"Xiaobao, tiger, leopard, Qing brother!"

Seeing everyone coming in, Niu Dalang was really happy.

Among these four people, Huo Bao and Huo Bao had been to Jinling before and had a face-to-face meeting with Niu Dalang, but Huo Hu and Niu Qing had not seen each other for half a year.

"They're all bigger, and they're getting taller!"

Niu Dalang nodded at Huo Hu, and his eyes fell on Niu Qing.

Although he is just a cousin of Gaozu, who let the Niu family have only these few people left, and it is the love of sharing hardships at the beginning, and he sees Niu Qing as a brother.

Niu Erlang couldn't help but come to Niu Qing's side and compare his height with his cousin.

"When I left Jinling, I was half a fist shorter, but now I am two fingers taller, and my body is also strong, and I have a good life!" Niu Erlang was very surprised.

Doesn't it mean that the Chuzhou Army has been fighting in the past few months?

From the cousin's appearance, it doesn't look like he has suffered hardship.

Niu Qing said with a smile: "I have always followed the fifth uncle, only those who enjoy happiness, can they not be fat?" Second brother, I have a lot of strength! ”

Huo Bao shook his head at Niu Erlang and said, "Why is Second Uncle Niu still so thin?" Like a hemp stalk? ”

Niu Erlang grabbed Huo Leopard's arm and pinched it: "Haha, don't talk about me, the leopard hasn't seen much strength in the past few months!" ”

This greeting erased the strangeness of separation.

Niu Dalang sighed: "I didn't expect to have today!" ”

Niu Erlang echoed: "Yes, it's like a dream, I pinched myself several times!" ”

The two brothers knew that Huo Wu was self-reliant in Huainan, but they didn't expect to lay down such a large territory.

Huo Bao said with a smile: "Anyway, the hard days are over, Brother Niu, Second Brother Niu, let's go see my father first...... He was going to come over in person, but he had a few more glasses of wine for dinner, and he couldn't see the wind, so he sent us over to invite Brother Niu and Second Brother Niu over......"

Niu Dalang hurriedly said: "We should have gone over to ask Uncle Huo for peace!" ”

As they spoke, the group left the guest room and followed Huo Bao to Huo Wu.

……

The place where Huo Wu is now placed is the main house of the inner courtyard of the political envoy's yamen.

Five large houses with three light and two darkness, full of furnishings.

Huo Wu sat in the hall, serving a bowl of sobering soup, his face was full of disgust, and he couldn't swallow it.

A boy next to him, a teenager, served Huo Wu when he was in Chuzhou.

Seeing everyone come in, Tong'er was busy giving everyone a salute and went down to serve tea.

Huo Wu hurriedly raised his neck and drank it all, and complained to everyone: "I don't know whose recipe, where is this sobering soup, it is a bowl of vinegar soup, which is so sour that people are excited!" ”

He was so casual, and Brother Niu Dalang was less restrained and gave Huo Wu a salute.

"Fifth Uncle Huo!"

"Fifth Uncle Huo!"

The two brothers are really close.

At the beginning, the changes in Nanshan Village, without Huo Wu, Huo Bao and his son, none of them would have survived.

It was the comfortable days of Jinling, and they were also touched by the light of the Huo family's father and son, so they were protected by the Jia family brothers.

In Jinling these days, their life is slightly better, and their favorite food is still meat porridge, but they no longer have the taste of the original meal.

Huo Wuduan measured the eyes of the Niu brothers and was very satisfied with Niu Dalang: "I have done it to 100 households...... Nice, nice ......"

Niu Dalang was a little embarrassed, and said honestly: "I was just the tun chief before, and I have risen to 100 households in the past few days, and I guess it's for the sake of the fifth uncle's face......"

Huo Wu smiled: "Tun Chang is not bad!" I asked Jia Yuan, you practice weekdays, and you beheaded one person in the battle in the southern suburbs yesterday...... This hard work is enough! ”

Niu Dalang smiled bitterly: "That's the time to come, you can't kill if you don't cut and kill!" ”

Huo Wu was slightly surprised when he heard what he meant: "Then you want to withdraw from the barracks?" What are your plans for the future? ”

Niu Dalang shook his head and said: "My nephew is from a farming background, except for his strength, he will not be ...... The nephew still wants to stay under Second Master Jia and be a guard......"

Huo Wu shook his head and said: "Jia Yan and Jia Yuan will set off tomorrow to fight Gaochun County after the whole army, and their brothers will also be generals in the future!" ”

Now there are still three counties in Jinling that have not been captured, and the water is in Jurong, and the rest are Gaochun and Liyang.

Huo Wu asked the Jia brothers and Shi Jin to choose two counties by themselves, and the Jia brothers chose Gaochun County, which was far away from Jinling, and left Liyang, which was close to Shijin.

It is also because of Shi Jin's soldiers, many of whom are still quarrying rocks, and it will take time to pick them up.

Niu Dalang couldn't help but be stunned and speechless.

"If you want to be a defender, I'll find another place for you!"

Huo Wu said, thinking about the owner of the horse village or Master Lin's side.

The two of them are in high power, and they should also start setting up personal guards.

They do not go to the battlefield, and they are much safer than the soldiers.

Niu Dalang hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't bother Fifth Uncle Huo...... Since Uncle Jia and Second Master Jia are both dispatched, the nephew will follow...... At the beginning, it was two brothers who sheltered their nephews, and it didn't make sense that as soon as Fifth Uncle Huo came, the nephews ran back, that's not the reason to be a human being......"

