Chapter 320: Stealing in the Army, Killing Those Who Resist

Chapter 320: Stealing in the Army, Killing Those Who Resist

Chapter 320: Stealing in the Army, Killing Those Who Resist
The night is falling, the cold wind is howling,
A light rain fell.
The entire city of Kunming was plunged into a haze, and a thin mist seemed to be rising in the air.

It was almost midnight, and because Kunming was a military town, the curfew was particularly strict.
The streets are now empty.
Only the night watchman wearing a raincoat was walking in the streets, and his voice could be heard from time to time.

"Everything will turn into good fortune, and everything will be fine~"

In the southwest of Kunming City, most of the area near the city wall is occupied by military camps, densely populated with soldiers guarding Kunming.

At this time, not far from the military camp,

A group of more than a hundred people walked silently on the empty bluestone road.
The sound of raindrops hitting the ground was accompanied by slightly dull footsteps.

The leader of this trip was Meng Yuanhang, the councilor of the Provincial Administration Office.
He was also a close confidant of Right Councillor Liu Yangwen, and was responsible for handling specific affairs.

The Councillor was a fourth-rank official who was responsible for carrying out the many government affairs assigned by the two Councillors.

The specific number varies depending on the busyness of the provincial government, and there is no specific quota.

Some yamen officials who have a strong background but do not have any outstanding abilities are often assigned this position.

Meng Yuanhang was naturally not included in this list. He was in charge of many matters related to horse administration in the Provincial Administration Office.
I am very busy on weekdays, and I am urged by everyone.
So much so that his hair and beard had already turned gray before he was fifty.

Today, he went down under the order of Lord Liu.
Come to the front army scouts to receive the tall horses from the grassland,
The sudden good news made him walk briskly and a faint smile remained on his face.

With these 1,000 war horses, at least we can solve the immediate problem.
Moreover, the scouts in the front army had many horses.

Now that we have made a good start, are you still afraid that there will be no good news later?
When he thought of this, the smile on Meng Yuanhang's mouth widened, and the boredom of carrying out government affairs on a rainy day disappeared.

He took a deep breath, looked at the brightly lit military camp not far away, and turned back to let out a low shout:
"Listen carefully, this trip is confidential and cannot be disclosed to anyone.

After receiving the warhorse, immediately cover its mouth and hooves, and do not make any noise when leaving!"

The sound spread quickly among the team, and everyone felt something strange.

Why is it that carrying out government affairs seems like committing thieves?

However, Meng Yuanhang did not explain, so they did not ask any questions. If the sky fell, the adults would hold it up.

At this moment, a night watchman staggered out from the street corner.
"Turning danger into fortune, Ping Er!"

The night watchman was quite old and thin.
Looking at the hundreds of figures that suddenly appeared, I was stunned.

These people in front of me have thick raincoats.
With his entire face covered by the hood, it’s obvious that he doesn’t look like a good person.

The night watchman trembled and could not help but take a step back.
But considering his duty, he still asked in a trembling voice:
"Who are you!"

A hint of gloom flashed across Meng Yuanhang's eyes. He had carefully planned the route when he came here.
Make sure you don't run into night watchmen or patrolling soldiers along the way.

But unexpectedly, he still encountered it. It must be that the night watchman was slow and did not patrol carefully.

Taking a deep breath, Meng Yuanhang took a step forward.
He took out the token from his pocket, held it in front of him, and spoke in a deep voice:
"We are from the Provincial Administration Office and have official business to attend to. Please get out of the way!"

The night watchman stood there in a daze, staring at the token in a daze, and somehow moved closer.
He stretched out his hand tremblingly, wanting to take it and take a look.

Seeing this, Meng Yuanhang's eyes flashed with helplessness, and his breathing became a little rapid.

If it had been in the past, why would it have come to this?
Meng Yuanhang suppressed his rage, handed the token to Qin Lingfeng, the manager beside him, and instructed:

"Show him."

The clerk ran up quickly and handed over the token.

The night watchman took it and examined it carefully, and found that it was indeed the token of the Provincial Administration Commissioner's Office.

Thinking that there were people from the government ahead, the night watchman was not so scared anymore.

He straightened his bent back, stared at them in surprise, and muttered quietly:
“It’s fine to just take a walk on weekdays, but why are you still wandering around outside now?

Now the Dusi has issued a strict order that anyone who goes out at night must be recorded."

As he spoke, the night watchman took out a booklet from his pocket and handed it over:

"Please remember this. Otherwise, if something happens, I won't be able to explain myself."

