Chishui since Hongwu 21 years guard, 22 years to command Ma Ye to build a city, east and Lin Zhou, south and Bijiewei across the river, west and Zhenxiong Mansion prestige Division adjacent, north and Mani connected, is Sichuan to Yunnan and Guizhou important gateway, Ming generation, Chishui is not only Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan trade and trade gathering place, but also the town to guard the southwest, one of the military towns to guard the gateway of Sichuan and Guizhou. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Since the reconquest of Chishui by Xu Chengming, the chief soldier of Guizhou, in April, this guard station, which had been occupied by barbarians for many years, has reappeared as an official soldier. At that time, the war was also a long time, and the bustle of the merchants who used to trade between the three provinces disappeared completely, and the unique two-sided slope cold stall tile stilt building in the southwest gradually dilapidated, replaced by the swords and guns, and the forest scene of military flag hunting. Walking in the city, the people you see are all soldiers, mostly wearing big red mandarin duck battle jackets, wearing eight-petal hats and helmets, and some people wear blue and yellow, wearing hosta petals and iron helmets, but they are all military uniforms, only the regional troops are different, so there are some differences in clothing.

Since arriving in Chishui some time ago, the Sichuan army has been stationed here for five or six days. Although Chen Xianda didn't say anything, everyone knew that he was worried about the Xianzi camp that went to Baisasuo with the Xiangzi camp. It has been three days since the last message was sent back that the messengers of the two battalions have not been seen. Although Chen Xianda is now in charge of thousands of households, he is now staying in the army to recuperate, which is equivalent to an idler. In addition to going to the command envoy Liu Xinwu every day to help, the rest of the time is to stay near the camp gate so that it is convenient to listen to the news.

Early this morning, Chen Xianda got up and had eaten the morning food, so he habitually walked to Liu Xinwu's tent, and halfway through, he remembered that Hou Liangzhu of the military gate had summoned all the commanders to join the army for a meeting, according to the experience of the past, most of them would not be able to come back until noon. He simply turned onto the main road and walked towards the camp gate, and the soldiers who followed him couldn't help but remind: "Qianhu, yesterday the scout said that there was no one in the direction of Bai Sasuo. ”

"I know." Chen Xianda coughed twice, compared to the sturdy of a few months ago, he is really hard to say healthy now - not long after arriving in Chishui, a sudden wind and cold completely knocked him down, and the medical officer poured 20,000 prescriptions to save him back, and his heart was hanging on Li Yongzhong, the son-in-law of the Xianzi Camp who had not returned for a long time and had no news, should have been alive and well, but he couldn't stay in the tent, and he must come out.

He was silent for a while, Fang Xuan raised his breath, and slowly spoke: "Zhong Guan'er has always been careful, that is, the team officers, Zhou Qian is a reckless person, and he is also rough and fine, unless he encounters a brigade of barbarians, he should not have anything to do." However, there are unforeseen circumstances, and this time it is with the Xiangzi battalion-" Chen Xianda paused, frowned, and said after a while: "After all, it is the first time that the two battalions have joined forces, and it is not surprising that there is some delay on the way here." ”

Although Chen Xianda said so, the thick eyebrows and unusually ugly faces that were about to twist together already showed how duplicitous the Qianhu officials were. The pro-soldier didn't dare to interject, so he had to twist his head and stare at the outside of the camp, and after looking at it for a while, he felt as if he had seen a blue flag with yellow borders raised high, even if he couldn't see it clearly, but with his eyes closed, he could imagine that it was written on it "Daming Sichuan Southern Soldier Preparation Dao Xianzi Battalion Ding Team" A few big characters - the pro-soldier rubbed his eyes, but sure enough, he saw a herald carrying the flag of the Ding team galloping from a distance, shouting all the way: "Great victory!" Great victory! ”

He jumped up suddenly, and couldn't speak excitedly, grabbed Chen Xianda, and told him to look forward: "Great victory!" A thousand households! A thousand households! Captain Lee, they're back! ”

Sure enough, it's back.

At the beginning of the team, a wordless red flag fluttered high, then a red sun on a yellow background, and only a "朙" character was written on it in the middle, and then the flags of the two battalion officers - one book "Chen" and one book "Liu" - and then the flags of each team. Regardless of the soldiers, the generals are all high-spirited, making a look of shyness. And that's not the most surprising thing - in the middle of the procession, a group of ragged and charred people were strung together by ropes, and from time to time there were soldiers on both sides who scolded a few times, apparently captives, and at the end of the procession, there was actually a group of homeless people who helped the old and the young, moved slowly, and had a timid face!

Such a strange team immediately caused a sensation in the entire Chishuiwei, not only the Sichuan army poured out, but even the Guizhou army couldn't help but probe their brains. Because there were too many old and weak in the team, they walked straight for half an hour, and the team entered Chishui at the end, and the front had already walked in front of the Sichuan army camp.

