Liu Renyu and Liu Wuguo led their men and gradually approached the Ming army camp under Qingjian County.

When they were still a mile away from the camp, Liu Renyu and Liu Wuguo saw the gate of the camp open, and a middle-aged official wearing a crimson official robe and a black gauze hat took the lead and walked in their direction with a large number of generals behind him.

Liu Renyu fixed his eyes and saw that the one wearing the crimson official robe was Hong Chengchou, and the rest were Du Wenhuan, the two generals of Guyuan Town, Jin Xiru and Zhang Mingzhe, and then the four old acquaintances guerrilla generals Yang Jinrong, Yu Pengcheng, Fang Lingshen, and Ma Zhankui.

Liu Wuguo, who was riding a horse beside Liu Renyu, saw that Hong Chengchou was a dignified governor, and he actually wanted to come out to greet him, of course, he still knew that Hong Chengchou was eighty percent here to greet Liu Renyu, but after all, he was also stained, because he originally wanted to say to Liu Renyu beside him, "Brother, let's hurry up and get off the horse to greet him." ’

However, Liu Wuguo turned his head to look, yo, Liu Renyu beside him had long been sitting on the horse, he looked down in surprise and found that Liu Renyu had already knelt on the ground, and had already begun to kneel forward.

When Liu Wuguo saw it, he felt that his reaction was too slow, so he immediately dismounted and knelt on the ground, also kneeling forward.

The two generals knelt down, and of course their men knelt, but they didn't have to kneel.

To say that although this Liu Renyu came from later generations, but the Qing Palace watched a lot of dramas, the Yongzheng Emperor of later generations went out to welcome Nian Qianyao, who returned from a winning battle, this year Qianyao's brain was kicked by a donkey, and when he saw the emperor, he dared not get off the horse in time, so he was attacked by Yushi, saying that he had no courtesy.

Of course, he Liu Renyu is not a general, Hong Chengchou is not Yongzheng, but the reason is the same, Hong Chengchou thinks that he is Liu Renyu's benefactor, and now he wants to use him Liu Renyu, so he came out to greet him, this is courtesy, if Liu Renyu is sensible, he should make a gesture of gratitude.

Then, Liu Renyu really made a gesture, and this posture was really in place.

Still 300 meters away, Liu Renyu rolled off the horse, knelt on both knees, walked all the way, and leaned towards Hong Chengchou, Liu Wuguo next to Liu Renyu reacted a little slowly, but he also followed up in time.

Hong Chengchou saw Liu Renyu behaving like this from a distance, and couldn't help nodding secretly: "This son is still very sensible, and it is not in vain for me to promote him." ”

After Liu Renyu and Liu Wuguo walked all the way to the knees, and took pictures with Hong Chengchou and others, they each saluted and said: "The lowly Liu Renyu (Liu Wuguo) has seen Hong Junmen. ”

Hong Chengchou smiled, and first said to the two generals: "Both of them are here, please get up." ”

When the two generals heard this, they each stood up and stood with their hands down.

"Invincible, you are here, I am here to welcome you." Hong Chengchou and the other two generals got up and said to Liu Renyu with a smile.

"Junmen, how can the little one be deed? I can actually work you to personally greet and kill the small ones. After Liu Renyu said this, he bowed to the ground again.

"It's okay, it's okay, you're here, I'm going to entrust you with a heavy responsibility, you may have to work a lot harder." Hong Chengchou stopped talking to the point, which means to give you courtesy, and you have to do everything honestly.

"If the military gate is like this, the little one dares not to die!" Liu Renyu replied earnestly.

"Alright, two, let's greet Mr. Du and the rest of my colleagues." After Hong Chengchou and the two generals finished the salute, they let them greet the others.

So the two generals greeted Du Zongzhen, the official, as well as Jin Xiru and other colleagues.

When Liu Renyu and Liu Wuguo greeted Du Zongzhen and Jin Xiru and others, Hong Chengchou caught a glimpse of a large number of people in the ranks of these two who were tied up with ropes and dressed as ordinary people.

When Hong Chengchou saw this situation, he asked Liu Renyu: "Invincible, who are these people who are being bound?" ”

"Junmen, this is Wang Jiayin's Mantianxing's department, the small one cooperated with General Liu to destroy this thief, kill 110 real thieves, capture 190 people, and General Liu captured the thief's head Mantianxing. I have brought these thieves with me to you to dispose of. ”

"Very good, very good, the two of you have just set out on the expedition, and they have made this great achievement, I should wait for you to show the credit, but at the moment there is Wang Jiayin, a giant thief, who is still besieging Yan'an, this credit will be recorded for the time being, and it will not be too late for us to sweep away Wang Jiayin. As for these thieves, they were first detained in the barracks, and then they were disposed of when the battle was over. ”

"Yes, Junmen." Liu Renyu agreed with Liu Wuguo.

"Okay, you have worked hard from afar, so let's rest down first, and then we will discuss the strategy of entering the army." Hong Chengchou said to the two generals of the Liu family.

"Yes, Junmen." The two generals of the Liu family agreed, and first handed over the stars to the people under Hong Chengchou, and then the two of them took their subordinates into the camp to rest first.

After Liu Renyu's subordinates entered the camp, were assigned to the demarcated area, and found a tent to rest, Liu Renjie suddenly came to report, saying that it was Hong Chengchou's cronies who had come to invite Liu Renyu to meet in the big tent of the Chinese army.

When Liu Renyu heard that Hong Chengchou had summoned him, of course he immediately followed Hong Chengchou's cronies to the big tent of the Chinese army.

Along the way, Hong Chengchou's cronies were particularly affectionate with Liu Renyu because his general had already taken Liu Renyu as a lackey, and the two of them chatted happily, which made Liu Renyu excited, so he took out a piece of treasure jade seized from the thieves on the spot and wanted to give it to the cronie.

