Wang Lin'er and Zhao Datou led 200 soldiers to fight murderously, and also took away 300 soldiers selected from Yangzhou Weizhong, obviously wanting to sharpen this group of "recruits" in actual combat.

After Wang Zhao and the two set off, Xu Jin's eyes fell on the unfamiliar military general behind Zhu Kun. Zhu Kun hurriedly introduced: "Lord Xu, this is the Qianhu District Hao of the Thousand Households Institute of Yancheng, and he led five hundred troops to help yesterday afternoon. ”

"Below, see Chincha-sama." Ou Qianhu hurriedly stepped forward to salute respectfully.

It is said that this Qianhu of Yancheng is estimated to be nearly fifty years old, and the face that has been blown by the sea breeze all the year round is like an old bark, wearing an old mandarin duck battle jacket, although he is holding a waist knife, he does not have the temperament of a soldier, but is more like an old farmer.

Xu Jin glanced at it, and lost interest in this thousand-household in the twilight district, and Zhu Kun said that this thousand-household in the district only led troops to help yesterday afternoon, and the thieves should have already left at this time. It stands to reason that Yancheng County and Dongtai County are bordered, less than 100 miles apart, and the thousands of households in Yancheng should not arrive so late.

For this kind of treacherous veteran who has no vitality, Xu Jin naturally didn't bother to waste his expression, nodded slightly in response, and then led people into the city.

At this time, although the county seat of Dongtai has been cleaned and cleaned, the burned remnants of the broken walls can still be seen everywhere, and some people are crying loudly in front of the burned houses, or the bodies of dead relatives and friends.

Although the target of the thieves was the county government, after entering the city, they set fire everywhere to create chaos, and the prisoners released from the prison were even raped and plundered everywhere, so many people suffered disasters.

Xu Jin suddenly stopped and said: "Lord Zhu, among the people, if there are houses destroyed, the government is responsible for rebuilding, the dead are collected, the injured are treated, and all the expenses are borne by the government. ”

Zhu Kun nodded and said, "The lower official obeys the order, and when he turns around, he will go down and do it." The county officials who followed him all showed gratitude.

The county government burned down so badly that almost all the buildings in front of the lobby were burned down. Xu Jin came to the second hall and finally saw the 500 battalion of wounded soldiers who were placed here.

"See your Excellency." The wounded soldiers led by Guo Jindiao saluted Xu Jin one after another.

Guo Jindiao was shot through his left arm by a sharp arrow, and the wound was thickly bandaged at this time, but his spirit was okay, there were many people who were much worse than him, and there were four people with broken arms and legs, which was shocking to watch.

Xu Jin hurriedly stopped the wounded soldiers from saluting, and said loudly: "Brothers, don't be polite, this official has learned that you fought a bloody battle with several times the enemy for a night, not only saved the warehouse, but also killed seventy-six thieves. Good job, worthy of being a good son of my 500 battalion, Wan Sheng! ”

All the wounded soldiers showed pride and shouted excitedly: "My lord, win! ”

Xu Jin comforted the wounded soldiers one by one, and then retreated, and instructed Qi Jingtong to do a good job of compensating the dead and wounded.

The pension standard set by Xu Jin should be the highest in the Ming army, with a minimum of 50 taels for the deceased, which will be appropriately increased according to the family situation, and 20 to 50 taels of silver for the seriously injured, which will also be appropriately increased according to the family situation, so as to ensure that they or their families have no worries about their lives tonight.

It is precisely because of such a generous pension, and the merits can be transferred to the heads of the brothers and sons, that the soldiers of the 500 battalion do not have to bear the aftermath at all, so they are not afraid of death when fighting.

Of course, this kind of high pension is impossible to implement in the whole Ming army, if there is a big war, more than 100,000 people will be killed and injured at one time, and the treasury will not be able to take out the money for this pension. The 500 battalion is now small in population, coupled with the football industry chain in full swing, with a steady stream of income, it can temporarily withstand Xu Jin's squandering.

Leaving the second hall where the wounded soldiers were placed, Zhu Kun took Xu Jin to the third hall behind, his pale face became hideous in vain, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Lord Xu, this official has something extremely important to inform you. ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but be slightly surprised, Zhu Kun's expression at the moment was really a little terrifying, like a white-faced zombie, and nodded quietly: "Brother Zichun, please speak." ”

"Lord Xu, please come with the lower officials!" Zhu Kun said and went to the East Flower Hall, Xu Jin asked the others to stay outside, and only took Qi Jingtong and his brother-in-law Xie Sangun to follow up the East Flower Hall.

After Zhu Kun took Xu Jin into the East Flower Hall, he bypassed the screen and came to a room in the small courtyard at the back, and Zhu Si, the housekeeper who was guarding outside the room, hurriedly saluted and said, "The little one has seen Lord Qincha." ”

Xu Jin nodded, looking curiously at the locked door. Zhu Kun pushed open the door and said, "Lord Xu, please come in." ”

Xu Jin followed Zhu Kun into the room, and immediately smelled a strong smell of medicine, only to see an old man lying on the bed, his breath was very weak, his chest was slightly undulating, and there were blood stains on the gauze.

"Brother Zichun, who is this?" Xu Jin asked curiously.

Zhu Kun said with a gloomy face: "This is the old Du Tou of the county's husband, on the night of the attack of the thieves, he was patrolling the city at night, and was attacked by the thieves and spies, and the nephew who accompanied him was killed on the spot by cutting his throat, but the old Du Tou was lucky not to die, and was saved by the inner son, so he picked up a life." ”

It turns out that the body structure of this husband Lao Du Tou is naturally different from ordinary people, his heart is long, which is commonly known as "eccentricity", Chen Dong's knife was inserted into his left chest, but the result was not inserted into the heart, so Lao Du Tou did not die, after the Zheng housekeeper closed the door, he stood up and fled in pain, and later Zheng Bancheng and the housekeeper found that the body was missing, and they were suspicious.

It is said that Lao Dutou originally wanted to go to the county government to report, but finally fainted on the street, but it was no coincidence that he was rescued by Zhu Kun's wife Zhou and housekeeper Zhu Si.

As the saying goes, Zhu Su was worried that the spies in the city would find out, so he secretly hid Lao Dutou in the room behind the county office, and did not even reveal the cronies and officials around him, and did not dare to tell until Xu Jin arrived.

"Old Dutou, wake up!" Zhu Kun leaned into Old Man Du's ear and shouted several times, before the latter slowly opened his eyes and called weakly: "Lord County." ”

Zhu Su nodded and said, "Old Dutou, this is Lord Qincha Xu, boldly tell me what you saw that night." ”

Lao Du Tou immediately looked sad and indignant: "Lord Qincha, Zheng Bancheng is a spy, those thieves are hiding in the Zheng family, they attacked the grass people, and then ran to open the city gate. The grass people are lucky not to die, but the nephew of the grass people has suffered a tragic disaster, poor dog, it was your uncle who hurt you, and your uncle should not lie to you to go to the city to be a husband. ”

Old man Du said with old tears: "Lord Qincha, you have to be the master of the grass people." ”

Xu Jin's eyes flashed coldly, and he comforted: "Don't worry, my lord will not let go of a thief, Brother Zichun, let it go, old Qi, order the blockade of the city, from today onwards, you are not allowed to enter but not to go out." ”