Chapter 228: Sand City (5/5)

The establishment of the third battalion of hunting cavalry is still there, but most of the veterans of fifteen years ago have either died on the battlefield or have been disarmed and returned to their hometowns. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info As for the officers back then, in the same way, they are either already dead, or they have been transferred out of Shacheng, in short, there is no shadow of the year.

However, there are no absolutes in the world, and after rummaging through the archives for a long time, the soldier really found an old man for Xiao Suifeng.

"That person's name is Liu Guangyuan, and he was a captain of the third battalion of hunting and cavalry, because his family moved to this sand city with him, so after the service period expired, he stayed in the sand city. The soldier looked at the file and said.

After Xiao Suifeng heard this, he was also a little surprised in his heart, and couldn't help asking, "Are you still in Sand City now?"

The soldier flipped through the file, "The old army retired from the army five years ago, and the last record is that a tavern was opened in the east of the city, because Liu Guang was originally born in the army, so those veterans in the army, including those low-level officers, like to go to his wine shop to drink and eat, and it is quite prosperous." ”

"Mr. is talking about the old army liquor shop?" Guo Qian'an, who had been listening silently, suddenly asked.

The soldier nodded hurriedly, "General Hui, it's the old army wine shop." ”

Guo Qian'an couldn't help but chuckle when he heard this, and said to Xiao Suifeng, "I have also been to the wine shop, and the shopkeeper inside is named Lao Liu, and I am also in office, and it seems that I am indeed a veteran, but I don't know that Lao Liu is called Liu Guangyuan, and I didn't expect that it was exactly the person Brother Xiao was looking for, but it was a coincidence." Brother Xiao, why don't you come with me to the old army liquor shop now?"

Xiao Suifeng didn't really find the soldiers who participated in the encirclement and suppression of Shen Lun in this sand city, and he was naturally slightly surprised in his heart, and he would not have any opinions on Guo Qian'an's proposal.

At that moment, Xiao Suifeng came to the city again with Guo Qian'an, and found the old army wine shop in Dongshifang, where there were many shops and taverns.

Liu Guangyuan of the old army wine shop obviously knew Guo Qian'an, the top general of Shacheng, and when he saw Guo Qian'an coming over, he immediately put down his work and hurriedly greeted him, "Why is the general free today?"

Guo Qian'an had a light smile on his face, and said, "Lao Liu, I didn't expect that before you opened the wine shop, you were still a veteran of the army for ten years, why did you never tell me?"

Liu Guangyuan looks to be in his forties, with vicissitudes of life, but his body is tough. At this moment, Liu Guangyuan's face was originally a warm smile, but when he heard Guo Qian'an say this, he couldn't help but pause, and then smiled bitterly, "Why did the general suddenly remember to talk about this?"

Guo Qianan also smiled and replied, "What, is there anything else you can't say about this guy." ”

Liu Guangyuan shook his head, "Not really, it's just that when I withdrew from the army, although the time was up, in fact, my body could still be mixed in the army for a few more years, and the lieutenant colonels and colleagues really wanted me to stay." Just ......"

Liu Guangyuan couldn't help but glance at his daughter-in-law and a pair of children who were busy in the wine shop, and said with a smile on his face, "It's just that I was homesick and afraid that I would continue to be in the army, and if something happened, there would be no one to take care of me at home, so I insisted on retiring from the army." Speaking of which, I did retire according to the time, but it was not a glorious thing, so I did not mention it to the general. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Guangyuan's face couldn't help but show a look of worry and incomprehension, looking at Guo Qian'an and saying, "What's the matter, why did the general suddenly talk about this?"

In this Wangshan Plain, although there were few border battles, the skirmish battles with the Leng Yue Sect, horse bandits, and those Lin Mang mountain people who did not obey the imperial court religion never stopped after the army of the Dakang Dynasty entered Wangshan Plain.

In such a skirmish, the casualties of those officers of the border army are naturally in the minority, but the injuries of those ordinary soldiers are very large, as far as Shacheng is concerned, at present, the imperial court is cooperating with the righteous path to eliminate the Leng Yue Sect and the many forces in Wangshan Yuan that do not obey the discipline of the imperial court, which is considered a special period, not to mention for the time being. In peacetime, the defenders in the sand city, because of the attacks of the horse bandits or the Cold Moon Sect every month, will generally have dozens of casualties, and sometimes hundreds of people may not be.

This is still an ordinary time, like this battle, don't look at the sand city is calm at the moment, but the three thousand elite soldiers who were taken away, I don't know how many can come in the end.

Although Guo Qianan has just been transferred to this sand city for only a year or two, after all, he is also a general who has worked hard in the army, and he is naturally clear and understands these things in the army.

At this moment, seeing that Liu Guangyuan had a nervous look on his face, Guo Qian'an shook his head immediately, "Don't think about it, I'm just casually saying it, it's just that this Xiao Xia from the Cloud Piercing Sword Sect next to me wants to ask you about an old incident fifteen years ago, you just have to tell him what you know." ”

Hearing Guo Qian'an say this, Liu Guangyuan's heart was relieved, but then he was puzzled, and looked at Xiao Suifeng, "An old incident fifteen years ago?"

Xiao Suifeng nodded, "Fifteen years ago, the third battalion of the hunting cavalry where you are located once wiped out a gang of horse bandits led by Shen Lun, I don't know if Shopkeeper Liu still has an impression?"

"Shen Lun?" Liu Guangyuan frowned slightly, lowered his head and thought about it carefully, just under Xiao Suifeng's gaze, he nodded silently, "I still have some impressions, I was promoted to captain because of that battle, but I still remember." ”

Hearing this Liu Guangyuan say this, Xiao Suifeng was slightly happy in his heart at the moment, and couldn't help asking, "That's just right, I don't know if I can ask Brother Liu to tell me about the events of the year carefully." ”

Liu Guangyuan glanced at Guo Qian'an on the side, saw Guo Qian'an nodded, thought about it for a while, and told the things of the year.

In Liu Guangyuan's view, things back then were actually very simple.

Shen Lun's horse bandit always had more than 300 people, and among the several horse bandits near Shacheng, it was a relatively strong one in terms of reputation and power. The so-called gun shoots the first bird, and the attitude of the border army in Shacheng towards horse bandits is the same.

In the Wangshan Plain, there were many horse bandits, but the border army was limited, so at the beginning, it was naturally impossible to exterminate them one by one, and the first to be exterminated was naturally the horse bandits who were close to several military cities and had a greater momentum.

In this case, Shen Lun's gang naturally fell into the attention of the border army of Shacheng. And the next thing is simpler, after getting the news of Shen Lun's gang, the third battalion of hunting and riding was ambushed in advance, and then fought an ambush battle, which was not a small horse bandit gang, and directly swept away the leaves with the autumn wind, and the vast majority of horse bandits, including the bandit leader Shen Yan, were strangled, and only a few people were able to escape. (To be continued.) )