Chapter 213: Tubo envoy

Cui Ning was taken care of, and Zhang Huan was relieved. He ordered dozens of personal soldiers to guard the house strictly. He followed Lin Jiuhan to the military camp outside the city. The military camp was located in a flat area in the north of the city, covering an area of ​​more than 200 acres. More than 500 tents were built in the stables. The general of the personal military camp was Lin Jiuhan. Lin Jiuhan followed Zhang Huan closely. When he was not here, he was led by the left and right general of the personal military camp. At this time, due to an accident in the county town, the soldiers on holiday rushed back to the military camp one after another.

At this time, the military camp was particularly lively, with more than 3,000 slaves gathering in a large open space in the middle, mostly young men, and many young women, as well as a few elderly and children.

At this moment, they were gathering together for lunch. More than twenty people gathered in a circle, eating sweetly with noodles and meat, drinking hot broth one after another. They were all wearing soldiers' uniforms to keep the cold, while women and children gathered in the tent to eat.

Soon Zhang Huan entered the military camp. When the soldiers watching the slaves saw the governor coming, they all dodged a way. Zhang Huan walked to the slaves and stopped. He looked for a moment and asked Lin Jiuhan, "Is there any statistics on the number of slaves?"

"Report to the governor, there are about 2,300 young and strong men, more than 400 young women, and more than 100 elderly and weak, most of whom are from Shu."

After hesitating for a moment, Lin Jiuhan asked again: "What do the governor want these young women to do? Do you want them to be military prostitutes?"

Zhang Huan shook his head, "I heard that many brothers were disabled in wars and could not marry their wives. Most women were unwilling to marry them, so they bought some slaves and promised them to be wives, which was fine if I had a worry."

"The subordinates' thoughts are to give them to their brothers, but the governor considers them a little deeper than the subordinates." Lin Jiuhan sighed for a long time and asked again: "There are more than a hundred old and weak people asking the governor for instructions on what should they do?"

"Take them to Longyou together and leave them to the local officials to resettle." Seeing that the slaves were almost finished, Zhang Huan said to Lin Jiuhan: "Let them all stand up and line up, I want to scold them!"

"Yes!" Lin Jiuhan waved his hand, and hundreds of soldiers immediately entered the slave group to arrange a queue. Soon, the slaves lined up in a huge semicircle. Zhang Huan stepped onto a high platform. He glanced at everyone and said loudly: "Everyone, I am Longyou, the governor of Hexi. Welcome everyone to join the Xiliang Army!"

"As my Tang Dynasty men were born in the world, they wanted to kill enemies for the country and gain fame. How could they be slaves? From now on, I will officially liberate you as free people and be as equal as all my soldiers. As long as you make achievements, you will be promoted and even become generals."

In the cold wind, a group of slaves stared at the young coach blankly. No one led them to cheer up, but their eyes showed a light of joy and excitement. Originally, their fate was destined to be slaves to others for the rest of their lives, but the sky changed their destiny.

"I will send someone to find your parents, wife and children, take them to Longyou, grant them land and houses, and make them military households. If you are brave in war and make achievements, they will get more land. You will be honored to spend the second half of your life in the future after retirement. But if you are greedy for life and fear death, or even become deserters, your family will also become military slaves. You will gradually know in the future that our Xiliang Army will have clear rewards and punishments."

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After the lecture, the slaves officially became recruits. They were temporarily assigned to the army, and the sergeant commander took them back to arrange them. After returning to Longyou, the recruits bureau was arranged uniformly. The entire military camp immediately became lively and busy.

Under the sanitation of dozens of personal soldiers, Zhang Huan visited one military camp and another. Some new recruits were accepting the sergeant's explanation of military rules, some were changing military uniforms, and some were pulling bows and testing swords.

When he walked to the military camp at the edge, he heard a burst of cheers from inside. When he walked into the tent, several soldiers in the tent immediately saluted. Zhang Huan waved his hand and told them not to speak out. After entering the tent, he saw that about one hundred people were forming a big circle in the tent. Two soldiers were fighting. One was originally the deputy team deputy of the Flying Ape Team of the Special Service Battalion, named Li Zhiyuan. He performed well in the battle of Huixi Fort and was promoted to Zuolang General of the personal military camp. Before joining the army, he was the deputy chief in charge of the most famous Qinchuan Sword Hall in Chang'an. He was as light as a swallow and had a strong martial arts skills. He was also sent to Hexi for killing people drunk and was activated by Zhang Huan.

