After Ding Qian and Jiao Meng sat there and drank a few cups of tea, they saw a servant come over, bowed to Governor Zhang, and said, "Lord Prefect, the banquet has been set up!" ”

Governor Zhang nodded and said, "Okay, you can go busily." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The officer turned and walked away.

Governor Zhang stood up and said to Ding Qian and Jiao Meng: "Join the army, general, the banquet has been set up, please follow the subordinate officials to the table!" ”

Ding Qian was about to refuse, but Jiao Meng had already stood up and said, "Okay, let's take the seat." ”

Ding Qian had no choice but to swallow back the words that came to his mouth, thinking that it seems that there is no difference between the Great Song Dynasty and the 21st century, you have to drink first to do everything, just take the current situation, the military situation is so urgent, Jiao Meng, as a commander, still has the leisure to drink.

In fact, this is also Ding Qian's some two hundred and five, the army is on an expedition, can the local officials not express it, otherwise the military and the government can be united!

While talking, everyone came to the living room, and a large table of eight immortals had already been placed in the middle of the living room of Nuoda, and the table was full of dishes, no wonder it was some large plates of meat, large plates of fish, large plates of vegetables and the like, and the rough workmanship was incomparable with the dishes in the Bianliang City Restaurant in Tokyo.

There were two people dressed as gentry standing next to the table, and two people dressed as military generals, seeing Ding Qian and Jiao Meng coming, they all arched their hands and said: "Hello, my lord!" ”

Governor Zhang pointed to the two generals dressed as humane: "This is He Yong, the soldier and horse supervisor of Xiongzhou, and this is Xu Gang, the regimental training envoy." Then he pointed to the two gentry dressed as a slightly fatter one: "This is Mr. Fan, the president of the Chamber of Commerce in this city." As he spoke, he pointed to the slightly thinner one and said, "This is Mr. Ma, the vice president of the Chamber of Commerce." ”

After Ding Qian and Jiao Meng bowed their hands to the four, everyone sat down separately.

Governor Zhang said to a servant: "Pour wine!" The official hurriedly picked up the flask and poured wine into the cups in front of everyone, and then retreated to stand behind Governor Zhang.

Governor Zhang picked up his wine glass and stood up and said: "Lord Join the Army, Lord Pioneer, our Xiongzhou is a poor and remote place, and we can only prepare some such thin wine and vegetarian dishes to catch the wind for the two of us, please bear with me if the hospitality is not good!" ”

Ding Qian said: "Lord Prefect, don't say this, it's wartime, and if you can eat such food and drink, you will be content." ”

Jiao Meng said with a grin: "Governor Zhang, you don't have to be so polite, it's good that we can have this big fish and meat to eat when we come to fight as soldiers." This fucking person is iron, rice is steel, I haven't eaten meat and drank wine for a few days, and I always feel light and fluttering all over my body, how can I go into battle to kill the enemy, come and drink! Saying that, he first "squeaked" and drank a large cup, then put down the cup, picked up a large piece of fat with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth, and said while chewing: "It's so fragrant, it's so fragrant!" ”

Governor Zhang said with a smile: "General Jiao is worthy of being a fierce general, and he is bold. Come to join the army, let's touch the cup, and from now on we will fight hand in hand. ”

Ding Qian hurriedly stood up and clinked glasses with Governor Zhang, but drank it all and said, "Thank you, Lord Prefect." ”

Governor Zhang waved his hand and said: "You're polite, my lord, if you don't come, I really don't know how to deal with the war below." ”

Ding Qian said: "Oh, Lord Prefect, how is the recent battle situation. ”

Governor Zhang sighed and said: "Alas, what else, at present, the two cities belonging to Xiongzhou City have fallen into the hands of the Liao. Now Xiongzhou is relying on the Daqing River as a barrier, and the Liao army's battle line is too long, so it is currently a confrontation across the river. Although the Liao army launched several small-scale attacks, they were all repelled by us. ”

Ding Qian praised: "Governor Zhang's mansion has a way to defend against the enemy!" ”

Governor Zhang said modestly: "There, there, I was born as a scholar, where I know how to arrange troops, and this unfortunate loss is to monitor and Xu Tuanlian two leading soldiers, brave in battle, and good command to ensure that this Xiongzhou is safe for a while." ”

Jiao Meng only lowered his head to eat meat, and did not speak.

