Chapter 43: To each his own mind

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Infantry Captain Liu Jing was riding his horse while sweating profusely and cursing the evil thieves.

If you rob, you will rob, just quietly, why do you want to make such a big move, lest the world not know, so that the top and bottom will not be able to live in peace? Robbery is not a big deal, since the Grand Canal is through, since the prosperity of north-south shipping, there are more and more thieves, and looting is endless, but this belongs to the local security management, is within the responsibility of the county lieutenant and the county lieutenant, and has nothing to do with the Eagle Yang Mansion, so the Eagle Yang guards are still free every day.

Although the Eastern Expedition was imminent, the emperor ordered Weifu Yingyang from all over the country to go to the Far East battlefield, but in fact, it was mainly the northern border town garrison army that undertook the heavy task of the Eastern Expedition, and the domestic conscripted Yingyang was mainly concentrated in Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, and Hedong areas, which were close to the Far East battlefield, such as Jiangzuo, Jianghuai, Jingxiang, Bashu and other places Weifu Yingyang were basically not among the conscriptions, and their main task was to ensure the stability of the rich areas of Middle Earth and ensure that the war materials in these areas were always transported to the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition.

Yongcheng Yingyang Mansion is located in the north of the Huai River, in terms of its geographical location, it is possible to rush to the Far East battlefield, or it is possible to stay in the town, the key lies in the attitude of Yingyang Lang Fei Huai, and whether the Yingyang Mansion itself is actively fighting. Fei Huai has a future, this is a well-known thing, of course he has to actively operate to go to the Far East battlefield, but the grassroots officers and guards of Yingyang Mansion do not have such ** and "passion", on the contrary, they are used to living a comfortable life, and they have not fought on the battlefield in 20 years, and they are extremely repulsed by war in their hearts, and they are even more afraid of fighting. Of course, they still rush to do things like thieves that are both easy and can get oil and water, and occasionally move their muscles and bones to earn some pocket money by the way, why not?

It's just that those who are thieves must have the "consciousness" of being thieves, such as a lawless thief who burned Xia Ting and interrupted the channel of the Tongji Canal, the "consciousness" is not high enough, not only to bring great trouble to the military and political officials of Qianjun who are responsible for the safety of this channel, but also to the soldiers of Yongcheng Yingyang Mansion brought unimaginable "pain", such as being called up from sleep by the official in the middle of the night, running for seventy miles with dozens of pounds of weight fully armed, hungry and tired, and almost wanting to fall to the ground, how can the pain be endured by ordinary people? Li Jing is a high-ranking officer in the Yingyang Mansion, with his own mount and a powerful war horse, but even so, after a bumpy seventy miles, his pampered and chubby body can't bear it, as if it has fallen apart, and it hurts everywhere.

However, Fei Huai, the damned Xianbei man, in order to keep his official hat, did not stay in the ruins of Xia Ting for a moment, and then ordered it again. Is there such a desperate pursuit of thieves? Can't you sympathize with the poor tired and hungry guards? In such a state, even if you catch up with the thief, where will you have the strength to kill the thief?

Fei Huai's face was pale, murderous, he couldn't wait to eat people, who wouldn't dare to touch his moldy head at this moment? Helplessly, the two regiments of eagles continued to run wildly, but they neglected to train on weekdays, and their bodies were strict, and they were called running, which was actually a little faster than walking. Fei Huai was so angry that he wanted to crack, but he was helpless, if he wanted to suppress the thieves, he had to rely on these people, so he could only desperately urge, and at the same time scolded his predecessor. The predecessor Ying Yanglang will be a "soy sauce" player, who only makes a lot of money with the help of the Tongji Canal, and even drives the guards to make money for themselves, and all armaments are wasted. When Fei Huai came to take office, he was surprised that almost all the people up and down the Yingyang Mansion had become businessmen and hired workers, and everyone only cared about making money, and had long forgotten their identity as soldiers and their responsibilities to protect their families and defend the country.

Infantry captain Liu Jing "ran" at the front with a regiment of guards, he didn't dare to curse his superiors, he could only vent his anger on the thieves and curse the evil thieves. Curse is curse, reality has to be faced. Liu Jing is a very cautious person, he has children under the high hall, a wife and concubines, brothers and sisters, and a group of "little brothers" who live with him. Since he is cautious, of course, he knows that with the current situation of the guards, if he collides head-on with the thief, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Looking at the fifty corpses of the Eagle Yang Guards lying on the ruins of the Xia Pavilion, you can see how ferocious the thieves are, and how vulnerable the Eagle Yang Guards are. On weekdays, although the eagle guards are all well-armored, showing off their might, and bullying the weak, they know their own affairs, and most of the eagle guards are gold and jade, and they are defeated, and the first silver wax gun is useless.

Liu Jing didn't want to "chase" the thief, but against people's wishes, the thief fled too slowly, and let him catch up on the bank of the Suishui River.

Liu Jing couldn't help but scold, "Straight thief, if you grab some things less, you will die?" ”

The two brigade commanders understood and ordered their subordinates to sound trumpets and wave flags and shout, and the momentum was very large, but the pursuit was very slow, and they deliberately connived at the thieves to escape.

The thieves were really frightened, panicked, threw down a bunch of things on the embankment, and ran away.

Liu Jing was relieved to see the thieves fleeing in a boat, and rushed to the embankment with two hundred eagles and guards. As a result, when I looked up, I saw that there were two boats on the shore. Liu Jing suddenly became angry, and opened his mouth to scold, "Straight lady thief, pickled stupid thing, what are you panicking about, I haven't killed it yet, what are you doing throwing the boat down?" ”

Since there is a ship, and the thief is on the other side, of course it is necessary to catch up.

