When almost the whole city was accusing Xuan Jun, Hu Qingqing suddenly raised his body and entered the palace, which gave Guan Zhuofan a lot of comfort. Tulin took matters into his own hands and arranged for her to live in the east wing of the backyard, and after Guan Zhuofan came back to his senses, not only did he not get angry, but he also had a secret joy of "winning my heart" for such an arrangement.

He can appreciate Hu Qingqing's good intentions, but he is somewhat guilty of muttering about this "delicate and expensive chef" in Shanghai. Since it is said that he wants to "serve the country", the expensive Xie Jin can naturally be dispensed with, but only a few pieces of meat are taken from the two sheep's heads, how can such a master afford to use it? Not to mention anything else, just a reputation of extravagance and extravagance, I can't afford it.

Who knew that such worries would become unnecessary. Hu Qingqing is not only in charge of the kitchen as a matter of course, but also like the housekeeper's wife, even the purchase is also managed, the original responsible for the purchase of Lao Zhang, not only has to report to her every day, but also the things she buys are nothing more than tofu and vegetables, eggs and pork, every other day, you can also eat a meal of fish, in addition, there are no expensive materials.

In terms of taste, it is very different from the original. With such a beautiful chef pressing the array, it is a great incentive for the morale of the kitchen, in addition to her personal demonstration, who is willing not to work hard in the kitchen? The big pot of meals made, from the two masters to the soap on the station shift, are all delicious, and even the catchers of the fast shift next door also took advantage of the fact that Master Guan couldn't see it, and came over to eat it. And the small stove that Guan Zhuofan ate was renovated by Hu Qingqing himself, and every meal must be two meats, one vegetable and a small bowl of soup, which made Guan Zhuofan sigh: On such a day, even the gods will not change!

And the beauty of this cook is naturally a sensation in the whole government, and everyone wants to take a look at it and say a gossip. It's a pity that there is an inconvenience, Thurin doesn't know what Lu Dao thinks, he actually assigned a personal soldier, as long as Hu Qingqing came out of the backyard, he would follow ten steps away, which was equivalent to setting up a post at the kitchen door.

This time, even the most short-sighted people also understand, this beautiful chef lady, I'm afraid that it is the forbidden belly of Master Guan, which one eats the bear's heart and leopard gall, and dares to come back to find it uncomfortable? So I could only salivate and swallow my stomach, obediently return to my original position, even if I met by chance in the ya, I lowered my eyebrows and lowered my eyes, and avoided my eyes - don't be misunderstood by Master Guan, it's not fun to beat down the board.

Guan Zhuofan didn't know about the battle of wits and courage between Tulin and these people, and his mind was all on military affairs, because it was time to draw his sword and meet each other.

The officers and troops from all over the place began to quietly gather in the city of Luhai, and then took a boat from Lingjiadu, crossed the Huangpu River, and approached Zhoupu, where the foreign guns were located.

In the city defense of Songjiang, in addition to Jia Yiqian's 1,000 soldiers, only the two sentinels of Ikesang with the Kezi battalion were left behind, stationed in Sijing, and the other Xuan army and the 800 militia led by Liu Xunji, the same knowledge of coastal defense, were all transferred to the battlefield on the eastern front by Guan Zhuofan. Ding Xianda left a sentry to guard Qibao, and he took more than 400 soldiers from the Xianzi battalion to cross the river to meet Huaer. The more than 2,000 green battalions stationed in Nanxiang were simply all transferred from Li Hengsong down, leaving only 200 people for a symbolic defense. After ten days of rectification and selection, the remnants of all kinds who had retreated from the surrounding counties of Shanghai were led by a general named Zeng Bingzhong, and they were also organized into two battalions with a total of 1,000 people.

In this way, in the vicinity of Zhoupu, 800 infantry soldiers of the Xuanjun base camp, 700 soldiers of the foreign gun team, 3,000 people of the green battalion, and 800 well-trained militia regiments have been concentrated. And the most ferocious unit, the Xuan Army Horse Team led by Daniel Zhang, is also coming from Sijing after completing the blockade of Tan Shaoguang.

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Daniel Zhang fought Tan Shaoguang's battle and played a little new.

The changes of the officials and troops in Songjiang City were soon learned of by Tan Shaoguang, who was stationed in Qingpu. Although he never dreamed that Guan Zhuofan's appetite was so great, it was always an indisputable fact that Songjiang's forces had been weakened. Therefore, Tan Shaoguang took 4,000 people and went south from Qingpu to prepare a surprise attack on Songjiang City, but only halfway through, he was ambushed by Daniel Zhang.

It was said that it was an ambush, but it was not true, but the 700 horses attacking from the east did not hide their intentions, and openly raised their banners and galloped in a line from afar.

On the road from Qingpu to Songjiang, the terrain is flat, and there is nothing to cover. However, Tan Shaoguang's Chinese army was well-trained, and in the face of less than 1,000 horses, he did not pay attention to it, spreading out the formation, the spearmen in the middle were methodically reloaded and loaded, and the spearmen on both sides were pointing obliquely with their spears, ready to deal with the cavalry charge.

