Yongning Bo Zhang Cheng, Xuanda Governor Zhang Fuzhen, and the military eunuch Bian Yongqing entered Changping Gate together, and walked north along Changping Street, which was transparent from north to south.
Although Xuanfu Town is the center of the military, government and trade of Xuan Town, its city appearance can almost be described as "dirty, chaotic, and poor".
At this time, everyone was still walking on Changping Street near the South Gate and Nanguan. There were many shops on both sides. It was the bustling place in the town, but it was still like this.
Although Changping Street is paved with stone slabs, after years of wear and tear, it has been broken everywhere, no one has repaired it, and potholes can be seen everywhere.
If it rains or the snow melts, the streets will be even more filthy and muddy, and filled with cow dung and horse urine from passing livestock carts. It will be extremely difficult to walk and the stench will be overwhelming.
Although there are some paid toilets in the town, most of these people still go their own way. It is very common to defecate anywhere, which makes the huge streets filled with a strange smell.
More than two thousand armored knights rode forward to clear the way. Although they did not gallop, their horses continued to trample neatly on the streets paved with bluestones, and they still made a low "rumble" of hoofbeats.
Under the majesty of the brave soldiers, although groups of soldiers and civilians gathered on both sides of Changping Street, there was no chaos. They completely moved out of the middle of the street and hid in the corners of the street, whispering.
"Uncle Yongning is here. These mighty soldiers are all Qiu Ba under Uncle Yongning."
"Yes, it looks more powerful than the soldiers and horses under the generals in Zhencheng. No wonder Uncle Yongning beats thieves and kills Tatars..."
"Zhang Cheng is really a promising kid. Five years ago, he and I were fighting for a girl in Fireworks Alley. How did he become a Yongning uncle today?"
At this time, a person next to him gave him a hard blow and whispered urgently: "You are tired of living, aren't you? Let those Qiu Ba on horseback hear it, and they will pull you to chop off your head." !”
The person who spoke earlier seemed to realize his gaffe at this moment. He stuck out his tongue and made a grimace, but he still refused to give in: "What? Just because we played guessing with Uncle Yong Ning back then. Wine, those Ziqiu Ba gang don’t dare to touch us.”
The person who persuaded him did not continue to argue with him. He just shook his head and turned his gaze to the street to look for Yongning Bo Zhang Cheng.
Although Zhang Cheng has now been promoted to the chief military officer of Xuanfu Town, most people in the town are familiar with his crazy and outrageous deeds when he was the commander-in-chief of Zhang Yan's right wing camp.
Now, in less than five years, he was suddenly promoted from a cavalry commander to the chief soldier of Xuanfu Town. Some people really couldn't accept this sudden change.
But even so, when he will take up his post in the town is still a major matter of concern to the town's officials, generals and citizens. Although some are looking forward to his arrival, some are afraid, some are indifferent, some are jealous, but everyone is concerned about his arrival. This is certain.
But among ordinary soldiers and civilians and merchants in the city, most of them welcomed Zhang Cheng back to be the chief military officer of Xuanfu Town.
After all, Zhang Cheng's achievements in the past three years since he left Zhenbei Road are obvious to everyone. The once dilapidated border area has miraculously flourished under Zhang Cheng's careful management.
Nowadays, it is no exaggeration to say that the prosperity of Beilu is no less than that of Zhencheng, and even worse!
Although Yong Ningbo's rule is to collect commercial taxes from various merchants and shops, if the business is good and the money is profitable, ordinary merchants like them have no objection to this.
It is precisely those greedy officials and businessmen who are the most determined on the issue of commercial taxes. Charging them a little commercial tax is simply as uncomfortable as chopping off flesh from them.
However, they still don't know what Uncle Yong Ning is doing. Although it hurts a little to cut out the flesh, it's better than losing his life!
After all, we are all old fried dough sticks who have been simmering in the oil pan for a long time. Although on the surface they all criticize Zhang Cheng for being nothing, they even say that Zhang Cheng is just a villain and is destined to never grow up.
But not long ago, many people saw the officials in the town hurriedly riding out of the city with their family members and servants.
But at that time, everyone didn't take it seriously, because according to the news, although Zhang Cheng, the unscrupulous boy from back then, was going to come back as the chief military officer, none of the officials and generals in the town really took him seriously. The commander-in-chief saw it.
