At the beginning of the rising sun, just when the Xianbei cavalry of the Helian Division was once again integrated and marched towards the Great Xianbei Mountain, outside the Great Han Dynasty and Wuyuan County, a team of hundreds of Han troops took more than 1,000 Xianbei women to the outside of the border fortress.

Wuyuan County, its jurisdiction was originally the Zhao State during the pre-Qin Warring States Period, and the eastern half of Jiuyuan County placed by Qin Shi Huang, which was called Beijiao and Henan in ancient times. In the twenty-sixth year of King Wuling of Zhao, Zhao State "swept the land north to Yan and Dai, and west to Yunzhong and Jiuyuan", and incorporated the Hetao area into the territory of Zhao State. By the end of the Warring States period, the Xiongnu rose, and the Hetao area was its base. After the 33rd year of Qin Shi Huang, "sent 300,000 troops to attack Hu in the north, and slightly took Henan", placed Jiuyuan County, called the new Qin, however, to the end of the Qin Dynasty, the Central Plains were divided, there were no soldiers on the three sides, and Jiuyuan County was occupied by the Xiongnu again.

Since the Han Xing, to the second year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu invaded Yuyang, Shanggu, killed more than 1,000 people, Emperor Wu ordered the general Wei Qing to "go west of the clouds, to the high que, and then slightly Henan, as for Longxi", the Han army swept the land to the north to the north, and then took the Qin Dynasty Jiuyuan County hometown "Shuofang, Wuyuan County". And Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty to establish a new dynasty, changed the five original to be surrendered, and then Guangwu Zhongxing, rebuilt the Han Dynasty, and pacified Lu Fang, who "claimed to be the Son of Heaven in Jiuyuan", when he was established in the fifth year of Jianwu, he ordered him to be subordinate to the state and the county was governed in Jiuyuan County.

In the middle of August, Wuyuan County Administration, Jiuyuan County, cloudless, the north of the county seat, a horse came at a rapid speed in the direction of the county seat.

At noon, it was early autumn, and the weather was getting cooler, but the people who came and went to the city were still wearing thin short brown, busy for the day's life.

Jiuyuan County, as an important military town in the northern frontier of the Han Dynasty, is also the most likely city for the Hu people to pass through the south, even after the vicissitudes of life, under the countless battles between the farming people and the grassland peoples, it still stands, guarding the tranquility of the northern border for the Han Dynasty.

Several soldiers stood outside the city gate with spears in hand, meticulously checking the people coming and going, for fear that some unscrupulous people would enter the city, mix with the Hu people or those who were about to become traitors, and occasionally accept some of the city's wealthy families because they didn't want to disturb women, so they paid for the road as extra money for today's guards.

In fact, according to the past, there is no need to investigate so strictly, but a few days ago, Zhao Bao, the assassin of Bingzhou, took his subordinates to inspect Wuyuan County, and stayed in the county for several days, and made a fate, to strictly investigate all kinds of suspicious characters, those who neglect must be investigated, and they will be investigated so carefully by these border county soldiers.

Otherwise, even if the city is mixed with Hu spies to inquire about the situation, or if there are Han fugitives who pass through Wuyuan County and flee beyond the Great Wall, in the land of Xianbei, it is none of their business. After all, for these soldiers, it is only right that they can fight, so that they can have the opportunity to be promoted through meritorious service, and the things of catching spies and fugitives can obviously only get the reward of the imperial court, but they have little effect on the military merits they need, so their interest is not too strong.

Above the city tower, the number of soldiers guarding the city has increased significantly, and the patrol is also tighterOutside the city wall, there is also a pair of soldiers supervising the city of Wuyuan County, and the prisoners who have just been transferred from the prison of the county office, under the command of the Peng officials of the Prefecture Assassin History Department, strengthen and build the city. Seeing this, the people who came and went seemed to feel that they had prepared before the war, but they lacked information channels, but they had not heard of the invasion of the Hu people in the border counties of Dahan, and they all felt strange about this scene.

"Tick! Tick ......"

Soon, the people who had been crowded at the city gates, after hearing the sound of horses' hooves, retreated back as if they had seen a ghost, and scattered to both sides.

"Hurry up! Hurry up! Border County Urgent Report ......"

A war horse shot in like a meteor and galloped towards the city, and the knight on the horse shouted loudly at the top of his voice, saying so, but the whip in his hand and the war horse under his crotch did not slow down at all, obviously if someone dared to intercept him at this moment, he would definitely not avoid half a step.

After only a while, the knight disappeared, leaving the people at the gate of the city to look at each other, I don't know what happened, looking at the knight from the north of the county, could it be that the Xianbei people of the grassland are going south again? That's not good, you have to go home and inform your family, pack your bags, and get ready to hide.

