Chapter 0149 silver lining
The outward movement of the Xineiying army officially started three days ago. Tens of thousands of troops moved out of the forbidden garden in batches and steps, and were scattered into the five camps on the periphery.¥f,
The five camps outside were originally stationed in the five camps that had withdrawn from Liaodong, from Yingyang Prefecture, all counties in the world, but their fate had long been decided. The dissolution began to proceed gradually since Liaodong. After several months of dispersion, there were only less than 30,000 left in hundreds of thousands of prefecture soldiers, all of whom were the most elite soldiers.
These 30,000 elite soldiers have been taken over by General Hu Ben Lang, and will merge with Yuwen Shu's Xiaoguo Army to form a new Xiaoguo Guard, becoming the direct Xiaoguo Army of Emperor Yang Guang.
During the three battles of Goguryeo, the army of the Preparatory Mansion controlled by the Guanlong nobles disappeared, and the army of the Yingyang Mansion controlled by the wealthy families and geniuses in various places was basically disbanded. The troops in Luoyang and Chang'an were only 200,000 Xiaoguo Army, who were loyal to the emperor and 30,000 imperial guards guarding the palace.
In addition, there are eleven rebel troops directly under the Ministry of War in various places, and the main generals are appointed by Yang Guang himself.
Such as the Qizhou Army led by Zhang Xutuo, the Xuzhou Army led by Yang Yichen, the Youzhou Army led by Guo Xuan, the Eastern Wu Army led by Yu Juluo, the Jingxiang Army led by Tu Wanxu, the Jianghuai Army led by Wang Shichong, the Taiyuan Army led by Li Yuan, the Hedong Army led by Song Laosheng, the Liyang Army led by Chen Leong, the Longxi Army led by Qu Tutong, the Bashu Army led by Dong Chun, etc.
To a certain extent, Yang Guang had completed his military reform, but the ending might not be as perfect as he initially imagined. When the soldiers returned to their hometowns, they were often recruited by the gentry and wealthy families in various places and became private troops of the wealthy families in various places. The army still existed, but it had only changed a form.
The tents in Xinei Camp have disappeared, and the last few hundred tents are left, and Zhang Xuan's army is stationed. Zhang Xuan's army is the last group to be moved out, and they will be transferred to Nandaying.
At this time, in a large tent in the military camp, Zhang Xuanzheng and Zhou Fashang said goodbye for the last time. Zhou Fashang was named the General of the Left Wu Guard, and the guard of Jingzhou, and replaced Tu Wanxu, who was unable to suppress the bandits and was transferred back to Luoyang.
"It's indeed surprising. However, the emperor is still kind and can put back most of the low-level generals in the Changhe Gate incident. Even if I leave, I won't be worried." Zhou Fashang smiled bitterly and drank the wine in the glass.
Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "Actually it is not unexpected. This is the result of King Yan's efforts."
"Have you met the King of Yan?" Zhou Fashang asked anxiously.
Zhang Xuan nodded, and Zhou Fashang slapped his forehead. No wonder things turned around. It turned out that King Yan was exerting his efforts behind him. However, Lai Hu'er was unable to release him, which is indeed a pity.
Zhang Xuan smiled bitterly again and said, "Although things have turned around, the crisis has not been resolved. I heard that Yu Shiji insisted on disbanding the former army, so I guess it is a sign of disbanding all the troops this time."
Zhou Fashang patted Zhang Xuan on the shoulder, "You have tried your best, but in fact you can go to Jingzhou with me. Let's build another elite army."
Zhang Xuan shook his head, his eyes full of determination. "Thank you for your care, but I will never give up on my army. In addition, even if the other brothers disband, they should receive the rewards they deserve. I will continue to fight for them."
Zhou Fashang was speechless. He knew that Zhang Xuan was not a person who easily gave in. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, he would persevere.
"Okay! I will set out overnight tonight and I won't be able to help you. Good luck."
"I wish the general a good journey!"
