After entering the city in the morning, according to He Tengjiao's prior arrangement, the soldiers of Huguang Town settled down in a military camp near the Yamen of the Changsha Command Envoy in the west of the city. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info and Pang Yue himself politely refused He Tengjiao's special preferential treatment, but rested with the rest of the generals in the command envoy Yamen. It is close to the barracks, so you can respond in time to any unexpected situation.

After a brief lunch, Pang Yue met with Han Wei, the commander of the Changsha Guard, at his temporary residence, and listened to his report on the recent situation of the reclamation of the fields in the various guards in Changsha and other matters. Han Wei was probably in his thirties, the youngest of the commanding envoys of the Huguang Metropolitan Division that Pang Yue had ever seen, and had just inherited his father's inheritance a few years earlier. However, looking at him, he is not as impetuous as the children of some hereditary military attache families, the whole person seems to be very capable, talks decently, and knows all the affairs of the guard office well, like a number of family treasures, it seems that he is a talent worthy of use. After talking with Han Wei, Pang Yue found that the candidate for this commander was still good. There are many guard posts in Huguang, and it is precisely because of the need for this kind of capable and pragmatic military attache that it can operate.

According to Han Wei, since Pang Yue issued a general mobilization order in the name of the commander of Huguangdu last year, Changsha Wei has also organized military households to carry out large-scale reclamation, and the newly cultivated land has exceeded 100,000 mu. It's just that Huguang is currently in the midst of a war, and I am afraid that a lot of cultivated land will be destroyed by the war, and the agricultural season will definitely be delayed.

After all, the war was unavoidable, and it was inevitable that the affairs of Tuntian would be affected, and it would be impossible for his side to negotiate with the Qing army, demarcate the "war zone", and "fight without missing the agricultural time". Therefore, Pang Yue could only advise Han Wei to appease the military households under his rule first, if the matter of the garrison was really seriously affected by the military disaster, he would never sit idly by, and after the war was over, he would definitely find a way to mobilize resources from the rest of the guards to assist Changsha Wei. Hearing Pang Yue say this. Han Wei breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and said that he would definitely think of more ways and do his best.

Soon after the conversation with Han Wei, Pang Yue received a report from his own soldiers that He Tengjiao and Zhu Dadian were summoning the generals and above in the city to go to the governor's yamen to discuss matters. Discuss matters related to the defense of the city. Of course, this kind of thing cannot be delayed. After a little preparation, Pang Yue took a group of personal soldiers to the governor's yamen in the center of the city.

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In the afternoon, in the middle of Changsha City

There are noticeably fewer pedestrians on the streets than before, and most of them are in a hurry. In addition, the roadside was not patrolled by groups of officers and soldiers, and the whole atmosphere was even more tense and depressing.

As early as ten days ago, when the news of the Qing army's southward movement came, many wealthy families had already moved south out of the city, and the rest of the people were also panicking. Good not so long ago. Huguang Town defeated the Qing army several times, and brought the captured booty and captured prisoners to parade through the streets, which played a great role in stabilizing people's hearts. But in the minds of the general public, the situation seems to be even more serious today, the Qing army of tens of thousands of troops is outside the city, and it is said that the leader of the army is still the Manchu Yu Prince Duoduo. Some people with good deeds even spread exaggerated descriptions of the huge momentum of the Qing army outside the city and the tents covering the sky and the sun, which made the hearts of the people who had not been settled down for a long time once again make waves.

This time, on the main street leading to Xiaoximen, a group of soldiers in helmets and armor were riding horses to the west of the city. It may be due to the fear of accidentally injuring pedestrians. Their speed was not very fast, and their mounts trotted across the bluestone paved street, inspiring a "thump" sound. This is the same as Pang Yue, who had just come out of the governor's yamen to participate in the military conference, and the generals above Huguang Town.

After coming out of the governor's yamen, Pang Yue recalled some details of the military meeting. This military meeting was relatively brief, shortly after the arrival of the generals. Zhu Dadian and He Tengjiao arranged the defensive tasks of the various armies in the city. Among them, Huguang Town is responsible for defending the big west gate and small west gate in the west of the city and the nearby neighborhoods. After that, Zhu Dadian announced the list of meritorious generals in the previous battles, and if everyone had no objections, they would go to the court as soon as possible. In the list of meritorious persons. Naturally, most of them were the generals of Huguang Town, which was expected by Pang Yue. on this. The generals of the rest of the military towns were also not good at raising objections, after all, the achievements of Huguang Town were all placed there.

