Chapter 44: Promotion in the Line of Fire
The salt poles that were chasing and killing were running back to the back, and these young people couldn't see the panicked appearance just now, but were elated and high-spirited, but Li Meng's face was extremely gloomy, and he said to the people around him in a deep voice:
"It seems that I still haven't practiced enough, and I've played too little."
The three people who were shot by arrows, one was shot in the thigh, and two were shot in the shoulder, when Li Meng went over to check, these three people were already struggling to stand up by themselves, and the arrows of the salts were indeed not worth mentioning, even if they were shot, the flesh was not too deep, and there would be no sequelae at all.
But being shot by an arrow, for these young men who had never been on the battlefield, the psychological shock was incomparable, and they immediately fell down with spasms, thinking that they had suffered multiple injuries, and it was not until their companions rushed back that the three realized that nothing was wrong with them.
There were corpses all over the road, but the young people of Yanganzi did not have an uncomfortable look, but they whispered to each other about how many people they had killed, and the atmosphere was very high, until someone noticed that Li Meng's face was gloomy like water, and this was a solemn stand.
Li Meng first pulled Ma Gang and said loudly:
"Everyone has seen Ma Gang's brave performance today, and he will be the vice captain in the future!"
As soon as this sentence was finished, there was a commotion below, and looking at Ma Gang's eyes was suddenly full of envy, but no one could say anything about this appointment, the life and death moment just now, that is, Li Meng, Zhao Neng, and Ma Gang rushed out, isn't this the three captains and vice captains?
Li Meng's brows were tightly locked, knowing that there was no place for lectures on this road, so he raised his voice and ordered:
"Looking for the trees, the three people who were hit by the arrows lifted up, sorted out these corpses and put them on the side of the road, and the money and weapons on their bodies were all touched out, and remitted to Ma Gang, not allowed to be swallowed privately!"
These young people's reactions at this time were not slow, and they scattered and began to be busy, Zhao Neng walked to the side at this time and whispered:
"Four of us ran away, one from the 100 households, and three from the 100 households in the north, not counting the arrows, two of them were slightly injured."
Li Meng's face was even more ugly, and he said with a sneer:
"If you run away, you will not come back, and we don't want salt from their house, this year, you still want to live a good life, and teach these people a lesson."
The waist knives and iron rulers over there are all piled up at Ma Gang's feet, scattered silver, copper coins, and some valuable jewelry and the like are placed on the side of the weapon.
The work of searching and sorting out the body was quickly completed, Li Meng deliberately looked elsewhere and discussed with Zhao Neng, Ma Gang hurriedly untied the small burden he was carrying, wrapped up the money with the baggage skin, and then trotted and handed it to Li Meng.
Before and after today's battle, Li Meng's impression of this Ma Gang is much better, not to mention the courage in battle, and he also has a public heart for money, which is really a rare child, Li Meng smiled and patted Ma Gang's shoulder, and said:
"When you arrive in Jiaozhou, I will reward you for your meritorious deeds, and arrange for the people below to leave with the weapons they have picked up!"
Hearing the words "the people below" and "reward for meritorious deeds", Ma Gang's face turned red, his chest straightened a lot, and he gave a big salute to Li Meng, turned his height and shouted:
"Each person carries two weapons and marches in line!!"
The salt pole procession, which had been delayed for half an hour, re-entered the road, the road was stained with blood, and nearly eighty corpses were lying on the side of the road, and no one paid attention to it......
The sun is in the west, according to the rules, the soldiers guarding the gate should be ready to close the city gate, this year the soldiers are in chaos, I am afraid that the city gate will be closed late, and the bad guys will take advantage of the darkness to touch in, and the states and counties in Dengzhou Mansion are not like this by Kong Youde. In the past, if you enter the gate half an hour later, the soldiers at these gates will drive people away.
But today, several soldiers at the west gate of Jiaozhou City stood aside with smiling faces, and they didn't dare to say a word of urging, there were dozens of people standing at the gate of the city, all of whom were characters with heads and faces in the city, and the state lieutenants and chief bookkeepers around Zhizhou were all here, as well as the shopkeepers of several large shops, surrounded by officials and subordinates, all looking towards the official road.
Today's Jiaozhou City is a big event, in the morning there are people to go to the Zhizhou Yamen to beat the drum to complain, the officials who reported the case are all knowing, has always been in the west of the city near the activities of the small leader of the salt Ding, called Rosie, the original is still a little arrogant, this time I heard that the new patrol inspector took office and the original team was dismissed, this is wilted.
Zhizhou is a new official took office, and when he heard someone beating a drum outside, he immediately sent a servant to lead him in, and he was promoted to ask about the case, who knew that when this Rosie came in, he said it, but everyone was startled.
The case reported by Rossi is very shocking, the dismissed salt Ding was cut off from their financial route, and they were not angry, and after asking the new inspector Li Meng to no avail, several big leaders decided to rob and kill Li Meng on the way to take office, although they knew that Li Meng had salt rods under him, but the salt Ding thought that they were all ruthless outlaws, and they couldn't deal with a few poor men who had been practicing for a few days.
When Jiaozhou Zhizhou heard this, he almost fell off the chair, although the inspection is a nine products, but it is also an official of the imperial court, and it is also an official who can be seen by many people up and down.
I worked hard for more than ten years to get into the end of the second grade, and I was released to Zhizhou, and my wife and daughter received it, and this good day just began. But in a hurry, there is really no way to do it.
The officials and arresters of the Zhizhou Yamen did not say that they fought with Yanding, and sometimes even the guys in the shop were not frightened, so they hurriedly sent someone to take the official document to a sentinel stationed nearby, begging the officers and soldiers to save people, but the other party's Qian general didn't pay attention to it at all, saying that he was guarding against thieves, but he was not here to appease the place.
The people and the army are not subordinate to each other, although Zhizhou is in a hurry, but there is no way, or the shopkeeper Li of the Jinzhou warehouse said, the inspection is a military household, maybe it can be beaten, what is the military household like, Zhizhou also has a number in his heart, but in desperation, he has to hope for luck.