Chapter 24 "Dinghu Stele"
"What's your mercenary doing?"
Li Kuan suddenly spoke, Dong Hu's pupils shrank, and he smiled and said, "That's the case for mercenaries. They are all villagers who want to protect their families but cannot enter the country. The eldest son and Huwa just make a mess, and then they messed up the soldiers in the village."
When Li Kuan heard the word "nonsense, rural soldier", he was a little worried.
"Thuwa, you honestly explain to us. Can you stop those damn ginseng wolf Qiang?"
Dong Hu looked a little more serious and looked around. Seeing him like this, Li Kuan waved his hand, and all the maids and servants in the room bowed their heads one by one and exited the room.
"There are no outsiders here, please tell me carefully."
Li Kuan spoke again, Dong Hu thought for a moment and asked, "What do you think my uncle is capable of? My uncle's family is all in Lintao. If my uncle doesn't agree with the eldest son, would he dare to take away all the troops in Lintao City easily?"
Li Kuan was stunned and nodded slightly. They were all local tyrants in Longxi County and knew each other well. Although Li Kuan looked down on Dong Zhuo's rudeness, he also recognized his ability.
Dong Hu said: "There are only five or six hundred soldiers in the southern Longxi lieutenant, but there are two thousand mercenaries. Huwa thought so. Huwa led a thousand soldiers to hide outside the city, and the eldest son and General Hua Xiong led a thousand men to defend the city wall."
"There are thousands of people guarding the city at the top of the city, which is enough to ensure that Lintao City is foolproof. Even if Huwa is not capable and dies outside the city, the adults will never have any mistakes. After the rebellion army came to Didao, the adults can use the reason that Ganlang Qiang is in chaos and ask General Huangfu Song to divide a group of troops to protect Longxi County."
"It would be best if Huangfu Song gave the adult a team of troops. If he didn't give it, if something happened to Longxi County, it would have nothing to do with the adult!"
Dong Hu said: "This is the situation where Huwa is not capable and dies at the hands of Lang Meng. If Huwa kills Lang Meng in one fell swoop, the adults will have the ability to plan and win a thousand miles. No matter what the final result of quelling the rebellion, the adults will have the credit. With this contribution, it may not be necessary to enter the court as a high-ranking official."
Li Kuan nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Not bad, I can suppress the ginseng wolf and Qiang in one fell swoop, we will never treat you badly!"
Dong Hu smiled bitterly again and sighed: "Sir, you know who the mercenaries are, and you know the situation of the eldest son and Huwa. If General Huangfu leads his troops to come, I hope you can take care of the mercenaries one or two."
Li Kuan stood up with his knees, perhaps because he was too fat, so he didn't stand up all of a sudden. Dong Hu hurriedly stepped forward and helped him up, but his shoulder was heavily patted by Fatty Li.
"As long as you give us a good face, we won't treat you badly!"
Li Kuan patted Dong Hu again.
"Ganlang Qiang likes to make trouble, and it is impossible to protect the villagers without swords and weapons. Before leaving, they will take thousands of swords and weapons from Curry."
Dong Hu was overjoyed and hurriedly praised: "It's still the heroic spirit of the adults. Huwa must work diligently and dare not let the eldest son, and his sister-in-law suffer a little grievance!"
Li Kuan still knows some knowledge about Dong Hu, knows that he has beaten many generals Dong Zhuo for Dong Mao, and knows Dong Mao's status in the mercenary camp.
The powerful people in the northwest are all the same, and their houses are rougher, but the Li family is taking the path of literati... Although their descendants are not very talented and have not created any famous scholars, their houses are more luxurious than the Dong family.
Since he was ten years old, Dong Hu has followed a group of salt vendors to sell salt. He talks about humans and talks about ghosts, and it is easy to gain favor from others. What's more, he even gave Li Kuan a boss's credit for nothing.
The Ganlang Qiang has not yet emerged to attack Lintao. When Dong Hu left Lintao, he specifically told Dong Xiaoyi, Da Ya and others that everyone must spread the empty Lintao incident, and must make everyone panic and send the news to the Ganlang Qiang.
