Chapter 308: Life Is Just Like the First Meeting

The atmosphere in the realm seemed to have changed overnight, but there were also a few places that were the same as in the past, isolated from the world.

The military camp that received defeated soldiers and captives was such a place.

At this time, there were still about three thousand people in the camp, which had been expanded twice before it was not so crowded. Those locked here included the Xu family's private army, Yue Qilin's old subordinates, Xu Li's direct descendants, and official troops captured here and there.

Because of the different sources of origin in the camp, they naturally formed several small groups, and then the Xu family's private army and various official troops looked down on each other. Although the two factions lived on the same side, they were also clearly divided.

In the complex relationship, there was also a particularly clear distinction between factions.

At the other end of the camp, there were several hundred people, coming from all sorts of backgrounds. These people were all those who had already opened their mouths to surrender. In the past, they would be picked up immediately after surrendering, but this time, I don't know why, they had expressed their willingness to surrender for several days without any movement.

Those who refused to surrender naturally regarded these surrenderers as thorns in their eyes and flesh, wishing they could beat them up. But the guards of course would not allow such things to happen. As long as there was a conflict between the two sides, they would stand on the side of the surrenderers regardless of right or wrong, and would not listen to what the die-hards said at all.

In addition, the good places in the camp that were upwind and upstream were all given to the surrenderers, and the place where four or five hundred people lived was larger than the place where the remaining three thousand people lived.

The die-hards were naturally furious to the extreme, and when they saw the surrenderers, they were sarcastic and abusive. The scolding was nothing more than that once the imperial court's army arrived, these people who followed the bandits would have no good ending.

One day, the two sides met in the center of the camp, and dozens of die-hards were again unclean in their mouths. The surrenderers were naturally angry and scolded back immediately. The two sides pushed and shoved, and it looked like they were going to fight again.

At this time, the sound of hooves outside the camp was like thunder, and dozens of warhorses rushed directly into the center of the camp. The leading knight, without saying a word, gave a horse whip, and whipped the die-hards away.

The die-hards in the camp all walked out of the tents, gathered together, and stared coldly at the knights, their eyes as if they wanted to eat people!

The camp was going to explode!

The knight was not afraid at all, just treating them as non-existent, and ordered people to summon all those who surrendered to the center of the camp and stand in line.

He walked around in front of the crowd and said loudly: "You guys are really lucky, you have new clothes to wear as soon as you surrender! From now on, you are all my subordinates. Whoever dares to lose face for me, I will whip whoever! Someone, issue military uniforms!"

At this time, both the die-hards and the surrenderers were confused, not understanding what was going on.

Several cavalrymen opened the boxes they brought, took out sets of brand-new military uniforms and issued them to the surrenderers. The knight suddenly moved his nose and ordered: "In a moment, take these guys to wash well first, don't wear new military uniforms while stinking."

At this time, a loud shout suddenly rang out from the side: "Stop!"

The knight turned his head and saw a seven-foot man walking out of the die-hards, fierce and burly. He pointed at the military uniform and said sternly: "Isn't this the official military uniform of our Great Jin? Are you really going to rebel?! Are you not afraid of exterminating the nine clans?"

The knight sneered and said: "The Prince of Jin has already appointed the Realm Master as the Ningxi Military Governor, a high-ranking official of the second rank! We are now official troops recorded in the court, and also frontier troops! If we don't wear military uniforms, what should we wear? It is you who have repeatedly opposed the Military Governor, that is the rebellion! Are you not afraid of exterminating the nine clans?"

The burly man was stunned and could only say: "You are lying, this, this is impossible!"

At this time, someone suddenly rushed out from the die-hards, knelt down with a "thump," and said repeatedly: "We have always been loyal to the imperial court! We are willing to surrender! Ah, no, it is willing to serve the Military Governor!"

The knight looked disdainful and said: "The Military Governor now has a limited quota in the army, not everyone is accepted! You guys only want to surrender now, it's too late!"

He spat, scanned the crowd, and mocked: "A bunch of trash, you can't even catch up to hot shit."

The surrenderers were holding new military uniforms at this time, each one like a rooster wanting to open its screen.

Edge of the Broken Land.

A caravan appeared, moving slowly along the road that was sometimes there and sometimes not. The dozen or so cargo carts in the caravan were fully loaded with goods and were very heavy. The wheels would sink into the mud from time to time, and the carters and guards had to work together to push them out to continue moving forward.

These cargo carts looked very ordinary, and the self-contained weight-reduction array was better than nothing.

A checkpoint appeared in front of the caravan, with camps beside it, stationed with hundreds of official troops. Seeing the caravan from afar, the official troops in the checkpoint waved their weapons, signaling them to go over for inspection.

The caravan master was a middle-aged man. When he came to the military officer, he first stuffed a money bag over.

The officer weighed the money bag, collected it, and said: "Don't you know that the Commandery Governor has an order that all caravans are not allowed to go north?"

"But the little one heard that the business route has already been opened..." The middle-aged man stuffed another money bag over.

The officer's face softened slightly and said: "It's fine if you want to pass, you have to pay the transit tax."

The caravan manager's heart sank and said: "How much is the tax?"

"Just leave half of the goods on the cart."

The caravan manager was shocked and said in a lost voice: "Military master, this won't do! These are all the little one's life and life..."

