A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 132 The Acropolis
Yesterday, that is, the first day after Wang Dou returned to the fort, Wang Dou took out [-]% of the captured reward sergeants, making the sergeants who went to battle happy.

Wang Dou ordered Lin Daofu to put the remaining money, grain, rice, cattle and sheep into the warehouse. Those soldiers and civilians who were either voluntary or kidnapped were also resettled, and all of them were registered in the military household registration of Shunxiangbao, so that the current Shunxiangbao The population reached more than 1 people.

After arranging all this, Wang Dou ordered the official Feng Dachang to write Jiewen and report the victory to Xu Zucheng, the governor of the state city. A few days ago, Yang Dongmin was assigned level 260 heads, and the number of beheads in Shun Xiangbao reached level [-] again.

In the victory report, Wang Dou led his troops to rob a large number of people and supplies. It was impossible to hide such a major event, but Wang Dou was a little vague, and he just brought it up with the sentence "Seize without calculation".

Wang Dou reported the victory to Zhoucheng yesterday afternoon. After receiving the victory report, Xu Zucheng, the integrity officer, was dumbfounded. Ten days ago, when Wang Dou reported the victory to him, and the total number of beheadings was 240, he was already surprised. Ten days passed, and the number of beheadings of Wang Dou increased to level 280.Xu Zucheng knew that Wang Dou had given Yang Dongmin 260 levels of heads, but even so, there were [-] levels of beheadings simply counted on Shun Xiangbao's head.

Such a great contribution made Xu Zucheng's hands and feet tremble a little, especially the boldness of the king, who dared to lead his troops to snatch the people and money escorted by the Qing soldiers, and he succeeded!Although I don't know how many people and money Wang Dou has robbed, but his courage is probably unique in the entire Xuanfu Town.

The integrity officer Xu Zucheng and his confidant general Yang Dongmin sat there staring at each other for half an hour. After being reminded by Yang Dongmin, Xu Zucheng suddenly jumped up and asked Yang Dongmin to invite Chen Yuwen, the official of the state.Based on the experience of the previous few days, Xu Zucheng judged that Wang Dou's good news must be true, and he invited Chen Yuwen to come, just to let him be a little bit unsympathetic to the good news.

After Chen Yuwen reported the victory to Shunxiang Fort, Xu Zucheng couldn't wait to send some of his most elite servants to deliver the victory report to the security guard city.

It was evening when the victory report reached the security guard city, and Li Yi'an, the guard at the time, was eating dinner. At first, when he received the victory report, he was a little careless, but after he read the content of the victory report clearly, he stood up suddenly. Vigorous, too powerful, even the rice bowl in front of him was almost taken away.

However, he didn't realize it, and he hurriedly called Xu Zucheng's servants to his study for detailed questioning. After asking for a long time, he was still not at ease, so he called the officials of the Weicheng to the garrison hall to discuss matters.

It's unbelievable, I can't believe it, it's the opinions of the officials and generals of the Acropolis. In the end, Li Yi'an's confidant, the commander of the guards, and the clerk, who are in charge of the security and security operations of the camp, Wang Xiaowei, the chief of the army of the Acropolis, proposed a safe plan. The method is to recruit Xu Zucheng, the integrity officer of the state city, and Wang Dou, the defense officer of Nashun Township Castle, to the Acropolis for careful questioning, and then send someone to the state city to inspect the heads before making a decision.

His safe method was unanimously approved by all the officials of the Acropolis. After the discussion, it was getting late, but the guard Li Yi'an couldn't hold back his excitement, so he sent the most elite servants under his command overnight to accompany Xu Zucheng's subordinates They went back together and informed Xu Zucheng, the integrity officer of the state city, about the decision of the garrison adults.

Xu Zucheng was also very excited when he learned that the garrison was welcoming him, and this led to the fact that Xu Zucheng's relatives brought Yang Dongmin to Shunxiang Fort in an emergency this morning.

Yang Dongmin sighed to Wang Dou: "Brother, my brother really convinced you. In the past few days, you beheaded 240 three levels. Master Xu and I were quite surprised. I didn't expect that the number of beheadings has reached 280 levels now. , tsk tsk..."

Wang Dou smiled and said, "It's the beheading level 260, and the other [-] levels, but Brother Yang, you fought hard to get it."

"If it weren't for the good command of my lord, brother, and the artillery and equipment sent from the state city, it would be a question of whether I can hold Shunxiang Fort this time, let alone the number of beheadings."

Yang Dongmin patted Wang Dou on the shoulder and just shook his head and sighed. He said, "Along the way, I saw that Dongjiazhuang, Xinzhuang, and Jingbianbao were destroyed again. Brother, you have lost a lot this time."

Yang Dongmin knew that Wang Dou had burned three more forts. On the one hand, he was surprised by Wang Dou's ruthlessness and decisiveness. On the other hand, he also knew that Wang Dou's vitality was seriously injured this time. It's so serious, I'm afraid it won't recover in a few years.

Wang Dou said dejectedly: "I have no choice but to kill the enemy in order to resist the war, so I have no choice but to do so."

Yang Dongmin comforted Wang Dou and said, "Don't worry, brother, the moral and defensive lords are kind, and they will definitely make up for your lost population and wealth in the territory."

