Yunzhou is today's Datong, is the northernmost state and county in the Hedong region, and the vast grassland north of the Great Wall is occupied by the Uighurs, and there are several small tribes living there.

In the early morning, a group of fifty Hexi cavalry galloped across the grassland like arrows, and they rushed up to the earthen hill, and in the distance was a white river, meandering into the distance, and the grass on both sides of the river was abundant, but there were no people.

Adjutant General Zhang Zhiyuan asked in a low voice: "General, we have been looking here for three days, but we haven't seen a single tribe or a single soldier. ”

Zhang Yun shook his head, "There is no containment of the Sijie Department here, the Hui people must be in Yunzhou, I think it may be in the wrong direction?" ”

"Wrong direction?" Zhang Zhiyuan was stunned.

Zhang Yundao: "They are most likely on the south side of the Great Wall, not north of the Great Wall. ”

After speaking, Zhang Yun adjusted the horse's head, "Let's go!" ”

Fifty horsemen turned their horses and galloped south.......

The Great Wall Pass in Yunzhou had already been destroyed by the Uighurs, and the cavalry could gallop all the way south, and two days later, fifty Hexi scouts arrived near Yunzhong County, and they found the traces of the Uighur army, and immediately became cautious.

Zhang Yun led his men to hide in a forest, and only sent two soldiers in civilian clothes to Yunzhong County to check.

At the second watch, the two soldiers returned to the woods, and the news they brought confirmed Zhang Yun's suspicion, and the soldiers of the Hui army were indeed hiding in Yunzhou County, and the preliminary estimate was that there were about 3,000 people.

At dawn the next day, a soldier standing guard in a big tree woke up the sleeping cavalry, "Three Uighur cavalrymen have been found ahead!" “

The soldiers of the Hexi Army got up one after another, they didn't even bother to pack their sleeping bags, they immediately turned over their horses, took off their riding bows, and Zhang Yun beckoned, letting everyone slowly approach the side of the road.

At this time, the sound of horses' hooves was already far and near, and sure enough, it was three Hui cavalry, galloping towards them.

Zhang Yun made a downward gesture to everyone, and everyone immediately understood, shooting horses and not people, they each drew an arrow and put it on the bow and arrow.

Not long after, the three Hui cavalry rushed to dozens of steps away in front of them, Zhang Yun waved his hand, fifty arrows were fired at the same time, shooting at the enemy war horses, the three war horses were suddenly shot full of arrows, neighed and fell, throwing the three cavalry out, fifty scouts rushed out, ran towards the three Hui soldiers, the three cavalry struggled to get up, but it was too late, they were dozens of spears against the chest and throat.

"Take them down and interrogate them separately!"

The soldiers captured the three Uighur cavalrymen into the woods and interrogated them on one side, and soon the Hexi scouts came to give a definite confession.

Yunzhong County has indeed become a garrison camp for the Hui army, with a total of 3,000 people, and it has not changed for two years.

Zhang Yun immediately wrote an eagle letter and sent this important news to Zhangye with the letter.

Zhang Yun immediately divided his troops into two routes, he left his deputy general Zhang Zhiyuan with 20 soldiers to continue to monitor the Hui army in Yunzhong, and he himself led 30 soldiers to rush towards Taiyuan in the south.......

The Sanjin Restaurant in Taiyuan City, this restaurant is a restaurant opened by Sanjin Manor in Taiyuan City, Sanjin Manor has become the marriage of Dugu Youlan, and this restaurant is naturally Guo Song's industry.

However, the Dugu family has always been low-key and hidden, including manors and restaurants, which will not show the property of the Dugu family, and the proprietor is a businessman surnamed Wang.

The shopkeeper of the restaurant is called Jia Hong, he was originally the shopkeeper of Xiazhou Bafang Restaurant, after Xiazhou was occupied by the Hexi Army, Jia Hong and several men were transferred from Xiazhou to Taiyuan and took over the Sanjin Restaurant.

Some time ago, the search for Hebei spies in Taiyuan City caused a lot of uproar, and all shops and residences with carrier pigeons were taken care of until these two days.

At noon that day, Jia Hong hurriedly walked into the restaurant from the outside, the restaurant was affected by the search storm during this time, closed for more than ten days, and the business was not very good after the reopening, the second floor was basically empty, and only half of the guests sat on the first floor.

Jia Hong beckoned a guy over, and the two walked to the backyard, Jia Hong said in a low voice: "The Captain Luo who came to you to borrow money last time, can you find him?" ”

"It should be possible, he left his address."

"You go and find him, and you say that there is a way to make money, and ask him if he is interested?"

"I'll go find him."

The guy hurried away.

