Traveler Major League

Chapter 49 Chengcheng
The city gate of Chengcheng County, Xi'an Prefecture, Shaanxi Province is wide open. There are nearly a hundred infantry lined up on the left, and [-]% of them are wearing armor. upstairs.

A thick and burly man with a needle-like beard standing upright, wearing a helmet and armor, and constantly rubbing the handle of the knife at his waist with his left hand, walked back and forth in front of the queue. His majesty made his subordinates dare not look at him. This is Wang Er, brother Wang. Beside him was a young flag bearer, carrying a six-meter-high yellow triangular flag. There is an iron spear point at the top, and in the middle of the pennant there is a big "righteousness" embroidered in black characters.

The sun was already in the middle of the day, and the July sun had scorched the trees and shriveled everyone up.

Suddenly someone shouted from the top of the city: "Here we come!"

A dozen or so cavalrymen turned around on a small soil slope not far away, all wearing white felt hats that are popular in the north now, and blue cloth-covered gowns, some of which were unbuttoned inside, and they were wearing waist knives, and they would return immediately. They all hung bow pouches containing Kaiyuan bows, and the quiver on both sides was full of about ten iron arrows.

The appearance looks like elite cavalry that are very suitable for long-distance raids. They are well versed in the number of frontier troops with soft bows, long arrows, fast horses, and light knives. These Kaiyuan bows have always been standard equipment for the frontier army of the Ming Dynasty. The shape of the bow tip is very small and unique, and there are hooks at the two ends of the bow, which can be hooked immediately to supplement the consumption of arrows that fall to the ground.

This kind of equipment is extremely rare, and it took a long time to search for it to fully configure it.

The leading knight went up the slope and saw the crowd waiting at the gate of the city from a distance. He reined in suddenly, and the brown horse's front hooves suddenly raised and neighed a few times.

"Woo, woo." The man shouted to the back, "Brothers, the second brother is here to welcome us. Get off the horse!"

As soon as the words were finished, the ten or so people stopped and got off their horses and pulled the ropes, and followed behind the leader. The clanging sounds of spears, waist knives, etc. were very pleasant to listen to.

"Second Brother, Brother Yu Ting, why are you waiting here? It's a sunny day, you'll die from the sun."

Wang Er laughed, and went forward two steps at a time, grabbed the rein with one hand, and grabbed the man's right hand with the other, saying, "Thank you, You Yuan! Is this journey smooth?"

"Hey, I've checked the teams below and the brothers are progressing smoothly. There are very few people who dare to fish to death, but there is not much food and grass in various places!" As he spoke, the man took Yu Ting's arm with the other hand, shook it and asked, "Brother Yu Ting, may you fall asleep these few days? I heard that you are so worried about not receiving food that you don't think about tea and food every day. You have to learn from your second brother."

Yu Ting let go of his hand and broke free and said with a smile: "What a good Wang Youyuan, you dare to make fun of Naiweng after a few days of seeing each other! Don't just look at the folds when you eat buns, the second brother comes to the treasury every day to see the ones sent by various villages. The amount of food, he was so worried that he hugged the stove in the hot night, anxious and uncomfortable."

Wang Youyuan turned his head and laughed non-stop: "Second brother, this is really worrying about food and grass? Isn't it worrying about those girls from the big families?"

"Bah, bah! Don't talk about such things, those girls, don't you know what's going on?" Wang Er was not happy at all with a dark face.

The three of them are old acquaintances, and they grew up together since they were young, but these years have been bad, and everyone can't survive, so they all voted for Wang Erla's pole to make a living. Following him is truly a life-and-death relationship.

There is a gate between the lobby and the back hall of the county government. There are gate houses on both sides of the gate, which are the residence of the gatekeeper. After Wang Er took over the county government, the gatekeeper has also been replaced by his cronies. , you must first report the name to the gatekeeper, and then the gatekeeper will report it to Wang Er.