Hou Liangzhu, the chief officer of the Sichuan Army, led generals at all levels to wait here. Whether it was Li Yongzhong or Hou Yonggui, their faces were solemn at the moment, and they all came out of the crowd, stopped five steps in front of Hou Liangzhu, and without hesitation, they nodded to the ground on one knee, bowed their heads and hugged their fists, and said loudly:

"The temporary battalion officer of the Xiangzi Battalion of the Chinese Army, General Hou Yonggui——"

"Li Yongzhong, the temporary commander of the former military Xianzi Battalion, the commander of Qian-"

"Led the generals under his command, the day before yesterday in Baisa killed hundreds of enemies, rescued hundreds of captive good people, captured nothing, now fortunately not disgraced, return to the camp to restore the order!"

Behind the two, the generals of the two battalions all bowed down with the commander, and the voice shook Chishui: "I am fortunate not to be dishonored, and I will return to the camp to resume the order!" ”

Hou Liangzhu laughed, took a few steps forward, and helped the two young people up with his own hands, his face flashed with excitement, but he caught a glimpse of a lot of people standing in front of the camp of the Qianbing not far away, and he was in a good mood at the moment, grabbing the hands of the two people and deliberately amplifying the voice and saying three good words: "The two young generals have built this miraculous feat, and they are worthy of being my Sichuan soldiers!" Ok, good, good! I should personally go to the book and make the table, and ask for credit for the two of you! Come on! Xiangzi battalion, Xianzi battalion soldiers reward Lu rice three buckets, silver three taels! The military general has five buckets of rice and five taels of silver! ”

The soldiers were overjoyed! One by one, they are beaming, just like the New Year! Immediately shouted and thanked with satisfaction, although most of them could not get the full amount, and a little would be deducted, but it was much better than the usual monthly salary! Not only them, but also the onlookers, many people looked at the two battalions with red eyes, and their hearts were envious and jealous! I only hate that I have a little less luck, otherwise how can it be their turn!

Hou Liangzhu was very satisfied with the reaction of the soldiers, laughed, looked at the two young men in front of him with a kind and satisfied face, and commanded: "I have worked hard all the way, compared to the two of you, I am not lightly tired, go to eat a good meal first, and then take a bath, and go to the Chinese military tent in the evening to find the general to talk." At this point, his face was a little serious, "How come the covenant of one letter a day has not been written for three days?" He waved his hand and motioned to the two officers who were about to explain to shut up: "Now you go and rest first, since the people have returned, these are the small sections, save them for the evening and then come back in detail." ”

After saying this, when Li Yongzhong and Hou Yonggui answered "yes", Hou Liangzhu's face turned gentle again, he looked left and right, and finally raised his hand to pat the two of them, and his joy overflowed: "Since my Sichuan people have given dust to the people, armor as soldiers, and dare to fight first, you are very good!" The soldiers are also very good! When he said this, he glanced to the side, deliberately raised his voice and said: "This southwest matter still depends on our Sichuan soldiers to clean up!" ”

The two couldn't help but bow again, tossing for a long time, Hou Liangzhu finally left with a large group of generals and officials, and the two battalion leaders immediately parted ways. Chen Xianda had a chance to step forward, Li Yongzhong had already seen him, did not wait for him to approach, hurriedly walked two steps to him, knelt down as soon as he pulled off his clothes, and knocked down three times, then straightened up and hugged his fists and said: "The officer of the lowly Ding team, the temporary battalion officer Li Yongzhong, the commander of the Qianzong, was ordered to go out of the Baisa place, and the thief was lucky to win, and now he is giving orders to thousands of households!" ”

Chen Xianda's chest couldn't help rising and falling, obviously he was so excited that he gasped twice, and then he pressed down the agitation, nodded heavily, and said in a deep voice: "Very good!" Team Officer Li lives up to his expectations! I hope you will make persistent efforts and make meritorious contributions! ”

After the national ceremony, it is a family ceremony. Li Yongzhong kowtowed this time, and his title changed: "My father-in-law is on top, and I am worshiped by my son-in-law!" Chen Xianda didn't wait for him to finish his salute, he had already dragged him up from the ground, an old face couldn't wait to laugh badly, and he was still angry, and shouted in a loud voice: "You are more polite!" When you go out, what are you doing with so many courtesies! ”

Knowing that Chen Xianda's words were equivalent to showing off, Li Yongzhong just lowered his head and smiled shyly, and said with a sense of humor: "Etiquette cannot be abolished." Besides, the son-in-law is out of the house, and his father-in-law is worried about him these days, which is already unfilial. ”

Chen Xianda couldn't wait to hang a wooden sign on Li Yongzhong's body at this moment, with the four big characters "Chen Family Son-in-law" written on it. Even so, he was already extremely proud, holding his chin and three inches of beard, and he couldn't wait to look up to the sky and laugh! When he lost contact with the Xianzi camp a few days ago, it wasn't that no one said some sour things in front of him, although he retorted one by one with his neck, but his heart was really anxious, and he really didn't know how much hair had fallen out after a few days of hard work! Now once I raise my eyebrows, all the previous worries and torments have been swept away, and I am really refreshed!

