Su Hao didn't know anything about these things that happened in Ningxia City, he followed the order of the Ministry of War, and took the survey camp Xiaoxing to stay overnight, and finally came to Ningxia City. He asked Deng Kui to camp and wait outside the city with his soldiers, and he took a few personal soldiers into the city with Chen Dao, Xu Guangzu and others, and came to the governor's yamen of Dang Xin.

"Surveying?"

Dang Xin met Su Hao and his entourage in the yamen lobby, he took the official document of the military department handed over by Chen Dao, frowned and looked at it for a long time, and he didn't understand what this team called the Kanyu Camp was here for.

Chen Dao knew that Dang Xin was a pure civilian official, and he didn't know anything about war, and he also looked down on soldiers in his heart. He didn't explain much to Dang Xin, but said that this was a task of the military department and asked the governor for convenience.

Dang Xin patiently listened to Chen Dao's introduction, nodded and said: "You can discuss this matter with the general army of the town guard, but Ningxia Town's financial resources are limited, and you can only raise the salary of your battalion by yourself." ”

"It's natural." Chen Dao agreed.

"Also, restrain your soldiers and don't disturb the people, and the officials will be severely punished for violating them." Dang Xinhu commanded with a face.

"Don't dare, we will definitely strictly restrain the soldiers." Chen Dao nodded.

There was nothing to say next, and everyone saluted Dang Xin and exited the lobby. As soon as he arrived outside, the veteran Xu Guangzu pouted and scolded: "What kind of play, why did the imperial court send such a waste to patrol Ningxia." ”

"Uncle Xu said cautiously." Chen Dao hurriedly stopped Xu Guangzu, and at the same time looked left and right, for fear that these words would be heard by the people of the governor's yamen. He said helplessly to Su Hao and Xu Guangzu: "No way, when we get here, of course we have to say hello to the governor, but more than 2,000 people and horses are here, and everyone eats and feeds the horses, and they have to be supplied locally." ”

"Get used to it." Su Hao doesn't care, he has seen a lot of the faces of these officials in the Ming Dynasty, Dang Xin's official position is much higher than a few of them, and being able to meet them is already a face for the Ministry of War.

"Chen Langzhong, where are we going next?" Su Hao asked.

"Let's go to the town guard general soldier's mansion, meet the chief soldier Zhang Jizhong, and ask him to arrange a place for us to live." Chen Dao said.

Several people were about to leave the governor's yamen, but they saw a person coming out of the public office on the side, and when this person saw Chen Dao, he greeted with a smile on his face: "Is it Chen Langzhong, I just looked at it in the room and felt like you." ”

"It's Jiang Zhongjun, I'm just going to look for you." Chen Daole stepped forward and said.

Next, Chen Dao introduced to everyone, this Jiangzhong army is named Jiang Tingfu, who turned out to be the garrison of Ningxia Heng Castle, and has just been transferred to Ningxia City as a camp officer of the Chinese army. Chen Dao is a very well-connected person, and he and Jiang Tingfu have also dealt with each other in the past, so they know each other.

"This is not the place to talk, let's talk in another place." Jiang Tingfu said to Chen Dao.

Chen Dao knew what Jiang Tingfu meant, he nodded and said, "I'll come all the way, and I just came to Ningxia City to meet the governor, and I haven't eaten yet." Jiang Zhongjun can know what is a better restaurant in this city, the younger brother is the east, how about asking Jiang Zhongjun to appreciate the light. ”

"You are guests from afar, and I should be the host." Jiang Tingfu said with a smile.

The two sides were polite, but in the end they didn't come up with a reason. Jiang Tingfu led the way in front, and everyone left the governor's yamen and came to a well-decorated restaurant. Jiang Tingfu asked Xiao Er to arrange a secluded private room, and ordered a few dishes and good wine with local characteristics, and then sent Xiao Er away.

Needless to say, the various entertainments at the opening of the wine table went without saying, after everyone drank a few rounds, Chen Dao introduced the topic into the topic: "Brother Chengzhang, I waited to come to Ningxia this time, but it was all because of you." ”

Chengzhang is Jiang Tingfu's words, and when he heard Chen Dao's words, he arched his hand to everyone and said: "Sin, sin, I can't imagine that because of the secret letter I wrote to the Ministry of War, I actually worked all the way to this border city outside the fortress. ”

"Secret letter? What's going on? Su Hao asked Chen Dao.

Chen Daoyi pointed at Jiang Tingfu and said, "Let Jiang Zhongjun explain this matter." ”

Jiang Tingfu said: "I hope I'm just worrying about the sky, in my contemptible opinion, this Ningxia city is in danger." ”

"Won't it?" Su Hao's eyes widened, "We saw the party governor just now, why didn't we see him say anything." Also, Chen Langzhong, when you asked us to come to Ningxia City, you didn't say anything about the danger. ”

Chen Dao also knew that he was not doing things authentically, he deceived Su Hao's public opinion camp to Ningxia, and some things had to be told to Su Hao sooner or later, and now he was also taking advantage of Jiang Tingfu's presence to pick things up. He said: "Don't blame it, I didn't make things clear before, mainly because some things are just everyone's suspicions, and it's inconvenient to talk nonsense." Didn't Jiang Zhongjun also say it, I hope it's just his unfounded worries. However, this time, the military department arranged for the survey battalion to go to Ningxia Town first, which did mean to take precautions. ”

"Jiang Zhongjun, you said that Ningxia City is in danger, could it be that the Tatars are intent on attacking?" Su Hao asked Jiang Tingfu.