There are three rooms in the inner hall behind the courtyard gate, all of which are elegant and clean, and are generally used for daily office work or receiving visitors. There is an open space in the inner hall, which is paved with bluestone slabs, where Wang Er practices martial arts every morning. Playing knives, dancing guns and so on, in order to keep fit, in case of emergencies.To the north of the inner hall is the inner house, which is the living place of Wang Er. The east side was originally the county magistrate's house, and now it is lived by Yu Ting, Yu Chou and Wang Yuanyou.

Several people returned to the back hall of the county yamen to take their seats, Wang Er took the main seat, Yu Ting and Wang Youyuan sat on both sides, and all three people in the room lost their smiles at this moment.

Wang Er leaned forward and asked Wang Youyuan, "What's the situation with the officials in the surrounding counties? Is there any news from the officers and soldiers?"

"I have been investigating back and forth in the past few days. Baishui County in the west, Heyang in the east, Central and Luochuan in the north, and Shangyuan Tongzhou in the south have all issued strong men, closed the city gates and imposed martial law, and there are soldiers coming and going from various sentry points on the road. Inspection. Especially in the direction of Tongguan, Tongzhou, I sent spies to come, but I killed two of them on the road, and I touched this on their bodies."

Speaking of which, Wang Youyuan took out a stacked piece of yellow paper from his pocket and handed it over. Wang Er took it and opened it. It was a reward notice with Wang Er's name, what he committed, etc. written on it, with a picture in the middle of the yellow paper. There is a portrait of Wang Er, and there is a big red seal on the inscription: Shangluo Bingbei Road, Shaanxi Province, made by the Ministry of Rites, March 63th, Wanli Ten Years, Chongzi No. [-].

Wang Er didn't care and read it: "This is Wang Er's traitor, now his life is dying, and the heavenly soldiers are approaching, tie up the brocade clothes and reward him!"

After reading it, he passed it on to Yu Ting, and said with a smile, "This is a countermeasure, but it's too dishonest, and I didn't directly write what the price of my head is worth, how much money! Hahaha."

"Second brother, I see that the big families in the city are not stable, why not..." Wang Youyuan saw that Wang Er frowned, and didn't say any more.

Wang Er pondered for a moment and said: "During this period of time, those dogs and I drank and had fun every day, just to numb them. Brother Yu Ting and I also discussed it. When the brothers who have been out to clean up these days come back, we will put them away. They are stewed with a spoonful, and it will be better than troubles in the future."

Yu Ting also said at the side: "I have been checking back and forth in the past few days, and found that the grain storage in their clan is much larger than that in the county warehouse. We have to do it as soon as possible to prevent accidents."

"Youyuan, you have to work hard tomorrow, and then go out to find out how the team we spread out to attack the villages and break the strongholds, and find out the bottom line. We can't stay in Chengcheng for long. The side of Chengcheng is a plain. We have to go north." Wang Er said with a worried face.

Yu Ting, who was at the side, watched his subordinate make a gesture at the door, nodded and said, "Second Brother, it's getting late, and the food and drink have already been prepared, let's clean up the dust for You Yuan."

"Let's go, have a good drink! There are only a few days after this stable life."

After drinking and eating, Yu Ting and Wang Youyuan bid farewell to Wang Er, and went back to the station. The room on the north side of the station was lit. It should be Yu Chou who came back first, but there was no sound in the room. Yu Ting reckoned that he should be When I am tired from leading soldiers and training, I go to bed first.

Yu Ting looked at Yu Chou's room and said softly, "You Yuan, did you hear any news about Liu Ze during your investigation?"

"Liu Ze? That's not true. I've been going straight to the official road back and forth."

Wang Youyuan had a deep impression on Liu Ze. After breaking the Majiazhai that day, he suddenly found a naked strong man in the shack. No one could easily forget it, but he has been working with Brother Yu Ting Yu since then. , I didn't pay much attention to him, I just remembered that he and Yu Chou got along well in the middle, and when he set off to collect grain, Yu Chou gave him a few long guns!

"Then you set off tomorrow, first go to Majiazhai to see how Liu Ze is doing. These days, deserters and hungry people from Majiazhai came to the county every day. I heard that Liu Ze acted differently. After hearing that, I felt quite meaningful. You just say let him send food and bring people back to the county, the second brother has something to arrange."

(End of this chapter)