As soon as he walked out of Ma Xing's apartment, Luo Gang immediately exhaled a long breath. The length of this breath surprised Xiao Cheng on the side.

His sweat-stained hair couldn't help but say in surprise: "Yuting, are you okay?"

Luo Gang also deeply hated himself for not living up to expectations. Fortunately, in front of Xiao Cheng, he would not let others know if he made a fool of himself.

"I'm not afraid of your jokes, Chongwen. Standing in front of this pacifier, I always feel that he might pull out a big knife and strike at me at any time." At this point, he suddenly frowned and said, "Wait a minute.

I, I want to go to the latrine."

Seeing Luo Gang's retreating figure, Xiao Cheng couldn't help but sigh.

But then again, the pressure on the comforter in front of me is indeed not that great.

Earlier on Hebei Road, Xiao Cheng also met Xia Jie and Xia Zhiyan, but that man gave him a warm feeling. This Xia Zhiyan was much older than Ma Xing.

Or maybe this is because his personal governance style is different.

Ma Xing is the kind of aggressive and bullying person.

Working under such a person must be very hard, and there is no room for slacking off. However, this person is also responsible. As long as he is willing to work, he will be willing to take care of it for you. Therefore, working under such a person is not a problem.

It is the easiest to achieve meritorious service.

Of course, it's easy to do bad things.

Xiao Cheng shook his head and threw these thoughts out of his mind. Speaking of these things, it was something that the elder brother should worry about in the future, but he tried his best to do the things in front of him well first.

As he expected, Ma Xing raised his butcher knife and slaughtered a group of corrupt officials, but did not touch the Dingbian Army. It was not because the Dingbian Army was fine, but because he really couldn't move the Dingbian Army. He was afraid of someone.

If you are not careful, it will cause turmoil and cause great changes.

From this point of view, although Ma Xing, the pacifier, is very aggressive, he is by no means reckless.

Miao Shou, the commander-in-chief of the Dingbian Army, was originally a familiar Qiang from Hengshan. The so-called familiar Qiang are the Qiang people who completely surrendered to the Song Dynasty very early and accepted the governance of the Song Dynasty. If these people did not say it themselves, there would be no

People still remember that they are Qiang people because they are almost the same as Song people.

But in recent years, the situation has changed somewhat.

Li Xu continued to gain momentum, and Hengshan's party was ready to move. Naturally, the Shengqiang people in Hengshan were not willing to be lonely. Heroes emerge from troubled times. Seeing that Li Xu was about to cause big troubles, anyone who thought he was somewhat heroic wanted to

Take the opportunity to go out and have a try, what if you become famous?

Li Xu failed, and of course he died. He ran to the ends of the earth, and the Song Dynasty court wanted to chop off his head. But what are the Dangxiang and Qiang tribes in Hengshan to be afraid of?

Even if I fail, if I dig into Hengshan, what can you do to me? In the end, aren't you going to recruit me for peace?

The cost of rebellion was so small that it was natural to give it a try.

According to the information obtained from Ma Xing, Miao Shou did not intend to rebel, but he had always been entangled with Hengshan Dangxiang and the Shengqiang tribe, and even had contacts with Li Xu. If he was forced to do so, he would really rebel.

That's big trouble.

"The Dingbian Army has been placed under the command of your brother, and from now on he will be under Xiao Changqing's subordinates. Let Xiao Changqing handle this Miao Shou!"

Thinking of the smile on Ma Xing's face when he said this, Xiao Cheng wanted to punch this guy in the face.

Ma Xing didn't want to touch Miao Shou, firstly because it was really troublesome, and secondly, because he really wanted to test Xiao Ding's skills.

When you are an official, there are no good people!

Even a man as tough as Ma Xing, when it comes to making small calculations, is no worse than people like Xia Jie Cui Ang.

Returning to the Guangrui Army station outside the city, Xin Jian, Wei Wu, He Zheng and others immediately came to greet them.

Dinner had already been eaten and everything in the military camp was quiet.

Guang Rui's army is very strict in running the army. In Xiao Ding's view, this move is no different from a battle march. No matter whether it is an army soldier or a young man, it must be carried out in accordance with wartime rules.

"Come into the tent and talk!" Xiao Cheng waved his hand and walked to the tent belonging to himself and Luo Gang first.

Of course, the conditions were extremely poor. Everyone could only sit on the floor on a felt blanket, with an oil lamp flickering with faint light. The weather in mid-October was already a bit cold.

"Luo Gang and I have already met with the pacifier." Xiao Cheng got straight to the point: "Although we have obtained the official document and commitment from the pacifier to act expediently, to be honest with everyone, pacifying the border army is more complicated and difficult than we imagined.

I'm just afraid that our move in will not be so smooth."

"Please Erlang give everyone a detailed explanation." Xin Jian said.

