Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 113 Fan Wish
In Wucheng County Yamen, Fan Yuan, who had occupied the magpie's nest, suddenly woke up, touched his forehead, and his hands were covered with cold sweat.

After a little freshening up, Fan Yuan walked out of the bedroom and looked at the sky that had just turned white. He was still thinking about the dream he had last night. He couldn't remember the content clearly, but it seemed that the omen was not good.

Looking back on these two days, Fan Yuan had a bad premonition in his heart.

On the one hand, because the Tang army appeared yesterday, Fan Yuan ordered Dong Kang to send hundreds of cavalry to hunt and kill the Tang army. He guessed that this should be the remnant of the Tang army who fled from Xiabo City. After all, after Xu Shanhu was defeated and died, Bei Zhoujun turned against him. .

But Dong Kang ordered people to report yesterday evening, almost all the [-] cavalry were wiped out, only a dozen or so cavalry fled back to the camp.

Can nearly wipe out four hundred cavalry, how many people are there in this remnant of the Tang army?

Fan Yuan didn't quite believe Dong Kang's statement that only two or three hundred cavalry could annihilate four hundred cavalry?

Yesterday evening, a letter was sent to Dong Kang to investigate today, whether Weizhou and Bozhou sent troops to the north, if that is the case, the number of troops remaining in Beizhou plus the township soldiers is only 4000 people, I am afraid it will not be able to handle it.

On the other hand, Fan Yuan was still worried about his eldest son, Fan Xing. Before the First World War, the cavalry in the army dispersed with the Turkic cavalry to investigate the military situation. The soldiers revolted.

Things went smoothly. After Xu Shanhu, the governor of Beizhou, was defeated, all the counties turned against each other. But Fan Yuan didn't expect that the eldest son, Fan Xing, disappeared without a trace.

Fan's family is from Wucheng, Beizhou. Fan Yuan took the initiative to invite Ying to go east to Beizhou to supervise the grain and grass, and also wanted to find out the whereabouts of the eldest son.

Fan Yuan has already found out that the eldest son went to Qingyang, Zhangnan, and Wucheng successively in Beizhou, and was finally hunted by the Tang army outside Wucheng County. After being defeated, he fled northward, but there was no news after that.

Maybe he died... Fan Yuan had a bad omen in his heart, but he had to consider another issue. There was also a group of Turkic rangers who went south with Fan Xing that day. It is difficult to get along between the Eastern King and the Turks.

"Those Turkic people left?"

"Leaving before dusk yesterday." The attendant at the side whispered, "Before leaving, something happened in the east of the city..."

"The Zhang family?"

"Ah."

"Teach them a lesson." Fan Yuan said coldly, "Go and bring that kid here."

A quarter of an hour later, Fan Yuan stared at the [-] or [-]-year-old young man who was brought in, "Have you thought about it?"

The young man held his head high and held his chest high, and said indifferently: "The Zhang family of Qinghe is waiting for descendants, and there has never been anyone who attaches to thieves."

Fan Yuan's face was a little dark, "Xia Wang Renyi was killed by Li Tang, the Eastern King of Han is now sweeping Shandong, Ruowucheng Zhang family refuses to bring his family to join..."

The Zhang family of Qinghe, after Zhang Liang, the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty, served as officials in Nanyan, Northern Wei, Northern Qi, Northern Zhou, and Sui during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

Fan Yuan gritted his teeth and continued speculatively: "The story of Heyin may not happen again."

The young man's name was Zhang Wenguan, his expression changed slightly when he heard these words, but he closed his eyes and remained silent.

During the Heyin Incident, many descendants of noble families were slaughtered. Many descendants of Longxi Li, Zhaojun Li, Taiyuan King, and Xingyang Zheng were killed, and there were countless descendants of lower ranks.

Fan Yuan threatened him with this, which can be said to be tearing his face apart.

But Zhang Wenguan still refused to nod in response. Since Wucheng County turned against each other, the Zhang family in Wucheng was forced to provide food and grass, and was forced to contribute. bring down the whole family.

There were many high-ranking officials in the ancestors of the Zhang family in Qinghe, but at the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, only Zhang Wenguan's father, Zhang Qianxiong, was appointed as the county magistrate of Yangcheng.

Yangcheng, which belongs to Zezhou in Guannei Road, is Li Tang's base... This is also one of the reasons why Fan Yuan chose Zhang Wenguan.

Fan Yuan served as a small official in the Wucheng county government in his early years, followed Dou Jiande, and then elected Liu Heita to the top. He believed that Dou Jiande's disappointment was largely due to his failure to win over those aristocratic families.

