Jia Cong served as the commander of the Xishan Governor's Guards Battalion for three months and trained three waves of lower-level officers and one wave of middle-level officers. He had just rotated the middle-level and lower-level officers of the Jinyang City garrison and the garrison forces of the two surrounding cities.
After basically having the garrison forces of the three cities under firm control, such actions were interrupted by sudden changes.
Hundreds of thousands of barbarians invaded the grasslands beyond the Great Wall!
War smoke was everywhere in the border military prefecture, and a battle report reached the governor's Yamen, which immediately shook the entire Xishan Mountains.
"Everyone said that one hundred thousand prairie barbarian cavalry suddenly invaded. How should Xishan respond?"
Lin Ruhai's face was as sinking as water, and his eyes were bright as he looked at his two subordinates, the Inspector and the Chief Envoy, as well as the Commander-in-Chief, who had an uneasy look on his face.
No one expected that the barbarians outside the Great Wall who had been peaceful for five years would suddenly invade with force, catching the Xishan bosses present by surprise.
"There's nothing to say. The border troops have their own countermeasures. We just need to do a good job in logistics and don't let the military state run out of food, grass, ordnance!"
The chief envoy has been in Xishan for almost ten years. He is definitely experienced and sharp, and he speaks slowly and calmly.
"exactly!"
The inspector also followed suit: "There are also local garrison troops who need to take action to maintain the peace of the roads within the territory, and at the same time, they have to scare Xiaoxiao!"
Lin Ruhai nodded slightly, looked at the capital commander with a deep look, and said in a deep voice: "I will trouble you, Mr. Zhao, about the mobilization of the garrison and the garrison matters!"
"Don't dare!"
The commander surnamed Zhao was dripping with cold sweat on his forehead, and he forced a smile and said: "I, I have been in poor health recently, I'm afraid I won't be able to travel far..."
Grass!
Jia Cong, who had been standing behind Lin Ruhai as a background, glanced at this guy in surprise: Are you so timid?
You haven't seen the faces of the prairie barbarians yet, and you're so scared that you don't even dare to leave the city?
Obviously, the chief envoy and the inspector who were familiar with him were also quite surprised, while Lin Ruhai looked unhappy and snorted without saying anything.
He had already given out the excuse of being ill, so if he continued to press him, wouldn't it be as if he was asking someone to die?
Fortunately, the Xishan garrison is now basically under control. Otherwise, if it were still led by such a timid person, who would dare to rest assured?
Orders from the governor's yamen were passed to all counties in Xishan, requiring them to strengthen vigilance against small groups of prairie barbarians who might break into Xishan.
At the same time, the Yamen issued an announcement to the entire Xishan Mountains, ordering the entire Xishan area to be on war alert and not to let down the guard so that the prairie barbarians could take advantage of it.
In fact, it was to tell the powerful locals in Xishan to take it easy and not to ask the prairie barbarians who broke into Xishan to attack the fortress outside the city.
At the same time, an urgent military intelligence report six hundred miles away was sent to the capital as soon as possible through the official post system.
"My father-in-law, let Wangcai and a group of good security guards from the Xue family cooperate with the local garrison to take the opportunity to clear out the bandits outside the city, and patrol along the official road to ensure the safety of the border army's logistics supplies!"
Jia Cong always felt that something was wrong. He couldn't figure it out so he gave Lin Ruhai a suggestion: "By the way, it will also deter local powerful people!"
"So good!"
Lin Ruhai nodded in agreement: "Then let Wang Cai and the Xue family's guards Hao Qiang get busy, and report any trouble that cannot be solved immediately!"
By the way, I don't know if the people of Xishan are already used to the barbarian raids on the border, or if they have confidence in the major military states of the border army. There was confusion for a while when the news first came out, but normal order was quickly restored.
I don’t know what the situation is in other places, at least this is the case in Jinyang City.
Jia Cong specially took the soldiers of the Guard Battalion to patrol the streets, and found that both the merchants and the people looked calm, as if they were not affected at all.
Nima, do you want to be so calm?
When passing through the red light district of Jinyang with the soldiers from the Guard Battalion, there were as many luxurious carriages outside the brothel as there were waiting boys.
Hey……
Jia Cong was also convinced, and returned to the governor's office to talk to Lin Ruhai. The governor, who had just taken office for more than a year, softened his original solemn expression.
"I just hope that the border troops stationed in Bianzhou can stop all the grassland barbarians and prevent the hinterland of Xishan from being invaded!"
I hope so...
I just didn't expect that the experts sent out to patrol with the garrison would soon run into trouble.
On this day, Jia Cong was preparing to take some of the soldiers from the Guards Battalion out of the city for training, but Xue Pan rushed over on horseback with a look of anger on his face.
"Boss, my little brother was beaten!"
Rushing forward, this guy didn't dismount, his eyes were red, and he said angrily: "I really can't swallow this bad breath, I will make those guys pay a heavy price!"
"What's going on? It's not too late to tell me clearly before you take revenge!"
Jia Cong flicked his wrist, and the whip in his hand was like a snake. It flew out and wrapped around the reins of Xue Pan's horse, and stopped the horse's turning with a gentle lift.