Zhang Xuan sent Zhou Fashang out of the camp and watched him and dozens of personal soldiers leave. The huge Xi Nei camp was only left with more than a thousand soldiers, and the camp seemed empty.
Although the transfer order was to move to Nandaying outside, the time of the transfer was not clear, and it was just that he was the last group of evacuated. In other words, as long as the Xineiying camp is not revoked for a day, he can continue to stay here.
In fact, Zhang Xuan did not want to go to Nandaying at all. The head of Nandaying was Yun Dingxing, the general of the Right Martial Guard. This person was Yuwen Shu's confidant. If he moved to Nandaying, he would never have any good fruits. Fortunately, when the Xineiying will be cancelled was decided by Zhang Jin. Zhang Jin also agreed to delay the deadline for the Xineiying to be cancelled.
Zhang Xuan returned to his tent, and a personal soldier stepped forward and saluted: "General, Captain Chen just sent someone to send a letter, right on the desk."
Zhang Xuan was excited. Did Chen Xu have a new discovery? He quickly walked into the tent, picked up a letter on the table, opened it and read it quickly, and was immediately overjoyed. Chen Xu really lived up to his trust and found Li Shanheng.
Zhang Xuan immediately walked out of the tent and ordered: "Prepare the horse!"
Zhang Xuan sent people everywhere to find a missing general, and then guessed that Li Shanheng was sent by Yuwen Shu to carry out the petition incident of Changhemen.
Moreover, Zhou Fashang also told him that Li Shanheng was initially promoted to the Majestic General by Yuwen Shu, and Li Shanheng was actually Yuwen Shu's confidant.
The answer to the Changhe petition incident was easily solved, but the problem is that no one has any evidence, and even if they know that it was Yuwen Shu's actions, they would have no choice but to do anything to him.
The key is Li Shanheng. As long as he catches this person, Zhang Xuan can get back his disadvantages.
At dusk, Zhang Xuan met Wei Yunqi and Chen Xu in a private house in Lirenfang.
"I'm very curious, how did you find that Li Shanheng is hidden in that house?" Zhang Xuan asked with a smile.
Chen Xu and Wei Yunqi looked at each other, and Wei Yunqi smiled and said, "We first found that there was a person hidden in this house, and someone was secretly protecting him around, so Master Chen came to monitor him first. Unexpectedly, at noon today, Master Chen found a carriage to send a boy into the house. The key is that the boy was actually Li Shanheng's son, so we can confirm."
Zhang Xuan looked at Chen Xu again, how could he know that the boy was Li Shanheng's son?
Chen Xu scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "We grabbed a follower who followed the boy, and he confessed that the boy was Li Shanheng's son."
Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment, smiled at Wei Yunqi and said, "It seems that we have scored two groups of soldiers."
Wei Yunqi smiled slightly, "I also thought about it and made a detailed plan."
He handed a roll of paper to Zhang Xuan, and Zhang Xuan immediately looked it carefully on the table, and was surprised and happy. Wei Yunqi's thoughts were clever. It was indeed very powerful!
Night fell quietly. According to the plan formulated by Wei Yunqi, at the third update, it was the time for the guards to change their posts. Chen Xu took 50 brothers to steal Li Shanheng's family, and Zhang Xuan took Li Shanheng away and hid the person near the West City. Wei Yunqi had arranged an empty room in advance and left the city in batches after dawn.
Zhang Xuan had already changed a house and was next to the house where Li Shanheng was detained. He was only thirty steps away from the room where Li Shanheng was detained. Wei Yunqi had arranged for soldiers to dig a simple tunnel in advance. This was the most wonderful link in the entire plan. Digging tunnels to seize people without knowing it.
Zhang Xuan had already drawn a sketch. He pointed to the house where Li Shanheng lived and said to the two teams: "Take it at the third update. You two bring twenty brothers each, one is responsible for arresting people and the other is covering them. We must snatch people in the shortest time, so we must not be sympathetic when we start, understand!"
