Chapter 102: A Sharp Contrast

The three of them discussed it for a while, and decided to report what they saw to the headquarters first, including the banners of the defeated officers and troops who could be identified, and it was not a matter of concern to the three of them as to how the adults were going to respond. As a matter of fact, their work has already been done, and what they are worried about now is not how to make meritorious contributions, but how to return to them alive to receive meritorious service.

What they saw from the air just now was indeed the official army, and it was the Ningxia Zhenjun who had contact with the thieves before, and the leader was Zhang Yingchang, the general of Ningxia Zhendong Road. Ningxia Town's own family was already making trouble and taking care of itself, while Yan'an Mansion has always been barren and has no oil and water, so it is far less rich than Ningxia, and in recent years, there have been drought locusts and thieves raging, which is even more unbearable. Therefore, the whole town of Ningxia was also not interested in sending troops to northern Shaanxi to level thieves. In addition, the court will owe the silver for the opening of the troops this time, and Ningxia Town will pay out of his own pocket! No matter how this deal is calculated, it is a big loss!

However, Yang He, the governor of the three sides, was in a high position, and personally ordered the two towns of Ningxia and Gansu to send troops to suppress the thieves with Yansui Town this time. Hey, who told this unlucky bastard's defense zone right next to Yansui Town? Zhang Yingchang complained bitterly, delayed in every possible way and was unwilling to open, Deng Qi did a good job, and allocated a batch of food and salary to him, plus Yang He sent envoys to urge him many times, and hinted that the property looted from the thieves did not have to be handed over to the public, so General Zhang reluctantly led his troops to send troops.

The Ningxia town army set out from Qingyang Mansion and struggled all the way, wasting more than half of its time on "requisitioning and distribution". The so-called "requisition" is nominally to raise food and wages on the spot, but in fact it is an open robbery, and the officials and soldiers are much more interested in this than in suppressing thieves. The so-called thieves are like combs, soldiers are like grates, and the people who don't have time to hide in the mountains along the way are unlucky. The soldiers from other places will never be merciful to the local people, which is also the historical shortcomings of the army in the late Ming Dynasty, although Yang He is the governor of the three sides, he is powerless to deal with this situation.

However, in addition to the poor military discipline, Zhang Yingchang brought out this time are all veterans who have seen battles, and their combat effectiveness is still not weak, after all, this time they have to face the notorious "two kings", and there have been several times before that the officers and soldiers have been defeated by them without succeeding in suppressing thieves, and he can't help but not take it seriously and die himself.

Unexpectedly, although Zhang Yingchang added twelve points of caution, because the road was unfamiliar, he accidentally encountered the thief brigade, but fortunately, both sides had no intention of fighting to the death, and after a scuffle, they tacitly collected each other's troops, and the casualties were not too big. After this confrontation, the whereabouts of both sides were exposed, and he carefully kept a distance from the thieves and sent someone to contact the Governor.

There's something delayed at home today.,First more so much.,I'm sorry.,I'm sorry.,Tomorrow this chapter will be completed.,In addition, tomorrow's chapter will be updated normally.。