Although the Great Wall was gradually built since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the defensive line was not omnipotent after all, and in the end of the Ming Dynasty, the number of captives destroying the Great Wall and attacking was countless, and the abduction of soldiers and civilians was less than dozens, and more than tens of thousands, and the annual loss of population in the nine border towns was a terrible number. It is easy to be taken captive, but it is difficult to be released, but there are always those young people who are unwilling to be slaves for the rest of their lives who escape from the north. When the 3,000 battalions were first built in the Yongle period, many of them were these fugitives, but now they are far from the founding of the country, but most of those who were kidnapped and robbed and fled back from the north were not allowed to live in their original hometowns, and they changed their military status and moved to other places, not to mention the captured generals, even if there is no various censorship from later generations, it is possible to be dismissed from their posts and idle and even questioned.

What's more, the 126 sergeants who were shaved off this time were all shaved and sent back instead of escaping back by themselves, and this screening is even more important. Bai Yueli Because of Xu Xun's words, everyone knows that even if they don't want to go to Wanquan Right Acropolis, it is impossible, and naturally no one will choose to be the husband of Laoshizi, so they are willing to join the army. At this time, they were temporarily camped, and Xu Xun ordered them to be screened, and a few rules were announced, and there was a slight stirring as soon as they were waiting.

"First, if a person is a military member, he must have five acquaintances as a guarantor, if there is a suspicion, the guarantor will sit together, if not, he will first go aside and wait for the adult to fall. Second, every 10 people will be temporarily assigned to a small flag, and if one person flees, the remaining nine will sit together! Third, if you can tell the truth of the captive and the department, you will be credited with meritorious service, and you will return to the military after returning to the division! Fourth......

Seeing this situation, Shenying, who was watching with his hands in his hands, suddenly turned around, and when he arrived outside the big tent of Xu Xun and Zhang Yong, he made a report. When the sound came in, he bent down into the big tent, and when he saw that the two of them were discussing something around a large map, he coughed lightly, and when he saw Xu Xun and Zhang Yong both raised their heads and looked over, he arched his hand.

"Lord Xu, Gonggong Zhang, in the past, someone fled back from the north, and it has always been necessary to investigate for several months. Now we have to take so many of them on the road, but we have to be more careful. Even if they make meritorious contributions in the future, they can't easily be less vigilant, thinking that when Xuande was first announced, there was an old incident where the head of the inner official of the god guard was cut off when he was drunk. Lord Xu's screening can be regarded as rigorous. I mean one more, though. If a single sergeant has no one to guarantee, when he arrives at Zhangjiakou Fort, he will immediately put the person in custody, otherwise the risk is too great! ”

"What General Zuo said is extremely true, we don't need to take this risk, according to my meaning, when we get to Zhangjiakou Fort, we will simply stay and detain them all." Zhang Yong immediately nodded in agreement, and looked at Xu Xun again, "Lord Xu, not to mention that these many people are ragged and don't even have shoes, not to mention weapons, just say that they have been captive and robbed for so many days, and their combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced. Besides, if the mind is robbed, even if the person is intact, it may still be a drag when the real battle is made. ”

Shenying said this, Zhang Yong also said so, and Xu Xun was silent unconsciously. Of course, he knows the truth that Ci is not in charge of the army, and now he can't make a single mistake, if there is really a captives among the more than 100 people, or if there are people who are greedy for life and afraid of death to disturb the morale of the army, it will be a great disaster. However, the way Wu Dahai's big man howled and cried at that time really made him feel emotional. After all, no one can demand that after a defeat in the battle, everyone should fight to the death rather than be captured.

So, squinting his eyes, he said, "Let's wait until Zhangjiakou Fort for the time being." Now that I've set up camp, I'll take a look around. ”

Xu Xun smiled and walked out of the camp tent as he spoke, and saw An Da Niu following up like a shadow, followed by four more people following this reckless man, he couldn't help but secretly praise, and immediately continued to walk in the camp without looking back.

When choosing the camp site, it was Zhang Jun and Shenying's decision together, Zhang Jun was the chief soldier of the two towns, and Shenying was the four towns, and he had to know more about the surrounding situation, and of course he would not point fingers. At this time, he inspected most of the circle, and saw that the screening of those captured sergeants was going well, so he didn't stay long, and after a while, he saw Zhang Jun coming out of the barracks alone, and suddenly walked to the other side alone. He was curious for a moment, and Suo slowed down his pace and followed closely.

However, Zhang Jun's steps were quite fast, and when he caught up with someone again, he didn't expect An Daniu behind him to suddenly cough heavily, and Zhang Jun, who was squatting there, was suddenly alarmed. Turning his head to see that it was Xu Xun, Zhang Jun, who had already picked up two piles of soil, couldn't help but show a sad face, and stood up after a while: "Lord Xu, don't laugh at my hypocrisy, the guerrillas Mu Rong and Zhang Xiong who died in the battle in Yutailing have a good relationship with me, they are in the prime of life, and now there are orphans and widows left in the family. ”

Hearing Zhang Jun say this, Xu Xun didn't look back to see what kind of embarrassed expression An Da Niu was behind him, and after a moment of silence, he asked: "Zhang Zongbing thinks that after releasing more than 100 people, will more people be released?" ”

