Chapter 4 Garrison Xu Zumin

"Uncle Xu..."Han Yue struggled to remember, but he didn't know how to give Xu Zumin a salute. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Hey, you kid" Xu Zumin quickly took a step forward and held down Han Yue, "It's not good to lie down after being so seriously injured, what do you do with these false courtesies"

Being held by Xu Zumin's big hand, Han Yue's nose was inexplicably sour, Han Yue has been adapting to this world these days, after all, the strangeness of this world made him a little confused, until he saw Xu Zumin and felt his heartfelt care, Han Yue gradually felt a trace of belonging.

"What kind of manly posture does a little lady do, isn't it that some other parts of his body were lost when he was injured a few days ago, if this is the case, your old Han family is really going to be the last one" Xu Zumin laughed and laughed a little endlessly, and he wanted to check whether a key part of Han Yue's body was still there on the spot.

Han Yue's face was a little embarrassed, although he had a close relationship with Xu Zumin, after all, he had just adapted to his current role, and hurriedly stopped Xu Zumin's play.

"My lord, you sit down first, the head has just woken up, and he can't move yet" Wang Erkui took the opportunity to move the only wooden bench in this broken military camp, nodded and asked Xu Zumin to sit.

"You skinny leper, don't protect your master at the critical moment, if something really happens to the second stunned person, see if Lao Tzu doesn't pick your skin" Xu Zumin kicked Wang Erkui's ass without heaviness or lightness.

"The lesson of the adults is that the little one will definitely block in front of my head next time, and never let the head be injured again, if the head is missing a hair, why will you peel my stinky skin into boots" Wang Erkui hurriedly responded with a grin.

After Wang Erkui's interruption, the atmosphere at the scene was much more relaxed.

Han Yue looked at this hearty paternal figure, in fact, Xu Zumin was only in his forties, but the perennial border army life and the large and small battlefield scars made him look a little old, the ravine-like wrinkles were slightly vicissitudes, and some gray hair also grew on his temples, and he seemed to be a few years older these days, and he was a little rickety, but his spirit was still very good.

Xu Zumin also looked up and down at Han Yue, who was wrapped in bandages, since Han Yue's father Han Kuan died in battle, Xu Zumin took over the responsibility of raising Han Yue, until Han Yue joined the army two years ago, and raised Han Yue for three years, Xu Zumin has always treated Han Yue as a nephew, and Han Kuan was ordered to attack Liaodong Zhenjiang Fort together, but was besieged by a blue flag under the command of Houjin and Shuobeile Amin, Han Kuan took the initiative to ask the palace to block the Houjin Eight Banners to cover Xu Zumin and other Dongjiang Town soldiers to retreat, and finally unfortunately died. So Xu Zumin has always felt guilty.

"You are very good, Han Kuan gave birth to a good son" Xu Zumin nodded and looked at Han Yue appreciatively.

This time, Han Yue blocked a shot for the superintendent Yuan Chonghuan in the chaotic army, and almost died, it can be said that he frightened Xu Zumin, if there is really a three long and two short, he will not be able to explain to the dead Han Kuan in this life, fortunately, Han Yue was fine after three days of coma, and he woke up soon, and afterwards from the rumors from the big tent of the Chinese army, the superintendent Yuan Chonghuan appreciated Han Yue very much, and he was blessed by misfortune.

But if things were to happen all over again, Xu Zumin would never let Han Yue take this risk, he knew very well that once Han Yue's martial arts were mediocre, it was okay to do some things like stealing chickens and touching dogs, but it was much worse to kill the enemy in battle; Second, out of guilt for Han Kuan, Xu Zumin has always hoped that Han Yue can spend his life in peace, marry a wife and have children, and spread branches and leaves for the Han family, so Xu Zumin has always taken him with him as a personal guard, just to better protect him, which can be described as well-intentioned.

"Thanks to Uncle Xu's care, Uncle Xu has really worked hard all these years," Han Yue said sincerely.

"You child, how does the family feel now? But there is discomfort" Although Xu Zumin blamed on his lips, he was very happy in his heart, but he felt that Han Yue seemed to have changed a little after waking up from this coma, not only did he become more polite, but his temperament was a little different, although his face became pale due to excessive blood loss, but his eyes were much brighter.

But it's always a good thing, maybe I'm too careful.

"By the way, Uncle Xu, what is the situation on the island now?"

"Hey, Mao Shuai... The remnants of Mao Wenlong have basically been cleared, but the other islands, especially Guanglu Island and Phi Island, have not yet received exact news, and the supervisor is still on the double islands" Xu Zumin didn't know why Han Yue suddenly asked this, in fact, he himself felt that it was a pity, after all, he was an old man who had followed Mao Wenlong for many years, although Mao Wenlong treated his subordinates harshly, especially the long-term lack of food and salary, which made some soldiers complain in their hearts, but now the good situation in Dongjiang Town has become erratic because of Mao Wenlong's killing.

