Huai'an.

Several of the original mansions of the squires and eunuchs in the city were rudely demolished, and the gardens and mansions that were originally divided by streets and alleys were connected into a cloud-like mansion. Originally, the lanes in the city in those days naturally became a passage in the courtyard for horses to gallop and families and soldiers to and fro.

This mansion, which is decorated like a fairy cave, is the residence of Liu Zeqing, the former Shandong general soldier who was named Dongpingbo at this time.

The people of the time had such records and evaluations of the actions and discipline of the army in the four towns of Jiangbei. said that "the detachments of various towns collected grain in the villages, and Liu Zeqing was particularly ruthless, sweeping away the people." Being able to win the championship in an environment where everyone is not disciplined, Liu Zeqing's military discipline and his own greed and viciousness are naturally understood by everyone.

In the previous story, our Dong Pingbo, who loves to raise orangutans, has appeared in Shandong, and all readers have some understanding of his performance. I won't go into detail here.

"Sir, Master Wu is here to worship."

Although there are only more than 10,000 subordinates and horses, which barely has some combat effectiveness, this number is still measured by the standards of Gao Jie, Huang Degong and other subordinates in the four towns of Jiangbei. However, our Dongping Bo did not prevent him from claiming to have 250,000 troops, and using this figure to ask Nanjing for military salaries, rations, and armor.

At the same time, he also followed Li Shouhan's example and made his subordinates call him a knight. Because he also has the title of Earl of Dongping, it is natural to add the word knight in front of the title of the handsome man who has already stinked on the street, and he has become a marshal.

The old man Wu mentioned in the mouth of the head of the family is from a big family in Huai'an City. This person has a good appearance, his face is like a crown of jade, his eyes are like stars, and he has five locks of ink hair. In addition, he has a moderate figure, well-proportioned, words are given, his thinking is extremely fast, and he has a good amount of wine that is not drunk in a thousand glasses, so he has become a guest in front of Dong Pingbo, who is avoided by others.

Things gather like and people are grouped. The head of the family also vaguely heard some rumors about this old man Wu. This is a gentle and elegant old man on the surface, who seems to be the son of a good son in the world, but on the inside he is an extremely ruthless character!

He has always been the son of the steward of the Wu family in Huai'an City, and he is one of the core members of the family. Moreover, in the process of the death of the old man in the family and the change of power, he has always sat firmly on the throne of the core members. No matter who was in the seat of the patriarch in the ancestral hall, he was one of the few people who had the right to speak in front of the patriarch.

However, it is better to have the right to speak than to say it yourself!

So, when the patriarch's family went out of the city to live in a villa outside the city for the summer, he deliberately released the news to several bandits outside the city. Not only did he tell them about the situation of the patriarch's villa outside the city, but he also revealed the information that the patriarch's family had brought a lot of valuables and that there were not many guards around.

So, in the green wisp building, blood flowed all over the ground. By the time the people of the Wu family in the city arrived, the patriarch's family had already been beheaded. Several generations of the clan have been in the same lineage, and since then they have been extinct.

After some intrigues, Mr. Wu became Master Wu, although he is still not the patriarch, but he has huge power. Even when the patriarch saw him, he was also terrified.

With such a character and such a means, how is it not Liu Zeqing's best friend?

"Brother Feiluan, what kind of fragrant wind blew you here today? You don't drink at home, but how do you come to this thatched hut? "Although Liu Zeqing is a demon who kills people without blinking, he admires himself with his romance and pretends to be a Confucian general. From time to time, I have to write a few lines of poems that rhyme and stick, and prepare a collection of poems for future generations.

The Feiluan in his mouth is the name of Master Wu, although his real name is not called this, but this name is very loud among Jianghuai. This phenomenon is known as "taking words to line". It means "to walk in words", and it is a term for titles. That is, a person has both a name and a character, but his words are far louder than his own name, and he acts with his own words. In this kind of Chinese character cultural circle, the ancients in China, the Korean Peninsula, Vietnam and other places generally had "names" and "characters", and "using words" means that for various reasons, most of them only called the person's "character" and were not familiar with his "name".

