"The general sent someone to inquire, but when they arrived at the entrance of Yingzui Gorge, they were blocked and could not pass through Yingzui Gorge at all." Huang Fan raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead and said cautiously: "Yingzui Gorge has been blocked, temporarily.
Impassable.”
"Who dares to block official channels?"
Huang Fan said: "Long Ruijun!"
Chunyu Bu's face suddenly changed, and a cold light appeared in his eyes.
Naturally, he knew very well that something happened in Guangning City, but he was the guard general of Yuguan. The only duty of the defender was to guard the fortress pass, and he was not qualified to interfere with the affairs of Guangning City.
He was stationed in Yuguan, so naturally he was not an ordinary person. Not only was he brave, but he also had a good brain.
Long Rui's army stationed in Guangning City really shocked the Northeast and even caused panic and fear among many people.
Chunyu Bu was also shocked for a while, but soon recovered his mood.
He knew very well that with the current strength of Long Rui's army, it was impossible to compete with the Liaodong Army. Even if it temporarily entered Guangning City, the Liaodong Army would soon find a way to get Long Rui's army out of Guangning. Even if they broke up,
As long as he blocks Yuguan and cuts off Long Rui's army's retreat, he will be closing the door and beating the dog.
So he is not worried that Long Ruijun will really stay in Guangning City. After all, General Wang Xingchao is a ruthless man. If he is really pressed, he will find a reason to really blockade Yuguan. Long Rui relies on the supply of logistics in the pass.
The army would definitely not be able to bear it, so Chunyu Bu concluded that Long Rui's army would obediently get out of Guangning in ten days and a half at most.
But he never expected that Long Ruijun did not get out of Guangning, but his food route was cut off.
"Is the grain team blocked over there?" Although Chun Yubu was brave, he was not as brave as an ordinary man. Knowing that there was something fishy in this, he calmed down and said softly: "What reason did they use to block Yingzui Gorge?"
Huang Fan shook his head and said: "I didn't say anything, I just said it's temporarily impassable."
"What about the others?" Chunyu Bu frowned and said, "In the cold winter, although there are very few teams entering and exiting the customs, I have seen that there are also a small number of teams leaving the customs in the past two days. Those people are also blocked in Yingzui Gorge?"
Huang Fan said: "A large open space was specially vacated outside Yingzui Gorge. When the team coming out of customs arrived at the entrance of Yingzui Gorge, they were all blocked. They were arranged in that open space. Long Ruijun prepared many tents. It is said that they need water and food.
If so, Long Ruijun can provide it."
Chunyu Bu pondered for a moment and then sneered: "If Long Ruijun really dares to cut off our food route, his life will be over. Huang Fan, you personally lead a team of people to Yingzui Gorge overnight to find out what happened."
Situation. If they still want to block it, tell them that intercepting the food route of the pass defenders is a rebellion. If the food team is blocked at Yingzui Gorge, you can bring them over."
After Huang Fan received Chunyu Bu's instructions, he immediately felt confident and was about to retreat. At this moment, a voice sounded outside the tent: "Report, General Lang, a group of soldiers and horses are approaching Yuguan."
Chunyu Bu's heart trembled, and without any nonsense, he stood up, took his helmet and put it on. Huang Fan diligently held Chunyu Bu's sword. Chunyu Bu put on the sword and left the tent. Several fast horses had already rushed over.
When he got close, he turned over and dismounted and said: "General Lang, a group of soldiers and horses are coming straight towards Yuguan." He raised his hand and pointed eastward: "It's over there."
Without the person's pointing, Chunyu Bu had already looked over there. It was already getting late, but there were more than a dozen torches on the other side, and the sound of horse hooves sounded menacingly.
Chunyu Bu's face was stern. He looked up at the sky and asked, "What time is it?"
"It's past Youshi with half a stick of incense left," the visitor replied respectfully.
Yuguan opens and closes at the hour every day. Once the You hour passes, it will be closed immediately and no one is allowed to enter or exit.
"Send the order and close the door immediately." Chunyu Bu immediately ordered, but he quickly went to the wall.
There is a staircase passage inside the Yuguan Wall. After entering the wall, you can follow the stone ladder directly to the top of the wall.
The city head is about three feet wide and is not considered a grand pass, but its geographical location is extremely important.
The garrison on the top of the city was already ready.
After all, the people stationed at Yuguan are not just a mob. The throat fortress and the garrison dispatched by the Liaodong Army can be considered elite. Although the team that appeared in the east was shrouded in darkness, it was not clear how many soldiers and horses there were for a while, but the dozen or so troops
The torches were advancing very fast, and the horses' hooves were rumbling. There were hundreds of them at least. The guards on the wall certainly knew that the people coming were not ordinary caravans, let alone passers-by.
.
At this time, knowing that the Yuguan Pass was to be closed, it was naturally impossible for the caravan to come and clear the customs at this time. Moreover, the caravan would transport a large amount of goods regardless of whether it was going back or forth. The traveling speed was slow, and it was absolutely impossible to sweep in like this.
Three to four hundred city guards lined up in a row, bows and arrows in hand, ready to attack.
Recently, Long Rui's army has been stationed in Guangning City, Liaoxi County has become very unstable, and the defenders at Yuguan are more alert than before.
Chunyu Bu pressed his hands on the wall stacks and looked down from a high position.
The night wind was howling, and not long after, a group of cavalry appeared in sight, approaching the pass, and their speed also slowed down.
"Who is it?" Huang Fan beside Chunyu Bu asked loudly.