The person who fought against him seemed to be a recruit today. He was about twenty-seven or eight years old, with a heavy face and a cold look. His biggest characteristic was his extremely tall figure, which was comparable to Cheng Lie, the number one general of the Western Liang Army, as if he was like a mountain. Zhang Huan seemed to have seen this person in the slave market. At that time, he was tied up with huge iron chains with more than a dozen other slaves, and wanted to be a guardian, but he did not expect that he had martial arts skills.

Li Zhiyuan swam around him like a fish, getting faster and faster, as fast as a whirlwind, but the man remained motionless, and his eyes were like a thread that tied Li Zhiyuan firmly.

Li Zhiyuan suddenly turned his body, and his body suddenly accelerated, rushing behind him like a ghost. He shouted loudly and kicked him in a very rapid manner. This was one of his famous skills, called the Overlord Cauldron. He once kicked a three-inch thick stone slab with one kick. If it was kicked firmly, even a bear might not be able to withstand it.

The military camp exclaimed in unison. Although the military competition was unwilling tolerate, Li Zhiyuan used his unique skills to the first person he met. This was the first time. Zhang Huan smiled and said nothing. He had a sharp eye and saw that Li Zhiyuan was forced to do so. Although the man had no moves, his eyes were very powerful. He stared at Li Zhiyuan tightly, leaving him with no chance to make moves at all.

In an instant, Li Zhiyuan's foot had reached his back, and the big man seemed to have no reaction, and his face was just a cold smile. Everyone in the tent changed their faces, thinking that the big man could not escape this disaster. At this moment, Lin Jiuhan beside Zhang Huan blurted out: "Good Kung Fu!"

Zhang Huan glanced at him, and he also saw that at this moment, except for Zhang Huan and Lin Jiuhan, only Li Zhiyuan knew it in his heart. He seemed to be trying to hit the big man's back, but the big man moved his body forward strangely one foot just now, which was impossible to detect. But it was this foot that made him kick him, and the opponent had not taken any action.

Just as Li Zhiyuan was crying secretly, Zhang Huan smiled and said, "Okay, stop by!"

Only then did everyone realize that the governor was also in the big tent, and they knelt down and saluted, "See the governor!"

"Get up!" Zhang Huan waved his hand and walked to the two of them. Li Zhiyuan gave another treacherously. Zhang Huan glanced at him and said coldly: "New soldiers should be in charge of military rules when entering the camp. Know the military history. Veterans are not allowed to bully new soldiers. This is the military rules of Xiliang. What about you! As a decent general, you are brave and cruel to the new soldiers first, and you are not afraid of not being able to fight others. Will the new soldiers fall into the military power of our Xiliang army among the new soldiers?"

"I will be aware of the crime!" Li Zhiyuan said ashamed: "I wish to be punished by the governor!"

Zhang Huan looked at him and said in a deep voice: "Seeing that the recruits have entered the camp, I will give you some face this time, but remember the thirty military sticks and go first!"

"Thank you Governor!" Li Zhiyuan gave a deep bow and turned around. Zhang Huan looked at the big man carefully again. He nodded secretly. This man was second to his martial arts skills. The key is that he was very good at being a good person. He could easily defeat Li Zhiyuan, but he always kept his face in front of everyone.

"May I have your name?"

The big man knelt down halfway and replied, "Reply to the governor's words, the villain's surname is Fang and his name is Wuqing."

"Fang Wuqing?" Zhang Huan asked with a smile: "Is this your real name?"

"Report to the governor, the villain is the eldest disciple of Qingniu, the Qingniu, the real person in Nezha Palace in Laojun Mountain, Jiangyou. His name is given by the master. It has been used for more than twenty years. What is the real name? It doesn't matter anymore."

Zhang Huan nodded and asked again: "How could you become a slave with such powerful martial arts? It's really incredible."

Fang Wuqing sighed and said, "Zhu Li ordered my master to lead his disciples to join the army. The master refused. Zhu Li sent someone to lead a large army to attack Laojun Mountain and burned Nezha Palace. Everyone was separated. The villain was also injured and captured. Finally, he was sold into slavery. The villain thought of escaping after he had arrived at the new master's family, but he was rescued by the governor!"

"So that's it, then are you willing to join the army?"

"The villain is willing, but there is still a little difficulty for the villain."

"What's the difficulty?" Zhang Huan asked expressionlessly. He was already a little unhappy. He was just a recruit, and could he bargain with him?

