"Going north?" Wang Jincai, the chief soldier of Changsha, asked, "Lord Duxian Mingjian, now the Tartars in Hubei have been suppressed in Jingzhou and Wuchang. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoAt this time, our army is going north, but is it going to reinforce Dingwu Hou? ”

"Exactly!" He Tengjiao nodded, "The Marquis of Dingwu is loyal to the country, and he has worked hard to recover the rivers and mountains. As the governor of Huguang, how could He watch him fight alone? Now it's time to give him a hand! You must know that the people of Hubei are also looking forward to Wang Shi going north day and night, how can we make the people feel cold? ”

"Lord Governor's sincerity for the country and the people is really the sun and the moon! If that Dingwu Marquis could know the heart of the adult, he would not have such a deep prejudice against the adult! Hubei Governor Wu Jinxi said with emotion.

He Tengjiao generously twisted his long beard and smiled: "Dingwu Hou is young and vigorous, and sometimes it is inevitable to listen to slander. How could He take it to heart? As a minister of the Ming Dynasty, we should be loyal to the country as the first priority, no matter what others think, just ask yourself to be worthy of your heart! ”

Seeing that He Tengjiao was really going to send troops north, the generals present had different reactions in their hearts. Dong Ying, the chief soldier of the standard, Wu Chengzong, the chief soldier of Fubiao, and others are nothing, after all, they are in charge of the standard battalion of He Tengjiao, Fu Shangrui and other officers, unless He Tengjiao also has to go to the front line, otherwise they are unlikely to need to go to the battlefield. And with their understanding of He Tengjiao, the probability of this happening can be approximated by the probability of a rooster laying eggs.

Changsha General Soldier Wang Jincai is different, he is in charge of the main force of the Changsha battalion, and he can even think of who He Tengjiao will send north with his toes. But this time is different, and now the Qing army in Hubei is suppressed in two places and cannot move. Even if they go north to reinforce Pang Yue and Li Guo, there will not necessarily be any danger. Therefore. Wang Jincai wasn't too worried, and thought about it for a while. He made up his mind, and if He Tengjiao called his name in a while, he would be generous. It's just that we have to ask for some grain, grass, ordnance, and silver, and we don't want to do anything that suffers.

"Which general is willing to lead the army north to support the Marquis of Dingwu?" He Tengjiao took a sip of tea and asked with a smile.

There was a dead silence in the hall, and a group of rough generals seemed to have become shy little daughters-in-law at this time, with their hands on their knees in a regular manner, and their faces were full of seriousness admiring the patterns on the floor tiles.

He Tengjiao seemed very patient. After asking once, I didn't ask anymore, and waited for someone to volunteer while sipping tea slowly.

In the end, Wang Jin couldn't sit still, so he stood up helplessly and hugged his fists and said, "Lord Qiqi Governor Xian, I am willing to go." Just ......"

He Tengjiao raised his hand to stop Wang Jincai's words, and smiled happily: "Okay! Good! Mr. Wang's courage is commendable, and the governor is deeply grateful! As for what General Wang is worried about, the governor also knows that you can make a list of the supplies you are missing when you go back. Whatever is missing, the Governor will fill it for you! Prepare for a good life, strive to leave as soon as possible, and go north to Jingzhou to help Dingwuhou! ”

After speaking. He Tengjiao put away his smile again, looked at Dong Ying and the others, and reprimanded sternly: "You are also a Ming general." Eat the court, but only know how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and shrink your head! What kind of system is this? Want to hide? The Governor will not agree! Dong Zongbing. General Wu, this governor ordered you two to also lead the people of the headquarters. Going north with General Wang's army, all matters such as marching and fighting must obey General Wang's military orders. ”

At this time, Dong Ying and Wu Chengzong were dumbfounded, and Wang Jincai was also confused.

After coming back to his senses, Dong Ying hurriedly said: "Lord Duxian, it's not that the last general is greedy for life and afraid of death, it's just that the last general led the Dubiao camp to the north, who will protect Lord Duxian?" Lord Governor is a ......"

"Shut up!" He Tengjiao scolded angrily.

At this time, He Tengjiao's chief staff Lou Jingzhi coughed and said, "Dong Weng, can you listen to the students first?" ”

He Tengjiao suppressed his anger slightly, nodded and said, "Sir, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

"Dong Weng, as the governor of Huguang, sent troops to aid Hubei, although it is within his duty, but Changsha is hundreds of miles away from Jingzhou after all, what is the situation in Jingzhou, whether Dingwu Hou needs reinforcements, that is, how to cooperate with the reinforcements, it is still unknown. The Marquis of Dingwu is a good general of the country, and the use of soldiers has its own rules. If Dong Weng did not grasp the specific battle situation, he rashly sent reinforcements and interfered with the deployment of Dingwu Hou, which would not be beautiful. "Lou Jingdao.

