"The third brother didn't say anything more?"

In the second tun of the Xu family, Xu Muhe sat on the Taishi chair, squinting and listening to the messenger who had just come back report on the situation in the fifteenth tun.

"It's gone, sir." The messenger lowered his head and replied respectfully: "The young master just said that he needs a day to prepare, and then let the little one come back first." ”

"Also, please ask the fifth young master to prepare earlier."

"Uh-huh......." Xu Muhe muttered: "One day to prepare for ......." ”

In the busy farming season, Sanding draws out an army to fight, and it only takes one day?

Either the third brother is bragging, or his own son is even more powerful than he imagined.

"Alright, you can go down." Xu Muhe opened his eyes and slowly said to the messenger: "Go find the account room, and reward you with a bucket of grain." ”

"Thank you, sir!"

It's a good thing, but it always feels a little awkward to be credible.

It wasn't until he went to bring the grain out that the messenger vaguely sensed that something was awkward - when he was in the fifteenth tun, Xu Shiyang gave a reward, and he reported the enemy situation in time, and he did the right thing, and he should be rewarded.

And the second master gave a reward, which seems to be a very personal emotional .......

It seems that after comparing the two sides, the third young master is more clear in rewards and punishments?

'The second master may not always like what I do. The messenger thought to himself, 'On the third young master's side, it seems that it only depends on whether what I am doing is right or not...... ’

……

"Master, did the third brother agree?"

As soon as the messenger left, Xu Dong's continuation of Xu Muhe walked into the main hall with a cup of tea, followed by a young man with a stubborn expression.

"Humph! The third brother is not like you! For the father's request, there is no reason not to agree! ”

Xu Muhe snorted coldly and threw Xu Dong's ugly face.

Of course, the woman didn't dare to make Xu Muhe uneasy as the messenger said, after all, she was only from a small family, her mother's family had no strength, and even her younger brother had to eat at her husband's house.

She really dared to say goodbye to Xu Shiyang, after all, she was a continuation, not a concubine, and according to feudal ethics, she was Xu Shiyang's mother.

"Fifth brother, you go and get ready, ...... in 2 days. No, within 3 days, the third brother will arrive, and you will go out with him when the time comes. ”

For his second son, Xu Muhe is much more pleasant, in his heart, the order of these relatives is probably as follows: Xu Shiliu, who reads the best, is the most important, Xu Shiyang is second, and Xu Dong's is the lowest.

"Father, in fact, I can also lead the troops directly, and I will definitely not be weak ...... the third brother."

"Shut up! Your task now is to read well! Leave the military affairs to your brother! Xu Muhe scolded, but seeing his son's dissatisfied expression, he changed his tone and explained slightly: "You are a reading seed, and your father believes that you will fight, but you have to know what is the most important thing!" When you get to Jiangnan, you will be famous and famous, this is what you should do, and now this kind of work is to let people like the third brother do it. ”

"......, yes!"

Xu Shiliu wanted to be stubborn for a while, until Xu Dongshi slapped him on the back hard, and the kid agreed awkwardly.

He looked down on Xu Shiyang, because Xu Shiyang was not good at reading, Xu Shiliu thought that the avenues of the world were all in the sage books, and the side roads that Xu Shiyang liked would never become the climate, no matter what he did.

Therefore, Xu Shiliu very much hoped to bring a soldier, and then a lupine scarf, talking and laughing, and the canopy was wiped out, so he also found a few military books to read, and he firmly believed that his ability to command troops had surpassed that of his brother who was only a brute.

Unfortunately, my father did not agree to lead the army himself.

Walking out of his father's mansion, Xu Shiliu said to his mother with dissatisfaction: "Out of the general into the phase, what my father said is good, since you know this truth, you should understand that the way to win is to win with literature and imperial martial arts, the third brother is just a reckless man, let me make a praise painting for him?" If he doesn't listen to me, what should I do if he breaks my soldiers? ”

"Yes, yes, you know I'm amazing." Xu Dong's tone was full of affection: "That Xu Shiyang is just a reckless man, far worse than my son." ”

"However, it's not bad for your father to arrange it like this, if Xu Shiyang doesn't listen to you and folds the general, doesn't that just prove that my son is indeed much stronger than him?"

Xu Shiliu tilted his head and thought about it, and finally sighed and said, "What my mother said makes sense. ”

"When my son becomes the head of the family, I must drive that reckless man out!"

At this time, Xu Dongshi recalled the fear of being dominated by the eldest woman.

Fortunately, the eldest woman is dead, and her son is really angry!

"It's not right for my mother to say that." Xu Shiliu shook his head and said indifferently: "No matter how you say it, it's my brother, and I, as a younger brother, should take care of him." ”

"Yes, yes, my son is the most kind!"

"Sir! Master! "A militiaman ran over recklessly and almost crashed into Xu Shiliu.

"Why are you so flustered?" Xu Shiliu shouted angrily: "I don't understand the rules at all!" Go and get the family law yourself! ”

The militiaman froze for a moment, and didn't seem to understand why he was going to be beaten.

After a while, he reported to Xu Shiliuyu: "Fifth Young Master, the Third Young Master is here with troops, just outside the door, he wants the Fifth Young Master to be ready to set off immediately!" ”

"What? Right now? ”

……

When Xu Muhe and Xu Shiliu hurriedly came to the south gate of Ertun, Xu Shiyang had been waiting here for a while.

The second master of the Xu family took a look at it, and the soldiers of the fifteenth tun were lined up in two rows back to back, sitting on both sides of the road facing outward, each with a thin bedding for camping under his body, holding a spear or musket and other weapons in his arms, and holding a multigrain cake in his hand and nibbling happily.

At the back of the queue, there were several horse-drawn carts, on which a small amount of grain and grass and a few wooden cannons were neatly stacked.

Five or six little girls gathered around a large pot and scooped a scoop of warm vegetable soup for each soldier.

Xu Muhe squinted his eyes and roughly counted, even men and women, the team of the fifteenth tun is far less than 300 people, and it may only be in the early hundreds.

He was not wrong, in order not to delay the farm work, Xu Shiyang took the order of the head of the family to draw one as a deaf ear, and he only brought all 100 new army members this time, 12 medical teams (6 of which were armed), and 10 coachmen.

All the other militiamen, Ding Zhuang, stayed at home and continued to do farm work.

"Third brother, why are there so few soldiers?" Xu Muhe asked suspiciously.

"It's not too much." Xu Shiyang explained simply: "Father, I won't go to Yitun to gather this time, please quickly allocate the grain and grass needed by 300 people for 5 days to the children, and I will set off in an hour and go to Rizhao first." ”

"Nonsense!" Xu Muhe shouted angrily: "There are thousands of Japanese robbers in that Rizhao, and you are only a hundred people, what are you enough for!" ”

"There are almost two thousand defenders of Rizhao Port." Xu Shiyang replied calmly: "The dock fort that is closer to there should also set off now, and the Japanese actually don't have any advantage in strength. ”

"What is most lacking there now is a strong army that can be used as a reassuring pill, and everyone gathers together to defeat the Japanese in one go."

"I, and the fifth brother, are here to do this reassurance!"