Lin Jiuhan beside Zhang Huan admired Fang Wuqing's martial arts very much. He winked at Fang Wuqing and ordered him not to swear his life, but Fang Wuqing turned a blind eye. He still said stubbornly: "The villain has an old mother in Shu. He lived with his brother and sister-in-law, but he didn't know his life or death after this war chaos. The villain wanted to go back to find his mother. Regardless of whether he had or not, the villain would return to the team within one month!"

Zhang Huan was silent for a while, and said lightly: "There is no such precedent in the army, but there is a three-year family leave. If you want to use it in advance, the military service time will be extended by three years than others, so you have to think about it."

Seeing that he did not mention that he would never return, he only mentioned his family leave. He knew that he was actually making an exception for himself. He was moved and knelt down on one knee and saluted respectfully, "My subordinates are willing to use their family leave in advance."

"Okay!" Zhang Huan glanced at Lin Jiuhan, "Since you care so much about him, you will arrange this matter."

After saying that, he turned around and left the tent. The open space of the camp was where hundreds of women and old men were registering their names. Dozens of carriages had been hired outside the camp and were preparing to send them back to Longyou first.

At this time, a personal soldier rushed from outside the camp and bowed to report: "Mr. Hu has returned to the inn, and he has something important to report to the governor."

"I understand!" After dealing with these slaves, Zhang Huan was worried about Cui Ning again. He led a hundred personal soldiers to turn over and gallop into the county town.

Hu Yong and Pei Jun's secret agent went to Fengxiang overnight last night. He had just rushed back to Guoxian Inn, but learned that Zhang Huan had already gone to the military camp. Soon, Zhang Huan rushed back to the inn. Hu Yong immediately met and said, "Governor, do you know who I met in Fengxiang?"

Zhang Huan spread his hands and smiled, "Mr. Hu is playing a puzzle for me! How can I guess?"

"Is the Tubo envoy who came to Beijing to thank the alliance!"

Hu Yong gently stroked his long beard, squinted his eyes and said, "Not only are the Tubo envoys, but also Pei Yi, the Minister of the Taipu Temple who was sent to Tubo, have also returned. At this moment, they are all resting in Fengxiang. Does the governor know what Pei Yi did in Fengxiang?"

Zhang Huan smiled slightly and said, "Did Lord Pei swear to guarantee the pension equally to Fengxiang's garrison?"

Hu Yong laughed, "The governor guessed it very well. It was precisely with Pei Taipu's full guarantee that Fengxiang City, which was almost out of control, calmed down again. Pei Xiangguo was so angry that he was about to vomit blood."

"Since Pei Taipu is in Fengxiang, we must make better use of this opportunity." Pei Yi is Pei Jun's fourth brother. With him in Fengxiang, it will be easier for him to act. Today is the fourth day of the first lunar month, and there are not many days before the New Year's Day. At this time, Pei Jun must be looking forward to it. Whether it is true or false, he should act.

Zhang Huan pondered for a moment, immediately made a decision and said to a personal soldier behind him: "Go to the barracks and inform Lin Jiuhan that tomorrow morning, the whole army will set off the barracks and go to Fengxiang!"

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The next day, it was dawn, and Zhang Huan and his party left Guoxian and walked towards Fengxiang. Cui Ning's illness improved slightly. Although he was still weak, he could barely be in a carriage and accompanied her. Two newly collected little maids also sat in the carriage and were served by her, which made it much more convenient along the way.

About two hours later, the large group of people arrived at Fengxiang City again. This time, because the situation in the city had calmed down, the Fengxiang Jiedushi Li Mo did not stop Zhang Huan from entering the city, but sent someone to arrange Zhang Huan's army in the barracks outside the city and led him into the city to rest.

Zhang Huan led 300 guards into the city gate, but he met a team slowly coming. There were about a thousand people, all in Tubo cavalry outfits. On the dozen horses among them, there were more than a dozen Tubo officials. They were the Tubo thank-you envoys who went to Chang'an.

The two armies met at the city gate, stopped the horse together, and looked at each other with cold eyes. At this time, an old man in gorgeous clothes urged the horse to come out. He glanced at Zhang Huan a few times and suddenly asked, "Is the person coming here Zhang Governor Zhang in Liangzhou?"

Zhang Huan stepped forward and bowed and smiled, "I am the one, who is you? How could you know me?"

"I am Shang Zan Po, the second prime minister of Tubo." The old man smiled slightly and said, "I have seen your portraits from Daxiang, and I often hear Daxiang talk about you. Daxiang really wants to see you. How about it? When I come back, would you be willing to go with me as a guest?"

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Chapter completed!