For those who are prepared for danger in times of peace, anxiety is often accompanied by success. As the actual master of a battalion, Li Yanlang can be described as young and promising. He benefited from the prosperity of Zhao Ying, and he was bound to think more about Zhao Ying's future development than others. Zhao Ying, who was gradually revealing his grandiose head, was already at a height that he had never dared to think of before, and the height was unbearable, he couldn't imagine what kind of situation Zhao Ying would encounter next, and what kind of challenges he would meet with Zhao Ying. The road ahead is good, but with unpredictable risks, instinct drives Li Yanlang to plan for some things in advance.

"Oh, I see, that's a great thing." Zhao Dangshi listened to the envoy's statement with a smile on his face. thought that Li Yanlang had an important military return, but he came to ask Zhao Dangshi to approve his marriage to Ru Pingyang.

The common feelings of male and female lovers, Li Yanlang is a person who values love and righteousness, and he and Ru Pingyang are close to each other, and it is a good story to be passed on early in Zhao Ying. Li Yanlang accompanied the army to fight in the south and the north, but Ru Pingyang could not often accompany him or even fight side by side with him as he did when he was in exile. Especially after Li Yanlang followed Xu Hui to Yunyang Mansion, the two got together less and left more. Ru Pingyang understands him and is willing to support him silently behind his back, and he also wants to give Ru Pingyang a real harbor.

Li Yanlang asked Zhao Dangshi to choose a day for him to ask for leave to get married, Zhao Dangshi looked for the diviner to calculate, and found that the days before and after the arrival of the fierce tiger in Xiangyang Mansion happened to be auspicious days of the zodiac, so the icing on the cake was the icing on the cake, and at the same time held Li Yanlang's wedding banquet for the banquet that was as fierce as the tiger, and he was the master of ceremonies, giving Li Yanlang enough face.

Three days later, the fierce army entered Xiangyang Mansion in several parts. The war in Henan was urgent, and he did not plan to stay in Xiangyang Mansion for long, but expected to replenish some military supplies, so he went to Nanyang Mansion. Yan Yueyu, the prefect of Nanyang, arrived at Xiangyang Mansion early and made contact with the fierce tiger in advance. Although he is as fierce as a tiger, he is not as unruly as he imagined, and he is polite and courteous to Yan Yueyu. Yan Yueyu fell to the ground in his heart, and privately thanked Zhao Dangshi: "Zhao Shuai recommended Mengshuai and saved me Nanyang Lishu's righteous act." ”

On the Mid-Autumn Festival of August 15, Li Yanlang took leave from the Yunyang Mansion Army and came to Xiangyang Mansion to get married. Originally, he only hoped that Zhao Dangshi would be a witness for him and Ru Pingyang, and he didn't even think about the wedding banquet. Who knew that after arriving with Ru Pingyang, he found that the banquet was held and the atmosphere was warm, and in addition to Zhao Dangshi, fierce as a tiger, Chen Hongfan, Fan Juan, Yan Yueyu and other civil and military officials were present, which was both shocked and moved.

"In ancient times, there was General Li, and I had a good general, Li Zhongjun. Li Zhongjun has done his best for my Zhao Ying, and he should be so respected. It just so happened that everyone gathered together today, so they joined forces to add some color to the two couples, but they didn't inform Li Zhongjun in advance, and I hope you will forgive me. In front of Li Yanlang and his wife, Zhao Dangshi crossed the hall, looked around at everyone's high-end wine bowls, "Come, everyone, drink the wine in the bowl, bless the newlyweds, catch the wind for the fierce handsome, and celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival!" ”

In the melodious sound of silk and bamboo orchestras, Ru Pingyang, who was red-headed, stared at Li Yanlang through the veil and found that he was already in tears.

