The king behind the empress

Chapter 366 Tianmen Army

When Yang Yanzhang saluted Du Cang, he took a special look at Du Yu. There was no way, Du Yu was too tall, too eye-catching.

When he came to Du Cang on a horse just now, Du Yu standing on the ground was a head taller than him on a horse. This height is really amazing.

However, Yang Yanzhang was in charge of the patrol department before, and he was also a well-informed person. After seeing the giant bow on Du Yu's back, he immediately understood Du Yu's identity. Bow, probably the sharpshooter didn't run away.

After all, the archer's giant bow can't be made by simply enlarging the bow, it's all made by famous craftsmen with special materials.

Normal-sized bows and arrows are limited by the material, and at most fifteen stones will be enough to support them, but the giant bow is different. Its bow arm is long and there are many materials to choose from, so this kind of bow starts with eighteen stones.

The bow like Du Yu's back costs at least [-] shi, and the range is about [-] steps. If he is unprepared and shot by a cold shot, Yang Yanzhang feels that he is strong enough to stop it.

Just looking at Du Yu, Yang Yanzhang also had the same question as Mo Chao before, that is, why is there a sharpshooter in Cangyi City?
You know, sharpshooters are not easy to train. As far as Yang Yanzhang knows, there are only two armies in Da Zhou that have sharpshooters. One is the Fengwei Army back then. However, following Tang Shuyu's ambush, all the fifteen sharpshooters died in battle.

And the other army with sharpshooters is the frontier army in the north, but the frontier army in the north is facing barbarians, so the reputation of these sharpshooters is not obvious, even the patrol department back then The specific information of these sharpshooters.

Thinking of this, Yang Yanzhang looked at Du Yu with a slight look in his eyes. Could it be that this person is from the north?

"My next official, Du Cang, has met General Yang."

Du Cang bowed to Yang Yanzhang, saw Yang Yanzhang staring at Du Yu, and introduced, "This is the lower official's family, Du Yu."

Hearing Du Cang's introduction, Du Yu also took a step forward, bowed to Yang Yanzhang, and said, "Du Yu, the archer of the Divine Bow Battalion of the Tianmen Army in the Northern Territory, met General Yang."

"Tianmen Army?"

Hearing this number, Yang Yanzhang frowned slightly. He raised his head and took a deep look at Du Yu, then looked away silently, and Du Yu did not return the greeting.

Seeing Yang Yanzhang's reaction, Du Yu smiled wryly in his heart, but didn't say anything.

There is actually a reason why Yang Yanzhang ignored Du Yu, a sharpshooter, because there were two armies in Dazhou back then, and they were famous all over the world.

One of them is the Fengwei Army led by Mo Congyi back then, guarding the eastern border, not only defending the Three Kingdoms with one army, but even snatching several cities from time to time, its strength can be seen.

And the other army that is as famous as the Fengwei Army is the Tianmen Army that Du Yu was in before.

This army has a total of 20 people. It has guarded the northern border for decades. During the decades they guarded, the barbarians in the northern border have never been able to cross the barrier. Even under their awe, the merchants of the Great Zhou When doing business with those barbarians on the grassland near the city guarded by the Tianmen Army, those barbarians rarely dared to intercept and kill Da Zhou merchants.

Therefore, although this Tianmen army seldom fought since Mo Congyi ascended the throne, which resulted in their reputation not being too prominent in the Great Zhou Dynasty, none of them, including the three kingdoms in the east, dared to ignore them.

It stands to reason that such an army should be the magic needle of Dinghai in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and Yang Yanzhang would not be hostile to it, but the problem is that the position of this army is problematic.

The commander-in-chief of the Tianmen Army is called Kou Yi, who was the old emperor back then, that is, the confidant of Grandpa Mo Zizai, and he is almost 90 years old now.

After Mo Congyi's death, he learned that Mo Congyi had passed the throne to Tang Weiyi. Although he did not express any clear objection, he handed back the ruling power of the Tianmen Army to Mo Yuanji, which directly caused the original Tianmen Army become torn apart.

Some people supported Kou Yi's decision and voted under Mo Yuanji's command. These people are the more than [-] frontier troops under Mo Yuanji's command now.

As for the other part of the people, they did not agree with Kou Yi's decision, and felt that doing so was splitting the Great Zhou. Therefore, some generals of the Tianmen Army, including Han Qu, were only responsible for guarding the barbarians in the northern border. take care of.

And the reason why these aristocratic families in the Great Zhou Dynasty dare to make moves is largely because the Tianmen Army has split. Otherwise, with the might of the Tianmen Army, those aristocratic families would not dare to act rashly.