The cronie saw that Liu Renyu was arrogant, and he also felt that Liu Renyu was not an outsider, so he didn't shirk and accepted it with a smile.

Liu Renyu took this opportunity to say to the cronie: "If you have the opportunity, please say a few kind words for me in front of the military gate." ”

"General Liu, please rest assured, the military gate values you very much, we are not outsiders, we will definitely speak for you. If there's any news, I'll let you know. The cronie replied with a smile.

"Thank you. By the way, let me ask you something, do you know what the military gate is looking for me? ”

"I don't know."

"Then may I ask if the military gate has been worried about anything recently?"

"That's right, those Zigu original guest soldiers didn't do much to fight, so they wanted to grab money, grab food, and harm the people of our Yansui, and sometimes they secretly communicated with thieves and fought with thieves. The military gate was very worried about this matter. ”

"Oh, I see, thank you." When Liu Renyu heard the news, he knew it in his heart.

The two walked for a while, and then came to Hong Chengchou's Chinese army tent.

When the cronie arrived outside the big tent, he stopped and let Liu Renyu go in directly.

Liu Renyu entered the big tent and saw Hong Chengchou sitting behind the handsome case.

It was only at this time that Liu Renyu had the time to observe Hong Chengchou carefully, and he vaguely remembered that when the big official in front of him first took over as the governor of Yansui, he was still full of red face, a little baby fat, and the hair color of his sideburns was still black and shiny.

The second time we met, the red light was gone, but at least there was still flesh on the face, and the hair color of the sideburns was occasionally silver. This time, Hong Chengchou was directly like the prisoners who were tortured in the concentration camp, his shape was erect, his skin was covered with bones, the wrinkles on his face were as deep as those carved by a knife, and the hair exposed on the outside of the black gauze hat was half white.

"Governor Yansui is really not a human thing, sitting in the seat of the governor of Yansui at the end of the Ming Dynasty is no different from sitting on the crater, you are really tired."

Liu Renyu sighed for a while, and then he knelt down and asked An to see him.

Hong Chengchou saw Liu Renyu kneeling on the ground to salute, so he agreed and asked Liu Renyu to get up first, and then he opened his mouth again: "Invincible, the matter of your promotion is being done, and it takes time for the documents to come and go between our Shaanxi and Jingshi, don't worry, it's yours who can't run after all." ”

As soon as Hong Chengchou opened, he brought up the matter of being promoted.

"This little one understands, of course what the military gate has said is counted."

"Well, you work hard, work hard, do it well, as long as I am still in this position, you will only rise and not fall, even if you make a mistake, as long as I can speak, I will always take care of you."

"The little one thanked the military gate for his love, and dared not to die for the military gate."

"Well, I'm glad you have this in mind." Hong Chengchou nodded first, and then continued: "How many soldiers and horses did you bring this time?" ”

"If you go back to the army, you will bring 700 soldiers and horses this time, all of them are sharp, and they drill every day, and their combat power is extremely strong."

"Yes! At present, Wang Jiayin is besieging Yan'an with tens of thousands of horses, and Yan'an Governor Zhang Yin has issued an urgent document, and Yan'an is in danger. I took it upon myself to lead the troops to rescue them as quickly as possible. But this group of soldiers under me, the main soldiers are still like that, and they can always fight for a while, but the group of guest soldiers in Guyuan is really not a weapon, and they secretly communicate with the thieves. ”

When Hong Chengchou said this, he naturally sighed again, feeling that these officers and soldiers were useless.

Liu Renyuxin said, if you want someone to work for you and don't pay you, of course people will be passive and slack off, and you still suspect that others are perfunctory. To tell the truth, people really think that the thieves have no future, otherwise they will surrender to the thieves and drink spicy food.

Liu Renyu knows this matter in his heart, and it is estimated that Hong Chengchou also knows it in his heart, but this is the case, this situation is difficult to solve, but since Hong Chengchou said this matter, Liu Renyu naturally wants to express his opinion.

"The military gate, the imperial court is in arrears, and the reaction of the Guyuan soldiers is normal, and now that the enemy is present, when employing people, the military gate does not have to care too much about these trivial matters. After the fierce battle with the starry man, the small one seized some money, although the amount was not very much, only 3,000 taels, but it could be used as military funds to solve the urgent needs of the army. Please accept it. ”

"This is the spoils you got from the bloody battle with your soldiers, and I'm embarrassed to accept it." Hong Chengchou heard that Liu Renyu was willing to donate money, and his eyes lit up with joy, but he wanted to be polite.

"The military gate, the small one is still young, there is still a long way to go, the military gate is good, the small one will be good, now the military gate has difficulties, and the small one should solve problems for the military gate."

"Very good." Hong Chengchou nodded with a smile, and then said: "I'll accept this money, and I won't say much about it, you and I just have a number in our hearts." Alright, I'm looking for you now, but I have something for you to do. ”

"Please show me the way."

"From now on, your men will be my pacesetters. Tomorrow, gather all the generals, survey the strategy, you are the pioneer, open the way first, and be an example. ”

"Yes, Junmen."

"Guyuan soldiers are becoming more and more arrogant, they don't listen to control, now is the time of war, the military order is not good, how can they kill giant thieves like Wang Jiayin. I want to kill a few ineffective generals to enforce military discipline, and when the time comes, you need to lead troops to guard me and prepare to suppress the rebels. ”

"Yes, Junmen." Liu Renyu nodded vigorously and replied loudly.

"Well, when the matter is over, you can go down and rest first, and come to our place tomorrow to discuss the strategy of entering the army."

"Yes, military gate, the small one will retire."

Liu Renyu agreed, and then walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army and went back to his big tent.