Unlike Zhu Pingjian's encounter in Niujiaozhai, Xu Hanqing's 300 Tusi soldiers encountered stubborn resistance from the villagers in Chen Village, and suffered heavy casualties.

Chen Village is the old nest of Chen Huainian, Chen Huaigui, Chen Huaijin and others. After the failure of the Niujiaozhai bandits to ambush the grain transport team in Heilongtan, they stayed in Chen Village for a short time to collect intelligence from the surrounding states and counties. After the "Five Worm Extermination" campaign began, the bandits, at Chen Huainian's suggestion, immediately participated in the response and went to Pengshan County, opposite the Longquan Mountains, to fish in the troubled waters, and the result was a great harvest.

When Chen Huainian left Chen Village, he warned the elders in the village: Chen Village was stuck in the throat of the grain transportation channel in Heilongtan, and the officers and soldiers were likely to retaliate. Therefore, when Pengshan fetches grain, Chen Village should not send people to participate, and must always be careful to prevent officers and soldiers from sneaking attacks. With the harvest, Niujiaozhai will naturally give Chen Cun a share.

A prepared enemy is very different from an unprepared enemy.

Although Xu Hanqing made careful arrangements for the sneak attack, such as setting off an hour and a half earlier than the brigade led by Zhu Pingjin, marching through the night, and starting the attack at dawn and so on. But after all, they are outsiders, and the little bandit Huang Sanwa who led the way only knows one way into the village. As a result, before they arrived at the entrance of the village, the guide Huang Sanwa stepped on a trap for catching animals and was seriously injured on the spot. As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the village, the marching army was suddenly ambushed by the high ground on both sides of the road. The villagers, men, women, and children launched together, shooting iron arrows, throwing shuttle darts, throwing stones, and throwing knives, so that the Tusi soldiers instantly killed and injured dozens of people.

Fortunately, Xu Hanqing is worthy of being the number one general of Tianquan Toast. He did not panic in the face of danger, calmly commanded, and stabilized the morale of the army. Under the harsh natural conditions, the Tusi soldiers cultivated a fierce and strong fighting style. Under the extremely unfavorable battlefield situation, they launched a desperate counterattack with the advantages of command, numbers, equipment and training, and finally turned the tide of the battle and finally captured Chen Village.

The Tusi soldiers were red-eyed one by one, and without waiting for the orders of their superiors, they began a massacre in Chen Village, and then burned the village afterwards.

It was 14 days after receiving Xu Hanqing's urgent report on the military situation, and Zhu Pingjin and his wife had just fallen asleep at this time.

The Tang newspaper wrote very simply, saying that the soldiers had captured Chen Village after a bloody battle, and 51 people were killed, 97 were seriously wounded, and the rest were all wounded. There is a sentence in it that makes Zhu Pingjin very nervous, "The minister's body was sent four arrows, and the knife created one ......." Chen naturally refers to Xu Hanqing. Even the coach was shot as a hedgehog and slashed, so you can imagine what the battle was about!

Zhu Pingjin lifted the quilt, let Li Sixian put on his coat, and walked around the Buddhist hall by himself.

Luo Yuhong was trapped in the car last night and slept badly. I finally had a bed that no longer wobbled, and I fell asleep when I got it. The candlelight flickered, and she woke up again.

"What's the matter, wandering around the ground? Don't cover your bed yet, be careful of catching a cold! She squinted.

Zhu Pingjin slipped back to the bed and put a quilt on his legs. Seeing that her husband didn't speak, Luo Yuhong pushed inside.

"The Tusi soldiers who attacked Chen Village suffered heavy casualties, and the commander Xu Hanqing was injured. They have retreated to Renshou County and are unable to fight again in the near future. Zhu Pingjin handed the military intelligence document to Luo Yuhong. Luo Yuhong turned over and looked on her stomach, and the little eunuch Li Sixian hurriedly brought the candle over to light it.

"What to do? Don't you want to go back to Chengdu? Luo Yuhong asked.

