Guan Luan felt that he was quite lucky to be assigned to the North City Gate at the foot of Stone Mountain.
As a general of the Forbidden Army, he has some friends inside and outside the court, so he can naturally get some news. Although these petty officials and petty officials cannot determine the direction of the entire world, but the exchange of news,
The implementation of task arrangements is indispensable without their participation, so it is very easy to find out what direction the wind is blowing.
After all, sometimes after a drink, everyone becomes familiar with each other, and some words slip out of their mouths. It just so happens that Guan Luan is also an eloquent and enthusiastic person, so he naturally knows some information that others at this level do not know.
Now Li Xingchen, or Xu Ling and others behind Li Xingchen are at war with the East Palace. It is conceivable that the two sides will fall out before and after the wedding, and even in the end, if the two sides get angry, they may directly fight in Jiankang Mansion.
Guan Luan didn't think he had the ability to turn the tide, so what he wanted was not to participate in this trend, but to keep himself far away from it, so when he learned that his mission today was to inspect the North Gate
, Guan Luan couldn’t tell how happy he was.
Li Xinchen's 800 soldiers and horses are stationed at Zhuquehang. If Li Xinchen wants to leave, the south gate is definitely the best or even the only choice - if he goes through other city gates, as long as the soldiers and horses are too late to respond, then it will be considered that Li Xinchen has successfully escaped.
It is still dangerous. Guan Luan believes that he can understand this truth. It is impossible for people like Li Xingchen not to understand, so he firmly believes that Li Xingchen will definitely still go to the south gate, even if he does not hesitate to fight Fan Yi.
Even if it is not the south gate, it must be the east and west gates. In short, the north gate is definitely impossible. How can it be contrary to reinforcements?
So when Guan Luan saw the fire in the city, he breathed a sigh of relief.
The wind and rain in the capital have been holding back for too long, and the sultry heat with thick clouds and no rain is the most uncomfortable thing. Anyway, the storm is coming now, and it will not fall on you in the end, so you might as well settle here.
Watch a good show quietly.
Guan Luan didn't know how many people in the capital had the same idea as him, but he was very sure that there were definitely not a few who had such an idea. No matter in troubled times or in governance, if a regime wants to control the whole world stably, the upper clouds
The people above can be changed back and forth, but what is indispensable are the petty officials and generals below. They may not seem important. They can be picked up in a handful. A brick falling on the streets of the capital can kill one.
Small officials can form a tower. The more small officials are, the more they can sometimes determine whether a dynasty is stable or not.
This is why the leaders at the upper level often change around, but the officials below rarely change, because compared to the chief officials, as long as they have food to eat, they can follow anyone; similarly, compared with
Chief Yu, they have been in this position for ten or twenty years, and they understand their duties very clearly.
Even if Li Xingchen is such an unconventional person, if he wants to establish his own stable political power in Bashu, he still has to reuse local officials. You must know that some of these elderly officials even served as officials more than 20 years ago.
The officials of Nanliang, no matter whether the master of Bashu is Nanliang, Ba people, Northern Zhou Dynasty or the current Li Xingchen, their tasks will not change.
I don’t know if this should be said to be sadness or luck in troubled times.
So Guan Luan has nothing to be afraid of. As long as he can survive tonight peacefully, then no matter whether the owner of Jiankang Mansion is Chen Xu, Dong Gong or Li Xingchen, it will not have much to do with Guan Luan, because in order to maintain
With the existing order in Jiankang Mansion, no one will let him get out easily.
"Tonight..." Guan Luan frowned, looking at the sky in the south that had been burned red by the fire. To be honest, he even felt a little gloating in his heart. The place where the fire burned was the most famous place in Jiankang Prefecture.
Many dignitaries and dignitaries come and go in Wuyi Alley, and Guan Luan has stopped at the entrance of Wuyi Alley again and again.
Although he knew that small officials had their advantages, it was impossible to say that Guan Luan was not envious at all.
Who doesn’t have such a dream when entering and exiting? The only question is whether it can be realized.
For some reason, looking at the burning flames in Wuyi Lane, Guan Luan felt a sense of schadenfreude in his heart. As long as Li Xingchen was not here, Guan Luan would not be in trouble today anyway!
But soon the smile on his face disappeared.
At the end of the street, the sound of horse hooves suddenly began!
The originally lazy Imperial Guard soldiers at the city gate were startled by the sound of horse hooves, and they stood up quickly, and around the corner, figures galloping towards Guan Luan came into view.
"Who?!" Guan Luan felt like his eyelids were twitching. At this critical moment, where did these people come from?
"General, look!" Before the generals at the bottom of the city came up to report the situation, another general stretched out his hand and pulled Guan Luan, "Look outside the city!"
Guan Luan's heart skipped a beat, and he turned around subconsciously, his hands trembling immediately.
One side outside the north gate is Stone Mountain, and the other side is naturally the dock and the river. It was this dock that Li Xingchen came to Jiankang Prefecture from.
Now, on the river, little by little firelights were gradually lighting up. With the dim moonlight and this dancing light, Guan Luan could see what was happening on the river.
The outlines of warships that he had seen before were revealed. These navy ships that followed Li Xingchen to Jiankang Mansion silently pointed their bows at the city head. Guan Luan could even see the bows of the ships.
The outlines of a trebuchet and a 500-step crossbow. Even though he was not a navy general, Guan Luan could feel the threat these powerful instruments could bring to the people at the top of the city.
In particular, the North Gate not only has a land gate, but also a water gate. Even now, the fence of the water gate has not been put down. After all, the water gate only diverts water into the inner garden of the palace and allows ships to transport goods inside and outside the palace, including merchant ships and passenger ships.
It can be parked on the pier outside the gate, so the water gate is generally not closed all year round.
"General, hurry up and close the water gate!" A general said anxiously.
It is not easy for these large boats to enter the narrow waterway, but once the boat is lowered and entered, no one can stop it.
However, Guan Luan didn't speak, he just waved his hand.
At this moment, two large ships slowly docked on the pier. Immediately, there was a thud of footsteps, and groups of soldiers quickly rushed off the warships and took control of the entire pier.
Seeing this scene, the soldiers and generals in the city couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. These soldiers were very familiar to them. Not long ago, they had passed through the city gate and walked on the imperial street with great force. At that time, Guan Luan and others
But watching them line up helplessly, seeing them almost shook the entire Jiankang Mansion.