Turbulent Times Chapter 6: Ambition sprout

What Wang Junlin didn’t know was that not long after he entered the city, Zhang Qingyu also entered Tianshui City in a carriage.

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In the middle of the night, everything was silent, and candles were still burning in the living room of a fur shop in the south of the city. Zhang Qingyu and Zhang Tao were sitting opposite each other. In the past three days, Zhang Qingyu spared no effort to spend a lot of money to hire almost all the well-known doctors in Tianshui County. After the most famous doctors jointly diagnosed that he was not poisoned, Zhang Qingyu was pleasantly surprised, but half-believed, until later After waiting for three days, he was really fine, only then did he realize that Wang Junlin had played tricks on him.

He survived the catastrophe, Zhang Qingyu was overjoyed, and came to Tianshui City in person, planning to kill Wang Junlin. If Wang Junlin is not killed, the hatred in his heart will not be dispelled, and if Wang Junlin does not die, he will have to sleep and eat every day.

“Is everything properly arranged?” Zhang Qingyu asked Zhang Tao solemnly, with a sinister look on his face. The last time he planned so carefully was to force the previous magistrate of Qingshui away; the last time, he put an enemy of his stature into the prison of Tianshui County.

“Master, don’t worry, among the heavy soldiers who will go with Wang Junlin tomorrow, four of them are the second master’s confidantes, and they are all highly skilled in martial arts. If we go six or seven hundred miles to Jincheng County, we will definitely find a chance.” Kill Wang Junlin.”

After speaking, Zhang Tao looked at Zhang Qingyu, and said cautiously: “I don’t know what the master wants?”

Zhang Qingyu frowned and asked, “Is this the arrangement?”

Zhang Tao was stunned for a moment, and asked with some hesitation: “Does the master think that the manpower sent by the second master can’t deal with Wang Junlin?”

Zhang Qingyu glanced at Zhang Tao, and said with some dissatisfaction: “Who is Han Ziliang? His father was Han Qinhu in the Shangzhu Kingdom of the Sui Dynasty. How many people in the world can surpass Han Qinhu in martial arts? The tiger father has no dogs, this Han Ziliang must be extremely high in both martial arts and vision, but he values ​​Wang Junlin so much, and even offends the Changping Palace for Wang Junlin, it can be seen that Wang Junlin is definitely not simple, not to mention Wang Junlin’s martial arts Haven’t our Zhang family had enough of the means and means? In this case, no matter how high Wang Junlin is, I don’t think it’s an exaggeration.”

“If the Tuyuhun people don’t attack Jincheng County at this time, with the relationship between our Zhang family and the Tuyuhun tribes, as long as the master says a word, they will surely send out their hands to kill Wang Junlin, but now…” Zhang Tao heard the words, Sweating profusely, he realized that he had indeed underestimated Wang Junlin, no wonder the master came to Tianshui City to plan in person.

Zhang Qingyu snorted coldly, interrupted Zhang Tao, and said: “Of course we can’t let the Tuyuhun people take action now, the Qiang people’s sword department also has some business dealings with us, you go to the second master overnight, just say I said Yes, ask him for a pass token, go out of the city to the sword department, and let them do it, whether you want money, food, or silk, you decide to talk to them.”

Zhang Tao hesitated: “My lord, it’s easy for them to kill Wang Junlin, but Wang Junlin is with the food and grass team, and the sword department is afraid.”

“Don’t worry, the people in the Ge Dao Department have always been greedy and bold. If you suggest that they pretend to be Tuyuhun people, anyway, Qiang people look like Tuyuhun people. If you promise them a lot of money, you will definitely agree. In addition, I I will tell the second master that the grain and grass team that will go with Wang Junlin tomorrow should be as small as possible, so that even if something happens, it will not attract the attention of the adults of the state and county.” Zhang Qingyu said after a little thought.

Zhang Taolue hesitated, and said: “Master, as you said, the people in the sword department are too greedy, and the price is too small, so they may not be able to command them.”

After a pause, Zhang Tao said again: “Besides, if the four masters sent by the second master kill Wang Junlin, there is no need to use the sword department.”

Zhang Qingyu shook his head and said, “I can’t save this money. I’d rather make sure to kill Wang Junlin at the end of the day if the people from the Sword and Sword Department are cheap!”

Wang Junlin’s method of dealing with their Zhang family made Zhang Qingyu extremely afraid of him, and Han Ziliang attached great importance to him. As long as this kind of person doesn’t die on the battlefield, it will be difficult for him to get ahead in the army. This made him faintly feel that a catastrophe was imminent, so Wang Junlin must die!

“I understand!” Zhang Tao responded in a low voice, and then left in a hurry.

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The next day, that is, the fourth day of August in the third year of Renshou, the sky was covered with lead clouds, and the wind and rain were about to come. It was obviously not suitable to travel today, but the army was fighting at the front, and the rear had its own plan for escorting food and grass, so how could it be easily changed. But Wang Junlin is now a military member, leaving without authorization is a deserter, which is a capital offense.

As arranged by Zhang Qingyu, Wang Junlin and his party had only 21 carts of food and grass, accompanied by forty-two civilians driving mule carts, in addition to Yihuo soldiers who escorted the army’s supplies of food and grass.

