"I heard from the general earlier that if he gave the general some muskets and artillery, the general would be able to keep Dorgon's head, so what is the approximate number?" The young man began to translate Yang Hongzhang's words in front of him.

"If you defend the city, 70,000 cavalry will be built and 20,000 will be enough. If the terrain is chosen in advance for an ambush, there is no requirement for the number of people, and there are 30,000 or 40,000 people who can do it in one place, so that Jiannu cannot pass through the garrison. If it is a field battle on the plains, it will be at least 40,000 people, and it is easy to be penetrated by cavalry. Of course, the premise of all this is that the army has enough flintlock pistols, and the total number of equipment must not be less than half of the total number of personnel. The more artillery, the better. However, as the saying goes, when a cannon fires, there are ten thousand taels of gold, and the artillery is a bottomless pit from production to the consumption of pills, which needs the support of the imperial court's income. ”

The young man was originally excited when he heard Yang Hongzhang's troop allocation, according to Yang Hongzhang's statement, he only needed forty or fifty thousand people to resist Dorgon's seventy or eighty thousand cavalry, which the previous Ming generals never dared to say, but Yang Hongzhang gave everyone a teaching lesson a few days ago. But when I heard it, I became silent again, and I still wanted money.

"Listening to the general's words is better than reading a book for ten years, I don't know if the general can write your scriptures into a chapter, I will present it to the general, maybe the emperor can see it, so as not to bury the general."

"It's fate for you and me to come here, if these shallow opinions are beneficial to the country and the people, please open your eyes for them, as for the false name, it can be regarded as a gift to the adult."

Hearing this, the young man was stunned again, he didn't expect that this young general had hills and valleys in his chest, he was an expert in leading troops to fight, and he also had unique opinions on national politics and current affairs. It's commendable that it's not a vain name! Is it really just the son of a businessman in his early twenties?

The young man saw that Yang Hongzhang didn't seem interested in writing his opinions into a concerto, so he continued to persuade: "I also have three or five friends in the court, and if I want to help the general, I also need some reasons. If the general is so talented and even the emperor knows, things will be easier to do. I'm afraid that if I make a mistake in my words, the general's meaning will not be beautiful. If the general has a heart, let's sort it out. ”

Yang Hongzhang looked at the young man in front of him who was not very old but had white hair on his temples, and his attitude seemed to have become more sincere than ever. If you think about it carefully, if you can really leave some of your ideas in the form of a concerto, it can be regarded as if you have not crossed in vain. Seeing that Yang Hongzhang agreed, the young man was very happy, and immediately asked the cell head to prepare a pen and paper, and then left the cell after giving some instructions.

After the two left, Yang Hongzhang also calmed down, and suddenly smiled, feeling that even if he crossed over, he was still afraid of death, although he was impassioned just now, in fact, he was a little wronged. It took Yang Hongzhang an afternoon to reluctantly regain his composure, and then remembered the young man's entrustment, and began to write a separate chapter.

Yang Hongzhang's calligraphy is average, so he is very serious, so that he didn't know it when there was a person in the cell again the next day. It wasn't until someone reached out and grabbed his brush that he realized.

The person who came turned out to be Xiang Siwen's son, no, it should be said that it was a daughter, since the two of them took a horse, Yang Hongzhang has seriously analyzed, this guy should be a woman dressed as a man, so he asked a few times later, and the other party did not deny it.

Xiang Yunfang looked up and down carefully for a while, and only after finding that Yang Hongzhang was not unusual, he gave Yang Hongzhang a big hug.

Yang Hongzhang was a little embarrassed, more of an accident. This little girl was so squirming when she was on horseback, but now she is so active, is it just because she is dying, pity herself?

Seeing that Yang Hongzhang was a little cold, Xiang Yunfang was a little dissatisfied, blushing and embarrassed to let go, but continued to hold Yang Hongzhang until Yang Hongzhang responded, and then let go of Yang Hongzhang with a big hand and patted her on the back.

"Brother Yang, you are a good person, you will definitely be fine." Although it was still men's clothing, Xiang Yunfang quickly revealed her daughter's mentality, and began to wipe her tears as soon as she hugged her, but she said comforting but ineffective words.

"You can come and see me, I'm happy, but this place is not for you, leave early. Did Ling Zun arrive in Beijing City, if he came and asked him to take care of the Hejian Army outside the city, the thousands of people and thousands of people didn't know what was going on. In Yang Hongzhang's mind, Xiang Siwen should have arrived in Beijing, otherwise his daughter would not have been able to find this place.

"You're dying yourself, and you're still caring about others." Xiang Yunfang muttered.

"It's okay, maybe I'll be able to go out when Sun Ge Lao comes back from Shanhaiguan. But those soldiers may make trouble because of my affairs, so they have to trouble Lingzun to persuade me on my behalf, and they must not make trouble no matter what, that will not do them any good. ”

"Got it, you're fine." As he spoke, Xiang Yunfang's voice became smaller and smaller, but his face became redder and redder.

