Chapter 192: Borrowing
The soldiers of the forbidden army who were seriously injured and sent away were dejected one by one, like mourning.
When they returned, they were no longer in the Forbidden Army.
Without this identity, you can only be an ordinary person.
The days to come...... Although after retiring, the vacancy will be filled by the brothers in the family or cousins in the clan, but this position was obtained by them in the competition back then, and it is inevitable that there will be conflicts between them, and it is difficult to say whether the person who fills the vacancy will help them in the future.
In addition, if you are disabled, it will be inconvenient to live in the future, and some even have broken legs and hands, how will you live in the future?
They really didn't expect that they would have today.
In the capital, there were more than 200,000 soldiers of the forbidden army, but they went to the battlefield.
Seeing these seriously injured people being sent away, the other forbidden army sergeants all felt something.
There is still a way to go, will you run into horse bandits again?
Or will there be an alien sergeant coming to sneak attack?
If they do, will they also be seriously injured and sent away?
Or just get killed!
Early in the morning, these sergeants were digging pits to help clean up and bury their dead compatriots, and some of them died in such a miserable state that many were frightened and vomited.
There are not many sergeants who died here in the border army, but they also have to bury the bodies of the horse bandits who have no heads.
It's not compassion, it's fear of some disease.
After resting all morning, the team continued to set off, Jiang Long looked at those forbidden army sergeants and couldn't help but shake his head.
Because these forbidden army sergeants still haven't recovered, and their faces are full of fear.
When walking on the road, I always look left and right, for fear that an enemy will suddenly come out.
Like a frightened rabbit.
This look, can you fight?
Dare to fight the enemy?
Looking at the border army again, they have already come out of the death of their compatriots, and all of them have a smile on their faces when they go to the battlefield, boasting about how brave they were yesterday, how many horse bandits they killed, how many heads they sold, and how much silver they obtained.
It's just that the border sergeants who are responsible for guarding the salt of the vehicles are red and unconvinced.
They weren't afraid to fight the bandits, and they wanted to rush forward.
If you don't fight, where will you go to make extra money.
Without extra money, he couldn't support his family at all by relying on the military salary that had been deducted a lot.
Most of the border sergeants have lived in northern Xinjiang for generations, and the life in northern Xinjiang is hard, and foreign troops often come to plunder, even if they grow grain, they may not be able to take it back to their homes when the harvest comes.
Sometimes the whole family lives on that little salary.
In the afternoon, several vendors came into the line again.
Mu Xuan looked at a few people, angry and angry, but he couldn't get angry.
He was the one who made the horse bandits rush to kill, and now they have suffered heavy losses, who can blame them?
A few vendors also generally knew what had happened before and after last night's battle, but they knew they were responsible, but they couldn't be blamed entirely.
The first time they only let the horse bandits scare.
Mu Xuan blamed, saying that the army was not chaotic enough, there was no way to attack Jiang Long, and there was no reason for Guo Fang to pursue with the border army.
This second time was ordered by Mu Xuan to let the horse bandits rush up.
As a result, who knew that the sergeant of the forbidden army was so useless!
These traders were very disdainful of the forbidden army sergeants in their hearts, and secretly sighed that fortunately there were border troops guarding the northern frontier, otherwise if it was replaced by the forbidden army to defend it, then the great northern frontier would have already fallen into the hands of foreigners.
When they came here, the vendors were naturally urging to get the salt in their hands as soon as possible.
They have already paid the deposit, and if they can't get the goods in their hands, they can't put down their hanging hearts steadily.
Mu Xuan was very impatient, yesterday's battle of the forbidden army suffered heavy losses, many low-level generals such as Wu Chang Shi Chang died in battle, and he had to rearrange it, otherwise the team would be chaotic, and he had to spend all his brains to write excerpts to shirk responsibility, expand and boast about the bravery of the forbidden army sergeants, and take credit for himself.
Reporting the situation here to the top can be described as a lot of things.
Besides, Jiang Long didn't die, and it made him very troubled.
For a moment, I didn't have the heart to think about where to deliver the goods to the vendors.
Fortunately, there is still a long way to go, and there is always a chance, so the vendors did not push too hard.
The northern frontier is vast and sparsely populated, and the team has only walked half the way here.
Sent the vendors away, but the matter has not been resolved, along the way, Mu Xuan is in a very bad mood, and he will lose his temper from time to time.
A few pro-soldiers were careless, and they were also angered by Mu Xuan and beaten hard.
For two days, the team was safe.
However, Mu Xuan was secretly moving here, and the people sent by Guo Fang were aware of it, but they didn't know what Mu Xuan and the others were going to do, Jiang Long, Guo Fang and the others were just secretly vigilant.
No one knew that a few people were riding anxiously on horseback and galloping from the back of the team at the fastest speed, and the people on horseback were covered in dust, and they had been rushing for several days and nights in a row.
On this night, a personal soldier from Mu Xuan's side came to spread the word, saying that Mu Xuan was looking for Guo Fang, Jiang Long, and Cheng Gang and Wei Huan to discuss something.
Jiang Long faintly felt that something was wrong.
What's the matter, Mu Xuan only needs to discuss with Guo Fang and himself, and Weishenme still needs to call Cheng Gang and Wei Huan?
These two people are only a hundred households, and they are a hundred households of the border army, Mu Xuan is arrogant and complacent, and he has always ignored it before.
Jiang Long reminded Guo Fang.
Guo Fang also felt strange, and called his own soldiers to inform all the chiefs and military commanders, if he found that he had issued a code, or if he would find any big movements in Mu Xuan's camp, he would immediately bring people to kill him.
