Zuo Zongtang was in a good mood when he came to the provisional governor's line, and he was originally worried about the army's grain and grass, and Lan Mingtai and Li Guolou prepared more than one million catties of grain and grass for the front-line officers and soldiers, and made up for two million catties of grain and grass

The war is about to break out, so the banquet in the evening is simple and atmospheric, everyone has drunk three bowls of wine, and can still eat a bowl of sorghum rice, and can still gnaw on the pig's trotters, and they already feel very satisfied

Next, a military meeting was held, and the battle tasks were arranged, Li Guolou, Li Ziying, drove with the army, obeyed the command of the general soldier Zhang Yao, and marched to Diebe County, which is also Li Guolou's chariot to Zuo Zongtang, saying that he was unwilling to obey the orders of the Guyuan Governor Lei Zhenghuan, because Lei Zhenghuan embezzled military salaries very badly, the Qing army belonged to Lei Zhenghuan, and there were many troops bombing the battalion, and now Lei Zhenghuan is guilty, if it wasn't for Zuo Zongtang to protect him, Lei Zhengwan would have been imprisoned long ago

This is related to a person's character, Lei Zhengwan likes to respond to every call, obviously he is not capable, and he is desperately expanding the army, and he is not a person inside and out, and now Lei Zhenghuan and his brother Lei Sheng are far away, honest and obedient to orders, Zuo Zongtang assigned, vowed to the sky, and swore to recover Ganquan County, Fu County, and Luochuan County

Li Guolou looked at Zuo Zongtang and assigned the arduous task to the Lei brothers, guessing Zuo Zongtang's sinister intentions, sometimes employing people with tainted people, people are obedient, easy to use, and for my use, and now the Lei brothers have become Zuo Zongtang's diehards, even if Zuo Zongtang rebels, they will follow

Standing beside Li Guolou, Zhang Yao gave a crutch and said angrily: "Lord Li, why don't you answer when you talk to you, look down on me, I can't be illiterate."

Li Guolou was in pain, touched his ribs, looked at the donkey's face, and said with a wry smile: "Zhang Zhentai, I want to fight, I didn't hear what you said, I swear to God, I really didn't hear it."

Zhang Yao shouted loudly: "Li Guolou, you heard clearly to me, Zuo Dashuai wants to capture Lei Heng alive, Ma Zhankui wants to use their hearts to pay tribute to Gao Guard, Zuo Dashuai is going to personally take charge of the sword, do you hear it clearly?"

"Ah" Li Guolou was quite surprised, looking at the majestic standing on the main throne, Zuo Zongtang, that is a literary talent, Gao Badou, a romantic figure in the literary world, not like his martial arts body, still in the big dye vat of the Criminal Department, for the murder, Zuo Zongtang actually wanted to execute Gao Liansheng in person, Zuo Zongtang had a very high status in his mind, like a dead relative, and hurriedly straightened his attitude and bowed down: "It was the lower officials who heard it clearly, captured Lei Heng alive, Ma Zhankui, and avenged Gao Guard."

Zuo Zongtang glared at Zhang Yao angrily, he didn't know how to be an official at all, he was just angry for a while and said a few angry words, but he didn't expect Zhang Yao to be serious, how to be a good boss now, and he must not regret it, if he really captured Lei Heng and Ma Zhankui alive, he wanted to be an executioner, he had never killed anyone in his life, Zuo Zongtang struggled in his heart, and he didn't know whether to capture Lei Heng and Ma Zhankui alive, and the words of suffering made the officials in the hall misunderstand, and even Li Guolou was convinced of this military order

Zuo Zongtang was at a loss, standing in the hall with so many faces, he was not good at making a statement, he had said that his words were invalid, he covered his mouth and coughed for a while, glanced around, and said calmly: "The task of eliminating Lei Heng's department is very urgent, and only by fighting this battle can we continue to carry out the battle against Xiaozhou and Jinjibao to return to the army, otherwise in the second half of this year, our army will face an unprecedented difficult situation, I hope that all the gentlemen will work hard, cooperate sincerely, unite Huanglong, share the worries of the monarch's father, and completely solve the cancer of the Elders' Association. The passive combatant Ben Shuai was the first to cut his mother's troops, let him become a bare-bones general, and he also participated in the revolution, and he let him go bankrupt, do you hear clearly?"

