Chapter 13: The Iron Rider (Part I)
"The road from Qinzhou to Gangu City is not easy." In the wing room of Puxiu Temple, Han Qianliu shook his head and sighed under the lamp, "Huang Dama is dead, Li Lezi is soft, I thought there would be no more trouble, why was he still involved in this errand." Alas......"
"Who let the child offend the county Yin." Han Gang also smiled bitterly, "I have been hiding from my superiors and subordinates since I was an official, and I was afraid that things would stab me and hinder my own promotion and fortune." But the armory case was intercepted by the state, and the people who died and did it were all people from Chengji County. The county Yin has eaten a lot of leads because of this, and there must be a crime of negligence, of course, it is not pleasing to the eye. ”
"This ...... This ......" Han Qianliu was shocked, it was already early winter, but a bean-sized cold sweat broke out on his head and face and flowed straight down. Huang De used just one team leader to make the Han family almost unable to turn over. Now that Huang Deyong is dead, but Chen Ju is still there, he has offended the magistrate again, and his tongue is so frightened that he knots: "This...... How can this be good?! ”
"Daddy, don't worry." Han Gang comforted, "The child is now on good terms with Wu Jieju, and if there is anything, he will always help to take care of it." County Yin is just an idle outlet now, and he won't do too much. Left and right is an escort, avoiding it is unavoidable, let's walk and see first. ”
Han Gang said this to Han Qianliu, but in fact, the situation he faced was much more dangerous. Cheng Ji Zhixian would not want his life, but Chen Ju did. He failed to do so in court, and the follow-up method should be a one-trick move to kill him. And judging from the contact with Wu Yan in the past few days, Han Gang knew that the judge of the Xiongwu Army would never be able to get along with Chen Ju head-on.
Officials are afraid of trouble, and one thing less is one thing less. He can move Chengji County for Han Gang, it is he who looks at Han Gang and is pleasing to the eye, and if he can help, he will help by the way, but if he can't help, then he will spread his hands, and he doesn't even need to say sorry.
However, Han Gang is not the character to pin his hopes on others. He didn't ask much of Wu Yan, so he asked him to find a reason to send a few credible people to accompany Han Gang under the pretense of going to Gangu City to deliver a letter, which could be regarded as an accompanying escort, and it shouldn't be a problem. No matter how much it is, Han Gang is confident that he can solve it on his own.
Chen Ju's power is inside but not outside, he is deeply rooted in Qinzhou City, but out of the state city, there are only a few options left for Chen Ju to use the means at his disposal, and it is much easier to take precautions, but he is afraid that Chen Ju will harm him, so he will go to his parents and the little girl to vent his anger.
"Don't talk about that." Han Gang didn't want to talk too much about the topic of Zhixian and Chen Ju, so as to save his parents and little girl from worrying after he left, he asked Han Qianliu: "Last year, Taiwei Yang repaired Gangu City. Daddy, you are also enlisted, from Qinzhou to Gangu, which section of the road is flat, which section of the road is dangerous, there should be a number? ”
Yang Taiwei in Han Gang's mouth, whose name is Yang Wenguang, is the grandson of Yang Ye Yang Invincible in the mighty clouds back then, and the son of Yang Yanzhao Yang Liulang of Likdan. Han Gang, whether in his previous life or present life, is familiar with these names.
Yang Wenguang will be brave and resourceful, and will not lose the style of his father. Now he is nearly sixty years old, and he is still fighting on the front line against Western Xia. He once participated in the battle to pacify Nong Zhigao, and when the commander Di Qing returned to the north, he guarded the Guangxi border as the governor of Yongzhou. Among the many military ministers of the Great Song Dynasty today, Yang Wenguang is the only surviving famous general.
When Gangu City was built last year, Yang Wenguang was the deputy governor of Qinfenglu's soldiers and horses—the governor was customarily appointed as the governor of Qinzhou and the pacification envoy of Qinfenglu, who were Wenchen—and now he was serving as the governor of Jingzhou, resisting the attacks of the Tanguts.
At that time, in order to be able to build the strategically located Gangu City, which was still called the city of Xiaolu at that time, before the Tangut people reacted, the six counties of Qinzhou were almost mobilized by the whole people. Qin Feng Jinglu Si mobilized seventy or eighty thousand people from Qinzhou to participate in one go, Han Gang's eldest brother went to the Gangu City construction site to ram the earth, and Han Qianliu was also urgently recruited to transport grain and grass.
"Last year, in order to transport grain to Gangu City, your father and I traveled six times back and forth from Qinzhou to Gangu, and then from Gangu to Qinzhou. Speaking of which, that road really couldn't be more familiar. Han Qianliu sighed, full of emotion, "That road, it's not easy to walk!" ”
Han Gang nodded, although Gangu City was just northwest of Qinzhou Prefecture City, and the straight-line distance was only fifty or sixty miles, but because of the towering watershed between the two cities, one was in the Borrowing Water River Valley and the other was in the Weishui River Valley. There were no tunnels or roads through the mountains in this era. If you want to transport from Qinzhou City to Gangu, you must first go east, along the borrowed water to Longcheng County [today's Maiji District, Shuishi], where the borrowed water and Weishui converge.
