Although Tang Yi made a very bad estimate, the actual situation was even worse than expected, and the number of White Lotus Sect bandits who participated in the rebellion was about 1,800.

More than half of them turned out to be the border army of the Ming Dynasty, and the highest-ranking officer of the rebellion was a thousand households, and there was also a foreman to prepare for the emperor. You must know that the general army, deputy generals, and staff generals will be frequently transferred, and the core of the real army is Qianhu, Qianhu, Qianhu, Garrison, Garrison, these middle and lower-level officers.

They were in direct contact with the soldiers, and they had as many as a few hundred troops in their hands, so it was not difficult at all to take the opportunity to make a disturbance, open the city gates, and lure the enemy into the city.

If Tang Yi hadn't released the fog and caused the White Lotus Sect to start an incident in advance, it would have fallen short, and when I came to kill, the consequences would have been really unimaginable.

Zu Xun, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, and Tang Ruoan, the deputy chief soldier, knelt straight in front of Tang Yi one after the other.

"Commander, the last general has come to ask for guilt!"

Tang Yi was silent, as if he didn't see the two of them, and bowed his head to deal with the official documents. These two people, you look at me, I look at you, their faces are like bitter melons.

The rebellious Qian Zong and Beiyu are from the hands of two people, none of them want to escape, if Tang Yi writes, their black gauze hat will definitely not be able to keep, as for whether the head can stay, it depends on the mood above.

People are swordsmen and I am fish and meat, and at this time, I can only throw my face aside and ask for forgiveness. Fortunately, they were quite deferential before, and there may be a glimmer of life.

Zu Xun knelt and crawled half a step, kowtowing at Tang Yi.

"Commander, the last general is negligent, the army is not strictly governed, and he is willing to accept the guilt, and please ask the commander to show mercy outside the law and give us the opportunity to make meritorious contributions!"

"yes, yes." Tang Ruoan gritted his teeth and said: "I really can't imagine that those rabbit cubs actually failed the grace of heaven, joined the White Lotus Sect, and became bandits. ”

Listening to their incessant pleading, Tang Yi's face was not only relieved, but even more fierce.

Suddenly threw the brush in his hand, and smashed it on Zu Xun's face, giving him a big flower face, and he didn't dare to wipe it, so he could only pestle it in embarrassment.

"Two stupid people, to this day, they don't know what is wrong, it's really hopeless!" Tang Yi scolded, "Do you think that Ben Shuai is worried about the affairs of the White Lotus Sect? Just bandits, can they shake the nine sides of the iron fight? You who really made Ben Shuai feel heartbroken, the court handed over a good nine sides to you, thousands of soldiers, hundreds of thousands of food and salary, what did you make it look like, arrears of food and salary, empty quotas, soldiers have no fighting spirit, and bandits are rampant, you look down and see, are you worthy of the official uniform on your body? Are you worthy of the people who support you, and worthy of the villagers of Xuanfu? ”

Tang Yi scolded for a quarter of an hour, and the old faces of the two of them were red, but they were not convinced. You put all the responsibility on us, you yourself are not guilty, sure enough, civil officials are a virtue, and we generals are their spittoons and toilets, specially filled with garbage!

The two of them were indignant, Tang Yi saw it in his eyes and sneered, "Do you think that Ben Shuai wants to blame you, you also underestimate Ben Shuai too much, and think too highly of yourself!" ”

Tang Yi's words changed, "Ben Shuai was just looking at the situation of the soldiers who took refuge in the White Lotus Sect and participated in the rebellion, most of them came from outside, there are very few local military households, and the thousands of households and Beiyu who participated in the rebellion have also risen in recent years, and they have little to do with the generals of the Xuanfu." “

When it comes to military households, Tang Yi has to admire Zhu Yuanzhang's imagination, he probably thinks that some people can be farmers for generations, and some people can be soldiers for generations.

A million troops were made on the nine sides and reclaimed the borders. In addition to the first two generations still have some combat effectiveness, the speed of the decline of the nine sides is beyond imagination, and now, most of them have fled, and the remaining half or more have become tenants and even serfs, not to mention the iron cavalry that dealt with Meda, and even the weapons have long been lost.

What's even worse is that the sergeants have been passed down from generation to generation, and the generals have been passed down from generation to generation, after more than 100 years of development, intermarriage with each other, the nine sides have formed a huge community of interests, they have their own lives, no matter who you send as the governor, who is the chief soldier, the following situation is still the same, it is difficult to shake half a point.

Hearing Tang Yi's words, Zu Xun hurriedly said: "Commander, your old mirror is hanging high, as bright as the sun and the moon, it is true that the local military households are still good, and it is all outsiders who have problems." ”

"Phew!"

Tang Yi didn't care about his demeanor and smacked him hard.

"Foolish, idiot! Don't you know if you think about it, why are foreign soldiers so easy to be coerced by the White Lotus Sect? It's not that someone is exploiting too much, the local military households are intertwined, the big guys don't dare to act rashly, show mercy to their subordinates, and slash at outsiders, the so-called officials force the people to rebel, you will force the soldiers to rebel! Ten thousand times more hateful! ”

Zu Xun and Tang Ruoan were scolded with blood and sweating profusely.

Tang Yi gritted his teeth, he really wanted to give an order to bring these two people to justice, but he also knew that the army of my answer would arrive soon, and when employing people, he couldn't charge into battle by himself.

