The Baqiao of the Tang Dynasty was built in the third year of Emperor Wen of Sui (583 AD), and was located in the key point of Chang'an City leading to Tongguan Road, Pujin Pass Road and Lantian Pass Road, and its strategic position is very important. Baqiao was originally just an "ordinary" bridge on the Bashui outside Chang'an City.

The bridge itself is very ordinary, but it is the only way for many post roads, and because it is a "check-in point" for officials to enter and exit Chang'an, it is ushered in.

Therefore, the frequency of the word "Baqiao" appearing in the poems of literati and ink writers is very high, and 133 of the poems of the Tang Dynasty have mentioned Baqiao, and various factors make this place seem very extraordinary.

The government set up a post station in Baqiao, which not only provided accommodation for the coming and going officials, but also provided necessary supplies for the troops hoarded here.

At this moment, it was not yet noon, and many tourists gathered near Baqiaoyi, and everyone looked at the wolf smoke burning somewhere in Chang'an City in disbelief, and they were all so frightened that they couldn't speak.

When the wolf smoke rises, there will be difficulties, this is an iron law.

Wolf smoke is not something that can be used just by burning anything, its materials and recipes are unique, and the smoke it ignites is also unique and instantly recognizable.

There is wolf smoke in Chang'an City, this is how many years I haven't seen a similar scene!

"What's going on in Chang'an?"

Pei Min, the general of the right Jin Wuwei Zhonglang, stood on an arrow tower built in the temporary camp, overlooking the wolf smoke in the direction of Chang'an.

Preliminary judgment, it should be located near the imperial city! Not even far from Xingqing Palace!

He muttered to himself as he watched, his heart sinking to the bottom.

Letting all the Nanya forbidden troops stay outside Chang'an City is an extremely strange holy decree in itself. This is even more true if you take into account the embarrassing position of the Nanya Forbidden Army now.

Different from the estimation of most people in later generations, among the sixteen guards of the Nanya Forbidden Army in Chang'an, except for the "left and right Jinwu guards", "left and right thousand cow guards" and "left and right prison guards", there is a fixed establishment.

The other ten guards have no fixed establishment, or to put it simply and crudely, it is called "arbitrary establishment".

It is said that it has it, and it is said that there is no none, and the specific scale depends on whether the military governments around Chang'an can hand over the government soldiers to Chang'an to "fanshang".

It is somewhat similar to the reserve system of the Israel Defense Forces in Fang Chongyong's previous life. There is a sign hanging in the Nanya, and when a soldier comes to Chang'an, he stuffs people inside, and adds a marching manager to be an army and then pulls it out to fight, that's all.

As for the equipment and supplies of the army, those are not things that Nanya is worried about, and they have to be managed by the Ministry of War.

In the early Tang Dynasty, among the ten guards, one guard and 10,000 people were not much, and they often played the border of the Tang State and participated in external operations, which was a first-class elite; After the destruction of the government military system in the middle and late periods, one guard and one hundred people may not be able to get together. Sometimes the entire honor guard has to recruit ruffians and hooligans on the streets of the market to make up the numbers.

It is a pity that now these ten guards, even in the latter situation, have basically become "paper data" and do not exist as a fixed army.

This is the system established in the early Tang Dynasty, and it is also the tradition of "the elite soldiers of the Guanzhong Prefecture are the ten guards of the Southern Ya"; The original system design was good, but the Chengya army was defeated and the government army system was disintegrated, and the Nanya Forbidden Army naturally only retained the most basic existence, which is commonly known as the "Nanya Sixth Army".

Compared with the guards who were confined to the palace (not the imperial city), and the Qianniuwei, who was small and not treated by Ji Ge, Jin Wuwei had the largest establishment, the widest range of activities, and the slowest rot among the Nanya forbidden army.

In this regard, Pei Min knows that he has a great responsibility!

This time Chang'an is smoking, and it seems that there are many people who can take the pot together, but if something really happens, he and Wang Sijing, the newly appointed Zuo Jin Wuwei Zhonglang general, are definitely the first to be unlucky!

"General Pei, Jingzhao Mansion Yin Zheng Shuqing asks to see him, just outside the camp gate."

