Many prisoners who were former prisoners of the Imperial Guard had their indulgent impulses of burning, killing, and looting deep in their hearts being forcibly suppressed when they were in Shuozhou. What do they least want to see and what do they most want to do?
The last thing they want to see is that others can burn, kill and loot without restraint.
What they want to do most is to arrest all the bastards and bastards who wantonly burned, killed, and looted, and beat them to death with sticks - chopping off the hands of those who robbed them, and chopping the birds into pieces for those who committed adultery.
Xu Xin'an and Tang Pan thought they would be resentful for pulling people out of the courtyard to catch illegal soldiers in the middle of the night, but they didn't expect that everyone was extremely active. The speed of wearing the clothes was three minutes faster than usual for training, holding a shield and a stick.
The street is as straight as a martyr catching an adulterer.
At this time, those who were still burning, killing and looting in Xicheng, of course, were beaten to a pulp, but when they saw that someone came to restrain them and wanted to take them away, how could they be willing to just let them go?
However, the soldiers who burned, killed and looted, even if they were in groups, were already scattered. Even armor, shields, and spears were in the way. Quite a few of them broke into houses with a shoulder knife.
However, the guards of the Imperial Guard showed extraordinary vigor and fierceness, advancing in an orderly queue. They had already practiced the method of joint attack and retreat. Even if they encountered resistance, they would not kill them, but after surrounding them with shields,
Even if a stick is thrown at you, you won't be merciful.
According to Xu Huai's plan, the soldiers who heard their accents were from Tongbai Mountain, Tang and Deng and other places were directly captured and imprisoned, while other soldiers who were prisoners were mainly driven away.
Except for scholars, merchants or nobles who had the opportunity to travel around the world and gain extensive knowledge, the vast majority of people in this world, including small and medium-sized landowners, were basically confined to their localities throughout their lives. Most people had no knowledge of the outside world and were natural to strangers.
There is fear, alienation and isolation.
This will inevitably make the local and clan emotions and complexes strong at that time, and it will also create a strong cohesion among the fellow villagers.
If Xu Huai was given some time to gather the soldiers of Tongbai Mountain, it would not be difficult to resolve the vigilance and antagonism planted during the banditry in Tongbai Mountain. However, at this juncture, Pan Chenghu's appearance could achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Pan Chenghu showed his flag and led the team to suppress the troops. The military officials all had accents from the Tang and Deng areas, which must have directly weakened the hostility and confrontation of the prisoners of Tongbai Mountain to a considerable extent. Even if they were temporarily captured and imprisoned, they would basically be
There will be no strong resistance, and many people even take the initiative to get close to me, thinking that they can reduce the punishment.
What's more, many of them are directly Pan Chenghu's old subordinates.
Xu Huai also cleared the courtyards on the left and right sides of the camp, captured the soldiers who violated the ban and imprisoned them, and arranged for Zheng Tu to take Meng Laodao and others to appease people's hearts.
Although he can only imprison these people together and cannot directly reorganize them, with Zheng Tu and Meng Laodao to appease people's hearts, he will first select those who have the ability to serve in low-level teams such as the festival level.
At the same time, he will also reveal the gossip that the soldiers of Tongbai Mountain will form a new battalion, so that everyone can be mentally prepared.
These things must be done now.
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Ge Huaicong angrily ignored him. In addition to not wanting to fall out with Zhu Hang, the main reason was that he didn't think that the small manpower of the Supervisory Army Envoy Yuan could really catch many illegal soldiers. But if some generals really wanted to cause trouble, Ge Huaicong thought that his Ge family had been in Hedong for several generations.
He was not worried about anything, but hoped to teach Zhu Han and the others a lesson.
Zhu Hang couldn't rest assured, and he didn't care about it in the middle of the night. He took Zhu Zhi, Lu Wenhu and several generals to find Xu Huai.
They followed the west city wall and walked north. At first, they could see many soldiers still looting with abandon, but gradually they also saw soldiers who were beaten to a bloody head. They ran back cursing and then walked forward.
Seeing the soldiers and horses enforcing military discipline, Pan Chenghu was wearing bright armor and straddling a tall horse. His face was clearly illuminated by dozens of torches on the left and right.
In comparison, Xu Huai and Xu Wukun stood in the dark and were less conspicuous.
Teams of courtyard soldiers, like wolves and tigers, entered the houses whose doors were broken open by the illegal soldiers. They pulled out each of the illegal soldiers, beat them with sticks, or tied their hands with ropes from behind, and ordered them to squat at the base of the city wall.