"For them, it is enough to put more than 100 people to make a noise, and there is not much need to put more people. After all, the favorite of those princes of various tribes is the Han slaves, and this one person is equivalent to a head of livestock, countless silver coins, and all of them are put back. Speaking of this, Zhang Jun paused, and seeing that Xu Xun listened carefully, he couldn't help but add another sentence after all, "Moreover, it's not that I excuse Wu Dahai, the captives will release people, it will definitely not be more than a hundred people together, it is very likely that three or five will be put here, and five or six will be put there, after all, people will be scattered and let go, and when the time comes, they will go their own way, meet more people, and the news will spread more widely, which is enough to make people everywhere in Xuanda panic." ”

Xu Xun hadn't thought of this before, and when he heard this, he suddenly realized. After thinking for a moment, he smiled at Zhang Jun and said, "This Wu Dahai doesn't know what his position was in the army before?" ”

"He is the avant-garde of the Xuanfu Thousand Households, at first he just took his father's position as the general banner, and then he has been following me, he is my old subordinate, all the way to the Thousand Households, brave second, the most rare is quite courageous and scheming." Zhang Jun saw that Xu Xun was already moved, so he struck while the iron was hot and said, "I am a general of the defeated army who has made meritorious contributions, and I should not point fingers at reason. But the purpose of the great acropolis is to find out the whereabouts of the captive, so why not summon him to ask first? ”

"It's fine."

Xu Xun said these two words, and a terrible scream suddenly came from not far behind him, followed by scolding and shouting, he was taken aback, and he hurriedly turned around, but saw An Da Niu wave his hand, and there was already a guard running over, and An Da Niu took the other three people to surround vigilantly and guard. After a while, the guard, who had just gone to inquire about the situation, ran back like a gust of wind.

"The people of the Guoyong Battalion were just searching those people, and as a result, a kid broke out and attacked him, and he was being dragged and beaten at this moment!"

When Xu Xun arrived, he saw seven or eight people punching and kicking around a small man, and many sergeants on the side were shouting and coaxing. Faced with this situation, he immediately shouted and stopped, seeing that the few Guoyong Battalion sergeants did not give up and kicked people before they dispersed, he immediately walked forward with Zhang Jun, because he asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Back to my lord, we have to search our body, this kid not only didn't let it, but turned over our people with one head!"

Xu Xun was about to answer, but when he saw that Shenying had also heard the news, he asked for the surname to hand over the beating sergeants to Shenying for disposal, and he ordered someone to call Wu Dahai over, and brought the little sergeant with a blue nose and swollen face, but he went straight to Zhang Jun's military tent. As soon as he sat down, he asked angrily, "Why did you hit someone?" ”

Before the little sergeant could answer, Wu Dahai on the side knelt down directly: "My lord, Xiao Ding ran out of Jianzhou before, and then he was sent to Xuanfu to serve in the army after being screened by the government, and he kept the tattoo and slave brand that the Jianzhou Jurchens tattooed him on his back, so he was the most taboo to be seen." ”

Xu Xun was originally angry, but when he heard this explanation at first glance, he saw that the little sergeant suddenly opened his placket silently, but it was a pattern of teeth and claws tattooed on his chest, and as for the brand, it was indistinguishable, so he immediately fell silent. And Zhang Jun, who was accustomed to it, frowned, and immediately ordered his own soldiers to take the little sergeant down for the time being, and then shouted at Wu Dahai: "You know everything about other people's affairs, but why don't you take your own affairs to heart?" I'll ask you again, how did those captives let you go, and you tell me the truth! If you dare to lie a word, I will immediately kill you with a military staff, so as to save you from worrying! ”

Wu Dahai looked at the angry Zhang Jun, and then glanced at the expressionless Xu Xun, hesitated for a long time, and then kowtowed and said, "My lord, there are all kinds of untruths before the humble position!" The Tartars had played three or four people each time, all of them on a rope, and with them on horseback, we only had two legs, thinking that we would not be able to catch up with them. When I had been shaved, I thought about escaping, and sharpened a stone early, so as soon as I was put down, I cut the rope, and took three or five men with me to follow from a distance, and stumbled and easily retracted the more than 100 people. Because I know that if just these three or five people run back, and they are so bald and without eyebrows, as long as they are discovered by the patrolmen, they may immediately become tartars and cut off their heads to take the risk. ”

When the word "Mao Gong" came out, Zhang Jun couldn't help but glance at Xu Xun, and saw that he was not moved at all, so he breathed a sigh of relief. And Wu Dahai didn't seem to be shocked, and he actually said again: "Old general, you might as well tell the truth." In fact, we have been released for several days, and I stopped them from returning to Xuanfu, but let a person pretend to be a monk of Youfang and take a fake degree to inquire about the news on the road, and learned that the veteran general mainly came to the Wanquan Right Acropolis, so he came out of hiding, in order to find a way to live for the brothers. We were locked up with the soldiers and civilians who were captured from Xuanfu this time, and the Tartars probably thought that we couldn't understand their words, or knew where they were, and the Xuanfu army was beaten badly, and they didn't dare to attack, so they didn't pay too much attention. So, I know that the hiding place of the hundreds of Tartars who watched us was in the old land of Sand City! ”

(To be continued)