The second year of Chongzhen, April. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Spring in Guizhou is always different from elsewhere in the southwest. Compared with the short spring days in Sichuan, the spring in Guizhou is longer and more memorable. From the beginning of spring and February, the fields between the treacherous peaks change from a calm and heavy dark green to a bright and vivid green. Although there is still war, farmers can be seen busy in the fields from time to time. And the fragrance of flowers in the air is rich and leisurely, and these sweet smells almost make people forget that the war is about to start.

In the first year of Chongzhen, the officers and soldiers of Xunanwei set out from Yibin, along the waterway to Luzhou, and then through Naxi Station, through the post to Chishui Station, in Yongningwei slightly repaired, with the army, through Pushi, Mani Road, and then to Ayong, Meitai to Bijieyi, this road has been walking for more than several months. It was still hot in Yibin when we set off, but when it came to Bijie, we had to cover a quilt at night or we wouldn't be able to sleep peacefully.

Different from Sichuan, Guizhou, where there are no three miles of flat land, has many strange mountains and strange stones. Unlike the cold and damp eastern Sichuan, Guizhou's spring climate is pleasant. Under the rare blue sky, several straight peaks are dotted with a few flat fields, and sometimes the strange and unfamiliar songs of the Miao people reach people's ears with the wind, and the bold soldiers compete for peace with the meat tunes popular in the army, even the generals do not stop them, and they laugh when they listen to them. After a toss, it made the boring march a little more fun.

Chen Xianda watched with interest as a young soldier sang a vulgar song with a red face under the push of his companions: "On the high mountain, a tree feeds, acacia flowers, hand railing, Wanglang Laiye, mother asked her daughter, what do you want?" I hope when the acacia flowers will bloom...... "His voice is clear, full of gas, and there is a bit of special charm in singing, and the companions obviously know the talent of this young man.

"Which is that? I really didn't see that it was so powerful. Chen Xianda turned sideways on the horse and asked Chen Mingjiang who was walking beside him, he stroked his beard and said with satisfaction: "Such a good voice is really a good material for the herald." ”

Chen Mingjiang glanced back, and just saw the young man who was ridiculed by his companions and his face was flushed, and he couldn't help but smile slightly, so he turned his head and replied: "That's a recruit under Zhou Baihu, named Zhang Tong, I heard that he is the maiden family of Mrs. Zhou Baihu, because of his poor family and too many brothers, he came to find Zhou Baihu and came to the camp to be a small soldier." ”

"Oh?" Chen Xianda became a little interested, deliberately turned his head and looked back a few times, and then turned back to continue to speak to Chen Mingjiang: "Looking at his physique, he is a good soldier. That week, the old man would not be able to train people, and when this battle is over, I will definitely transfer this child to the Chinese army as a herald dispatch. He said with a bit of urgency: "Save our commander from saying that the old men in the battalion talk like artillery every day." ”

That's really ...... Chen Mingjiang shook his head, didn't answer Chen Xianda's words, and walked with his mouth shut. Chen Xianda laughed, looked back and forth, but everywhere he saw was swords and guns, the army meandered for miles, hunting with flags, and there was no end in sight, his heart was so happy that he couldn't help but hum a few words: "...... The green mountains are not old and the water is far away, where is the Qin Emperor's achievements? Only the woodcutter laughs alone, and the woodcutter beats the dragon slayer......

He hummed the tune and trotted his horses, and the sound of hooves was crunching, and it didn't take long for him to go far.

In August of the first year of Chongzhen, Zhu Xieyuan, who was the governor of Guizhou at the time and the governor of several provinces, first pacified and summoned the displaced people, established villages in various passes, opened up wasteland, and did not let the land be abandoned; He also selected young and strong people among the displaced people, and after a little training, he used them as militia to protect himself in the villages; When Guizhou's vitality recovered a little, he adopted the previous suggestion of Min Mengde, who was then the right attendant of the military department, and discussed with Jiang Yi in every way, "The Yunnan soldiers will go to Wusa, and the Sichuan troops will go out of Yongning, and they will go to Bijie, and personally lead the army to garrison Luguang and force Dafang." In April of the second year of Chongzhen, Zhu Xieyuan ordered Xu Chengming, the chief military officer of Guizhou, to send troops from Yongning to recover Chishui.

Chen Xianda, as a Sichuan soldier, was naturally under the command of Hou Liangzhu, the chief military officer of Sichuan. Since entering Guizhou, they have been marching almost all the time, rarely stopping. Along the way, the Miao people almost fled from the wind and did not fight a few decent hard battles. Chen Xianda's unit was incorporated into the Chinese army because of its superior combat strength, and the chances of engaging the enemy were worse than those of the forward. Because Chen Xianda's stunned temperament offended many colleagues, some people ridiculed that Eastern Sichuan was the first in combat power, but that's it. After all, Chen Mingjiang was young and vigorous, and he complained several times in private, but Chen Xianda was very satisfied with this.

"I was sent to Liaodong as an army when I was a teenager, and at this age, I really fought for half a lifetime." It was rare for him to have a good temper, and he said to his son with a pleasant face: "Although the general will inevitably die in battle, I want to return to Xuzhou with my sons and daughters safely." He patted Chen Mingjiang on the shoulder and said with emotion: "It is important to make meritorious contributions, but if this life is gone, there will be nothing." ”

Since Chen Xianda said so, Chen Mingjiang also swallowed the boss's disbelief, he has always forbeared, and then he ignored anyone who made a provocation in front of him. In this way, although there are still troubled people who talk nonsense, most of them are also quiet, after all, on the battlefield, the mouth is not very serious, and the subordinates only know who is the hero when they see the truth.

