Song Xiang made a desperate move. In addition to the necessary troops and horses in the city, he gathered all the remaining troops, a total of two thousand men, and handed them over to Su Jin's hands for deployment.
Song Xiang understood that this was not the time for Mingzhe to protect himself. Su Jin had not deceived them about the food. No one could have predicted the unexpected changes. At this time, he must spare no effort to help Su Jin get the food back and help Su Jin.
You're just helping yourself.
Fortunately, the garrison in Yangzhou Prefecture is the local Xiang army. The Xiang army is actually a labor force. Its treatment is very different from that of the Forbidden Army. The number is not large, so there is no need to disturb too many joints in the transfer procedure.
In the Tianchang territory, as soon as Su Jin and the two hundred horse troops of the Guard Division and the one hundred soldiers led by Wei Dutou met, Su Jin straightforwardly showed off his cards to Zhao Dutou and Fang Dutou, telling them that Long Zhen had been neglected.
They were imprisoned for the crime of duty and were awaiting trial. The two hundred horsemen could not escape the blame, but they were allowed to carry out the crime and perform meritorious service.
Zhao and Fang were greatly horrified. They did not expect Su Jin to be so bold. Long Zhenben went to report the news in a low profile. Everyone also guessed that he would only be scolded at most and would still be safe. However, they did not expect that he would be scolded in the first glance.
Su Jinna asked, with such ruthless methods, the two of them couldn't help but feel worried.
Su Jintie said with a green face: "If you are willing to plead guilty and make meritorious service with me, I will give you this opportunity. If you are not willing, I will not force you. However, all of you are involved, and you will all be punished as deserters."
Zhao Dutou protested: "How can we escape from the battle if we are unable to fight with all our strength?"
Su Jin sneered and said: "You know whether you are defeated in a strong fight or not. The bandits are poorly equipped and they are all a mob. If you defend according to danger, you may not be an opponent, but if you fight head-on, they will never be your opponent. Your swords are bloodless, and your armor has no blood."
Apart from the dust and mud, there is no mark of sword slashing, do you think I am blind?"
Fang Du shook his head and said loudly: "It's a punishment. I might as well tell you straight. We are indeed not afraid of bandits, but we don't have to work hard for you. You even deducted half of the brothers' wages. You are so black-hearted and black-hearted, how can we expect anything from you?"
Do we work hard for you?"
Su Jin frowned and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? When did I deduct your salary?"
Zhao Dutou said: "Don't pretend. Originally, the salary for three months was three guans, but we only got 500 guans. You got half of it all at once. How can you say it's not a crime?"
All the horse soldiers echoed the words one after another, and there was also some impurity in their words.
Su Jin frowned and pondered, and suddenly understood the crux of the problem. Su Jin took out a booklet from his arms and threw it to Zhao Dutou and said: "See for yourself, how much salary Long Zhen received from me, these words are probably
Long Zhen told you."
Zhao and Fang opened the account book suspiciously, and saw that what was registered above was the amount of salary received and paid out. The salary received from the household department under the Third Division was one per person per month, three months in total, but
The item of expenditure was paid out in four dollars per person, followed by Long Zhen's signature and fingerprint when receiving it.
Zhao Dutou asked in confusion: "What's going on? How come the money Commander Dilong received is more than what you received at the Ministry of Household Affairs?"
Su Jin said lightly: "That day I went to the Ministry of Household Affairs to collect my salary, and I felt that your salary was really not high, but this is the rule of the court, and I can't reprimand you for anything. However, since you are following me on errands, I
Naturally, I can't treat you badly, so I paid each of you an extra guan out of my own pocket. What you received should be four guan per person, but you don't know how much Long Zhen gave you."
"You are such a thief, how could you have four guans? You only got one guanwu, and suddenly you lost two guanwu." The soldiers started shouting and arguing.
Fang Dutou shouted: "Shut up, do you believe what he says?"
Su Jin looked at Fang Du and shook his head and said: "You are stupider than a pig. This is the first time that I have been commissioned by the emperor to run an errand. Will I be so stupid as to offend everyone for your hundreds of dollars? It is clearly signed on this account book
Long Zhen’s name and his fingerprints are pressed, can’t you guess what’s fishy about this?”
Zhao Dutou said: "Are you saying that Commander Long withheld the money from the middle and then falsely accused you?"
