Muguomu Camp was attacked by bandits, and Jia Liu didn't even frown, because according to Lao Cui, there were more than 5,000 Manchu soldiers in Muguomu Camp. If all these people were killed, it would undoubtedly be the spring of Jia Liu and the Eight Banners of the Han Army.
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As for this war involving the whole country to attack two counties, Jia Liu even hoped that the war would last as long as possible. In this case, Jia Liu would have enough confidence to go back and discuss business with Heshen.
The loss of 700,000 liang of military pay was simply earth-shattering for the Muguomu camp, no less than the annihilation of 1,080 bannermen by the bandits.
All generals of fourth rank and above were summoned to Wen Zhongtang's big tent for an emergency military meeting.
On Jia Liu's side, except for Mr. Fu Sheng'a who initially called him to ask about the specific situation, no one came to him afterwards.
After handing over the remaining half of the military salary, Jia Liu didn't know whether to stay here and wait for questioning, or to lead the team back.
He went first to inquire whether Chang Bingzhong and Liu Heyi were still in the camp, and was told that they had been transferred to the Haidu Tong Office a few days ago.
This made Jia Liu a little uncomfortable, because he felt that the two of them might be in danger.
After returning to the team, they finally told Zu Yingyuan, Wang Fu and the others about the matter. It turned out that Zu, Wang and the others didn't know about the dangers of Hailan Inspector. It was normal, and Liu was happy to be promoted to the forward school.
Jia Liu wanted to say, think about it and forget it.
Everyone has his own destiny.
It didn't take long for the messengers to gallop out from the camp one after another.
Jia Liu estimated that Wen Zhongtang was really angry this time, and most likely he wanted to mobilize elite troops from the front line to defend the rear.
In this way, you can no longer rob the armored truck, lest you hit the muzzle of the gun.
The cash transport truck couldn't be robbed, and the food couldn't be cashed in. Jia Liuxun thought that if he wanted to make progress, he really had to do what Liu De said and do some military exploits.
After waiting for another long time, Lu Yuanguang came out and called him over, saying that Mr. Fu asked Jia Liu to lead the team back first, and Mr. Fu would handle the other matters.
Jia Liu did not dare to ask whether the old rich man had over-reported this time. Instead, he asked again whether the group of plateau people he was "cooperating with" really surrendered or whether they were pretending to surrender.
"I said, this matter has nothing to do with you, you don't need to care."
Lu Yuanguang still didn't tell Jia Liu. He didn't know whether he didn't know, or he knew and didn't want to tell.
Jia Liu said.
Also, they only reached a non-aggression treaty with him, and did not reach an all-tianhou strategic partnership with him, Jia Liu. How could they tell all the confidential matters?
Both sides are still essentially enemies.
The so-called cooperation is just to reduce each other's troubles.
Why did Jia Liu ask those plateau people twice?
He just suspected that these plateau people were pretending to surrender, because it seemed that Lu Yuanguang was very familiar with them.
What does it mean if a rebel who is undercover in the Qing army is familiar with the people from the plateau who surrendered?
The answer is almost obvious.
Whistleblower?
There are no doors!
Jia Liu wished that Mu Guomu's entire army would be wiped out, Wen Zhongtang would die for his country, and the imperial court would send another Zhongtang to continue to suppress the bandits...
Therefore, for safety reasons, Jia Liu felt that it was best not to come to Muguomu Camp, lest the city gate catch fire and harm Chiyu.
Just go back.
On the way, Zu Yingyuan, Bao Guozhong, Zhang Shisan, Wang Fu, Wang Si, Zhang Dabiao and other key groups were gathered together.
The main thing is to discuss how to divide the spoils and how to buy an official position.
Jia Liu himself did not intend to leave the title of donation, but Bao Guozhong and Liu De's green camp group were able to leave.
Once the money is available, it will not be a problem to directly donate it to become a lieutenant general or a general.
Being a flag bearer depends on everyone's wishes. After all, not everyone wants to have a limited future.
