Liu Shouwen saw that he didn't speak, and he didn't care, and continued, "This group of Mongol Tatars was defeated in the battle of Hetao, and the remnants of their defeated troops will retreat here, and their hearts are uneasy for a long time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"You mean, to reveal the news to their hostile tribes? Take the opportunity to eradicate those who refuse to take refuge in us? Li Jing has no pressure at all to do this kind of thing, in this world where he is either a friend or an enemy, if he wants to live by himself, he doesn't care about other people's lives.

"That's right," Liu Shouwen heard that he agreed with him, and immediately came to his senses, and stepped forward a few more steps, "Lord, our cavalry brigade is short of major generals, if we can get this Mongolian cavalry, it will definitely be like a tiger." ”

He looked at the people who were deep in thought, "Besides, we are now training soldiers and horses on a large scale, and we need a lot of meat, if we buy it from the land of Henan Zhili, the silver required is not counted, but if we control a Mongolian tribe and feed them as a supplement, the silver saved can go to the sea." ”

"Tell me, is this method feasible?" Li Jing asked Wei Xiaobao and Liu Tianwen.

"My lord, if things go well, it will be the best of both worlds to take this group of Mongolian tribes into your pocket," Liu Tianwen was the first to speak, but he did not agree with his brother's opinion, "But once the matter is leaked, it will definitely be bad with it, if we are lucky enough not to die, and spread it to the grassland, our reputation will stink, and even if we want to buy a horse in the future, it will be even more difficult." ”

"If you're not afraid of this, what's the use of fame?" Li Jing shook his head, "Mongolian Tatars, the most realistic, as the saying goes, if you have milk, you are a mother, as long as we have food in one hand and a knife in the other, these people will not dare to make a mistake, this disaster for many years, no one can avoid it, in order to survive, these tribes do not dare to offend us easily, just some notoriety, nothing to worry about." ”

"The lord is very good!" Wei Xiaobao has seen countless dirty things in the court, and immediately opened his mouth to support, what is a little fame, what is it that you get in your hand, is it true, and reputation can be eaten?

He ridiculed Liu Tianwen a few words and said, "Commander Liu is benevolent to outsiders, but he doesn't know where he stands, and he thinks of me as begging for the army, and the cavalry brigade is now short of seven or eight out of ten, I don't know what Commander Liu has to teach him?" ”

"You," Liu Tianwen was ridiculed by him, and suddenly stopped complimenting, "Is it difficult to make the lord bear the infamy?" ”

Wei Xiaobao said with disdain, "What about infamy, since ancient times, the king has been defeated and defeated, right and wrong are twists and turns, how can it be measurable by morality!" ”

"Okay, this matter is settled," Li Jing had the intention to provoke the contradiction between the two, but he never wanted them to tear their faces, so he came out to play a round, which could be regarded as setting the tone for this matter, and said to Liu Shouwen, "This matter is temporarily in charge of you, you will leave for Baodezhou today, and I will work with you to secretly order that, if necessary, let Guo Sheng lead the whole army of the First Brigade to help you, and be sure to recruit enough Mongolian Tatars." ”

Liu Shouwen was determined not to be pressed by his eldest brother, and seeing that he had a chance to get ahead, he hurriedly came up to receive the order, and did not care about his eldest brother's depressed eyes at all, and turned his head and went out directly.

"Let's go down on an errand later." Li Jing saw what was going on, and he also took the time to deal with them, and waved his hand directly, which was considered to be the end of the conversation.

"Yes." Even if he was unwilling, Liu Tianwen could only retreat silently, just looking at the figure of his brother in the distance, he seemed to feel at ease, once this notoriety spread, how to behave in the old Liu family.

……

"Ha, ha!"

"Left stab, left stab, turn right, kill!"

"Kill!"

This is the garrison of the Third Brigade of the Begging Army in Yanmen Pass, after Zheng Renbao arrived, he inspected here, the whole army of the Third Brigade is now a quota of 8,000 people, and has been recruited, but the weapons are too late to replenish for a while, and they can only call on the weapons that captured the imperial court before.

Yan Liqiu, the original first lieutenant of the 13th Battalion who succeeded Li Fugui as the head of the battalion, accompanied Zheng Renbao to inspect the barracks at this moment, while saying his own words, he introduced the general situation of the 13th Battalion with a smile, and said complacently, "Commander, and relax, there is Yanmen Pass as a dependent, our battalion has 1,500 soldiers and horses, but if the soldiers and horses of Datong go south, they will definitely make their heads here break the blood." ”

This is not something to say casually, after Yan Liqiu arrived, he had the intention to make some achievements for the upper authorities to see, this city defense fortification was really hard work, and Li Fugui recently went out of the mountain to re-serve as the counselor of the Supervision Department of the Begging Army, he was recommended by Li Fugui before leaving, and he was in the right position of the battalion recommended by Li Fugui before leaving, and he was also sitting firmly, and the brigade was close to Zheng Renbao, and Li Fugui was supporting him, what are you afraid of.