Among the people we are familiar with, for example, Li Zicheng, an important character who often appears in this book, he is a person who walks with words, and everyone knows that his character is "Zicheng", but they don't know his real name Li Hongji. Another person everyone is familiar with, that is the principal. I know that his name is Chiang Kai-shek, but I don't know that "Kai-shek" is just his word, and I don't know that his official name is Chiang Zhongzheng. It is because of his name that there are many situations and phenomena that cannot be reasonably explained, so that the Tang people wrote a plot of Zheng Sanfazi in "Jinling Spring Dream".

"Come, come, come! Feiluan, this way, please! It just so happened that Ben Bo was full of poetry and made a few seven words, you are an expert here, you might as well point out Yazheng one or two. ”

beckoned Wu Feiluan to sit down, and ordered his subordinates to serve tea, snacks and fruits, etc., Liu Zeqing, who was very interested, took a stack of notepads from the small table and handed it to Wu Feiluan.

"Sir, Feiluan just heard a word in the city, saying that the shuai has reached his life, and he is in front of him in an instant, so he hurried to see the marshal. It's better to ask the marshal face to face, what other wishes have not been fulfilled. ”

As soon as Wu Feiluan said this, the warm atmosphere in the flower hall instantly condensed to the freezing point. A few soldiers who had just brought fruit from a tall fruit bowl made of sterling silver immediately put the fruit aside, holding the saber at their waist with both hands, just waiting for Liu Zeqing to give an order, and they were going to split the corpse of this Wu Feiluan.

"My bearded man, why do you say that?"

Liu Zeqing was able to calm down, waved his hand and ordered the soldiers not to be so close to the enemy, but threw the note paper in his hand aside, sat on the Taishi chair with a loud voice, and motioned with his hand to invite Wu Feiluan to sit down.

"Oh! In this way, a catastrophe is coming, and the general doesn't know it?! Wu Feiluan was not polite, and directly gave Liu Zeqing a slap in the face.

"What do you mean by that?"

"General, has there ever been a matter of the imperial court that has sent officials to the various ministries in Jiangbei to conduct inspections and inspections to verify the strength of the number of soldiers and horses in each department, to clarify the amount, and to distribute food and equipment according to the strength?"

"But there is such a thing. The Titang official in the Nanjing Mansion had already copied the official document of the General's Mansion and ordered someone to send it by speedboat, and an official official document would be issued in a few days. This is just an ordinary means, the big deal is that a certain family spends a few dollars, sets up a few tables of banquets, and sends a few little ladies, and those who check and review the big people are happy, and a lot of military salaries and equipment will come at a flowing price in the future. How is the catastrophe coming? ”

"Does the marshal still think that it is the kind of routine Qing army like the previous dynasty? If you think so, then Feiluan congratulates the general, Huangquan Road is near! Feiluan went back and prepared more incense, candles, and paper for the general, so that the general would not have no money when he arrived in the underworld. ”

Wu Feiluan's set of words can be described as all kinds of guns and sticks, which made Liu Zeqing's eyes appear in front of him.

"Master Wu, what do you say? We are all rude people who fight and kill men, and we pay attention to the killing of generals and capture the flag. The twists and turns in this officialdom temple are all laymen. Li Huajing, one of Liu Zeqing's cronies, saw that Liu Zeqing was a little dumbfounded, so he opened his mouth to take over the topic.

"General Li, I want to come to the official document sent by the official of the Nanjing Mansion Titang, and neither the marshal nor you have read it carefully, have you?" Wu Feiluan sneered.

Hearing Wu Feiluan mention the copy of the official document transferred by the Titang official of the Nanjing Chengzhong Mansion (that is, equivalent to the role of the current director of the Beijing Office), Liu Zeqing couldn't help but immediately cheer up with a spirit of 120,000 points: "Hurry! Go to Lao Tzu's signing room and give Lao Tzu the official document to take a look! ”

"Sir, but you don't have to be busy. On that document, it was just a set of official documents that were ordered by the general Jun to send someone to Liu Zeqing's department in Jiangbei to carry out a military parade in a certain year, check the personnel of soldiers and horses, and investigate the equipment and weapons. ”