Although both the water and the Weishui are east-west, the Weishui in the north is closer to the northwest-southeast direction, and there is a small angle between the borrowing water flowing from the west to the east. The batch of military assets escorted by Han Gang was to make a big turn in Longcheng County from the Borrowing Water Valley, turn to the Weishui River Valley, and then go downstream from the Weishui River to the northwest. All the way through Sanyang Village, Sunset Town, Fuqiang City, Anyuan Village, the most lull to arrive at the destination Gangu City.
"It's basically a big circle and an extra hundred and ten miles." Han Gang knows so much about the road from Qinzhou to Gangu, "And Weishui and borrowing water are not a straight line, the river is tortuous and changeable in the mountains, it looks close, but it is far away." ”
"That's why it's hard to go! The mountain road is long and narrow, and it is winding and winding, but it is separated by a heavy mountain, and it is actually a four-way road. Han Qianliu used his fingers to occupy some water in the teacup, and drew a road map directly on the desktop, "From Zhoucheng to Longcheng, this is the first ......."
One trip is a one-day trip, Han Gang interrupted Han Qianliu's words and asked, "It's only thirty miles, and the official road from Qinzhou to Longcheng is well cultivated, how can this be considered a journey?" ”
Han Qianliu said with a smile: "Third brother, you don't know the way, the second journey from Longcheng to Sanyangzhai [today's Shuiweinan Town] is too difficult to walk, and it is all in the cracks of the mountains, and there is no place to rest." Therefore, after arriving in Longcheng, you must rest for the night, and the next day you have to go on the road before the fourth watch, and you can rush to Sanyang Village at night. ”
Han Gang nodded and was taught, knowing that if Chen Ju had any arrangements along the way, he should appear on the second day first, and if he didn't appear on the second day, he would appear on the third day. "Then the third journey is from Sanyang Village to Sunset Town [Today's Water Xinyang Township]?"
"What's so good?! How can you rest when you are just over twenty miles away? Or the fourth watch on the road in the sky, you can rest in the sunset town for half a moment before the time, and then rush over Pei Gorge, and you can enter Fuqiang City [today's Shuigangu County] to rest about the time of unitary. ”
Han Gang nodded again, and wrote down the word Pei Xia in his heart.
Han Qianliu looked at Han Gang and listened to the teachings honestly, and his interest suddenly became extremely high, and he even said foaming: "Fuqiang City is the place where Gangu Water [now Sandu River] joins Weishui, and this fourth journey is to go north along Gangu Water, thirty miles to Anyuan Village [now Anyuan Township], and then thirty miles to Gangu City." Yang Taiwei built this city at the mouth of the big Gangu, including the entire Gangu, not to mention thousands of hectares of high-quality fertile land.
Gangu was originally inhabited by the Gangu clan for generations, and Gangu Castle was still called Gangu Castle when it was first built. However, more than ten years ago, they forced the party members away, and replaced the three Xinbo clans to occupy them. Now half of Gangu is theirs, and the other half is also greedy for it. I heard that there is a lot of trouble now, third brother, when you pass through Gangu, you may still encounter some trouble. ”
For the route to Gangu in the north, Han Gang has generally understood the same, and now he has confirmed it from Han Qianliu, who has personal experience, he will be prepared for several places that may be dangerous, if the people sent by Wu Yan are effective, it will not be a problem to ensure that he arrives in Gangu safely, even if he is not effective, he found some useful things in the armory that day, which is enough to deal with some critical situations. When Anran arrived in Gangu City, he had a way to get ahead.
For the collection of intelligence, Han Gang may not be as good as the women in Qinzhou City who are used to talking about the short family in the family, but the collation, analysis, and inference of relevant information are also indispensable means even in commercial activities in later generations.
These days, Han Gang has made a lot of efforts to explore the information about Chen Ju, and has eliminated some obviously exaggerated and distorted information, and Han Gang has generally understood the strength that Chen Ju has on the surface. And now that you can see the part of the iceberg that is exposed to the sea, the shadow hidden under the water cannot escape the investigation of the discerning person.
The Chen family's fields are all over the five states and one army on Qinfeng Road, and the manpower they can use is at least an astonishing number in Qinfeng. The fact that several excellent shops selling Tibetan specialties in Qinzhou City, as well as large merchants facing the Tibetan Ministry, proved that Chen Ju could also use the strength of the Tibetan people when necessary. The connection with Jingzhong, the connections in the various walled cities, and through the analysis of Chen Ju's strength in the Ming place, Han Gang can do it with all the means he can use, and now the only thing he is worried about is the safety of his parents and Han Yunniang.
"Daddy!" The shadow cast by the lights on Han Gang's face was full of worry, and even the always sharp eyebrows became tangled, "The child is gone, Chen Ju must have a trick to do." The child is not afraid of his dirty methods, but he is worried about what will happen to you and your mother. Uncle is now in the Fengxiang Army, no matter how long Chen raises his hand, he can't reach there, so it's better for you and your mother to take Yun Niang to join your uncle for a while, and then you can come back after the child takes care of the things here. ”
"Third brother, how sure are you that you are dealing with Chen Ju alone?"
Han Gang smiled and said, "Dad, you have also seen the fate of Huang Dama." Although Chen's strength is great, he is not invulnerable in the eyes of children. As long as there are no worries, children have the means to deal with it. ”
"Good!" Han Qianliu nodded and agreed without much thought, the ending of Li Lezi and Huang Dama gave him a lot of confidence, and he also knew that staying in Qinzhou would only cause chaos for his son, "I'll go back and tell your mother and go to your uncle to avoid it." ”
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