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Three days later, after the day's drill was over, Cao Chun, Cai Cheng, Wei Xu, Lü Wen, and Yu Ying, the five former brigade commanders, gathered again in Cao Chun's tent.

When the four of them first entered the tent, Cao Chun seemed to remember something, and said to Wei Xu with a somewhat unhappy expression: "Hey, Wei Xu, if you mess around in my tent again today, I will really get angry......"

"Huh?" Wei Xu looked at Cao Chun inexplicably, as if he hadn't remembered what he had done here three days ago for a while.

Seeing this, Cao Chun said unceremoniously: "You gave me less garlic, after I left with that Menghu that day, you kicked my bed over again, right?" ”

"Oh, that'...... you're talking about."

Wei Xu leaned his back against Cao Chun's bed and sat down on the ground with a big sting.

"What this and that, did you hear what I said, you want to lose your temper and go somewhere else, don't ...... with me"

"Alright, alright, I hear you." Before Cao Chun could finish speaking, he saw Wei Xu waving his hand casually.

"You didn't talk back?"

Cai Cheng, Lu Wen, and Yu Ying glanced at each other in disbelief, and even Cao Chun felt a little surprised, after all, according to their previous understanding of Wei Xu, this guy has a very hot temper, and belongs to the kind of dry firewood character that burns at a point, but this time he is so easy-going?

"Seems to be in a good mood, huh?"

Cai Cheng glanced at Wei Xu with interest, then turned his head to look at Cao Chun, Lu Wen, and Yu Ying, and said in a low voice: "Then...... Let's get down to business. How are you getting along with those boys these days? Cao Chun. ”

Hearing this, Cao Chun couldn't help but think of his current commander, a young man named Menghu.

Although they have only been together for a few days, Cao Chun has a rough grasp of Menghu's character.

First of all, that kid is quite familiar, and he is like this with everyone, he has known him Cao Chun for less than half a day, but he hooked up with him as if he had a friendship for decades, which made Cao Chun quite uncomfortable.

Secondly, that kid's personality is a bit out of the box, most of the time he doesn't have a proper line, and the selection officer actually proposed to let five hundred Wei Wushu be screened by group beatings, which really opened Cao Chun's eyes - this kid actually has no heart and lungs to this extent.

However, sometimes, Cao Chun can also see the serious side of that kid, and it seems to be quite scheming and quite urban, so Cao Chun is not sure for the time being, whether that kid is really heartless, or deliberately pretending to be heartless, in fact, he is a very scheming kid.

“…… Menghu, the boy seemed to be unable to hide his thoughts, and after a little temptation, I told him about their experiences in Balabala. Speaking of this, Cao Chun turned his head to look at the other four, lowered his voice and said: "According to my temptation, our new division commander experienced the war between the Song State and the Teng State at the age of fourteen, and was awarded the rank of sergeant for his merits. At the age of fifteen, he went to Zhao and served as the king of Zhao's guard, Sima, and then assisted Zhao Zhang, the son of Zhao, in his rebellion, and commanded an army of tens of thousands of people. After returning to the Song Kingdom, he held off against Kuang Zhang's two armies in the Song Kingdom......"

"Kuang Zhang?" Lu Wen interrupted with a strange expression: "Is it the Kuang Zhang I know?" The Kuang Zhang of the Qi State? ”

"Exactly!" Cao Chun nodded.

Hearing this, except for Wei Xu who didn't say a word, Cai Cheng, Lu Wen, and Yu Ying all showed expressions of disbelief.

You must know that Kuang Zhang is still very famous in Wei, after all, a few years ago, Kuang Zhang, as the commander of the alliance of Qi, Wei and Han, fought against Qin together with Gongsun Xi of Wei and Tyrant Kite of Korea, and finally won the victory, breaking through Qin's Hangu Pass and forcing Qin to sue for peace with the coalition army.

It is no exaggeration to say that Kuang Zhang is the top group of generals in the world today, and it is hard to imagine that a boy who is less than twenty years old can actually fight with this famous general in the Song Kingdom.

"It's all fake, right?" Wei Xu pursed his lips and said with a sneer.

Cao Chun was not angry when he heard this, after all, what Meng Hu revealed to him even thought was incredible, so he didn't refute Wei Xu, he just asked Wei Xu: "What about you, how do you get along with the new brigade commander?" ”

"Do you mean that kid named 'Wu Ying'?" Wei Xu glanced at Wei Xu, and then leaned his hands and elbows back, leaning his whole back against Cao Chun's bed, tilting his head slightly, and said with a rather stern expression: "That kid...... It's tough. ”

"Do you even find it difficult?"

