In the forty-seventh year of Wanli, Yang Hao, who succeeded in the defeat of the Manchurian soldiers in Liaodong Salhu, was the right attendant of the military department of Liaodong Jinglu and the right servant of the imperial history Xiong Tingbi to "please gather 180,000 troops, distributed in Yunyang, Qinghe, Fushun, Chaihe, Sanchaer, Zhenjiang and other important passes, and the end is corresponding", asked the imperial court to increase troops in Liaodong to consolidate the defense line.

In addition to the southwest, the Ming court also mobilized reinforcements in the southeast, including the once famous Zhejiang soldiers. However, in May of the 48th year of Wanli, the Shi Yan soldiers on the way to Liaodong "went to Tongzhou and occasionally fought with the Zhejiang soldiers", and the two sides had a fierce weapon fight. The luggage has not been snatched, and the private houses have been folded. The sound of cannons and shouts rang out in unison until the heavens and the earth were shaken, and the bricks and tiled houses of the city were shaken", which almost evolved into a battle against each other, and finally "the local magistrate's edict was relieved and stopped".

At that time, Qin Liangyu even directly went to Emperor Wanli, asking for another 3,500 people to be transferred to Liaodong on the basis of the original 3,000 white pole soldiers, saying that the reason was that "the soldiers of the ministers are limited to 3,300 people, and they are in a class of their own, and the fear of the army is not very loud".

The imperial court regarded Liao affairs as important, and in order to avoid extraneous branches, Emperor Wanli did not put this matter on the table and go through the public trial procedure, but issued an edict to the relevant parties involved in the name of a private person, "With the soldiers fighting and killing, where is the restraint of the leading officers, listening to the magistrates from the public Charles, and still leading the stars to Liao." If you stay any longer, you will be dealt with according to the proposal", so as to suppress the matter.

The ferocity of Shi Yanbing's style of action is as famous as his strong combat effectiveness.

Qin Qigong is right, the Tusi soldiers in eastern Sichuan, southwest Chu and other places are also officials and thieves, even though the successive leaders of Shi Yan are loyal to their families and countries, but in the end the wild nature is difficult to tame and deep-rooted, difficult to control. This is the temperament or nature of an army, and to control such an army, we must not be violent and counter violence, but we need to be gentle and have a heart for the main.

There are not many stone soldiers, but their combat ability is obvious to all. Qin Qigong's advice to Wang Laixing was to win over the stone soldiers for his own use. Wang Laixing was angered several times because of Shi Yanbing's rogue behavior, and Qin Qigong took his anger down in a timely manner, so as not to intensify the contradiction and scatter in two.

Before the battle ended, Shi Yanbing fought with Santan's troops, Wang Laixing's face changed sharply, Qin Qigong didn't wait for him to attack, and asked Tang Bing first: "Why did you have a dispute?" ”

Tang Bing replied: "Tan Wen grabbed the advanced county town because of the order of 'those who are advanced in the county town are the first to make contributions', and controlled the county government and warehousing, arsenal and other places. Tan Wen refused, and the two sides fought without saying a word, Tan Yi saw the situation and also helped Tan Wen fight the stone soldiers. Now there are Zhao Ronggui and Ma Bao, who are trying their best to pull it, and they are not going to break their heads and bleed. ”

Qin Qigong nodded and said: "I know, you go back and tell them, just say that the chief manager will be there immediately, and you have your own opinion." Do not fight again, and those who fight again will be punished by military law, regardless of the facts. ”

The Tang soldiers flew away, and Wang Laixing sighed: "I want to come to Ma Wannian to remember what I said to him, but to provoke." ”

Qin Qigong said: "The boss's words are a promise, since he promised him, it can't be repeated easily." ”

Wang Laixing frowned and said, "Do you really want to give up the city to the stone soldiers to plunder?" ”

"Of course not." Qin Qigong shook his head lightly, "Controlling the stone is like a tiger, and the tiger can turn into a cat." If the governor does not want to use stone soldiers again, after this battle, he can send them home. If you still want to use them, you must be careful about today's affairs. ”

Wang Laixing said with a calm face: "To tell the truth, today's battle, if there were no stone soldiers as pioneers and thieves, the progress would never have been so smooth. This is a sharp knife, and having them in the army has helped our army's combat strength a lot. In the future, the battle against the thieves will inevitably become more and more intense, and they will still have to be used. ”

Qin Qigong thought about it and said: "In this case, when the general manager arrives in front of the Tan family brothers and Ma Wannian later, as long as he is quiet, the rest will be handed over to me." ”

Wang Laixing has always been obedient to him, and nodded his head in praise.

In an instant, the soldiers and horses had arrived in the county seat.

Ma Bao was looking forward to it outside the city, and when he saw Wang Laixing, he came up in three or two steps, and eagerly led the horse and said, "Chief, you can count it." ”

"What about people?"

"Confrontation in the open space in front of the county office. Fortunately, there is Lord Zhao in the middle to adjust, except for the beginning of three or five injuries, nothing else. ”

"Why are you here?" Wang Laixing glanced at him.