When doing these things, Dong Hu did not dare to be 100% sure that Lang Meng would emerge. Lang Meng was a real lunatic. She skinned her father as a war drum, used his elder brother's head as a wine glass, and even kept his own sister as a dog on his legs. It is said that she also raised a monster-like son or younger brother...
Dong Hu knew that Lang Meng was a madman and perverted, but he also knew that although the madman was cruel, he was extremely cautious. He was not 100% sure that the madman would take the bait, but when he passed it to Beigong Boyu through Mengdu's mouth, he was 100% sure.
Li Kuan was very powerful. After a meal, he asked someone to take him to the treasury. Not only did he give him swords, weapons and arrows, but he also gave him five hundred leather armor. For Li Kuan, he gave him everyone. After Huangfu Song came, the things in the treasury could not be kept even if he wanted to protect them. Instead of being cheaper to others, it would be better to be cheaper to his son-in-law!
Not only did he send swords, guns, swords and halberds, he also recruited hundreds of carriages to drag them in the middle of winter, which also made Dong Hu quite proud.
With the convoy drag and the wind and snow all over the sky, it took half a month to return to Lintao from Didao.
There was no danger on the road until twenty miles near Lintao, a coachman who was temporarily acting as a spy hurriedly came and said that there were thousands of thieves in front of him. When he heard the coachman's words, Dong Hu was also startled and thought that the Ganlang Qiang had already come, so he hurriedly rode his horse to investigate. As the coachman said, more than a thousand people were indeed running towards him, but it was not the thief, but his mercenary.
In order to keep warm enough, everyone has leather hats, sheepskin gloves, ear protection, neck protection, mask, knee protection. The northwest has no shortage of broken leather, and they are all poor. Although the style is a bit bad, they are as ragged as beggars, at least everyone is warm.
More than a thousand mercenaries running "Rumbling" just looking at the queue, Dong Hu knew that for more than a month, no one was too lazy, and there was a more satisfied smile on his face. He hugged Hua Xiong, Dong Xiaoyi, and Da Ya who came to greet him.
Dong Hu pounded Hua Xiong's chest and smiled and said, "Not bad, you are not too lazy yet. Look, what good things the big leader has brought you!"
"Ha ha……"
When Dong Hu thought of picking out the swords and weapons used by a thousand soldiers from Li Kuan's mouth, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Hua Xiong looked bitter and smiled bitterly: "You big leader, you don't know that Lintao City is in chaos at this time. Not only did the prefect ask someone to ask, the county magistrate and the lieutenant come to the door three times a day. If those ginseng wolf and Qiang don't come to attack, we really can't hold on."
"hehe……"
Dong Hu patted Hua Xiong on the shoulder with a smile, took the wine bag from Da Ya, and first delivered it to Hua Xiong. Hua Xiong smiled bitterly and waved his hand to refuse.
After drinking a bit of wine, Dong Hu turned his head to look at Da Ya with half a face covering, and smiled at Hua Xiong again.
"Da Ya is both literary and martial, and she is the most meticulous in handling chores. Can General Hua Xiong be moved? If he is moved, it is better to pursue one or two, and he may be able to embrace the beauty!"
Hua Xiong couldn't help but look at Da Ya who was glaring at him and smiled bitterly again, but he was still worried about the chaotic situation in Lintao County, and sighed and smiled bitterly: "Hua Xiong is really bottomless. Will that wolf Meng really enter Lintao?"
"The New Year is coming in one month..."
Dong Hu suddenly said something that made Hua Xiong stunned, returned the wine bag to Da Ya, patted Hua Xiong on the shoulder, and grinned.
"General Hua Xiong, you are not as calm as Xiao Yi. Da Ya, look at them, how can you worry?"
Hua Xiong looked at Da Ya who was glaring again, Xiao Yi...
