Chapter 360

In the twilight, the dark shadow of the walls of the small town of Newtown appeared on the horizon. This small city is not a city on the establishment, but a walled fort where thousands of households are stationed in the south of Bazhouwei, and over time the population gathers, and the walled wall is built higher and higher, and it has become a scale; And Bazhou Wei is also stationed in a thousand households here, shouldering the responsibility of public security in Wen'anxiong County and other places.

It is this small town, but now it has become a place of great trouble, and the soldiers and horses of the Bazhou Guard and the officials of the Bazhou army gathered here in order to deal with the Wen'an rebels who are more than 100 miles to the south.

Song Nan's 1,000 Jinyi Guards cavalry captain came to the north gate of Xinzhen Walled Fort, and before he approached the north gate of Walled Fort, a round of feather arrows shot down at the head of the city, and the Jinyi guards were caught off guard for a while, but fortunately, the soldiers and horses on the head of the city were only vigilant shots, not to hurt people, but they did not cause any harm.

Song Nan ordered to stabilize the formation, rode a horse and rushed to the city with personal guards and Wanzhi Wang Yong and others, only to see Zheng Da and Hou Dabiao scolding at the city, the torches flashing on the city, and hundreds of soldiers defending the city stood up, looking like they were facing a great enemy.

Song Nan commanded a few words, Hou Dabiao rode forward with a torch with his empty hands, and someone shouted at the head of the city: "Who is here?" ”

Hou Dabiao said loudly: "I'm waiting for the Jinyi Weiti rider from the capital, open the city gate quickly." ”

There was a panic in the city, and soon after, an officer-like man stood up and shouted, "Is the Jinyi guard from the capital?" What are you doing here? ”

Hou Dabiao was tired and thirsty all the way, and he was very annoyed in his heart, and scolded: "You want you to take care of my Jinyiwei's affairs?" Don't you open the gates yet? I want your life if I miss the official business. ”

The officer was taken aback, but after all, he was still not at ease, and said: "It's not that we don't open the city gates, we are ordered to defend the city, and we are not allowed to open the city gates, so as to prevent the enemy from mixing into the city." ”

Hou Dabiao was even more furious, and roared angrily: "Tell Cai Meng to come out to see Lao Tzu, damn it, it's really a bastard." ”

The officer guarding the city was stunned when he heard Cai Meng's name and said, "Do you know Cai Baihu?" ”

Hou Dabiao scolded angrily: "If you abolish your mother's words, go and sue Cai Meng, the Jinyi Guard Yamen has commanded Lord Song to come in person, if he doesn't open the city gate after a stick of incense, his hundred households will come to an end." ”

This sentence really worked, and during the tea time, I heard someone shouting loudly at the head of the city: "Your lords, forgive your sins, the lowly position is Cai Meng of the new town hundred households under the jurisdiction of the Bazhou Jinyi Wei Qianhu, and the brothers who defend the city are the officers and soldiers of the guard, and they are also ordered to do it, so they are invited to open the city gate." ”

After a while, the city gate was opened, and Cai Meng rode out with several banner officers of the brocade guards to greet him, and when he saw Song Nan, everyone rolled the saddle and dismounted and bowed, and repeatedly complained to welcome the late.

Song Nan has seen most of the thousands of households in the Jinyi Guard Yamen in various places, this Cai Meng is a hundred households, but it is the first time he has seen it, and he said warmly at the moment: "Get up, can we enter the city?" ”

Cai Meng was a son of Kong Wuhan in his thirties, and when he heard this, he hurriedly said: "Please, the people who defend the city are a bunch of bastards, and their subordinates will clean them up." ”

Song Nan said: "They are also responsible. ”

After urging the horse forward, under the guidance of Cai Meng, Hou Dabiao scolded angrily: "Lao Cai, what is this damn fortress doing with the city gate closed? Are the soldiers and horses defending the city stupid? It's just dark, and one by one they are like grandsons. ”

Cai Meng waved his hand and said, "Lord Zhenfu, don't mention it, it's troublesome." ”

