Chapter 3: Brotherhood
After dinner, Liu Han gathered the officers above the team into his room, and his room was also the only well-preserved room in the camp, and naturally it was also the first room to be cleaned up. ?n?en???? .??
"I called you here to tell you why we are here," Liu Han said, "The imperial court has received a secret report that there are fraternities here that are rampant in this area. ”
Speaking of this, he looked at all the officers, the officers didn't react, they all looked at him, Liu Han was slightly surprised, and then said: "This Yuan Yingkou looks small, but it is located in a key place, and from here it is Yuanguan, which is one of the eight passes in the imperial capital, so I don't need to say how important it is."
We are here, firstly, to deter, and secondly, if the brotherhood is identified, it will be dealt with on the spot, which is an order given by the imperial court. ”
Liu Han said and took out a token, this token was not issued by the Marquis of the forbidden army, but by the internal guards, with this kind of token, the magistrate must not interfere, and the county soldiers can be mobilized. Seeing this token, the officers' expressions were finally a little moved, but they didn't feel anything, and they even looked forward to it.
"The third reason, as we all know, our song is a new song, and half of the soldiers are recruits, recruits, who have never participated in battles, have never seen bloodshed, are all recruits, so this time I came out to train them. ”
Liu Han said and looked at Cheng Jia and Li Yan, Cheng Jia smiled indifferently, Li Yan was still expressionless, the officers below also sat upright, there was no sound in the room, Liu Han nodded secretly, it seems that their military discipline is still very strict, not as casual as appearance.
"Today, I walked around the town, this Yuan Yingkou looks very calm, but there is definitely a problem," Liu Han continued, the officer's expression finally changed slightly, but he still did not speak, Cheng Jia's eyes flashed, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, Li Yan was still so calm, but Liu Han didn't say that the problem was there, and changed his words and said: "Now we are in the light, the enemy is in the dark, we must be vigilant, from now on, outsiders will not be allowed to enter the barracks without notification, whoever releases people into the barracks without permission will be killed!" In the barracks, it is strictly forbidden to make noise, it is strictly forbidden to drink alcohol, violate the order, light, fifty whips, heavy, beheading! ”
Cheng Jia got up: "The last general understands!"
Liu Han continued: "From tomorrow, you will send people to patrol the town, and you don't need to send too many people, one is enough, when patrolling, you are not allowed to disturb the people, Peng Yu, you are responsible for arranging this matter." ”
Peng Yu got up to receive the order, and Liu Han said to Li Yan again: "Li Yan, here, except for me, with your cultivation as the highest, I will give you the greatest power, you have no specific errands, you can go out at any time." ”
"Humble duty understands. Li Yan got up to receive the order, Liu Han nodded, looked at everyone again, and said in a stern tone: "What I said at today's meeting, it is not allowed to spread it, who knows, whether there are any people in the brotherhood among our soldiers, each team, training must be strengthened, sweat more in peacetime, and less blood in wartime, understand!"
"Understood!" the group replied, standing up.
Everyone else left, and Liu Han left Li Yan behind.
"I didn't say some things just now, Brother Li, after the matter here is completed, the two of us are going to Jiangnan, first to Yangzhou, so you have to pick a deputy in the near future to be responsible for commanding your troops in your absence. ”
Li Yan was stunned when he heard this, and asked puzzledly: "What are you going to Yangzhou for?"
"When the time comes, I will tell you again that this mission was also sent by the palace. Liu Han was not worried at all that he would doubt the identity of his internal guard, and cooperated with Baigongfang to run a salt account in Yangzhou, and he pulled the palace in, if he wanted to suspect it, he should be suspicious at that time.
Li Yan was slightly silent and nodded: "Humble and orderly." ”
Liu Han nodded, Li Yan looked up at him, and asked tentatively: "General, you said that there is a problem in this town, did the general find anything in the town today?"
"How can you divide it," Liu Han shook his head at him, Li Yan smiled a little embarrassedly, Liu Han patted him on the shoulder: "Brother Li, in the future, when the two of us are together, we will still be like before, don't be a general, we are still brothers." ”
"Understood, General. ”
Liu Han looked at him, and Li Yan was slightly embarrassed. smiled self-deprecatingly, and said, "Okay, Brother Liu, I looked around the town today, what did I find?"
"Well, there is a problem in this town, the tea shop at the entrance of the village, the widow, and Lizheng, there is a caravan to the town today, there must be a problem with this caravan, they say that it is silk cloth pulled, this is okay to deceive others, but I have been a merchant in the Western Regions for more than ten years, and his car is definitely not loaded with cloth and silk. Hmph, this town, hehe, you can have fun. ”
Li Yan looked at him, and also smiled, playing this kind of little trick in front of a top-grade grandmaster is undoubtedly an axe for the class.
"What should we do?"
"Keep an eye on it first," Liu Han said: "Are these guys a brotherhood in the end, don't we know now, whether the magistrates below are reporting indiscriminately, if so, we will destroy them, if not, it will not be under our control, by the way, tomorrow, I will go to the county seat and visit the parents and officials here." ”
Li Yan didn't answer, just nodded.
Liu Han knows in his heart that the matter here is just a trivial matter, and it is best to solve it in a period of time, if not, he can't afford to delay too much time here.
