Chapter 530: The Old Man Comes to Vote
As we enter the winter months, the weather becomes colder, the north wind is tighter, and a few light snowfalls from time to time, making the road more and more difficult.
According to common sense, in these winter seasons, people should stay at home and no longer go out, except for big cities like Bianjing, the general city should be deserted and depressed. But today's Qingzhou City is a lively scene, there are many cars and horses entering and exiting at the city gates, and pedestrians on the long street are also endless, it is really hard to believe that this is just a small city in Shandong, and not long ago it has just experienced the siege of Liangshan bandits.
Qingzhou has become so lively, naturally because of Sun Tu's contributions. Because with his defeat of the Liangshan bandits, and the subduing of the Zizhou officials, after the local township army was transferred to Qingzhou, the officials of other state capitals finally bowed their heads, followed his previous military orders, and transferred a lot of urban and rural troops to come, which made Qingzhou a large barracks, and the number of soldiers alone increased to more than 15,000.
Moreover, not only 10,000 township troops came from the state capitals, but also many of their family members also came, so in just one month, Qingzhou City increased by more than 30,000 people out of thin air. In the era of sluggish population movement thousands of years ago, the movement of more than 30,000 people was an extremely terrible number, and the mere resettlement of these people and the provision of food, clothing, shelter and transportation for them was a very large and complex project.
Fortunately, Huang Wenbing still has some ability in this regard, plus now the entire Qingzhou official office is looking at Sun Tuma, and he doesn't dare to have any bad intentions, plus there are enough garrisons in the city, and the law and order are stable, so these tens of thousands of people have finally settled down.
And the increase in these populations also made the well-informed and nimble businessmen in the vicinity find a way to make money, so even if it was cold and windy and snowy today, the caravans selling various items still came in streams, making the city of Qingzhou lively and lively.
When Huangfu Duan brought a few people to the outside of Qingzhou City, when he saw this scene, he was also amazed: "Is this Qingzhou City?" It looks much more lively than Nanjing, Liaoguo......" Then, he beckoned a few companions around him and the caravan in front of him to slowly walk into this small city that interested him.
Half an hour later, they came to the palace and revealed their identity and purpose to the messenger guarding the gate—to see Sun Dujian. In this regard, these errand officers did not dare to make things difficult for them, and explained in embarrassment: "Sun Dujian generally does not sit in the government office, but stays in the military camp. If you really want to see someone, you can go to the barracks to try your luck. However, there are strict rules in the barracks, and no one is allowed to approach without permission......"
"This ...... In the next is to come to the eunuch at the invitation of Sun Dujian before, and there is another important matter to report, or please send a message to the local prefect and let him help send a note to Sun Dujian? Huangfu Duan said a little anxiously.
"This ......" The officer was still a little hesitant, and a fat general came out of it, and when he heard this, he said with interest: "Are you a man who is familiar with San Lang?" Look at you, you don't look like my Han family. ”
"I've seen Lu Yuhou." As a famous figure in the Qingzhou Army and a person who has a close relationship with Sun Tu, Luda is still quite respected in the official mansion, which is more majestic than when he walked under the public account of the small species.
As soon as he heard that he was the Marquis of Yu in the army, Huangfu Duan briefly said that he had a friendship with Sun Tu in Liaoxia. When Luda heard this, he laughed: "It turns out that you are the emperor, I didn't listen to San Lang talk about you before, but now that you really came to the appointment, I guess San Lang must be very happy." Let's go, the Sprinkle family will take you to meet him. As he spoke, he enthusiastically took him to the long street with the emperor's hand.
The force of his pull this time was not small, and the emperor was defenseless, so he was pulled by him, and hurriedly followed, and at the same time said hello to a few of his companions, and asked them to follow him.
It took more than half an hour to pass through the small half of Qingzhou City, and they came to the Xinli Qingzhou Military Camp located in the north of the city.
Today's military camp is much more magnificent than before, not only has the area been expanded several times, but there are also many barracks inside, which looks like a small town. However, compared to ordinary towns, the atmosphere in this camp is cold and solemn, although the long street one or two miles away is still lively and jubilant, but it is quiet here, only the school field in the distance will erupt from time to time A burst of cheers, and I don't know what kind of competition is going on there.
As the officer at the gate of the yamen said, the people are forbidden to watch near this barracks, and there is a forbidden place within a hundred steps, and there are not only ten soldiers with guns and swords guarding in front of the door, but there is also a row of crossbowmen inside.
