Xu Tiezhu held the sword and was stunned for a while, before he chased him out in shock, Wang Huan outside the door had already jumped on the horse and was about to leave.

"My lord, I saw the princess, how did I speak?" Xu Tiezhu wanted to cry without tears, this was the first time he had done this job, and he had no experience.

"You just say that the coming days are long, and good things are grinding, let her be patient, no." Wang Huan said casually, his eyes turned to the sky, he drove the horse around in place, remembered something, and then turned back and said: "Your battalion head will belong to the Kuizhou Military Mountain Battalion in the future, responsible for the defense of Huguang, and the expenditure should be included in the military financial direct supply system, and the monthly military salary will be directly issued by Ma Chongming, and you don't need to bear it from the Kuizhou government." ”

His expression became serious, and he said: "The position of battalion commander is concurrently held by you, and the thousand households and centurions below, you can choose the capable ones to live in by yourself, and report the list to me for viewing and printing." In this way, the military and political chief of Kuizhou is shouldered by you, and the heavy responsibility is like a mountain, you must be careful and attentive, don't let me down! ”

In Xu Tiezhu's heart, the helpless emotion of wanting to wipe Wang Huan's ass was swept away by the latter paragraph, and was replaced by extremely high-pitched excitement.

Because of the relationship of age, Wang Huan did not regard Xu Tiezhu as a capable minister who could take charge of himself, although he had been cultivating, but he did not pay attention to it, until the past two days, he saw that the governance near Fengjiefu City was in good order, and the fertile fields obtained from the reclamation of barren mountains everywhere were one after another, and the countryside was dotted vertically and horizontally, and the resettlement of displaced people from afar was orderly, there was no civil unrest and no famine, and there was a peaceful scene of living and working in peace and contentment everywhere, which made Wang Huan's ability to organize and coordinate Xu Tiezhu greatly improved.

What attracted Wang Huan even more was the army of 2,500 people, with the foundation laid by Chen Qiyu, this army was indeed very good at fighting, and the brazen folk customs of the Shizhu Tujia residents ran through it, so that every soldier was a natural qualified soldier, coupled with reasonable military equipment, the combat effectiveness of this army was very strong.

Xu Tiezhu inherited this army and firmly held it in his own hands, such a strong army, only his own people controlled Wang Huan could rest assured, so the battalion commander, Xu Tiezhu was the one who should be the one.

Wang Huan set the status of the mountain character camp in a few words, Xu Tiezhu was extremely happy, and hurriedly bowed down and responded: "Yes!" ”

After saying a word, when he looked up, all he saw was a group of distant backs, and Wang Huan's voice was still coming from afar: "Be careful, don't let me down!" ”

Xu Tiezhu's eyes were shining, his face was red, and he clenched his fists and said loudly: "Don't worry, my lord, with me, Kuizhou is solid!" ”

……

At this moment, in Datong City, Shanxi Town, thousands of miles away from Kuizhou, two brothers also gathered, sitting in the lobby of the Datong General Military Mansion to discuss important matters.

The lobby is tall and spacious, with several thick beams and columns standing on both sides, enough to accommodate 100 people around. The ground is a square and wide blue brick paving, sprinkled and swept spotlessly, there are more than ten weapon racks on both sides, axes, knives, forks, hammers, and spears are placed on it, and the cold glow is shining, and the murderous atmosphere is high, adding a lot of chilling evil aura to a huge tiger descending the mountain picture hanging in the middle of the lobby.

Under the tiger's claws in the picture, there is the main seat, and on a Taishi chair sits a sturdy, short-bearded and broad-faced man, wearing a black gauze cool hat and a purple plate-collared robe, the robe is made of silk, embroidered with treasure flowers, gorgeous and expensive, with a jade belt wrapped around the waist, a piece of green crystal clear jade pendant hanging from the waist, plus the cowhide official boots on his feet, so that his whole person exudes a proud momentum of being in a high position and being a powerful person.

On both sides of the main seat, there is a row of chairs, most of which are empty, except for the first chair on the left, where a military general wearing chain mail sits.

Looking at the two of them roughly, it is a little difficult to tell who is who, and the two have similar appearances, as if a mold is printed.

The two are brothers, sitting on the main seat is Jiang Xuan, the chief military officer of Datong, and the one sitting on the left is his own brother, and Jiang Xuan, the chief military officer of Lin.

Born to two people and one mother, of course they look alike, but if they are carefully distinguished, it is still easy to distinguish, Jiang Hao is old and spicy, not angry and self-assured, a kind of shrewdness and cunning from the bones makes him look a little insidious; Jiang Xuan is calm, with a long beard and white face, resourceful, looking like a master, and has always had the reputation of a Confucian general.

They sit here, certainly not boring and idle.

