On the top of the city, the bowman touched the quiver behind him.
The Liang Rong knight approached, and Ma Rujing's expression suddenly changed: "It's Alleghen!"
The other generals also recognized it, and all of them changed their minds.
Chu Qing's face also changed. He was very nervous, but of course also very excited. He shouted: "Shoot him to death!"
Ma Rujing almost called for a big dick and glared at him.
Fortunately, the archers saw only one person.
Fortunately, the bowmen did not draw their bows or strings.
Fortunately, everyone is a well-trained elite, and they know that if the superior gives the order, they will just say "shoot" instead of shooting him to death.
Ma Rujing cursed: "Shut up, if you keep yelling, get out!"
Chu Qing shrank his neck and sneered.
Turning his head, Chu Qing rolled his eyes again.
Pretend to be your uncle!
The second prince of the prairie, Algenda, is not tall, very short, almost rectangular, very strong, but very short. When he is riding on a horse, he is only about 1.5 meters by visual inspection. He looks a bit like Pan Zi, who is in his forties. Years old, wearing a sheepskin coat, if he wasn't very strong, he wouldn't look like a second prince at all, just like an ordinary herdsman.
If placed in the Chang Dynasty, it would not be accurate to say that the second prince could be regarded as the commander-in-chief of one of the six border camps, and he was definitely a senior general on the grassland.
As long as Ma Rujing gives an order, this senior grassland general who committed numerous bloody debts at the border will be pierced by thousands of arrows.
But everyone knows that Allegenda is not a fool, he is not terminally ill, and he is not here to die.
The reason, then, is naturally the unlucky driver behind the horse in Allegheny, who should be the hostage. This kind of thing has happened before.
The hostage's inner clothes were already in tatters, because his hands were trapped by the rope and connected to the horse's belly. The horse ran wildly and he couldn't catch up. He was almost lying on the ground and was dragged along. Even though the distance was not far, his face And the body is also bloody and bloody.
Everyone could see that it was this hostage that emboldened the second prince of the prairie.
After pulling hard on the cowhide rope, the hostage finally got up. His face was covered with blood and stains. Alleghen laughed loudly. The hostage rolled and ran to the horse, crying out.
"I am Sun Aojie, the second young master of the Sun family, the second young master of the Sun family, Sun Ji's young master, save me, come and save me."
Ma Rujing hit the city wall with his fist, and several other generals also had bitter expressions on their faces.
Chu Qing didn't know why: "What does the Sun family do?"
Tian Hailong cursed his mother and said: "The Sun family of Xunyang Dao has a wide network of people in the capital. Many of their children are courtiers. They have many caravans under their names. Most of the caravans going in and out of the border, the Sun family's caravans, etc. To and from the prairie.”
Chu Qing understood, but after he understood, he became even more confused.
Before he could continue to ask, Allegenda raised his head under the city wall and shouted: "Take three hundred carts of grain in exchange for three hundred carts of grain. Otherwise, kill this Han dog and send out five hundred soldiers." , I’ll give you half an hour, hahahaha.”
Sun Aojie cried and shouted: "Look for my father, find my father quickly, change, change my life, don't you fucking hear me, change..."
A whip struck Sun Aojie in the face. Alleghen turned his horse's head and laughed, wildly and proudly. Under Chu Qing's dumbfounded gaze, he left and returned to the position of the three thousand Liang Rong cavalry.
Chu Qing was stunned, completely stunned.
What kind of bullshit was captured? The second young master of the Sun family, a second prince, a senior general of the grassland, went to the city alone. Thousands of border troops on top of the city just watched, watching this guy leave without any injuries, and the other party, He also asked for three hundred carts of grain. The most important thing was that the person who wanted three hundred carts of grain had just declared a challenge!
Chu Qing looked at Ma Rujing with an inexplicable expression and did not speak easily.
He couldn't figure it out, but he knew there must be something hidden.
Ma Rujing's expression was also very angry, but showed a hint of helplessness.
"Go!" Ma Rujing said almost through gritted teeth: "Call Sun Yao from Dongguan and tell him that his son has been captured!"
Liu Wang sighed and nodded to his accompanying men, who ran away quickly.
Chu Qing looked at Tian Hailong behind him and asked in a low voice: "Sun family, what is going on?"
"Sun family..." Tian Hailong looked very complicated and explained roughly.