Who knew that there was no waiting to charge. When the horse team galloped within a hundred zhang, they suddenly reined in the horse's head, all dismounted, and gave an order, and fired their guns in unison, knocking down hundreds of people in the queue of the Taiping army.

Tan Shaoguang was shocked, how could he fire from such a distance? How can you hit it so accurately?

This is the power of rifled guns and Migne bullets, and the "big killer" in Libin's mouth has finally shown its true chapter. The first row of guns was fired, and then another row was fired, and then the whole army of horses began to reload in a good time, turning a battle into shooting training. This gang of Qiu Ba, who had spent countless live ammunition to feed, finally did not let Guan Zhuofan's efforts be in vain, and now they are quite accurate.

When the Taiping army set up the cannon and began to fire, the Xuanjun horse team whistled, got on their horses one after another, and turned around and left. Daniel Zhang, who led the team, laughed and only felt that he had never been so happy in his life - only I beat you, no you beat me, such a good thing, where to find it? Laughing and laughing, I remembered Guan Zhuofan's words.

"Daniel Zhang, although your horse team is a cavalry, don't always think of yourself as a cavalry. In fact, sometimes, it can also be used as Buyong, "This is a local bun idea that Guan Zhuofan came up with on a whim," motorized Buyong. ”

"What...... "Daniel Zhang I don't understand the ...... of painting", and I feel that Mr. Guan is really unfathomable.

Guan Zhuofan knew that his mouth was slippery, waved his hand and said with a smile: "Shooting on a horse, the accuracy is not good, and getting off the horse, isn't it just Buyong?" Horses can come and go like the wind, and it is excellent to carry troops, and this kind of courage is particularly different. ”

Daniel Zhang understood, thought about it, and asked with a smile: "Boss, I understand, but this touch painting...... Touch it first, then take it off, it's okay, why do you have to paint......"

Guan Zhuofan glared at Daniel Zhang and said for a long time: "Get out!" ”

Roll is rolling, but this "touch off the painting" style of play, but left a deep impression on Daniel Zhang, today on Tan Shaoguang a try, great success, several rounds of guns down, the killing of long hair is always three or four hundred, how can you not be happy?

It was Tan Shaoguang who was uncomfortable, he lost more than 300 elites inexplicably, but he didn't even hurt a single hair of Xuan Jun. The plan to raid Songjiang was naturally in vain, but I didn't expect that even returning to Qingpu would become a problem - the whole army turned around and walked less than two miles, but the horse team of the Xuan army suddenly went and came back, concocted the same method, and repeated the way of fighting just now.

This time, there were preparations in advance, and the guns of the Zhilu Daoxuan army were both far and accurate, and they all lay down one after another, looking for concealment and setting up cannons. Rao was like this, and he was still killed more than a hundred on the spot, and Xuan Jun left leisurely. So he didn't dare to go, set up his position, and held on until it was dark, and then he entered Qingpu City in disgrace.

Daniel Zhang did not stop, took his team of 700 horses, returned to Lingjiadu next to the county seat of Shanghai, used 30 large sand boats as ferries, crossed the river overnight, and went straight to Zhoupu - these sand boats, usually carrying trough rice to Beijing, square heads and flat bottoms, offshore inland rivers can be passed unimpeded, and the sand boats help the boss Yu Fuhua donate for military use.

In the past two days, Guan Zhuofan began to "sit on the watch" in the signing room again. People coming in and out of the county government office became more and more frequent, and outside the county yamen, there were seven or eight herald soldiers waiting for orders at any time.

The meal that Hu Qingqing cooked for him could no longer be served, so he could only be handed over by Turin. She felt this suffocating tension and quietly asked, "Túrin, is there going to be a big battle?" ”

Túrin, who had always been very polite to her, just put his finger in front of his mouth with an expressionless face at the moment, made a silent gesture, and took the food box and went in.

If you don't say it, you say it. Hu Qingqing also became nervous, couldn't stay in the kitchen, returned to the East Chamber, and silently made a wish to the Bodhisattva and Chenghuang: bless him and defeat that Tan Shaoguang!

Equally nervous is Kwan Zhuofan. After more than three months of hard work, it is about to be seen, this battle, he bet all the gambling books, in addition to the soldiers, he also put the original and the new foreign artillery from the Defense Bureau, a total of 28 guns, almost all of them were mobilized to Zhoupu, only two were left in Qibao. In front of the command, it is Huaer, Ding Shijie and Li Hengsong, among the three, Huaer is the main commander.

At four o'clock in the morning, he received a telegram from Zhou Pu: "The brave artillery is in place."

"Pass my orders," Guan Zhuofan took a deep breath and slammed his fist on the table, "Fuck me!" ”

The telegraph operator, who is also a translator, was very troubled about how to translate this order, because Master Guan's words were magnificent, but the meaning was quite indecent. If you want to translate from Chinese to English and then from English back to Chinese, if there is a mistake in the middle, it will harm the meaning of the text and delay the big thing. So, when this order finally reached the Zhoupu telegraph office, it became two simple words.

Fire.

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