Chapter 3 He Cao (Part 1) A few days later, Zuo Wuwei General Mai Tiezhang and Zuo Yiwei General Yu Wenshu each brought 10,000 soldiers to Huaiyuan Town. Zuo Tunwei General Xin Shixiong also sent troops from his own army.
Ten thousand elite soldiers were drawn from the army and camped outside the east gate of Huaiyuan Town. The three armies responded to each other and guarded the granary impregnably. In this way, even if the Goguryeo people on the other side of the Liao River wanted to rob food, they did not have enough strength.
With security guaranteed, the people of Huaiyuan Town, who were frightened every day, secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This year has been very unhappy. The only regret is that the soldiers are very powerful in fighting, and they treat their own people very hard and rarely buy anything.
Not to mention paying, if the service is not good enough, the common people will be bullied and have no place to complain. Although Li Yuan, the chief officer of Huaiyuan Town, has a distinguished title, his official position is far different from that of the three generals.
He has no power to control the trouble caused by the government soldiers, nor can he control it
Not only the local people, but also the food protection soldiers in Huaiyuan Town were very unhappy with their friendly forces. Most of the guys who mingled with the food protection soldiers to avoid going to the battlefield were children of wealthy families.
Comparing the two contrasts, the common people naturally looked at the food guard soldiers and saw them being awkward, and the government soldiers, who felt they had been left out, were indignant when they saw the food guard soldiers on the street.
Even if they are sarcastic and sarcastic, they will also roll their eyes at each other. Group fights also occur from time to time because of a disagreement between the two parties.
As a special general of the food protection army, Liu Hongji certainly did not dare to cause trouble for Li Yuan, so he tried to minimize the opportunities for his soldiers to go out. Even Li Xu's Tiger Wing Brigade rarely went out for training after the New Year. Li Xu's nature is not love.
People shopping, without going out of the camp, just look for opportunities to sort out all the miscellaneous things they have learned in private. Occasionally, I have some enlightenment, and discuss it with Liu Hongji, but I can't get anything out of it.
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Since putting out the fire, the relationship between Tang Gongfu and Li Xu has become even closer, especially the second son Li Shimin. Almost every free time he has, he goes to the military camp to watch how Li Xu trains, or asks him for advice on archery, and competes with him on martial arts.
When he comes, Li Waner always finds reasons to follow. The three of them are not much different in age, so they naturally have a lot to say to each other.
Li Shimin followed Tang Gong and saw a lot of the world. He had extensive knowledge and strong memory, and he could bring some fresh stories from the court every time. Although he was young, his views on things were no different. Li Xu was from a humble background and had little knowledge of these important national affairs.
He has too many opinions but has personal experience of how they affect people's lives. Every time he speaks out, he is "independent" and ridiculed. Li Shimin is often so angry with his views that his eyes burn, but Li Wan'er claps and cheers beside him, finding it interesting.
On this day, the three of them were sitting in the shade of a tree watching Liu Hongji's military training. Suddenly someone rode a horse from outside the camp gate and rushed straight to the school grounds. Before the sergeant could step forward to stop him, the man on the horse had already rolled off and lay on the ground.
He cried: "Everyone, please help, Qin Canjun, Qin Canjun's wife has been robbed!"
Qin Canjun's wife is naturally Miss He, whom all the officers recognize. Her real name should be He Ruo, and she is the direct granddaughter of the old general He Ruobi. She was demoted to Liaodong because of family involvement.
The story has long been a legend among the grain protection army, and the soldiers all mentioned it with envy. Now that they heard that Qin Canjun’s wife had been robbed, more than twenty officers who had always been friends with Qin Ziying immediately jumped up and shouted,
Pick up the guy and rush out
"Everyone, please don't be reckless, lest you cause trouble to Duke Tang!" Liu Hongji shouted loudly, trying to use military orders to prohibit the soldiers from leaving the camp. The young master, who had been depressed for half a month, was not willing to listen. He replied in a flurry: "I have been arrested."
If someone rides on your neck, why do you call it reckless? Don’t pretend that you don’t know, just wait until I do something on my own and take responsibility for it!"
Seeing that the brothers were in an uproar, Liu Hongji knew that things were going to be difficult today and quickly called Wang Yuantong and Qi Poning, and ordered loudly: "You first lead two brigades to protect Qin Canjun's yard, and Zhong Jian and I will follow.
arrive!"
Everyone was waiting for his words. They didn't even need to change their armor and weapons. They lined up and headed straight to the center of the town to wait for Li Shimin. Li Xu and Li Waner squeezed in beside Liu Hongji. The two brigade soldiers had already rushed out of the camp gate.
"Brother Liu's subordinates are so reckless!" Li Shimin shouted loudly. At the same time, Li Wan also shouted out, "How can you call me a man if your wife is robbed and you don't fight to kill her?"
"Send troops quickly to prevent the situation from escalating!" Li Xu was the last to speak, but his advice was the most pertinent.
Huaiyuan Town is a small place. From the barracks to the center of the city, in a short distance, everyone saw more than thirty old soldiers wearing military bugle armor grabbing stones and smashing the door of Qin Ziying's house. They immediately shouted angrily,
He rushed forward waving his shield.
The government soldiers are used to being arrogant, but no one expected that today they would poke into a hornet's nest and be caught off guard. They were immediately beaten and the rats were running away. The few closest to the Qin family were unable to escape in time and were surrounded by the angry crowd.
