Liangzhou Prefecture City, originally built by the Xiongnu Hutu King in the Han Dynasty, built a Tibetan city, seven miles from north to south, three miles from east to west, the ground has a dragon shape, also known as Wolong City, is located on the east bank of the Macheng River. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe circumference of the whole city is twenty miles, it is a horizontal rectangle, the past dynasties have expanded and repaired on this basis, because of the large population in the Tang Dynasty, Shenwu County in the west of the city, and Guzang County in the east of the city.

The vicissitudes of life, the passage of time, repeated wars, the state city is dilapidated and in disrepair, but generally still maintains the original appearance, but the buildings in the city are rare to have the style of the Tang Dynasty in the Central Plains, there are actually many spires and pavilions, and the Buddhist temple that occupies a huge area. In addition to the monks, the residents are basically Tibetan nobles, and most of the people who occasionally lead horses through the streets are also Fan people with their hair scattered.

The Jiedu Marshal's Mansion is in the east of the city, and the government has the style of the Central Plains, with high red walls and black tiles, as well as a magnificent gatehouse, which should have been restored. About 200 tooth soldiers wearing fine-scale armor and ear-turning helmets greeted them in front of the government with honor guards in hand, making a warm and solemn procession.

The feeling of entering a foreign land disappeared, replaced by a sense of familiarity, Zhang Yue turned his head to look at Shen Yanfu, and asked with a smile: "I don't know how many entourages Ling Zun brought with him when he took office last year?" ”

"There is only one scribe and five hundred tooth soldiers, they are them!" Shen Yanfu arched his hand.

"Oh...... Ling Zun is too polite! Although this time, I was ordered by His Royal Highness the King of Jin to temporarily take the title of envoy of the guest province to come, that is, to see the current situation in Hexi, and then I have to return to Huizhou. Zhang Yue bowed his hand and said with a smile, indicating that he was coming this time, and there was nothing particularly important. Of course, this is a human talk.

"My father is waiting in the hall, General Zhang, please!" Shen Yanfu turned sideways and said.

"Well said! So how do I arrange my own soldiers? Zhang Yue followed and dismounted and asked.

"I have found a house in the city, but it is a little dilapidated, the soldiers can settle down, and General Zhang can live in the mansion and guest house." Shen Yanfu said.

"Thank you for your kindness! I'd better live with my own soldiers! These guys don't watch, they will bounce around like monkeys. Zhang Yue said with a smile, secretly giving Hao Tianying a look and asking him to follow. As for Chen Jia and Yiqian, they can wait outside for placement.

Pass the gatehouse, go up the steps into the gate, and then enter the instrument gate, facing a courtyard, there is a squatting stone tablet standing in the middle of the open space, go around and then go to the inside is the lobby, the light inside is a little dim, there are seven or eight people wearing the official uniforms of the Great Zhou Dynasty sitting on both sides, and there is an old man in a purple robe who is more than fifty years old behind the first handsome case, which is undoubtedly Shen Shihou.

"Quan Xuanwei is the provincial envoy of the North Academy, informing the state military affairs, and the guerrilla general Zhang Yue, meet with Shen Dashuai!" Zhang Yue bowed to the court, the etiquette should be indispensable at all, as for the rest, that is another matter, this is also a necessary quality for a qualified official.

"General Zhang, please take a seat!" Shen Shihou smiled, stretched out his hand to lead the middle position on the right side, and when he saw Zhang Yue stepping forward and sitting down, he asked again: "I don't know if His Royal Highness the King of Jin will go smoothly in his personal expedition to Huizhou?" ”

"Whatever you want! The Qiangbo generation is vulnerable! His Royal Highness King Jin wanted to come to Liangzhou in person, but at the end of the year, next year's Yuanri suburban festival was approaching, so he had to return to Beijing. Zhang Yue said bluntly without scruples, which made the faces of the Qiang officials in the hall not look good.

In fact, Zhang Yue is hinting that Shen Shihou should return to Beijing to see His Majesty, so I don't know if he understands. At the same time, tell the Qiang officials in the hall that your strength is still far from playing tricks with the court.

"Hmph...... Huizhou Qiang is just that, of course it is vulnerable! A middle-aged strong man in a dark crimson official uniform on the opposite side squinted his eyes and snorted disdainfully.

"That's Tuoba Bogu, if you support the Nogi clan as soon as possible, the result will be very different." A military attache on the right side chimed in, and several other officials also shouted, and the hall suddenly became noisy.

"He is Shen Nian, the great leader of the Six Grains after Zhe Jiashi! I saw it last time. Hao Tianying reminded in a whisper beside him.

Zhang Yue nodded, turned his head to look at this side, and Shen Nian was also a man with a cake face and a nose, so he didn't know who the person opposite was.

