Catch in the clouds, guard the house.

Yunzhong Shou is captured in the north of the Great Wall, although it is only a guard, but the area under its jurisdiction is not small, there are 7,400 people in charge of soldiers, it is the northern gateway of Yunzhou, the northern nomads want to attack Hedong in the south, first of all, we must solve the cloud guard.

The reason is that Zhao Ziliang, the new envoy of the Left Wing and the ambassador of the Datong Army, has been in office for more than two months, and has gone to the Lan Army, Shuozhou, Yunzhou, and Ulzhou, and has inspected defense, military affairs, and government affairs in various places.

Wu Tiande didn't think that Zhao Ziliang had forgotten about him and Yunzhong Shou, even if Zhao Ziliang forgot about other states and counties and the chief officials, he wouldn't forget Yunzhong Shou, because Yunzhong Shou was guarding the north gate of Hedong, and the status of Yunzhong Shou was not much lower than that of the Lan Army and the Datong Army!

So why didn't Zhao Ziliang come to the clouds to arrest him? Is the coming storm brewing in the calm, or is Zhao Ziliang unable to spare his hands at the moment? Wu Tiande has been pondering these possibilities these days, but he still can't figure out why Zhao Ziliang didn't come to the clouds to arrest him!

It is a strange thing to catch in the clouds, it has 7,400 people in a mere guard, which is more than the strength of many armies in the frontiers of the Tang Dynasty.

Another point, last year, the Xi rebellion, the army bypassed the clouds to defend the south and broke through the Great Wall defense line into the territory of Hedong, the Datong army was beaten to lose its armor, the east of the river was a rumor, Tian Renwan had to ask Shuofang Jiedu to make Wang Zhongsi for help, Wang Zhongsi immediately led his troops eastward, in Yunzhou and Ulzhou line of the Sanggan River three times with the Xi army, defeated the Xi army, and during the war, more than 7,400 people in the clouds were captured and did not move, neither to prevent the Xi people to go south, and did not seal the retreat of the Xi army after the Xi people penetrated deep into the Great Wall, causing the Xi army to flee back to the grassland after being defeated by Wang Zhonghe.

Wu Tiande was transferred to Yunzhong to guard and capture only a month before Zhao Ziliang, and the former Yunzhong guard was beheaded by Tian Renwan for standing still and delaying the fighter plane in the battle with the Xi people. Wu Tiande is not a fool, after he came to the clouds to guard and capture, the general below on the surface was obedient to his words, when in fact he found that many of his orders and instructions were not carried out or were not implemented thoroughly, this feeling was very bad, he knew very well in his heart that he had not yet controlled this army!

Zhao Ziliang killed in the Datong Army, severely reprimanded Gu Tongming in the Lan Army, rectified the officials and county soldiers in Shuozhou, inspected the acres of land and salt in Ulzhou, and severely cracked down on the sale of illicit salt, all of which showed that Zhao Ziliang was a resolute person, Wu Tiande did not think that Zhao Ziliang had abandoned the Yunzhong Guard, he felt that Zhao Ziliang might have noticed the abnormality in the Yunzhong Guard.

Wu Tiande was walking around in the lobby of the Guarding Mansion with his hands behind his back, and after he made up his mind, he stopped and shouted: "Someone!" ”

The leader of the guard walked over with the hilt of his sword and arched his hand: "General! ”

Wu Tiande took a deep breath and said, "Go and prepare, I'm going to Yunzhou!" ”

"No!"

Yunzhong Shoufu is not far from Yunzhou, as long as two days can run a round trip, Wu Tiande decided to rush tonight, rush to Yunzhou at dawn, go to the left wing of the army and horse envoy in the morning to see Zhao Ziliang, and then rush back in the afternoon, should not delay anything.

While Wu Tiande was worried about himself and the capture in the clouds, Zhao Ziliang was also thinking about how to deal with the capture in the clouds. According to reliable information, almost more than half of the officials and generals in the clouds have problems, and the previous guards have already been vacated by the underground officials and generals, otherwise when the battle with the Xi people in the Sanggan River last year, the 7,000 soldiers and horses in the clouds would not have stood still, because the envoys in the clouds had lost control of the army at that time.

On the night when Wu Tiande was rushing to the clouds, a man in black led by Brehan came to the Left Wing Soldier and Horse Envoy's Mansion.

"General, the spy in the clouds, Yin Shan Bing, is here!" The Blehan Report.

The black-clothed man beside Brehan saluted Zhao Ziliang and said, "Yinshan Bing, see your lord!" ”

Zhao Ziliang waved at Brehan, and Brehan bowed and retreated.