The soldiers leaned over and whispered.

"Zheng Shuqing?"

Pei Min was stunned for a moment, and secretly wondered in his heart: At this juncture, what is Yin of Jingzhao Mansion doing in the barracks?

As an old Qiu Ba who has been in the army for decades, he is very familiar with Jin Wuwei's authority. The Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion, the jurisdiction of the Southern Ya Forbidden Army, in many cases, is theoretical, and the orders issued are just a piece of paper.

However, this is not the case for Jin Wuwei, who is specifically responsible for the security of the outer city of Chang'an. Zheng Shuqing's words, the other commanders of the Nanya Forbidden Army didn't listen to it, it was not a big deal; However, the left and right Jin Wuwei Zhonglang generals can't be taken seriously.

"What do you think of Uncle Zheng?"

Pei Min whispered to the soldier beside him.

"Back to the general, the market ridiculed: Zheng Mansion Yin Fengren will be called Grandpa.

Should...... Not a nice guy. ”

This pro-soldier told Pei Min in simple language what his impression of Zheng Shuqing was.

"Understood."

Pei Min nodded slightly, it seems that the people's impression of Zheng Shuqing is highly similar to his own thoughts.

So he called Wang Sijing, the general of Zuo Jinwuwei, and the two generals of the prison guard, and the four of them went to see Zheng Shuqing together. As for Qianniuwei, Pei Min knew that Li Longji was very protective of his disgust, so he simply didn't call Qianniuwei's people to come over.

"Aren't you Zhang Guangsheng?"

As soon as the group arrived outside the camp gate, they saw a burly man standing beside Zheng Shuqing. Pei Min recognized it at a glance, this was Zhang Guangsheng, who had served in Jin Wuwei.

"Generals, now that there is a rebellion in Chang'an City, the wolf smoke is lit, and the saint is very dangerous. Now, all of you, go with one and the other into the city of King Qin! ”

Zheng Shuqing said to Pei Min and others.

"Zheng Fuyin, the holy decree said that we are not allowed to enter the city. Now listen to your words, and lead troops into Chang'an, isn't it appropriate? ”

Pei Min refused with a calm face, and several other lieutenant generals also echoed a few words, obviously not taking Zheng Shuqing in his eyes.

What if someone lights a wolf cigarette and plays with it?

"Ladies and gentlemen, now the saint is indeed very dangerous, the loyal king is in rebellion, and he is about to take control of Chang'an City. If you go late, the saint will be in danger. ”

Seeing that Zheng Shuqing had no one to pay attention to what he said, Zhang Guangsheng hurriedly crossed his hands and saluted.

"There is a holy decree or not, we just need to look at the holy decree."

Wang Sijing is dressed as a literati, but he speaks more directly, leaving no gaps at all.

At this moment, they are all migrant workers who are begging for a living in Chang'an, Datang Chang'an, they should lie flat when they should lie down, and they will touch the fish when they should touch the fish!

Superfluous things, if you can, don't do it!

"Generals, how can there be a holy decree here? The official didn't know that King Chung would rebel! ”

Zheng Shuqing anxiously argued.

"Although Jingzhao Mansion has the power to mobilize the Nanya army, its authority will not be greater than the holy decree given by the sage.

The saint has already said, let us stay here and not move.

Now Zheng Fuyin wants us to enter the city with Ling, which is really a bit unruly.

If something happens, even if you cut down your Zheng Mansion Yin family, it won't be enough to fill this big hole.

So, we can only say sorry, the holy decree of the saint is great. Don't say it's you, even if it's a loyal king or something, come here to transfer troops, we will answer the same way.

Without the Divine Decree, we will not move! ”

Pei Min said righteously.

Zheng Shuqing looked at it and found that the two generals who were guarding the gate seemed to be wavering, and they were not as resolute as Pei Min. So he turned his head to the two of them and said, "The prison guards have a great duty, and now you take the guards back to the Imperial City, Daming Palace and other places to garrison, there is no problem, right?" ”

The two looked at each other for a moment, then shook their heads.

If it were a different person, maybe they would have listened. But the person who is talking now is Zheng Shuqing, who has been the governor of Jingzhao Mansion for four years!

