In May, Wu Wei Gu Zang.

The spring and summer rains were not abundant, and although the seeds sown in the spring had sprouted into seedlings, the crops in the fields were hanging their heads listlessly, and farther away the canals built for irrigating the acres had dried up, revealing the dry and cracked riverbed in the scorching sun.

Liangzhou is located in the bitter cold, and there are many barren lands. The people under the rule of Wuwei often suffer from drought and sandstorms, but Guzang, where Wuwei County is located, is a famous rich town in Hexi.

There are many rivers originating from the Qilian Mountains in Guzang, the land is fertile, the pasture is abundant, suitable for agriculture and animal husbandry, the geography of communication between the east and the west allows the trade between Han and Hu to gather here, and the business is prosperous, and the life of the people under the rule is obviously much better than that of the people in many places in Liangzhou.

In recent years, there have been many wars in various parts of Liangdi, but the counties west of Wuwei have not been affected much. The wide river passing through the county boundary isolated Wuwei County from Hanyang, Anding, Beidi, Longxi and other places, and Wuwei's soldiers and horses only needed to block Hejin and collect ferries, so that the war could be intercepted on the other side of the river and keep one side safe.

Of course, this closure brought stability to the four counties of Hexi in the troubled times, but it also formed the division of counties and counties, Wuwei has such unruly heroes such as Yan Jun, Zhangye County also has Heluan, Zhang Jin and other heroes, and like the Huang family in Jiuquan and the Zhang family in Dunhuang, they are also intertwined local surnames.

Fortunately, Wuwei's soldiers and horses are strong, and they are too strong to keep the civil and military together, so they can suppress the internal heroes and the outside world.

It's just that one mountain can't accommodate two tigers, the strong one is too guarded, and the stabbing history is not to be outdone, and in the end, it is inevitable that the swords and soldiers will meet each other for some reason.

Zhang Meng, who rode back to Guzang, sighed, and in a state of unrest, he jumped off his horse directly by the side of the official road, looking at the listless crops in the field, silent.

Although the "divine locusts" that cover the sky and the sun do not pass through Wuwei, I heard that they are a huge number, all the way south, unstoppable, may be to fly to the southeast sea, turn into fish and shrimp in the sea.

This also reminded Zhang Meng of Guanzhong, where the "locust extermination order" was widely distributed, and he heard that water conservancy canals were being overhauled there, and there were also dumped trucks that could draw water from the lowlands, and the cultivated land was more light and labor-saving······

Zhang Meng has always thought that he would send a messenger to Guanzhong to have a look, learn the new farming techniques there, and by the way, he also went to Hongnong's home for himself, who had not been home for a long time, to clean and worship the graves of the ancestors and others.

Just pondering this matter, there was a sound of horses' hooves on the official road in the direction of Guzang City, Zhang Meng retracted his thoughts, followed the sound and looked in the direction of the intersection, and the knights around him also subconsciously led the horses to Zhang Meng's side.

In the sound of hurried and restless horses' hooves, it was Zhang Meng's master who had left in the camp.

"Phew-Fujun, I can be regarded as finding you!"

The main book's riding skills are good, and he saw Zhang Meng's tall figure on the side of the road at a glance, and quickly stopped his mount and trotted in front of Zhang Meng.

The knight beside Zhang Meng took the initiative to give up his position, and the master bookkeeper hurriedly leaned into Zhang Meng's ear and whispered to Zhang Meng about the matter.

After the main book was finished whispering, Zhang Meng, who was wide-eyed, asked again in order to confirm the information.

"Are you sure it's the envoy—he's going to do it?"

"You can't go wrong. Not long after the prince of the palace took people out of the city, some state soldiers wanted to enter the military camp under the pretext of something, and after being captured by the soldiers ordered by Sima in the army, a military official led by him could not stand the torture and confessed the plan of the state government. ”

"At present, the few state soldiers in the city have all gathered in the state capital to stand by. Another state soldier claimed to have been ordered to enter the city and wanted to enter Guzang from the north gate, but after being stopped by the sergeant guarding the city gate, he had already shown his swords, bows and arrows, and was ready to storm the city gate! ”

Handan merchants and Zhang Meng, who were in the same Guzang City, lived in the state capital and county government separately, and at the beginning of their tenure, they also had a good relationship between civil and military affairs, and the cooperation was quite pleasant, but with the passage of time, Wuwei was stabilized, and there were fewer external troubles, but the internal struggle between the state capital and the county government became more and more obvious, and the tilt between Handan Shang and Zhang Meng was also more serious.

Zhang Meng has been firmly in control of the three thousand county soldiers stationed in Guzang City and outside the city, which makes the Handan merchant who is the assassin of Yongzhou like a fish in the throat, his position is higher than Zhang Meng, but in this troubled era where the gang is often like a shoe and regards human life as a mustard, the situation on the lower side has happened repeatedly in the cool land, and people with soldiers and food, regardless of whether you are an official or reckless, can also divide the city and occupy the mountain as the king.

At present, the battle between the two is gradually intensifying, and Handan Shang does not want to be killed by Zhang Meng, who has military power, in the state capital with few soldiers, so he disregards Zhang Meng's fierce opposition and forcibly expands the state army, and in a short period of time, the state army is expanded to 5,000 people.

This time, he rashly led people out of the city to inspect the drought-stricken fields outside the city, in fact, he wanted to take the opportunity to test the Handan merchants who had been bedridden recently and refused to see outsiders.