It can be said that the current turbulent situation in the Great Zhou Dynasty is absolutely inseparable from Kou Yi, the commander of the Tianmen Army.

That's why Yang Yanzhang had this attitude after hearing that Du Yu was a member of the Divine Bow Camp of the Tianmen Army. After all, the Divine Bow Camp could already be regarded as Kou Yi's confidant team, if it wasn't for the fact that Du Yu was helping to defend the city After hearing that Du Yu belonged to the Divine Bow Battalion of the Tianmen Army, let alone giving him a cold face, it would not be an exaggeration to chop him off.

And Du Yu also knew these things, so apart from a wry smile, he didn't open his mouth to defend himself.

On the contrary, Du Cang saw Yang Yanzhang's attitude, and opened his mouth to defend Du Yu, saying: "General Yang, the Tianmen Army's Divine Bow Battalion is now half-disbanded, otherwise Du Yu would not have appeared in Cangyi City."

"Semi-disbanded state?"

It was also very difficult for the Patrol Division of the Tianmen Army to penetrate in, so Yang Yanzhang didn't know much about the Tianmen Army. Hearing what Du Cang said at this time, he couldn't help but asked curiously: "What is Mr. Du saying?" meaning?"

"Let me tell you."

Du Yu accepted the words and briefly explained the matter to Yang Yanzhang.

Back then, when Kou Yi decided to hand over the Tianmen Army to Mo Yuanji, not only the other generals of the Tianmen Army had objections, but even the confidant troops like the Shengong Battalion were quite critical.

After all, Kou Xing didn't take the Tianmen army to seek refuge with Mo Yuanji, but directly handed over the command to Mo Yuanji without any explanation.

Although with Kou Xing's strength and status, he would not be under any coercion, but Kou Xing's confidantes think that there must be some reason for this, otherwise Kou Xing would not just retire alone without explaining to them.

Therefore, several of Kou Xing's confidantes went to Kou Xing's house on purpose, wanting to ask Kou Xing about the inside story.

As a result, when he arrived at Kou Xing's Hou Mansion, Kou Xing directly closed the door to thank the guests. He didn't see any of his old subordinates.

Kou Xing avoided seeing something that could be resolved by speaking out, but now Kou Xing's confidantes felt that there was something inside Kou Xing's handing over the Tianmen Army to Mo Yuanchang.

Now that Kou Xing is thanking guests behind closed doors, he obviously doesn't want to interfere with Mo Yuanji's taking over the affairs of the Tianmen Army. Refuse to vote for Mo Yuanji.

However, the number of Kou Xing's confidantes is not large. Unlike other generals, they can stand on their own with heavy troops in their hands. Therefore, after they refused to vote for Mo Yuanji, although Mo Yuanji didn't like them in Kou Xing's face, he did. They secretly interrupted their supplies and military pay.

These soldiers had no other income in the army and lived entirely on the military pay. Now that the military pay has been cut off for three years, their lives will not be able to survive.

In this way, although some soldiers could not bear the pressure and joined Mo Yuanji's command, more of them left the northern border directly.

"Did Mo Yuanji let you go so easily?"

Hearing what Du Yu finished, Yang Yanzhang was a little surprised. After all, it was Kou Xing's confidant army. Whether it was these sharpshooters or those guards, they were all elites selected from a thousand miles. Mo Yuanji would let them go so easily ?
"He has no choice."

Du Yu knew what Yang Yanzhang was thinking, and explained: "Although Kou Shuai doesn't care about things, his prestige is still there. With Kou Shuai here, it is already the limit for him to deduct our military salary and force us to surrender. Do something else. , Kou Shuai will never agree."

"Also, he doesn't have much interest in bringing us under the battalion."

Speaking of this, Du Yu smiled bitterly, and said: "After all, we are Kou Shuai's people. Although we don't know why Kou Shuai handed over the Tianmen Army to him, from Kou Shuai's attitude, Kou Shuai is not I fully support Mo Yuanji."

"Under such circumstances, how dare he fully accept people like us."

"oh, I see."

Yang Yanzhang nodded thoughtfully. These people are different from those generals. They are all Kou Yi's confidantes. Even if they are taken under his command, they will give priority to Kou Yi's orders. Is it his or Kou Yi's?So it was normal for Mo Yuanchang not to accept these people.

