The wolf thought for a moment, raised his hands high so that everyone could see clearly, and said, "General, I am not a widow below, I only need to show you one thing, and you can be clear!"

The general raised his eyebrows: "Ben will advise you not to have any crooked thoughts, and you will be caught obediently, if you are really not a widow, Ben will naturally return you a clean slate." ”

The wolf said in a deep voice: "There are things that can prove your identity on the body below, but there are many people here, the general also asks to retreat left and right, and he will show it to you in the lower body." ”

The little second hurriedly said: "General, if he wants to escape, don't fall for him!"

The general reprimanded in a deep voice: "Hugh said a lot, I would have my own plans." He looked up and shouted to the wolf, "If you have anything to prove your identity, just throw it over, don't make a fuss." ”

The wolf shook his head: "This thing can only be shown to the general alone, the more people you see, the more I am afraid, the worse it is, is it possible to become a general, and I am afraid that the next person will escape?" ”

The general laughed: "Even if you are a widow, how can I, Qi Jiguang, be afraid of you!" He turned back to the left and right and shouted: "All exit the lobby, if Ben will be hijacked by this wolf, then he will be regarded as a wolf, kill him, don't let this person go!" The soldiers on the left and right shouted violently, put away their swords, and exited the hall in an orderly manner, while the little second and the shopkeeper on the side wanted to persuade the general, but they gave him a tiger glare, stuck out his tongue in fright, bowed his head and followed the sergeants out.

Sky Wolf laughed: "I didn't expect the general to be the legendary General Qi Jiguang Qi, who has admired his name for a long time!" He said. took out the token in his arms, and used his internal force, only to see that the token seemed to be attached to the spirit. It floated slowly through the air, without any shaking or spinning in the air.

Qi Jiguang is also a practitioner, he has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he is strong in foreign kung fu and bow and horse spear skills, even if he is placed in the martial arts, he is also a top master, but compared with the top master of the inner family like Tian Wolf, he can throw this token like a meteor. Even inlaid directly into the wood, but it was impossible to let this token float so slowly.

Qi Jiguang's eyebrows sank. Holding his breath, he reached out and copied it into the air, took the token, and looked at it. His face changed slightly. He carefully looked at the front and back of the token before nodding, threw the token back to the wolf, and gave a military salute: "I didn't expect Your Excellency to be a member of that organization, it's disrespectful!" ”

Sky Wolf smiled slightly: "General Qi, since you are your own person, why don't you go inside?" ”

Qi Jiguang laughed: "It should be like this." He turned back to the door and shouted, "It's all right, it's not a wolf inside." It's his own person, and Ben will now have something to discuss with this strong man. You wait to guard the surroundings of the inn, and no one is allowed to enter, and the soldiers who are closing the streets outside will be led back by the adjutant general. ”

There was a sound of "obey" outside, followed by a dense sound of footsteps, and the sound of the armor leaves on many soldiers clanged, and even the fire light that was still shaking outside just now was obviously dimmed a lot.

Qi Jiguang pressed the sword and went upstairs with his head held high, the wolf led him into his room, Feng Wu heard the movement outside clearly just now, and sat up straight with difficulty, and when he saw Qi Jiguang entering the house, he also arched his hand to him.

Qi Jiguang glanced at Feng Wu, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes: "Who is this girl?" ”

The wolf shook his head: "This is named Feng Wu, who is also a Jinyi guard, was seriously injured in the operation, so we found this inn to stay temporarily, hoping to find a doctor to treat it, but I didn't expect that the little second in this inn was very alert, and he actually reported it directly." ”

Hearing this, Feng Wu sighed: "Heavenly Wolf, you really shouldn't reveal our identity. ”

Qi Jiguang waved his hand: "This Fengwu girl is so seriously injured, but she doesn't go to your Jinyi Wei to govern, but secretly looks for this kind of small inn, why bother?" ”

Sky Wolf smiled slightly: "We are on a secret mission, and we can't reveal our identities to anyone for the time being, even if it's the Jinyi Wei branch here in Hangzhou, we haven't notified them, so for the time being, we just want to find a secret place to help Feng Wu heal her injuries, if she wasn't so seriously injured and unable to walk, I wouldn't have taken her into the inn in the city." General Qi, although you and I are the first time we have met, there are no outsiders here, there is no need to stick to the etiquette of officialdom, our Jinyiwei has no name, only a code name, you can call me Tianluo. ”

