Chapter five hundred and eighty eighth military prestige
"Your Majesty, we've found out."
In a study room, an armored sergeant covered in black armor pushed open the door and knelt on the ground in front of a middle-aged man wearing a brocade robe with a python pattern.
This study room is at least four or five times the size of an ordinary person's study room. There are rosewood shelves on the left and right sides. All the shelves are filled with various ancient books. However, the wall behind the middle-aged man in front of the desk is covered with Various kinds of swords.
This middle-aged man has a red complexion, extremely thick eyebrows, and a very majestic appearance.
After listening to the armored sergeant's words, he put down an ancient book in his hand and raised his eyebrows: "Oh?"
"Shen Kun is indeed in Lin Yi's army."
The armored sergeant stood up with an iron-blooded killing aura, "He is still alive after the battle of Zhongli."
"Wei Guanxing is so bold, Lin Yi is so bold, they dare to rob my people."
The middle-aged man sneered, and slapped the ancient books in his hand on the desk in front of him. With a bang, the desk overflowed with energy, and more than ten books jumped up like living creatures.
"Your Majesty, what should I do? Do you want me to secretly gather men and try to intercept him halfway?" The armored sergeant's expression did not change at all, and he just asked coldly.
"No need. Now everyone knows that Lin Yi is going to Dangxiang Town to deal with him and Shen Kun. Do you still need our people?" The middle-aged man smiled mockingly.
The armored sergeant's eyes flashed fiercely, but his expression remained motionless, "My lord, what do you mean?"
"You go to Dangxiang first and keep an eye on them. As for taking action, leave it to the Dangxiang people."
The middle-aged man's eyes darkened and he said indifferently: "But let me tell the party members that Shen Kun in the Tiece Army, whether he is dead or alive, not a single thing on him should be missing, and I will give it to you."
"This is natural, we will keep an eye on the party members." The armored sergeant nodded.
"Now that Lin Yi is the general of Class 11, your Iron Shark Army cannot bring anything that can allow them to identify themselves when they go to Dangxiang. Otherwise, if the information falls into his hands, there will be endless troubles."
The middle-aged man glanced at the armored sergeant, gave these cold instructions, and then sneered, "Don't provoke Lin Yi and the others during their march, but you should keep an eye on them. No matter what Whether it is the Southern Dynasty, the Northern Wei, or Dangxiang, there are probably many people who want to touch him. Even if he is protected by the Ya Sheng from Jiange, it is still unknown whether he can reach the Dangxiang border alive."
The armored sergeant bowed expressionlessly and said, "I understand."
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"This Lin Yi is so unscrupulous that he even dared to propose that those criminals involved in the Yuanchang grain robbery case be put as sergeants in the Tie Ce Army? On the contrary, the Ningzhou Governor kindly wanted to send some elite soldiers to him, but he didn't want them, Xu Zijian The criminals involved in the roundabout siege and grain robbery case were all reported to the emperor and heard by Heaven. These people will be executed in the autumn. Of course, he has the right to propose that they be exiled to the army, but this method is not afraid of the emperor. Do you think he is specifically looking for people who are dissatisfied with the emperor?"
An official in silk clothes had a dark face and gritted teeth.
This official has withered hair and a horse face. He looks thin, but the flesh and blood under his clothes are bulging high, exuding a powerful aura.
He looks only in his thirties, but is actually in his forties.
He is Hong Xuan, the governor of Xiping County. Although it is under the jurisdiction of Ningzhou Governor, Xiping County is the largest military hoarding place in Ningzhou. His military power is extremely important. The most important thing is that he was Xiao Jin's subordinate at that time. Naturally,
Belongs to the Xiao family.
What made him furious today was not that Lin Yi took away more than 70 people from Xu Zijian in Xiping County without even informing him. Many of them, in his opinion, were destined for the imperial court.
The most critical reason for the severe punishment of the criminal was that he knew that Tie Cejun had taken someone away from Xu Zijian. He asked people to report to Tie Cejun and wanted to visit Lin Yi, but Lin Yi refused.
We were on the march and it was inconvenient to stop to see local officials.
But according to what he knew, Lin Yi's Tiece Army was not marching very fast, and they were camping at Hu'ergang outside Xiping County today. Since they had already set up camp, if Lin Yi wanted to meet him, as a lower-level local official, he would be ready at any time.
You can go and meet according to Lin Yi's wishes.
In Hong Xuan's view, since he had taken the initiative to visit Lin Yi, it was equivalent to the Xiao family taking the initiative to express their goodwill towards Lin Yi. Even though the Xiao family and Lin Yi had some disputes before, in the officialdom everyone gave each other some face, so it was not necessary.
As for breaking up, if you give each other some benefits in the future, the relationship will gradually ease.
"Sir, you must not be angry. The more unscrupulous and arrogant Lin Yi is, the less you can act rashly." He was so angry that his face turned black, but a master beside him was nervous and his face was a little bit nervous.