Everything was arranged in detail, Jiang Long took Tudu and a few other personal guards, Guo Fang took Cheng Gang and Wei Huan and a few personal soldiers, and the group walked towards Mu Xuan's big tent.
When he came to the front of the big tent, Jiang Long found that the eyes of several sergeants on duty on both sides of the separation were a little wrong.
So he secretly gave Guo Fang a look.
Guo Fang nodded imperceptibly, indicating that he knew.
"Lord Mu invites Lord Guo, Lord Jing, and Cheng Baihu and Wei Baihu to enter the account." The sergeant who went in to report turned back, "Stand farther away and don't eavesdrop on the adults' deliberations!" ”
Tudu frowned.
Jiang Long glanced at him, handed over the spear, and signaled to be patient for the time being.
Tudu took the spear, and slowly retreated with the soldiers brought by Guntibak, Qin Yu, and Guo Fang.
Jiang Long stretched out his hand to lift the curtain of the big tent and strode in.
Guo Fang and others followed up one after another.
"I don't know what the shepherd's call is late at night, what's the matter?" Jiang Long glanced at Mu Xuan, as well as Mao Ming and Xu Youcai who were sitting in the tent.
Mu Xuan didn't pay attention to Jiang Long at all, but kept his eyes on Guo Fang.
Guo Fang clasped his fists and saluted, "Please also ask Lord Mu to say clearly." ”
"Good!" Mu Xuan Huo Ran stood up, "This official will tell you that just two miles away, there is a horse bandit with a number of 1,500 people, as long as this official gives an order, they will cooperate with the forbidden army to wipe out all the more than 400 border troops under your command!" ”
"Isn't Lord Shepherd afraid of being beheaded?" Guo Fang's eyes narrowed slightly, "You dare to collude with horse bandits!" ”
"Everyone understands people, don't make any more detours, the previous two horse bandit sneak attacks, Lord Guo should be able to guess that it was the official's order." Mu Xuan no longer concealed it, and said it directly.
"Those dead sergeants are all your men!" Guo Clan's expression finally became a little excited when he finally found it difficult to remain calm, and for a moment he thought that night, a few sergeants died tragically at the hands of the horse bandits precisely because they wanted to save him, and said in a trembling voice: "Don't you feel ashamed at all?" ”
"This official only gave you a chance to discuss business with you, and also gave you a way to live, don't talk about those useless ones!" Mu Xuan let out a low snort.
"Good!" Guo Fang took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
There was no remorse or uneasiness in Mu Xuan's eyes, which showed that this person was indeed hard-hearted and ruthless!
"Then I don't know what Lord Mu wants to do?"
"It's easy!" Mu Xuan suddenly raised his hand and pointed at Jiang Long, "Kill him first, and then continue to help this official escort the salt to the destination safely." ”
Guo Fang sneered, "Lord Mu seems to have the idea of fighting this batch of salt, right?" ”
"That's the official's business, in short, when you get to the destination, you can make a smooth transition." Seeing that Guo Fang had no intention of compromise, Mu Xuan couldn't help frowning and said: "Although the combat strength of the border army is strong, it is inevitable to lose in the face of the two-sided attack of the forbidden army and the horse bandits.
Guo Fang, you won't be so ignorant of current affairs, right? ”
"Just to live, can you give up dignity, hatred, and faith? And this batch of salt, do you know how important it is to the northern Xinjiang? Whenever there is a shortage of salt, the sergeants who are guarding the border for Daqi can only taste a little salty taste every two or three days! The Guo clan suddenly became excited, and then quickly calmed down, "You don't understand, tell you this, you don't understand at all!" ”
Taking a deep breath, Guo Fang's sharp eyes slowly swept through the tent, "Guo has his own way of doing things and bottom line, this time I'm afraid I will live up to Lord Mu's kindness!" "Anyway, with a mockery in his mouth.
The frontier sergeant can't eat salt, what's the matter with Guan Benguan?
Mu Xuan was disdainful in his heart, but Mu Xuan still had to try his best to win it over, otherwise the next road would be dangerous, and without the protection of the border army with strong combat effectiveness, he would not be confident that he would be able to successfully deliver the salt to the destination.
"This official is the confidant of King Xin, Guo Fang, if you nod and agree, this official can introduce you to him!"
Want to be lured?
King Xin, what a big backer!
Guo Fang snorted coldly.
"King Xin is Cheng Guifei's parent, and now Cheng Guifei is not the queen, but she is like a queen, in full power to take care of all matters in the harem, no one in the harem can compare, as long as Cheng Guifei blows the pillow wind a little, Guo Fang You can rise to the top, step by step, maybe after this mission is over, you can be transferred to the capital, and serve in the forbidden army like this official!"
Mu Xuan lobbied again, but all he saw was Guo Fang's stubborn eyes.
couldn't help but be a little annoyed, "Guo Fang, you are so uninteresting!" The official will tell you a secret, the current emperor also has the intention of killing Jing Jianglong! ”
Guo Daqiang was taken aback, and instinctively turned his head to look at Jiang Long.
Jiang Long's face was indifferent and he did not refute.
"Brother Xian, you ......" Guo Fang's eyes widened, and Jiang Long actually didn't refute.
The others in the tent were also surprised, obviously hearing Mu Xuan mention it for the first time.
Jiang Long saw that Guo let go of his mouth, and this was the light opening of his mouth, "How easy is it for the saint to kill someone today?" After saying this, the words changed abruptly, "But why do you still send this official to the frontier to borrow the hands of aliens and horse bandits?" ”
Guo Fang is thoughtful.