In the early morning of the second day, the rain stopped and the weather improved significantly, with the soft morning light spreading on the ground, and the refreshing scent of grass wafting in the air. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 In the info barracks, the shouts and killings of the soldiers during the drill sounded everywhere, which seemed quite imposing.

"My lord, the strong man on the far right is the horse team officer Shi Youliang Qianzong, a native of Henan, born in Liukou, originally a subordinate of Zhang Xianzhong, Chongzhen was captured by the adult himself after dozens of rounds of fighting with the adult in the battle of Tongcheng in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen. After joining our army, he fought bravely and moved to Qianzong with military merits. At the beginning of last year, when he was promoted to guerrilla general, he took the initiative to ask to be transferred to the adult camp. "Our Pang Yue Pang guerrilla was standing on one side of the curtain in the tent and looking outward through the gap in the edge, while Ma Yuancheng was standing on one side and looking out in front of the commentator. There was no way, in order not to make more jokes, Pang Yue had to come up with this method when he summoned several directly subordinate subordinates in the camp to come to meet, and then asked the soldiers standing guard outside the tent to block them in the open space in front of the tent in the name of "waiting for the report", and finally Ma Yuancheng gave him instructions one by one.

"The tall and thin man on the far left is Cui Shouchengqian, an officer of the Infantry Corps, a native of Yangzhou, who is not good at words and does not like to argue, and is an honest man. The one next to him who is a little short and a little black is Lu Qiwu, the thousand president of Team B, who is directly affiliated with Zunhua, this person is happy all day long, and he is very popular among the sergeants, and we usually like to listen to him tell meat jokes..."Seeing Pang Yue looking at him thoughtfully, Ma Yuancheng looked a little embarrassed, and the explanation was interrupted for a while.

"It's okay, you continue" Pang Yue smiled and continued to look outside the tent.

"Yes" Ma Yuancheng cleared his throat and carefully considered what he was going to say next, before he spoke: "Lu Qian always had a lot of ghost ideas when he was fighting, and sometimes he even questioned the orders of adults. The adult had scolded him more than once with a horsewhip pointing at his nose, 'What the hell are you talking nonsense, what you have to do is to carry out military orders, like Cui Shoucheng!' ’”

Seeing that Pang Yue didn't have any abnormal reaction, Ma Yuancheng continued: "The white-faced scholar on Lu Qian's left is the garrison Zhang Yunli, a native of Heze, Shandong, who is usually responsible for the money, food and training in the camp. ”

Ma Yuancheng wanted to say something, but there was a string of shouts and scolding outside the tent: "Xiao Chengzi, what's the matter with you, I haven't seen anyone for so long." My lord here, I don't know how many times I've been here, I've never had to report it before, what the hell are you kid doing?! Pang Yue had already seen clearly that this voice came from Shi Youliang.

"Let them in" Pang Yue shook his head with a smile and walked into the inner tent.

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Pang Yue entered the inner tent, and not long after sitting on the Mazha, the three thousand generals and one guard under his command walked in under the guidance of Ma Yuancheng.

"I've seen my lord!" The four of them came to Pang Yue and saluted together. Although they have a good personal relationship with Pang Yue, they still haven't forgotten the rules.

"Excuse me, sit down." Pang Yue motioned for Ma Yuancheng to move over a few more Maza.

"Thank you, sir!" After thanking the four of them, they sat down.

Pang Yue looked at the four direct subordinates again. Among the four, except for Shi Youliang, who looks to be in his thirties, the other three are all about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, and their appearance is basically no different from what Ma Yuancheng described. Shi Youliang is tall and strong, with a beard and a beard that looks very majestic. Cui Shou has grown a long face (it can be said to be a "horse face"), and his eyebrows are all simple, like a farmer. Lu Qiwu was short and dark, not quite a northerner, and the sparkle in his eyes, combined with the swasphe on his lips, made him look more like a fortune teller than a military attaché. Zhang Yunli looks like a scribe, with a handsome face, the word on his lips must be neatly repaired, and his gestures reveal the demeanor of a Confucian general. …,

"Your Excellency, you're fine! When I saw you fall off the horse, I was in a hurry. His ** left reverse, if he can't beat it in the open, he will release the dark arrow, what kind of ability is **! Before Pang Yue could speak, Shi Youliang first snorted.

"Hey, big man Shi, of course the adults will be fine, but you can't clean your mouth in front of the adults? One bite at a time, what do you think of this place? Lu Qiwu said in a disdainful tone.

