Chapter 40: Guilt

"Does the commander value He Tengxiao too much?" Behind Peng Chaodong, there are two tall guards, one is called Zheng Lei and the other is Zheng Ting. The two are brothers, who have been Peng Chaodong's personal guards for more than 20 years, and have followed Peng Chaodong all year round. It's been a long time since they've seen Peng Chaodong take such a person seriously.

Zheng Ting said: "Even if a small Qianhu has some military merits, there is no need for the commander to promote him like this. ”

Zheng Lei and Zheng Ting both felt that Peng Chaodong was too exalted by He Tengxiao. A small thousand households are not worthy of Peng Chaodong's attention.

Peng Chaodong smiled: "You brothers are wrong, you still don't know me after so many years of following me." It's not that I exalt him too much, but that there are too few reliable and useful people around me now, so it's worth it to put down my posture and strive for a person who can be used. ”

When Peng Chaodong had just established the Qin army, there were many talents in the land of Sanqin, and the Qin army was also a shining star. When the Qin army was in its heyday, it was not groundless to be known as the first strong army of the Great Zhao Empire. It is precisely because of the talents of the land of Sanqin and the bright stars of the Qin army that Peng Chaodong was able to set Liangzhou and recover the Hetao five times. Establish immortal achievements and become one of the few capable ministers of the Great Zhao Empire. For more than 200 years, the governor who has been the governor of any place for more than 30 years is only him, Peng Chaodong.

Now more than 30 years have passed, and the generals who followed Peng Chaodong in the early years have either died on the battlefield or are old. The Qin army lacked successors, and there were fewer and fewer people around Peng Chaodong who could be used.

"Our Qin army is the strongest army in the world, why worry about no one in the army?!" Zheng Ting said indignantly.

Peng Chaodong sighed lightly, the Qin army has regarded itself as the strongest army in the world for a long time, and the hat of the strongest army in the world has been worn for a long time, and it is difficult for him to take it off. Zheng Ting's idea is not the idea of most Qin troops, and few of the Qin army generals are willing to admit the cruel fact that the Qin army has declined.

"Since my Qin army is not worried about no one, why did I go out of Shaanxi, and I beat me to the point that there were only more than 100 people left who fled into the Qinling Mountains after Lu Tianhao, who fled into the Qinling Mountains, and then connected to the seven county towns of Hanzhong Mansion?" Peng Chaodong reprimanded, "Don't think that we fought a war in Yingzhou and recovered Yingzhou, and the imperial court gave us a commendation order for the Qin army, so we thought that we were the strongest army in the world!" Yingzhou City was bought in exchange for the lives of more than 4,000 soldiers of the Qin army! How many Liao troops are there guarding the state city? Is this a big victory?! The court is not clear, and you yourself are not clear?! The battle fought by the He family army in Gaizhou was not inferior to our Qin army in the slightest! If any of you want He Tengxiao's ability, I will respect you the same. ”

Zheng Ting was speechless, and he and Zheng Lei were both present when Peng Chaodong commanded the Qin army to storm Yingzhou. The Liao army had an unstable foothold in Yingzhou, the city of Yingzhou was dilapidated, and the Liao army guarding Yingzhou was only 15,600 people. It was under such circumstances that the Qin army's assault on Yingzhou City was still almost exhausted. In the end, it was Peng Chaodong's second son, Peng Yuqian, who took the lead and led the death squad to attack Yingzhou City, and Yingzhou was able to break the city. In such a comparison, He Tengxiao's combat exploits can be regarded as dazzling.

Zheng Ting was not convinced, and wanted to say a few words, but Zheng Lei touched Zheng Ting's arm, suggesting that Zheng Ting should not continue.

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I didn't expect that this time I came to Beiyuan Tea Horse City, Yima would experience so many twists and turns. He Tengxiao's tea and horse trade with the Tongbu people took the right path, and Peng Chaodong did not suffer He Tengxiao, and after giving He Tengxiao the word, he let He Tengxiao and others go.