Zhu Xieyuan condemned Xu Chengming to restore Chishuiwei, and it didn't take long for good news to come -- Xu Chengming and Zheng Chaodong, who participated in politics, successfully recovered Chishuiwei, killed hundreds of enemies, won more than 200 heads, and captured dozens of soldiers.

On April 27, Bi Jiewei, Sichuan soldier Hou Liangzhu all the way, the Chinese military tent.

Hou Liangzhu, the chief military officer of Sichuan, dealt with Hao An and the two in the early years of the Apocalypse - "At the beginning of the Apocalypse, the deputy chief soldier of Sichuan was tired. Ask for luxury and Chongming father and son, and restore Zunyi City. and Senator Zhao Bangqing recruited the extravagant party An Luan. This time, as the commander of the Sichuan army, he will once again fight against the two old opponents of Hao Chongming and An Bangyan, so he can't help but be careless.

Asked the soldiers to hang up the map in the tent, Hou Liangzhu wore armor on his body, paced around the tent a few times, and stared at it for a long time with his hands behind his back, his eyes especially lingering on Yongning and Chishui. One of his subordinates is called Liu Zhou, and his staff, who is very useful on weekdays, smiled when he saw this: "Junmen, but for the news of Xu Junmen's restoration of Chishui this time?" ”

"Exactly. You see," Hou Liangzhu pointed to the map, knocked heavily on the name of Chishui, and said in a deep voice: "The terrain of Chishui is complicated. The southeast is the upper flow of the Chishui River, the terrain is steep, the canyon is deep, but the southwest is hilly, and the river valley is mostly gentle and open, although the winter is dry, there is no ferry still can not go back and forth between the two banks. The terrain is high in the east and low in the west. Xu Chengming went all the way down from Yongning to bulldozing the ground, and he really fought a good battle. ”

"The two thieves are cunning and cunning. He is also a soldier, and he is good at foot combat; The Yi soldiers are rough and brave, and the Han soldiers cannot be compared. Xu Junmen's victory is very speakable. Liu Zhou agreed: "Now that the red water is in our hands, even if the road to Sichuan is cut off, in this way, our back road will be stable, and there will be no trouble." ”

"That's right. Xu Chengming, the old boy went into the red water first, maybe how happy he was at this time. Hou Liangzhu sneered twice, and he was very famous in his words, but he picked up the soft persimmon and pinched it with contempt: "When I don't know, he is stationed in Yongning, and he hates that there is no one who doesn't know, and he sent people to the surrounding villages to plague the surrounding villages in three days, and the momentum is so big, the Miao people guarding Chishui are not fools and have already run away, he is considered to have taken an empty shell, and he is very proud!" ”

Liu Zhou sighed in his heart, he is good anywhere, but he and the generals in Guizhou don't like each other, it's okay if everything doesn't involve the Guizhou soldiers, as long as they are involved, they have to be like a cross-eyed, and they have to be pressed hard to be satisfied. However, he is old and refined, and he will never say much about this matter, but only gently persuades: "Xu Junmen is also a general, a person who has fought an old battle, this time he will quickly go to Chishui, I am afraid there are both." The military gate, Zhu Zhitai has not yet ordered this, but thinking about it, it is nothing more than letting us frustrate the prestige of the thief. ”

Hou Liangzhu bowed his head slightly and agreed: "This is also the meaning of this military gate. Xu Cheng's fame is out of Yongning, he will be in Bijie, one left and one right, Yu Chishui is a crab array, as long as the thief dares to come, let's wait for work, care about his army of 100,000 million, and both pliers will clamp people! ”

"The so-called 100,000 army doesn't have to be taken very seriously." Liu Zhou said with a smile, "The two of them seem to be intimate, but in fact, there is a gap. Our soldiers and horses are not weaker than theirs. The military can rest assured, our Sichuan soldiers have always dared to fight, and the Sichuan people are simple, loyal, and far worse than the Guizhou soldiers. ”

When Hou Liangzhu heard this, he immediately smiled. The first joy of his life is to hear people praise the soldiers and horses under his command, and the second joy is to overwhelm the generals of Guizhou Yiying. In the early years of the Apocalypse, when he was the deputy chief soldier of Sichuan, he led the army to fight against the father and son of Extravagant Chongming, recovered Zunyi, and recruited the Senator Zhao Bangqing to surrender to the same party as Anjian, so the credit to the Apocalypse in June Li Weixin was the chief military officer of Sichuan, and after the defeat of Extravagant Chongming, he and An Bangyan rounded, when the soldiers and horses of Guizhou Province several crusades were fruitless, when the news came, he was happy for several days, and when he saw people, he said that the Guizhou soldiers were weak and useless, "one by one like a mother-in-law." ”

Now he wants to cooperate with Qianbing again, and he is really unhappy with the boss. Before, he listened to the order of Governor Zhu Xieyuan to garrison Bijie, and stayed in this poor mountain and remote place for several months, but now he heard that his old opponent took the lead in making meritorious contributions, although his face was still calm, but he had discussed with his cronies several times behind his back, and he almost said that Zhu Xieyuan had made the old mistake again and was partial to the general.

"The useless Guizhou soldiers took the lead, and the general did not compete with them for merit, didn't Zhu Zhitai order the armies to collect the Luo Han people, station troops on the spot, and sweep away the people? Even if we Sichuan soldiers can't eat meat now, we really have to drink soup! With a plan in his heart, Hou Liangzhu turned around the tent twice, Huo Di turned around, and ordered with a straight face: "From today onwards, each battalion will attack in batches, collect the Han people, sweep the vicinity, and make sure that there is not a single Yi person within a hundred miles!" ”