The bandits wanted to escape, Gu Yue and the others were about to chase after them, Tang Yin stopped them with a horizontal knife, and said in a deep voice: "Don't chase!" Tang Yin was alert, and the reason why the poor Kou Mo chased him naturally understood. Now that it was dark and unfamiliar with the environment, it would be worth the loss if they were to chase into the woods and fall into an ambush by the bandits.

After a short time, the team of people and horses who came from the official road ran to the front of everyone, and the general who was headed by him looked like he was in his early thirties, wearing black iron armor, red tassels on his head, and a tall horse, which looked quite majestic, and the soldiers who followed behind him were crooked and oblique, and many of them were not yet in complete armor, only wearing single clothes with wind disease, and their appearance was depressed and embarrassed.

The general urged the horse to take a few steps forward and looked around at Tang Yin and the others. Then he said politely: "I am Zhang Zhou, the head of the First Corps of Pingyuan County, may I ask, are you Lord Tang's guard?"

Hearing this, Tang Yin took two steps forward, raised his head and said, "I am Tang Yin!"

"Ah!" The general was shocked when he heard this, hurriedly turned over and dismounted, walked quickly to Tang Yin, intervened in the salute, and said: "The subordinate Zhang Zhou is late, so that Lord Tang is frightened, I hope Lord Tang will not see it." ”

Tang Yin looked down at the general. He was no stranger to his name, before coming to Pingyuan County, he already knew something about the situation here, there were three corps in Pingyuan County, and the commander of the first corps was Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Zhou has a mediocre appearance, medium stature, a little shorter when standing with Tang Yin, and he does have the majesty that a general should have, but he looks quite honest.

"General Zhang, don't you know that there are bandits here?" There were a lot of bandits in that wave just now, especially the two leaders who were both masters of spiritual martial arts, and with such a large group of bandits, Zhang Zhou should really be removed if he didn't know.

"Oh......" Zhang Zhou's face was embarrassed, he lowered his head savagely, and said, "My subordinates have heard about it." ”

"Then why don't you exterminate it?" Tang Yin said coldly.

"It's not that there is no encirclement and suppression, but the bandits are cunning, and they have been encircled and suppressed several times, but in the end they have escaped. This is a subordinate who is incompetent!" Zhang Zhou replied in a low voice.

I don't know what his ability is, but he still has the courage to admit his mistakes, which makes Tang Yin feel a little satisfied.

He looked behind Zhang Zhou, there were about 2,000 soldiers behind him, called the old, weak, sick and disabled, but the spirit was not flattering, not only the armor was not neat, but also listless, looking like an eggplant that had been beaten by frost, because many people were wearing single clothes, there was no leather armor outside, and their faces were pale from the cold, and they stood in place and kept shivering.

This is the first corps of Pingyuan County, and if it is still like this, the situation of the other two corps can be imagined. He frowned secretly and said, "It's late autumn now, and the horses are about to enter winter. ”

"Yes...... Yes!" Zhang Zhou didn't understand what Tang Yin meant when he said this.

Tang Yin raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you planning to let the brothers below wear single clothes for the winter?"

"Oh......" Zhang Zhou was speechless, stammering, not knowing what to say.

Seeing that Tang Yin was still going to question, Qiu Zhen quietly pulled his shirt.

After all, Zhang Zhou is the commander of the corps, and although Tang Yin is his division, he is a newcomer, so it is not appropriate to make the relationship too stiff.

He smiled at Zhang Zhou, and asked in a soft tone: "Pingyuan County is in a cold region, and the weather is already cold in late autumn, why doesn't General Zhang give out cotton clothes to the soldiers?"

Zhang Zhou is not Qiu Zhen, but seeing him standing next to Tang Yin, his status must not be low, plus he is polite and polite, and he speaks softly and slowly, which makes people can't help but have a good impression of him.

He replied: "It's not that I don't want to distribute it, it's that the military depot is empty, and the county has not yet replenished cotton clothes." ”

Tang Yin's brows furrowed even deeper, and he asked, "Didn't the former county head report to the county?"

"It's been reported, but the county hasn't delivered the supplies yet. ”

"When will it be delivered?"

"This ......" Zhang Zhou looked bitter, lowered his head, and stopped talking. He also wanted to know when the county would be able to deliver the supplies, but it was estimated that it would not be possible in a short time.

Seeing that he always looked like he was stumbling and spitting, and wanted to stop talking, Tang Yin suddenly felt impatient, he walked past Zhang Zhou, walked among the soldiers, and watched from a distance, this group of soldiers was enough to be down, and when he looked at it closely, he could only describe it as miserable. Some soldiers have no armor, and even those who wear armor are in tatters, and many have torn armor, and small holes are pierced on both sides of the breach, and then tied with hemp rope, and such armor should have been abolished long ago, and they are still wearing it, and they have to fight the brutes on the battlefield, and how can they be guaranteed?

The armor is incomplete, and some of it is also old, so where has the new armor gone? Although Tang Yin had just met Zhang Zhou, he didn't think that he had the courage to steal military resources. He turned around suddenly, glared at Zhang Zhou, and asked, "The soldiers either don't have armor or wear broken armor, haven't they reported this to the county?"

"This ......" Zhang Zhou was still speechless.

Tang Yin deliberately sneered and said, "Or did you swallow the new armor privately and use it for money to fill your pocket?"