"The commander of the left, the subordinate heard clearly," the Lei brothers shouted, they had no way out, the Qing court's atonement money was not a joke, it was to break people, the father could not afford to pay it back, and the children would pay it back

Li Guolou also shouted loudly, feeling that Zuo Zongtang pointed out that Sang scolded Huai, this time he would not save his strength, Li Ziying recruited a thousand people, and fought with the rebel rebel army to fight and pull down

Zuo Zongtang was satisfied with the words of his subordinates, like a soldier, stroked his long beard and said: "Very good, Ben Shuai will sit in Yan'an City, I hope that the good news of the monarchs will spread frequently, so that Ben Shuai can sing loudly in the empty city, hehehehe"

"Zuo Dashuai dared to skip people, how dare the rebels invade Yan'an City"

"With Zuo Dashuai sitting in Yan'an, I don't dare to come if I borrow Lei Heng's ten dares."

"Zuo Dashuai is sitting in Yan'an, our rear is stable, and the soldiers will definitely go to the battlefield with all their might," Li Guolou followed the crowd and slapped Zuo Zongtang's ass behind the generals

Yan'an is really an empty city, how is this possible, 2,000 regular troops are left behind, plus the militia and the recruiting army, tens of thousands of people can go to the front line with Zuo Zongtang's training for three months, and these more than 10,000 people are all usable soldiers, but in another way, the army rushes to Yan'an to garrison everywhere, but also to maintain law and order in the suburbs, Yan'an City can also be regarded as an empty city, so it is not an exaggeration to praise Zuo Zongtang for a few words

In the middle of the night, the military meeting ended, the generals dispersed, Li Guolou lingered, with some flattery, handed a bag of gifts to Zuo Zongtang and said with a smile: "Zuo Dashuai, you are not in good health, the lower official brought some ginseng, originally used it for himself, but now he borrowed flowers to offer Buddha, and please take care of his body."

"Well, then there is work, Guolou should rest early," Zuo Zongtang took the brown paper package, weighed the weight of more than two catties, Li Guolou is very generous, worthy of being a rich official and businessman in the Qing Dynasty, he values Li Guolou very much, this person feels that Li Guolou is better than Hu Xueyan Jiashi, can persist until now, selflessly help Chu Jun did not have too many requirements, and is willing to go to the front line to fight in person, just by virtue of these points, he has no reason not to use Li Guolou, young people are willing to go to the battlefield, and the elders should help

Back in the inner room, Zuo Zongtang opened the paper bag and looked at it, his face was flushed, and he nodded with satisfaction, and nodded with satisfaction Goryeo old mountain ginseng and ginseng, this bag of gadgets is worth at least 30,000 taels of silver, no wonder Li Guolou Jingshi is very popular, and he is really generous, although he can't pull Li Guolou into his account, but he is also a capable cadre of the Westernization faction, and he will be more close and close in the future

"Madame, stew ginseng soup with pigeons, let's drink it tomorrow morning," Zuo Zongtang handed over a pack of ginseng to Mrs. Zhou Yiduan, although he is an official and honest, but he also eats fireworks in the world, and his subordinates are filial, as long as they don't go out of the cabinet, it is not real money, he will accept it all

Zhou Yiduan was born in a big family, and at a glance, he knew that tens of thousands of ginseng were wrapped in brown paper at will and asked: "Who is the husband, who honors you?"

"Oh, it's Prince Gong's protégé, Mrs. Li Guolou, rest assured, use this person, don't ask me, people are just a heart, he has a little wife to stay in Yan'an City for two days, you give a gift, thank you, it's done," Zuo Zongtang sat down and looked at the excerpt, and washed his feet in water with his feet

"The little wife also deserves my gift in return," Zhou Yiduan was extremely dissatisfied that she was a first-class lady

"Madam, it's hard to take a little wife out of the house, let you go back to Beijing to thank Li Guolou, the future is limitless, the next generation of leaders, the palace can eat better than me," Zuo Zongtang is not good, he squeezed his eyebrows, and smiled a little obscenely

"Hmph, the little white face is not a good product, I think he is a playboy brother", Zhou Yiduan had already heard of Li Guolou's deeds, and he deliberately went out to see what Li Guolou looked like for a while, and that was it, and he would be a bad old man in another thirty years

Zuo Zongtang said with a smile: "Madam, I don't marry him, I heard that his eldest daughter and Tan Zongjun's son are married, which is also a joke at the banquet."

"Tan Zongjun's literary talent is okay, but it's a pity that this kind of person can't endure hardship, he will only move his mouth, he is lazy, and he is of little use to the country" Zhou Yiduan is the military advisor behind Zuo Zongtang, she has first-class literary talent, likes to study mountains and rivers, maps, and military books, and many of Zuo Zongtang's military propositions are actually planned by him and Zhou Yiduan, this is a male-inferior society, and talented women like Zhou Yiduan can only work silently for men behind the scenes

Zuo Zongtang walked barefoot on the woolen carpet and sat on the edge of the bed, ready to rest and sleep, and said with a sigh: "Li Guolou is not an ordinary person, he proposed to attack Jinji Fort today, and the strategy is a hundred times stronger than you, this is called a hero, I was moved by him on the spot."

