Chapter 49: Marching Sima
Three teams of cavalry had just crossed the moat, and another team of cavalry came from the upper reaches of the Sanggan River!
As the cavalry gradually entered, the three of them realized that the cavalry was a defender stationed on the other side of Guangping County, the heavy area of the canal transportation.
Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the leading city in Hebei Road is naturally Youzhou City (Beijing City). Because it is surrounded by large flat land, the circumference of Youzhou City is only thirty miles long at this time, which is far less than that of the three dynasties of the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties in the future. If the enemy bets and throws heavy troops to surround the city, although it is easy to defend but difficult to attack, it will eventually lead to a day of breaking the city. Therefore, four satellite cities have been built based on the Sanggan River and its tributaries since the Sui Dynasty.
In the upper reaches of the Sanggan River, Guangping County is naturally Guangping County. Opposite Guangping County is Lusitai, the main site of the canal transport terminal. Originally, there was a high platform with a military camp and an Oculang. After the construction of Fanyang City, its storage function was gradually abandoned, and only military camps existed.
In the lower reaches of the Sanggan River, there is a Canghuo City, which is also a major military fortress.
Not far south of Youzhou City is Guangyang City - Guangyang City (Fangshan). Before the Anshi Rebellion, the Jiedushi Fanyang Governor was naturally stationed in Youzhou City, but the Jiedushi Deputy Governor was in Guangyang City. When An Lushan led the army south to rebel, the Jiedushi Deputy Governor Jia Xun returned to Youzhou City to garrison, and his confidant, General Niu Tingjie, went to Guangyang City to garrison.
At present, since most of the troops are in other places, Youzhou City is mainly guarded by Kang Xiaozhong's army, and the satellite cities on all sides can only be stationed by Zhang Xiancheng's regiment training army.
Zhang Xiancheng's 20,000 regiment training troops were stationed in Youzhou City, except for 10,000, all the remaining 10,000 people were stationed in Guangping County, Lu Sitai Camp, Langhuo City, and Guangyang City. Among them, Guangyang City had the largest military strength, about 5,000, and the remaining three places combined were only more than 4,000.
Among them, there was a light cavalry stationed in Lusitai Camp, with a small number of people, only 500 cavalry, but the general had the title of Chief Commander, which was not counted. This person also served as the You Yi envoy who was training the regiment.
Zhu Xicai, the clan uncle of Zhu Li, the young man with acne-faced face in the Iron Tan Camp.
Speaking of Zhang Xiancheng's regiment training, they were actually recruited by refugees who were recruited by Shi Siming when he went north to pacify the situation in Hebei. The combat power was quite suspicious. The elite soldiers were selected by Zhang Xianfu's regiment training guards, and the rest was to maintain public order and go to the wall to serve.
These people have no salary, and they only have two meals, so the applicants are still quite enthusiastic.
Since it was a cavalry coming from Guangping County, it was naturally Zhu Xicai. Zhu Xicai was originally the tooth soldier of Zhang Shougui, the former governor of Fanyang. At least for the time being, he obeyed Mr. Zhang. Zhang Xiancheng left Ye Guangju and did not return to the city because Zhang Xianfu's regiment and guard training were all infantry, so he hurried to Lu Sitai.
Zhu Xicai was not vague and immediately clicked the three hundred light cavalry and followed Zhang Xiancheng!
Zhu Xicai, who is only 30 years old this year, is a typical Youyan general. He is similar to Dong Qin whom we have seen before. His combat power is quite strong, but his military discipline is also quite lax. He is also a perfect person who follows Shi Siming's military management method to train troops.
Killing is mainly torture and kill civilians to maintain morale, robbery, and to support the cavalry by robbery, barely bringing them together.
As soon as he saw Kang Xiaozhong and others, especially Gao Juren, Zhang Xiancheng breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing this posture, he understood that the current highest officer of Youzhou City, the Jiedushi, Teacher Shi Chaoqing, and Chief Staff Zhou Zhi were not in the city!
Zhou Zhi is not here, and Xin cannot show up. At present, only Zhang Xiancheng can suppress Shi Chaoqing.
"Where did Zhou Zhi go?"
When approaching Kang Xiaozhong and others, Zhang Xiancheng suddenly remembered this question.
As the Jiedushi, the chief of the Zhou royal palace, Sima (Chief of Staff), the marching of the army of Shi Siming when Shi Siming went to the south to Mozhou, naturally would not leave Youzhou City easily after Shi Siming went south to Mozhou.
