Chapter Forty-Nine: The New Grain Officer
Liu Hu was waiting outside with a weapon, and Yun Cheng promised to patrol over, when everyone suddenly heard a hoarse scream in the big tent of the Chinese army, and Yun Cheng promised to immediately pull out his weapon and prepare to rush inside.
Liu Hu stretched out his arms to stop the two of them: "Hey, hey, don't be so excited, okay?" That's it, and after another 500 years of training, it's not a general's opponent, don't worry, I'm watching here. ”
Yun Cheng and Yun Yu glanced at each other, they also knew that Liu Hu had just gone out to catch a fine work and came back, it seemed that the general was giving a "cordial" greeting to this fine work, thinking of this, the two of them explained the patrol situation to Liu Hu, and went back to rest.
In the tent, Xiang Qing sat on Shan Fu's back, restrained Shan Fu's hands with his left hand, and slapped Shan Fu's ass from time to time with his right hand.
"Have you taken it?" Xiang Qing asked.
Shan Fu was overwhelmed by Xiang Qing, and shouted hoarsely: "Don't accept it!" ”
A slap is a slap, what kind of divine power is Xiang Qing? This slap is worth twenty military sticks, but this Shan Fu carried it four or five times, although the scream was a little more miserable, but after all, he still had a backbone.
Helpless, Xiang Qing stood up, picked up the kettle and drank the cow, Shan Fu also sat up breathlessly, he never expected that he had few opponents when he was in Yingchuan, but since he came to Luoyang, his martial arts were so vulnerable.
Not to mention Xiang Qing, a master who has long been famous, is Xiang Xu and Cao Chun, two children younger than him, and his swordsmanship is also superb, and he is like a person who has just entered the house, and he is not a level at all.
However, these people are also well-limbed, five big and three thick, simple-minded people, and they can also be punished in terms of wisdom.
Xiang Qing wiped the water stains at the corners of his mouth with his sleeve, and then handed the kettle to Shan Fu, who did not dislike it, and drank it all as soon as the Adam's apple went up.
Xiang Qing asked, "Do you think there are any problems in my barracks?" ”
Shan Fu hiccuped and said eloquently: "Oh, that's a lot of problems, if you lead your troops to fight the rebels now, you will definitely lose." ”
Xiang Qing frowned and asked again: "You just said that it was five or five open, and now you are bound to lose again, you have become too fast, right?" ”
Shan Fu picked his nose and replied: "These elite Han troops, if they are under General Luoyang Huangfu or General Lu, then it is not worth mentioning to defeat these rebels, and the winning rate can be above eighty percent, even if it is those miscellaneous generals in Luoyang, the winning rate is also fifty or sixty percent, as for you, it is difficult to say." ”
"First of all, if you gather the generals and colonels to discuss how to camp and how to cook, their advice must be right, but you are a general, and you go and ask your soldiers, what should the general do? It's ridiculous, you feel closer to these soldiers, but your prestige is gone. ”
Xiang Qing nodded: "Well, I also know this, but I can't think of a better way, can you come up with a better way?" ”
Shan Fu felt that his buttocks hurt, sat in a different position, and replied: "Why don't you understand, His Majesty the Emperor sent you a general with no chance of victory to quell the rebellion, and he didn't want you to go back alive. ”
Xiang Qing was silent on the surface, but he nodded in his heart, this kind of thing was also said by Xi Zhicai.
"Except for that Wang Shu, who has a little ability to investigate intelligence, the rest of the people are all martial artists, reckless, the so-called knowing people and making good use of them, you have also done wrong, you sent Wang Shu, who has the ability to investigate intelligence, to serve as a grain transport officer, this is difficult for a strong man, so you have also done this wrong."
Xiang Qing listened to Shan Fu's chatter, and his mother-in-law said a bunch of questions, although this Shan Fu was Liu Bei's military advisor Xu Shu later, but at this stage, this young Shan Fu has not shown too much rebellious tone, that is, a young man who is much smarter than ordinary people.
Xiang Qing patted him on the shoulder, smiled, and said with relief: "Well, since you know so much, then this vacant position of grain transport officer will be handed over to you, this general has high hopes for you, don't let me down." ”
Shan Fu continued to chatter and replied casually, but soon he reacted: "What's the matter!" Why should I be your grain transport officer, I don't want to die with you, you want to be beautiful. ”
Xiang Qing pulled out the thundering sword with a wicked smile: "If you don't deserve it, then you are a rebel who spies on intelligence, I will kill you with a sword, and no one will say anything." ”
Shan Fu retreated step by step: "Wait, I still have a mother at home who needs my support, I'm not afraid of you, I'm not a greedy person who is afraid of death!" ”
Xiang Qing took the sword back: "Okay, okay, you have been following all the way from Luoyang to here, don't you just want to take this opportunity to make a contribution, and you still pretend to duel with me, don't you have a little 13 in your heart, okay, let Huzi find you a tent, you go to rest first." ”
Shan Fu wanted to say something, but he saw Liu Hu, who had a big waist and a round waist, opened the curtain and walked in, grabbed Shan Fu's arm and laughed: "Boy, you will be a colleague in the future, take care of me, come, follow me, your tent has been arranged just now." "The mouse is the nickname that Liu Hu gave Wang Shu.