Huo Wu is also a father, and he knows Niu Dalang's previous scruples, and said: "On the battlefield, there are no eyes for swords and guns, so you don't have to worry about the little stool?" ”

Niu Dalang said with a smile: "Before, my nephew was not worried about that kid, but now that Fifth Uncle Huo is here, Xiaobao and Brother Qing are here, and my nephew has nothing to worry about!" ”

Huo Wu nodded, looked at Niu Erlang, frowned, and said, "Your eldest brother is a hundred households, and you haven't even hung up a long one, it's really embarrassing?" ”

Niu Erlang sneered and said: "My nephew's problem, Fifth Uncle Huo also knows, if you don't see blood, you won't have any energy when you see it...... is this Wu Chief, or is it given by Jia Erye for face...... In the future, I won't be a soldier, can I do chores for Uncle Huo? ”

When Niu Dalang heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and took his brother's eyes and blamed.

With Niu Qing here, what can be done by asking for something that can be done from cousins, why do you have to go to Uncle Huo to do this?

Huo Wu didn't mean to blame, thought about it, and said, "Earlier, your father sent you to be an apprentice in the town, how did you learn?" Will it be bookkeeping? ”

Niu Erlang said with a bitter face: "The account will be recorded...... It's just that I don't know the words well......"

Huo Wu snorted lightly: "You can't go to school, how old are you, you can't be a martial artist, you must always have a strength......"

When Niu Erlang heard this, his eyes lit up: "Fifth Uncle Huo wants his nephew to do chores?" Is that nephew really not a soldier? ”

Huo Wudao: "Tomorrow, I will pre-back up the ceremony, and let your eldest brother take you to Jia's house for a visit, and thank you for taking care of you for half a year." ”

Niu Erlang immediately responded.

Niu Dalang said with a little shame: "Xiao Er is not sensible, will he cause trouble to Fifth Uncle Huo?" ”

"I'm short of people here, come over if your brother wants to, if you can't stand up, I'll clean ......him up," Huo Wu said very invisibly.

There are only a few people left in Nanshan Village, pull it, and it will be Huo Bao's help in the future.

……

The Chuzhou army crossed the river on September 20 to attack Taiping Province, and entered Jinling City at night on September 24.

After seizing the four gates, the four gates of Jinling were closed, and there was no martial law, but the patrolmen on the street took several times, so that the pedestrians retreated.

On September 25, the four gates were closed, and the Chuzhou army was feasting and drinking, but the yamen did not move.

On September 26, the four doors were still closed, and the yamen was still silent.

"Hasn't the Chuzhou Army issued a notice yet?"

"There is no movement, it's just that the brothers of the Jia family have started to reorganize the army!"

"Still going to war? Is this going to attack Yangzhou? ”

"Just hit Jinling and hit Yangzhou? The city wall of Yangzhou is not like Jinling! ”

"Is it that the Yangzhou sailors are all reversed?"

"Who knows?"

"Is it because of the movement of the imperial court soldiers and horses, that the door is closed?"

"It's not all right, Hangzhou was also occupied before, isn't it still 'recovered'?"

The last sentence is a whisper.

In the market, there are all kinds of speculation.

……

Even when the Jia Yan brothers were preparing for war, they were also confused when they paid attention to the movements of the Chuzhou army.

It's just that in their current status, they are not qualified to know about the high-level meeting of the Chuzhou Army.

So it's futile to try to find out what the inside story is through a few of them.

"Didn't the five masters put peace and security first in all states before? Why not this time? ”

"Who knows! Maybe the fifth master has other arrangements! ”

Jia Yuan muttered to his brother for a while, and then put it down.

Now is their first battle after joining the Chuzhou Army, no matter how careful they are, they can't go wrong.

Even if Huo Wu saw the old love and mentioned the two brothers, they had to be able to stand up.

Otherwise, they will destroy the multitude.

However, Huo Wu's sentence, "neither friend nor foe", spread through the mouth of the historian and the Zhen family.

Some people privately scolded Huo Wu for being "arrogant and domineering", but there were more people who understood and saw the deep meaning of this.

Huo Wu said this in Chuzhou before, and Chuzhou is the base camp of the Chuzhou army.

Now that Huo Wu said this in Jinling, it was obvious that he wanted to run Jinling as the rear.

This may be a good thing for Jinling, or it may be a catastrophe.

In this way, this sentence is not "arrogant and domineering", but it is necessary to be far-sighted.

This is to twist the rest of Jinling into a rope.

The righteousness that everyone said was awe-inspiring...... But I'm glad I do!

The world has been chaotic for more than half a year, and no one can ponder in their hearts.

Except for the head of the family who still had naïve thoughts about the court, he decided to ask someone to inquire whether the Chuzhou army would really let people go, and the rest of the people were waiting.

Waiting for the opportunity to surrender with dignity.

The Chuzhou army is a dragon crossing the river, and everyone is also a snake.

Although everyone has no soldiers and horses in their hands, they will not touch stones with the eggs of the Chuzhou army, but do you also give some respect?

Is it in line with the identity of the gentry and the local elderly?

The Chuzhou army was silent, and had no intention of soliciting and pacifying the locality.

Is it to emulate the "Daqing Army" and "fight local tyrants and divide the land"?

The biggest fear is the unknown, everyone is really afraid.

……

In fact, the Chuzhou army did not prepare anything.

The notice to the gentry and people of Jinling City, Master Lin discussed with Lord Song, and it has been drafted.

Now, the Chuzhou army is not moving, just waiting for the water to come back.

Eating and drinking a meal can fall into the water, but it is like discussing the major event of "opening the house", but you can't wait for the water to enter.

He is one round younger than the generals, and he is also a main general.

The opening of the mansion is to officially show the name of the Chuzhou Army to the outside world.

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