Gu Dehui didn't walk for a long time, but he accompanied a familiar person who couldn't be more familiar and returned.

Han Xiufeng hurriedly handed the hoe to his sister, and asked, "Brother Songsheng, why are you here?" ”

Wu Zhaoling, who came from the capital, took a letter bag stamped with the seal of the Ministry of War from the hand of Goshha, who was leading the horse behind him, and handed it over: "Raising troops for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, the emperor is going to use your river camp." ”

Han Xiufeng was taken aback, hurriedly opened the envelope and took out the official document inside, and asked while looking at it: "Eight hundred soldiers are going to be transferred to help Shandong at once, there are soldiers, but most of them are newly recruited, is it appropriate to let them go into battle in a hurry after only a few days of training?" ”

Wu Zhaoling wiped his sweat and said in a low voice: "The newly recruited are the newly recruited, and the military orders are like a mountain, so I can't take care of so much." ”

The emperor suddenly wanted to transfer troops from the river camp to help Shandong, Han Xiufeng was just a little surprised, and had no other ideas, after all, the imperial court used troops to scrape together, and in order to quell the chaos, the Xishan Jianrui battalion, the Xiao cavalry battalion, the firearms battalion and the infantry battalion were all evacuated. Now that the war has undergone tremendous changes, Hong Xiuquan, the leader of the bandits entrenched in Jiangning, actually sent Zeng Lichang to lead troops to meet Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang's troops who had invaded the north a year ago, and the emperor ordered the monk Greenqin to go to Shandong to intercept it, and it was reasonable to send 800 soldiers from the river camp to the command of Monk Greenqin.

The only thing I can't figure out is why Wu Zhaoling, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, was asked to send the official document for the transfer of troops.

Han Xiufeng realized that this matter was not so simple, and handed the official document to Gu Dehui: "Dehui, please hurry up and send the official document to Chen Chongtong, and summon the military attachés above the sentry commander of each battalion to go to the lobby of the river hall to standby." ”

"Order!"

Wu Zhaoling already had something to say to Han Xiufeng, and also turned around and said: "The official document has been delivered, a few of you hurry up to the camp office to find Master Chen, get the receipt and hurry back to Beijing to resume your life." ”

"Huh!"

A few goshkha half-knelt down and saluted, then turned over and galloped away.

Han Xiufeng waved his hand and fanned the dust raised by their horses galloping, and while accompanying Wu Zhaoling from the path to the direction of the river hall, he asked eagerly: "Brother Songsheng, what happened, is there anything that Lord Sushun is inconvenient to say in the letter?" ”

Wu Zhaoling looked around and said helplessly: "Zhixing, didn't you take a full general named A Jingga before, if you remember correctly, you seem to have beaten him with fifty military sticks." ”

"What's wrong with him?"

"His small co-organizer of the garrison can't make any waves, but his uncle is not only deeply respected by Prince Hui and the monk king, but also the holy family is strong, just last month he was given the title of Erhuan Baturu, and not long ago he was the commander of Qinjiadu."

Han Xiufeng thought back to the Beijing News during this period of time, and subconsciously asked: "His uncle is the one who used to be the deputy governor of Jiangning and once repelled the long-haired Mianxun in Shenzhou with Shu Xing'a, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu?" ”

"I thought you didn't know," Wu Zhaoling sighed lightly, and continued: "Prince Hui is the general who supervises the prevention and suppression, commanding Jianrui, firearms, forwards, escorts, patrol camps, and Chahar soldiers, the horse teams of Zhelimu, Zhuo Suotu, and Zhaowu Dadong Alliances, and even the monk and Shengbao must listen to Prince Rui's orders. ”

Han Xiufeng subconsciously asked: "Ah Jingga was not only beaten with a military stick but also lost his errand, and he held a grudge, but he didn't have a way to take me, so he bewitched his uncle Mianxun and asked his uncle Mianxun to beg the monk king and even Prince Hui to transfer troops from me, and wanted to give me a salary from the bottom of the kettle?" ”

"Almost," Wu Zhaoling nodded slightly, and then changed the conversation: "But Lord Su Shun said that the soldiers can be transferred, but you don't have to go, and these eight hundred soldiers are not transferred to him Mianxun, but to Tianjin Dao Zhang Qihong to listen to them." ”

"Zhang Qihong also went to Shandong?"

"Hmm."

Confirming that he didn't have to go, Han Xiufeng breathed a sigh of relief, thought about it and asked, "What about the military attaché, you can't just send troops and not send military attachés, right?" ”

"The military attache is naturally going to be sent, and before I came, Lord Su Shun said that this is not an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, so that you should focus on the overall situation." Wu Zhaoling paused, and then said: "After these eight hundred soldiers are transferred, the gap left will not be recruited for the time being. In the future, the river battalion will be limited to 800 soldiers, so as not to attract criticism again, and it is always said that the river battalion will neither dredge and build embankments, nor will it go into battle to kill thieves, and it will waste food and wages. ”

"Someone is gossiping, Lord Sushun can't stand it?"

"There are your reasons, and there are also his reasons, although he has too many enemies in the court, those princes and clans in the capital have almost been offended by him."

Han Xiufeng realized that Heying was dismembered, and it didn't have much to do with his little Zhengwupin Tongzhi, but Su Shunshu made a big move, and those princes and ministers looked red, so they took the opportunity to rush to Shandong to prevent Zeng Lichang and cut off some of Su Shun's wings in Gyeonggi first.

