Chapter 452 The dilapidated Zheliu County

Seeing this, Tang Bing on the city wall discussed. Although it was dark, it was impossible to see who the man was, it was probably not an enemy. The leading lieutenant ordered people to put down the big basket and follow a Tang Bing.

The Tang soldier came to the city and ran to the attendant leader. He saw that the attendant leader had fainted. He helped the person up, looked through his pockets, and found the attendant leader's waist card.

Tang Bing rushed upstairs and shouted: "This man is a general who defeated the captives, and he is our own. He seems to be the family general of the old prime minister Fang!"

The captain above said, "The seventh-rank official in the prime minister's family is true. A general in the family is actually the General of the Polu!"

All the Tang Bings under his command said, "General, even if you retire and return to your hometown, you may not be able to do the General Polu. He is a seventh-rank official rank!"

The captain snorted and said, "So what can that be? Don't he beg me now!" He waved his hand and asked the Tang soldier to put the attendant leader in a big basket and pull him up to the city.

When the attendant leader was awakened, the lieutenant naturally had to ask what had happened, but the lieutenant leader was willing to tell such a shameful thing, and just said he wanted to see Gu Lantian, so the lieutenant had to send someone to the governor's office.

It happened very unexpectedly. Gu Lantian was drunk tonight and couldn't wake up no matter how he snored. And seeing that he was snoring so loudly, he probably would have to wake up tomorrow afternoon, and it was very likely that he would be able to wake up at night.

The attendant leader was almost so anxious that he vomited blood. He went to find the deputy general and asked the deputy general to send troops, but he refused to explain the matter clearly. He just wanted a team of elite soldiers, preferably all scouts, and asked him to take him to "see" the old prime minister Fang!

But the deputy general dared not send troops out. The attendant leader had no order from Fang Xuanling, and Gu Lantian could not write a order, so he asked him to send troops to the attendant leader. How dare he do such a thing? If there was a servant of a high-ranking official and he would come out and talk to mobilize troops, and then he would give the troops, wouldn't it be a joke to keep the defense there?

The attendant leader was really unable to wait. Seeing that he could not transfer troops from Yumen Pass, he had to borrow a horse from the deputy general and asked the Tang soldiers to take him and Ma Shun out of the city to fight horses to find Wang Ping'an. Wang Ping'an should have transferred him to his army, and Fang Xuanling was also a robber who could tell Wang Ping'an about being hijacked by robbers.

He ran all the way to the Turkish camp. At this time, he was tossing all night and the sky was already bright. The Turks were packing their tents and preparing to head towards Zheliu County.

The attendant leader asked all the way and came to Wang Ping'an's tent. He saw that there was a mess in front of the tent. He seemed to have been drunk too much. The attendant leader was very anxious. Did he make any mistakes? Could it be that Wang Ping'an also drank too much and vomited like this? It was really raining all night, and the boat was late again. When it was a critical moment, he drank too much!

The guard leader bit the bullet and told Brother Ouyang who was guarding the tent that he wanted to see Wang Ping'an. He was Fang Xuanling's attendant. Brother Ouyang had seen him without any neglect. He entered the tent and informed Wang Ping'an.

Wang Ping'an was much better than Gu Lantian. Although he was drunk and had a little hangover, he heard Fang Xuanling's servant come to see him and immediately got up and called the leader of the servant.

After the attendant leader entered the tent, he did not dare to conceal the truth and told him everything about the matter.

Wang Ping'an was shocked. Fang Xuanling and Wang Wendu were arrested, and they were arrested more than ten miles from Guazhou! What's the point? Those robbers are too brave!

The attendant leader worked hard all night and had lost his strength. After saying these words, he fainted in the tent. Wang Ping'an hurriedly looked at him and found that it was caused by the strong heart fire. He became angry and became irritated. He prescribed a dose of medicine and let the two little girls boil it and fed it to the attendant leader.

Wang Ping'an thought for a moment and sent Hou Ling to Yumen Pass to find Gu Lantian to confirm this matter. Of course, he had to low-key confirmation, but he didn't dare to make this matter known to everyone. Wang Wendu had a lot of shit, so he didn't have to worry about him, but the face of the old prime minister of Fang must be taken into account. If he could block the news, he would try his best to block it.

Hou Ling left after he was ordered, and he was also full of surprise. There were actually robbers in the world who dared to capture the prime minister. Either the robber was crazy or... still crazy!

Wang Ping'an thought for a while. Before he received Gu Lantian's reply, nothing he did was good, and he was prone to making mistakes while busy. It would be better to wait for a little while and wait for a reply!

He ordered people to pack up the tent, and he led the Turkic brigade to Zheliu County, and did not return to Yumen Pass. He walked westward, and in less than half a day, he saw the walls of Zheliu County in front!

Zheliu County was quite prosperous many years ago. It was an important checkpoint connecting Shazhou and Yumen Pass. It has always been a prosperous business and the surrounding land is fertile. More than 70% of the land in the county is Green Prefecture, which is a good place whether it is farming or grazing.

