People may be the most complex creatures in the world, especially in the case of being uprooted from their homeland for a long time, people's mentality will change a lot, which may be a problem that even His Majesty Li Chengtang has ignored.

Even as the victorious side, Daning's garrison in Qiuli will not always be in a good mood.

The climate of this place will make people irritated if they stay for a long time, and the people in this place will be disgusted after looking at it for a long time, everything in this place is not as good as Daning's hometown, and many people are beginning to look forward to going back, so the mentality is becoming more and more unstable.

However, for Daning, such a large-scale rotation of troops is too expensive, and it is preparing for the northern expedition, and the southern Xinjiang soldiers will be transferred to the northern Xinjiang in large numbers, so there will not be too many troops to rotate to Qiuli's side.

Among the armies seeking to establish themselves, the biggest change in mentality is the Haisha Division, and perhaps Haisha himself does not pay too much attention to this issue.

His people were originally trained in the mountains, forests and dense lakes, and they had been closed for a long time before the southern expedition, and the long-term conquest after arriving in southern Xinjiang made people increasingly murderous.

Haisha was worried that Zhuang Yong's body would not be able to bear it, so he took on more military affairs, which also caused the intensity of his subordinates' mobilization and conquest to be much greater than that of Zhuang Yong's old troops, which made his subordinates feel unfair.

The flashpoint of the contradiction was the distribution of warships, although Zhuang Yong made adjustments, the generals who were directly demoted by Haisha were inevitably still angry.

Shen Leng hired a few carriages in the town of Linjiang to buy some supplies from the county seat of Yangming County, and it was more than 500 miles from here to Nanping City, and it would take seven or eight days to walk at the earliest.

Just as the carriage was about to leave the town, a group of black-clad knights stopped Shen Leng's team.

Headed by Yang Qi, a thousand offices stationed in Qiuli by the Tingwei Mansion.

"General Shen, please take the opportunity to speak."

Yang Qi jumped down from the horse and hugged his fists, Shen Leng looked at the tea master and signaled her not to worry, got down from the carriage and walked into the forest on the side of the road with Yang Qi, the tea master only saw Yang Qi keep saying something, and seemed to be a little excited, it was a Qianban of the Tingwei Mansion, how many winds and waves of life and death have been experienced to become a Qianban, so that such a person could not hide his excitement in front of Shen Leng who saw him for the first time, it seemed that things were not small.

Shen Leng frowned: "It's already so serious?" ”

Yang Qi nodded: "The general has not been seeking establishment for a long time, and he doesn't understand the situation here, in fact, it may be more serious than what I said, General Haisha has been leading the troops in front of the battle to exterminate the rebels, and the people left behind in the rear are becoming more and more domineering, and the investigation during this period of time found that they actually dared to change the imperial court decrees, and the official food collected was twice as much as the imperial court, and there have been four or five protests in Yangming County, and Lou Hu, the captain of the garrison in Yangming County, was all dealt with according to the rebellion, killing hundreds of people, There were at least 2,000 people in Yangming County, who were known to him, who were forced to join the rebels. ”

Shen Leng asked, "Why don't you go to see General Haisha?" Since Lou Hu is General Haisha's personal army, it is impossible for General Haisha to ignore it. ”

"I've seen it."

Yang Qi said: "After going to see him last time, General Haisha disposed of dozens of people in a fit of anger because of the ratio of warships, including five generals, for this reason, the contradiction between General Haisha's subordinates and the people of our Tingwei Mansion is deepening day by day, Lou Hu is General Haisha's personal army, one of his most trusted subordinates, once Lou Hu is moved, General Haisha's subordinates will ......"

Yang Qi glanced at Shen Leng, but the words behind him did not come out.

In fact, there is no need to say it, Haisha's subordinates will think that this is Zhuang Yong and Tingwei's Mansion partnering against them, so this makes them more united, and the resistance will be stronger, Haisha is bent on leading troops, and he doesn't care much about local affairs, which also causes local chaos, and Haisha itself doesn't think that Qiu Liren is worthy of pity, he just wants to see more military rations transported back to Daning, as for how these military rations came from, he doesn't care.

His subordinates were eager to hand over twice as much military rations as expected, and Haisha would still blame them?

"People like Lou Hu think that the people who seek to establish themselves should die, he doesn't think that this may cause a greater civil uprising, they always feel that the people who seek to establish themselves are vulnerable, even if those homeless people have become rogues, they don't care, it's a big deal to kill them."

Shen Leng paced back and forth: "I just came back from China, and Your Majesty didn't give me a clear will or clear responsibility, just asked me to come back to assist the general in clearing the rebellion and stabilizing the place, and by the way, train a group of people in southern Xinjiang to come out, and send them to northern Xinjiang to participate in the war in the future...... My duty is more to train the troops, and if I directly target people like Lou Hu as soon as I come back, it will make General Haisha's subordinates think that I am here to fight for power with Haisha. ”

Yang Qi snorted: "The lowly post was also helpless to come over to see the general, and Lou Hu can be done with the lowly authority, but the lowly post is worried that once Lou Hu is taken down, it will provoke greater contradictions." ”

Shen Leng's brows furrowed deeper and deeper: "This matter will be talked about until I have met General Zhuang Yong in Nanping City." ”

He glanced at Yang Qi: "But you can meet this Lou Hu first." ”

Yang Qi suddenly reacted to something: "The general just said that His Majesty's will is for the general to come back to assist the general?" In other words, the general will not be transferred back? ”

Shen Leng nodded: "This is also the reason why I said to meet Lou Hu first, let him be a microphone, and clearly tell them that it is the general who wants to make this place the master." ”

Yang Qi had a smile on his face: "That's fine, suppress their arrogance first." ”

Shen Leng nodded: "Then let's go and meet together?" ”

Yang Qi clenched his fists: "Obey orders." ”

Shen Leng got back into the car, the tea master glanced at him with concern, Shen Leng told the tea master about the current situation of Qiu Li, and the tea master's face also became solemn, Shen Leng's sudden return suddenly broke the pattern of Qiu Li's side, which will make many people uncomfortable.