Qi Jiguang looked at Feng Wu carefully, he is also a martial arts master, and when he saw that the scar on Feng Wu's neck was injured by a divine weapon, it was obvious that the opponent's martial arts were extremely high, and he also knew that Jinyiwei had always carried out a secret mission, and it was inconvenient for him to ask, so he nodded, and a pair of big eyes flashed: "Brother Tianwolf, our Hu Butang has received the news that you are coming to Hangzhou, and asked us to prepare for it, but why don't you come to the Ministry of Commerce directly?" "He has been leading troops to search for Xu Wenchang everywhere today, and he doesn't know that Xu Wenchang has already had a heart-to-heart relationship with the Heavenly Wolf.

The wolf said calmly: "I have a mission in Xia, and I want to see the situation in Hangzhou City with my own eyes before meeting Hu Butang, so I didn't go directly to see Hu Butang, but during the day today, I have already met Mr. Xu Wenchang, the strategist of the department, and I have a long talk with him, which has benefited a lot." Now I have a basic understanding of the situation in Hangzhou, Hu Butang, if it weren't for the injury of his companion, he should have been in your camp outside the city by now. ”

Qi Jiguang's eyes lit up, and he said hurriedly: "What, you have already seen Mr. Xu?" ”

Heavenly Wolf laughed: "Exactly, later General Yu Dayou also arrived, and after Mr. Xu and Zai finished talking, he followed General Yu back, and he must have returned to Hu Butang to resume his life." ”

Qi Jiguang's heart was also a stone fell to the ground, and when Hu Zongxian sent them out today, he also gave a strict order, and he was not allowed to return to the camp if he didn't find Xu Wenchang, so he would have been searching in Hangzhou until now, and after receiving Xiao Er's report halfway, he was also afraid that the would-be wouldn't kidnap Xu Wenchang, so he would directly surround this place.

Qi Jiguang let out a sigh: "Finally, Mr. Xu has a safe journey, since Brother Tianwolf has already had a long talk with Mr. Xu." That must have an understanding of my plan to fight against the Japanese in the southeast, don't you know, Mr. Xu has spoken in front of the ministry many times. Say that you are a brave and resourceful chivalrous man, not an ordinary brocade guard. ”

The wolf let out an "oh" quietly, and he also wanted to get more Hangzhou military information from Qi Jiguang to verify whether what Xu Wenchang said was true. So he smiled and said, "General Qi, I heard that you and General Yu are both new here, I wonder if you have ever fought with the Japanese Kou?" ”

Qi Jiguang shook his head: "I received the appointment last year. Those who came from Dengzhou Wei to take up their posts encountered the death of General Zongli in battle as soon as they came here, and the morale of the troops at that time was very low. The naval fleet even refused to go to sea to fight the Japanese invaders, so we had no choice, and we had been training new recruits and preparing for war for the past year. ”

Sirius nodded. He had heard this from Xu Wenchang. It's just that I don't know how well Qi Jiguang's soldiers have trained this year, so he said: "General Qi, according to what you see, can the soldiers you train now fight against the Japanese invaders?" ”

Qi Jiguang smiled slightly and said, "I heard that Brother Tianluo has also personally fought against the Japanese Invaders, and he has also seen the battle formation tactics of the Wolves. You should know that the guards in the southeast area. He was already old and weak, and he couldn't go into battle at all, so all the soldiers he trained were newly recruited, mainly from two places, one was the market gangsters in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and the other was the mountain people in the Zhouzhou area. ”

The wolf "um" sounded, and continued to ask: "I have long heard that the general is a family of generals, military books and war strategies, all of which are understandable, when I was in Dengzhou, Shandong, I also used to lead troops to train soldiers, every year to garrison the Beijing Division, when I answered the invasion of Beijing, you also had to be urgently responsible for the defense of the nine gates of the Beijing Division, if it is about training recruits, you should be an expert, with a year of time, the soldiers you have trained should already be the division of tigers and wolves." ”

