Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 735

Near Datong Right Guard and Yulin Guard, more than 3 soldiers and horses were added, and it immediately became lively. Some of the more than 3 soldiers and horses came from Ji Town, and some came from Tianjin Wei.

Divide it into several camps and set up camps. The imperial envoy’s station is in the environment of Huwei Army. The people on the Datong Right Guard side are usually tossed by the border soldiers in Datong Town. With so many new soldiers and horses, they can run Those who couldn't run were also trembling. The women in the family didn't dare to go out easily, and valuables were buried in hidden places.

However, since November, it has been discovered that these new soldiers and horses may not be so bad. The people who arrived first to build camps and build various facilities will inevitably recruit a large number of civilians, but the work is not done for nothing, but cash. Silver and copper coins will never be in arrears after ten days, and they will also take care of the food when they are working, but if you want to eat this meal, you will have to take a little less wages. Everyone has calculated that this time the work is done, and the New Year and the next spring will start At that time, life at home must be much better.

So in the end, those who went outside all came back, and the progress of the project was not delayed, and it was completed on time.

Moreover, this time is very different from before. Let me talk about the large warehouses and large grain stores. When they started to be built, some people joked that this might be a trick of straw boats borrowing arrows. They were all shot at the grain stores in these warehouses, and there was nothing in them anyway.

But the person who told this joke found himself a joke, because there are carts from various prefectures in Shanxi and even Henan to transport things to these warehouses. They are full and have to work overtime to build them so that they can be used.

Seeing this scene, someone said again that so much food and supplies must be stolen by someone, and someone may even come to grab it. The generals and soldiers here have no rules.

The person who said this immediately realized that he was wrong. He always made an excuse that his soldiers had no food, and led his men down to grab a few carts of food. Everyone knew that this was someone from the right guard of Datong who sent someone to test him out. , If there is no response from here, then there will be a large-scale plunder, but in the morning, the thing was robbed, and in the afternoon, the head was beheaded, and it was hung high on the pole for public display.

It is said that the people who arrested and stabbed people were all Ma Dong's personal soldiers who were temporarily serving as the chief soldier. Even Mr. Ma's personal soldiers came here to look at the warehouse. What is the origin of this? Look at the guards at the warehouse.

The warehouses and camps were all built, and the army was coming, and the people here were nervous, and they had to dodge and dodge, for fear of being affected by the military disaster.

But they were wrong again. The new Jizhen soldiers and so-called Forbidden Army soldiers and horses have strict military discipline and practice in the barracks every day. There is no case of disturbing the people at all.

Whenever these people needed something, they would take cash to buy it at the market, and they would not bargain for the market price, but it was also an inflated price, and they were not willing to suffer this loss. The soldiers and horses gathered from all over Datong have very bad military discipline, and there have been several cases. The local government and local commanders pretended not to see it.

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Beyond the side wall is the grassland, and there are too many Tatar spies in Datong Town. Such a large-scale garrison of soldiers and horses will inevitably attract the attention of the spies.

Although the cold wind here in Datong is fierce during the twelfth lunar month, and the cold wind is like a knife when it gets dark, there are still spies looking outside the camp.

Two men who looked similar to the local people were looking around on a field. The soldiers and horses in Datong Town, as well as the reinforcements from other places, each had their own camps, and the scale was huge. At night, they could see the inside and outside of the camp. There are dots of stars, as if an extra town has appeared out of thin air.

"... Are there any soldiers in the camp in Ji Town, and the guy from Tianjin... why is it so quiet?"

One person looked around and said in a low voice, while the other put his finger to his mouth, made a gesture of silence, and said in a low voice:

"Why are there no soldiers? It's not like you haven't seen the drills during the day. Look over there. The camp of Datong Youwei is so noisy that it looks like a market. Look here. The soldiers and horses trained by Qi Jiguang How can it be unusual."

The two exclaimed a few words, and one said again:
"Let's go first, in a short time, the secret sentry of the Ming army riding horses will come over!"

The two turned around and retreated along the darkness, discussing in low voices halfway:

"It's fair to say that the soldiers and horses in Ji Town are like this, but why is the imperial army from the capital also like this?"

"It's all about looks, what skills can the forbidden army of the capital have, they are not rich and noble young master soldiers"

Wang Tong, who is called a good-looking guy, is in the military tent. As an imperial envoy, Wang Tong, the governor of Datong, naturally sits in the middle. Ma Dong, the deputy general of Datong Town, and Yang Jin, the deputy commander of the West Road in Ji Town, sit on the left. First, a group of Huwei soldiers are on the right.

