34 officers and soldiers of the Suiyang Guard

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Cai Tianyuan had to send several waves of people to urge in a row, but the result was that he waited for two days before the officers and soldiers of Suiyang Wei finally arrived outside Yongcheng County.

This time, the leader of the team was a thousand general managers of Suiyangwei, named Liu Jinbao, who was five short and fat, and wanted to pant for breath after walking a few steps.

Fortunately, this guy is riding a war horse, if he leaves the war horse, it is estimated that this guy will breathe when he takes two steps, such a guy can still be a thousand households, this is the disadvantage of the hereditary military officers of the Ming Dynasty.

It is said that this Liu Jinbao ancestor is a general who followed Zhu Chongba to fight the country, and after Zhu Chongba established the Ming Dynasty, this general surnamed Liu was divided into Suiyangwei and became a general.

And this Liu Jinbao's thousand presidents have also been passed down from generation to generation, and they can be regarded as the descendants of Jiangmen, but when it comes to his generation, this martial art is all abandoned.

However, this guy can't lead troops to fight, but his ability to collect money is very powerful, and his family is richer than ordinary landlords, no one dares to mess with him in Suiyang, his family has hundreds of acres of fertile land, and there are groups of wives and concubines.

This time, he was ordered by his superiors to come to Yongcheng County to encircle and suppress bandits, and he really didn't want to come at all, because he knew that he had a few catties and a few taels, and he was not a representative of the war.

Last year, Li Zicheng and other rebels made such a big fuss in the west of Henan, and the imperial court summoned the officers and soldiers of the surrounding guards to go to support, but he spent money to buy the joints and did not go to join in the fun.

He planned to stay honestly in his own one-third of an acre, be a 'soil emperor', and enjoy the blessings, who knew that this time Kaifeng Mansion actually gave him such an order to suppress bandits.

Let him take more than 700 officers and soldiers of Suiyang Wei under him to come to Yongcheng County to suppress any bandits, this Liu Jinbao really didn't want to come at all, so after being ordered, he shirked it for various reasons, and it has been delayed from winter to now.

Half a month ago, the prefect of Kaifeng suddenly sent someone to reprimand him severely, and he must immediately rush to Yongcheng County tomorrow to exterminate a group of evil bandits according to the leadership of the Cai family.

This time, even the prefect of Kaifeng personally sent someone to reprimand him, so he had to order soldiers and horses, and asked for a sum of money, which dragged on for half a month.

During this period, Cai's family successively sent him more than 2,000 taels of silver, and only after the weather warmed up did he lead his troops to leave the guard and go south to Yongcheng County to suppress bandits.

Liu Jinbao took these officers and soldiers of the guard who had just been put together out of Suiyang Guard, and hurried towards Yongcheng County along the way.

Originally, it was only a distance of less than 200 miles, but this guy was stunned to take these more than 700 officers and soldiers for five or six days, and before the time was reached, he could not walk 30 miles a day, so he would stop and rest.

Under the urging of the Cai family, Liu Jinbao finally rushed to the outside of Yongcheng County with 700 officers and soldiers of the Suiyang Guard Station on February 25.

This Liu Jinbao didn't dare to be too rude to Cai Tianyuan, after all, another clan of the Cai family was in the capital, and the Cai family in the capital was even more powerful, and many of his children were officials in the imperial court.

He was born as a military general, and the status of the military generals of the Ming Dynasty was far inferior to those civil officials, although he was protected by the founding merits of his ancestors.

But if someone in the court stumbles on him and can't get a copy of him, I'm afraid that his thousand presidents will come to an end, and if he doesn't get it, there will be a tragedy of raiding his house and destroying his door.

So after arriving in Yongcheng County, Liu Jinbao, as a thousand households, although he could ignore Wang Yong's county order, he took the initiative to lower his posture and greet Cai Tianyuan when he saw Cai Tianyuan.

Although Cai Tianyuan is also very dissatisfied with Liu Jinbao's procrastinating style, but now that the Cai family has a request, they can only have a good relationship with others.

"Mr. Liu Qian has worked hard all the way, but I don't know why Liu Qianhu is so procrastinating when he sends troops to suppress bandits?" After Cai Tianyuan met Liu Jinbao, he expressed his dissatisfaction with their procrastination.

Liu Jinbao hurriedly clenched his fists and replied: "It's not that Cai Yuanwai doesn't want to send troops as soon as possible, it's really that the official has something unspeakable before, so he has no choice but to delay until now."

Don't you know, the military households of this guard house have often not received the military salary issued by the imperial court over the years, and the officers and soldiers under the lowly post have not seen the military salary for almost a year, and this life is really hard!

This official wanted them to assemble and send troops, of course, it would take a lot of time, and after receiving the order to suppress bandits from Kaifeng Prefecture, this officer was ready to gather his officers and soldiers.