Qin Lingfeng looked at the booklet, took a deep breath, and tried to calm down.
I looked at the military camp not far away.
Seeing that he was only one step away, he met such a fool.

This feeling drives people crazy.

Qin Lingfeng snatched the booklet and quickly opened it.

Regardless of the drizzling rain,
He wrote a line of text quickly and handed it back.

"Keep your mouth shut and don't brag about it.

When a big shot does something, killing you is as easy as crushing an ant."

The night watchman curled his lips and took the book back.

Put it in your arms and quickly leave from the side of the team
He lowered his head and dared not look at them.

Seeing the night watchman leave, Qin Lingfeng returned to the team to report.

Meng Yuanhang nodded gently:
"Let's keep going. We must complete the transfer and placement of those war horses tonight."

"Yes!"

The group walked quickly and were soon stopped by the guards of the military camp.

When they showed the documents from the Dusi, they were allowed to enter smoothly.

Not far away, the night watchman stood quietly in the darkness of the corner.

As he watched the group of people disappear into the military camp, confusion flashed in his eyes and his expression was inexplicable.

At this time, a series of crisp footsteps sounded, and a person shrouded in darkness appeared.
"What are you looking at?"

The night watchman was frightened and shuddered.
He turned back quickly, his face filled with horror.
When he saw the person coming, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, with a look of joy on his face:
"Sir, I have followed all your orders, but there are still people who don't follow the rules."

As he spoke, the night watchman handed over the book in his arms and whispered:

"Sir, that person just now was the officer Qin from the Dusi.

But he wrote the name of Mr. Li,

But it doesn’t matter. I saw that he wrote with his right hand, so the handwriting should be correct.”

"Ah."

The man in black took the booklet, looked at it carefully in the gloomy moonlight, and nodded slightly.

Then he took out a silver ingot from his pocket and threw it over.

"Don't tell anyone what happened today, or your whole family will suffer."

"Don't worry, sir. I know the rules."

"Well, let's go."

The night watchman put the silver ingot into his arms, held it tightly, and left quickly with rapid steps.

The man in black holding the book also disappeared into the darkness.

In the military camp, Meng Yuanhang and his party followed the people who were waiting for them and quickly passed through many camps.
Avoiding the patrolling soldiers,

Soon they arrived near the station of the front army scouts.

Once here,

Everyone can feel the density and strictness of the patrol guards.
There were rows of military tents, and there were almost no gaps, and there were always soldiers moving around among them.

Moreover, there were several large military tents in the front army scout unit with lights on, and some figures were walking back and forth inside.

"What is this doing?"

Meng Yuanhang looked at the huge military tent with a puzzled look on his face.

"Literacy."

The person who met us was the guard of the military camp, a man in his thirties with a square appearance, named Song Wenhao.

"Not only can I read, but I also have many documents and the adults teach me the art of war."

As he spoke, his face showed a bit of weirdness and a bit of envy:
"If there were such a great man among my fellow soldiers, I wouldn't still be a gatekeeper at the age of thirty."

Ignoring his complaints, Meng Yuanhang looked around and asked:

“Where is the delivery location?”

"Wait a moment, there are people patrolling the stables now."

"How long?"

"A quarter of an hour."

"it is good."

Meng Yuanhang nodded slightly, his face showing excitement, and couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Not far away, there was an ordinary military tent.

There was a hole in the curtain at the door, and a telescope was sticking out.

I can vaguely see those eyes full of excitement!

Li Jinglong stood in the military tent, staring at the newcomer, and could not help cursing:

"These bastards really dare to come."

Liu Heiying stood not far away, looking out from the outer wall of the military tent, with a sneer on his face.

"Don't worry, Duke Cao, once they enter the stable,
Then we will capture them all, red-handed.”

"It was Song Wenhao, who was on duty at the military camp.

He is actually a traitor to his own people. You really can’t judge a person by his appearance. "

Li Jinglong stared at it intently and spoke softly:
"They have the documents from the Dusi, and Song Wenhao has no choice but to agree.

The real traitors are the bigwigs in the Dusi."

As he spoke, Li Jinglong showed a bit of pity on his face.

Thinking of the burned list, he sighed:
"If the list had not been burned, we could use this opportunity to clean it up."

Liu Heiying blinked and said in a low voice:
"Duke Cao should just forget about this, unless everyone on the list is arrested.
Otherwise, if you use the list to arrest people, you don't know how many enemies you will make.

Although there were not many people there, most of them were concentrated in Dali Prefecture and Kunming Prefecture.

