Chapter 11: Crisis

Straight to the point.

Although he is far away in Beijing, Jia Shouren has been in the officialdom for many years. The principal is the official of the sixth grade. The six products are really nothing in the imperial capital where there are many dignitaries and dignitaries like carp crossing the river, but whether the department is lacking or the real power department, it is much heavier than the institutions such as the Taifu Temple, the Honglu Temple, the Zhan Shifu, etc., and this chair is certainly not something that ordinary people can sit on casually. I already knew everything about the situation in my chest, and when I came, I passed through Wang Yucao's ear and face, and I knew how heavy the responsibility I shouldered, so Master Jia was never slack off along the way, and rushed to Yulin Mansion day and night.

After the necessary communication and bargaining processes such as gossiping bitterly, slapping the table and slapping the bench and swearing, the gentle persuasion of the peacemaker, and the "mutual understanding" of each step back and empathy, and then "seeing each other and hating each other" and "leading them as confidants", everyone quickly reached an agreement: the military department will send a year-and-a-half-year's grain and beans and a year's full military salary at one time according to the number of soldiers surveyed, and ensure that this half-way "drifting" will never exceed one and a half percent. From the prefect Xiao Changhua to the Yulin deputy general Wu Duogui and the general Li Changfa guerrilla Lu Youde, they also impassionedly said that they would definitely take this as a lesson and take good care of it in the future, and would never let that much of the food and salary be "soaked in the wind and rain" again, and the garrison Jin Qing, who died of the rebellious soldiers, reported that he had "died of a violent illness"; in addition to the military department's "pension according to the code", the local people also made up 300 taels according to the size of their positions to calculate the funeral (hush money) for their families, and Zhou Zhizheng swore to the rebels on behalf of the government that there would be no settlement after the autumn. In the future, no one will be held accountable, and those who violate the oath will be hit by five thunderbolts, and the soldiers, including all the battalions of the Yulinwei who mutinied and those who have not mutinied for the time being—the auxiliary soldiers and serfs who have been privately saved by the generals are not counted as people, and they have no part in them—have also agreed, and with these, all the previous shortages of food and salary will be written off and never mentioned again.

Of course, not long after, there was a little chaos in the camp one night. The next day, it was discovered that the three leaders of the rebels who had led the troubles had disappeared at the same time, and they were never seen again. The soldiers sighed while nibbling on cakes mixed with a lot of white flour: There will be no good end for those who cause chaos in the court! There are also some people who think about the cake in their mouth and the disappearance of the three people as one thing together, but just think about it, they have already eaten the cake, so what else can they do? The veterans with babies told the story to the children in private, and warned them earnestly: When you grow up in the future, you must take this as a warning, and you can't stand out for anything!

This result was expected by adults. Adults know in their hearts: these flowers are two-legged animals with one-line thinking, nothing more.

However, these are all afterwords, and they are not trivial - the pond in Yulin is not big, and this matter has not caused a ripple.

By the way, in the staggered period of planning, Zhou Zhizheng actually had a relationship with Director Jia: Zhou Tong's main examiner for the middle school examination and the cousin in the examination of Director Jia's Ministry of Officials were actually the same year!

At that time, after the person passed the Jinshi examination, he had to worship the examiner as the teacher, and from then on, the relationship between the two teachers and students was established, and then they became a faction, and they would take care of each other in the officialdom in the future. If you betray the "teacher", you will definitely end up with the infamy of "bullying the teacher and destroying the ancestors", and you will not be able to wash it off for the rest of your life - although the examiner has never known the student before, which was the general practice at that time. This is the case with Xiao Changhua and Yuan Shijie.

Those who pass the Jinshi examination in the same year are called the same year, and they often form a relatively strong friendship (in the current era, the same is often the case with the same batch of employees admitted in the company).

In short, it disappeared as if it had never happened.