After listening to Lou Jingzhi's words, He Tengjiao's brows gradually locked, and the movement of twisting his beard froze for a while, pondered for a long time, and sighed: "Mr.'s words are not unreasonable, but we can't stand by and watch after all, which makes the soldiers in front of me feel cold!" ”

Lou Jingzhi said: "It is impossible to sit idly by, in the humble opinion of students, Dong Weng might as well be like this." ”

"How?"

"Dong Weng Ke sent people to contact the Marquis of Dingwu on the one hand, and sent a group of soldiers and horses to Yuezhou on the other hand, ready to go north at any time. Now stationed in Yuezhou are thousands of men and horses under the command of Dingwu Hou and Xingguo Hou, who attacked Yuezhou before, they must have been exhausted, and they are so hard that they can let these loyal soldiers endure hunger and pain to manage the defense? It's time for them to take a break. Dong Weng might as well allocate enough food and grass to them, and let them go back to their original station to rest first, so that they can be regarded as having no worries about Dingwuhou. ”

He Tengjiao frowned tightly and was silent, as if he was still carefully considering. Fu Shangrui, Wu Jinxi and other civil officials also mostly made twisted mustaches and pondered.

Wang Jincai, Dong Ying and other generals were puzzled at first, and then after turning a corner in their minds, they suddenly looked at each other. And He Tengjiao's next words made them even more dumbfounded: "Well, that's all it can be like this now." ”

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Yuezhou

Since Pang Yue and Li Guo led their troops north, only a thousand troops stationed here were left in the camp, led by Feng Yulong, the commander of the thousand camps, and the two thousand men and horses of the loyal battalion, led by Li Laiheng, the son of Li Guoyi. In addition, there was also a team of instructors from the Huguang Town Training Battalion who were responsible for training more than 2,000 Qing soldiers captured in the Battle of Yuezhou. In recent days, the city and its surroundings have been relatively safe, and there have been battle reports from the front line from time to time, and most of them are Jixun.

In terms of age, Feng Yulong is only a few years older than Li Laiheng; In terms of hobbies, the two are also very similar, both heavy guns and sticks and light ink. It's as good as the battlefield charges. Since they were stationed in the same city, the two have hit it off at first sight. Soon became acquainted, and they usually call each other brothers. After finishing the military affairs at hand every day, I will always learn martial arts together or have a few drinks.

In the afternoon of that day, after Feng Yulong and Li Laiheng finished inspecting their respective defense areas and inspecting the training of the prisoners, they met as usual and came to the school to have a discussion.

The two have their own strengths, Feng Yulong is good at short-handed soldiers, and a 20-pound steel knife can be used freely in his hands like chopsticks, teacups and other things. Like an arm making a finger. Li Laiheng made good use of the long soldiers, and he danced with a fine iron spear. Before the discussion, Feng Yulong would always joke: "Brother Laiheng, let's compare the sword skills first, I can let you make two moves first." At this time, Li Laiheng will also respond without showing weakness: "Brother Feng, I think it's better to compare marksmanship first, and I will never fight back within the first three moves."

Jokes are jokes, Feng Yulong is older after all. Naturally, he will not compete on this, and generally Li Laiheng will compare marksmanship first to satisfy the self-esteem of this little tiger. Therefore, after Li Laiheng won, he faced Feng Yulong's advice in spearmanship. Often, you will know everything.

But this afternoon, before he could learn a few tricks and styles, a personal soldier came to report: Dong Ying, the chief soldier of He Tengjiao's standard battalion, had led his troops and horses to the north and went straight to Yuezhou. There were about four or five thousand troops. Now it is less than thirty miles away from Yuezhou.

"What is he doing on this donkey day? Eighty percent is not well-intentioned! Li Laiheng couldn't help but scold. After all, in the past, He Tengjiao's men and horses left a really bad impression on him.

Feng Yulong said: "It doesn't matter if he has a good heart or a bad heart. In short, the marshal and the Marquis of Xingguo explained before leaving, and Yuezhou cannot afford to lose. Otherwise, even the slightest mistake could affect the frontline war. At the beginning, you and I were both vouched for with our heads. ”

Li Laiheng thought so: "Yes! As long as he dares to come on donkey day, he must beat him up and tell him to roll back to Changsha in disgrace. ”

"You can't do that." Feng Yulong said with a smile, "First of all, they are also Ming officials, so we can't just start a war with them." Second, we can't just wait in the city for them to come. Once they reached the edge of the city, it was troublesome for them to camp outside the city, even if they did not enter the city. It's best to block them from a distance, and the farther away the better. In this case, it would be better if they were willing to go back, but if they would not go back, then they would camp in the barren mountains and mountains, and drink the northwest wind. ”

Li Laiheng laughed after hearing this: "Brother Feng, why didn't I find out that you were such an old treacherous before?"

