The West Market is in the east of Qunxian Fang, and from the cross street of Qunxian Fang, go straight out of the East Square Gate and walk eastward, through a branch road, which is the West Market.

Seeing that Gu Yuanxi was going in this direction, Nan Jiyun wiped his chin and said with a smile: "Good little brother to know, I passed by Qunxian Fang this time because I wanted to wait for my sworn brother at Jinguangmen." If you don't mind, little brother, can you come with me to pick up my new brother in Beijing first. ”

"Naturally, it's out of the way." Gu Yuanxi smiled and said: "Brother Nan's righteous brother must also be a good man who stands up to the sky. ”

Jinguangmen is the west middle gate of Guocheng outside Tang Chang'an, and it is separated by a long "Jinguangmen Chunmingmen Street" and the Chunmingmen of the east middle gate of Waiguocheng. There is a floor on the Chunming Gate, and there are three openings under the door. The west out can tend to the Kunming Pond of the Han Dynasty, and there is a Cao Canal outside the city through the city near the gate. The gate is 11 meters from east to west, 37.5 meters from north to south, with an area of 412.5 square meters, guarding the gateway to the central part of West Chang'an.

Jinguangmen is called in the northwest of Qunxianfang, so the two walked from the north gate of Qunxianfang to "Jinguangmen Chunmingmen Street", and walked west not long before they arrived at the Jinguangmen City Tower.

As the west gate of Chang'an, Jinguangmen is naturally bustling and flowing on weekdays. However, when Gu Yuanxi and Nan Jiyun walked to the city gate, they found that the Jinguang Gate at this time did not have the orderly appearance of people coming and going in the past, but there were many people crowded in front of the gate, and the direction leading to the outskirts of Chang'an was blocked by Jin Wuwei's soldiers.

"What's going on?" Nan Jiyun frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Why is this Golden Light Gate blocked?" Could it be that something happened that didn't happen? ”

Gu Yuanxi sweated profusely, and said in his heart: "Why does this big brother Nan have to think of killing people and setting fires in everything." He laughed dryly and said, "I'm afraid there is something going on in the imperial court." Let's go up and have a look. ”

Nan Jiyun naturally agreed. He followed Gu Yuanxi to the crowd below the city tower, and suddenly grabbed one of the middle-aged men who was walking back, and asked loudly, "I'm sorry." This brother, may I ask why this Golden Light Gate is blocked. ”

"Brother, you don't know. This is the champion general of Zhengsanpin, and the two towns of Fanyang and Pinglu have made the Pinglu soldiers and horses in the An Lushan army enter Beijing. The middle-aged man said, his head turned behind him and was about to walk away.

"Pinglu Soldiers?" Gu Yuanxi frowned and said, "Shi Siming?" It's just a soldier and horse envoy of a feudal town, and it's not An Lushan himself who entered Beijing. Is it worth the painstaking effort? ”

Nan Jiyun pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "Brother Gu, don't underestimate the position of this soldier and horse envoy. This soldier and horse envoy and the Duzhi soldier and horse envoy, if you talk about real power, you are either the second or the third person in the domain. ”

He saw that Gu Yuanxi was a little surprised, and added: "If the Guanxi soldiers and horses of the Longyou Army are generally the deputy envoys of Jiedu, they are called 'deputy marshals'. Among the feudal towns, based on the strength of the soldiers and horses, if the military power of the soldiers and horses is concerned, the commission is second only to the envoy of the festival. Therefore, the virtuous brother must not underestimate the position of this soldier and horse envoy. ”

"It's just that no matter how powerful this soldier and horse envoy is in the feudal town, in this capital of the Jingshi Imperial Empire, where a large group of fourth- and fifth-grade officials can be pulled out on the streets, a small soldier and horse envoy really can't be a person, right? I heard from a friend that this time, the soldiers and horses of several feudal towns entered Beijing to offer prisoners, but they each brought 100 soldiers from their own domains. It is impossible for the imperial court to go to great lengths to seal the door for the sake of a hundred soldiers and towns. Gu Yuanxi raised his doubts, and he smiled dryly: "I think even if the commander of the Pinglu Army, An Lushan, who is a big fat man in the frontier, comes in person, he may not be able to have this kind of treatment, right?" ”

"There's some truth to what you say." Nan Jiyun also frowned when he heard this, he simply shook his head and said: "It's useless to think hard, either find someone to ask, or just wait a little longer." Let's go find my sworn brother first. ”

Gu Yuanxi naturally had no objection. The two went further into the crowd, only to hear a small group of people discussing: "I heard that this time it is General Shi Simingshi, one of the 'Hebei Twin Heroes' under the account of An Jieshuai, known as the 'Hebei No. 1 Divine Arrow'!" ”

