Chapter Seventy-Eight

After entering the county guard's mansion, Tang Yin was very busy.

The officials and wealthy soldiers in the county town had to deal with it, and the accumulated government and military affairs had to be dealt with in a timely manner, and the military funds and salaries that had been pulled back from Shunzhou had to be distributed.

Seeing that the time was not early, it was only then that all the officials and rich armor got up to bid farewell to Tang Yin, who arranged for Qiu Zhen to send them away, and instructed Qiu Zhen to have a good relationship with everyone, and said that all the affairs of government affairs would be handled by him in the future, and he himself would concentrate on military affairs.

Qiu Zhen grinned secretly about this, it was okay for him to give advice, but he didn't know anything about government affairs, but he also understood that at this stage, Tang Yin couldn't find a caring henchman to help him deal with government affairs, even if he was embarrassed, he had to bite the bullet and go ahead.

Subsequently, Tang Yin asked Zhang Zhou and Bai Yong to arrange manpower, escorted by Gu Yue and Lotte, to send part of the military funds and salaries to the barracks, and distribute them to the soldiers, and the remaining part was stored in the county guard's mansion and used when needed in the future.

He proposed to expand the force of Pingyuan County to five corps, not just casually, but really intended to do so. In the end, he asked Qiu Zhen to write a chapter and report the expansion of the army to the royal court, of course, the chapter was not directly handed over to the Wind King Zhanhua, but first passed to Wu Mei to consult her opinion to see if there was anything wrong.

After arranging these things, Tang Yin found time to eat.

Now his position has improved, but the food is not as good as before, the products in Pingyuan County are far less abundant than Yancheng, there is a lack of vegetables, and there are few types of meat, as for seafood, I can't find it, fortunately, Tang Yin is not picky, as long as he can fill his belly, it doesn't matter what.

After a hasty meal, Bai Yong had already asked his soldiers to bring Pab horses, a specialty of the city-state of Besa, as well as some armor and weapons of the brutes.

The Pabu horse was indeed majestic, with short, shiny dark brown fur, and a thick body, at least a lap larger than the horses of the Wind Country.

Li Wei, Liu Zhongsheng, Chen Fang, and Ai Jia curiously circled around the war horse, touching in the east and touching in the west, and they were amazed.

Tang Yin stepped forward and patted the horse's back hard, the war horse stood up and did not move, as steady as Mount Tai, Tang Yin nodded, grabbed the brown hair of the war horse with one hand, turned over and jumped up, and turned around twice in the courtyard, feeling that although it was not as good as the 'Ruying' that Wu Mei gave him, it was much stronger than the ordinary wind country war horse, but the horse speed was slightly slower.

After getting off the horse, he didn't say anything, and walked to the armor of the Besa soldiers, and picked up a helmet casually, the helmet is made of pure steel, thick and heavy, with a face shield in front, leaving only the gap between the eyes, with the head, completely covering the person's face, and then look at the armor, and the helmet is much the same, the same material, the same thickness, the same degree of closure, this armor weighs a scale, not to mention that it has to weigh hundreds of pounds, worn on the body, it is equivalent to covering a layer of steel shell, if you don't use a spiritual weapon, want to split it, it is really difficult。

He threw the armor away, and when it landed, there was a muffled thud, and he asked, "General Bai, all the barbarians wear this kind of armor?"

"No!" Bai Yong Zhengse said, "This is the armor of the barbarian heavy cavalry, and the armor of ordinary infantry is much lighter than this. ”

"Oh!" Tang Yin nodded.

Li Wei played with a section of arm guard in his hand and asked with a smile: "I doubt that wearing a kind of armor, I can still move around on the battlefield." ”

Bai Yong glanced at Li Wei and said, "The barbarians' heavy cavalry will not leave the war horse, so there is no need to move. ”

Li Wei nodded, and picked up another steel sword, the body of this sword was wide, thick and long, not to mention fighting with this kind of thing, it was difficult to hold it alone.

Bai Yong explained: "This kind of sword is the weapon of the heavy cavalry, and there is also this kind of ......" As he spoke, he picked up a spear from the ground, the length of which was almost close to the flagpole, the back was thin, the middle was thick, the front end was pointed, and the spear body was extremely heavy.

With the current equipment of the wind soldiers, it is true that they do not have any advantage in a head-to-head battle with the brute soldiers of such equipment.

Tang Yin rubbed his chin and lowered his head in contemplation.

There is no difference between the confrontation between the two armies and the master, no matter how strong the opponent's defense is, but after all, there are still flaws, the key is to see if you can find out the opponent's weaknesses.

Besa's hoplite defense is very strong, but there must also be weaknesses, but where is this weakness?

Tang Yin frowned slightly, and couldn't figure out a clue for a while, he said to Bai Yong: "Don't take these things away first, store them all here with me, okay?"

"Of course you can!" Bai Yong said quickly.

Tang Yin turned around and went back to the room, and at the same time said to everyone: "Everyone come recently, I have something to discuss with you." ”

I don't know what it is, everyone followed Tang Yin into the house.

After taking his seat, Tang Yin said: "The matter of resisting the barbarians can be postponed, but the bandits in Pingyuan County must be solved immediately. ”

He still understands the principle that the outside must first be at home, the Besa soldiers are just external enemies, and the real threat is internal trouble.

Zhang Zhou and Bai Yong looked at each other, and neither of them spoke.

