Hearing Li Xiu ask his opinion on the prince's cultivation of private soldiers, he saw Cheng Biting Jin but he smiled, picked up the wine bowl and dried it in one sip, and then said: "Li Xianjiu, this is trying to trick Cheng Mou's words?" ”

"General Cheng has wronged me, in fact, I have never been very interested in the affairs of the court, but now King Qin's side must be busy, as General Cheng, why do you have time to go here to talk about business with Uncle Ma?" At this time, Li Xiu finally asked the real doubt in his heart. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Haha~, I see, but Li Xianjiu, you can think wrong, although Cheng Mou works for the King of Qin, but Li Xianjiu don't forget, he is just a military general, and he naturally has nothing to say about charging into battle, but like these intrigues in the court, Cheng Mou can't help much, naturally there are the eldest grandson Wuji, Du Yan and Fang Xuanling who give advice to King Qin." Cheng Yanjin laughed loudly when he heard this, and he didn't seem to take the affairs of the court to heart at all.

However, Li Xiu shook his head secretly when he heard this, Cheng Biting Jin obviously didn't tell the truth, the most direct fuse of the Xuanwumen change in later history was that Cheng Biting Jin was hanged out of Beijing, and as a result, he personally ran to persuade Li Shimin, which made Li Shimin finally make up his mind to launch the Xuanwumen Change, and Cheng Biting Jin was also directly involved in the subsequent coup, such an important person actually said that he was like an outsider, which made Li Xiu unable to believe it anyway.

Cheng Yanjin is a personal essence, and the change in the expression on Li Xiu's face did not hide from his eyes, only to see Cheng Yanjin hesitate a little at this time, and then spoke again: "Li Xijiu, do you want to hear me tell a story?" ”

Hearing Cheng Yanjin's words, Li Xiu and Ma Ye both glanced at each other with some surprise, but they didn't refuse, so they saw Cheng Yanjin speak: "Most of our army in the Tang Dynasty are government soldiers, what are government soldiers, that is, soldiers in wartime, and people in leisure time. ”

When he said this, he saw Cheng Yanjin sigh again and continued: "But for the stability of my Tang Dynasty over the years, the armies everywhere have been fighting endlessly, and the past two years have been better, and the country has basically been pacified, and some government soldiers can finally return to their hometowns to recuperate, but our northern border army can't, because we have to guard against the Turks in the north, and the government soldiers transferred to the border are stationed at the border for almost all the year round, they are the main laborers of the family, and without them, the life of the family will be affected. What's more, their rations have to be taken out of their homes, which also makes the border soldiers' families even more miserable......"

"How is it possible, doesn't the imperial court know about this situation and don't want to solve it?" Without waiting for Cheng Yanjin to finish speaking, Li Xiu interrupted in shock, he didn't expect that there would be such a big problem in the border army, if this problem is not solved, I am afraid that sooner or later there will be a big mess.

"Of course, the imperial court knows that in fact, the king of Qin has written many times, requesting that the Zhichong mansions in various places be transferred to the border passes to be stationed in turn, so that if it is calculated, a government soldier only needs to stay in the border army for a year or two before he can go home to recuperate, and it will not have much impact on the family, but because most of the guards stationed at the border pass are people from the king of Qin, some people are worried that this will increase the prestige of the king of Qin in various places, so they obstructed it several times, even if His Majesty personally agreed to this matter later, However, when the troops were mobilized, they were still secretly obstructed by others, resulting in the delay in the transfer of the border troops, and even the destruction of some border troops' families who were dragged down......"

After Cheng Yanjin explained so much background, he finally began to tell the story he just said, the protagonist of this story is not a person, but a Zhichong Mansion, this Zhichong Mansion was transferred to the border three years ago to garrison, and it should have been back a year ago, but because the army that replaced them could not arrive, this caused dissatisfaction among the entire Zhichong Mansion, and they were originally from a poor place, and each person's family had supported it for three years, and it had reached the limit, and it was really unbearable at this time.

The lieutenant of this Zhichong Mansion asked Cheng Yanjin to go back several times, because the soldiers under his command really couldn't hold on, and if it went on like this, maybe there would be a possibility of mutiny, but although Cheng Yanjin was the chief general in the army, he had no right to let them go back, so he could only keep urging the upper authorities to send someone to take over, and on the other hand, he used tough means to let this Zhichong Mansion not make trouble, after all, the army has never been a reasonable place, and if a general is not strict in military orders, it is impossible to become a good general.

But what Cheng Yanjin didn't expect was that the soldiers in the Zhichong Mansion were worried about the situation at home and were pressured by the bullets in the army, which made the anxiety of the soldiers reach the limit.

"Yingxiao? What is Yingxiao? Li Xiu asked a little puzzled when he heard this, he felt very unfamiliar with this name.