Half an hour later, a lieutenant in his thirties hurried to the restaurant and found the shopkeeper Jia.

This captain's surname is Luo, he is a captain of the City Gate Army, he and that guy are fellow villagers, and he always came to ask the guy to borrow money a few days ago.

"Shopkeeper Jia, what is the way to make money?" Captain Luo asked impatiently.

Shopkeeper Jia smiled and said, "I want to get a few sets of weapons and armor, is there a way for Captain Luo?" ”

"Of course you can, it's just that Shopkeeper Jia wants weapons and armor for what?"

Jia Hong sighed and said: "Thieves are rampant in my hometown, my brother wants to organize the family to protect himself, so he asked me to help him buy a few sets of weapons and armor, I went to the black market to take a look, on the one hand, it is expensive, and the quality is not very good, I thought of Captain Luo, I think this is an opportunity to make money." ”

Jia Hong has been to the black market, and you can buy armor on the black market, and you can also buy armor in a weapon shop, but he doesn't know if the armor he bought is the equipment of the current army, or if it is left by the Tang Army in the past, after thinking about it, it is still the most suitable to find this Captain Luo, if he wants to make money, he will definitely not pay for it to buy armor on the black market to make up the numbers, it must be a business without capital.

Of course, Captain Luo wants to earn this money, he has three hundred soldiers under him, and it is still easy to get a few sets of armor.

"I don't know how much Shopkeeper Jia wants? If it is less than ten sets, there should be no problem. ”

"I don't want more, five sets are enough, I want armor, knives, spears, shields, bows and arrows, anyway, it's a full set, how much is a set?"

"A set of fifty dollars, I even give you socks." Captain Luo grinned.

Jia Hong thought for a while and said: "If you send me to the outside of the city for cutting, I won't bargain with you, I will deliver the goods with one hand and give the money with the other, two hundred and fifty taels of silver." ”

Captain Luo knew that he would not be able to leave the city with his armor, so he said happily: "It's better to choose a day than a time, I'll go back to the barracks now, and in an hour, we'll meet outside the southern city, and you can tell you a place." ”

"Nanlin Inn delivery, how's that?" Jia Hong hurriedly said.

"No problem, I'll go back right away!"

Jia Hong was overjoyed, "Then it's a word!" ”

.........

An hour later, in the Nanlin Inn in the south of the city, Jia Hong and Captain Luo completed the transaction, five sets of infantry armor, including helmets, leather armor, spears, swords, daggers, shields, and bows and arrows.

The Nanlin Inn is also the intelligence point of the Hexi Army in Taiyuan, Jia Hong sent the information here, and then the guys at the inn sent the information to the Sanjin Manor fifty miles away, and the carrier pigeons of the Sanjin Manor sent the information to Zhangye.

Shopkeeper Jia took off the spearhead in the room, put it into several large boxes with other armor, and carried it to Sanjin Manor by mule.

In fact, this batch of armor does not need to be transported to Hexi, there are two powerful weapon craftsmen in the Sanjin Manor, who will inspect it, and then send the inspection results to Zhangye.

The weapons of other Hebei feudal towns will also be sent to Sanjin Manor one by one, and a letter will be sent to Zhangye after inspection.......

Sanjin Manor is located in the southwest of Taiyuan City 50 miles, the west bank of Fenshui, close to Qingyuan County, covers an area of 1,000 hectares, including a hill, in fact, the fertile land is about 300 hectares, that is, 30,000 acres, contracted by more than 300 tenant farmers.

Except for the chief steward of the manor, no one knows the background of this manor, the chief steward is surnamed Wang, nearly sixty years old, is the old family of the Dugu family, this manor as a companion to marry Guo Song, Wang Daste is still left to continue to take care of the manor.

That night, Zhang Yun led a team of thirty scouts into the Sanjin Manor, and came to the Dugu house at the foot of the mountain, which covers an area of dozens of acres, which is a big mansion, and many children of the Dugu family will come here every year to escape the summer.

Zhang Yun knocked on the door, and a servant looked at it with a lantern and asked, "Who are you?" ”

Zhang Yun and his entourage had already changed into civilian clothes, Zhang Yun hugged his fists and smiled: "We are from Hexi, looking for Wang Da Steward!" ”

"Wait a minute!"

The servant went in to report, and after a while, the chief steward Wang hurriedly walked out, of course he knew that the one who came from Hexi should be the Hexi army.

Zhang Yun took out a piece of jade pendant as a token and handed it to Steward Wang, who nodded, "Come in!" Give the horses to the family, and I will arrange for you to stay first. ”

"Then it's a big trouble!"

Zhang Yun led everyone into the mansion, and the black gate creaked shut.