Just when the death camp set foot on the grassland, 2,500 white-pole troops led by Qin Yiming, Shizhu's deputy commander, had arrived at Zhangjiakou, but Hou Shilu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu, had not yet arrived at the boundaries of Xuanfu. Their trip was intentionally planned by the imperial court.
The result of the arrangement.
In the original Zhangjiakou garrison, Zhongxing Hou sat in the main seat in the lobby. Behind him on both sides, holding the hilt of a sword, stood energetically Dongchang Fanyi and Zhongxing Hou's entourage with swords. Of course, except Li Laosi, his
The injury has not healed yet.
On the left and right sides of the hall, stood the commander of the Shizhu Division, Ma Xianglin, and the general, Zhang Fengyi. They were both wearing silver helmets and bright armor, one man and one woman, one on the left and the other on the right. They were so dashing that they seemed to match each other at first sight.
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Further down to the front of the hall stood Kong Fang, Yu Haijing, Guitou Qi, Wei San and others, as well as some white-poled soldiers.
Some people had just arrived in the hall and were paying homage to Zhong Jinwei: "The last general Qin Yiming has been ordered to report to Marquis Zhongxing."
"Xie Dong, a member of Qianhu of Jin Yiwei, has been ordered to report to Marquis Zhongxing." Qin Yiming had just finished speaking. Xie Dong, who was one step behind him, knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists to report.
After King Qin's army was disbanded, his original task of supervising the generals in the North Route Army naturally ended. He was promoted to the rank of Jin Yiwei Qianhu for his meritorious service in the North Route Army's capture of Zunhua and Santun Camp.
After Xie Dong returned to the Jinyiwei Yamen, he was secretly surprised when he came to report to Zhongxing Hou but did not say anything about the mission.
"Guan Ningjun, ah, the death camp commander Hu Hao has been ordered to report to Zhongxing Hou." Hu Hao knelt behind Xie Dong. He had been wondering in his heart how he was transferred to Zhongxing Hou.[
Zhong Jinwei looked at these soldiers who had just arrived with a smile on his face. He didn't care about Hu Hao's wrong identity. He smiled and said: "They are all members of the family, get up!"
"Thank you, Lord Marquis." Several people in the hall replied in unison, then stood up and faced Marquis Zhongxing, ready to listen to his instructions.
"You are all asked by me from the emperor, and there are some things I will ask you to do next. Qin Yiming." Zhong Jinwei explained a little, and then began to assign tasks.
"The last general is here." When Qin Yiming heard the order from Zhongxing Hou, he quickly clasped his fists and responded.
"The imperial court arranged for your department to take over the defense of Zhangjiakou. Because of the special nature of Zhangjiakou, your department will not be under the jurisdiction of Xuanfu Town in the future, nor will it be under the jurisdiction of the governors of the three sides. Instead, it will be directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial military department. As soon as possible within these two days, your department will
The handover is complete, do you understand?" When Zhong Jinwei issued the order, he put away his smile and said seriously.
"General, I will obey your orders." Qin Yiming responded loudly.
Kong Fang was surprised when he heard this. There was no sign of this. Why did the imperial court suddenly come to such a hand? The commander-in-chief had not yet arrived, and none of the senior officials of high status in the Xuanfu were absent.
If the government is cut off, there will be a lot less income in the future, but no one is qualified to give advice now! Should we delay it for a while, at least until the commander-in-chief arrives at Xuanfu?
"Where is Kong Fang?" Zhong Jinwei named the next person.
Kong Fang was thinking of countermeasures when Zhong Jinwei unexpectedly called him. He was so excited that he quickly stepped out of the queue and clasped his fists and said, "The general is here."
"I'll give you one day to hand over the defense of Zhangjiakou to General Qin. Can you do it?" Zhong Jinwei kept staring at Kong Fang when he said this.
