Lingnan, since ancient times, this place has been poor mountains and bad waters. The Song Dynasty did not kill scholars, so they exiled the scholars who had committed crimes to Lingnan.

This is basically equivalent to cutting off the head, and those who can survive in Lingnan are either physically different from ordinary people, or they have taken preventive measures, and their health is poor, and they are in the mood of resigning themselves to fate.

Therefore, most of the reinforcements sent by the Privy Council this time were locals from Lingnan. Yongzhou, Qinzhou, Lianzhou, etc...... These states had already sent some soldiers before, and then the Privy Council issued another order, which made several governors scratch their heads.

These states are already maintaining a minimum army, where are the soldiers sent to Tangning? After thinking about it, there was nothing to do, so I had to temporarily conscript the people into the army.

Coupled with the 20,000 soldiers that the local natives dragged together, they finally gathered enough 70,000 people to send them to Tangning.

Tang Ning was quite happy when the reinforcements first arrived, but when he inquired about the composition of these reinforcements, the answers of his subordinates made his heart half cold.

Where are these soldiers, aren't these ordinary people who have taken up arms? They don't even have the training intensity of the van soldiers, and if he sends them to battle, won't he send them to the fire pit?

Tang Ning fell into deep thought, Pei Xiantong sat on the side with a teacup and looked at Tang Ning, she saw that Tang Ning's face was sometimes depressed and sometimes entangled, so she asked: "Dog officer, what are you thinking?" ”

"Ugh." Tang Ning looked up at Pei Xiantong and said, "There are too many things to worry about, I have to sort them out for a while." ”

"Aren't you happy?"

"How do you get happy?" Tang Ning smiled bitterly, and then he said to Pei Xiantong: "But don't spread this word, I can also show my mood in front of you."

If the soldiers at the bottom knew that I didn't have any ideas, it would be a big deal. ”

Pei Xiantong seemed to understand Tang Ning's words as 'This is the secret between me and you', squinting his eyes and laughing. Tang Ning looked at her helplessly and shook his head, she was in her twenties, how could she still be like a teenage girl.

"Dog officer, if you're not happy, let's go out for a walk!" Pei Xiantong expressed his opinion: "If you always stay in the Shuai Mansion, your mood will not get better." ”

"Going out only makes me feel worse." Tang Ning said depressedly: "Those soldiers who came to Guangyuan City yesterday, although they were wearing armor and holding weapons, but a month or two ago, they may have been just ordinary people. ”

Pei Xiantong blinked and said, "The government's favorite thing to do in the past was to take homeless people into the army, and then let them do something like suppressing bandits.

Actually, everyone knows about this one

Is it anything strange that it is just a means for the government to consume the victims? I don't think it's strange that the government has done anything. ”

Tang Ning smiled bitterly and said: "I thought you were dissatisfied with the imperial court because of me, but now it seems that I was scolded by you for being a dog official, but I was implicated by the imperial court." ”

Pei Xiantong snorted and said: "Anyone with a little experience knows that there is no good person in the entire imperial court from top to bottom, and those who are officials are inextricably linked to bandits and bandits, not to mention the embarrassment between the most powerful and the rich."

This is a big quagmire, and there are too few lotus flowers in it that are not stained by mud. ”

Tang Ning smiled helplessly, although Pei Xiantong's statement was correct, it was also a little too extreme. Indeed, there are signs of the current Great Song Dynasty, but under the constraints of Zhao Xu, it is not as blatant as when Zhao Ji was emperor.

The officials are not all bad people, and it is really unnecessary to overturn a boatload of people with a stick.

After following Pei Xiantong and scolding a few words that being an official is not a good thing, someone came over outside the door.

Tang Ning raised his eyes and saw that it was Sun He, so he squeezed his eyebrows at Pei Xiantong and motioned for her to stop first. Then he stood up and said to Sun He: "Brother Sun, why are you here?" Something? ”

After Sun He came in, he arched his hand at Tang Ning and smiled: "General Tang, there is indeed something wrong with coming over this time. ”

After saying that, Sun He pointed to the back wing room and said, "Qiao Chu's family has been found, her parents, brother and sister-in-law and a younger sister are currently under the protection of Wu Desi.