In an instant, nearly half of the people at the gate of the county seat, which was still very lively, obviously because in recent years, the three sides have lost more than won the Xianbei invasion, except for the people of the border county who already lived in the city, the people outside the city have learned a lot about encountering military disasters and wars and avoiding those hateful Xianbei people.

At this time, in the lobby of the Wuyuan County Office, Wang Zhizheng, the county guard, stabbed Zhao Bao with a smile on his face, offering his courtesy.

"Zhao and Zhou, the officials of Jiuyuan City have sent the city in the city and the prisoners to build, and the rest of the border is stuffed with passes, and the generals of all departments have also been sent to strictly order the generals of all departments to strengthen the city passes in case of emergency." Wang Zhi said with a smile, he was very afraid of the celebrity of the Han Emperor in front of him, not only because the other party was the one who directly supervised him, but more importantly, the other party had always looked down on him, so he couldn't help but deal with it carefully.

Thinking about him Wang Zhi, he was the younger brother of Wang Fu, who had always been arrogant, and it stands to reason that he should have relied on the trust of his brother Wang Fu in the emperor's heart, promoted to make a fortune, and was respected. But who would have thought that there would be unforeseen circumstances in the sky, his brother Wang Fu was overthrown by his relatives Song and Fu because of the incident of Liu Kui, the king of Bohai, and committed suicide in the edict prison, and they, the protégés of Wang Fu's relatives, were also implicated and were ordered to be dismissed by the emperor in anger, and Wang Fu ended a political career at that time.

If it weren't for the fact that the wind in the middle of the court had passed, the influence of Wang Fu's incident gradually extinguished, Wang Zhi took out the family property that had been looted for many years, and spent a lot of money to buy the door of Zhang Rang, although Liu Hong ordered Wang Fu to raid his house, but it did not harm his relatives, at that time Wang Zhi had already separated from the eunuch Wang Fu, so he had accumulated a lot of wealth for the official over the years.

Zhang Rang looked at the face of money, and because Wang Fu, who was also a eunuch, died early, he couldn't help but sigh because he missed the old man, and finally pleaded with the emperor for him in the West Mansion. At this time, Emperor Liu Hong once again committed the old problem of greed for money, and under Wang Zhi's heavy filial piety, he also remembered that Wang Fu was good to him when he ascended the throne, so after several considerations, he saved some other thoughts and transferred him to Wuyuan County as the county guard. However, although Wang Zhi ascended to the high position again, he did not regain his former glory because of this, but was suppressed by the current Zhao Bao, the current assassin of Bingzhou, everywhere, and I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse for Wang Zhi.

In the Han Dynasty, there were often Hu people on the three sides of the invasion and rebellion, so the state assassin history is greater than the inland rights, if you make a comparison, its rights in the state, at this moment has been infinitely close to the state pastoral rights of the later three kingdoms, and even because of the military situation in the border counties, the transfer of troops can also be cut first, just send a planner to report.

Of course, these are only limited to the defense of the state, if you want to transfer troops out of the state to collect, then you have to consult the imperial court, this is like the Han Dynasty county guard, can not lead troops out of the county, unless the matter is urgent, otherwise for the order to lead troops out of the state, the county officials, it is tantamount to a catastrophe.

Zhao Bao is an honest and upright person, and he doesn't even recognize his brother and eunuch Zhao Zhong, and breaks off relations with him, so he naturally doesn't have a good impression of Wang Zhi, the younger brother of the late eunuch, and Wang Zhi Before the fall of the palace, the reputation of being an official among the people is not good.

"Hmmm! Wang Wuyuan acted decisively and was a model for his generation. Zhao Bao praised Wang Zhi in a strange tone, although his face was serious, but he was extremely happy in his heart, after all, the eunuch in front of him was played all the way to death by himself, and even if the other party was bitter in his heart, he had to pay for his smile, of course, let him relieve his hatred.

"Zhao Bingzhou has a good reputation, and the things that are within the official division should be done." Wang Zhi replied with a wry smile, preparing the border fortress pass, saying that it is easy to say, but it is not easy to do.

After all, not to mention the rest, it costs a lot of money and material resources to collect manpower and resources, coupled with the dispatch of all parties, his Wuyuan County is a bitter cold place, and the collection of money and food is often insufficient, if it is not for the support of the Thorn History Department, it will not be completed at all. As for Wang Zhi, when he became a taishou, his first purpose was naturally to embezzle and take bribes and make up for the money he used to buy officials, but now he doesn't want to make up for it, he just wants to squander it with public funds, and he is eaten to death by Zhao Bao, the top boss.

