The general faith eagle does not land directly on people's shoulders like a fierce son. The training of faith eagles is more professional and requires the use of eagle towers. This is also to protect the eagles from accidental injuries. There is only one eagle tower in Chang'an, located in
In Xingqing Palace, the reason why the Eagle Tower is located in Xingqing Palace is because Zhu Si had lived in Xingqing Palace before.
Moreover, after the eagle slave received the eagle letter, he would hand it over to the messenger soldier and ride on horseback along the road between the city walls to the West Inner Garden, which was also very convenient.
Song Tian knew the chief steward of Xingqing Palace. He only spent five hundred taels of silver to place two of his subordinates in the Eagle Tower to replace the original Eagle slaves. In this way, the intelligence coming from all over the place would be
It fell into Song Tian's hands immediately.
In fact, the chief manager of Xingqing Palace could guess a thing or two, but who doesn't want free money? Seeing that Zhu Si's power can no longer hold Guanzhong, he is unwilling to leave Chang'an. At this time, he also has to consider his own future.
So he turned a blind eye and used his authority to replace the eagle slave on the Eagle Tower.
There are three official roads going east from Chang'an. One is to Fengxian County in the northwest, leading to Jingzhou and Tongzhou. The second is to Lantian County in the southeast. The third is the main road, a straight official road.
, direct access to Tongguan and Pujin Pass.
Zhang Yun made arrangements on all three official roads. He sent a hundred elite scouts and set up 20 points on the three official roads to ambush the messengers who came to Chang'an to deliver messages. Zhang Yun issued a strict order that as long as the messengers were
intercept.
Zhang Yun himself did not go there, and there was not much time left for him. He began to gather his men and actively prepare for war.
Bashang is the bifurcation point between Zhengdong Official Road and Northeast Official Road. It is also a lively market town. During the day, people come and go, and most people buy something to eat here.
In the evening of the next day, two horses galloped from a distance. Behind them were two soldiers. From the appearance, they were not professional messenger soldiers. Professional messenger soldiers would hold rattles and carry yellow satin packages on their backs, which looked very strange.
You can see and hear it from a distance.
The two soldiers' faces were anxious and dusty. It was obvious that they were hungry and thirsty. When they saw a small food stall on the roadside, they got off their horses and stepped forward and said, "I want four pieces of cake and two bowls of soup."
"It doesn't matter whether it's hot or cold, we have something urgent."
The stall owner, a man in his forties, served them two bowls of soup with a smile and took out four pieces of cake.
"The soup is still warm, but the cake is cold, so you two can eat together!"
The two took the cake and soup and started eating and drinking hungrily.
"You two are coming to Beijing to deliver letters, right?" the stall owner asked with a smile on his face.
"How do you know?" a soldier asked vaguely.
Another soldier stabbed him quickly, and the soldier suddenly lost his words and became silent.
The stall owner smiled and asked no more questions.
"How much?" they asked after finishing the soup cake.
"A total of ten guan."
The two soldiers jumped up immediately, "It costs ten guan to eat two pieces of cake. Are you robbing money?"
The stall owner suddenly showed his fierce look and said fiercely: "That's the price. You want to eat the King's meal but you don't want to pay?"
He turned around and shouted: "You two bastards won't pay for their meals!"
Immediately, seven or eight big men walked out of the darkness. The two soldiers suddenly felt that something was wrong. They were about to get on their horses, but they were swarmed by seven or eight men and pushed to the ground.
A soldier shouted anxiously: "We have an emergency military situation, you are not allowed to mess around!"
Everyone was overjoyed. They waited for two days and finally waited. The stall owner waved his hand and said: "Take them away and separate them for trial!"
These big men were naturally Zhang Yun's subordinates deployed on the official road. Just now, they had already got the brothers in front of them who took a small road to report, and found two soldiers who seemed to be delivering messages.
The scouts thought carefully, fearing that they were passing on messages and had to be captured alive. For this reason, the scout battalion judge Shao Jianzhi immediately set up a small food stall as bait. Of course, if the two soldiers still did not stop, they would be killed in front of them.
It's about to be caught hard.
After a while, the interrogation came out, and a scout said: "Report to Judge Shao, they are indeed sergeants who came to deliver a message, sent by Sun Li, the commander of Pujin Pass. The Jin army has captured Pujin Pass and is about to attack Chang'an.
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Shao Jianzhi breathed a sigh of relief. After catching these two people, their plan was mostly successful.
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At the fifth watch, Guo Song's army had arrived near Lishan Mountain in the southeast of Chang'an. This place belongs to Xinfeng County, which is sixty miles away from Chang'an City. It happens to be dotted with large forests. The 50,000-strong army rested on the grass in the forest.
