Since entering Beijing at the end of January, after seeing off Lin Chong at the Zhou Bridge that day, Gu Haotian began to think about sweeping up the affairs of the capital.

The task set for this trip at the time of Liangshan has been completed. Xu Ning and Ling Zhen have gone to Liangshan, Lu Zhishen and Lin Chong have formed brothers with themselves, judging from the current situation, Lu Zhishen will definitely go up the mountain, and Lin Chong will only have one way to "force Liangshan" when there is no way to retreat. Han Shizhong and Yang Zaixing were unexpected, and there should be no problem for these two to go up the mountain. It's just that the literati recruited a little little, Zhang Jiucheng verbally promised to go with him, Zhao Ding is still in prison, and he still needs to use some means. The only regret is that Wang Jin, the head of the forbidden army, may have left Beijing a long time ago and has never met.

The rest of the matter, the first thing to bear the brunt of is the problem of the Jurchens, destroying the Zhou-Jin alliance and buying time for the growth of Liangshan is the first priority in the next step. Others, such as soldiers, have already made a plan, just waiting for the moment when the Jurchens' goods are shipped; Master Zhou Dong agreed to contact the craftsman, but he didn't go to investigate, but the armory workshop on the mountain was already running smoothly, and he was not in a hurry; The rest is the war horse, it is said that Sima is supervised in the west of the city of Mu Camel Gang has a horse farm, in which tens of thousands of war horses, he remembers the Northern Song Dynasty, that broken Jurchen war collar, became their logistics base.

Gu Haotian calculated, to deal with the Jurchen mission, there was still a careful arrangement, it was better to go to Mu Huogang first to see if there was any opportunity, so he called Xu Guanzhong and others to discuss together.

"The war horses of Mu Huogang, if we borrow the power of one person, we may be able to succeed, but we must have official documents, otherwise it will be a trouble to transport a large number of horses on the road." Xu Guanzhong pondered for a while and said.

"The person Brother Guan Zhong said, but Cai Wulang?"

This Cai Wulang has been used by the people of Liangshan recently, and Zhu Gui guessed it.

"I thought that only by getting the horses, as long as I asked Brother Shi Qian to go to the Privy Council to get a blank paperwork, there would be a way." Xiao Rang said confidently.

"I forgot about Brother Xiao Rang's magic skills, but it's easy to blank documents, but it's difficult to seal."

"The petty official must have forgotten that Zhao Zhongwu of the stable, this guy often smuggles horses to Jeju, and he must have complete documents on hand."

Gu Haotian heard what Xiao Rang said, and felt that it made sense, so he asked Shi Qian to take a look, but he had to see it on the spot before he could make a decision, so he asked people to invite Cai Yan over.

At noon, Gu Haotian and others deliberately flattered Cai Yan at the wine table, and promised heavy profits. The guy patted his chest and responded, saying that the strict envoy of the Sima Prison was his father's protégé, and he only needed to be informed. In the afternoon, Gu Haotian, Cai Ying, Xu Guanzhong, Bian Xiang, and Yang Zaixing, who had to follow, took more than ten guards and took a few carriages to the west of the city.

Mu Huogang is about twenty miles west of Tokyo City, and Gu Haotian waited for more than half an hour to arrive. And I saw a small hill in front of me, and there were many horse farms of all sizes around me.

The steward's room was on that small hill, a rather large courtyard, Gu Haotian asked Qin Sheng to lead the guards to stay at the bottom of the mountain, and the rest of the people, under the leadership of Cai Ying, went straight to the courtyard gate before getting out of the car.

"Lord Yan is here, and he went to report, only to say that Gorou is here."

As soon as Cai Yan got out of the car, he commanded the officer at the door majestically, and the officer didn't dare to ask more questions when he saw the domineering appearance of the person who came, so he ran in and reported.

"What kind of wind is blowing Gorou to this remote place today?"

After a while, an exaggerated voice came from inside, and a rich man forty miles away appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

"I heard that Mu Huogang gave birth to a golden foal, I smelled it, and I rushed here."

"Gorou said with a smile, a few of you, please take a seat." Master Yan laughed dryly, and then led everyone into the lobby.

"Come here today, but this wonderful brother of mine wants to get some horses, so please plan it." As soon as he sat down, Cai Yan said straight to the point.

"Horses! The entry and exit of horses in this place can only be obtained by the clerk of the Privy Council, and they cannot be mastered below. ”

"Hey, hey! You can't be the master! The horses that are sent to Jeju every year are not able to run on their own. ”

Cai Yan said coldly, and the strict envoy was suddenly dumbfounded, and he was speechless for a while.

It turned out that on the way here, Gu Haotian expected that Zhao Zhongwu's private sale of horses must be related to Tiansi Prison, so he told Cai Yan about the Zhao family's horse business.

After a while, the strict lord relieved himself, and saw him flatteringly say:

"I don't know what Gorou said, but since you opened your mouth, I have to get some for you, no matter how big I am."

"Don't worry, I won't make you suffer, so I'll get a thousand horses first."

"A thousand horses! But the horses told me to go there and get them. ”

Lord Yan was startled by Cai Ying's lion's big mouth.

"Peep! Don't think I don't know, there are tens of thousands of horses in your place, but I don't know how many thousands of them report illness and death every year. ”

"My office, don't say that I can't take a lot of horses here, if there is no official document from the Privy Council, how can you transport it out."

"You don't have to worry about this matter, just choose the horses, and I'll pick them up in ten days, and this is the cost for you, and I'll collect it first."

Cai Yan couldn't help but plead his case, so he slapped a silver ticket in front of him.

