Chapter 7 Martial Skills Not Fighting Official Skills
"Who is the commander of the Forbidden Army in Caocheng Village?"
"It's Xie Zhong, a veteran of the Tianxiong Army. He is an old acquaintance with your father..."
"Oh, really?" Xu Huai was quite surprised, but it was normal after thinking about it.
The border conflict between Dai Viet and the Khitan people was much gentler than that of the Dangxiang people in the west. For a long time, only ten generals of the Tianxiong Army guarded Dailan and other places.
More than ten years ago, the Khitan people's imperial power changed. In order to consolidate the throne and suppress dissidents, the new emperor Xiao Qichun provoked military provocations from his Xijing Road and invaded Dailan and other places. The Tianxiong army was defeated and retreated.
After reinforcements from the Jingsheng Army arrived, the Tianxiong Army was able to take a breather and reorganize.
In the next two years, the Jingsheng Army and the Tianxiong Army fought side by side. Most of the generals knew each other. This was a normal thing.
Xu Huai didn't expect Tianxiong Army generals like Xie Zhong to cherish old friendships, but some connections were better than no connections at all.
Judging from Wang Zhen, Lu Xiong is now in a more relaxed state of mind, presumably because of his acquaintance with Jie Zhong. Otherwise, no matter how open-minded they are, they would not be in a better mood if they were surrounded by men who were watching eagerly.
Chen Zixiao and the others could not directly control the Forbidden Army here by bypassing the commanding officer Xie Zhong, and their control over the Xiang Army was also very weak. This was a good thing, but Xu Huai still did not dare to underestimate the methods of Chen Zixiao and others.
Especially for Chen Zixiao, in addition to the warning brought by the memory fragment, the thrill of the battle at Huangqiaozhai made him not want to repeat it again.
At present, the state and county order is still there, and the mobilization and supervision of the banxiang army are relatively strict. Even if Xie Zhong and other generals obey orders, Xu Huai is not afraid that Chen Zixiao will dare to act rashly or do something blatantly detrimental to Wang Zhen.
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However, once the war started, even if Vietnam successfully deployed troops against the Khitans, large-scale infiltration operations by both sides would inevitably produce many unexpected chaotic situations. It would be difficult to ensure that Chen Zixiao, Guo Junpan, and Pan Chenghu would not find opportunities to attack them.
Let’s settle old grudges together.
By then it will be much easier for them to do tricks and cover up their evil deeds.
Xu Huai would not think that people like Chen Zixiao, Guo Junpan, and Pan Chenghu would really become law-abiding and law-abiding after they were recruited, and they would have Great Vietnam in mind.
In addition, Lu Xiong believed that Guo Zhongxiong made such a move by transferring Chen Zixiao and others to Caochengzhai to directly control the prison management. It was more like preventing them from doing anything in the quarry. Su Laochang also hid in Beilu Villa.
Such a feeling.
This also makes Xu Huai vigilant.
They had done a lot of things to deceive others, just to make people around Cai Zheng mistakenly think that the purpose of their arrangements was only to protect Wang Zhen's personal safety.
At present, it seems that the people around Cai Cheng are obviously much more wary of them than imagined.
"Guo Zhongxiong will not put his energy into the quarry at this time. Zeng Run is a master with high ambitions and low abilities, worse than Zheng Hui. It is hard to imagine that Cai Zheng would use people like Chen Zixiao as his direct descendants," Xu Huai frowned
With his eyebrows raised to Wang Zhen, Lu Xiong said, "Master Lu, if your intuition is correct, I suspect that Cai Zheng has sent some powerful person here! Tang Pan, Xin'an, I, and I have no intention of leaving in a hurry. Wang Xiangtan
After a while, I formally greeted the prison camp and the Inspection Department, and asked Tangpan to take care of the noise, slacking off, etc. on behalf of the prison camp. The affairs in the stone field were assigned, and the Prime Minister also had to clean up..."
Lanzhou Stone Factory has only one chief officer and three subordinates, and what they can do is very limited. They are usually responsible for the reissue of pickaxes and other tools, the number of laborers, the inventory of stone mining and delivery, and keeping clear accounts for ease of use.
It is enough for the warehouse department and the prefecture and county to check; the main affairs of the quarry are still directly intervened by the Laoying and Caochengzhai Inspection Department.
