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Chapter seventy-ninth

For two consecutive days, Zhang Huan was busy with the army's garrison. The Longwu Army and the Tianqi Camp were both imperial guards in the North Yaya. According to convention, they should be stationed in the Xi Neiyuan behind the palace city.

However, due to the different forces, the Longwu Army and the Tianqi Camp have different jurisdictions (the Longwu Army is mainly responsible for the security of the Taiji Palace and the East Palace, while the Tianqi Camp is responsible for the security of the Daming Palace). Cui Yuan and the Li clan reached a tacit understanding. The Longwu Army was stationed in the Xi Neiyuan behind the Taiji Palace, while the Tianqi Camp was stationed in the East Neiyuan on the side of the Daming Palace.

Dongneiyuan is located between the Daming Palace and the Shiwang House. It covers an area of ​​more than hundreds of hectares. It is mainly composed of small woods and large grasslands. In fact, it is the royal racecourse.

Zhang Huan's Three Thousand Days Cavalry Camp is stationed here. It was originally the garrison of the Yulin Army, with ready-made military camps and training sites.

After the establishment of the Tianqi Camp, it was divided into three brigades on the left, center and right. The commander of each brigade was called Yingyanglang, and the rank was higher than that of Guoyi Duwei. Currently, the coach of the left brigade was the young general He Lou Wuji, and the coach of the right brigade was the newly promoted side general Li Hengqiu. Both of them were promoted by Zhang Huan, who could be called his confidants; while the coach of the Central brigade was the veteran Liu Yuanqing, who was originally a general in Fengxiang's army, which was considered a transfer of position.

The defense of the entire Daming Palace is fully responsible for the Tianqi Camp. Of course, there are 800 palace guards in the palace city. They neither belong to the Dragon Martial Army nor the Tianqi Camp, but are in their own line, responsible for the personal safety of the inner palace emperor and concubines.

Early in the morning of that day, Zhang Huan came to the barracks as usual. The soldiers were having breakfast, gathered together and chatting about the world, which seemed very lively. Zhang Huan walked in a stroll, and from time to time, soldiers bowed to him. When they reached the tent, they saw He Lou Wuji asking a lieutenant from afar, and the lieutenant shook his head repeatedly, as if he was unwilling to say anything.

"Why didn't Wuji go on duty?"

Zhang Huan appeared behind him with a smile. He Lou Wuji was on duty during the day today. He had just handed over the order to Liu Yuanqing, who was in Yeqin. He suddenly heard Zhang Huan's voice and hurriedly turned around and bowed: "I am going to go, but I heard that this Captain Wang reported to the general for important matters, so I wanted to ask him a few words."

Zhang Huan glanced at the captain, shook his head and smiled, "Actually, there is nothing big, Wuji will go on duty first!"

He Lou Wuji glanced at the captain in confusion and turned around.

















"You mean, someone looked for Liu Yuanqing last night?" In the big tent, Zhang Huan stared at the captain in front of him.

"Yes! My subordinates followed the general's order to pay attention to the movements in the army. I didn't expect any problems with General Liu. But some brothers recognized that the person who called General Liu away was Cui Qinggong's personal soldier. My subordinates thought this was a big deal."

"Cui Qinggong's personal soldiers?"

Zhang Huan sneered slightly, "Cui Yuan is really going to do it, it's coming so fast!"

Of course, he knew that Cui Yuan would not let Tianqi Camp go. Judging from his usual techniques, it is very likely to win over and divide from the inside of Tianqi Camp. Therefore, from the day when Tianqi Camp entered the capital, Zhang Huan secretly formed a team of twenty people to pay attention to any abnormal movements in Tianqi Camp at any time.

Zhang Huan nodded gently and said to the captain: "You did a good job. You have to keep an eye on Liu Yuanqing's every move, but you can't be discovered by him. I will reward you very much after the matter is done. Do you understand?"

"I understand!" The captain half-kneeled and saluted and left quickly.

The sudden news made Zhang Huan feel a little worried. He walked slowly in the tent with his hands behind his back. Liu Yuanqing was a very complicated person. He was Zhang Potian's old man and had always been Yang Lie's confidant. However, he had also been Cui Qinggong's tooth general. Later, he was dismissed for giving up himself privately.

This time when the Tianqi Camp was established, he was the only general who was promoted without promotion. If he had no idea in his mind, it would be impossible. Cui Qinggong must have seen this point, so he started with him.

Zhang Huan stopped and looked at the top of the tent in a daze. Was he having a good talk with Liu Yuanqing and then sending him back to Taiyuan? No! It was because of Cui Qinggong's mercifulness that he left the root of the Fengxiang army's return to Hedong.

Zhang Huan shook his head gently, he was not Cui Qinggong.

But the real reason why he didn't want to let Liu Yuanqing go is not this, but that Liu Yuanqing's prestige in the army was too high, even surpassing him, Zhang Huan. If Liu Yuanqing didn't get rid of it for a day, he would never be able to control this army.

A cold murderous intent gradually flashed in Zhang Huan's eyes.

















