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Anle County is today's Beijing Miyun area, located at the foot of Yanshan, is a small county with only two counties, the north of Anle County is the towering Yanshan, forming a natural barrier of Youzhou, but Yanshan is not a whole, but belongs to a relatively broken mountain, two of which run through the Yanshan Mountains, one is called Gu River, which flows in from the northwest mountainous direction, and the other is called Baoqiu Water, which flows from the grassland in the north.

The upper and middle reaches of the Gu River also pass through the undulating Yanshan Mountains, the terrain is dangerous, flowing through many cliffs, and only in winter when it freezes can you walk on the river surface, and the military value is not great.

And Baoqiu water directly runs through Yanshan from the northern grassland, the riverbed is wide, it is a thoroughfare for the northern grassland to enter Anle County, it has great military strategic value, the passage through Yanshan is about 30 miles long, it is called the old Beikou, because its appearance resembles the tiger's mouth, so it is also called the Hubei Kou, and the Yanle County of Anle County is located in the southernmost part of the Hubeikou.

In addition to Hubeikou, in Beiping County, more than 500 miles to the east, there are also Lulongsai and Linyu Pass, which are also the passages for foreign ethnic groups to enter Youzhou, but Lulongsai is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the Sui army has 1,000 troops to guard, and Liaodong also has 5,000 Sui troops stationed, if the Turks go south from the east, they must first face the defenders of Liaodong, and the raid will have no effect.

Only the Hubeikou of Anle County is a convenient way to go south, Zhang Xuan returned to the Central Plains from the grassland, that is, from the Hubeikou into Anle County, which is also the main exit of the eastern trade road, and the mutual market of the Northern Sui and Tiele departments is carried out here.

Zhang Xuan and his entourage marched day and night, trekking the snow, and three days later entered Zhuo County, where the Zhuo County military envoy Mai Mengcai also realized the seriousness of the problem, and he did not care about the New Year, and also led 3,000 troops to follow Zhang Xuan north.

Youzhou was originally set up a governor system, the governor is also called the governor, under the jurisdiction of the military envoys of each county, in the era of Luo Yi formed a de facto separation, so Zhang Xuan in the establishment of the Northern Sui Dynasty abolished the governors of the Central Plains, only in Goguryeo set up a separate governor, and in other important border strategic counties to set up a military envoy system, Youzhou governors were also abolished, became Fanyang, Shanggu, Liaodong three military envoys, directly under the command of the Qi Wangfu.

The status of the governor is the same as that of Wei, the main generals are generals, and the military envoys are one level lower, for the general of Hu Benlang, and the military envoy of Fan Yang is Mai Mengcai, under the jurisdiction of Jixian, Hubeikou, Lulongsai, Linyuguan four battalions, the four battalion generals are all Yingyanglang generals.

The Fan Yang army made a total of 7,000 troops, including 3,000 in Jixian, 1,000 each in Lulongsai and Linyuguan, and 2,000 in Hubeikou.

The army was marching north on the snow-covered official road, and Mai Mengcai couldn't help but whisper to Zhang Xuan: "Marshal, if the Turkic cavalry really has hundreds of people entering the country, then not only the county will have a problem, but I am afraid that the garrison will also have a problem." ”

"Why?"

"Humble duty does not mean that Zhou Yuanqing must have a problem, it depends on how the Turkic cavalry crossed, if it is a collective one-time crossing, then the army will be seriously derelict in its duties, but if it is disguised as a Tiele merchant and entered the Central Plains one after another, it will be difficult for the army to find out."

Zhang Xuan nodded, "We'll talk about it after we investigate, but I'm more concerned about the defense of Hubeikou now, I walked through it once, and I had the impression that the Chengguan was very dilapidated, how is it now?" ”

"It was repaired once at the beginning of last year, but it was just to build a shopping mall, not a military fortress, and I am afraid it will disappoint the marshal."

Zhang Xuan said coldly: "I'm not afraid of disappointment, what I'm afraid of is negligence, and when the Turkic army enters Youzhou from here, then we will regret it." ”

"Dashuai is right, it's not too late to make amends!"

Two days later, 2,000 elite cavalry and 3,000 infantry escorted Zhang Xuan, the king of Qi, finally arrived in Yanle County, when the army arrived outside the south gate of the county, Anle County Taishou Li Yi, the county commander Shao Yanshan and the garrison general Zhou Yuanqing and the border city bureau Zheng Zhao Sui went out of the city to welcome the arrival of His Royal Highness the King of Qi.

Zhang Xuan asked, "Who is General Zhou Yuanqing!" ”

Zhou Yuanqing stepped forward, "The end will be!" ”

Zhang Xuan waved his hand, "Take it!" ”

More than a dozen soldiers rushed up and tied him up, Zhou Yuanqing struggled desperately, "Humble duty is not guilty!" ”

"I'll tell you later if there's any sin."

At this time, Juncheng Shao Yanshan's face turned pale, and he took a step back, Zhang Xuan's sharp gaze was already staring at him, "You are Juncheng Shao Yanshan?" ”

Shao Yanshan stepped forward to salute, "Humble duty is exactly!" ”

Zhang Xuan snorted, "Isn't it hot to hold a thousand taels of gold?" ”

This sentence was like five thunderbolts, Shao Yanshan's face was like ashes, his legs were weak, and he suddenly collapsed to the ground, unable to say a word.