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Guo Song sent people to contact Zhang Yun in the city.
It was getting daylight, and nearby villagers went into the forest to cut firewood, but they were blocked by soldiers on guard and were not allowed to enter the forest. At this time, an old man was brought to Guo Song.
The old man is a local mayor nearby, and Guo Song needs to ask him something.
Xiangzheng was brought to Guo Song. When he saw Guo Song clearly, he was startled and quickly knelt down and kowtowed, "Young people, please bow to His Highness the King of Jin!"
"You know me?"
"The villain's son once served in the army in Fengzhou. I went to Fengzhou to see him. I originally wanted to settle in Fengzhou, but my wife was in poor health and couldn't stand the severe cold in Fengzhou in winter, so she came back again."
"I see."
Guo Song asked Xiangzheng to sit down on a big stone nearby and asked with concern: "How is your son doing in Fengzhou now?"
Xiangzheng said respectfully: "Your Highness, my son has been promoted to the rank of captain. He is currently in Xishou Jiangcheng. He married his wife the year before last. She is the military dependent of the soldiers from Longyou. He also has a house in Yongfeng County.
Zhaizi, my daughter-in-law gave birth to a grandson last year. She has three hectares of land and two cows in Fengzhou. I went to Fengzhou to help them farm today."
"Then will my father-in-law go back next spring?" Guo Song asked again with a smile.
"I won't go. They are too old to run away. They should hire someone to farm the land themselves!"
Guo Song smiled and turned the topic to business. He said slowly: "I invited my father-in-law to come over. I actually want to ask you something, so don't interrupt me!"
"Don't bother! Don't bother! Your Highness, feel free to ask."
Guo Song asked: "Have the government recently proposed raising taxes or moving to Luoyang?"
Xiangzheng thought for a while and said: "There is no increase in taxes, but the prices of many things have indeed become a bit expensive in recent months. As for migration, I have been mentioning this matter. Last year, I went from house to house to count, and it made a fuss. Later,
There has been no movement again, but recently they have started talking about it again, and they say that there are houses in Luoyang, and people can come back after moving there. Anyway, it makes people panic."
Guo Song nodded and asked: "Besides, is there anything unusual?"
"Also, I heard that the county magistrate gave up his official position."
"Xinfeng County Magistrate?"
"Exactly!"
Guo Song pondered for a moment and then asked: "What is the specific reason?"
"I don't know about this. There are no rumors yet. It just happened yesterday!"
Guo Song put aside the matter for the time being and asked with a smile: "How has the harvest in Guanzhong been in the past two years?"
"The past few years have been generally good. As you know, Guanzhong has many canals and strong disaster resistance. As long as it is not a locust plague, ordinary droughts and floods will not reduce production much. Floods are rare in a century, mainly droughts. There was a drought in the past and wheat production was reduced.
10%, in fact, what I fear most is the military disaster. After saying this, Xiangzheng glanced at the dark army behind him worriedly. "
Guo Song smiled slightly and said: "We will try our best to avoid military disasters and not hurt innocent people!"
"That's it! That's it!"
Guo Song immediately rewarded Xiang Zheng with ten taels of silver and asked the soldiers to send him out.
In the afternoon, the scouts sent by Guo Song returned to the army camp. The scout knelt down on one knee and saluted, and then presented Zhang Yun's letter to Guo Song.
Zhang Yun described his plan in detail in the letter, and finally proposed that he would start taking action at the third watch. After success, he would light a fire at Chunming Gate, hoping that he would send 10,000 troops into the city to assist in the defense.
Zhang Yun's method was good. He captured the Xuanwu and imprisoned the enemy in the West Neiyuan. This plan required perfect coordination of time. Any delay in time would result in failure.
Guo Song immediately called Yao Jin and handed him Zhang Yun's letter, "Look at Zhang Yun's plan."
Yao Jin read the letter and pondered for a moment: "There is a problem here. If Zhu Jinqing knew that we were coming, would his army still stay in Xineiyuan?"
Guo Song smiled slightly and said: "That's the problem, but it seems that Zhang Yun has solved this hidden danger. Otherwise, Zhu Jinqing would have known that we were coming, and Zhang Yun would not have mentioned this plan again. General Yao, you will be responsible."
Go to Chunming Gate to pick him up."
Yao Jin quickly bowed and said: "I humbly obey my orders!"
At this time, Guo Song turned his attention to Chang'an City in the distance. There will be a big battle tonight. Guo Song immediately ordered: "Everyone, have a good rest and set off at two o'clock in the evening!"