The newlyweds go to the back hall after worshipping heaven and earth, high hall and other ceremonies, the feast is the same as before, the dancing girls in the huge hall are curling, and everyone present is pushing the cup to change the lamp, so it is not lively. Zhao Dangshi smiled and said to Meng Ruhu and Yan Yueyu: "Meng Shuai, Lord Yan, this is Chen Shuai's private brew, it is mellow and clear, and it is extraordinary, why not drink a few more cups?" ”

Yan Yueyu said: "I am still surprised by the quality of this wine, I don't want to be the nectar of Chen Shuai's family, how can I not be greedy for a cup?" It's just that Yan has never been strong enough to drink, and I'm afraid I can't be greedy if I want to. ”

Zhao Dangshi said with a smile: "In the future, Nanyang Mansion will rely on the two of them to work together, so there is no need to be polite." It is really rare for all of you to gather together today, and you must be drunk and rest, and you must not put on any reserved shelves. ”

Although the degree of Chen Hongfan's yellow fermented wine is not high, it always has stamina after drinking too much. When they drank to the heart, some of the guests at the banquet who were too drunk were already red-faced, and some of them even began to talk nonsense. Many of these guests are fierce generals in the tiger camp, who do not know any rules and etiquette, even if they are sitting at those local squires who are famous in Xiangyang, they do not put the observance of the norms in their eyes, so for a while, except for a few officials who are concerned about their identities and are self-conscious, the banquet has become noisy. The sound of scolding, fist fighting, singing, and drinking orders became one.

Zhao Dangshi accompanied Meng Ruhu and Yan Yueyu to drink a few more sips, and Chen Hongfan walked up to the front with a wine jug and said, "Come, come, come, follow Lao Chen." ”

"Big brother lives in a simple house and recuperates at home, what else do I say to recuperate, it turns out to be the technique of recuperating that Du Kang and Li Taibai!" Zhao Dangshi looked at him with a red face, and joked with a smile.

Chen Hongfan dragged a chair and sat down, drank a bowl of wine with Zhao Dangshi, wiped the corners of his mouth and said: "Lord Yan, I think your Nanyang is impregnable, although the thief is fierce, he may not be able to commit it to you for a while, so don't worry too much." ”

Yan Yueyu said: "With the fierce handsome, I don't have to worry about it." ”

Chen Hongfan laughed and said: "Mengshuai is the trump card of Nanyang, but Chen feels that if you don't make a move, the thief won't be able to jump for a few days." ”

Yan Yueyu raised his drunken eyes and asked, "Chen Shuai wants to say that Fu Gongfu makes the stage?" ”

In May of this year, when Zhao Dangshi led his army to Wuchang Mansion to suppress thieves, the imperial court released Fu Zonglong, the former military secretary who had been angrily reprimanded and imprisoned by Emperor Chongzhen for his misdeeds, from the prison, and appointed him as the governor of Shaanxi to share the pressure of Ding Qirui, the governor who held several positions. Fu Zonglong arrived in Xi'an at the end of July to cooperate with Wang Qiaonian, the governor of Shaanxi, to preside over military affairs, and Ding Qirui sent two parts, Li Guoqi, the deputy general of the Zuoyong battalion, and He Renlong, the general of Yansui, to him.

"Fu Gong is both civil and military, he is a good minister of the country, and he was bewitched by the villain before, so as to anger Tianyan." Chen Hongfan drank wine and said, "I heard that Fu Gong recently received an edict from the imperial court that he was about to leave Tongguan and send troops to Henan to suppress the thieves. ”

"Yes, Yang Gong, the governor of Baoding and other places, was also ordered to cooperate with him, and it depends on whether he can settle the situation in one battle." Fan Juan also came over and took over Chen Hongfan's words.

"But in just one month, the whole army has been through the military, and Fu Gong is too anxious to go out of the customs this time." Yan Yueyu sobered up for a while, and shook his head again and again, "He and Li, it's not so easy to control!" ”

"It should still be appropriate." Fan Juan shook his head, "He and Li are arrogant, but no matter how bold they are, they don't dare not disrespect the order, right?" Yang Gong's Hu Dawei and Zhang Dechang also have the reputation of being good at fighting. Today's thieves are no more elusive than the thieves and thieves in the past, and they attack a city and occupy a place, and the main force is very easy to find. With the combat power of these officers and armies, they will cooperate to fight the thieves, and the effect will be successful! ”

Hu Dawei, the chief soldier of Baoding, and Zhang Dechang, the deputy general of Baoding, were the main forces that followed Yang Wenyue, the military affairs of Baoding, Shandong, and Hebei, to Henan to participate in the suppression. Needless to say, Tiger Dawei is as famous as a fierce tiger and brave in battle; Zhang Dechang is a generation of generals, his ancestor Zhang Chen has served as Jizhen, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Gansu four towns of the general army, his father Zhang Chengyin once served as the general army of Liaodong, Wanli 46 years Fushun outside the city and Manchurian troops died in battle, his two elder brothers Zhang Yingchang, Zhang Quanchang were also Shanxi, Xuanfu general soldiers. Dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and Zhang Dechang will not be far from where he wants to come.