But the little thing that went wrong was that her family wouldn't believe us. ”

Tang Ning was stunned and said, "What does this mean?" ”

Sun He scratched his head and said: "After sending someone to disguise himself and contact them for a month, and after getting acquainted with them, he told them the ins and outs of the matter, and then proposed to take them away, but they refused.

They mean they can't trust us.

At that time, the movement was a bit loud, almost alarming the people in the White Lotus Society who were monitoring them.

There's no way, why don't you come to Qiao Chu and ask how we can make her family believe in us and go with us. She didn't leave the Marshal's Mansion, did she? ”

Tang Ning shook his head and said: "I don't know, I don't have too many restrictions on her, I never ask where she is willing to go." Well, I'll send someone to shout. ”

"Okay." Sun He smiled and nodded, and poured himself a cup of tea to drink.

Tang Ning instructed Qi Fu to send someone to call Qiao Chu over, and it didn't take long for Qiao Chu to wander into the study followed by two martial arts officials.

"Oops, General Tang called

The slave family came, but did he have any orders? As soon as Qiao Chu entered the door, he began to throw flattering eyes, and Lin Wei, who had just come back with a tuba, couldn't resist it, and fled again not long after entering the door.

Pei Xiantong stared at Tang Ning, she had already decided that if Tang Ning's expression changed in any way, her fist would immediately land on that nasty face.

Tang Ning saw Pei Xiantong's sharp eyes, and his heart was nervous. Fortunately, he has fought a lot of battles, and his psychological quality has also been honed. He said expressionlessly: "There are no orders, let Brother Sun tell you the specific things." ”

Sun He took a sip of tea, and said things like this and this. Finally, he said: "So the official is here to ask you this, if you have a token, take it out quickly."

If you know how to write, write a letter saying something that only your family knows, so that we can move your family to a safe place and protect them, otherwise they won't believe us at all. ”

Qiao Chu bit his lip and thought for a while: "The slave family doesn't have any tokens on them, so let's write a letter to them." ”

Sun He nodded and said, "It's up to you to do whatever you want, it's just that you need to hurry up." Vudes has already spent two months on you, and if the information you give you is not worth these two months after your family is safe...... Hum! ”

Qiao Chu sighed and said, "Don't worry, my lord." The slave family guarantees that it will give you a satisfactory answer. ”

Sun He was noncommittal, poured another cup of tea and drank it.

Pei Xiantong glanced at Tang Ning, and when he saw that Tang Ning was also looking at him, he showed a kind expression, which could be regarded as a reward for Tang Ning's face without changing color.

Tang Ning also cast a grateful look at him with great interest, and many times when he got along with Pei Xiantong, it was more like playing with a child.

Qiao Chu went straight to Tang Ning's desk to get a pen and paper, and then found a table and began to write a letter. Tang Ning thought that he had nothing to do here, so he got up and left with Pei Xiantong.

The two of them left the Shuai's mansion, and when they arrived on the street, there were people in Jiaozhi who greeted the two of them in a restrained manner.

The residents of Guangyuan City got along well with the Song people, and for more than a month, Song Junqiu's uncompromising performance won the favor of the people of Jiaozhi. At the same time, under the management of Ruan Duyun and other scholars, they even felt that their lives were more comfortable than before.

The Song army sometimes distributed food to the people living in poverty in the city, when did the previous government do this?

Therefore, the people of Jiaozhi in Guangyuan City generally had a good relationship with the Song army, but they were still a little restrained when they met people at the rank of lieutenant general of the Song army.

bought some snacks for Pei Xiantong, and the two ate while walking. All the way to the station of the Pingxia camp outside the city, Gao Shu was organizing the training of the Xinping summer camp here, and there was a lively scene in the camp.