Shangguan Rui didn't have anything else to do with Shang Cheng, he just wanted to ask Shang Cheng to help recommend two female guards to Chen Pu.

This is a trivial matter, and Shang Cheng agreed to it without thinking about it. He's a little weird, though. Shangguan Rui, the commander of the Liyuan battalion, is Chen Pu's top boss, and recommending two little female dolls to Chen Pu is just a matter of one sentence, and he still needs to find himself to help him talk about the item?

Shangguan Rui hesitated and said: "Speaking of which, this person is also an old subordinate of mine, and he was also a captain of the eighth rank in the Shouzhou garrison earlier. As you know, in addition to protecting the territory and the people, the local garrisons are also responsible for some tax collection. A few years ago, he went to the countryside to collect taxes, and accidentally killed someone, almost stirring up a civil uprising in the local area. He finally escaped the fate of 800 miles of exile, and was finally stripped of his rank and kicked out of the barracks, so he could only take his family back to his hometown in disgrace. His hometown is in Sizhou, the year before last there was a big drought and then a big flood, the house and land are gone, and he really can't go on anymore so he came to his relatives. Now that he's coming to me, I can't turn a blind eye, can I? It's not that I can't help him with money and food; But these things can only help him for a while, not for a lifetime. Although he made mistakes, he was an honest and responsible person, and his two twin daughters were also really smart and clever, so I wondered if I could recommend them to Chen Zhuguo. The girl eats military rations, and his life can be lighter. The two daughters followed Chen Zhuguo, and they could find a better family when they got married in two or three years; Wouldn't he be able to enjoy some happiness with him? After he finished speaking, he raised his eyes and looked at Shang Cheng.

"Why don't you go to Chen Zhuguo yourself?" Shang Cheng asked. He really couldn't figure out why Shangguan Rui didn't go directly to Chen Pu to talk, and he had to turn a corner here.

Shangguan Rui smacked his lips and said, "...... Chen Zhuguo, she is not easy to talk to! ”

Shang Cheng was even more surprised. Chen Pu is still not good at talking? Why didn't he feel it at all?

Shangguan Rui saw the suspicious look on his face, and immediately explained, "This is the real thing!" Who is she...... cough, her position ......" He said half a sentence, anyway, the meaning was that Shang Cheng also knew the reason for it, so he simply skipped this section, and said, "Anyway, she is cold to everyone she sees in the camp, and it is rare to say a few words to someone." I'm afraid that if I open my mouth, I will be offended by accident, and it will be difficult to turn around and try to deliver the word. ”

Shang Cheng suddenly said: "If you're afraid of offending, I'm not afraid?" ”

Shangguan Rui was stunned for a moment. He didn't understand for a moment whether Shang Cheng was joking with him when he said this. He was afraid that it was true that he had offended the princess of Changsha; But if Shang Cheng is also afraid of Chen Zhuguo, it is nonsense. Speaking of which, he thought about recommending the two female dolls to Chen Pu for not a day or two, but he always had no suitable opportunity to talk to Chen Pu about it. The princess of Changsha usually stays in the Gyeonggi camp, and rarely walks around Liyuan when she has nothing to do; Even if he occasionally goes to Liyuan, he usually goes to the camp to attend the meeting, arrives with a cold face, sits until the end of the meeting, and walks with a cold face, he can't find a good opportunity to say that Xiang can't find a good opportunity to speak. The reason why I found Shang Cheng today was because the last time he came to the Ministry of War to hold a meeting on the "Drill Code", he saw Chen Pu and Shang Cheng talking and laughing, so he hit Shang Cheng's head with the idea.

Although he was seven points sure in his heart that Shang Cheng was joking with himself, he couldn't say that. He pretended to think about it, and said, "In this way, you and I will go to find Chen Zhuguo together." Speaking of things myself, you can help me beat the side drum when you have the chance. ”

After the matter was agreed, Shangguan Rui and Shang Cheng came to see Chen Pu together.

Chen Pu also arrived early, and was sitting alone in the deserted main hall reading the military newspaper.

