Seven days ago, when Zhang Yue led his troops to leave Yanzhou, Zhang Kuangtu was also taking action, and he sent a letter to Zhang Guangren, the county commander of the boycott. So, Zhang Guangren was sick at home, and Zong Jingcheng led the two commanders of the Yanzhou soldiers to arrive, and then changed guards with Han Zhongming, and neither of them noticed why the county commander Zhang Guangren did not appear.

At that time, Zhang Guangren had actually left Bajiao County with several entourages and went north, bypassing Luzi Pass on the path often taken by hunters in the mountains, and heading north along the valleys and mountains under the ancient Great Wall to Ningshuo County, Xiazhou.

Ningshuo in the ancient Great Wall of Xiazhou, the Tang Dynasty has Dingxiang and other fetters in the prefecture, at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the party leader Tuoba Sigong was ordered to fight Huangchao, and was awarded the title of General Zuo Wuwei, Xia Sui Jie Envoy, the edict number is the Dingyan Army, given the surname "Li", and since then the four states of Xia Sui have been divided.

Although Ningshuo is also called a county, it is actually a military town, one of the habitats of the Tuoba clan, with a permanent strength of only 1,000 people, but there are a lot of young and strong, and the conscription can be organized into three or four thousand troops during wartime. The guard is a member of the Tuoba clan, but the side branch does not have the qualifications to be surnamed Li, and his name is Tuoba Suzhi, and the official position is of course Li Yiyin's Ningshuo County Commander and Ningshuo Defense Envoy according to the Central Plains official system.

Zhang Guangren rushed to Ningshuo to ask for a meeting, and handed over Zhang Kuangtu's letter, and after waiting for two days, Tuoba Suzhi received him, and at the same time, there was a wolf in the sky, and Zhang Guangren naturally knew.

"Your family's uncle Mrs. Zhang's request is a bit excessive! Now that Guo Que'er in Hebei has been on the throne for two or three years, the situation in the Central Plains has gradually stabilized, and this matter ...... "Tuoba Suzhi is about forty years old, with a square face black and red, and a tall figure that is slightly fat.

"This is a matter of mutual benefit, if you miss this opportunity, the Luziguan trade road will be cut off, you and I will not benefit, let alone ......" Zhang Guangren said this, but turned his head to look at the Zhan Cheng Tong who was sitting opposite, the meaning was self-evident.

"Not bad! You can make a move, that's your business, you talk about it yourself! Tuoba Suzhi smiled slyly, and said: "I can't go in person, but I can send a thousand soldiers to attack with the folding, and the results will be divided afterwards, and I hope that your family uncle is not an empty promise." ”

"Absolutely not! If a new marshal takes office in Yanzhou afterwards, our trade route may be diverted from Yanchuan to Suizhou, and iron and weapons and armor can no longer be provided, but the share of grain and cloth can be increased. Zhang Guangren almost patted his chest and promised.

"That's good! I will report this matter to Li Dashuai to know, and you can go back and prepare. Tuoba Suzhi agreed, after all, the maintenance of trade routes is extremely beneficial to their party members, and then ask the marshal to go to the table again and ask for the opening of the border market, which can not only avoid being offended by the Son of Heaven, but also get more benefits......

When Zhang Yue entered Luoyuan County, it was the beginning of the day, just after noon, because of the frequent bandits recently, most of the inns in the city were empty, and he found a medium-sized inn in the south of the city to stay. When the innkeeper received everyone, he couldn't help but speak.

"You can successfully reach this county is really the right time, two days ago the robbers haunted near Wuyuan County, Yanzhou, it is said that they robbed several Zhuangzi outside the city, got a large amount of green salt and left, and may not come again in a short time!"

"Two days ago? Are you sure? Not hearsay? Zhang Yue was overjoyed, but asked nervously and worriedly.

"You can ask the merchants in the city about this, everyone knows about this, you have to go to Yanzhou quickly, or just wait for ten days and a half to see the wind, of course, it is safest to sell the goods back in this county." The shopkeeper suggested with a smile.

"Fuck you! It turned out to be a pimp! Are you looking for a low-cost source of goods for the county's commercial banks? The military guide who came with him was a Huai'an County official who was familiar with the customs and customs of various places, and immediately opened his mouth to break it.

