About 100 miles away from the capital, is Qingnipu.

Duli is a small place, and the total population of the town and the surrounding villages within a radius of more than ten miles is only more than 4,000 but less than 5,000, most of whom are Han Chinese. Cheongnipo is slightly larger, with a combined population of nearly 8,000, which is twice the size of the capital.

Most of the people in the city are Han Chinese, and the Han people here account for half of them, and the Goguryeo, Buyeo, Wofu, Sumo, Silla and other tribes account for the other half. Since the retreat of Andong to the west, the decree of the Tang Dynasty could not reach here, and the fleet was stationed here twenty years ago when the Bohai State invaded Laizhou.

Later, although the Bohai Kingdom was afraid of the might of the Tang Dynasty and had to give up this place, in fact, the "Qingnipu Order" of Qingnipu is still a Goguryeo of the new Bohai Kingdom. This person is also surnamed Gao, named Song, and is also the original Goguryeo clan, and it is with his support that Gao Baosheng can sit firmly in Duli Town.

"What, all that waste from Weizi Village...... Not only did it not succeed, but it allowed those Han people to break into the village and kill a falling flower? ”

The new news made Gao Song extremely angry, he broke a few porcelains in a row, and then felt a little distressed: This is white porcelain from the Tang Dynasty Torture Kiln, if it is sent to Bohai Kingdom, one piece is enough to exchange for a cow

In addition to anger, Takamatsu also felt fear.

As a man who broke the country, he was not yet born when Goguryeo was destroyed, but he still remembers the fear in his father's eyes when he mentioned the scene. Now the news from the capital says that the new Tang people claim to be Tang officials and generals - it is that after being silent for a long time, the Tang Dynasty finally aimed at the northeast

"It's not that ...... The Tibetan people are entangled in the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty can't draw up troops......" muttered to himself, and fear made Gao Song have to be cautious: "That is the case...... Clamp Mou Ding"

A man in Han costume beside him heard this: "Ming Gong, I'm here"

"You know the Tang people best, tell me, are the Tang people really going to call?"

If the Tang Dynasty really moves the whole country to attack, don't say that the scattered land of Liaodong will not be able to resist even if Silla and Bohai join forces.

"It's impossible, didn't the Ming Duke just say it, the Tibetan people are in the west, the Tang Dynasty is busy entangled with them, and there are remnants of the Turks in the north, it is impossible for them to mobilize the strength of the whole country."

"The Tang people over there in the capital...... What's going on? ”

"It is expected that he should be a border general in Dengzhou or Laizhou, and he wants to make meritorious contributions, so he crossed the sea and came."

"If that's the case, then it's good, Gao Baosheng, that idiot, provoked the Tang people for no reason, otherwise with him, at least he could inquire about some detailed information......"

However, Gao Baosheng didn't take Ye Chang's dozens of people in his eyes, thinking that he could solve it, so he didn't report it to Qingnipu. Then Ye Chang swept the Gao family with a thunderbolt, and there was not even a sporadic slip through the net, and when Qingnipu got the news, the situation in the capital had been decided, Gao Song didn't know the depth of Ye Chang, so he instigated Weizizhai to attack.

I never thought that the people of Weizi Village had not yet attacked the capital, and his nest first sent Nan Jiyun to Ye Chang to attack the end, and then threatened his family to force Qingzhuang to surrender. Now Weizi Village and the other three surrounding villages have all been broken by Ye Chang, and all the population has moved to the capital.

"In any case, we have to find out whether the Tang people are going to return in a big way" Gao Song looked at this subordinate: "You are the most proficient in Sinology, so you will be my messenger, go to the capital, Mingli only said to flatter the Tang Dynasty officials, and secretly probed his truth, how many people came, which way the generals led the army, whether they were greedy or honest, they had to find out."

Tong Mu Ding replied and glanced around, indeed, Gao Song likes to use Goguryeo, so there is no suitable Han staff around him, only he is the most proficient in Sinology because of his unusual relationship with Silla. For example, Gao Song called himself Qingnipu Ling, and other people called him by titles such as commander, county commander, and master, and Yu Crisp called him by the name of the chief of Goguryeo.

"Without further ado, the villain will set off, but, Ming Gong, since the villain is going to flatter, he must have some gifts on standby."

Gao Song inhaled a little painfully: "Okay, okay, that hundred-year-old ginseng, you take one, and there are leather goods or something...... By the way, the white tiger skin that was recovered was sent to him. ”

"The master is too generous, but he is just a Tang minister, and the white tiger skin is enough for the Khan of the Tang Dynasty."

