Hedong County is a border fortress close to the Hedong Corridor.
A group of more than 3,000 people came from the Tatar steppe?
In addition to the hundreds of graduates who had just graduated from the political school and were arranged to recruit people.
The remaining thousands are all Yunzhou Army officers and soldiers in full armor, specially coming to escort them.
"Brother Zhang! You and I have always been at the top of the political school, but I will not show mercy this time. I will definitely do my best to bring back more people for my Yunzhou County!"
Among the students, a handsome scribe in green clothes was full of fighting spirit and launched a challenge invitation to the scribe in white clothes beside him.
The white-clothed scribe named Zhang Zheng, who is called Brother Zhang, has always been among the best since he entered the political school. He has always been ranked first and second with the Tsing-clad scribe Li Lin. Both of them are influential figures in the school.
Faced with the challenge from his old rival, Zhang Zheng remained unmoved. .
Still riding lazily, he still had a weed root in his mouth and chewed it from time to time.
Seeing that his challenge was ignored, Li Lin was not upset, maybe he was used to it.
He continued to talk to himself: "This time, the governor asked us to come to Hedong to attract people, but now it is a good opportunity.
Hedong has just been plundered by the Xiongnu, and the people are living in poverty, and even their livelihood has become a problem. The imperial government's financial situation has been poor in recent years, and it is unable to provide disaster relief. Besides, even if His Majesty allocates disaster relief funds, whether it can reach the hands of the people is another matter. question.
Under such circumstances, our Yunzhou County has just taken over the three counties of Shendu. We have a large area of land that can be divided into fields for these people. It is natural to recruit people at our fingertips.
However, we are from Yunzhou County. At least so far, our Yunzhou County is still a desolate place for the people in other states and counties in the Song Dynasty. How can we make those people believe that they can live a better life as long as they follow us? On a good day, this is the biggest difficulty of this trip!
We, the people of the Song Dynasty, have always been unable to leave their homeland unless forced to do so. How difficult is it to want them to leave their homeland and follow us to places unknown to them?
I have reason to believe that this is an important test for us by the prince. The more people we can bring back, the higher the official positions we can be promoted in the Yunzhou County system in the future!
And those who are small in number are based on the current lack of officials in Yunzhou County. Although there will be no official positions, the future can be seen at a glance. At most, he can be the chief official of a county and sit at the top.
I, Li Lin, have been determined to become one of the top leaders of my Yunzhou County since I entered the political school! As for the current position of the prefect, I don't think my talents are inferior to the prefect!
And if I want to achieve my ideal, the first place in this trial is the stepping stone I hand over to the prince, asking him to remember me!
However, I, Li Lin, also know Brother Zhang’s talents. Brother Zhang has no less talent than me. Therefore, my biggest opponent this time is Brother Zhang. I believe in Brother Zhang’s heart, I, Li Lin, am also Brother Zhang’s biggest opponent. .
Let us use this trial to determine the winner!
I will use practical evidence to prove that my talent is definitely above that of Brother Zhang! "
Li Lin said confidently, then turned to a Yunzhou County general who was leading the team to protect them and said: "General, I have chosen a destination. Please give me a hundred-man escort, General! Head to the destination!"
The leading general was a small army commander of Yunxiang Army. Hearing this, he said: "You have to think about it carefully. Once you choose your destination, you cannot change it.
You and Zhang Zheng are tied for the first place in the school. Your Majesty has given you two special privileges, allowing you to be guarded by a hundred people, and you have the priority to choose the place to work.
Don’t waste such good conditions, choose carefully! "
Li Lin smiled, nodded heavily and said, "Li Lin certainly knows what the general said. Li Lin has indeed chosen the location and will definitely not go back on it."
When the commander saw that his attitude was firm, he stopped trying to persuade him and said, "Okay, I will select hundreds of elite soldiers for you, and they will definitely protect your safety!"
He finished arranging people to go, but was stopped by Li Lin.
"Wait a moment, General. Regarding the candidates for the bodyguard, the students have already chosen them. Just transfer the one hundred Tatar soldiers from the general to me."
The commander was suddenly stunned. The one hundred Tatar soldiers were just auxiliary soldiers in the army. They were used to transport some supplies for the regular soldiers. Naturally, their combat effectiveness could not be compared with the regular soldiers of the Yunzhou Army. This Li Lin Why would you like them?
"Are you sure?" he asked doubtfully.
Li Lin nodded affirmatively: "General, don't worry, the student has thought carefully."
"No regrets?"
"No regrets!"
"Okay, then I will transfer more than a hundred of them to you!" The commander simply transferred more than a hundred Tatar auxiliary troops to him. Anyway, their combat effectiveness is poor, and a few more will have no impact.
When ready to go.
After a while, more than 130 Tatar auxiliary soldiers were brought to Li Lin with bewildered faces.
After being informed by the commander, they found out that the group of future officials born in Yunzhou Academy that they and others had escorted had actually taken a liking to them. One of the two who tied for first place had specifically chosen them to escort them. They became excited immediately.
Everyone knows that as the first batch of students of the Political School, these people will definitely be the best in Yunzhou County in the future. They are just auxiliary soldiers. In the Yunzhou Army, they can only do chores for the main soldiers to transport things. wait.
If they could form a friendship with this person, it would definitely be great for their future. However, what they couldn't understand was why the other party chose them instead of choosing regular soldiers with strong combat capabilities.
But these are no longer important. After the commander finished speaking, a group of Tatar soldiers immediately put their hands on their chests and solemnly pledged:
"Your Majesty, please rest assured, we will protect your safety to the death!"
"In this case, the student will thank you all!"
After speaking, Li Lin bowed to the Tatar soldiers.
The Yunzhou Army officers and soldiers looked at the students from the Political School and were surprised for a while.
In Yunzhou County, Song people have never saluted other races. Even if a Song person is just a farmer here, he is more noble than the Tatar leader!
Zhang Zheng, who had been watching this scene casually, suddenly narrowed his eyes, frowned slightly, and let out an imperceptible snort as he watched the Tatars return the favor in excitement.
Li Lin left with more than 130 Tatars. Their destination was Xifengkou, which is one of the important passes between Hedong County and the Xiongnu grassland.
However, after the Huns invaded not long ago, they were attacked from the inside and suffered great damage.
Although due to time constraints, the Huns hurriedly grabbed the things and left, the people in Xifengkou had no food for the winter, and their lives were extremely sad.
If you can make the people there believe that you can really have food by following them, you can really attract a lot of people there.
There are hundreds of thousands of people living in Xifengkou alone, living around the pass.
Shortly after Li Lin left, Zhang Zheng also asked the commander to leave, but he chose a hundred elite soldiers of the Yunzhou Army.
But the place he chose shocked the commander.
It was actually Yumen Pass that was not breached by the Xiongnu!
The people there are not so miserable!
The two top names in the political school gave the commander two surprises, but then the other students also left one by one. In the end, he stayed in the Hedong Corridor with more than a thousand people.
When they deliver the person, they will have to arrange for him to be sent back to Yunzhou County.
As for the rest, it all depends on the abilities and good fortune of these people!
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(End of chapter)