"How's the situation in the clouds? How is Wu Tiande? ”

The black-clothed man Yin Shan Bing arched his hand and said: "After investigation, the subordinates found that there were sixty-four officials and generals in the cloud to form a gang, these people are all high-ranking and powerful people in the cloud guard, they control the military and political affairs of the cloud guard, and secretly carry out transactions with the northern grassland ministries that are prohibited by the imperial court, and the trading materials include weapons, armor, food, and various prohibited materials, the principal of this gang used to be the former Yunzhong guard Fan Yiping, but with the number of transactions getting larger and larger, more and more types, Fan Yiping was cowardly, he was worried that he would be investigated by the imperial court after the incident, so he decided to terminate it, but the officials and generals below tasted the sweetness in the repeated transactions, and they were unwilling to close this trading channel, so they secretly united to isolate Fan Yiping, and contacted the Xi people, so that the Xi people sent troops to attack Hedong, and most of the army in the clouds was controlled by these people, not only intercepted the Xi army, but also let the Xi army cross the Great Wall and go deep into the hinterland of Hedong, After Fan Yiping received the military order of Wang Zhaolun, the ambassador of the Datong Army at that time, he was ready to immediately lead his troops to follow the pursuit, but he commanded the army, and under the control of these people, the Xi army was defeated by General Wang Zhongsi and fled northward. ”

Zhao Ziliang's face turned a little blue when he heard this, and he muttered to himself: "These people are really bold, bold!" ”

The man in black, Yin Shanbing, stood still and did not make a sound, he had been stimulated enough in the process of investigating this matter, and he was numb to this matter at this time.

After a long time, Zhao Ziliang asked, "General Ben wants the list of this gang!" ”

"The subordinates are ready!" Yin Shan Bing said that he took out a fold from his wide sleeve and handed it to Zhao Ziliang.

Zhao Ziliang took it and looked through it, one name after another was introduced into his mind, except for a limited number of people, almost all of the people in the Yunzhong Guarding and Arresting Upper Officials and Generals were in this gang, and it was no wonder that Fan Yiping would be overturned by the original guard.

Taking a deep breath, Zhao Ziliang instructed Yin Shanbing: "You go back to the clouds first, pay close attention to the situation in the clouds, and report as soon as there is a situation, go!" ”

"No!"

After Yin Shan Bing left, Zhao Ziliang returned to the inner courtyard, and Nie Sanniang saw that his face was a little bad, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "It's okay, some official business is annoying, you go to sleep first, I'll go to the study and sit down!" ”

Nie Sanniang advised: "Then you go to bed early, don't delay too late!" ”

"Hmm!"

When he came to the study, Zhao Ziliang asked Brehan to find someone to bring a pot of wine, and sat alone in the study to pour himself a drink, thinking about how to deal with the matter of guarding in the clouds.

Yin Shan C's report on the situation of guarding and capturing in the clouds shocked Zhao Ziliang too much, the officials of the guarding in the clouds were rotten up and down, these people were hugged together for high interests, forming a powerful force, they controlled more than 7,000 soldiers and horses, if you want to restore the control of this cloud guard, you must eradicate all these people, uproot this gang, any of these people have no possibility of being fought for, they have been consumed by interests, only to eradicate these people, In order to regain control of the capture in the clouds, in order to hold the clouds this level of direct contact with the tribes of the grassland, if this gang is not eradicated, the entire Hedong defense line is a leaky house.

The next morning, Zhao Ziliang was about to discuss with his henchmen how to deal with the matter of guarding in the clouds, and the judge Zheng Shi also came to see: "General! ”

"What?"

Zheng Shi also arched his hand and said: "General, two months ago, the general asked Xiaguan to raise three months of grain and grass, and Xiaguan has been raising some silver taels from rich merchants and gentlemen from all over the country for a month, and used these silver taels to buy a batch of grain and grass, and also found some local nobles to raise some grain and grass, so far it is almost enough, but yesterday the people below reported that those local nobles who originally promised to donate a batch of grain and grass suddenly repented and pulled the prepared grain back from halfway!" ”

Zhao Ziliang frowned and said, "Do you know the reason?" Since they agreed to donate a batch of grain and grass, why did they regret pulling the grain back halfway? ”

Zheng Shiyi said with a bitter face: "The lower officials have inquired about it, and I heard that it was the Princess Mansion of the Jin Kingdom who greeted these nobles, so they brought the grain back!" ”

"The Princess Mansion of the Kingdom of Jin?" Zhao Ziliang was puzzled: "Why did they do this? ”

Zheng Shi also hesitated: "This ・・・・・・"

Brehan reminded: "General, Cui Shijie, the son of the princess of the Jin Kingdom, was ordered by the general to cut off his head, and the general also ordered the head to be sent to the princess's mansion of the Jin Kingdom!" ”

There are too many things, Zhao Ziliang really forgot about this matter, and now that Brehan reminded him like this, he remembered, and he said: "Didn't the princess of the Jin Kingdom and her concubine go to the capital to complain to the emperor?" Are they back? ”

Brehan said: "It's been more than two months, and I should be back!" ”

Zhao Ziliang snorted coldly and said: "It seems that they didn't seek justice from the emperor, and now when they come back, they want to use the princess's own strength to wrestle with General Ben?" ”

Brehan nodded and said, "I'm afraid yes!" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while, and said to Zheng Shiyi: "Lord Zheng, go back first, you don't have to worry about this matter anymore, in the future, you will assist Ben General to deal with official letters and letters, and all the matters of grain, grass, ordnance and logistics will be handed over to Zheng San to be responsible!" You come to the house every hour and go home from work at the end of the afternoon! ”

Master Zheng also saluted: "No! (To be continued.) )