When Li Yongzhong woke up, he was not in a good mood. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The air was dull, and even the sound of water had a hint of listlessness. There was no wind at all, and it was completely different from last night's bedtime. It was not yet dawn, but there was a faint glimmer of light swimming in the clouds overhead. The soldiers had already risen, but there was not much movement. Although a lot of goods had been lost during the retreat, the caravan unloaded the remaining grain and simply built a fire to cook, and the smell of grain and meat faintly spread into the people's nostrils, causing saliva to flow in their mouths.

He didn't wear his own clothes today, but put on a hood with armor and leaves - this was brought for him by Chen Mingjiang before going to bed last night, and only said that Chen Xianda usually kept it for him, and asked Li Yongzhong to wear it - put on an eight-petal hat and helmet of the Ming army, and then Liu Xiaoqi served him to hang up the belt and other pieces, and the young man who had always been silent rarely patted his ass: "Zhong Guan'er is really good-looking." ”

"Really?" Li Yongzhong smiled, tilted his head and tied the frenulum tightly to his chin. Liu Xiaoqi wanted to hang up the waist knife for him, but he waved his hand and only said, "Bring my gun." ”

It's getting dark. In the dreary heat, the excessively humid air weighed down heavily, and it only took a moment for the sweat to stop. The sentry chief and other junior officers shouted at the soldiers to clean up quickly, and the wounded soldiers were all transferred to the rear team, and the scene was busy, and no one dared to be lazy -- compared with the past, the officers were undoubtedly much more restless, and their hands and feet were a little slower, and they just scolded their heads and faces, but they didn't do anything.

Li Yongzhong cleaned up, squinted his eyes and didn't know what to think for a while, turned his head and said to Liu Xiaoqi: "Let's go back and have a look." "He stayed next door to Chen Xianda last night, and this was the first time since he started to practice salt that he didn't live with his own guards outside of Fushun.

Liu Xiaoqi's face immediately showed happiness. He is now Li Yongzhong's personal soldier, even if he sleeps at night, he also sleeps three feet away from Li Yongzhong, although the Ming army has many problems, but in the end it is a serious official army, although it was defeated before, but there was no rout after all, all kinds of rules are still there, and when it is rectified, it can be regarded as a strict fight. Liu Xiaoqi looked calm and low-key on the surface, but he was a little weak in his heart.

Chen Mingjiang was waiting by the side early in the morning. Hearing Li Yongzhong say that he wanted to go back to the caravan to have a look, he didn't make a sound, but later reminded him in a low voice: "Zhong Guan'er, many people are watching." ”

"It doesn't matter." replied briefly, Li Yongzhong didn't look at him, and walked in the direction of the caravan first. Along the way, many soldiers of the Ming army who had been tied up were preparing ordnance - some people were polishing arrowheads and waist knives on the bluestone with the water in the gourd, and some people were arranging their clothes and armor with each other, and when they saw this strange Shangguan coming, they looked at each other at a loss, not knowing whether they should get up and salute.

Zheng Guocai saw him from afar, pedaled a few steps over, gave a military salute without any discount, and said firmly: "Zhong Guan'er! ”

Li Yongzhong returned the salute to him—he was now considered Zheng Guocai's commander, but not his superior—and then asked, "How are you preparing?" ”

"The sons and daughters have eaten their full stomachs, and the whole bunch has stopped." He paused and asked the young man opposite, "Where is Zhong Guan'er going?" ”

"I'll look around." Li Yongzhong smiled, "By the way, go over and talk to my guards." Then without waiting for Zheng Guo to speak, he said again: "Zheng Baihu, check the armor and ordnance of the brothers again, now I am not afraid of trouble, if there is anything at that time, I will have confidence in my heart." ”

After saying it very naturally, he turned around twice in the soldiers, and looked roughly correct, he raised his feet and left, so that Zheng Guocai did not react. A general flag beside him was amazed and said, "This is really a God-given general seed, I heard that he is from a merchant?" It's also weird, but it looks like an old military officer. ”

Zheng Guocai glared at him: "You know again?" Didn't you hear what they just said!? Why don't you go and check it out again! I'll check it myself in a moment, and if anything goes wrong, be careful! ”

Not only Zheng Guocai, but all the officers he met on the road, Li Yongzhong asked a few words, although he didn't see everyone who could be named, but it was generally correct, but he didn't think about it for a while, and Chen Mingjiang, who was accompanying him, would also secretly remind him. When he walked to the position of the caravan, the officers and soldiers in the Ming army, regardless of the officers and men, had a better opinion of him - he thought he was a young master, but he didn't want to act but he was old and spicy, and he was kind to others.

Because of the Qianchuan incident, the camp of the guards was moved outward again, obviously separated from the Ming army, although they did not dare to send more people on duty for the next day's battle, but they lit more bonfires, and insisted on loading the ammunition at the risk of misfire, and the guards held their knives and guns in their arms, and almost slept all night.