As a result, I didn't expect that most of them were Handan businessmen, and they were really in a hurry.

On the one hand, he wanted to send state soldiers to control the military camp of the county soldiers, and on the other hand, he wanted to increase troops into the city.

It's a pity that those state soldiers who wanted to control the military camp were in turn defeated by Zhang Meng's county soldiers, and the state soldiers who entered the city for reinforcements were blocked outside the moat by the county soldiers who controlled the city gate, and they couldn't enter Guzang City at all in a hurry.

Zhang Meng had already made arrangements in private when he left the city, so after listening to the report of the master book at this time, although he was a little frightened, he was not flustered, and he was not afraid of the Handan businessman who suddenly attacked.

He held the saddle, turned over on the horse with his hands and feet, lifted the reins, beckoned the master bookkeeper, knight and others around him to get on the horse, and he spurred the horse, and led everyone to run in the direction of Guzang City first.

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Guzang City, the state capital.

The Handan merchant who pretended to be sick had a pale face at this time, although his body was still sitting in the position of the assassin, and he was also holding the bamboo book in his hand, but his eyes had never stayed on the words on the bamboo book for a while, and his two eyes glanced at the door of the lobby from time to time.

Several henchmen Peng Shi who sat in the lower position, seeing the anxious look of Handan Shang, who knew that he was not good at military affairs, was anxiously waiting for the news of the state soldiers entering the city at this time, and after exchanging glances with each other, one of them coughed lightly, breaking the dull atmosphere in the lobby.

When Handan Shang heard the voice, his eyes that had just lowered immediately turned around, and the Peng Shi laughed awkwardly a few times, and said slowly:

"Don't worry too much, the state soldiers are fully armoured, and the number is far more than the county soldiers, plus Zhang Meng is not in the city at this time, his party has no leader, and no one will be able to stop the seizure of the camp and the city. All you need to do is sit back and wait for the good news! ”

When the restless Handan businessman heard this, he opened his mouth and wanted to justify, but when the words came to his mouth, he simply closed his mouth.

He is not good at military affairs, and his previous military battles and defense affairs also relied on Zhang Meng after the famous general, but at this time, he wanted to suddenly make trouble and seize the military power and Guzang's defense from Zhang Meng, and he was inevitably uneasy in his heart.

But as long as the capture of the camp and the city is achieved today, Zhang Meng and his soldiers and horses are stripped away, and Zhang Meng himself is killed, and the hall is all his confidants, who dares to say his anxious demeanor?

The confidant Peng Shi thought that Handan Shang was still worried, and continued to comfort Handan Shang with a light smile.

While he was talking, a military official ran in from outside the hall, he couldn't catch his breath, and his mouth was "Huh, huh, the soldiers are coming!" ”

The eyes of everyone in the hall suddenly lit up, and the henchman Peng Shi smiled, and Handan Shang was even more relieved, and asked loudly:

"Is it the state soldiers entering the city?"

"No-no,,, it's Zhang Meng who led his troops back to the city!"

"Ahh

When Handan Shang and the others heard this, they were immediately taken aback, and some of them were even so frightened that they cried out.

Handan Shang looked at the panting military officer, and regardless of the fact that he had not fully breathed, he hurriedly asked:

"Why did you let Zhang Meng enter the city? Didn't you find out that he had already gone out of the city, and the barracks of the county soldiers were not prepared! ”

"These ,,, are all tricks used by ,,, Zhang Meng to deceive the ,,, people, the state soldiers sent to the barracks were defeated and captured, as soon as Zhang Meng and his troops appeared, the other state soldiers who entered the city also collapsed on the spot!"

The more the military official spoke, the smoother he became, but Handan Shang's heart kept falling, and the whole person seemed to have suddenly fallen into a bottomless abyss, his legs were weak for a while, and he wanted to stand up with the case, but he couldn't stand up after pressing the case for a while.

"Envoy, I'd better run away, I can't resist Zhang Meng in Guzang City, I'll escape from the city, go to Zhangye, Jiuquan, or go to Ji County...

There were already people in the history of Peng who jumped out screaming, advocating that Handan merchants flee the city quickly, but this opinion was obviously not agreed with by the others.

Immediately someone rebuked and retorted:

"Zhang Meng, as a martial guard, dared to raise troops to attack a state assassin, which was a crime, and the people's hearts were not attached. So that the king was ordered by the Son of Heaven to educate the people and shepherd Yongzhou, but how could he be afraid of the enemy like a tiger and abandon the city and flee. We are willing to jointly protect the envoy, kill out of the state capital, and repel Zhang Meng's soldiers and horses. ”

Handan Shang frowned tightly in the face of Peng Shi, who was arguing endlessly at the end of the catastrophe, but his mind was in a mess, and he could only let Peng Shi quarrel in the hall.

He didn't know the situation in the city at this time, and the henchmen around him who were known as the soldiers were also sent out to lead the troops, and he didn't dare to take the state soldiers out of the palace to fight back against Zhang Meng, and he couldn't come up with a statute to deal with it for a while.

In fact, whether to leave or stay, how to deal with these problems did not bother Handan merchants for long.

Soon, another official in the mansion ran into the hall and reported the situation outside the mansion to Handan in a panic.

"Envoy, it's not good. After Zhang Meng led his troops into the city, he ordered the whole city to be under martial law, the city gate was closed, the state soldiers were defeated, and those county soldiers surrounded the state capital! ”