Ding Qian raised his glass and stood up and said to He Yong and Xu Gang: "The two of you are really hard and admirable, Ding Mou borrowed flowers to offer Buddha to the two of them a glass of wine." ”

He Yong hurriedly stood up and said, "My lord, defending the land and defending against the enemy is our duty, and it is not worth mentioning. ”

Xu Gang also stood up and said, "Yes, Lord Joins the Army, this is a matter within my equal responsibility, why worry about it." ”

Ding Qiandao: "That's not true, some people don't think like this, when they see the enemy coming, regardless of the life or death of the people, they spread their legs first faster than anyone else, and even more traitors who defect to the enemy and betray the country." ”

At this time, Jiao Meng had already eaten and drunk for a while, and when he heard this, he said: "That's fucking good, if there is such a person, you tell Lao Jiao, I will split him in half with an axe without saying a word, and he will not be able to close it in the next life." ”

Everyone laughed.

After laughing, Ding Qian said to He Yong and Xu Gang: "Come, cheers, two." The three of them looked at each other and smiled, and had a drink.

After Ding Qian sat down, Governor Zhang said again: "Actually, this time to resist the invasion of the Liao army, the two presidents of the Chamber of Commerce also contributed a lot. They actively organized and mobilized the people, helped build fortifications, and delivered water and food to the officers and soldiers. ”

Jiao Meng listened and said, "Okay! Good! Zhang Dujian, Xu Tuanlian is a court official who is responsible for guarding the land, but the two presidents are the people, it is commendable to be able to share the same enemy, come and I will toast you with a glass of wine. ”

The two presidents of the Chamber of Commerce hurriedly stood up and said, "How dare you let the general toast us, we should toast the general first." ”

Jiao Meng listened and said: "Then how can it be, my glass of wine is not only for the two of you, but also for all the people in Xiongzhou City, thank them for their unity, which makes Xiongzhou City safe and sound." If it weren't for the help of the people, maybe this Xiongzhou city would have been lost a long time ago, then I would have to lead the soldiers to recapture it, how many brothers would have to be killed and wounded. ”

The two presidents nodded and said, "Thank you so much, General!" He raised his glass and drank it.

Jiao Meng also toasted, then put down the wine glass and said, "Take three big bowls." ”

The servant who was waiting behind Governor Zhang hurriedly ran out and brought three large bowls. Jiao Meng said to the servant again: "Take the wine jar to pour the wine." ”

The official glanced at Governor Zhang, who smiled and said, "Look at what I'm doing, hurry up and fill the three bowls with a wine jar." ”

The servant picked up a large wine jar and filled the three large bowls with wine one by one.

Jiao Meng picked up a bowl of wine and said to He Yong and Xu Gang: "Come to He Dujian and Xu Tuanlian, our brothers are all soldiers, do him a big bowl, let's work hand in hand in the future and kill the enemy together." ”

He Yong and Xu Gang hurriedly picked up the big bowl.

Xu Gang smiled and said, "Okay, a soldier should drink in such a big bowl." ”

He Yong said: "Wine will be heroic, after drinking this glass of wine, I will definitely cut off a few more Liao dogs' heads when I go into battle again." ”

Jiao Meng said loudly: "Okay, my old Jiao likes to hear such words the most!" As he spoke, he craned his neck and gulped the wine in the big bowl and drank it to the ground.

He Yong and Xu Gang also drank in.

