Although the valley king who once built a domain in Xuanfu has long been in the past, since the nine sides of the town were built to resist the Tartars, even if the city is dominated by military households, Xuanfu is located in the west of the capital after all, and most of the merchants have to pass through here, and over time it has become a little more prosperous than back then. Nowadays, among the residents of the entire Xuanfu, there are more than 100,000 people in the army and the surplus army, but there are only 3,000 or 4,000 official households, and only 2,000 private households, but there are more than thousands of merchants who come and go every year.

The vicinity of the bell tower and drum tower is the most lively place in the whole Xuanfu, with many restaurants and shops, and several famous yamen are also nearby. The town guard general soldier's house is located in Gulou East Street, because the Xuanfu town guard general has always worn the seal of the general Zhenshuo, so the common people love to call it Zhenshuo Mansion here. Compared with those civil officials and subordinate officials of the Yamen, who are often crowded in the same official house as the chief official, the upper and lower officers of Xuanfu Town are much more comfortable. In addition to this Zhenshuo Mansion, from the deputy general army to the sub-guard general to the guerrilla general, almost everyone has a mansion, even if these majestic places are only seen outside, they are enough to make ordinary people envious.

Due to falling from a horse and injuring his foot, and then because his subordinates were besieged and personally led 5,000 troops to help, this battle was fought, and Zhang Jun, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, could not support it when he arrived at Wanquan Right Guard, and when he returned to Xuanfu, he could only recuperate in bed. He is a hereditary veteran, from the Xuanfu avant-garde commander all the way up to his current position, he has experienced a lot of big battles and small battles, the most famous battle is 600 people head to end, and a total of 30,000 captives were repelled within a few days, but this time the defeat made his whole person almost collapse. Especially in the past few days of waiting for news from the imperial court, he couldn't sleep well after tossing and turning.

That evening, he drank the bowl of dark medicine in one go, and casually put it on the tea tray held by the little servant next to him, and was about to speak, when a personal soldier suddenly broke the bamboo curtain and rushed in from outside. Seeing that his face was full of anxiety, he waved his hand to signal the little guy to retreat, and when the soldier stepped forward, he preemptively asked, "Is there a will in the capital?" ”

"It's not." The soldier was relieved when he saw his general, and hurriedly said, "It's An Da Niu who is in trouble!" He was also a bull temper, and when he heard that someone had occupied the box in the Baoyue Pavilion on the west side of Qingyuan Building, he immediately took a few colleagues and a dozen brothers to find him, and they clashed out without saying a word, and the result was ......"

As soon as Zhang Jun heard An Da Niu's three words, his brain suddenly exploded. He has been a general for many years, and he has promoted countless generals, and this An Da Niu has been fighting with him for many years, but because of this explosive temper, he offended people, and he couldn't be promoted, but this time it was this person who rushed forward and killed at a critical moment, and he was seriously injured and physically exhausted, so he was able to kill out of the Tartar pile. So, seeing that the pro-soldier suddenly hesitated and stopped, he couldn't help beating the bed and shouting angrily: "What is the result, tell me quickly!" ”

And it turned out that the feast was ...... It's the eunuch Miao Gonggong! ”

Zhang Junyuan just guessed, and when he heard that it was really Miao Kui, he couldn't help but gasp. He and Miao Kui have old grudges, before the Baoguo Gong Zhu Hui went to Yansui, Miao Kui supervised the division, but the Beijing battalion soldiers were not used, and he insisted on recruiting the soldiers of Xuanfu Datong as a horse explorer, who was sympathetic to the sergeant of the general colonel, where was he willing to agree, insisted on refusing, so he attracted Miao Kui's impeachment. Although Emperor Hongzhi did not condemn because of this, he failed to withstand the order to recruit soldiers after all, and only about 20 of the 100 sergeants sent out that time came back, and the rest were either dead or wounded. Even so, he and Miao Kui's Liangzi was still settled.

"Who is Grandpa Miao entertaining there? Is it the Duke of Baoguo, or the God General and others who led the army to help before? ”

After the soldier said Miao Kui's name, he glanced at Zhang Jun's face uneasily, and then continued in a low voice: "The person invited by Gong Miao to the banquet is Lord Xu, the son of the avant-garde palm print of the government army. ”

"What did you say!"

At this moment, Zhang Jun couldn't sit still anymore, so he lifted the quilt and got out of bed all of a sudden. Standing up with his shoes on the bed board, he shook off the soldier who was busy helping him, and asked in a deep voice, "What did the stubborn cow say, have you ever heard?" Where are the people now? ”

"An Da Niu seems to ...... It seems that he said something that is unfair to adults. Seeing that Zhang Jun's face turned white, the soldier couldn't help but complain in his heart about An Da Niu's dog temper, and then hurriedly said, "However, it is said that Miao Gonggong was originally looking for an adult theory, but Lord Xu interceded, and Miao Gonggong gave up for the time being, and now An Da Niu and a few of them were taken to the avant-garde barracks of the government army on the side of Changping Gate." ”

Plead...... Where is this plea, this is clearly a death!

Zhang Jun already had sweat stains on his forehead, and after thinking about it, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Tell me to prepare the horse." ”

"Your feet, my lord, ......"

Zhang Jun categorically interrupted the words of the pro-soldier: "My foot can't be broken!" Go and get my horses ready and have them serve me and change my clothes! Tell them not to have official uniforms and find a set of passable civilian clothes! Seeing that the soldier hurriedly walked out of the door after agreeing, he had planned to call someone to order another thorn, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was too much, so he could only give up this plan.