But there are people behind them, and those who are related to them will naturally be involved.
They are hiding in the dark, and we never know when they will give us a surprise blow. "Li Jinglong also understood this principle.
But he just felt it was a pity to let those people go unpunished.

At this moment, a cold wind suddenly blew from the military tent behind him, and the sound of raindrops outside became much louder.

Liu Heiying looked back and saw that it was his personal guard Hu Xiaowu who came in.

The black clothes on his body were already mostly wet by the rain.

Hu Xiaowu walked closer, took out the night watchman's document from his pocket and handed it over.

"Sir, this is the handwriting of Qin Lingfeng."

Liu Heiying took it and nodded, a smile appeared on his stern face:

"Okay, go and rest.
Take a hot bath and drink some ginger soup, but don't catch a cold."

"Thank you, sir. I will leave now."

Hu Xiaowu smiled, with a bit of shyness on his young face, and carefully left the military tent.

Li Jinglong looked at the booklet with a strange expression on his face:
"Where did you get this?"

"I bribed the night watchman to pass by the door later.
The two happened to meet, and the words left behind,
If they refuse to admit it or the people behind them want to protect it,
Let me use this as proof.”

Li Jinglong took the booklet and looked at the name and handwriting on it.

“That name isn’t right either.”

Liu Heiying's eyes were dull for a moment, and he quickly explained:
"Then Qin Lingfeng was cautious and did not write his own name.

But this is the worst course of action. We can still sue him for framing a colleague.
In addition, he went out during curfew and wrote down his colleague's name. It's obvious that there is something fishy going on."

After hearing this, Li Jinglong widened his eyes slightly, feeling that what he said made a lot of sense.

At least when fighting in the court, words are extremely important.

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye a quarter of an hour passed.

The hazy moonlight was completely blocked by dark clouds, and the drizzle in the sky seemed to be getting heavier.

Song Wenhao was at the front, watching a pair of guards leave the stable.

He couldn't help but show excitement, and quickly waved to the people hiding in the shadows of the military tents behind him:
"Hurry up!"

He was the first to step out of the shadows and head towards the stable.

Meng Yuanhang followed behind him and felt the sneakiness.

I suddenly felt nervous for no reason and had a bad feeling in my heart.

But he suddenly thought of it.
This trip was to receive the delivery of war horses by the adults, and it was official business, so I felt relieved.

The stable is located on the side of the front army scout camp.
On normal days, soldiers and grooms in the military camp were not allowed to enter.

Feeding the war horses and cleaning the stables are all done by the soldiers of the front army scout unit.

Only at night can patrolling soldiers pass through it.

Now, the stable is silent, embraced by a soft and mysterious darkness.

The drizzle fell silently from the sky.

It landed lightly on the eaves of the stable, making a slight sound.

A group of people came here and looked through the narrow window.
You can see the prairie horses standing next to their respective troughs.

Some of them were lying on their sides on the straw mats, soundly sleeping.

Their figures appear even more ferocious in the dim light.

The fur is shiny, and there are sparkling water droplets.

The slightly plump muscles on his body opened Meng Yuanhang's eyes and he couldn't help but hold his breath.
He couldn't imagine what the people in the front army's scout department fed their war horses every day.

He has just experienced two wars, but he is still so fat.

In war horses, fat often means endurance and health.
Although too much fat will affect the flexibility of war horses,
But these grassland war horses of the front army scouts,
It can be seen that it has been carefully maintained, with just the right amount of fat.

Meng Yuanhang looked down at the manger and grabbed a handful of it.
Feeling the stickiness of the feed, I couldn't help but lick it with my tongue.
As he thought about it, his eyes widened little by little.

Barley, bean cake, black beans, red dates, alfalfa, forage grass, salt, eggs, honey, sesame oil.
Before he could fully comprehend it all, the mixed smells made his judgment useless and he couldn't help but take another bite.

There are so many, so many good things in there.

Although war horses originally eat better than humans,
But such food arrangement may be several times better than what humans eat.

Meng Yuanhang's breathing became a little faster, and he couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart.
If these war horses were allocated by the provincial government, I wonder how many favors they would have to pay for them.

As long as a team of 1,000 soldiers has one hundred good horses, their combat effectiveness will increase dramatically, and they will have the opportunity to change the situation in a crucial battle.

Meng Yuanhang also knew why the front army scouts won every battle.

If you spend money recklessly like this, even a pig can kill everyone on the battlefield.

He looked up.
At the end of the corridor, the person he was leading had already met the person who was waiting at the stable.
At this moment, they are opening the slots in the stables one by one and letting the horses out.
Officials rushed in one after another to silence the horses.
Obviously, these officials also realized the preciousness of such war horses, and their movements became faster.

