Frontier Army Warrior

Chapter 107: Incorporating Border Troops

As Lin Feng spoke, he drew his bow again and aimed at the last Jia Zheng.

"Brother, are you still killing?"

"These border army officers are unusable. They are corrupt, derelict of duty, defect to the enemy, and oppress their soldiers. They are fundamentally bad."

Bai Jing was speechless, she also understood this.

More than a hundred border soldiers in the yard were already standing on Lin Qiaomei's left side, and even Jia Zheng quietly slipped over.

However, just when he was rejoicing that he had escaped danger, his head vibrated, his vision went black, and he lost consciousness.

The soldiers immediately started shouting loudly.

Lin Qiaomei also turned her head and looked at the roof in confusion.

They have all surrendered, why are you still killing them?

"Any officer above the rank of Lieutenant Colonel should be put to death."

Lin Feng stood on the roof and shouted loudly.

These words were very comforting to the soldiers. They had been oppressed for a long time and had already felt resentment.

The noise of chaos gradually stopped, and the soldiers all looked up at Lin Feng on the roof.

"Brothers, I, Lin Feng, commander of the 31st Battalion of the Zhenxi Protectorate Army, hereby swear an oath. If you are willing to join my army and follow me to fight the Tartars, I welcome you. In my army, I will ensure three things: first, sufficient pay, which will be paid on time. Second, sufficient food, ensuring you are well fed. Third, sufficient rewards. As long as you can kill the Tartars and achieve merit, your reward will be based on your merit, without any deduction."

Lin Feng paused for a moment to let the soldiers digest the thought.

"Okay, those who are willing to stay, don't move. Those who don't want to stay, please leave now. As for where you want to go, it's up to you."

In this chaotic world, people join the army just to have enough food to eat. If you leave the army, it will be difficult to survive without some ability.

It has come to this point, no one wants to leave.

It sounds like this general is reliable. Besides, Lin Feng's name has also been heard of in the border army camp.

Although it is not very clear, it seems that he is someone who can really kill Tartars.

Lin Feng waited for a while and saw that no one left.

"General Lin, these people are temporarily under your jurisdiction. I will send Li Hu to assist you."

Li Hu follows Lin Feng. He is good at martial arts and brave in battle.

It would be suitable for him to lead a team of 100 people and get some training.

Next, Lin Qiaomei, following Lin Feng's instructions, dispersed the hundreds of border troops overnight and re-formed them with her own team.

Select the outstanding soldiers in your own team and promote them to the positions of Jiazheng and Shichang.

The old will lead the new and form two brand new teams of 100 people.

Bai Jing brought Wen Cheng and two clerks, and the four of them worked all night to register these newly enlisted soldiers.

Lin Feng also did not sleep all night.

There are more than a hundred border soldiers, which is equal to the number of his own team, so it is easy to get into trouble.

But his worries were unnecessary. These soldiers were all from peasant families and were used to being bullied by officers.

Now whoever gives you milk is your mother. It doesn’t matter who the leader is, as long as you don’t go hungry.

The takeover and formation went very smoothly and no one caused trouble.

Of course, Lin Feng has arranged more than a dozen soldiers to be interspersed among them, and if there is any abnormality, it will be resolved as quickly as possible.

He warned Lin Qiaomei that now was not the time to solve the problem, the first priority was to solve the person who raised the problem.

The next morning, two teams of 200 soldiers embarked on a training schedule of running around the city.

After finishing the run, have breakfast.

Under the supervision of the veterans, the newly recruited soldiers carried out all orders honestly throughout the process.

Lin Feng asked Bai Jing to make arrangements and gave each person 500 coins in military pay.

Nothing is more useful than real money. As soon as the soldiers got the money, their morale immediately soared.

No matter what work you do, you won’t feel tired.

Those guys who were exhausted from running suddenly became energetic again.

Lin Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

This incorporation also involved a great risk, as there were still 400 border troops on the way.

