The garrison listened to Yang Youji's words and laughed heartily: "Soldiers and horses from other places came all the way to Beijing, not King Qin, is it here to rebel?" ”

The soldiers of Datong Town also laughed one after another, as if they had heard the funniest joke in the world.

Yang Youji put his hand on the hilt of the knife and did not answer the question.

After the guard laughed a few times, seeing that the other party was silent and didn't answer this stalk, he couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, and he said casually: "Mom, it's not really a rebellion, right?" ”

Yang Youji completely ignored his words, and just said coldly: "Get out of the way!" ”

The garrison was annoyed and ashamed, pulled out his waist knife with a "Qiang" sound, and shouted: "Boy, grandpa will teach you the rules today!" ”

As soon as he pulled out his knife, the soldiers of the Guards Battalion behind Yang Youji immediately reacted, raising their Qionghai-style rifles in unison, and the muzzle of the black hole hole was aimed at him.

The garrison snorted, "It's all birds!" Such a broken thing is similar to a burning stick, and it is easy to blow up, so you still regard it as a treasure? With a wave of his hand, the soldiers of Datong Town behind him rushed up, raised their spears and swords, and stared at the opposite side. The two sides did not speculate for more than half a sentence, and confronted each other if they disagreed.

At this time, a military general wearing brand new armor and a scarlet cloak rode over surrounded by a group of soldiers, and when he saw this scene, his face was displeased, and he asked, "What is this for?" ”

The garrison replied respectfully: "Zhentai, this group of people doesn't know where they came from, as soon as they came up, they said that they wanted to enter the city, and let us make our debut, the brothers couldn't be angry......"

The military general frowned and looked at Yang Youji: "Ask your Shangguan to come and talk, the enemy is current, how can there be a reason for your own internal strife!" ”

Yang Youji saw that he spoke righteously and awe-inspiring, and it was difficult to refute, so he thought about it, waved his hand to let the soldiers behind him put down their guns, and sent someone to inform Xia Nan.

It didn't take long for Xia Nan to come over, and the military general took the initiative to introduce himself: "I am Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Datong, and I have been ordered to come to the capital to be the king of Qin." Dare to ask your Excellency? ”

Xia Nan clenched his fists with both hands, "Xia Nan, the chief soldier of Qionghai Town." ”

Wang Pu's eyes lit up, "It turned out to be the world-famous Qionghai Town, and Wang has admired Ping Nanbo for a long time." ”

Xia Nan didn't understand why this Wang Zongbing had such an enthusiastic attitude, and looked at him suspiciously.

Wang Pu rode his horse affectionately and approached, side by side with Xia Nan, and said: "Ping Nan Bosheng captured the thief Gao Yingxiang, Wang is admiring and ......" and then said in a low voice, "Ping Nanbo helped pay 200,000 taels, Xuanfu and Datong all benefited, and Wang was grateful." ”

Xia Nan suddenly realized that he had benefited from himself. However, at the beginning, the "donation" of 200,000 yuan was handed over to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households, and was allocated to Xuanfu Town and Datong Town in the name of the imperial court.

He couldn't help asking: "It's true that the silver is from me, but how did Mr. Wang know?" ”

Wang Pu said with a smile: "One of the principals of Wang and the military department is old acquaintances, and I overheard it when I was drinking in the old days. I said that the imperial court has been in arrears for many years, why did we have money this time to fight the Liukou, it turned out that it was all funded by Ping Nanbo......"

Xia Nan looked at Wang Pu: the armor was newly made, spotlessly clean, the scarlet cloak was also new, the pattern on the hilt of the sword at the waist was gilded, and there was a round pearl inlaid in the middle, and even the war horse under the crotch was tall and strong, a head taller than the short Mongolian horse, but it was impossible to see which precious breed. This is a military general who fights a war, and he is alive and well off the son and brother of a noble family to go hunting.

He hesitated and asked, "Seeing that Wang Zongbing is not like a person who is short of money, why do you still count on the little silver of the imperial court?" ”

Wang Pu saw him looking at his outfit and explained with a smile: "It's just window dressing." The place in Datong is very poor, and there is no place to make money. Ping Nanbo made a generous move, I don't know what kind of business he is doing to make so much money, and he has the opportunity to pull his brother and let me drink some broth? ”

Xia Nan slandered in his heart, compared with Liu Guozhu, the chief soldier of Baoding, this does not look like a military general at all, but like a businessman. Such a person can actually guard an important town like Datong, most of them are bought with silver, which shows how corrupt the court officialdom is.

But on the surface, he was still very polite: "Mr. Wang laughed, I just did my best to suppress thieves for the imperial court, and I didn't do anything to make money......

Wang Pu obviously didn't believe it, but he didn't ask any more questions. However, for this big financier, he will not give up the opportunity to win over the relationship.

"Mr. Xia said that he wanted to enter the city by the way, and Wang had no second words, but it was not me who was in charge here, but Inspector Zhang and Liang Zhitai, and they had to get their consent."

"Inspector Zhang? Beam making table? ”

"It's Zhang Gongfengyi, the main hall of the military department, and Liang Gongtingdong, the governor of Xuanda."

The camp tent of the middle army of the Great Army.

Zhang Fengyi's hands trembled and put a dose of Chinese medicine into his mouth, and then swallowed it with warm water. A confidant scribe next to him worriedly persuaded: "Ministry, taking rhubarb in excess will do all kinds of harm to the body without any benefit!" ”

Zhang Fengyi's eyes were dull, and he replied: "This official asked for a supervisor, but seeing that Tartar Lianke more than ten prefectures and counties, he couldn't do anything, and after returning to Beijing, he couldn't say that he wanted to get the knife at the mouth of the vegetable market in Xishi, and his reputation was ruined, so it was better to die outside the city......

Azig fought successively, conquered countless cities, captured a large number of people and livestock, but Zhang Fengyi was cowardly, did not dare to face the enemy, and knew in his heart that he would be impeached when he returned to Beijing, and he would definitely cut off his head with the emperor's temperament, it was better to die during the supervision period, and when the time came, the court would be held accountable, and he would definitely not embarrass himself as a dead man, and in this way, he would not only be able to protect his family, but also leave a good name in future generations. Dying like this is a "great luck" in misfortune.

At this time, a report came from the door, and Liang Tingdong, the governor of Xuanda, came to visit.

Liang Tingdong was Zhang Fengyi's predecessor, who served as the secretary of the military department for a year, but later lost his post due to impeachment for misconduct, and only reinstated as the governor of Xuanda a few years later. He commanded King Qin's army with Zhang Fengyi, but he also did not dare to fight, and the two could be regarded as sympathetic to each other.

As soon as he entered the tent, he said in a panic: "Boqi, the spies have come to report that the Tartar army has left Shunyi and will reach Tongzhou in a few days. How good is that? ”

Zhang Fengyi looked at Liang Tingdong's face, he was also yellow and thin, exactly the same as himself, it was said that the other party was the same as himself, taking rhubarb every day, just to die quickly. Immediately sighed: "What can I do?" There is only one death......"