The weather in October is no longer hot. The sun shines on the city top and falls in red. The armor of the guards and the flag on the city head all turn red.
In the patrol camp next to the city wall, morning exercises have begun. Teams of guards are running in line. The leader of the team is shouting slogans, and the sound can be heard throughout the camp.
In the kitchen, the sound of sizzling cooking can be heard endlessly. The master chef, whose head is wrapped in a coarse cloth, is waving a shovel and turning over the thick porridge in the pot. The aroma of vegetables, porridge and white water vapor fills the air.
Su Yun stood in a corner of the school ground, practicing martial arts with Xiao Niba and several other boys, and there was constant shouting and shouting.
At the gate of the camp, Guo Dashan yawned loudly and stopped Magistrate Tang who wanted to enter the camp:
"Sir, now is the time for military training. My captain has given orders that no one can enter. Please don't make it difficult for me."
Magistrate Tang looked very bad and said angrily:
"Where's Su Lu? Let him come out to see me. He massacred the villagers under my rule. He had the guts to kill, but why didn't he have the guts to come see me?"
Guo Dashan yawned again:
"I can answer you about this. My lord, there are endless bandits in Beiyang. It is because these people are human beings on the front and bandits when they turn around, so they were killed by our guards to save them from harming people again.
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"Who can prove that they are bandits? Good people were killed by your guards. Who can prove that they are bandits?"
Magistrate Tang was furious.
Su Ping, who had just changed defenses and came down from the city wall, also yawned, pulled Magistrate Tang away, and directed his troops into the camp, his voice very impatient:
"My second brother respects you as the county magistrate and doesn't care about you. Don't get in trouble with me.
You, Magistrate Tang, know very well whether those people are bandits, or they just want our guards to allocate some food. Let me tell you, if you dare to do this again, believe it or not, I will ask someone to beat you out."
Magistrate Tang's face turned red and he was obviously angry. He pointed his finger at Su Ping and was speechless.
Su Ping pulled away Magistrate Tang's hand and entered the barracks in a swaggering manner:
"If it weren't for us, your grandson would have been killed by the bandits, and he still dares to make trouble here, such a wolf-hearted thing."
Magistrate Tang sat down on the ground angrily and didn't get up for a long time. This grandson was so irritating.
He Wu's teasing voice sounded from behind:
"Sir, Mr. Tang, why are you sitting at the gate of the patrol camp this early in the morning? Do you have a conflict with Lieutenant Su? Do you need me to make peace with you?"
Magistrate Tang glared at He Wu. This dead eunuch was also an accomplice.
Su Lu dared to openly massacre the people in the bandit's village. It was with this guy's backing and bragging in front of the princess that she made the princess believe that they were not killing people, but bandits.
Li Lin, who followed behind and joined the army, also said with a smile:
"Master Tang, I think you have really misunderstood this time. Su Duwei's method is very good. All the bandits in the bandit villages must be killed. If nothing else, the food transportation road in Beiyang is now completely open.
, there will be no more incidents of grain transport routes being cut off by bandits.”
Magistrate Tang sighed: "Why don't I know, but all the young men in Menxia Village were killed, and all the young and old men came to the county government. What else can I do, I can only come to the guards to ask for an explanation."
Li Lin showed the military affairs brochure in his hand to Magistrate Tang and persuaded him:
"This is a commendation military order issued by Jiedu Mansion. Su Lu has made great contributions in suppressing bandits and opening up grain roads in Beiyang. Jiedu Mansion will give it a special reward."
Magistrate Tang refused to obey: "Isn't this nonsense in Jiedu Mansion? To commend Su Lu, what should we do? How can we explain to our elders?"
Li Lin followed He Wu into the military camp. After hearing Magistrate Tang's accusation, Li Lin turned around and spoke solemnly.
"Mr. Tang, please understand. Now it's just Captain Su who kills dozens of villagers. If all these villagers become bandits in the future, riot when facing the enemy, and let the Tule people break the city, even you, Magistrate Tang, can
If you run away for your life, can you survive?"
"Should the people of Hecheng also talk to you, Magistrate Tang?"
