Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 108
Daye five years, September.

The fast horse of Yiqi strode forward vigorously and swept across the field like a shooting star.

The red flag on the back of the post cavalry whistled in the air, and the post cavalry desperately urged the mount to move.

At the foot of the mountain, several veterans rode their horses to stop them.

"Fly it right away and report it to the county magistrate!"

The post rider shouted loudly from a distance.

"It's actually delivered by three hundred li urgently, what happened?" Several veterans also saw the identity of the visitor, and they were a little puzzled.

In the hinterland of the Central Plains in the Sui Dynasty, along the main road, there was a post station every twenty miles.

In case of urgent official documents, the wording "Immediately Flying Delivery" will be added to the official documents, and the red flags will be planted on the post horses to deliver them quickly.

With the addition of the four characters of flying immediately, it will be at least three hundred miles a day, and the horses will be changed along the way without changing people.If it is more urgent, red flags will be planted on the post riders. The more urgent, the more red flags will be planted.

There are [-]-mile urgent, [-]-mile urgent, [-]-mile urgent, and even [-]-mile urgent, and in the most urgent situation, you can even change people and horses along the way, and travel thousands of miles a day to deliver packages.

Under normal circumstances, a stage horse can travel 180 miles a day, and if it is urgent to travel [-] miles a day, it needs to change horses along the way, and if it is more than [-] miles, it needs to change people.

Historically, during the Anshi Rebellion in the Middle Tang Dynasty, An Lushan raised troops in Fanyang, Xuanzong was in Lintong Huaqingchi, one was in Hebei and the other was in Shaanxi. The distance between the two places was more than 3000 miles, but Xuanzong had received the report within six days. Baili's urgent express report.

"Follow me to meet Jun Cheng!"

A partisan leads the way.

foot of the mountain.

Zhang Xutuo is leading his troops to hunt.

Autumn is a good time for hunting, but Zhang Xutuo's hunting is not for fun, but for training.Since ancient times, there has been a tradition of hunting and training soldiers.

The method of hunting also implies the method of army formation.Using hunting to train troops kills two birds with one stone.

A wounded wild boar rushed towards Zhang Xutuo with blood-red eyes, but Zhang Xutuo waved his hand to call back the steps around him, drew out the armor-piercing cone, and shot a chain of arrows, seven arrows in a row.

Although the wild boar has rough skin and thick flesh, it can hit seven arrows in a row, but it still only rushed to the ground ten steps in front of Zhang Xutuo and fell to the ground.

"Report, Juncheng, Zhangqiu will send it to you immediately!"

Zhang Xutuo frowned.

Zhangqiu is only eighty miles away from Licheng, so it is said that there is no need to fly it immediately.

"What about people?"

"People are behind."

"bring it here!"

"Report to the county magistrate that the two thieves, Wang Bo and Wang Yong, made a rebellion. They raised their flags to rebel and led eight hundred rebels to besiege Zhangqiu."

As soon as the post rider arrived, he immediately reported loudly.

"Raising the flag to rebel?"

Zhang Xutuo's voice couldn't help but raise a bit.

"How is Zhangqiu City now?" He asked again.

Raising the flag to rebel is not the same as ordinary thieves and bandits, which are completely different in nature.

"The two kings colluded with the police officers of the former three yamen in the county as internal responses. Last night, they suddenly rioted and killed the guards in the east city and captured the east gate and the city wall. Fortunately, Luo Cunxiao, the head of the strong squad in Zhangqiu County, discovered it in time during the night patrol, and led his subordinate strong squad. Kill the internal thieves in time and take back the East City."

"Then the two kings and the rebels led 800 people to kill the city, and the captor Luocheng led the crowd to close the city gate and stand firm. The rebel Wang Bo made an appointment to fight, and Luo Siye, the head of the county government's soap squad, was invited to fight, and cut off Wang Bo's mount with a single knife. Luo Shixin, the leader of the brave team in Changbai Township, killed a leader of the gangsters with a stick, and the rebels became timid and fled from the city."

"Now Zhangqiu City is safe."

