The heavens start with letting the bullets fly

Chapter 598

When Chen Zhao went to Liaodong, as the deputy imperial envoy, he led more than 200 soldiers.

He was an imperial envoy who went to Jiangnan and brought more than 300 soldiers with him.

Now his actual job is to promote Jinmenliusi to the imperial platform. The official position itself is an idle job, and the idle one can't be more idle.

At that time, Sima Guang took the initiative to seek such a position in order to write "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" with peace of mind.

It stands to reason that Chen Zhao has the honorary position of commander of Jinyiwei, so naturally he can lead more soldiers.

But since it is a casual job, he naturally will not take too many people.

Zhang Heqing and Han Xiaozhong became the acquaintances of Jinyiwei, and most of his subordinates also joined the real power department of Jinyiwei.

So he only brought Sun Xiaodong, Lin Fei, and more than 30 guards.

In addition to more than a dozen old people from Yangzhou, there are also more than [-] Mongolian horse herders.

They couldn't get along in the north anymore, and the herdsmen who went to the capital to make a living could ride horses and shoot arrows.

In addition, Li Yanbei, who was "full of benevolence and righteousness", did not know that 60 of his men quietly left and scattered around Chen Zhao's team.

Not only that, the beggar Sun Liu also brought a lot of people, one after another, pretending to be people of various professions to follow.

But in the officialdom, if the person in charge of the archives of Jinyiwei's experience department carefully investigates, they will find that in the past few months, Chen Zhao has arranged hundreds of his own people to Jinmen to go there. ,

Even Xue Pan went to the prefect's yamen in Jinmen half a month ago to be a quick catcher.

As we all know, due to various considerations, the official roads between the capital and Jinmen Sanwei are built along the canal. It is very simple to obtain food by relying on the river.

These large car shops or villages along the way have several livelihoods. One is to receive traveling merchants for lodging and meals, the other is to buy cheap grain and privately brew spirits, and the third is to inform people from all walks of life.

These twenty or so horse herders have more individuality, and each of them has a big bulging leather bag on the horse they are riding on, and a small water bag in their hand. What opened Chen Zhao's eyes was that these horse herders actually started to drink water early in the morning. Pick up strong wine, you sip it and I sip it, it's quite moisturizing, and even a few people are so excited to drink, they immediately burst into singing.

This is probably the habit of the ancestors for generations. People have been poor for several lifetimes, and they can't wait to squander when they have money, drinking and singing while riding a horse.

Think about it, too, the black people of later generations still danced and sang while carrying the coffin.

With these temporary performances by the shepherds, the atmosphere of the team suddenly became lively. The children sitting in the carriage clapped and laughed, and the passers-by on the road all looked sideways. Sun Xiaodong and Lin Fei followed Chen Zhao on horseback in the team Patroling back and forth, Chen Zhao couldn't help shaking his head after taking a few glances. He was so happy, it didn't look like moving at all, but like an outing.

"If these Tartars can afford to drink this on the grassland, they came to our Daming on the grassland, and the few wages they earn every month are all thrown on the wine."

Sun Xiaodong said with a smile on the horse, Chen Zhao was a little surprised, and asked casually:

"The price of this wine is not expensive. The monthly wages of twenty or so people are only six taels of silver. Look at how much they bought. How many jars are there in the car!"

"I don't know if the price is low, but when I was in contact with them, I heard from them that the spirits here can only be drunk on the grasslands, that is, most of the Taiji, and the leaders of small tribes with thousands of people can afford it." It’s not up to standard, it’s easy to say that ten catties of good wine can be exchanged for a good horse, and this is considered conscientious.”

Chen Zhao nodded to express his understanding.

The grassland peoples will always be poor unless they are noble.

After walking for only three days, there are no people on both sides of the official road. There are large fields, because the wheat has just been harvested and the corn has not been replenished, so it is a bit desolate.
There are also barren beaches and sparse forests by the river.

There was a shepherd who was drinking happily, and suddenly he beat his horse and rushed towards the field. He drew his bow and set an arrow, and then dismounted. When he returned to the team, he already had an extra rabbit in his hand. He laughed and threw the rabbit into the cart. on, and continue drinking.

The children who watched applauded, and the atmosphere became even more enthusiastic. The herdsmen got even more excited when they saw people cheering, and people kept riding towards the fields on both sides. After walking for more than an hour, they also brought back more than a dozen It's just a rabbit, so it doesn't have to worry about the smell of meat when it's time to rest at noon.

Lin Fei suddenly asked: "Sir, I think the bows of these Tartars are different from ours. We use the standard military bows of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which are long and narrow, while the bows used by the herdsmen are much shorter. , but the bow is very thick, it looks like a crescent moon.

Chen Zhao smiled slightly and explained: "These herdsmen use horn bows. They can't shoot far but shoot fast. They are powerful within [-] steps. If the Tartars' elite cavalry, or Genghis Khan or Nurhachi's army is fighting everywhere , Armor can be pierced within [-] steps, since our Taizu defeated the Mongol and Jurchen coalition forces, the number of elite Tartars has been greatly reduced, and ordinary horse herders can also hit a rabbit."

"Your Excellency is really knowledgeable and knowledgeable." Lin Fei quickly flattered him.

"You kid, if you study more in the past few years and gain some culture, don't use it all in this area. Think about it later." Chen Zhao said to him angrily and funny.

But then again, these wranglers are too amateurish.

As a guard, he didn't do his job well, and always rode out to the side of the road to see if he could find any prey.
This is too wasteful.

On the other hand, the Jinyiwei guards trained by myself, all looked solemn, and everyone was cautious.

That's called professionalism!

The three-day journey was very peaceful, but the guards did not relax at all. Sun Xiaodong, Lin Fei and others have been patrolling back and forth all the time, and their behavior towards the horse herdsmen was at best a smile. The people trained by Chen Zhao himself were silent. March.

At noon, I also found a village to rest. Chen Zhao had enough money, and the people in the village were willing to work hard to entertain them. The dozen or so rabbits they caught were skinned and stewed, and they bought good meals for them.

After eating and continuing on the road, Chen Zhao had to tell the herdsmen not to drink in the afternoon. If they drank so much alcohol, they would have to sleep on horseback. What else could they do.

Those horse herders were also obedient. In the afternoon, under the supervision of Sun Xiaodong and others, they only drank a few sips secretly and didn't dare to be as presumptuous as they did in the morning, but they might drink to their heart's content at night.

After walking for less than an hour in the afternoon, a guard who had been watching the wind on the pile of goods climbed down from the top, said a few words to Sun Xiaodong, and climbed up again.

Sun Xiaodong came in front of Chen Zhao: "My lord, the guard on duty said that there are a few riders behind. They have appeared since yesterday afternoon, and they showed up from a distance this morning, and they appeared again just now."

Chen Zhao's eyes moved, and he looked at Sun Xiaodong: "In this case, let's send out the weapons to give everyone courage."

"Yes!"

Sun Xiaodong went to make arrangements. Chen Zhao looked at Daiyu's carriage, then at the carriages of the maids, and frowned.

"I started half a month late, and I showed the enemy all the way to be weak, just to lure the snake out of the hole, but I don't know, who is the snake this time? Is it the Nanwang Palace, the Taiping Palace, or the gang in Jiangnan?"

After Lin Fei patrolled around, he rode over and said, "Your Excellency, don't worry, once our side is mobilized, there will be a total of 200 people with exceptions, who dares to touch them."

Chen Zhao smiled slightly: "It would be fine if they were bandits. I am a little worried that the people coming here are officers and soldiers, but it doesn't matter. They are just killing people."

(End of this chapter)