"Don't worry, that dead pervert will definitely come here. I guess the time... it's within a month, and it's most likely to be at the end of the year."
"ah?"
Hua Xiong was shocked and wanted to ask carefully, but Dong Hu only patted him on the shoulder.
"If you have anything to say, go home."
Dong Hu turned around and shouted.
“I’m not active when I go home—”
"There is a problem with the brain-"
Two or three hundred coachmen instinctively shouted, and Hua Xiong was stunned again, but Dong Hu waved his hand.
"go home--"
Dong Hu turned over the horse, took the flag from Da Ya's hand, grinned backwards, and roared to the sky.
"The sun and the moon shine—"
"All of them are Han territory--"
"Where the rivers come--"
"All for Han people—"
"Roar to me-"
...
"The sun and the moon shine—"
"All of them are Han territory--"
...
“I’m not active when I go home—”
"There is a problem with the brain-"
...
"go home--"
...
Dong Hu carried the flag, and the big man made a roar. Thousands of men roared with the titular "Dinghu Monument", and their momentum was soaring to the sky for a moment...
The army moves forward, and ghosts and gods avoid it.
The Zhentian Army was rolling like thunder. Dong Mao, who was standing at the top of the city with a cane, smiled faintly, and spoke without looking back.
"Whether the sun and the moon shine are all Han territory, and wherever the rivers reach are all Han people..."
"Mr. Sun County and Lieutenant Liu, with such a mighty village bravery, can the two adults feel at ease?"
County Magistrate Sun Ying and School Captain Liu Sheng looked at each other. Every day, he could see the mercenaries in front of and behind. County Magistrate Sun Ying may not understand these pediatric matters, so Liu Sheng never looked down on them. These pediatrics are too pediatrics, but now...
Sun Ying shook his head and sighed: "The Dinghu Monument" is too domineering. I never expected that a group of people and heroes would have such momentum just based on the inscriptions of the Dinghu Monument."
The captain Liu Sheng couldn't help but become bigger, as if Min Zhuang even had such momentum, it was still vulnerable to Min Zhuang. Dong Mao just smiled faintly and looked at the long dragon rolling towards him...
"It's fine if the magistrate of Sun County is old. It's a great achievement to allow the people of Lintao to live and work in peace and contentment, but Liu Xiaowei... Perhaps because of these brave men in the country, he might not be able to return to the Luoyang imperial capital."
Liu Sheng was stunned and frowned and said, "What does the eldest son mean?"
Dong Mao looked at more than a thousand mercenaries getting closer and closer, and smiled slightly.
"What does it mean..."
"Although Lang Meng is a madman, he is not a stupid person. How could he not see the panic of Lintao at this time?"
"If under the command of Liu Zhengwei, two thousand Qiang thieves were wiped out in one fell swoop..."
"hehe……"
Dong Mao chuckled softly, and Liu Sheng's heart was aroused. He had long disliked Lintao, a remote small place, and he lamented many times late at night. He was extremely dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo pulling all the soldiers away, but now...
Last minute, he looked at the mercenaries and felt disgusted and fucked, but the next moment, his mood was different and he saw more things.
The Northwest people are tough and wild, and they fight whenever they disagree. Especially the Northwest people who are not good at speaking rarely push and shovate with others for a long time, but suddenly step forward and punch, first hit others in the face.
Although there are reasons for joining mercenaries, there is one thing that everyone has, that is, people who do not take their lives seriously.
Mercenaries are somewhat different from Yi Conghu. Yi Conghu in a sense are also mercenaries. They are mercenaries recruited by the court or generals. They are very different from recruitment. Their treatment is much better than recruitment. It is precisely because of their good treatment, their combat power fluctuates greatly, especially after the treatment is reduced.
What about mercenaries? Two kilograms of grain a day, and big belly men have to eat two or three kilograms of grain a day. Two kilograms of grain a day is not enough for a meal!
There is no salary, no equipment, nothing. If they cannot defeat their opponents and do not steal some spoils, they will not get anything.
Chapter completed!