Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 103 Suppression of bandits (3)

"The order of the governor: Niu Checao, Wang Shan, and Qi Tai are the battalion commanders, each commanding five hundred troops, with three officers in charge of the team. Those who are insufficient are allowed to be recruited to make up. Ten new teams will be added, with 150 soldiers in each command, and they will be in charge of the team. There are three people in charge, and the recruits are recruited to make up."

"The Order of the Governor: There are very few soldiers in Cangzhou, and there are currently 2000 recruits. Those who recruit will be exempted from food for four stones, and those without household registration will be given two hundred. Those with combat experience and martial arts skills are preferred."

Two warrants issued by Xu Qing were issued from Cangzhou City, one was sent to three military camps, the other was sent to various counties for posting, and another rider took Xu Qing's order to southern Hebei to ventilate to Liu Zantong.

With this order, there was an uproar, and the officials of various houses and states hurried to find out.Xu Qing only said that there were many bandits, and Xiaosheng was afraid, so he wanted to recruit some soldiers to defend Cangzhou City.After hearing this, the state officials of each house breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly conveyed Xu Qing's meaning to the people outside, and some people outside heard it, and they also breathed a sigh of relief.

As soon as the recruitment order was issued, the newly promoted teams were quickly occupying the streets of Cangzhou City. Those who failed to grab a position went out of the city to occupy all the roads entering the city.Raise the big banner, beat the big drum, and publicize the glory of being a soldier in various places.With Xu Qing's stern warning, no one dared to recruit strong men.

In fact, there is no need to pull strong men.On the first day of opening, as soon as the flag was opened, the recruiting site was crowded. We carefully followed the requirements and selected 900 people.With a big wave of Xu Qing's hand, he took three taels of silver, sold pigs to buy rice, and had a big meal.Get off the dumplings and put the noodles on the car, let the recruits eat first, so that they can feel at ease.As for the residence, there were several military camps in the original Cangzhou City, and it was not a problem to accommodate 6000 to [-] people.Bedding, straw mats, clothes and shoes, weapons and armor, and other military items are a hassle. These things cannot be obtained with a few taels of silver.

So, Xu Qing gave another secret order: the veterans will train for ten days, and after ten days, they will participate in a secret exercise.

Hehe, the so-called strike first is the best, and then you suffer disaster, Xu Qing thought that sooner or later he would have a fight with those bandits, why not take a bite of you first, so that he is full and fattened, and he is wrestling with you.However, there is something particular about the first mouthful. Firstly, the private soldiers of the aristocratic family should not be touched. Second, there must be rules in the world, that is, if no one offends me, I will not offend others.

Although the second one is bullshit, it can't be ignored. Using a knife without a reason will make the rest of the bandits afraid, and it's not good to connect them together.But how can this allow the bandits to provoke me?Xu Qing thought hard, and thought: Is it really necessary to use that reason?
I am not used to seeing you!What, why hit you! ?
In the evening, after inspecting Qi Tai's training ground, Xu Qing brought a few soldiers and was about to enter the city.A man ran over from the city, knelt down in front of Xu Qing's horse and cried, "Master Inspector, Lord Inspector, save the villagers quickly, if there are robbers, take them there!" After the man finished speaking, he pointed to a place outside the city. small jungle.Xu Qing pulled his horse and was about to rescue someone, a soldier stopped Xu Qing and said:
"Lord Inspector, don't go, it's too dark and unsafe!"
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Xu Qing turned back the horse's head again and asked, "Tell me about the specific process!"

"We are villagers from Huangjia Village. We brought some products from our village to Cangzhou City to buy and sell. When it was getting late, we took the rest of the things back home. Who would have thought that we would meet a strongman just a mile away and send the villagers They caught me, and I escaped because I walked slowly." The man burst into tears, which did not seem to be fake, and added: "There are only a dozen bandits, and I beg the governor to save my people!"
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Xu Qing heard this, and immediately led four soldiers to ride to the place pointed by the man, and the man quickly followed.Walking to the edge of a dense forest, sure enough, there were sounds of punching and kicking, as if they were still teaching the disobedient captives.When Xu Qing was about to check, unexpected changes happened. The man who reported the letter came within five steps of Xu Qing, jumped up violently, and stabbed Xu Qing's throat with the dagger in his hand!

"Bold!" A soldier reacted quickly and drew out his knife to block it, but the assassin moved a step faster, and the dagger was already close to Xu Qing's eyes.But at the same time, the sound of a crossbow arrow piercing through the air came:

"call out!"

I saw Xu Qing waved his hand, and the assassin's body flew to one side weakly, fell to the ground, bleeding profusely, and a blood-red crossbow arrow was stuck in his back, and the dagger only touched Xu Qing's body. After a while, he didn't even pierce his coat.

The air was quiet for ten breaths, Xu Qing's guards let out a sigh of relief, and almost fell off the horse.

"Lord Inspector, you are so good at predicting things, you have already prepared for it, but it just scares me to death!"

"I don't know how the governor found something strange?"

"There are so many loopholes..." Xu Qing sneered: "First, this person ran out of the city, but said that the place where he was attacked was outside the city, so I began to doubt it. Second, I came to Cangzhou to show up in front of the people. Not much, and I am not wearing an official uniform today, so few people can recognize me, let alone a farmer dozens of miles away? At this point, I have already confirmed that his identity is fake, but I just want to see a good show. The third..."

"Master Xu is very discerning..." Several soldiers were filled with admiration, and offered a flattery at the right time.