After dawn, not only the Ming army was preparing, they also got up early, washed and eaten, and carried the wounded to the rear of the Ming army, Cao Jinliang saw that the sky was not good, and it was very cloudy, although he secretly cursed the thief for not having long eyes, but his face was still the same as before, shouting and asking the guards to wear as many layers as possible: "Zhong Guan'er can trust us, tell us to go up!" This is a serious war, not one of those three-legged cat-like thieves on weekdays! But don't be greedy, your body will be too heavy for a while, and you will lose your strength in a few strokes, and the gun will not move, just wait for someone to cut your neck! ”

Li Yongzhong stood and listened for a while, couldn't help but smile and shook his head, and said to Liu Xiaoqi: "Cao Jinliang is not in shape. ”

I didn't want Cao Jinliang to have a pair of extremely spiritual ears, and he heard Li Yongzhong's words clearly from a distance of eight zhang, he smiled, and pulled him in coldly, Li Yongzhong was almost stumbled by him, he didn't care, just smiled at the guards and said: "Look! This is who is coming! ”

"Zhong Guan'er!" I don't know who shouted excitedly, and immediately the guards surrounded them all with excited and excited expressions -- almost all of these people were promoted by Li Yongzhong from the days of hunger and fullness, and they had been trained by himself for several years, and when it came to loyalty to Li Yongzhong, it could be said that no one could beat them-- dozens of people surrounded Li Yongzhong in the middle and asked, "Zhong Guan'er slept peacefully last night?" "Where can the officers and soldiers be trusted by our own people?" "Zhong Guan'er, let's charge forward today, and we will never disgrace you!"

After a long period of noisy yelling, people's mood calmed down a little. Li Yongzhong couldn't suppress the corners of his bent mouth, and when it gradually became quiet, he simply jumped on a big stone next to him, let go of his throat and shouted to the dozens of smiling guards below: "Last night, when my brothers were not around, I slept a little restlessly, and I was not used to your snoring and grinding teeth!" ”

The guards burst into laughter.

The corners of Chen Mingjiang's eyes jumped, and he was thinking about reminding Li Yongzhong to pay more attention to his words, so he continued: "But sleeping in the middle of the officers and soldiers, I am also safe." He said with a smile: "It is said that it is an official army, but in fact, as soon as the official skin is taken off, it is no different from us, they are all the same good men!" ”

The guards also smiled, and the faces of the officers and soldiers were much better.

"I know that there was some misunderstanding before, and the brothers were angry. Normal! He patted his chest, and there was a rattle between the movements, "However, our current event is not this after all!" Manly, have a bigger belly! I won't say much else," Li Yongzhong's face became solemn—perhaps he was infected by his emotions, and the guards also restrained the smiles on their faces—"I'm a salt dealer, and you are water porters, and you work hard, I never thought that one day we would go to the battlefield—"

"Someone asked me if I was afraid? I'll be honest, I'm afraid! Li Yongzhong roared: "I'm afraid of death!" I'm afraid I won't be able to bring my brothers home alive! If you don't fight, you will die, if you fight, or there is still a glimmer of life, there are no eyes on the battlefield, I don't want to die! I want to live! What about you! Do you want to live!! ”

After a moment of silence, an angry cry erupted among the guards: "I want to live!" ”

"Believe it or not, I'm taking you home!"

"Faith!" Everyone's blood was full of blood, and the roar shook the sky: "We believe!" ”

"Good!" Li Yongzhong was also so excited that he almost couldn't help himself, he took a few deep breaths, pressed the heat back to his chest, and his eyes slid over every enthusiastic face. Then he nodded, and finally said, "Everyone is so prepared, we will set off in a while!" Remember! If he dies, my Li family will take care of his family, if he is disabled, my Li family will take care of him for the rest of his life, if he can go back alive, the Li family will share the land with you! I, Li Yongzhong, toast you! ”

No cheer has ever been as big as this one. Li Yongzhong believed that as long as he gave an order, the guards - no, the soldiers would be able to use their spears to poke holes in the sky!

Chen Mingjiang squeezed through the crowd, came over silently, and hugged his fist with Li Yongzhong and said, "Zhong Guan'er, the hour is almost up." ”

Li Yongzhong nodded at him, called Cao Jinliang again, and said very seriously: "Jin Liang, I entrust all my brothers to you, this is my life!" I'm going to sit in the Chinese army in a while, and I'll entrust you with the front, whether we can go back alive today depends on whether the brothers can rush out!" In today's battle, we must beat the barbarians! Otherwise, the road ahead will not be pure! ”

Cao Jinliang turned his body and clenched his fists, and said in a deep voice: "Rest assured, the Lord will be the sharpest of the whole army, and the forward will not leave an inch of grass!" ”

Li Yongzhong took one last look at him, didn't say anything, turned around and left, and the guards bowed and saluted as he walked by-the Li family did not kneel and salute, especially in the escort team, the highest was the salute. Where no one could see, his nails pinching out a neat string of deep marks on the palm of his hand.

After less than an hour of incense, all the wounded soldiers and baggage were sent to the rear team, and Zheng Guocai, who served as the front army, stood in line with the guards. All the archers were assembled and arranged in the Chinese army; Every soldier, especially the former soldiers, wore as much armor as possible.

The army is ready. The knives and guns are unsheathed, the armor is bright, and the killing intent is boiling.

Li Yongzhong took a deep breath, put all the distractions behind him, and shouted out the loudest sentence in his life, and he will be more accompanied by these two words in the future.

In the sky, the first muffled thunder was heard. (To be continued.) )