The specific purchase method will have to wait for the stolen money to be cashed out, and it will be implemented according to everyone's wishes. It is best to strive for group purchases.
This way, it's cheaper.
However, Jia Liu also made it clear to everyone that he could not buy an official position for the time being.
Just as hundreds of thousands of taels of pay were lost here, the officers and soldiers who participated in the escort over there used the money to buy official positions. Even a fool would know that there was something wrong with it.
Of course everyone knew how powerful it was, so they asked Mr. Jia to make the decision.
How to divide the money will have to wait until Liu De gets the cashed banknotes back.
"Anyway, if you follow me, you won't treat everyone badly..."
The front was not far from Akoli Village, but someone was catching up from behind.
The visitor was a battalion soldier named Ma Wu, who was said to have been sent by President Lu Qian to deliver a verbal message to Mr. Jia.
"What's up?"
There were all the backbones of the gang present, and Jia Liu certainly wouldn't let them retreat. However, Ma Wu didn't say anything.
"Sir, let's go there first."
Zu Yingyuan and others knew what was going on, so they continued to move forward with the team.
Jia Liu glanced at King Ma and smiled: "You can talk now."
What Ma Wu said next almost shocked Jia Liuhun.
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Due to the two consecutive robbery of military pay, and the recent intensification of attacks on grain roads by bandits, the army was repeatedly unable to provide food and grass, and finally forced Wen Zhongtang, who was furious, to transfer 1,400 elite Banner soldiers from the front to the rear.
Jia Liu guessed this, but he didn't expect that Wen Zhongtang would send people to investigate him and list him as one of the suspected collaborators.
There were two people responsible for investigating Jia Liu and the Han Army's arrest team.
One was a first-class imperial bodyguard, Arsuna, who was born in Manchuria with a yellow flag. This person had served as a vanguard in the Western Regions and Burma. He was personally awarded the title of "Eteng Ibaturu" by the emperor, and was highly regarded by Wen Zhongtang.
The other one is Li Shijie, the Sichuan inspector in Daying. This person was in charge of Sichuan's criminal prosecution before he came to Daying. He is equivalent to the number one person in charge of criminal investigation and justice in Sichuan, and is also commonly known as "Master Zitai" by the people.
Belongs to professional counterpart.
"When will they come?"
Jia Liu was a little uneasy. There were too many flaws in this matter. If he really wanted to be investigated by the superiors, he would probably complete it.
Ma Wu said it would be tomorrow.
Jia Liu nodded: "Go back and tell Mr. Lu Qian that I know."
Ma Wu also nodded slightly and said: "Master Lu asked me to tell you that Arsuna is greedy for money and full of people, so if you want to turn disaster into good, you must not be reluctant to give up money."
Jia Liu knew that the man surnamed Lu asked him to spend money on Arsuna, because this first-class full bodyguard was the one responsible for the investigation. If he closed the case, the matter would be settled.
After Ma Wu left, everyone quickly gathered around.
Jia Liu glanced at them and told them that Wen Zhongtang sent people to investigate them.
"broken!"
Bao Guozhong's face changed color in shock on the spot.
"What are you afraid of?"
Zu Yingyuan said without thinking, "Then spend money to settle Arsuna. We have plenty of money anyway."
"Yes, young master, it is about your life, so you must not be reluctant to give up money." Yang Zhi was afraid that the young master would fall into the eyes of money and ruin things.
"Can't spend money,"
The one who spoke was Zhang Shisan, "What was lost is 700,000 taels. How much money do we have to spend to satisfy the full guard? One hundred thousand, two hundred thousand, or three hundred thousand?"
Everyone was speechless. It was indeed true. Outsiders didn't know that they only got half of half. If this was given to the full guard, their work would be in vain.
Wang Fu reminded everyone: "If you give money, you are actually telling the full guard that we have swallowed the money."
"We can't send money and we can't let them investigate us. What should we do?"
Jia Liu looked at the backbone of the group quietly.
"Get rid of people."
Bao Guozhong and his ancestor Yingyuan said the same four words at the same time.