"What's the trick?"

Cai Cheng, Lu Wen, and Yu Ying were a little curious.

Wei Xu ignored them, just recalled in his mind his experience with the kid named Wu Ying in the past few days.

"Brigade commander, the selection of the officer has been completed, do you think there is anything missing?"

"No, you're doing a good job."

“……”

……

"Brigade Marshal, as far as you know, you are the one with the highest martial arts among all the people around the commander, right? Are you interested in fighting the lowly? ”

"Nope."

"What? Is the martial brigade marshal afraid of losing to the inferior? ”

"It's not that I'm afraid of losing, but I know that I will definitely lose, although I am a little confident that I can win against ordinary soldiers, but you used to be a brigade commander in command of five hundred soldiers, and I am not your opponent."

“…… Is it appropriate to just throw in the towel so easily? ”

"It's nothing, I'm not good at martial arts in the first place......"

"And what are you good at?"

"Prevent oversights."

“……”

……

"Brigade commander, about the training ...... the soldiers in recent days"

"I'll leave it to you."

“…… Is it appropriate? ”

"As I said, you are a brave and excellent general, and I am only here to ensure that the commander's orders can be issued smoothly."

“……”

……

"Brigade commander, you will leave everything to the lowly, aren't you afraid that the lowly and the lowly soldiers will squeeze you out?"

"You won't, although according to my inquiry, everyone says that you are reckless and impulsive, but I believe that you are definitely not a general with the courage of a horseman...... What good will it do you to exclude me? ”

“……”

『……』

Wei Xu stared at the top of the tent and remembered.

In the past few days, in the process of getting along with the boy called Wu Ying, he has provoked more than once, but the other party does not pay attention to him at all, and almost every time he readily admits his shortcomings and praises him in turn, which makes him embarrassed to continue pestering.

As for leading the troops, as Na Wuying said a few days ago, he handed over all the matters of the five hundred Wei soldiers under his command to him, whether it was the selection of officials or the training of soldiers, and he himself stood from a distance to watch—Wei Xu still didn't understand what that kid was looking at.

In short, it was a difficult guy who couldn't even get angry with Wei Xu.

But then again, it may be just a fluke to meet this kind of weird character Shangguan, Wei Xu has not felt any sense of loss of the position of brigade commander in the past few days, he was in charge of the past, but now he is still in charge, but there is just one more procedure to report to the new brigade commander, although the kid will only say one sentence most of the time: "Hmm, you did a good job." ”

"There's nothing to talk about."

Glancing at Cai Cheng and the others who were looking at him, Wei Xu smiled contemptuously, and said seemingly indifferently: "That kid over there, I can easily settle it." ”

『…… But how can it look like you've been leveled by the other party?"

Cao Chun, Cai Cheng, Lu Wen, and Yu Ying glanced at each other, and secretly thought with tacit understanding.

Isn't it? Wei Xu, who was still angry a few days ago, looks like he doesn't even have a trace of anger today, as if he has adapted to his own positioning after losing his position as brigade commander, what is this not considered to be leveled by the other party?

It's ridiculous that this guy is still ashamed to say that he can easily settle the other party?

"Hmm...... I still don't remind him, this guy is annoying when he's angry."

Glancing at Cao Chun, Lu Wen, and Yu Ying quite tacitly, Cai Cheng coughed and diverted the topic: "My new brigade commander over there is a kid named Huahu, what is his personality...... It seems that he is a very reckless boy, and the most talked about all day long is to surpass Meng Hu, saying that he is the first fierce general under the command of our new division commander. Not...... Anyway, it's not an annoying guy. Lu Wen, what about you? ”

"My one?" Lu Wen thought for a while and said: "It's a kid named Mu Wu, to be honest, I'm quite optimistic about that kid, but I don't understand what that kid sometimes laughs at when he is alone on the side." …… Yu Ying, what about you? ”

"Me?"

Yu Ying scratched his head, and said with a little crying and laughing: "Then the kid named Lejin next to me is honestly quite annoying." Yesterday the kid told me a so-called interesting story with great interest, and to be honest, I vouched for my head, and it wasn't funny at all, but the kid himself was almost out of breath with laughter, and I still haven't figured it out. ”

"What do you mean?" Cai Cheng asked curiously.