On the contrary, the two of them were sad and worried.

The precious fragrant tea served by the maid on the coffee table next to him was no longer hot, but the two of them had no time to take a sip, even though Jiang Xuan came from Helin, he didn't touch it.

"Big brother, I have inquired clearly, the regent sent a Manchurian and Mongolian army of 100,000 led by Prince Azig of Ying, Prince Duanzhong Boluo, Prince Shuosai of Chengze, and Prince Manda Haipu of Doro, and the Han army along the way is under his command, and the momentum is huge." Jiang Xuan frowned and said: "The army will set off soon, and Dolgon will personally march strongly, it seems that we have provoked the Tartars." ”

"Humph! Dolgon, of course, was on fire. Jiang Hao spewed out a breath of air from his nostrils, and said hatefully: "Jiangxi Jin Shengheng is anti, Guangdong Li Chengdong is anti, the Tartars haven't had time to deploy troops to kill the past to quell the rebellion, our brothers are against again, can he be happy?" ”

He turned the jade Ruyi he was playing with upside down and stroked it, and said more and more angrily: "Tartars, let's take refuge in them, these savages not only don't want to win over and rely on them, but they are also suspicious and suppressive, is this the way to be human?" No wonder the Han army in the world is rebellious, our rebellion is done as a last resort, and it is forced by Dorgon! ”

Jiang Xuan touched his long beard, nodded in agreement: "Big brother is right, the Khalkha Department is on the side, every year, why is the Manchu court so concerned this year, and wants to mobilize tens of thousands of troops to Datong to assist in defense, this is the drunkard's intention is not to drink." ”

Jiang Hao slapped the table: "This is to force our brothers to death!" Look at Geng Zhongming, he took refuge in Huang Taiji during the Chongzhen period, and after many years of bloody battles, his life was almost lost on the battlefield, just for a few fugitive slaves, he was forced to commit suicide by the Tartars! Kong Youde monk Kexi, but also the Han people took refuge in them very early, there are many military merits, many fortified cities in the north, all of them were shot down by their cannons, and now they are trapped in Liaodong for retirement, my brother's qualifications are far inferior to these three, and the Tartars regard us as even more unbearable. I can see that this Tartar doesn't take us Han people in his eyes at all, except for those Han people who started with Nurhachi, the other Han people are their dogs! ”

The two slapped the table together and scolded their mother, and after a breath, Jiang Xuan felt a lot smoother, and brought up the business again.

"Big brother, the Tartars are not people, but those military horses are a real threat, calculate the footsteps, Azig will be able to reach Shanxi in less than half a month, how we can fight it, we have to think of a strategy."

Jiang Hao frowned, and said: "That's what I'm worried about, I have 100,000 soldiers and horses on hand, in fact, there are only 50,000 soldiers, half of them are empty salaries, of which 5,000 are in the pro-military camp piled up with silver, these people have no opponents in Shanxi, but Azig has been successful in a hundred battles, and his subordinates are all Eight Banner soldiers who are not afraid of death, and those princes and county kings are not good at stubble. ”

Jiang Xuan also said: "In the hands of the younger brother, aside from the empty salary, there are less than 10,000 soldiers, many old and weak, they are all farmers in the fields on weekdays, there is no problem with farming, let them fight, then it will not work, there are 1,000 people in the pro-military camp, I brought them all for the eldest brother to send." ”

Jiang Hao glanced at him angrily, and said angrily: "I told you a long time ago, let you prepare more, and match the army in full, you see, now tell me that there are no soldiers, why are you looking?" ”

Jiang Xuan's face flushed, and he was quite embarrassed to eat: "This, this, big brother, I don't eat those empty salaries alone, the following generals have a share in the guerrillas, and they have to increase the number of troops in full, the interests involved are too wide, where can it be done in a month or two." ”

Jiang Hao waved his hand, like driving away an unpleasant fly: "Don't mention those, now the eyebrows are burned, how can you fight without soldiers?" Those generals you told you, within ten days, fill in the gap for me, no matter what method is used, after ten days, I will see the soldiers and horses of the General Lin Military Mansion outside the city! ”

Jiang Xuan knew that the situation was serious, so he hurriedly agreed, only to hear Jiang Xuan say again: "The soldiers are coming, the water is coming to cover the earth, and I am not afraid of Azig coming!" Over the years, my Jiang family in Datong Town, Shanxi Province has a wide vein, and that house is not our people? Back then, Li Zicheng was just a first-class thief, who obeyed him? It was just a matter of pandering to his obscenity on the surface, and as soon as a stone was defeated, it fell apart. Now Shanxi is different, there are people loyal to my Jiang family everywhere, Azig doesn't come, once he comes, I want him to know, what is a city, a fort, a people, a soldier! ”

(End of chapter)