Detective in the Red Chamber

Although the rebellion at the end of July did not affect Hukou County, many victims of the disaster came to visit relatives and friends in Hukou County.

Who didn't have their ears full of the tragic scene of the Jingxiang Han people being slaughtered and humiliated by those mountain barbarians?

Therefore, everyone hoped that the officers and soldiers could quell the rebellion as soon as possible, so that the barbarians would not taste the sweetness and loot around, and even kill them at the mouth of the lake, which is famous for its wealth.

But more than ten days have passed in a flash, and more than a hundred tents have stood upright in the open space like dog pee moss, but the local people have long since turned from initial expectations to disgust and contempt.

As for the reason for this disgust and contempt...

Naturally, it is inseparable from the rumors circulating in the city recently.

According to rumors, although the soldiers from the capital came under the banner of pioneers, they were actually young soldiers who could not fight. The reason why they came to Huguang this time was to follow the tens of thousands of frontier troops in Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou, and earn some benefits. Fee's credit.

Who would have thought that they only heard about it when they arrived in Huguang, because of some things, the frontier army had not been able to come over for a long time.

Without the frontier army to rely on, how could you dare to go to Wuxi to die with these young soldiers?

Therefore, in the name of taking a rest, he has been staying in Hukou County, refusing to move forward.

Looking forward to the stars and the moon, but looking forward to a group of wimps who fear the enemy like tigers, it's no wonder that the common people have a good impression of them!

Not to mention the common people, even the magistrate of Hukou County is very resentful about this. Recently, he has to go to the camp every day to urge the army to advance, but who knows that he is repeatedly turned away.

Just after noon that day, another convoy poured out of the Hukou County Yamen as usual, left the county from the north gate, and headed straight for the military camp.

But this time, the size of the team is much larger than before.

Those who have been to Fucheng to see the world can immediately see that there are not only the magistrate of the county, but also the master Futailou of Jiujiang Prefecture in this team.

Obviously, this is the reinforcements invited by the county magistrate!

After the news spread, the common people went out of the city one after another with great momentum, pointing and cursing around the barracks.

The few soldiers at the gate of the camp saw this battle, they naturally lost their prestige as before, and they also heard that the magistrate came in person, so they dared not to stop them indiscriminately.

On the one hand, I had to beg and ask the magistrate Lou to be safe and not to be impatient;

Not long after, a general with a helmet and armor came out to greet him, claiming to be Xu Shouye, who was seeking thieves from thousands of households, and respectfully put Lou Zhifu into the big tent.

Seeing this, the magistrate of Hukou was about to follow up in a pretentious manner, but the magistrate Lou turned around and ordered, "Li Zhixian, take someone to appease the people outside first, and don't let them be instigated by the villains to cause any disaster." .”

Although Li Zhixian thought about it, he took advantage of the magistrate's majesty to show off the cowardice of being rejected.

But the magistrate's consideration is not unreasonable.

If the people under the rule are excited and accidentally start a fight with the soldiers and horses in the capital, wouldn't it be me who will be the first to be unlucky?

So he hurriedly nodded in agreement, and led his men to go outside to maintain order.

As soon as the people from Li Zhi County left, Lou Zhifu immediately changed his color, and solemnly bowed his hands to Xu Shouye, "General Xu, may I ask where is Master Sun?"

"Lou Zhifu wait a moment, the next official will go and invite Sun Qianhu out."

As Xu Shouye said, he was about to step out of the big tent, when the door curtain suddenly lifted, and a man of high stature got in, but who else could it be if it wasn't Sun Shaozong?

Jiujiang cupped his hands to the prefect Lou and said, "Prefect Lou, I have been waiting for you for a long time!"

The prefect of that building hastily returned a salute, shook his head and said, "Sun Shenyi is clearly a superior official, how can he call himself an inferior official?"

Although Sun Shaozong handed over his errands in the administration of Shuntian Mansion, the name of Hebei Xuanfu envoy Siyou Counselor still hangs on.

Although the counseling is only from the fourth grade, in a sense, it can be called the upper official of the prefect.

That's why Lou Zhifu said this.

In short, this cultural person is troublesome, and a title has to be considered for a long time.

In the end, they had a good discussion, and they called each other regardless of their official positions. Then Sun Shaozong looked for an opportunity and asked about the serious matter, "Dare to ask Lou Zhifu, the governor's office in your province, has he delivered the person I want?"

