The black and thin old man pulled up Chen Kun and gently pushed him aside, while he stood in front of the moon gate without being humble or arrogant, his eyes were plain and natural, his green clothes were plain, and a wisp of white beard on his chin hung down in the wind through the hall, trembling slightly, his whole body was full of the majesty of a person who had been in a high position for a long time, and with the incomparable calmness of seeing through the warmth and coldness of human feelings, standing in front of him, people could immediately feel that this old man was not an ordinary person.

Chen Kun panicked and shouted, "My lord, why did you come out?" ”

He immediately lost his words, and hurriedly turned to Wang Huan to cover up and added: "Well, Lord General Soldier, this person is an elder in my family, and he lives here, not the person you are looking for." ”

Wang Huan, Chen Xiang, and Ma Wannian looked at him with strange eyes, with an expression of contempt for their IQ.

The black thin old man waved his hand and said softly: "Needless to say, the virtuous nephew, since this chief soldier has come to look for someone, he will not give up if he doesn't find someone, you have a real character, and you can't deceive people by lying nonsense." ”

When Chen Kun heard this, he lowered his head in frustration and was silent, but immediately raised his head again, stood behind the black and thin old man with blazing eyes, staring at Wang Huan and the three of them like a guard, as if there was something wrong and he was going to fight for his life.

The black and thin old man took a step forward, with a calm and resolute composure on his thin face, and he didn't regard the three generals with helmets and armor as a big deal at all, and arched his hand and said: "Commoner Chen Qiyu, I've seen the general soldier of Kuizhou!" ”

Seeing this world-famous feudal official salute himself, Wang Huan was somewhat emotional for a while, and he couldn't imagine that Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces, who had driven Li Zicheng like a mouse, was now no different from the folk Tian Sheweng, in addition to the figure that seemed taller and more prominent among the people of this era, more than six feet, the thin body with dark skin, the white beard, the vertical and horizontal cracks on the outstretched hands and the deep forehead lines on the face like a ditch, all showed that this famous minister who called for wind and rain back then, has been consumed in the wandering life of exile, and has lost his ambition and pride.

However, when he raised his hand and raised his head, Wang Huan was still keenly aware that the light and edge that flashed in Chen Qiyu's pupils still reflected the wisdom of the handsome among people.

Wang Huan laughed and bowed back: "Xiaguan Wang Huan has seen Governor Chen." ”

Chen Qiyu said lightly: "Where is Mr. Wang, Chen Mou is guilty, and his previous official position is like a world away, and he has long forgotten it, and now he is just an old man." ”

Wang Huan listened, but put away his smile, and solemnly said in a deep voice: "Governor Chen can't be so thin, although Wang Huan and the adult have never been masked, but they have been fascinated for a long time, and they can't meet the adult as soon as possible. ”

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere was relaxed, Chen Kun's round eyes suddenly became a little smaller, he touched his chest and exhaled, hearing that Lord Wang was not here to seek revenge and relieve his anger, but to visit Chen Qiyu, and his hanging heart finally let go.

Chen Qiyu opened his eyes a little unexpectedly, as the saying goes, once a son of heaven is a courtier, a phoenix that falls into the grass is not as good as a chicken, when he was on top, it was common for a Ming general soldier to politely say this to himself, but after the exile of the degraded official, not to mention the general soldier, a small inspection can tease himself, who cares about a governor who is impossible to make a comeback and has countless enemies?

Chen Qiyu was a little stunned again, looked at Wang Huan's complicated eyes, and replied softly: "Lord General Soldier has praised it falsely, don't mention the things back then." ”

Wang Huan smiled slightly, turned sideways to Chen Kun who was standing on the side and said: "Today's good day, I am fortunate to meet Governor Chen here, why don't Chen Zhizhou be the host, find a quiet room here, cook a pot of sake, and talk freely." ”

Chen Kun was stunned, what was he happy about? You're happy to leave early.

He didn't speak, but he looked at Chen Qiyu.

Chen Qiyu smiled and said in a loud voice: "Since Wang Zongbing has this Yaxing, how can the virtuous nephew be stingy." ”

Chen Kun hurriedly greeted a few people, walked into the flower hall in the back hall, and beckoned his subordinates to buy wine and prepare some dishes to accompany the wine.