As Zhang Huan guessed, Liu Yuanqing was indeed in a dilemma. On the one hand, he was his former master, while on the other hand, Cui Yuan agreed to appoint him as the third-rank governor. The conditions were not bad. More importantly, Cui Yuan had already firmly taken up the position of right prime minister, and the strength of the Cui family was far above that of major families.

Liu Yuanqing began to face the biggest choice in his life, whether to choose a good tree to live in or be loyal to the sun and the moon. He thought about it all night, and when it was almost dawn, he finally made a choice. He was about to turn forty and had no time to wait for the promotion.

He immediately wrote a letter and sent his confidant secret to Cui Qinggong.

Cui Qinggong's Jinwu Guard and Pei Jun's Qianniu Guard are also known as the Nanya Army, which is mainly responsible for the security of the capital. The territory of the Jinwu Guard to the west of Chang'an, and the east of Chang'an to Tongguan is controlled by the Qianniu Guard. These two armies have about 200,000 people, which is the core force to defend the capital.

Similarly, in Chang'an City, these two armies each have 20,000 troops, and are also bounded by Zhuque Street. Jinwu Guard controls Wannian County, while Qianniu Guard controls Chang'an County. The two armies have always been in charge of well water and water.

The headquarters of the Jinwu Guard is in the imperial city, where there are 10,000 garrisons, and the other 10,000 garrisons are distributed in some important yards in Wannian County, among which there is a garrison of 500 people in the East City.

At dusk, it was the busiest moment in Dongcheng City. Merchants from all over the world were nervously unloading and loading the goods, and completing the last transaction before the Dongcheng City closed.

A team of 100-member Jinwu Guard troops were patrolling the streets, maintaining public order and urging merchants to make final delivery as soon as possible. At this moment, dozens of carriages came in from the gate of Dongshi, and dozens of cavalry guards were next to them. This was the Tianqi Camp to purchase daily necessities. This was a normal thing. In the morning, the Longwu Army also came to Dongshi to purchase supplies, but the Tianqi Camp is obviously not the time to come here. The Dongshi City is about to be closed.

The Jinwu Guard Patrol team's official surname is Luo, a fat black man about 35 or 36 years old. He saw the carriage convoy of Tianqi Camp rushing, and his face immediately became gloomy. He came at this time, wouldn't he be asking for trouble for himself?

He ordered softly, and more than one hundred soldiers stepped forward to block the way. Team Luo was shouting loudly: "East City is about to be closed, please come again tomorrow!"

A cavalry captain came up opposite him, and he pointed at the horse whip and said, "I am here to purchase supplies under the order of General Liu Yuanqing. Military orders should not be disobeyed. You can dodge the way!"

The tone was not only arrogant, but there was no room for negotiation. Team Luo was sneering and looked at them contemptuously and said, "What kind of thing is Liu Yuanqing, and he dared to suppress me? I have been stationed in Chang'an for fifteen years and have never seen anyone. A small miscellaneous army has only been here for three days. He dared to be so arrogant. Get out immediately, otherwise I won't blame you for being rude!"

He had one man on the left and one on the right, and the atmosphere on the scene began to become tense.

At this time, thousands of Chang'an citizens in the East City saw that there was a conflict between two armies, and they couldn't help but have increased their interest and surrounded them. Soon, tens of thousands of people had gathered, blocking the two ends of the streets!

"Okay! OK! OK!" The cavalry captain said three good things in a row. He slowly approached the other party, took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it forward, "This is the order of the Ministry of War. Do you dare not obey it?"

Team Luo was hesitating for a moment and was about to take it, but a dark horse whip flew over quickly. With a crisp sound of "bang!", he thrust his face so hard that he was dizzy that he fell to the ground. Two subordinates hurriedly helped him up.

Under the double stimulation of the scorching sting on his face and the loss of face, Team Luo was like an injured beast. He let out a low voice, drew his sword and rushed forward, "I've slashed..."

Before he could say the word "you!", suddenly his chest cooled down and a horizontal knife passed through his chest. He looked incredibly at his chest and slowly fell to the ground and died. The cavalry captain drew a bloody knife from his body, raised it high towards the sky, and said loudly: "This is the order of General Liu Yuanqing. If anyone dares to insult the Heavenly Cavalry, kill him!"

The citizens watching around were so scared that they fled, but stood far away and refused to leave. They wanted to see the excitement of killing, but were afraid of being affected by the fire of the two armies.

When the soldiers of the Jinwu Guard saw that the team was being killed, they were shocked. Several people suddenly realized that they turned around and ran back to the barracks to find reinforcements.

But the people from the Tianqi Camp refused to die just like this. When they turned their horses, they swept through like a gust of wind, rushed out of the gate of the East City, and disappeared without a trace after a moment.

Before dark, the news of the Tianqi Camp and the Jinwu Guard fighting in the East City was as if they had wings and quickly spread throughout the city. Under the influence of those who were interested, the name "Liu Yuanqing" who dared to oppose the Jinwu Guard also followed the news of the battle and spread throughout the streets and alleys of Chang'an.















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