Liu Jingmo was staggering, and did not give the order to cross the river for half a day, while the eagle guards took the opportunity to fall down on the river embankment to rest, gasping for breath. In fact, everyone did not have the mind to cross the river to pursue, and ran wildly for nearly a hundred miles in a few hours, hungry and tired, even if they caught up with the thieves, they had no strength to cut and kill, they had to take a break and get some food to fill their hunger, otherwise they would die.

Fei Huai flew into the air, furious, and the whip in his hand fluttered, as if anyone disobeyed his orders, he would whip it up.

"Cross the river, cross the river immediately." Fei Huai roared loudly, undoubtedly.

Liu Jing squinted his eyes, looked sideways, showed disgust, and hesitated.

Fei Huai was furious, and just wanted to do it, but was lightly stabbed by Sima Han Yao behind him. Fei Huai seemed to be a little jealous, and forcibly suppressed his anger.

Han Yao is the son of the local low-end aristocracy, and he originated from the famous Han family in Yingchuan. He is older than Fei Huai, nearly forty years old, handsome and elegant, with an extraordinary temperament, he is quite famous in the area of Qian County, and is a representative of the local forces in Qian County. Fei Huai, as a nobleman surnamed Guan Longlu, went to the Xu and Henan regions (the area north of the Huai River) to serve as the official of Yingyang Mansion. The local nobles in the Xu and Henan regions are most famous in the two surnames of Yingchuan Chen and Han and Ruyang Yuan, who are located in Yuzhou. So Fei used his connections among the nobles of Guanlong to find Han Yao. The cooperation between Fei Huai and Han Yao is very unsmooth, the interests of the two sides are different, and there are constant contradictions and conflicts, but they can barely be maintained.

In today's Xia Ting case, Fei Huai must bear the responsibility, and Han Yao will not escape being implicated, but Fei Huai still has a glimmer of hope, he is a Guanlong nobleman, and it is this aristocratic group that accuses the authority of this dynasty, so he actively suppresses thieves and tries to make meritorious atonements. Han Yao is not hopeful, he belongs to the Shandong aristocratic group (this Shandong refers to the area east of the Taihang Mountain), and the Shandong aristocratic group because of many reasons such as history and culture, there are many wealthy families, such as the five surnames of the middle-earth wealthy family Cui, Wang, Lu, Li, and Zheng are all from Shandong, and because of this, the Guanlong aristocratic group is worried that the authority of this dynasty will be controlled by the Shandong people, and the power and wealth of the Middle Earth will be occupied by the Shandong people, so since the unification of the Middle Earth, the Guanlong aristocratic group with the royal Yang family as the family has always spared no effort to fight the Shandong people, Contain and weaken the power of the Shandong aristocratic group.

As far as the big case of Xia Ting is concerned, Dongdu will inevitably seize the opportunity to crack down on the local nobles in the Xu and Yu regions, so Han Yao, who is one of the directly responsible, is a representative of the local forces in Qian County, and he will shed his skin if he does not die.

Disaster fell from the sky, and Han Yao's situation at the moment can be imagined. Of course, he wanted to kill the thief who burned Xia Ting to vent his hatred, but considering that he was a native and his family, relatives, brothers and friends were all on this land, he didn't dare to kill and offend the underworld thieves on both sides of the Tongji Canal to death. Obviously, once the two sides completely tear their faces and fight, he will definitely suffer. The thief is in the dark, he is in the light, and more importantly, he is about to be punished from the Eastern Capital, his power in the county will be destroyed, and the thieves who have been offended by him will inevitably fall into the well and take bloody revenge. At that time, it is very likely that Han Yao's family will be ruined, and Han Yao's family may also be wiped out.

This is an unjustified disaster, it has nothing to do with him Han Yao, but it is enough to put Han Yao to death, imagine how big Han Yao's resentment is at this moment? What else can he do when he is disheartened? He can't die as soon as he dies, even if he wants to be beheaded by the Eastern Capital, he must arrange the affairs of the family before beheading, and he can't let his relatives and family suffer inhuman suffering due to innocent suffering. Therefore, for Han Yao, the top priority is not to suppress the thief, but to find the "culprit", he wants to know which thief on both sides of the Tongji Canal did the big case of Xia Ting, who is the backer behind the thief along the way, and what is the purpose, and then he can come up with a countermeasure. He can't be restrained, let alone slaughtered, whether it's for himself or for his relatives and family, he must fight to the death.

Now, Fei Huai wants to actively suppress the thieves and immediately cross the river to chase and kill, but his subordinates are so tired that they lie on the ground like dogs and gasp violently, without any combat effectiveness, and they don't even have the strength to cross the river to chase and kill, and the conflict between the two sides is imminent. Han Yao had to intervene to stop it. The infighting at this moment will only make matters worse and make the situation out of control.

In the future accountability process, Liu Jing, as the commander of Yongcheng Yingyang Mansion, Liu Jing, the infantry captain, will bear some joint and several responsibilities at most, and he will even keep his existing official position, and he will gloat at Yingyanglang to dismiss Fei Huai and Sima Han Yao from the Eastern Capital, and even remove the name of the people and exile and behead them. So he only needs to deal with it cautiously now, and prudence means that he must not have an accident in the process of suppressing the thief, if the thief is injured by the thief instead of succeeding, then he, the infantry captain, will also be able to do it, so he has every reason to delay the pace of the thief.

"Ming Gong, take a team of guards and cross the river first." Han Yao took the initiative to ask for battle.

Fei Huai glared at Liu Jing viciously, but Liu Jing didn't seem to be fine, he just didn't agree to cross the river, helplessly, Fei Huai waved at Han Yao, "Cross the river!" ”