"Zhou Zhi's father was a Han Chinese, but his mother was a Turkic. After the demise of the Turkic tribes, except for the four Uighur tribes who went south to Ganliang to eat, some of the Turkic noble surnames were placed near Liangxiang County not far south of Youzhou City. Although the Turkic people there had long been a registered person for half-parents and half-agricultural people, because their mothers came from there, thousands of Turkic families there actually became Zhou Zhi's backers."
"Although the Turks could not raise a large amount of livestock in Youzhou, every farmer would raise horses at home. According to folk legend, Zhou Zhi was named Liangxiang County Duke, which was actually his fiefdom!"
"Although Zhou Zhi is in charge of power, his mother has always lived in Liangxiang County. He mostly went to visit his mother. However, Liangxiang County is only fifty miles away. People from Tietan Camp cannot find him in Youzhou City, so they will naturally send a quick horse to Liangxiang County to find him..."
Not long after, the four small teams met. Zhang Xiancheng thought at first sight: "Why didn't you see Ashinayu's Silver Sad Guard?"
I immediately understood, "Ashinayu is Zhou Zhi's son-in-law. Although Zhou Zhi calls himself a Han Chinese, his main reliance is the Turkish people. Ashina Chengqing, Ashinayu and his son also come from Liangxiang County. Zhou Zhi went to Liangxiang County, so he naturally took Ashinayu as a guard..."
As soon as Zhang Xiancheng appeared, several people, including Kang Xiaozhong, corrected their bodies. Whether it was the Kang family or the Gao family, they were all from Zhang Shougui's teeth soldiers before, and the inertia of the Zhang family's power was still there.
"Everyone", Zhang Xiancheng bowed his hand immediately, "This is a big deal, we only bring a few people, so we are not fighting, Dalang..."
At this time, Dalang was naturally Gao Juren. When he saw Zhang Xiancheng talking to him, he quickly waited for his order.
"You must be mourning..."
Upon hearing this, Gao Juren immediately understood something. He was an orphan and was raised by his uncle Gao Ruzhen since he was a child. Gao Ruzhen went to Yeguangju in Ma City today, and Shi Chaoqing was also there!
He seemed to be a little dizzy, and his big hand holding the hammer was emitting blue veins, and his face turned red!
In the past, unless the Heavenly King arrived, no one could stop him. Zhang Xiancheng knew that the matter was going to happen at the first sight, so he quickly said, "Dalang, don't think it's wrong. This matter is indeed related to Prince Fanyang, but the scene was chaotic at that time, and iron bombs flew everywhere. Uncle Ru unfortunately... died..."
At this time, Gao Juren's teeth were tight, and he seemed to be able to hear the voice of hatred from his teeth.
"Afterwards, Prince Fanyang killed the person who shot General Gao. If I guessed it well, the prince was back with General Gao's body and the body of the prisoner who committed the crime."
At this time, if Kang Xiaozhong and Li Jixun talked about this, Gao Juren would not pay any attention to them at all. Instead, he led Youyanwei to run towards Ye Guangju. No matter who he is, the Iron Battalion Camp and Ye Guangju will be corpses everywhere and blood flows away!
Unlike Ran Min's killing Hu, Gao Juren in history killed Hu by accident. It was just that he had a conflict with Asuna Yu of the Silver Anguard and then involved the tribe. Otherwise, like Kang Xiaozhong and Shi Siming were all Hu people, and Zhou Zhi was also half Hu people, why didn't he kill?
Zhang Xiancheng looked at Li Jixun and thought to himself: "Originally, the people from all walks of life in Youzhou City are of equal strength, and there are also cunning Zhou Zhi who weighs the pros and cons of the left and right. It is a foolproof place, but when the Maniwei arrives, the balance is immediately broken. The key is that the Maniwei was valued by the late emperor and sent to Youzhou. Needless to say, the late emperor wanted to use the gradually increasing number of Zoroastrians in the city to further stabilize his rear."
"An Lushan and Shi Siming both joined the Manichaeism. An Lushan was also named the "Great Light Envoy" by the Grand Master of the Zodiac Temple. Shi Siming was the Deputy Envoy of Light. Now that An Lushan died, this team of all Zodiacists, including Zodiacists in the city, naturally became the direct descendants of the Deputy Envoys, otherwise Shi Siming would not have arranged this person to guard Fanyangcang."
