Yulin City.

"Congratulations General!" You Shiwei led his two younger brothers, You Shiwei and You Shilu, to give a fist and send their congratulatory gifts.

Feng Tang's face was full of spring breeze, with a smile on his face, and he waved his hand, "Shigong, you three brothers don't need to be polite." ”

"Hey, the general's words are wrong, the second class of the senior brother in high school is also the glory of the children of the border towns such as us, and I should be congratulated, I am afraid that the future brother will have to take on a heavy responsibility, and it will also be beneficial to the border soldiers like us."

You Shigong has been promoted to the general of the middle road of Yulin Town under the strong recommendation of Feng Tang, responsible for the garrison of the middle road of Yulin Town, stationed in Boluo Fort, and his second brother You Shiwei has also taken over the garrison.

His three brothers quickly defected to Feng Tang after Feng Tang took over as the chief guard of Yulin Town, and Feng Tang also used his three brothers' intention to form a good alliance with the local military generals in Yulin and achieved good results, plus Yulin Town itself also had familiar generals transferred from Datong Town, so Feng Tang had firmly controlled Yulin Town in a relatively short period of time.

It was under such circumstances that Feng Tang also dared to take a series of actions, and successively took actions against some wealthy merchant families in the town who were eye-catching with the Tatars outside the town, and the gains were not small.

However, Feng Tang also knew very well that he was still an outsider in Yulin, and he was far from being able to command like Datong, and he also needed to have a good relationship with local snakes like the You brothers.

Therefore, he was also extremely generous in the rewards of military assets and silver after several clearances, and he almost did not take them, but handed them all over to his subordinates and garrisons, which also won the great favor of the military generals below.

This Yulin town has always been poor, and every time the newly appointed town guard commander from other places is holding a big profit to go to the capital city to bribe the officials in order to transfer out of this Yulin town as soon as possible, the real generals to this position are looking at Datong, Xuanfu, Jizhen, Shanxi such a town guard general position.

Like the nine sides, Yulin Town is only slightly better than Ningxia and Gansu, and even less than Guyuan, although Guyuan is poor, but after all, it is in the rear, so it will not directly face the Tatar iron cavalry.

"Hehe, then there are more auspicious words for the world." Feng Tang was in a good mood.

The news of the Jinshi and the second-class Jinshi in the examination was almost followed by his feet, and he was quite satisfied with Feng Tang, the Jinshi in the examination, but he didn't expect that he would have a better performance in the palace examination later, and suddenly broke into the ninth in the second-class class, which simply made Feng Tang overjoyed.

After learning the news that the son-in-law of the chief military officer of the town guard was admitted to the second-class jinshi, the generals below all came to congratulate and send generous gifts.

However, Feng Tang is also a little different now than before, especially after learning that his son has been selected as a jinshi, his son's future future will definitely be more than himself as a town guard chief military officer, the officials of the six departments and even the cabinet have a great chance, so he now has a choice for such gifts that he originally accepted with peace of mind.

When he learned that these subordinates were coming to congratulate him, he repeatedly warned his subordinates not to be generous, and if they didn't accept even if they were not good, they would find a way to return the gift.

However, Feng Tang also knew that if he didn't accept any gifts, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to get along in this Yulin Town, so he controlled it very well, and he never measured the merits of his subordinates by the number of gifts received, but weighed and promoted generals by several factors such as combat performance, prestige, control over the army and loyalty to himself.

Like the You brothers are a typical example, they have a record of war, high prestige, and strong control over their own headquarters, plus they have this origin, so he spared no effort to recommend, and even did not hesitate to use some of his connections, so You Shigong was quickly promoted to the general of the West Road, and You Shiwei was promoted to the garrison, which also made the You brothers follow Feng Tang with all their hearts.

Of course, the Feng family's good reputation in Datong is also one thing, if there is no such factor, these poor generals in Yulin Town would not have accepted Feng Tang so quickly.

For the congratulations of the people, Feng Tang naturally had to thank him, and held a banquet to entertain the generals.

"You said that Ningxia Wei is not appeased?" Hearing this, Feng Tang, who was still a little drunk, immediately woke up, "Why do you say this?" ”

He Shixian, the general of the West Road, who came to report, is also a local military general in Yulin, this person has always been familiar with Feng Tang's old department in Datong, Cao Wenzhao, and has a close relationship, and was also the first to defect to Feng Tang after Feng Tang served as the chief military officer of Yulin Town, even earlier than the You brothers.

Feng Tang also intended to let him serve as the deputy commander of the assistant guard to assist him in the defense of his own town and neighboring towns, but this assistant deputy commander was already a military general from the third grade, and it was not something that Feng Tang could easily operate, and he still needed some hands and feet.

But this is already a rare opportunity for He Shixian, he never thought that he could still be expected to climb to the level of deputy chief soldier, you must know that the deputy chief soldier is only a line away from such a senior general as the chief soldier, so he is also grateful to Feng Tang, so he almost swore to show loyalty.

Feng Tang also knew that in terms of ability, He Shixian was slightly inferior to the You Shigong brothers, but this person was better than diligence and loyalty, plus he had served as a thousand generals and garrisons in the western forts, he was familiar with the people, and he was also very familiar with the Ningxia Wei side in the west, and now he can be regarded as his own descendant, so he is also very dependent.

