Song Ci understands that this is the helplessness of the people, and there are more, but in fact, it is the yamen and the inaction of the imperial court.

How many people are willing to leave their homeland from where they live? If it weren't for the anti-thieves, if it weren't for the war, the cluster would have been another prosperous scene.

"Old man, although the deceased is gone, Song Mou dares to promise that he will definitely change this Xianghe River, at least, I will arrest all these thieves and give you a good future."

"Song?" The old man was stunned, he seemed to remember something, "My lord, since your surname is Song, I don't know, have you heard the imperial court mention Song Ci, a prison officer?"

Song Ci didn't hide it, and said truthfully: "Don't hide it, it's Song Ci below, old man, if you believe me, you might as well tell me about the situation in the Xianghe area?"

"Ahh Are you Song Ci?" The old man exclaimed, "Lord Song, aren't you mentioning the criminal officer?" Why did you come to Xianghe? Hey, there's no way, the yamen here has already run away, if it weren't for the encirclement and suppression of the general Chen Shixiong, I'm afraid that this county town would no longer exist. ”

Song Ci had a fire in his heart, but he was attacked, and at this moment, no matter how much he complained, it was better to hit these arrogances hard.

Song Ci asked a lot, and finally planned to leave at this moment, and went to the side of Chen Shixiong, the main general of the encirclement and suppression, so as to cooperate with him.

"Old man, Song will leave, don't worry, in less than a year, Song will make this Lang Lang Qiankun reappear again, and let this county again. A return to the prosperity of the past. ”

Leaving the cluster, they walked on the street, after inquiry, learned the location of the garrison, Song Ci and others walked for an hour, and finally came to this destination, it was still noon.

At one end of the county seat, there is a city wall ten feet high, and there are more than ten people guarding below, with knives in their hands, constantly checking passers-by.

Song Ci walked up, they were stunned, knowing that the imperial court sent someone to come, and said at this moment: "My lord, this is the place where we encircle and suppress the garrison, I don't know what the adults are here for?"

Qin Yue said: "This is our Lord Song Ci Song, on the order of the emperor, at this moment, he came to Xianghe to cooperate in the encirclement and suppression, don't you want to inform me?"

"Ahh Lord Song?" They were polite, and the next moment a person went to the city gate, Song Ci waited for a while, and soon after, he saw a middle-aged man wearing armor and walking out with some majesty.

He laughed, he had already been a little blessed, and when he saw Song Ci, he hurriedly said: "It turned out to be the previous criminal officer Song Ci Lord Song, this official has been waiting for a long time, Lord Song, you are really here."

Song Ci said with a smile: "The distance along the way is too far, and from time to time I encounter anti-thieves appearing, Song Mou is fighting these people while walking, so it took some time, so I hope Lord Chen doesn't mind."

Chen Shixiong also laughed, "I don't mind, this official naturally doesn't mind, Lord Song is dedicated to the country and the Great Song Dynasty, and he can't delay much time on the road." Besides, even if it is delayed, the official will never say a word. '

"Thank you." Song Ci gave up.

Chen Shixiong said: "Come on, why don't you open the city gate and let our Lord Song in?"

"Yes."

Following behind everyone, Song Ci said: "Ren You, our soldiers are arranged separately from them, and they can't be mixed together.

"Yes, my lord."

Walking into the tower, it was very wide, and there were many soldiers in drills, about thousands, which was much larger than his own team.

These soldiers practiced slogans in their mouths, and their movements were neat and uniform, and at first glance, they looked like they had been trained for a long time, and at this moment, Song Ci had a high opinion of this Chen Shixiong.

In the distance was the kitchen, where people were already preparing food for noon, thousands of people, plus more than 500 of their own, it was a good army.

Song Ci said: "Lord Chen, Song has brought five hundred people, at noon, you have to miss their food?"

Chen Shixiong said: "Lord Song is serious, how can this official be such a confused person?" Come on, go and inform the kitchen, from now on, cook an extra 500 meals a day. ”

"Yes, my lord."

After walking for a while, they soon came to a hall, which was the place where Chen Shixiong and his subordinates discussed, but whenever they wanted to send troops, they would discuss it in the cluster.

Ordered Song Ci to sit down, he cut a cup of tea and brought it over, "Lord Song, it's really time for you to come, we have tens of thousands of thieves in the Xianghe area, you, I wait for only a few thousand, what are you going to fight with them?"

Tens of thousands? Song Ci thought that it was a little serious, the situation was even more complicated than he expected, it was already like this, could the court really not know anything?

In the long run, the cluster may be breached, followed by the next city, the fall of the Tang Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty must learn a lesson.

"Lord Chen, in this way, these thieves are not a group of people? Have they all dispersed?"