But Shangfeng has not issued the opening money for a long time, the military households are unwilling to set off, and there is really no way to humble their posts.

We have more than 700 officers and soldiers in Suiyangwei, and we have only received only 100 taels of money.

Fortunately, thanks to the money that Cai Yuan generously sent to the outside, my subordinates were able to share enough money to open the money, and those officers and soldiers gathered and agreed to go out to fight the bandits.

This official hurriedly rushed over with the brothers, but the road was really not easy to walk, and the lack of food and grass made it difficult for the brothers to walk quickly, so it dragged on until today.

I also hope that Cai Yuanwai can do a lot of Haihan is, this time this official has received instructions from the peak, and will do his best to assist Cai Yuanwai to exterminate a group of evil bandits, you can rest assured. ”

After hearing this, Cai Tianyuan thought about this situation, the officers and soldiers are often short of pay now, and it is really difficult to mobilize them, and it is also through Liu Jinbao's ascension that the officers and soldiers of Suiyang Wei were mobilized.

I want them to come with a rainbow of morale, unless they are piled up with money in front of their eyes, otherwise, they don't want the officers and soldiers to cheer up and suppress the bandits.

But Cai Tianyuan still waved his hand to Liu Jinbao and said: "Mr. Liu Qian's words are wrong, where are the officials and soldiers who can help our squires in suppressing bandits."

Originally, it was the duty of the officials and soldiers of the imperial court to suppress bandits, but it was we squires who organized the villagers to come out to assist the officials and soldiers in suppressing bandits, and Liu Qian must not be mistaken. ”

After Liu Jinbao heard Cai Tianyuan's words, he suddenly scolded in his heart, and said in his heart: Grandma, it is your Cai family who is in a hurry to exterminate this gang of bandits.

This time, Lao Tzu brought troops here, originally to cooperate with you and help you, but now why has Lao Tzu become the main force, this surnamed Cai is still insidious!

But he couldn't scold this, and Liu Jinbao didn't want to offend Cai Tianyuan, so he had to say with a smile: "This is nature, this is nature."

It's just that this official is here for the first time with troops, and he is not familiar with life here, so many things still depend on your Cai family to help him.

There is a big problem plaguing this officer, because this time the troops came here, Shangfeng did not allocate too much grain to us at all.

But these soldiers and generals under this officer always have to eat, how can they go into battle to suppress bandits if they can't eat enough? This depends on Cai Yuanwai's help!

As long as the money and food arrive, the officer will immediately lead the army to suppress the bandits as soon as possible, otherwise, he will not be able to let his officers and soldiers eat enough, and the army's morale will be unstable! ”

Li Zixiao deliberately retaliated against Cai Tianyuan for secretly pit him just now, after all, the difference between the main attack and assistance is too big, and his identity was changed from assistance to assistance by Cai Tianyuan's two sentences, how could he not be angry?

After hearing that Liu Jinbao asked for money and food, Cai Tianyuan's face also became unpleasant, and he said in his heart: Why do you only open your hands to ask for money, and if you don't have money, you don't do anything, so what's the use of the court raising you generals?

But Cai Tianyuan also thought about these words in his heart, and he didn't say them, and he didn't want to tear his face with Liu Jinbao.

After all, he is just a local gentry, and he is an official of the imperial court, and it is already very face-saving for the Cai family to be able to talk to him so politely.

And in fact, what Liu Jinbao said just now can be regarded as the truth, now Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Sichuan, and Huguang are all gathering troops to encircle and suppress those large groups of rebels, where are they interested in caring about such trivial matters as clearing up bandits.

If you want these officers and soldiers to sell their lives, you still have to have money and food to open the way, and Cai Tianyuan is also mentally prepared for this.

Cai Tianyuan had already discussed this matter with several big family heads around him in advance, and he only needed to let each family give some money and food, send it here to the officers and soldiers, and let the officers and soldiers fight for them to suppress bandits.

So at present, the Cai family has already prepared for the money and food, since Liu Jinbao is asking for it now, then give it to him, so that he can send troops to the White Snake Village as soon as possible to make the surname Li do, and the province will have a long night dream.

"Since the old man and others invited Mr. Liu Qian to suppress the bandits, naturally they would not let the officers and soldiers go to the bandits on an empty stomach, and now the old man has prepared five hundred taels of silver for Mr. Liu Qian again.

There are also 300 stones of grain, three pigs, and five sheep, and someone will send Liu Qian to the barracks later, and I hope that Liu Qian can raise troops as soon as possible to exterminate Li Zixiao's evil bandits, so as not to let those evil bandits die after learning the news!

The matter of exterminating Li Zixiao's evil bandit must be entrusted to Liu Qianhu and his officers and soldiers! Cai Tianyuan looked at Liu Jinbao and said seriously.