Zhao Bao seems to have calculated the money bag of Wuyuan County, let him carefully supervise it, and often check around, so that even if Wang Zhi wants to do something, he has no chance, because he understands very well that once this Bingzhou assassin finds an abnormality, he will definitely play himself ruthlessly, and with Zhao Bao's status in the heart of Emperor Liu Hong, even if he Wang Zhi is the Taishou of Wuyuan County who bought officials, after this incident, Liu Hong will definitely withdraw, after all, compared to Zhao Bao, even if Wang Zhi has Wang Fu's old feelings, Liu Hong will regret it without hesitation, so in this way, Wang Zhi can be said to have been a clean official for a long time.

The two talked to each other for a long time, knowing that Wang Zhi had asked the long-standing doubts in his heart: "The lower official dares to ask Zhao Bingzhou to make the whole state border fortress reinforced, can it be for the sake of Xianbei?" Is there anything wrong with it? ”

Because of Zhao Bao's order, Wang Zhi was not the only one who was targeted, but other border counties also received this order, so Wang Zhi was very suspicious that it was related to the Xianbei people. Moreover, after all, Wuyuan County is an important military town in the north, and most of the Hu people who have gone south have passed through here, and he Wang Zhi is just an officialdom moth, and letting them fight and defend the city is obviously sending them to death, so Wang Zhi wants to ask clearly, if there is really an abnormality, he doesn't mind resigning in advance, anyway, this Wuyuan is too guarded under Zhao Bao's control, it is really better not to do it.

Glancing at Wang Zhi who was testing himself in front of him, Zhao Bao smiled and said nothing, the other party's words involved confidentiality, even if the other party was someone close to him, he would not say much, not to mention that the other party was Wang Zhi, the eunuch remnant, anyway, when the news came, they would know what they should know.

I don't know where Fuquan is, it's been nearly a month since the people sent to Liangzhou, and it stands to reason that the army should be out of the fortress, but I don't know where it is now? Did the campaign go well? There is no news from the north so far, could it be that something happened to the army?

Sighing, Zhao Bao showed a thoughtful expression, which puzzled Wang Zhi beside him, but Zhao Bao didn't know his own words, and Wang Zhi was hindered by the fact that the other party was his own official, so it was naturally inconvenient for him to ask in detail, but the doubts in his heart were getting worse.

"Report!"

There was a loud shout outside the hall, and then a soldier from the county office ran up and saluted the two.

"What's the noise?" Zhao Bao is the history of the assassin of Bingzhou, and at this moment, Yue Yu asked on behalf of him, but Wang Zhi beside him did not dare to say a word about it.

The soldier replied: "Back to Zhao and Zhou, Wang Wuyuan, there is a knight outside the county office, and he came with an urgent report from the border county. ”

"Where is the faith? Get it now! When Zhao Bao heard this, his eyes lit up, and he asked urgently.

"No!" The soldier saluted back, and then took out the letter he had just received from the messenger from his bosom and handed it to Zhao Bao.

Let's say that Zhao Bao quickly took the letter, and after reading it in a hurry, his face was surprised, and he shouted: "God bless the man!" God bless the man! In this way, Xianbei will perish......"

After that, he hurriedly summoned the officials of the Jizhou Assassin History Department who came with him in Jiuyuan City and asked them to write a letter. First, the order was sent to the counties of the prefecture to gather in Yanmen with the soldiers of the county to wait for the military order of the imperial court; Second, send henchmen to quickly report the military situation to the imperial court, waiting for military orders.

Although the emperor Liu Hong asked Zhao Bao to serve as the assassin of Bingzhou, it was because he once led his troops to break Xianbei and beheaded the Xianbei male lord Tanshihuai, in order to let him dispatch the troops of Bingzhou to defend Xianbei from the south at the same time, and prepare for the Han army to go out of the fortress to go on an expedition.

However, even though Liu Hong let him act cheaply, it was only limited to the annexation of the state, and he did not really give him the right to lead the army out of the expedition alone. After all, if he really wants to give this kind of order, even if Liu Hong himself trusts Zhao Bao's loyalty, I'm afraid he will be uneasy, if he looks away at Zhao Bao, this person who led the troops will not go out of the fortress, and come directly to the capital of Luoyang, and come out of the side of the Qing Jun, with the elite combat strength of the elite soldiers who have been fighting with Xianbei all year round in Bingzhou, it will really be a nightmare for Liu Hong.

Facts have proved that every emperor, even if he trusts his courtiers, but he must keep a hand when he really does things, this is the so-called imperial mental technique, although Zhao Bao also wants to immediately integrate the elite cavalry of Fuquan at this moment according to the news brought back by the soldiers under the command of Fuquan, go to the outside of the Saiwai, and join Fuquan, but because of the law of the imperial court, he can't do it.

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