The officer's face sank, "Don't be ungrateful! If you don't pay, I will simply hack you all to death, and then throw them into the wilderness, saying it was done by horse bandits, who can know?"

The caravan master was trembling with anger, but looking at the fierce official troops, he couldn't speak. He couldn't catch his breath, and fell backward.

His subordinates hurriedly supported him, and after much effort, he finally caught his breath.

At this time, the ground shook, and a team of cavalry with bright armor appeared, rushing straight toward the checkpoint. Seeing these people, the officer's face changed greatly, and he pulled out his waist blade with a "swish"!

A hundred cavalry stopped in front of the checkpoint. A knight looked down at the officer and sneered: "Daring to pull a blade in front of my Battle Heaven Gang, is it..."

With a "clatter," the cavalry leader raised his long spear and knocked the knight on the head with it.

The knight felt pain, and only then realized his mistake, hurriedly changing his words: "We are the Shaking Mountain Iron Cavalry under the Ningxi Military Governor! Daring to pull a blade in front of us, is it that you are tired of living?" He looked back at the cavalry leader and said righteously: "Master, I think these official troops have an improper origin! Should we take them back for interrogation first?"

The military officer dared not speak, had to put away his waist blade, and apologized with a smile: "We are stationed here by the order of Master Yuan to check for illegal activities, not horse bandits!"

The cavalry leader said coldly: "What proof do you have?"

The officer was trembling and took out the official document and waist token, handing them over.

The cavalry leader glanced at it and threw it back, saying: "Who told you to set up a checkpoint here?"

"Naturally, it is the order of Master Yuan."

"Without the order of the Military Governor, no one can set up a checkpoint!" The cavalry leader said sternly.

The officer said tremblingly: "But... this is not the territory of the Military Governor!"

The cavalry leader was stunned: "Is it?"

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The knight beside him took out the map and looked at it, saying: "It really is."

The officer just breathed a sigh of relief, when the cavalry leader pointed at the caravan and said: "That caravan is a bit suspicious, I think they are Zhao Guo spies! Someone, confiscate the goods, take everyone away, and go back to the realm for a good interrogation!"

The officer was shocked and said: "Master, this caravan was intercepted by us first!"

The cavalry leader's face sank: "I saw them first!"

A moment later, the caravan passed through the checkpoint and moved forward under the escort of the knights until they could no longer see the checkpoint.

The cavalry leader stopped his horse and said: "You follow this road and keep going forward, and you will reach the realm in about three days."

The caravan master was shocked and said: "Aren't you going to take us back?"

The cavalry leader smiled and said: "There are no checkpoints in our Military Governor's territory, and no one can arbitrarily tax you or collect your goods. Hurry up and go!"

The caravan master thanked him repeatedly, tried to stuff money several times but failed, and then had to leave helplessly.

The cavalry leader watched them walk away, then took out a mask and put it on his face, saying: "Go, let's go and end that checkpoint."

"What about those official troops?"

"Capture them all. I heard that Master Yuan is poor, so let him eat more empty quotas."

Quliu Town.

The few official troops guarding the town entrance were yawning, very listless. It was gloomy here, with heavy humidity and rampant diseases, and people lived very uncomfortably.

It is said that if the northern realm expands, the weather here will be better, so these official troops secretly hoped that the realm would cover over earlier.

At this time, the ground began to shake again. The official troops were already frightened birds, immediately set up a posture to escape, and then looked into the distance.

They saw a large group of cavalry appearing at the end of the road, people and horses strong, banners like a forest, and the momentum was surging!

The garrison felt that they were a bit dazzled, rubbed their eyes carefully, and only then discovered that the cavalry coming had no masks and were all wearing Western Jin military uniforms.

Thousands of knights like wolves and tigers roared into the town. The garrison did not escape this time, but they did not dare to block them, and all hid far away to watch secretly.

The large group of cavalry drove all the way to the gate of the Commandery Governor's government office, and only then did Wei Yuan walk out of the cavalry team.

The onlookers all gasped, it was the new Military Governor out on patrol!

Wei Yuan raised his hand, and before he could knock on the door, the Commandery Governor's government office gate opened, and several officials of the government office had already lined up in two rows behind the door.

Wei Yuan took off his gloves, handed them to the attendant beside him along with the horse whip, looked at the flattering faces of the officials, and nodded: "Still sensible."

The officials were all beaming with joy, feeling honored.

Wei Yuan led the murderous generals and stepped into the Commandery Governor's government office from the front door.

A moment later, in the reception hall of the Commandery Governor's government office, Wei Yuan sat in the center.

On his left hand side were Cui Yu, Xu Yi, Wang Yu, and other noble family disciples. Cui Yu was now the Regional Commander, fifth rank, of the same rank as Yuan Qingyan. Wang Yu was the Deputy Regional Commander, Xu Yi was in charge of the internal affairs of the Military Governor's Mansion, both were fifth rank, half a rank lower than Yuan Qingyan, but much higher than other officials in the room.

Yuan Qingyan sat in the first seat on the right hand side. At this moment, his face was naturally as ugly as it could be. The other officials below him were all anxious.

Wei Yuan picked up the tea bowl, skimmed the tea leaves with the bowl lid, took a light sip, and then turned his head, looking fixedly at Yuan Qingyan, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, a kind face, and said:

"Little Yuan, first meeting, how is everything at home?"

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"Little Yuan, it's our first time meeting. How is everything at home?"

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