Wang Huan and Chen Qiyu walked side by side, Wang Huan had more eyes, deliberately half a position behind, Chen Qiyu saw it in his eyes, he didn't say anything, but he was deeply emotional in his heart, and he couldn't help but feel a little curious about this Kuizhou general soldier who looked too young to speak, the official position may be obtained by money and nepotism, but this calmness and bearing can't be pretended, this Wang Huan, who is the character, what to do when he is idle, it seems that it is worth talking about.

Entering the flower hall, Wang Huan let Chen Qiyu sit and accompany him on the side, of course Chen Qiyu wanted to shirk it, but at Wang Huan's insistence, he reluctantly sat down, and then Wang Huan waved his hand and drove Chen Xiang and Ma Wannian out and stood outside the door.

Chen Kun wanted to leave and wanted to stay, the pestle was worried on the other side, Chen Qiyu looked at Wang Huan, thought about it, and drove Chen Kun out of the door.

The two backyard maids held the food box, placed a pot of wine on the round table in the flower hall, four or five dishes of vegetables, and withdrew, Chen Xiang closed the door from the outside, and the flower hall suddenly fell silent.

Wang Huan pondered in his heart for a while, thinking about how to speak, in the face of this kind of famous person, he can get a small snack when he speaks, people have never seen anything, but he has drunk and eaten with the emperor, and talked with Li Zicheng about judging and passing the mountain, if he wants to receive him to his subordinates, he is not comparable to other cats and dogs.

While thinking about it, Wang Huan heard Chen Qiyu speak.

"I don't know how long the general army of Wang has been in the army, and which generals and ministers will he fight with?" Chen Qiyu's plain voice sounded: "Please forgive me for the sin of disrespect for the old man, I haven't lived in the temple for a long time, and I am no longer familiar with the change of characters in the court, and Mr. Wang is a young man, a rising star, so I have this question." ”

When he said this, Chen Qiyu's face was as usual, his sentences were low, but his tone was old-fashioned, and he faintly had the original meaning of the words, Wang Huan was a person with a good heart, and his heart couldn't help but move.

Raising his eyes again, Chen Qiyu looked into his eyes, the essence between his pupils was shining, not like the disheartened and depressed appearance outside just now, the whole person sat up straight, although he was wearing a cloth coat, he was like a python robe, and the momentum of high-ranking officials and dignitaries was spontaneously born.

Wang Huan's eyes rolled, he reached out and picked up the wine jug on the table, poured a glass of wine for Chen Qiyu and himself, and replied in a proper manner: "The last general was originally a person of the end of the year, who fled from the south of the Yangtze River in the middle of the year, and the general soldier of Sichuan did not give up, and accepted him as a righteous son, and comforted the envoy in the stone pillar to open the territory and build a city. ”

Chen Qiyu smiled, touched his white beard and said: "General Wang is really young, and he actually called Zeng Ying, Yang Zhan and other Ming military men thieves, this kind of bearing is amazing." ”

Wang Huan was not surprised at all, and said slowly: "Lord Chen lives in a small county in Hezhou, and his eyes look at the overall situation in Sichuan, and this calmness is even more remarkable. ”

Chen Qiyu glanced at him, shook his head and said: "That's it, you don't have to put a hat on me, I am old, and the children and friends of the DPRK and China have long been wrong, if you find me, I am afraid that I will not be able to help you." ”

As soon as Wang Huan heard this, he knew that he thought he had come to the door, but he just wanted to use his relationship and influence to promote himself in multiple ways, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said with a smile: "The last general is not going to use Lord Chen's prestige to get old, the Ming Dynasty's prestige is over, even if he is a governor, what's the use?" The official position is just a false name, and although the last general is dull, he does not take these things seriously. ”

Chen Qiyu lowered his head and picked up the chopsticks to pick up the vegetables, and kept silent.

Wang Huan continued: "Lord Chen is only sixty years old, the Spring and Autumn Period is still early, although it has been ten years, but the ambition has not been rewarded, now the country is in danger, the society will fall, Hu Lu is raging, and the people are not living, why don't Lord Chen go out of the mountains and forests again, and teach the last general to strengthen the army, so as to revitalize my Han family." ”

Chen Qiyu's hand holding the chopsticks was obviously stunned, his brows furrowed, he paused, and then threw a piece of dried meat sandwiched on the chopsticks into his mouth, chewed it a few times, and then said slowly: "These things are decided by the adults in the court, and I am a criminal official, so what do you care." ”

