Chapter 251: The Discovery of the Fruit
Winding up along a stone road in Shibang Town, there are wine shops, inns, green houses, gambling halls, cabinet shops, grocery stores, mule and horse shops, mansion shops, etc., almost everything, and there are as many as seven or eight wine shops alone.
The ethnic groups of Shabang Town are very mixed, with the Han people being the most, in addition to the Tuyuhun people, the Turkic people, the Tubo people, the Qiang people, etc., even if the Great Sui and Tuyuhun are at war now, several Tuyuhun people have not been affected much, these people make a living in this city, under the maintenance of law and order by the officials sent by the Zhangye County Government, they are generally safe, the order is quite regular, but the public security is naturally worse than that of the mainland, after all, the dragons and snakes are mixed, the people are chaotic, and fights and brawls on the street occur from time to time, but the killing of people on the street rarely happens.
The largest shops in the town are naturally on the main street, and the seventh armory shop that walked past from the west has not been open for a long time, less than a year, but it is the largest armory shop in the town, but it is closed today, which makes many men who come to buy weapons scold and disappoint.
"Lord, have you returned from the capital?" In the backyard of the armory shop, the shopkeeper, who was considered the number one person in Shibang Town, knelt down excitedly at the feet of Wang Junlin, and said respectfully.
"Alright, get up! I've been away for only a few months, and you've started to prostrate again. Wang Junlin helped the somewhat excited shopkeeper up and asked with a smile.
"Isn't this a moment of excitement when you look at the lord?" The shopkeeper was selected from the homeless people in Gaotai City last winter, who had done business before, had traveled a long way, and his ability was not outstanding, but he was experienced in handling things, so he was selected by Wu Si to serve as the shopkeeper here. Like the shops that have been opened in Gaochang, Shazhou, and even the counties and counties in the northwest regions, it is naturally not only to make money, but also a base for him to find out information. Now that Wang Junlin has established the Ghost Eye, these stores will receive double access in the next step, the intelligence system will be classified as Shen Guang's Ghost Eye, and the business will be managed by Wu Si and Deng Yuzhuo.
"Okay, arrange for someone to prepare enough water, dry food and fodder, prepare a place for me to rest and prepare meals, and we will rest for an hour before setting off for Zhangye County. Now you give me the information on the great battle in Xiping County. Wang Junlin instructed while motioning for Shangguan Huniu Jinda, who came in with him, to sit down.
The shopkeeper agreed, went out to make arrangements, and not long after, he was handed over with a booklet, which recorded the recent war in Xiping County.
Seeing that Wang Junlin handed the pamphlet to Shangguan Hu, the shopkeeper said in a timely manner: "My lord, Gaotai City has already sent news with flying pigeons, Jiang Muchang, Li Xiang and Su Changqing, the three captains, have led three thousand cavalry on the way back, and it is expected that they will arrive at Zhangye County City the day after tomorrow and join the lord, and Zhou Hu Duwei will lead the remaining two thousand people to stay in Gaotai City." β
Wang Junlin nodded, indicating that he understood, and he had received an order from Yujuluo yesterday to lead 3,000 cavalry under the command of Gaotai City to deal with a cavalry of grain robbers disguised by the Turks. Three thousand against five thousand, and already knowing that the latter is the cavalry of the Turkic Silver Wolf King, his master and the three old guys Liu Fang and Wang Tong are really confident in themselves. What Wang Junlin didn't know was that the reason why Yu Juluo and the others had so much confidence in him was because his deeds in the past year were too brilliant, and every time it was a miracle that he won more with less.
"What has Li Fengyun been doing lately?" Wang Junlin thought of the holy decree and military documents he brought to succeed Li Fengyun as the general of Yingyanglang in Zhangye County, and asked after a while.
The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, and said: "Dereliction of duty, the four great people of Wu did not arrange for us to inquire about the news of General Li Fengyun, so there is no recent situation of Li Fengyun here, and the brothers in Zhangye County may have information in this regard." β
Wang Junlin sighed in his heart, Wu Si is also qualified as a dead soldier, a guard, or a general who charges into battle, but as an intelligence leader, he is obviously insufficient. Thinking of Wu Si, he thought of Wu San again.
At the beginning of the year, Wu San in Gaochang City in the Western Regions once thought that Wang Junlin was killed by King Boduofa of Jingjiao, and led more than 100 brothers to stay in the Western Regions, incarnated as a horse thief to avenge Wang Junlin, and later after Wang Junlin came back to life, with the consent of Wu San, he simply let Wu San continue to be a horse thief in the Western Regions, but moved the scope of activities to the east, and moved between Shazhou City and Gaotai City, secretly accepting Gaotai City's personnel, weapons, grain and grass funding, developing power, as his own step of the secret flag.
Wang Junlin frowned and said: "Send the order to the flying pigeon, and order our people in Zhangye County to keep an eye on Li Fengyun and send his information to me at any time." β
"Whoa!" The shopkeeper solemnly agreed, and quickly wrote down what Wang Junlin said word for word.
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After resting for an hour, Wang Junlin and his party of more than 200 people set off again, in front of which is Shabang Pass, after Shabang Pass, through two hundred miles of Gansha Road, you can see Zhangye County.
But on the road five miles away from Shabang Pass, Wang Junlin, who was riding a blood-maned horse and walking in front, suddenly stopped, and everyone behind naturally stopped.
"Shangguan Hu, you have a lot of experience in the rivers and lakes, what have you discovered?" Wang Junlin glanced at the Shabangguan city wall, which was already faintly visible, and turned his head to Shangguan Hu next to him and asked.
Shangguan Hu thought for a moment and said: "Yesterday, I heard from Hou Ye that this road is the largest trade road leading to Zhangye City and even the Western Regions, although the caravans are not endless, but there are quite a few, but today since we left Shibang Town, we don't seem to have encountered any oncoming caravans or pedestrians on this road. β
Wang Junlin nodded, he also suddenly felt something was wrong just now, so he stopped.
"Master Hou, there is a problem with the caravan that came out of Shiping Town after us." Shen Guo'er, who was also riding a tall horse, said suddenly.
Wang Junlin's eyes narrowed and said, "What did Guo'er find?" β
Guo'er turned her head to look at a group of merchants who were four or five hundred steps away from them, and said slowly, "When we passed by these people before, I sniffed them and felt that these people didn't look like good people. β
When Shangguan Hu and the other brothers of the Flying Tiger Village heard this, they couldn't help but smile kindly, but Wang Junlin, Niu Jinda, Zhanpeng and the others looked solemn, and when they looked at the caravan behind them, their eyes became calm.
They know that Guo'er has strange abilities, and by smelling them, they can tell if the other party is hostile to them. This bizarre ability is indeed absurd to say, but Guo'er's ability is proven.
PS: Tonight's sixth watchββββ