On the afternoon of 27 September, a fleet full of grain, grass and ordnance docked at the wharf west of Yuezhou City. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info The shore was full of auxiliaries and civilians waiting to be unloaded.

The first to step off the gangplank was an officer wearing a commander's waist badge, and when he saw He Yunlong, the deputy commander of the First Guard Battalion, in the crowd waiting on the shore, he immediately laughed and walked over: "Yo, you Zhao Zilong-like general, how did you do the work of a grain and grass officer today?"

"In extraordinary times, no matter what work you do, you can't be sloppy." He Yunlong responded with a smile, "What's more, you Xu Daguan have all gone out in person, how can I be embarrassed to be a shopkeeper?" ”

This "Xu Daguan" is named Xu Huisi, and like He Yunlong, he is also an old man who has followed Pang Yue since the time of Huang Degong. There is no ambiguity in fighting, but with the promotion of his position, the shortcomings in his military command ability have gradually become prominent, so he was arranged by Pang Yue to be the commander of the capital envoy, and served as the ambassador of the military resources department in the "three divisions and eight bureaus" with the rank of commander of the capital.

The auxiliaries and men began to unload the goods from the ship, and there was an endless stream of them, and the logistics officers of the 1st Garrison Battalion were responsible for counting, inspecting, and transporting them to the warehouses in the city.

Taking advantage of this moment, the two old comrades-in-arms found a slightly more secluded place near the dock and chatted.

At present, the main force of Huguang Town is out on the expedition, and the Qing army in Wuchang is eyeing it, and preparing for war has become the first priority of the remaining troops. So the two mainly talked about some situations in Yuezhou and Chenzhou, which is the rear.

From Xu Huisi's words, He Yunlong learned that Chenzhou is also busy now, although it is in the rear, the atmosphere of the battle is not much weaker than that of Yuezhou. The only thing that made him feel a little puzzled was that the Military Resources Department, as an important institution for the allocation of military materials, had to use "busy" to describe the many affairs in peacetime, but why did Xu Huisi, who is an ambassador today, personally follow him to Yuezhou?

However, in the face of the questions of his old comrades-in-arms, Xu Huisi did not know everything, but only vaguely said that he had to go to Baoqingwei in person, and refused to reveal anything else.

He Yunlong knew that this Xu Daguan was a monkey-like figure, and his tone had always been tighter than the iron wall, so he gave up such meaningless actions as digging into the roots.

After the inventory of the ordnance, grain and grass on the ship was completed, He Yunlong arranged for Xu Huisi and his party to live in the military post in the city, and organized people to put all the military materials into the warehouse, and then returned to the battalion headquarters with the list for the battalion officer Chen Youlong to see.

The battalion headquarters was next door to the Yuezhou Wei Command Envoy in the city, and when He Yunlong arrived, Chen Youlong greeted him first: "Brother He, you came just in time, I was about to send someone to find you."

"What's wrong?" He Yunlong asked.

Chen Youlong asked a few staff officers in the house to go out first, and then said: "The latest news from the Intelligence Department shows that the Tartars of Wuchang have made all preparations, and the soldiers, horses, grain and grass have been assembled, and they may go south at any time. Maybe we're already starting to move when we're talking, so it's hard to say. Let's take a look at the details. ”

After speaking, he handed He Yunlong a piece of information.

He Yunlong took over the information, which concisely recorded a series of important deployment adjustments of the Qing army in Wuchang recently, and combined with the clues obtained earlier, the next move of the Qing army is self-evident.

After reading it, He Yunlong didn't have much surprise or nervousness. Because it was this day that the first garrison battalion was defending in Yuezhou, all preparations had already begun before the main force of Huguang Town went on an expedition to Jiangxi. The whole battalion has already entered a state of combat readiness, and several sets of operational plans have been drawn up to defend against the enemy.

"The big war is coming, Brother He is very calm, and he doesn't seem to take Tartar in his eyes at all." Chen Youlong said with a smile. I have been working with He Yunlong for a while, and he has always admired this young man's ability and courage.

"What should come will always come, so why think so much? We just need to do our own thing. He Yunlong smiled, then put the information on the table, took out today's receipt list and reported it to Chen Youlong, and by the way, reported the current reserve of grain and grass in the city.

Chen Youlong had no objections after listening, and then personally took the map and worked with He Yunlong to deduce the previous sets of combat plans again.

As the information received became more and more detailed, the two became more and more confident in their inferences about the next situation. As a result, the priorities of several sets of combat plans have become clearer.

When the main force of Huguang Town went north to Jingzhou last year, He Yunlong, who was still the commander of the 1,000th Brigade of the trapped camp, had been ordered to stay in Yuezhou, and he had always had the habit of personally surveying the terrain on the spot, so he was already very familiar with the terrain near Yuezhou. In the course of the exercise, he supplemented from time to time what he had learned from the recent field survey and perfected the details of the combat plan. Chen Youlong nodded from time to time as he listened.

As for the specific preparations for war, there is no need to say more. The grain, grass, ordnance, etc., in the city have been hoarded sufficiently, so that the soldiers of the whole battalion will not have a problem holding on for half a year. Since they were stationed in Yuezhou, the training of the soldiers has never been relaxed for a moment, and the state of being ready for battle has always remained at a high level.

In addition, the pre-war fortified wall has also been basically completed, under the organization of Yuezhou Mansion and Yuezhou Wei, starting from the territory of Linxiang County in the north, the people of the main villages near the official road have been moved, ensuring to the greatest extent that the Qing army cannot replenish supplies on the spot.

If you want to talk about shortcomings, of course, there are also shortcomings. After all, the First Guard Battalion has been established for less than a year, and more than 70 percent of the recruits have never been on the battlefield.

However, Chen Youlong seemed more confident in this: "Brother He don't have to worry about this, although our old Chen Rongma has not been famous for half his life, he still has at least some eyesight, and he can see it at a glance." As for the kind of soldiers we have trained in Huguang Town, even if it is the first time to go to the battlefield, they will definitely not lose to those soldiers. Even if you can't block all the Tartars north of Yuezhou, it is not difficult to hold Yuezhou. As long as Yuezhou is not lost, and there is a Yangwei camp to guard the Dongting waterway, Chenzhou will not be lost. As for the south, with Duke Du and Gong Chen, there should not be any big chaos in the short term. As long as you can survive this period of time, when the handsome master triumphs, everything will be solved. ”

Blocking the public, that is, the right capital of the imperial history, the right servant of the military department to block Yinxi, is currently stationed in Changde Mansion, Changde General Soldier Ma Jinzhong is under its control. Chen Gong, Chen Ying, one of Pang Yue's two masterminds, was also in Yuezhou some time ago, and recently went to Changde to contact Gu Yinxi to discuss war preparations.

He Yunlong also agrees with Chen Youlong's views. When Pang Yue led the main force of Huguang Town on an expedition to Jiangxi, the tasks assigned to the First Garrison Battalion and all the remaining troops were precisely these two points: Chenzhou and Yuezhou could not afford to lose; There is no room for error.

Now that Chen Youlong is so confident, of course he has no reason to have doubts.

The two talked until the evening ended. After a hurried dinner, Chen Youlong asked his soldiers to give an order to summon the whole battalion of officers above the rank of 1,000 to come to participate in the military meeting.