"Yes! We are pawns crossing the river, we can only rush forward, not back! Even if we lose these 300 people, we are still sure that we will go into battle! ”

The candle flame jumped, and the two were silent. After a long time, Zhu Pingjin said to his wife: "I want you to go back to Renshou County first." After the matter is done, I will go to Yazhou. ”

"I said that I would go to Yazhou, but I changed it again." Luo Yuhong muttered, "What's the matter with Renshou?" Go ahead. ”

"Open a hospital for wounded soldiers. In this era, there were no antibiotics, and the death rate of injuries was high, most of which were wound infections. Aren't you going to take someone back to bake the pot helmet, the two things happen to be done together. Liu Hongting's maid is called Xiaolan, and she has set up a weaving bureau, which is a family-style textile factory garment factory. You stop by and see if you can improve efficiency. In the future, I will need a tannery, a boot factory, an armor factory, a gun factory, an ammunition factory, and so on. When the army fights, it asks for a lot of things. Now I am being attacked on both sides of the battlefield and officialdom, and this stall in the rear can only be managed by you! ”

Luo Yuhong loves to listen to this sentence. She put her head on Zhu Pingjian's lap and enjoyed a moment of warmth:

"Finally, I still have a conscience! If your money is not in the hands of your wife, who else can rest assured? We opened a mom-and-pop shop and made all the money ourselves. I can't wait for when we'll be able to formally visit the church. When you go back to Chengdu, remember to see my dad and tell him that Luo Jingyun and I are fine, and he will be worried. By the way, let him prescribe you a spleen-strengthening appetizer. Look at what you eat at every meal, it's as little as cat food! Don't forget, we're all in the period of development! When will I go to Renju? ”

Zhu Pingjin said succinctly: "Now! ”

"What? Right now? In the dead of night? Luo Yuhong sat up with her eyes wide.

"It's now! Seventy-two hours of gold, do you understand? Save a life, win a seventh-level floating slaughter. The local method of anti-inflammatory and anti-infection, you will definitely be! Zhu Pingjin nodded seriously.

The caravan took a night's rest in Niujiaozhai. At noon the next day, Zhu Pingjin led his army down Niujiaozhai. Considering the important strategic location of Niujiaozhai, there are still a large number of prisoners and a large amount of loot waiting to be disposed of, so the second company left a platoon, and the left guard of the palace left fifty officers and soldiers, and the two guarded Niujiaozhai and the booty together. The 100 officers and soldiers of the left guard of the palace had already escorted Luo Yuhong and the six or seven hundred attached people to Renshou County last night, so together with Zhu Pingjian's entourage, there were only four companies that went to Shuangliu County with him.

Climbing over Longquan Mountain, it took them most of the day. When I arrived at Wangzhuang in Shuangliu County, it was already dark. This Wang Zhuang is the Zhuangzi of Tang Fatzi, and now it has become the temporary garrison of Gao Antai Tusi soldiers.

After "except for the five beetles", it is already a thing or a person, and the owner has changed.

In the flower hall where Li Chongwen and Tang Fatzi used to taste tea, Gao Antai sat on the left side of Zhu Pingjian, with He Youyi and Cheng Xiangfeng beside him; On the right are Song Zhenzong, Shu Guoping and Liu Hongting.

Takayasu reported: "Shizi, the students arrived here in the middle of the night yesterday and expelled the nearby rioters overnight. The owner of the farm was hung upside down from a tree, naked. I don't know if he was hanged or frozen! Gao Rongxuan sent rangers out to investigate, and the students received a report this morning, and there was a lot of trouble in Shuangliu County. The prince is leading the army to come, and our main force is basically together, or will we start to sweep in separate ways tomorrow? ”

Of course, the movement is not small, otherwise Zhu Pingjin would not be in a hurry to rush back as a homecoming group. But Zhu Pingjin didn't ask how the movement here was not trivial, but first said to Gao Antai: "General Xu's situation, does Mr. Gao know about it?" ”

Gao Antai nodded and said, "Got it, they sent me a letter at the same time." Those soldiers are the elite of my eldest brother's training for several years. Fighting a group of bandits and grass people, I didn't expect the casualties to be so big! Fortunately, all of our soldiers are wearing armor, otherwise we would definitely be defeated! ”

Zhu Pingjin also nodded: "So the army has to fight to know the shortcomings!" Don't blame General Xu, he fought very well! Not panicked in the face of ambush and not chaotic in the face of danger, this is the embodiment of quality. In the face of such a close surprise attack, the troops with inferior quality would have collapsed and scattered all over the mountain!

