Surprised by this news, Zhang Ji was surprised for a long time, before he Licheng Zhang clan to the Prince of Xiaowu Emperor to conscript the northern march order as the reason, with the King of Qin on the expedition, with the lives of thousands of light horsemen on the line of the King of Qin in Hexi, not to think that it was only half a year, the King of Qin was actually cut off by Emperor Xia An, imprisoned in the central capital, so that Zhang Ji's cunning rabbit three caves, climbing the dragon and attaching the phoenix to the plan came to naught.

After reading the letter, Zhang Ji held his forehead with both hands and kneaded it slightly, as if he was thinking about the future of the clan, but his own soldiers came in to interrupt his thoughts.

"Commander, his subordinates have found out that Bei'an will Lin Xiu's trip to the county guard mansion is just to supply grain, grass and ordnance, and the county guard Chen Ke has ordered the treasurer to allocate ten carts of grain and grass and hundreds of ordnance armor from the granary and armory for Lin Xiu's department to use on the way home."

"That's all?" Zhang Ji seemed to be unconvinced: "A county guard opens the middle gate of the county mansion and greets the rising young generals who pass through here with official salutes, which is inevitably a bit of a fuss!" ”

"Or do you want your subordinates to go and explore?" The pro-soldiers noticed that Zhang Ji was dissatisfied and whispered for instructions.

However, Zhang Ji was irritable: "Forget it, I will personally go to the armory tomorrow, but then again, although this Lin Zhongyi is currently bearing the false name of the Bei'an general, I can hear Qi Er say that this talent is martial arts, and the future is unlimited in time, if this is the case, in the period of change in the central capital, His Majesty personally ordered the order to let the white-bodied young general return to the north, which is really profound!" ”

Thinking of this layer of involvement, Zhang Ji said: "This commander can't let go of any opportunity for the Li clan, and besides, the lord of the Licheng realm, this commander can't let Chen Ke occupy it alone!" You immediately go to the farm outside the city, transfer twenty carts of grain and grass from the Zhang clan's warehouse and send it to Bei'an General, and give it ten thousand yuan of silver, just say that it is Zhang Qi's intention to visit Tongzhi! ”

"My subordinates understand!" The soldiers were ordered to leave.

In the county guard's mansion, after three rounds of drinking, Lin Xiu came outside with a small relief, Liu Pan followed behind him, and said, "General, do you really want to help Chen Junshou suppress the bandits?" ”

"You think I'm talking nonsense?" Lin Xiu chuckled.

"The subordinates don't dare, the subordinates just think... We shouldn't meddle in their business..."

"Why do you say that?" Lin Xiu knew that Liu Pan had something in his heart, so he asked bluntly, Liu Pan couldn't dodge, thought for a moment, and responded: "General, this county town official seems to be a good person, but who knows what they did secretly?" The subordinates didn't believe that the largest city in northern Xinjiang couldn't even clean up a small bandit! ”

"Whether they can cope with it or not has nothing to do with us, now that we have asked for so many supplies and ordnance from them, and we have to ask for orders for the group of officials in Beiping County, if we don't do something, how can the county guard happily agree to us? It's just reciprocity! ”

Lin Xiu hiccuped and said: "Don't think about it, you immediately go and catch up with Zhao Yuan, let him camp on the spot, wait for the grain and grass equipment, and suppress the bandits for Chen Jun, let's leave again, I estimate that it will be a matter of one day!" ”

At this point, Liu Pan didn't say much, and rode alone to catch up with the northbound team, Zhao Yuanwen ordered the team to camp under the barren slope in the east of Beiping County, and in the evening, Lin Xiu and Ge Bai arrived at the temporary camp with ten carts of grain and grass and three carts of ordnance and armor.

When Ge Bai saw the soldiers under Lin Xiu's command, he sincerely admired: "General Lin, I didn't expect the brave soldiers of the Northern War to be so handsome..."

Lin Xiu smiled and didn't say much, and raised his hand to invite: "My lord, rest in the camp!" ”

After everyone entered the camp and settled down, Ge Baiyan returned to business: "General Lin, the lower official took the liberty to say, what does the general think about the bandits in Donghu County?" ”

Hearing this, Lin Xiu dipped his fingers in the water and wrote the word 'An' on the low table, and Ge Bai was a little sleepy: "What does the word general mean?" ”

"Lord Ge, the last general has studied in Licheng for nearly three years, and has a good understanding of the four fields of Licheng, as the largest city in northern Xinjiang, Licheng is prosperous in business, and the fields are much more fertile than Lin, Xiang and other places, if it were not for the northern barbarians raging, the people have no food and drink, and they have to bear taxes, no one wants to be a people, against the government, so, if you can appease, that is, to appease it, you will swing the knife to the barbarians neatly, but for our own Xia people, this knife... If you can, you don't! ”

"The general is right!" Ge Bai agreed: "It's just that General Lin may not know that since the beginning of the year, several counties north to west of Donghu County have been robbed of grain, which directly caused conflicts between the government and the people, and the tension was abnormalA few days ago, thieves attacked the government again in Donghu County, robbed two carts of grain seeds, and killed more than a dozen people, that Zhang Ji couldn't shirk it, so he went to suppress it, and as a result, a hundred cavalry soldiers spent three carts of silver grain, but they did not stop the bandits in the slightest, so it made adults upset and anxious, and they couldn't sleep at night! ”

Hearing this, Lin Xiu was indifferent, he tried not to interfere in the affairs of the official family in Licheng, after all, several encounters in Zhongdu had made him grow up, but for the name 'Zhang Ji', Lin Xiu was quite familiar, and after thinking for a while, he asked: "Does Zhang Ji have a son, called Zhang Qi?" ”

"That Zhang Qi is his only son, Licheng ground... Who doesn't know that this army is evil..."

"Uh..."

Regarding the evaluation of the word 'evil youth', Lin Xiu's face changed, and Ge Bai doubted Lin Xiu's face, and said: "General Lin, didn't the subordinate say something wrong?" ”

"No, no... The adults are not wrong..."Lin Xiu smiled stupidly: "I can't hide it, the evil young man in the adult's mouth is the last general's friend when he was studying at Shengde Academy in Licheng..."

"Huh?" Ge Bai was shocked when he heard this, and it took him a while before he came back to his strength: "This official couldn't have imagined that the dignified Bei'an general, who was the champion of the twenty-eight counties in the four cities of northern Xinjiang and the one who was enshrined by His Majesty, was actually the same acquaintance and friend as the 'evil young man'..."

For the words that he didn't know to praise or disappoint, Lin Xiu was embarrassed for a moment, and then changed his words: "Lord Ge, while there is still enough time, you will tell the last general about the bandit situation in Donghu County, and the last general should prepare early, if it is smooth, you can go to suppress the bandits tomorrow morning!" ”

Early the next morning, Ge Bai was still lingering in his dream, and a cold breath rushed in from the front of the tent, so that he could see Liu Pan's figure.

"My lord, the general respectfully invites your Excellency to accompany Donghu County!" Ge Bai rubbed his sleepy eyes, looking at the appearance of the official in front of him, Liu Pan pursed his lips disdainfully, about a cup of tea, Ge Bai came to the tent, in the open space of the camp, the two teams of horsemen were ready to go.