This guy has no discipline, his backbone is softer than soup cakes, who knows if the other party was instructed by someone to take everyone into the big pit?

Maybe nothing happened to the saint at all?

"The official told you that if something really happens, you will die! If you don't go, this official will go back to the yamen now and summon the people of Jingzhao Mansion to rescue you!" ”

Uncle Zheng was red-eyed, and shouted without words.

Why don't these people listen to persuasion?

"Zheng Shuqing, General Ben is not scared. The Nanya forbidden army is stationed in Baqiao, this is the will of the saint himself, what is your identity, you actually resist the order? ”

Wang Sijing took a step forward, faced Zheng Shuqing face to face, blew his beard and stared, but he didn't give in!

Pei Min, who was watching the situation from the side, looked thoughtful but silent. He heard that Wang Sijing had some relationship with King Zhong, and this person had just taken up Zuo Jin Wuwei as Jin Wuwei's lieutenant general.

Now that he is rushing so high, does he want to "reverse the king of Qin"? Not a Qinwang saint, but want to be Qinwang Zhongwang Li Heng?

Pei Min decided to see the situation.

As soon as Wang Sijing's words came out, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly froze.

At this moment, two people galloped in the distance, riding horses. The guards at the camp gate immediately raised their bows and crossbows to aim at them, and shot the two men into hedgehogs at the order of the commander.

Seeing this, Pei Min hurriedly waved his hand at them, signaling the camp gate guards not to be nervous. In a situation like this, it is impossible for anyone to break into the camp alone and make trouble!

It was only when the two men approached and turned over and dismounted that everyone could see their appearances.

One of them was dressed in a red coat, and he looked imposing, not angry. This person is Fang Chongyong's father, and Fang Youde, the Lingnan Economic Strategy. The other person seemed to be a guard, extremely burly, and looked like a powerful person.

Neither was armoured.

"There is wolf smoke in Chang'an City, and the Nanya Forbidden Army, why did you stop here?"

As soon as they met, Fang Youde asked Wang Sijing, who was standing at the front, to ask.

"The saint ordered me to wait here, and not to enter the city."

Wang Sijing said with a little weakness.

In fact, for the Sixth Army of the Southern Ya, although it is necessary to say whether to enter the city at this time, at least send some scouts to the place where the wolf smoke is lit to have a look, this is no problem, right?

As a result, these people are "mechanical" to carry out the order, and they fish outside the city with the intention of "not doing well".

It is not too much to describe it with a sentence of "its heart can be punished".

Of course, Brother Ji is not good for the Nanya Forbidden Army, and he is constantly cutting the establishment. He can do the first year of junior high school, of course, he can't blame the Nanya Forbidden Army for being fifteen.

"Why are you here?"

Fang Youde turned his head to look at Zheng Shuqing, and asked in an unkind tone.

"The loyal king rebelled, and the saint is in danger now. A certain Jingzhao Mansion Yin transferred troops into the city to quell the rebellion, but several of them did not listen to orders. ”

Zheng Shuqing said helplessly, trying to use Fang Youde as a lifesaver.

"How could King Chung rebel?"

Fang Youde asked suspiciously, with an incredulous expression.

"Believe it or not, that's the way it is, and it's not a hard thing to find out!

The top priority now is to send troops into the city to quell the rebellion! ”

Uncle Zheng complained angrily, and Zhang Guangsheng, who was on the side, shook his head.

This Zheng Fuyin, it's no problem to discuss major matters in the study, if you really want him to carry it out, there are too many loopholes, and it is a typical example of mud that can't support the wall!

"Is that so? Did Zheng Fuyin say that just now? ”

Fang Youde looked at Wang Sijing and asked.

"Yes, it does. But yesterday's holy decree was to let us be outside the city, Zheng Shuqing did not have a holy decree, how could we enter the city? ”

Wang Sijing said a sentence confidently, and then, he found that he didn't know the person in front of him at all, and immediately said angrily: "Who are you, I am Wang Sijing, the general of Zuojin Wuwei, why are you asking me?" ”

"I am the Lingnan Economic Strategy envoy Fang Youde, and I was ordered to return to Beijing to report on my work, and I just passed through here."