Even if Luda led it, they could only wait outside the gate and not enter, and they had to wait until he went in to report and get the relevant warrants before they could let Huangfu Duan and others enter. Just from such a strict access control, it can be seen that today's Qingzhou Army has truly implemented the military law to the end, and there is no longer the slightest accommodation at all.
In fact, even if Sun Tu himself came here, if he didn't have a token in his hand, the soldiers guarding the camp gate would not let him in. This is a strict order that has been implemented only after several batches of sergeants have been taught a lesson with a military stick - those who do not hold the order are not allowed to enter the barracks without permission, and those who break by force will be killed!
This alone made Huangfu secretly admire: "Sun Sanlang is really good, such a strict military discipline is extremely rare even in the Liao Kingdom, maybe only the most elite leather room army can compete with him." ”
And a man beside him who also looked strange, with concave eyes and a high nose, and some yellow hair, had bright eyes: "So it seems that we have found the right one for him, and the Qingzhou Army really deserves its reputation." ”
The efficiency of the army is indeed very fast, they didn't say a word, Sun Tu had already strode out from the inside. Far away, he was already smiling and shouted: "Brother Huangfu is really flattered to come here!" Behind him, there were several powerful generals, who were looking up and down the crowd in front of the door with curious eyes.
The gate opened again, Sun Tu personally came out to welcome them all, and while taking them to his command post, he turned his head to a person beside him: "Yang Zhi, you will keep an eye on the afternoon drills, don't let those recruits be too easy." As a soldier under my command, how can I only do this? ”
Yang Zhi immediately intervened in response to the order, and then went in a hurry.
During this period of time, Sun Tu was not easy in Qingzhou, although he didn't have to worry much about the affairs of the people, but he grasped the affairs of the army very tightly. It's not that the transfer of soldiers and horses from the state capitals to Qingzhou is over, he still has to spend time training them, which is not an easy task.
Because the soldiers and horses of other state capitals have long been lazy and casual, it is impossible to get used to the high-intensity training here when they suddenly come to Qingzhou. So Sun Tu could only endure the temperament to train them from the basics.
Fortunately, he now has a group of veterans under his command, and everyone has mastered the procedures and skills of training new recruits, so there is no need for him to personally supervise it as he did a few years ago. However, with so many people in the camp, he still had to do a lot of work, pacifying the bullet pressure and reviewing it, and he had to soak in the barracks from morning to night almost every day, and he hadn't stepped out of the gate to go home for five days.
Of course, under such high-intensity training, the progress of these soldiers in various state capitals is still obvious. After all, they are all from the township army, and the age is appropriate, once they have a sense of awe and a habit, they will be much more natural to practice, at least now they can advance and retreat freely and uniformly.
After entering the barracks that was only larger than the ordinary barracks, but also had no decoration, they were seated, and everyone exchanged their names. In addition to Sun Tu's previous subordinates, this time there are also several generals such as Yang Xiong, Shi Xiu, Han Tao, Wei Dingguo - among these people, except for Shi Xiu, they were all officials of the Great Song Dynasty before, so after Sun Tu's persuasion, they finally all abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, and the only one who was not persuaded by Sun Tu was Chai Jin, who was still under house arrest in a house in the city at this time.
It can be said that after the previous head-on battle with the Liangshan army, Sun Tu's Qingzhou army not only did not suffer much losses, but was greatly strengthened, not only the number of soldiers and horses rolled up, but also the number of generals available to his subordinates was much more, so that his strength has made great progress.
Most of the companions on Huangfuduan's side were horse traders like him, and the only one that made Sun Tu a little interested was the yellow-haired man with the most peculiar appearance, just because his name was Duan Jingzhu.
"Golden Retriever" Duan Jingzhu, Sun Tu remembers that this is the last of the one hundred and eight generals in Liangshan, precisely because he is ranked last, although there is no outstanding story, but he is remembered, but he didn't expect this person's appearance to be a crooked nut, but listening to his accent is no different from the Han people.
In addition, Sun Tu also remembered that it was the BMW that Duan Jingzhu wanted to dedicate to Liangshan that was robbed by the people of Zengtou City, which caused Chao Gai to lead a large army to attack there, but he lost his life. I don't want this person to go to Liangshan now, but came to his own Qingzhou.
Originally, it was just a casual thought, but after a few people exchanged pleasantries, Sun Tu knew that although the role had changed, things were still the same, because after a few words, the emperor pointed the finger at Zengtou City, hoping that Sun Tu could send troops to snatch back the horses that the other party had seized them!
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