At least verbally, this is the case for everyone. They have always been consistent, and some people even secretly speculated that they would form an alliance to fight against Zhang Cheng, to oust him from the position of commander-in-chief, or at least to elevate him.
The most active one here is undoubtedly the guerrilla general Wen Hui!
Since ancient times, the "hatred of killing a son" and "hatred of taking a wife" have been the most unsolvable, and one of Wen Hui's sons died indirectly at the hands of Zhang Cheng.
Although it was Lin Fangqing who directly committed the murder, Zhang Cheng jumped out of thin air to stop him from avenging his son, which was equivalent to taking the blame for his son's murder on himself. This problem was already unsolvable on Wen Hui's side.
But there is indeed some truth to the saying "brothers are made for betrayal"!
Many people still remained consistent with everyone on the surface to prevent themselves from being isolated in advance, but secretly they secretly sent out their trusted servants to deliver a letter of loyalty to Zhang Cheng directly to Zhang Cheng's desk remotely.
Their inner thoughts are actually very simple, that is, they bet on both sides. Which side will prevail in the end, and then decide which side to devote themselves to wholeheartedly.
So what if Zhang Cheng wins in the end?
All you have to do is pay the full amount of business tax that is due.
The North Road side had already done this two years ago, and no merchants were found to be unable to operate due to this, and it was said that the business on the North Road was even more prosperous.
Wouldn’t it be a fool not to make money if you don’t?
But now they are just worried in their hearts, fearing that Zhang Cheng's return may damage their vested interests, so they are temporarily united with him.
The purpose is also very simple, that is, to leave a way out while he waits and watches. If Zhang Cheng is really as greedy as they said and wants to kill everyone like a bone-draining marrow, they will hug him together and fight to the end.
But if Uncle Yongning is not as greedy as they say and can leave a way for everyone to survive, these people will probably give up resistance immediately and defect to Zhang Cheng's command.
Human nature always seeks advantages and avoids disadvantages!
When the future is unclear, everyone must first seek an organization for themselves. It seems that only in this way can they feel at ease. In fact, they may not be very loyal to this organization.
Unless they have Zhang Cheng's ability, he can tie them all to his increasingly powerful chariot by combining fame and interests, so that they don't dare to think about getting off the train.
But it is obvious that Wen Hui does not have such abilities and abilities. He just relies on his hatred to bring together a group of profit-seeking gangsters from both ends of the spectrum, each with their own agenda, and wants to use it to Competing with Yong Ning Bo's brave army?
At this time, there were some officers and soldiers in tattered clothes on Changping Street, driving away the soldiers and civilians gathered on both sides of the street to clear the middle road of Changping Street so that Yong Ningbo's carriage could enter the city smoothly.
They formed a very sharp contrast with the brave knights who were riding their horses slowly into the city. The listless, dilapidated soldiers and the energetic knights with bright armor appeared in front of everyone at the same time, making a judgment.
"Hey, why are the officers and soldiers in our town so miserable..."
"That's right, I look very majestic on weekdays, but today I'm so unhappy..."
"Uncle Yong Ning's soldiers still look mighty and domineering..."
"Yes, this is what our frontier army should look like..."
"No wonder Uncle Yongning can kill everyone, no matter he is a bandit or a Tatar, it doesn't matter..."
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There are a lot of rumors about Yongning Bo and Zhang Cheng in the town now!
Some people say that he is loyal to the emperor and loves the people, others say that he must have evil intentions to win the hearts of the people; some say that he is kind-hearted, and some say that he is cruel, cruel and murderous...
But one thing is for sure, the Yongyi Army under Yong Ning Bo’s command must not be offended!
Regardless of the officials or civilians in Xuanfu Town, if they have never seen how ferocious the bandits can be, they are no strangers to the Tatars.
During the Chongzhen period, they broke into the border several times and wreaked havoc and looting in Xuanzhen. However, all the generals, deputy generals, staff generals, guerrillas and other generals in Xuanzhen were huddled in the big cities everywhere. There are those who dare to go out of the city to challenge.
On the other hand, Yongning Bo Zhang Cheng, although he was a new general who unexpectedly emerged in recent years, he led a brave army to fight against the Tatars in Liaodong, killing thousands of slave thieves, and even killed the slave thieves Prince Duduo of Henan in front of the battle. And the figures below are Gushan Ezhen.
