In the south of Shanyin County, there are 5,600 men and horses guarded by the Datong Military Town Andong Zhongtun Guard, and there is also a thousand soldiers and horses here. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

It is strange to say that the quota at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, which was praised by the former Emperor Taizu as not making the country a grain of rice, adding millions of troops to the guards, and after more than 200 years, there are only numbers on paper and deceiving their own combat effectiveness.

Anton Zhongtun Guard, just looking at the registered people, that is, the real first-class elite soldiers and horses of the imperial court, but in fact, whether it is the general banner at the bottom, the hundred households, or the Tongzhi and the commander at the top, they all understand one thing, that is, the entire guard has been completely rotten.

The soldiers and horses on the register, that is completely used to coax the court, as for how many people are under them, that is, the benevolent see the benevolent, the wise see the wise, anyway, the court comes down to review, then Anton Zhongtun guard, there are so many people and horses for the court to see.

There is no other good way, Datong is not Shanxi Town, there are so many people in the county who can be temporarily recruited to fill the number, once the Tongzhi of Weili was forced to have no choice, so he simply slapped his head and told him to come up with a wonderful method, that is, a soldier who can be used repeatedly.

The officials of the imperial court, it is impossible to gather the soldiers and horses of the entire guard station together for a review, even if they encounter a more serious one, they want to review the guards station, they are not afraid, anyway, the stations are far apart, and the review cannot be completed in ten days.

When eating and drinking, isn't it to provide enough time for cheating, and each guard station mobilized some active soldiers, gathered at the guard post that was about to be inspected, and took a look, yo, there are a lot of soldiers, at least the head of the black pressure is to calm the heart of the man who came to inspect it, no matter where he goes, it is full anyway.

And what the generals of the guard post paid was nothing more than the soldiers below who broke their legs and tossed back and forth one station after another.

Yes! You've shown your face before, right, this time you go to the back, anyway, the big men are blind, can't see it, and after the wine and food are full, and the waist bag is bulging, they pat their butts, and go back to hand over the errand, the generals of the guard are also relieved, anyway, Shangguan doesn't come often, just deal with the past, put out a thousand households, pretending to be the soldiers and horses of the entire guard, this strange thing, is really rare through the ages.

This is also the use of soldiers by the imperial court, the east and west, the dignified general soldier, the soldiers and horses under the command who can fight in the field, just those thousands of people, or to support the scene, if you want to really fight, the combat effectiveness is only known to God, anyway, the guard does not care, more than 5,000 people, the upper and lower are working hard, eating more than 4,000 people's empty salary, there is no pressure at all, these years, who can't get by, can't get along with silver.

Therefore, it is not surprising that there are only 200 people in a thousand households stationed here in Sanyin, and there are 50 people in the special soldiers, and the rest are all hundreds of households and thousands of peasant soldiers, who are specially cultivated for them.

Early in the morning, the city gate was opened here in Shanyin, and a few soldiers yawned, and went to the city gate crookedly, headed by a small flag, scolded and found a cool place, lay on his side, and continued to make up for sleep, these days, he has not rested well.

Taiyuan Mansion in the south made a trouble, I heard that hundreds of thousands of people, which can completely frighten the military households of Datong Town, this but to the north, Datong Town to resist with bird feathers, sooner or later to finish, but frightened and waited for a few months, did not see the thieves go north, and suddenly felt at ease.

And when the imperial court was preparing to recruit this group of thieves, Datong Town did not help secretly, for who has such a neighbor in the south, and it is not safe to sleep, if one day suddenly give it, the so-called papier-mâché defense line of the southern line of Datong must not be turned into a funnel, and how many heads will have to fall to the ground at that time, fortunately, the imperial court finally issued an order to recruit An, and the whole town of Datong finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Even with Shanyin, a small county close to Yanmen, he breathed a sigh of relief, at least he didn't want to fight, and the entire Qianhu House suddenly returned to its previous casual state, and it was okay to get by.

"Stop, what's going on?" Just when the little flag was sleeping sweetly, he suddenly heard a chaotic sound in his ears, and he was immediately furious, damn it, he didn't let people sleep, so he opened his eyes and stretched his sore arms, "What are you doing, it's early in the morning, it's a soul!" ”

A soldier came over with a grin, "Wangtou, this group of merchants from the south wants to enter the county seat, and they still haven't paid for the road, and our brothers are preparing to teach them how to behave." ”

"What? Dare not pay?! When Xiaoqi surnamed Wang heard this, he was immediately angry, thinking that my brother would watch this city gate to eat, and there would be bandits in the south, we haven't had a businessman come over for a long time, and I finally caught one, and I don't want to give money? It really didn't make sense, so he came up and shouted, "What are you doing, do you understand the rules here!" ”

"Master Jun, we are all doing small business, where can we have the spare money to pay this." The merchant pleaded bitterly, and the little flag leaned up, glanced behind him, and saw that there were only five wheelbarrows, all wrapped in sacks, and he didn't know what they were, so he asked curiously, "Where are you?" ”

The merchant knew that it would not work without bleeding, so he took out about two taels of silver from his arms and handed it over without a trace, "If you go back to the military master, we are all from the Huang family of Chunxian County." ”

"The Huang family of Chunxian County? I've never heard of it. The little flag didn't care at all, took the silver with a big grin, and threw it away, but didn't have the slightest intention of letting it go, "Hmph, our rules here, do you understand?" ”

"What rules?"

