Outside of Kyoto, the Great Sui Dynasty was divided into 98 prefectures, with a total of 372 counties, 925 counties, prefecture-governed counties, and counties under the jurisdiction of counties. These 98 prefectures are divided into upper, middle, and lower levels, and 18 of them have a special status, far surpassing ordinary states in terms of population, jurisdiction, and garrison. In addition, the chief officials of the middle and lower states are the fourth rank of the assassin history, while the chief officials of the eighteen upper states are the chief managers, and the rank is two levels higher.

Yongzhou is also among the eighteen Shangzhou because it faces Tuyuhun and the Western Turks, and has an army of 100,000. Moreover, Dugu Moyu's status and power, especially the soldiers and horses in his hands, can be ranked in the top six among the eighteen governors in the world.

Dugu Moyu had already walked away under the escort of a thousand cavalry, leaving only a road of yellow dust. The people who were forced to the side of the road got up without saying a word and continued on their way. Liu Gang also shouted at the people to drive the mule carts onto the official road and prepare to set off.

Wang Junlin came back to his senses, only to find that he had not responded to what Liu Gang said, so he smiled apologetically at Liu Gang.

Coming to this era in a daze, Wang Junlin was confused at the beginning, but now he has the idea that what he has come is safe, and he has experienced a vendetta with the Zhang family, how can he live a life in a mess, or even if he wants to be an ordinary person, it is impossible. Because of his character, everything he goes through will lead him to ambition and force him to change and grow.

Wang Junlin believes that one day, he will be more powerful than Dugu Moyu.

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The military grain and grass convoy was back on the road, and in the evening, the convoy arrived in Gangu County.

Tianshui County has three subordinate counties, namely Qingshui County, Gangu County and Qin'an County. And from Tianshui City to Longxi County, you must pass Gangu County.

The county government specially arranged a barracks for escorting the grain and grass team to rest in the city, but the conditions were a little simple, it was a large shop that could accommodate 50 people, and the 42 people were tired for a day, and after dinner, they did not wash, and they took off their shoes and fell asleep. Fortunately, his identity is special, and the fire chief Liu Gang can't control him, Wang Junlin said hello to Liu Gang, said the time of departure tomorrow, and left the barracks.

And as soon as he walked on his front foot, the four soldiers who had ill intentions towards him came up on his heels. The four of them wanted to kill Wang Junlin, but they didn't know that Wang Junlin also wanted to deal with them earlier, so that they could feel at ease along the way.

Compared with Tianshui County, Gangu County is much worse in terms of size and population, and Wang Junlin specially selected sparsely populated and remote places to wander around.

It didn't take long for Wang Junlin to come to the mouth of an alley and walk in, and after a dozen breaths, four soldiers appeared sneakily at the mouth of the alley and looked inside.

And at this glance, they were astonished - this alley was not deep, only about fifty paces, and it was a dead end, the walls on both sides were one and a half feet high, and it was impossible to climb it without borrowing tools and manpower under normal circumstances, and there was a door at the end, but it was sealed with stone bricks a long time ago.

Therefore, the eyes of the four people swept over, even if it was difficult to hide even a mouse, but Wang Junlin, a big living person, disappeared.

The four people looked suspicious and entered the alley to check, and at this moment, a person suddenly appeared at the mouth of the alley, raised his hand and shot an arrow.

With a scream, one of the soldiers standing at the back was shot directly through the neck. The other three people's faces changed greatly, and they reacted quickly, and when they turned around, the arrow in their hands had already been shot out, Wang Junlin's expression was condensed, and as soon as the second arrow was shot, his body suddenly fell forward, and he rolled over, and at the same time dodged three arrows, he moved four or five steps forward, and came to the corpse that he shot and killed, and picked up the corpse casually, and rushed towards the three soldiers as a shield.

These three soldiers are worthy of being the personal soldiers of a certain lieutenant of the Cheqi Mansion in Tianshui County, with rich combat experience and superb archery skills. Wang Junlin instantly judged that if he carried out a long-range attack, he would not be able to please him with one enemy and three, so he decisively closed the distance and fought in close combat.

The three soldiers were obviously also confident in themselves, and when they saw that the bow and arrow could not hurt Wang Junlin, they simply dropped their strong bows and raised their swords to meet Wang Junlin.

Three steps away, Wang Junlin threw the corpse in his hand and smashed it at two of the soldiers, while his body was already rushing towards the third person like a leopard.

The third soldier was not afraid, swinging his knife and slashing, but Wang Junlin did not dodge or dodge, while swinging his right hand to block the opponent's sword, his whole body with his left shoulder as the center of gravity had already crashed into the soldier's arms.

Although the soldier was fierce, it was the first time he had encountered this style of fighting, and when he was caught off guard, he was knocked out, spitting blood from his mouth, and was seriously injured by a blow.

There was a sound of wind behind him, Wang Junlin did not stop, his body turned around and jumped up on the spot, holding the knife in both hands and slashing behind him, this was just an ordinary force to split Huashan, but in Wang Junlin's hands, it became different. It was as fast as lightning.