Yiqi stepped forward alone and shouted towards the city: "Is General Chunyu Lang here? I am Jiang Xiaochun, and I have been ordered to hunt down the rebels."
"Jiang Xiaochun?" Chunyu Bu thought for a moment, and Huang Fan whispered: "General Lang, he seems to be a subordinate of Qin Xiao, and he seems to have been given the title of General Lang by the court. He was the one who led a team last time
The cavalry came out of the customs, saying that the imperial court had organized them into the Long Rui Army, and they were leaving the customs to join the Long Rui Army."
Chunyu Bu said "Hmm" and naturally thought of who Jiang Xiaochun was, so he said to Jiang Xiaochun: "It turns out to be General Jiang Lang, and I am Chun Yubu."
"General Chunyu Lang, excuse me!" Jiang Xiaochun raised his hand and said loudly: "We are about to enter the pass to arrest the traitors. We are passing by here. Please let General Chunyu Lang pass." Then he raised a hand and waved a copy in his hand.
Official letter: "This is the warrant from the High Supervisory Army!"
"Wait a minute." Chunyu Bu asked confused: "You want to enter the pass to arrest a traitor? What kind of traitor?"
Jiang Xiaochun said succinctly: "The silver car was robbed, the principal culprit was arrested, and most of the accomplices were also arrested, but some traitors were still on the run. The supervisor received the news that more than a dozen traitors disguised themselves and sneaked in.
After arriving at the pass, we were preparing to go to the pass to avoid the limelight. The supervisor immediately ordered us to enter the pass to pursue them, and we must arrest and bring those people to justice no matter what."
"More than a dozen rebels have entered the pass?" Chunyu Bu felt vaguely that the matter was not simple. He didn't understand what kind of medicine Jiang Xiaochun was selling in his gourd, so he could only say cautiously: "Did you make a mistake? Everyone entering and leaving Yu Pass
, we investigate carefully, if there is really a traitor entering the customs, how could we not know anything about it?"
"Those people are all disguised as ordinary people." Jiang Xiaochun said: "On the surface, there is no problem."
"By the way, General Jiang Lang, since you are here, I really have something to ask you." Chunyu Bu said solemnly: "I heard that your Long Rui army has blocked the Yingzui Gorge, and no one can pass through it. But there is such a thing.
thing?"
Jiang Xiaochun nodded and said: "It is true."
Chunyu Bu looked ugly and said in a cold voice: "Yingzui Gorge is the only way to travel. Whether you are a merchant or transporting goods, you must pass through Yingzui Gorge. The grain truck sent to Yuguan should have arrived two days ago.
, but I heard that you blocked us in Yingzui Gorge. What does this mean? Is it deliberately intercepting our food and grass?"
"General Lang, calm down." Jiang Xiaochun was neither arrogant nor impatient, and explained: "General Lang knew that the last time the silver car transported from the pass to the Arms Department was robbed, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were taken away. General Qin set up a clever plan.
We arrested a large number of traitors and recovered most of the lost official silver. However, after careful calculation, we found that there were still two to thirty thousand taels of silver that did not match. We have been searching secretly these days and have also interrogated the imprisoned rebels.
Party, but could never find out the whereabouts of the tens of thousands of taels of silver. Until two days ago, Qiao Mingshui couldn't stand the interrogation and confessed the truth. After the silver car was robbed, Qiao Mingshui deliberately withheld tens of thousands of taels of cash and arranged for several
A close subordinate is buried in Yingzui Gorge...!"
Chunyu Bu opened his eyes wide, feeling unbelievable.
"Originally we didn't believe it. After all, tens of thousands of taels of cash were buried at the crime scene. It was simply audacious." Jiang Xiaochun said slowly: "But since Qiao Mingshui said so, we sent people to search for it in Yingzui Gorge. Yingzui Gorge was
The snow was covering the place where the money was buried. Two of them were killed during the last arrest, and the whereabouts of the other people were unknown. Even Qiao Mingshui didn’t know where the money was buried. In desperation, we had no choice but to seal off Ying.
Zuixia, we sent people to search inside. Just yesterday, we actually found one of the boxes of robbed official silver in the gorge. Therefore, Qiao Mingshui's recruitment must be true, so we sent additional personnel to remove Yingzui.
Turn over the gorge."
Chunyu Bu found this matter more and more unbelievable, but Jiang Xiaochun's tone did not seem to be fake. He said calmly: "You want to search for official silver, we can't control it, but you stopped the grain team and Yuguan's grain and grass supply
If not, what should I do?"
"General Qin and the Lord Supervisor attach great importance to finding official silver." Jiang Xiaochun said with a smile: "General Chunyulang also knows that official silver is extraordinary. If it is stolen or robbed, even if one or two is not recovered, it will be a dereliction of duty.
However, the supervisor has sent a lot of extra manpower and is still searching all night. According to my estimation, it will be released at noon tomorrow at most. At that time, the team transporting grain and grass will naturally pass through Yingzui Gorge and bring the materials needed here.
Delivered smoothly."
Chun Yubu thought that even if Long Ruijun was brave enough, he would not have the courage to actually intercept Yuguan grain and grass. After all, according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, intercepting military grain was tantamount to rebellion. Hearing Jiang Xiaochun claim that Yingzui Gorge would be relieved tomorrow, he also
Slightly relieved.
"You want to catch a dozen fugitives, do you need such a formation?" Chunyu Bu saw that Jiang Xiaochun was followed by at least more than 300 cavalry, and his tone was slightly sarcastic: "Those who don't know think that Jiang Lang will lead troops to suppress bandits.
." He turned around and ordered: "Come here, let them enter!"