Gaochang City is also Gaochang County, and the five thousand Tianshan Army is stationed in the south of Gaochang County.

Gao Xianzhi has been a little uneasy these days. He had received a letter from Gai Jiayun before and learned that the emperor and the regent were attacking the Yuan family.

This gave him an opportunity. Once Yuan Tao is transferred or dismissed by the court, Tian Renwan must have served as the governor of Beiting. Then, according to the rules, he will take over as the Hanhai Army envoy.

The Hanhai Army envoy is a first-level military envoy, which is equivalent to the Kucha Town Army envoy. Once the Jiedushi is vacant, he will have the opportunity to take office.

This time, the 38th prince Li Xiu came to Gaochang. Gao Xianzhi felt that Li Xiu was coming for Yuan Tao. The reason was very simple. The Yuan family's big follower in Yangzhou was Li Xiu.

However, when Li Xiu saw him two days ago, he did not mention the matter of the Yuan family, which made Gao Xianzhi feel a little nervous. Although there was some caution in this, Gao Xianzhi was even more worried about whether Li Xiu thought he was from a Goguryeo?

Gao Xianzhi paced back and forth in the big tent. At this time, a soldier said at the door of the tent: "Report to General, Your Highness, the prince sent someone here."

Gao Xianzhi hurriedly said, "Please!"

A moment later, a warrior was brought up and he bowed, "Your Highness asked the general to enter the city, and he was waiting for the general on the north wall."

"I'll go now!"

Gao Xianzhi hurried into Gaochang County.

On the northern city wall, Gao Xianzhi met Li Xiu who was patrolling the city defense.

"I am not good at hiring my lord!" Gao Xianzhi stepped forward and knelt down on one knee and bowed.

"General Gao, please get up!"

Gao Xianzhi stood up, Li Xiu pointed to the city wall and asked, "Can this city wall resist the army's attack?"

Gao Xianzhi was stunned. He didn't understand why Li Xiu asked this question. Who would attack Gaochang?

"Where does Your Highness mean the army?"

"In October of the previous year, a Thunderbolt Cavalry of thousands of people invaded Xizhou. Although there was no attack on Gaochang City at that time, if another Thunderbolt Cavalry army came, it would be very likely to attack the city."

Gao Xianzhi also heard about the incident of the Tuqi army appearing two years ago, but after all, he only came once. Will he come again?

But Gao Xianzhi immediately realized that Yuan Tao would probably use the Tuqi to deploy his army.

He looked at the county town and said, "Your Highness, although this county town is a bit old, it was once the capital of Gaochang State, not an ordinary county town. It is tall and strong enough to resist the attacks of ordinary troops. Moreover, the cavalrymen are cavalry. They are not good at siege and have no weapons for siege, so Beizhi thinks they are more likely to be attacking Gaochang."

"The general is right. The possibility of sneak attack is greater. The key is how should we be prepared for it?"

Only then did Gao Xianzhi understand what the Thirty-Eighth Highness meant, and he wanted to send troops by himself. This was because he trusted himself! Gao Xianzhi's heart hanging in the air finally let go.

He hurriedly said, "Report to your Highness, we have a guard fortress. Once there is an enemy situation, the guard fortress will ignite the beacon fire. In addition, you can send a patrol. If you find the enemy situation, you will rush back to report in time."

"This requires the general to send people to remind the fortresses along the way, and to be vigilant and guard against being attacked by thunder cavalry!"

"I understand, let's arrange this!"

"Including the patrol, it was also arranged!"

"Abide by the order!"

Gao Xianzhi hurried down......

Zhong Kui next to him said, "Your Highness, County Magistrate Wang is here!"

The county magistrate Wang Xiu was of course the magistrate of Gaochang County. Xizhou was under the jurisdiction of Gaochang, Jiaohe, Tianshan, Liuzhong and Puchang. Among them, Gaochang County was quite special. It was the fief of the King of Gaochang, but at the same time there was also a county government responsible for maintaining public order.

"Your Highness has something to do, just give me orders!"