He swallowed the meat in his mouth, and continued: "Also, Wang Zongbing, although you have the true inheritance of Qin Liangyu, and even the fierce general Zeng Ying was destroyed by you, but you should not be arrogant and ambitious, you must know that the strong are like forests, just Zhang Xianzhong, who occupies the middle of Sichuan, is not an easy person, let alone the Tartars in the north, the old man relies on the old man to sell the old man to say a word, and the minister should only do his duty, guarding the three mansions in eastern Sichuan, it is enough." ”

Wang Huan shook his head and retorted: "Lord Chen's words are wrong, if everyone is as adults say, and it doesn't matter to themselves, then who else in this world will forge ahead?" My Wang Huan trained the army to get into trouble, one is not for the name and the other is not for the power, only for the people of the Han family in the world, the truth is not hidden, the last general came from the south of the Yangtze River, and witnessed the Tartars ravaging my Ming people, burning houses and plundering the land, the crimes are too numerous to mention, Yangzhou alone, hundreds of thousands of corpses are lying on the ground, and even more than ten brothers who escaped from Yangzhou with the last general, and now the survivors are only three people connected to me. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Huan couldn't help but feel sad, choked up, picked up the wine glass on the table, drank it all in one gulp, then picked up the wine jug and poured it full, and said while pouring wine: "When burying their corpses, the last general swore to heaven that he must avenge the people of the Han family who died under the Tartar knife, drive the Tartar back to the far north, and recover all the inside and outside of Shanhaiguan, as long as this body does not die, the will to expel the Tartars will not die!" ”

He stood up, his eyes were red, he drew his knife to cut off the corner of the table, and hissed: "If Wang Huan said half a lie, he will die like this!" ”

Chen Qiyu stopped his chopsticks and looked at Wang Huan in surprise, he was old and refined, and he understood that these words were not pretentious and hypocritical.

"I didn't expect that Mr. Wang was a child-minded man with the world in mind, and the old man was wrong just now, mistakenly thinking that now the military generals of the imperial court have disappeared, and they are all a group of selfish people who think about their own small abacus." Chen Qiyu's brows furrowed, and he got up and pulled Wang Huan down and sat down again: "I don't want to really have a loyal minister like General Wang, come, I will give you a drink." ”

Wang Huan said repeatedly: "Don't dare!" He raised his cup and touched it with Chen Qiyu, and the two of them drank it all at the same time.

Putting down the cup, Chen Qiyu sighed: "Mr. Wang's words really aroused the heart of the old man, it's a pity, it's a pity, if I had met you a few years earlier, maybe I would have gone with you." ”

"It's a pity, the old man hasn't led a soldier for fourteen years, and he hasn't ridden a horse for ten years, and this body bone has been half cut into the ground." He laughed at himself, looked at Fang Liang, and a lonely expression was engraved on his face: "Last month, the Tang Dynasty in Fujian, who was far away, sent a messenger to let me go to serve as a scholar of Dongge University, I can't even climb a horse, how can I do it?" Hehe, it won't be long before the old man will follow the old brothers who fought with me in the first place. ”

Wang Huan was stunned for a moment, and said hurriedly: "Lord Chen can't be so ......"

Chen Qiyu waved his hand to interrupt him: "The will of heaven cannot be violated, the old decay has calculated, in the past few years, it should have died, in fact, as early as the sixth year of Chongzhen, the emperor should have executed me, not me, Li Zicheng did not enter Beijing later, nor did the emperor die, the old decay is not forgivable." ”

Wang Huan doesn't know what to say, Li Zicheng doesn't enter Beijing, sooner or later there will be other peasant armies entering Beijing, the Ming Dynasty is rotten, and destruction is the law of history, but this can't be used to comfort Chen Qiyu, is it not your fault to tell him that this is doomed, and history is interpreted like this?

"Fortunately, God is still good to the old man, so that I can still meet Mr. Wang in the last few years." Chen Qiyu turned his head around, his eyes fell back on Wang Huan, his eyes were praised, and he said sincerely: "You are good, very good, Qin Liangyu's vision of people is indeed good, and he actually found your piece of unpolished jade, compared with other generals of the Ming Dynasty, you are young and capable, I even vaguely saw the shadow of Lu Xiangsheng back then, but you are a little less stubborn and a little more slippery than him." ”

Wang Huan spoke clumsily, and said in his heart, are you hurting me or praising me?

