When He Renlong was resting, he came on a fast horse, and immediately the colonel, his face was covered with yellow dust, and the sweat washed the soil into a line, which was even more embarrassed, and he was carrying a messenger's special burden on his back, and he couldn't see the fiery red color for a long time.

Running all the way, he saw everyone resting in the woods from a distance, and he shouted from afar: "Is it General He Renlong's team in front?" I have an urgent military order to see General He."

He Renlong slept Zhengxiang, how could his pro-soldier colonel tolerate others to disturb him? Immediately walked a few steps forward, stopped the messenger from a distance, and whispered, "Where did you come from?" How dare you shout here, if you disturb the general's rest, see if I don't cut off your dog's head. His scolding naturally brought the momentum of a battle formation, and immediately made the rider so frightened that he didn't dare to shout. Hurriedly reined in the war horse, stretched his neck to look at Daxu in the woods, and saw He Renlong sleeping under the tree, after confirming, he quickly jumped off the war horse, saluted the little colonel, and said in a low voice: "This military master, I am the herald sent by the governor to chase General He, and now there is an urgent military order from the governor and the general soldier, the matter is urgent, and I ask this military master to wake up General He to sign for it." ”

"What's wrong with the emergency military order, and it doesn't let people rest?" The little colonel waved his hand impatiently and said, "I'll talk about it when my general wakes up." ”

"No, this is Shangguan's emergency military order, and it can't be delayed." The messenger pleaded anxiously: "I have followed the general's footsteps all the way, and I have not rested at all, this has already run hundreds of miles, and I met here in a hurry, if I delay the big thing again, I can't afford to bear it, so please report it to the little general." The messenger kept crying out. But no matter how much you plead, the little colonel will press the knife to keep the messenger from coming near.

When the two of them were fighting here, a report of the military order made He Renlong wake up reflexively, close his eyes and listen to the entanglement between the two, at this time, seeing the seriousness of what the messenger said, he couldn't help but say: "Let him come over, I'll see what the military order is, so anxious." ”

If the messenger was amnestied, he did not wait for He Renlong's permission to go, pushed away the colonel who was blocking him, ran to He Renlong in a few steps, knelt down and kowtowed, untied the messenger's box on his back, and respectfully handed over the sealed military order to He Renlong.

He Renlong looked at the intact fire seal, then tore off the receipt, and handed it to the messenger, who let out a sigh of relief, kowtowed again in a proper manner, and didn't say much, turned over and ran back to the war horse, turned over and rode away from the horse.

The military order that I didn't want to see still came.

Leaning on the huge ancient tree, He Renlong, who didn't even have the mind to stand up, was speechless for a long time with the general order ordered by the governor of Xi'an and his chief military officer to go to battle.

As a veteran soldier, I deeply understand the importance of going out of the city to boost the morale of the army in the face of a strong enemy besieging the city.

However, everything must be adapted to local conditions, according to the situation, in the face of strong soldiers and strong thieves, on the other hand, I am a group of rabble, yes, it is indeed correct to use the rabble to describe the current situation of the official army.

The regular army has been transferred to King Qinwang of Gyeonggi, and what is left behind is only the newly surrendered non-mud, and there is also a soldier of Zhang Yuan's son who has made a career as a merchant, and then there are the 7,000 Xiangyong who have worked hard to rectify in March, and the guards who are simply unusable in several counties, is there anything else? Nope.

The total is only 20,000, and how many are the thieves? The minimum is 40,000, which is a real strong army with high morale, where is it that he can compete with a mere 20,000?

If you fight now, you are definitely asking for your own death, and there is no chance of winning at all.

"General, what should I do?" The colonel who brought him from the border army saw the general with a lost and miserable face, and asked cautiously.

He Renlong turned his head to look at this pro-soldier brother who had followed him for more than ten years and resisted the loss of knives and guns for himself several times, and shook his head helplessly: "What else can I do?" There is an order from the peak, and it still has to be implemented. ”

"Isn't this a mess? Is it to waste the little power we have just sorted out? "This colonel has experienced the battle of Yanchuan Breakout with He Renlong, and he naturally has an assessment of the combat strength of the army, and with the performance of the army now, it should be better than at the beginning, when the army was just formed, tens of thousands of border troops were helpless, and now, with only 20,000 township guards who have just become an army, it can't be done in any way.

"Messed up?" He Renlong smiled helplessly, shook his head, and raised the military order in his hand again: "If you don't implement it, you know, we are all waiting for the identity of being degraded, and if we make a mistake, then there will be no chance to turn over." Then he put his hand down, looked in the direction of Yan'an in the north, and muttered in a low voice: "Also, I am recommended by Lord Hong, if I really don't do this mess, it will definitely bring countless troubles to Lord Hong, and it will also bring infinite rifts to the union of the two governments, so I can only take it." ”

Now, Shaanxi is empty, inhibiting the development of the thieves, relying on his own painstaking composition of this little man, not counting on him to exterminate the thieves, just hoping to drag it until the return of King Qin's army, however, this little hope will be wiped out under this paper order, how can you not let yourself be discouraged?

