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Chapter 98: Border Chaos

To fight, you need bows, arrows, stringing rosin, and arrow feathers.

The winter leather armor on the sergeants is also damaged and needs to be replaced.

The military department has been in arrears for these things for two years and has not delivered them for a long time, saying that the handover with the household department was not smooth.

But the ordinary sergeant didn't understand this, and when he said that he, the quartermaster, was greedy for ink, he was so anxious that he jumped on his feet.

Therefore, he didn't want to fight, and he didn't want to be scolded himself.

Time passed slowly, the snowflakes fell on the ground rustling, and with the sound of horseshoes outside the barracks, the news that Luo Baihu had been waiting for finally came back.

The messenger rushed into the house with a cold air, gave a military salute to Luo Baihu, and said loudly: "Master Lei Qianhu sent an order that all guards must not come out of the camp."

"Ugh!"

Luo Baihu slapped the military case with a slap, the armor on his body rattled, and he sat back down on the edge of the couch in despondency.

Wang Zhong breathed a sigh of relief, he leisurely warmed himself by the charcoal basin and said, "My lord, judging by my lowly position, this time Di Lu's crime will not involve Suijin Town, and even Lord Hou will not move."

"Don't talk about it, what do you say?"

Luo Baihu pulled himself together.

Wang Zhong is his own quartermaster in name, but in fact, when the two were still recruits, they were comrades in arms stirring in the military stove.

After ten years of wars, Wang Zhong's arm was crippled, and now he has retired to the second line to become a housekeeper, and by the way, also his military advisor.

Wang Zhong put his injured arm close to the brazier. His arm was amputated due to freezing, and the stump would hurt in cold weather.

Seeing him rubbing his arm, Lauren quickly handed over the hot tea soup: "Old man, you should have rested early today, and I dug you up to suffer from the cold."

Wang Zhong took the tea soup and didn't drink it, he just said in a low voice: "You also know that since the third son entered the grassland, the Di clan tribe has never been stable.

Two tribes that were supposed to move into their winter pastures turned west..."

Luo Lun suddenly realized, his eyes widened, he slapped his thigh and said, "So that's it!"

At the beginning of winter, while he was receiving his military salary, he also received a secret order: Strictly guard Suijin Town.

There was no reason, no hint.

But soon Wang Zhong heard the news from the colleague who delivered the supplies: the third son has returned to the grassland.

The identity of the third son of the Hou Mansion is a secret known to almost ten-year veterans in the Zhenbei Army.

After all, for more than ten years, most of the soldiers and horses of the Zhenbei Army came from the same tribe.

These veterans have spent half their lives with Lord Hou in the Northwest, and they have even dealt with the Di people for half their lives.

For the Dilu people, the feelings are really complicated.

Every soldier of the Wu Dynasty was stained with the blood of the Di people, and his comrades died under the sword of the Di people.

However, everyone ate beef and mutton from the Dilu Grassland, and wore cowhide armor and cowhide boots from the grassland.

Speaking of love and hatred, every veteran has a story, who has never met that hot and unrestrained alien girl.

Especially for the third son's life, it starts with the beauty of the prairie riding alone in the snow for a hundred miles.

Everyone said that Master Hou was so angry that he became a beauty before entering the Dilu Grassland.

In fact, these veterans all knew that Hou Ye took this opportunity to send troops to garrison the grassland for hundreds of miles and massacred several tribes of the Di people.

The Di tribe on the border of the Wu Dynasty was almost wiped out, and the border was peaceful for more than ten years.

It was when Wang Zhong was stationed in the grassland that he lost his arm in a heavy snowstorm.

There is also the Wuda tribe who moved away from Xiashiguan five years ago and lived on the grassland.

It seems that it has nothing to do with the Zhenbei Army, but in fact, it is still in the Zhenbei Army's one-day journey, and often comes and goes in private, just like visiting relatives.