Qin Ziying is everyone's friend, and snatching his wife is equivalent to knocking shit on everyone's head. The insulted young masters didn't care at this time. They punched and kicked, and in a moment they killed the government soldiers who had no time to escape.
They were all beaten until they were paralyzed on the ground. A few of them didn't give up after getting angry. They simply pulled off the opponent's belt and tied all the prisoners together like a gourd.
"Brother Ziying, open the door, Lao Qi is here to rescue you!" Qi Poning held the prisoner with one hand and knocked on the door with the other.
The people inside had already heard the noise, and moved the furniture at the top of the door with all their hands. The broken wooden door fell down with a "bang". Qin Ziying, with a bruised nose and a swollen face, and a few confidants, welcomed the usually gentle and elegant Miss He out with tears in her eyes.
Followed closely, holding a dagger in his hand, with blood on his neck.
"His grandma, let me beat them and cripple them!" Wang Yuantong saw the scene inside and shouted angrily that the soldiers were more angry than him. He pulled out the paralyzed soldiers again and continued to cross the hall with fists.
"Damn it, you guys dare to snatch Qin Canjun's wife and bully me, no one in the food protection army?" Zhang Deyu scolded him while beating him.
"Sir, have mercy on me, please have mercy on me, I just came to you on my orders, I came to invite you on my orders!" The beaten soldiers cried and begged for mercy.
"Grandma, why don't you do it if you invite your wife here for me to play with?" A bunch of people kicked her over and sealed the defender's mouth.
Before Qin Ziying redeemed his life, Miss He's piano and dancing skills were well-known in the Huaiyuan area. It would be understandable if someone who didn't know about it would come to invite her to sing and dance.
Knowing that this is an ordinary residence, and before the conflict between the two parties, Qin Ziying must have explained everything clearly with his good temper.
Those who knew that the beautiful woman was a married woman and still forced her to marry him were a bit bully, so everyone was angry. Even though they knew that these soldiers were scapegoats who were acting under orders, they couldn't hold back.
The group was having a great time fighting when a horn sound suddenly came from the end of the street, and hundreds of elite soldiers from the government strode over.
"Line up to meet the enemy!" Seeing that something was not going well, Qi Po Ning quickly ordered the food guards who had been trained to prepare for battle. They shouted, drew their swords and raised their shields, and put up a defensive posture under the leadership of the two brigade leaders.
The array blocked the way forward for the soldiers.
"Grandma, rush forward, break them up, and get the women and brothers back!" Across the street, a yellow-faced general ordered angrily.
"Put up a shield wall and form a defensive formation. Archers will bend their bows. If you approach within fifty steps, shoot!" Qi Po Ning also took the risk and stood in front of his own formation, brandishing his sword and ordering the enemy not to lose. He did not believe in the soldiers of the government.
How dare they risk their heads and fight with their colleagues?
The archers in the last row of the team immediately raised their bows, their arms and thighs were trembling, but the arrows were placed on the bow arms without hesitation. The soldiers had experienced many battles, so they naturally understood that this formation could not be charged forcefully.
He slowed down and turned around to look at the yellow-faced general. When he saw this, he sternly cursed: "The general has raised you for so many years, and you can't even get a woman. Are all my brothers in Zuowuwei so incompetent?"
Shield, anyone who dares to shoot arrows at us will be cut down by me!"
After hearing the order, all the soldiers raised their shields to protect their upper bodies at the same time. They arranged their formation as they advanced and instantly changed their formation into a sharp arrow shape. The whole team was like a long arrow, slowly pressing forward.
This is a standard attack formation. From the pace and the speed of formation changes, the food guards knew that they were no match for them. The two leaders, Wang Yuantong and Qi Poning, saw that they could not scare each other, and felt a little weak. They looked back and shed tears.
Miss He was still confused. Looking at Qin Ziying with a bruised nose and swollen face, her courage was instantly ignited by anger.
Nodding to each other, the two of them stood side by side in front of their own formations, waving their steel knives and shouting loudly: "If anyone attacks our food guard, that is, if they plan to harm the army and food, just shoot arrows, and we will be responsible for the beheading."
Stay!"
One of them is responsible for allocating houses and tents, and the other is in charge of equipment and food. Because of their duties, they have some connections among the soldiers. In addition, Qin Ziying has made swords and wrote family letters for countless people. Even if everyone is afraid at the moment, they can't do it out of loyalty.
After retreating, immediately move the tip of the knife forward and the bow string backward, ready to launch a fatal blow to the friendly forces on the opposite side at any time.
"Kill, kill, kill, I'll take responsibility for whatever happens!" The yellow-faced general intended to intimidate, but unexpectedly he kicked a lump of iron and was unable to dismount, shouting desperately.
Seeing that the fight was about to turn into a large-scale firefight, suddenly, there was another sound of horns in the distance. With flags waving, more than a hundred cavalry quickly surrounded the soldiers, staggered each other, and formed an attack formation.
"The one in front is General Zuo Wuwei Mai. Liu Hongji, the food guard under Tang Gong's tent, is so polite!" The armored knight rode forward and greeted him with cupped hands.
Drunkard’s Note: What grass is not yellow? Can it be found in the Book of Songs? Xiaoya