When the little school heard this, he could only be silent.

According to He Renlong's original temperament, this chaotic fate would treat him as a waste paper, but after carrying the black pot and being demoted from the border army sequence to a local garrison, He Renlong is no longer as crazy as before, and he began to look ahead and look backwards, step by step, such a change, in the eyes of the brothers, I don't know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing.

Looking at his own brother of the soldiers, He Renlong was silent for a while, leaned his body against the trunk of the tree, closed his eyes, and thought carefully.

The chaos must also be executed, but isn't it possible to take the opportunity to do something? For example, after thinking for a long time, He Renlong suddenly opened his eyes and smiled: "But don't have such a headache, this time the Shangfeng General will order to fight, but when we are fighting in Pucheng, we are doing some containment and harassment outside, not really going into battle and fighting." ”

"However, once the defenders of Pucheng are defeated, the responsibility for the defeat will have to be passed on to others." The junior colonel reminded sincerely, "Also, even if it is harassment, we have to fight against the thieves, in that case, the seven thousand strength we have worked so hard to reorganize, it will also lose some, isn't it a pity?" ”

He Renlong looked at the heartbroken soldiers, laughed, stood up, patted the dust under his buttocks, strode towards the war horse that had rested, and said as he walked: "Loss of seven thousand townsmen?" I'm not that stupid, I still count on these forces to make meritorious contributions, where can I give up? ”

"However, without these horses, we have no hope of victory in the face of the thieves, so in this way, will we still be charged with a disadvantage in battle?" The little school reminded worriedly.

"Disadvantaged? No, the charge is not on my shoulders. He Renlong said nonchalantly: "This time, Shangfeng doesn't plan to really fight with the thieves, but just chooses the thieves to besiege the city all the way, come and fight them, the real purpose is just to use this way of constant harassment to force the thieves to step up the siege, so as to continuously consume their strength, after all, the siege is a loss of one to ten." ”

The little colonel suddenly realized this time, yes, forcing the thieves to attack the city, this is the way.

"But, we-"

"Since it's harassment, then who harasses isn't harassment? Since I am in charge of the military affairs of the four counties around Pucheng, then, those pickled thousands of households are under my dispatch, and this time they go into battle, that is their business, and they will die too. Looking at the puzzled little colonel, he suddenly smiled in a low voice and weirdly: "Actually, I'm going to take those pickled things into battle, and then really fight with the thieves." ”

When the junior colonel heard this, he was even more confused, Shangfeng's order was to harass, why did his own general really fight? The guards and the thieves fight, that is, the meat buns beat the dogs, and there are no returns, isn't this asking for hardship? Once these guards are gone, the chance of encircling and suppressing the thieves will be almost completely gone, so I still hope that this encirclement and suppression will take some military merits, and then return to the border army sequence.

"Actually, it's better if those guards are gone." He Renlong whispered a little excitedly: "The military household of the guard is gone, and the power of the thieves has lost a large piece, so that Xi'an Shangfeng has to take out the money and grain officials, and let us recruit the villagers and brave people to form a real army, and at that time, it will not be our masters who beg him, but they will beg us, hahaha." Speaking of pride, I couldn't help laughing happily, and the original depression suddenly appeared.

The cronie was confused by what He Renlong said, but in a blink of an eye, he suddenly realized, "Yes, isn't this a great opportunity to coerce Shangfeng to meet his needs?" He patted his head and muttered, "I'm so stupid, since I'm just waving flags and shouting outside, then let those wastes go." ”

As long as a new army is formed, looking at Shaanxi, it can only be led by He Renlong, then this army can be called the He family army, especially the strong men and horses, and a large number of officers at all levels are needed.

When I thought of my family's long-term vision, I immediately admired the five bodies to the ground, and then thought about the glorious and great future, and I trembled with excitement. Where do you still want to be lazy, he immediately jumped to his feet and shouted at his brother, "Hurry up and set off as a team, hurry." ”

He Renlong was in a good mood, and when he saw that his own soldiers were quickly finishing the whole team, he grabbed the reins handed over by his own soldiers, turned over his horse, and shouted loudly to the two brothers who accompanied him: "You, and you." He Renlong pointed to the two pro-soldiers and said loudly: "Return to the station, and transfer four hundred of our brothers to me." ”

"Yes." The two soldiers immediately saluted, didn't ask too much, and went away.

He Renlong straightened up on his horse and shouted loudly: "Little ones, get on the horse, let's go to Fuping to transfer troops to fight." ”