Chapter 83 Stability and Development
Guan Qi was on the maroon-red tall horse, and behind him was a team of elite servants in the General's Mansion. Everyone wore armor and helmets. The head servants also held a big flag with the word Du embroidered on it, which was the banner of Du Wenhuan, now the Yansui General's Mansion.
In the farmland next to the road, farmers who were loosening the soil and fertilizing the fertile were looking at the mighty and majestic knights, and they all stopped their work, stood up from the ground and looked around.
Hekou Fort is a poor place. Even in the past few years, the government army and Hetao Mongolian wars, there were no soldiers from Camel City who beat Hekou Fort. Now, this team of knights looked bright in armor and phoenix-winged helmets, which was much more majestic than the government army in the fort. The villagers of Yangergou looked strange!
"Master Guan, do we need to come here?"
The servant holding the flag came to Mr. Guan and said with some complaint that the poor place in Hekou Fort has broken and rotten roads. If the master hadn't spoken, who would have wanted to come to this ghost place?
Guan Qi didn't reply, but just looked at Du Tieniu, who was holding the flag. This guy was very strong and was a hero in battle. However, he was not smart enough to care about this stuff.
Seeing that Mr. Guan didn't say anything, Du Tieniu was bored and had to retreat aside. He was a fool, but he knew how old Mr. Guan was in the mansion. Even the eldest son had to shout to Mr. Guan when he saw him.
After walking for more than half an hour, Guan Qi saw the dilapidated fort wall in front of him, and suddenly became unhappy. He first followed Du Song and later followed Du Wenhuan. He had been fighting with the Tartars for half his life. The army that could not see the bottom did not take Bian Bei seriously.
When he approached the fortress, he saw the officials in the building ringing the bell and warning, and someone closed the gate. Guan Qi's expression was better. However, Du Tieniu and the elite servants of the General's Mansion beside him were disdainful. At this speed of reaction, if they had just rushed to the village, they would have been in a hurry.
The team stopped outside the fortress, and Guan Qi rode forward alone and shouted to the official army looking up the building, "I asked Gao Jin from your fort to come out to see me, and then Guan Qi looked for him."
"Hurry, go find the high master."
Looking upstairs, Ni Da greeted his companions, then looked at the team outside the fortress wearing armor and helmets, swallowed his saliva, the phoenix-winged helmets and all his armor. This was probably because the generals in Camel City could afford such servants.
Ni Da quickly went downstairs to the lookout building, and called on the military officers to open the gate of the village to welcome Guan Ye and the others into the fort. "The villain Ni Da, lead the horse for you." Although Ni Da did not recognize the flags that the knights outside the fort, he also knew that these people were of great origin.
"Who is the one in your fortress now?"
"Of course it's the high-ranking master. What do you call him? Are you an old acquaintance with the high-ranking master?"
"The old man's surname is Guan, and he has some friendship with Xiao Gao."
Guan Qi said with a smile. Ni Da, who was leading the horse, had a cleverness, but he didn't know if he was a coward when he got on the formation.
Just as Guan Qi asked about the situation in Hekou Fort, Gao Jin, who had received the news, had arrived. Seeing Guan Ye riding on the horse and the elite horse team behind him, Gao Jin was stunned, and then said loudly, "Gao Jin has seen Guan Ye, but he has not met him yet. Please forgive me."
"It's the old man who came here abruptly, it's not your fault." Seeing Gao Jin wearing mourning clothes and wearing plain white clothes, Guan Qi thought for a moment and knew the current situation, he jumped down from his horse and said.
"Justice Guan, Gao Jin's home..."
Now that the Gao Mansion has been in vain, there is no way to welcome guests to the mourning hall to discuss things. Mr. Guan came from afar and brought the servants of the General's Mansion. Gao Jin should be treated well by reason.
"Hey, you and I have a close relationship. The old man has also heard of your reputation as a hero. Since he is here today, he should burn incense and salute him."
Gao Jin gave a generous gift from the General Mansion. Guan Qi asked himself that he should burn incense to Gao Jin's father and uncles, so he called Du Tieniu and the others to dismount and followed him to Gao Mansion to support Gao Jin.
The Gao Mansion was not far away, and soon the group arrived. Even if the servants of the General Mansion were rebellious, they were the most powerful. Seeing that the Gao Mansion was white, Guan Jun attaches great importance to Gao Jin, and they all restrained themselves. They went into Gao Mansion honestly and followed Guan Jun to celebrate incense and salute in the mourning hall.
"Chen Sheng, take these soldiers to eat. Remember to let Mulan kill a few more fat sheep and make some good wine, and don't neglect it."
"Don't worry, second brother, I can reflect on myself."
Chen Sheng took the order and left. Du Tieniu and his friends had been on the road for most of the day and had been very hungry. Gao Jin was kind and they also appreciated it. Du Tieniu bowed to himself, "Thank you, Mr. Gao."
After Chen Sheng took his people away, Gao Jincai and Mr. Guan went to the side room next to the mourning hall to discuss things, "Xiao Gao, you are very good. You will get things done so quickly."
When Guan Qi entered the fort, he had already found out with Ni Da. He knew that the Hekou Fort Baihu Mansion was blood-stained, and there was no one living in the entire mansion. Moreover, Gao Jin picked himself up very cleanly, and there was no entanglement on the surface.