"nature."

Lou Zhifu said, "A total of eight guides were sent by the governor's yamen, and now they are all waiting outside the account to be dispatched - there is also a box of the province's mountains and rivers geographical map, for Sun Shen to verify each other."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Sun Shen has planned so carefully, I think he will be able to win the flag, but right now, you are suffering, and you have to bear the stigma of this county."

"It's okay."

Sun Shaozong said decisively, "As the saying goes, if you want to be promoted, you should first restrain yourself. If you don't dare to bear the reputation of a county, how can you fight for the reputation of this province in the future?"

Chapter 583 Wuxi Prefecture

I made a mistake in the geographical location. The place names in the previous chapter were changed to Xuzhou Prefecture and Yibin County.

ps, in response to the strong request of the book club management 'Jun Wanlan', there will be another update at 12 o'clock.

The first day of November in the 11th year of Guangde.

The "Pioneer" unit of the official army, which had rested for more than ten days in Yibin County, finally broke out and set off to march towards Wuxi, where the barbarians were ravaging.

Although the speed of the officers and soldiers was not much faster than that of a snail, and they walked for three full days before they left the territory of Yibin County, but this was still regarded as the merit of the masters of the Futai and the county, among the nearby counties and counties. Widespread.

And what was also spread out, of course, were all kinds of embarrassments of the officers and soldiers.

October thirteenth.

Although the Thief Hunting Pioneer Division tried their best to delay on the road, they finally entered Jianchuan County, Wuxi Prefecture.

To say that the people here have been suffering for a long time, and the officers and soldiers who heard that they came to put down the rebellion should have been running around telling each other and weeping with joy.

However, the news from Yibin County made it difficult for the common people to have much expectation for these young soldiers from the capital.

But even so, some people in Jianchuan County spontaneously went to the receiving official pavilion five miles outside the city, wanting to confirm the strength of the official army with their own eyes.

However, this view disappointed the common people.

In terms of equipment and stature, the officers and soldiers are much better than the local stragglers, but all of them are sluggish, loose-fitting, and even the queues are not neatly arranged. How can they look like they can fight?

So the county government officials received the reception in front, and the people behind were already scolding.

Who is so bold that even the emperor Lao Tzu is implicated in it-who made these cowardly soldiers all come from the feet of the emperor?

It seems that if you want to suppress the rebellion, you still have to count on the frontier troops in Yunnan, Guizhou and Central Sichuan!

only……

I heard that the six countries in southern Xinjiang are not very honest. When will the army here come over?

However, in the southwest of the Jieguan Pavilion, a short and sturdy man in the crowd stood on tiptoe and scanned for a while, then filled his ears with scolding and complaints around him, and couldn't help showing some contempt and joy on his face.

He lowered his head, and said to his companion wearing a bamboo hat beside him, "Sadoli, miscellaneous..."

"Speak Chinese!"

The man hastily scolded, and the pretending man was alerted immediately, and hurriedly lowered his voice and said, "It seems that these officers and soldiers from the capital city are indeed trash, the big boss looked at them in vain."

"Don't jump to conclusions."

The man in the bamboo hat shook his head slightly, "The big boss told us to look carefully, just took a few glances, what can we see?"

Having said that, he actually never paid attention to those crooked and ugly officers and soldiers in his heart.

at the same time.

In Jieguanting, the patience of Ge Qingyun, magistrate of Jianchuan County, had also reached its peak.

Ever since we met, Xu Qianhu on the opposite side has been complaining about the climate in Jianchuan County, such as hot and humid weather at night and being shirtless during the day wrapped in a quilt.

Especially just now, this guy shamelessly took off his armor, showed the marks of mosquito bites on his body, and complained to himself!

This soldier ruffian can't even bear mosquito bites, how can he beat those mountain barbarians who are not afraid of death? !

Seeing that if he didn't stop him, he would take off his boots and talk about the blisters on his feet.

Ge Qingyun hurriedly cleared his throat, and asked, "Dare to ask the general, how many days do I need to wait for the payment?"

"That's impossible to say."

Xu Shouye wrung his fingers and said with a sad face, "Originally, I planned to rest in Yibin for a few more days to let the brothers get used to the climate here. Who ever wanted to be forced by the prefect of Xuzhou to come here in advance."

