Chapter 394

"Wenhe, Lintao is further than Jixian. We sent people to Lintao and Jixian at the same time. Why is it that only people from the old home in Lintao have come, but there is no movement from Jixian?" Li Jue asked strangely.

At full speed, it is only half a day's journey from Jixian.

Logically speaking, the cavalry they sent out for help should have returned even if it was a round trip.

But until now, there has been no movement at all.

"Wenhe, do you think there might be..."

Jia Xu shook his head.

"No."

"Liangzhou Inspector Liang Gu is a timid person."

"In the past, the Wuwei Commandery Administrator relied on the support of the Ten Eunuchs in the imperial palace to act recklessly locally, and the Liangzhou Assistant Su Zhenghe was preparing to impeach this person."

"And Liang Gu, fearing being implicated and offending the Ten Eunuchs, wanted to punish and kill Su Zhenghe."

"At that time, it was the Chief Clerk Gai Xun who persuaded him, and only then did Liang Gu not kill Su Zhenghe."

"This person is from the Hongdu Gate; the official position of Liangzhou Inspector is not a good place for him."

"He doesn't need to, and he doesn't have the courage to unite with the Qiang tribes to do anything."

"As long as there are no mistakes, after this year, he will return to the imperial court and will definitely be promoted."

"Uniting with the Qiang tribes is something that absolutely cannot be done."

"As for why they didn't come..."

Jia Xu narrowed his eyes: "It's probably related to his timidity."

"Hmph." Li Jue snorted coldly: "Such a timid and fearful piece of trash, putting him as the Inspector in Liangzhou is clearly a mess."

Jia Xu shook his head.

The imperial court is in chaos, with offices being sold and titles peddled; there are many who occupy positions without performing their duties.

He doesn't care about these now.

What he cares about now is whether these Qiang people who have been following them will really take action against them.

"Don't worry about these for now. After the Lord comes, he will naturally handle it."

"The current matter is what we need to worry about."

After speaking, Jia Xu looked around and then lowered his voice and said: "You do this first..."

In the forest on both sides of the mouth of Shehu Valley.

A sound of rustling footsteps rang out in the forest.

Immediately after, several figures wearing coarse cloth and carrying long bows appeared behind the trees, looking at the team on the official road outside the forest.

The dazzling sunlight overhead shone on them through the gaps between the tree shades.

"Why aren't they moving?"

One of them said.

The others also looked out carefully.

"It looks like they are unloading things from the carriages; it seems they are going to set up camp?"

"Set up camp?"

"It's only noon and they are going to set up camp?"

"Why care so much? We are only responsible for surveillance; just go and report this news back."

"You guys watch here, I'll go back and report."

Saying this, one of them walked toward the distance of the forest.

In a forest several miles north of the mouth of Shehu Valley, this place is a flat depression.

On weekdays, this place is a habitat for wild beasts in the forest.

But today, a group of uninvited guests suddenly came here, driving away all the beasts here.

In the depression, there were densely packed warhorses, and cavalry wearing various costumes were resting under the horses.

A rough estimate is that there are more than a thousand people.

In a position in the middle of the depression, sat several people wearing armor.

Among them, a middle-aged man about thirty years old, wearing a set of leather armor, was saying something to several men beside him who were older and wearing exotic fur armor.

"After they enter the middle of Shehu Valley, Old King Dianling, your Dianling tribe will launch an attack from the left."

"Canlang leader, your Canlang tribe will launch an attack from the right."

"Old King Zhong Qiang, your troops will block them in Shehu Valley from the exit of Shehu Valley."

"And I will lead the Huangzhong Yi Cong to block the exit of Shehu Valley from the rear."

Beigong Boyu sat beside several old Qiang kings and drew a simple map in the mud in front of him with a branch.

Old King Dianling was about fifty years old, his head full of white hair showing his old age, but his eyes were very bright.

And the leader of the Canlang tribe looked to be about the same age as Beigong Boyu, about thirty years old, in the prime of his youth.

Beigong Boyu, who had a pair of light blue pupils, had fair skin, raised eyebrows, and bright leather armor.

The Canlang Qiang leader listened to Beigong Boyu's words, frowned and said: "Is it worth such trouble? We have been following for several days."

"The troops gathered are several times theirs; just attack directly."

"Do we still need to wait for them to enter Shehu Valley? Could it be that we, thousands of people, can't beat their one thousand people?"

"Don't say there are so many old, weak, women, and children in here; solving it early isn't saving us from long nights and many dreams?"

Old King Dianling and Old King Zhong Qiang both looked at Beigong Boyu at the same time.

Beigong Boyu shook his head and said: "Intercepting Duan Yu's family and troops, it is best not to let Duan Yu know that it was us who did it."

"Otherwise, even if Duan Yu is forced away by us, if he really wants to come and retaliate, it will save us from being exposed."

"Only by surrounding and killing his troops and family without leaving a single one in Shehu Valley can we not expose our actions."

Beigong Boyu said this, and Old King Dianling also nodded in agreement.

"Not bad," Old King Dianling said: "That Duan Yu still has some ability. If he really comes to retaliate, even if we are not afraid, I am afraid it will affect the overall situation."

"If he doesn't come to Liangzhou, we have no grudges with him, but this time we can't blame us; he delivered himself to the door."

"Fine, you guys decide; whatever you say, we will do." The leader of the Canlang tribe said.

As the few were talking.

Suddenly a soldier walked over, saluted the few and said: "Old King, just now our scouts said that the team has stationed at the mouth of Shehu Valley, it seems they are going to set up camp."

Hmm?

Beigong Boyu frowned slightly after hearing this.

Why set up camp instead of traveling in broad daylight?

"Could they have discovered something?" The leader of the Canlang tribe raised his eyebrows and said.

Beigong Boyu frowned and shook his head and said: "No."

"If they had really discovered it, they wouldn't have left Wangyuan County."

"Eight out of ten, it's because of the women in the team," Beigong Boyu said: "There are two wives of Duan Yu in the team, and one of them is Dong Zhuo's daughter."

"After such a long journey, I think the women must be tired, so they should be resting."

"No matter what, it doesn't matter. Anyway, even if they don't enter Shehu Valley, even if they discover our existence, it's too late to retreat now."

"As long as they dare to retreat, we will launch an attack immediately."

"It's just that the risk of exposure is a bit greater."

"Wait a bit longer, wait until tomorrow morning to see." Beigong Boyu said.

The few nodded in agreement after hearing this.

That night.

In Jixian, the Inspector's official residence.

Liangzhou Inspector Liang Gu, sitting in the main hall, was bowing his head and writing something with a brush.

Spread out in front of him was a piece of white paper pressed down by a paperweight.

The white paper was snow-white and delicate, and the black ink marks on it were extremely conspicuous.

Since childhood, Liang Gu had a fondness for calligraphy and was famous throughout the Great Han for his clerical script, forming a trio of calligraphic masters alongside Cai Yong, known as Mr. Flying White, and Zhang Zhi, the son of Zhang Huan—one of the Three Brights of Liangzhou—who was known as the 'Sage of Cursive Script'.

His clerical script was a masterpiece of the time, and he had served under the Hongdu Gate, and even Liu Hong loved Liang Gu's calligraphy very much. ===== CHAPTER 396 =====