Originally, Zhuang Yong cultivated Haisha as the main business, but now that Shen Leng has returned, the power in Haisha's hands will be more or less divided by Shen Leng, and everyone knows that Shen Leng is Zhuang Yong's cronies and the person who Zhuang Yong picked up with one hand, so it is naturally impossible to stand on Haisha's side.

This contradiction seems to be clear, but it is more difficult than the situation that Shen Leng has to deal with in Chang'an City in the face of civil and military ministers.

"I still know General Haisha."

Shen Leng said: "Maybe it is because he loves his subordinates too much, so it causes his subordinates to fly high, no one is more looking forward to the general going back to Chang'an than them, and they are only happy when the general is gone." ”

Tea Master said: "It's better to meet Sister Lin, her thoughts will be more thoughtful." ”

Shen Leng nodded: "Let's go to Yangming County first, and then go to see her when we get to Nanping City, now the whole situation is a little strange, the old department of the general is decadent and sluggish, and they all feel that after the general is transferred back to Chang'an, they will inevitably be bullied by the Haisha Department, so that people are panicking, and for the sake of today, let more people know as soon as possible that the general will not be transferred back." ”

Tea Master looked at Shen Leng: "But in this way, you will become the one who comes out, on the cusp." ”

Shen sneered: "The general treats me like a son, so it seems that some stupid things have to be done by me after all, offending people...... I'm not afraid to offend anyone. ”

The carriage walked along the official road to Yangming County, and when it was halfway there, the team suddenly stopped again, Shen Leng asked what was the matter, and the soldiers outside replied that there seemed to be a fight ahead.

Qiuli has decided on the inner road, most of the rebels are in the deep mountains and old forests, this place is less than five miles away from the county seat of Yangming County, there is a fight?

Shen Leng got out of the car and explained that the tea master was waiting in the car.

Chen Ran walked forward with more than a dozen personal soldiers and Shen Leng, and saw from a distance that a group of people wearing Daning warrior uniforms were killing people in the field on the side of the official road, and some Qiuli people with weapons such as wooden sticks and sickles were still resisting, but they were quickly suppressed, at least two dozen people were killed, and more than a dozen people were held down.

Shen Leng approached, and the soldiers in the fields saw the general armor on Shen Leng's body, and hurriedly stood and saluted.

"Who's the leader?"

Shen Leng asked.

A team member ran up to the official road from the field and saluted again: "General Hui, the lowly position is Yang Ping, a team under Captain Lou Hu of Yangming County, and he was ordered to kill the remnants of the rebels." ”

"Remnants of the rebels?"

Shen Leng looked at the people who were killed, where they looked like soldiers.

Team Zheng Yang Ping also looked Shen Leng up and down a few times: "May I ask who the general is?" ”

Chen Ran said: "This is the Admiral General of the Sea Patrol Division. ”

"General Shen?!"

Yang Ping immediately became excited: "It turned out to be General Shen, General Shen...... You, we all know you, I didn't expect to meet the general......"

He was so excited that he was incoherent.

Shen sneered: "It will be common in the future, I will stay in Qiuli for a long time, what crime have these people committed?" ”

"Destroy the fields."

Yang Ping hurriedly replied: "They kept wandering at night, destroyed a large number of seedlings, and set fire to the house guarded by Tuntian, killing a few people. ”

Shen Leng snorted: "Are they natives of Yangming County?" ”

"Neither."

Yang Ping turned around: "Bring everyone up." ”

The soldiers escorted those people up, and Yang Qi of Qianban walked up to ask, and then looked back at Shen Leng: "It's the displaced people from Jinyuan County next to it." ”

Shen Leng thought for a while: "You can't kill like this, take everyone to the county seat, tie them up at the gate of the county ya, and then gather the people to watch at the gate of the county ya." ”

Yang Qi didn't understand what Shen Leng meant for a while, Shen Leng didn't say anything more, but turned his head to look at Yang Ping, who was in the team: "I'm sorry for you to go back and inform Lou Hu first, and say that I will go to him at noon to disturb a lunch." ”

Yang Ping was obviously excited, and hurriedly went back first, and the rest of the people tied up those homeless people and walked in the direction of the county with Shen Leng's team, and when they arrived outside the county seat, Lou Hu had already personally led people to greet him, and it seemed that he had heard of Shen Leng's name a long time ago, and when he saw Shen Leng, Yang Ping's reaction was almost the same, and he couldn't control his excitement.

With a snap, Lou Hu gave a standard Daning military salute: "Humble Lou Hu, meet the general!" ”

For them, Shen Leng is a legend in the army.

Shen Leng stretched out his hand and helped Lou Hu for a moment: "They are all soldiers, why are you polite?" By the way, we should have seen it, right? ”

Lou Hu hurriedly replied with a smile: "I have met once, but the last time I saw the general from afar, I couldn't speak, and soon after I was transferred here, I was no longer General Hai's personal army." ”

"General Hai also takes care of you, let you out to be a captain, and you will soon be promoted to a general in the future."

Shen Leng said as he walked inside, "Have the people gathered?" ”

"The gong has been sounded, and it should be gathered at the gate of the county government soon."

Shen Leng snorted: "Let's go, let's go and have a look." ”