Dawn broke free of the darkness, the morning sun shone in every corner of the camp, every tent was shining, the loud trumpets sounded, the soldiers who went out to fight, even if they slept, did not take off their armor, they quickly assembled, the smoke of the cooking rose faintly, and breakfast was ready.
The soldiers lined up in a neat line to eat one by one, every meal is extremely precious, this era is not like the later generations have such high-yield food, even the professional soldiers of the Luoyang battalion, It is also two meals a day, the morning meal is to ensure that there is sufficient action, the noon meal is to maintain combat effectiveness, there is no food at night, but the soldiers have been fighting for many years, and they also have their own ways to make the night not go hungry to sleep.
"Yo, you've changed the grain officer, where's Lord Wang?"
"You don't know yet, huh? Lord Wang was transferred to the scout camp. ”
Everyone held their rice bowls and had a heated discussion in a circle, which was also one of the few rest times they had.
"Hey, have you heard, yesterday the general took people and arrested a fine work, it seems to be this new grain officer, right?"
"Yes, yes, that's right, I felt movement in the tent when I slept yesterday, if it wasn't for the captain saying that it was okay, I would have been ready to rush out."
"Okay, hurry up and eat, I guess I'll enter the city today, I don't know when I'll fight the rebels, eat more, and only when you're full will you have strength."
Although this Han army is mainly veterans, but there are still a lot of recruits, at this time the importance of veterans is highlighted, they have been on the battlefield, there are countless experience of escaping death, and when these recruits learn, they will become veterans.
The Han army quickly opened, and the Chinese character Daxu needed a lot of soldiers to stand up, and the general of Zhengxi, Xiang's general flag was also standing in the wind, although it had not yet reached Liangzhou, but the wind and sand were blowing more and more. Fortunately, this place has not undergone development in later generations, and there are still many pristine forests, and these wind and sand soldiers can still withstand it.
Xiang Qing rode a horse and walked in front, with Liu Hu and Xiang Xu following on the left and right.
Shan Fu was depressed in the back, but then, Shan Fu was still wondering in his heart, how could he become a grain official inexplicably? Although it is true that he has a heart to make meritorious contributions, his goal is to be a warrior who can charge into battle, and the duel with Xiang Qing is also to prove his bravery, but Xiang Qing is too rebellious, and he has no power to fight back, the result is that Xiang Qing announced that he was the grain transport officer on the grounds that his force was too weak and he would die on the battlefield.
No matter how depressed Shan Fu was, when he saw the city wall of Xiangwu County, Shan Fu noticed that in addition to a trace of wrongness, his expression instantly became solemn, he saw Xiang Qing, Xiang Qing was also frowning, and his hand was already on his sword.
It stands to reason that the front-line battlefield is Jincheng County, and there shouldn't be much of a problem on the side of Xiangwu County, why is the gate of Xiangwu County locked now, and there is no soldier on the head of the city, and no flags can be seen, this feeling reminds Xiang Qing of the feeling of being besieged and killed by the shooting battalion in Wengcheng that day.
Xiang Qing raised his left hand high, followed by the herald behind him to wave the flag on the chariot, the cavalry ran outside the military formation to announce the order, and the five thousand Han troops stopped all movements in an instant as if they were one person.
At this time, Wang Shu had already come back from the front, ran to Xiang Qing and turned over and dismounted, and knelt on one knee to report: "General, we read out the military order and applied to enter the city, but no one answered, and the scout battalion had wrapped the military order around the arrow and shot it up the city tower, but there was still no one in sight." ”
Xiang Qing personally patted his horse forward at this time, and Wang Shu stopped: "General, the situation is not right now, you can't take risks." ”
Xiang Qing waved his hand: "It's okay, there is still some distance, and I can get out of the accident with my whole body." ”
Xiang Xu and Liu Hu also followed suit, the two of them stared at the city wall with all their attention, and in case of any emergency, they would protect Xiang Qing and return to the military formation safely.
Xiang Qing shouted loudly: "I am Xiang Qing, the general of the expedition to the west!" Ordered to conquer Liangzhou Buchen, our army continues to repair, quickly open the city gate! ”
The herald held the horn made by Xiang Qing and passed Xiang Qing's words into the city word for word, and at this time, he saw a figure flickering on the city wall, and a middle-aged man with a long beard wearing a Confucian robe climbed the city tower.
"General, although I have received an order, but now that the front line is tight, I am also afraid that the rebels will descend from the sky, if my Xiangwu County is lost, the situation on the front line will become more and more crisis, please forgive me."
The middle-aged man's voice was still relatively thick, and Xiang Qing could also hear a general meaning under the city, and the middle-aged man continued: "Please also ask the general to enter the city alone, and after I see the seal of the general of Zhengxi and the military order of the Luoyang battalion, I will enlarge the army into the city to rest." ”