In the Longque Garden in Guangfu, it is still a scene of deep trees and seclusion and distance.

The large shade of the trees that are like a canopy above the single person, coupled with the pavilions and water paths scattered in between, not only block the scorching sun, but also make the hot summer breeze through the forest cool and familiar

"It's so comfortable......"

Lu Wuguan, who was newly married, was also doing some kind of secret sighing. Although he is in the rear, he has his own channels to obtain information and contact the outside world.

Compared with the Central Plains, which was in full swing during the Second Northern Expedition, the daily life here is really comfortable and calm, which makes people feel a little unreal.

No wonder his brother-in-law, Xin Jiaxuan, has been impatient and has repeatedly come up with it.

As for the concept of land affairs, which is also accustomed to a military career, after getting married, he naturally woke up in the middle of the night several times; With the torrential rain and the sound of the wind, coupled with the faint summer thunder, it seemed that for a moment before waking up, it seemed to be back in the battle of the north, where the guns were rumbling

It is the so-called complex state of mind of "lying down at night listening to the wind and rain, and the iron horse and the glacier falling into a dream".

It's just that with Xin Jiaxuan, who was born in Hanshu, the angle and level of the Tao can be contacted; As the eldest grandson of the Lu family, he can already vaguely feel that in the power center of this Guangfu, there is a wide invisible net, which is stubbornly and resolutely blocking their idea of returning to the north.

This inexplicable crocheted net is so hidden and dense that even his father Lu Shilang or several other uncles and uncles can't get a glimpse of the essentials, or they don't know it;

As for the grandfather Lu Gong who sat in the house, although he could still be used as an object of consultation and advice, the one-page business was already getting older and older, becoming more and more sleepy and the time of consciousness was getting shorter and shorter, and it seemed that there was not much time left.

As for those clansmen and close relatives, they are more concerned about the succession of titles and territories after the death of the Duke of Lu, the inheritance of the shadow of the door, and the redistribution of potential political legacies such as connections and favors.

As long as he expresses the slightest intention of returning, this big net will be opened, and all kinds of public and private reasons will entangle him. For example, his newlywed abandoned son is not pregnant, and the Lu family has no queen, and Lu Gong needs to be accompanied in his last days; Such justifiable fetters and reasons made him helpless but powerless.

Unless he can desperately tear his face or give up what he has in front of him, or completely let go of his dignity, stature and the bottom limit of upholding, and gradually meet most of the other party's requirements, this big net deliberately woven by power will still be shrouded over their heads

Whether it is his courage and decisiveness in galloping on the battlefield, or his courage and courage in the rear, the means he is good at and proficient in dealing with things on weekdays are commendably meticulous and careful; In this net of Guangfu, it is hardly of any use, or to provide corresponding help.

However, even as a member of the top noble family of Guangfu, he also has his own things of honor and disgrace and persistence, or potentially idealized and noble plots.

Therefore, he will definitely not easily succumb to reality and bring the dirty deeds and dirty intentions that these people hope for back to the territory of Huaidong, which he has single-handedly shaped.

As a result, things seem to have fallen into some kind of dead end......

Near Luodu,

Because of the intermittent rain, in the muddy battlefield.

With a snort, Meng Lin, a young soldier who was sitting in the mud pit with a sliding butt, was already another leader when he was pulled up again;

Originally, the veteran who had helped him several times in the battle formation, because he broke his leg in the process of pursuing the enemy, he could only regret and helplessly, and temporarily withdrew from the sequence of participating in the battle.

After this period of intense and varied battlefield training, like many young soldiers in the army, he gradually matured and grew up, and became much more calm and sophisticated in dealing with the enemy and facing battle.

And Meng Lin, like a teenager, has shown some excellent eyesight and good arm strength in battle and patrol, and is favored by the two commanders and the generals of this team;

Therefore, once he completed this six-month (battlefield) to one-year (daily) apprenticeship, he was also faced with two opportunities and choices; Accept more? One step in firearms training to become a qualified grenadier or an alternate member of the Chasseur team.

But no matter what he says in the future, he must first do his current duties and responsibilities.

After attacking Dugandao, the Henan Dispatch Army, which suffered considerable damage along the way, was also assigned to the east of the suburbs of Luodu, where they rested and replenished on the spot, and at the same time, they also undertook the task of containing the camps in the eastern suburbs and sharing the task of guarding the north.

Therefore, even the Huaidong soldiers who served in the former army with them were given a relatively easy job: along the river, they harassed the enemy bases and camps gathered in the eastern suburbs in the form of multiple squads.