"Then there's no need to panic! Don't say anything else! Here in our Lao Tzu, there are tens of thousands of people and horses directly under the standard camp, and more than 10,000 horses and mules! As for the equipment, there are one hundred and twenty Hongyi cannon positions alone! Lao Tzu is afraid that he will check a bird! ”

(The number of one hundred and twenty Hongyi cannons comes from the relevant information of the Qing army's general Zhun Ta receiving Liu Zeqing's soldiers and horses.) ）

Liu Zeqing made a nonchalant demeanor, although, in his heart, the friction with the troops of Lu Mahong, Liao Dongzhi, Wu Xing and others in the north not long ago made him still feel palpitations when he thought about it now, the loss of tens of thousands of men and horses, and the loss of territory in more than a dozen states and counties, made him hate it when he thought of this.

"The marshal is really so bold and heroic! However, it is said that when these inspectors and inspectors come to the towns in Jiangbei, they will be accompanied by at least one brigade of soldiers and horses. I wonder what the marshal thinks? ”

A point inspection inspector is accompanied by a brigade of soldiers and horses? Liu Zeqing and Li Huajing and the others on the side suddenly broke out in cold sweat on their backs. When they were in Shandong, they also had close contact with the soldiers and horses of the Nanyue Army, and the soldiers of a brigade said unceremoniously that there would be no problem at all in killing Liu Zeqing's troops, who claimed to be 250,000 horses.

"Sir, it is indeed a good means! Could it be that there is someone else in the General's Mansion? Can you gain insight into the military aircraft of our marshal? Liu Zeqing snorted and began to ask Wu Feiluan's sources.

"Exactly! It is said that Liang Guogong is extremely strict in governing the army, and he can't imagine that his military division, household division and other confidential places, but there are also gentlemen. Li Huajing also beat the side drum on the side to help his coach set up Wu Feiluan together.

"Huh! I miss my Wu family, and it is also a family that has been in Jianghuai for hundreds of years. Although it is impossible to arrange his own people in the land of Liang Guogong's military aircraft, it is not difficult to find out some news in his mansion. ”

Wu Feiluan was also unceremonious, and happily accepted this bowl of rice soup.

Among Li Shouhan's generals' mansions, it is the official office that is in charge of the military aircraft of the six divisions. Under the official room, there are six divisions of officials, households, rites, soldiers, and criminal workers who are in charge of the six departments of the imperial court. However, the responsibilities and settings of each division are much more complex than those of the six departments of the imperial court. The personnel are also composed of old people from Nanzhong. If a big family like Wu Feiluan wants to reach in, it is naturally very difficult for these people to develop their own people by means of breaking in and pulling out. However, if you want to arrange a few inconspicuous messengers in the Guogong Mansion, such as the old mother who does rough work, the cleaning handyman, and the kitchen who pours swill and burns the fire, these things will naturally be difficult for Wu Feiluan.

"Idle chess Leng Zi, naturally arranged a few. Don't hide it from the marshal, when Liang Guogong was still Ning Yuanbo, he began to arrange eyeliner in Nanjing City. Of course, it was also a coincidence that he was arranged into his mansion from the Qinhuai River. ”

Wu Feiluan said this, so he didn't go into details. However, Li Huajing is also a prodigal Yanqing-like character, and it goes without saying that he will nod his head. He guessed a little from these four words on the Qinhuai River and analyzed the follow-up events. "I think I made some articles with the girl Li in Meixianglou. With Miss Li's face, relationship, and affection in front of Liang Guogong, she assigned a few competent people around her to serve in Liang Guogong's mansion, which is also the proper meaning of the question. These people are driven from place to place every day, but if you pay a little attention, what the master and the officials of the palace say and do every day is very useful! I have to say that Wu Feiluan has a good long-term vision! ”

Liu Zeqing over there, but he didn't care about praising Wu Feiluan's long-term vision, so he just took Wu Feiluan's hand, with a warm and sincere smile on his face, "Hey! My beautiful man! You should tell our family, how can we be in trouble? ”

Wu Feiluan's point inspection and review officer accompanied by a brigade of soldiers and horses as an escort or a personal soldier, but there was also some moisture in it. According to the establishment of the Nanyue Army, the troops of a brigade, whether it is a brigade-level unit with a perverted formation like the first mixed brigade in the past, or the first brigade under the jurisdiction of each town, or a garrison brigade or a mobilization brigade that has just been mobilized from Nanzhong, has at least two regiments of infantry, an artillery team with a number of artillery pieces of various calibers and a number of rocket launchers, a baggage brigade for transporting baggage, a cavalry battalion with 200 war horses, and a health battalion. Only such a unit can be regarded as a brigade of the whole formation.