This was enough to shock all of them!
The soldiers and civilians on Changping Street, urged by the town's garrison officers and soldiers, fled to the edges of the street. Some even ignored the obstruction of merchants and evaded directly into various shops.
They gathered together in twos and threes and talked a lot. At the same time, they couldn't help but look up in the direction of Changping Gate.
Finally, they saw the military flag held high by the Yongyi Army, and behind it were the four camp flags of the General Military Base Camp, Weiyuan Camp, Teng She Camp, and White Tiger Camp, held high in the air and fluttering in the wind.
Behind the military flags of each major camp, there are rows of brave cavalry soldiers marching neatly. Their clear iron pointed hats and helmets have red tassels and bird feathers flashing on their helmets, and they wear bright red cloth armor. , with purple-red cloaks on their backs, and shiny iron arms on their arms. They tilted and raised the tiger guns in their hands forward, like a forest of guns.
They controlled the speed of the war horses just right, keeping almost every row at the same speed, as if they were lifting their feet and falling at the same time. The rolling cavalry array made a neat roar, giving people on both sides of Changping Street a It caused an extremely strong sense of oppression.
Even the city guards who maintained order were shocked by this strong sense of oppression. It seemed that there was an invisible force pushing them, and they continued to accelerate forward and escape quickly.
Even so, they did not forget to scold the soldiers and civilians who had retreated to the edge of the street, asking them to continue to retreat.
The first time Yongyijun appeared in the town, it gave people a unique feeling!
Previously, although Deputy Commander-in-Chief Guo Yingxian's Biao Camp, Wei Zhice's Tengshe Camp, and Chen Zheng's White Tiger Camp had arrived around the town in advance, they did not dare to allow their soldiers to enter the city without permission without Zhang Cheng's military orders.
This is actually Zhang Cheng's deep intention. He wants to keep a sense of mystery for the Yongyi Army so that when it appears, it can completely amaze the officers, generals and people in the town.
Mighty, with a compelling spirit, and a power that no one can understand!
As the knights of the Brave Army passed by, there was a sudden silence wherever they went. Everyone they saw along the way had a look of fear on their faces. They couldn't help but squeeze back as hard as they could, for fear of being surrounded by those who were far away from them. There are also bright spear points that poke from a long distance.
They looked at the brave knights passing by in front of them. They all stared straight ahead and had very serious faces. They controlled their horses and raised their hooves neatly high, then lowered them down heavily. They stepped on the bluestone street and made a neat " "Rumble" hoofbeats, splashing flying dust.
There are more than 3,000 fine cavalry officers and soldiers of the Yongyi Army entering the city, and they seem to be unable to get through.
At this time, Yongning Bo Zhang Cheng was riding on his green horse. On the left was Zhang Fuzhen, the governor of Xuanda, and on the right was Bian Yongqing, the eunuch of the Supervisory Army.
Although the three of them were all wearing gorgeous red official robes and riding tall horses, it was Yong Ningbo and Zhang Cheng who stood out the most, attracting all the attention on the street like he stood out from the crowd.
Especially those young women who were mixed in the crowd. When they saw that Uncle Yong Ning was so young and exuded an overwhelming heroic aura, they couldn't help but let out bursts of exclamations.
Although it has been said since ancient times that "heroes love beauties", in fact, "beauties love heroes even more"!
There seemed to be no trace of timidity on their faces, but rather a look of intoxication, with blushes appearing on their faces, and exclamations from their mouths from time to time. Occasionally, one or two women's screams could be heard. The sound of shouting.
For now, Zhang Cheng does not urgently need the love of the soldiers and civilians in the town, and everyone is not very familiar with him. If they are afraid of him, they will save themselves a lot of trouble.
After all, ordinary military civilians really have no dignity in living in such an era that is close to the end of the world. They are like lambs waiting to be slaughtered on the chopping block, receiving no attention and care from anyone.
Although Uncle Yong Ning claimed to love the people like his own children on Beilu, now in Zhencheng he does not have the energy to show his sincerity in loving the people like his own children.
The most urgent thing for Yongning Bo to do now is to shock the officials and generals in the town first. After he can fully control the town and the entire Xuanfu Town, it will not be too late to show his love for the people. .
Things have always been done in a slow and urgent manner, but if the order is wrong, sometimes it can be fatal!
(End of chapter)