The affairs of the commander-in-chief are nothing more than the training and garrison of the various armies, as well as the enemy's situation brought back from outside the Great Wall by spies. Hearsay, even legends, are of little value. On the contrary, the various newspapers Wang Tong obtained through Sanjiang Trading Company are extremely valuable. Both Ma Dong and Yang Jin listened carefully.

Ma Dong and Yang Jin knew some inside information, so they didn't shy away from some things. When Wang Tong finished telling the information, he hesitated and said:
"My lord, there are a total of more than 15 cavalrymen here, all of whom are personal servants of various generals. My lord, is this number too small? The number of registered soldiers in Datong Town is nearly [-]. If you want to transfer , the lower officials can also call in more, wouldn't it be safer."

The deputy general of Ji Town, Yang Jin, glanced at Ma Dong, and then sat up straight. His eyes were full of contempt. Most of the 15 soldiers were first-class serfs, so they couldn't fight any battles.

Wang Tong also said with a smile:

"Deputy General Ma's desire to be on the safe side is good, but soldiers are more expensive than elites, and having nearly two thousand elite cavalry is already of great use. It's nothing more than anxiety."

Ma Dong smiled embarrassingly, and Wang Tong asked again:
"Among the [-] cavalry, how many are the personal guards of Deputy General Ma?"

"Returning to the imperial envoy, there are more than [-] people in total, and the rest are the old subordinates of the subordinate officials in Tianchengwei and Yanghewei at that time. They may bring more than a hundred people, or bring dozens of people together, and there are three Bai Yu has not yet arrived, adults know."

The general soldier has his own personal guards, and the generals, guerrillas, general commanders, and chief generals also have their own personal guards. Ma Dong was a member of the Tiancheng Guard and Yanghe Guard back then, and he also had a guard. The old subordinates, each of them came with their own cavalry, and they also made up this amount.

Yang Jin on the side was a little strange when he heard it, what is "more than three hundred people did not arrive" and "the adults know", this is not what the army said to the general, even though Qi Jiguang usually treats people in Jizhen Be kind, but whoever said this during the military meeting will definitely be pushed out and beheaded immediately.

What is even more unexpected is that the young but serious Wang Tong actually tolerated this statement, nodded with a smile, and said with emotion, with a smile:

"Deputy General Ma is a good family business. There are nearly 300 family soldiers, which is really remarkable."

"I don't want to be praised by adults. This kind of family business is just divided by my father. My younger brother Ma Lin went to Liao Town with [-] soldiers. He wrote back and said that Li Zongbing in Liao Town alone has With more than ten thousand personal guards and several sons, the Li family has nearly [-], which is really amazing."

Speaking of this, Yang Jin remained calm, and Li Hutou and the others were obviously a little bit late in reacting. This is also the practice of the Ming army today. The fighting force in the army is the family soldiers and generals brought by everyone, and it is also relying on them to charge into battle. , Fighting bravely also depends on them. The quality of a general is often not judged by his strategy or his ability to train soldiers, but by how many soldiers he has, because this is their capital on the battlefield.

Qi Jiguang, the chief soldier of Ji Town, trains with the Huwei Army, regardless of the generals. The overall training is nothing special. On the Tianjin Guard side, the guards around Wang Tong are more like an officer training center and a training camp for children.

After talking a few gossips, Yang Jin stood up and said goodbye, and wanted to go back to the camp for inspection, but Ma Dong stayed behind. When Yang Jin walked out of the tent, Wang Tong said with a smile:
"If Mr. Ma doesn't have the money now, I'll pay for it here. Don't let the brothers feel cold!"

"My lord, don't worry, the first sum of money from the Xuanfu has been paid. Even if there is no such batch of goods, I still have some spare money in my hand. My lord, if the goods from Baiyangkou are sold calmly, at least twenty Ten thousand taels, let the lower officials take it all, this, this, I am really ashamed, on the grassland, it is the cavalry team under your lord who worked hard."

Wang Tong waved his hand and said with a smile:

"Without your help, these things would not have gone so smoothly. Your 300 people were also born and died on the grassland, not to mention that you have to maintain so many other people's soldiers here, and you have to rely on money to stabilize them. You don't have to be polite. !"

Hearing what Wang Tong said, Ma Dong stood up from the chair and bowed his body, and said with a smile:

"Those boys are very happy in the north. They have never been so happy before letting them go to Caogu. They have saved a lot of money and don't want to come back!"

Wang Tong nodded with a smile, reached out and patted the table a few times, and said:
"They have worked hard on the grassland for several months, and it's almost time to come back and rest!"

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After the caravan was robbed last time, Jinhe Trading Co., Ltd. took the lead this time, and a few big firms gathered together hundreds of carts of goods, ready to send them to Guihua City. Cavalry will be sent to meet the escort.

(End of this chapter)