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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Late at night, when everything was silent, candles were still lit in the living room in the backyard of a leather shop in the south of the city, and Zhang Qingyu was sitting across the desk from Zhang Tao. In the past three days, Zhang Qingyu did not hesitate to spend a lot of money, invited almost all the slightly famous doctors in Tianshui County, after the most famous doctors jointly diagnosed that he was not poisoned, Zhang Qingyu was pleasantly surprised, but he was skeptical, until three days later, he was really fine, and he knew that he was being played by Wang Junlin.

The catastrophe did not die, Zhang Qingyu was ecstatic, so he came to Tianshui City in person and planned to kill Wang Junlin. If you don't kill Wang Junlin, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in his heart, and if Wang Junlin doesn't die for a day, he will have trouble sleeping and eating every day.

"Is it all arranged?" Zhang Qingyu asked Zhang Tao solemnly, with a ruthless expression. The last time he planned so cautiously, it was to force the previous Qingshui County Commander away; Last time, he put an enemy with the same identity as him into the Tianshui County prison.

"Don't worry, my lord, among the heavy soldiers who will follow Wang Junlin tomorrow, four of them are the second master's personal soldiers, and they are all strong in martial arts, so if you go to Jincheng County for six or seven hundred miles, you will definitely find a chance to kill Wang Junlin."

After speaking, Zhang Tao looked at Zhang Qingyu and said cautiously: "I don't know what the old man wants?" ”

Zhang Qingyu frowned and asked, "That's all for these arrangements?" ”

Zhang Taoleng for a moment, and asked with some hesitation: "Does the master think that the people 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 is the Great Sui Dynasty Shangzhu State Han Baohu, the whole world martial arts can beat Han Baohu and a few people, the so-called tiger father has no dog, this Han Ziliang must be extremely high in terms of martial arts and vision, but he values Wang Junlin so much, and even offends Changping Wangfu for Wang Junlin, it can be seen that this Wang Junlin is definitely not simple, not to mention Wang Junlin's martial arts and means Our Zhang family has not had enough, in this case, no matter how high Wang Junlin is, I don't think it is too much. ”

"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 definitely be able to send people to kill Wang Junlin, but now ......" Zhang Tao heard this, cold sweat flowed, he found that he really underestimated Wang Junlin, no wonder the master personally came to Tianshui City to plan.

Zhang Qingyu snorted coldly, interrupted Zhang Tao's words, and said: "Of course we can't let the Tuyuhun people make a move now, the Qiang Ge Dao Department has some business dealings with us, you go to the second master overnight, just say that I said it, and he asks for a pass token, go out of the city to the Ge Dao Department, let them do it, ask for silver or food, or silk, you call the shots and talk to them." ”

Zhang Tao hesitated a little: "Master, it's easy for them to kill Wang Junlin, but Wang Junlin is with the grain and grass team, and the Ge Dao Department is afraid that he won't dare." ”

"Don't worry, the people of the Gedao Department have always been greedy and bold, if you suggest that they pretend to be Tuyuhun people, anyway, the Qiang people look the same as Tuyuhun people, and then give them heavy profits, they will definitely agree." In addition, I will tell the second master to let the grain and grass team that will go with Wang Junlin tomorrow be as small as possible, so that even if something happens, it will not attract the attention of several adults in the state and county governments. Zhang Qingyu said in deep thought.

Zhang Tao hesitated for a moment and said, "Master, as you said, the people in the Gedao Department are too greedy, and the price is too small to attract them. ”

After a pause, Zhang Tao said again: "Besides, if the four masters sent by the second master kill Wang Junlin, they don't need to make a move at all." ”

Zhang Qingyu shook his head and said, "This money can't be saved, I'd rather end up cheapening the people of the Ge Dao Department for nothing, and make sure to kill Wang Junlin!" ”

Wang Junlin's methods of dealing with their Zhang family made Zhang Qingyu extremely jealous of him, coupled with Han Ziliang's attention, as long as this kind of person does not die on the battlefield, it is difficult to get ahead in the army. This gave him a faint feeling of impending disaster, so Wang Junlin must die!

"Ignorance, understood!" 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 the eighth month of the third year of Renshou, the sky was covered with lead clouds, and the wind and rain were coming, so it was obviously not suitable to travel today, but the front line of the army was fighting, and the rear escorted grain and grass had its own established plan, so how could it be easily changed. But Wang Junlin is now a soldier, and leaving without permission is a deserter, which is a capital crime.

As arranged by Zhang Qingyu, there were only 21 carts of grain and grass with Wang Junlin, accompanied by 42 people driving mule carts, and in addition to the soldiers who escorted the military grain and grass.

The Great Sui Dynasty adopted the government soldier system, with twelve guards in the country, each guard with ten chariot and cavalry houses, divided into upper, middle and lower: 12,000 people in the upper house, 10,000 people in the middle government, and 8,000 people in the lower government. The chief officer of each province is the general of the eagle Yanglang, and there is one general on the left and right below, one person each from the long history and the soldier, and ten regiments under the jurisdiction of the chief officer, with 1,000 people in each regiment, and 50 fires, 20 people per fire, led by the fire chief.

