■ "First Division! Northward! ”

Along the lake was the 1st Division of the Rainbow Army and its large contingent assigned to various combat and non-combat units, which were so vast that they stopped every day to garrison a dozen villages.

There were red battle flags all over the sky, people wearing white armed belts, cannons, baggage carts, mules and horses, and war horses running and galloping from time to time, indicating that this was the main force of the Rainbow Army.

The three infantry regiments formed a zigzag battle formation, ready to engage the infantry, cavalry, and artillery of the Qing army that rushed out at any time, but so far, they have only met with resistance from some of the camp flood land and the inspection department.

The result is obvious, even the 61st Regiment and the 63rd Regiment are easy to clean up these Qing troops, and as the first division, which is mainly composed of people from southern Zhejiang, it has already looked at the lake and marveled.

Zhejiang has always had seven mountains, two rivers and one field, and the southern Zhejiang Wenchu Taifu is still typical, they said in amazement: "It's a big lake again, I'm afraid there is a county as big, right?" ”

"This is the lake, that is, the West Taihu Lake, or the sand, which is only smaller than the Taihu Lake!"

"Zhao Yi has a poem, the boat is in the east of the lake at night, and the moon is full of autumn. Listening to Wu Ge forgot to sit for a long time, his clothes were wet and dewy, you arrived in our Changzhou, this sand lake can't swim! ”

"This water is sweet!"

A group of officers and men marched along the east side of the lake, and from time to time there were joyful laughter, and sometimes even a few people left their company and stepped on two feet in the lake to drink a sip or two of lake water.

They sometimes talk about this operation along the north of the lake: "The inspection point said, we must strengthen our vigilance, and the demons will not sit and wait for death!" ”

"Yes! This time, our entire First Division is here, if it is like Jiande's setback, we will not have the face to call ourselves the First Division again! ”

"By the way, Lao Liu, this time our main forces are here, so how many troops are there in the detachment that is attacking along the west of the lake?"

"There is only one reinforced battalion, ready to scoop down the Wujin inspection point, as long as it can defeat Seng Lingqin, Wuxi will be handed over to the third brigade!"

"When it's critical, or can our old army be reliable? Pretty! ”

The officer next to him scolded: "You don't want to die, that's the commander of the cavalry regiment Zhou!" ”

"Of course I know that it's Captain Zhou, give me a hundred guts, and I don't dare to flirt with the big knife show girl, I mean the two around him!"

Now Zhou Xiuying has amazing popularity in the entire Hongjun, and everyone calls her "Big Knife Show Girl" when they mention her, and this title is with great respect.

You must know that Zhou Xiuying is a woman, but since the rise of the Hong Army, which battle she behaved like a girl, she slashed her horse with a wave of her sword, and entered the enemy formation like a tiger pounced on a flock of sheep, and sometimes killed dozens of Qing troops with her own hands in a battle, such a result is resounding in any unit, not to mention the cavalry regiment that gathers the best backbone of the whole army.

Even if the first division is such a proud unit, it has to admit that sometimes the cavalry regiment is qualified to be compared with them, so who dares to tease Zhou Xiuying Zhou Commander Zhou, be careful that Zhou Xiuying's saber is cut down directly.

Now the soldiers are talking about the two horses beside Zhou Xiuying, which are a pair of real sisters, similar in appearance, about twenty-five or sixteen years old, with a straight body, as beautiful as a ripe peach, and equestrianism is not bad.

Don't look at the pair of young women who are in excellent shape, but there is an unsolvable gloom on their faces, and immediately a company commander who has something good to do shouted at Zhou Xiuying: "Commander Zhou, these two girls are very raw, are they new to join the army?" ”

"yes!" Zhou Xiuying replied: "It was the Chen sisters who broke through in Tianjing City, and now they have no whereabouts, so they have come to join us!" It turned out to be the old subordinate of Wei Changhui, the king of the north, and everyone's eyes were different all of a sudden, some looked at the Chen sisters with curiosity, and some became cold and silent - it was the old department of the East King.

Others asked strangely: "Is it the female Chengxuan in front of the North Palace?" How come I haven't seen you sisters! Zhu Hailan and Zhu Jiumei in front of our East Hall are famous! ”

The younger sister of the two sisters immediately replied: "Do you know the two lake sisters in Tianjing City?" ”

"When did you join the army?"

"When the army passed through Shonan, they joined the kingdom of heaven!" The younger sister replied, "We have always been under the care of the North Temple, and now the North Temple has gone,"

Immediately, someone asked: "Little lady Chen, where is your home, do you have a marriage match?" ”

The younger sister replied generously: "My mother's surname is Chenzhou Chen, Xu is married to He Lingxiao in Xingning Dongxiang, and now my husband is still in Tianjing City......

"The mother's family is Chenzhou Chen, and the daughter's family is He Lingxiao in Xingning Dongxiang!" Over there, Liu Chang also happened to hear the Chen sister's answer, and he frowned: "This is a bit familiar?" Head Zhu, do you know these sisters? ”

"Not very ripe!" Zhu Hailan immediately replied: "But there are tens of thousands of sisters from the two lakes in Fujing City, I can't know them all, but it's strange, I haven't seen such a handsome character and appearance of these sisters, and I should have heard of them!" ”

This is indeed a pair of extremely handsome young women, with rolling eyes, delicate faces with smiles from time to time, time and youth have left a perfect mark on their bodies, and the most beautiful style is always revealed between gestures.