Thinking of Ji Yunfei reminding him more than once in his letter that if he could not get involved in the disputes between the Manchus, especially the clans, he should not get involved, because it was a family matter of the Manchus, Han Xiufeng muttered: "I understand, I won't be a child." ”

"It's good to understand," Wu Zhaoling took a deep breath, and continued: "There is another thing you probably don't know, Brother Zhuo Yun was sick and begged Zhishi to return to his hometown, and the emperor allowed it." ”

Han Xiufeng knew that Duan Dazhang had no intention of career, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly, so he couldn't help asking, "Lord Duan didn't send a letter to the guild hall?" ”

"No, I should be worried that we will persuade him not to rush to the office."

"So Master Duan won't come to the capital anymore?"

"Ten ** will not come, I estimate that when the concert office receives his thanks, others have already arrived at their hometown in Ba County."

"Master Duan can really afford to put it down." Han Xiufeng couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Wu Zhaoling could understand Han Xiufeng's mood at this moment, after all, without Duan Dazhang's support for him today, he suddenly stopped, stared at him and said: "Zhixing, in fact, I came to Gu'an not only to be entrusted by Lord Sushun, but also by fellow villagers such as Yonghuan and Bowen. Brother Zhuoyun has his own reason for returning to his hometown, he has been an official for so many years, his homesickness is understandable, you have only been an official for a few years, how old are you this year, can you learn from him! ”

"Are you worried that I'm disheartened, that I'm going to complain about illness like Lord Duan?"

"It's not just me who is worried, Yonghuan and Bowen are all worried, and even Lord Sushun is worried about you. Since he has become an official, it will be smooth sailing, and it is normal to suffer a little setback. What's more, now only 800 soldiers have been transferred from the river camp, and no one has punished you, let alone taken your post. ”

Seeing Wu Zhaoling's very serious appearance, Han Xiufeng couldn't help but smile and said, "Brother Songsheng, where do you want to go!" It's just 800 soldiers, and those soldiers are not my Han Si's, but the court's, and they belong to the emperor. Believe it or not, I really didn't take it to heart. ”

"Really?"

"What are you lying about," Han Xiufeng smiled, and emphasized: "You may not believe it, I wish the emperor would transfer all the remaining soldiers and those who served in front of the battle, and there will be no worries when there are no soldiers under him." ”

"Without subordinates, what kind of officer are you still doing?" Wu Zhaoling asked with a smile.

"If you don't have subordinates, there will be no right and wrong, isn't it good to be a justice of the peace."

"I'm still worried about you, Zhixing, Zhixing, can you have a little ambition, can you grow a little!"

"Brother Songsheng, you didn't recognize me the first day, I was a ...... with no interest"

"Okay, okay, let's talk about this later, let's go on an errand first."

……

Han Xiufeng rushed to the lobby of the river hall, and had just finished reading the troop transfer documents of the military department to Zhang Gui, Gu Dehui and other battalion officers and sentinels, and was about to ask Chen Chongtong to hurry up to prepare the silver, and let Cui Hao lead the clerks and sentinels of the battalion office to mobilize the soldiers.

How to go to Shandong, how many miles to walk every day, where to rest in the morning and evening, and which yamen to support the food and salary along the way are clearly written in the documents of the military department.

Wu Tingdong checked the official document issued by the Ministry of Military Affairs to the Provincial Department of Provincial Affairs with the official document issued by the Ministry of Military Affairs to the river camp, and then immediately led everyone to the school grounds, and according to the list of officers and soldiers just drawn up by Chen Chongtong, he ordered the accompanying patrol officers to take the roll call and quickly return to the camp to pack their luggage, and after packing up, they took their weapons and returned to the school field to reorganize their teams......

The soldiers all thought that as long as they went to serve for a month like the previous batches, no one took it seriously, because there was money to be paid, and some boys were even elated, and after receiving the money, they went to Gu'an County one after another under the leadership of Wu Tingdong, Zhang Gui, Gu Dehui and others.

Familiar and unfamiliar faces just left, and there were only more than 200 people left in the camp, and the school field suddenly became deserted.

Chen Chongtong felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and couldn't help but come up and say: "Master Han, Xiaguan left twenty horses and five grooms, and all the brothers you brought from Jiangsu were also left. Lord Wu is also really, and he can't wait to send all the belongings in the camp to Shandong. Fortunately, the musketeers left with Yongxiang, otherwise it would be unreasonable to give a shotgun. ”

Han Xiufeng motioned for Ge Er to lead the remaining brothers back to the camp, and said solemnly: "Brother Yixiang, I really don't care about this bit of family in the camp, I really don't care, I'm worried about those brothers who go to Shandong...... If you can't come back, how will you and I explain to the local gentry in the future? ”

"Yes, I told people before that I would only defend Gyeonggi and not go out to quell the chaos, who would have thought that the emperor would change his hexagram."

"Don't talk about this, you hurry back and calculate, now that there are only so many soldiers left, naturally you don't need so much money and food, make a book of the extra money and food and submit it to the reporting department. The summer flood is coming, and there is a need for money and food everywhere on the river, and we have so much more here, Lord Wu must be very happy. ”

Only then did Chen Chongtong realize why Wu Tingdong was so concerned about transferring troops to aid Shandong, and secretly thought that Wu Tingdong was originally fighting the idea of money and grain in the river camp, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Obey the order, and the next official will do it." ”