Ma Bao Zhengli arched his hand and said: "The thief has not escaped yet, and there is still the possibility of beating a rake." Several adults in the city were entangled in things and had no time to take care of them, and their subordinates did not dare to slack off, so they were on guard on the periphery. ”

"That's exactly what it should be." Wang Laixing listened to what he said and nodded, "Lead the way." ”

The open space in front of the county office, separated by a hundred steps from the left and right ends, a cluster of Tan Wen and Tan Yi at the left end stared at the right end, and a cluster of Ma Wannian and two cousins at the right end also stared at the left end with people. In the open space, Zhao Ronggui sat there with a stool, separating the two ends.

"Brute!"

Tan Wen and Tan Yi were sharp-eyed, and greeted them first, and Tan Hong, who was following behind Wang Laixing, was angry and scolded the two brothers for a kick.

"Boss, it's not that the two of us are making trouble, it's really the stone soldiers who are unreasonable!" Tan Wen rubbed his kicked thigh, his face was blue and purple for a while, "The manager said, we will wait for the army to relieve the people from thieves, and seal the treasury before entering the city, so as not to let the ill-intentioned Xiaoxiao take advantage of it, and we will all obey the military order!" ”

Qin Qigong patted Tan Hong, who was grinning, and comforted him: "The people's wealth cannot be robbed, the two of you have done a good job." ”

When Tan Wen and Tan Yi heard this, they strengthened their courage and raised their eyes, and at this time, Ma Wannian's side also rushed to the front.

"I'm unreasonable? Who did it first? Ma Wannian heard Tan Wen's words and was furious.

"How can you compare your hand with your hand and your hand with death? As soon as your stone soldiers are blocked, they will rush up with their knives, can my people defend themselves without using their hands? You see, which of my people is not bloody? Not to be outdone, Tan Yi replied.

"That's your human waste, blame someone else?" Ma Wan said with contempt.

Seeing that the two sides were about to fight again, Qin Qigong coughed lightly, stepped out, and said to Ma Wannian: "Master Ma, can you take a step to speak?" ”

The reputation of the Zhonglu Qin family, Ma Wannian has heard of it, and he also gave Qin Qigong face. He looked at the Tan family brothers who were blowing their beards and staring, spat fiercely, turned around and walked a few steps with Qin Qigong.

"Your company has a lot of connections with Zaixia, more than ten years earlier, and the two sides have moved around a lot." Qin Qigong said with a smile.

That being said, but for the strong Tusi of the adjacent area, Zhonglu and Shi Yan do not deal with each other, and if you really calculate, there are still more battles than peace, and the so-called "walking around" can be imagined what the truth is. However, Ma Wannian was young, and when the Zhonglu Qin family had not yet fallen, he was still a young and ignorant child, and many things were not clear. The Zhonglu Qin clan has been destroyed for many years, and Qin Liangyu and other elders rarely deliberately mention them to Ma Wannian, plus Qin Qigong's status is now prominent, subconsciously Ma Wannian will subconsciously feel that what he said is the truth.

"Yes, grandma, he also said that Mr. Qin is a Coats."

"I'm ashamed." Qin Qigong smiled, "Your old lady Qin is highly respected, and she is the real national warrior. Speaking of this, he found that Ma Wannian's mood had calmed down a lot, so he changed his words, "As far as I know, Old Madam Qin led troops to fight in her early years, and everywhere she passed, she did not commit crimes with the people and sang praises to the people. Now that our army has just rescued Hejiang County from the hands of the thieves, Master Ma is about to rob the treasury, which is probably not the style of the stone. ”

Ma Wannian's face flushed, and he hurriedly said: "Mr. Qin, don't listen to the Tan family's two dog raps, our army entered the city and found that his soldiers wanted to map the treasury, so they expelled him, but he gave the Tan family a bite back, so it's not annoying!" He added, "Even if it is to take care of the treasury, it should be my stone soldier to take care of it, is it his turn?" ”

Qin Qigong smiled slightly: "I see, I said that your soldiers and horses care about the people and abide by military orders, how can they provoke for no reason." He added, "Manager Wang said, this time to defeat the thief, your company has made a great effort, and the first credit is deserved." The camp of the thieves was destroyed inside and outside the city, and many were captured, and Lord Ma was now able to pick the good ones and reward the soldiers. ”

Ma Wannian turned to rejoice and said: "It's still Mr. Wang, Mr. Qin, who distinguishes between black and white and is sensible!" Squinted his eyes and glanced in the direction of Tan Wen and Tan Yi, "Then these two, how can they ......?"

Qin Qigong said with a smile: "Don't worry, Master Ma, Mr. Wang is aware of everything and will deal with it impartially." "What's more," the Tan family brothers have an upright and impulsive personality and are eager to maintain the treasury. It's all for the good intentions of our army, so don't worry about them. ”

Ma Wannian agreed: "Just listen to Mr. Wang and Mr. Qin." ”

"Wait." Ma Wannian was satisfied and was about to leave, but Qin Qigong stopped him softly.