Turning white, he repeatedly warned: "Since he wants to use troops against the party, no one can touch him for at least a year and a half, and there are many high-ranking officials in the military to protect him. You'd better just pretend that nothing happened, otherwise even if you just participate in one
Ben, if you say something wrong with him, I'm afraid it will cause a big disaster."
"Of course I know this. If I want to write a letter, I will not be stupid enough to write to Jiankang, hoping that the emperor will punish him. I only need to write to Mr. Xiao Jin about his attitude today. It is also Xiao Jin who wants to deal with him.
To deal with him, Lin Yi and I are so far apart in rank, how could the local county guard want to deal with an important official?"
Hong Xuan glanced at this master and sneered.
Listening to his sneer, the master immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
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Hu'ergang is a hillside outside Xiping County. It is backed by Baihu'er Mountain and has one head like a fox's ear poking into the Wenxiang River in front of it, hence its name.
This hilly area is all rocky, and only some weeds can grow in the cracks between the rocks. It is impossible to cultivate at all. However, it is backed by mountains and facing water, the terrain is open, and the ground is made of solid rocks, so it is a naturally good place for camping.
Generally, passing caravans or armies would camp here overnight if they didn't want to stay in the city.
Many holes have been drilled out of this hard stone ground, making it easier to set up camp.
The end of the fox's ear hillock that protrudes into the water is also a complete boulder. The boulder looks like the tip of a fox's ear from a distance, but it is still six or seven feet away from the water. The open river closes here, but the current is very fast.
Moreover, there are many rocks in the section near Hu'ergang, so if there are passing merchant ships, they will not sail to this side, but to the opposite bank where the water is gentle.
It was the end of summer in Ningzhou at this time. The closer to the evening, the hotter it became. However, on this Fox'er Hill, water vapor kept coming up. In addition, the Tie Ce Army sergeant washed the stone ground with water and poured it thoroughly.
, the cool air is constantly steaming from the cracks in the rocks, but it doesn't feel unbearable at all.
Suddenly there was cheering and shouting at the waterside, and in the originally turbulent water surface, it was like a dragon suddenly came out of the sea. With a roar, the water surface exploded, and a figure rushed up with a wave of water, and his hands were actually
Each carried a large fish that seemed to weigh more than twenty kilograms.
As soon as this man landed on the stone, white steam rolled all over his body, and his whole body was like a piece of hot iron evaporating water vapor. It was Lin Yi.
Lin Yi threw the two large river fish to the two Tiece Army sergeants, without changing his clothes, and let the water vapor on his body slowly evaporate.
Qi Zhuji, who had just brought someone back from Xu Zijian, came to him and said softly: "I have inquired clearly. Huang Wannian went to Xinyi yesterday. He has finished his business and returned to Xiping County. He should be here in more than an hour. As for Weng,
, was originally at Huang’s house.”
"good."
Lin Yi nodded and didn't say much. As usual, he sat down casually next to some Tiece Army sergeants and started eating. But today, except for the prisoners who had just been brought back from Xu Zijian, the rest of the Tiece Army didn't know.
Everyone knew that Lin Yi wanted to do something big.
Even though Lin Yi looked normal at this moment, when all of them looked at Lin Yi, they could see some biting chill in his calm eyes from time to time.
Tie Cejun left Zhongli City and passed through Menglong City, then to Qixi County, Huangshui County, and then here. It has been a month and a half, stopping and going, from Tongshan Prison, Shutou Prison, and today from Xu Zijian
After recruiting people, the Tiece Army, which originally numbered 627, now numbered 942.
With the existence of practitioners like Yuan Taoist, the Tiece Army, which is becoming more and more like a "miscellaneous army", has never set up secret sentries for defense when setting up camp. What makes all the people along the way who have secretly observed this Tiece Army...
What people are confused about is that after Lin Yi recruited so many people from these heavy prisons into the army, it was clear that Wei Guanxing was already a good soldier in training when he was in the frontier army, but he seemed to just eat and drink these people along the way.
The felons who came out were waiting on them. Not to mention that these people were not even allowed to touch any weapons, and they were not even taught basic fists and kicks.
Today is no exception.
The reason why the governor of Xiping County, Hong Xuan, was so angry was because the Iron Ce Army had actually arrived at Huergang at noon. It would have taken less than an hour to get from the governor's house in the city of Xiping County to here if they were fast horses.
, but Lin Yi just said that he didn’t have time to see her.
Since setting up camp here at noon, the Tiece army has not had any drills.
On Baihu'er Mountain, a practitioner wearing tight black clothes was quietly watching the iron army in the dense forest.
His hair was wrapped with a black scarf and tied tightly, while his face wore a wooden mask with a green background and colorful paint.
He stood quietly high in the forest, but there was not a trace of energy fluctuations on his body. In the past ten days, he had been closer to this iron army than now, but even the original Taoist
Didn't feel his presence.
He had been with the Tiece Army for more than ten days, and naturally he knew better than anyone else that this Tiece Army had no training at all, and did not even have basic defenses for marching, but this was not the focus of his concern.