He Tengxiao walked out of the Beiyuan Camp General's Mansion with Peng Chaodong's words, and when he passed by the school field, He Tengxiao saw that Guo Chenggang, the Beiyuan Camp General, was still kneeling on the ground and didn't dare to get up. He Tengxiao thought to himself, such a big iron smuggling case was found in Beiyuan Tea Horse Market today, and Guo Chenggang, as the highest military and political governor in Beiyuan City, naturally could not escape the catastrophe.

He Tengxiao looked at the streets of Beiyuan, thinking of today's experience, the humble city of Beiyuan City will soon be turbulent, and the situation will change dramatically.

At present, Peng Chaodong wants to expand the scale of the cavalry of the Qin army, but he can only take the Beiyuan Tea and Horse Market. With the Beiyuan Tea and Horse Division in his own hands, Peng Chaodong was able to obtain enough horse sources to expand the cavalry, after all, there were few good horses in the Central Plains.

"Today, such a big thing has been stabbed out of the North Plains Tea Horse Division, and the people of the North Plains Tea Horse Division are mixed up." Wen Kelong remembered He Yunting's depressed face after Peng Chaodong entered the Beiyuan Tea Horse Market and said.

Even if Wen Kelong was not an insider, he didn't know that Peng Chaodong had the intention to expand the scale of the Qin army. But after being immersed in the business world for so many years, the ability to observe and read colors has long been perfected. After Peng Chaodong entered the tea horse market, he ignored the officials of the Beiyuan Tea and Horse Division from beginning to end.

"The rectification of the Beiyuan Tea and Horse Division is certain, maybe Peng Chaodong already had the idea of renovating the Beiyuan City when he reopened the Beiyuan Tea and Horse Market." He Tengxiao walked slowly, the business was done very quickly, it was not yet noon, He Tengxiao was not in a hurry to go back, but was willing to walk around the streets of Beiyuan City for a while, "Peng Chaodong rectified the town army of Liangzhou Wei in Shaanxi, and used the Ganzhou Tea Horse Market as a breakthrough to rectify the town army of Liangzhou in a big way. ”

"What the little third master means is that Peng Chaodong wants to repeat the old tricks and rectify the Liaodong Town Army." Ling Feng interjected, Peng Chaodong's rectification of the Ganzhou Town Army back then could be regarded as a major earthquake of the Great Zhao Town Army.

With the support of the Qin army, the Liangzhou town army took the initiative to attack the Washen, Lu Fan, Dahan and other tribes in the northwest several times, and returned with a great victory. The Washen, Lu Fan, Dahan and other tribes were forced to move westward, and the problem of the three major barbarian tribes in the northwest, Koubian, which had plagued the empire for nearly a hundred years, was solved.

"Yes." He Tengxiao nodded, "The governor has the right to control the town army under his jurisdiction. The difficulties faced by Peng Chaodong when he left Liaodong were much more difficult than those encountered in Shaanxi back then. In terms of military strength, the Liao army is known as having more than 200,000 people who control the strings, and after the Yu family surrendered to Liao, the strength of the Liao army has greatly increased. And the Qin army that went out of the customs was only 100,000. The Huang and He families also have more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, but it is difficult for Peng Chaodong to deploy the soldiers and horses of these two families. ”

"Although the Liaodong Town Army was disabled, there are still about 100,000 town troops, if Peng Chaodong's rectification of the Liaodong Town Army can achieve the same results as the rectification of the Liangzhou Town Army back then, the Liaodong Town Army will still be able to squeeze out 50,000 or 60,000 usable soldiers and horses." Ling Feng said.

As soon as Peng Chaodong took office, he was in a hurry to start rectifying the Liao army, which also showed from the side that the situation in eastern Liaodong was not optimistic. Peng Chaodong was the most capable feudal official of the dynasty, and the territory in the northwest of the empire was preserved thanks to Peng Chaodong's hard support.