After hearing the news, Zhang Xutuo finally looked a little better.

"The Luo Cheng brothers performed well, but why did Jia Runpu, as the commander of the Zhangqiu County Barracks, fail to do anything? I allocated food and money to him, and distributed equipment. When things came to an end, a few yamen servants stole the limelight. If there were no Luo Cheng brothers, wouldn't it mean that the rebels such as the Second King would attack Zhangqiu County this time? Waste!"

Zhang Xutuo has always loved soldiers like sons, but at this time, Jia Runpu, his trusted confidant, couldn't help scolding.

"Juncheng, although Lao Jia has a battalion in Zhangqiu, those people are just recruited. Most of them are old and weak. It is not easy to lack food and equipment."

"Don't argue for him. It's not easy for him. Is it easy for Luo Cheng? As far as I know, Luo Cheng's township regiment is a group of thirteen or fourteen-year-old youths. It’s short, but why can his village group play a role at a critical time?”

An officer said, "Jia Runbo has been with the Prime Minister for many years, and he is not lacking in the bravery of fighting and charging, but after all, he has never led a team before, and now he is still a little inexperienced."

Zhang Xutuo sighed, "What I didn't expect was that the two thieves Wang Bo and Wang Yong escaped last time, and now they dare to go out of the mountain again in a short period of time. Not only did they go out of the mountain, they even dared to openly fight against the flag. It's extremely rampant."

"Since they dare to raise the flag of rebellion, they are looking for death. Juncheng, we must send troops to destroy them immediately, otherwise we will be punished by the higher authorities."

"Call the county soldiers!" Zhang Xutuo said with a serious face.

When going down the mountain, Jia Wu who heard the news came to Zhang Xutuo to intercede for his son.

"The dog is so incompetent that Zhangqiu almost fell into the hands of thieves. In the end, he will ask the governor to recall him to punish him."

"Wuben, you have been with me for many years, and you are an old buddy. This kid, Runpu, still has abilities, but he lacks experience in leading a team. Although there was a mistake this time, Zhangqiu City was finally saved."

"The achievement of defeating the enemy belongs to Luo Cheng, and it has nothing to do with him." Lao Jia did not shield his son.

"But Luo Cheng is not only the head of the county government, but also the school lieutenant of the Changbai Township Army Corps under the county barracks. It is said that he is also under Jia Runpu's command. He has made meritorious deeds, and Jia Runpu naturally has meritorious deeds."

"If you ask me, Quanzi doesn't have the ability to stand on his own at all. It's okay to let him fight and kill. It's better to let Luo Cheng be the captain of Zhangqiu County, and let Quanzi be the deputy captain." Jia Wuben said. road.

"Let's talk about it later, let's go to Zhangqiu to find out the situation first."

"The brothers of the Luo family are really powerful. I only saw Luo Cheng, Luo Cunxiao, and Luo Shixin before, but now I didn't expect that there would be an even fiercer Luo Siye. Jun Cheng, these Luo family brothers are called fierce tigers. You have to find a way to bring them in." Under his command. Before, the county magistrate intended to be indifferent to Luo Cheng, and I think this time, I can take advantage of the merits of repelling the thieves and transfer them to the county."

The people from Zhangqiu often preached the might of the Luo family brothers, even Zhang Xutuo couldn't help but marvel after hearing Luo Siye's god-like slash that day.

Such brothers and sisters really have to be harvested early.

"Luo Cheng is available, but he is still too young. If he is promoted too quickly, it will not only make the lieutenants dissatisfied, but also easily make him arrogant."

Zhang Xutuo admired Luo Cheng a long time ago, but he felt that he was too young, sometimes too impulsive, and immature. Letting him go back to Zhangqiu was also to polish him, but who would have thought that he would come back so quickly? Make a great contribution.

Young people really show their sharpness, even if they are hidden in the bag, they will stand out.

"But if you have merit, you should be rewarded. If you don't reward for merit, it's easy to chill people's hearts!" Jia Wuben persuaded.

"Well, that's the reason. Let me think about it again, how to reward him this time!"

(End of this chapter)