"The villain just got the benefits of the Li family firm in this county, help deliver a word, it's your business to listen or not, right? If you are interested, you can come at any time, since you are here, you naturally want salt, to ensure that it is in stock, but the price may be high......" The shopkeeper smirked slyly.

"Stop pimping, we'll look for you when we think about it!" Zhang Yue was furious when he heard this, these people actually took advantage of the bandit trouble to raise the price of salt, they were simply looking for death! I don't know if they have salt from the Gyeongju government in their hands.

Zhang Yue entered the store to interview the shopkeeper and chartered the courtyard behind the inn, so that everyone could live together and the horses and goods could be taken care of nearby. Chen Jia was arranging for the soldiers to unload the goods, and Zhang Yue found Xuan Chongwen and Ming Jinrong to discuss.

"I asked the shopkeeper, and then pulled a customer in the store to inquire, what the store guy said just now should be credible, two days ago there were indeed robbers robbed Wuyuan County, so it can be speculated that the robbers must have entered the territory of Luoyuan County now." Zhang Yue said with a firm face.

"It's possible, it's okay near Wuyuan, but the north of Luoyuan County is full of mountains and valleys, and it's close to Baiyu Mountain, or ...... Let's go to the east at the foot of Baiyu Mountain? Xuan Chongwen also thought of it, and couldn't help but speak.

"Good! I don't know how many roads there are into the mountains, so let's pretend to be hunters! ”

Zhang Yue immediately asked the guide and learned that there were many ways into the mountain, but the Yanzidun area of Luoyuan County was very unruly, and it was estimated that the robbers would bring a large number of salt goods, and it would be much easier to go to the Yuanzidun at the northern foothills.

Zhang Yue asked Chen Jia to stay at the inn, and Xuan Chongwen and Ming Jinrong took a total of 30 horses, and after leaving the city, they went straight to Yuanyudun, which was thirty miles northeast. Although Yuanyuan Dun is called a pier, it is actually a mountain range, and the main peak is as high as a kilometer. There is a river valley that extends to the north between the mountains, and it is easy to get out of the mountain, but the road into the mountain is a small intestine path, and it is difficult for people and horses to pass.

When I arrived at the place, I found that there were no traces of pedestrians in the valley, and there were no horseshoe prints on the road, and occasionally the footprints of some wild beasts could be seen. Zhang Yue looked up at the mountains on both sides, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's really a poor mountain and bad water!" Where does this lead to the mountains? ”

"It's accessible in all directions, but it's hard for the team to go! This north is the ancient Great Wall, west to Lingzhou, east to Luzi Pass, north to Fuzhou. The guide introduced.

Zhang Yue heard what the guide said, and couldn't help but move in his heart, took out a few old maps of the government and compared them one by one, and found that between the Great Wall and the main vein of Baiyu Mountain, this area is very deep, no wonder the wolf chose such a tricky place to fall into the grass.

After more than 30 knights drank their horses in the stream, except for seven or eight people who climbed high and set up a sentry in the distance, the rest sat on the ground to rest, and nibbled on the dry food cakes they brought. Zhang Yue discussed with Xuan Chongwen and Ming Jinrong and decided to act separately.

For if the robbers pass by, they must drink their horses and rest before they can enter the mountain. Zhang Yue then led his troops to hide in the dense forests of the valley, and at the same time assigned secret sentries to hide along the edge of the valley, keeping an eye on several nearby streams. At dusk, a secret sentinel from outside the mountain finally came back to report: the target has appeared!

Zhang Yue was surprised and delighted, left Ming Jinrong to guard, and Xuan Chongwen and the two of them crossed a valley together, and sure enough, they saw nearly a thousand mules and horses drinking water in the wide area downstream, and at the same time, there were two or three hundred robbers dressed in coarse linen robes, wearing fur hats, holding knives and guns, and carrying bows and arrows, sitting in piles around the stream, laughing and laughing endlessly.

Zhang Yue and Xuan Chongwen glanced at each other, immediately returned to sweep away the horses' hoof prints on the ground of the river valley with tree branches, and then let all the soldiers and war horses hide in the woods, and tied the war horses to death, and tightened the horse's mouth with cloth strips to prevent it from running around.

"I don't know if it's the Celestial Wolf Headquarters, so I'll follow it next!" Xuan Chongwen volunteered.

"You go with Lao Ming, come back when you find the cottage to find out the situation, don't stay!" Zhang Yue wanted to go by himself, but after thinking about it, he agreed.