Of course, Dou Jiande's family background is too low, so he can't pull it off... But Fan Yuan thinks that Dou Jiande's methods are too generous, and he pays too much attention to benevolence and righteousness. If the methods are more ruthless, it may not be impossible.

Fan Yuan didn't dare to provoke the Qinghe Cui family with five surnames and seven families, so he chose the Wucheng Zhang family. Zhang Wenguan's father was the county magistrate of Yangcheng, and he served as Li Tang.

Although Zhang Wenguan was young, he was very escaped. After the first battle at Hulaoguan last year, when the Tang army entered Hebei, Zhang Wenguan cheered happily...

Of course, besides this, Fan Yuan had another reason... Zhang Wenguan was instigated by the Tang army in Wucheng to kill Fan Xing and his party.

A few days ago, Fan Yuan arrived in Wucheng to investigate the details. The first thing he did was to arrest Zhang Wenguan, trying to use this person as a breakthrough to make the Qinghe Zhang family belong to him.

Even if it doesn't work, the death of Zhang Wenguan can still deter those aristocratic families from different states.

After a long period of silence, the sky was gradually getting brighter. Despite Fan Yuan's intimidation and temptation, Zhang Wenguan remained silent.

Fan Yuan finally became impatient, "Back then, King Xia managed Shandong, and he was very kind to the Zhang family of Qinghe. After the battle at Hulaoguan last year, Zhang Qianxiong decided to vote for Li Tang."

"Under the Nine Springs, if you want to blame it, blame your father..."

Before he could finish speaking, someone from outside reported loudly, with panic and anxiety in his voice.

A follower ran over in a panic, accidentally fell down, and rolled and crawled.

"What's the panic?"

"The Jingting camp was attacked, food and grass..."

"How's the food?" Fan Yuan's pupils narrowed. The most important thing for him to go east to Beizhou was to raise food.

Before the First World War in Xiabo, Liu Heitai's old department was preparing for this matter. When Xu Shanhu was defeated and died, the counties turned against each other and divided their troops to move eastward, just to transport the grain and grass to Luozhou in time.

"It's burned, it's all burned." The entourage mourned, "General Dong's personal guards came to report..."

"Dong Kang is a waste!" Fan Yuan cursed and was suddenly taken aback, "Dong Kang didn't come?"

Fan Yuan's expression changed drastically when he saw his attendants shaking his head blankly. If the food and grass were burned, Dong Kang would definitely come in person, and only sent a few personal guards to report...

Reminiscent of the annihilation of the [-] cavalry yesterday, Fan Yuan can be sure that it must be the Tang army attacking the camp, and Dong Kang's personal guards who came to report...

A few thoughts flashed through his mind quickly, Fan Yuan ran out at a trot, but before he left the inner courtyard, the shouts of fighting suddenly sounded.

"Go, let's go!"

"Go to the stables!"

Zhang Wenguan, who was full of heart to die, looked around blankly, and there was no one in the windy courtyard just now.

Fan Yuan's reaction was quick, but unfortunately it was too late.

After cheating the city gate with captives, Su Dingfang and Liu Jun led [-] cavalrymen to rush to the school grounds, easily defeated the hundreds of enemy troops who hadn't woken up yet, and made Fan Laosan lead dozens of cavalry straight into the county government office.

But when Fan Yuan tried to escape, he bumped into Fan Laosan and his party. One side had blood on the knife, and the other side ran away with all their thoughts. There was no suspense about the outcome.

The gate of the county government office was covered in blood. Su Dingfang first glanced at Fan Shiyi who was covered in bruises, and then turned his head to stare at Fan Yuan who was kicked to the ground.

"Su Dingfang?"

"Su Dingfang!"

Fan Yuan stared at Su Dingfang in disbelief, and suddenly asked in a sharp voice: "The north of Wucheng is Zaoqiang, Wuyi, Dalang... Dalang is you..."

Su Dingfang belonged to Dou Jiande and Liu Heitai's old clan. Even if his adoptive father Gao Yaxian's clan was taken away, he would never suddenly surrender to Tang Dynasty for no reason. Fan Yuan immediately linked Su Dingfang with the disappearance of his eldest son Fan Xing.

Su Dingfang was silent for a moment, then suddenly pulled out the long knife in his hand.

Guo Pu stepped forward to stop him, but Su Dingfang shook his head slowly but resolutely, took a step forward, and with a flick of his wrist, the tip of the knife pierced Fan Yuan's throat.

(End of this chapter)