Yu Ying recalled for a moment and said: "I don't remember clearly, it seems to say that a very bloated man went to the well to fetch water, but ended up stuck in the well. ”

“？？”

Cao Chun, Cai Cheng, Wei Xu, and Lu Wen couldn't help but fantasize about the picture in their minds, and after half a sound, all four of them laughed.

Seeing this, Yu Ying frowned: "It seems that the four of you are quite compatible with that kid......"

"It's funny indeed." Cai Cheng said a fair word.

Yu Ying sneered when he heard this, and said, "What about this? …… By the way, the tombstone knows, right? For the dead? ”

The four nodded.

In ancient times, the world paid attention to "tomb but not grave", the tomb is the mound raised when burying the dead, because this way is not conducive to the descendants of the children and grandchildren to find the grave of the ancestors, so from the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, the world has gradually abandoned the tradition of "tomb but not grave".

At first, people planted trees as a sign for tombs, but the trees were not easy to distinguish, so later woodcarvings were erected as markers, and wealthy families chose stone tablets that were expensive and difficult to carve.

Yu Ying continued: "That kid once told me that no monuments are erected when the dead are buried in their hometown, and only wealthy families will hire stonemasons to carve wooden monuments. It is difficult to find a grave without a monument, and it is expensive to erect a monument, so he felt that it was better to erect the dead and bury them in half, so that it would be clear whose grave was at a glance...... The expedition is imminent, but he tells me this so-called joke, and to be honest, if I hadn't had scruples, I would have liked to slap him to death. ”

Cao Chun and the others nodded in agreement.

This kind of joke is really not very suitable when the expedition is imminent, if it is changed to a normal time...... It's not really funny.

All in all, after some exchanges, Cao Chun and the others gradually understood, first of all, those boys were not bad in nature, and they didn't want to suppress them, but they were willing to get closer to them, especially Yu Ying's brigade commander Lejin.

But on the other hand, the five boys' personalities seem to be a little lacking in heart, probably because they are not yet weak - oh, Wei Xu's brigade commander Wu Ying is already weak in the crown, it may be for this reason that this Wu Ying is the most stable, if in Wei Xu's words, it is so steady that he can't even get angry.

"In this way, those boys don't have any ill intentions, just to make sure they control this army, let's ...... It's better to wait and see for a while. ”

"Hmm."

After listening to Cao Chun's words, the four of them all nodded, including Wei Xu, who was furious about it before.

"By the way, what is the 'rating', you should have heard of it, right?"

Suddenly, Cai Cheng mentioned something.

Hearing this, Cao Chun touched his chin and asked, "Do you mean, Le Yi, who was appointed as 'Zuo Sima' by our division commander, what does he think of my brigades?" ”

The Zuo Sima in his mouth is the first joke passed down by Wei Wushu in the army in private, that is, it refers to the new division commander Meng Zhong who almost said the position of Zuo Sima when he was teaching, so many soldiers in the army also use Zuo Sima to refer to Le Yi and Meng Sui - most of them are jokes that don't care about good intentions and malice, after all, most Wei Wushu are quite satisfied with the "Three Chapters of the Law" proposed by Meng Zhong.

"Well, I've heard of it, and it seems to be quite a powerful person." Yu Ying nodded and said.

As he spoke, he thought to himself again: if the kid didn't always tell him boring jokes, he wouldn't be unhappy with that kid.

"I've heard that this rating affects the position of our brigades after they go to battle, right?" Lu Wenyi interjected: "The highest score is the front army, followed by the left and right armies, and then the middle army and the rear army, right?" ”

"Looks like you all know." Cai Cheng spread his hands and said: "The kid named Huahu over there is chattering in front of me all day long, saying that he must snatch the position of the front army from Menghu's hands......" As he spoke, he glanced at Cao Chun and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, you and I are competitors now." ”

Cao Chun smiled but did not speak.

First of all, he doesn't think that he will lose to Cai Cheng, and secondly, he doesn't think that Menghu will lose to Hua Hu.

And at this moment, he saw Wei Xu asked with a stunned face: "Wait, what kind of score does this have, will it affect the position of the front and rear troops when they go out?" ”

"You don't know? Didn't your martial artist tell you? Cai Cheng asked curiously.

"No, that kid never ......"

