Blood from Daming

Chapter 169 Xue Shi
It has been five days since Xue Polu returned to his barracks. Lu Yaojin had led five thousand young men to warm up two days earlier. As soon as Xue Polu arrived at the barracks, he formally performed the duties of acting general.

Xue Polu’s cavalry was originally one man with two horses, and half of these horses came from Shandong bandits. Xue Yun brought back a thousand war horses from Datong. Although Xue Yun gave Xue Aoren [-] war horses, they still fell into Xue Polu’s hands. , Xue Aoren's troops also had hundreds of horses, and now Xue Polu's army had nearly [-] horses, and there were also a large number of mules and horses for transportation.

Xue Polu is in a good mood now. In order to win him over, Sun Chengzong, Sun Chengzong of Liaodong Economic Strategy, promised to help him to be a general, especially he reached a tacit agreement with Yu Anxing, and also made friends with some civil and military officials in Shanhaiguan.

Xue Polu gathered in the big tent of the Chinese Army. Lu Yaojin, Zuo Ming, Yu Dahui, Zhang Sanzhu, Li Bazong, Ma Bazong, etc., Xue Aoren's old men and thorns did not bring over, and Yu Dahui also shared with Xue Polu The master of the Yu family, Mrs. Yu, is Yu Wanqin's grandfather, and Yu Dahui is Xue Yun's cousin, so according to the owner's wishes, Yu Dahui himself hopes to get rid of the past and go to the crisis together with the Xue family.The remaining Li Bazong and Ma Bazong will be more troublesome.

According to the plan envisioned by Xue Yun, Xue Polu formed a horse-and-infantry mixed battalion of 1000 elite cavalry and 1000 infantry from civilian husbands, including [-] firearms soldiers and [-] spear and shield guards.

The specific organization is: Lu Yaojin and Zhang Sanzhu each bring 1000 elite cavalry, Yu Dahui, Li Bazong, and Maba changed the headquarters to about [-] cavalry, and Zuo Ming was the infantry leader with [-] infantry.There are brand-new armored weapons, knives, guns and shields, and thousands of fire uniforms. Most of the supplies are removed from the military supplies of the Datong Army.

After clearing the division of labor, everyone went to train their own troops. Although Yu Dahui, Li Bazong, and Ma Bazong were not assigned soldiers, they all changed from infantry to cavalry, which is acceptable to everyone. Xue Polu also said that the subsequent reinforcements Troops will be provided proportionally to each ministry.

Just when everyone was about to end the meeting, Xue Jiu came, and Xue Polu asked his subordinates to bring Xue Jiu a horse.Xue Polu: "The things that the young master wants are all in the barracks, when will you come and get them?"

Xue Jiu: "I see that you have a lot of horses in your barracks. Do you want to distribute some to poor fellows like us?"

As soon as Xue Jiu said the words, Lu Yaojin, Zuo Ming, Yu Dahui, Zhang Sanzhu, Li Bazong, Ma Bazong and others all changed their faces, and Zuo Ming immediately stood up: "Xue Jiu, what are you talking about. "

Xue Jiu: "Didn't you hear clearly what I'm talking about? The young master and we fought to support the Xue family in Liaodong. It's only natural to take some of your horses."

Zuo Ming: "Why did we give you our own horse? If you are capable, go and grab it from the Tartars."

Xue Jiu: "Kid, go away, second child, say something, give it or not."

Xue Polu: "Ninth Brother, these horses were snatched from the bandits in Shandong by the brothers sitting here, and the other hundreds of war horses were also left by the third young master to his father after he returned from Datong. The things here have nothing to do with the Xue family. relationship." Xue Polu covered up for Yu Dahui and the others.

Xue Jiu: "Can you clearly distinguish the things in Xue's mansion?"

Xue Polu scanned the officers in the tent with his eyes, and finally said: "Ninth brother, don't talk about the horses."

Xue Jiu: "Let the Eldest Young Master tell you about this matter, you send someone to send the goods that the Second Eldest Young Master wants to Ningyuan City."

Xue Polu suddenly became angry: "The things are in the barracks, do you want to pull them down if you like?" Xue Polu left the tent with a flick of his hand.

Xue Jiu was full of anger and led his men back to Ningyuan City on horseback.Xue Polu, Lu Yaojin, and Zuo Ming stood on a mound in the barracks and looked at Xue Jiuyi who was going away, not knowing what to say for a while.

Xue Polu appointed Lu Yaojin as the head coach to be responsible for the military training of the whole battalion, and Lu Yaojin arranged for his subordinates to teach riding, firearms, formations, etc. respectively.

Xue Polu and their team trained for five days. On the sixth day, people from Ningyuan City came. This time it was Xue Shi. Nine times, the young master has a lot of things to do recently so he can't come here. I hope Xue Er can go to Ningyuan when he has time.