"Huh...... Everyone, be still! Seeing that there was about to make trouble, Shen Shihou hurriedly stopped it, turned his head to Zhang Yue and said: "It's a pity to be on the same side as His Royal Highness the King of Jin!" Now Huizhou has recovered, congratulations! General Zhang has worked hard all the way, but I can go down to rest first, I have prepared a little water and wine for General Zhang to catch the wind, let the dog Yanfu, and the Liangzhou soldiers accompany General Zhang to drink a few glasses. ”

Since Shen Shihou said so, Zhang Yue got up and said goodbye, otherwise, there would be a war of words. Several officials in the hall obviously didn't know his details, and they didn't keep him when they saw him quit the Shuaifu.

Zhang Yue and Hao Tianying went out, and saw that Chen Jia was still waiting outside, so they asked where they lived, and he led the way to a mansion not far from the east of the street in front of the Yamen, and when they entered the door, they saw that the soldiers were cleaning the room, some of them set up wooden planks and spread hay, and then opened the rolled up jacket, and the temporary couch was ready; Some are busy bathing and washing clothes, and now they have time to hurry, once there is something to do outside the march, they can't take a bath for ten days and half a month.

"General! Your room is in it and the hot water hasn't boiled yet...... There are also horse materials and military rations that have not been transferred, and the war horses are starving! Yiqian came out of the back hall sweating profusely and said a little anxiously.

"What's the hurry, I'll send someone to find Shen Yanfu later."

Zhang Yue looked inside and out, and felt that this house was very old, and there was a section of the courtyard wall behind it, and the defense ability was very poor.

Zhang Yue went back to the room, asked the soldiers to bring a big wooden barrel, put hot water on it, and soaked it comfortably, someone from the Shuai Mansion came to urge him to go to the banquet, so he had to get up and change into a clean crimson robe, and called Hao Tianying to go out together, and saw a carriage parked on the opposite street, and Shen Yanfu was waving to him at the window of the car.

Zhang Yue couldn't help but ask, asked Hao Tianying to follow with two horses, stepped forward and got into the carriage, and saw that only Shen Yanfu was sitting inside, presumably there was something to say.

"General Zhang! Listen to the meaning of what you just said, but His Royal Highness the King of Jin wants my father to return to Beijing to see His Majesty? ”

"Exactly! I don't know what the difficulty is? ”

"It's really embarrassing...... Shen Yanfu smiled bitterly, and continued: "Last year, Shen Nianban, Cui Huxin and others wanted to commit a mutiny, but the governor was not secret, so he got the news in advance, and ran to Tokyo with hundreds of good horses to pay tribute, and asked the court to appoint Hexi Jiedu, so my father took up the post of Hexi."

But although Shen Nianban has become the leader of the Six Valleys, he has not yet become the commander of the festival, and is actively seeking it. Moreover, although Zhe Jiashi is no longer a festival commander, he can't do anything without his approval of Liangzhou. My father has been carefully dealing with them, and he has to be the last resort to balance them.

It seems that Shen Shihou is not as incompetent as he imagined, Zhang Yue nodded and said: "So, last year, I went to Tokyo to ask for a handsome, and his heart was not sincere!" I can understand you doing this, after all, you have not led troops to take office, and it is difficult to gain a foothold in this land where the wolves are looking around, so balancing the interests of all parties is the best way. ”

"Not bad! But the problem is that now the balance of interests is about to be broken. Located in the west of Liangzhou, the Zhe clan mainly defended against the Uighurs in Ganzhou, and had to fight several battles with the Uighurs who crossed the border to graze their cattle every autumn, so their strength was slightly stronger than that of the Liugu tribe, and with the support of the snow-capped mountain Qiang in the west of Guzang Nanshan, they constantly pressured Shen Nianyan to explain the mutiny last year. But Shen Nian refused, didn't admit it at all, and hoped to get my father's help, so ......"

Seeing Shen Yanfu's embarrassed look, Zhang Yue was a little strange, and asked, "So your father fell to Shen Nian?" ”

"Shall it not be reversed? And...... And married! Shen Yanfu said with an embarrassed expression.

"Marriage? How can this marriage be linked? Look at your look, dude...... Could it be you? Zhang Yue asked in surprise.

"Exactly! My father is scheduled to marry Shen Nian's daughter as a flat wife on the 28th of this month, so as to achieve the goal of joining forces with the Rokutani to suppress the Ori clan. Shen Yanfu explained.

"Huh...... That will be four days later, and I will congratulate Brother Shen! Zhang Yue said joy in his mouth, but he was speechless in his heart, Shen Shihou's father and son made a mistake! (To be continued.) )