The Great Sui Dynasty adopted the Fubing system. Twelve guards were set up across the country, and each guard had ten chariot mansions, which were divided into upper, middle and lower: the upper mansion had 12,000 people, the middle mansion had 10,000 people, The lower government is 8,000 people. The chief officer of each mansion is General Ying Yanglang, and there are one general on the left and right, one general on the left and one general on the left and one general on the left, and one each on Bingcao. It has ten regiments under its jurisdiction. The chief officer is the captain. Each regiment has a thousand people. Twenty people, led by the fire chief.

That is to say, besides Wang Junlin, there were 20 other soldiers who escorted the food and grass. Respectfully.

Wang Junlin knew that Zhang Qingyu would never let him go easily, so he was always vigilant. After observing secretly, he found that the four soldiers walked steadily, with viciousness in their bones, and they were obviously not ordinary soldiers. Most importantly, he felt faint hostility from these four soldiers.

“Looks like I won’t be able to sleep peacefully on this journey, so why don’t we just go ahead and find an opportunity to kill them.” Wang Junlin started to think secretly as he followed the team.

All the military supplies and food delivered to the front line had been bundled into twenty-one mule carts, and forty-two civilians stood bowed beside the carts. Liu Gang, the fire chief, personally inspected the animals and vehicles to make sure that there was nothing wrong with the mules and that everything on the vehicles was securely fastened before giving the order to set off.

Wang Junlin carried a cloth bag on the left and right sides of the saddle, a well-made longbow on the left, and a quiver on the right, which contained fifty well-feathered arrows. And there was a long knife hanging on his waist, just by looking at the handle and scabbard, he knew it was a good knife.

Because he was a mercenary in later generations, Wang Junlin paid special attention to personal equipment, so he did not stay idle after entering the city yesterday. Well equipped.

Twenty-one mule carts lined up on the official road one after the other, and Wang Junlin was always at the end of the line. He didn’t want to expose his back to anyone accompanying him.

From Tianshui County to the northwest, first through Longxi County, and then to Jincheng County, nearly 700 miles away, there are official roads built along the valley along the way, and the thick loess is rammed as hard as a stone, which can be used by cars Ma Tongxing. Such a wide road is enough for four horses or two carts to run side by side, but an hour after leaving Tianshui City, Wang Junlin and his team stopped on the muddy ground beside the official road, waiting for the official road to reopen .

Pairs of flag officers, each holding a flag, followed by nearly a thousand cavalry in armor. The cavalry is divided into front and back, guarding a gorgeous carriage in the middle.

Although Yongzhou is regarded as an important border town, there are a total of 100,000 troops stationed in California City in the three counties, but there are only 20,000 cavalry. When the front line was at war, the carriage was escorted by a thousand cavalry, and the identity of the person in the carriage was obviously very important.

“It’s the manager.”

The entire Yongzhou has three counties, fifteen counties, and a population of nearly one million. Military and political affairs are decided by one person.

Dugu Moyu is a direct descendant of the famous Dugu family of the Guanlong aristocratic family. The Dugu family and the Yuan family are the two leading families of the Guanlong aristocratic family. One of the important reasons why Sui Wendi Yang Jian was able to win the world was the support of the Guanlongmen faction.

Jincheng County under the jurisdiction was attacked by Tuyuhun, how could Dugu Moyu sit still in the state city, not to mention that the news of the invasion of Tuyuhun’s army had already been sent to Daxing City in Kyoto (renamed Chang’an in Tang Dynasty), the emperor The secret order was issued not only to repel the Tuyuhun army, but also to take the opportunity to enter the Hexi Corridor to drive the Tuyuhun people from the three counties of Xiping (near Xining in later generations), Wuwei and Zhangye, and bring these three counties into the territory of the Sui Dynasty. For such a big matter, Dugu Moyu naturally had to go to the front line to command and dispatch.

In fact, he is in charge of the overall defense in the early stage, but someone else is responsible for the offense in the late stage. Just today, 100,000 elite soldiers under the command of the governor Yu Juluo set off from Guanzhong and rushed to Yongzhou.

Dugu Moyu is a high-ranking and powerful person, so he should be avoided by idlers when he travels, even the team escorting food, grass and military supplies is no exception.

“It’s so majestic…” Looking at Dugu Moyu’s queue, Wang Junlin felt inexplicable emotion in his heart.

“Of course he is majestic. This is the chief executive in charge of a state’s military and political affairs. There are tens of thousands of civil servants and military officials in the Sui Dynasty, but there are not many above him. If he is promoted one step further, he will be able to enter the court as a prime minister. “It was Liu Gang, the fire chief, who spoke. Wang Junlin originally thought that Liu Gang and those four people were in the same group, and Zhang Qingyu bribed him to murder him, but after a long time of observation, he felt that it was not the case. In order to learn more information about the Sui Dynasty army, Wang Junlin intended to establish a good relationship with him. After Liu Gang learned that Wang Junlin turned out to be Han Ziliang’s personal soldier, Ying Yanglang, he also intended to befriend Wang Junlin.

At this time, Wang Junlin and Liu Gang were kneeling on the side of the road together with Liu Gang, and forty-two civilians were kneeling behind them.

Watching thousands of cavalry guarding one person pass by in front of him, and countless civilians kneeling on the side of the road, Wang Junlin inexplicably grew a kind of envy, desire, and ambition in his heart.