In just such a short time, more than a dozen Xue family guards had gathered. It was obvious that Xue Pan was indeed not lying.
"I just received news that one of my subordinates was in the city closest to the border fortress, intercepting a large caravan traveling outside the fortress, and kindly reminded them not to continue traveling. There were barbarian cavalry raging outside, but the other party refused to listen and directly injured people!
"
Xue Pan explained the matter clearly with an angry look on his face, and said angrily: "Fortunately, the brothers who went with him were smart and immediately called the local garrison to surround them. I plan to go over and see who is so arrogant!"
Arrogant indeed!
Jia Cong's face didn't look very good either. The Xue family guards all took military positions in the personal guard camp before setting off to disperse to various cities in the Xishan Mountains.
Although they are all low-level officers, they are not something that a mere caravan guard can humiliate.
"Then go ahead and take the remaining guards with you!"
After clearing his mind in an instant, Jia Cong did not stop him and said directly: "Teach the other party a lesson. If an unexpected situation occurs, call the local garrison to act together. Behind you is the governor's office!"
Without saying a word, Xue Pan hurriedly rode out of Jinyang with his guards.
Jia Cong was not affected and still took some of the governor's guards to train outside the city and take a look at the order outside the city.
When I returned to the governor's office, I was surprised to see the commander named Zhao. Although he was a little surprised, he still took the initiative to say hello.
"Oh my dear nephew, I finally have you back!"
When the commander of Zhaodu saw him, he said happily: "I just got the news that a large caravan of the Lin family in Jinyang had a conflict with the local garrison. I am here to make peace!"
"Master Zhao is late!"
Jia Cong said helplessly: "The guards of the Lin family's caravan were too arrogant and domineering. They actually beat my brother's younger brother. My brother was too impatient and had already killed him with his men. He has been gone for a long time!"
"What?"
The commander surnamed Zhao stood stunned on the spot. When he came to his senses, he immediately stamped his feet and shouted: "My dear nephew, send someone quickly to call him back, otherwise something big will happen!"
"What big thing could happen?"
Jia Cong just found a chair and sat down at random, and said coldly: "The Lin family's face is just a face, but the governor's face is made of mud!"
Lin Ruhai's face twitched next to her. Do you want to speak in such a weird way?
this……
The commander of Zhaodu was speechless for a moment, lowered his voice and smiled bitterly: "The Lin family of Jinyang is one of the eight major families in Xishan, and has considerable influence in the court!"
"Why, he can't even touch the Lin family's large caravan?"
Jia Cong sneered: "Could it be that you did something shameful?"
Having said this, he said suspiciously: "By the way, it's still a sensitive period right now. Barbarians are invading beyond the Great Wall. The Lin family's large caravan is still wandering around the frontier. What do you want to do?"
"A good nephew must not talk nonsense!"
Commander Zhao Du smiled bitterly and said: "Who in Xishan doesn't know that the caravan controlled by the Lin family in Jinyang has made a fortune specializing in border trade?"
Tsk…
The amount of information is somewhat large, but also somewhat overwhelming.
Also, Commander Zhao Du's "explanatory talk but deep talk" probably doesn't have any good intentions, right?
Glancing at Lin Ruhai, who had been silent beside him, he smiled leisurely and said: "Master Zhao, the matter has not reached the point of hostility yet. It's not too late to take a look at the situation first!"
In my heart, I was on heightened alert for the so-called Lin family of Jinyang.
In normal history, Xishan had produced the so-called eight major merchants. Didn't they rely on border trade to become prosperous?
After the commander named Zhao left sadly, Lin Ruhai said leisurely: "What do you think?"
"What my father-in-law is asking is, the commander of Zhaodu or the Lin family of Jinyang?"
"Tell me everything!"
"This guy surnamed Zhao is just a pure bureaucrat. He can't be counted on when something goes wrong!"
Jia Cong chuckled and said: "As for the Jinyang Lin family, I'm afraid they are not a good person, but they are still doing business with the barbarians outside the Great Wall at such a time. They are very confident!"
He is indeed very confident. He actually dares to send a pair of men to hang around near the border fortress, and dares to attack businessmen if they disagree. This is not an ordinary confidence. Lin Ruhai muttered: "The situation is not bad at the moment, don't irritate the local powerful people too much!"
"What are you afraid of?"
Jia Cong said disapprovingly: "No matter how arrogant you are, when Daqing's national power is still on the rise, how can you go against the grain?"
"You kid, don't talk nonsense, and don't mess around!"
Lin Ruhai said worriedly: "You can have small conflicts, but you can never have big conflicts!"
Jia Cong nodded to express his understanding, but he was very disapproving in his heart.
With military power in hand and a state of war, the governor of Xishan should keep his word.
Whoever is disobedient and dishonest will be beaten!
Who doesn’t know how to label them? What’s more, if the powerful people in Xishan didn’t have anything to do with the prairie barbarians, they wouldn’t exist at all. It’s too easy to label them.
That is to say, Lin Ruhai is used to the way things are done in Jiangnan, and still does things according to the old habits. Jia Cong has nothing to say. He will take action when it is time to take action, but he will not be used to the so-called local tyrants. Are they worthy?