Chapter 83: Homecoming
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On the eighth day of the lunar month, all the soldiers of the Dengzhou Unity Camp participated in the 'Laba Hunting' held by Cui Yunqing and Song Wen, and hunted together to hold a hunting day. On the same day, the soldiers and horses of all departments in Dengzhou led their troops to participate. This hunt was not only a sacrifice to thank the gods, but also a celebration of Cui Yunqing's promotion to the position of Sima and deputy ambassador of Yingtian, the king of the Jiedu march, and Song Wen's succession as the assassin of Dengzhou. The letters of appointment of both have been issued, and the official records have been served. After the hunt, a grand banquet was held, and the handover of the two assassins was completed.
Cui Yunqing left Dengzhou in a carriage the next day, and before leaving, he asked Li Jing once in the last round, hoping that Li Jing could go to Qingzhou with him. Li Jing did not hesitate and refused directly. He could see that Cui Yunqing's eyes were a little lonely and disappointed. He knew that Teacher Lu Dao was going to Qingzhou, although he was promoted on the surface, but in fact he would step into a thorn. Himself, why not.
In the morning, he sent off the teacher, and he went to visit Li Xiao, the king of Zhao and Song Wen in Dengzhou, as well as Han Zhong, the envoy of the prison city, Liu Jian, the envoy of the soldiers and horses of the Longshan battalion, and Xu Cheng, the envoy of Dongmu. In addition, he also visited Cui Zhang, the envoy of the Great Xie Youyi soldiers and horses who came to bid farewell to Cui Yunqing, Cui Zhang and Cui Yanqing were actually cousins, and Li Jing knew it for the first time. Cui Chang seemed to be very clear about the grievances between Li Jing and Cui Yanqing's uncle and nephew, and he was a little lukewarm when he saw Li Jing, and the two only talked a few words before and after they had nothing to say to each other. This discovery made Li Jing a little depressed, and before he arrived in Shamen Town, he already had a boss who was hostile to him, which was definitely not a good thing.
Originally, there was a banquet in the evening to celebrate Song Wen's promotion to assassination, but Li Jing was really not in a good mood, so he and Song Wen sued him and returned home early.
When I left Dengzhou in the afternoon, the sky was gloomy, and after walking not far, the sky suddenly began to fall with snowflakes. Fortunately, there was not much snow and no sleet, so the team did not stop, and continued to move forward in two columns.
Returning to his hometown this time, Li Jing temporarily stored all the 300 sets of equipment he had just spent 1,000 yuan in the warehouse in Dengzhou. Anyway, after recruiting soldiers a year later, he had to pass through this place when he went to Shamen to take up his post, so he simply stored his equipment here. As for the equipment of the other soldiers in Zuo Yidu, Zhang Hong originally proposed to keep them, but Li Jing vetoed this proposal later. Since these people are soldiers, they should take their equipment with them wherever they go.
Fortunately, although Zuo Yidu had a lot of equipment, he had sixty pack donkeys, ten horses, and four war horses. Except for the horizontal sword, spear, iron armor, bow and arrow, which Li Jing also required to wear when traveling, the other equipment was carried by those donkeys and mules, including the bounties and settling-in expenses received by these soldiers.
Many soldiers couldn't wait to go into the city to buy food after receiving the bounty, and Li Jing couldn't help but laugh at this practice. Penglai to Qingning Township more than 300 miles, a journey of five or six days, all the way home with these grains, inevitably a little stupid, how is it better to go to Chishan and then buy the suitable. However, he did not forbid those people to buy food, and he knew that most of the soldiers' families were poor before, and a month ago, many of them had no food at home. In the eyes of these people, food is much more real than silk and copper coins. What's more, it is indeed cheaper to buy grain in Dengzhou than to buy it back in Chishan.
For this reason, Li Jing also specially brought the five carriages he had stored in Lin Wei's house, and the soldiers' equipment was carried by donkeys and mules, but the grain was transported by carriages. There were only five carriages, but each soldier basically bought a lot of food, and with the reward they received, the average person had about four stone of rice, plus more than four hundred stone, which could not fit at all. Later, Li Jing persuaded them to store most of them in the Dengzhou warehouse, but there were still 200 stones.
Originally, Li Jing wanted to order each person to bring a maximum of five buckets of rice, but when they were in a mess, Yu Youniang and Li Hui'er appeared. The two men were still dressed as men, and instead of riding in a carriage, they rode two beautiful white horses, and each carried two maids in the same attire. Li Jing thought that they were here to see them off, but as soon as the two of them spoke, they were actually bored in Dengzhou City for a long time and wanted to follow Li Jing to Wendeng.
Li Jing was a little surprised when he heard the news, he persuaded a few words, but both of them ignored him, and said that they had already told King Zhao, and King Zhao had agreed. He also handed him a handwritten letter written by King Zhao to Li Jing, and after Li Jing opened it, it was indeed King Zhao's handwriting. There is nothing specific written on it, that is, the county lord and Yu Youniang went to his house as guests, so he asked him to take care of Yunyun. With this letter, Li Jing had no choice but to agree to go with the two.
