"Sir, are we really prepared to send troops in three days?" a military general asked General Xu.
General Xu said: "Now that we have all the money and wages, it will be hard for the governor to explain if we don't send out troops. You will go back in a while to organize your troops. This time you are going to Daliang Mountain to suppress bandits. There will be no danger." "
"If it weren't for our Fubiao Battalion to go to Daliang Mountain to suppress bandits, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to get our monthly salary." A military general said dissatisfied.
Another military general on the side said: "Let's not send troops at all and find excuses to keep delaying. When the governor replenishes our salary, it will not be too late to send troops to suppress the bandits."
"Sir, Daliang Mountain is on Datong East Road. The suppression of bandits is a matter of the General Military Mansion. Our Fubiao Battalion is the governor's guard. Even if the bandits are suppressed, it is not our turn to come forward."
From the words of these generals, General Xu could tell that they did not want to go to Daliang Mountain to suppress bandits.
However, he still said to several people: "Our Fubiao camp is under the jurisdiction of the governor. If we disobey the order at this time, the governor will have reasons to arrest us and put us in jail. By then, the vacant seats in Fubiao camp may be given to us. Sell this governor for a good price."
The expressions of several generals suddenly turned ugly.
Because they know that this possibility is not impossible, especially for military positions like theirs. If they want to be promoted, they must use money to spend money, and this is how they got their current position. Otherwise, no matter how much merit they have achieved, Don't expect to be promoted, as the final credit will be divided among the people above you.
"Sir," a military general said, "Daliang Mountain is a place with dense mountains and dense forests. Once the bandits on the mountain burrowed into the woods, we couldn't find the bandits at all. When we retreated, the bandits immediately came out of the woods again, thinking It’s very difficult to eradicate, and it’s completely thankless.”
Another military general on the side said: "In the past, General Datong East Road went to Daliang Mountain to suppress bandits several times, but he always returned without success. It was not until General Li from Xinpingbao took office that the bandits in Daliang Mountain were wiped out." , but years ago, a new group of bandits gathered in Daliang Mountain, and we will see if we can ask General Li to lead his troops to help."
The military commander on the side agreed: "This is a good idea. Even if our Fubiao camp goes to Daliang Mountain, we may not be able to wipe out the bandits on the mountain. We might as well ask General Li to come out. As long as we can successfully wipe out the bandits in Daliang Mountain, we have completed the patrol." Things that adults have told me.”
"That's inappropriate." Another military general said, "General Li is from the General Military Mansion. With the relationship between General Zhang and Governor Xu, it is impossible for General Li to send troops to help us."
At this time, General Xu said: "Okay, it's useless to say all this. The matter of suppressing the bandits has been decided. The salary will be back in a while, so you can pay it back as soon as possible. In three days, the team must go to Daliang Mountain."
When he said this, it was almost in a commanding tone.
"yes."
Several generals on the side responded with clasped fists and bows.
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The gatekeeper of Xinpingbao is a general flag officer, who usually guards the female wall at the top of the city.
Standing on the top of the city, I saw a team slowly coming towards Xinping Fort from a distance, and soon passed by Xinping Fort, heading north towards the grassland.
Along the way, the people from Xinpingbao did not stop them because they knew that the opponent was the team with the Tiger Flag.
"Boss, this is already the sixth batch. I'm afraid there are more than 2,000 people in total." A soldier said, looking at the group of pedestrians going away.
The chief flag officer at the top of the city glanced at the crowd of people who were gradually moving away, nodded slightly, and said: "It's a good thing to leave. If these Liaodong refugees really stay in Datong, they will definitely make trouble if they don't have enough to eat, and there may be more. There are several groups of bandits who make a living by robbing.”
As the city gate officer here in Xinpingbao, he has seen refugees from Liaodong being taken out of the customs and sent to the grasslands by the people of the Tiger Flag more than once, and he has long been used to it.
A soldier asked curiously: "Boss, what do you think the people of the Tiger Character Banner are doing by taking these Liaodong refugees to the grassland, which is the territory of the Northern Barbarians, or are you saying that the Tiger Character Banner wants to sell these Liaodong refugees to the Northern Barbarians as slaves?" ?”
"You dare to say this, and you will die." The flag officer glared at the soldier who spoke.
The soldier said sarcastically: "The young one is just guessing."
"Don't mention such things in the future." The chief flag officer said solemnly, "We are guarding the city gate here, and we usually have the benefit of collecting the tiger-character flag. At this time, you say that the tiger-character flag sells to the people of the Ming Dynasty. If you say this If word gets out, not to mention what the tiger character flag will do to you, even our generals will not be able to let you go."
The soldier trembled.
At this time, he suddenly thought that Tiger Character Flag was not an ordinary business. The other party had a close relationship with their General, and there were even rumors that General Li had a share in the tiger character flag smuggling business.
"Boss, I..." The soldier looked at the flag officer with a bitter look on his face.
"Okay, don't mention this again in the future." The chief flag officer raised his hand to interrupt him, and immediately said, "No matter what the tiger-character flag does, it has nothing to do with us. Guard your city gates, especially those like you. Open your mouth, don't say anything nonsense, be careful of trouble coming out of your mouth."
"Yes, I understand." The soldier nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice.
At this time, he was really scared. Those refugees from Liaodong had nothing to do with him. Whether they were alive or dead didn't matter to him. Moreover, whether it was the Tiger Character Banner or the General's Mansion, he, a small city guard, could not offend him. of.
The chief flag officer on top of the city looked towards the group of refugees from Liaodong who were gradually moving away.
He was also very curious in his heart as to why the Tiger Character Banner brought so many refugees from Liaodong to the grasslands. As for his soldiers saying that the Tiger Character Banner was selling Liaodong people, he didn't believe it at all.
During the war in Liaodong, Dingkou was worthless at all, and it was even worthless when sold to Beilu.
When Tiger Banner took the Liaodong refugees to the grassland, the food alone was more valuable than the Liaodong people. And he saw with his own eyes that there were many large trucks carrying food accompanying the Liaodong refugees to the grassland.
It was getting dark, and the team of refugees from Liaodong coming out of the customs stopped.
Piles of bonfires were raised on the grassland, and the cooks with tiger flags dug the stoves and began to prepare dinner.
The number of refugees from Liaodong who came to the grassland was relatively large, about 500 at least. They were escorted by a squad of soldiers from the 3000-man team. There were two squads in total, with less than a hundred people.
While eating, one team of soldiers continued to patrol, and another team of soldiers ate, ensuring that there was always a team of soldiers on duty.
Even if they dared to enter the grassland, there would be no danger at this time, and the two teams with the tiger flag still did not relax their vigilance.
The refugees from Liaodong sat in small groups around the campfire, eating coarse grain pancakes and half a salted fish.
Along the way, they ate these two things, but for the Liaodong refugees, even if they ate the same thing every day, no one would get tired of it. On the contrary, everyone gulped it down for fear of being snatched away.
For the people who escaped from Liaodong, being able to eat whole grain pancakes and salted fish was a rare delicacy. They had eaten wild vegetables and tree bark along the way from Liaodong, but even so they were never full.