Jiang Tingfu shook his head and said: "If the Tatars attack, with these guards and horses in Ningxia Town, they can completely block it. What worries me is the civil strife in Ningxia Town. ”

"Civil strife, what do you mean?" Su Hao was a little confused.

"Let me say this, this is not my race, and its heart will be different." Chen Dao said, "There are several guards and horses in Ningxia Town, and the strongest of them is Ningxia Wei. The commander of Ningxia Wei was called Bi Chengen, and his father Bi Bai was a Tatar who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty...... I say this, do you understand the change? ”

"I'm dizzy, you mean, you don't mean to say that this is going to rebel, right?" Su Hao somewhat understood.

"No one dares to talk nonsense about what hasn't happened yet. It has been more than 30 years since he surrendered to the imperial court, and his military achievements are impressive, and it really can't be said that he wants to rebel for no reason. Some time ago, Jiang Zhongjun sent a secret letter to the Ministry of War, saying that some changes in Bibai caused the vigilance of the Ministry of War, so Wang Shangshu decided to transfer the public opinion camp to Ningxia Town, which was also in case of accidents. Chen Dao explained.

Bibai has been operating in Ningxia City for many years, and after having a solid foundation, it gradually became arrogant. In addition to controlling the guards and horses of Ningxia Wei, he also widely recruited rangers and ruffians to form his own private army, called the "Cangtou Army". The combat effectiveness of the Cangtou Army was extremely strong, far exceeding the strength of several other guards and horses in Ningxia Town, which made the people of insight in Ningxia Town very worried.

Jiang Tingfu, as a camp officer, saw the situation in Ningxia Town very clearly. He knew that Bibai was an ambitious person, and the new governor Dang Xin was too conceited, and there was constant friction with Bibai, and the contradictions became more and more acute. Jiang Tingfu was worried that if the conflict between Dang Xin and Bibai intensified, it would lead to Bibai taking a risk and pulling the flag to rebel, so he wrote a secret letter to the Ministry of War, asking the Ministry of War to pay attention to this matter.

This secret letter was sent to Wang Yiju, the secretary of the Ministry of War, but Wang Yihe was in trouble. Neither the Shaanxi Metropolitan nor the Ningxia Governor reported the possible rebellion of Bibai, and the imperial historian Zhou Honghe even said that the Bijia army could be reused. In this case, if the military department takes action against Bibai, it will not be reasonable and reasonable, and it will not be able to pass it at all with those corrupt people in the imperial court. However, it is not possible to say that we should let it go and wait and see what happens, because Ningxia is located at the border, and if something happens, the Tatar tribes will take advantage of the situation and threaten the security of the northwest.

In desperation, Wang Yihe thought of the survey camp in Su Hao's hand. After the Kanyu Battalion defeated the Japanese in Huai'an, the Ministry of War reorganized the Kanyu Battalion into a battalion formation, and specifically told Su Hao to strengthen the training of the Kanyu Battalion in firearms, in an attempt to use the Kanyu Battalion as a pilot force for using firearms in combat. Now, more than half a year has passed, and the survey camp has achieved certain results in the use of firearms. Wang Yihe decided to send this army to Ningxia Town, in case there is really an uncontrollable scene in Ningxia Town, maybe the Kanyu Battalion can still be ** for a while, so as to win time for the military department to transfer troops to quell the rebellion.

There is another advantage of dispatching the public opinion camp to Ningxia Town, that is, it can hide from the world. The survey battalion is a surveying and mapping unit, and Wang Yihe transferred this unit in the name of drawing maps, and no one can say anything. If other teams are transferred to Ningxia Town, I am afraid that it will startle the snake, and it will be a bad thing.

In front of Su Hao, Chen Dao naturally couldn't say it too clearly, because some things belonged to the decision-making of the high-level of the Ministry of War, and it was inconvenient to express it explicitly. However, Su Hao and Xu Guangzu are also smart people, and Chen Dao pointed out the key to the problem, and they thought it through. Su Hao smiled bitterly and said, "Chen Langzhong, such a big thing, can't you give your little brother a blow in advance?" If you want to take precautions, aren't you afraid of any accidents in my surveying camp? ”

"Uh-uh......" Chen Dao smiled awkwardly and said, "No, in fact, I've been inquiring about the news of Ningxia Town all the way, isn't this a little bit of a move?" ”

Xu Guangzu was not surprised by this situation, he had heard of this person in the past, Jiang Tingfu said that Bibai might rebel, and Xu Guangzu also believed in this. In the Ming army, there were many generals from Mongolia, and when they encountered something, some of them would defect, and this kind of thing was not new. As a veteran, Xu Guangzu thought more about specific operational issues. He said to the people:

"Since this is the case, then it is not appropriate for the Kanyu Battalion to be stationed in Ningxia Town. The town of Ningxia is under the control of Bibai, and no one knows when he will attack us. Jiang Zhongjun, you have been in Ningxia for a long time, where do you think it is more appropriate for our unit to be stationed? ”

Jiang Tingfu thought for a while and said: "Mr. Xu Qian is right, if the survey camp lives in Ningxia City, if there is an incident in the city, the survey camp will inevitably be caught off guard. I thought about it, why don't I ask General Su to lead his troops to move to the Pingyu Institute on the North Road, which is 120 miles away from Ningxia City, and the distance is appropriate, what does General Su think? ”

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