The people all went to the river to see the excitement, there were few people on the street, and in a blink of an eye, they arrived at the Li Cai Hall, and as soon as they stepped into the courtyard, Hu Yaobai asked curiously: "Master Han, did your ancestors lead soldiers?" ”

"That's not true, I'm not afraid of Mr. Hu's jokes, the last four generations of my Han family are all tenants who farm for people, anyway, the ancestors I know have never led soldiers, and no one has ever won fame."

Hu Yaobai asked puzzledly: "Then how did you make up this army with strict discipline and bravery?" ”

Han Xiufeng looked back at Datou and Ji Daji's second class, and said lightly: "These Xiangyong are not compiled by me Han Xiufeng, but by Gu Ningkang, Wang Qianli, Yu Qinghuai, Li Zhiyong and other Hai'an gentry. They are all readers, they have all read military books, and they have a reputation in Hai'an, so it is natural to get twice the result with half the effort. ”

"Master Han is too modest, if you want to talk about military books, I have read a few books in Xia, but if you really let me train in the next place, I will definitely not be able to practice in the next place."

"Mr. Hu misunderstood, these Xiangyong are indeed trained by the Hai'an gentry, Xiufeng is really not too humble, let alone greedy for the merits of the Hai'an gentry. If Mr. Hu doesn't believe it, he can find a villager to ask. ”

Hu Yaobai directly thought that Han Xiufeng was helping the Hai'an gentry to take credit, so he simply changed the topic: "Master Han, I will bring you more than 100 spears and machetes and other weapons, and more than a dozen bird guns." ”

Han Xiufeng muttered: "There are fewer shotguns, if only there were a hundred shots." ”

"Master Han, a shotgun is not a spear machete, and there are not many in the garrison camp, and even people with guns have been transferred to Jiangning. The dozen or so rods brought here were obtained by Master Xu from the salt merchant by all means. Afraid that Han Xiufeng would not believe it, Hu Yaobai said again: "There is not a single shotgun in the city now, and the firearms are only a dozen small cannons cast by Daoguang in the 21st year to prevent foreigners. ”

"There isn't a single shotgun in the city right now, and in a few days there will be one." Han Xiufeng stopped, looked at him with a smile and said: "You brought a dozen shots, I seized more than a dozen shotguns when I checked smuggled salt in the first month, and there are more than 20 shotguns to form a shotgun team, if the bandits really dare to come to attack my Taizhou, let them taste the power of shotguns!" ”

"Master Han, you don't have to go to Taizhou, and these villagers don't have to go."

"Where to go if you don't go to Taizhou?" Han Xiufeng asked subconsciously.

"Rush to the aid of Yangzhou."

"Rush to Yangzhou, Mr. Hu, Mr. Xu didn't tell me that."

"This time and that time."

"What do you mean?"

didn't dare to talk to Han Xiufeng, and said nervously: "Master Han, you must have been humble just now, you must have been a soldier." Think about it, can just fill a few rivers and destroy a few bridges to stop the bandits? If the army of bandits overwhelms the border, even if you lead these villagers into the city, how many days can we defend? ”

Han Xiufeng's face immediately changed, and he stared at Hu Yaobai and asked: "Mr. Hu, this is the reason, but even if I lead these hundreds of villagers to Yangzhou, who will listen to my nine-grade inspection when I get to Yangzhou?" How many days can I stay in Yangzhou? ”

"Master Han, you can finish listening."

"You say, if you don't say one, two, three, four, don't blame the official for not obeying his orders."

"Master Xu asked you to rush to Yangzhou, when you can rush to Yangzhou is naturally up to you, if you can defend it, you will enter the city, if you can't defend it, you won't enter the city."

"It's fake to rush to aid Yangzhou, and it's true to stop the bandits to protect Taizhou!"

"Exactly."

As expected, Han Xiufeng pretended to be silent for a moment, then stared at him and asked, "Mr. Hu, do you think I will lead these hundreds of villagers to stop the bandits?" ”

Concerning the safety of Taizhou, Hu Yaobai mustered up the courage to say: "If you can't stop it, you have to block it, and blocking it is a day!" ”

"What if you can't stop someone from escaping?"

"Escapees, slash!"

"Who's going to cut it?"

"Below!"

"Hahahaha, Mr. Hu, this is a marching battle, this is a desperate fight with bandits, you think this is a little baby's house. Who do you think you are? Don't say that you are a friend of the scenes, even if Master Xu is here in person, when the army is defeated, he will stop the rout who escaped, but he will lose his life in vain, and he will not die in the hands of the bandits, but he will be cut off by the rout first! ”

Hu Yaobai realized that the person in front of him was not Li Changjing, and then thought of Xu Ying's instructions, and said in a heart: "Master Han, bring twelve dead soldiers in Xia, and from now on, you will be your escort together with those twelve dead soldiers." I can't cut off the heads of those routs, but I can cut off you, Master Han! ”

"Chop off the official's head, do you think you are the emperor?"

"Master Xu said, in troubled times, if you also escape, then you can only cut it first, and then he will ask the court for guilt after the killing." Hu Yaobai paused, and then arched his hand and said: "Master Han, it stands to reason that there is no doubt in employing people, and there is no doubt in employing people, but at the moment of the great enemy, Master Xu does not dare to gamble and cannot gamble with Taizhou, so he can only make this decision." The soldier died for his confidant, and in order to repay the kindness of Master Xu's acquaintance, he could only offend him. ”

"Master Xu doesn't believe me." Han Xiufeng nodded, and pointed at him again: "Mr. Hu, Mr. Hu, Master Xu doesn't believe that I Han Xiufeng is Master Xu's business, which green onion are you, you still know what it means to be offended!" ”

"Master Han, I know that you are a loyal minister, and I also know that what Master Xu said makes you feel cold, but Master Xu also has Master Xu's difficulties. Before I came, Master Xu said that this state will help you act no matter what, and even go to Yangzhou to find the government to help you ask for the governor ......"

Hu Yaobai knelt down with a puff as he spoke, bursting into tears.

Han Xiufeng had never seen such a pedantic person, and he didn't even want his life in order to repay Old Ghost Xu's kindness, so he pointed at him and asked with a wry smile: "Mr. Hu, so I, Han Xiufeng, should also die as a confidant, and should also repay Master Xu's kindness?" ”

"Master Han, you are an official of the imperial court, and you should serve the imperial court." Hu Yaobai wiped his tears.

"You still know that I am an official of the imperial court, and since you know that you dare to commit a crime!" Han Xiufeng turned around abruptly and said coldly: "Ji Daji Er listened to the order and took down this madman to this official." ”

"Yes!"

"Master Han, what are you doing here?"

"What do you say?" Han Xiufeng looked at Hu Yaobai, who had just been held down by the Ji family brothers, and said with a gloomy face: "I dare to speak wildly, I dare to claim that I want to cut off the head of this official, and if I commit the following crimes, I will hit fifty boards first, and this official wants to see what Xu Tongzhi can do to me!" ”

"Master Han can't fight under him?" Hu Yaobai struggled and shouted.

"Why not?"

"There is a meritorious name in the bottom, and a member of the imperial court in the next!"

"If a fanatic like you is not punished, where is the majesty of this official, and how can this official lead troops to help Yangzhou? The students are amazing, Master Xu has said that the troubled times are used to re-enact, and the students are also correct, and after beating the official, he will repair the book and ask Master Xu for guilt! ”

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