Meng Yuanhang was not involved.
He looked at the stables one by one, his eyes becoming brighter and brighter.
After visiting less than ten stables, he had already seen several top-quality horses.
If it were placed in the Tea and Horse Bureau, I wonder how much tea it could be exchanged for.

It’s a pity that there is not enough time for him to choose carefully.

Otherwise, he would definitely be able to pick out the real BMW from these war horses.

"My lord, these war horses are great."

Qin Lingfeng ran over excitedly, his voice filled with uncontrollable excitement.
Although it is dark here, I can still see his sparkling eyes.

Without waiting for Meng Yuanhang to speak, Qin Lingfeng spoke again, with a ruthless tone in his voice.

"Sir, we can't miss so many horses.
Although Lu Yunyi's investigation was stopped,

But Xiping Hou will definitely do his best to protect him, and I don't know when he will be reinstated.
Before that, we must make sure that the rice is cooked.
By the time he comes back, it will be too late to make amends.”

Meng Yuanhang's eyes also flickered, and he nodded gently:

"I understand, but the specifics of how to proceed still depend on Master Liu."

"Lord Liu is a high-ranking official in the government, and he doesn't know how precious these war horses are. The first batch only had over a thousand horses, which is too few!!"

Qin Lingfeng's eyes flashed with deep regret, and so did Meng Yuanhang.

But the current situation is like this, he is just a fourth-rank councilor,
In the eyes of the common people, he is naturally a high-ranking official wearing a scarlet robe.
But it means nothing in the government.

In officialdom, real power lies not in how many people one is in charge of, but in how many officials one is in charge of.

He had enough horses to manage, but not many people.

"Alright, alright, get to work.
By then, we can buy more favors and maybe have a chance to improve ourselves."

Meng Yuanhang waved his hand, urging Qin Lingfeng to do his work.

Hearing this, Qin Lingfeng's eyes flickered and he nodded vigorously!
"Yes!"

Most of the officials who came this time were in charge of horse administration.
After being in contact with war horses all day, he quickly silenced more than a thousand horses.

In less than two quarters of an hour, it was all completed.
The war horses were now linked together in teams of ten.
They were neatly arranged in the corridor of the stable.

Meng Yuanhang was very excited. He waved his hand and a suppressed voice rang out:
"go!"

There were more than a hundred people, all smiling and with a hint of passion to steal.

He just led his warhorse along the planned retreat route.

The destination is a small gate behind the camp.
It is usually used to load and unload military supplies and food, as well as the daily meals needed by the firemen.

Soon, they arrived quietly.

At this moment, the drizzle was silently moistening everything around.

There was a dead silence at the back door.
The empty gate stood there alone like a forgotten corpse.

The lanterns and torches that were supposed to illuminate the place were now extinguished, leaving behind a deep darkness.

The rain slowly slid down the iron frames of lanterns and torches.
dripping on the wet ground,

It made a subtle and crisp sound, which was particularly harsh in the silence.

The people who came here looked around in confusion.

I was keenly aware of the weirdness in the atmosphere.

Many people cast their eyes towards Song Wenhao who was squeezed to the front.

He just stood there blankly, his pupils shaking violently.

"I have arranged a trusted person to pick me up here. Where is he?"

As soon as the words fell, the strange atmosphere suddenly became solemn, and the faces of the leading officials changed drastically!
boom--

Dazzling flames suddenly exploded all around!
call--

The fire spread quickly.
The dark back door of the military camp suddenly became as bright as day, and no one could hide.

Densely packed figures appeared, all wearing the same black armor.

His face was stern, his eyes were as sharp as an eagle, and his expression was extremely cold!

There was hatred in his eyes towards the enemy.

Immediately, the sound of bows and crossbows being strung up could be heard from all around, clear and powerful.

It's like countless string players plucking the strings at the same time.

Then, the clanging sounds of long swords being unsheathed came one after another.
Each blade reflects the cold light of fire.

It flashed with a bloodthirsty cold light, as if it was about to chop down at the next moment!
The air seemed to freeze, and the tension and oppression pressed on everyone's heart like a huge rock, making it difficult to breathe.

The sound of light footsteps was heard.

Duke Cao Li Jinglong, wearing gilded armor, walked out from the crowd. His tall body was full of oppression and his eyes were filled with contempt.

"I've really learned a lot. Someone is so brave as to come to the military camp and steal war horses."

"Capture them all. If there are any who resist, kill them immediately!"

(End of this chapter)