Fierce as a tiger and Yan Yueyu clinked glasses and said: "Hu Dawei is a contemptible brother, and he is jealous of a thief. Even if other departments don't fight thieves, he will fight thieves to the death. With him, Lord Yan can sit back and relax. ”

Yan Yueyu nodded and said, "I only hope that this battle can bring the thief back to his original form and extinguish his arrogance." Having said that, the sorrow on his face could not be concealed.

Zhao Dangshi understood his mood very well, if Nanyang Mansion was the barrier of northern Chu, then Central Henan was the barrier of Nanyang Mansion. The army is ravaging western and northern Henan, and now the officers and troops of central Henan and Henan are fighting endlessly, the purpose is to try their best to open the gap and infiltrate eastern and southern Henan.

In the eastern direction of Henan, the main force of the official army was mainly composed of the local officers and troops of Henan led by Chen Yongfu, the general soldier of Henan, who stubbornly defended the city of Kaifeng and blocked the intruding army from continuing to the east. Because of the failure of the attack on the Fengfu in February, the eastern side of the invasion army was temporarily suspended. But Li Zicheng is determined to connect with the Huaiying thief Yuan Laoshan, Yuan Shizhong's big and small Yuan camps, and sooner or later he will attack Kaifeng Mansion again and pull out this wedge.

In the southern Henan direction, the official army mainly relied on the cities of Xuzhou, Yexian, and Xiangcheng arranged by the Zuojia Army as the defense line, and it was also difficult for the army to break out. But after all, Zuo Liangyu's will to fight is not as good as the local officials and soldiers in Henan who defend their homes and land. It is reported that Zuo Liangyu has secretly moved Xuzhou's family to another place. He is not on the front line of resisting the invading army now, but under the pretext of guarding against Zhang Xianzhong, he is nesting in the area of Xinyang Prefecture. On the front line of Xuzhou, Yexian, and Xiangcheng, only Liu Guoneng, deputy general of Beiwudu, Zhou Fengwu, general of the Zuo Xiao cavalry battalion, and Xu Guodong, a guerrilla commander of the forward battalion, were stationed. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that such a thickness must be difficult to resist the long-term attack of the invading army.

Zuo Liangyu was irresponsible, but he did a model project, and the court couldn't criticize him, so he could only swallow his anger and make up for it. If this matter is not delayed, and if it drags on any longer, it will be necessary for the invading army to truly break through the defensive line, and then the invading army will be able to blossom everywhere and come and go freely in Henan, at least in Henan Province, the officers and troops will fall into an irretrievable strategic disadvantage. Therefore, the urgent order of Fu Zonglong and Yang Wenyue to combine field battles was to alleviate the urgency of central Henan.

It is foreseeable that Fu Zonglong will join forces with Yang Wenyue this time, and if he defeats the main force of the invading army, the threat faced by southern and eastern Henan will be lifted, and the officers and troops in various localities can drive the invading army to the banks of the Yellow River in northern Henan and the mountainous areas in southern Shanxi from the west, south, and east directions, so as to oppress the living space of the invading army, and then seek an opportunity to annihilate it, and the situation of the official army will be much better. However, if it is defeated, the already difficult situation of the official army will undoubtedly deteriorate further, not to mention the loss of the initiative in central Henan, and even southern and eastern Henan will probably be affected, resulting in the fall of the whole province. Of course, this is the worst outcome, but in any case, under such a defeat, it is inevitable that Nanyang Mansion, the first important town in southern Henan, will instantly become the front line against the breaking army.

No matter who this pressure falls on, it is very heavy, and Yan Yueyu does not think about it and worries all day long, which is reasonable.

Regardless of victory or defeat, Zhao Dangshi was fully prepared to deal with it, but in front of Yan Yueyu and fierce as a tiger, he still picked up the wine bowl and said: "Then we have to wish Fu and Yang Er Stallions success in advance for today's banquet!" ”

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A few people "clanged" to clink bowls and glasses, and the wine was spilled, and under the reflection of the red lights, it was like blood.