However, the Supervisory Yuan has the right to intervene in all matters within the stone field.
"I do have this intention. If you come over, I will have more manpower available." Wang Chen said.
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"The prisoners are all fierce and recalcitrant. Wang Langjun must expel the inspectors from the quarry?"
Wang Xun recruited Tang Pan, Xu Huai, Xu Xin'an and others back to the Lanzhou stone quarry. The first thing he did was to invite him and Zhu Xiaotong, the prison manager, to the prison building. They actually wanted to bring the inspection department and the imperial army to the prison.
The soldiers all rushed outside the quarry, but Chen Zixiao was still quite surprised.
"It's not that the inspection department's men and horses have withdrawn, but that the imperial soldiers have withdrawn, and the Xiang army has to take on the responsibility of transporting stone." Wang Zhen said.
"Before Wang Langjun took office, the prisoners made many noises, and the generals in the prison camp were weak, so they had to ask the Tianxiong army to assist in the management..." Zhu Xiaotong was in his early thirties and had no rank as a prison camp manager.
He was still afraid of Wang Zhen physically and mentally, so he said hesitantly.
Wang Chen didn't think that being a ninth-grade supervisor had insulted his status. He sat at the table and spoke solemnly, with unquestionable dignity. He glanced at Chen Zixiao and Zhu Xiaotong and said:
"If there are no signs of rioting or rioting among the prisoners, there will be guards in the prison camp and stone yard to monitor them. There will also be people from Tang Pan in the prison yard to assist in supervision. If there is any rioting, the inspection department will be notified to send guards from the Imperial Guard.
It’s not too late to suppress it. If there’s anything you don’t understand, report it to Guo Zhongxiong, I believe Guo Zhongxiong will tell you that this is the rule.”
Although before Wang Xun took office, the quarry had been in operation without stopping. One or two hundred carts of stone were shipped out every day to strengthen the northern border wall and Zhai Zhai. However, this was mainly achieved through the uncontrolled oppression of prisoners.
However, the problems existing in the quarries and prison camps are very serious.
The prisoners who served as hard labor were all sallow and thin, and their bodies were almost weak from being squeezed. In the half month since he took office, more than 20 people died due to disease and overwork.
On the barren slope behind the quarry, there are all prison graves, among which there are nearly 300 new graves. They are all caused by the unrestricted hard labor of prisoners during this period in order to increase the supply of stone.
Most of these new graves simply have a wooden board inserted as a tombstone. Some tombstones do not even have their names and places of origin written on them. The people in the graves have become lonely ghosts that no one knows.
Although most of those who were sent to Lanzhou were criminals, since they were not punished with the death penalty there, they could not be regarded as heinous people. From the local government to the central government, Wang Zhen had been calling for caution in punishment for half his life.
How could you remain indifferent to the scene before you?
Furthermore, he didn't think that there would be any trouble if he expelled the Imperial Guard soldiers from the Inspection Department outside the quarry.
Xu Huai also wanted to compete for control of the quarry to test who Cai Mansion sent to Lanzhou to secretly take charge and what their purpose was. It can be said that he coincided with Wang Zhen.
Regardless of Wang Zhen's previous prestige, even if Wang Zhen made such a request as the director of the quarry at this time, if Chen Zixiao, Zhu Xiaotong and others wanted to object, they could only ask Guo Zhongxiong to come forward.
The Inspection Department was not originally responsible for the internal security of the stone quarry and the prison camp. In fact, the stone quarry exploited the prisoner prisoners so hard later in the year that several mutinies occurred, so it was temporarily decided to transfer Imperial Guard soldiers from the Inspection Department to the quarry.
Wang Zhen was determined to do this, and Chen Zixiao and Zhu Xiaotong also knew that they were not qualified to fight Wang Zhen on this matter, so they could only nod and agree...
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"This old man Wang is so difficult to deal with. What good will it do to him to expel the Imperial Army soldiers from the quarry? Aren't Xie Zhong and Lu Xiong old acquaintances? I was worried that they would win over Xie Zhong and stumbling upon us.
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He failed to block the road, but Xu Huai was embarrassed and annoyed. Pan Chenghu went back to Caochengzhai with his heart in his mouth. He kept drinking until now, but he didn't want Chen Zixiao to be approached by Wang Zhen to talk about something at noon.
