A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 12
Wang Dou's words won applause, and Zhang Gui also applauded.

He said loudly to everyone: "You are all good, you have made such great achievements, I want to parade in the street for you, so that the soldiers and civilians in my Dongjiazhuang Castle will know that under Zhang Gui's rule, there are people like you who dare to kill for the country. What a thief!"

Han Zhong and the others all brightened their eyes and paraded through the streets boasting of their achievements. This is a very honorable thing.Wang Dou clasped his fists again and said, "Sir, I have a small request. We fought nine people last night, but unfortunately four brothers died. I hope that you will report to the imperial court and give comfort to these dead brothers."

Zhang Gui shouted: "If XX can't ask for compensation, I can use XX's head as a ball and kick it!"

Everyone laughed, and for a while, Wang Dou's affection for Zhang Gui increased greatly. Although Zhang Gui was rough and bold, he was a good official who cared about his subordinates.

The five of Wang Dou returned to the pier and tidied up. Except for a dozen taels of silver on their bodies, the silver, soft and other things they distributed had already been hidden on the way back. Except for the heads of the horses and weapons, Wang Dou and others seized them this time. The Tartar food, chickens and sheep were also moved back to Dunnei, Zhang Gui didn't say anything.

In the end, under the envious eyes of everyone in Dunnei, Wang Dou, five people, Zhong Dayong and Wang Youjin, and the women who were rescued all sat on the horse together, and followed Zhang Gui to the Dongjiazhuang Fort to celebrate their achievements. , Presumably after this very glorious incident, Wang Dou and others will definitely become famous in Shunxiangbao.

Before setting off, Zhang Gui even made a confession. Immediately, Zhang Tanggong, the head of his family team, ordered him to go down. He rode out of the team and flew towards Dongjiazhuang on a flying horse, announcing the news first.

A group of people headed south, and not long after crossing the river, Dongjiazhuang Fort appeared in front of everyone.

The Dongjiazhuang Fort is ten miles southwest of Jingbiandun. In fact, it was originally the administrative office of a hundred households under the jurisdiction of Shunxiang Fort. And other facilities, guarded by Zhang Gui, the team officer, with more than 220 officers and soldiers, and four piers under his jurisdiction.

In addition to the officers and soldiers in the fort, there are also the military households of the original Baihusuo, and the family members of the Dunjun from the four piers also live in this Dongjiazhuang. There are about several hundred people in the entire fort.

There is only one entrance to the Dongjiazhuang Fort, which is the Ying'en Gate on the east side. When Wang Dou and others arrived in front of the fort gate, from the outside of the east gate to the Wengcheng, and to both sides of the street, there were already crowds of onlookers. the public etc.

There was a sound of cheers, and some people even set off firecrackers. The residents of Dongjiazhuang were very poor. Whether they were soldiers or civilians, many people had patched and patched clothes, and their faces were covered with malnourished dishes. Xinzhuang children were naked and had no clothes on, but everyone cheered for Wang Dou and others sincerely.

The five Wang Dou sat on the horse with their heads held high, even Zhong Dayong and Wang Youjin were all smiling, and bowed their hands to the surroundings again and again.Han Zhong even picked up the head of the Jin army after dismounting from his horse with a gun, and rode his horse around in front of the fort gate, which attracted even more enthusiastic cheers.

Zhang Gui stroked his beard and laughed, Han Chao smiled and said to Wang Dou: "This brat just likes to mess around!"

Wang Dou said with a smile: "Well, let him do it, don't you see that Captain Guan is also happy?"

He sat on his horse with a smile and looked around, surrounded by sincere admiration and admiration from the common people. The substance made a burst of exclamation.

Seeing all this, Wang Dou felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart, all of this was paid for by his own life.Looking at the past, Qi Tianliang also opened his mouth and laughed non-stop, and Gao Shiyin's face full of flesh was smiling like a flower.

Everyone was about to enter the fort, when they suddenly heard the sound of blowing and beating from the north, and then saw a group of people carrying pigs, sheep, wine and rice, coming here with drums and gongs, everyone was puzzled, Zhang Gui also sent A soldier went to inquire.