The reason why Han Yue is concerned about the current situation is because as a person of later generations, he knows that after Mao Wenlong's death, Dongjiang Town will soon be torn apart, he doesn't want to give Dongjiang Town a funeral, if he can leave here as soon as possible, it would be best if Xu Zumin's station is not on Shuangdao, but on Wangjia Island on the east coast of the Liaodong Peninsula, this time he was transferred by Chen Jisheng, the deputy commander-in-chief, but he didn't want to encounter such a big event.

"I haven't paid food and salary in Dongjiang Town for several months, and the army's heart is fluctuating, I hope that this time Mao Wenlong will be punished, and the supervisor can send down the food and salary that has been deducted for years as soon as possible to solve the current predicament," Xu Zumin sighed.

In fact, the current predicament of Dongjiang Town is not fundamentally caused by Mao Wenlong, but the Ming court's support for Dongjiang Town over the years is difficult to meet the development of Dongjiang Town, Chongzhen's first year of the military department to Dongjiang Town to survey the number of troops, and finally determined that Dongjiang Town more than 50,000 soldiers, plus hundreds of thousands of people who fled from Liaodong to the islands and forts, but Dongjiang Town's fixed salary is only 280,000 taels, which can only meet the needs of 20,000 people, and it is in arrears all year round, even if Mao Wenlong carried out some tuntian and trade on the island, and sent to North Korea every year. Asking for '100,000 stone of grain' is not enough. Han Yue knew that for some reason, Yuan Chonghuan wanted to take Dongjiang Town into his own hands, but Mao Wenlong didn't listen to the announcement, so Yuan Chonghuan stuck the lifeblood of Dongjiang Town's food and salary, and wanted to force Mao Wenlong to admit defeat, but didn't want Mao Wenlong to be a hard bone, so Yuan Chonghuan had to take the risk and kill Mao Wenlong.

Of course, it was impossible for Han Yue to say these words to Xu Zumin and the others.

"Uncle Xu, I think it's better for us to go back to Wangjiadao as soon as possible, although Mao Wei is ambushed now, but Dongjiang Town still has a large number of subordinates loyal to him after all, Wangjiadao is Uncle Xu's garrison, and I am afraid of uncertainties later" Han Yue said to Han Zumin with some concern.

Xu Zumin pondered for a while, and felt that Han Yue's analysis was very reasonable, although on the surface this turmoil seemed to have subsided under the majesty of Yuan Chonghuan and the appeasement of generals such as Chen Jisheng and Liu Xingzuo, in fact, there was an undercurrent.

"However, the superintendent has not given a clear order, and the military camp has been under martial law these days" Xu Zumin still had some doubts, after all, Yuan Chonghuan quickly killed Mao Wenlong with a thunderous force, which made the generals of Dongjiang Town very jealous of his might.

"Presumably, the Inspector will soon make a move," Han Yue said thoughtfully.

"I hope things can calm down quickly, I recently got the news that the Houjin Tartars smelled fishy and began to move again, these damn Tartars really deserve to die" Speaking of the Houjin Tartars, Xu Zumin was a little indignant, there are countless military robes that have died in the hands of the Houjin Tartars over the years, and for these Dongjiang Town soldiers who have been fighting with the Houjin all year round, the hatred of the Houjin has long been incompatible.

"Your father back then...... Hey" Thinking of Han Kuan, Xu Zumin sighed.

Xu Zumin was very sentimental for a while, but he also knew that it was not suitable to talk about these topics today, after all, it was a happy thing for Han Yue to wake up and make great contributions. "Hahaha, look at me, after all, I'm old, what do you do, this time you have made a great contribution, the overseer will be rewarded, I can't say, uncle will also touch your light this time"

Rao is Han Yue is thick-skinned, and he can't help but blush when he mentions this credit, he really 'picked up' a great achievement, but after all, this is still picked up with his life, and others can't say it.

The two then chatted for a while, during which Wang Erkui gaged, and hearty laughter came from time to time in the dilapidated small barracks.

In the end, Xu Zumin let Han Yue recuperate, and when he left, he specially instructed Wang Erkui to carefully pick up the five catties of fat mutton that he had finally gotten to replenish Han Yue's body. Han Yue knew that Dongjiang Town had been out of food for several months, and Denglai's grain ship had not appeared on the island dock for a long time, and it was definitely not easy for Xu Zumin to get five catties of mutton, and he was grateful to Xu Zumin from the bottom of his heart.