Halfway through speaking, Wei Xu suddenly thought of Wu Ying's steady and almost lukewarm character, his face changed slightly, and he immediately stood up and said, "I'll be here first today, I'll take a step in advance." ”

"So let's do it first." The other four got acquainted with each other, and in addition to Cao Chun, they were also preparing to return to their respective military tents.

However, when Cao Chun sent Cai Cheng and Wei Xu out of the tent, he suddenly heard several angry voices in the distance, and after a closer look, Cao Chun and the others saw a large group of soldiers surrounded in the distance, and they didn't know what they were arguing about.

"Something's wrong?"

Cao Chun, Wei Xu, Cai Cheng, Lu Wen, and Yu Ying glanced at each other, and immediately walked forward quickly.

After a while, they came to the crowd in the distance, and saw that over there, a large group of Wei Wushu on their side were surrounding a dozen chariots with large wooden barrels, and there were several wooden barrels on the ground next to them.

At this time, surrounded by a group of angry Wei soldiers, several short-tempered Wei soldiers were tugging at the clothes of several soldiers, asking angrily.

"These are...... The soldiers in the army are responsible for feeding the whole army, right?'

Cao Chun stepped forward and shouted, "Stop! ”

Those Wei Wushu looked back and saw Cao Chun, Cai Cheng, and Wei Xu coming, and then gradually calmed down.

Immediately, a Wei Wushu pointed to the soldiers not far away and said, "A few brigade commanders, these people snub our soldiers!" ”

"I'm no longer a brigade commander, don't make a mistake."

Cao Chun corrected a sentence, and then asked calmly, "What's going on?" ”

Hearing this, the nearby Wei Wushu told Cao Chun and the others what had happened.

According to the past, even if it is an ordinary Wei pawn, there will be at least one piece of meat in every meal, unless it is on the front line of the battlefield and there is a shortage of meat, and the treatment of Wei Wu pawn is even higher than that of ordinary Wei pawns, not only the meal will be slightly richer, but even you can taste the wine - after all, the Wei pawns in this camp are still in the repair stage recently, so it is not forbidden for the whole army to drink.

But when the soldiers in charge of food in the army brought the food today, they only saw rice, but did not see the meat and wine, so some Wei soldiers asked the reason, and those soldiers shirked the lack of vegetables and meat cooked today, and only rice was left, so the Wei soldiers here were furious.

"Alright, I've got it."

Waving his hand to stop those angry Wei soldiers, Cao Chun walked up to the soldiers and asked, "Who are you waiting for?" ”

Hearing this, a soldier who had just grabbed the placket of his clothes walked up to Cao Chun, clasped his fists and said, "In the next Zhou Ling, it is the chief of these people." ”

"Good." Cao Chun nodded, pointed to the big wooden barrels and asked, "Our army is all soldiers, why do we only see rice but not vegetables and meat in the meal?" ”

Glancing at the angry Wei soldiers around him, Zhou Ling said with a wry smile: "This official, this matter really has nothing to do with Zaixia, Zai Xia just sent these rice to your camp on the order of my senior official......

"That's how you sent it? Only rice, but no vegetables? Cao Chun frowned and asked.

"Yes, that's true. In the next little official, how dare you withhold the food of the soldiers? Zhou Yu said with a bitter face.

"It seems that it is the grain officer's side, and someone is targeting me......

Cao Chun frowned in his heart, feeling that this matter was a little tricky.

The reason is very simple, because the grain officers in charge of food in the camp, except for the largest grain supervisor who may be appointed by Gongsun Xi himself, the rest of his subordinates are basically officials in the Daliang area, Cao Chun's group of people are the generals in the Yecheng area, and they are not familiar with the officials on the Liang side, although this matter is at fault with the other party, but if the trouble is too big, it will inevitably alarm the main general Gongsun Xi, and even be punished for this.

Just as Cao Chun was thinking about how to solve this matter, Wei Xu pushed him away, and immediately stepped forward, grabbed the placket of Zhou Ling's clothes, and said expressionlessly: "What are you kidding?" Even if there is a shortage of vegetables and meat in the camp, the deduction should not be the deduction of our soldiers, hey, you grain officers, are you deliberately targeting us and others? ”

"No, no, how dare you target your army? It is said that today an army asked for more vegetables and meat, which is why ......"

"Who?" Wei Xu asked expressionlessly.

