readx; Cao Bianjiao and the bearded general did not agree with each other, seeing that both sides showed their blades, the white-faced general hurriedly took a few steps forward, and persuaded loudly: "Everyone is the same official army, and they are like brothers and sisters, and they serve the court together, how can they meet each other with swords because of a momentary battle of will." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoOur blades are for killing, not against our own people. General Huang was really a little reckless. ”

Don't look at the bearded general's rough temperament, he obeyed the white-faced general, immediately withdrew the iron whip, and snorted heavily at Cao Bianjiao.

At this time, Cao Wenzhao also came over. Although he was also annoyed by the bearded general, as the deputy chief soldier of the second rank, he always had to hold his own identity, and he couldn't see this person in general. Besides, he still rushed to Nanjing by order, shouldering a heavy responsibility, and it was not good to offend people as soon as he came. Therefore, he didn't say a word, dragged Cao Bianjiao to him, slapped him roundly, and shouted angrily: "Beast, who let you use the knife!" ”

Uncle is like a father, of course Cao Bianjiao didn't dare to speak hard at Cao Wenzhao, so he had to cover his face aggrievedly and retreat. Cao Wenzhao bowed his hand to the white-faced general and said: "Cao Wenzhao, the deputy chief military officer, was ordered to rush to Nanjing, and he came in a hurry, which is polite." I don't know what the two generals are called? ”

Before the white-faced general could speak, the bearded general was the first to ask, "You... Are you really General Cao Wenzhao Cao? ”

"Exactly." Cao Wenzhao said.

"How is this possible?" The bearded general still didn't believe in the authentic words, "Didn't the Guanning Iron Cavalry follow the imperial car to go on the expedition, how could they pass through the thousand-mile rebel-controlled area and come to Nanjing?" ”

Cao Wenzhao had to make a long story short and introduce the previous experience, and the bearded general woke up like a dream when he heard it, and was stunned for a long time, suddenly jerked his two big ear scrapers, and hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down and saluted: "I didn't expect that I would fight with the world-famous Guanning Iron Cavalry, I really deserve death!" I, Huang Degong, am a bastard, and I hope General Cao will forgive me! ”

This person was so condescending that Cao Wenzhao was confused. But he was embarrassed to let people kneel like this, so he hurriedly put his hands together. At this time, the white-faced general also came to play a round, and the two sides introduced themselves again, and Cao Wenzhao knew that the bearded general's name was Huang Degong, who used to be the border army of Datong Town, and he was a four-grade guerrilla. Later, because of his arrogant personality, he offended Shangfeng and was demoted to Yangzhou as a deputy thousand households. Deputy Qianhu is a military attache from the fifth grade, and in the Ming Dynasty, which controlled military affairs with literature, he could only be regarded as a petty official.

And the white-faced general's name is Weng Yu, the word Qi, and he is currently the garrison of Zhoushan. This person Cao Wenzhao has heard of it, because his experience is quite legendary: Weng Yu was originally a student of Hangzhou Prefecture, and he was simply a scholar. Later, the country was in danger, Weng Yu thought that instead of studying day after day and taking the imperial examination, it was better to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and serve the country, so he followed the example of the ancient class Chao to participate in the martial arts examination, but he did not expect to win the martial arts champion. However, no matter how the people in the Ministry of War looked at him, they also thought that he was a white-faced scholar, and did not believe that he could kill the enemy on the battlefield in Liaodong and make meritorious contributions, so they sent him back to Zhejiang and made a Zhoushan garrison to govern the Zhoushan Water Division.

It turned out that these two generals were not under the jurisdiction of the Nanjing Health Institute. However, after Zhu Yousong and Hong Chengchou launched a rebellion, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other "thirteen families" suddenly attacked Fengyang, the central capital, and deliberately spread the news, saying that they would go south to attack Nanjing. At this time, the Nanjing garrison, the Marquis of Huaiyuan, Chang Yinxu, who was in charge of the defense of Nanjing, and Hu Yingtai, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, and Hu Yingtai, the counselor of the aircraft, were frightened. Huang Degong and Weng Yu's subordinates were also summoned and ordered to guard the river in the area north of Nanjing.

Originally, the life experiences, temperaments and personalities of these two people were completely different, and it stands to reason that they would never get along anyway. But the two of them just fell in love, Weng Yu respected Huang Degong's martial arts and fought bravely, while Huang Degong didn't know a single big character, and he was very envious of a Confucian general like Weng Yu, so the two soon became friends.

Weng Yu is a military attache of the fifth grade, half a level higher than Huang Degong, but he is humble and focuses on Huang Degong in everything. Huang Degong has a rough personality and does not understand the rules of officialdom, so he happily accepts it, so in fact, the defense affairs in this area have become Huang Degong is the main general, and Weng Yu is the auxiliary.

Huang Degong also made repeated compensations to Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao's uncle and nephew, saying that in recent times, there have often been officials and soldiers who are greedy for life and afraid of death who have fled to Nanjing from the north, and they have to let him and Weng Yu take over the river, and he has long been annoyed. I received a report just now, and I thought it was another defeated soldier, plus I drank a lot of wine at noon, and I just ridiculed it without asking about it, which annoyed Cao Bianjiao, and almost lost both.

The so-called don't fight and don't know each other, several people are military generals, and they have a bold personality, and they talk happily soon after solving the misunderstanding. Hearing that the Guanning Iron Cavalry was coming by order, Huang Degong and Weng Yu did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered the naval army to pick up the cavalry and cross the river on the boat. Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao naturally got on Huang Degong's ship, and this ship was the largest of all ships. However, the river is wide, there is no wind and waves, and the hull of the ship is still shaking. Cao's uncle and nephew have not been on the boat for a long time, and it is inevitable that they will be dizzy at this time.

Taking advantage of the time to cross the river, Cao Wenzhao first inquired with Huang Degong and Weng Yu about the defense situation near Nanjing. It's okay not to ask, but when you ask, Huang Degong keeps sighing. When Cao Wenzhao asked carefully, Huang Degong couldn't say anything, so he had to ask Weng Yu to introduce him on his behalf.

Weng Yu also sighed and said, "General Cao is here today, and he must be able to realize that the Yangtze River is not a lie, right?" The rebels are powerful, but they don't have a naval army, so how easy is it to cross the river and storm Nanjing? Therefore, General Huang and the last general believed that Nanjing's defense was not actually tight, and it was completely possible to transfer some troops across the river to support other battlefields. ”

In fact, without Weng Yu saying it, Cao Wenzhao can also see a rough idea. On the way from Luzhou Mansion to Nanjing, the Guanning Iron Cavalry did not even encounter a single rebel, which shows that the focus of the rebel attack was not Nanjing.

This situation made Cao Wenzhao mixed with joy. Happily, I came to Nanjing by order, and the most important task was to ensure that Nanjing was not lost. Now it seems that the emperor's worries are a little redundant, the terrain of Nanjing is dangerous, the troops are abundant, and the rebels do not have hundreds of thousands of troops, and it will not take three or five months, so it is impossible to succeed, so they simply did not come at all.

The worry is that the Guanning Iron Cavalry has worked hard to quell the rebellion and make meritorious contributions, but now they have run to a place where there are no enemies. Although the emperor gave himself the power to control the official army in Nanjing, it seems that Nanjing is afraid of the enemy from top to bottom, and it is difficult to mobilize them to fight the rebels!

Just thinking about it, Weng Yuyao smiled and said, "General Cao, please look, there is Stone City." ”

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