But now it's different. The third son led the tribe to migrate as a whole, going deep into the Dilu Grassland, and has escaped the influence of the Zhenbei Army.

Since then, the two have been on their own.

Changes in the border situation followed one after another. In order to prevent being plundered by winter, guards in various places have increased their vigilance and strengthened patrols within their jurisdictions.

But... Broken Gold Town is not allowed to leave the camp here.

Luo Baihu took out the map, and Wang Zhong began to search for the locations of the most severely attacked villages after the winter.

According to the description in the military newspaper, these villages and towns are located in the north of Hecheng.

Wang Zhong and Luo Lun looked at each other, not hiding what they were thinking.

These veterans have touched the north and south of Xiashiguan in the past. The terrain there is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Di people will never go there, and there are usually not many troops stationed there.

But now I'm going.

During the "Broken Gold Tragedy" five years ago, Lord Hou Zhao Yanjiao was almost imprisoned. The imperial court took this opportunity to transfer troops to the Zhenbei Army on a large scale and separate the military power.

[-] of the Northern Army in Shiwan Town were transferred to the northeast, and [-] to the southwest. Only [-] were actually stationed in Yunzhou in the northwest.

The military power in Hou Ye's hands was divided.

The defense line north of Hecheng belongs to the deputy commander Tang Ying, and the troops stationed are not the Zhenbei Army, but the Xuanwei Army from Gyeonggi.

Deputy Marshal Tang Ying... was recommended by the Minister of the Household Department, and the Xuanwei Army belonged to the First Prince.

At Xiashi Pass at this time, the barracks were brightly lit, and a few guards quickly tidied up the room.

A middle-aged man with a medium to thin figure and wearing black regular clothes strode into the room. Next to him, Zhao Tinglei followed half a step behind him holding a fur cloak.

As soon as the two came in, the soldiers saluted and exited the door one after another, guarding around.

Zhao Tinglei respectfully invited the middle-aged man to sit up: "Father, it's dark and snowy now, why did you drive out of the city?"

The middle-aged man has an ordinary appearance, but his face is as red as jujube, three short strands of beard under his jaw, and the opening and closing of his eyebrows and eyes are radiant. Before he speaks, he has the aura of a superior person.

"Tell me, where is Xiaosan now?"

The middle-aged man is none other than Zhao Yanjiao, Marquis of the North of Zhen who sits firmly in the city.

Yesterday Pingliang Fort was invaded by the Di Clan, and there is no news of the guardhouse stationed in the fort, which attracted him to personally close the gate for questioning.

Zhao Tinglei showed embarrassment: "What did the father say, the son doesn't know..."

"Your armory is exposed, and you still want to hide it?" Master Zhao stared at him with piercing eyes.

Migration of the Wuda tribe is not a trivial matter, how could he not know, besides, Xiaosan came back early to say goodbye to him.

It's just that he didn't expect Xiaosan to go directly to the depths of the grassland, and...

The Di people who fled to Pingliangbao were nomadic tribes who had been outside Xiashi Pass.

Zhao Tinglei knew that his father had seen through this matter. He pondered for a moment, lifted his clothes and knelt down: "Father, if the Zhenbei Army wants to stabilize its position in the court, it can only be watched and recited by the emperor every day."

When he said this, he suddenly raised his head, his eyes full of anger: "Because the Northwest Great Territory has been quiet for too long, all the cats and dogs in the court jumped out and barked.

The Suijin tragedy was originally not the responsibility of the Zhenbeijun family, but those who were hiding in the capital and laying the blame on their father.

Now that the border war has resumed, what should those people say?
They can only rely on their father to guard Xiashi Pass, and the military pay and food must be delivered immediately. "

Zhao Yanjiao stood up abruptly, slapped Zhao Tinglei heavily on the face, and said angrily: "So...you are using Xiao San as a gunman to provoke border troubles? You know, doing so will harm him, It harmed the common people on the border."

(End of this chapter)