"Now that we've arrived in Wuxi Prefecture, you guys have to get used to it. Let's get through the damn moisture first, right? Otherwise, let alone fighting, it will be exhausting to just wash your hands all day long."

Hearing these words, Gezhi County's nose was crooked. Huguang is humid and hotter than the north, so there is no need to say more.

But now it's mid-November, which is the driest time of the year, how can it be as exaggerated as Xu Shouye said?

It seems that the news from Yibin County is indeed true!

Suppressing his anger, Ge Qingyun couldn't help asking, "General Xu, if the frontier army arrives in time, don't you have to wait until you get used to the climate here before you become the vanguard of the army?"

"how is this possible!"

Xu Shouye immediately stood up, blowing his beard and staring, "At that time, the military order will be like a mountain. Even if we men climb, we must climb to the front of the army."

But then he spread his hands again, "But isn't this army still here? Naturally, I have to do it cheaply."

Bah~

Those who are greedy for life and afraid of death, have the face to talk about doing things cheaply!

Gezhi County resisted the urge to spit on him, rejected countless unreasonable demands, finally negotiated an acceptable temporary garrison regulation, left the county history, and returned to the county government angrily.

Not long after, Xu Shouye's shameless face spread in Jianchuan County, and everyone scolded him.

Hearing these rumors, the short and strong man naturally inferior to the derogatory shit of the officers and soldiers.

The man in the bamboo hat did not refute him this time, and after a moment of pondering, he ordered, "Leng Yan, you take Balbe and go back first, and report the matter here to the big boss carefully, and we stay here and continue to watch." Follow those dog officers."

"Young man."

Leng Yan was about to nod his head, but Barbey couldn't help asking, "Why do we want to warn the passers-by along the way?"

"What warning?"

Before the man in the bamboo hat could say anything, Leng Yan said displeasedly, "You really treat these trash, dare to go to the mountains to provoke us? You make people look down on our big boss by making nonsense!"

"good."

The man in the bamboo hat nodded, "I'm watching here. If something happens, it's still too late to send someone to the surrounding villages."

As he spoke, he grinned, "When the Han officers and soldiers arrived in the mountains, they couldn't outrun the warriors of our Walenzhai!"

Hearing what he said, Barbay didn't say anything more.

The words are divided into two parts.

However, after successfully gaining a reputation in the county, Xu Shouye set up camp next to the city gate with peace of mind, and even sent people to buy some wild game, drinking and having fun in the camp.

It was night, the bonfire in the camp burned half a day high, not to mention the top of the city, even the city could be seen clearly.

Countless officers and soldiers sang and danced around the bonfire, laughing and laughing endlessly.

However, if you really want to get a closer look, everyone laughs constantly, but their faces are full of impatience.

A certain family didn't know how to eat, so he scratched a rabbit's leg with a knife, and couldn't whet his appetite for a long time.

In the end, he simply threw it to the soldiers on the side, got up and went to Xu Shouye's side, and asked in a low voice, "Xu Qianhu, where do you think Mr. Sun is?"

"Where it should be."

Xu Shouye rolled his eyes, "You can eat what you want with peace of mind. Could it be that this wine and food can't stop your mouth?"

After the hundreds of households had returned home, Xu Shouye couldn't help turning his head to the southwest, looking at the vast night, thinking in his heart that if all goes well, according to the time calculation, it's about time to start over there. ?

Chapter 584

Third more.

Wuxi Prefecture, Xuanfeng County, and Tengcun.

Because it is adjacent to the mountainous area, Xuanfeng County suffered the most when the Wuxi barbarians rebelled. In just ten months, the Han population in the county dropped by more than [-]%, and countless people were displaced.

And this Teng Village suffered a catastrophe.

On the morning of November [-]th, the sky will be bright.

Walking among the ruined walls, sniffing the faint rotten smell in the cold air, Sun Shaozong's eyes kept searching.

"grown ups."

At this time, Lu Jianxing rushed over from the entrance of the village, bowed and reported, "The bones found in the village have been buried. There are 170 people in total, including 93 adult men, 36 women, and 43 children... .”

"Judging from all the traces, a considerable number of women should have been taken away by the Tongxi barbarians."

Having said that, he stopped and waited for a while, seeing that Sun Shaozong had no intention of opening his mouth, he took the initiative to ask, "Sir, do you want to simply erect a monument first, and if any villagers come back later, that's fine..."