Chapter 398 Peasant Army
What Li Li gave Hong Yuan was the talisman that could mobilize the Dongmu guards. After this army was obedient to Hong Yuan, Hong Yuan's mission was to restore them to a certain scale and then closely monitor the actions of the Japanese.
In addition, in the previous records of the Ministry of War, this army had several warships. Although Li Qing didn't know whether these warships could go down now, he, the emperor, could not control so meticulously, otherwise he would have worked so hard to select two people. What would he do?
According to Li Neng, Dongmu's capture must reach the level of two thousand elite soldiers within one year, and at least two warships that can be used normally.
Hong Yuan has been studying the books of sages hard for many years. In addition, his energy has almost been focused on paying attention to the sufferings of the people around him. He can indeed do very perfectly by making him a grassroots county magistrate, but Hong Yuan has never had any contact with the military-related things. It can be said that he is a novice in this regard.
In Li N's letter, he also mentioned a very obscure sentence that there are any problems that cannot be solved in the military matter. You can ask Lei Wanchun, the Minister of War.
Hong Yuan keenly discovered that this was obviously a way out for him that Li Neng left for him. Once there was really a problem, the Minister of War, who directly governed this army, could solve it for him.
The emperor gave him such trust, and Hong Yuan didn't know what he had to do not do his best.
After he took less than two months to deal with the basic matters of Huang County, he directly brought the military talisman to the military camp guarded by Dongmu.
Although I had known before that this army had not been used by the Tang Dynasty for at least decades, after actually reaching the barracks, Hong Yuan was still shocked and sweating.
This is clearly a forgotten small village.
It is said that Dongmu captured the guard, but now Hongyuan looks like a small village located by the sea, and this village is much worse than Hongyuan's hometown before.
"Can Dongmu capture Zhang Chong, the general of the Central Army?
"Can Dongmu capture Zhang Chong, the general of the Central Army?
"Can Dongmu capture Zhang Chong, the general of the Central Army?
After shouting loudly outside three times, Hong Yuan saw the main master he wanted to find this time, the main general whom Dongmu was named Zhang Chong.
"Who are you?"
"I am Hong Yuan, the magistrate of Huang County. This time I took office, I was ordered by His Majesty and the Ministry of War to be responsible for mobilizing Dongmu to capture the guards."
After Hong Yuan said every word, this man who looked in his forties but was just a farmer suddenly felt like he was touched by something, and his nose felt sore and he started crying like a child.
Hong Yuan quickly supported him, but he seemed to suddenly find a support, leaning on Hong Yuan's shoulder and continuing to cry.
Some people gradually surrounded the surroundings. When Hong Yuan saw that they were all like farmers in his forties and fifties, and there were even some peasant women and children on the outside.
What has this army been doing here over the years? It is obvious to Hong Yuan at a glance. He has always been full of confidence in this matter and finally felt a little tricky this time.
I thought that the one who greeted me might be just an army that was a little negligent in training, but when I arrived, I realized that it was a village, not to mention the warship that Li Neng specifically emphasized in the letter. Hong Yuan didn't know if it had been burned by these people as firewood.
"I have finally waited until Your Majesty remembered our team, but this situation disappointed Your Majesty!"
Although this cried in Chang was indeed a bit too miserable, after hearing what he said, Hong Yuan was a little relieved, because what he said at least means that he had not really forgotten his identity.
If he had not forgotten his identity, although Hong Yuan didn't believe it very much, he had to make himself believe that there was still some room for maneuver.
"Your Majesty will not be disappointed now, but if I inform Your Majesty of your situation, I am afraid that Your Majesty will be really disappointed."
Hong Yuan couldn't find any good way to comfort them for a moment, so he could only smile and say such a neither salty nor indifferent sentence.
It’s pitiful, forgotten, forgotten, and this guy Zhang Chong has already taken everyone to live in the military camp, and he doesn’t even know how many children have been born. If this is spread, it will almost become a joke in the Tang army.
"Please borrow another step to speak!"
When Zhang Chong saw that there were more and more people gathering around him, he directly pulled Hong Yuan to walk towards a wooden house. Hong Yuan was a scholar, and he had no power to Zhang Chong and could not resist and could only follow him.
After entering the house, Zhang Chong did not let Hong Yuan sit or give Hong Yuan a cup of tea. Instead, he rummaged through the boxes and cabinets for a while, and then placed a stack of account books that had been lost in unknown amounts of dust in front of Hong Yuan.
"I know that as the Dongmu Captain, this way we have already smeared the Tang Dynasty, but we have no choice but to do so. Since the year of Tianbao, our military expenditure has been reduced year by year, and there is no new source of troops. In the past ten years, Dongmu Captain has not been allocated to anyone. When the Anlushan rebelled, there was no penny left. We all thought that His Majesty had forgotten that we still had our existence in Henan Road, so we had no choice but to make a living by ourselves. However, as a general of the Tang Dynasty, I dare not leave the place where we should be stationed, for fear that one day the Tang Dynasty would think of us, His Majesty would think of us, but he could not find us!"
As he spoke, the tears of Zhang Chong shed again, obviously thinking about his life over the years and bowing to life.
"If what you say is true, if you can trust me, you will give these things to me. Although I may not be able to hand them over to Your Majesty now, I can also give them to those who can really make decisions for you. One of my tasks in this trip is to revive Dongmu. If you keep doing this, my future will be over."
Hong Yuan was openly and honestly telling Zhang Chong about his current situation.
Zhang Chong was obviously a little hesitant. Although Hong Yuan brought his own certificate from the Huang County Magistrate, Zhang Chong really didn't know what the court now looked like, but he didn't seem to have any other choice.
"Okay! I promised you!"
Chapter completed!