The two of them agreed, and seeing that Li Jing and they could not set off on time because of the ridiculous pile of grain, they sent a maid back, and soon brought back fifteen carriages, and this time, one carriage loaded with ten stones, and twenty carriages with only two hundred stones of grain, but it was more than easy, and soon each carriage was half loaded and set off.
Along the way, the soldiers on the left were all fully armed and marched on foot according to the marching array. The 100 men were divided into three teams, one in the front and one in the rear, and the other as baggage guards, responsible for the donkeys and wagons carrying the equipment.
The families of Lin Wei and Lin Wu brothers are all in Chang'an, and according to them, there is no one else in their family except for their two brothers. So neither of them took advantage of this month's holiday to go home, but followed Li Jing to Wangli Village. Wang Chong's home was in Qingzhou, but he didn't go back, and followed Li Jing back to Wendeng like Zhang Hong. For them, this is not just to go to Li Jing's house, but also to recruit soldiers. Now that they have chosen to follow Li Jing to Shamen Town, they have taken this matter very seriously.
It was Li Hui'er and Yu Youniang, although they brought two carriages, but they would rather leave the carriage empty, but they also had to ride horses along the way. The two of them felt new to everything they saw along the way, pointing at this and dotting that, laughing constantly, causing those young soldiers to always shake their heads and watch. Li Hui'er and Yu Youniang, plus their four maids-in-waiting, although the six young women were dressed as men, their handsome faces still made those young soldiers distracted.
Li Jing didn't have much of a cold with the two, firstly, they were already very familiar, and secondly, he also knew in his heart that he and these two people had no fate, since it was impossible, so he simply would not bother thinking about those inconsequential things. He was thinking more about assessing his first batch of subordinates, and there were still many vacant officer positions in his Shamen Town, waiting for him to be promoted.
From noon to dark, more than 100 heavily armed marchers marched for half a day without a break on the road. Moreover, the marching formation is maintained well, with probe horses in front and rangers in the back, which fully meets the requirements of Li Jing's heart. It seems that his one-month training has played a significant role. They have improved so much from what they were when they came in a month ago.
"Brother Lin, do you think among these people, which people are suitable for promotion?"
Lin Wei rode on the horse, carrying his beloved horse lance, and turned his head when he heard the words: "These people are good, young, with a good foundation, and after this month's training of the fourth brother, they already have the appearance of a little soldier." However, if you want to talk about officers, you don't have to have great strength and good martial arts. Officers don't need to be the bravest, but they need to be calm, experienced, and thinking. In this regard, I think it's better to pick older ones who are usually stable and focused. Those who are sloppy can be selected as standard-bearers and deputy standard-bearers. ”
The flag bearer is quite important to a team, and sometimes even the second most important figure in the team. When discussing merit, the first merit is to kill the general, the second merit is to capture the flag, the second merit is to protect the head of the team, then the flag is saved, and then the next is the number of decapitation. When the two armies are fighting, if they lose their leader, the whole team will have no one to command. If the flag is lost, it will not be able to command the whole team, and the morale of the army will be lost. Therefore, the standard-bearer has always chosen the kind of person with strong individual ability.
Li Jing has high expectations for Zuo Yidu, and this is the first team he leads. It is also the officer corps he is looking forward to, and in the future his team will be expanded, then the officers will definitely be separated from here. It can be said that, to a certain extent, whether the left one can be brought well or not is related to his entire other team in the future.
For three and a half days in a row, Li Jing and the others maintained an excellent formation and good speed. Every day, they marched 80 miles on foot, and on the evening of the fourth day, it took them six days to reach Dengzhou, and they had reached Chishan in only three and a half days, and there were only a dozen miles left from Wangli Village. However, Li Jing did not go back to Wang Li Village directly, in fact, many of the brothers in Zuo Yidu had already passed by, but Li Jing still did not disband the team.
All the people in Zuo Yidu did not stop until Chishan, and the army must have the appearance of an army, which has always been what Li Jing never forgot to say.
"Stop moving forward and stop at Chishan Village at the foot of Chishan tonight. Inform the soldiers on duty logistics that tonight they should prepare wine and meat, everyone eat and drink well, and then everyone will take their things home early tomorrow morning. Remember, the holiday is only on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, and after the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, everyone still gathers here. ”
The soldiers were very excited when they heard the news, and after they stopped, they didn't need Li Jing's orders, they unloaded the packs, drank the horses, bought the horses, and booked the rooms. Li Jing is still very familiar with the Chishan Village at the door of his house, and directly led everyone to the largest Silla Kim Cheng Mansion store on the side of the road at the entrance of the village.
"Shopkeeper, we've got your store all covered tonight!" Li Jing went directly into the store and said.
A middle-aged man with a rich face behind the counter said to Li Jing apologetically: "This guest officer, I'm really sorry, the shop is full, please go elsewhere." ”
Li Jing looked around the store, this huge store was empty, there was not even a figure walking around, it didn't seem to be full at all. "Boss, I have a lot of money."
"The guest officer is really sorry, it's really not a small one, it's really a few sons who have just taken down the shop. I'm really embarrassed to take all the money. As he spoke, there was a sound of footsteps on the stairs on the second floor, and a man in white walked down with the two of them. The shopkeeper said as if he had been rescued: "It's this boy who has chartered a small shop, I'm really embarrassed." ”