Chapter 668: Expedition
There are frequent exchanges between foreigners and Han people in the border areas, and it is impossible for the spies hiding in the city to not notice such a big movement in Ganzhou City.
There were two honest-looking chauffeurs sitting in the corner cake shop, and after drinking a bowl of thick mutton soup, they ate and wiped clean and left tacitly, and when they came to the door, they found that the strip of cloth on their hands was stained with a few pieces of meat foam, so they stuck out their tongues and licked them into their stomachs.
There was a lot of loess and mud and sand on the street at the entrance of the bakery, which was left behind by the carts, horses and people who had come from a long distance.
Carriages covered with cloth passed in front of their eyes, escorted by soldiers.
A few old fellows in the bakery whispered, "...... What are those? More than fifty carts have passed, it can't be all grain, right? ”
"I don't know, anyway, they all said there was going to be a war."
The two charioteers looked expressionless and walked along the shops towards the outside of the city.
When passing by a fork in the road, a young man sitting and drinking tea put down a few copper coins, and then patted his stomach to follow.
The people in front of them walked faster and faster, and the people behind followed faster and faster, until they tumbled into the alleys between several low-rise houses.
The young man was afraid of losing him, so he turned a corner and suddenly found a flying knife in his sight, and the distance was almost to his forehead.
"Damn!!"
In an emergency, he quickly shortened, followed by a cold sweat.
At this time, at the end of the alley, the figures of the two coachmen appeared on the left and right, "such skills and reactions...... Who are you? Why follow our brothers? ”
The young man seemed to be very confident in his skills, and he was still not afraid of one-on-two, "I should ask, who are you?" Hiding in Ganzhou City for so long, for whom is it for? ”
"I don't know what you're talking about. We were just chariot drivers doing hard work. ”
"Don't pretend. You want to ventilate the news, right? ”
The Ming Dynasty has decided to send troops, which is very important information.
If you can't know in advance and prepare in advance, it may be a surprise effect.
Looking at the amount of those supplies, they also speculated that the number of troops this time was very huge.
Seeing that the horse's feet were exposed, the groom brothers no longer hesitated, and immediately made the decision to kill again.
But right behind them, two arrows suddenly flew out, and the arrows spun in the air at high speed, and almost instantly, they slammed into their chests.
"What's the nonsense with them at this time?"
At the end of the alley, a person dressed as a brocade guard appeared on the rooftops on both sides.
The young man on the other side put away his fighting stance, "I wanted to hear their last words." ”
"It was decreed from above, that all those who betrayed the country for profit would be killed without mercy. This kind of person, what do you want to listen to them? Come with us. From today onwards, Jinyiwei will fully close the net and hunt down all kinds of secret agents. ”
"Yes, the subordinate obeys."
With a sonorous thud, his knife was sheathed, and after taking two steps, two more white flowers were thrown down from it.
When the young man saw this, he immediately became happy, "My lord, what does this silver mean?" ”
"These two people are what you have been following, reward money."
"Huh? Really, thank you so much, there haven't been so many in the past! ”
As they ran all the way, the sound became farther and farther away, and it became smaller and smaller, and in the end, only the aftermath remained, "The emperor attaches great importance to this dispatch of troops, and he gives a lot of ...... silver."
"And such a good thing? That's a little more to earn. ”
Except for him,
The guards and soldiers in Ganzhou City also received the silver one after another. The so-called open silver, as the name suggests, is the silver money issued during the war, in fact, it is also a kind of silver.
In order to boost morale, it is a common practice for the military to raise salaries during war.
Generally speaking, it is two taels to two taels and five dollars per month, which is a normal situation, but in fact, whether there are so many will be affected by the financial situation.
But Zhou Shangwen has no worries at present.
Wang Qiong arrived with as much as 300,000 taels of silver, and a team of more than 40,000 people was enough.
This is one of the more important materials, being a soldier is to make a living, ordinary soldiers don't even know a word, who cares if you believe in or not, if you really believe something, that is, believe in silver.
Therefore, after the money was sent, the enthusiasm rose all of a sudden.
