Bowang Town, where Bowang County is located, was originally just a mountain town, located in the middle of the mountain road connecting Yun and Dai Erzhou, like a shackle stuck in the throat of the mountain road, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
However, Bowang is not a frontier land, there is a huge Yunzhou as a barrier in front of it, and the imperial court does not care about the military value of this place, and does not build it into a military fortress.
However, this mountain road connecting Yun and Dai Erzhou is also a necessary road for merchants from the south to the north, and the sharpness of the merchants' vision does not let the prime ministers of the political affairs hall.
They saw the commercial value of this place, since Li Jing defeated the Turks and pacified the northern land, after decades of operation, Bowang Town has become quite large-scale, into a small city with a population of five or six thousand.
A few days ago, the first snow fell, and the mountains on all sides were white, indicating that winter in Bowang had arrived.
The mountain road was already difficult to travel, but now it is snowy and cold, and the trade route to the north has been effectively cut off, so the merchants can turn around and go home.
It will be late, and the residents of the city will close their doors one after another, eat a meal, and then hide in the bed for the winter, and by the way, they can do something shameful.
Now that the trade routes are cut off, the weather is cold, and there is not much to do in a lower county, the county minister, the lord Bo, the county lieutenant, and the recorder have retired to the county order, leaving only a few rotating officials standing at the door of the county government to drink the north wind, all of them are full of complaints and grievances.
The sunset shone obliquely, and a touch of afterglow flowed like a faint golden water, flowing from the steps in front of the Yamen of Bowang County.
The head of the team, Yuan Fang, with five soap-clothed servants, either standing, squatting, or leaning against the doorpost, complaining without a word, bragging and fartizing, just consumed the sunset without a trace.
The twilight had come, Yuan Fang was lazy, yawned, and said, "Close the door." ” At this moment, hundreds of horsemen slowly came from the north along the official road in the city, and several old soldiers guarding the city gate led the way on foot.
Under the strong restraint of Brigade Marshal Liu, these cavalry all slowed down their horses and moved slowly, about two horses in parallel, lined up in a loose column, towards the county office.
Seeing that these cavalry did not beat their horses and galloped, and that there were old soldiers to guide the way, Yuan Fang, the leader of the team, did not panic, as if he was facing a great enemy.
When the cavalry came to the county office, an old soldier stepped forward a few steps and bowed his hand to Yuan Fang and said: "Yuan Bantou, these brothers are all from Yunzhou Wudadu Governor Tent Yue Cai, and there is an urgent matter to ask to see the county honor. ” Liu Lvshuai saw the Bowang County Ya, and after some struggle, he breathed a sigh of relief, turned over and dismounted, and said to Yuan Fang: "A certain is Liu Gang, the commander of the Yue Cavalry Brigade under the account of the governor of Yunzhou Wuda, and asks to see the county respect, and the head of the team is tired to report it." ” Although he is a general of the defeated army, he is also a brigade commander, and he doesn't need to pretend to be a head of the official team.
The soldiers of the five hundred battles, although they were ragged and embarrassed, had a fierce and murderous aura, which was far from what Yuan Bantou could bear.
"General, please wait for a while, and the little one will go to report to the county right away."
Although the brigade commander is far from being a general, this is just an honorific language, and everyone loves to hear good words, who cares and is more serious Yuan Bantou entered the county office, found the county zun in the back hall, and told the situation in front of the door vividly, even the clothes and expressions of those cavalrymen were not missing.
Zhang Zhicheng, the commander of Bowang County, was only wearing a Yanju suit, surrounded by a brazier, scalding a pot of good wine, and preparing to have a night conversation with the young, beautiful, bewitching, and lightly dressed concubine, so as to pass the long night.
Now, when he heard that hundreds of cavalry were coming from Yunzhou, and they were in rags and embarrassed, he immediately set off a storm in his heart.
After many years as an official, his sense of smell has become extremely sensitive, and with Yuan Bantou's few words, he can smell a dangerous breath from it.
Something happened in Yunzhou, something big happened Yunzhou is a border land, bordering the Turks, stationed with the 120,000 troops of the metropolitan governor Wu Yizong, and now, hundreds of cavalry defeated soldiers come from Yunzhou, that can only be explained Yunzhou is in danger, even if it does not fall, it must be in danger, and it is precarious.
Zhang Xianling is worthy of being an official, and from Yuan Bantou's description, he did not hesitate to characterize Liu Lushuai and others as defeated soldiers, and this eyesight is not comparable to Yuan Bantou and those old soldiers.
It's just that Zhang County Commander still has a doubt, since Yunzhou is in danger, these defeated soldiers should be Yunzhou's messengers who ask the court for help, and they should hurry to the road, why did they come to find their own county order There is not a single soldier in the hands of a certain county commander, and there are no soldiers to fight in Bowang, so he can't even block the mountain road.
Could it be that they are here to provide supplies, and besides, they must be satisfied with these killings, otherwise, hehe, the defeated army is better than bandits, but they can't let me give my hope to the scourge.
Thinking of this, Zhang Xianling pushed away the concubine who came over and was about to feed him the leather cup, and stood up and walked towards the door.
"Ahem Minggong, you haven't worn an official uniform yet" Yuan Bantou coughed lightly, cleared his throat, and reminded in a low voice.
Zhang Xianling looked down and saw that he was only wearing a homely Yanju suit, and he was still untidy, so he immediately yelled at the aggrieved concubine: "What are you still doing stinky girls, why don't you bring the official uniform of this official quickly."
Zhang Xianling scolded secretly in his heart: "Stinky girls with long hair, short knowledge, and no eyesight, a group of defeated soldiers are waiting outside, and you are still crying."
If you annoy those killers, you'll be the first to do the trick."
The concubine in this year has no status, relying on her young beauty and the favor of the head of the family, it is harmless to play petty in the boudoir, but if you dare to be pampered and arrogant in major matters, it is to find death.
The concubines in the palace can also fight with each other, if you arch off the favorite concubine, you are the favorite concubine, if you arch off the queen, you are the queen, and above the tens of thousands of people under one person, you can enjoy the majesty of calling the wind and rain.
However, this kind of battle between women can only exist in the palace, and others don't have the conditions or the guts.
In the official eunuch family and the big family of the scholar family, the concubine is just a slave, just a private property, no different from the Persian cat and the money leopard bought by the master's family, you can transfer and buy and sell at will, and if you are unhappy to kill it, the government will not trouble you.
As soon as Zhang County's order was powerful, the beauty was immediately silent, running faster than a rabbit, and more agile than a raccoon, so he found official uniforms and boots for Zhang County's order to put on.
Zhang Xianling changed into an official uniform, showed his majesty, and walked towards the entrance of the yamen with Yuan Bantou.
Originally, as Zhang County's commander, there was no need to personally greet a brigade commander of the border army, but his keen sense of smell told him that there was a big problem here.
For the sake of prudence, he didn't dare to fake his hands on others, so he could only personally deal with this group of defeated soldiers, and at that time, he would improvise, and it would be a big deal to give more benefits, and he couldn't let them harm Bowang Town
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