While Xu Youqing paid close attention to the war, he also constantly summoned his family members to train a regiment to strengthen his own guard force to prevent the wandering army from encroaching on his property.

Large families throughout the region have begun to train and organize their own armed convoy groups.

They know better than anyone what a defeated soldier is.

They also actively discussed the communication with other wealthy families in the region, and carried out exchanges with each other with armed guards, in short, they paid more attention to this matter than anyone else, while the local common people did not pay much attention to this matter or even knew about it.

It wasn't until the army of the Zhennan Army marched towards Huating County, when the people shrank in their dilapidated houses and looked in horror at the neatly lined up groups of people outside, that they knew that something very terrible might have happened in the next day.

Xu Youqing learned about this relatively early, he knew the news of the Zhennan Army when the Zhennan Army had just captured Hangzhou Mansion, and when the Zhennan Army took Huzhou and Jiaxing Mansion marched to Songjiang Mansion and began to threaten his family property, he realized that things were not quite what he thought.

In Daming, everyone has always paid attention to courtesy before soldiers, but this time it was different, they didn't see the existence of "etiquette" at all, and then they saw "soldiers" directly, which made Xu Youqing feel at a loss.

What's even more confusing is that these soldiers don't seem to have any intention of having anything to do with him, so they directly drove to Zhu Jing, took Zhu Jing, and defeated Jin Shanwei by the way, and invaded the Xu Kingdom very domineeringly, which made Xu Youqing very angry.

No matter how domineering you Xiao Ruxun are, you can't be unreasonable, although our Xu family doesn't have the first assistant in the imperial court, but the dignity and power that should be there are still there, what are you trying to do when you mess around like this? Are you trying to offend the public?

Do you still want to replace Shen Cheng and get support?

Xu Youqing immediately convened a family meeting, and summoned the main cadres and branches of the second and third rooms to a meeting to discuss the next countermeasures, and the descendants of the Xu family felt that this matter was tricky and difficult to handle, because they didn't know whether this was Xiao Ruxun's meaning or the nonsense of his generals.

was waiting for Xiao Ruxun to contact them, but Xiao Ruxun directly sent soldiers and horses, what is this, first soldiers and then salute?

This is not in line with the rules of the game of the Ming Dynasty!

"Xiao Ruxun doesn't pay attention to the rules, we have always been the first to salute and then the soldiers, even if we tear our faces, we have to pay attention to the first come, first come, what is the war without reporting in advance? He doesn't even have the most basic morality, this thing that only a vulgar martial artist can do, it really makes me feel disgusted! ”

"That's right! This is not in accordance with the rules at all! Xiao Ruxun, this martial artist! Could it be that he wants to go against us? He thought it would be really great if he moved his troops to sweep Jiangnan? Without our support, he would not have been able to gain a foothold! ”

"Jiangnan's wealth is all in my hands, if he dares to do something to us, we can let him not get a grain of grain or a penny, see what he does with us! With the current status of our family, raise your arms and shout, not only Nanzhili, but also Zhejiang and Fujian will follow, what else can he Xiao Ruxun do? He thought that the garrison was occupying the place in the county seat? ”

Several members of the Xu family sneered at the "naïve" Xiao Ruxun, and their tones were full of disgust and disdain.

Xu Youqing thought about it for a while.

He thought about it a little more, such as Xiao Ruxun's fighting power against the sky.

"Let's send someone to contact the main general of that team, not to mention anything else, if we really let those warriors go crazy, we won't be able to get any benefits, find him, know the benefits to him, and let him know the fate of going against us."

In this way, we can continue to cooperate, anyway, Shen has always been hopeless, Xiao Ruxun will enter Beijing to support the Emperor Taishang to regain the throne, we must also make plans in advance, we can't really tear our faces, otherwise, we are still the ones who suffer, and we are not without opponents in the court. ”

The members of the Xu family, you look at me, I look at you, and they all agree with his opinion.

"Who wants to go?"

After a period of silence, Xu Nianzu, a branch next to the second room, stood up.

"I'd like to go to his army."

Xu Jingzeng, the manager of the second room, glanced at him silently, with a look of dissatisfaction on his face.

Xu Youqing smiled slightly.

"Okay, may my cousin have a smooth journey."

"I will not fail in my mission."

Xu Nianzu took over this task, and then he immediately set off, taking more than a dozen Xu family knights in the direction of Zhu Jing.

Zheng Ying commanded the army to take Zhujing in the evening, after which he ordered the troops to camp on the spot, not to disturb the people, and continue to open to Huating tomorrow, and open meat for the army at night, not only pork, but also a large number of fresh fish from the river, let the fire be made, everyone has meat to eat and fish soup to drink.

Should I say it or not, when the soldiers of Jizhen were stationed in the north, it was not that there was no meat to eat, but there were few opportunities, basically it was gruel with salted vegetables, and when it was better, eat some dry rice or steamed buns, very rough meals, and after joining the Zhennan Army sequence, the food was quickly improved.

It's not that it's really good, there is meat or something at once, but at least it won't let the soldiers fight hungry without food and clothing, at least it can ensure that the army is full and warm.

In the cold weather, especially in the south of the Yangtze River, the wet and cold weather swept across the north and south of the river, so that many of the Jizhen soldiers who were used to dry and cold days from the north were not used to it.

After joining the Zhennan Army, they immediately lived a life of being able to eat well, at least one dry meal a day, and got better military uniforms and military shoes, and even handguards and cotton military hats, which could protect their ears, and if they were on duty at night, they also had a large cotton jacket to wear, and extra ginger soup to drink, which was not cold.

And if the weather is too cold, the Huotou Army will also make a very special meal, that is, the next meal with chili peppers in it, the hot feeling, as soon as you eat it, your stomach will be hot and warm, and sometimes you will sweat on your forehead while eating, as if you can dispel the cold.

Such a day makes those new Ji Zhenbing feel very novel, and they also have the emotion of being willing to accept it from the heart.

Increasingly, they saw themselves as part of the Zhennan Army, rather than the Jizhen Legion, which was independent of the Zhennan Army.

That's a good thing.

When Zheng Ying led the troops to inspect the camp, he could detect the subtle changes in the soldiers, as well as the existence of the so-called "instructors" who had joined the new troops, so that those soldiers did not make trouble once, which has to be said to be a very miraculous thing.

When it was almost dark, Zheng Ying led the troops to inspect the camp and prepared to return to the camp to eat chili fried meat, which was a small stove opened for him by the old firehead in the Huotou army, a big bowl of chili fried pork slices, fragrant and spicy, Zheng Ying could always eat two or three bowls of rice and all the chili fried meat in one go.

Then the body is hot and warm and very comfortable, but it is not good at all, I feel ** is not very comfortable when I get on the tuba recently, and I don't know if it has anything to do with what I eat, but I have not received a large-scale reaction from the soldiers......

Back in his camp, Zheng Ying drooled and began to enjoy his dinner, but before he could take a few bites of food, someone came to report-

Huating Xu has an envoy to ask for a meeting.

What are you doing at this time? Beg? Or harsh words?

Xiao Ruxun's request was to destroy the Xu clan and firmly control the entire Songjiang Mansion in his hands, and he didn't plan to talk nonsense with the Xu clan at all, but since they came, Zheng Ying didn't plan to drive them away like this.

So he ordered them to be brought into their tents, and if there were any attendants, they could only bring two, and the rest were not allowed to enter the barracks.