"Have all the forts along the way been repaired now?" Zheng Renbao asked about the more than 20 military forts along the Yanmen Pass, which originally belonged to the Yanmen Soldiers' Command, although they were not big and the garrison was only a few people, but they were used to monitor the invasion of the enemy, which was the most useful.

Yan Liqiu hurriedly nodded, and patted his chest, "Don't worry, the small fort is a soldier, the big fort is a tithe, I will send another five hundred people, repair it day and night, and now it is complete, but there are soldiers and horses from the imperial court, within a quarter of an hour, it is guaranteed to be called Fanzhi, and the county can also know." ”

"Okay," Zheng Renbao nodded slightly, acknowledging his achievements, "Have you ever kept up with the soldiers' drills?" ”

"So that the commander knows that the brothers practice day and night, and they will make meritorious contributions to the future battle and kill the enemy, but there is no sloppiness in the slightest, but there is still a lot of lack of meat, even if there is silver, there is no place to buy it in this place." Yan Liqiu cried out without a trace.

"It doesn't matter, now that the place is stable, the lord has ordered the people everywhere to feed pigs and sheep, and there will be no shortage of food for the brothers in the future, and you occupy this place, sitting on the north-south trade route, and you haven't seen a few merchants passing by along the way?"

"It's a strange thing, how can there be any merchants, and there are not even a few people." Yan Liqiu recalled that the merchants in this realm were all killed when they called for troops, where were there any merchants?

It's okay to be on the side side, at least the merchants in the south got the letter, and they were eager to open up the trade route to Mongolia, so they gritted their teeth and went, but the north of Jin and the Xuanda line, but it was not so good, although in the south of Yangqu, there were many Jin merchants doing business, but it was faster to go to the business road of Zhili outside the mouth, so the place of Yanmen was abandoned for a while, and only their own trading companies occasionally passed by.

"This can't be done, if you use the brigade's transport team to transport, sooner or later you will have to delay things, there are so many other things at the moment, you can't take care of Yanmen, you have to find your own way, don't sit and wait." Zheng Renbao is also helpless, without businessmen coming, he can't do business by himself.

Yan Liqiu was dumbfounded, he wanted to ask the brigade to help solve the problem, but after turning around, he still returned to his hands, and suddenly became anxious, "Dashuai, don't you want to leave out our camp." ”

Zheng Renbao said with a smile, "You are a slippery head, sitting on the benefits of Yanmen, won't you turn your brain, Datong Town in the north, there are many trade routes, go and find it yourself." ”

"Problem: You are not allowed to do business in the army." Yan Liqiu also made a difficulty.

"I can't do it myself, isn't there anyone doing business in Datong?" Zheng Renbao shook his head, "I've heard in Fanzhi that there are many merchants in Datong Town who have been selling grain and meat for a long time, why don't you send someone to the north?" How many merchants will also be invited to supply you for a long time? ”

"Isn't Datong the residence of the imperial court, and I don't dare to go out without an order." Yan Liqiu pursed his lips, and soon smiled again, "But with the word Dashuai, I know what to do." ”

After a while, he whispered again, "Dashuai, if you don't mention it, I don't dare to say, in Datong Town in the north, I heard that a new soldier changed guards, and a few military households fled to us, saying that life could not go on, I pondered it, and sent someone to inquire in detail, saying that the imperial court has not paid them for several months, let's be in it, is it a mix?" ”

"Oh?" Zheng Renbao was keenly aware of the benefits, and immediately beckoned him to find a secluded place to sit down, "You and tell me all the details, add them up, and see if you can take advantage of them." ”

"What? They dare to sell even armor? When Yan Liqiu said this, Zheng Renbao's face changed, he used to go to business, and he found that the military households stationed in Datong were selling weapons in the army privately, but he didn't want the situation to get worse now, so he was even willing to sell his armor.

Yan Liqiu was also surprised in this matter, the soldiers were so mixed that they actually had to sell weapons and armor for a living, and they didn't even want to eat to save their lives, what did the court do? ! At the moment, he said mysteriously, "Listening to the meaning of these deserters, the generals behind them also got involved, and one of them even said secretly, it seems that even war horses have been sold." ”

"War horses?!" Zheng Renbao's eyes lit up, and he suddenly said urgently, "What you said is true?" ”

The entire Third Brigade, after being reorganized by Li Jing, except for more than 20 scouts with horses, the rest were infantry troops, and even Zheng Renbao's personal guards only had seven or eight war horses.

The military general below, who didn't bother to find a horse, heard that there was such a way to buy a horse, Zheng Renbao was suddenly moved, "I will give you the right to arbitrarily decide on this matter, I will immediately report to the Lord, I must come with a sum of silver, specifically to corrupt the generals of Datong, if you can buy a war horse, this matter will give you a credit." ”

Yan Liqiu originally just wanted to buy a horse for himself, but when he heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, you must know that the credit on weekdays is rare, and his new camp is not hard, if he has a share of credit, he has the confidence to speak.

Zheng Renbao ******** put it on the war horse at the moment, "This matter is very big, I won't delay, I'll go back and discuss it first, you send someone to the north to find out the truth first, as long as the price is right, whether it's armor or war horses, we'll cover it." (To be continued.) )