Down.
Zhu Hang and others walked over and saw dozens of illegal soldiers squatting at the base of the city wall.
Every time a batch was captured, Xu Huai arranged for the soldiers to be sent back to the garrison and imprisoned.
Zhu Hang didn't know how many people Xu Huai had arrested without authorization so far, but he felt relieved when he saw that the soldiers who violated the ban did not resist fiercely and did not cause a roar.
"What are you doing?"
When he heard at the camp that Xu Huai had gone out without permission to arrest soldiers who violated the ban, Zhu Zhi did not say anything at that time.
Zhu Zhi also knew that he could not dismantle the supervisory military envoy in front of outsiders, but he also resented Xu Huai for acting without authorization and acting recklessly, which intensified the antagonism and contradiction between his father and Ge Huaicong.
When he saw Xu Huai at this time, he naturally had no tone of voice.
Zhu Hang also stared gloomily at Xu Huai, Pan Chenghu, Xu Wukun and others.
It was one thing that he did not push Xu Huai out in front of Ge Huaicong, but defended Xu Huai in every possible way, but as the judge of the Military Supervisor, the Supervisor of the Military Yuan should only follow his lead in everything in Datong.
Now Xu Huai, Pan Chenghu, Xu Wukun and others are doing things without authorization. What's going on?
Xu Huai looked in the direction of Shengde Gate.
He arranged two scouts at Duhetan, southwest of Shengdemen.
The water level at Duhetan was extremely shallow after winter, making it easy for cavalry to pass through. This was probably the passage where Xiao Linshi was most likely to lead his troops to raid Shengde Gate.
Xu Huai arranged two sentry scouts there, still hoping to discover the enemy's tracks in advance, so as to buy more or less time for the Tianxiong army to prepare.
There was still no movement from the direction of crossing Hetan. He didn't know whether it was because Xiao Linshi hadn't led the three thousand cavalry to Baihetan yet, or whether the two scouts he arranged had been killed by Xiao Linshi's people.
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This is also very likely to happen.
In order to achieve the purpose of a surprise attack, Xiao Linshi will definitely send powerful elite scouts to clear out the light and dark sentries that may be deployed on the north bank of Huihe River - perhaps Xiao Linshi did not expect that idiots like Ge Huaicong did not even do this precautionary work
Do.
"I just met Mr. Lang. He said sternly that military discipline is lax and failure to restrain it may lead to defeat - doesn't Lang Jun want us to dispatch to restrain military discipline?"
Pan Chenghu saw Tang Pan standing calmly behind Xu Huai and Xu Wukun, and the two superiors retreated to the side, confirming that Xu Huai had prepared everything and would not hesitate to directly sideline Zhu Hang at the critical moment. Naturally, he did not have to worry.
What? Haha, he came over and said,
"Why, what did we do wrong?"
Zhu Hang knew very well that the two hundred courtyard soldiers would only listen to the greetings of Xu Huai and the others in Tongbai Mountain. Although he was angry that the people in Tongbai Mountain did not listen to the greetings and acted on their own, at this time, it was impossible to force Xu Huai, Xu Wukun and the others to send their troops.
Take them all back.
Zhu Hang remained silent, and just watched with a cold face as the guards of the hospital walked along the streets to arrest the generals who had violated the ban.
Zhu Hang's vision and ability were much better than those of ordinary officials, and he quickly noticed something was fishy.
"The other soldiers were driven away with sticks, but the soldiers from Tongbai Mountain were captured and imprisoned. What on earth do you want to do?" Zhu Hang asked sharply.
The relationship between Zhu and Wang's family was unusual, and Zhu Hang also looked down upon Wang Zhen as his uncle.
Therefore, he knew some details about the banditry in Tongbai Mountain and the gathering at Huanglongpo Station, and knew that everyone in Tongbai Mountain was rebellious.
After the 6,000 Tongbai Mountain bandit soldiers were recruited, they were torn into pieces in order to prevent any bandit generals from feeling uneasy. The bandits were also strictly controlled to be separated from the bandit soldiers to prevent them from having the opportunity to come into close contact with each other.
The current situation made him have to suspect that Xu Huai and Xu Wukun had ulterior motives in selecting Tongbai Mountain soldiers to capture.
Xu Huai put his hands behind his back, faced Xu Hang's stern gaze, and asked calmly: "Mr. Zhu Hang, please go to Ge Huaicong at this time and tell him that an enemy army has crossed Duhetan and may raid Shengdemen at any time.