Xiao Cheng nodded and said: "The Dingbian Army, the Hengshan Dangxiang, the Shengqiang, and even Li Xu's Dingnan Army were all somewhat unclear, so much so that the pacification envoys also threw in the towel, fearing that one mistake would force Miao Shou to come.

The base of the wall. And according to a series of documents such as the specific land lease of the Dingbian Army we obtained from the pacifier, there is no place around Dingbian City that can accommodate the tens of thousands of subordinates of our Guangrui Army. Some of them are empty.

The land is either mountains or gravel. Let alone growing food, grass is not willing to grow."

"The area around Dingbian City is so wide?" Xin Jian looked at the map in his hand and asked in surprise.

"They are all military garrison fields of the Dingbian Army. Some of them have been converted from military garrison to civilian garrison." Xiao Cheng spread his hands and said, "This is the latest land use atlas just reported by the Dingbian Army in September.

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"I'm afraid there's a ghost here!" He Zheng said angrily.

"Of course there are ghosts!" Xiao Cheng said: "I don't even need to see it in person, I can guess that many places here are still deserted and uncultivated. It's just because we are coming,

So overnight, they changed their identities. In other words, there are many good places here, which are some people's private land, but they are not included in the land register and have not paid taxes to the court."

Everyone is familiar with this kind of thing.

On Hebei Road, there are many such situations. Many generals have seized land and lied to the public that it was a military camp. In fact, they made a fuss over the numbers and turned a lot of the land into private land, lining their own pockets.

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"So, we have almost no foothold around Dingbian City." Xiao Cheng said: "Even if there are still a few good areas, they are not connected to each other, one in the east and one in the west. This is of course a problem for our Guangrui Army.

Quite disadvantageous.”

"If we don't go to Dingbian Town, where will we go?" He Zheng asked worriedly.

"Shentang Castle!" Xiao Cheng's finger stabbed heavily on the map.

Everyone immediately took a breath of cold air.

Shentang Fort is the military fortress closest to Hengshan of the Dingbian Army, and it is also the place that has been invaded the most by the Hengshan barbarians. These things can be understood by reading the Shaanxi Road newspaper.

"Is it too dangerous? This is almost under the eyes of the enemy!" Xin Jian said hesitantly.

"Everyone, what is the purpose of our Guangrui Army here? Isn't it just to regain the tribes in Hengshan? In this case, how can we avoid dealing with them! No matter whether it is hard or soft, we must interact with them.

.Furthermore, it is too early to call them enemies now. As long as they have not seriously rebelled, in a larger sense, they are still our people in the Song Dynasty." Xiao Cheng said.

Everyone looked at each other in shock. Of course you can say that, but in fact, what is the difference between the Hengshan tribes and rebels now?

"We are here to do things, not to enjoy happiness. The fear of difficulties is of no use to us. It is the right thing to face difficulties." Xiao Cheng continued: "Shengtangbao has another advantage, that

It is located at the foot of Hengshan Mountain, with luxuriant water and grass, and fertile land. As long as you work hard to cultivate tens of thousands of acres or hundreds of thousands of acres of land, it will not be a problem at all. Compared with the surrounding areas of Dingbian City, the biggest advantage here is that there is no shortage of water.

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"But we must always be prepared to face the attacks of the Hengshan tribes!" Xin Jian said.

"That's natural!" Xiao Cheng said: "So from the moment we step into the Dingbian Army area, the entire army will be in the highest alert state, ready to receive attacks from anyone at any time. Everyone must remember,

If the Hengshan tribes really want to give us a blow, then of course we will give them a head-on blow and beat them in one go until they are so painful and frightened that they will shy away from us when they see us. This will lay a good foundation for us to contact them again in the future.

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"Understood!"

"There are still nearly three months before the main force of the Guangrui Army arrives in Dingbian City. During these three months, we have to build camps, reclaim wasteland, and prepare to meet the enemy's attack. Everyone will be very busy.

"Xiao Cheng said: "Everyone should work hard. After these three months, when the main force arrives, let's see what new tricks he can come up with when he decides on the old seedlings of the border army."

Xin Jian looked at the map and suddenly understood that Xiao Cheng had stationed the Guangrui Army in Shentangbao. Once successful, wouldn't it mean that the Miao Shou Department of the Dingbian Army would be isolated from the Tibetan tribes in Hengshan?

When Xiao Ding's army arrives, it will be much easier to deal with this Ding border army.

I see!

Looking at the calm Xiao Cheng, Xin Jian couldn't help but admire him even more. This man was calm, but he was already laying the foundation for what would happen later. As for the possibility of the Hengshan tribes launching an attack on them, Xin Jian was not worried.

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This time they came with 500 regular soldiers and 500 young men. They could not be their opponents in ordinary petty fighting. They could only become their military exploits. I really wanted to swallow them whole, unless Hengshan

The various Tibetans jointly organized tens of thousands of troops, but if this happened, Ma Xing of Yan'an Prefecture would not sit back and watch.
Chapter completed!