"So this is Akasen!"

Fang Chongyong circled around a small boxy pool for a long time, and the pool was bubbling with red spring water.

The color is like blood, but it is crystal clear.

During the Wude period, Liangzhou peacefully returned to the embrace of the Central Plains, and the Chishui Army was also established at the same time. Settled down in this place to build a camp, and named itself after this red spring, which has been in the west of the river for a hundred years.

This is Chiwu Town, a military town established because of the Chishui Army, many of whom are family members of the Chishui Army. They cultivated fields nearby, built houses, cultivated water conservancy, and developed "oasis agriculture".

This kind of town is one of the characteristics of Hexi, although it may not be called "town".

The water of the red spring is as red as blood, but the scale is a little smaller. Fang Chongyong squatted down and put his hand into the pool water, wanting to taste what Chiquan tasted like, but was quickly stopped by Fang Dafu.

"Lang Jun, don't drink it."

Fang Dafu smiled and shook his head and said.

"I'll just see, I don't really want to drink."

Fang Chongyong explained that he had heard that this kind of red spring was red because of the iron ore rock, and he didn't know if it was true.

Everything in Chiwu Town is subordinate to the army, and most of the people here have retired from the army, forming a closed-loop system.

The whole town was simply fenced off with a wooden fence. Although the number of Chishui troops is as high as 33,000, the scale of Chiwu Town is not large, and not all Chishui troops are stationed here.

At this moment, Fang Chongyong saw Wang Zhongsi walking over with an unkind face, followed by Guo Ziyi with a depressed face.

"Father-in-law seems to have something on his mind?"

Fang Chongyong asked suspiciously. He looked at Guo Ziyi's expression and vaguely guessed what was happening.

"That's right, you follow me into the Chishui Army Yamen, this is not the place to talk."

"Okay."

Fang Chongyong nodded slightly, it was obvious that his intelligence was not only recognized by Wang Zhongsi, but also by Guo Ziyi.

When the group came to the study of the Chishui Army Yamen, Guo Ziyi told Fang Chongyong what happened on the north shore of Baiting Sea.

To put it simply, it was the Bai Ting Army that ate black and killed the partners who sold the stolen goods. This kind of operation occurs quite frequently in the Hexi Corridor and the Western Regions.

Not only the officials and soldiers eat the black of the robbers, but also the merchants eat the black of the merchants, and the difference between the hunter and the prey here is not clear, and it can be achieved overnight.

A caravan may be the prey of the bandits, but they will also make a "cameo" appearance at the right time to rob a smaller caravan.

Fang Chongyong somewhat understood why the silk of West Asia was more expensive than gold, but the quality was not good.

In addition to the long distance, the messing around of various forces is also an important reason.

"It's really wonderful for Bai Tingjun and his gang to play like this."

Fang Chongyong couldn't help but sigh.

Immediately, Guo Ziyi crossed his hands and saluted:

"Xiao Langjun, I also thought that Bai Tingjun's move Li Daitao stiffened without flaws. When the time comes, just push these Turks out.

It was the Turks who killed the Tianzhu monks, and it was also the Turks who sold the stolen goods in the north of the Baiting Sea.

Even if Cui Jieshuai knew about this, he had to pinch his nose and admit it, and push the boat down the river to put the blame on the Turks. ”

Guo Ziyi said quietly.

Wang Zhongsi's face changed several times, and then he nodded, deeply disturbed by Guo Ziyi's analysis.

Because this is too much of a horse in line with the style of those Qiu Ba, and the unspoken rules of the Hexi Corridor!

All the mistakes are the fault of the Tibetan people, they are all the fault of the Turks, and it is only these people who can do bad things, how can they protect the safety of everyone's lives and property!

Even if it's ...... You can't make a noise, you just need to know what's going on internally.

Bai Tingjun handed over the stolen goods and stolen money, and he didn't even need to push out the scapegoat to take the blame, and the matter would be over.