However, the troops arranged by the military division to escort the inspection officers were only led by the brigade commander, and the infantry of the two regiments and the cavalry of the first battalion carried some baggage with them.

However, even a force of this size made Liu Zeqing feel uneasy.

I know my own business. Don't look at the fierceness of shouting to the outside world, Liu Zeqing is very clear about how many catties and taels his troops have. At the beginning, the pheasants who were driven by Abatai to not lay eggs scurried around the land of Luxi, and tens of thousands of people under his command were shaved and changed by Abatai into clothed soldiers. But in the blink of an eye, these clothed soldiers were captured by the Nanyue Army, and after several turns, they became coolie officials and slaves in the mines, forestry farms, shipyards, and steel factories in Nanzhong. The original Abatai and now Zuo Liangyu, these two people are good touchstones and benchmarks. Liu Zeqing doesn't think that he is more generalized than Zuo Liangyu and has strong combat power.

However, Wu Feiluan's next few words made Liu Zeqing's already pounding heart almost jump out of his throat!

However, it turned out that Wu Feiluan had placed in the Liang Guogong Mansion for many years, and the miscellaneous servants and rough servants were serving the living and eating of the official room, and the only words they heard during their daily cleaning, and the information obtained from the waste draft paper picked up from the paper basket, that the Nanyue Army was stationed on the north bank of the Yangtze River, near the Huai River and the canal, and even Shi Lang's naval division, which had recently adjusted its deployment and showed signs of troop transfer. (Therefore, readers, not only your own computers, mobile phones, and hard disks should pay attention to confidentiality, but also waste paper and daily speech.) What does it mean that the speaker has no intention and the listener has the intention? What does it mean that a partition wall has ears? It is recommended that everyone learn the confidentiality rules for their personal privacy and job safety: 1. Don't tell the secrets that shouldn't be said. 2. Don't ask about secrets that shouldn't be asked. 3. Don't look at the secrets that shouldn't be seen. Fourth, don't bring secrets that shouldn't be brought. 5. Do not involve secrets in private correspondence. 6. Do not record secrets in non-confidential books. 7. Do not use ordinary posts and telecommunications to transmit secrets. 8. Do not read or talk about secrets in non-confidential places. 9. Do not copy, preserve or destroy secrets without permission. 10. Do not bring secret carriers to visit relatives and friends. After reading these ten articles, do you think that if Mr. Chen had done these things earlier, there would have been no such things that he likes to see, and he and Nicholas Tse are still good friends. ）

"Liao Dongzhi in Xuzhou in the north, Shi Lang on the north bank of the Yangtze River in the south, and the river defense battalion in the canal have recently arrived with a large number of munitions and materials. The camp rushed to make dry food, and the scouts and sentry horses of various departments were divided into four directions, which was clearly a sign of a big battle! Don't you, my lord, smell a whiff of blood? Isn't there a little threat of an imminent big war? Wu Feiluan was still so gentle and elegant, but his tone made Liu Zeqing feel cold in his bones.

"Wu, Mr. Wu, what do you mean by that? Ben Bo is the earl of the imperial court, and he Li Shouhan is no matter how domineering he is, what can he do with Ben Bo? Liu Zeqing said cruel words to himself and emboldened himself.

Wu Feiluan tapped a few times on the marble coffee table with his index and middle fingers, "Earl? Sir, when he was an earl, but when the imperial history of the dynasty took off his pants in front of everyone, he was beaten and humiliated. He even collected and dismissed all the soldiers and horses of the battalions and towns in Liangguang, and became the color of his Li family. Think about it, with his current position of power, if he intends to disadvantage you, what can you do? ”