Chen Qiyu continued: "Although the old man can't assist you, he can send you three sentences, one person. ”

Wang Huan was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "Wang Huan listens!" ”

Chen Qiyu picked up the wine glass, slowly sipped the wine in the glass, and said slowly: "The first sentence, you must have a strong army of your own, remember, you must completely belong to yourself, a strong army that will follow you with all your heart!" ”

"The army is the bone of the general, and without the army, the general is a horseman. When the old governor of the five provinces was the governor, he planned a big scene, and there were countless military horses in name, but in fact, what really worked was the Tianxiong Army, Lu Xiangsheng followed me, I regarded him as a son and he respected me as a father, the Tianxiong Army was created by the two of us, how many big battles and bloody battles, the Tianxiong Army was the only side. ”

"Your Kuizhou army, I have also heard of it in this state government, it is majestic and brave, but it has a bit of the essence of the white pole soldiers back then, but it has shortcomings, that is the second sentence I want to say."

"Your army must have firearms."

Listening to Chen Qiyu's second sentence, Wang Huan was so impressed that he threw himself to the ground, when Chen Qiyu led the troops, although firearms and equipment were already very common in the Ming army, but when it came to paying attention, I am afraid that except for a few capable ministers, the other people were not high, and Chen Qiyu regarded this sentence as one of the three strategies for Wang Huan, which shows the status of firearms in his eyes.

"Firearms can be far and near, the power is huge, the use is good, enough to resist thousands of iron cavalry and not defeated, the Tianxiong army was known for its crossbow firearms, and Gao Yingxiang battle, Lu Xiangsheng with two thousand Tianxiong army to break his 10,000 heavy armored cavalry, is to rely on crossbow arrows and firearms ferocious, in the future, whether with thieves, or with the Tartars, with firearms crossbow arrows remote casting, kill and injure a group of him, and then with the white pole soldiers and hand-to-hand combat, this method of warfare is enough to be proud of the world, if you pave a cavalry to cover the kill, there is no enemy in a battle. However, this is easier said than done, and it is indispensable to have financial, human and material resources. ”

Wang Huan smiled and said lightly: "Master Chen, don't worry, when it comes to money, there will be no shortage of money." ”

Chen Qiyu also smiled: "Mr. Wang has a way to make money, but the Shizhu Silver Mine has expanded again?" ”

The two of them smiled and raised their glasses, and drank again.

As soon as Chen Qiyu's cup was put down, his face became serious, his face turned a little red, his eyes were round, and he said hatefully: "The third sentence, the killing must be decisive!" ”

"If there is no interruption, there will be chaos. In the political situation on the battlefield, it is all your life-and-death fight, in troubled times, use heavy codes, big knives to cut the mess, remember not to be indecisive, maybe you hesitate for a moment, the enemy will pick up a knife and stab you in the back, no need to pity, no need to be pitiful, everything is important to the overall situation, if the situation wants you to kill, even if you slaughter the city, you have to do it! ”

Wang Huan couldn't help frowning slightly, his words were a little emotional, it seemed that the shadow of the carriage gorge was still hovering in Chen Qiyu's mind, and letting go of Li Zicheng was a stain on his life, but the combination of rigidity and softness was the way to govern the world, and blindly killing was probably counterproductive.

So Wang Huan nodded and brought this sentence over.

"These three sentences can also be regarded as three strategies, after I think about it, I think it will be useful to you in the future, and I will give it to you, if Wang Zongbing thinks it is useful, I will write it down." Chen Qiyu took a deep breath and said slowly.

Wang Huan got up and said respectfully: "Wang Huan has been taught, so he must keep it in mind." ”

Chen Qiyu smiled, beckoned him to sit down, and said: "I said, I want to send you a person, this person has been with me for nearly 20 years, with me in the south and the north war, countless horses, old decay is about to die, in keeping him by his side, it is better to recommend it to Wang Zongbing, I hope to help you." ”

Wang Huan said with a smile: "Lord Chen recommended, the last general is very happy, he must be a talent with great ability, but I don't know who it is?" ”

Chen Qiyu said: "This person is a lieutenant official, he was the supervisor of the Ming Military War Bureau, he was demoted for his crimes, and he was included in the army when he was down, and he saw that he had miraculous skills, so he has been staying by his side to listen to it." ”

Soldiers? Prisoner? When Wang Huan heard this, the hairs on his body stood up, and an inexplicable emotion of excitement stimulated him to stand up suddenly.

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