Looking at the sky, it was almost noon. According to Xu Cheng, the four hundred men led by Zheng Xianshen should have arrived.

He had to go out in person and set an example to let the soldiers see that no one had to be afraid of following him, Lin Feng.

However, when he saw the long line of people coming to the city gate.

I also found it a little funny that I was so nervous.

This team indeed has more than 400 people, but more than 200 of them are laborers driving carts and doing work.

General Zheng Xianshen led less than 200 soldiers and escorted 40 horse-drawn carriages to Qingshui County.

Zheng Xianshen, in his thirties, is of medium height, with a round face and unshaven beard.

He sat on his warhorse and looked up at the city gate tower.

"Above the city, tell Mu Bentian to come out and show his face."

The Dingying Battalion was a logistics branch of the army, specializing in the collection and transportation of grain, so he was very familiar with the county officials in the Protectorate.

The soldiers guarding the city stood aside, waiting for Lin Feng's order.

Lin Feng just looked coldly at Zheng Xianshen under the city.

Bai Jing poked him in the waist from behind.

"Brother, someone is talking."

"Oh, what did he say?"

"Let Mu Bentian come out and show his face."

Lin Feng was distracted for a moment because he finally remembered that the reason why Zheng Xianshen's name seemed familiar was because this name appeared in Mu Bentian's confession.

Mu Bentian provided food and fodder to the Tatars, so naturally he needed to deal with these grain-collecting officers.

They spent a lot of money to buy food from them and then sent it to the Tartars.

Zheng Xianshen is one of the people who knew about this.

He also got a lot of gold, silver and other valuables from Mu Bentian.

He collected food and fodder from various counties in the prefecture and sold several carts of them to the Tartars in Qingshui, making a large profit from it.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng smiled coldly.

This job is done in a legitimate way.

"General Zheng, Lord Mu is out and has not returned yet. Please camp outside the city first."

"What? You asked me to wait outside the city. Who are you?"

"I am the chief guard of the city. This is my duty. Please forgive me, General Zheng."

There is a rule in the Grand Canal that the army entering a city cannot have more than a hundred people.

Although every time Zheng Xianshen came, the whole team would go into the city to rest, it was because Mu Bentian had business to do.

"How about we just take a few guards into the city?"

"Well... yes."

Zheng Xianshen ordered his men to circle the carriages outside the city and set up camp on the spot.

He took eight guards and two centurions and rode into the city gate.

Lin Feng brought them to the county government office, asked them to sit in the lobby, and someone served them tea.

It was noon, and County Magistrate Cao had already finished get off work and gone home for lunch.

There was no one else in the county government office.

"Where did Kimoto go?"

Zheng Xianshen sat back in his chair with his legs crossed.

"Uh...Master Mu won't let me tell you."

"Tsk, he's meeting his little lover again. His little shit is too much to pollute my ears."

Lin Feng smiled without saying anything.

A centurion shouted.

"Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and get some wine and food for our General Zheng. We've been walking for most of the day."

Lin Feng quickly said with a smile: "General Zheng, everything has been arranged in the backyard. Please move forward."

Zheng Xianshen stood up lazily and stretched.

"They are all going to the banquet with this general. Ask someone to call Xu Cheng over as well."

After saying that, he followed Lin Feng to the back hall.

Passing through the back hall of the county government office, there is a long corridor with courtyards on both sides planted with flowers and plants.

A group of people followed Lin Feng along the corridor.

While walking, Lin Feng suddenly stopped and turned around to look at Zheng Xianshen.

"You, what are you doing, go away?"

"Zheng Xianshen, Mu Bentian went to deliver food to the Tartars. You are a day late."

Zheng Xianshen was stunned and speechless for a moment.

The two centurions behind him were involved in the incident, but the guards did not know the details.

"If you're not Jiazheng, then who are you?"

Zheng Xianshen was not stupid and he immediately figured out that something was wrong.