Cui Xiyi got face, and Hexi Jiedu Mansion got the stolen money and goods.

The people of all ethnic groups in Hexi knew that the murderous Turks were plundering merchants and monks everywhere, and they all firmly united with the Tang Dynasty government.

Everyone's happy!

Except for the dozens of dead monks, there was not a single victim in this matter!

That's why Wang Zhongsi felt that he couldn't help Bai Tingjun's gang!

How good it is for everyone to help Bai Tingjun round this beautiful lie, why should you be an honest person and puncture this "emperor's new clothes"?

"There is really no solution to this matter."

Fang Chongyong said with a light sigh.

Manpower is sometimes poor, others have done a good job, and it doesn't hurt your interests on the surface. At this time, the others enter the room to make up for the game. Rushing to dismantle the platform will only arouse disgust from all sides.

For example, Wang Zhongsi or Cui Xiyi forcibly demolished the platform of the Baiting Army, insisting that this matter was done by the Tang Army. This kind of behavior is not good for everyone, even if the crime is confirmed, it will only make Tang Jun's reputation in the Hexi Corridor worse.

But this feeling of being manipulated and manipulated by others is very bad! It made Wang Zhongsi uneasy.

"What do you think is going to do with it?"

Wang Zhongsi said in a deep voice.

Sooner or later, he will have to succeed the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, which is a tradition since the founding of the Chishui Army. The envoy of the Hexi Jiedu will either concurrently serve as the envoy of the Chishui Army as soon as he takes office, or after taking control of the Chishui Army, he will be promoted to the envoy of the Hexi Jiedu, and there is no third situation.

Therefore, Wang Zhongsi very much hopes that he can settle the Baiting Army. Now it is uneven, and after becoming the envoy of the Hexi Festival, he will also find an opportunity to settle it.

"I beat yours, I'll beat mine."

Fang Chongyong said thoughtfully.

Well?

Wang Zhongsi and Guo Ziyi were stunned, both of them were pure martial artists, they didn't have so many fancy intestines, and they couldn't figure out what Fang Chongyong wanted to do.

"I'm going to find Cui Jieshuai now, please rest assured father-in-law."

Fang Chongyong nodded and didn't say much.

"Is there anything I need to do?"

"Send an official letter to the Baiting Army, saying that the last time the Chishui Army fought with the Tubo people, the war horses were quite damaged. Now there is a group of cavalry of the Chishui Army who have lost their mounts, and they need to go to the horse farm south of Baitinghai to select a batch of war horses by themselves.

Therefore, please withdraw the garrison personnel from the Baiting Army to avoid misunderstandings. ”

Fang Chongyong said a suggestion that made Wang Zhongsi feel inexplicable.

This kind of thing seems to be very reasonable, but it is not actually the rule of the imperial court.

The warrior personally chooses the war horse, which is the proper meaning, because the first step in the combat effectiveness of the cavalry is the cooperation between man and horse.

But this is not how the horses are selected, the formal procedure is that Liangzhou City sends Si Nong to join the army, and takes a group of "professionals" (none of whom have official ranks) under him to go to the pasture to pick horses first, and then bring them to the Chishui Army, where they are selected by the soldiers of the Chishui Army.

It has never been said that the Chishui soldiers will go directly to Baitinghai to challenge the horses.

That place is not the defense area of the Chishui Army!

And an army trespassing into the defense area of another army without a military order is a conspiracy!

It is possible to be questioned or even disarmed afterwards.

However, the situation of the Chishui Army is slightly different, because it is directly under the Tang Dynasty, and there are many precedents for the prime minister to lead the Chishui military envoys. After all, the Chishui Army has 30,000 sharp soldiers and 13,000 war horses.

This configuration is the well-deserved boss of the Datang army, and it is impossible to cause chaos by local festivals.

Therefore, the operation of the Chishui Army to pick horses at Baitinghai Ranch is very strange and subtle. The demand is reasonable, but the operation is very illegal, and the identity is very strong.