After Liu Jinbao listened to Cai Tianyuan's words, he was also very satisfied, and said in his heart that the Cai family was really rich and good at being a man, and he would also give him silver at this time, although five hundred taels of silver was not much, but it was not too little.

What's more, before sending troops this time, he had already received three hundred taels of money allocated by Shangfeng, all of which had been distributed to his officers and soldiers, and the Cai family gave him more than two thousand silver, and he didn't give a penny to those military households at all.

Now that another five hundred taels of silver have been put into the account, Li Zixiao is of course happy, plus those pigs, sheep, and grain, he can give his subordinates a good meal, which is conducive to boosting morale.

So Liu Jinbao immediately patted his chest with a smile and promised: "Cai Yuanwai, please rest assured, isn't it just a group of mud legs!"

The matter of exterminating this group of bandits will be handed over to the next generation, and tomorrow morning, I will raise troops to go, and then I will need the assistance of your village warriors, and I must let the bandits surnamed Li fly to ashes and be annihilated, and this official will leave first. ”

To tell the truth, Liu Jinbao really didn't take those small strands of poles seriously, when Liu Jinbao came to the outside of Yongcheng County with his officers and soldiers, he saw a large number of villagers gathered outside Yongcheng County at this time.

Coupled with the 700 officers and soldiers under his command, it must be a matter of exterminating a group of evil bandits, which is basically a matter of being captured.

It is no wonder that Liu Jinbao is so arrogant, in fact, although Liu Jinbao has repeatedly avoided wars in recent years, he has also led troops to fight a few battles with the chaotic people.

In his eyes, whether it was a pole or a rioter, there was nothing to be afraid of, a group of guys with sticks and hoes, huddled together in a chaotic manner.

Although he is not good at fighting, but at least he is behind the gate, and he knows more or less the method of point array warfare, and against those poles, he often only needs to lead his troops to rush, and after slashing and killing a few people, the opponent often collapses immediately.

Next, I waited for him to lead the army to chase and cut behind, and in the past few years, this style of play can be said to have been tried and tested, so that he can be regarded as accumulating some combat exploits.

So when he came this time, Liu Jinbao heard that the Cai family said that he was just here to encircle and suppress a group of two or three hundred people, although he was not very satisfied, he still came, and he didn't take this incident as a big deal.

Seeing Liu Jinbao's indifferent appearance, and his fat and bloated figure, Cai Tianyuan was really a little uneasy.

Originally, Liu Jinbao had already said goodbye and was about to leave, but in the end he was stopped by Cai Tianyuan and said: "Liu Qianhu wait a minute, you go to suppress the bandits this time, don't be too careless."

Recently, the pole is very arrogant, it seems that there are as many as five or six hundred people, don't despise them too much, the big boss of the pole is named Li Zixiao, and he is very brave and good at fighting.

Recently, he has successively annexed the surrounding two poles, and also laid down a Zhuangzi, this person is not small, Liu Qian must not be too underestimated. ”

Hearing this, Liu Jinbao was really startled, and immediately scolded again in his heart: Grandma, didn't you say that there were only two or three hundred people when you came?

Why do you tell Lao Tzu that there are five or six hundred bandits now, but the number has more than doubled, isn't this cheating Lao Tzu!!

And according to what Cai Tianyuan said, the leader of this pole seems to be a person with some ability, and Liu Jinbao finally understands it now.

No wonder they gathered so many villagers, but they still had to ask him to bring troops over, and after a long time, the enemy they faced this time was not a simple character!

After Liu Jinbao listened to Cai Tianyuan's words, his eyes rolled, and he quickly stopped, turned around and hugged Cai Tianyuan and said, "What is this, it's just five or six hundred poles."

This time, the official brought more than 700 elite soldiers, how could I be afraid of them, but I have just arrived in the local area, after all, I am still not familiar with this place, and it is inevitable that I will trouble the local townspeople to lead the way for us.

This requires Cai Yuanwai to hand over these village warriors to the commander of the official and unify the command, so that the official can attack this evil bandit more handy. ”

Cai Tianyuan glanced at Liu Jinbao, and he was very clear about what this guy wanted, which was nothing more than the command of the more than 1,000 villagers outside the city.

And Cai Tianyuan thought about it, and seemed to feel that it was most appropriate to hand over those township warriors to Liu Qianhu at this time, after all, Liu Jinbao sought the command of those township warriors, which showed that he had taken this battle of encirclement and suppression of bandits seriously.

So Cai Tianyuan nodded and said: "Liu Qianhu is right, this battle is mainly based on the official army, and the old man has also gathered more than 1,000 local villagers, that is, to take Ding Qian's head as the leader."

Before leaving tomorrow, the old man will inform the villagers outside the city that they must obey Liu Qianzong's dispatch when they go to suppress bandits this time. ”

Liu Jinbao finally got Cai Tianyuan's promise, so he was much more satisfied, got up and saluted and retired, and rushed back to his own ranks of officers and soldiers.