Soon, the soldier came back, happily holding a few copper coins in his hand, and reported to Zhang Gui: "Sir, the team of people came from Luanzhuang to thank you for saving their children's lives. !"

Wang Dou knew that they must be the family members and village people of the women he rescued last night. He did not expect them to come to thank them so soon. They are not afraid of outsiders talking about their wives and daughters being taken captive. Rare.

Zhang Gui let out a cry, and hurriedly adjusted his clothes and armor, his expression became solemn and majestic, and at the same time, he glanced at Wang Dou and the others softly, knowing that Wang Dou and the others must have attracted these people.

Soon, the group of people came to the gate of the fort beating gongs and drums. Among the people, a few women had sharp eyes. When they saw Wang Dou and five people at once, they rushed out, saying that they were benefactors, and knelt down to greet Wang Dou again and again. , Han and North Korea several people kowtow.

Wang Dou saw that these women were one of the women he rescued last night. Seeing them kowtow, the five of them rushed to help them up. out.

Hearing the crying thanks of these women, and hearing the admiration of the Dongjiazhuang soldiers and civilians who were watching, someone shouted at them from time to time: "Good man, good man!" He looked blankly, and the flesh on his face was throbbing non-stop. After that, Wang Dou kept silent after seeing him.

At this time, a Luanzhuang citizen who led the team came out to thank Zhang Gui, thanking the officers and soldiers under Zhang Gui for saving the life of her little girl, his voice was choked with sincerity, and many people shed tears when they heard it.

Zhang Gui's face was calm, and the short iron beard on his lips seemed to have softened a lot. He walked up to the commoner steadily, helped him up with his own hands, and said kindly: "This neighbor, you don't need to be polite, I have always loved the people like a son." , Seeing the suffering of the people, how can there be no reason not to help? I also teach my subordinates to be loyal and loving to the people..."

He eloquently elicited applause one after another, and Wang Dou couldn't help but admire him.

After Zhang Gui finally finished speaking, the leading people in Luanzhuang thanked him again: "Your Excellency is so righteous, it is a blessing for our neighbors and people to have such an army of loyalty and righteousness as Your Excellency!"

He handed over a gift list, saying that it was the wishes of the people in Luanzhuang, and he specially thanked the officers and soldiers for saving their daughter, so please accept it.

Zhang Gui declined for a while, then happily accepted the wine, rice, pigs and sheep brought by the people of Luanzhuang.

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After this episode, the atmosphere became more intense. Wang Dou and others entered the fort, and Zhang Gui also invited the people of Luanzhuang to enter the fort to entertain them.

There are three streets and fourteen lanes in Dongjiazhuang Castle, hundreds of official halls in East Street, barracks and horse shops in Northwest Street, and granaries and forage yards in Southeast Street.In addition, there are many temples, theaters and so on in the streets and alleys of the fort.

Like Xin Zhuang, most of the houses in the castle are dilapidated, the streets and alleys are full of garbage and mud, but at this time, the streets are full of people and children chasing Wang Dou and his party, and there is a lot of noise everywhere.After wandering through the three avenues, Wang Dou and others were arranged to rest in the official hall, but there were still many soldiers and civilians excitedly gathering around the door to discuss, unwilling to disperse for a long time.

Zhang Gui asked Zhang Tanggong, the leader of the family team, to entertain the people of Luanzhuang, while he hosted a banquet in the hall to entertain Wang Dou and others. The wine and rice brought by the people of Luanzhuang happened to be eaten, and a pig and sheep happened to be killed for the banquet.

The hall building is very old, and many tables and chairs are crooked, but at this time, the hall is filled with the smell of food.

Big steamed buns, big bowls of meat, big bowls of soup, Wang Dou and others devoured them hungrily.

Zhang Gui kept calling: "Come, come, drink and drink. Come, come, eat meat!"

He himself ate happily, the soup and gravy full of cheeks and beards.Chaozhong's food and wages were often in arrears, and Zhang Gui had to support a group of men, so he rarely ate meat, but it was better for Zhong Dayong and Wang Youjin to eat and meet each other.