At this time, the firearms, which have a longer range and better accuracy than the bow and crossbow, and have more durable firepower, can easily gain the upper hand in the confrontation, and the enemy behind those camps will not dare to show their heads.

Of course, there are also enemies who are not to be outdone, suddenly rushing out, trying to expel and defeat these tarsal maggots that are not going to go to the periphery and are particularly annoying and troubled under the cooperation of the horse and foot outflanking and attacking.

At this time, in the later position of the forward squad, a number of support troops waiting for rotation will use dense and orderly platoon fire, as well as ambushed scattered small cannons, to turn them back and turn them back, or most of them will be left behind.

If the scale of the enemy's attack is larger, but it is entangled by the arrangement of the front army; At this time, the standby friendly forces in the Henan Special Army will quickly move out to outflank it, and even cut off the enemy's rear route, and most of these enemies who have not had time to evacuate will be defeated or annihilated on the spot;

If the enemy in the battle line sends men and horses to meet again, it will become some kind of local battle in the form of encirclement and reinforcements, or even an attack and attack on the temporarily empty enemy camp.

As a result, the Henan Special Army also took advantage of the situation to seize and encroach on several pieces, and the defense line and barracks painstakingly built by the Northern Dynasties advanced the battle line by hundreds of paces to more than a mile.

Therefore, the enemy camp, after having had enough of the lessons and hardships, hid wholeheartedly behind the camp trenches and became a shrunken turtle that could not be shaken; The risk and probability of conflict in walking and patrolling in this frontier area of the handover between friend and foe have also become much smaller.

It's just that after this round of patrols, most of their gray armor and equipment have also been stained with muddy earthy yellow. Only the leather bag containing the medicine and the fire gun on the shoulder were deliberately kept quite clean, and they were in a state that could be fired at any time.

While slowly guarding the left and right, while checking the traces along the way, I unconsciously came to the bank of a river.

They looked up at the wind and thunder flags on the other bank, and the faint figures covered in mud that were also patrolling the riverbank, and couldn't help but show some kind of reassuring and friendly expressions.

In the muddy water of the river, which has been muddy by rain, several pontoon bridges made of boats and wooden rafts firmly connect the two banks, and the running and shuttling heralds and the people pulling carts and horses are the most common scenes during the exchange.

In fact, when the escort troops led by the Wind Scroll Banner arrived in Dujiandao, they made preliminary contact with Wang Gui's former military headquarters and Zhang Xian, who was assisting in the army;

In this way, he obtained permission from Wang Duanchen, the commander of the frontier capital, and stationed in the southeast across a tributary of Yishui from each other's horns.

Therefore, when the combined forces of the two groups have already reached tens of thousands, there is no doubt that the scope of activities and combat capability and scale have been greatly expanded and improved by a lot.

After a brief exchange of flags and passwords across the river, Meng Lin and his party of more than a dozen people continued to patrol in the direction of the upstream near Luodu, and after half a ring, he came to the adjacent area between the friendly army and the headquarters, and was surrounded by various pits, horses, and ditches with his back to the estuary.

Suddenly, he seemed to see something flashing in the distant riverbank, and almost thoughtlessly turned the firebolt and fired it in the direction of the riverbank.

The crisp sound of the blow broke the silence near the river bank in an instant, and also made the small team stop suddenly, and Shi Chang, who had a thick face and thick eyebrows, said in a muffled voice,

"Meng Wazi, did you hit something......

In an instant, the river beach seemed to be wriggling and alive, and it was actually a dense human body jumping up and climbing up; It's just that their armor and robes are painted the color of mud, and they are almost indistinguishable when they lie on the ground and walk slowly.

"Mother...... It's going to die."

Shi Chang, who took the lead, couldn't help but change his face, couldn't help but curse, and slammed the small flag in his hand to his side.

"Column sideways on the spot, meet the enemy horizontally......"

"Unleash the fireworks of the enemy attack, looking for a ...... to cover and wait for reinforcements"

Then the other sergeants were familiar with the road, unloaded the load on the only two pack horses, and pushed Meng Lin, who was a little overwhelmed, up.

"Baby, you are light-boned......"

"It's too late for us to run......"

"Hurry up and find someone to collect my body......"

"I don't want to be a stranger......"

They pretended to be relaxed, and pushed Meng Lin, who was sitting on horseback with sore eyes, and pushed him out.

Then he turned his head and thought about walking to the other side, and at the same time he radiated at the enemies who had already climbed the river bank and rushed towards them.