Su Jindao: "I don't want to believe this, but I'm afraid that's the truth. As far as I know, there is an unwritten rule in your Forbidden Army. Soldiers must pay 20% to 30% of their salary to honor their commanders. That day, the dragon really
It was indeed suggested that I deduct part of my salary, but I didn't agree. For a layman like me, isn't it a good thing that I don't understand your rules? What is the purpose of Long Zhen reminding me to do this? I won't deduct my salary, so you can
I can get more. If I were Long Zhen, I would definitely not remind others to deduct my brother's salary. I can only say that he has ulterior motives for doing so."
Zhao Dutou said: "Commander Long is not such a person. We are very polite when we call each other brothers in the capital. His reputation among my bodyguards, Sima Jun, is not bad. He is a well-known talkative person. How could he be like this?
Do?"
Su Jin said: "You are all sent out by the Guards Department to run errands. You have not always been Long Zhen's subordinates. How can you be sure what kind of person he is? Can you see the heart of a person just from the surface? If you have such ability, you can
Don't be a fool here; in a word, if you know people but don't know their hearts, what you see is often completely different from the truth. Think about it carefully, you have been deceived by him and made a big mistake, and you are still here for me.
He speaks."
Everyone was silent. Although Su Jin's words could not be fully believed, they were by no means unreasonable. They really did not understand Long Zhen, and Long Zhen's signature and fingerprints on the account book were definitely not false.
It is not impossible that there are some tricks involved in this, but it is of no use to go to great lengths to forge them. Withholding of pay is a common thing in the army, and no general will come out to support him, because it will harm them.
vested interests.
Su Jin waved his hands and said: "I don't have to keep talking to you. If you really think that I will embezzle your mere three hundred dollars, you are too underestimated. Although I, Su Jin, am not a billionaire,
, but I don’t care about hundreds of thousands of dollars. I might as well tell you that the five hundred thousand shi of grain in Luzhou was sold to the imperial court at a low price by my Su family. Otherwise, how could the emperor appoint me to do this job?
You can calculate how much a hundred thousand shi of grain will cost."
Everyone took a breath of air-conditioning. Five hundred thousand stones of grain was the property of the special envoy. At a rough calculation, it was worth nearly one million stones. How could such a rich man do such a stupid thing? It was probably Long Zhen who got it.
It's a hindrance.
"One last question, if you are willing to take the blame and make meritorious service, I will let go of the blame and follow me to Bagong Mountain to snatch the food back; if you are not willing, I will take care of business and take the punishment and will not waste it for personal gain; as for the salary that was withheld from you,
This envoy will dig it out from Long Zhen's body and hand it over to you. In addition, as long as the food is recovered, each of you will be counted as one. Not only will the guilt be wiped out, but each person's salary will be doubled. Those who work with me, Su Jin, will not be treated badly by this envoy.
To him."
Everyone looked at each other, many of them were already interested, but the pride of being the Forbidden Army made them shy to be the first to speak.
Su Jin became impatient and shouted loudly: "Commander Pan, the head of the guard department obeyed the order and immediately captured the guards Sima Jun and others and took them to Yangzhou for trial."
Pan Jiang, the leaders of Weidu and others have already disliked these people. As the Imperial Army, these people are paid 200 yuan more per month than the Xiang soldiers. They do nothing every day, but have no ability. The special envoy also
What a good-natured person, he actually talked nonsense with them. Now when he heard Su Jin's order, he yelled and rushed forward with his men to surrender.
Zhao and Fang no longer wanted to show off. After exchanging glances, they both knelt down and said, "We are willing to obey your orders, even if we die."
Su Jin scolded: "If you insist on toasting, you will have to drink wine as a penalty, but don't worry, I guarantee that not a hair of yours will fall off."
Su Jin wrote two letters on the spot and sent two teams of horsemen to Luzhou and Shouzhou to deliver the letter. In the letter, as the imperial envoy, he urged the two places to send troops to meet at the foot of Bagong Mountain. At the same time, he ordered 1,300 people
A large group of people rushed to the bandits' lair in Bagong Mountain.
Pan Jiang said with some confusion: "My lord, are you going to encircle and suppress the bandits?"
Su Jin said with a straight face: "These guys are so arrogant that they are trying to attack me. If the food cannot be recovered, my head will be moved. Whether or not they use force depends on the situation."
Pan Jiang said: "Bagong Mountain is easy to defend but difficult to attack. I'm afraid even thousands of men and horses won't be able to accomplish anything."
Su Jin frowned and glared: "We have to attack even if it's difficult. Is it possible to just stare?"
Pan Jiang was shocked. Knowing that Master Zhuan was in a bad mood, he shut his mouth and stopped talking.dd