Liu Yuan lifted a pot of wine, took a plate of roast chicken, glanced at the companions in the room who were eating wine and punching, smiled slightly, closed the door with his back, and walked out.

Outside the barracks, under a big tree, Ge Cai was leaning against the tree, tearing a white-flour steamed bun piece by piece to eat.

"What are you looking at?" Liu Yuan walked over and handed the wine to Ge Cai.

Ge Cai glanced at him, took the wine jug, and said, "This Baoying City is also quite prosperous, not much worse than our Wuyi." ”

"This is Yangzhou!" Liu Yuan said with a smile, but suddenly reacted: "You are from Wuyi? ”

Ge Cai smiled slightly, tilted his neck and took a big sip of wine, but pushed away the roast chicken handed over by Liu Yuan: "I can't eat these anymore, if I eat it again, no one will want it in the future." ”

Liu Yuan laughed, tore a chicken leg and took a big bite, took the wine jug from Ge Cai's hand, and took a sip himself, "To be honest, now that I'm eating roasted chicken with wine, I'm still thinking about your mixed noodles and pancakes, do you think there are some cheap bones?" ”

Ge Cai rolled her eyes, "Even if you want to eat it now, I don't have time to do it." ”

"Then let's talk about it later when we have time!" Liu Yuan said with a smile: "After eating your mixed noodles pancakes for two years, it is really smooth." To be honest, I really didn't expect that you and I are the same person, no, no, no, no, your rank is higher than mine. ”

Ge Cai glanced at him and said, "I'm from Wuyi, and it's not unusual for me to have a higher rank than you." ”

"What unit were you in before? It can't be the right Qianniuwei, right? Liu Yuan said with some surprise: "There are many female officers under General Liu, you have such a hard backer, what are you doing here?" ”

"I'm not with my wife, I used to follow my eldest sister." Ge Cai shook his head.

"Big sister? Who is it? Why haven't you heard of it? Liu Yuan's eyes widened, Ge Cai herself is a captain of Zhaowu, and her boss is at least a general.

"Oh, the eldest sister is Li Mi. Now he is the Shaoqing of Weiwei Temple. Ge Cai said: "When I was in Daqingshan, I was with my eldest sister, and I have been following her since then. ”

"So it's her?" Liu Yuan suddenly realized, "Your backer is hard enough, why did you come here?" ”

Ge Cai sighed and said: "Back then, in Wei Yueyan, there were many sisters, I have eaten since I was a child, but I have grown fatter and fatter, and I am often laughed at and bullied, that is, the eldest sister protects me, those sisters have learned a lot, chess, piano, calligraphy and painting, acupuncture medicine, what about me, what can I learn, what is not left, there is no left, there is only a handful of strength left." ”

Liu Yuanpo burst out laughing.

"What's so ridiculous?" Ge Cai glared at her.

"Two years ago, the eldest sister married Cao Zhang, I can't help but follow the eldest sister for the rest of my life, in Wuyi, a person of my status has very few opportunities to fight. In fact, even if I go to other armies, it is unlikely that I will be a female leader. Just when there was such an opportunity, I begged my eldest sister to let me come over. Ge Cai said. I must be a general who stands alone, just like the eldest sister and the lady, to see if those who laughed at me at the beginning still laughed or not. ”

"Looks like you were angry a lot?" Liu Yuan said thoughtfully.

"It is inherently difficult for a female officer to gain a foothold in the army. Coupled with the fact that I am like this, I am naturally even more unpopular. Ge Cai said: "I can't be bullied and go to the eldest sister to complain, right?" You can't be bullied, just add fists and kicks to others, right? Come out and do this, just right. ”

"No wonder you're so fierce?" Liu Yuan laughed: "When you came to Baoying, Qin Scar was beaten by you for an excuse, is it Liwei?" ”

"What's the solution?" Ge Cai said: "Now it's going to be a war, and it's an extremely dangerous battle, if you want these people who crawl out of the blood and fire to obey me, you can only rely on your fists, otherwise I'm a woman, how can I subdue them." A fierce dominatrix, for them, is naturally good. ”

Liu Yuan couldn't help laughing again.

"Then why didn't you look for me?"

"I guess I'm going to fight with you, I'm going to lose!" Ge Cai made no secret of it.

"I could have lost to you on purpose." Liu Yuandao: "Even if you are rewarded for the kindness of adding meat slices to the mixed bread cakes you often give me." ”

Ge Cai snorted, "Speaking of which, don't you still look down on me?" ”

Liu Yuan was stunned, but he couldn't go on.

"It's okay!" Ge Cai smiled freely: "I just look at you pleasing to the eye, and if you don't like me, then it's nothing." If you can afford it, you can put it down, and in the future, we will still be brothers who can cut off our brains and change our anger! Tell me, how did you get here? ”

"I'm a member of Yixing!" Liu Yuanyi tilted his neck and took a big sip of wine, "Open peace for all generations, where there is a need, I am willing to go." ”

Ge Cai looked at him in a daze for a long time before he said, "You are a real man." You served in that unit before? ”

"Zuo Xiaowei." Liu Yuandao.