The strict envoy looked down, but it was a silver ticket of three thousand taels, although it was far from worth the value of the horse, but since the Cai family came out, it was natural to eat a lot of money over there, and thinking about this deal, with the Cai family in front, he could eat at ease, maybe Cai Xiangyi was happy, and it was possible to carry one or two, so he agreed with a ruthless heart.

Then the group followed Master Yan to the surrounding horse farms for a while, only to see that the circle was full of tall horses, thinking that there were no horses available there, but this place was used as private property by corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and everyone sighed.

After looking around, it was the beginning of the unitary time, and Cai Ying told the chief envoy Yan to choose a good horse, so everyone boarded the car and returned to the city.

Let's say that when Gu Haotian and his party left the city at noon, they fell into the eyes of some well-intentioned people, and the Jin delegation in the post house quickly got this information.

This Jurchen person now has a deep hatred for Gu Haotian, originally just because his remarks were unfavorable to the Jin Kingdom and wanted to prevent trouble, but later Yu Jinlou beat the second prince, and seriously injured Ya'er Sumire on the school field, so he saw him as a thorn in his side. Originally, I wanted to borrow a knife from the hand of Captain Gao to kill people, but there was no result, and I was ready to make a move, but the kid was very well guarded when he entered and exited, and he couldn't use a large number of troops in the city, so he kept delaying.

After getting the information that Gu Haotian and others were out of the city on this day, Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Xiyin, the two chief and deputy ambassadors, got together.

"This kid went out of the city today but it was a godsend, more than ten of them went in a carriage, one did not have a long weapon, and the other did not have a war horse, so we notified the people outside the city to intercept it halfway, and attacked with cavalry, and the odds of victory were very high." Wanyan Xiyin came up with a plan.

"Hey! This kid has finally fallen into my hands today, but have you ever figured out where he went?"

Wanyan Zongwang had the deepest resentment against Gu Haotian, and ruthlessly slaughtered him personally.

"Someone has followed, but when they go out from Xinzheng Gate, there is only one official road, and there is a forest in a place called Wangdian on the way, which is just right to hide soldiers."

This Jurchen is really ill-intentioned, and after coming to Tokyo for a few days, he actually got a clear understanding of the surrounding terrain.

"Then act according to this plan, and take fifty cavalry to intercept and kill as soon as possible, which will make that kid in Jingdong die without a place to be buried." Wanyan Zongwang gritted his teeth and said.

Let's say that since Lin Chong's matter was decided, Shi Qian's recent energy has focused on the Jurchen side, and he received a report from his subordinates in the afternoon of this day, and two horsemen rushed out of the Jurchen Post House.

After a period of observation, Shi Qian gradually figured out a pattern of Jurchen travel, where the horse traveled, there were always some unusual things, he pondered for a while and did not dare to take it lightly, and immediately hired a carriage to rush to the den outside the Jurchen city.

When Shi Qian hurried to the den in the north of the Jurchen City, he asked the guards to ask, but they said that there was nothing abnormal.

Shi Qian always felt a little uneasy in his heart, so he asked:

"Two riders in time?"

"I've been here before, but it's nothing out of the ordinary."

"Will anyone go out later?"

"There are also two horses that go out, but they often go in and out, and they are normal."

"Where did these two go?"

"But it is going to the west."

Shi Qian did not hesitate, ordered his subordinates to continue to star, and immediately chased in that direction.

There is only one trunk road from Beicheng to Xicheng, when the time is traced to the northwest corner, he found that the road surface rammed by yellow mud has some messy horseshoe prints, he was nervous in vain, and immediately rushed along the hoof prints to speed up, about half a pillar of incense time, to a fork in the road, there is a tea house on the side, so he hurriedly stepped forward to inquire, and learned that there were indeed dozens of horses to the west of the official road just now.

Shi Qian didn't know the situation at home, so he didn't dare to chase it anymore, so he hurried back to the Shanshui Inn.

"Petty officials are here?" As soon as he entered the door, Shi Xing asked urgently.

"In a panic, the petty officials and their entourage went west out of the capital in the afternoon and went to Mutuogang." Zhu Gui replied.

"It's broken! Broken! The Jurchens rode dozens of horses towards the west of the city, and they must rush at the petty officials and them, so they have to quickly think of a way, otherwise it will be dangerous. ”

Shi Qian was shocked when he heard this, and Zhu Gui was stunned for a moment, and then said anxiously:

"Hurry up and let Chen Yun and them rush over."

"No, Chen Yun and they are not the opponents of the cavalry, the horizontal knife battalion outside the city may be able to try, but I am afraid that it will be too late."

"Brother Sun An took thirty people to station nearby, just to use."

Zhu Guijian said, suddenly remembering that Gu Haotian had instructed him to find a room nearby and let Sun An bring thirty people into the city. Time has passed, and I don't know about it, and when I heard the joy, I said that it was no longer too late, and set off quickly.

So the two hurried to Sun An's residence, that Sun An and the others had been locked up in this courtyard for a few days, but they were living like a year, and they were very uncomfortable, and when they suddenly saw the two of them come in, they asked happily:

"Two brothers, it's a good thing, it's rusty in the cracks of the bones these days."

"Brothers, the matter is urgent, hurry up and gather the brothers and set off, the Jurchens are likely to intercept and kill the petty officials outside the city, he has no means to deal with the cavalry, you wait to hurry up, as soon as the matter is done, the brothers will talk about it on the way."

Zhu Gui hurriedly said the reason, as soon as Sun An heard that the petty official was in distress, he didn't have time to ask more, so he immediately concentrated his manpower, and in a moment, the four carriages led the way by Shi Qian, went out of the West Gate and galloped away.