This Shizi received a report from Tang yesterday that he had asked Miss Luo to rush back to Renshou overnight to set up a hospital for wounded soldiers. When soldiers fight, they are not afraid of life and death on the battlefield, but they are afraid of being wounded and disabled, and no one cares about them and their families! This son once promised the soldiers: the wounded will be treated, the disabled will be fed, the dead will be buried, and the wife and children will be taken care of. Regardless of the Han and Turkish soldiers, as long as they join our caravan, this son will be treated equally!

General Xu will not be dispatched for the time being, so that they can rest at ease. Mr. Gao can go back and make it clear, so as not to shake the morale of the army. ”

"Shizi Gaoyi, the students here are here and the soldiers are here to thank you! Please rest assured, my Tianquan Toast did not coddle soft eggs, don't say that dozens of people died, even if hundreds of thousands of people died, they would not slip away halfway! ”

Gao Antai said that he was about to kneel down and bow. As soon as Zhu Pingjin raised his hand, Li Sixian quickly helped him up.

"Mr. Gao, don't be busy thanking you, this son still has something to say." Zhu Pingjin looked at Gao Antai, and his face gradually became serious.

"General Xu slaughtered Chen Village, presumably Mr. Gao also knew. On the battlefield, all bandits who resist to the end will be exterminated, and there is nothing wrong with that. But indiscriminately, men, women, and children are all killed, but it violates the purpose of our caravan. We are an army that protects the country and the people, not here to kill people for fun! I'm not here to kill people to vent my anger! Not to mention robbing treasures! We are an army, and the army must be like an army! There must be military discipline! All actions obey orders, this is the first military discipline of the caravan! Have you forgotten everything? We are not bandits! ”

The more Zhu Pingjin spoke, the louder he became, his voice stern like a bright steel knife, and the knives were all on Gao Antai's bones. Gao Antai couldn't sit still, he didn't expect the prince to criticize him so harshly. These Tusi soldiers were all the private soldiers of their Gao family, and the criticism of the prince was to accuse him of not leading the troops strictly. He had to kneel down in front of everyone and plead guilty.

Zhu Pingjin didn't let Li Sixian help him this time, but said:

"Mr. Gao is not guilty, it is this son who is at fault! We've been fighting for days since we got out of the world. Tsing Yi River fought a battle, Yazhou City fought a battle, and Renshou County fought a battle. When there is no war, it is a march, and it is a mountain. There are too few opportunities for the troops to recuperate, new recruits are replenished too quickly, and the military style and discipline of the soldiers are declining. When we have free time, we'll focus on it! ”

The replenishment of recruits that the prince said was only available in the first battalion. Therefore, when Zhu Pingjin talked about military style and military discipline, the officers of the caravan stood up and pleaded guilty. Zhu Pingjin left his seat to help Gao Antai up, and raised his hand again, so that everyone could return to their places.

Zhu Pingjin said again: "If you can't win a few battles, you will be hot-headed, and I don't know who your surname is!" This son of the world is just blowing the wind for you today, cooling down, and ringing the alarm bell! The most important thing at the moment is to win the battle with the Niujiaozhai bandits, and other things will be talked about later! The soldiers slept well tonight, but the chief of staff had to draw up a battle plan tonight. Tomorrow, the whole army will begin a clean-up operation.

Remember: we are in the vicinity of the provincial capital, and we will all act in the name of Tusi soldiers! Any combat operation must be more than 20 miles away from the provincial capital, and troops must not come to the city, causing misunderstanding among the government!

The rioters captured in the operation will be detained in separate parts and must not be killed! All seized property shall be handed over and shall not be embezzled! Military operations, under the unified command of General Song! General Shu, you continue to serve as the overseer of the caravan.

Remember: When fighting in a large army, military discipline must be especially strict! ”

The decree was given, and the people agreed with a bang.

"The family and country are in ruins, and the world is restless!" Zhu Pingjin sighed, slapped his hand on the arm of the chair, and stood up.

"Pity the thousands of people in Shu who have such a lazy and incompetent dumb official! To this day, there is still no government to send troops to quell the chaos! If the trouble continues, this son is afraid that Liao Gong will send the threshold to the Beijing Division!

Shao Gong's lesson, is it still far away? ”