"What, husband, let's listen to it," Zhou Yiduan shook Zuo Zongtang's arm to make him sober up, how could he speak and say half the truth

Zuo Zongtang beat his spirits and briefly said that he had a conversation with Li Guolou in the car, and then closed his eyes and went to sleep

Zhou Yiduan was a little frightened when he heard it, it turned out that the little white face was a vicious and ruthless person, and he almost recognized people and misunderstood Li Guolou's nature

"Well, this person is quite interesting, I'll go and meet his little wife first," Zhou Yiduan is only interested in talented literati, Li Guolou's poems, she has read a few works and is quite qualified, Zhou Yiduan is ready to put down a good life, Mrs. Hao's worth will go to return the gift with Li Guolou's little wife Wanniang first, and when he looks sideways, his husband Zuo Zongtang has fallen asleep peacefully, and it seems that Yan'an's official affairs are arranged in an orderly manner, and he does not let his husband work hard

Zhou Yiduan twisted the case, the oil lamp was thick, and the sleepiness hit his heart, and he fell asleep very much, the night shrouded the loess high slope, only the Qing army on duty stood on the street, they were like statues in the temple, holding spears and swords, fierce and vicious, staring wide-eyed, as if they wanted to see through the sky in the dark

Zuo Zongtang, as the commander-in-chief of the war, came to Yan'an, which belonged to the front line, how could the commander of the real front line sleep, Li Guolou stayed awake all night, discussed with Zhang Yao the cooperation between the two armies, arranged the march route of Li Ziying, and the staff drew a map of the army overnight, and the sound of the military horn sounded outside the window, and then the troops were about to set off

Li Guolou stretched his muscles and bones, stretched his body into a big character, and said to the group of people in the General Staff: "Hard work, everyone, time is pressing, we will leave in the morning, Zuo Dashuai ordered us to capture Lei Heng alive, I will add a bonus of 1,000 taels of silver, do you say it's okay?"

Xu Lan put down his hand and sighed: "Lord Li, it sounds pretty good, but it's a pity that it's too difficult to complete the task, you can tell me how much a head is worth, so that a soldier can have a head."

"Then halve, how much is the head of the other rebel leaders worth, your staff department will deal with it at its discretion, just don't let me go bankrupt," Li Guolou was in a good mood, Li Ziying was in a good mood, in addition to ideological education, he often paid unremitting attention to silver, rewarded silver, and official hats, and his subordinates all wanted to make meritorious contributions and receive awards, Li Guolou looked at the cheering atmosphere in the army, and was very pleased

"Master Li is the bureau's weapon, and we are all promoted to three levels in a row," Xu Lan shouted in a strange tone to boost the morale of the generals

Li Guolou touched his head, and some inches of hair grew on the door, turned around and entered the south room, and there was no time to dress up when he went out, and now there was still a short time to get a haircut, change clothes, and say goodbye to Wanniang

Wan Niang has long known that Li Guolou's temperament, hot water, towels, and clothes are all ready, like serving the emperor, without Li Guolou's hands, and her whole body is rejuvenated

Li Guolou sat comfortably on the chair, leaned on Wan Niang's soft body, closed his eyes on his body, and enjoyed Wan Niang's combing for him, the horn comb scratched his scalp very softly, and he felt a little intoxicated

"Wan Niang, these days, you stay in Yan'an City, someone gives you gifts, you have to see clearly, gold, silver and jewelry, you must not accept anything else, a few polite words are okay to accept" Now many officials in Yan'an are Li Guolou's officials, those who followed him into Yan'an City, local tyrants, meritorious ministers, have earned an official and a half-position, although they are not big officials, but they all belong to the official government, and the people in the yamen have real power, these people squeeze their heads and want to go to the next level, worship Li Guolou, it is their long-cherished wish

Although Li Guolou did not recognize these people as disciples, these officials already recognized Li Guolou as their backer, Li Guolou's concubine stayed in Yan'an City, these disciples, apprentices, and grandchildren, shouldn't they be good at showing that women are good money, so Li Guolou first explained a few words to Wan Niang, he has the principle of being a person and doing things, and he can't break the rules

Wan Niang's face was ruddy, moistened by the rain and dew, her figure was tall, full and fair, and she stroked Li Guolou's angular face with both hands, and said with a charming smile: "I know, do I want to collect two maids for you?"

Li Guolou stood up and said coldly: "Wan Niang, don't open any pot, mention which pot Mu San doesn't know, don't you know the situation at home, return it to me."

"What about me" Wan Niang style unbuttoned the corset, revealing full white breasts and preparing for madness······