"I have to thank Mr. Guan for giving me some advice."
Gao Jin thanked Mr. Guan, saying that if Mr. Guan hadn't been to him that day, he would have really not understood the truth that "it's hard to say".
"What are you and me doing?" Mr. Guan pretended to be angry, "If it weren't for you, Xiao Gao, the old man wouldn't know how many years he would have to live in Gubeizhai!"
"Master Guan, I don't know what happened?"
"The old man thought Xiao Gao could keep calm and not ask the old man?"
Seeing Gao Jin asking carefully, Guan Qi laughed and said, "The General's Office is mobilizing troops, but in the last two or three days, the old man came here to transfer the troops from Hekou Fort to kill the Tartars. Since Zhang Baihu is not here, he can only let Xiao Gao go."
"Thank you, Mr. Guan."
Gao Jin's eyes lit up when he heard what Guan Ye said later. He was young and had no qualifications in Shenmu Fort. If he wanted to be a hundred households in Hekou Fort, he had to make real military achievements. In this way, the General Mansion would be justified in speaking to Shenmu Fort and would not be worthy of the population.
Now the General Du Wenhuan of Yansui is not his uncle Du Song who doesn't know a single word. He is very particular about his work, so that Mr. Guan can go on this trip so that Gao Jin can openly participate in the next fictitious battle and make contributions to the promotion of a hundred households. Even Zhang Gui's death was taken over.
From Guan Ye, Gao Jin realized that he had thought too simply at the beginning. The benefits involved in the Tartar heads he sent were not just military achievements. If the General Office wants to turn those heads into military achievements, it must be a military mobilization, and the troops must go out of the frontier, which involves all aspects such as the allocation of logistics and supplies for food and grass.
In Yulin Town, half of the official troops in garrisons such as Shenmu Fort are empty wages, which is a small matter. However, if the army really wants to go out to fight with the Tartars, the generals will also gather people for their lives. Of course, these half-forced military personnel will be used as cannon fodder when they go to the battlefield.
But in this battle, which was only possible with the heads of the Tatars, the General Office would mobilize troops to the fortress, but the generals only needed to take their men and horses out for a while, and there was no real number of people needed. However, the army mobilized all the food, grass and supplies needed to mobilize the army on the surface, which was a great benefit. Not to mention, after this battle, the court inspected the military merits and rewards of the heads of the Tatars, which was a waste of money.
If it weren't for this, even Du Wenhuan was General Yansui, how could he deal with all aspects and let several troops in Yulin Town cooperate with him to perform this drama, so he could really gain benefits from it.
"Don't worry, Mr. Guan, Gao Jin knows the severity of the matter, and will never leak the matter!"
Gao Jin's face was solemn. He expressed his attitude to Mr. Guan that day, only asking for hundreds of Hekou Fortress, and directly sent the head to him, so that he had a very good impression from Du Wenhuan. In addition, Mr. Guan said a lot of good things to him, so he got the current treatment. Otherwise, the team of generals' servants brought by Mr. Guan would not be so polite to follow Mr. Guan to burn incense, but to silence him.
Although Mr. Guan did not say it clearly, Gao Jin guessed the thoughts of General Du, which also alerted him. In the eyes of the big guys above, he was still just an ant that could be crushed to death.
"Xiao Gao, you are steady and the old man can trust you, but your companions must also let them keep their mouths tight."
Mr. Guan patted Gao Jin on the shoulder. He had never seen a young hero who was so calm like Gao Jin. But the more he did this, the more he wanted to remind Gao Jin, because the next "that battle" General's Office spent a lot of effort to accomplish this, and there would never be any mistakes.
"In the past four years, Guan Bingzhong fought many battles with the Tartars, with more victory than defeat, and more winning many. Some people in the court have long been unable to see the border generals contributing."
When Mr. Guan and Gao Jin chatted, Gao Jin realized that if Du Wenhuanxin had not taken over as General Yansui, he would need military achievements to promote his subordinates' confidants, otherwise he would never have used the Tartar leaders he sent to do this.
The greater the profit, the greater the risk! Now Chaozhong has a lot of harsh words about Yulin Town fighting against Hetao Mongolia every year. Therefore, even as the general, Du Wenhuan will be in great trouble once this matter is exposed.
"Justice Guan, although Hetao Mongolia is a disease of tinea scabies, if you leave it alone, it will eventually lead to a disaster. Altan of the previous dynasty was the lesson of the past. Could it be that the court could not understand this?"
Gao Jin frowned and said, "In the past few years, Camel City has generally suppressed Hetao Mongolia. At most, it was Huoluo Chi, Mengkeshli and other remnants of the Ordos tribe gathered troops to invade the border, but they were all beaten back."
"How many sensible people can be found in the court!"
Mr. Guan said angrily that it was only this time that he had returned to Camel City that he learned from his master Du Wenhuan that many people in the court now said that Yulin Town has many wars, and that the border generals were good at raising border provocations and were greedy for military merits to seek rewards from the court.
Fortunately, Guan Bingzhong just slapped his butt and left, so the charge of Shanqi border quarrels could not fall on Du Wenhuan. However, the court will not want to see the war with Hetao Mongolia again next year.
Chapter completed!