The main barracks of the Minzhou garrison are located on the left side of the city gate, built on the south cliff, and the enclosure is very large.

By the time we got to the barracks, it was almost dawn. Along the way, the city has been extremely noisy, the lights are bright everywhere, I learned that the Minzhou defenders repelled the Tubo army, a large number of people came to shout for warmth, the streets and alleys cheered continuously, on the road lanterns stood in two long rows, one after another to the returning soldiers to deliver food and water, some large families even sent dozens of cars and horses, brought a large number of medicine and meat, the scene was very lively.

Minzhou City was invaded by Tubo in the early years of nearly half, but as an important military fortress in the northwest border of the Great Song Dynasty, the scale of Minzhou City is now not inferior to other cities in the Central Plains, in the city I know, the scale of Jingzhou is the largest one, more than 500,000 people are among the top in other cities in the Great Song Dynasty, but Minzhou City makes people feel that its scale is even larger than Jingzhou, and the population does not seem to be much worse than Jingzhou。

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the camp, Kang Ping, who was walking in front, suddenly turned his head and said with a smile: "Mr. Nagu, you go first to arrange the residence of Gu Youren and the others, and you are going to bathe and change your clothes, and set up a banquet to entertain all the heroes." ”

Nagu hurriedly bowed and said, "Yes, Lord Kang!"

We all saluted towards Kang, and when Kang Ping walked into the barracks, Na Gucai turned his head and said: "Brother Gu, come with me, the barracks of the Minzhou defenders are the most important place in Minzhou City, and the place is also very large, and this middle camp alone can accommodate 50,000 horses." ”

I looked at the barracks in front of me and was surprised, "There are so many soldiers in Minzhou City?"

The gate of this barracks is built very tall, the two sides of the gate are tied into rows with low thick wooden piles, extending to both sides to the foot of the mountain, inside the gate, is facing the outer entrance is an open square, there are about seven or eight minutes of the square in front of the palace of Kunlun Mountain, there are rows of simple wooden barracks at the foot of the mountain and on the edge of the surrounding wall, the soldiers who returned at this time are entering the camp one after another, and a large piece of square is standing. Probably because this military camp is attached to the city wall of Minzhou City, the wall of the military camp is not very high, and we can see the situation inside at a glance.

This barracks should be more than twice as large as the garrison barracks outside Chenzhou.

I thought. However, it is crowded to accommodate 50,000 horses, and when they resisted the Tibetan army before, there were at most six or seven thousand people in Minzhou City, and there were obviously not so many people here. Nagu smiled, looked at the soldiers who were gathering in the square and said: "That's natural, there is only one soldier here, the other three soldiers have not yet returned, plus the people and horses seconded by other city fortresses, 50,000 people are no more and no less." ”

I was slightly startled and said, "Secondment? Could it be that there are also wars in other border cities?"

Nagu raised his eyes and looked at me, and after a while, he suddenly shook his head and smiled, and said in a low voice: "Maybe there is, the news hasn't come yet, and we don't know." He stretched out his hand to the side of the camp gate, and said, "Brother Gu, there is the barracks in front, I will arrange a place for you to live first, let's go." ”

I don't know why, looking at Nagu's eyes, I always feel that he seems to have something unspeakable, the expression on his face is somewhat the same as the night when I first met him, I wanted to ask him again why he came to this Minzhou City or something, but seeing his dodgy eyes, I didn't dare to ask more, just forked and said: "It's okay." Mr. Nagu, could you arrange a separate barracks for us, my friends don't like people, and they don't know other mercenaries. ”

Nagu smiled and said, "What's so difficult about this, there are many barracks, you can choose one." Please!"

As he spoke, he had already taken the lead towards the camp gate, and I didn't ask any more questions, and led the hundred miles of disciples into the camp gate after them.

Skirting the barracks square, next to the low fence is a row of large sheds. This row of houses stretched from the middle of the barracks square to the foot of the Nanshan cliff, and when I passed by the door, I looked at each one, and each one was unusually open, enough to squeeze two hundred people, and the furnishings inside were simple and clear, except for the wooden beds, there was nothing else. From time to time soldiers came and went in the house, and when they saw us approaching, they saluted Nagu, and they called him "sir" as I did. I don't know what kind of identity Nagu is in this barracks, and the more those soldiers are like this, the more strange I feel in my heart.

When we were almost at the foot of the hill, Nagu called over a few soldiers, arranged three houses for the hundreds of mercenaries in the barracks near the foot of the mountain, and led us on.

Passing through the barracks, we reached the foot of the hill, and there was a large courtyard right next to the hill wall. There are two two-storey attics in the courtyard standing left and right, the pink walls are tiled, we can see at a glance, it looks very exquisite, the carving is also quite delicate, there is a great Jiangnan style. There are also rows of houses on both sides of the courtyard, and the corridors outside are paved with wooden floors and planted with some flowers and plants, and the environment is very quiet, compared with the military camp we just passed, it seems much more secluded.

There were two soldiers at the door, and when they saw us approaching, they gave us a military salute and said, "See Mr. Nagu." ”

Nagu waved his hand and said, "Don't be polite, you two go and prepare the room quickly, I have a distinguished guest coming." ”

The two soldiers responded in unison, and Nagu looked at me and said, "Brother Gu, my place is also empty, so you can rest and rest here with me, hehe." ”

There is no need to crowd with those mercenaries, that would be better, I nodded, and said to Zhou Huairen: "Uncle Zhou, you will take your brothers to follow the two of you, and when General Kang wants to feast us, we will pack up all our bodies." ”

Zhou Huairen smiled: "Okay." Looking at the two soldiers, he arched his hand and said, "Two, please lead the way." ”

In the battle with the Tibetan army outside the city, our horses and tents have long been lost to where they were lost, and the brothers in the dart board have nothing but a sword in their hands, but no one of us died in this battle, and they are still very happy.

After arranging the accommodation, Nagu led me and Baili into an attic on the right. As soon as he entered the door, Na Gu glanced at Baili Tu and He Yun, and suddenly said to me: "Brother Gu, are these people in your world's dart game?"

I was a little caught off guard by the suddenness of his question, but I didn't expect him to be able to say this. Hearing Nagu's words, Baili Tu and He Yun were all pale, Li Shubai stepped forward, blocked my side, and said in a deep voice: "Dare to ask sir, how do you know?"

Several of them seemed to be on the verge of a great enemy, as if they were about to rush forward. That is also, we have been cautious all the way, and we have never dared to expose our deeds, and when we are told to our faces, anyone will be suspicious in their hearts. I patted Li Shubai on the shoulder and said, "Brother Li, Mr. Nagu is my best friend, so you must not be rude." ”

Na Gu didn't care much, looked at Li Shubai, and said with a smile: "Originally, I didn't know that you were Gu Xiaoyou's dart game, and you only thought of it after entering the city." Come, Brother Gu, let's sit down and talk. ”

They all looked at each other, but they still sat down. I sat down next to Nagu, who poured me a cup of tea and said, "There are many businessmen in Minzhou City, and there are also many righteous people in the rivers and lakes, Brother Gu, I have already heard about you." ”