However, when Ma Ye next to him heard the words "camp roar", he couldn't help but close his eyes in pain, and after a while, he said with some pain: "Camp Xiao is also called night terror, it is the most terrible thing in the barracks, as for the reason for the camp roar, no one can say clearly, only know that whenever the camp roar happens, the officers and soldiers in the army all become like beasts, and they kill people when they see people with blades, and they grab them with their fingers and bite them with their teeth if they don't have weapons. ”

"Yes, Li Xianjiu, you haven't seen the horror of the camp roar, but I can tell you that that kind of scene is thousands of times more terrible than the battle between the two armies on the battlefield, all the familiar soldiers are like evil spirits, they don't listen to anyone's orders at all, they only know how to kill like beasts, and no matter how many troops are sent in at this time, these troops will seem to be infected, and become as only concerned about killing people as those people, so in this case, the army will only block the entire camp, and only dare to send people in to check after dawn, However, when a battalion roars, most of the casualties are often killed. Cheng Yanjin also added at this time.

"That'...... What happened to the Origa Mansion? Li Xiu couldn't help but say in a dry voice when he heard the explanation about Yingxiao, he didn't expect there to be such a thing in the barracks, but if you analyze it psychologically, this situation is likely to be caused by the closed and stressful environment of the barracks, after all, everyone's psychological tolerance is limited, when the pressure exceeds this limit, the whole person will collapse, and this collapse is likely to be transmitted to other people, resulting in a group like Yingxiao******** I went to check it the next morning, It was found that half of the people died in the cannibalism, and among the remaining living people, many of them were disabled, and the entire Zhichong Mansion did not die on the battlefield, but died at the hands of their own people! When Cheng Yanjin said to the end, his face also showed a look of pain, if this Zhichong Mansion died on the battlefield, he might not say anything, but now this situation makes people really feel worthless and regretful.

Li Xiu was also silent after listening, if there were no obstruction from some people, so that the replacement army could arrive earlier, then this tragedy would not have happened, if Cheng Yanjin paid more attention to it at that time, and used some gentle means to comfort this Zhichong Mansion, so that the pressure on the government soldiers would be less, maybe such a tragedy would not have happened, but unfortunately the matter has been discovered, and there is no point in assuming.

"I see, no wonder you are chasing me to do business, I'm afraid you want to share the income of the partnership business with your soldiers, so that they don't have to drag down their families anymore, right?" Ma Ye also sighed at this time, as a veteran in the army, he was not afraid of fighting with the enemy on the battlefield, but he was a little afraid of the unpredictable danger of Yingxiao.

"What Brother Ma said is extremely true, although my Lao Cheng loves money, but he doesn't know how to make money, so I can only ask Brother Ma for help, as long as you promise me to do business, I am willing to provide all convenience?" Cheng Yanjin patted his chest and reassured.

"Okay, I also know the hardships of the border army, with Lao Cheng's heart, I will do this business even if I lose money, not to mention that Li Xiu will help me, and then you will wait to count the money!" Although Ma Ye has been doing business during this time, he is still a military general, so he immediately agreed when he heard this.

"Wait a minute, I have a question!" However, at this moment, Li Xiu suddenly interrupted them and said, "General Cheng has a heavy army, if he partners with Uncle Ma to do business now, wouldn't he have another source of wealth, and a general has money and soldiers, will this cause the suspicion of the imperial court?" ”

Li Xiu also wanted to ask this question for a long time, after all, the power in the hands of a general is too great, and it is not a good thing to look at it. After biting Jin and Ma Ye heard Li Xiu's words, they both laughed, and then saw Ma Ye speak: "Boy, you think too much, the imperial court only needs the army to fight, as for other matters of the army, the imperial court is eager to let the local generals solve it themselves, so if Lao Cheng solves the problem of the border army, it is too late for the imperial court to be happy, and it will not care so much at all!" ”

"Yes, Li Xianjiu may not know, the main income of the soldiers is only the capture on the battlefield, and there is no money if they don't fight, so the court also encourages the soldiers to find other sources of money, not afraid of your jokes, in the past, we used to pretend to be robbers to rob the grassland, but unfortunately most of those grassland people are so poor that they can't grab anything good at all." Cheng Yanjin also smiled at this time, and he also felt that Li Xiu was thinking too much.

However, Li Xiu shook his head secretly when he heard this, Datang does not restrain the power in the hands of local generals, and he may not see anything now, but in the middle and late stages of Datang, the power in the hands of various festivals is too great, and they do not listen to the announcements one by one, as if they have become a small kingdom, and that situation is probably the bane that is now planted.

After the banquet, Li Xiu and Ma Ye asked Cheng Yanjin to send him out of the door, and after the other party rode away, Ma Ye suddenly smiled and asked Li Xiu: "How is it, what do you think of Cheng Yanjin?" ”

"Old fox!" Li Xiu looked at Cheng Yanjin's departing back and smiled and spit out three words, a story of Ying Xiao, not only successfully diverted the previous topic, but also successfully made Ma Ye agree to his business, what is such a person not an old fox? (To be continued.) )