Chapter 6: The Messenger of the Imperial Court
Gura City!
The City Lord's Mansion is not as domineering as the Southern Xinjiang Palace, but it is more prosperous and lively than the Southern Xinjiang City, and it is far from being a city that can be compared with the barbaric and barren areas of Southern Xinjiang.
The Yangguan Avenue that leads directly to the imperial court in the north of Guluo City, and the southern Xinjiang City that leads directly to the southern Xinjiang region in the south, is an important central city for the merchants of the capital steppe, and is the lifeblood of the imperial court's merchants, with heavy troops stationed for a long time.
The famous general who defended the city was called Pang Murong, who was burly and strong, good at using two guns to sweep, and had the prestige of sweeping thousands of troops and horses on the battlefield.
He and Feng Weihu, the king of southern Xinjiang, have always been at odds, and there are often wars at the junction of the two cities, but they are all small things, and no one can easily send troops without the order of the imperial court.
At this moment, there are distinguished guests in the General General Pang's Mansion, the city lord of Guluo City, and he can see the status of the person who comes by personally greeting him, otherwise how can he personally greet him?
"General Pang greeted him personally, and the lower officials were really frightened!" The visitor looked at General Pang who greeted him in person, and his face was full of panic, although he claimed to be a subordinate official in his mouth, but there was not much respect in his eyes.
"The messenger is polite, you are the messenger sent by Prime Minister Zuo, and the last general should greet him personally!" General Pang, who was wearing armor, said and made a gesture of invitation: "The messenger is invited!" ”
Known as the messenger, he enjoyed the respect of General Pang very much, although his official position was not as good as General Pang, but after all, he was from the mansion of the Prime Minister Zuo in the capital, and even General Pang of Guluo City had to be respectful to him.
General's Palace!
"Someone, tell the kitchen to feast on the messenger........." General Pang commanded as he looked at the guard.
"General Pang doesn't have to be busy, I came to Guluo City with the Prime Minister's secret order this time to check on the grain and grass, and my arrival should not be publicized!" The messenger put down the water glass, then got up and interrupted General Pang's words and said, "This is the Prime Minister's secret letter, General Pang, please see!" ”
General Pang took the secret letter, smiled after reading it, looked at the messenger and said with a smile: "Please tell the prime minister that hundreds of thousands of iron horsemen in my Guluo City are ready to go, as long as the holy decree of the imperial court arrives in my Guluo City, the iron horsemen of my Guluo City will definitely break through the palace of the king of his southern Xinjiang and take off the head of the king of southern Xinjiang......... The imperial court grain and grass escort officer was robbed and killed in the southern Xinjiang region, it is difficult for him to escape responsibility this time, even if he is the king of southern Xinjiang this time, what can he do? It is a fact that the imperial court grain and grass escort officer died in the southern Xinjiang region! ”
"Sending troops towards southern Xinjiang is just a policy, if the **** in southern Xinjiang is very likely to rise up by the barbarians, this is the last thing the prime minister wants to see." The messenger looked at General Pang and reminded: "General Pang should wait for Prime Minister Zuo's secret letter, don't do anything that makes Prime Minister angry!" ”
"That is, without the Prime Minister's order, the Iron Cavalry of Guluo City will never easily send troops to Southern Xinjiang City!" General Pang looked at the messenger, and then looked at the messenger with a puzzled face: "What does the prime minister mean?" ”
"Force the king of Nanjiang to return to the capital to ask for guilt, as long as the king of Nanjiang leaves Nanjiang and returns to the capital, the next thing will ........." The messenger looked at General Pang and said, "General Pang can now understand the Prime Minister's serial scheme?" ”
"As long as the king of southern Xinjiang leaves southern Xinjiang and returns to the capital, he will definitely have no return on this trip!" General Pang said with a murderous face, then looked at the messenger and said, "The matter of the entrenched mountain bandits? Don't know what the messenger thinks? ”
"As long as you take back the holy decree of the imperial court and General Pang's secret order, there is no need to worry about entrenched mountain bandits, and when the matter of the king of southern Xinjiang ends, the entrenched mountain bandits can also be destroyed at any time!" The messenger looked at General Pang and suddenly said, "General Pang's secret order is available?" Did the grain and grass of the imperial court arrive in Guluo City? ”
"The grain and grass and the secret order have not yet arrived in Guluo City, they should have arrived in Guluo City in the early morning, but they have not arrived, I have already ordered the guards to go and check, I believe that my guards will bring back the news soon, the messenger does not have to worry!" General Pang said without much thought.
