Jia Ke and He Tong started chatting in front of the formation. The two of them had some differences at first, but later they became more and more congenial. When they were chatting in front of the formation, the two sides' military formations showed different states.
On Jia Ke's side, the two thousand troops had not eaten lunch. However, they were still standing upright, and the military formation did not waver at all.
But the soldiers brought by He Tong failed. They only stood for a while and then began to stagger around. The formation also began to become chaotic. They began to whisper to each other and became a mess.
He Tong found that the way he led his troops was really bad, but he had nothing to say. Although these soldiers were said to be soldiers and horses from Jiubian, they were actually eliminated by various ministries. He asked them to be like Jia Ke's troops,
It's impossible.
He Tong said to Jia Ke: "You have seen General Jia's situation. Now it is better to go back to Kaiping Town, arrange food and accommodation for them, and settle down these soldiers. Let's talk later."
Jia Ke looked at the soldiers behind him. They were far worse than the soldiers in Taiping Town when he first came to Kaiping Town. This is what the rear troops looked like. He didn't expect that the army would be like this in just a few decades after the founding of the country.
Jia Ke couldn't rectify them immediately now, so he had to order the soldiers from Kaiping Town in front, and the new eight thousand people in the back, to advance towards the military camp in Kaiping Town.
More than 10,000 troops entered Kaiping Town, which attracted the attention of the people in Taiping Town. Seeing the majesty and strict discipline of the original soldiers in Kaiping Town, the people burst into cheers.
Look at the more than 8,000 people at the back. The team is in chaos. People are whispering to each other. Some people are running back and forth. They can't help but feel contempt and talk to each other.
"I said brother, are these the people who support us?"
"Maybe?" Another person frowned and said uncertainly.
"They are like bears. They are worse than our strong men when we fought against the Tatars. Are they here to support us or to fight in the war?"
An aunt next to her also spoke: "I originally thought that all the soldiers in Kaiping Town are the same as those in Kaiping Town. Now I know that there are three, six or nine grades of soldiers, and those in Kaiping Town are the first.
The bear soldiers who came next time were probably the worst."
"Auntie, you can't say that. Although these soldiers who came here are a little bit worse, they are still human beings. They can always help when encountering battle formations in the future." A man next to him who looked like he was studying comforted himself.
When the lady heard someone refute her, she was not happy at that time. She raised her eyebrows high, put her hands on her hips, and yelled at the scholar: "You are blind, you can't tell the difference between a good person and a good person. Open your eyes and see."
At first glance, do the people who came here look like soldiers? I think they are just a group of ruffians who came to our Kaiping town to eat and drink for free and torturing people."
The scholar who just spoke was so stunned by this lady that he was speechless. In the end, he could only blush and remain silent.
The lady, a scholar, did not dare to say anything. She immediately became proud and stood in the crowd and said proudly: "My son is a soldier in Kaiping Town. This time he killed several barbarians with his own hands when fighting the Tatars. He was rewarded by the court for his military merits."
More than a dozen taels of silver. Is there anything else I don’t know about it?”
When everyone heard this, they all became envious of her. In this battle with the Tatars, the soldiers in Kaiping Town suffered very little damage, but their results were very brilliant, and the court was very generous with their silver rewards. Therefore, all the soldiers who participated in the battle were probably more
Maybe they all got some silver taels, but it was very rare for his family to get more than ten taels of silver. I felt that his son was very brave.
Jia Ke led everyone into the military camp, and the original soldiers in Kaiping Town naturally returned to their respective barracks in order.
As for the new arrivals, they were piled in a chaotic pile on the teaching ground. They looked more like refugees than soldiers.
Jia Ke gathered together the one hundred people who were about to be promoted, ordered them to select one hundred soldiers each, and then asked them to stand in batches. After struggling like this for an hour, they finally managed to form a team.
Then Jia Ke began to call the names. Every time the name of a hundred households was called, he ordered the hundred households to lead the soldiers into the barracks. One by one, the chaos was eliminated. It was not until dusk that all the soldiers were properly arranged.
After arranging the soldiers, Jia Ke told Huang Baifeng next to him to arrange for the meal to be served immediately. Let the soldiers have a good meal, rest overnight today, and start training tomorrow.
Jia Ke and He Tong came to the current Defense Mansion (that is, the original Qianhu Mansion, only the plaque on the door was changed), and held a sumptuous banquet in the flower hall of the Defense Mansion.
He Tong.
However, He Tong did not go to the banquet immediately. Instead, he said to Jia Ke: "General Jia, our handover has not been completed yet. If we eat wine now, we may miss the military."
As soon as Jia Ke heard what he said, he immediately stood in awe of him. Commander He Tonghe, although he didn't know his ability in leading troops, but with his seriousness in carrying out military affairs, he was not far behind.
He Tong actually wanted to hand over the job first, and Jia Ke didn't have any objections.
So the two returned to the lobby of the garrison. He Tong took out the military order of Jiedushi from his arms and gave it to Jia Ke for him to watch first.
Jia Ke took the military order and looked at it. It read: The Kaiping Guard was upgraded to a garrison, and 9,300 troops were mobilized to garrison Kaiping Town, under the unified command of Kaiping Town Guard Jia Ke.
When He Tong saw that Jia Ke had read it, he took out the transfer order from the Ministry of War and asked Jia Ke to check it again. Jia Ke saw that this document was similar to the transfer order from the Jiedushi, except for the number of people.
After Jia Ke read these two documents, he couldn't help but have some questions. At this time, you can't hide it, you must ask in detail, "Congratulations, Commander, the Ministry of War document said that eight thousand troops will be transferred, how come the commander's transfer order says nine?"
Thousands and three hundred people. What’s the explanation for the discrepancies among them?”
When He Tong heard what Jia Ke said, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Jia Shoubei didn't know that the generals who command the troops in the interior are no longer what they were when the country was founded. None of them are getting paid, and the military pay issued by the Ministry of War is only 80% of the original
, I, the leading generals, did not dare to deduct the soldiers' pay too much to prevent a mutiny. So this time, as soon as I heard that the Jiedushi Master mobilized troops to support Kaiping Town, these generals packed their soldiers in as much as possible.
In order to reduce the number of soldiers, Jiedushi had no choice but to send all these people."
Jia Ke hesitated and said, "What should I do if the Ministry of War verifies it?"
He Tong laughed at this and said: "This is all a trivial matter. Jiedushi has already reported it to the Ministry of War. In addition to the manpower you lost in this battle, the extra people are only a few hundred people. The Ministry of War will not treat this kind of thing
Take the little things to heart."
After hearing this, Jia Ke felt relieved, wrote a receipt, stamped it with his own garrison seal, and handed it to He Tong before the handover was completed.
Jia Ke once again invited He Tong to the flower hall for a banquet, but He Tong did not go in this time. The two of them talked and laughed all the way to the flower hall.
At that time, the banquet in the flower hall had been served. In fact, the food and wine had been replaced by Lan Xiang. After all, Lan Xiang was born into a wealthy family. I heard family members say, Jia Ke and He Tong, you did not come directly to the flower hall, but went there first.
lobby. I knew that they had to finish their business before they could come to the banquet.
So he took down all the food and wine that had just been served, prepared the ingredients as they were, and waited until the family reported that Jia Ke and others had finished their work and came to the flower hall. The chef immediately started cooking. After a while, the hot food and wine were placed.
On the table.
If Chuncao and Qiaolian came to do this, how would they know this? I'm afraid what Jia Ke and He Tong are eating now are leftovers that have been reheated in the kitchen.