After some busy work, Zhang Jun, who was dressed in civilian clothes, reluctantly got on the horse, and hurried out of Zhenshuo Mansion with only a few personal soldiers. This way to the east of the Changping Gate next to the barracks, he only looked from a distance and found that guards had been arranged outside, and there were faint patrols on the arrow tower, obviously settled, and his heart suddenly tightened.

If this Xu Xun just came to Xuanfu as rumored, he would have taken some credit, if not, if there was such a thing as An Da Niu, he would be in danger, and he was afraid that the future would be even more unpredictable.

He and the others were all in civilian clothes, and as soon as they stopped in front of the barracks gate, a small flag leading the team immediately walked forward and asked loudly: "The government army avant-garde barracks are heavy, and the idlers retreat quickly!" ”

Zhang Jun sat on the horse and looked inside, and saw that except for these guards and the patrolmen in the small school yard on the arrow tower, there was not a single idler, and An Daniu and others were all gone, so he pulled the reins and slowly got off the horse, but he bowed his head slightly and said: "As soon as I was tired of reporting, I said that Zhang Jun, the chief soldier of the Xuanfu Guard, asked to see Lord Xu, the commander of the guard of the government army." ”

Xuanfu General Soldier? Asking to see us?

The little flag was stunned for a moment, although he felt that this was a bit ridiculous, but he was relieved to think that his adults were omnipotent, and he made a military salute, and immediately turned around and rushed in like a gust of wind. With the name of Zhang Jun, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, he was naturally invincible all the way, and when he finally appeared in front of Xu Xun, he had to say the report that he had just repeated countless times again.

"Zhang Jun is here in person?" Zhang Yong casually sent the small flag to wait outside the door, remembering Xu Xun's words just now, he immediately smiled and gave a thumbs up, "Okay, Brother Xu is really clever, a few insignificant little people can really lure Zhang Jun to come to the door to apologize." However, he is the general of the defeated army, although the imperial court has compensated the dead and wounded soldiers, but the position of the chief soldier of the Xuanfu Mansion, he will not be able to stay. ”

"Even if he is dismissed, from the thirteenth year of Hongzhi to the present, he has guarded the Xuanfu for at least five years, and the personnel of the Xuanfu are no clearer than him. When our 500 people arrived here, it was like a stone smashed into the ocean, and there was not even a splash of water, can we still expect that Baoguo Gong and Miao Gong can really separate people to help us, it would be good not to stare at us. Seeing that Zhang Yong showed an expression of approval after understanding, Xu Xun sighed again and said, "Moreover, he, the general of the defeated army, dares to lead the army to fight with the Tartars after all, and I also want to see what kind of person he is as the general soldier who rushed to the aid with wounds." ”

After the little flag was announced, there was no news inside. Zhang Jun just stood there, but a few of the pro-soldiers showed an angry expression, but they knew the temper of the coach, and no one dared to say anything. I don't know how long it took, but I saw a sound behind me, and after a while, two teams of people ran out left and right, and even the sound of footsteps was uniform. When the two teams reached the door, they stood on the left and right, and with a sharp whistle, they turned left and right almost at the same time, and finally stood opposite each other. The two teams were neatly organized, and even the spacing between the two was exactly the same.

In the face of this posture, Zhang Jun's face changed slightly, but immediately after that, he saw the small flag just now trotting over, followed by three or five people. He was about to open his mouth to ask a question, but the little flag did not come, but shouted and called all the guards in front of the door to the side and stood solemnly. The next moment, with another shout, everyone bowed their heads and stroked their knives and bent down to salute.

At this time, Zhang Juncai noticed that among the three or five people who came, the person in the center was not weak, his pace was steady and bright, and his eyes were dark and bright, so he guessed the identity of the other party at once. In addition to being surprised, he was also a little relieved, knowing that this famous young palm print commander was not arrogant. Only he thought that he was the general of the defeated army, and after all, he didn't dare to let the other party come out like this, and he hurriedly dragged his right leg, which was not yet difficult to walk, and barely took a few steps forward.

Because the chief soldier is the top military attache outside of the famous nobles, Xu Xun bowed first, and saw that Zhang Jun was busy stretching out his hand to help, so he said with a smile: "General Zhang is a respected soldier, and he should have been the last general to visit in person, but it is really rude to ask General Zhang to come in person." It's just that he hasn't been summoned by the Baoguo Gong after the previous post, so he doesn't dare to make a mistake. ”

Seeing that Xu Xun was still polite to him, Zhang Jun only felt that he had ironed a lot in his heart, and hurriedly replied: "The general of the defeated army should have waited for the punishment of the court behind closed doors at home, and he should not have come to see Lord Xu without authorization, but now I heard that my subordinates offended Gonggong Miao and Lord Xu in front of the public, so the crime will come to make amends......

"Since the imperial court has not yet been punished, Mr. Zhang must not put the word "this crime" on his lips! Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and it is certainly embarrassing to lose troops and lose generals, but in the face of the Tartar offensive, it is already rare to dare to fight. As for the word reparation, not to mention, General Zhang controlled the whole town of Xuanfu, if every sergeant of the general school made a mistake must be held accountable for you, how long will you have to make amends? ”

"Thank you Lord Xu for your understanding." When Zhang Jun heard such rare compassionate words, he couldn't help but feel a trace of long-lost emotion in his heart, and he took a breath before he said, "Those people who committed crimes below should indeed be subject to military law, and they should have been dealt with by Lord Xu in accordance with military law." But many of them were killed in the bloody battle in the previous battle, and the injuries on their bodies were not light......"

Seeing Zhang Jun's careful posture, Xu Xun said: "When employing people now, it is too early for military law to deal with it. If General Zhang is willing to release people, let them stay with me and make meritorious contributions! ”

(To be continued)