Sky Wolf glanced at the silent sergeants on the street outside through the window, except for the crackling torches on the long street, there were only a few dog barks that sounded from time to time, and there was no sound of the sergeants talking to each other, he nodded with satisfaction: "General Qi, although he is only a Jinyi guard, he has also been in the Northland Army, even the elite soldiers of the Nine Sides are not as disciplined as your subordinates." ”

Qi Jiguang's face showed a trace of helplessness, he let out a long sigh, walked to the window and closed the window, and said: "Brother Tianluo only knows one thing, but I don't know the other, although these soldiers have undergone a year of training and their discipline seems to be very good, but when they really go to the battlefield, they can't count on it." ”

Sky Wolf's face changed, he obviously didn't expect this answer, and hurriedly asked: "What's the matter, I see that these sergeants are so disciplined, why can't they be counted on the battlefield?" ”

The corners of Qi Jiguang's mouth hooked, and he sighed: "Let's talk about those Chuzhou soldiers first, a few months ago, there was a small group of Japanese robbers who robbed the coastal area, and I took the Chuzhou soldiers to meet the battle, these Chuzhou soldiers are mostly mountain people barbarians in the mountains, they are strong, brave in battle, and very active when they charge into battle, and they are also the main force of our new army. ”

Sky Wolf smiled: "Isn't this very good, why do you say that you can't count on it?" ”

Qi Jiguang waved his hand: "It's just that these mountain people and barbarians, before the battle, will find a representative to negotiate with me on terms, they ask to know the number of enemy troops, equipment, and ask the general to inform them of the specific way to fight, and like bandits and bandits, they will decide in advance how much they will share after they get the spoils, how to calculate their merits after they have been captured, and how to compensate someone after they die in battle, and then this representative of theirs will convene everyone to discuss after going back, if they feel that there is no benefit to be made in this war, they will refuse to fight work." ”

Sky Wolf was dumbfounded when he heard this, he didn't expect that there were such soldiers in the world, and fighting a war depends on whether he can earn it, just like bandits and bandits. He swallowed his saliva and said, "Didn't the imperial court give them military salaries, why do they still have to share these spoils?" Don't even fight without dividing? ”

Qi Jiguang sighed: "I have also severely reprimanded them, but they said with great confidence that coming to be a soldier and getting paid is just to serve the imperial court, and if they want to work hard, they must have real money and silver, otherwise let the guards fight, what else do they need to do?" ”

"When Ben General began to train the new army, he only had one or two thousand state soldiers under his command, and there were not many of them, and it was impossible to really dismiss them, so they could only use them, but on the battlefield, as soon as these state soldiers saw the gold and silver treasures discarded by the Japanese invaders, they gave up fighting. I have repeatedly forbidden the gold and silver that are all over the place, and the widows are cunning. First he threw down the gold and silver to throw his army into disarray, and then he suddenly killed the horse pistol, and as a result, our army was defeated, and even I almost died. ”

The wolf was silent when he heard this, and after a long time, he said slowly: "In this case, the general can only count on the Shaoxing soldiers." ”

Qi Jiguang smiled bitterly: "After that big defeat." The general could only disband all these state soldiers and recruit more than 2,000 more people in the Shaoxing area, and the result was after three months of training. These Shaoxing soldiers obeyed orders very well, and no matter what battle I asked them to fight, they would not refuse and obeyed them completely. The army camped and repaired the city, and other hard and tiring work. On the battlefield, if the enemy army is defeated, they will take the initiative to pursue, and they will not even rob the treasure discarded by the enemy. ”

Sky Wolf slapped the table and shouted, "This is a very good soldier, General Qi." What you are bringing with you now are these Shaoxing soldiers, I think they are elite soldiers and strong generals. But he suddenly thought of Qi Jiguang's words just now. The joy on his face suddenly froze on his face, "It's just that these soldiers also have a problem?" ”

Feng Wu on the bed on one side didn't speak, just listened silently, and at this time, his eyes flowed, and he said: "I have always heard that Shaoxing is a famous commercial town, and the people there are very slippery, and the people in the market should be more treacherous, General Qi, are these people unwilling to fight to the death after they go to the battlefield?" ”

