After eight days of marching, Yang Ji and his party arrived in Ganzhou, where the General Manager's Office is located. Ganzhou is the ruling center of Liangzhou, with 20,000 elite troops stationed there and another 5,000 state soldiers. The reason why the imperial court located the General Manager's Office here is

Chu, not Liangzhou,

On the one hand, Ganzhou's strategic position is extremely important, with transportation extending in all directions. You can go west to Guazhou in the west, go north along the weak river bank to Juyanze, and continue north to the East/Turkish-controlled prairie, where the Sui Dynasty was

Built next to Ju Yanze

The border town of Datong is the front line of the confrontation between Liangzhou and the Eastern Turks. To the southeast, you can enter Shanzhou, which borders Tuyuhun, through Dadouba Valley. Going further south is Pipa Gorge, then Changning Valley, and finally arrives at Shanzhou Prefecture.

Huang

Shui County. On the other hand, Ganzhou was the most important horse-raising area in the Sui Dynasty. Except for a few war horses plundered and purchased from the Turks, most of them came from Ganzhou and were grown on the grasslands of Ganzhou and Liangzhou.

, has more than 300,000 horses.

When Yang Ji and others arrived at the prefecture, Zhangye County, where the general manager's office is located, Ganzhou governor Liu Quan and Ganzhou officials came out from afar to welcome them. They stepped forward and saluted: "Liu Quan, who is of humble rank, is here to see His Highness King Wei."

Liu Quan, also known as Shilue, was a native of Pengcheng. As a young man, he traveled all over the country and roamed the countryside. When he grew up, he changed his appearance and became diligent in learning and asking questions.

At the time when Jiangnan was in peace, Liu Quan, the governor of Suzhou, showed his kindness and trust and won the hearts of the people. Liu Quan was transferred to Ganzhou last year as a result of Yang Guang's recommendation.

The conditions here are a bit worse, and he was demoted from the governor of Shangzhou to the governor of Zhongzhou. However, Liu Quan not only did not hold any grudges, but happily came to take up the post. Firstly, Yongzhou, where Ganzhou is adjacent to the center, can do anything.

When it reached the ears of the emperor, secondly, the worse it was, the easier it was to achieve political achievements. As long as he managed this place to live and work in peace and contentment and not pick up the pieces, could Yang Guang still treat his confidants who had great achievements in the future?

"Liu Prefect, no courtesy." Yang Ji returned the courtesy. Although he is your subordinate, he is polite and considerate, and naturally he will not act like a prince. After all, we still need to work together. If the relationship is tense, how will we get along in the future?

"King Wei, long time no see." At this time, a middle-aged military attache with a short beard came out and saluted cordially with clasped fists.

"..." Yang Ji was embarrassed. He didn't know this person at all. Fortunately, this person was also a good man. When he saw Yang Ji's expression was wrong, he quickly resolved the embarrassment by saluting: "Zhang Dinghe, deputy general manager of the Ganzhou General Manager's Office

I have met Your Highness and had the honor to go on an expedition against the Turks with King Wei Zhao, Li Chong, and General Liu Fang."

"Why does it look so familiar to me? It turns out to be General Zhang! Mr. Gongsun mentioned you when I went out."

Although Yang Ji didn't know him, before setting off, Gongsun Huan specifically mentioned Zhang Dinghe, saying that this guy was not only an effective general of the Wei Wang family, but also a big profiteer, Dugu Min, who had occupied the "Ganzhou-Juyanze" Silk Road.

evil big umbrella.

Zhang Dinghe said with surprise and joy: "I didn't expect that Mr. Gongsun still remembers his humble position. It's really, really unexpected."

"If General Zhang comes to Beijing to report on his duties, you can go to him. I believe he will be very happy."

"I don't dare, I don't dare." Zhang Dinghe's face changed, he shook his head repeatedly and said: "I don't dare to disturb his old man's Qingxiu in my humble position."

"??" Yang Ji was extremely puzzled. The bad old man actually frightened a dignified deputy general manager into this. Does he have any abilities that he didn't know about?

After settling down, Haosheng asked Zhang Dinghe.

When Liu Quan, the leader of the place, saw the two of them reminiscing about old times, he introduced Qu Tutong, the general manager of Ganzhou, to Yang Ji.