That is to say, in addition to Wang Junlin, there are twenty soldiers who escorted grain and grass in this fire, and the fire chief's name is Liu Gang, but Wang Junlin found that there are four soldiers who are obviously not as respectful as other soldiers to Liu Gang through observation.

Wang Junlin knew that Zhang Qingyu would never let go of himself easily, so he had been vigilant in his heart, and after secretly observing, he found that these four soldiers had a steady pace, and they were ruthless and fierce in their bones, and they were obviously not ordinary soldiers. The main thing is that he felt a vague hostility from these four soldiers.

"It seems that I can't sleep peacefully along the way, or I might as well strike first to find an opportunity to kill them." Wang Junlin hurried behind the team, and at the same time, he had already begun to secretly calculate in his heart.

Twenty-one mule carts had been bundled with military supplies and grass delivered to the front, and forty-two civilians stood beside the carts. Liu Gang, the fire commander, personally inspected the livestock and a car to make sure that there was no problem with the mules and that the things on the cart were strong enough before he gave the order to set off.

On the left and right sides of the saddle was a cloth bag, on the left side of which was a well-made longbow, and on the right hung a quiver, which contained fifty finely feathered arrows. And there was a long knife hanging from his waist, and just by looking at the handle and scabbard, you knew that it was a good knife.

Because he was a mercenary in later generations, Wang Junlin attached great importance to personal equipment, so he was not idle after entering the city yesterday, and spent 30 taels of 100 taels of gold on his body, and spent a lot of money to change himself with a good equipment.

Twenty-one mule carts lined up one after the other, forming a long line on the official road, and Wang Junlin always followed at the back of the line, not wanting to expose his back to anyone who accompanied him.

From Tianshui County to the northwest, first pass through Longxi County, and then to Jincheng County, nearly 700 miles away, along the way along the river valley are built official roads, thick loess rammed hard as stone, can be used for carriages and horses. Such a wide road was enough for four horses or two carts to go hand in hand, but an hour after leaving Tianshui City, Wang Junlin and his baggage convoy stopped on the dirt next to the official road, waiting for the official road to reopen.

A pair of flag officers, each holding a flag, followed by nearly a thousand cavalrymen wearing armor. The cavalry was divided into two parts, the front and the rear, supporting an ornate carriage in the middle.

Although Yongzhou is an important border town, there are 100,000 heavy soldiers stationed in the three counties and California cities, but there are only 20,000 cavalry. While the battle was going on on at the front, the carriage was escorted by a thousand cavalry, and the identity of the people in the carriage was obviously extraordinary.

"It's the Steward."

The entire Yongzhou has three counties, fifteen counties, and a population of nearly one million, and the military and political affairs are decided by one person, who is the chief military and political officer of Yongzhou, and the governor of Yongzhou, Dugu Moyu, who is a member of the three products.

Dugu Moyu is the descendant of the famous Guanlong aristocratic gate valve Dugu family, and the Dugu family and the Yuan family are the two leading families of the Guanlong aristocratic gate valve family, and they have huge power in the court, in the locality, and even in all walks of life. An important reason why Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian was able to win the world was that he was supported by the Guanlongmen valve.

The Jincheng County under its jurisdiction was beaten by Tuyuhun to the door, how could Dugu Moyu sit still in the state city, not to mention that the news of the Tuyuhun army had been sent to Daxing City in Kyoto (renamed Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty), the Son of Heaven issued a secret decree, not only to repel the Tuyuhun army, but also to take the opportunity to kill into the Hexi Corridor, and drive the Tuyuhun people from Xiping (near Xining in later generations), Wuwei and Zhangye three counties, and incorporate these three counties into the territory of the Great Sui. For such a big matter, Dugu Moyu naturally had to go to the front line to command and dispatch in person.

In fact, he is in charge of the early defense, but the late attack is different. Just today, 100,000 elite soldiers under the command of the Dadu Governor Yujuluo set off from Guanzhong and rushed to Yongzhou.

Dugu Moyu is in a high position, and he is far away from idlers when he travels, even if it is a team escorting grain and grass and military supplies.

"What a majestic ......" Looking at Dugu Moyu's queue, Wang Junlin felt inexplicable emotion in his heart.

"Of course majestic, this is the head of the military and political affairs of a state, and I have tens of thousands of civil and military officials in the Great Sui Dynasty, but there are not many above him. If he takes one more step, he will be able to enter the court. It was Fire Chief Liu Gang who spoke. Wang Junlin originally thought that Liu Gang and the four people were in a group, and Zhang Qingyu bought them to kill him, but after observing for a long time, he felt that it was not, in order to learn more about the Sui Dynasty's army, Wang Junlin intended to have a good relationship with him. And after Liu Gang learned that Wang Junlin turned out to be the personal soldier of Han Ziliang, the general of Yingyanglang, he also intended to befriend Wang Junlin.

At this time, Wang Junlin and Liu Gang knelt on one knee on the side of the road, and forty-two people knelt on both knees behind them.

Seeing a thousand cavalry escorting a person passing in front of him, and countless ordinary people kneeling on the side of the road, Wang Junlin's heart inexplicably bred a kind of envy, longing, and ambition.