Feng Yulong smiled disapprerovingly: "Okay, there is no need to say anything else, hurry up and get out of the city."

"How many people are we going to take this time?"

"Half of my thousand troops are left to defend the city, and the rest are gone. What do you think? ”

Li Laiheng was a little puzzled: "Didn't you say that there won't be a war this time, why do you have to go so many people?" In addition, in this way, there are only more than 500 people left in the city, and you have to watch the more than 2,000 Tartar captives, is it enough? ”

Feng Yulong said: "It's because I can't fight, so I have to bring more people." If you can fight, you don't have to go out of the city, it's enough for me to take my thousand brigades. As for staying in the city, there are currently no Tartars in a radius of hundreds of miles in Yuezhou, and more than 500 people are enough. And the more than 2,000 captives, who were already a rabble, are now disarmed and imprisoned, and they can't make any big waves for a while. What's more, although we are out of town, we have not gone far, and at most we can return tonight, and there will be no trouble. ”

"Okay, just do what Brother Feng said." Li Laiheng nodded, agreeing.

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Feng Yulong and Li Laiheng immediately ordered their troops and horses out of the city, and after traveling south for almost twenty miles, they once again received a report from the scout: Dong Yingbu was still a few miles away. Although he did not understand why Governor He's standard battalion was marching at such a pace, Feng Yulong still ordered the whole army to deploy and seize the favorable terrain near the official road to wait for work.

Originally, He Tengjiao planned to send Wang Jincai north to Yuezhou, but then after thinking about it, Wang Jincai was an old general of the Dashun Army after all, and he must be inextricably linked with the loyal battalion stationed in Yuezhou, so there would be inconvenience in many things, so he sent his absolute henchman Dong Ying to come.

Dong Ying received the order, led his troops to the north slowly, I don't know how many times he stopped halfway, and when he finished the latest break and set off again, he ran into Feng Yulong and Li Laiheng's men and horses head-on within a few miles.

"Stop! Who's coming? A group of cavalry under Li Laiheng left the main formation, ran to Dong Yingjun, and asked sharply.

Dong Yingjun also had someone in the army answer. The momentum did not fall behind at all: "We are Governor He's standard camp, and we will go to assist in the defense of Yuezhou." Who are you? Dare to stop it? If you delay a big event, can you afford it? ”

"It turned out to be Governor He's men. We are under the command of Xingguo Hou, and we were stationed in Yuezhou on the orders of Xingguo Hou and Da Da Shuai, but we have never received a military order to respond to your troops. Besides, Yuezhou is safe and sound, the troops are sufficient, and there is no need to assist in defense, so please go back! ”

Dong Ying was furious when he heard this, and personally patted the horse forward, and shouted at the opposite side: "Damn." You stray hairs don't deserve to say such big things! Go back and call someone who can do it! ”

The cavalry of the loyal battalion did not return the favor, and returned to the main formation. Subsequently, Li Laiheng rushed over surrounded by a team of personal soldiers: "I am Li Laiheng of the loyal battalion, which bastard was not clean just now?" ”

Dong Ying almost blew up his lungs, but he still held back his anger and sneered: "It turned out to be the son of Xingguohou!" I am Dong Ying, the chief soldier of the Governor He Standard Battalion, and I have long admired the name of the little tiger. ”

Li Laiheng arched his hand casually: "There is no need to look up for a long time, Dong Junmen is not in Changsha to stay well." What are you doing here? ”

"On the order of Governor He, I came to assist in the defense of Yuezhou. In addition, Governor He considered that your troops had fought continuously before, which was really hard. Therefore, I ordered your unit to withdraw to the original station for rest and recuperation, and to allocate other grain, grass, and silver. How's that, General Lee. Do you want me to show you the warrant of Governor Ho? ”

"Dong Junmen is polite, you don't need to read the warrant."