It is to ask the imperial soldiers to withdraw from the stone field.
"Old Wang Zhen should know that Zhu Xiaotong is a disciple of the Cai Mansion and is on the same team as us." Guo Junpan walked into the inspection department's office and asked with great confusion, "Will the inspection department be responsible for guarding the imperial soldiers?"
They were driven outside the quarry, but the guards under Zhu Xiaotong were still responsible for controlling the prisoners in the quarry and the prison camp. What difference does it seem to make?"
Chen Zixiao glanced at the courtyard outside the living room and saw that no one was moving around. He frowned and spoke to Guo Jun in a deep voice. Pan Chenghu said:
"The difference is actually very big - Zhu Xiaotong is on our side, but the Caochengzhai Inspection Department and other inspection departments are under the direct jurisdiction of the State Military and Horse Supervisor Department, and the immediate superior is Guo Langjun, who is also the State Military and Horse Supervisor
, and the prison camp is affiliated to the Prefectural Si Li Yuan, and your immediate superior is Qian Zerui, the manager who joined the army. As commanders of the Xiang Army, the two of you can only command and mobilize the more than 300 Xiang troops under the jurisdiction of Caocheng Village. Although the jailer of the prison camp
It can be regarded as a Xiang army, but there is a Xiang army commander in charge of the prefectural governor's prison. The Xiang army in the prison camp will all become Yanqing, which is under the double control of this Xiang army commander and Zhu Xiaotong. Previously, the stone field and the inspection department
, the prison camps are all together, and everything is discussed together. We have unified opinions with Zhu Xiaotong. Don’t say that people like Yanqing will think that we are outnumbered, and Xie Zhong cannot bite the bullet and sing against us. Wang Zhen
Why don't we control everything? People like Cheng Yanqing, seeing Wang Cun and others say they can't make the decision on anything, will become more slack over time, and maybe even show off to them. Now separate the inside and outside,
Unless something like a prisoner mutiny occurs, the Caochengzhai Inspection Department can no longer interfere with the affairs in the stone quarry. If there is anything in the stone quarry, Wang Zhen only needs to call Zhu Xiaotong over for discussion. And if Zhu Xiaotong has any plans for Wang Zhen
If he has any dissatisfaction, he can't even talk to Guo Zhongxiong through Zeng Run. He has to first report to the manager Qian Zerui to join the army... Let me put it this way, do you know the difference? "
"... Damn it, this motherfucker is more complicated than leading an army to fight! Didn't this motherfucker just destroy Zeng Run's mission?" Pan Chenghu said in shock.
Guo Junpian was also silent. They used to boast that they were resourceful, but they really didn't understand the truth behind it. Unexpectedly, Chen Zixiao understood it and asked: "Then what should we do?"
"According to the rules, we can only write a letter and send people to Kelan first, and report the matter to Guo Zhongxiong through Zeng Run. If there is no follow-up from Guo Zhongxiong, we can only follow the rules and withdraw the troops first."
"Guo Zhongxiong won't let Mr. Wang make trouble under his nose, right?" Pan Chenghu asked.
Chen Zixiao spread his hands and said: "Old man Wang Zhen even dares to reprimand the officials in person. Do you think Guo Zhongxiong will easily use the power of Zhizhou to suppress him? No, Guo Zhongxiong will only wait until there is trouble in the stone field.
Intervene..."
"Envoy Guo Jun, where is Jun Envoy Pan?"
At this moment, someone was shouting outside the public house. When Pan Chenghu saw that it was Tang Qing who was looking over from the outside, he asked with an unkind expression: "If you break off a chicken and start chirping like a bird, tell me what nonsense you have."
"The king reported to the prime minister that the soldiers of the imperial army should be withdrawn from the stone yard, but the transportation of stone is the responsibility of the Xiang army. If Guo Jun envoy and Pan Cheng don't go to the stone yard to supervise the matter, is it possible that the old man should come and invite him in person?
?" Tang Qinggong cupped his hands and said, "My words have been conveyed to Ambassador Guo and Pan. If you don't go to the rock dump to supervise the management, I'm afraid Xu Huai will come over to invite you two next time!"
Pan Chenghu was so angry that he wanted to throw a tea cup at a little kid who dared to threaten him in his words...