On the last night before the expedition, there will be a phenomenon of marrying and leaving heirs, which is relatively rare in this long-term peace era, but there are also cases.
The young soldiers kept their money at home and slept with their new wives in their arms.
Before dawn, I had to leave the warm bed.
Ji Shan is like this, he is a foot soldier of the Ganzhou Left Guard, in fact, he has only been a soldier for a year, and last year he felt that the salary and silver given by the imperial court were enough, and the food was full, so he went, and he didn't think much about really going to war.
But when the military order came, he had so many mouths in one banner, and none of them flinched, so he had to be a good soldier.
Although the little daughter-in-law was bullied by him, she was not familiar with him, so she couldn't let go, but fortunately, she couldn't see anything when she chatted in the dark of the fifth watch, which was just convenient for them to explain the last thing to each other.
"Do you remember that box from last night? That's half a year's salary, and I saved it, and I didn't want to spend it. You are my daughter-in-law, now I will leave it to you, you have to take care of it, and take care of my father and mother. Also, don't worry about me. ”
The little daughter-in-law already had tears in her eyes, "What you let the slave do, the slave will definitely do well for you." It's just that you have to come back......"
"Yes!"
Ji Shan didn't know what to say anymore, the two of them spent a while like this, and when they felt that the time was almost up, Ji Shan said, "You let me hug me again." ”
"Okay."
This time it may be a birth and separation, so it's not so twisted.
Holding a woman in his arms, Ji Shan felt that it was really good, and he didn't want to eat those yellow sands, "...... I should have gotten married sooner. ”
"What's wrong......
"It's soft."
"Don't talk nonsense...... When you come back, it's still the same. ”
……
"If only there wasn't a war."
Ji Shan knew that he couldn't be warm anymore, he touched his daughter-in-law's belly, "If you can give me a son, then I have to fight this battle." The group of bitches who beat him didn't dare to bully us anymore, and he would have a good life. Say no more, let's go! ”
The rough man finally grabbed a soft hand, and then reluctantly left the house.
Once outside, the closer you get to the camp, the more people rush over.
Several of the eldest brothers in the flag began to laugh at him, saying that he must be reluctant to embrace a woman.
There was a lot of laughter.
Soon, Wu Yongfei, the little flag in charge of them, arrived, holding several roasted sweet potatoes in his hand, "One for each person, come and get them." Fuck, the sweet potatoes are all dried sweet potatoes now, and they're so hard that your teeth are broken, let's eat something soft. I asked for it from my old man. ”
At the same time, there are also a lot of dried sweet potatoes, and everyone has to carry a bag, which is the weight that you usually have to get used to in training.
Ji Shan also thought that the sweet potatoes were dry and hard, so he hurriedly went up and got a freshly roasted one.
This robbed Wu Yongfei and kicked him, "I know that your kid is greedy." There are so many of these things now, what's the hurry? ”
"Haha, I didn't eat breakfast, I'm hungry."
"I heard it was shipped from Ningxia."
"See, there are dozens of cars, it's hard to eat this thing and every day."
Wu Yongfei despised it, "When you leave Ganzhou and then go out of Suzhou, there is not even a single grass in the wilderness, you will know that this is something that can save your life!" ”
While they were eating and chatting, someone outside began to shout, "All out of the camp and line up!" The Chief Soldier is here! ”
"Line up! Lined up! ”
Ji Shan stuffed the last bit into his mouth, burning his mouth hot.
Wu Yongfei moved extremely fast, and his hat and scimitar were all stuffed into the arms of these soldiers, "Put it on quickly!" Walk! ”
These are elite soldiers with plenty of money, and the queue has been trained countless times, and everyone knows where they are standing, from a small flag, to a general flag, to a hundred households, and one soldier after another appears in a position they are familiar with.
Ji Shan could also see that one column, two columns, and one piece, five thousand households stood at the front of their own team, and then the perspective was adjusted to a high stage.
There is the chief soldier of Gansu Town, and the emperor personally named Zhou Shangwen!
He drew his sword and pointed it at the sky.
"Expedition!!"
Ji Shan followed the team, and there was a loud sound of footsteps and the neighing of war horses in his ears......
(End of chapter)