Yuan Luqian was Pei Min's first confidant, so his treatment was naturally different from Zhang Jiuling, Wang Changling, and Wang Zhihuan.

Pei Min received him directly in the backyard of the mansion.

I also prepared fine wine and delicacies and talked while eating.

Yuan Luqian explained the situation in Hexi in detail, "From the beginning, Brother Jingyuan took the right path. He was the first to manage the generals, and the brave soldiers were strong. Compared with the past, the appearance of the Hexi army was changing with each passing day."

Pei Min refuses to deny this.

Pei Min spent a lot of effort on the dispatch of the Hexi Army.

The Chishui Army, the Dadou Army, and the Ningkou Army remain unchanged.

The envoy of the Dadou Army, Zhehuchen, the envoy of the Ningkou Army, Cen Yun, and the envoy of the Chishui Army, Zhao Yizhen.

These three military envoys are the core forces of the Liangzhou soldiers, and Xue Na respects the most.

They each have their own strengths. Zhehuchen is extremely brave, Cen Yun is as calm as a mountain, Zhao Yizhen uses troops and is good at taking advantage of opportunities. The skills of the three of them were fully demonstrated in the previous Turkic invasion.

The three of them were also the only military envoys who did not move.

As for the other Jiankang Army, Yumen Army, Doulu Army, Xinquan Army, Ziting Guard, Jiaocheng Guard, and Baiting Guard were all replaced by Pei Min.

The military envoy of the Jiankang Army was Xia Shan. Pei Min transferred her from the Longyou Army for Yuan Luqian.

The governor of Shazhou Feng Changqing was responsible for the Yumen Army, Doulu Army, Yizhou Governor Zhang Xiaosong was responsible for the Yiwu Army, and the governor of Xizhou Cui Xiyi was responsible for the Xinquan Army.

Baiting guards to capture it is Geshuhan, Ziting guards to capture it is Wang Zhongsi, Jiaocheng guards to capture it is An Zhongjing.

How luxurious is this lineup?

Feng Changqing, Zhang Xiaosong, and Cui Xiyi are all good people who can stand on their own. Needless to say, Zhehuchen, Cen Yun, and Zhao Yizhen, each with their own strengths...

As for Wang Zhongsi and Geshuhan, they had little experience and had far less soldiers in control than Xia Shan, Zhe Huchen, Cen Yun, and Zhao Yizhen, not to mention the three generals Feng Changqing, Zhang Xiaosong and Cui Xiyi.

But only Pei Min knew how great the potential of Wang Zhongsi and Geshuhan was.

As both of them are amazing and beautiful, Wang Zhongsi can be compared with Meng Tian and Wei Qing.

The Hexi Army, which consists of such a luxurious lineup, is only time between the Longyou Army.

As long as they are given enough time, Pei Min has enough reason to believe that the Hexi Army will become an existence that is no less than the Longyou Army.

If we talk about the generals of Liangzhou, the only thing that made Pei Min worried was An Zhongjing.

Pei Min is not familiar with this person and has never met him. He is specially recommended by Xia Shan.

When Xia Shan was fighting against the robbery of Shatu Turks, she met a father and son.

At first, Xia Shan only noticed An Zhongjing and his son and his group Ma Zhuang, and found it a little suspicious. After careful investigation, he found out that An Zhongjing was a descendant of King Anxi. His father was once the General An Xinggui, the General of the Right Marquis of the Tang Dynasty, and was behind the general.

The An family inherited the ability of Anxi Kingdom to tame war horses, and the horses they tamed were all excellent war horses.

Xia Shan told Cui Xiyi about this.

Cui Xiyi visited the door in person and after some win over.

An Zhongjing decided to accept the call.

Just as there was a vacancy in the Jiaocheng Guard, Pei Min promoted An Zhongjing to the scene.

He asked for some reason: "How about An Zhongjing this person?"

Yuan Luqian said: "After the Anxi royal family, An Zhongjing was a local tyrant. The soldiers in Jiaocheng Shouzhang admired him very much and were willing to listen to his arrangements. He also knew some military strategies and practiced them well. However, I think his son An Chongzhang was much stronger than his father. An Zhongjing was heroic and generous, careless, and more like a local tyrant. On the contrary, An Chongzhang was skilled in riding and shooting, familiar with military affairs, and always helped his father formulate military rules and train soldiers. The position of Jiaocheng Shouzhang seemed to be in charge of An Zhongjing, but most of the things were handled by An Chongzhang. I am very optimistic about this young man..."

Pei Min also became interested and smiled: "If you can get Brother Lu Qian's comment, I will have to meet him for a while if I have the chance."

Everything was as he estimated, and Pei Min was a little relieved.

After business, Pei Min also asked about his private matter enthusiastically: "What are the progress of Brother Lu Qian and Xia Jun Envoy?"

Yuan Luqian felt a little embarrassed, paused and said, "I have decided to marry her."

After Pei Min and Yan Gaoqing's persuasion, Yuan Luqian also found an opportunity to talk to Xia Shan seriously and talked about the very realistic situation.