So Shangguan Rui said something.

As the saying goes, it's better to come early than to come at a good time, Chen Pu's female guards have only left three times this year, and one is going to return home for the New Year, and there is a shortage of people around him, so he doesn't need to say anything at all. However, Chen Pu didn't agree to Shangguan Rui immediately, only said that he wanted to meet the two female dolls first, which was actually an agreement.

Things went unexpectedly well, and Shangguan Rui was naturally overjoyed. He didn't go to the courtyard to gossip with his colleagues in the army, so he talked with Chen Pu and Shang Cheng in the main hall. Of course, because the identities and positions of the three people are different, they can't say a lot of things; The topic can only fall in circles on military and military affairs. Chen Pu also has no special insight in military affairs and military affairs, so she generally doesn't speak, mainly listening to Shangguan Rui and Shang Cheng. But Shangguan Rui was a Taiping general, from the beginning of eating grain as a soldier to the present, he was wandering around the Central Plains, and most of the time was spent in the Liyuan camp, and he and Shang Cheng were not very good at talking together. So after some words, Shangguan Rui realized that Shang Cheng was perfunctory, so he found an excuse to leave first.

When Shangguan Rui went out and walked into the courtyard, Chen Pu said thoughtfully: "What do I think, you don't seem to have the heart to talk to Shangguan Rui." ”

Shang Cheng smiled, didn't speak, and picked up the military newspaper dropped by Chen Pu and browsed the headline.

He didn't say anything, Chen Pu wanted to break the casserole and ask to the end. She continued to ask, "Are you annoying Shangguan Rui?" ”

Shang Cheng stopped turning over the military newspaper and said, "What you said! One by one, why do you say that I annoy him? ”

"I think you're just trying to fool him."

Shang Cheng smacked his lips, and then lowered his head to look at the military newspaper, which was regarded as acquiescing to Chen Pu's words.

Chen Pu laughed, as if he had achieved great results. After laughing, she saw that Shang Cheng was still looking at the military newspaper, so she said, "This is the military newspaper from a few days ago, and it should be delivered to your home." Why, you haven't seen it yet? ”

"I glanced at it, but I didn't look closely." Shang Cheng didn't look up.

“…… Oh. Chen Pu said. She couldn't find anything else to say, so she had to sit in a daze.

After a while, she suddenly remembered something, and asked Shang Cheng again: "This military newspaper said that General Xiao Lao has taken down Dingkang Village and Yong'an Town. ”

"Oh?" Shang Cheng really didn't notice this. He flipped the military newspaper to the front page, and then read the title, and there was indeed such a piece of news, one by one, "Jiazhou Xingying Success, Lian Breaking Kang Yongan". I turned to the third page and looked at the summary of the report, and said nothing.

Chen Pu had already read this military newspaper. Although she didn't pay attention to it at the time, when she was sitting and waiting for the meeting just now, she found the military newspaper to read it randomly to pass the time, and she saw that something was wrong at a glance. According to the summary of the good news, Jiazhou sent 5,000 men and horses to march 2,300 miles in three days and nights, first taking Dingkang and then Yong'an, destroying hundreds of enemies while suffering only dozens of casualties. Lying and presumptuous, this in itself is hateful! What is even more infuriating is that the Ministry of War actually recognized such a "battle result" and even published it in the military newspaper in a grand manner!

The more she talked, the more angry she became, and finally said with a flushed face and anger: "I don't believe it, no one in the yamen of the military department can see that this is Jiazhou lying about its military exploits!" Hmph, aren't they afraid of being seen out of the truth and laughing off their big teeth? ”

Hearing the last sentence, Shang Cheng couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Chen Pu, who was angry, glared at him with an angry gaze!

Shang Cheng hurriedly stopped laughing, tensed his face vigorously to prevent the slightest smile from being revealed, coughed lightly and straightened out what he wanted to say, but when he opened his mouth, he felt that he really had nothing to say. He smacked his mouth and lowered his head to read the military newspaper.

