Chapter 21 Xucheng Town
The next day, the 30 archers of the Inspection Division began a new training session. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
This reorganization training was not difficult, after all, the thirty archers of the Inspection Division were only reorganized from pikemen to sword and shield soldiers, and the establishment and team did not change at all.
And now this group of new sword and shield hands, the only thing they lack is the proficiency in the use of war knives, but for this problem, Zhang Shihua has long had a way to deal with it.
As the saying goes, "It's better to be better than a hundred people," and for ordinary soldiers in the battle array, one move is enough when the array is engaged with the enemy.
Therefore, Zhang Shihua trained these thirty sword and shield soldiers this time, using the same method as training pikemen, that is, taking the archers to the woods and letting them take their knives to chop at the trunks of trees. And only practice the trick of chopping.
Zhang Shihua believes that "practice makes perfect", as long as the archers can cut five trees with a sword, they will naturally be able to practice the trick of chopping.
You must know that the reason why the pikemen of the Inspection Division are so fierce and ruthless is that they are also stabbing trees, after all, up to now, the pikemen of the Inspection Division have pierced four trees at least.
Just as the archers of the Inspection Division officially started today's training, the battle report on Zhang Shihua's extermination of the river bandits also reached the hands of Yin and Jian County of TH County.
Although Zhang Shihua's results this time are better than last time, for TH County Yin, Zhang Shihua's results this time are far less important than last time.
Although there were few robbers last time, it was a group of bandits who attacked and killed Lizheng, and last time was a critical period when he enriched the unstable status of the county Yin. And this time it was much worse, because the people of Linshui Town were afraid of the officers and soldiers coming, and did not report the river thieves attacking the town.
So the county officials directly ignored this group of river thieves, so the news of Zhang Shihua's extermination of river thieves is indeed a great thing for the people of Linshui Town, but for Yin and Jian County, the county seat, it is like that, after all, this world is full of bandits, and it is really not a big deal to exterminate a river thief who does not know above.
Therefore, the county's reward for Zhang Shihua's inspection will naturally not be too heavy, but it is just a reward of 100 taels of silver for Zhang Shihua.
If this money is placed in Zhang Shihua before he has harvested the money and grain stolen by the river, it would be a lot, but for Zhang Shihua now, this money is actually like that.
Although the reward is not much, because of these two things, Zhang Shihua has become a person who knows military affairs in the eyes of the county Yin and the county, and for the current Zhang Shihua, he doesn't know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing.
Besides, Zhang Shihua is not idle in Yangshui Town, and the current inspection department is the most intense time for training, not only new archers have to be trained, but even the newly selected thirty sword and shield men have to be trained.
And Zhang Shihua has not been training archers in Yangshui Town, and the day after the county bounty was sent, Zhang Shihua took the two teams of archers from the inspection department Erniu and Zhao Er to the only town under his rule "Xucheng Town", which he had not been to.
You must know that Zhang Shihua because of his meritorious work in suppressing bandits, the county Yin handed over the four towns north of the county seat "Yangshui Town, Linshui Town, Dawang Town, and Xucheng Town" to Zhang Shihua, and let Zhang Shihua be responsible for the preparation of thieves and the protection of the people in the four towns, and Zhang Shihua has turned Yangshui Town, Linshui Town, and Dawang Town these three towns to one side, and now the only one who has not been to is Xucheng Town, which believes in the White Lotus Sect the most.
Now that it's been delayed for so long, it stands to reason that Zhang Shihua should also go to Xu Chengzhen.
This time he went to Xucheng Town, Zhang Shihua didn't bring too many people, plus Zhang Shihua and his party were more than 20 people, after all, Zhang Shihua can be said to be famous in TH County now, and there is no one who will take the initiative to provoke Zhang Shihua now.
Unlike Linshui Town and Dawang Town, both of which are located in the east of Yangshui Town, Xucheng Town is in the southwest of Yangshui Town.
It is not too far from Yangshui Town, even closer than the distance from Linshui Town to Yangshui Town, Zhang Shihua set off with his archers in the morning, that is, he arrived in Xucheng Town in an hour and a half.
When he arrived in Xucheng Town, Xu Ming of Xucheng Town was the same as Li Zheng of Linshui Town, and they were all waiting for Zhang Shihua at the entrance of the town early with the people who were the leaders in the town.
When he saw Zhang Shihua, Xu Ming unhurriedly led everyone to greet Zhang Shihua's inspection, Zhang Shihua immediately accepted Xu Ming's salute, and first looked at Xu Ming, this Xu is not very old next year, that is, about thirty years old, with a short beard on his chin and a tall figure, giving people a feeling of shrewdness and ability.