Magistrate Tang didn't believe it: "What's the matter? They are just ordinary people. Even if they become bandits, how much harm can they bring."
Li Lin's face turned dark when he heard this, turned around, and looked at County Magistrate Tang solemnly: "Ten days ago, Captain Su discovered traces of the Thule people while suppressing bandits, and spread the news to the Beizheng Camp. The guards on duty got it.
According to the order, bandits and Thule people posing as grain transport troops were found in the supply camp that day."
"Master Tang, if this group of Thule people cooperates with the outside and breaks down the gate of the Beizheng camp, and Beizheng falls, can you, Beiyang, survive alone?"
Magistrate Tang stopped talking. Of course, it cannot survive. Not to mention that Beiyang cannot survive. Xuanfu in the southwest and Yanzhou in the west may not survive.
Su Lu yawned and came out of the barracks. When he saw He Wu and Li Lin, he couldn't help but asked curiously:
"Why, Li Canjun is here. Did you bring any baggage this time? Our battalion has recruited hundreds of new people, but now they don't even have armor. They are all still wearing coarse cloth."
Li Lin pointed at the guards in bright underwear and armor on the campus, with a look of helplessness on his face.
"Lieutenant Su, please don't fool me. Look at the guards brothers under your command. They are all wearing standard robes. Then smell the smell coming from your kitchen. It's absolutely pork fat cooking.
There are really not many armies I know that can compare with yours."
Su Lu laughed and quickly diverted Li Lin's attention: "Um, what's the matter with Li Canjun coming to my place? I have wiped out all the bandits in Beiyang, and the food road has been opened."
"So the commendation document from Jiedu Mansion has arrived. This is a reward for you. At the same time, you will be promoted to the position of grain transportation officer to provide military rations to the Beizheng Camp."
Li Lin unfolded the military affairs brochure in his hand and handed it to Su Lu to look at.
Su Ping next to him was immediately dissatisfied: "We have just wiped out the bandits in Beiyang. The lost sergeants have not been replaced. The new soldiers recruited from the refugees don't even have official certificates. They just let us go into battle. What you are doing is too much."
It’s not authentic anymore.”
The guardsmen next to them also had their heads drooped, as if the brigade commander was right, we were in misery.
Su Lu was also somewhat reluctant to go. The war in Beizheng was in full swing. There were approximately 120,000 to 30,000 Thule troops and 140,000 to 140,000 Guards troops gathered on the Beizheng front line. The battle line stretched for more than ten miles, and countless people gathered there every day.
When the guards died, Su Lu didn't want to be a part of it.
"We can't go until the Nanguan camp returns, and Beiyang cannot be left unattended."
Su Lu refused Li Lin, and his tone gradually became firmer: "I am a soldier of the general. I am responsible for protecting the general and her fief. If you want to get rid of me, you must have the consent of the general."
Li Lin looked embarrassed: "The general said that if you want to be transferred, you must agree."
"I just suppressed some bandits, why did Jiedu Mansion take a fancy to me?"
Su Lu looked at Li Lin in confusion, who the bastard sent him up there, transporting grain is really not a good job. The grain road in Beiyang is open, but the one in Beizheng is still blocked, especially
It is at the foot of Erlong Mountain. It simply means there is no way to go.
Of the twelve grain transport teams that passed through Beiyang, only four were able to come back. What the hell is this concept? They are simply going up there to die.
Li Lin's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he said helplessly: "It's not because of your notorious reputation. Not only the bandits in Beiyang know that you killed bandits like crazy, but even the bandits around Xuanfu and Beizheng have spread the word about your notorious reputation.
Because of your bad reputation, Jiedu Mansion has taken a liking to you."
"I dont go"
Su Lu said very simply and neatly, "I am notorious because I protect the guards from being killed by bandits. It's good for you, but you want me to go to the battlefield and die because of this."
Well, the main reason is that there is a shortage of cards. The number of cards in hand has not increased. It has been more than a month since the expansion of Camp B, and no new formation cards have been added. Without new formation cards, it is a rough battlefield.