"You have ......" A very vulgar sentence swirled on the tip of his tongue, but Chen Pu still maintained his identity as a princess in the end, and changed his words with a sigh, "...... What do you have to say? ”

Shang Cheng shook his head. What does he have to say? He has nothing to say!

“…… Am I wrong about what I said? ”

"You're not wrong...... Shang Cheng said. But he thought about it, and immediately changed his words and said, "Yes, your opinion is a bit biased. Without waiting for Chen Pu to speak, he continued, "Yes, you are right, Jiazhou's good news is indeed not true." But it is an absolute fact that they must have taken possession of these two walled cities; So it's a win. It's just that some words in the good news can't stand up to scrutiny. But the flaws are not hidden, victory is victory, and good news is good news! He suddenly felt that he was speaking a little harshly, and with the meaning of a lesson, which was not good. So he paused, changed to a more relaxed tone, and continued: "In a war, sometimes it is a momentum, as long as the momentum is played, then it is not impossible to sweep thousands of armies like a sweep. And momentum is not something that we say we will necessarily have. We have well-trained soldiers, generals with command, relatively abundant logistics supplies and relatively advanced weapons and equipment, but these can only make us more confident than the enemy to win a war, but it is impossible to bring us the momentum of swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger; This can only be accumulated by our victory after victory......"

When it comes to military theory, Chen Pu definitely can't talk about Shang Cheng; And she also admitted that what Shang Cheng said was very reasonable. But it makes sense that Shang Cheng has nothing to do with Jiazhou's business, so she used Jiazhou's good news to refute Shang Cheng's words. She said angrily: "Is it reasonable for them to write these in the military newspaper?" ”

"Yes!" Shang Cheng said very firmly, "Because this summary is issued in the military newspaper, it means that the imperial court and the military department have recognized this victory, and they have also recognized these achievements, and there will inevitably be a reward; That's a great morale boost! Although we all know that this is just a small victory, it is just a small-scale contact between Jiazhou Xingying and Nanzhao, and they test each other's reality, but its meaning is different. This is the first time that the Jiazhou camp has taken the initiative to attack, and the news of victory can lift the fighting spirit of the soldiers, strengthen their will to fight, and strengthen their determination to win. ”

Chen Pu was silent. She didn't look over her head and muttered: "I can't tell you ......" she said very angrily, "I think the two walled cities occupied by the Jiazhou camp this time may have been given by the Nanzhao people, so their good news only said that they had destroyed the enemy, but they didn't dare to mention the prisoners!" Hmph, the march can be attritional, and they still have the face to report the victory! Her voice was low, and she was obviously worried about the people in the yard. After a pause, she asked Shang Cheng again, "You said, if you go to Jiazhou, you will also report the victory like this?" ”

This question stopped Shang Cheng at once.

He frowned and thought about it, and said uncertainly, "It's not good." Maybe it will, maybe it won't; It depends. As for what the situation was, he didn't bother to say it carefully. If the enemy passively avoids the war, and there are letters and official documents from the prime minister's office behind him urging him to start the war, he will most likely come to such a hand, first falsely report the achievements and stabilize the rear before talking about anything else. Thinking of this, he felt a little sympathetic to Xiao Jian. The people of Nanzhao really knew Xiao Jian too well, so they tried their best to avoid fighting Xiao Jian head-on. He now trusts more and more of his original judgment that this war in the southwest will be impossible for a while and a half.

Chen Pu shook his head and said, "I think that if you go to Jiazhou, you will not sweep away thousands of troops, but you will definitely swallow thousands of miles like a tiger!" She stared at Shang Cheng and nodded heavily, "It must be so!" ”

Shang Cheng simply didn't know where Chen Pu's confidence in him came from. You know, he himself doesn't know what kind of results he will achieve if he goes to Jiazhou; Maybe it's a losing battle? But Chen Pu's trust made him feel a little moved. He lowered his gaze with his lips pursed, but his mind was a little unfocused on the military newspaper......