He didn't hide the love on his face, looked at Li Yongzhong carefully, nodded and sighed: "It's dark, and I've lost weight!" But it also has a little more martial arts! Very good! He couldn't help but want to praise him, and finally reminded him that in addition to his son-in-law and the whole battalion of officers and soldiers here, he let go of Li Yongzhong's hand and strode to the Xianzi battalion general, and didn't say much, but said concisely: "Kill three pigs tonight and reward the soldiers of the whole battalion!" ”

"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! Wansheng! The soldiers immediately erupted into a warm and long shout, and at this point, their nerves were all relaxed, and they gossiped with their companions, as if the dozens of pounds of weight on their bodies had disappeared, and walked briskly towards their camp.

According to the usual practice, there was a place for troops to be stationed in the Chishui Acropolis, but one is that the barbarians have occupied it for a long time, and those houses have long been ruined, and the second is that the Qianbing soldiers arrived in Chishui much earlier than the Sichuan soldiers, even if there are one or two houses that can live in people, they have long been occupied by the Qianbing soldiers, and the Sichuan soldiers are too lazy to argue, so since Hou Liangzhu and the whole of the following, they simply occupied the original school military field and the surrounding area, and set up tents to live.

The soldiers went to rest without mentioning it, but the officers were called into the camp by Chen Xianda in the military tent, each sat down, and ordered the soldiers to bring tea, a few clever ones, quickly ran to the man, brought some salted meat kohlrabi and dry cakes and other things, the officers walked for a long time, and they were hungry when they left, Chen Xianda looked at the food one by one, and couldn't help laughing and scolding: "I have to pretend to be here in this official!" Eat it while it's hot! Then he turned his head and told his soldiers to tell his men to bring some broth.

After the officers threw off their cheeks and chewed on their bellies, Chen Xianda put down the tea cup in his hand and smiled at them: "Are you full?" Would you like to have someone bring me more? ”

Li Yongzhong was one of the first people to put down his chopsticks, and when Chen Xianda asked, the officers all looked at him, and Zhou Qian, who had the fastest mouth in the past, was no exception. He smiled lightly and said, "Mr. Qian's meal is good here, and the brothers have finally eaten this meal satisfactorily." ”

"That's good, that's good." Chen Xianda said with a smile, obviously in a very good mood, he looked whole and said: "Although I sent a letter back in the past, there are only a few words in the letter, and I only know the approximately. Finally, when you come back, the official will ask about the details of the road, so it's easy to say. ”

Li Yongzhong answered yes and told the story of the situation since he was separated from the army. He was well-organized, took the weight appropriately, and did not hide it, and spoke frankly and frankly, even if the officers were all involved, they could not help but be fascinated by it. When he heard that Xiangziying was provoking for no reason, Chen Xianda was so angry that he almost threw the teacup on the ground!

"Earlier, I heard that Hou Yonggui was a domineering man, but he was not the only one who was domineering in the Xiangzi camp!" Chen Xianda gritted his back molars and said, "This matter must not be left alone!" You endure it, because you know that the overall situation is important, but it's not that I'm afraid of him! ”

Chen Xianda has encountered a lot of such things since he was young, and he was also disheartened by similar things in Liaodong, so he took his whole family and his subordinates to transfer the soldiers back to his hometown Sichuan. Therefore, I don't want to listen to this kind of unprovoked behavior. I didn't want to get old, and my son-in-law was even bullied!

"Now that the big war is coming, it's useless to say this, but if the Xiangzi Battalion thinks that it is a mistake to let it go so lightly!" Chen Xianda snorted, and said with a gloomy face: "Xiangziying's surname Liu is not dead, it is not his turn to be a hairy boy!" After speaking, he raised his chin towards Li Yongzhong, "Team Officer Li, you continue to speak." ”

Torture Guan Lao Er, attack Baisa at night, and attack Xiaoping Mountain - these are all kinds of things, but the parties can't know the sinister. It was the team officers, sitting in the tent at the moment listening to Li Yongzhong's voice slowly and slowly, thinking of the sinister place on the way, worried and worried, and their hearts were also embarrassed.

“…… The thieves called the fire and killed most of them, and in a short time the valley was afraid that it would not be able to live in it. Li Yongzhong sighed, "But there are also regrets in this battle, interrogating the prisoners, only to know that the original town of Chuandong actually escaped!" He couldn't help but be surprised by this person's luck when he said this - in the fire that night, he was able to take the opportunity to lead people to break through, in addition to his ability, I have to say that his luck is really good. (To be continued.) )