Li Xiu said slowly: "I am worried that the Tuqi Shi people will destroy the princess' marriage. The Tuqi Shi will send troops here, but there must be their spies and advisers in the city. I want to find them out, but I wonder if there is any way?"

Wang Xiu smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, I also know that Tuqi Shiren has been infiltration into the Beiting prefectures, and Gaochang is no exception. Gaochang County does not have their spies now, but has always been there."

"Can you find them?"

"Maybe there is a way."

Wang Xiu thought for a while and said, "You can search through Xinying. According to the military regulations, all merchants who use Xinying must register in the county government. Currently, there are thirteen commercial banks in Gaochang City using Xinying. Tuqi Shi Spike must be one of the thirteen commercial banks."

“What if they don’t register?”

"Your Highness, the spy of the Tuqi Shi has penetrated Gaochang for at least ten years. It is not a short-term behavior. Anyway, the government will not investigate their relationships. They don't need to take risks, so they will definitely register."

"But how can thirteen businesses check?"

"Your Highness can ask King Gaochang. The entire business in Gaochang City is under their control. He must know that in fact, the humble wise suspects that King Gaochang is very clear about the power of the thunder cavalry and Shiren in Gaochang."

.........

Gaochang King Quhong sighed and said to Li Xiu: "Your Highness is right. Tuqi Shiren has been monitoring us. I know very well that they are in Gaochang City, but I don't dare to offend Tuqi Shiren, so I turn a blind eye."

"So the prince knows where the other party is?"

Qu Hong nodded, "I do know!"

………….

There are many shops in Gaochang City, and there are hundreds of large and small businesses. The so-called business is a businessman. There are no shops and they make money by long-distance trafficking of goods.

But merchants often have a warehouse to hoard goods, and at the same time someone has to take care of the warehouse and wholesale the goods at the same time, thus forming a business.

There is a large area near the North City Gate. It was run by a man named Bahan. The warehouse alone covers an area of ​​nearly five acres and has more than twenty people.

According to the information provided by King Gaochang, this business should be the intelligence site in Gaochang, where the Tuqi Shi people are located, collecting various intelligences from Gaochang and the Tianshan Army, and preparing for the future attack of Tuqi Shi Shi to attack Gaochang.

Pei Min and Zhong Kui investigated for one day, and at dusk, they reported the investigation results to Li Xiu.

"The owner of the business is not in Gaochang, but in Yiwu, Gaochang is a manager and a man who is also a bahan. The businessman mainly has white cloth experience, and there are twenty-three people. His Highness, the number of people is obviously large. It is enough for only seven people in the business of the same size as it, but it actually has twenty-three people!"

Li Xiu smiled and asked, "Do these twenty-three people look like guys?"

Zhong Kui shook his head, "I don't look like a guy at all. They are big and round, tall and burly, and have a very fierce appearance. At first glance, they are soldiers who have fought warriors. It's no problem to be a warrior with their figure and appearance. It's easy to earn seven or eight guan a month, but they are just a guy who only has three guan a month."

Pei Min couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, do you need to take it off in one fell swoop?"

Li Xiu shook his head, "Just keep a watch, they will alert the snake too early."

Gongsun Xiaomei on the side said, "These people are all powerful, with a large number of people. The shop is located near the North City Gate. They must have wanted to cooperate inside and outside, and take the North City Gate of Gaochang City in the middle of the night."

"What then?" Li Xiu asked with a smile.

"Then they must know when the Tukhashi will attack the city gate."

"Xiaomei makes sense!"

Li Xiu praised: "These people do know the time for the attack of the thunder cavalry, but they won't be able to advance for a long time. At most one or two days, we just need to monitor them closely and grasp the movements of each person. Once an abnormal person arrives, it is likely to be a signal."

Zhong Kui pondered for a moment and said, "Your Highness, the other party is a Hu person, and we are Han people. It is easy to be discovered when we monitor the other party. It is recommended that it is best to use the Hu person, such as their neighbors and merchants for monitoring, and the effect may be better."
Chapter completed!