Hearing this, Zhang Zhou's head buzzed, his feet fluttered, and he almost sat on the ground.

Embezzling military funds is not a joke, it is a felony to kill the head.

He looked at Tang Yin in horror, and said in a loud voice: "Wronged, Lord Tang, during the tenure of his subordinates, he has never privately swallowed a single cent of ...... in the army."

"Where did that thing go?" Before he could finish speaking, Tang Yin asked sharply.

"Alas!" Zhang Zhou sighed helplessly, he couldn't hide the matter if he wanted to, he said in a low voice: "The county has not issued a helmet and a armor to Pingyuan County for three years, resulting in a shortage of armor, the brothers died on the battlefield, and the armor on the body was left for the recruits, if the recruits died in battle, the armor had to be left for the next batch of recruits, so the armor that the brothers are wearing now is left behind by the soldiers who sacrificed before, and it looks like it is...... It's a bit shabby......"

"How can this be reasonable?!" Tang Yin finished speaking, and his eyes suddenly lit up. Gu Yue, Lotte and others also frowned, they couldn't believe that there was such a thing.

"Is that true?"

"The subordinates will never dare to say half a lie!"

"Isn't there any new armor in the county?"

"The subordinates don't know. Zhang Zhou's face was embarrassed.

He was reluctant to mention this issue, because it was useless to mention it, the county couldn't manage the county, the county refused to distribute materials, no one could do anything, and the previous county guards couldn't solve the problem, he didn't think that Tang Yin, who had just arrived, could handle it well.

Tang Yin looked directly at Zhang Zhou, for a long time, without saying a word.

Under his fierce gaze, Zhang Zhou was uncomfortable, his head hung lower, and he didn't dare to breathe.

I don't know how long it took, it seemed like a century to him, and he finally heard Tang Yin speak.

"General Zhang, take your people, come with me!"

"Where is Lord Tang going?"

"Shunzhou!" Tang Yin walked quickly to his horse. Hold down the saddle and get into the horse.

"Go...... Go to Shunzhou? Lord Tang is going to Shunzhou to ......"

"I want military supplies!" Tang Yin replied with an expressionless face.

Armor is the last layer of protection for soldiers on the battlefield, without armor, how many casualties will be lost in a battle? No matter what reason the county head Yu He has, if he can't give him a satisfactory explanation, he will not give up.

Tang Yin wanted to return the same way and find the county guard to ask for supplies, which was much unexpected to Zhang Zhou, he had been in the army in Pingyuan County for so long, and he had never seen such a tough county guard, and even Tang Yin had not even been to the county seat, so it was not officially inaugurated!

"This ...... Lord Tang, this is not appropriate!" Zhang Zhou hurriedly urged Ma to follow. Cautiously persuaded.

"Isn't it appropriate?" Tang Yin raised his eyebrows, his face showed a smile, but a harmful cold light flashed in his eyes, and he smiled and said softly: "If Yu He dares to say the word 'inappropriate' in front of me, I will cut off his head!"

Hearing this, Zhang Zhouzai shook his horse for a while, and almost fell headlong.

He didn't know if Tang Yin was joking, but even if he was joking, he was a little too bold.

Of course, Tang Yin is not joking, maybe other county guards are afraid of the county head, but he is not afraid, not only because he has the title of General Zhenbei, and it is also a felony to deduct military funds and cause the war to be unfavorable, even if he really killed Yu He, it is reasonable, not unclear.

, he asked Zhang Zhou again about what was still missing in the army.

Zhang Zhou's answer made Tang Yin's eyes turn green, and there was no shortage of military supplies such as weapons, armor, winter and summer military uniforms, war horses, etc., and even more odious was that there was a shortage of military salaries.

Pingyuan County originally had three corps, and the military salaries issued by the county were only enough for one and a half corps, but at present, the actual strength of the three corps is only about 20,000, a third of which is missing.

The more Tang Yin listened, the more angry he became, and finally asked, "General Zhang, you tell me what is not lacking." ”

"Well...... There is no shortage of grain and grass. Zhang Zhou replied in a low voice.

Okay, there is no shortage of food, and Yu He finally has a little conscience, and he doesn't plan to starve all the soldiers in Pingyuan County to death. Tang Yin muttered in his heart.

Zhang Zhou added: "The grain and grass given by the county is actually only enough for one and a half corps, but the local big families in Pingyuan County have donated grain and grass, so there is no shortage in the army." ”

Teng! Tang Yin's anger rose to the top again, and the hand holding the reins of the war horse was clenched tightly, Yu He, this person really deserves to be killed!

He wanted to hear it now, how he was going to explain it to himself when he saw Yuhe.

Tang Yin stopped talking, but the smile on his face gradually deepened.

Zhang Zhou didn't know what he was laughing at, but Qiu Zhen and the others understood his habits, looked at each other, and couldn't help but secretly shudder, it could be seen that Tang Yin was really angry again, this time in Shunzhou, I don't know what big things are going to happen!

Qiu Zhen reminded in a low voice: "Brother Tang, the head of the county is an important position, and the official rank is very high, so don't act impulsively!"

Tang Yin smiled evilly, shrugged his shoulders and replied, "Of course I know, you don't have to worry!"

The more he said this, the more relieved Qiu Zhen became.