"Abide by the orders!"
The two teams were holding their fists and bowing, and hurried away.
At this time, only Zhang Xuan and Wei Yunqi were left in the room. Wei Yunqi hesitated and said slowly: "There is one thing I decided to tell the general."
Zhang Xuan looked at Wei Yunqi a little strangely. Could he have something to hide from him?
Wei Yunqi pondered for a moment and said, "In fact, I have discovered that Li Shanheng is hiding here for a long time, and I also know that the inside story is not that simple."
Zhang Xuan did not interrupt him, and quietly waited for Wei Yunqi to continue speaking.
"The person who hid Li Shanheng here turned out to be Xu Yin, the counselor of Yuwen Shu. General Zhang could not have imagined it!" Wei Yunqi smiled and said.
Zhang Xuan's eyes finally showed a look of surprise. This was beyond his expectations. It was actually Xu Yin, a counselor of Yuwen Shu, who was hiding here. He changed his mind, "Is Yuwen Shu pretending to be a thief and calling to catch a thief?"
"This is not. I can be sure that Yuwen Shu is really looking for Li Shanheng. The problem lies with Xu Yin. He should have betrayed Yuwen Shu."
Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and asked, "Who is Xu Yin working for now?"
"I don't know this either. Maybe it was because he made his own decisions, and maybe there was a greater force behind it, so I said that this case is definitely not that simple."
Zhang Xuan nodded silently. As he said this, the case was indeed not simple. He glanced at Wei Yunqi again and asked calmly: "Why is the Wei County Magistrate willing to tell me this?"
"My mission is to help General Zhang find Li Shanheng. As for some behind-the-scenes things, I really shouldn't say much, but I don't want the general to get involved in the power struggle at the top for Li Shanheng, so I want to remind the general to think twice, should he arrest Li Shanheng?"
Zhang Xuan sighed softly, "Thank you Mr. Wei for reminding me, but I have to do some things, although it will be very dangerous."
"Why do the general have to do it? I think you can actually not do it. Even Shangshu Pei said you can be promoted to another level." Wei Yunqi stared at Zhang Xuan with sharp eyes.
Zhang Xuan walked to the window and stared at Dongfang for a long time. His voice was a little sad, but he was so firm.
"So many soldiers died on the battlefield for the country but did not receive any pensions. So many soldiers fought for the country regardless of life and death without rewards. At least they should be able to get something to let the dead rest in peace and let the living be fair. This is why I have to do it."
Wei Yunqi stared at Zhang Xuan for a long time, and finally nodded and said, "I understand, then I want to make another suggestion. We might as well change our plan and start immediately. Let's go out of the city before the city gate is closed, so as not to have too many dreams!"
Wei Yunqi's strategy was very clever. He used the method of digging tunnels to dig a tunnel, which led directly to the back of the house where Li Shanheng lived, and the exit was in a cluster of flowers and trees. From noon, they began to dig this tunnel until night fell, and the tunnel was successfully excavated.
A team was observing the exit for a long time and confirmed that there was no one around. Then, with two agile soldiers running out of the tunnel and quickly approached the wall. The team was passing through the gap in the window paper and saw a man sitting at the table with a boy having dinner.
I saw a big black mole on the back of the man's neck. This person should be Li Shanheng they were going to catch.
The team was nodding to the two soldiers. They took out the two bamboo tubes and blew a lot of fan into the room. The team was blocking the door with several other subordinates. If the fragrance was discovered by Li Shanheng, they would immediately score and catch people.
The effect of fan fan was very good. In just a moment, the father and son in the room fainted. The team was overjoyed and covered their mouths and noses with cloth, led the soldiers into the room, carried the father and son and quickly entered the tunnel and left.
Standing outside the gate of the courtyard, two guards from each other were deployed on the roofs around them, but they never dreamed that someone would use the tunnel to rob the people they were guarding, just under their noses.
Chapter completed!