"Ningxia Town's town has been too ordinary in recent years, and many town generals are old, and the new town generals are either from Gansu Town, or from Guyuan Town, so their local town generals are not in a high mood, and General Qi should know that there are many Mongolian generals in Ningxia Town, they are not the same as our side of the army, privately raise a large number of slave soldiers and private soldiers, and have always had contacts with the Tatars over there in Hetao,......"

"Are you saying that these Mongols and the Loop Tatars are intent on uniting with each other?" Feng Tang was taken aback, he really didn't know much about the situation in Ningxia Town, and at this time, he was frightened into a cold sweat by He Shixian's words.

This Ningxia Town and Yulinwei are dependent on each other, once something happens, the entire northwest front will collapse, even if the Mongolian tribes in Hetao are still in the respite stage, if they really encounter this kind of opportunity, they will definitely come in and get a handful.

"Well, that's not it, I just think that the Mongolian generals in Ningxia Town are arrogant, and the generals in this town have no intention of doing martial arts, and because of the arrears for many years, there are a lot of deserters in this town, compared to the Mongolian generals because they have a large number of slave soldiers, and their subordinates feel that this kind of rebellion is a bit ......."

He Shixian couldn't describe this feeling.

Feng Tang stabilized his mind and pondered for a long time before saying, "Did Shi Guangjue ever notice it?" ”

"My subordinate Lord Guanshi has no intention of staying in Ningxia Town for a long time, so ......" shook his head, and He Shixian smiled bitterly.

Shi Guangjue is a son of the Shi family of the Duke of the State of Xu, and Shi Guangzhu is a cousin, after Feng Tang sought the general army of Yulin Town, the Shi family is said to have spent no less than 100,000 taels of silver for Shi Guangjue to get the position of the chief soldier of this Ningxia Town.

It's just that Shi Guangjue had only mixed in Beijing before, and had never been in the border army, which also aroused the resolute opposition of Zhang Jingqiu, the left attendant of the military department, but Xiao Daheng resolutely supported it, and there was the intention of the emperor in it, and finally Shi Guangjue got this position.

It took 100,000 taels to get this position, so naturally he had to do everything he could to get it back, and Ningxia Town was a place that was even more bitter and cold than Yulin Town, and it was also a place bordering the Tatars, so Shi Guangjue was also making money regardless of the means, and Feng Tang had already heard of this situation.

That's a little tricky.

This Shi Guangjue only cares about making money now, regardless of anything else, but maybe he will leave next year, and the mess left behind by then will only be put on the table by the successor general soldier.

The key is that this kind of mess can't be cleaned up for a while, and if you change a slightly weaker general soldier, if you don't get this fire, you will have to burn it in this successor.

The problem is that Ningxia Town and Yulin Town are interdependent, and once something goes wrong, this Yulin Town will definitely not be able to escape.

Just what to do now? Write to remind Shi Guangjue? I'm afraid that not only will it not be accepted, but it will also provoke a lot of right and wrong, and you Feng Tang are not the governor of the three sides, what qualifications do you have to ask about the affairs of the neighboring towns?

Write to the Ministry of War to reflect? Now Xiao Daheng is still the secretary of the military department, even if he knows that he should have been exempted from the military department book a long time ago, but now he is not exempted, then he is the secretary, and the letter at this time will only attract small shoes to wear.

"Shixian, how serious is the situation over there now, do you think if there is going to be a mess, when will it be?" Feng Tang also knew that he was asking a bit too much of a question, but he couldn't help but ask.

I'm afraid it's difficult for the outside world to judge how serious the internal problems of Ningxia Town are, and when there is chaos, there are countless inevitable factors, or fire triggers before they can break out.

Maybe it's the next month, maybe it's two or three years, it may not be able to break out, but once it erupts, it may be out of control.

"General, this kind of thing can't be said, according to the understanding of his subordinates, if there are no major accidents, it is estimated that it can be delayed for two or three years, but I am afraid that there will be any accidents, such as the Tatars, and for example, there is a shortage of food,...... "He Shixian is not sure.

Feng Tang stood up, walked around the hall twice, and finally made up his mind, I am afraid that the necessary preparations still have to be made, otherwise once a situation occurs, his side will bear the brunt of it, and it is better to rely on Gansu Town and Guyuan Town to be more steadfast in their own hearts.

"Shixian, you go back and send more spies to Ningxia Town to investigate, in addition, you withdraw part of your troops to Tianshui Fort and Sanshan Fort to prevent it from happening, I will arrange people to pay attention to this side of Hetao, and I will let Shigong concentrate the soldiers and horses in the middle to Xinxing Fort and Yongji Fort to reduce the pressure on your north,......

You Shixian was taken aback, "That lord, Shigong's middle road is open, in case the Tatars commit a crime in the south, ......"

"I will press the troops of the East Road to the front line of Baoningbao, Weiwu Fort, and Yuhe Fort, help Shigong stabilize the situation, first engage in building momentum, and ask Shanxi Town to deal with it in Laoniuwan and Luoquanbao, it is not a big problem." Feng Tang's connections can be revealed at this time, and he can coordinate with Shanxi Town to help share the pressure.