And because the Tianmen Army was handed over to Mo Yuanji by Kou Yi on his own initiative, it is impossible for the other generals of the Tianmen Army who are unwilling to vote for Mo Yuanchang to trust Kou Yi's confidantes, and naturally they will not accept them. I don't worry about joining the enemy, so it's only natural to let them go.

but……

When Yang Yanzhang thought of this, his heart suddenly moved slightly. Others dare not take over these confidantes of Kou Yi, so don't be afraid!
Sharpshooters, how rare they are, if they are paired with the strange objects in the hands of the prince, and their strength is improved, wouldn't they be able to do whatever they want on the battlefield.

Moreover, the strange things like the prince also have the ability to restrain them. Even if they are really spies deliberately released by Kou Yi, if they dare to fight against each other, the prince can destroy them in an instant, so the problem is not very big.

After he figured it out, Yang Yanzhang immediately put on a smiling face, and said politely to Du Yu, "I'm sorry, I misunderstood just now, Brother Du, don't take it to heart."

Du Yu's mind is not that complicated. He looked at Yang Yanzhang who changed his face so quickly. Although he felt a little weird in his heart, he didn't think too much, but quickly replied: "General Yang, you are polite. It's normal to have misunderstandings."

Du Cang on the side was thoughtful and thoughtful. He looked at Yang Yanzhang whose attitude had changed so quickly, with a thoughtful look on his face, but he thought it should be a good thing, so he didn't say much, but said Yang Yanzhang, who was greeting Du Yu, said: "General Yang, the gate of Cangyi City has been blocked by me, and it is currently being cleaned up. After the gate is cleared, you can let the army enter the city to rest for a while."

Hearing Du Cang talk about business, Yang Yanzhang's face became serious, he shook his head, and said: "No need, King Yu's army is defeated now, if King Yu receives the news, he will definitely make some preparations, So I will attack Xiangcheng before King Yu receives the news, and catch him by surprise."

In fact, Yang Yanzhang was not afraid of King Yu's preparations in Xiangcheng. What he was afraid of was that King Yu would run away from Xiangcheng directly after receiving the news, which would be very troublesome.

Although he doesn't care if he can capture King Yu, King Yu's generations of princes must have accumulated a lot of wealth in Xiangcheng, and Mo Zizai needs these treasures to upgrade the strange things, so King Yu can run, but He can't take a penny of this money away!

Before setting off, Mo Zizai even specifically explained that if he could get enough money in the Prince Yu's Mansion, his cultivation speed might be doubled.

Double it! ! !

When Yang Yanzhang thought of this number, he felt a little hard to control himself. His current cultivation speed was already 200 times the original speed. If it was doubled, wouldn't it be 400 times.

What is the concept of 400 times, one day surpasses others for more than a year, with this kind of practice speed, I can break through to the golden body state in less than a minute!

Therefore, even for the sake of his own cultivation speed, he could not let go of any money from Prince Yu's Mansion.

"Lord Du, please ask the city to prepare and replenish food and grass for us. When the city gate opens, we will set off immediately with food and grass."

"Forage?"

Du Cang pondered for a moment. With the current stock of grain and grass in the Cangyicheng County Government, it is really difficult to supply the needs of five thousand troops. Therefore, after hesitating for a while, he said to Yang Yanzhang: "General Yang, Cangyicheng County Government It is really difficult to raise so much food and grass in a short period of time."

"However, if General Yang is in a hurry, the lower officials have a solution."

"Oh?"

Yang Yanzhang looked at Du Cang curiously, and asked, "I don't know what method Master Du said?"

"It's like this. Cangyi City is a thoroughfare between the two states. There are still some big households in the city. It's not a problem for them to raise some food and grass."

Du Cang only said this one sentence, and he didn't say anything extra. Anyway, he had already said the solution. As for whether Yang Yanzhang wanted to borrow or rob, he didn't care.

Du Cang was extremely annoyed by the non-cooperation of the big households defending the city this time. If Yang Yanzhang dared to take responsibility, even if he said he would rob those big households, he would never say anything else.

"oh, I see."

Yang Yanzhang is also a person with a clear mind. Hearing Du Cang's words, he immediately understood Du Cang's meaning, "Then General Ben will go to the city and ask them to borrow some food and grass."

As for when to pay back after borrowing, Yang Yanzhang never considered this issue at all.

After all, Mo Zizai was able to see those aristocratic families Yang Yanzhang clearly in Nanjun. This time he fought in the front, and Mo Zizai will soon bring the rest of the Yuzhi Army and Han Quxin's [-] troops. Take over Pingzhou.

At that time, let alone asking for food, it is hard to say whether these people can keep their heads under Mo Zizai's knife.

(End of this chapter)