Chapter 139: War is about to begin
"What did you say?"
Bai Qinghu stood up from the chair and looked at the figure in front of him with a shocked look.
"I just got the news, this morning, Fuzhong rode a horse and headed in the direction of Wenfeng Mountain!" Hearing Bai Qing's question, the figure in front of Bai Qing, that is, Yu Yangbo, one of his personal guards, said to Bai Qing in a deep voice.
"You mean to say that he went up to Wenfeng Mountain?" Bai Qing narrowed his eyes and asked Yu Yangbo in front of him, although he used an inquiring tone, but it was more like waiting for the other party to deny his guess.
"Judging from the guesses of my subordinates, I'm afraid it's like this!" Yu Yangbo nodded and said something that made Bai Qing a little disappointed.
"Immediately go and invite Gu Zhisi and County Lieutenant Zhang to me!" Bai Qing took a deep breath to calm himself down, and then commanded the guard.
Yu Yangbo answered, hugged his fist at Bai Qing, and then turned around and retreated, leaving Bai Qing to sit there alone and ponder.
Soon, when Gu Qingfeng and County Lieutenant Zhang came to the second hall and got the news from Bai Qing's mouth, they also had shocked looks.
"Fu Xiancheng, is this crazy? Collusion between officials and bandits, this is a big crime! "County Lieutenant Zhang's mouth is open, and he can almost stuff a fist into it.
And although Gu Qingfeng also had a shocked look on his face after hearing the news, he soon calmed down, and his eyes fell on Bai Qing's body, as if he was waiting for Bai Qing's instructions.
"What's going on in Wenfeng Mountain, although the county has heard about it, but I don't know the specific situation, Gu Zhisi, you can tell the county first!" Bai Qing asked the two of them to sit down first, and only after watching the tea did he say to the two of them.
"Yes!" Due to the presence of County Lieutenant Zhang, Gu Qingfeng stood up, bowed to Bai Qing and answered, and then opened his mouth to introduce some of the information he knew about Wenfeng Mountain to Bai Qing in detail, including some records of the bandits in Wenfeng Mountain in the county history, after all, it is an official thing, and some of the information in it is still very referential.
"In this way, there are already nearly two hundred thieves on Wenfeng, and their martial arts are not weak!" Bai Qing frowned and asked Gu Qingfeng.
"Yes, so for a long time, although the successive magistrates have hated the thieves on Wenfeng Mountain, they have been unable to exterminate them, which is why Fuyi can be arrogant and domineering in Cangshan County!" Gu Qingfeng nodded.
"Indeed, last year, Liu Zhixian also thought about attacking Wenfeng Mountain, but in the end, it was not enough!" County Lieutenant Zhang also said helpfully beside him.
It sounded like it was much trickier than he imagined, Bai Qing's brows furrowed deeper, he subconsciously stood up, and kept pacing in the room of the second hall, thinking about something in his heart, and Bai Qing didn't speak, Gu Qingfeng and Zhang County Lieutenant naturally didn't dare to speak, and the room suddenly fell into silence.
After walking slowly for a while, Bai Qingcai suddenly turned around, looked at County Lieutenant Zhang, and said to him in a deep voice: "County Lieutenant Zhang, don't we still have five hundred township troops in our county?" If the thieves from Wenfeng Mountain came over, how useful would these five hundred township troops be? ”
"This ......" After hearing Bai Qing's words, County Lieutenant Zhang showed a look of embarrassment on his face: "Bai Zhixian, you also know that those township soldiers are only doing farm work in the fields on weekdays, and they can't train for a few days a month, how can they be the opponents of those thieves?" What's more, those ordnance, you know......"
In the latter words, what County Captain Zhang said was so sloppy, Bai Qing also knew that County Captain Zhang had resold a batch of ordnance to the thieves in Wenfeng Mountain before.
Bai Qing glanced at Zhang County Lieutenant deeply, and felt Bai Qing's gaze, Zhang County Lieutenant couldn't help but shrink his neck, and didn't dare to look at Bai Qing's cold gaze anymore.
"County Lieutenant Zhang, you go and gather all the township troops immediately now, and start assault training immediately, wait a minute, I will also pass, and, these days, I will always be there!" Bai Qing said to County Lieutenant Zhang, "In addition, take out all the ordnance, count it, and then distribute the equipment according to the training situation, I don't care what their situation was before, in short, find a way to make them strong immediately, at least they have to look like soldiers!" ”
"This, okay!" Seeing Bai Qing's categorical appearance, County Lieutenant Zhang's mouth moved, and finally accepted it, hugged his fist at Bai Qing, and then turned around and walked out of the second hall.
In fact, at this time, Zhang County Lieutenant still had a trace of luck in his heart, although under Bai Qing's sowing discord, he and Fuzhong also became a hostile relationship, but you must know that he and the thieves on Wenfeng Mountain had also maintained contact before, after all, the target of his reselling of ordnance was those thieves, and he felt that even if those thieves captured the county seat, there should not be much loss to him.
