Chapter 25 The Messenger of the Tower
"Haven't finished with me?" Meng Yundu was about to laugh angrily, the first time he met such a horizontal person, "After the fight, send all the people in the house to the county guard's mansion, and let the county guard settle their family, can't cure her?"
"My lord," Vice Admiral wanted to speak and stopped, wanting to dissuade but not daring to squeak.
Meng Yun frowned again and asked coldly, "How many more nail households are like this?"
"Please punish the general, it is the subordinates who are ineffective," the deputy general knelt down in fear and begged for responsibility.
This guy is not suitable for being a soldier, he is too grinding, he thinks he is a general, and he thinks he is a retainer if he doesn't know.
"Your responsibilities will be discussed later," Meng Yun finished speaking, and then took out a bamboo slip from his bosom, on which was the list of the big families in the city that he asked him to compile, "How many disobedient people on this list will be pointed out to me." β
"Except for the first general, the other eleven families refuse to obey the decree," Vice Admiral Wei said, getting up and taking the bamboo slip, and quickly glanced at it.
"All have the support of the county guards, right?" Meng Yun sneered again and again, daring to form a group to disobey.
"Almost all of the big merchants in the city have a close relationship with the county keeper," the lieutenant general said cautiously and tentatively.
"Hmph, I'm quite good at hugging my thighs," he suddenly found that there were drawbacks in the behind-the-scenes operation, and when he encountered a relationship that was too hard, the decree would not work directly, and these people still thought that the county guard was in control of everything, and they didn't take him seriously at all.
"Give you two days, arrange for me to understand these nail households, but anyone who disobeys the law will be punished as much as he wants, and after the punishment is completed, he will send me to the county guard's mansion," Meng Yun said here and thought about it and said, "In addition, send someone to confiscate their houses and distribute them directly to those who have no place to live, and then return the houses to them after the war." β
Without waiting for the lieutenant general to speak, he continued to add, "Except for their personal belongings, they are not allowed to take away a grain of grain, and the county guard does not lack this ration and can afford to feed them." β
"Yes," Vice Admiral saw that he was no longer pursuing the matter, and his whole face relaxed slightly.
"Remember I gave you a chance, if you don't handle this matter well, you don't have to do it," his voice turned cold again, "The war with the barbarians will start at any time, and I don't want to come back and deal with this mess when I am at war with the barbarians." β
"Yes, yes, it's the subordinates who know their mistakes," the deputy general broke out in cold sweat on his forehead.
"Just know your mistake and pass a message to the county guard on my behalf," Meng Yun nodded and continued, "Just say that if he makes trouble for me again, next time I will directly send someone to count his property, and then Jingjian Gongzi will not be able to help him." β
"Yes," Admiral Lieutenant General bowed his head in obedience.
"In my name, find a house and give it to the two grandchildren," he said, and picked up the child on the ground, who was just over two years old, with a dirty little face, and was already crying like a little cat, "On the other hand, you have to make sure that the families of the fallen soldiers have food and shelter, and I will have people make a decree as soon as possible and report it to the whole city." β
"Obey," Vice Admiral said, clasping his fists.
By this time, the woman had stopped moving, and the sergeant in charge of the cane had reported that she had fainted.
"Remember it for her, and the next offense will be doubled and beaten together," he commanded a few sergeants.
This matter is almost over, but seeing that Vice Admiral Wei was full of cold sweat, he slowed down his tone a little and said, "Among the three adjutant generals, in fact, in my opinion, your position is the most important, because you are guarding our back, every soldier does not want to fight with the enemy on the front line, but also worry about the rations of his family, I hope you can act worthy in the future, and even the soldiers who died in the past." β
"If someone dares to do something bad in secret, you can cut it first and then play it, and report it directly to me if you can't handle it, don't hide it like today, you are a general in the army, not a retainer who works for anyone, do you understand?"
"Please rest assured that your subordinates will not disgrace their orders!" Vice Admiral Lai half-knelt on the ground excitedly.
Meng Yun lowered his head and muttered a little, confirmed that there was nothing missing, and handed the child to the sergeant next to him, "Vice Admiral, get up and let people take care of this pair of grandchildren." β
"Yes!"
"Little old man thanks the general for his great kindness," the old man trembled and burst into tears.
"Oh, old man, get up quickly, follow them and find a place to settle down," Meng Yun hurriedly picked up the old man and watched his grandfather and grandson leave with the sergeant.
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There is a way to kill chickens and set an example for monkeys, when it comes to such a thing, as long as the big fat county guard is not stupid, he will not have a hard time with him, but he may not secretly make some small moves, which is the main reason why he said that to the deputy general.
The control decree is mandatory, and the decree may not be fair to a small number of people, but it can take care of more than ninety percent of the people, and in the face of the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, some personal gains and losses can be ignored.
Looking up at the sky, it was still early, and he originally wanted to go to the armory smelter, but at this moment, a soldier came on horseback and came quickly, "Report to the general, there is a team of scouts returning to the city, please return to the city tower quickly." β
When the soldier dismounted, he felt a little familiar.
The other party raised his head, and Meng Yun subconsciously raised his eyebrows, "Are you Ji He?"
"I didn't expect the general to remember it," Ji He's face was a little pale, but his face was still very excited.
