Infantry Captain Liu Jing walked on his horse while sweating profusely cursing the evil bandits.

If you rob, just rob it, just be quiet, why do you make such a big noise, fearing that the world will not know and make the people uneasy? Robbery is not a big deal. Since the Grand Canal is connected and the north-south shipping is prosperous, more and more thieves have been committed, and robbery has emerged one after another. However, this belongs to local security management and is within the scope of the responsibilities of county magistrates and county magistrates, and has nothing to do with Yingyang Mansion, so the Yingyang Guards are still free every day.

Although the Eastern Expedition was about to be imminent, the emperor ordered Yingyang from all over the country to go to the Far East battlefield, in fact, the main task of the Eastern Expedition was the garrison army in the border areas of the northern border. Zhu Yingyang was also mainly concentrated in Hebei, Henan and Hedong areas near the Far East battlefield. Yingyang from Weifu, such as Jiangzuo, Jianghuai, and even Jingxiang, Bashu, were basically not recruited. Their main task was to ensure the stability of the wealthy areas in China and the land and ensure that the war materials in these areas were always continuously transported to the Eastern Expedition battlefield.

Yongcheng Yingyang Mansion is located north of the Huaihe River. In terms of its geographical location, it may either rush to the Far East battlefield or stay in the garrison. The key is the attitude of the Yingyang Lang general Fei Huai, and whether Yingyang Mansion itself is actively fighting for it. Fei Huai has a future, which is well-known. Of course, he has to actively operate to the Far East battlefield, but the grassroots officers and guards of Yingyang Mansion do not have such desires and "passion". On the contrary, they are used to living a comfortable life and have never been to the battlefield for 20 years. They are extremely repulsive in their hearts and are even more afraid of war. Of course, they still flock to things like suppressing thieves that are both easy and able to make money, and occasionally move their muscles and bones to make some pocket money. Why not do it?

However, those who are thieves must have the "awareness" of being thieves. It is like a fire that interrupts the Tongji Canal waterway. The "awareness" is not high enough. It not only brings great trouble to the military and political officials of Qiao County who are responsible for the safety of this channel, but also brings unimaginable "pain" to the soldiers of Yingyang Mansion in Yongcheng. For example, the officers and officials of Yingyang Mansion in Yongcheng were shouted out from their sleep in the middle of the night. They were armed and ran for seventy miles with dozens of kilograms. They were hungry and tired and were about to fall to the ground. The pain was not something that ordinary people could tolerate? Li Jing was a senior officer in Yingyang Mansion. He had his own mount and a Wuwei war horse to carry on his journey. But even so, after 70 miles of bumps, his pampered and chubby body could not bear it, and it felt like he had fallen apart.

However, Fei Huai, the damn Xianbei man, had not stayed in the ruins of Xiating for a moment, and ordered to set off again. Is there anyone who ran to chase the bandits like this? Can't he be polite to the poor, tired and hungry guards? In this state, even if he catches up with the bandits, where can he get the strength to kill the bandits?

Fei Huai's face was ashen and murderous intent, and he wanted to eat people. Who would dare to touch his bad temper at this moment? Helplessly, the two groups of Yingyang Guards continued to run wildly, but they were neglected to train on weekdays and were seriously overspent, which was called running. In fact, it was a little faster than walking. Fei Huai was so angry that he had to rely on these people. So he could only urge him desperately and curse his ex. At the same time, his ex-president General Yingyang was a "smoking" person, and he only used the Tongji Canal to make a fortune. He even drove the guards to make money for him. All his military affairs were wasted. When Fei Huai came to take office, he was surprised to find that almost all the Yingyang Mansion had become merchants and hired workers. Everyone was only concerned about making money and making money. He had long forgotten his identity as the soldiers of the mansion and his duty to defend the country.

Infantry Captain Liu Jing "run" at the front with a group of guards. He dared not curse his Shangguan, so he could only vent his resentment on the bandits and curse all evil thieves. The curse is cursed, but reality has to be faced with reality. Liu Jing is a very cautious person. He has children in the upper hall, wives and concubines, brothers and sisters in the middle, and a group of "little brothers" who live with him. Besides, he has made a fortune over the years and lives a prosperous life. How dare he not be cautious? Since he is cautious, of course, he knows that with the current situation of the guards, if he collides head-on with the thief, the consequences will be unimaginable.

If you look at the corpses of the fifty Eagle Yang Guards lying on the ruins of Xia Pavilion, you will know how cruel the thieves are, and how vulnerable the Eagle Yang Guards are. Although Eagle Yang Guards are all dressed in bright armor, showing off their power and bullying the weak, they know their own affairs. Most of the Eagle Yang Guards are golden and jade, and they are in the form of a silver-like wax gun, which is not useful.

Liu Jing didn't want to "chase" the bandits, but the matter went against others' wishes. The bandits fled too slowly, so he actually caught up with them on the banks of the Suishui River.

Liu Jing couldn't help but curse, "Shiko, will you die if you steal less things?"

The two brigade coaches understood and ordered their subordinates to beat drums and trumpets, shaking flags and shouting. The momentum was very strong, but the pursuit was very slow, and they deliberately indulged the bandits to escape.

The bandits were indeed scared and panicked, leaving a bunch of things on the embankment, and then drove away.

Liu Jing was relieved to see the bandits flying by boat from afar, and rushed to the embankment with two hundred eagles and guards. As a result, he looked up and saw that there were two boats on the shore. Liu Jing was immediately angry and opened his mouth and scolded, "Strange thief, pickled stupid guys, why are you panic? I haven't killed you yet. Why are you throwing the boat down?"

Since there is a boat and the thief is on the other side, of course we have to catch up.

