team to see off relatives in Hexi had originally started from the crescent Lake oasis in the south of Yequ mountain, but after being aware of the movement and noise on the side of Songyang lake, they did not continue to move forward. At present, they retreat in the direction of crescent lake.
In addition to sending outposts deeper in the north wing, Hexi chariots and horses also sent messengers to the Western Qiang country to ask for reinforcements.
Songyang lake is more than 4000 miles away from Pinglu oasis. Even if the Western Qiang state receives the news and sends reinforcements to take action at the fastest speed, it will take ten days and a half months for the vanguard troops to join the family sending team in Hexi.
Now there are two opinions within the horse thief:
Some people advocate to attack Yueya Lake directly and take away the gifts and dowry of the alliance between the Dong family in Hexi and the Western Qiang state, and everyone will divide the matter; These people who advocate this point are horse thieves who come from a long distance to participate in this matter. They want to make a quick decision and save a lot of dreams.
Others advocate ambushing the troops and horses of the Western Qiang state, and then robbing the family sending team in Hexi.
In the vast sand sea, even if the Hexi family sending team fled East in a hurry, they had to travel thousands of miles to return to the border of Hexi. They had enough time to pursue. They wanted to take advantage of the rare opportunity for more than a dozen horse thieves to gather and want to do a big job while they were strong. The Western Qiang state rushed to send troops for reinforcements, which was difficult to assemble a large army, and the dispatch was very hasty. They did have the opportunity to ambush on the way.
Those who advocate this are mainly horse thieves near the West Qiang state. After robbing the family sending team, they also need to consider the bloody revenge of the West Qiang state and the Dong family in Hexi.
The Dong family in Hexi is quite far away from here. Especially after the marriage and alliance were destroyed, the Dong family''s troops came out of tieliuling in the west, which is to invade the boundary of Jinzhou. They still have to consider the possible retaliation of the Western Qiang country in the future. They want to rob the road and destroy some elite troops of the Western Qiang country as much as possible, so that the Western Qiang country is unable to send troops to the desert to retaliate.
"Heishan, Guhuo mountain and magic Moon Lake, who advocates ambushing the reinforcements of the Western Qiang first?" Chen Hai frowned and asked fan Dachun for the details of the proceedings.
The road horse thief is the first to win the mountain and the mountain of the moon and the moon lake. How to fight is actually the three has the final say. Other horse thieves can only get a share of the cup, and they fight soy sauce, and they do not have much right to speak.
"Both Heishan and moyue Lake advocate robbing Hexi chariots and horses after burying the reinforcements of the Western Qiang state," fan Dachun also said with resentment. "Guhuoshan advocates actually robbing Hexi chariots and horses and dividing up their property. Everyone''s name is led by Heishan bandits, but they come out to rob their homes for property. Why bother to fight with the elite soldiers and horses of the Western Qiang state?"
In the past, fan Dachun would mostly advocate attacking the reinforcements of Western Qiang.
The weaker the Western Qiang army was, the more comfortable they were in Yequ mountain. But at this time, fan Dachun''s little life was in Ning chaner''s hands, so they didn''t want to make trouble again.
However, in the current situation, no matter how to fight, Yequ mountain has no right to speak, and can only advance and retreat with the big army.
"Why don''t you rob the Hexi chariot and horse team first?" Ning chaner said casually, "As long as the princess of Yuecheng is caught, even if the news can''t be blocked, as long as the Lord of the Western Qiang still wants to make efforts to form an alliance with the Dong family and maintain the dignity of the Pinglu royal family, he will send troops to save her. It''s not up to us to decide how to fight, where to fight, or whether we can fight?"
"The master''s words are also reasonable. Why didn''t those elm bumps come to mind?" fan Dachun patted his head and said, "I''ll go to Kong''s master and tell them about it."
"It''s not too late today," Chen haihun said carelessly. "Let them quarrel first and talk about it tomorrow."
Ning chaner guessed that Chen Hai wanted to buy Dong Ning more time for them for one night, but he glanced at him and didn''t pierce it.