"Lu Heizi! You ** raised the bar with me all day long, and wiped the shit off your butt clean? Who is the ** who tells meat jokes in the camp all day long? Shi Youliang's voice raised two points more.

Pang Yue smiled and was about to say something. Zhang Yunli has already begun to mediate: "Okay, okay, the two of you have to quarrel again." I know that neither of them has any ill intentions, they are both colleagues, so what's the harm in taking a step back. Furthermore, this is the inner tent of the adults, what is the system of the two of you arguing here? "Zhang Yunli looks like a scribe, and he speaks in a crepe-like manner.

Shi and Lu really didn't have any contradictions, they just didn't want to talk about it anymore, and they all quieted down when they heard Zhang Yunli say this. During this period, Cui Shoucheng kept looking at the quarreling two with a smile, obviously not surprised by this situation.

"Ladies and gentlemen, yesterday I fell into a coma when I led the team to pursue the rout of the left counter, but fortunately there is no major problem, I have to worry about you." Although Pang Yue himself felt that this last sentence might be a bit self-inflicted, he had seen it in an unknown book, and it seemed to be called the art of leadership, so he used it again.

"It's good that the adults are okay! The adults are safe, there is a backbone in the camp, and we can rest assured. Zhang Yunli smiled and said slowly.

The other three also followed suit, and the meaning was similar.

"Okay, this is a small matter, you don't have to worry about it." Pang Yue waved his hand and continued: "The main reason for calling you here today is to learn about yesterday's casualties and the morale of the sergeants, and by the way, I will talk to you about something. Mr. Shi Qian, let's talk about it first. ”

Shi Youliang's eyebrows raised upward, and he opened his loud voice: "Back to my lord, our horse team only participated in the pursuit and slashing and killing of the rout yesterday, so the casualties were not large, four brothers were killed, all died from the dark arrow, and fifteen brothers were injured, all of them were soldiers, and the auxiliaries did not participate in the battle, and none of them lost." ”

Pang Yue nodded: "Well, what about Cui Qian's infantry team?" ”

Cui Shoucheng's face was a little gloomy: "Lord Hui, our infantry team participated in the last fight with Zuo Reverse yesterday, and the losses were large, and forty-two soldiers were killed, I went to see it again before I came just now, and thirteen people have died of serious injuries." The other injured added up to thirty-one people, but the problem was not big, and they were able to walk on their own. The auxiliaries remained in the rear with no casualties. ”

"What about Mr. Lu Qian?"

"Lord Hui, the loss is not small" The gleam in Lu Qiwu's eyes seemed to fade a little, "Thirty-nine soldiers were killed, thirty-six were wounded, two auxiliary soldiers were injured, and one was missing. ”

"Yesterday's casualties were about five percent, and they were bearable, but I don't know what the casualties were in the previous battles with the left army. Alas, don't ask for now, lest you go through another goof, and besides, I'm not going to talk about this today. Pang Yue thought to himself for a while, and then continued to look at Zhang Yunli: "Zhang Shoubei, after falling from my horse yesterday, I have been in a coma, and I don't know much about the situation in the camp. What is the morale of the soldiers now? ”

"My lord, after returning to the camp yesterday to rest, I went to the major military tents to go around, although the losses were large, but because our army returned victorious, the morale of the soldiers was very sufficient." Zhang Yunli said calmly.

"Well, that's fine." Pang Yue nodded, "I have summoned you here today, and I still have some things to talk to you about." ”…,

"I wonder what you want to talk about with your subordinates?" All four of them were confused.

"Don't you know anything? It won't be long before the war resumes. Pang Yue's face was serious.

Hearing this, Zhang Yunli, Lu Qiwu, and Cui Shoucheng thought about it, but Shi Youliang began to shout again: "Why did your lord say this? Haven't we already beaten the left back? How can there be war in the short term? ”

"What a 'pure' 'fierce general', no worries, and a happy life." Hearing Shi Youliang's words, Pang Yue couldn't help but let out such an exclamation in his heart.

"What did you mean by Jiannu?" Zhang Yunli asked.

"Yes, exactly." Pang Yue nodded, and there was still a solemnity in his tone: "Since Jiannu defeated Li Chuang at the beginning of this year, he has been very arrogant, and now he has rushed towards Jiangnan in two ways, and a big battle is inevitable." ”

"I have more than 100,000 troops in Jiangbei, and there is a natural danger of the Yangtze River. Lu Qiwu's words were full of confidence.