However, Pang Yue also found a meaningful detail in the military discussion. When deploying the task, Zhu Dadian and He Tengjiao almost did not interfere with the river water. Huguang Town, Wugang Town, and Changde Town, which were led by Governor Zhu Dadian, were all personally assigned by him to defend them, and He Tengjiao did not express any opinions and made any additions. The defensive tasks of the local soldiers and horses in Changsha were all arranged by He Tengjiao without exception, and Zhu Dadian also did not say a word.

This phenomenon can be understood as a clear division of labor between the two important ministers, but to a greater extent, it is a reflection of the differences between the two. From this phenomenon, it is not difficult for Pang Yue to guess that I am afraid that the relationship between He Tengjiao and Zhu Dadian is not as harmonious as it seems, at least in the division of power, no one can overwhelm anyone, the two have different ideas about the Huguang war, and they don't want to give up the power in their hands so that their ideas are frustrated, so this situation of almost separate politics has emerged.

Although this situation has just emerged and has not yet caused any impact, Pang Yue has sensed a hint of uneasiness from it, and as the situation gradually becomes severe, it is not yet known what kind of negative impact this "two core" situation will cause.

Exhaling deeply, Pang Yue temporarily expelled the distracting thoughts that were tangled in his mind. Next, he was going to go to the barracks to have a look, after two years of experience in commanding troops, it has become his habit to keep abreast of the dynamics of the army at all times. With hundreds of years of foresight, he clearly knows that in this era full of war, an army that obeys his orders is the most reliable guarantee, and once he is out of this, any ideals and ambitions are pure nonsense.

Walking on horseback on the street, Pang Yue saw that most of the pedestrians on the street were coming and going, many shops had closed their doors and hung signs saying "temporarily closed", and the eaves were crowded with people from outside the city who could not return home because of the martial law at the city gates, and children were crying loudly in the arms of their parents. From the hurried pedestrian conversations, Pang Yue also vaguely heard the people's complaints about the rapid rise in prices and the difficulty of even buying firewood.

Seeing this scene, Pang Yue couldn't help but sigh heavily, and secretly sighed: No matter what time it is, ordinary people are the biggest victims of war.

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When he arrived near the gate of the barracks, Pang Yue saw that something unexpected had happened there: a woman was shouting something at the sentry at the door, and even stepped forward from time to time to push it. The sentry and the officer who led the sentry did not fight back because of military discipline, but kept scolding with a tiger face. But the woman would not give up. Still standing still, he shouted loudly at the officers and soldiers standing guard, causing passers-by to stop and watch.

Seeing this, Pang Yue frowned, and hurriedly sped up and rushed over, and the generals and soldiers behind him also quickly followed.

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"You soldiers. What's the big deal? Why don't you let me in? "At the barracks gate. The woman was still speaking in the northern dialect of Huguang and shouted at the sentry, "I'm going in to find my man, it's your business!" ”

"Hey, you're still being unreasonable? I've said this to you dozens of times......" one of the flag generals who led the team to stand guard also scolded angrily. As he was talking, he suddenly saw someone in front of him, and quickly swallowed the unfinished words, his legs were close together, straightened, and greeted respectfully, "Handsome!" ”

The woman who was shouting couldn't help but look back. When she saw a group of generals in helmets and armor standing behind her, her momentum suddenly became half shorter, and her eyes showed a look of horror, and she even involuntarily took a few steps back. After all, the kind of murderous aura cultivated from the sea of corpses and blood is something that she can't look at calmly as a woman.

Pang Yue quickly looked at the woman in front of him, about thirty years old, with a slightly thick figure, a pungent pungency between her eyebrows and eyes, and the coarse cloth clothes on her body were a little shabby. It was also washed cleanly.

"This sister-in-law, is there anything wrong with you?" Pang Yue and Yan Yue said.

Although the woman did not know who she was talking to in front of her, she saw a large group of people behind her, and immediately guessed that it was a high official. When he spoke again, his tone was obviously not as fierce as he had just been. However, he was still a little unconvinced: "My man joined the army last year, and I just heard from the neighbors that the team that my man participated in has entered the city, and it is here." But they wouldn't let me in! ”

"Dashuai, it's not that we're unreasonable. It's that there are rules in the army......" The flag general who led the team to stand guard at the gate quickly explained.