Song Nan interjected lightly: "Is it that the thieves in Wen'an County are difficult to contain and have threatened the safety of Xinzhen?" ”

Cai Meng praised heartily: "My lord Mingjian, it is precisely because of this, the news that came up a few days ago is not known to the adults, the anti-thieves in Wen'an County have already fried the pot, the day before yesterday, Chen Wei of the Bazhou Wei brought enough soldiers and horses to vowed to exterminate the anti-thieves, but I didn't expect to encounter the thieves in the northern suburbs of Wen'an. The number of thieves reached more than 7,000, and relying on the danger of the terrain, they suddenly stunned the Bazhou guards; More than 2,000 people were killed and wounded, Chen Wei was almost hit by the head of the bandits, and fled back to Xinzhen with the remaining 3,000 people. After returning, he immediately ordered the gate of the village to be closed and strictly investigated; There is news everywhere that the thieves are about to attack Xinzhen, and the people in Xinzhen are panicking. ”

Everyone gasped, and Song Nan sighed and said: "Sure enough, hurry up or be a step late, this defeat is even more out of control, I'm really afraid of something." ”

Cai Meng said: "I just ordered someone to spread the news in the afternoon, and I estimated that I would be able to go to the capital tomorrow afternoon to teach the adults to know, but I didn't expect the adults to be here in person." ”

Song Nan said: "It's hard work, can I suffer any losses from the cavalry of the Jinyi Guard Yamen?" ”

Cai Meng said: "That's not true, more than 100 people have been told to be on call at any time for the past two days, if the thieves really dare to attack here, we can't do it, right?" ”

Song Nan nodded and said, "Well done." ”

As he spoke, a thousand brightly armored Jinyi guards quickly passed through the Guò Zhai Gate Cave, and on both sides of the city wall and on both sides of the road behind the Zhai Gate, hundreds of Bazhou Guard officers and soldiers stared blankly at this group of Jinyi Guards who did not squint and straightened their bodies; The officers and soldiers of the guard were envious of the brocade-clothed guards, looking at the high-headed horses of the people with excellent weapons and equipment, the armor was red and yellow, the cloaks behind them were hunting, and the spirit was full, and then looking at the gray rattan armor on their bodies, it was simply embarrassing to die.

The cavalry of the brigade rumbled through the central street of the walled fort, attracting the residents on the street to open the windows and peek out, and saw the cavalry of the brigade galloping by, and the people were both happy and frightened, and they were happy that it seemed that reinforcements had come to the town again, and they were terrified that since the reinforcements had arrived, it meant that the news of the thieves attacking the city was true.

Xinzhen Jinyiwei 100 households yamen is located in the east gate, there is a small square and a large yamen, Jinyi Wei Yamen's large expansion movement, so that this was originally only more than 50 people of 100 households suddenly became full, Jinyiwei in the court of the power of the enhancement, in the local is also very useful, the new town of the guard Yamen simply a small part of the east city of the Jinyi Wei stationed.

Even so, a thousand cavalry stationed in the Jinyi guard camp still looked cramped, so Cai Meng arranged to set up hundreds of simple tents in the small square at the yamen, and ordered the local Jinyi guards in Xinzhen to live in tents, and the cavalry from the capital were placed in the relatively well-equipped barracks.

Song Nan was arranged to live in the courtyard of the back hall of the Jinyi Guard's yamen, with four or five rooms in the small courtyard, which was occupied by the bigwigs at all levels of the Jinyi Guard who came from Song Nan; For Cai Meng, this is an opportunity to show Xiàn, and he has done quite well, in less than two hours, the riding schools from Song Nan to the bottom have settled down. When Song Nan came to the courtyard after taking a bath, a table of wine and food had already been placed in the courtyard.

Everyone sat down and sat down, and for a few days, Song Nan, who was living a comfortable life in Beijing, was also a little unbearable, and the two thighs were numb and crispy, secretly thinking that if he was in the capital, he was afraid that he would have been lying on the mat, and the soft little hands of the little county lord were already massaging the sore places for themselves, so he could only endure it here.