With a pop, the knife in the soldier's hand had not yet stabbed Wang Junlin's body, and his head had been split off by Wang Junlin by a third, and the brains and blood splashed the last soldier's body.

Seeing that his companion was dying and wounded so quickly, the soldier knew that he was no match for him, so he ran out of the alley.

Wang Junlin did not pursue, picked up the longbow, raised his hand is an arrow, snorted, the soldier was an arrow in his heart, fell to the ground, writhed for a moment, and then remained motionless.

The soldier who was seriously wounded at the beginning, lying on the ground, his face was pale, and when he saw Wang Junlin walking towards him with a bloody knife, he said with a frightened face: "Rao...... Life! ”

Although this soldier had killed many people on the battlefield, the fear of death still made him almost collapse, Wang Junlin bowed his head and smiled at him, his eyes squinted with terrifying murderous intent.

"It's okay if I don't kill you, you just have to tell me who sent you to kill me."

"It was Zhang Qingli, the captain of the Fourth Regiment of the Cheqi Mansion of Tianshui County, who sent us."

"What is the relationship between him and Zhang Qingyu?"

"Zhang Qingli is Zhang Qingyu's younger brother."

"In that case, you can die."

"You promised not to kill ......"

With a pop, Wang Junlin slit the soldier's throat.

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After resting in Gangu County for the night, the next day was just dawn, Liu Gang led the soldiers and the people to eat something casually, and set off again, Wang Junlin waited at the gate of the city early. The convoy waited outside the city gate for a while, but did not see the other four soldiers appear, Liu Gang took a deep look at Wang Junlin, and then ordered to set off.

This Liu Gang is also a smart person, when he set off from Tianshui City, his four soldiers were replaced by force, he felt that there was a problem in this, until he felt the strange hostile relationship between Wang Junlin and the four soldiers along the way, he faintly understood that these four people were coming towards Wang Junlin.

Yesterday, Wang Junlin had just left, and the four of them left, and now that Wang Junlin has come back alive, it is obvious that the other four people have been more than lucky. This involves big names like General Ying Yanglang and Du Wei, Liu Gang is just a small fire chief, how dare he get involved, he can only pretend not to know.

Killed four people, Wang Junlin did not relax his vigilance in his heart, Zhang Qingyu knew his means and strength, it was impossible to send only these four people to death, if he was not mistaken, Zhang Qingyu should still have a back hand, but what this back hand is, it is difficult for Wang Junlin to guess for a while.

Wang Junlin originally thought that if Zhang Qingyu had any other means, he would definitely be within the scope of Tianshui County, after all, Zhang Qingyu was only quite powerful in Tianshui County. But in fact, until he walked out of the scope of Tianshui County, for two days, he did not encounter any danger.

"I don't know what important information it must be, but unfortunately there is no source of intelligence, and the information I heard in the market is limited after all." Wang Junlin never believed that Zhang Qingyu would let him go like this.

As Wang Junlin thought, having business dealings with Tuyuhun and the Qiang people, although this kind of thing is done secretly by many large and small families, and even local civil and military officials, but after all, it is a taboo in the imperial court, so it is all secret, and the Zhang family is even more so, with Wang Junlin's connections when he first came to this era, how could he know such a secret thing.

On the third day of leaving Gangu, the convoy arrived in the town of Aconitum. The town is located in a basin surrounded by mountains, and the terrain is relatively flat, and many caravans pass by here, forming a thriving mountain town.

Liu Gang sat on the mule cart, drinking water and eating dry food, and said to Wang Junlin: "Tonight, let's get together here for the night, and when we pass Wutou Town tomorrow, it will not be far from Longxi County, and then we can have a good rest." ”

Wang Junlin looked at the mouth of the gorge more than ten miles west of Wutou Town, frowned slightly, and said, "What is the place ahead, the terrain looks very dangerous. ”

Liu Gang knew what Wang Junlin was worried about, and said: "The canyon in front is called the North Road Canyon, which is more dangerous, and there are several Qiang tribes nearby, but we are escorting military grain and grass, and they don't dare to do it if we give these Qiang thieves a few courages." ”

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The sky is getting dark, and the sunset is like blood, reflecting the bright red of the mountains on the horizon.

Mi Baohu, the patriarch of the Qiang Gedao tribe, rode a horse and paused on the mountain road on the south side of Gedao Mountain, looking at the east from afar.

The weather is hot, and even after the sun sets, the mountain breeze still brings a hint of heat. He was accustomed to wearing a fur coat, and even in the heat of summer, he only took off half of it, revealing half of his chest as solid as iron. His waist was haphazardly tied with a belt made of unknown animal skin, but on his left arm was a bead-like emerald that was round. This is the symbol of the patriarch of the Godao tribe.

Mi Baohu was making an extremely difficult decision at this time, and just over a month ago, the powerful Western Turks sent emissaries with heavy gifts and the promise of attractive benefits to make him do one thing. His greed combined with certain pressures forced him not to refuse, and with his cooperation, 3,000 heroic Turkic cavalry were reduced to pieces and came to the Gedao Division, where he hid in the back mountain.