Will Ge Huaicong follow Zhu Langjun's advice and immediately strengthen the defense of Shengdemen?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? How could the enemy attack Shengdemen from Duhetan?" Zhu Zhi asked from the side.
"In the past few days, I have arranged two scouts at Duhetan to keep an eye on the movements there, and I have also asked them to call regularly to show safety - now it has been two hours since the last call, which means they are very likely to have encountered an accident.
." Xu Huai said.
"What right do you have to send out scouts? Besides, if you send one or two people, what's the wonder of something else happening in this dark night? Why must the enemy soldiers be raiding from there?" Zhu Zhi scolded, "You have to make sure you are
What kind of person! How will this battle be fought? When will it be your turn to dictate? The most important thing for you now is not to cause trouble for the Wang family again, otherwise no one will tolerate you anymore!"
Zhu Zhi still resented the old grudge that Xu Huai had dealt with as soon as they met, but when he was in Kelan, Xu Huai had Wang Zhen directly behind him, so he did not have the courage to offend Wang Zhen.
However, in addition to the old hatred of being dealt with by Xu Huai, the Nuanxiang Tower incident also made him deeply disgusted with Xu Huai's reckless behavior, and he was always worried about the serious consequences of offending Duke Lu.
Not everyone in this world is a king.
Perhaps Zhu Hang also had integrity and looked down upon Duke Lu.
However, except for a few people such as Wang Zhen and Zhu Hang, who would not be worried about offending the Duke of Lu, who is expected to ascend to the position of the Ninth Five-Year Plan in the future?
Zhu Zhi had been dissatisfied with Xu Huai for a long time. When he saw that he acted without permission again and did not even take his father seriously, he couldn't help but scold him.
Xu Huai felt that if he looked at Zhu Zhi more than once, it would be an insult to his intelligence. He looked at Zhu Hang and said calmly: "Mr. Zhu Hang, can you still not see through the dead situation in front of you? At this moment, he still felt the resistance of the mob in the city.
Isn’t there someone secretly guiding you? Isn’t Mr. Zhu Han still shocked to realize that the mob’s resistance is getting stronger and more orderly?”
"Did you notice anything?" Zhu Hang also felt that the mob's resistance was strong, moderate, and somewhat unexpected, but he didn't think much about it before.
Yue Hailou expressed concern, but Ge Huaicong sent people to keep an eye on the inner city and confirmed that the enemy troops in the inner city had no contact with the mob outside the city. He felt that it was not how strong the mob was, but that they were too scattered.
Even so, Ge Huaicong did not immediately restrain military discipline.
Xu Huai, of course, could not tell Zhu Hang about the existence of Chen Zixiao and Xiao Yanhan, so he said coldly: "It's not that we noticed anything, Mr. Zhu Hang, look at the state of the Vietnamese troops and horses from top to bottom.
It seems, even if the enemy has not set a trap, do we really have any hope of winning this battle?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Who do you think you are?" Zhu Zhi asked angrily when Xu Huai ignored him.
"Maybe you are too worried. Our army already has the advantage in Yunshuo. Even if military discipline is lax and the generals are greedy for profit, it will not be impossible to defeat Datong City. In addition, I don't think where else the Khitan people can be mobilized.
Reinforcements are coming to raid Datong City." Zhu Hang shook his head, still not believing Xu Huai's judgment.
They assembled nearly 40,000 Jinxiang troops in Datong, but the remnants of the enemy trapped in the inner city of Datong were only 4,000 to 5,000. In Zhu Hang's opinion, if the Khitans wanted to break the siege of Datong, they would have to mobilize 20,000 to 30,000 elite troops.
He couldn't see where the Khitans could draw 20,000 to 30,000 elite troops from.
"Mr. Zhu Hang doesn't believe it, and I have nothing to say." Xu Huai spread his hands sadly. Zhu Hang could be said to be a capable and upright person in this world, but he lacked trust in himself. At this time
If he didn't feel that a crisis was coming, what else could he say?
"You haven't said why you arrested the Tongbai Mountain Soldier alone?" Zhu Zhi decided that Xu Huai had just talked nonsense and was just diverting their attention, so of course he would not let go of the Tongbai Mountain Soldier.
If people like Xu Huai have different aspirations, Zhu Zhi doesn't want to be implicated by him.
Zhu Hang was also about to listen to Xu Huai's explanation, but at this moment he heard a loud noise from the direction of Shengde Gate, and soon the sound of thousands of horse hooves galloping in the mud was heard, like a big tide, and like it had just entered.
The first thunder of spring rolls deep in the earth...