"Not really!" One of the people nodded and said, "I heard that General Shi Siming and An Jieshuai are brothers of the opposite sex who grew up together since childhood." I heard from my relatives from Yuyang that General Shi Siming and the three generals An Shouzhong, Cai Xide, and Li Guiren under the tent of An Jieshuai were respectively in charge of the four strong troops in the two towns of Hebei, which was greatly appreciated and reused by An Jieshuai. ”

"Oh?" Nan Jiyun sneered when he heard this: "Is this Shi Siming actually known as the 'No. 1 Divine Arrow in Hebei'?" A certain is also a native of Weizhou, Hebei, and this archery method does not fall behind others, and I don't know how it is better than this Shi Siming? ”

Gu Yuanxi smiled: "It's a pity that I didn't have a chance to compete." Otherwise, it is possible to know who is the first archer in Hebei. ”

"The title of 'Hebei's No. 1 Archer', I don't care at all." Nan Jiyun shook his head and smiled: "It's just some false names, what a word!" It's just that since Shi Siming dares to claim like this, he must have his unique ability, the so-called 'no first, no second', this false name is not important, but it is also a great joy in life to be able to compete with such a prestigious powerhouse. ”

Gu Yuanxi said with a smile: "In this way, it is better to wait for Shi Siming to enter Beijing and find a day to go to the Pinglu Jinju Academy to kick the hall."

While the two were talking and laughing, they suddenly heard a man next to them shouting: "Look, the Pinglu army has entered Beijing."

Gu Yuanxi, Nan Jiyun and the others looked up, only to see a puff of smoke rising from the official road outside the Jinguang Gate, and before they could see anyone, they heard a neat and loud sound of war horses stamping.

As the distance approached, the heroic posture of the Pinglu cavalry slowly revealed its true face from the misty smoke.

The Pinglu cavalry that emerged from the smoke was about fifty horses, all of them were maroon war horses, Gu Yuanxi visually measured that they were commonly used grassland horses in the north, maybe Khitan horses, maybe Turkic horses, or Youzhou war horses such as Rome and Liaodong horses.

These fifty or so riders all have the physical characteristics of Yan Zhao's fierce and strong man, and all of them have solemn and solemn faces. They were dressed in chain mail, one of the "thirteen armors of the Tang Dynasty", with Turkic scimitars commonly used in northern Saibei at their waists, and horned bows and quivers full of bows and arrows hanging from their saddles. Unlike the soldiers of the Central Plains, they embroidered a circle of fur on their necks with chain mail. This not only reflects the different style from the Central Plains army, but also makes people think of the cold environment at a glance.

Chain mail is also known as "ring lock armor" in ancient China. Generally, it is decorated into a garment by iron wire or iron ring buckle, and each ring is buckled with the other four rings, which is shaped like a net lock. As one of the "Tang Thirteen Armor", the ring lock armor and the Mingguang armor are both extremely popular standard armor in the Tang Dynasty. Of course, this kind of armor and Mingguang armor are also only suitable for mid-level officers or elite army sergeants. As for embroidering fur on the scarf and armor, it is a characteristic of the northern Xinjiang army. In the Tang Dynasty, except for Pinglu Town, only the Yixi Ting Jiedu Army, which was also in the extremely cold land, was commonly used. As for the other feudal towns, not to mention Jiannan and Lingnan in the south, only Fanyang and the three towns of Hedong, Shuofang, and Hexi have some troops stationed in the extreme north to use along with the environment.

"It's really a strong army in the world, this Pinglu cavalry has a neat appearance, and it is full of murderous aura all over its body, and it is really a tiger and wolf who came out of the bloody battle in northern Cyprus." Gu Yuanxi couldn't help but admire, and secretly said in his heart: "It seems that Fat Man An can stir up the entire Tang Dynasty in a corner of Hebei, not for nothing." On the surface, this Pinglu cavalry is not comparable to the group of imaginary Jingying forbidden troops occasionally seen in the suburbs of Chang'an...... This is the killing intent and blood that really comes out of the battlefield. ”

Who knew that Nan Jiyun waved his hand and smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Although this Pinglu cavalry is strong, it is only in the middle of the cavalry troops of the ten major feudal towns of the Tang Dynasty. If you talk about elite, I'm afraid it won't be ranked. ”

He asked: "The so-called 'Eight Cavalry of the Ten Domains, Nine Sections, and Eight Cavalry', have you ever heard of the name of the eight elite cavalry of the Fan and Han Dynasties?"