Governor Zhang raised his glass to Ding Qian and smiled: "Lord Joins the Army, although Zhang doesn't have the ability to drink in that big bowl, why don't we also have a cup to help the fun?" ”

Ding Qian nodded and said, "Okay!" As he spoke, he said to the two presidents of the Chamber of Commerce: "Come and toast to the four of us!" The four of them clinked glasses to each other and drank them all.

After putting down the wine glass, Ding Qian asked Zhang Zhifu: "Lord Prefect, how many Liao troops are there on the other side, and who is the one who commands the troops?" ”

Zhang Zhifu said: "At present, there are only 20,000 Liao soldiers on the other side, and the person who commands the troops is called Yu Lu Beilang, who is in his thirties, and is good at using a wolf's tooth stick, and is the royal family of Liao. ”

Ding Qian said: "Oh, it seems that the Liao people are bound to win Xiongzhou City. But why didn't they launch a large-scale attack before? ”

Governor Zhang said: "This prefect doesn't understand very well, so let's ask He Dujian to tell the army lord!" ”

He Yong stood up and hugged his fist at Ding Qianyi and said, "That's how it is to join the army!" ”

Ding Qian waved his hand and said, "He Dujian, this is not a military meeting, I just casually learn about the situation here, you better sit down and talk!" ”

He Yong said: "Thank you, Lord for joining the army." He sat down and said: "My lord, the Liao army has not launched a large-scale attack for the time being, that is, they have come to seize the counties around Xiongzhou again, after occupying the surrounding counties, then Xiongzhou belongs to a lonely city, and then gather strength to capture it in one fell swoop, and then the weather was hot a while ago, the Liao people have not adapted to the climate here in the north for a long time, and their combat effectiveness has declined, and they have not rashly attacked, and then now it is cool and fat, they will definitely accumulate strength to attack the city, fortunately, the army of the court arrived in advance, I think the Liao's wishful thinking must have been wrong. ”

Ding Qiandao: "Then what is the capital supervisor, can our army have fortifications by the Daqing River?" ”

He Yong shook his head and said, "What kind of fortifications are there, but they are only defended by relying on the river embankment." ”

Ding Qian said: "How can you do it without strong fortifications, if it is dry season in a few days, the cavalry of the Liao people will cross the river." ”

He Yong said: "Originally, this riverside should be built fortifications, but we have too few people, except for those who defend the city, there are almost no more people who can be mobilized." ”

Ding Qiandao: "It is indeed very important to hold on to the city, but only to defend the city is bound to be passive and passive defense, we must make good use of the natural barrier of the Daqing River, and give a head-on attack when the enemy crosses the river, so as to effectively eliminate the enemy's vital force, and at the same time hit the arrogance of the enemy army, and inspire the hearts of our army and people." ”

When the two presidents of the Chamber of Commerce heard this, they exchanged glances with each other and said, "What the Lord of the Army said is very true, how about mobilizing the people of the whole city to build fortifications with the officers and soldiers after the two of us go back?" Governor Zhang said: "Great, this prefect is worried that this person is not enough!" ”

Ding Qiandao: "Thank you two presidents, but we can't let the people work in vain, and we must at least take care of a good meal with wine and meat every day, so as to reduce the burden on the people." ”

Governor Zhang said: "It's good to be so good, but where does the silver two come from!" ”

Ding Qian said: "This is no problem, before the departure of the army, a friend of mine generously donated 30,000 taels of silver, which can be used. ”

Governor Zhang applauded again and again: "Okay, good! This can solve the urgent need, join the army, I don't know who this friend of yours is, and when the battle is over, I have to play long live your friend to give a grand commendation. ”

He Yong smiled and said: "Everyone, I think that friend's donation of silver taels is not for any grand commendation, it is all out of a patriotic heart." ”

Ding Qian said: "He Dujian is right, I think with my friend's charity as an example, I believe that donations from people from all walks of life in Tokyo will continue to be sent to the border in the future!" ”