CHAPTER XXXIV The bandits wanted to escape, Gu Yue and the others were about to catch up, Tang Yin stopped them with a horizontal knife, and said in a deep voice: "Don't chase" Tang Yin was alert, and the reason why the poor Kou Mo chased naturally understood.
Now that it was dark and unfamiliar with the environment, it would be worth the loss if they were to chase into the woods and fall into an ambush by the bandits.
After a short time, the group of men and horses coming up the official road ran to the front of everyone, and the general who was headed by him looked like he was in his early thirties, wearing black iron armor, with red tassels on his head, and stepped off the high-headed horse, which looked quite majestic, and the soldiers who followed behind were all crooked in armor, and many of them were not fully armored, only wearing the single clothes of the wind soldiers, and their appearance was depressed and embarrassed.
The general urged him to take a few steps forward, looked around at Tang Yin and the others, and then said politely: "I am Zhang Zhou, the commander of the First Corps of Pingyuan County, excuse me, you are Lord Tang's guard."
Hearing this, Tang Yin took two steps forward, raised his head and said, "I am Tang Yin" "Ah" The general was shocked when he heard this, hurriedly turned over and dismounted, walked quickly to Tang Yin, intervened to give a salute, and said: "The subordinate Zhang Zhou is late, so that Lord Tang is frightened, I hope Lord Tang will not be surprised." ” Tang Yin looked the general up and down.
He was no stranger to his name, before coming to Pingyuan County, he already knew something about the situation here, there were three corps in Pingyuan County, and the commander of the first corps was Zhang Zhou.
Zhang Zhou has a mediocre appearance, medium build, and is a little shorter when he stands with Tang Yin, and he does have the majesty that a general should have, but he looks quite honest.
"General Zhang, don't you know that there are bandits here" There were a lot of bandits in that wave just now, especially the two people who were the leaders, both of whom were masters of spiritual martial arts, and with such a large group of bandits, Zhang Zhou should really be removed if he didn't know.
"Oh" Zhang Zhou's face was embarrassed, he slowly lowered his head, and said, "My subordinates have heard about it. ” "Then why don't you exterminate it," Tang Yin asked coldly.
"It's not that there is no encirclement and suppression, but the bandits are cunning, and they have been encircled and suppressed several times, but in the end they have escaped.
This is the incompetence of his subordinates," Zhang Zhou replied in a low voice.
I don't know what his ability is, but he still has the courage to admit his mistakes, which makes Tang Yin feel a little satisfied.
He looked behind Zhang Zhou, there were about 2,000 soldiers behind him, not old, weak, sick and disabled, but the spirit was not flattering, not only the armor was untidy, but also listless, looking like an eggplant that had been beaten by frost, because many people were wearing single clothes, there was no leather armor outside, and their faces were pale from the cold, standing in place and shivering.
This is the first corps of Pingyuan County, and if it is still like this, the situation of the other two corps can be imagined.
He frowned secretly and said, "It's late autumn now, and it's about to enter winter." ” "Yes, yes," Zhang Zhou didn't understand what Tang Yin meant when he said this.
Tang Yin raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you going to let the brothers below wear single clothes for the winter?"
"Oh" Zhang Zhou was speechless, stammering, not knowing what to say.
Seeing that Tang Yin was still going to question, Qiu Zhen quietly pulled his shirt.
After all, Zhang Zhou is the commander of the corps, and although Tang Yin is his boss, he is a newcomer, so it is not good to make the relationship too stiff.
He smiled at Zhang Zhou, and asked in a soft tone: "Pingyuan County is in a cold region, and the weather is already cold in late autumn, why doesn't General Zhang give cotton clothes to the soldiers?"
Zhang Zhou is not Qiu Zhen, but seeing him standing next to Tang Yin, his status must not be low, coupled with his long literary quality and politeness, he speaks softly and slowly, which makes people can't help but have a good impression of him.
He replied: "It's not that I don't want to distribute it, it's that the military depot is empty, and the county has not yet replenished cotton clothes." ” Tang Yin's brows furrowed even deeper, and he asked, "Didn't the former county head report to the county?"
"It's been reported, but the county still has supplies delivered."
"When will it be delivered?"
"This" Zhang Zhou looked bitter, lowered his head, and stopped talking.
He also wanted to know when the county would be able to deliver the supplies, but it was estimated that it would not be possible in a short time.
Seeing that he always looked like he was struggling and spitting, and wanted to speak and stop, Tang Yin suddenly felt impatient, he walked past Zhang Zhou, walked among the soldiers, and watched from a distance, this group of soldiers was enough to be down, and when he looked at it closely, he could only describe it as cruel.
Some soldiers have no armor on their bodies, and even those who wear armor are in tatters, and many have torn their armor, and they have pierced small holes on both sides of the gaps, and then tied the gaps with hemp ropes, and these armors should have been abolished long ago, and they are still wearing them, and they have to go to the battlefield to fight the brutes, and how can such soldiers achieve victory if their lives are guaranteed The armor is incomplete, and some are also old, where is the new armor Tang Yin Although he had just met Zhang Zhou, he didn't think that he had the courage to deduct military funds privately.
He turned around sharply, glared at Zhang Zhou, and asked, "The soldiers either have no armor or are wearing broken armor, haven't they reported this to the county?"