Kong Fang saw Marquis Zhongxing's eyes looking at him. He didn't know why, but he suddenly felt a murderous aura. The look in his eyes made him feel cold, and he thought of Wang Kai, the grain doctor in the Ministry of Revenue. Kong Fang's mouth replied involuntarily.
Zhong Jinwei said: "The general will obey your orders."
When Zhong Jinwei saw that Kong Fang agreed, he stopped looking at him and ordered someone else: "Wei San, Guitou Qi."
"The villain is here."
"The grassroots are here."
Guitou Qi and Wei San quickly came out of the queue, knelt on their knees and replied.[
"General Qin is new here and is not familiar with Zhangjiakou. You two are local gangsters in Zhangjiakou. Are you willing to obey General Qin's orders and assist General Qin in managing Zhangjiakou?" Zhong Jinwei said this without using it.
Forced tone.
"The villain is willing."
"The people are willing."
Guitou Qi and Wei San had their reasons for not agreeing. What they had done in the past few days had offended those who were originally in power. Maybe even the Kong Fang Kong guerrilla in the hall secretly hated themselves.
Without the protection of Marquis Zhongxing and the protection of Zhangjiakou's new powerful figures, it would not be surprising that he suddenly disappeared that day.
Besides, in the future, if you follow General Qin and Hou Zhongxing, your future will be much better than before. These two reasons combined make it unreasonable.
"Commander Qin, please leave me temporarily. After a while, the court will send local officials to manage Zhangjiakou. At that time, you can concentrate on the defense of Zhangjiakou and be careful of the wolves on the grassland and the passing Jianlu
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Zhong Jinwei knows a little about history. In his history, Jianlu would pursue Lin Danhan, reach Zhangjiakou, and attack Xuanfu. Although in this history, he doesn’t know whether Jianlu will come again, Qin Yiming is reminded that he is still prepared.
suffering from.
"The general will understand." Qin Yiming came out again and agreed.
"Kong Guerba, please inform Wan Quan's left guard, Wan Quan's right guard and Xuanfu's three guards. I will start going to their base tomorrow to distribute military pay."
"General, I obey." Kong Fang responded, then looked at Zhong Jinwei hesitantly and said, "Isn't it just that the general will hand over the defense of Zhangjiakou to General Qin tomorrow?"
"It doesn't matter. Just make arrangements for today and ask one of the Zhangjiakou officers who came out of Jiabie to be responsible for handing over to General Qin. Tomorrow you will go with me to distribute military pay."
Five of the former Zhangjiakou officers who were put under centralized custody were arrested. They were all colluding with the Zhangjiakou guards and serving the eight major Shanxi merchants. The rest were in minor cases and were released.
Today's events had been planned a long time ago, so Zhong Jinwei answered Kong Fang's question casually.
Kong Fang thought to himself while listening, it doesn't matter if he arranges this way. If he has time to go out in the afternoon, he can arrange something, at least the commander must be notified.
As long as the commander knows in advance, it doesn't matter whether he can prevent the handover or not, he doesn't care about his own business.
"Xie Dong." Zhong Jinwei continued to distribute orders and ordered Jin Yiwei's general.
"My subordinate is here." Xie Dong responded quickly when he heard that his errands were finally arranged.
"Take your brother and follow Kong Youyi. The Xuanfu has been a bit chaotic recently. Do you know that you have to protect Kong Youyi personally?" Zhong Jinwei glanced at Kong Fang from the corner of his eyes and ordered Xie Dong.
Xie Dongneng was sent to the Northern Route Army to monitor general corruption, so he was naturally a smart and capable man. After listening to so many different orders in the hall, he already knew in his heart that Zhongxing Hou asked him to monitor Kong Fang.
Therefore, Xie Dong looked at Marquis Zhongxing with understanding eyes and said loudly: "Follow your orders. I will definitely protect Kong Guoqi."
Kong Fang secretly complained after hearing this, but he did not dare to refuse. He was just a small guerrilla in a local area. Not to mention the now powerful Marquis of Zhongxing, even these Jinyi guards were not something he dared to offend. He sighed secretly in his heart,
I had no choice but to leave it to fate.