"Exactly, exactly, it is better to dedicate it to the King of Bohai, please support us"

There was a voice of opposition at the bottom, but Tong Mu Ding understood what Gao Song meant: "Ming Gong really has a strategy, this is the Han people's plan to force Qin to destroy Shu."

The rest of the people looked at him in confusion, and Takamatsu also blinked, but there was a conceited look on his face.

"At the beginning, the Qin State wanted to destroy the Shu State, so they gave it a generous gift." Tong Mu Ding also didn't know anything about this, but everyone's expressions still made him secretly happy: "Everyone, I have said on weekdays that there is great wisdom in Sinology, and I want everyone to study Sinology with me, otherwise you don't know the intentions of the Ming Gong's strategy, so you will naturally speak out against it." ”

"Ahem...... I'll talk about this later, Tong Mu Ding, you go and go back quickly, don't delay. ”

Tong Mu Ding came according to his words, he came from Qingnipu, naturally chose to take a boat, and by the current, it only took one day to arrive in the capital. However, to his surprise, a new stone tablet was erected on the south side of the waterway that entered the port area, and the text on the stone tablet was the word "Lushun".

Tong Mu Ding knew these two words and could guess the meaning of these two words, but he didn't know why this monument was erected here.

When his ship docked in Tori, he found that the normally noisy port of Turi was now quiet, and there were few pedestrians on the streets, except for a group of men waiting with weapons. Immediately after he landed, someone greeted him: "Who are you waiting for, and why are you here?" ”

"A certain Pingguo County ordered Gao Gong to send those who came to pay homage to the angels of the imperial court, please give a word of advice."

"Pingguo County? Where is that? A patrol sergeant asked, surprised.

"It's Qingnipu." Tong Mu Ding sighed: "When Qianyan was in the past, it was called Pingguo, but now although it is a county in Mizhou, it has not been officially named......"

"Okay, okay, what is the former Yan and the latter Yan, I only know the Tang Dynasty." The man interrupted Mou Ding's teasing: "You want to see the general of the guard?" That's going to Lushun, on our side, only General Nan is here"

"General Minami?"

"Exactly."

When he heard that he was a general, he wanted to see him first and find out what was true, so he gave up his hand: "Okay, I'll ask to see this general first." ”

"The general is exercising in the camp, He Laosan, you take this messenger with you...... I'm sorry, messenger, your men will have to wait here. ”

"What about the gift-giver?" Tong Mu Ding said: "I brought a gift for the general. ”

"Put the gift here first, you just have to rest assured, we have military discipline, and the petty thief has been punished two days ago, and will never touch your belongings."

He followed that He Laosan, inquired carefully along the way, and soon learned that this He Laosan was originally a Han in the capital, and he had been recruited into the militia for only eight days, and today it was their turn to patrol, so he patrolled all over the capital under the leadership of the gang leader.

In other words, this guy was recruited after the people of Weizi Village were defeated. Tong Mu Ding calculated in his heart that it should be because the Tang people's troops were insufficient, so they would be in a hurry to recruit these characters. As for what a militia is, if you want to come, it should be a government soldier or something.

He Laosan didn't know that he had leaked the news, but he triumphantly said that his family had been allocated 20 acres of Yongye land - but he was a lonely man, and now he was recruited as a militia, and there was no one to plant the field at home.

It is equivalent to saying that everyone is plowing their own fields, who dares not to exert their strength and there are many people and good cooperation, usually one person may not be able to complete the work in ten days, but now ten people can solve it in half a day, and naturally there will be time to train patrols.

It was this system of co-cultivation that made He Laosan, who was originally dissatisfied with participating in the militia, become happy, and only felt that there was no better official in this world than Ye Langjun.

Hearing that he was full of praise for Ye Langjun and Ye Shouchuang, he thought a little more highly of the Tang official in his heart. It's only been a few days since I've been here to win the hearts of the people so much, and his ability is extraordinary.

Finally, he was brought to the barracks, which was north of the town of Duli, which was originally a field of the Gao family, and now has three rows of simple wooden houses, surrounded by a fence. From afar, I could hear the sound of people shouting inside, and I looked out, but it was a group of militiamen who were not neatly dressed and were being trained

He was brought into the barracks after He Laosan helped Mu Ding to pass through, but the southern general did not see him immediately, but asked him to wait, and he also took the opportunity to take a look at the soldiers here.

From a distance, I saw a majestic man in armor, who was reprimanding those militiamen for not forming an array, and in the opinion of Mou Ding, those militiamen had stood quite well, but the man in armor was still not satisfied, so he called a group of people and lined up in an array to show those militiamen.