Dong Ying heard this. As soon as he breathed a sigh of relief, Li Laiheng's next sentence slapped him in the face fiercely: "Even if you take it out." It's also a piece of waste paper when you come to me, so why bother Dong Junmen? ”

"Lee Rae-hyung! Hello big bold! Dong Ying couldn't hold back any longer, and scolded, "You dare to be disrespectful to the Governor, and you dare to ignore the laws of the imperial court!" How many heads do you have? Even if you are here today, I'm afraid you won't dare to talk like that! ”

"Fuck your mother, Lord Governor, don't fucking shame!" Li Laiheng was also angry, "You guys can't see that little bit of fancy intestines?" It's just looking at this Yuezhou's eyes! But don't forget, this Yuezhou was defeated by the huge commander and our loyal battalion, and it has something to do with you? You didn't have to make a single effort to fight for turf, you guys think so fucking light! At the beginning, when our loyal battalion attacked Jingzhou, where did you retreat? Where were you when the Tartars marched south? If I'm not mistaken, in the original battle of the new wall, the fastest one was you Dong Junmen! ”

"Come on, take down this remnant of the thief who is unstoppable and speaks wildly to Lao Tzu!" The green tendons on Dong Ying's forehead burst out, raised his horsewhip and pointed at Li Laiheng, and shouted angrily to the left and right.

"You donkey day try it!" Li Laiheng snorted coldly and whistled disdainfully, and a large number of archers and firecrackers instantly appeared in the woods on both sides of the official road, aiming at this side of the official road.

Dong Ying's confidence suddenly disappeared halfway, neither dared to make any more excessive moves, but he was not willing to give up, the hand holding the horsewhip froze in mid-air, and a few words repeatedly jumped in his mouth: "You, you, it's the other way, it's the other way ......."

Lee Rae-hyung burst out laughing.

Seeing that the fire was almost over, Feng Yulong also rushed over and hugged his fist at Dong Ying: "Feng Yulong, the last general of Huguang Zhen and the camp of Qian, has seen Dong Junmen!" General Xiao Li is young and vigorous, and his words are inevitably a little impulsive, and I hope that Dong Junmen will not take it to heart. But we are indeed acting on orders, and I hope that Dong Junmen will understand. ”

After the red and white faces of Li and Feng, Dong Ying was no longer aggressive, and his voice was calmer, but he still insisted: "But this general is also on the orders of the governor!" If the Governor blames him, will you be able to bear it? ”

Feng Yulong said with a smile: "If the last general is not mistaken, my Huguang Town is not under the jurisdiction of Governor He. If Governor He was the governor of this northern expedition, the last general would naturally not dare to stop it here. Or Dong Junmen can bring Pang Shuai's warrant, or invite the edict of the Son of Heaven, let alone give way, even if he kneels down and kowtows to Dong Junmen to apologize. ”

Dong Ying saw that Li Laiheng and Feng Yulong were very resolute, so he took a step back: "Since this is the case, how about this?" Rong Ben will first camp outside the city of Yuezhou, and as for whether to enter the city, it will be decided after Governor He coordinates with Pang Shuai. In this case, Mr. Feng Qian and General Xiao Li will not be considered disobedient, and the general will also have an explanation for Governor He. ”

Unexpectedly, Feng Yulong still shook his head: "Since the northern expedition of the army, Yuezhou has shouldered the heavy responsibility of supporting the front line. Grain and grass are heavy, how can people and others approach at will? Therefore, the last general will not be able to obey his fate, Dong Junmen should please go back. ”

Seeing that a little Qian Zong dared to speak to himself like this, Dong Ying felt that his dignity had been greatly insulted, but what could he do? Can it still be attacked? Dong Ying is not without self-knowledge, he knows the terrifying combat power of those ironclad soldiers in Huguang Town on the other side, and he knows his current situation very well, once he tears his face and starts a war, he will definitely not be able to get any benefits.

The two sides confronted each other for a long time, and Dong Ying finally had to give up the advance and return along the same road with a belly of fire. But he did not go back to Changsha directly, but camped on the spot after retreating ten miles, and sent people back to Changsha to report to He Tengjiao and ask for countermeasures, which can be regarded as an explanation.

At night, Dong Ying, who had been busy all day, couldn't care about the unhappiness of the day, and soon fell asleep, sleeping very deeply and soundly, until the next morning, when his personal soldiers woke him up from his sleep.

"My lord, it's not good!"

"What the fuck is this time? Are you screaming poorly? Dong Ying raised his hand and gave his pro-soldier an ear scraper, "It's not good to dare to curse Lao Tzu?" Lao Tzu is good! ”

The soldier covered his face and said hurriedly: "Scout urgent report, something big has happened in Yuezhou!" ”

"What's the fuck going on?"

"Vice General Liu is outside the tent, and he said that he will report to the adults in person."

"Let him get in!"

As soon as Vice General Liu entered the tent, he said with a panicked face: "My lord, something is wrong!" Last night, Yuezhou called Tartar to take it back, and Li Laiheng and Feng Yulong were in different places! (To be continued.) )