"Xiuying!"

"Check!" Zhou Xiuying saw Liu Chang and immediately replied: "Check, this is the Chen sisters who broke through from Tianjing......"

"Chen?" Liu Chang immediately asked.

My sister was the first to reply: "Chen Xianggui has seen the inspection!" ”

My sister also replied: "Chen Yuegui has seen the inspection!" ”

Liu Chang asked a little suspiciously, "Are you from Chenzhou?" ”

"Yes, when the Heavenly Army passed through Hengzhou, I joined the army with my husband, but my sister's luck was not good, and my brother-in-law left early!"

"Hmm!" Liu Chang didn't have time to think about these details: "Why did you bring them over!" ”

"They just fled from Jintan, and it is said that the monk king's horse infantry is only a few dozen miles away from us!" Zhou Xiuying added: "They are good seedlings, maybe they are the second Bao Meiying!" ”

Bao Meiying has now become a typical example of the praise of the whole army, and now it is clear that the capture of Suzhou is indeed Bao Meiying's Jiaxing detachment, and Bao Meiying is not a good fight, and the military discipline is also excellent, and the Chinese and foreign businessmen in Suzhou are full of praise.

And Zhou Xiuying, Bole, was praised in the Hongjun, and Liu Chang now pays attention to a little detail: "It turns out that it is not a three-inch golden lotus, very good!" ”

Liu Chang can't accept the aesthetic sense of beauty in this time and space with three-inch golden lotus, and this pair of Chen sisters is a pair of real big-footed girls, although they have a little bit of squeamishness on their faces, but at a glance, they know that they are people in the rivers and lakes, can ride inferior horses, and can make sticks.

And that sister, what's her name? It was Chen Xianggui who had already said: "Don't look down on our sisters, our sisters have been practicing martial arts for 20 years, and they are skilled in arching and horses······"

And Zhou Xiuying added: "And I can write and draw, and I can be a female celebrity, which is very good!" ”

Although she is the daughter of Xiao Haoqiang, she is not very literate, and she has not had time to tutor in this year, so she deeply regrets it, but the Chen sisters are very good at writing, so she liked it as soon as she met, and she was ready to train the second Bao Meiying.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you for now!" Liu Chang replied, "Chen ······ Laurel, right? Who is your husband? "...," Xingning Dongxiang clan, named He Lingxiao, is now in the Kingdom of Heaven for the two Sima. Chen Yuegui replied: "Now in Tianjing City, life and death are unknown."

The two Sima are almost the lowest petty officials in the entire Taiping Army, not to mention that there are still more than 170 people in Tianjing, and the two Sima are all a bunch of petty officials, I don't know how many there are, so Liu Chang repeated the sentence "He Lingxiao, Xingning Dongxiang ······"

It's just that the next moment, he remembered Guan Jian's big event: "By the way, where are the monks and Shengbao, and Hechun's army?" ”

"It should have arrived in Wujin County, only a few dozen miles away from us, and our scouts have already come into contact with them!"

As he was talking, someone over there had already reported it: "Check, my vanguard company in front of the left has encountered hundreds of Qing Demon Infantry Teams!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard sporadic gunshots in front of him, Liu Chang grabbed the binoculars casually, and asked Qu Jie, "Which company is the Pioneer Company?" ”

It was the first battalion and two companies of the 1st regiment, reinforced with a twelve-pound mountain howitzer! ”

As he spoke, not only the sound of gunfire came from the left front, but also scattered gunshots from the farther direction, and Liu Chang immediately said: "Support the pioneer company, don't ...... No need to give orders, I can trust the old dragon lance battalion! ”

He knew that the first battalion of the first regiment was the old dragon lance battalion, and after they heard the gunshots, their first reaction must have been to move closer to the second company: "Commander Zhou, send more scouts, and you must poke out the main force of the Qing Demon!" ”

Zhou Xiuying had already jumped away, and Qu Jie replied: "The demon is not good!" However, if the brave meet on a narrow road, the dragon spear battalion will not be afraid of a narrow road meeting! ”

As he spoke, the gunfire in front of him suddenly intensified, but after a minute or two, the gunfire thinned out again, and the sound was moving north.

Qu Jie became nervous: "The Qing Demon retreated so quickly!" Be careful that it's back to the carbine! ”

"That's right, the thirty inspection points back to the horse pistol are famous, and the Qing Demon must have learned this trick!" Zhu Hailan replied casually: "Let Zhu Dun be careful!" ”

Liu Chang laughed loudly: "It's a good return gun, such a big net, but it may not be able to catch me Liu, Master Qu, is the brave winning when we meet on a narrow road?" ”

Qu Jie laughed loudly: "Qu has no other skills, just a guts!" ”

This is telling the truth, Qu Jie is a very mediocre character, so he can only spell out a lot of courage.

"Good!" Liu Chang ordered loudly: "Commander Zhu, go back to your own regiment, gather troops, and fight with the Qing Demon today to break the net, Monk Greenqin ······"

"I can't catch Liu Chang!"

ps: National Day, ask everyone for a leave, a little earlier to sleep, one shift today, three watches tomorrow to make up