"Lord Inspector, hurry back to the city, it's getting late..." a soldier said with lingering fear.
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Xu Qing shook his head, pointed to the small dense forest and said, "I'm afraid I can't go back, you see..."

As soon as the words fell, several bandits came out from the dense forest, and said with a grinning smile, "You are a smart man, but it's a pity that the governor of Cangzhou can't be a smart man..."

"Oh? Are you from that mountain?"

"Hahaha, the little boy pretends to be old and wants to coax me, Master Pig." The man who called himself Master Pig asked, "Tell you! The green forests in Hebei are not called hilltops, they are called forests... you should ask me which forest I belong to." ,hey-hey……"

"Then, which forest do you guys belong to, that pig?" Xu Qing deliberately removed the word "Master".

"Wild Boar Gang, huh? No, what did you call me!?" Master Pig was obviously angry. Although all of them in the Wild Boar Gang called themselves "Master Pigs", "Master Pig" and "Pig" are different, especially when they are called "Pigs". They are called "pigs", but if Xu Qing were to compare them, he would say, how cute are the little pigs, how can such vicious people like you compare?

"Slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue, isn't the grandfather of the pig? Is your grandson a pig? Recognized, or born? Tsk tsk tsk..." Xu Qing sneered. As for the courage of sarcasm, he saw a tree smiling quietly It's just that Yang Xin hides very deeply and shows up for a very short time, and the angle is just right for Xu Qing to see.

"What a sharp-tongued boy, many people laughed at me like this before, including officials, big and small, but they are all dead, but I am alive..." At this moment, Lord Zhu calmed down, Quite a bit of self-appreciative sigh.

"Just because of you?" Xu Qing pointed at the people next to Mr. Zhu, and sneered.Indeed, looking at the surrounding sky and environment, it is useless to shout "broken throat" or "broken throat".If more people came, even if Xu Qing rode a horse, there was a high probability that Xu Qing would be able to stay here. It's a pity that Yang Xin's face really gave Xu Qing great confidence.
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After hearing this, Master Pig suddenly laughed out loud, waved to those behind him, and said, "Brothers, come out!"

"Come out!"

"Come out, why don't you come out?"
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Master Pig searched for his hand a few times, but seeing no one appeared, he couldn't help being shocked, but the younger brothers brought out moved their noses and said in surprise: "Master Pig, it smells like blood!" Master Pig was shocked and angry when he heard this, and he was about to go back When I went to the forest to check, there was another sound of crossbow arrows piercing through the air:

"call out!"

Showing his back to the enemy, I don't know how this so-called Master Pig has survived to this day.Xu Qing, who has carried out the spirit of "killing you while you are sick" to the end, naturally will not miss this opportunity, and just shot the crossbow at Master Zhu.A few of his own soldiers also followed Xu Qing and fired a crossbow arrow, then rode forward, drew their knives and cut their necks, and killed Master Zhu and his group.If the "Lord Inspector" is still allowed to do it at this time, then they should stop being guards and soldiers, and just find a dung ball and commit suicide.

The battle was over in an instant, and Xu Qing went to the dense forest to check it out with great interest.Just ignore it, but Xu Qing was startled when he saw it. More than 50 corpses were lying in the middle of the dense forest, silently bleeding, as if the air was going to be red, and some of them had their veins cut from the neck. , some with crossbow arrows stuck in their heads... Xu Qing was surprised that how could he be so quiet after killing so many people at once?Because Xu Qing was outside the dense forest, he didn't notice it at all!The few soldiers didn't know why, but seeing Xu Qing's confident look on his face, they only thought it was Xu Qing's clever calculations, and he admired him extremely.

But later, Yang Xin told Xu Qing that it was actually very simple.First send a few people to pretend to be bandits, and quietly sneak up behind the bandits.In addition, there were ten crossbowmen lurking in the forest, each holding three crossbows, and after the lurking man quietly cut the neck veins of some bandits behind, they fired their crossbow arrows together, and the three crossbows moved in unison, killing the enemy in an instant.

And at dusk, when forest birds return to their nests and insects chirp, it is normal for some crossbow bolts and muffled sounds to be missed.It's just that Xu Qing was still afraid after hearing this, so he arranged a few people who are good at observing by his side, and he must wear soft armor when going out, of course, this is a later story.

In several places in Cangzhou, clan leaders gathered together:
"The assassin was attacked? Did the bandits do it? Is it true or not?"

"Exactly!"

"Then, is it dead or alive?"

"It's alive..."

"That's okay, let's go to condolences tomorrow?"

"Which forest did it?"

"Looking at the traces at the scene, it should be that the wild boar forest can't be wrong."

"Wild boar forest? Whose family's private soldiers!"

"Hush... Brother Nian, be careful with your words."

"Oh, it's not, it's not someone's private soldier!"

"Those people are too arrogant, this is..."

Inside the bedroom:

"Brother Xu, are you alright? Huh huh..."

"Xue'er, I'm fine..."

"No, you take off your clothes and let me see!"

"Um, okay..."

Inside the barracks:

"What?! Lord Inspector was attacked!"

"What are you eating! Young master, you can't repay the old cow for your kindness, ahhhhhh!"

"Old Niu, don't worry, is the governor injured?"

"No……"

"That's okay, otherwise, heh heh. No way, I'm a badass battalion commander, so I'll go to guard the young master as a guard..."

Tonight, no one is destined to sleep.

(End of this chapter)