Hearing what the coachman said, Ji Qingling hurriedly put down the pen and paper in his hand, lifted the carriage curtain on the side and looked out, sure enough, the city wall in the distance was tall and sturdy, and the carriage was getting closer and closer to the city wall, but there were not many pedestrians on the side of the road.

She recalled the appearance of Yanzhou City many years ago, and only remembered that the grass market outside the city was full of people, and all kinds of merchants and villagers were selling things, and it was not uncommon to see even the feudal people.

Now it's only been a few years, but because of the Northern Barbarian Massacre, the outer city has just fallen into a shelf. At this moment, the grass market outside the city has disappeared, and the city wall that was originally pushed down by the Beiban has been rebuilt, and it is a few points higher, but there are few people around, and the original is not the same.

When the group arrived outside the north gate, they were stopped by the guards at the city gate, drove the people out of the car, asked for directions one by one, asked for the origin in detail, and then went to search for luggage. The dart master has experienced a lot, and he stepped forward to check for a long time, but he just didn't ask them to come forward to investigate everyone's body.

Ji Qingling jumped out of the carriage, watched the guards get on the car and searched it for a while, and saw that the passers-by were all lined up waiting to search their bodies, all of them were silent, and suddenly had a rough idea of Yanzhou at this time.

The investigation is so strict, nine times out of ten, it is to prevent the northern barbarians from entering the city.

After a long time of tea, after the guards had searched one by one, the leader waved his hand and signaled that they could enter the city.

Before they could get into the chariot, they saw some fast horses coming from far and near, and when they came to the gate of the city, they did not greet them, nor slow down their speeds, nor even lower their heads, but went straight into the city.

A few soldiers who were searching for others not only did not stop them, but hurriedly put their swords back into their sheaths and stood respectfully to the side, waiting for the horses to run away before raising their heads.

One of them said: "At such an early hour, Zheng Tongju was in a hurry, isn't there something big happening in the yamen?" ”

Another person replied: "Yang Pingzhang has led the troops to go on the expedition, and the affairs in the state are all judged, so naturally you have to go back to the yamen as soon as possible, you don't have to talk nonsense, be careful of being known by the shop leader, saying that your mouth is not open!" ”

His voice was not loud, but Gu Yanzhang stood closer, his ears and eyes were also smart, although he had not been in Yanzhou for many years, he relied on the newspaper he got from Liu Boshan, and he had been studying it carefully, and he was very familiar with the current situation in Yanzhou City.

The Zheng Tong judgment they talk about can only refer to the Yanzhou Tong judgment Zheng Lin.

The official system of this dynasty is generally judged to be the deputy position in the state, and handles political affairs together with Quan Zhijun and state affairs.

Yang Kui was indeed not in Yanzhou City, but led his troops to the battle......

Since Yang Kui is not in Yanzhou, it is normal for Zheng Lin, who is the general judge, to hurry back to Yamen in the early morning.

Gu Yanzhang stood on the side of the road, watching the tall horses gallop all the way, the horses' hooves raising puffs of dust, and the people around them all avoided them.

This is the difference between having an official status and not having an official status.

No, it should be said that this is the difference between high-ranking officials and ordinary people.

The general judgment is already an official in the slap in the face in Yanzhou City, and he is just a white body. So people can gallop across the street on horseback, and they can only take Ji Qingling to be stopped by the soldiers at the door, and stay aside to wait for the search of luggage.

Gu Yanzhang's eyes couldn't help but narrow slightly, and there was a sense of ambition in his heart that was unwilling to be subordinate.

He has never been the one who can wait and get by, willing to be mediocre, not to mention that there is still a Ji Qingling to guard at home.

Gu Yanzhang stood in place and waited for a while, until Zheng Lin was far away, and then he withdrew his gaze.

After being allowed by the guards of the city gate, everyone reorganized and set off.

Ji Qingling sat in the carriage, and as the carriage went all the way, the more he walked towards the center of the city, the more houses on both sides of the road, and the bigger the shops.

At the beginning, the Northern Barbarians slaughtered the city, it is said that a fire burned for three days and three nights, all the houses were reduced to ashes, Yanzhou became an empty city, and even the city walls were torn down.

Ji Qingling walked while taking in the various situations in the city, she looked at it for a long time, and couldn't help but ask Gu Yanzhang: "Fifth brother, I just counted it, how can there be so many fewer officers and soldiers in the city." ”

According to the military system of the Great Jin Dynasty, there are detailed requirements for the number of officers and soldiers guarding the border cities, and the number of patrol soldiers, the number of guards, and when to change the guard are not things that can be done at will.

She had just walked this way, and for about half an hour, the number of people she counted was really much less than what the court required.

Gu Yanzhang said in a low voice: "The patrol soldiers have been transferred to guard the city gate. ”

Ji Qingling is a little girl after all, she knows many things in her heart, but when she really uses it, she is often hindered by not knowing much about the world, so she may not be able to use it freely.

Gu Yanzhang is different, he is extremely meticulous, and he often gets some clues from the smallest clues, so that he can see the big from the small. He heard that the soldiers guarding the city were not right, and pushed it to the way to Yanzhou, many soldiers hurried to this place, combined with Ji Qingling's words, and the information he had just gotten, he had a plan in his heart in a moment.

He explained to Ji Qingling: "Just now I heard the guards at the city gate say that Yang Pingzhang has led the troops to the battle, and the few fast horses we saw at the city gate were Zheng Tongju of Yanzhou City, and he hurriedly returned to the city, just to sit in the yamen." I heard the guards at the city gate call the leader of the shop, and the knives on their bodies are not in the form of defending the city, but in the form of patrolling the shops. ”

He paused, and then said, "I don't know if it's just the north gate, or if it's the same for the four city gates." If the guards of the four city gates were withdrawn, then Yanzhou should be very short of troops, and when he was in a hurry to go on the expedition, he would not even let go of the more than 1,000 people who were defending the city. Along the way, the Xiang troops of Jinghu and Guangnan hurried to this side, probably because there was really only an empty city left here, and they were afraid of being taken advantage of. ”

This kind of thing, only a general like Yang Kui dares to do it, change one person, take all the defenders of the state city away, and don't even let go of the soldiers who are subject to the city gate, I don't even dare to think about it.

Ji Qingling listened, but he didn't feel so scared. After all, the art of war is real and false, Yang Kui is known as prestigious, although he has also fought defeats, but he has won more and lost less, not to mention that after Yanzhou was recovered in history, he never lost it.

It's just that she was a little sorry and said: "Yang Pingzhang is not here, so the greeting post given by Mr. is useless." She sighed, "I thought I could get some light, but who knows how to come and go, and we have to go on our own." ”