"It's Sima Jiaoge from Fangling, he said that today is his birthday, so he asked my Shangguan for more wine and food......"

"Scorched?"

Wei Xu frowned and slowly let go of the hand that was holding Zhou Ling.

"Jiao Ge...... If I'm not mistaken, this person is an old friend of Tang Zhijun Sima, right? Lu Wen frowned and whispered to Cao Chun, Cai Cheng, Yu Ying and others.

"You're not mistaken." Cai Cheng replied, and immediately frowned.

He whispered to Cao Chun: "It seems that Jiao Ge should want to teach our new commander a lesson and implicate us." ”

"Hmm."

Cao Chun nodded slightly, and felt quite troubled in his heart.

They all knew Jiao Ge, who was an old friend of their former military Sima Tang Zhi, if it weren't for the reason, they wouldn't have targeted them for no reason, obviously the other party was to give Tang Zhi a breath of relief and teach their new division commander Meng Zhong a lesson.

"What can I do?"

Cao Chun was inevitably a little embarrassed.

And at this moment, he suddenly heard Wei Xu shouting: "What about Jiao Ge?" bullied us and others for no reason, I can't swallow this breath! As he spoke, he raised his arms and shouted to the nearby soldiers, shouting, "Go!" Find Jiaoge and ask clearly! ”

"This guy ......"

Cao Chun frowned, and hurriedly grabbed Wei Xu, who was full of anger, with Cai Cheng, Lu Wen, and Yu Ying.

And at this moment, I saw Meng Hu squeezing in from the crowd, and asked with a puzzled face, "What are you arguing about?" Don't even care about eating? What kind of dishes are there this time? ”

『……』

glanced at Lu Wen and Yu Ying, and Cai Cheng told Meng Hu what had happened.

At this time, whether it was Wei Xu, who was full of anger, or Wei Wushu, who was watching from the sidelines, they all quieted down and looked at Meng Hu's reaction coldly.

Only Cao Chun looked at Meng Hu with some apprehension.

I saw that in front of everyone's eyes, the smile on Meng Hu's face slowly retracted, and he said with a smile: "This is really ...... I'm looking forward to having a little bit of a drink in the evening......"

As he spoke, his complexion suddenly sank, and he stepped forward and grabbed Zhou Ling's shirt, and lifted it up halfway with one hand.

He asked coldly, "Your Shangguan, is the guy in charge of my camp's food, what is his name?" ”

Chen ...... Chen Chang ...... "Seeing Meng Hu's eyes full of murderous intent, Zhou Ling only felt that his scalp was numb.

"Chen Chang? Very good. ”

Meng Hu let go of his hand, turned around expressionlessly, and suddenly shouted coldly: "If you want to eat, follow me to the back camp, slaughter that bastard, and snatch back the food that belongs to our army!" ”

"I knew ......."

Cao Chun sighed and immediately stepped forward to prepare to persuade.

Unexpectedly, Wei Xu glanced at Meng Hu with appreciative eyes and said loudly: "Well said! Boy, I look the other way for you...... Let's go, guys! ”

"Don't make a mess!"

Glancing at Wei Xu with some annoyance, Cao Chun hurriedly persuaded Meng Hu and said: "Brigade Marshal, if this matter is big, it will inevitably alarm the Xi Wu, and I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to the division commander. ”

He knew that Meng Hu was reckless, his personality was similar to Wei Xu's, and he didn't know how to act lightly, but their new commander, Meng Zhong, was never such an impulsive person.

At Cao Chun's insistence, everyone immediately reported to Meng Zhong, who immediately brought Meng Sui and Le Yi here.

Just as Cao Chun guessed, the new division commander was very calm after listening to what happened, and still said with a smile: "Don't worry, maybe the matter is not as we guessed that someone is targeting us, go, let's go to the back camp together to ask clearly, everyone goes, put on armor, put on weapons...... If the other party doesn't give us an explanation, we will live in the back camp next. ”

The more Cao Chun listened, the more he felt that something was wrong, and he looked up at Meng Zhong in astonishment, only to see that although the latter still had a little smile on his face, his eyes were indifferent.

"So this kid is the most impulsive one?!"

glanced at Meng Hu and Wei Xu, who were cheering loudly, and then glanced at the division commander Meng Zhong who walked past them with a smile on his face, Cao Chun and Cai Cheng, Lu Wen, and Yu Ying looked at each other.

"It's over......