Qi Jiguang nodded and sighed: "What Miss Feng Wu said is extremely true, on the battlefield, even if they only face a few hundred stragglers of the Japanese invaders, as long as the Japanese attack, they will immediately turn around and retreat, and the generals will not be able to stop them at all." ”

"What's more, even if the Japanese retreat, they will follow the pursuit for a while, but if the Japanese return to fight again, they will continue to retreat, according to my observation during the two battles, as long as they are within thirty steps of the Japanese and reach the distance of hand-to-hand combat, the Shaoxing soldiers will often all withdraw, it is really impossible to count on."

"Brother Tianwolf, I'm not afraid of your jokes, the reason why I asked them all to withdraw from the lobby just now is because they are useless here, they really encounter fierce and cruel, and strong swordsmanship, these Shaoxing soldiers will only stand aside in fright, bluffing, rather than let them get in the way here, it is better to leave me alone to fight to the death with you." All in all, these Shaoxing soldiers are used as rear battalions in the army, and they are okay as baggage soldiers and auxiliary soldiers, but if they are the main force charging into battle, they are really unreliable. ”

The wolf also sighed: "I see, it's really embarrassing for General Qi, Shaoxing and Chuzhou have not been robbed by the Japanese invaders, these soldiers recruited from the people have not witnessed the tragic situation of the Japanese burning and plundering coastal towns, in their opinion, being a soldier is nothing more than eating with a mouth, and naturally it is also to save his life, and there is no need to work hard, why didn't General Qi go to those towns along the coast that had been plagued by the Japanese invaders, and find some people who had a deep hatred for the Japanese to train the new army?" ”

Qi Jiguang waved his hand, and said: "Brother Tianluo, these are originally military insiders, not enough for outsiders, but you are different, you are Jinyiwei, specially came to Hangzhou to explore the front-line military, these things I also hope that you can truthfully reflect to the emperor, the court is now a traitorous minister, and it is difficult for the emperor to see the opinions of our front-line generals directly, but the above will only give us one order after another, so that we can train the army to fight within a time limit." Brother Tianluo, Mr. Xu said that you are a righteous knight, so Qi Mou will say these heart-wrenching words to you, and please find a way to listen to the heavens and let the emperor know our heart. ”

Tianluo nodded: "That's what I came to Hangzhou to do, the emperor and Commander-in-Chief Lu sent me, not Yan Song's party members, just because they have doubts about Yan Dang, and they need to hear the real situation, what General Qi has to say, but it doesn't matter, Tianluo will definitely report these situations truthfully." ”

Qi Jiguang excitedly took the hand of the wolf and said: "What Brother Tianwolf said about recruiting coastal townspeople just now, in fact, General Yu and I thought about it at the beginning, but it can't be implemented at all, the coastal people, now hate the court more than the wolf, their ancestors have lived in coastal towns for generations, and they have long been accustomed to fishing and business, but the court issued an order, let them move a hundred miles inward, and the fields given to them are mostly barren and difficult to plant, Zhejiang here has always been said that there are seven mountains, two rivers and one field, and the soil is not fertile, You can only plant some mulberry trees, raise silkworms, and sell silk. ”

However, over the years, the Yan Party has often dug into the ground for Zhejiang's silk, especially the raw silk trade, and has squeezed these coastal farmers who have newly moved to the interior in every possible way, not only forcibly buying their raw silk at a price 30% lower than the market price, but also demanding that they undergo various conscription and military service, and after these coastal townspeople moved into the interior, they also clashed with the original local residents. Therefore, what these coastal townspeople really hate is not the Japanese Invaders, but the imperial court, and the power of the Japanese Invaders has grown like a snowball over the years, relying on these coastal townspeople who shaved their heads, pretended to be real Wolves, and ran over to take refuge in them. ”

The heavenly wolf knew all about these situations, but when he heard Qi Jiguang say this, he could only say hatefully: "I can't imagine that this widow is more popular with the people than the imperial court, General Qi, then according to what you said, can't this widow be peaceful?" (To be continued......)