Moreover, Xu Ming, the Lizheng of Xucheng Town, turned out to be dressed as a Confucian student, and Zhang Shihua never thought before he came back that Lizheng, who enveloped the White Lotus Sect, turned out to be a Confucian student.
When Zhang Shihua looked at Xu Ming on the horse, Xu Ming also quietly looked at Zhang Shihua, although Xu Ming had long known that the inspection master in Yangshui Town was not very old, but when he saw Zhang Shihua with his own eyes, he still couldn't help but feel surprised, Xu Ming estimated that this inspection master was about twenty years old at most, but those deep eyes, but people felt that they couldn't see through the real age of this inspection, and then look at the face, the eyebrows are like swords, the bridge of the nose is high, the face is heroic, and the inspection master is tall and burly, There is also a vigorous and heroic spirit on his body, but he can't be seen by ordinary people when he looks at his face.
However, Zhang Shihua was still the same as before, he didn't take any shelf, and personally dismounted to let the people of Xucheng Town be exempted.
Then Zhang Shihua gave up his hand to Xu Ming, Lizheng of Xucheng Town, and said: This official didn't expect that Xu Lizheng was still a disciple of the "Holy Sect", he had seen it, he had seen it.
And Xu Ming only didn't hear Zhang Shihua's special tone accent, but replied to Zhang Shihua politely: Don't hide it from adults, villains have loved the words of sages since childhood, so they studied the Four Books and Five Classics with a gentleman for a few years.
So that's the case, Zhang Shihua also snorted and didn't continue the topic.
After that, Zhang Shihua was like when he inspected other towns, and after eating, he was accompanied by Xu Ming to get acquainted with the environment of Yixu Town.
During the inspection, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but glance at Xu Ming, who was not as vulgar as the other three towns' Li Zheng, but was full of bookishness, which made people happy to get close.
What's more important is that Xu Ming's prestige in the town is extremely high, and when he took Zhang Shihua and them to familiarize themselves with the environment in the town, every person on the way would stop when they saw Xu Ming and respectfully salute Xu Ming.
So on the way, Zhang Shihua turned his head to Xu Ming and said: This official walked along the way and found that every person passing by would greet Xu Lizheng, even children, which shows Xu Lizheng's personality. Xu Li Zhengding is a gentleman!
Xu Ming listened to Zhang Shihua's words and bowed his hand to Zhang Shihua and said: The inspector is really too prestigious, and the villain is just from time to time when the people in the town are in difficulty, and he takes a hand out of the villagers, but it is just the wrong love of the people in the town, and the villain can be called a gentleman.
On the contrary, it is you, my lord, who has been in office for less than two months, and I have removed two bandits for the people of TH County, and ensured the safety of the people of this county.
After Zhang Shihua heard Xu Ming's compliments, he smiled and said: Xu Lizheng has a good reputation, this official is just a vulgar person, as for the matter of suppressing bandits and protecting the territory, it is the official's business, so it can be worthy of the praise of Xu Patrol.
It's a good thing, if all the officials in the world want to inspect the adults like this, the world will not become the situation it is now.
When Zhang Shihua heard this, he didn't say anything, but suddenly turned around to look at Xu Ming, but Xu Ming didn't avoid Zhang Shihua's gaze.
After a while, Zhang Shihua suddenly laughed and said to Xu Ming: When it is peaceful today, the Holy Emperor rules the world, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Xu Lizheng, you have to be cautious!
When he said the last sentence, Zhang Shihua also accentuated his tone.
When Xu Ming heard Zhang Shihua's words, he was busy confessing his guilt to Zhang Shihua.
Then the whole team fell silent.
Then Zhang Shihua and they went around Xucheng again, during which Zhang Shihua did not see the Baixin people worship the White Lotus Sect, but this is not surprising, the White Lotus Sect has not revolted once or twice, the imperial court has long been on guard against the White Lotus Sect, Zhang Shihua is now an official of the Yuanmeng Imperial Court, and the people naturally will not and dare not openly worship the White Lotus Sect in front of him.
Zhang Shihua didn't stay in Xucheng for too long, and in the afternoon, Zhang Shihua took people out of Xucheng.
And when Zhang Shihua left, Xu Ming and the others naturally went to see Zhang Shihua away in person, and after Zhang Shihua walked away, a man behind Xu Ming bent down and asked Xu Ming respectfully: Hall Master, do you think Zhang Shihua can be used by my Holy Sect?
Xu Ming heard the man's question, sighed and said, "I don't know if I can do it in the future, but now my Holy Sect wants to recruit him, but it's still very close!"