Pang Yue suddenly realized that he had a lot to explain, the Qing army's advance was so fast that the news that all the north of the Yangtze River had fallen could not reach the ears of these middle and lower-level generals, but this could not be clarified, otherwise it would be even more difficult for them to answer when they asked about the origin of these news. After thinking for a while, Pang Yue spoke again: "It's not that I have to grow up others to destroy my own prestige. Although the Ming Dynasty has more than 100,000 troops in Jiangbei, what kind of troops are they, I guess you will not know. Among the five major towns, in addition to our Huangzhen, how many soldiers and horses can not disturb the people, and how many soldiers and horses dare to fight against Jiannu? Defend Jiangbei, relying on Liu Liangzuo, Li Benshen and others to defend it? Oh, they may be able to hold on, as long as they are willing to come out with half the strength that they usually harass and poisons the people. ”

Hearing Pang Yue's words, the four of them stopped talking, and the tent was quiet for a while. Although they couldn't bear to face this unoptimistic situation, what Pang Yue said was the truth after all.

Seeing that none of the four of them spoke, Pang Yue sighed and continued: "Now that we and others are soft-spoken, the situation is beyond our control. The main reason I want to tell you this today is to let you see the situation clearly, make preparations as soon as possible, and hope that you will still dare to fight as you do today when facing Jiannu in the future. ”

"Please rest assured, I don't know anything about Jiannu's southward journey, it's just that it's not as good as adults to see the long-term" Zhang Yunli said, "Jiannu was originally a lifelong savage tribe, was taken in by our dynasty, was educated by our dynasty, did not want to repay kindness but repaid virtue with grievances, committed rebellion, slaughtered Liaodong in the front, entered the customs to loot, poisoned the creatures in the back, and now wants to watch Jiangnan!" Such a heinous act is truly the outrage of man and God! As a military attache of the Ming Dynasty, we have the responsibility of defending the land and the people, and when we face the slaves in the future, there is no other way but to swear to serve the country! ”

Hearing Zhang Yunli say this, Lu Qiwu was also full of solemnity, and hugged his fists to Pang Yue and said: "Don't worry, my lord, I can't control others, but I, Lu and Jiannu, have a deep blood feud." In the second year of Chongzhen, Jiannu broke through the border wall and entered, burning and looting all the way to invade Beijing, and there were seven people in my family... All of them were killed by Jiannu. I was young at the time, and I was protected by my father. Ever since I joined the army, I've been thinking about revenge all the time, but my town has been fighting against the rogues before, and I haven't had a chance to take revenge. The day he meets Jiannu is the time when I kill the enemy and take revenge! ”

Shi Youliang also patted his chest and assured Pang Yue: "Adults, don't worry, I have never read a book, I don't know how much to do, and I haven't served anyone, but for adults, I have always been convinced." What the adults said, I guess there will be no mistake, and I will meet Jiannu in the future! I don't believe it, Jiannu is different from the enemy we killed before, could it be that Jiannu's head was cut off and can grow back! ”…,

Cui Shoucheng's words were only a simple sentence: "Cui can't speak, but it is my duty to kill the enemy for the country, and when the time comes, I will rely on the orders of the adults." After finishing speaking, he fell into deep thought again, worried about his family in Yangzhou, because since last month, he has not heard from Jiangbei for more than ten days.

Seeing that several subordinates expressed their attitudes, Pang Yue also breathed a sigh of relief: "I am very relieved that you can think so. That's all I want to say today, let's prepare as soon as possible after we go back, maybe in the next day or two, the army will be mobilized. In addition, the matters which we have discussed today are not to be passed on to the public. ”

"Yes, sir!" The four of them spoke in unison.

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Then, accompanied by Zhang Yunli, Pang Yue went to inspect the officers and men of each team. He found that the former "Pang Yue" should be very popular with the soldiers, as long as he saw him walking past, whether it was an armored soldier or an unarmored auxiliary, they would rush over together, shouting in a voice full of worship: "My lord! ”

"The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are still very simple, as a general, as long as you have excellent skills and treat them with the attitude of treating normal people, they will worship you and follow you." Thinking of this, Pang Yue felt a trace of joy in his heart, and felt a burst of sadness inexplicably, "Since the original Pang Yue has laid a good foundation for me, then I will do my best to lead this team well, so that every soldier's struggle is worthwhile." ”