"Needless to say, I know!" Pang Yue breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand, and said to the woman again: "I don't know what the name of my sister-in-law's husband is?" Was it the army that voted here last year? Are you sure you're voting for this army? ”

"My man's name is Wu Ping, and he is the army that voted in the city last year, and he voted for General Pang's team. Just now, these soldiers also admitted that this is General Pang's team, and my man must be in it. ”

Pang Yue originally just asked casually, after all, he couldn't remember all the names of 20,000 people, but as soon as he heard this woman say the word "Wu Ping", he immediately had an impression: a recruit who joined the army last year, twenty-seven or eighteen years old, originally from Jingzhou, and later settled down in Changsha with his wife. When the recruit was distributed after the training, Wei Yuan had already included him in the pro-soldier team, but Cui Shoucheng also discovered this good seedling, and personally begged Pang Yue to come forward and ask for someone to come over. Therefore, Pang Yue has a deep impression of this talent, and even knows where he was assigned later.

"Go to the trapping camp A team A and the B bureau to call Wu Ping out and meet his wife." Pang Yue commanded to one of the soldiers beside him. After receiving the order, the soldiers took the lead into the barracks and ran to the camping area where they were trapped.

The problem was solved, and the woman's anger naturally subsided, and she quickly stepped aside.

"Sister-in-law, your man will come out soon. If you have anything to say in the future, don't be so angry. After saying a few words to the woman, Pang Yue instructed the generals behind him, "Let's go in first!" ”

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After entering the barracks, Pang Yue planned to check the situation of each battalion first, and then convene a military meeting with generals above the battalion officer level to discuss the next development of the situation and the general operational policy.

As soon as the group reached the center of the camp, Pang Yue saw a somewhat thin soldier running out of the gate behind the soldier who had entered earlier, and it should be Wu Ping.

After seeing Pang Yue and his party, Wu Ping and his soldiers quickly stopped and said uprightly: "Big handsome!" ”

"You're Wu Ping, right?" Pang Yue smiled, "I just heard from the battalion officer of your battalion, General Cui, that you have been promoted to captain not long ago, and you have killed a total of eight Tartars at Wanshou Bridge, right?" ”

Wu Ping was a little wooden by nature, and when he saw the supreme commander of the town talking to him, he couldn't help but be a little nervous, and he couldn't speak for a while, just nodded vigorously.

"Good performance and continue to work hard in the future. In this way, it just so happens that your lady has come to see you today, and I will allow you to go out of the camp to accompany her. However, the whole army must return to the camp before going to bed in the evening. After Pang Yue finished speaking, he took out a piece of silver from his arms and handed it over, "This is five taels of silver, take your lady to buy better clothes, there is a tailor shop across the street from the barracks that is not closed." Hurry up and go. ”

"Dashuai, this ......"

"Take it!"

Looking at the back of Pang Yue's departure, Wu Ping's eyes flashed with a little crystalline.

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After inspecting several barracks, Pang Yue found that although the main force of the Qing army had arrived outside the city, the mental state of the soldiers was relatively stable, with the excitement and a trace of nervousness before the battle, but there were no negative emotions such as panic and fear on their faces, after all, the series of victories a few days ago had brought them a lot of self-confidence.

Pang Yue was naturally very pleased with this situation, and he also had stronger confidence in the next war.

At this moment, Chief Supervisor Shi Wanchun, who had been talking and stopped, finally spoke: "My lord, my subordinates think that you shouldn't have allowed that soldier to leave the camp just now. The military discipline of our town of Huguang clearly stipulates that when the war is not over, all officers and men will cancel their vacations and must not leave the camp or leave the camp. Once this precedent is set, what should we do if the rest of the officers and soldiers also ask to go out of the camp to do personal affairs under the pretext of visiting their relatives? ”

Pang Yue thought for a while and smiled bitterly: "The update is right, there is indeed such a clause in military discipline." I just thought that the war could break out again at any time, and no one could guarantee how long I would live. Since the soldier's wife came to the door, it is still necessary for them to see each other again, and in case something happens, it is better to keep a thought, so as not to let them leave any regrets in the end. However, now it seems that this decision of mine is still not advisable after all, it conflicts with military regulations! ”

"Adult ......"

"Don't say anything," Pang Yue shook his head, "Regarding this matter, it is indeed my negligence, so let's not take it as an example." ”

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