Xiao Changhua and Wu Duogui would definitely not know that in Director Jia's report to Wang Shangshu, the amount of food and salary rose by two and a half. When Wang Shangshu received the report, he glanced at Director Jia meaningfully, and after getting an equally meaningful look, he happily put the big seal of the military department on the material allocation list.

Of course, Wang Shangshu and Director Jia knew that Xiao Changhua and Wu Duogui sent it down, and what the soldiers finally got in their hands was not ninety percent of the official silver, but only sixty percent of the private silver, and they also knew that Daming's specialty was a kind of insects and ants that love to eat silver, and Yulin was no exception - but what they didn't know was that the insects and ants in Yulin were even more powerful, and this time they still devoured nearly half of the transferred past.

The GIs didn't know all of the above, they only knew that they were paid and that they wouldn't have to worry about starving to death for a long time to come.

Everyone only knows what they should know, and for the others, they not only don't know, they even don't want to know at all. Everyone understands that rules are supreme - whether they can be said openly or not, they must be respected and must be observed.

Well, as long as you want to live on this land.

The soldiers who were immersed in joy had just eaten a full meal for two or three days, and a few taels of silver were not yet hot in their arms, when they heard the rumors: they were about to go into battle, and a large group of bandits were coming, and the bandit leader was called Guan Shengyun.

Bombed the camp again.

Because of the fear that the soldiers of the other battalions would follow suit in the future, although everyone has a share, the real reason for the distribution of arrears of food and wages by the imperial court this time was not mentioned by the local yamen or the officers at all levels, but only that the sympathy and divine grace of the imperial court, in the closed environment where there were no mobile phones and the Internet, and the illiteracy rate in the barracks was almost 100 percent, the soldiers of the other battalions were in a dream about this joy from heaven, and they did not know what was going on for a while, so all kinds of speculations were circulating in private...... Now it's okay, the mobilization order came, and everyone instantly found the standard answer: it turned out that we wanted to sell our lives!

Phew!

Why?

It's been a few years, and if you don't pay you, you won't even be paid, and you won't even be given food! It's easy to give food and money, it turns out that there is going to be a war! I just had a few full meals, and I was hacked to death by a thief, can I take the silver to the next flower?

No way!

The straight-line thinking of the GIs directly connected the two incidents that happened concurrently, and as a result, all the camps exploded, and they were always on the verge of breaking out.

The guerrilla general Lu Youde once again ran back to the city to deliver the letter, and Xiao Changhua, Wu Duogui, Zhou Zhizheng and others also panicked when they heard the news: Disaster is not a one-way street! If you don't come early or late, it's just at this juncture that the whole battalion has thrown in thieves, and the rebels have to surrender their names - it's true that the lives of their whole family are worried!

On weekdays, the civil and military who regarded the military as grass mustard and the martial arts as the enemy of the martial arts abandoned the unprecedented previous suspicions, and talked about the candle in the prefect's yamen for a night, and finally worked out a foolproof plan to resist the enemy.

At dawn, an urgent hoof sounded on the official road, and the official documents of 600 miles were densely signed with the pride and ambition of the local civil and military people to die generously for the saint, and they were sent to the Beijing Division. At the end of the warning and the letter of determination, he euphemistically mentioned: Natural disasters have been repeated for many years, the horses in the camp are short of forage, and they have encountered horse plague, and many of them have died...... However, this did not affect the confidence of the united city to destroy more than 10,000 robbers!

Speaking of Guan Shengyun, he was forced by a thousand or hundreds of mouths shouting and hungry, and he was reluctant in his heart, and he drove towards Yulin with a bamboo on the surface.

The tribesmen were glad that most of them had never set foot beyond the range of 30 miles of their residences in their lives, and more than half of them could even be reduced to 10 miles. In the hearts of these people, the worries of leaving their homeland were quickly abandoned: Yulin Mansion was like a fairyland of Yaochi, full of beautiful longing and yearning.