Liu Jing was slow and ordered to cross the river for a long time. The Yingyang Guards took the opportunity to fall on the river bank to rest and breathe heavily. In fact, no one was willing to cross the river to chase. They ran nearly a hundred miles within a few hours, and were hungry and tired. Even if they caught up with the thief, they had no strength to cut and kill. They had to take a break and get some food to fill their hunger, otherwise they would die.

Fei Huai came over with a horse, furious and flew into the sky, as if he would whip up as long as someone disobeyed his order.

"Cross the river, cross the river immediately." Fei Huai roared angrily, without any doubt.

Liu Jing looked sideways, looking sideways, showing disgust, and hesitating.

Fei Huai was furious and was about to have an attack, but was gently stabbed by Sima Han Yao behind him. Fei Huai seemed to be afraid and suppressed his anger.

Han Yao is a child of the local nobility, originating from the famous Han family of Yingchuan. He is older than Fei Huai, nearly forty years old, with a handsome appearance and extraordinary temperament. He is quite famous in Qiao County and is a representative figure of the local forces of Qiao County. As a nobleman in Guanlong, Fei Huai served as the chief of Yingyang Prefecture in Xu and Yu (north of the Huai River). He was unfamiliar with his life and was naturally needed to assist. Xu and Yu local nobles are the most suitable candidates. Xu and Yu area are the two major surnames of Chen and Han, who are in Yuzhou, and Ruyang Yuan family. So the Fei family used their relationship among Guanlong nobles to find Han Yao. The cooperation between Fei Huai and Han Yao was very unhappy. The two sides had different interests and had constant conflicts, but they could barely maintain them.

In today's Xia Ting case, Fei Huai certainly had to bear the blame, and Han Yao could not escape the involvement, but Fei Huai still had a glimmer of hope. He was the Guanlong nobles, and it was this aristocratic group that controlled the authority of this dynasty, so he actively suppressed the thieves and tried to make meritorious deeds. Han Yao did not have hope. He belonged to the Shandong aristocratic group (this Shandong refers generally to the area east of the Taihang Mountains). The Shandong aristocratic group has many wealthy families due to many historical and cultural reasons, such as the five major surnames of the Zhongtu Super Heroes Cui, Wang, Lu, Li, and Zheng, all came from Shandong. It is precisely because of this that the Guanlong aristocratic group was worried that the power of this dynasty was controlled by the Shandong people, and the power and wealth of the Zhongtu were occupied by the Shandong people. Therefore, since the unification of Zhongtu, the Guanlong aristocratic group led by the royal Yang family has always spared no effort to attack the Shandong people, curb and weaken the power of the Shandong aristocratic group.

As for the major case of Xia Ting, Dongdu will definitely seize the opportunity and attack the local nobles in Xu and Yu areas. Therefore, as one of the direct responsible persons, Han Yao and the representative of the local forces of Qiao County will have to be skinned even if they die. As for the career of the officialdom, don’t talk about it anymore, and it has nothing to do with him from now on.

The disaster came from the sky, and Han Yao's mood was so bad that he could imagine. Although he wanted to kill the evil thief who burned Xia Ting to vent his hatred, considering that he was a native and his family, relatives, brothers and friends were all on this land, he did not dare to kill and did not dare to offend the evil thieves on both sides of Tongjiqu to death. It was obvious that once both sides completely broke up and fought, he would definitely suffer losses. The evil thief is in the dark, he is in the light, and more importantly, he is about to be punished by the Dongdu, and his power in Qiao County will be devastating. The evil thiefs who were offended by him will inevitably take the blame and take bloody revenge. By then, Han Yao's family is very likely to be destroyed, and Han Yao's family may also be destroyed.

This is an unrestrained disaster, which has nothing to do with him, Han Yao, but it is enough to kill Han Yao. Just imagine how much resentful Han Yao is at this moment? What else can he do if he is discouraged? He cannot die. Even if he is to beheaded by Dongdu, he must arrange the family affairs before beheading, and cannot let his relatives suffer inhuman pain due to innocent suffering. Therefore, for Han Yao, the most urgent task is not to suppress the thieves, but to find the "culprit". He must know which bandits on both sides of Tongjiqu do the trick, who are the backers behind this bandits and what is the purpose, and then he can come up with a countermeasure. He cannot stand by his hands, let alone be slaughtered. Whether for himself or for his relatives and family, he must fight to the death.

Now, Fei Huai wants to actively suppress the thieves and cross the river to chase him immediately, but his subordinates were so tired that they lay on the ground like dogs and gasped violently, without any combat power, and they didn't even have the strength to cross the river to chase him. The conflict between the two sides was about to break out. Han Yao had to come forward to stop it. At this moment, the internal strife would only add insult to injury and make the situation uncontrollable.

In the future, as the commander of the Yingyang Mansion of Yongcheng, Liu Jing, the infantry captain, will bear at most joint and several liability. He will even retain his current official position and will gloatly watch Yingyanglang generals Fei Huai and Sima Han Yao being dismissed from the Dongdu, or even exiled to the people for exile and beheaded. So he can only deal with it carefully now, and cautious means that there must be no accidents in the process of suppressing the thieves. If the suppression of the thieves fails to be injured by the thieves, then he, the infantry captain, will be at the end. Therefore, he has sufficient reason to delay the suppression of the thieves.

"Ming Gong, I led a team of guards to cross the river first." Han Yao took the initiative to ask for the battle.

Fei Huai stared at Liu Jing fiercely, but Liu Jing seemed to be fine and just refused to cross the river. Helplessly, Fei Huai waved at Han Yao and said, "Cross the river!"

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