"This" Zhang Zhou still couldn't answer.
Tang Yin deliberately sneered and said, "Or do you say that General Zhang, you swallowed the new armor privately, and used it to exchange it for money to fill your own pockets."
Hearing this, Zhang Zhou's head buzzed, his feet fluttered, and he almost sat on the ground.
Embezzling military funds is not a joke, it is a felony to kill the head.
He looked at Tang Yin in horror and said in a loud voice: "Wronged, Lord Tang, during the tenure of his subordinates, he never swallowed a single cent of the army."
"Where did that thing go?"
before he could finish speaking, Tang Yin asked sharply.
"Alas" Zhang Zhou sighed helplessly, he couldn't hide the matter if he wanted to, he said in a low voice: "The county has not issued a helmet and a armor to Pingyuan County for three years, resulting in a shortage of armor, the brothers died on the battlefield, and the armor on their bodies was left for the recruits, if the recruits died in battle, the armor had to be left for the next batch of recruits, so the armor that the brothers are wearing now is left by the soldiers who died before, and it looks a little shabby."
"How can this be reasonable" Tang Yin listened, and his eyes suddenly flashed with fire.
Gu Yue, Lotte and others also frowned, they couldn't believe that there was such a thing.
"It's true" "The subordinates will never dare to say half a lie" "Isn't there any new armor in the county?"
"The subordinates don't know."
Zhang Zhou's face was embarrassed.
He was reluctant to mention this issue, because it was useless to mention it, the county couldn't manage the county, the county refused to distribute materials, no one could do anything, and the previous county guards couldn't solve the problem, he didn't think that Tang Yin, who had just arrived, could handle it well.
Tang Yin looked directly at Zhang Zhou for a long time, and didn't say a word.
Under his fierce gaze, Zhang Zhou was uncomfortable, his head hung lower, and he didn't dare to breathe.
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I don't know how long it took, it seemed like a century to him, and he finally heard Tang Yin speak.
"General Zhang, take your people and come with me" "Where is Lord Tang going?"
"Shunzhou" Tang Yin walked quickly to his horse, held down the saddle, and jumped on the horse.
"Go to Shunzhou, Lord Tang is going to Shunzhou" "I want military resources," Tang Yin replied expressionlessly.
Armor is the last layer of protection for soldiers on the battlefield, without armor, no matter how many casualties are caused in a battle, no matter what reason the county head Yu He has, if he can't give him a satisfactory explanation, he will not give up.
Tang Yin wanted to return the same way and find the county's primary supplies, which was much unexpected by Zhang Zhou, he had been in the army in Pingyuan County for so long, and he had never seen such a tough county guard, and even Tang Yin had not even arrived in the county seat, so it was not officially inaugurated "This Lord Tang, this is not appropriate" Zhang Zhou hurriedly urged the horse to follow, and cautiously persuaded.
"It's not proper" Tang Yin raised his eyebrows, a smile appeared on his face, but a terrifying cold light flashed in his eyes, and he smiled and said softly: "If Yu He dares to say the word inappropriate in front of me, I will cut off his head" Ah Hearing this, Zhang Zhou shook his horse for a while, and almost fell headlong.
He didn't know if Tang Yin was joking, but even if he was joking, he was a little too bold.
Of course, Tang Yin is not joking, maybe other county guards are afraid of the county head, but he is not afraid, not only because he has the title of General Zhenbei, and it is also a felony to deduct military funds and cause the war to be unfavorable, even if he really killed Yu He, it is reasonable, not unclear.
On the way, he asked Zhang Zhou again what was still missing in the army.
Zhang Zhou's answer made Tang Yin's eyes turn green, and there was no shortage of military supplies such as weapons, armor, winter and summer uniforms, war horses, etc., and even more odious was the lack of military salaries.
Pingyuan County originally had three corps, and the military salaries issued by the county were only enough for one and a half corps, but at present, the actual strength of the three corps is only about 20,000, less than one-third.
The more Tang Yin listened, the more angry he became, and finally asked, "General Zhang, you tell me what is not lacking." ” "Well, there is only food and grass for this."
Zhang Zhou replied in a low voice.
Okay, there is no shortage of food, and Yu He finally has a little conscience, and he doesn't plan to starve all the soldiers in Pingyuan County to death.
Tang Yin muttered in his heart.
Zhang Zhou added: "The grain and grass given by the county is actually only enough for one and a half corps, but the local big families in Pingyuan County have donated grain and grass, so there is no shortage in the army." ” Teng Tangyin's anger rose up again, and the hand holding the reins of the war horse was held tightly, Yu He, this person really deserved to be killed He wanted to hear it now, how he was going to explain it to himself when he saw him.
Tang Yin stopped talking, but the smile on his face gradually deepened.
Zhang Zhou didn't know what he was laughing at, but Qiu Zhen and the others knew his surname Xi, looked at each other, and couldn't help but secretly shudder, it could be seen that Tang Yin was really angry again, this time in Shunzhou, I don't know what big things are going to happen Qiu Zhen reminded in a low voice: "Brother Tang, the head of the county is an important position, and the official rank is very high, so don't act impulsively."
Tang Yin smiled evilly, shrugged his shoulders and replied: "Of course I know, you don't have to worry" The more he said this, the more relieved Qiu Zhen became
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