Damn, even if the people here are all fraternities, they have a relationship with me.
After chatting with Li Yan for a while, Li Yan said goodbye and went out, Liu Han looked at his back, this time he took him to Jiangnan, just to let him move, to see who Allah is behind him?
After sitting for a while, Liu Han waved his hand, and Peng Yu flashed in, standing on the side and not speaking.
"Keep an eye on everyone for me. Liu Han said in a low voice.
Peng Yu didn't speak, just nodded slightly, waited for a while, didn't see any movement from Liu Han, and quietly retreated.
The sun gathered the last ray of light back, the mountains and forests quieted down, there was a faint sound in the town, but the barracks were quiet, the five-person patrol group patrolled in the camp, after nightfall, the idle people were not allowed to visit the door indiscriminately, on the arrow tower, there were two soldiers who looked at the town in the night casually, and saw Liu Han coming, and quickly stood up.
Liu Han chatted with them for a while, both of them were from Li Yantun, one was a veteran of seven years of military experience, and the other was a new recruit who had just joined the army.
After chatting for a while, the recruits were not so nervous, and the veterans looked calm, however, Liu Han found that there was nothing in the arrow tower, and he couldn't help but shake his head, this arrow tower is the only commanding height around, there should be a city guard crossbow here, and there should be at least two strong crossbows.
Coming down from the arrow tower, he immediately asked people to send two strong crossbows to the arrow tower, and told Cheng Jia that tomorrow the city guard crossbow would be placed in the arrow tower, and the other city guard crossbow would be installed on the roof of the camp.
The crossbow for defending the city, as the name suggests, is a strong crossbow for defending the city, this kind of strong crossbow is bulky and heavy, not easy to move, but it is very powerful, the range can reach five hundred steps, and it can break five layers of armor, even if the grandmaster, if he is hit by an arrow, he will be killed on the spot, such a sharp weapon, the court prohibits the people from owning, of course, this is just for ordinary people, and some powerful gangs on the rivers and lakes also have, such as the Cao Gang Huangsha Gang Luoma Water Village.
This time, Liu Han led his troops to Yuanyingkou to bring two city-guarding crossbows, which were very troublesome to move, and they had to be dismantled to move, and they were reinstalled after they arrived at the place.
As the night grew darker, the town gradually quieted down, the moon hung on the treetops with a hint of dusk, and the mountains and forests were dark and swarthy, without the slightest movement.
"Bang, bang, bang. ”
The husband knocked on the street and walked through the street.
"It's dry, watch out for the candles!"
Gendner stretched out his voice and shouted weakly, and a figure flashed behind him and fell into the alley across the street, in the room next to the alley, there was still a dim light shining through, and the dark shadow stopped outside the courtyard wall, and the ganger did not feel the slightest feeling, still screaming.
The black shadow was attached to the wall, like a gecko, slowly moving upward, and there was a young man wandering in the courtyard with a knife, and the black shadow did not alarm the young man, and slowly moved to the roof, without making the slightest sound in the middle.
The black shadow crouched on the anti-slope of the roof of the thatched house, and the roof was covered with straw, and the black shadow did not peel off the straw, but just lay quietly on the straw, and did not seem to be worried about not being able to hear the sound of the house.
There were voices of three people in the room.
"Helmsman, why are these forbidden troops here?
This voice is relatively unfamiliar, although it is lowered, but it is full of energy, and it is obviously very young.
"What's the matter, pull out the people and horses to do it with them, and if they are always suffocated here, the brothers will have long been suffocated. ”
The voice was rough, and under his great suppression, it buzzed, and the black shadow quietly turned over, and the dim moonlight shone on his face, and there was a strange smile on his face.
"Nonsense!" This voice was very familiar, it was Song Lizheng, who had been with him for most of the day: "What did the master of the association say? Is it easy for the brothers to hide here? For so many years, for the sake of these thousands of brothers, it is easy for the association to stand firm here, and the iron shopkeeper will send you food every month, and the money and food in the association are already tight, but they still do everything possible to send you food, is it easy? Blackbeard, tell the brothers, be quiet and be patient." ”
There was silence in the room, only the sound of Blackbeard's snorting and wheezing, and after a while, the initial voice asked suspiciously, "This forbidden army is here, do you want to report to the master?"
"Needless to say, three days ago, I had already passed on the Lord. Song Lizheng said: "There is a question we have to investigate, why the forbidden army is here, is there a leak there, whether there is an internal ghost, this matter must be investigated." ”
The iron shopkeeper said: "Yes, it must be checked, it has been calm for the past few years, how could the forbidden army suddenly come, who the fuck leaked the news, Lao Tzu must blow him." ”
"Don't talk about anyone else, check yourself first. Blackbeard said angrily.
"I, what's wrong with me?" said the iron shopkeeper dissatisfied.
Blackbeard snorted, and Song Lizheng's voice came: "How is it impossible, the eagle dogs of the imperial court are pervasive, there are many people you have contact with, and the guys in the trading house are all old brothers in our club, but some are new to join, and their mouths are not strict? ”
The Iron Shopkeeper and Blackbeard were silent, Song Li was letting out a long sigh, and the room fell silent again.