He opened his mouth and didn't ask Wang Dou how much money and money he took from the Qing soldiers in this raid. The amount of supplies must be limited, so let's treat this batch of supplies as a supplement to Shunxiangbao's loss this time. Anyway, they have gained a lot from Wang Dou.

Of course, if Wang Dou is sensible, it would be even better to offer some tribute afterwards.

He only said to Wang Dou: "Brother, the lord of the defense has sent an urgent order to see you by name, and follow me to the city of Zhou to see the lord of integrity."

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Yang Dongmin pressed hard, and Wang Dou quickly made arrangements. In addition to his own guards, he also brought Han Chao with him.

In addition, he also brought some silver.

Before leaving, Wang Dou handed out 100 taels of silver to Yang Dongmin, and said with a smile, "Brother Yang has worked hard. The money is a little bit of my brother's kindness. I hope it will not be too little."

Yang Dongmin looked at the silver in Wang Dou's hand, opened his eyes wide, he quickly took it, and laughed loudly: "Brother, you are so polite... Anyway, brother's wish is not to accept it, but it is disrespectful to you." gone."

He accepted the silver with a happy smile. In addition, Wang Dou also had 200 taels of silver that belonged to Xu Zucheng, the filial conduct officer. The silver has been processed, and the inscriptions and stamps on it have disappeared, so they can be used openly.

Wang Dou hurriedly followed Yang Dongmin to the city of Zhou, where there was still a vigilant look inside and outside the city, the gates of the city were also tightly closed, and there were constant patrols on the city.Seeing Yang Dongmin coming back, the soldiers on the city hurriedly opened the city gate, saw Wang Dou and others beside Yang Dongmin, and the banner opened by the guarding flag bearer beside him, there were continuous voices of surprised discussions, and many people in the city must have passed away. Know about Shun Township Fort.

In the eyes of a group of spectators, Wang Dou, Han Chao and others entered the city. Compared with the bustling city of Baoanzhou in the past, the Ruoda Baoanzhou City is now deserted. It is rare to see a few people on the street, only soldiers patrolling constantly.Seeing Wang Dou and the others approaching, they also cast surprised and admiring gazes, and kept whispering, making the guards beside Wang Dou proudly puff up their chests.

Yang Dongmin saw it in his eyes and said with emotion: "Brother is really a hero. He beheaded 280 ranks. I am afraid that the entire East Road generals will not have this credit. I really hope that my brother will fight with the Tartars with real swords and guns sometime. Really! Really cut off the heads of some Tartars..."

Yang Dongmin considers himself brave, and led the most elite officers and soldiers in the state city, more than 100 family members who guard the adults, but they can only stay in the state city all day long, relying on some of the heads given to him by Wang Dou to count some military merits. It is a pity for the proud hereditary generals of the Ming Dynasty.Along the way, those state soldiers respected Wang Dou from the bottom of their hearts. Even Yang Dongmin, a confidant general who is a lord of integrity, could not get this kind of respect, so he expressed his feeling.

When Wang Dou wanted to say something, Yang Dongmin waved his hand and said, "Brother, hurry up and see Mr. Morality."

Arriving in front of the ethics mansion in Xunyu City, Wang Dou was surprised to see Xu Zucheng, the integrity officer, greeted him with a smile after the notification. Beside him was Zhang Gui, the garrison officer in Baoanzhou City.

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"Wang Dou, after crossing the Zhenhai Bridge, the Acropolis is in front of you. When you meet the lord of the guard, you have to be careful with your words and do what I say."

Beside Wang Dou, Xu Zucheng pointed at the big city ahead, and solemnly confessed to Wang Dou.

After meeting the integrity officer Xu Zucheng in Zhoucheng, after some compliments and whispers, Xu Zucheng couldn't wait to lead Wang Dou and others out of the city to the security guard city.

A group of people came out of Zhoucheng, crossed the Yang River, crossed the Qingshui River, and walked north for another [-] miles, and soon arrived at a place called Zhenhai Bridge outside the west gate of the Security Guard City.The Zhenhai Bridge is not far from the West Gate. According to legend, it was built by Song Hu, a security guard during the Jiajing period.After another mile, you will reach the foot of the Acropolis.

The current Baoanwei City is located in Huailai County in later generations. Before the city was built, it was called Leijiazhan. See Grand Master Wala first.In view of this, in order to screen Han Jingshi, in the year of Jingtai, Daming changed the situation of Baoanzhou Wei Tongcheng, moved Baoanweicheng to Leijia Station, and began to build a new city.After its completion, the Acropolis was called Baoan New City, and the original Baoanzhou City was called Baoan Old City.

After the establishment of the security guard city, the scope of jurisdiction is very large. There are six thousand households in the front, back, left, right, middle and north. There are 120 seven forts in the territory. Food place.In the Acropolis, there are the security command and envoys, the garrison office of the Baoan New City, and even the Confucian Temple, which is not even in the city of Baoan Prefecture.

Right now, in front of Wang Dou's eyes was the majestic figure of Security Guard City.There is something strange about the seven miles around the city. The city wall is three feet and five feet high. It is a huge monster, almost twice the size of Baoanzhou City.

(End of this chapter)