Meng Yun stepped forward and wanted to pull up Ji He, but found that the other party's right arm was empty, and this guy was already a broken arm, and then frowned and said, "Hurry up, what's the matter with your arm?"
At this moment, without waiting for Ji He to speak, Vice Admiral Ling fell to his knees, "Please punish the general." β
"Huh?" Meng Yun let out a cold nasal voice, and turned his head to look at Vice Admiral Xuan, how could it seem that there was this guy everywhere.
"No, no, it's not about General Wei," Ji He got up and knelt down again.
Meng Yun glanced at the two people, turned around and walked in the direction of the city tower, "Talk while walking!"
"At the beginning, the general sent Ji He to mobilize people to guard the west city gate, but at that time, the military power was in the hands of the county guard, and we didn't know the general at all, so naturally we didn't dare to act without permission," Deputy General Ji He pulled Ji He up and chased after him, "Ji He saw that I was unmoved, and cut off his arm to show his true feelings, and his subordinates were stupid so they dared to send people to support." β
"If that's the case, it's really okay with you, but Jihe doesn't deserve this kind of result," Meng Yun said with a frown.
The last barbarian siege battle, Ji He was second only to Ji and Ji's hero, the end of the broken arm really shouldn't be, but he couldn't complain about the deputy general, obeying orders is the duty of a soldier, even if the deputy general was unmoved, causing the city gate to be breached, he was not wrong, and he was a leader who was greedy for life and afraid of death, and no one could do anything.
"Please forgive General Xuan," Ji He led the horse with his left hand and followed him to his left side, "If he hadn't left me, with the broken arm of his subordinates, he would have been unable to gain a foothold in the army, and I am afraid that he would have starved to death and frozen to death on the streets." β
"Ji He is serious, you are a true warrior," Vice Admiral Ji glanced at Ji He gratefully.
"What are you excited about? Did I say that Vice Admiral was wrong?" Meng Yun turned his head and glared at Ji He, and then turned his head to a few sergeants behind him, "From today on, Ji He will come to my account to obey orders, and the title will be promoted to three levels, and the corresponding rewards will be remembered in the book, so it will be decided!"
The situation is grim, there are not so many reward materials, and those who have meritorious service can only write it down first, and then talk about meritorious rewards in the future, which is the responsibility of Jingjian.
"What are you doing in a daze, and you haven't thanked the general?" Vice General Xuan reminded Ji He when he saw Ji He in a daze.
"General Xie, my subordinates are willing to follow the general to the soup," Ji He should be less than thirty years old, similar to his previous personality, most of the time when he is hot-blooded, and he has little time to be calm and rational.
"Haha, you think too much, I won't go to the soup to fight the fire, and you won't either," Meng Yun pulled Ji He and said to the sergeant behind him, "In fact, there are many ways to fight, not necessarily to start a battle and cut each other, you will know in the future, but the premise is to obey my orders unconditionally!"
"Follow the general's orders!"
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In the west city tower of the county town, there were more than a dozen soldiers standing in the conference hall at this moment, and several of them were still wearing colors.
When everyone saw him come in, they all clasped their fists at him and saluted, "See the generalβ"
"All of them are not polite, what about people?" he had already heard Ji He explain the reason on the way here, and a team of scouts had captured a few barbarian captives, which was big news.
Prior to that, he had sent twelve scout convoys to the north and west.
So far, there is news coming back from this team, and he has the impression that the leader is a team that goes north.
The reason why it is big news is because on the one hand, the defenders of the county town have not won a long battle, and they urgently need some good news to boost morale.
On the other hand, he spent a lot of effort and resources to give priority to the expansion and strengthening of the scout troops, which attracted the questioning eyes of many people. In this regard, the scouts must prove worthy of his trust.
"General, look," the chief said, pointing behind him.
At this moment, more than a dozen soldiers consciously moved out of the way.
The three barbarian captives who had been tied up with flowers sat on the ground with blue noses and swollen faces, and the soldiers of the county town held knives to their necks.
"Haha, where is the clerk, everyone will be promoted to the first rank," Meng Yun couldn't help but laugh loudly.
"Yes," the clerk replied.
"General Xie," a dozen scouts bowed excitedly.
"Don't be in a hurry to thank you, there is nothing to reward you now, but I promise here that everyone will get the reward they deserve," Meng Yun's gaze swept over each scout, "Since the reorganization of the new army, you are the first to make an exception, today I make an exception to promise you a collective request, as long as this request is within my authority, you can only mention it!"
"The county town is in danger, and his subordinates dare not make excessive demands, and dare to ask the general to make a record of the merits of the two brothers who died in battle," the scout chief clasped his fist at him again.
"You can rest assured, the brothers who died in the war must not only be recorded, but also erect a monument forever after the war, and engrave their names on the monument," Meng Yun paused when he said this, "In addition, I will also send a lieutenant general to ensure that their families will not starve and freeze!"
At the moment when he finished speaking, this chief was excited and saluted him again, "I will follow the general to the death!"
More than a dozen scout soldiers also knelt down, "I'll follow the general to the death!"
"Alas, I have to find a time to abolish the kneeling salute in the army," Meng Yun thought to himself......