"Something happened to Zuo Xiaowei!" Ge Cai said: "Do you know? General Qin Xinming told me. ”

Liu Yuan shook his head.

"Coincidentally, this time it was Zuo Xiaowei who came over to coordinate and command, and the one who was responsible for the overall responsibility was General Li Hao and Li Zhonglang, and the head of our land troops, called Ren Xiaonian, nicknamed Ren Dagou, was also Zuo Xiaowei's."

"Ren big dog?" Liu Yuan was stunned: "I recognize him." In the past, they have worked together to fight. ”

"He's a general now, don't you regret it?" Ge Cai asked: "If you stay in the army and don't delay for a few years, maybe you will be a general." ”

"I'm sure I'll be a general in the future." Liu Yuan smiled: "Sooner or later, what is there to regret." ”

"Seeing Ren Xiaonian, aren't you embarrassed? I used to be a colleague, but now I'm your boss's boss! ”

"He can be a general, and he also exchanged his life for it, what's so embarrassing." Liu Yuan didn't care: "The battle still has to be fought, maybe I will come first in the future." ”

"I think you can do it!" Ge Cai snatched the roast chicken from Liu Yuan's hand and took a big bite.

"Don't you eat it?" Liu Yuanxiao asked.

"Anyway, you don't want me, don't care what I do!" Ge Cai waved his fist at Liu Yuan: "I'm full, I'll train those deflated calves tomorrow." ”

"Forget it, for the Chinese New Year, these local soldiers are like this, and they can't be trained no matter how much they practice." Liu Yuan shook his head.

"Our own brothers in Baoying are only a thousand people." Ge Cai said: "There are also 1,000 local soldiers here, not to mention that they can compare with us, at least they must be able to see the battle when they are pulled out, otherwise they will not start fighting yet, they will run away first, so how can it be done?" Soldiers are trained, Liu Yuan, this time we are facing a situation that is even more dangerous than you think. Our territory is too far from here. Anyway, Qin Xinming said, money, he has it, then let's come with a stick and honey, don't you think they can't practice well, you are troublesome! ”

"It's a hassle!" Liu Yuan smacked his lips and shook the wine jug, only to find that the wine was gone.

"I think when we were young, it was Second Master Tu who trained us, and everyone could work hard for a piece of sugar." Ge Cai smiled: "Look, I have to train them, even if some of them are eliminated in the end, the rest can also come in handy." ”

Compared with Yangzhou's calm surface and turbulent underneath, in Chuzhou, where Huainan Festival Town is located, there is a tense atmosphere inside and out.

Gong Yunda, the commander of Huainan Festival, has mobilized 30,000 troops, including 5,000 water divisions, concentrated in Chuzhou, and tens of thousands of troops have set up several large battalions outside Huai'an City.

It took a month to mobilize these troops, and a huge amount of money naturally flowed out in this way. Even if Huai'an is rich, spending money like this still makes Gong Yunda feel a little painful. The key is that there is still no unified opinion within Huainan on what to do next, and there are endless internal debates, which makes Gong Yunda also have a headache.

"Father!" Gong Bin walked in, looked at Gong Yunda and said, "Except for Mei Jiu from Yangzhou, who didn't come to pay your New Year's greetings, the other prefectures have already come." ”

Gong Yunda gently pinched his eyebrows and said, "It's not surprising that Mei Jiu is a firm supporter of Datang, and she is extremely dissatisfied with my refusal to publicly express my attitude. ”

"What the hell are you going to do, you have your father's decision in this festival, where you need to see his face?" Gong Bin said angrily.

Gong Yunda raised his head and glanced at Gong Bin: "Do you think so?" ”

"Isn't it? Since this man is not in the same mind as his father's, it is better to remove him. Change an obedient one. ”

Gong Yunda shook his head: "It's such a simple thing." Mei Jiu's roots in Yangzhou are extremely deep, and in the past few years in Yangzhou, the taxes paid in Yangzhou every year have risen every year. More importantly, the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce supports him. ”

"Father, the president of the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce is Jin Mantang."

"That's why!" Gong Yunda let out a long breath: "So he has more confidence." You say to remove him, on what grounds? I transferred troops, didn't he give it? I want to add it, didn't he also give it cheerfully? ”

"Father, since the soldiers in Yangzhou have come out, wouldn't it be easier to remove him, a group of soldiers and horses will pass, and the day can be decided!"

Gong Yunda smiled coldly: "Then do you know that after I withdrew my troops, within a few days, Mei Jiu had already assembled an army of unknown numbers?" Although I don't know what the strength is, it is impossible for you to easily take him down, but it is more likely to provoke a popular uprising. ”

"Father, I'll figure it out!" Gong Bin gritted his teeth and said.

"Have you made up your mind?"

"Father, what choice do we have? Li Ze is very strong, but there is a big beam in the middle! Gong Bin said. The important thing is that we must ensure our own strength, as long as we have strength, we will have a future. ”