Neither of them has reborn from their parents, and both of them have heavy responsibilities and have their own careers.

Once you get married, what about your future children?

Who cares about it?

This is a very realistic thing. Having children does not mean that it is done just after giving birth.

As parents, you must shoulder the responsibility and obligation to raise your children.

Xia Shan also told her uncle Guo Zhiyun's family who raised her.

Guo Zhiyun made a decision and moved his family from Guazhou to Liangzhou, saying that Xia Shan was their daughter whom they raised together. If they really had children, they could raise them.

Once this matter was resolved, Yuan Luqian and Xia Shan's problems came naturally.

Pei Min slapped her thigh and smiled, "It's great! When will you get married, don't get together with me, so as not to be embarrassed by each other!"

Yuan Luqian also said: "This is natural."

The two of them talked about some of the things they encountered.

Pei Min talked about the situation of Fengshan, and Yuan Luqian looked yearning for him.

Yuan Luqian also told Pei Min an interesting story.

The dragon hidden in the Heihe River!

There is a Heihe River in Shazhou, several feet deep, and a giant dragon is rampant in the river, causing the river water to often flood, destroying houses and flooding the fields.

It directly leads to the abandonment of fields near Heihe, Shazhou and the inability to cultivate.

Local residents also traveled far away to escape the disaster of flooding.

Every time the officials who take office have to prepare offerings, go to the river to worship and pray, and then they can handle political affairs.

Otherwise, it will rain for months, or the flood will surge and flood the cities.

"Really or false?" Pei Min said with disbelief: "There are really dragons in this world?"

Yuan Luqian smiled and said, "Who knows this? I have never seen it anyway. But it is indeed common for the local area to throw sheep, few chickens and horses to lose, which is quite strange."

Pei Min said: "Is it the thief who did it?"

Yuan Luqian said: "The governor of Shazhou has investigated and feels that it is unlikely to be artificial. I also told Chang Qing about this, and Chang Qing also said that he also knew about it. Shortly after he was the governor of Shazhou, a gentry from Shazhou asked for his visit and asked him to go to Hei Shui to worship and pray according to tradition, so as not to anger the dragon."

Pei Minqi said, "Then has Chang Qing gone to sacrifice?"

"Go!" Yuan Luqian smiled and said, "Not only the people went, but also the soldiers were brought. Chang Qing said that if there was a dragon, he would shoot and kill him directly. As a result, he was a sacrifice and no ghost was seen."

Pei Min smiled and said, "This is Chang Qing's demeanor."

He said that, but he didn't take this matter to heart.

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Ziting guards to capture.

Guarding was the garrison of the border army system of the Tang Dynasty, mainly distributed in Longyou Road and the Western Regions.

That is, the border guard, but it is a little smaller in scale and cannot use the name of military. It is called guard and capture for some reason.

Shouzhao was also a unique institution in the Tang Dynasty, and there was no such institution in other dynasties.

The guards and soldiers usually range from more than 300 to 7,000.

Ziting Shogun is located south of Shazhou and north of Dangjinshankou, which is the junction between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo in Hexi.

When the Alkin Mountains to the west of Jinshankou is the east of Qilian Mountains, they are all insurmountable mountains and steep mountains.

When Jinshankou is a must-pass road connecting the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo River in the west.

Pei Min handed Zi Ting Shou to Wang Zhongsi, which was enough to reflect his respect and trust in his younger brother.

Wang Zhongsi's performance did not disappoint Pei Min's respect at all.

The soldiers guarding were different from the army. Only some were regular soldiers, and some were mainland prisoners. After being assigned to the reclaiming troops in various regions and local ethnic groups involved in grassroots military reclamation.

The northwest border was short of people, especially the Fengzi in Fengtun was difficult to formulate according to the rules, and the non-commissioned officers were unwilling to take risks for their juniors, so there was a situation where people were hired to replace Fengzi and premieres.

Wang Zhongsi was in charge of not only regular troops, but also some prisoners and soldiers like mercenaries.

This also invisibly added a lot of difficulty to Wang Zhongsi's command.

However, Wang Zhongsi was kind and powerful. With his personal martial arts and outstanding military commanders, he was only obedient to the prisoners and mercenaries, and obeyed the orders.

It is cold in the northwest, and although it is spring, it is still not covered with ice and snow.

Especially in the nearby Qilian Mountains, spring does not look like spring, summer does not look like summer, and even in June, it is possible to snow.

Early in the morning that day, Wang Zhongsi led a team of cavalry out of the guards and inspected the beacon tunnels everywhere.

Even if this beacon tunnel is a beacon tower, it is called beacon burning during the day and setting fire at night, so it is called hut.

The person responsible for protecting the beacon tower and surveying the enemy's situation is called Fengzi.

The beacon tunnel is the fastest and most effective way to convey military information in this era. Even if the Tang Dynasty and Tubo have signed an alliance, the young and mature Wang Zhongsi did not take it lightly at all.

In addition to training the soldiers who are used to resist the enemy in the guards, they are also investigating the lightness of the beacon tunnel to ensure that the beacon tunnel can convey information in a timely manner.
To be continued...