"General Pang's secret order must be taken back, if this secret order falls into the hands of the king of Southern Xinjiang or others, and then it is transmitted to the imperial court through means, you and I will be guilty of capital crimes, and even the prime minister will be unnecessarily implicated!" The messenger looked at General Pang and said with a cautious face.
"Urgent! Urgent! A very anxious voice suddenly came from outside the General's Mansion, and the guards ran to General Pang and said with an eager face: "Report to General Pang, the grain and grass have been robbed near Guluo City, and the grain and grass escort officer who escorted the grain and grass has also been killed!" ”
Burst!
"What?" The messenger who picked up the water cup and drank the water suddenly widened his eyes and his face was full of surprise when he heard the words, and the tea that had not yet been swallowed in his mouth squirted directly from his mouth.
"Who robbed the grain and grass? What about the mountain bandits? Didn't they personally escort the grain and grass? And the personal guards I sent to escort the grain and grass? General Pang suddenly stood up and looked at the guards, and roared with anger on his face: "What about General Ben's secret order?" Did you get back General Ben's secret order? ”
"Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper ......... Report to the general, the grain and grass were robbed by Lu Liang by the king of southern Xinjiang, all the bandits in the entrenched mountain were killed, the escort officer you sent was also killed, the head of the second leader of the bandits in the entrenched mountain was taken away by Lu Liang, and the general's secret order ........." The guard lowered his head and said with a trembling voice with fear on his face: "The general's secret order should be taken away by Lu Liang, and at this time, Lu Liang and the iron cavalry have already arrived at the foot of the mountain........."
Choke!
Poof!
The sword next to General Pang was instantly unsheathed, directly killing the guards who came to report in front of him, and the killing intent could no longer hide his anger.
"General, you ........." The guard covered his neck with blood gushing, stared at General Pang's lips squirming with wide eyes, and then his body fell directly to the ground.
"You are such a waste, what is the use of General Ben leaving you?" General Pang said in a low voice with anger on his face: "Come on, quickly mobilize the iron cavalry and prepare to go!" ”
"Yes, General!"
"What is General Pang going for?" The messenger with a surprised face came back to his senses and looked at General Pang and asked, he had long heard that General Pang of Guluo City was bloodthirsty and cruel, but he didn't expect to kill his guards directly without hesitation, remembering that he was still putting up a fight in front of General Pang just now, he suddenly felt a chill on his back.
"The soldiers are entrenched in the mountains!" General Pang turned around, looked at the messenger with murderous intent, and said, "The secret order must not fall into the hands of the king of southern Xinjiang.........
………
Entrenched in the mountains!
The entrenched mountains that are easy to defend and difficult to attack are like dragons circling around, and the dense forests form a natural barrier, and the winding mountain roads are difficult for troops to pass through quickly, which is also an important reason why the king of southern Xinjiang did not send troops to destroy the entrenched mountains.
At this moment, in the Juyi Hall in the entrenched mountain, the big bandit master of the entrenched mountain is one-armed and crazy, eating meat and drinking strong wine, looking at the bandits who came to report and asking in a loud voice: "Second brother, they should be back soon, right?" ”
"Tell the big boss, the second boss is on the way back at the moment!" The bandit replied respectfully: "The one-eyed under the second master sent someone to deliver a letter back, it is said that the second master has sent grain and grass to Guluo City, and is now escorting gold, silver and jewelry with his brothers on the way back. ”
"Good!" The one-armed mad sword master said heroically: "You go out immediately to welcome the second master, this batch of gold, silver and jewelry brothers have a share!" ”
"Thank you, big boss!"