Guan Shengyun and Gao Tengdou and several other battalion officers and veterans were worried. They know that there is no siege equipment, well, even if there is, those guys will not use it, they have no combat experience, not to mention armor, not even decent weapons, and no food and grass supplies...... The high walls of Yulin Mansion will be the end of their lives. Moreover, many years of experience in garrisoning the border told Guan Shengyun that outside the city, there would be at least three to four battalions of border troops waiting to harvest their own first-level reward money - the hastily assembled rabble is the first-class merit for the regular army!

However, the situation is already difficult to ride a tiger, and Guan Shengyun, who was coerced by the group, has no other choice but to go down.

About 20 miles away from the city, Guan Shengyun set up camp.

In order to prevent the "enemy attack", Guan Shengyun ordered the auxiliary team to cut down trees, and later build camp walls and fences and repel horses, and the other battalions dug trenches and buried pots and stoves...... Driven by the excitement and fear of tomorrow's siege, the troops were so busy that they didn't notice that Guan Shengyun and his battalion officers and cronies had gathered together...... Well, before the battle, it's normal for the commanders to discuss the enemy in front of the enemy.

Looking at the busy scene, Master Xiao Luo, who had nothing to do, was a little confused, and muttered to Master Luo: "Dad, is it necessary to do this at this time?" ”

Luo Yonghao said disapprerovingly: "What do children know! General Guan has already said that he wants to prevent enemy attacks. General Guan has been in battle for a long time, and he knows more than you, you don't have a lot of mouths! ”

Luo Shifan blinked his eyes and said unconvinced: "Dad taught me a lesson." However, although the child does not know the soldiers, if the child is a guard in Yulin, he will not pull the soldiers out of the field, as long as the four doors are closed, they are undefeated, stay for a few days, the attacker is sharp and has no food and grass, and naturally retreats, and then takes the opportunity to counterattack, it is not difficult to win, right? ”

Luo Yonghao was stunned when he heard this, looked around, didn't see any of the leading officers, thought about it for a while, woke up like a dream, and said urgently: "You pack up our two things, wait for me in the tent, I'll come when I go!" Remember, don't say anything to anyone! After finishing speaking, he lifted his shirt and trotted straight to Guan Shengyun's Zhongjun tent.

Guan Shengyun was discussing with his cronies how to arrange the attack sequence tomorrow, and when the cannon fodder rushed up to attract the attention of the defenders, how to get out of the chaos, Luo Yonghao ran out of breath and broke in.

As soon as he entered the tent, Master Luo slammed it to the ground, and then, he bowed there without straightening his waist, and muttered in his mouth: "The general helps, and the general leads." Luo's father and son will forever thank the general for his great kindness......"

Guan Shengyun was also stunned, and asked while reaching out to help, "What are you doing?" ”

Luo Yonghao hunched his waist and dodged slightly, dodging Guan Shengyun's outstretched arm, still maintaining a saluting posture, and continued to chant in his mouth: "The general helps, the general leads." Luo's father and son will forever thank the general for his great kindness......"

Guan Shengyun immediately understood, and smiled bitterly: "Master Luo, please get up, please get up, Guan is also really helpless, and it will be a ...... for you to forgive your sins."

Luo Yonghao raised his head slightly, glanced at Guan Shengyun, still thinking to himself, Guan Shengyun had to respond: "Guan Mou answered you, master, please get up." ”

Luo Yonghao not only did not straighten up, but knelt down with a puff: "General, don't deceive the students." The student was miserable for half his life, died early, and only had one son under his knees, begging the general to be merciful! The student did not confide in others about this matter, and it can be seen every day! Tomorrow's students are willing to take the lead in attacking the city, only asking the general to take the dog away and leave a blood for the Luo family. As he spoke, he leaned down, and two lines of tears fell.

Guan Shengyun said movingly: "Where did Mr. say it?" Mr. Tomorrow's father and son followed closely behind. Sir, please get up quickly, Hugh will be bumped into......"

At this moment, another person broke into the camp tent in a panic, and without looking at the two people who were tearing, he knelt down and shouted: "Handsome, general!" Big things are not good! Yulin, Yulin, the next battle book is here! ”