But because this place is too rich, as long as a war breaks out, the enemy will attack it. The riots in the late Sui Dynasty caused a disaster. After entering the Tang Dynasty, until the beginning of Li Shimin ascended the throne, the Turks were very powerful, and they regarded this place as a granary for many years and plundered endlessly.

It is better to be a peaceful dog than a person in troubled times. The people in Zheliu County cannot live normally and are always bullied, but the Tang army cannot protect them. As a result, resentment broke out over the years, and the people of Tong County changed their careers and became robbers, which became them bullying others. However, in the late years of the Zhenguan rule, when the Tang soldiers could already protect Zheliu County, the people could not turn back and continued to be a major disaster on the Silk Road as robbers!

If a foreigner comes to the Western Regions and asks about the specialty of Zheliu County, the Western Regions, regardless of gender, age, will answer: Robbers. This is the largest, most popular and most famous specialty of Zheliu County!

Wang Ping'an was riding a horse in the middle of the team. The Turks in front had stopped moving forward. After approaching the city wall, the Turks stopped and looked up at the city. Some turned around and looked at Wang Ping'an, waiting for his next instructions.

He stood up immediately from Bailong, and Wang Ping'an put on a pergola in his hand and looked at the wall of Zheliu County.

I saw that this county town is really not small. Just looking at the east wall, there are more than three miles. If the four walls are as long as the circumference is nearly ten miles. There is only one city gate on this city wall, which is very tall, but there is no city tower and the battlements are also dilapidated.

Looking along the sides of the city gate, Wang Ping'an grinned, "Okay, a piece of the city wall has disappeared, revealing a hole that is quite large, and you can see the city from here. That's not all, the entire city wall is different in height, it seems that it has been demolished and the bricks have been cleaned up. It is definitely not because of the disrepair and the city wall has fallen down by itself!"

There is not a single citizen on the city and under the city, and there is no flag. Just looking at the appearance, it is impossible to determine whether there are people living in the city.

Su Dingfang and Di Renjie came to Wang Ping'an, and Di Renjie said, "Brother, Zheliu County is not small. If it is placed in the Central Plains, it will almost catch up with a city in a state, but it is a little too dilapidated."

Su Dingfang said, "Brother Di, you don't know that the place outside the pass is big, so the city is built, but there are not many people. Because the merchants always carry horses and camels, the places they need are also large, and some cities also have pastures. Zheliu County is not a big one, just a medium-sized city!"

After a pause, he said again: "But if you want to talk about rags, Zheliu City may be ranked first. Even the city walls have been demolished like this, which is really terrifying."

Wang Ping'an nodded and said, "Send the order to let the Turks rest on the spot and don't enter the city for the time being. Choose another team of elite soldiers and follow me into the city to check."

Su Dingfang issued an order, and the Turks immediately got off the horse and started to pick up firewood, intending to make a meal and rest. A team of Turkic soldiers rushed over to protect Wang Ping'an, came to the city gate, intending to enter the city to inspect.

At this time, several scouts from the guard regiment got out of the city. They did not walk through the city gate, but entered the city by climbing the city wall. One of the scouts ran over and shouted, "Master, there are people in the city, but there are not many. When we saw us in, they all jumped on horseback and ran to the north!"

Wang Ping'an frowned and asked, "What kind of person is he?"

The scout replied: "All of them are middle-aged men, all riding horses, probably robbers. We didn't have time to check the whole city, and we don't know if there are settled people inside, but even if there are, there are probably more than a thousand people."

Wang Ping'an waved his hand and asked him to retreat, raised his chin, and said, "Open the city gate and let's go in and take a look."

Dozens of Turkic soldiers got off their horses and ran to the city gate, trying to hit the gate. But just as they were about to hit, they saw the city gate swaying, followed by a loud bang, and a city gate fell down, smashing snow all over!

The Turkic soldiers were shocked and quickly retreated, pulled out their swords, looking inside in amazement, fearing that the enemy was ambushed inside!

On the other side of the city gate, the sun shines on the snow, emitting dazzling light, and there is no one. In other words, there is not even an enemy horse!

Di Renjie smiled and said, "Good door. When he saw the elder brother coming, he actually opened it to welcome the elder brother!"

Wang Ping'an hummed twice, a little stunned. He originally thought that Zheliu County was just a chaotic situation, but it would not be ragged. The more dangerous the place, the stronger the city defense should be. Even if there are no local officials, it doesn't matter. People always have to form associations and protect themselves. Moreover, this is a nest of robbers. In order to prevent officers and soldiers from attacking, there should be countless robbers and guard their nests, but they did not expect it to be an empty city!

When the Turkic soldiers saw a city gate fall, they all laughed. They put their knives and went forward, intending to go in, but then they walked to the door. They saw another city gate making a loud noise, tilting to the side, and slowly fell to the ground with a squeak.

Su Dingfang shouted from behind, and the Turkic soldiers ran over quickly, carried the two city gates aside, and let the door hole go out, and a large group of Turkic soldiers drove their horses into the city.

After entering the city, Wang Ping'an was even more disappointed. The avenue in the city was very wide, but the houses next to the road were extremely dilapidated and very low. In the snow, some houses almost only had roofs, and some houses had collapsed, which seemed to be uninhabited.
Chapter completed!