He sighed, "Get up." ”

The two of them were ashamed and ashamed, and they longed to find a crack in the ground to get into.

"Alas, Ben Shuai has already written an excerpt to ask for sin, and the Xuan Mansion has hidden so many White Lotus Sects, I can't escape the blame!"

"Don't!" Tang Ruoan hurriedly said: "Commander, when your old man first arrived, he thwarted the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect, and he has no fault!" ”

Zu Xun also said: "That's right, the sin is not yours, it's here, it's on your predecessor!" ”

Tang Yi disagreed, and sneered: "I will push it to Master Jiang, and the boss can also push it to you, push it back and forth, when is it a leader, Ben Shuai said it, it should be my guilt, and I will never shirk half a point." It's just that I hope you can also fight for breath, as a seven-foot man, you can do the position of the chief soldier, more or less, you have some ability, you can't just eat rice and make money, right? ”

Zu Xun is sweating, Tang Yi's mouth is really powerful, like a small knife, poking into the flesh.

"Commander, the last general also told the truth, Lao Tang and I also crawled out of the pile of dead when we were young, but this nine-sided evil nature, those generations of generals, they have many sons and nephews, they are married to each other, intertwined, and we can't command it. Rashly set out to fight, the two armies confronted each other, they ran away first, and later, as soon as the court investigated it, the law did not blame the public, and the unlucky ones were the leading generals, and we were helpless! ”

Tang Yi snorted, "You don't have to complain to Ben Shuai, you don't dare to go out to fight, there's no problem in fighting in Xuanfu, right?" ”

Zu Xun and Tang Ruoan glanced at each other, gritted their teeth and nodded, "Of course it's no problem, but I don't know what the big boss wants us to do?" ”

"You don't have to know." Tang Yi said coldly: "Just go and concentrate your soldiers and tell them that they are honest and obedient, and this commander will be rewarded, if they are disobedient, they will be bandits of the White Lotus Sect, and they will not be spared!" ”

It was so murderous that the two of them shrank their necks and went to arrange it.

Sent them away, Tang Yi drank two sips of tea, moistened his throat, and beckoned again, and not long after Tan Guang took two brothers and escorted a fortune teller to Tang Yi.

Tang Yi glanced at him, and suddenly laughed, "Your name is Hou Tianju, right?" You like to tell hexagrams, the three words that Ben Shuai explained, are all very wonderful, Ben Shuai also gave you a question, you are now stuffing rags in your mouth, what kind of word is it! ”

Hou Tian's brows furrowed slightly, and after thinking for a while, his eyes suddenly widened, full of fear, his throat went up and down, he kept moving, and his two arms shook desperately, looking extremely frightened.

"Hahaha, it seems that you guessed, that's right, with a towel in your mouth, it's a hanging word, like you, rather stubborn, and dare to make this handsome happy, hanging you is already a great kindness, come on, drag him down!"

Someone agreed, and dragged him down.

Tang Yi crossed Erlang's legs, smiling, a gust of fragrant wind wafted, and Liuying carried the tray and sent two side dishes. Yesterday night, the two of them faced the rebellion outside.

The sound of shouting and killing echoed in his ears, and even the strongest heart would feel strong pressure, and the two of them would finally suffer together. Especially at the last moment, when Liu Ying learned that Tang Yi was also in a cold sweat, her heart turned out to be sweet, a man is willing to show his fragile side to you without reservation, which means that the relationship between the two people is extraordinary.

That layer of window paper has not been pierced, but it is also dispensable.

"Master, are you scaring people again?"

"How so?"

Lu Ying smiled: "If you really want to kill someone, why do you want to see him again!" ”

"Hehe, you have also learned to be treacherous, a question for the teacher to test you, there are two leaders of the White Lotus Sect in the city, one is called Sun Daxing, who usually disguises himself as a Chaos, and the other is Hou Tianju, he pretends to be a fortune teller, Sun Daxing has been executed for the teacher, Hou Tianju is still kept, why is this?"

Liu Ying put her hand on her cheek, thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Master, is this Hou Tianju smarter?" ”

Tang Yi laughed and said approvingly: "You are really smart, let's eat first, and after eating, Hou Tianju should be honest." ”

There are two kinds of fools in the world, one is to lie and deceive, and they believe it, such as Sun Daxing, and the other is full of lies and fools others to believe it, and he himself doesn't take it seriously at all, such as Hou Tianju.

In his eyes, the White Lotus Sect was just a tool to help him realize his ambitions, not a persistence worth fighting for. When it comes to life and death, smart people like Hou Tianju often turn faster than they imagined.

Sure enough, halfway through the meal, Tan Guang escorted Hou Tianju back, only to see that his face was pale, as if his spirit and spirit had been drained.

"Hou Tianju, have you figured it out?"

"Understood, adult, as long as you give the little one a way to live, the little one is willing to do anything!"

Tang Yi smiled gently: "Ben Shuai knows that you are a smart person, Ben Shuai will not treat you badly, as long as you are obedient and do what Ben Shuai says, after the matter is completed, you can go to Jiangnan and give you the county inspection to do, although the official position is not big, but Jiangnan is rich, far more oil and water than the nine sides, do a good job, and there will be promotions in the future." ”

Hou Tian's eyes lit up, his five bodies threw himself to the ground, kowtowed hard, knocked his head swollen, and said with tears in his eyes: "The little one is willing to obey all the orders of the adults!" (To be continued.) )