What's more, now it's just sending an official letter, not really sending someone over directly.

Whether the people of Bai Tingjun agree or disagree is a troublesome matter for them.

"Gone?"

Wang Zhongsi asked inexplicably.

"Yes, it's gone."

"Then why do you do that?"

Wang Zhongsi didn't understand the cause and effect, but he felt a little unable to see through this operation.

"The Bai Ting Army has done a good job of the Turks robbing the Tianzhu monks, and there are no flaws. Our goal was not to publicize this matter widely and make the Tang army infamous in Hexi.

So we had to find a different way. From other places made the Baiting Army uncomfortable. ”

Fang Chongyong said with a smile.

The horse rider actually let him blow the cold wind all night that day, and was frightened all night.

He has never been so embarrassed in front of Brother Ji!

If it weren't for the culprit Bai Tingjun, how could he be a "Fang Yanei" in the Hexi Corridor in the future.

"That's fine, just say that the soldier loves horses and wants to come to the ranch to choose them himself, but it makes sense.

Although it is not in accordance with the rules, it is also human nature. ”

Wang Zhongsi nodded slightly and said.

Fang Chongyong's move, not to mention anything else, at least it could make the soldiers of the Chishui Army feel very comfortable, which was very helpful for stabilizing the status of Wang Zhonghe's Chishui military envoy, and he had no reason to refuse.

"Then you go quickly, the sooner this matter is, the better, the Tubo people don't know when they will come. Hurry up and solve all these miscellaneous things, and you can quickly fight against Tubo without distractions. ”

After walking out of the Yamen of the Chishui Army, Guo Ziyi bowed bravely and said: "I have failed Lang Jun's trust, and I don't know how to apologize, please show Lang Jun." ”

"Eh, Judge Guo is polite, it's just that I didn't expect Bai Tingjun's people to actually operate in reverse, and this is not Judge Guo's fault.

It should be said that it is fortunate that Judge Guo did not lead his troops to rush over at that time and tear his face with the people of the Bai Ting Army, otherwise, the current situation would be out of control.

In the Baiting Army, there are high-ranking people, and it is not easy to deal with. ”

Fang Chongyong said in a deep voice, looking at the yellow sand moving with the wind outside the oasis of Chiwu Town.

"Xiao Langjun is polite, polite."

Guo Ziyi said embarrassedly.

His impression of Fang Chongyong has been reversed several times, and now he only feels that this kid is really not to be underestimated.

Soon, the group took a carriage from Chiwu Town to Liangzhou City, twenty miles away, but they didn't expect that at this time, Cui Xiyi, the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, was furious in the hall of the Yamen of Jiedu, and all the subordinate officials were silent.

……

The thing that made Cui Xiyi angry in Hexi Jiedu was nothing else, it was an official letter sent by Xin Yunjing, the envoy of the Baiting Army.

The official letter said that a few days ago, they sent people to patrol the pastures north of Baitinghai and found that several Turkic merchants were trading stolen goods with a group of horse bandits of unknown origin, so they sent people to attack them, annihilated them all, and seized a lot of expensive "golden silk Buddha robes" silk robes, which should have belonged to the group of Tianzhu monks a few days ago.

By the way, some gold and silver coins were also seized from unscrupulous Turkic merchants.

Now this batch of stolen money and goods, Bai Tingjun didn't know how to deal with it, so he sent a letter to ask Hexi Jiedu Mansion whether it was necessary to transport this batch of things to the treasury of Liangzhou City for confiscation.

Looking at the tone, he is not as humble as Qiu Ba who holds a soldier; His behavior is no different from the style of Hexi Qiuba.

Cui Xiyi is angry that Bai Tingjun's people are making up stories about him as a fool!

But this "beautiful lie", he can't debunk it!

What's even more helpless is that the term of office of the Jiedu envoy is very short, no more than four years, and once he is transferred, it will be a distant transfer, and it is impossible to have any power in Hexi.