After allocating these tasks, Zhong Jinwei announced that he was disbanding.
Xie Dong followed Kong Fang out of the garrison mansion, summoned dozens of guards he had brought with him at the door, and went to eat and drink with Kong Fang.
Ma Xianglin and Zhang Fengyi just stepped forward to talk to their cousin at this time, while Hu Hao stood there at a loss. He didn't receive the mission, and he didn't know if Zhongxing Hou had forgotten him or something, so he transferred him all the way.
Are you here to hang it out?
Zhong Jinwei looked at Hu Hao's dumb look, smiled secretly, and said to the audience: "Let's go, the back office has prepared a reception banquet for you to wash your hands."
Qin Yiming had always had a serious face before, but now he smiled and cupped his hands to Zhong Jinwei and said, "Thank you, Lord Marquis."
The Qin family had already made up their mind to rely on the big tree of Zhongxinghou when they were in the capital. Therefore, they tried their best to cooperate with Zhongxinghou in everything, whether it was sending troops to kill people or eating and drinking.
"Hu Hao, let's go, I'll give you a share." Gu Baichuan already knew Zhong Jinwei's arrangement in advance. At this time, he walked up to Hu Hao and said to him with a smile.
"This, this, this" Hu Hao was surprised when he heard this, and stammered about how his status was so low, how could the Marquis prepare a banquet to welcome him.
"What the heck, Mr. Hou is an easy-going man. Remembering your life-saving grace, he has already regarded you as one of his own. Speaking of which, you are also my life-savior. I will give you a few more toasts later. Let's go, goodbye.
Stay here." Gu Baichuan said as he pulled Hu Hao down and walked to the back office together.
Hu Hao never expected that he would always remember him in his heart when he happened to save Marquis Zhongxing. Now he could have dinner at the same table with the general, the general, and the marquis. This was something he never dreamed of.
His face turned red and he was sweating slightly. Following Gu Baichuan, he walked a few steps and suddenly stopped and said, "Master Gu, I and my brothers are still outside."
Gu Baichuan smiled and patted Hu Hao's shoulder and said, "The brothers will arrange it for them, so don't worry."
Early the next morning, after a day's rest, the Baigan Army began to formally take over the defense of Zhangjiakou.
Zhong Jinwei, accompanied by Kong Fang and protected by Ma Xianglin and his troops, began to go to various border army garrison locations to distribute pay and silver.
In Xuanfu Town, there were originally 151,452 people in the Mabu Palace Army. Except for those who fled during the holidays, the actual number of officers and soldiers was 83,334.
According to the number of King Qin’s troops in Xuanfu provided to the Ministry of Revenue by Hou Shilu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu, there should be only about 38,000 troops still in Xuanfu. In fact, even among these numbers, some of them were Kong Fang who ran back to Xuanfu
Later, a strong man was brought in temporarily.
Zhong Jinwei compared the numbers on both sides and found that the numbers on both sides were not comparable at all, and there were a lot more soldiers.
Zhong Jinwei knew that the extra part was actually caused by Hou Shilu's false report on the number of King Qin's troops in Xuanfu, but he did not dwell on it. According to the lists of soldiers provided by the generals of each department, he checked the names and recorded them while distributing pay and silver to the soldiers.
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After the distribution was completed in each place, Zhong Jinwei would speak, probably meaning that the imperial court would immediately send Jin Yiwei to station in each guard. Any soldier who had received insufficient pay and money and had any deductions could report it to the Jin Yiwei. Once verified, strict action would be taken.
The soldiers listened happily and were doubtful, hoping that the Jin Yiwei would arrive soon. But most of the generals had grimaces on their faces and were thinking about various ideas. They firmly believed that there were policies from above and countermeasures from below.
Just after Zhong Jinwei took care of these things, Hou Shilu, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, finally arrived at his territory.