Cai Meng poured wine diligently, and after everyone drank a round, Zheng Da shook the wine glass and said: "Meng Qianhu, some people here don't understand the rules, my family came to Xinzhen, and none of the officials here came to visit, didn't it mean that the prefect of Bazhou also came here with Bazhou Wei?" And Chen Wei, who suffered a defeat, why didn't he come to tell Commander Song about the situation? Losing the battle and saving face, isn't it? ”

Everyone laughed, and Cai Meng said: "Deputy Zheng Zhen is annoyed, they are afraid that they have just gotten the news, just now the government sent someone to ask about the situation, and they have been truthfully informed, I am afraid they will come to visit in a while." They dare to snub Lord Song, and I don't follow it. ”

Song Nan waved his hand and said: "We're not here to set up a score, whether they come to visit us or not, we all have to do our own business, the Jinyi Guard Yamen has to keep a distance from the local state guard, if we have a hot fight with them, how can we detect the news, how can we find trouble with them?" ”

Cai Meng smiled embarrassedly: "The adult taught me a lesson." ”

Song Nan said with a smile: "Of course, it's not that we don't get along with each other, we still have to maintain proper contact and communication, I mean to maintain the independence of our Jinyiwei, so that we can have a deterrent effect and better perform our duties." ”

Everyone understood what Song Nan meant, this is the principle of Jinyi Wei Yamen that Song Nan has always emphasized, keep an appropriate distance, so as not to get too close to the Yamen army, if there is really something to do, but it will not be able to do it because of face, and it is easy to breed and shield corruption and other evil tumors.

After three rounds of drinking, a flag school came to report that Qi Zhichun, the governor of Bazhou, and Chen Weilai, the commander of Bazhou Wei, led a group of officials to visit, Song Nan smiled slightly, knowing that these guys would definitely come, and they came from the capital, and the reason for their coming was unknown, so they must have scared them.

Qi Zhichun and Chen Wei rushed into the small courtyard with more than a dozen officials hulala, and when they boarded, the small courtyard was crowded to the brim, and the two sides had finished saluting, Song Nan still sat on the wine table and said: "Everyone, forgive me, I have been running all the way, I am really hungry, you must have eaten, I will not let you, I will talk while eating, it is not abrupt." ”

Qi Zhichun hurriedly said: "Where did the adults say, I have heard that Commander Song is famous for a long time, but I didn't expect to be able to come to Xiaoxiao Xinzhen, it is really an honor for us; I knew that the adults were hard, so we shouldn't come to disturb them, and tomorrow we will set up a banquet for the adults to catch the wind and wash the dust, and I hope that the adults will appreciate their faces. ”

Chen Wei stood aside and didn't say a word, he lied about the military situation, and he had just suffered a defeat, and Jin Yiwei commanded Song Nan to suddenly come to Bazhou City, muttering in his heart, how could he have the heart to think about what was abrupt or not.

Song Nan said: "I'm afraid I won't be able to eat tomorrow, you adults are here just in time, I want to seize the time to understand some of the situation of Wen'an anti-thieves; Cai Baihu, why don't you bring some stools and chairs for you to sit down. ”

Cai Meng scratched his head and said: "There are no stools and chairs, all the stools and chairs in our yamen have been taken away to set up tents, why don't you sit on the ground?" ”

Qi Zhichun hurriedly said: "No, no, let's just stand and talk." ”

Song Nan said: "It's okay to stand? ”

Qi Zhichun and others said: "It's okay to do it." ”

Song Nan nodded, took a few bites of wine and food, and a military official from Bazhou stood aside with his hands down, like a schoolboy who had been reprimanded. Wan Zhi Wang Yonghou Da Biao and others laughed secretly in their hearts, Song Commander was so frustrated, there were no such guys in his eyes at all, and whoever came to the place couldn't be so arrogant. It's still the Jinyi Guard Yamen who has a face, Lord Song is no one who is a bird, and Liu Jin, who is side-eyed by everyone, can't help his own Lord Song, not to mention these little minions below.