Moreover, Peng Chaodong is old, and his physical strength and energy are not as good as before. The imperial court had high hopes for Peng Chaodong, believing that Peng Chaodong was the only capable minister of the current Great Zhao who had the ability to turn the tide. Peng Chaodong's burden is very heavy.

He Tengxiao wandered around the street for most of the day, and ordered some meals in the restaurant and passed the meal hastily. He Tengxiao looked at the sun, saw that the time was almost up, did not continue to wander, returned to Xie Yunxin's residence, planned to rest for one night, and returned to Pingshan Fort the next morning.

The door of Xie Yunxin's residence was crowded with people, and the onlookers at the door pointed at Xie Yunxin's home and said something to each other.

He Tengxiao remembered that Xie Yunxin came out early to set up a stall in the morning, and the door of Xie Yunxin's house was closed at this time. The stalls at the entrance were smashed to pieces, and goods were scattered all over the ground.

"This little brother, what's going on here?" He Tengxiao asked an idler with his hands crossed on his chest.

The idler glanced at He Tengxiao and recognized He Tengxiao and the group that beat the soldiers of Beiyuan City on the street yesterday. said indignantly: "It's not you who caused the harm, you beat that group of Qiu Ba on the street yesterday, no inn dares to take you in, this girl is kind-hearted and took you in." No, not long after you walked on the front foot, those Qiu Ba back feet from yesterday came to the door to find trouble with this girl. Not to mention smashing this girl's stall, she also rushed into the hall and smashed the girl's house, and even smashed the girl's father's tablet. ”

Another idler next to him interjected: "That's not all, this girl and her mother are already sick in bed, how can she withstand this fright?" Seeing that the tablets of her husband's family were smashed by the soldiers, she was in a hurry and died, leaving this girl alone. ”

Before the idle man finished speaking, He Tengxiao hurriedly pulled out and knocked on Xie Yunxin's door. The door has been latched to the door inside. He Tengxiao knocked several times, but no one came out to open the door.

He Tengxiao broke into the door in a hurry, and the hall was in a mess, and all the cases, anti-tables, and chairs in the hall were smashed.

Xie Yunxin is no longer in the hall, He Tengxiao thought to himself that those idlers outside said that Xie Yunxin had just died, and Xie Yunxin was not in the hall, but should be in his mother's house.

He Tengxiao turned back to the room where Xie Yunxin's mother lived, pushed open the door, and saw Xie Yunxin kneeling in front of her mother and sobbing.

Xie Yunxin's sobbing sound hit He Tengxiao like a whip. It was he who harmed her, I knew that He Tengxiao would leave a few old soldiers in her house, and such a tragedy would not have happened. Who would have thought that the soldiers in the northern plains would have such a strong revenge mentality? It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, and it's too late for a villain to take revenge overnight.

He Tengxiao felt very guilty, knelt at the head of Xie's mother's bed with Xie Yunxin, and respectfully kowtowed to Xie's mother, which was regarded as making amends.

"Once you're done with business, you're going to leave." Xie Yunxin wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "If you want to stay in Beiyuan City any longer, the soldiers of Beiyuan City will still make trouble for you." ”

Xie Yunxin didn't mean to complain about He Tengxiao at all, He Tengxiao only felt more guilty.

"What are you going to do when I'm gone?" He Tengxiao said, "Your family is lonely and living in Beiyuan City, now that your parents have passed away, what are you going to do in the future?" He Tengxiao really couldn't bear to leave Xie Yunxin alone in Beiyuan City.

"I have hands and feet, I don't need you to worry about it, you can go quickly." Xie Yunxin was a little stubborn.

"Ling Feng!" He Tengxiao called Ling Feng in.

"What do you command?" Ling Feng walked into the room and asked.

"Let the brethren all mount! the guys! Come with me! He Tengxiao didn't allow Xie Yunxin to say, picked up Xie Yunxin and left.

"What are you going to do?!" Xie Yunxin struggled desperately in He Tengxiao's arms, her pink fist hammered on He Tengxiao's solid arm, and she cried out, "What are you doing!" What are you doing! Let go of me! ”

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