Chapter 10: Beat the Drums
Once in the Xia Dynasty, the military discipline was defeated day by day and harassed the villages for a long time. The people suffered a lot, and they were called "Three Tigers" with harsh donations and miscellaneous taxes.
-- Xia Ji·Military Service
During the Daxia period, due to the Western Di and Northern Barbarians often invaded the border, the elite troops in the army were all in the west and northern borders. The only ones with combat effectiveness in the court were the imperial guards. The local military power was weak due to the long-term lack of war, and the local military officers were vacant and their military pay was deducted, so their combat effectiveness was even more unbearable...
Early in the morning, Wang Bo began to curse: "What? A big county with a population of one million cannot even get more than ten thousand elites? I'll get #%...%*―)(―*)"
The guard opposite him was silent and stumbled: "The lower official has just taken office..."
Wang Bo calmed down a little and waved his hand: "I understand, let's go to the schoolyard now!"
When you came to the schoolyard and saw the performance of the soldiers, a group of crows flew over Wang Bo's forehead: "The revolutionary situation is not optimistic, the future is bleak!" You look at the vegetable market... Oh no, it's the lively atmosphere of the schoolyard. The soldiers in the field were gathering together to talk enthusiastically. What parents and the Li family were in short order, which made Wang Bo suspect that he had arrived at the National Congress of the Workers of the Neighborhood Committee, and his face turned a little darker.
When he arrived at the docking station, Wang Bo stood in the coaching position and shouted: "Beat the drum, docking the docking station!"
With the sound of drums, all the military officers in the county arrived. They knew from the chief clerk that the young county magistrate was not easy to serve, so they didn't dare to neglect. They came to the generals early to wait. But the soldiers on the field were very disrespectful and they did what they should do. The noise was as good as the drumbeat. There was also a sound from afar: "It turns out that the young county magistrate looks like this, far older than my mistress!" "That's right, I thought that all the Wenquxing in the sky who came down to earth looked like Pan An, and were so handsome..." The generals laughed secretly, pretending to be serious and secretly looking at Wang Bo.
Wang Bo was extremely angry, and his luck Dantian shouted: "After the two drums, there will be another sound, kill!" After saying that, the door below suddenly rose and then fell silent... Wang Bo was also stunned, a little funny: "Damn! Force me to use my trick!"
After the three-way drum, Wang Bo began to click the general. The central army took the roster and sang loudly: "Guard Zhang Tong!"
"The last one will be here!"
"Li Ji, the Central Army Flag Officer!"
"The last one will be here!"
...
"Zhaoqi Captain Zuo Chun!"
No one responded in the venue.
"Zhaoqi Captain Zuo Chun!"
Still silent.
Wang Bo couldn't help it, and snatched the roster, gritted his teeth and said coldly: "Is the Captain Zuo Chun in the Cavalry?"
The guard stood up tremblingly: "Sir, Zuo Chun goes to Huaibin to suppress the bandits, and he will probably come back at noon..."
"Oh? Wanjun is thousands of miles away from Huaibin. How could Huaibin send troops to suppress the bandits?"
The guard swallowed secretly and carefully said, "Sir, I heard that the ancestral home of Zuo Zheng is Huaibin..."
"How many people did you bring?"
"Two...two thousand five hundred cavalry..."
When Wang Bo heard this, he slapped the table and said, "Two thousand five hundred cavalry? There are only five thousand cavalry in our county. The bandits arrived in an instant. He went to cross the river with a mud Buddha, but went to sweep the snow on the eaves of others? Zhang Shoujie, don't tell me you don't know!"
After saying that, Wang Bo stared at Zhang Shoubei coldly, and Zhang Shoubei's sweat flowed down, stuttering: "The last general...the last general..."
Wang Bo suddenly shouted loudly: "Say! What benefits did he give you!"
Zhang Shoubei suddenly knelt down: "He gave the subordinate 20% of the harvest!"
"Oh? So Zuo Chun went to fight the autumn wind?" After hearing this, Wang Bo's eyes became even colder. It turned out that the local military discipline in Daxia was corrupt, and he often robbed and killed the mountain people to make military achievements, and called it "fighting the autumn wind". The mountain people were called "wild boars" and the villagers were called "home pigs".
The garrison bowed his head and said yes, and seemed to understand something. He knelt two steps forward, hugged Wang Bo's thighs, and cried loudly: "Sir, the officials are not willing either! However, the great clan of the Wan County of the Zuo family cannot offend..."
Wang Bo waved his hand in disgust: "You are here to wait for the crime." Looking at the sky, he pondered: "Is the Zuo family?"
After pondering for a while, Wang Bo smiled again: "Then let's wait and welcome the Grand Captain Zuo to Triumph!" After that, he stopped talking.
The generals under the tent felt more and more heavy at this time. Although Wang Bo smiled, they felt a cold air rising from their bones, and they thought to themselves: "Zuo Chun is in trouble!"
The soldiers on the school ground were already talking and no longer caring about military discipline. Wang Bo sat in the position of commander, closing his eyes to rest, and seemed to have never heard of it. Zhang Shoubei kept sweating, fighting the two wars...
It was finally three o'clock in the afternoon, and the sound of horse hooves came from outside the school gate. A team of cavalry slowly entered the school ground, and dozens of large wooden boxes were followed by the team. Everyone thought to themselves: "Here you come!"
After a while, a general walked up to the generals and greeted the generals under the tent: "Ha! Are you all here? Today, everyone is quite popular. My brothers have a good harvest this time. I will distribute the bill and go have a drink. I will treat you!"
The generals looked strange and looked at Wang Bo with their eyes.
Zuo Chun seemed to have just discovered Wang Bo: "Uh? This is the 'Six-art Boy'?"
Zhang Shoubei beside him whispered: "Don't be rude! Call me sir!" Zuo Chun said lazyly: "What adult? Isn't he just a child?" As he said that, he still salivated and approached Wang Bo: "Look, 'Children' don't speak, what are you involved?"
Everyone's hearts were raised - Zuo Chun relied on the Zuo family and was so rampant! The county magistrate must have an attack.
But Wang Bo was beyond expectations and said to Zuo Chun with a smile: "Brother Zuo Shi, is it hard to suppress the bandits this time? I wonder if the harvest is good?"
"I'm just saying that, why are you so stingy?" He smiled a little, "Reply to the adults, the harvest is OK. Seeing that the adults are so sensible, I'll give you one later!" As he said that, he pulled Wang Bo to the audience, "It's better to pick up the sun than to hit the sun. Let's pick it now, let's split after picking it. Everyone go and have fun!"
Wang Bo let him pull himself in front of those boxes. After unpacking the box, Zuo Chun smiled and said, "Sir, what box is the one I like?" Wang Bo stepped forward, picked up a handful of gold, silver and jewelry from a wooden box, and then relaxed his hand, and heard the sound of Ding Ding Dang Dang. Wang Bo smiled and looked at Zuo Chun: "Brother Shi is so generous, does the young master want to borrow something from Brother Shi?"
"As long as the adults take a fancy to him, how dare Zuo Chun refuse to obey?" Zuo Chun laughed.
"Then let's use the head of Brother Shi!" Wang Bo's face curled, his eyes flashed with a shiny light. He pulled out a sword beside him. With just one stroke, he saw Zuo Chun covering his neck, his eyes full of disbelief, and his mouth opened and closed, but he only made a whimpering sound, slowly falling down...
Wang Bo threw the knife and turned around and walked towards the Dianjiangtai. He was slightly shocked to the generals behind him: "Bell Zuo Chun's head and circulate it across the entire army to serve as a warning to others!"
Chapter completed!