Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 170 Responses along the march (2)

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When entering the territory of Kelan Prefecture, Wuzhaibao army marched with a resounding and neat military appearance, and the huge caravan behind them attracted passers-by to stop and watch curiously from time to time. Many children even ran straight behind the army.
The soldiers and civilians in Kelan Prefecture have long heard of the prestige of the Wuzhaibao army.Kelan Prefecture is not far from Wuzhai Fort, and now the two places are closely connected, and there are still many villagers from Kelan Prefecture who go to Wuzhai Fort to work.

When these people came back for the New Year, one of the topics they talked about was talking about the army in Wuzhai Fort.That guy, those soldiers from Wuzhai Fort, can be said to be strong and bold, and the tofu scum officers and soldiers in Kelan Prefecture are really incomparable to others.

Especially last year, when the Tartars invaded Wuzhai Fort, even the neighboring Kelan Prefecture was shocked every day. The state city was closed several times, and many people fled to other places with their families, until Wuzhai Fort defeated nearly ten thousand Mongolians. The army, and beheaded thousands of people, the whole Kelan Prefecture was relieved, and those who had fled came back one after another.With this tough neighbor at the front, the soldiers and civilians in Kelan Prefecture feel at ease.

At the same time, everyone was amazed at the fighting power of the Wuzhaibao army, and heard that Master Huang Laifu of Wuzhaibao hanged more than 1000 Mongolian captives. Soldiers, all of them seem to have three heads and six arms.

At this time, I saw the legendary army of Wuzhai Fort. They were indeed powerful and well-deserved.Seeing the Wuzhaibao army rolling in, all the country gentry and villagers were dumbfounded, and many sighed: "You really deserve to be a teacher of tigers and wolves."

After seeing the military appearance of the Wuzhai Fort army and hearing about the treatment of the Wuzhai Fort army, many local young and old people were very excited. Many people surrounded the roadside and asked to join the Wuzhai Fort army. Not just anyone can join the Zhaibao army. Only the locals of Wuzhaibao are given priority, and local farms are also given priority, so the demands of these people cannot be met.

At an intersection a few miles outside the city of Kelanzhou, Huang Laifu's adoptive father, Liu Jingchun, the commander of Zhenxiwei, and the magistrate of Kelanzhou had already received the news, and even some local gentry came out to greet them, and organized a large welcome team.

In the past two years, due to the cooperation with Wuzhai Fort, Kelan Prefecture has benefited a lot.The local economy has been closely integrated with Wuzhai Fort through wool purchases, which can be regarded as a win-win result of mutual benefit.

Liu Jingchun and Zhizhou even made a lot of money by raising sheep in enclosures. Liu Jingchun is a military household in the west of Zhenxi, and has been stationed in Kelan Prefecture for generations. This way of making money can be passed down in the long run , but the magistrate of Kelan Prefecture is just a local official, and he will be transferred once every few years. He was transferred to Kelan Prefecture, a poor place before. I have managed from top to bottom, and I hope to work in Kelan Prefecture for a few more years.

But for now, both of them are very satisfied with their situation.Hearing that their God of Wealth partner Huang Laifu was coming, the two of course came out to greet them with smiles, and there was also a matter of welcoming the friendly troops crossing the border.

Liu Jingchun is 60 years old this year. His hair, which was half black and half white a few years ago, is now completely white, but his waist and abdomen are bigger, and his face is full of red, showing that he has been in a happy mood in the past two years , live at ease.

At this time, Liu Jingchun was chatting with Zhizhou, and at the same time, he was thinking about how to get along with Huang Laifu in the future. Now Huang Laifu, the official has become bigger and bigger. A few thousand shi of grain, but last year, after Huang Laifu opened the guard independently, Liu Jingchun had already voluntarily waived the grain and grass. Anyway, just raising sheep now makes him a lot of money.

What Liu Jingchun is concerned about now is whether Huang Laifu still recognizes him as the adoptive father. After all, the adopted son and adoptive father relationship established by the two is just the result of mutual use at that time. Master Liu Jingchun is well aware of this.

The current official Huang Laifu is a few ranks older than himself, and his official luck is getting better and better. To him, he has no use value. Will the current Huang Laifu still recognize this relationship?

Soon, the people beside him said excitedly: "Look, the Wuzhaibao army is here."

Immediately, a large "yellow" flag appeared in front of everyone, and then saw the flag raining down, and a capable army came awe-inspiringly.Although the men and horses did not wear armor, everyone's military uniforms were neat and luxurious woolen fabrics.Moreover, these people are all tall and well-nourished, coupled with their murderous and arrogance after the bloody battle with the Mongols last year, at first glance, they are really amazing.

Moreover, the thousands of soldiers in front all walked vigorously. When marching, there was absolutely no whispering. Walking on the road, there was no noise, only the orderly sound of footsteps was heard.
Everyone in Kelan Prefecture breathed a sigh of relief. Such a tiger and wolf teacher is really rare. No wonder they were able to defeat the Mongols last year.