Qu Tutong was ordered to inspect this area a few years ago and found out that the imperial servant Murong Sidda had hidden more than 20,000 war horses and planned to sell them. Yang Jian was furious and wanted to kill Murong Sidda and a thousand officials.

Beheaded at every turn, and finally surrendered to seek common ground

Because of his love, these guilty officials were spared. Later, Yang Jian saw that Qu Tutong was an upright man and acted impartially, so he simply appointed him as Youwuhou Chariot and Cavalry General, the general manager of Ganzhou, and the pastoral envoy of Longyou Qun, responsible for the important military affairs of Ganzhou.

And supervise Ganzhou Racecourse.

This time he was not only restrained by the King of Dandies, but also took orders from the unknown Zhang Xutuo. He was extremely unhappy. Naturally, he had a dark face throughout the whole process due to his unhappy mood.

Yang Ji understood Qu Tutong's current mood very well, and felt that his black face was excusable. But the premise was that it was okay to target others, but not Yang Ji, so Qu Tutong was black-faced, and Yang Ji didn't even bother to return the courtesy.

Gao Jiong originally thought that Yang Ji would try to find some meaning, but he didn't expect him to be so direct. He sighed in his heart. This Yang Ji is so unreliable. The generals are at odds before they even enter the city. Let's see how you complete this mission.

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Everyone saw the ceremony one by one, and entered Zhangye City with various moods. Under the leadership of Liu Quan and other chief officials, Yang Ji took the generals of the General Manager's Palace and several palace officials and went to the state council chamber.

The rest followed the Ganzhou officials to settle down in the General Manager's Mansion.

Due to the sudden intervention of the old man Gao Jun, Yang Guang and Yang Ji's plan to raid Yiwu became semi-public. Although Yang Jian did not announce it in court, Yang Ji needed to mobilize the army of Ganzhou, so Liu Quan, Qu Tutong, Zhang

Dinghe, the three Ganzhou giants, have received the secret order.

After everyone sat down, Qu Tutong, who was in charge of Ganzhou's military affairs, introduced the distribution of the army in Ganzhou. He stood on the huge map of Liangzhou, pointed at Ganzhou with a wooden pole, and said expressionlessly.

: "Ganzhou's 20,000 main battle divisions and 5,000 state troops are distributed in strategic places, and 10,000 and 2,000 state troops are stationed in Datong City, Yanze.

There are two thousand troops stationed in Dadou Bago; the troops stationed in Xiedan County, Tuolai Valley, Yanzhi Mountain, Linsong Mountain, Ganjun Mountain and other places are mainly to defend against Tuyuhun in the south and the Qiang people in the territory. If the number of troops is too small or there are no troops

If we are in charge, there is fear of civil strife. The general is shouldering the important task of protecting the horse farm with more than 300,000 horses, and we dare not be careless in the slightest."

"Let's be honest, how many troops can Ganzhou bring out?" Yang Ji understood what Qu Tutong meant. This bastard of the Xi tribe was obviously making things difficult for him because of the importance of the racecourse, and wanted to use his authority as a general manager.

The so-called defense of Tuyuhun and the Qiang people are all low-level excuses that are not valid. Just because the Sui Dynasty is not only unprecedentedly powerful, but also has no war in its four fortresses. Now it is like a tiger that chooses people to eat, looking at it with malicious eyes.

All around, Tuguhun Khan Murong Fuyun, no matter how ambitious he was, would not dare to provoke the Sui Dynasty at this time.

Qu Tutong said coldly: "A maximum of one thousand and five state soldiers."

"Fifteen hundred? It's still a state soldier, right?" Yang Ji laughed angrily: "Are you sending beggars away?"

"Humph!" Qu Tutong snorted heavily without even looking at Yang Ji.

Suddenly, the atmosphere became tense.

The faces of Zhang Xutuo, Li Jing and others became very ugly. They were all smart people, so they naturally saw that Qu Tutong was looking for trouble outside the city, but the cause of the problem was that he was asking for his own humiliation.

If it hadn't been for Qu Tutong's rudeness, Yang Ji would never have embarrassed a local general if he was the first to treat everyone with a pleasant manner. But now, for a trivial matter, he would use the far-reaching strategy of the Western Regions for a trivial matter.
Chapter completed!