After Zhang Xianwei walked out of the gate of the second hall, Bai Qing and Gu Qingfeng glanced at each other, and then said, "What do you think?" ”
"Unreliable!" Gu Qingfeng shook his head and said to Bai Qing.
"Well, let's take a look first, if you really give the county a two-faced knife at that time, don't blame the county for being polite!" Bai Qing touched his chin and said softly, he knew very well in his heart that at this juncture, if County Lieutenant Zhang really stabbed him in the back, then he, the county magistrate, might really be at the end, and whether he had a life or not had to be said separately.
For what Bai Qing said, Gu Qingfeng was naturally clear in his heart, so he was just silent and did not make a sound.
"Qingfeng, the five hundred township soldiers, although I have a glimmer of hope, but I also understand that it is really unreliable to rely on them to fight against the thieves who have been armed with the standard weapons of our imperial court, so those officials and catchers must also be mobilized, in this way, you work hard, gather all those officials and catchers, and temporarily join those township soldiers, after a while, I will send a few guards to assist you in training!" Bai Qing patted Gu Qingfeng on the shoulder and said sincerely to him.
"Don't worry, I know what is important!" Gu Qingfeng nodded, and said seriously to Bai Qing, he finally got to where he is today, naturally he will not let this appreciation disappear lightly, and after arching his hand to Bai Qing, he hurriedly walked out of the door of the second hall.
And looking at Gu Qingfeng's back as he gradually moved away, Bai Qingcai sighed softly in his heart, there are still too few people he can use at hand, and now, Bai Qingcai misses the days when he had a super thug Wen Bin by his side.
"Fu Zhanpeng!" Bai Qing called.
"The subordinates are here!" After hearing Bai Qing's call, a figure came out of the shadows, walked in front of Bai Qing, bowed down and clenched his fists, and said in a deep voice, it was one of Bai Qing's eight personal guards.
Bai Qing didn't speak, just went back to the bookcase and sat down, then lifted the lake pen, the flying dragon and snake walked in one go, dried the ink, put it in the envelope, and then handed the envelope to Fu Zhanpeng: "This matter, I'll leave it to you, go and go back quickly!" ”
"Bai Guanren rest assured, his subordinates will definitely deliver it to you safely!" Fu Zhanpeng nodded, and then bowed his hand to Bai Qing, and the whole person quickly walked out of the room and went straight to the stable of the back office.
After everything was arranged, Bai Qing changed into civilian clothes, greeted the remaining guards, and went straight to the direction of the county school.
Although it is nominally a school field, it looks very shabby, full of potholes, as if it is just a wasteland, Bai Qing raised his eyebrows, the time he took over is still short, and many things cannot be taken care of in every way.
Standing on a simple platform temporarily erected on the school grounds, Bai Qing condescendingly looked at the people standing under the stage, on the left hand side, there were dozens of government officials and fast catchers, and on the right side, there were five hundred township soldiers, but compared with the government officers and fast catchers, those township soldiers really couldn't call them "army", one by one they stood there loosely, looking around, Bai Qing could see a trace of panic in the eyes of many people.
This is the capital he is about to use to repel the thieves of Wenfeng Mountain, Bai Qing has already made a very bad plan in his heart, but when he really saw them, Bai Qing felt that these people were even worse than he imagined, and they all looked like no soldiers at all, and even looking at their yellow and thin faces, I was afraid that a gust of wind would blow them down.
But he was disappointed in his heart, but for now he could only rely on these people, fortunately, according to Gu Qingfeng's estimate, those thieves would have to come and attack the county seat, how could it take three or four days, anyway, these three or four days of work, these people, to the death, even if it looks a little imposing!
Bai Qing coughed lightly, and began to command in a deep voice to the people below who were some of the six gods and no masters.
Two or three days passed, almost in a blink of an eye, and after two or three days of drills, those township soldiers who originally looked vulnerable had a trace of ruthlessness, but this is only on the surface, to let a group of peasants who have never been on the battlefield to fight with ruthless thieves, their combat effectiveness can be geometric, and Bai Qing's heart is also a big question mark.
And these two or three days were also the most bitter three days in the lives of those township soldiers, and they even had a feeling of being in hell, which also made them hate Bai Qing who had been standing on the stage and directing their exercises, and even gave him the nickname "White Yama King" in private.
"Report!"
Just when Bai Qing was supervising their mutual fighting exercises, a guard suddenly shouted and rushed over from a distance, hurriedly ran to Bai Qing's body and knelt down, and shouted loudly to Bai Qing: "Official, two little ladies came to the gate of the county government, saying that they were looking for you."
Bai Qing couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, it's such a time, and there are still two little ladies looking for him? He suddenly felt like a monk who was at a loss.
In front of the county yamen of Cangshan County, a carriage that looked inconspicuous listened there, and suddenly, the curtain on the carriage was opened, revealing a slightly reduced pretty face from inside......
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