0721 Datong
After speaking, he stepped to walk and stopped, a little hesitant. Seeing this, Liu Haojia knew what he was thinking, so he directly smiled and waved his hand and said, "You can take these heads directly, and as for the silver, go directly to the logistics officer to get them." Look at the book
Hearing that Liu Haojia asked him to take the head away, Zhang Chaoyong was completely relieved, and hurriedly said, "What is a little silver, where can I use Hou Ye to pay!" This matter has been dealt with by the officials, you just have to sit down! Turning around, the lower official arranged a banquet in the city for the Hou Ye to catch the wind. And be sure to enjoy the light."
Liu Haojia shook his head and said, "I won't go to the banquet in the first place, I'm really tired of running around these days! But you can ask the officers below, they should be interested."
Zhang Chaoyong didn't dare to say more, turned around and went out to order someone to take the head away, and then he hurried back to Zhangjiakou, and ordered his soldiers to collect all the things useful to the army and send them to the barracks.
It didn't take long for the whole car of lime, salt, grain, vegetables, fruits, and a large number of cattle and sheep to be collected by Zhang Chaoyong and sent to the camp, as for the silver, he naturally wouldn't ask for it. If you have military merit, you will have a position, and you won't be able to earn back how much money you can earn back when the time comes! Besides, guarding the position of Zhangjiakou, he has long been rich. It's time to have some blood now!
After a large number of things were transported to the barracks, the soldiers were naturally very happy, because they could eat a good meal again! Especially Liu Haojia also ordered that there would be enough drinks tonight, which made the soldiers rejoice! But they have to do all the work first, and the biggest of them is the nitrate head.
However, most of the soldiers of the Wu'an Army are new recruits and are not proficient in nitrate head matters. And the people sent by Zhang Chaoyong are very proficient in these businesses, so they naturally teach them hand-in-hand. It was done quickly.
Then one of the soldiers found Zhang Chaoyong, and as soon as the two met, Zhang Chaoyong asked, "How many heads are there in the camp?"
The soldier said, "Master, there is no exact number for this, but it is estimated that it is at least one thousand seven or eight up, and if there are two thousand, it is possible!"
Zhang Chaoyong was shocked when he heard this, and said, "How can there be so many? How many of them are old men and women?"
The soldier thought for a moment and said, "There are about two or three hundred of them, but there are not many women's heads, and most of them are old people."
Zhang Chaoyong gasped when he heard this, and said, "It seems that he really fought two battles!"
At this time, the soldier said, "Master of the family, I talked to those soldiers when I was at the head of the nitrate, and the process of fighting was relatively clear, it was a tough battle! Moreover, they said that after the attack on the camp, there were many women and children on the battlefield, and they did not cut off the heads, and they all dared to fight them!"
After speaking, he told Zhang Chaoyong about the news he heard, and his head was full of cold sweat! He knew that he was not sure that he would escape under the siege of the three tribes, let alone dare to touch the lair of one of them to kill them!
However, this strengthened his determination to make friends with Liu Haojia. Thinking of this, he wrote a letter and told the soldiers to send them away immediately. Then he personally went to invite Liu Haojia to the banquet.
Liu Haojia naturally refused to go, after all, his identity was too different. However, many of his officers went. And Zhang Chaoyong naturally called someone to accompany him, and called for singing and dancing to cheer up, and the two sides were happy together!
Early the next morning, Liu Haojia led his army to Datong. The speed of marching on this road is much faster, after all, it is walking in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, so there is no need to be on guard at all times.
By the time the army arrived at Datong, the military attaché stationed here in Datong was already waiting outside the city pass. The military attache stationed in Datong is also of the same lineage as Xungui, and his surname is also Zhang. It is the clan relative of Zhang Chaoyong, the guard general of Zhangjiakou, named Zhang Jingping. When he was young, he won the title of knight of the imperial court because of his ability to fight in battle, and he was an earl.
However, the Zhang family where Zhang Jingping is located and the Zhang family where Zhang Siwei is located are not the same. However, the same thing is that they have been entrenched in Shanxi for a long time, especially here in Datong, and their roots are extremely deep! It's just a piece of literature and a martial arts.
Liu Haojia saw Zhang Jingping personally waiting outside the city, so he naturally rushed forward to meet. After all, they are all in the same vein as Xungui, so they naturally have to get closer.
But he rode a horse to Zhang Jingping
When he approached, he was greeted not by a fierce general, but by a slightly chubby middle-aged man standing next to the carriage!
Zhang Jingping was dressed in a robe made of exquisite materials and wore a gauze hat on his head. There is also a piece of jade embedded in the belt. If it weren't for the military attachés at all levels and his family members standing next to him, Liu Haojia would have thought that he was a rich man in the countryside!
However, Liu Haojia did not show a contemptuous look, but jumped off the horse from a distance and walked forward quickly, taking the lead in giving a salute. Although his title is higher than Zhang Jingping, he is always polite when people come to welcome guests.
Zhang Jingping saw Liu Haojia taking the lead in giving a salute, and stepped forward with a smile to support Liu Haojia with both hands and said, "Master Hou is really polite!"
Liu Haojia said with a smile: "You are an old-timer, I am a junior, and it is also appropriate to give gifts!"
After the two of them were polite, Zhang Jingping introduced the surrounding generals to Liu Haojia, and then asked people to arrange the army to rest in the camp outside the city. The officers, accompanied by his men, went straight into the city. As for Liu Haojia, he was directly arranged in his own earl's palace.
Liu Haojia felt that this arrangement was very good, so it was naturally better to be respectful than to obey his fate. When he arrived at the Earl's Palace, there were naturally people waiting for him to bathe and change his clothes. However, this time he came out to patrol the border without any clothes, so he simply wore a samurai suit into the living room.
When he entered the living room, Zhang Jingping was already waiting there. Looking at his dress and Fang Cai, he was actually wearing a scholar's green robe, and he was holding a string of prayer beads in his hand! If it weren't for the protruding joints of his hands, and he still retained a trace of the characteristics of a military general, Liu Haojia would have thought that he was an old Confucian student!
Liu Haojia looked at the decoration in the guest room again, which can be described as carved beams and paintings, which is extremely luxurious! Just a set of Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum screens is worth a lot! Even Liu Haojia was reluctant to settle in his home.
After Liu Haojia looked at it inside and out, he secretly sighed in his heart, this Zhang family is only afraid that it will be wasted! Zhang Jingping in front of him is not a hero in the border army back then! I'm afraid that my bones have been soaked in the gentle township!
Zhang Jingping saw him come in and got up to greet him and sit down, and then a beautiful maid brought towels and tea. When the two of them greeted each other, there were drinks and food sent like water! In addition to the specialties of Datong, there are also delicacies from other places, even the dried seafood by the sea! I'm afraid that this table will cost more than 100 taels of silver!