When he first saw the militia, he felt that it was quite orderly, but after seeing this group of people in formation, he immediately felt frightened. There are not many people, but forty-eight people, needless to say, the order is forbidden, the key is the momentum displayed on them, although they are silent, but they are also brave and unstoppable, which makes people frightened

It's a strong army

Tong Mu Ding could only see this, and he couldn't help but ask He Laosan beside him: "Are these people your boss's personal guards?" ”

"Where, they are just like us, they are militiamen, and they still have to work on weekdays, but General Nan saw that we were not practicing properly, so he asked Ye Langjun to let them demonstrate. The guards around Ye Langjun are even more powerful than them."

"Ah, what's more?"

"That's nature"

Tong Mu Ding swallowed his saliva, and secretly rejoiced in his heart, fortunately, Gao Song sent himself to peek at the virtual reality, otherwise he would not be looking for death if he suddenly met that strong soldier

In this way, the defeat of Gao Baosheng and Weizizhai is also a natural thing.

"That's ...... Strong soldiers, how many? He asked again.

He thought that he couldn't ask, but he never thought that He Laosan was a solid-eyed person, so he replied, "There are more than 200 people...... But I heard that there are two thousand of them, and they will all come in a while."

"Two Thousand ......"

Tong Mu Ding smacked his tongue, Gao Song called himself Qingnipu Ling, but the people who lived in Qingnipu City were only more than 500 households and more than 2,000 people, plus the surrounding villages and tribes, a total of more than 8,000 people under his rule. If he goes out of his way, and then gathers those cottages that obey him, he can get together more than a thousand soldiers and horses, but this kind of rabble is not comparable to the new militia, how can he compare with the strong soldiers?

When I go back, I must persuade and think about getting married......

Tong Mu Ding had a calculation in his heart, and finally waited for Nan Jiyun to summon him to meet, and after he came up, he bowed to the ground and gave a big salute.

Nan Jiyun didn't care, and only asked him about his intention.

"A certain envoy was ordered to come to meet with the officials of the new faction of the imperial court. In the land of Liaodong, I have not seen the officials appointed by the imperial court for a long time, so there are people who do not know the law of the country, and they offended Ye Shou and the general Huwei, and I heard that they were either punished or captured, and Gaoming Mansion also specially sent a congratulatory gift, which Ling brought and now is on the ship. ”

"I see, I don't know what to do?" Nan Jiyun was a little surprised.

He originally thought that this must be the local Hu people with bad intentions, and wanted to calculate them, but he never thought that he was actually here to give gifts.

"What is given to the general is a mink coat, and it is cold in the north, and with this coat, the general will not be afraid of the cold." Tong Mu Ding said with a smile: "What Ye Shou caught is a white tiger skin and a hundred-year-old ginseng ......."

As soon as he heard that it was something like this, Nan Jiyun suddenly didn't like it, if he sent horses, armor, and blades, it would be good.

Now they are most lacking here, and they have captured a hundred and ten horses, and bought more than ten horses from various villages, and put together a team of one hundred and twenty horses, but only thirty or forty horses can really be used for war, and the rest can be regarded as a substitute at most. Although there are weapons, there is no Mo knife that can break through the armor and trap the battle, and the armor is even less, Ye Chang's guard is a false name, when the eldest princess Yuzhen got him this official position, he made it clear that he didn't need to go to Andong to protect and report, but he didn't want to have a real officer and soldier with a soldier, which meant that there could be no armor allocated to him except for his own set. The armor on his body now is still obtained when he was in Longyou, and there are twenty other chain mails, which are also owned by the people who followed him to Longyou.

He can wear these armors to scare Li Yong, but he also has to be careful that the news reaches Chang'an, otherwise he can be charged with rebellion if he owns a soldier privately. Fortunately, now that he is in Liaodong, he has the final say on whether there is or not, and if the news cannot be transmitted back to Chang'an, there is no need to worry too much.

"General, that mink ......"

"What's the use of these things, it's better to send some meat." Since Nan Jiyun was not interested, he waved his hand: "You know everything about your intentions, so let's do it, I'll send someone to see Ye Shouchou, and the gift will also be sent to him, the military camp here is not suitable for you to stay for a long time, so let's go." ”

Tong Mu Ding was stunned, he came to give a gift by himself, and he was sent away like this? That mink coat, although not as cherished as the white tiger skin, is worth more than a hundred times, why does this southern general think that it is not as good as a few pieces of meat?