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River fish are plump and plump, especially freshly caught and grilled immediately.
Lin Yi caught two big fish himself, and a lot of river fish were collected in the wicker cages made by some Tiece Army sergeants. After these fish were roasted, they were all distributed among the fish that were just brought out from Xu Zijian, Xiping County today.
of those prisoners.
Less than half of these prisoners came from a village called Gumula. This village has made a living by planting tea trees since ancient times. The tea leaves are transported by horse gangs every year, and the profits they make from it are only enough to eat and drink.
The year before last, there was a flood in Xiping County, followed by a locust plague. Their village originally did not grow much rice, so it was not affected much, but many people in villages not far from them starved to death.
There is a pasture in the southern suburbs of Xiping County called Yuanchangwei. This pasture is used by the royal family. The cattle and sheep raised there and the fragrant rice produced in the fertile fields are all used as tribute to the royal palace.
Although the villagers of Gumula were not starving to death, they looked at the miserable conditions in the surrounding villages. After they distributed all their rice grains, they found out that the granary in Yuanchangwei was rich in grains, even in addition to the rice grains used for tribute.
After that, there was still a lot of surplus, so they took the lead in trying to claim it.
However, the officials guarding Yuanchangwei were not accommodating at all, and even directly used the defenders to attack these people. In anger, these villagers directly attacked Yuanchangwei and swept away all the food inside.
Later, not many people starved to death in many villages, but taking the lead in attacking the imperial pastures and granaries was naturally a very serious felony. Almost half of the men in Gumula Village were arrested, and except for a few who were later released, half of them were fined
Half of them were subjected to hard labor and were imprisoned in Xu Zijian, Xiping County, where they were all executed.
Since there are already people from Tongshan Prison and Shutou Prison, Qi Zhuji and Lin Yi don't need to say anything at all now, and these prisoners who were taken from Xu Zijian have no doubts.
"Coming!"
The aroma of grilled fish was still filling the air, but several sergeants outside the camp shouted in unison.
Lin Yi stood up slowly. Before the people who came out of Xu Zijian could react, there were several horses neighing in the camp, and several golden shadows had already rushed out.
The four Golden Crows advanced in unison, almost completely in line with their horses, but their speed was astonishingly fast.
Such a scene had never been seen before, not to mention those who had just left Xu Zijian, and even the people in Tongshan Prison and Shutou Prison. For a moment, their eyes widened in shock, and their breathing stopped completely.
Although there were only four knights, the killing momentum of these four knights when they rushed out silently could not be described in words.
When the four horses had just rushed onto the official road, a convoy of six carriages had just turned out from a bend on the official road.
The moment the coachmen on these six carriages saw the four riders, they couldn't help but let out a low shout of surprise. They all involuntarily tightened the reins in their hands and stopped the carriages.
The four Golden Crows continued to move forward together like lightning, and they stopped at the same time until they were twenty feet in front of the six carriages.
From galloping to a sudden stop, only the front hooves of the four war horses were raised slightly, but the four riders were as if they were made of iron, and they seemed not to shake at all.
The people in these six carriages didn't know what was going on, and they all opened the door curtains and curtains to look outside. Seeing the four riders like this, the people in the carriages felt inexplicable chills in their hearts.
The leader of the carriage driver had an extremely solemn expression, but he took a deep breath, narrowed his eyes, quickly regained his composure, and shouted sharply: "We are the convoy of Ningzhou Huang Taipuqing's family, and you are...
"Who"
"The Tiece Army commanded by General Lin Yi of Shenwei Zhenxi is stationed here. We suspect that there is a suspicious thief in your convoy. We all get out of the car for inspection!" The four Golden Crow Cavalry all had expressionless faces, and one of them was indifferent.
shouted.
"What's the meaning!"
The driver was stunned for a moment and then became furious, "They are all members of our Huang family, how can there be any suspicious thieves?"
Listening to his angry shouting, the Golden Crow Cavalry remained expressionless and just sneered: "In this case, you just refuse to obey?"
His voice rang out, and he didn't even hear the coachman's reply. With a swish sound, four pale golden spears were raised at the same time, each bringing out a hazy golden light in the night.
The coachman who had just shouted angrily turned pale. He opened his mouth, but did not dare to say a word.
"I am Huang Wannian, and my father is the Imperial Servant..."
There was a crash, and a man who looked like he was only in his mid-twenties jumped out from the third carriage. He opened the door curtain and looked at the Golden Crow Riders. He hesitated to speak. His voice was loud at first, but now
But he became depressed: "Besides, my Huang family in Ningzhou and Tiece Army also have an old relationship. When General Lin Yi first joined Tiece Army, we also sent a lot of food and grass there, so there must be some misunderstanding today."
"If there is any misunderstanding, let's talk about it in the past."
The Golden Crow rider didn't even raise his eyebrows, but the spear in his hand was raised slightly, adding a bit of murderous intent. "Everyone get off the carriage and go over."