Zhang Xuan waved his hand, and several soldiers stepped forward to tie him up.

Li Yi, the Taishou next to him, was dumbfounded, and after a while, he mustered up the courage to ask, "Your Highness, what happened?" ”

"Your deputy colluded with the Turks and attempted to betray the Northern Sui, but you didn't know about it as a county guard, can you be guilty?"

"Ahh Li Yi was taken aback, turned around and pointed at Shao Yanshan, "You..... How dare you ......" he hated it anymore.

Shao Yanshan lowered his head and didn't dare to say a word, at this time, Zhou Yuanqing's face was flushed and he shouted: "Great handsome, the lowly position did not collude with the Turks, and the lowly position was wronged!" ”

Mai Mengcai stepped forward and said: "General Zhou, you have the army in your hands, the marshal must take strict precautions, if you are really innocent, then don't worry, the marshal will deal with it fairly." ”

Zhou Yuanqing sighed, "I understand the lowly position, please ask General Meng to take the army away, and the lowly position is willing to accept the investigation." ”

Jag-hyun glanced at him and urged his horse to walk towards the city.

Anle County, like Mayi County, is also a major trade route, but the focus of the Sui Dynasty is in Guanlong, and the Turkic royal tent is also in the west, so the commercial prosperity of Mayi County is far greater than that of Anle County, and Anle County mainly trades with the Tiele tribes in the east of the grassland, but with the Northern Sui Dynasty determined the national policy of expanding trade with the Tiele tribes, the trade of Anle County prospered rapidly.

In addition, Liu Wuzhou ravaged Mayi County, and the Mayi trade road declined, and a large number of merchants began to transfer to Anle County, from Anle County to the north of the grassland to trade, and the imperial court also opened an official mutual market in Yanle County, and Yanle County gradually prospered.

Although it is a cold winter at this time, business has basically stopped, but from the dense shops on both sides of the city gate, you can still see the grand scene when the commercial season comes, at this time the breath of the New Year is shrouded in the sky above this northern county, only three days away from the New Year, you can see the sound of burning firecrackers everywhere to drive away evil spirits, and every household is busy cleaning the house, erecting poles, sticking door charms, and preparing for the new year.

Zhang Xuan came to the military camp in Yanle County, there were 1,000 garrisons in Yanle County, and they were mainly responsible for protecting the safety of the mutual city and the smooth passage of the trade routes in Anle County, where there had never been a war, and no one thought that this place would become a passage for the invasion of the grassland cavalry.

Mai Mengcai had already taken control of the army of Yanle County one step ahead, he was the military envoy of Fan Yang, and the Yanle military camp belonged to his command.

Zhang Xuan sat down in the big tent of the Chinese army, and then said, "Bring Shao Yanshan to me." ”

Several murderous soldiers pushed Shao Yanshan up, Shao Yanshan was already so frightened at this time that he couldn't stand steadily, and knelt on the ground when he entered the tent, "Your Highness.... Spare your life! ”

Shao Yanshan is about forty years old, his physique is weak, and he looks very gentle, Zhang Xuan looked at his official files, Zhuo County, Renshou two years of Jinshi, served as the chief secretary of Miyun County, and has been an official in Youzhou for more than ten years since then, and was promoted from Yanle County to Anle County two years ago.

"I'll ask you a few questions, answer honestly, maybe I will consider a lighter punishment, but if there is a little concealment or deception, I will punish you nine clans, do you understand?"

Zhang Xuan's tone revealed a powerful murderous aura, Shao Yanshan trembled with fright, and nodded again and again.

"Let me ask you, how many Turkic troops have come in from Anjun? How many war horses? ”

"There were probably more than 400 people and more than 500 war horses."

"How did you get in?"

"It's a man disguised as a Tie Le Ma dealer, and since the beginning of the year, he has been coming in one after another."

"Be specific!"

Shao Yanshan was sweating profusely, and he didn't dare to hide anything, so he intermittently explained the process of the Turkic cavalry's entry.

"Around the end of February of the first year, there was a Hui horse dealer who came to me, saying that he wanted to traffic a batch of horses into the Central Plains, about 300 horses, according to the regulations of the imperial court, more than 100 horses must be approved by the Taifu Temple, he secretly gave me 200 taels of gold, I know this is a serious violation of the law, but I can't resist the temptation of gold, so I changed the 300 war horses to 95 on the entry documents, and passed the customs smoothly."

Zhang Xuan immediately heard the loophole in this, the trade of Anle County is divided into two categories, official trade and private trade, there are two goods in the official trade that are not allowed to be involved in the private sector, one is war horses, the other is pig iron, and there are also some goods that are strictly forbidden to be exported, such as copperware, grain, and so on.

Other goods such as exported tea, cloth, silk, daily necessities, and imported cattle and sheep, sheepskins, milk wine, medicinal materials, etc., can be done in official trade and private trade.

However, due to the fact that Anle County has not yet set up a tax department, it is currently collected by the county government, and in fact, the private trade is managed by the county government.

For the convenience of exploiting the loophole that private trade does not allow the purchase and sale of war horses but can buy and sell animal power, Shao Yanshan was bought, and the war horses were mixed into ordinary animal power horses and entered Youzhou.

Zhang Xuan was annoyed in his heart and snorted heavily, "Keep talking!" (To be continued.) )