Looking at such an army, Liu Jingchun also took a deep breath. If he compares his guards with them, he really can't compare. sharp.

Then everyone saw the Wuzhaibao caravan following up with the Wuzhaibao army behind them, people neighing and screaming, and they couldn't see the side, and there were some girls on the cars and horses whispering softly, they couldn't help being dumbfounded, and this Leading troops in combat and providing logistics.

But seeing Huang Laifu approaching, Liu Jingchun hurriedly took the first step, and saluted Huang Laifu with a smile: "Old man Liu Jingchun, I have met Master Huang, the chief soldier."

Huang Laifu held back his movements, pretended to be angry and said, "The adoptive father's behavior is really killing the child."

Seeing Huang Laifu like this, Liu Jingchun was satisfied in his heart, he never forgets friendship when he is rich, this young man has a good personality.He also changed his words quickly, and said: "Fu'er, you have worked hard all the way here. Liu Zhizhou and I have already prepared meals, so I invite you to enjoy them."

Then several people from Liu Zhizhou came up to salute Huang Laifu, and said that in the city of Lanzhou, they had prepared a day's food for the army, and asked Huang Laifu to accept it with a smile. Being polite, I accepted this batch of grain and grass with a smile.

Liu Zhizhou and Huang Laifu had a deep friendship, so of course they would not put on airs of civil servants, nor would they only provide some cooked food like other civil servants, lest the troops crossing the border would eat more, instead they would carry a whole bag of rice and forage.

Huang Laifu accepted it, and ordered his subordinates to bury the pot for food. He took Jiang Dazhong and a few family members, and went to the city with Liu Jingchun and Liu Zhizhou for lunch. He still had some matters to discuss with Liu Jingchun and Liu Zhizhou.

There are also many Wuzhaibao merchants behind the convoy, also scrambling to go to the city for dinner, maybe they can talk about some business.

In the afternoon, the army of Wuzhai Fort continued to move out. Seeing the actions of the merchants of Wuzhai Fort, the merchants of Kelan Prefecture were also quite envious. state businessman.

The next morning, the army entered the territory of Shenmu Fort in Yansui Town, Shaanxi Province. This Shenmu Fort is the later Shenmu County. Because of the many coal mines in the territory, it was very rich in later generations. It ranked the 92nd county in the country and opened the national free medical care. the first of its kind.

But Shenmu at this time is just a military fortress, and it is still very poor. There are ragged military households and civilian households everywhere. When they see the army coming, everyone calls for their sons and daughters, but hides in fear behind their own houses to watch secretly.Obviously, these people had never heard of the reputation of the benevolent division of the Wuzhaibao army, and they were worried that these passing troops would harass them.

On the afternoon of the third day, the army arrived outside the town of Yansui Town.

Yansui Town is the head of the nine border towns, with a defense line of nearly a thousand miles. It was originally planned that there were more than 8 horse infantry officers and soldiers, more than 4 horses, and 30 taels of food and salaries a year.However, like other border towns, Yansui Town also has serious soldiers fleeing. Now there are only more than 5 officers and soldiers, and more than 2 military horses.

After the mid-Ming Dynasty, Yansui Town had frequent transactions with the Mongols, and there were several tea and horse exchanges. The business in the town was very prosperous, and many Shanxi businessmen came here to operate.In addition to some regular large markets, during the Wanli period, many small markets and civilian markets emerged in Yansui Town.However, because the Mongols invaded the border of Ming Dynasty last year and a few years ago, the tea and horse trade here has been banned by the Ming court as a punishment for the Mongols.

Entering the territory of Yansui Town, you can see that it is mostly a mixed area of ​​wind, sand, grassland and loess hills, especially Yansui Town, which is close to the Mu Us Desert. After entering the boundary, you can see billowing yellow sand, Populus euphratica and Tamarix from time to time.Most of the caravans traveling here mainly ride camels, mules and horses.After seeing Huang Laifu's army, these passers-by all cast surprised glances.

Not far from the town of Yansui, Tan Ma reported that it was only ten miles away from the town, and Tan Ma also informed the friendly army who was passing through the town.Since the general army of Yansui Town has gone to Ningxia Town to quell the chaos, there is only one General Yang who stays behind.Huang Laifu's military rank is higher than his, so General Yang naturally has the obligation to come out to meet him.

Tan Ma said that General Yang of Yansui Town and his other generals had already greeted him at a place five miles away from the front. Huang Laifu smiled and said, "Okay."

He said to Jiang Dazhong: "Let the order go down, everyone puts on armor, everyone puts on armor, everyone mounts their horses, and all the sons and daughters muster up their spirits, let the friendly troops in Yansui Town see the demeanor of our Shanxi Town soldiers."

Everyone obeyed with a loud bang, and Huang Laifu's order was conveyed by Captain Bai one after another.

(End of this chapter)