Yang Hongzhang smiled bitterly, he didn't know if he could still be good, when it came to the court battle, it was no longer a simple matter of right and wrong, nor was it a matter of offsetting merits and demerits, but it depended on the balance of power between the emperor and the factions in the court. So Yang Hongzhang reluctantly sent a smile and said to Yunfang: "You also have to be good, it is not easy for everyone in this troubled world." Take care of yourself. ”

Xiang Yunfang nodded vigorously, and then actually held back a sentence: "Brother Yang, no matter how they torture you, don't admit it, as long as it's not a decision, there will be a way." If you are in prison all the year round, I will give you trouble, and if you are exiled, I will take care of you. ”

Yang Hongzhang looked at Xiang Yunfang in surprise, and the little girl bit her lip tightly after speaking, obviously making a lot of determination. Since ancient times, it is the most difficult to accept the grace of beauties, and this little girl may really hide from her father Xiang Siwen to visit the prison alone.

"I think my brother is serious, how can Hongzhang delay his brother's youth, I can come here today to see that I have done my best, and I must not have other thoughts, then Hongzhang will also have a burden." Yang Hongzhang felt that although he had the grace to recreate the women of Xiang Siwen, most of them were for Xiang Siqing, and he couldn't delay the life of other girls because of this little thing.

"Hmph, you are bullying, you did it on purpose, you know it...... Forget it, I won't tell you. Anyway, you remember, those who are the strongest to make them marry you would rather die than admit it. You have so many Buddha Pavilion elders, as long as you don't admit to rebellion, the emperor will not kill you. Xiang Yunfang originally wanted to say that Yang Hongzhang was bullying people, knowing that Ah was a girl, and he was still a brother, and he didn't give her a chance to repay her, but thinking that she couldn't say everything so clearly as a girl, what if she was rejected and had no way out.

Seeing that neither of them spoke, it became even more embarrassing after the scene cooled down, Xiang Yunfang hurriedly took out the food box he had prepared, and Yang Hongzhang looked forward to it for a long time and found that it was lotus seed soup in his hand.

So Yang Hongzhang joked while holding the lotus seed soup: "I still want my brother to understand me, I am bitter in my heart, even more bitter than this lotus seed!" ”

Unexpectedly, Xiang Yunfang was embarrassed when he heard this, and it took a while to say: "You will order and drink first, and I will try to learn to make other foods in the future." ”

Yang Hongzhang saw that people had misunderstood, and hurriedly said: "It's okay, this is good, clear heat and detoxify, it just so happens that I am full of grievances and have a fire in my heart, and it just so happens that this lotus seed soup will definitely be able to sleep well if I drink it." ”

Saying that, Yang Hongzhang deliberately made a big move, and drank very loudly, and Xiang Yunfang laughed happily when he saw this.

After drinking the lotus seed soup, Xiang Yunfang found that no one came to urge her to go out, so he pestered Yang Hongzhang to tell about his heroic deeds at sea, Yang Hongzhang was helpless, and in the face of the cute beautiful girl, he had to use his speech talent again, and briefly described a plunder from Madeira to Lisbon to purchase off the coast of Africa, then the Persian Gulf to change ships to escape the tracking of the Dutch, and then to the raid in the Maliu Strait, and then to escape back to the Ming Dynasty and was pitted by the governor...... The rest of the thing, Xiang Yunfang didn't personally experience the ambush in Qingxian and the first battle in Gaoyang in the first half, and he was basically on the scene in the back.

Sometimes Yang Hongzhang also thinks it's strange that Xiang Siwen, such a timid civil official, raised a daughter who didn't seem to be afraid of anything. At the beginning, outside Gaoyang City, when Haoge personally supervised the battle, Wang Lenian and Xiang Siwen were very nervous, but this girl asked at a critical moment, what are the two big cement piers for?

Yang Hongzhang's story is a legendary Western mail for people in this era, not to mention that it is naturally interesting to listen to a little girl like Yunfang.

Later, Xiang Yunfang also took care of himself to help Yang Hongzhang review the Gaoyang Guard Battle and the Hejian Raid and others, and seemed a little shy when it came to being touched by the saddle. Yang Hongzhang finally understood why she was allowed to ride with Yang Sheng, and the little girl reacted so much. It's not that Yang Sheng is fierce at all, it's the girl's careful thinking.

Seeing that Xiang Yunfang was getting more and more sticky, Yang Hongzhang was anxious, and it was also strange that he came in this dungeon by himself, but he was blindfolded with chains, and now the two are almost in love, but no one cares.

Xiang Yunfang left with a snort under Yang Hongzhang's comfort, and insisted that he would come back tomorrow when he left, so that Yang Hongzhang must resist the charge of never admitting rebellion. Then Yang Hongzhang had a headache and sent him to the prison to take care of him in exile. Yang Hongzhang can tell what this little girl is thinking even if he is stupid, but he can only continue to pretend to be stupid and confused, and it is difficult to say whether he can see the sun tomorrow.

When Xiang Yunfang left, Yang Hongzhang's mood seemed to be much better. This era is also full of cold-hearted people, at least Xiang Siwen is not this daughter, maybe Xiang Siwen still has concerns and dare not come.