Chapter 202: Bandit Attack (1)
"You Min, you better go to the carriage and rest for a while!"
Riding a horse is a very hard thing, Li Xun is a little unbearable as a man, not to mention a weak woman like You Min? And she was at home, in a melancholy mood, she ate very little every day, her body and bones were not good, and she had been on the road for three days, although You Min gritted her teeth and insisted and did not complain, but it could be seen from her pale face that she couldn't resist anymore.
You Min gritted his teeth, shook his head, and said, "I'm fine." ”
Li Xun pretended to be displeased and said: "I am the commander of the first army, although you are not a member of the army, but since you are in my team, you must obey my orders." ”
You Min knew that Li Xun said this because he cared about himself, and he was indeed a little unbearable, so he glanced at Li Xun gratefully, You Min got off the horse and entered the carriage to rest.
Fan Zhongyun got out of You Min's carriage and got on his horse, looking lazy and yawning, until he approached Li Xun.
Li Xun glanced at him and said dissatisfiedly: "Old Fan, you are still a man, staying in the carriage all day long, You Min is a weak woman, stronger than you." ”
In the face of Li Xun's ridicule, Fan Zhongyun was not angry at all, and chuckled: "I am a man, and I am also a weak scholar, I rarely exercise on weekdays, and you let me stay on the horse all day, I can't stand it." ”
After speaking, Fan Zhongyun glanced up at the gloomy sky and said, "The sky is gloomy, the breath is moist, and the heavy rain is coming, it seems that we need to find a place to rest and shelter from the rain quickly." ”
Li Xun nodded, the weather is so cold, and if you move forward in the rain, even if you are beaten with iron, I am afraid you will not be able to bear it.
In the past few days, Li Xun and the others have been resting in the wild, but the road is very easy to walk, so everyone is not very tired.
Li Xun and others are now taking this big road, all the way to Shanzhou, Wuzong period, the entire Longyou once recovered, the road has been repaired to Wuzhou, but to Xizong, Wuzhou and other seven states of the land to revert, the main focus of the Dashi Empire is on the Western Regions, the road is in disrepair, began to be abandoned, so before leaving Shanzhou, Li Xun and others can go along the official road avenue, the road is very easy to walk.
At this time, Tanma returned and reported: "General, fifty miles ahead, there is a small town with a large scale, and more than 500 of us can all enter and rest. ”
Li Xun nodded: "Pass the order and speed up." ”
After that, Li Xun glanced at You Min's carriage behind him, beckoned to Lei Wanhai who was not far away, and when he got closer, he said, "You lead a hundred people to take it back, and I will lead the people to the town in front of me to make arrangements." ”
"Yes, General."
Lei Wanhai also glanced at the carriage behind him and knew the purpose of Li Xun's arrangement.
Half an hour later, Li Xun came to the town dozens of miles away, although the time had just arrived in Shenshi, the sky had completely darkened, and the slightest raindrops began to fall in the air.
It is said that it is a small town, and there is no city wall, but a few small villages are gathered together, the scale is relatively large, there are hundreds of households, and thirty miles to the north is the famous Hongju granary, so it is more prosperous here, and there are many merchants who come and go.
Where there are many businessmen, there are naturally a lot of hotels, but today's weather is not good, many businessmen who are in a hurry are staying in the town, but fortunately, there is a three-story hotel, the owner just died a few days ago, and the person who took over has just arrived in the past two days, so the small shop has not yet started to open, there are more than 20 rooms inside, all of which are idle, Li Xun doubled the price, and the shopkeeper saw that the other party was a soldier, and he did not dare to refuse, so he collected the money and let Li Xun and others live.
There are hundreds of people on Li Xun's side, so naturally it is impossible for all of them to stay in the hotel.
"The oldest soldier went with me into the hotel to rest, and the rest of the men camped around the inn, and commanded me to go down and stay honest with me, and not to go out and disturb the people."
Li Xun commanded at Lei Wanhai.
Lei Wanhai nodded, and was about to go down to give an order, when Shan Qiu came over at this time and said, "Li Xun, it's better to find the Li Zheng here and let them think of a way, anyway, it's just a night's rest, it shouldn't be a big problem." ”
Li Xun thought about it, this is fine, anyway, it is not for them to work in vain, just give money.
A moment later, an old man in his sixties was brought to Li Xun, looking at the majestic and strong soldiers around him, the old man was leaning over and looked a little timid.
Li Xun smiled gently: "Old gentleman, don't be nervous, I was sent by the imperial court to Longyou to take up a post, passing by here, seeing that the heavy rain was coming, so I took my subordinates to stay here for a night, you are the Lizheng here, I hope you come forward to help and arrange accommodation for my subordinates." ”
"Don't worry, general, our people here are very talkative, I will arrange it right away and vacate fifty houses for you."
Although Li Zheng didn't even know the other party's name and official position, he could have hundreds of soldiers as his personal companion, and his official position must be very high.
"Thank you very much."
Li Xun smiled, then raised his hand and nodded at Li Zheng, Jiang Daxiong took out a package and stuffed it to Li Zheng.
"This is a hundred taels of silver, tell the people who let out the house, trouble them, we will stay for one night and leave."
Li Zheng took the silver, and his face suddenly had joy, he didn't expect this general to be so generous and easy-going, which is rare.
This Li Zheng surnamed Wang, in the early years, he used to be a county official, although he was just a petty official who did not enter the stream, but in the eyes of the people here, he was already a very remarkable figure, so his prestige in the town was very high, what he said, the people would listen, but... Now that the heavy rain is coming, it is very troublesome to suddenly let the people move temporarily, and I am definitely unwilling to do it, but since the other party gives money, it is much easier to do, and the average family is two taels of silver, and it will stay for one night, I am afraid that everyone will rush to borrow a house.
"Wait a minute, general, I'll arrange it right away."
Li Zheng bowed, took the money and left happily.
Half an hour later, the heavy rain poured down, You Min and others also arrived in time to the town, at this time, Li Zheng arranged the house, and left a lot of food, which made the soldiers who were tired of a day save a lot of things, very happy, many people, after eating, went to bed early.
In the hotel, Li Xun, Shan Qiu and others sat around a table, eating, it was still very early, it was not the time to eat, but in the past few days, everyone was eating dry food all the way, and they were a little greedy, so they ordered a lot of food and ate early.
Li Xun is not good at drinking, but he also does not hate it, while eating vegetables, he drinks wine in small cups, while Zhao Wei and Zheng Chun are extremely good drinkers, the two of them pull Jiang Daxiong and fight for wine there.
There were more than ten tables in the hotel, all of which were full, and more than 60 veterans were all old subordinates of Shan Qiu, what kind of generals were above, and what kind of soldiers were below, they were the same as Shan Qiu, they were all not drunk.
Four or five juniors are busy delivering food to one table after another.
Li Xun glanced at those juniors and said with a smile: "These people's methods are very good. ”
Shan Qiu answered: "The figure is also very good, no worse than the people under me." ”
Li Xun didn't understand what it meant, and said with a smile: "The boss here will recruit people." ”