Fang Youde said with a cold face.

"Oh, then, that's none of your business, please get out of here quickly."

Wang Sijing said impatiently.

Of course he knew who Fang Youde was, but now, Wang Sijing had his own troubles.

King Zhong's order, he did not dare to forget for a moment, as long as he could drag the Nanya forbidden army back to Chang'an, it would be a great achievement. Seeing that things are about to be done, how can people ruin the results!

"Outside, there is no military order. Now that Chang'an has been smoky, the saint could not have predicted the current situation, and he may be trapped and unable to make a holy decree.

It is the duty of the Nanya Forbidden Army to take the troops to the place where the wolf smoke rises to see the situation.

Are you trying to evade your responsibilities? ”

Fang Youde asked with an unkind face, and quietly glanced at the strong man beside him.

"No, unless you have a holy decree, the Nanya army will never enter Chang'an.

Bringing troops into Chang'an without an edict is a rebellion! ”

Wang Sijing said with a straight look, not giving an inch.

Poof!

Wang Sijing's head flew into the sky in an instant, and then rolled to the side like a ball!

The strong man beside Fang Youde suddenly attacked, and directly beheaded Wang Sijing with a powerful knife. The blood gushing out splattered Fang Youde's body!

Pei Min and the other three were stunned, and if they didn't agree, they would kill the general, you really want to rebel when you step on a horse!

"Now, I want to take the Nanya Forbidden Army to King Qinwang of Chang'an to save the saint!

Decree or something, it doesn't matter, and it is to repay the kindness of the saint. The grace of the king is greater than the decree, and there is only one saint today!

Do any of you want to go into town with someone?

Your official position is given by the saints, and your tribes are the tribes of the saints, not the tribes of the anti-king!

You are not a lazy monk who is a monk for a day and hits the clock for a day!

Since the saints are in trouble, now is the time to be faithful to the saints. You guys, do you want to follow me or not!

Whatever responsibility is taken afterwards, just put it on someone on our side! But now, all you have to do is say, go, or not!

Ask yourself, are you still loyal!

Loyalty to the saints! Do you have it or don't you have it! ”

Fang Youde pulled out his sword, pointed at Pei Min coldly, patted his chest with his other hand, and roared at everyone.

"I'm willing to listen to Fang Jieshuai's dispatch!"

The shadow of the famous tree, if Zheng Shuqing is a notorious dog official, then Fang Youde is a veritable pillar of the Tang Dynasty, a powerful frontier, and at the same time an old minister of Li Longji when he was a dragon.

Not only wise and brave, but also loyal.

Following Fang Youde, of course, is much stronger than following Zheng Shuqing, a dog official!

"Very good, then a certain will now temporarily act as the general of Zuo Jin Wuwei and directly command Zuo Jin Wuwei.

Zheng Fuyin, take out the appointment order. ”

Fang Youde glanced at Zheng Shuqing very contemptuously, stretched out his hand and said.

"Okay, okay, I'm in trouble."

Zheng Shuqing hurriedly handed the Jingzhao Mansion decree that had already been written in his arms to Fang Youde.

"I've seen it, it's urgent, there is an order from Jingzhao Mansion here, and I am not a mutiny, but King Qin.

If something happens, in the future, we will be virtuous first, and then this Zheng Fuyin, it is none of your business.

Go ahead and herald now! ”

With a wave of Fang Youde's hand, Pei Min and the others went directly back to the barracks, gathered the generals to prepare to open and return to Chang'an.

"Fang Jieshuai, it's been a long time."

Zheng Shuqing rubbed his hands and said with an embarrassed expression.

"Okay, okay, I'll follow the army later, I don't want to talk nonsense with you."

Fang Youde shook his head impatiently, then turned around and said to the young burly entourage beside him: "He Changqi, when you take the lead to kill the enemy, I will suggest to the sage that you be crowned an official." ”

"Okay, Fang Jieshuai, you'll see it later. It's just a miscellaneous plot of rebellion. ”

This young strong man named He Changqi showed a hideous smile on his face, clenched his fists, and looked eager to try.

(End of chapter)