"One tael of silver for a car, fifty taels for one person, I'll give you this calculation, and give a total of six taels of silver." Xiaoqi secretly thought that there would be no oil and water for a few months, and it was not easy to catch one, and there was no backstage, so where would he let it go easily.

"Huh?" The merchant was dumbfounded, six taels of silver? But if you don't give it and you can't enter the county, this trip is all new pancreas, ready to be sent to the Huang family's store in Sanyin in the past to sell it, this is bad, in the past into the city, not at this price, I want to get together and say something good, but before the words are spoken, they are blocked by the small flag.

"Don't talk nonsense, go in if you pay the money, and get out if you don't pay it." The little flag didn't have time to ink with him, so he bypassed him directly and walked towards the carts, "What's in it here?" Open it and take a look! ”

"I can't help it! Master, we are all good people. "The merchant didn't dare to let him look at it, otherwise his eyes would be hot, and he might take away a bag, and the loss would be great."

But the more this is the case, the more suspicious it is, originally there were more than 20 strong men guarding the five carts, it was not normal, the small flag was about to go up, and it was vaguely blocked by the guards of the caravan, and his face changed in an instant, "Get out of the way, dare to block the way of the military master, it's boring!" ”

A few soldiers behind him suddenly came up, and they couldn't afford to provoke the army of rogues in the south, but a few merchants, they were not afraid, and scolded and said, "Dare to shout with the uncle, why do you want to die." ”

"Hmph, I'm afraid you won't dare!" In the caravan, a man with a hat glanced at a man beside him, and when he saw the man come out, he said stiffly, look closely at the little eunuch Wei Dezi who was not following Wei Xiaobao's side.

Hearing this, the caravan guards showed the hidden sabers on their waists one after another, and they frightened these soldiers in a flash, and the little flag was even more frightened and took a few steps back before he came to his senses, "You, do you want to rebel?!" ”

"Where is the rebellion? We are all caravans under the command of Lord Li, the chief soldier of Ningwu, you dare to try it more! "If it weren't for the tight persecution of the soldiers, they wouldn't have wanted to reveal their identities, after all, they came to Datong Town this time, and they also had other tasks, just to follow the caravan by the way.

"Huh?" Several soldiers who drew swords and raised guns were dumbfounded, their biggest leader was a small flag, and suddenly heard the name of a chief soldier, almost didn't scare the urine out, and met the previous person showed the waist card of the court general, and he couldn't afford to eat, "The little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and he collided with a thousand households, and I ask for forgiveness!" ”

This little flag has the mind to slap himself twice, and now he can kick it on the iron plate, and he suddenly wants to cry without tears, TM's identity of a thousand households, what kind of caravan is pretending to be, isn't this clearly coming to trap people.

"Get out of the way, I don't have time to deal with you." Wei Dezi beckoned his subordinates to put away his waist cards, and without looking at these soldiers, he swaggered directly into the city gate.

This little flag took the two taels of silver in his hand, whether it was still or not, and it was not returned, and he was very entangled, and the merchant hurriedly came up to confess, "This corner of silver will be given to the adults to eat and drink." ”

There are still many days to deal with in the future, and he doesn't want to be hated by Datong's soldiers and horses, after all, the tentacles of the beggar army will not be able to extend here for a while.

"Well said, well said." This little flag has finally come to his senses, but the people in the south are all ruthless, and they can't afford to offend! I could only watch this group enter the city with my waist bowed.

"My lord, shall we?" A caravan guard came up and asked for a word or two.

But Wei Dezi waved him back, "What's the hurry, go to the Huang family's shop to rest first, I think the thousands of households in this city will naturally find it, just sit and wait for him." ”

He came this time, just for the armor and war horses of Datong Military Town, this thing, the entire begging army needs a lot, and the output is too small, Li Jing wants to buy it, to put it bluntly, as long as the officials and soldiers of Datong Town dare to sell, how much, how much the beggar army can eat, Wei Dezi is the first to take the lead in this matter.

"You guys, don't be stunned, go in and help the helpers, hurry up and put the goods on the table, this is all the income of the trading company." Wei Dezi sat at the door of the store, holding a pot of tea, shaking his head and commanding. (To be continued.) )