In addition, Qi Tianliang is like a fish in water, he is skinny, but his appetite is astonishing, one person eats as much as several people add up.

During the banquet, Zhang Gui also asked Wang Dou and the others to elaborate on what happened last night. With an expression on his face, Zhang Gui was quite affectionate to Wang Dou and the others.

Obviously, last night was the work of Wang Dou and five people, especially Wang Dou, who killed five Tartar soldiers by himself. Looking at the entire security guard, no one had such courage. Looking ahead, he became even more eager to win over Wang Dou.

And after this victory, Wang Dou and the others will definitely be promoted, which makes them even more valuable.

According to the military merit system of the Ming Dynasty, if a sergeant beheaded a head alone, he could be promoted to the first level, and Wang Dou even beheaded the fifth level. There are so many captured, although he gave up two heads, but still It is very likely that he will be promoted to two ranks, so that he may be directly promoted from the ordinary pier army to the rank of general banner.And the rest of them can at least be promoted to one level, and even the Korean and North Korean brothers may even serve as the general banner.

Such a person is not worth wooing, who is worth wooing?And because of the achievements of Wang Dou and others, when the military merits are rewarded, there is no problem for him to advance to a level.Zhang Gui himself is a member of the top [-] households, so it will be easy to be promoted to deputy [-] households.For various reasons, the more Zhang Gui looked at Wang Dou and the others, the more pleasing they were to his eyes.

In the banquet, Zhong Dayong and Wang Youjin became supporting roles, but it was useless for them to get angry, people like Wang Dou could not be suppressed by them.And when the military merits are rewarded at that time, the two of them will also get a lot of benefits.

Zhong Dayong himself is the general banner, and his subordinates have meritorious service. At that time, after he has shared his military merits, at least one of the hundred households will not be able to escape.

Everyone talked loudly about last night's battle and future military rewards, everyone was excited and yearning.

Taking advantage of his drunkenness, Zhang Guiji called Wang Dou Wang's younger brother. Hearing that Zhong Dayong was jealous, he respected Zhang Gui every year, but he had never seen Zhang Gui treat him so affectionately.

Zhang Gui said to Wang Dou: "My brother has seized a lot this time, so I won't talk about the armor and equipment. Can you negotiate with me and give some of the Tartar horses to me?"

The military merit system of the Ming Dynasty, all the people and livestock that were seized were captured by the original owner, but that is to say, if someone else Zhang Gui just snatched it, so what, but the Wang Dou in front of him is not such a soft person, so hurry up Without him, who knows what will happen?So for the first time, Zhang Gui took a negotiating tone to a small soldier.

In fact, Zhang Gui also knew that Wang Dou and the others won't have such a small harvest this time, did those Tartars capture the village, did they plunder the money?These are not on the seized list.But he turned a blind eye to these things, just looked at Wang Dou, to see what he had to say.

Also, he said this directly to Wang Dou, only affirming that the owner of this batch of materials is Wang Dou, and did not mean to ask him Shangguan Zhong Dayong. Zhong Dayong was still valuable to him in the past, but now his value is higher than that of Wang Dou. Speaking of Wang Dou, he can already be ranked at the end.

Wang Doulue pondered for a while, 23 war horses, honestly, I really can’t afford them, one horse eats more than six strong men a day, how can I have so much money to raise them?Just keep one horse for each person.Moreover, after making Zhang Gui his immediate boss, it would be good for him to have a backer in the future.

He glanced at Han Chao and the others, Han Chao nodded slightly, and Han Zhong shouted: "Brother Wang is in charge of everything."

Qi Tianliang also responded: "Yes, yes, I can do what Brother Wang says."

Gao Shiyin also nodded silently.

Wang Dou cupped his fists and said: "Your Majesty in charge, you are welcome. Those horses should have been given to you. How about this, each of my four brothers and I will keep one war horse, and the remaining eighteen horses will be kept in the The castle is all right."

Zhang Gui yelled: "Okay, if you are proud, I have made friends with Brother Wang, come, come, let's drink, drink!"

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