And the Baiting military envoys, although their term of office is also four years, their rotation is mostly within the five states of Hexi.

Therefore, the Baiting army envoy "played" Cui Xiyi, although the latter was aggrieved, but in the eyes of the locals in Hexi, it did not mean that the people of the Baiting Army did not pay attention to the rules, but only that Cui Xiyi was not very capable and could not control the scene.

There is a thorn in the head to make a fuss, which has hidden benefits for the generals of the local armies in Hexi. Who would have nothing to do with this kind of bird thing!

To put it simply, Cui Xiyi's current state is incompetent rage!

"Marshal, Fang joins the army and asks to see you."

A scribe came over and said to Cui Xiyi, who was sitting at the desk sulking.

"Fang joins the army?"

Cui Xiyi searched in his mind for which surname Fang had joined the army.

"It's the half-grown kid."

The scribe reminded in a whisper.

"Oh oh, oh, what's the matter with him?"

Cui Xiyi asked with a puzzled expression.

"He said that the festival commander will know when he meets, which is a good thing."

"Bring it in."

Cui Xiyi sighed, it's all at this juncture, this "Fang Yanei" still doesn't stop, what do you want to do?

Last time, he said that he would do a good job in the matter of the Baiting Army, but now the Baiting Army envoy has given himself eye medicine, which is really unhappy.

After Fang Chongyong led Guo Ziyi in, he found that Cui Xiyi's face was not good, and he hurriedly told the Bai Ting Army about "black eating black" and killing Turkic merchants and entourage guards.

Cui Xiyi sighed and said, "This matter is already known to the handsome, look at this." ”

Fang Chongyong took the official letter in Cui Xiyi's hand and looked at it, and gasped!

It's exactly the same as the routine that Fang Chongyong and Guo Ziyi explained to Wang Zhongsi in the Yamen of the Chishui Army!

Hexi's gang of Qiu Ba is really unruly and untamed. These people had to spit out the fat in their mouths when they ate it, and when they were in an unhappy mood, they even dared to connotate it.

Blatantly write an official letter "humiliating".

"Cui Jieshuai, in fact, Bai Tingjun's gang has already done this without flaws. But there are other ways to deal with them. ”

Fang Chongyong said with a mysterious expression.

"Is there any way you can say, why didn't you see any way in this section?

Could it be that now I am telling the people of Hexi and the Hu merchants of the Western Regions that I, the border army of the Tang Dynasty, are doing the same work as the Hu bandits? ”

Cui Xiyi asked angrily.

For the sake of Fang Chongyong being a child and having a strong background, he didn't want to worry about this guy. The other party had better go as far as they can now.

"Cui Jieshuai, let's do this first, then like this, and then ...... like this"

Fang Chongyong came over and muttered in Cui Xiyi's ear for a long time, and finally looked at the other party and asked, "What does the marshal think?" ”

"Good! Wonderful! ”

Cui Xiyi was so excited that he got up in the case!

This kid's bad idea is really wonderful, and more importantly, it is completely in line with the laws of the Tang Dynasty, and the explicit and unspoken rules of officialdom.

It's like a race between two people, and one of them is running at a fast speed, almost invincible.

If the other person wants to win, of course, he needs to find his own way and choose a different "track".

Knowing that the other party is running fast, but still leaning over to run with the other party, that is not called bravery, that is called stupidity and recklessness.

As soon as he said it, he immediately wrote an official letter, and then handed it to the scribe who copied it in the study: "Send it to Baiting Fort where the Baiting Army Yamen is located as soon as possible." ”

After the scribe left, Cui Xiyi laughed, he looked at Fang Chongyong and said, "It's been a few days since I came to Hexi, and I haven't picked up the wind and washed the dust for you." This section is going to have a banquet tonight in the city's largest Huamen Tower, remember to come! ”

What doesn't kill you will only make you stronger.

(End of chapter)