Tang Yin continued: "Shangguan Yuanwu and Shangguan Yuanbiao, these bandits, are so bold that even my team dares to rob, who else do they dare not rob? So, if you want to cure the bandits, you must first take these two brothers, General Zhang and General Bai, what do you mean?"

"This ......"

"I know that Shangguan Yuanwu and Shangguan Yuanbiao are Shangguan Yuanji's younger brothers, and Shangguan Yuanji has vigorously funded the officers and soldiers of Pingyuan County, and has made meritorious contributions to our army, but the credit is due to the merits, and the two cannot be confused, not to mention that it is his two younger brothers who we want to punish, not him. After a pause, Tang Yin said again: "He connived at his two younger brothers to gather grass and rob houses, and my crime of treating him can be regarded as giving him a lot of affection, and I also repaid him for his previous support for our army." ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Zhang Zhou nodded repeatedly. In any case, it is a fact that Shangguan Yuanwu and Shangguan Yuanbiao are bandits, and it is not an exaggeration for Tang Yin to insist on encirclement and suppression.

Bai Yong frowned and asked, "Lord Tang, do you want to ...... Go to Shangguan Yuanji and talk to me first?"

"Why do you want to explain it to him?" Tang Yin raised his eyebrows and said, "The officers and soldiers have to report to him if they exterminate the bandits?"

"No, no, I didn't mean that!" Bai Yong hurriedly explained.

Tang Yin asked, "Do you two know where the Shangguan brothers' lair is?"

Zhang Zhou and Bai Yong nodded slowly.

Seeing this, Tang Yin said: "Okay, the First Corps and the Second Corps will each transfer two thousand elites, and they will go with me to suppress Kou early tomorrow morning!"

"Going tomorrow?" Zhang Zhou was a little surprised, Tang Yin had just arrived in Hengcheng today, and he was going to go out to suppress bandits the next day, his style was too vigorous, right? !

"How long else will it take? I don't have time to dwell on the issue of banditry. Tang Yin said dryly.

"Understood, Master Tang!" Zhang Zhou and Bai Yong nodded yes.

"Alright, the two generals can now go back and rest. ”

"Lord Tang, my subordinates say goodbye!" Zhang Zhou and Bai Yong both retired.

After the two left, Tang Yin couldn't help but sigh faintly and closed his eyes tiredly. The county guard of Pingyuan County, who took office, simply left himself a big mess, with a huge backlog of government affairs, a mess of military affairs, internal banditry that had not been eliminated, and external defenses against barbarians were also useless.

"Brother Tang!"

Qiu Zhen walked up to his side and called softly.

Tang Yin's eyes didn't open, and he asked, "What's the matter?"

"I'm going to suppress the bandits tomorrow, what is Brother Tang going to do?"

"What about your opinion?" Tang Yin didn't say much, and asked Qiu Zhen directly.

"Shangguan Yuanwu and Shangguan Yuanbiao are both masters of spiritual martial arts, if they raise troops to attack, even if they can win in the end, the losses of our army are probably not small, the best way is to lure these two away, set up an ambush, and capture them alive, as for the bandits below, it is not worth mentioning. ”

Seriously considering Qiu Zhen's opinion, Tang Yin nodded, feeling that what he said made sense.

Qiu Zhen said again: "Just now I also talked a lot with the local rich people, the Shangguan family's family business is very huge, they want land, they want money, most of these are all worked hard by Shangguan Yuanji, it can be seen that this person can be called a genius in internal affairs, and what Brother Tang lacks most now is a helper to deal with internal affairs, if he can take Shangguan Yuanji for his own use, then Brother Tang, the county guard, can not only do it perfectly, but also become much easier." Of course, he himself will become lighter, and he will not have to worry about dealing with government affairs. Qiu Zhen silently added in his heart.

Oh, this is something Tang Yin didn't expect! He asked, "Is Shangguan Yuan Jiken willing to take refuge in me?"

"Whether he likes it or not, it doesn't matter. As long as Brother Tang can catch Shangguan Yuanwu and Shangguan Yuanbiao and behead them according to their crimes, as the eldest brother of the two, Shangguan Yuanji will naturally not sit idly by, as long as he comes to the door to beg, Brother Tang can use the surnames of the two Shangguan brothers as a condition to force Shangguan Yuanji to comply. ”

"With this kind of means, I'm afraid he won't be willing!" Tang Yin said thoughtfully.

Qiu Zhen laughed and said confidently: "Brother Tang is not an incompetent person, as long as he pulls Shangguan Yuanji to his side first, he is not afraid of his insincere assistance in the future." ”

"En!" Tang Yin nodded, the corners of his mouth raised, and said with a smile: "That's right, just do what you want!"

Qiu Zhen would not have thought that his proposal at this time, mainly to reduce his burden, would have an incomparably huge impact on Tang Yin in the future.

The next day.

Tang Yin took Qiu Zhen, Gu Yue, Lotte, Li Wei, Liu Zhongsheng, Chen Fang, Ai Jia and others to the school military field of the Hengcheng military camp accompanied by Zhang Zhou and Bai Yong.

In the school military field, the flag is unfurled, and the atmosphere is solemn.

According to Tang Yin's request, the first and second corps of Pingyuan County respectively selected 2,000 elite soldiers and arranged them neatly in the field, and people's eyes slowly moved with Tang Yin's figure.