The hostage Sun Aojie was in charge of the Sun family's caravan. He went in and out of the border all year round. There was an unwritten rule at the border. When entering and leaving the city, you had to give money to the border army's small treasury, and use the money to buy food for the border army.
The Sun family will send some porcelain, wine, and even a small amount of salt and iron outside the customs, and sell them to various tribes. Even the Golden Wolf tribe has come into contact with it. In addition, the Sun family also has a large amount of land in Xunyang Road, bordering There was never enough food for the army, so he would constantly buy food from the Sun family.
In addition, the Sun family also has officials in Beijing. In the past, the frontier army also had frictions and conflicts with the Sun family. As a result, the Ministry of War was impeached every few months. What happened last summer, the Ministry of War asked people to Send letters to the border troops and give them a slap in the face.
At the same time, soldiers kept coming up to add information. It turned out that Sun Aojie left the city with a caravan five days ago, carrying a batch of wine and a small amount of salt and iron. He should have gone to a certain tribe to exchange for leather goods, and he should have returned yesterday. , but unexpectedly, he was caught by the second prince of the grassland and became a hostage. There were more than a hundred people in the caravan leaving the city. Now it seems that Sun Aojie should be the only one left alive.
"Just because he comes from a family that sells salt and iron to the customs..."
After hearing this, Chu Qing looked at Ma Rujing again, his face full of disappointment.
Tian Hailong whispered: "Sir, not only that, the horses in Guoyi camp are all supplied by the Sun family."
Xiao Yi also added some information, including coal, some military supplies, etc. Basically, the Sun family was a "co-construction unit" of the border army. The border was extremely short of supplies, and the Sun family was considered a supplier of supplies.
The border troops have income, it's not that they don't have it. They earn it from aristocratic families, and they earn it from aristocratic families who have caravans going in and out of the border.
Soldiers, how can they play better than businessmen? The money they earn goes back to these aristocratic families because they need supplies, a lot of supplies.
Chu Qing often visited aristocratic families, but they were all in Beijing, so his understanding of the aristocratic families was still a bit one-sided.
Although the imperial court always defaulted on food and salary payments for border troops, or paid less, the money that should be allocated would still be allocated, and this money was used to purchase supplies.
Transportation was not developed in ancient times. For example, a cart of grain cost 200 coins, which was not expensive, but it was very expensive to transport it to the border, and it may require more money.
Then send the money directly to the border, and you can save 800 coins.
But the problem is that there is only one big city at the border, Wangyuan City, and there are no supplies to sell. If the border army wants to buy a large amount of supplies, they need to go to Xunyang Road to buy them.
On the one hand, in addition to giving money, the imperial court would also write notes and decrees, asking the nearest Xunyang Road to send supplies there.
The problem is that the officials and aristocratic families of Xunyang Road are all in the same group. If the border army offends them, they will be "rectified". This kind of "rectification" is what makes the border army angry and helpless.
Over the years, Feng Luo tried his best to change this kind of thing, and asked people to go to the capital to file complaints many times. However, aristocratic families do not belong to one family. Chu Qing was fighting against so many aristocratic families in the capital, and what he feared most was the union of these aristocratic families. Come on, one aristocratic family is not scary, it is a group of aristocratic families that makes him troubled.
This is why Nangong Xi said that he secretly helped Chu Qing a lot. Without Nangong Xi, the aristocratic families would have united long ago.
The only one who can represent the border army in Beijing is the Ministry of War, and among the six ministries, the Ministry of War can bully the Ministry of Work. It is conceivable that even when Feng Luo was at the border, he could not change this kind of thing.
And this is why Huang Laosi hates the aristocratic family.
Chu Qing, who was quite angry at first, smiled.
Isn't this a coincidence? Isn't this professional and relevant?
Chu Qing, who smiled, squatted down, yawned, and waited patiently.
Tong Gui also squatted down with his knife in his arms and sighed: "What's the point of raising an army and mobilizing a large number of people just for five hundred carts of food?"
Fu Sanle said: "Do you think Liang Thief is really after five hundred carts of food?"
"Why not for food?"
"kill."
Chu Qing on the side was slightly startled and looked sideways at Fu San.
Tong Gui was puzzled: "What do you mean?"
Fu San fell silent. He said the same thing again. Third brother refused to talk to idiots. A smart person can understand with just one point. But for an idiot, no matter how much you explain, it's useless.
Chu Qing also wanted to ask, but was too embarrassed to ask for fear of being looked down upon by his third brother.