"Mr. Qin, please speak."

"Your company is led by Mrs. Qin, who has been an important weapon of the country for decades and is admired by the world. It's a pity that in recent years, there have been fewer opportunities to make contributions, and his reputation has weakened a lot. There's never been a better time to reinvigorate the momentum. Qin Qigong smiled meaningfully, "Ling Zu and Ling Zun are both famous all over the world in their early twenties, and their family style dictates it, I think as long as Master Ma is willing, he will definitely be able to make a difference." ”

Ma Wannian was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help asking: "What does Mr. Qin mean by the word 'willing'?" ”

Qin Qigong pretended to hesitate for a moment, and said: "In the first battle of Tianniu Rock, your army turned the tide, killing thieves is like chopping melons and vegetables, as long as you work hard and die, why worry about offering thieves not to be destroyed?" Zhang Xianzhong, a giant thief, has been harming my Ming Dynasty for more than ten years, and now he is desperate to take risks and enter the Sichuan Heavenly Prison again, which is a move to throw himself into the net. If Master Ma beheads Zhang Xianzhong, he can make immortal achievements. However, the constraint is that there are still fewer troops, and it is difficult to destroy thieves if they can break them......"

When Ma Wannian heard this, his heart was surging, and he thought secretly: "What Mr. Qin said is that I, Shi Yan, am not afraid of offering thieves, so why should I be afraid of the head and tail, and only take out only 2,000 people." But if there are 5,000 men, where is there such a thrilling battle today? And if there are many of me, how dare these dogs of the Tan family be disrespectful to me? Grandma is old, after all, she is too stable, what do you say about this time to fight and exercise, but if I carry Zhang Xianzhong's head back, the whole company, who dares to say behind my back that I am not as good as my grandfather and father? ”

Qin Qigong saw Ma Wannian's thoughtful appearance, and didn't say much, arched his hand at him, turned around and walked back to Wang Laixing and the Tan family brothers.

Tan Wen and Tan Hong looked at the back of Ma Wannian beckoning the soldiers to leave, and said indignantly: "Mr. Qin, what kind of nonsense did the stinky boy surnamed Ma say to slander my two brothers?" ”

"No, Master Ma is also a reasonable person, after all, he is young and vigorous, and he is impulsive at the moment, and I hope to understand." Qin Qigong waved his hand, "The public heart of the two of them will be passed on to Master Ma through the mouth of the next, and Lord Ma will understand." ”

Tan Wen said hatefully: "The kid surnamed Ma is arrogant, and he connived at the stone soldiers to bully people too much. He clearly wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob, and my brother presided over justice, but he injured several of him in his hands. ”

Qin Qigong listened, shook his head and said: "Why should the two of you have the same knowledge as him, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan." ”

Tan Hong heard the sound outside the strings, glanced at his two brothers, and asked himself, "What does Mr. mean?" ”

Qin Qigong said with his hand in his back: "All you ask for is floating wealth, and no matter how much floating wealth you have, it is a temporary illusion after all." Only land is real. Then he said, "The treasury has money and silver, let the young people grab some of it, and if it matters, as long as Hejiang County is in the hands of our army, the rest is insignificant." For all of you, why not? ”

"Xiaoxiao?" Wang Laixing was stunned.

Qin Qigong snorted and said, "I'm talking about offering thieves." ”

Tan Hong is keen, and he already knows what Qin Qigong means. This remark touched Santan's heartstrings again, Tan Hong bowed his hand, and did not forget to drink the two younger brothers and said: "What are you doing in a daze, don't you want Mr. Xie Qin to mention something?" Something that is eye-catching! ”

The three Tan saluted together, and Qin Qigong stood tall and accepted it calmly. He knew very well in his heart that in today's disputes, the public said that the public was reasonable, and the mother said that the mother was reasonable, and it was difficult to distinguish between good and evil, so he would not draw any conclusions. However, in order to prevent similar situations from happening in the future, the benefits and disadvantages were deliberately analyzed. Because for the Tan family brothers and Ma Wannian, right and wrong are not important, the most important thing is their own vital interests.

"In the future, there will be such a thing, so you don't have to talk too much about it, right?"

"No, no, listening to Mr. is better than reading for ten years." Tan Hong laughed with him, "The three brothers keep it in their hearts, and they will never act rashly again, and in the future, they will only act according to the king's military orders." ”

Shi Yanbing, San Tan, Zhao Ronggui and others left one after another, and Wang Laixing watched a turmoil disappear invisibly, calm on the surface, and really shocked in his heart. He once remembered that Zhao Dangshi told him that the importance of governing the army lies in governing people, and the importance of governing people lies in knowing people. At that time, it sounded very mysterious, and he couldn't empathize, but now that he has really become an insider, staring at Qin Qigong of Yuanyu Yuezhi, he has a deep feeling that he still has a long way to go.