"This is good, according to the officer's familiarity, there are about ten groups of people, these people have no food supply, so they come out to steal and loot and kill, you see, the people have already escaped? In the long run, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Song Ci also knows this, but things are already like this, and now there is probably no other way than to suppress bandits.

"They are not only stealing and looting, but also forcibly arresting people as anti-thieves, if they are not satisfied, they will be bombarded immediately, otherwise, unless they voluntarily join, you see, there were originally 100,000 people in this county, nearly 30,000 young people, and now, they have all been arrested, and even the old people are not spared."

Qin Yue and the others were itching their teeth when they were listening, and they couldn't wait for Song Ci to go out to destroy them now.

Song Ci said: "So how long has Lord Chen been in the cluster?" Why didn't you go out earlier?

He sighed and said: "Hey, although this official has been in Xianghe for a few years, there was a thief ten years ago, and the magistrate at that time fled, if he was surrounded by a pretension, how could he be like this at this moment?"

Song Ci understood, this matter has little to do with Chen Shixiong, the important thing is the magistrate and the imperial court, if he had advised Lin'an earlier, it is estimated that as early as the Song Ningzong period, these people would have been destroyed!

It's a pity that there are more tears at this moment, and time can't be repeated.

"So Lord Song, you came in a very timely manner, if it weren't for you, the official wouldn't know how to go down, wouldn't you?"

Song Ci nodded, since he came here, he had to settle this matter completely, and in the end, it didn't matter whether he continued to be a criminal officer or was stationed here.

"Lord Chen, since Song has come to this Xianghe, I will definitely cooperate with my lord to wipe out all these thieves, so that I can explain to the emperor and the court."

Soon, when it was time to eat, Song Ci and the others had eaten the food, and under the leadership of Xia Rao, they were soon arranged to live, the room was not big, there was a bed, a few stools, and a table, for Song Ci, these were enough.

After setting up all the things, he looked at the team that was still practicing outside, and said in his heart that he was practicing like this, I am afraid that he would not be able to do it

"By the way, Ren You, haven't you ever studied martial arts before? There are also Wencheng Wenwu and Wenwu, and now Song Mou rewards each of you with a head coach to teach these soldiers to practice martial arts, and each person earns twenty taels a month, how about it?"

The three of them immediately received the order, "Thank you, my lord, I'll go now." ”

Song Ci stopped: "Don't worry, we just came to Xianghe, I'm afraid this Chen Darao soldier is not suitable for me to practice, and at the same time, his people will not obey us, this is a big problem."

"My lord, what do we do now? Is that all there is to it?"

Song Ci said: "Don't we have five hundred soldiers under our command? You wait for each person to divide half of the people equally, and then give some of these officers and soldiers some positions, otherwise, how can we manage it?

"Yes, my lord, we'll arrange it later."

Song Ci nodded, and outside the house, Qin Yue ran in at this time, "My lord, just now Lord Chen asked me to bring a message, and let the adults go to the open space to watch the soldier training together." ”

Song Ci thought to himself, this is fine, after all, he just came, and he is embarrassed to say something.

"Let's go, Miss Yue, lead the way for Song, I am anxious to know how this Lord Chen trained as a soldier.

Everyone walked out of the house and soon came to the outside of the house, and at this moment there was a shout of killing in the distance, the sound was deafening, very domineering.

From afar, Song Ci saw Chen Shixiong standing on a high platform, and there were thousands of people below him, each of whom was doing repetitive movements, simple, without any difficulty.

Song Ci and the others walked up and said with a smile: "Lord Chen is really tireless, he has already led troops to train at this moment, it seems that this Xianghe River will settle down soon."

He smiled and said: "Lord Song has won the award, and this official is in his position, so he has to worry about this, otherwise, how can he be worthy of the court, how can he be worthy of the emperor?"

As soon as he waved his hand, everyone below stopped, and suddenly said: "Soldiers, now this official introduces this person next to me is the one sent by the imperial court, it is the original prison officer Song Ci, today, he will lead everyone to encircle and suppress together with this official."

There was a shout below, and Song Ci's prestige was heard thousands of miles away.

There are even many people who shed tears of excitement, Qing official, the first Qing official of the Southern Song Dynasty, if there is him, wouldn't it be a matter of time before the Xianghe area is peaceful?

Song Ci smiled embarrassedly when he heard this: "Lord Chen is serious, Song is just here to cooperate with you as a deputy general, and you have to be in charge of all important matters."

The two of them laughed, and the soldiers below continued to train, and when they had to practice martial arts for seven or eight years, it was very hard, and many of them had no injuries on their bodies.

Song Ci walked slowly towards Ren You, "Ren You, with your current strength, can you see if these trainings are effective?" On the battlefield, is it effective against the enemy?"

"It's... My lord, it's not that I have no one in my eyes, this kind of training method, it is estimated that there is no effect, you see, they are like dancing, they are weak and weak, where is this martial arts?"