"Even so, this person has been out of the matter since he came to Youzhou City. He was naturally close to him when Shi Siming was there. However, when Shi Siming left, he did not show any sign of getting close to one side. Although this person had only one thousand soldiers, three hundred of them were still quite powerful."
"It is rare to see the troops who can wield their horses and spears on the horses in the world."
Thinking of this, he decided to show kindness to Li Jixun and not involve Bai Jieyou. He said to Gao Juren: "It's all the sluts of the Xue family. Uncle Ru, that sluts have all fallen in love with that Hu Ji. Prince Fanyang, you know that he likes the funniest, so he hit the Hu Ji."
"Under normal circumstances, anyone who was hit by the prince had no worries about his life. It would be better to rest at home for a few days. This time, it was no exception, but it annoyed the Xue family's tyrant. By the way, the one who was called Xue Muyun was also the grandchild of Xue Li, the Duke of Pingyang County. When he saw the woman he liked was humiliated, he probably didn't know that the Prince Fanyang had arrived in person, so he took action to protect the Hu Ji."
(Duke of Pingyang County, Xue Rengui's title)
"It's great. When Prince Fanyang was in danger, how could the guards of the Iron Battalion Camp not take action? Xue Muyun was knocked to the ground by the Prince on the spot, and his men also shot randomly. One of them unfortunately shot Uncle Ru and Dalang. You know that the Iron Battalion Camp is full of unscrupulous courage and extraordinary strength."
"I have never encountered the situation today, and I have kept my strength, but today I started killing me, so..."
Gao Juren seemed to be immersed in grief and anger, but he was a teenager after all. After a while, he asked again: "Is that true?"
Zhang Xiancheng gritted his teeth and decided to take the matter over.
His thoughts were: "Since the Battle of Huaishuo Town, the Tang Dynasty has become weaker and weaker for a hundred years. Looking at the world, the 30,000 elite troops under the King of Zhou are the most powerful force. If the King of Zhou is in good manner and slowly seeking it, he may not be unable to get the world. Zhou Zhi is the chief civil officer of the King of Zhou. If I make any contribution in this matter."
"Then let Youzhou eliminate a disaster, and the weight in the heart of the King of Zhou may be on par with Zhou Zhi, and when the country is officially established, he will be able to ascend to the high position of prime minister."
"Darang, don't you even believe it?"
A sentence "Below" made Gao Juren quickly answer: "I dare not, since Zhang Jiedu said this, the boy can say much. No matter what, I will talk about it when I see my uncle's body."
Zhang Xiancheng and others breathed a sigh of relief, which could make Gao Juren, the number one strong man in Youzhou, suppressed his anger, but of course, Li Jixun was naturally excluded.
In Li Jixun's eyes, although he was already an old minister of Ye Jun, as a descendant of the Li family, these people were all traitors in his eyes, and they were not willing to die. If it weren't for his limited power, he would have to use it to sow discord.
But once there is a conflict, he will not be able to take the initiative by relying on his Mani Guards. Therefore, he dare not act rashly before receiving further instructions from Sun Xiurong.
He had not received instructions from Sun Xiurong for three months. Since Shi Siming went south to Mozhou, Youzhou City has been quite uneasy, but he still has no chance to take action. At the moment, the opportunity has finally appeared, but he is helpless. As one of the important officials of the Shattered Ye Army, he was naturally a little upset.
After a brief conversation, the crowd gathered together and walked towards the horse market.
At this time, about an hour had passed since the Ye Guangju incident. What puzzled Zhang Xiancheng was that unless Shi Chaoqing slaughtered the entire Ma City in anger, he should have returned to the vicinity of Zhoucheng, but there was still no trace of it. However, if Shi Chaoqing had carried out a massacre in Ma City, there would be no movement, but there was no movement.
Since I learned that something happened in Ma City, it is probably related to the arrogant and domineering little overlord. There is no one on the Zashi Street near Gongchen Gate at this time. All the shops are closed with doors and windows. The air in the afternoon of early autumn was filled with uneasy tranquility.
As soon as I walked to the center of the street, a large movement came from the front.
A large group of cavalry drove from the street directly north!
After a while, three people flashed out of the cavalry. One of them was Shi Chaoqing. On the left was a middle-aged man in his forties, with three long beards, slightly dark skin, a high nose and deep eyes, a clean face. He hung a long sword on the left, and Hu Lu, who was full of arrows on the right, although he was a civil servant, he could control horses with his legs. He was obviously a master of riding and shooting!
Chapter completed!