Xue Polu looked at the long motorcade outside the camp and said, "I'll visit the young master when I'm free, and the old ten can ask your people to carry the goods."

Xue Polu: "If you want gold, take Lao Shi to the back camp to pick up the goods."

Lu Yaojin hurriedly stepped forward and said to Xue Shi, "Come with me." Lu Yaojin took Xue Shi to the military supply depot to collect various supplies for Xue Zong.

Xue Shi wanted to enter the rear battalion to check the military supplies for Xue Zong, but Lu Yaojin refused Xue Shi's request on the grounds that it was an important place in the army. , The quartermaster went in for a while, and soldiers began to deliver supplies to the gate of the barracks.

The quartermaster then came out and handed a list to Lu Yaojin. Lu Yaojin briefly looked at it and handed it to Xue Shi who was standing horizontally. 5 broadswords, [-] sets of Ming army uniforms in winter and summer, [-] sets of armor, [-] pieces of hard bows made by the inner secret, [-] carts of grain and other supplies, including silk, satin, rouge, gouache, pots and bowls There are everything you can expect from a ladle, a hoe and a rake, and [-] taels of official silver.

After reading it, Xue Shi asked Lu Yaojin: "I don't want to say if I don't have any horses, but a lot of weapons and clothing have been withheld."

Lu Yaojin: "Brother Xue speaks like this, that is, these weapons and equipment were raised by the third young master because of his personal relationship with the young master when he was a child, not to mention that the young master's entire force is less than 600 people, and they cannot be the officers and soldiers of the young master. Everyone doesn't even have a guy."

Xue Shi: "The weapons and equipment are all consumable items, and it is normal to have some preparations. The young master is also eager to build a good team to fight for the face of the Xue family."

Lu Yaojin: "Even for these materials, the Xue family and the third young master raised money from various sources. A little half of the Xue family's wealth has gone."

Xue Shi was silent for a long time: "I see that all the equipment in your army is new and you have a lot of horses. I think you have invested a lot at home."

Lu Yaojin: "I'm a latecomer, and I don't know much about the Xue Mansion, but these equipment and horses were all placed by General Xue Yunxue, and have nothing to do with the Xue Mansion."

Xue Shi was a little annoyed: "The Xue family is still headed by the old man, the brothers and sisters below can be so clearly distinguished."

Lu Yaojin: "If it wasn't for General Xue Yun thinking about brotherhood, I'm afraid there would be no such weapons and supplies."

The two stood beside the big camp and watched over 100 trucks of various weapons, clothes, food and other supplies being loaded. Xue Shi said, "If there is a shortage of supplies in the future, I hope you will support me."

Lu Yaojin originally wanted to push him away, but seeing that Xue Shi was not as unreasonable as Xue Jiu, he said something: "Brother Xue, if there are too many, you should go to Xue's house. Definitely support it."

Xue Shi raised his foot and was about to leave, but after hesitating for a while, he still didn't move, and asked Lu Yaojin, "How are the fifth brother, sixth brother, and eleventh brother?"

Lu Yaojin replied: "Xue Wu now has thousands of soldiers under President Qian. Before he came here, he asked about you. General Xue Liu has already participated in commanding thousands of troops. This time the third young master returned to Beijing to report on his duties. The Sixth General commanded tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Datong. The supervising army and the governor were even the princes and chiefs of Mongolia. All in all, Xue Shishi is now the chief manager of Xue Zhuang and lives a very happy life."

Xue Shi was silent when he heard this, Lu Yaojin looked at Xue Shi and didn't know what he was thinking, but when he thought of coming, Xue Yun told him that he should plant more flowers and less thorns to try to make friends, so he thought carefully about Xue Shi. Shi said: "Brother Xue, Fourth Uncle Xue has a gift for you and Xue Jiu. That day Xue Jiu came to talk nonsense and didn't have time to give him a gift. This time, Brother Xue, please take the gift back together." Two copies of the gifts to bribe Liaodong officials were removed.

Xue Shi blushed: "I didn't expect Fourth Uncle to remember me as an ignorant child."

Lu Yaojin was full of nonsense when he saw something going on: "Remember, many veterans in Zhuangzi asked you about it. My father is now the chief foreman of Xuezhuang." Lu Yaojin even took a good horse from the Western Regions when Xue Shi was leaving give it to him.

Xue Shi looked at this good horse from the Western Regions and really liked it, so he hesitated for a long time before accepting it.He stood in front of Xue Polu, Lu Yaojin and others for a while before saying a word: "You must never enter Ningyuan City in the future." After speaking, he got on his horse and flew away.

(End of this chapter)