"Bold!" The Chinese army was furious and was about to scold, but Lu Xiangsheng's voice came from behind: "That's it! Show them the seal of the Officer! ”

The Chinese army hurriedly said yes and showed the seal. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info The cavalry hurriedly dismounted, and the man at the head kowtowed to Lu Xiangsheng: "The villain doesn't know that it is Lord Lu, please forgive me!" ”

"That's it!" Lu Xiangsheng came with light horses, the purpose was to intercept Zhang Xianzhong and Cao Cao on the north bank of the Huai River to eliminate, at this time met the front of the detachment and did not flower cavalry, and his heart was overjoyed: "Where is your general, take me to see him!" ”

"The general's camp is on the high ground west of the city, please come with the villain!" The leader kowtowed, got up, and led the way. Lu Xiangsheng saw clearly from the side, these twenty or thirty horsemen were all unkempt and braided, dressed in iron armor, with spears on the saddle, scimitars and bows and quivers hanging from their waists, one person and two horses, although no one ordered, but naturally lined up in a loose two-line column to protect themselves on the official road. They walked on the steep and uneven slopes under the official road, but they walked on the ground. If you talk about riding experience, I'm afraid that these carefully selected soldiers around me can't catch up.

"This detachment does not take off, but it is a well-trained soldier!" Lu Xiangsheng secretly praised in his heart: "It's just that such a good general, why haven't you heard of his reputation before?" ”

While thinking about it, Lu Xiangsheng and his party arrived at the camp where they were not spoiled, and someone had already greeted them at the entrance of the camp. After sitting down in the tent, Lu Xiangsheng asked directly: "General Totoku Buhua, what news is there about the thief and Cao Cao?" ”

"When the two thieves arrived at the river the day before yesterday, they began to build a bridge to cross the river, but the county order of Xi County had already received most of the boats to the south bank, and according to the sentinel's report, the two thieves were very slow to build a bridge. The last general was afraid that they would be cornered and bite back, so he camped here and constantly sent scouts to detect the movements of the thieves, so that they could protect Ruyang County, and secondly, it was easier to monitor the movements of the two thieves! ”

"Good, good!" Lu Xiangsheng said with a smile, he was very happy to learn that Zhang Xianzhong and Cao Cao had not yet crossed the Huai, compared to a few months ago when they crossed to the north, their luggage was already much heavier, and a large number of looted people and property made their ranks bloated, so they had to build a pontoon bridge to cross the river. In just two or three days, the infantry army behind will be able to arrive and wipe out these two huge forces on the north bank of the Huai River.

"It's almost time to eat, and the adults haven't eaten all the way, so let's eat here with the last general!" Totoku said with a smile.

"It's good! That's bothering! Lu Xiangsheng came all the way, and his stomach was also very hungry. Seeing that the other party had agreed, he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to prepare. After a while, two mouthfuls of roasted sheep were delivered. Takeoff did not spend money to invite Lu Xiangsheng to sit down, and personally cut meat for everyone. Although Lu Xiangsheng was born as a Jinshi, he was good at riding and shooting, and he also knew that this Tokhokbuhua should be a Mongol, which was also common in the Ming army. He was not to blame, so he ate meat and drank wine with the people, and laughed.

After everyone ate for a while, someone outside the tent suddenly reported that the sentry had an urgent military report. Totobuhua glanced at Lu Xiangsheng and hurriedly ordered to enter the account. I saw a bearded man with hair and armor enter the tent, saluted the hand of the fork, and said, "My lord, the thieves have already snatched a lot of boats from the other side of the river last night, and are building a pontoon bridge!" ”

"What?" Totobuhua was taken aback, he looked at Lu Xiangsheng on the side, and saw that the other party nodded slightly, knowing that it meant to let himself be disposed of as usual. He stood up, cut a few of the fattest pieces from the ribs of the roast lamb, put them on a plate, poured another glass of wine, and handed it over: "It's hard work all the way, you eat something first, and then lead twenty horsemen to monitor the movements of the thieves, and return as soon as there is any movement!" ”

The Hu man sang a fat song, stretched out his hand to take the plate, and he tossed around on horseback for a day, and was already hungry, so he sat down cross-legged in the tent to eat and drink, according to his usual custom. I didn't think it was wrong, but Lu Xiangsheng's Chinese army had already held a grudge, and when he saw this, he stepped forward and kicked the man's plate away, shouting: "That thief slave, you are so rude in front of adults!" ”

The Hu man was suddenly kicked off the plate, the wine and gravy were spilled all over his body, he jumped up, and he was shocked and angry, and subconsciously reached out to pull out the saber at his waist. Seeing this, he hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to stop him, and said in a low voice: "There's nothing for you here, get out quickly!" ”

Hu Ren glanced at Totoku, suppressed the anger in his heart, and retreated outside the tent after owing his body. The Chinese army hurriedly stopped it and shouted: "General Tokhok Buhua, what is your reasoning?" This guy is so rude in the Overseer, he doesn't even understand a little bit of humility, did you just let him go? ”

Tokhoff didn't spend any time knowing that this Chinese army was Lu Xiangsheng's henchman, so he didn't dare to argue with him, so he had to defend in a low voice: "My lord doesn't know, this person is the last general's account, and the food and drink on weekdays are leveled by the last general, and today I don't know that the superintendent is coming, please forgive me!" ”

"Insider? What is it? Lu Xiangsheng listened to it and couldn't help but ask curiously. Tokhtobuhua hurriedly explained, it turned out that the people in this tent were originally the relatives of the big nobles in the Mongolian tribes, and usually carried knives and whips for them. After Liu Cheng conquered the Mongolian tribes, he selected elite and brave warriors, put them around and gave them favor, and the clothing and consumption were similar to them. On weekdays, I think it is the duty of the guard, but on the battlefield, I charge into battle, and if there is an official position to fill the vacancy, I will also give priority to selecting it. Liu Cheng's generals also followed suit, and each selected the elite from the army to be raised in the tent, and the scout was born in the tent who could not take off the flowers, but he could wear two layers of armor, open two stone bows, and shoot left and right, dozens of people were not close to him, and they even had to take off and not spend their favor, and there was not so much red tape in the Northland army, so he made such a move.

"So that's what happened!" Lu Xiangsheng nodded, he secretly imagined that he had seen this kind of method of raising soldiers in the book before, and it was no wonder that Liu Cheng could get the death power of the soldiers, but this person's plan was definitely not small, and it was not a blessing for the court in the long run. Thinking of this, he mentioned that it would not be spent on detachment.

"Since the general opened his mouth to intercede, then the superintendent will not delve into it!" Lu Xiangsheng smiled slightly, and without waiting to get rid of it, he didn't want to thank him, and then said in a deep voice: "In this way, the crime of piercing the arrow camp will be exempted, let's whip sixty lashes!" ”

When he heard that he was exempted from the crime of piercing the arrow camp, he just wanted to thank him, but his face changed greatly when he heard the sixty whips in the back, but he also knew that since Lu Xiangsheng had spoken, it would be difficult for him to intercede again, so he had to bow down and thank him. When the man was dragged out for execution, Lu Xiangsheng said in a deep voice: "It is a good thing to take off the general, and it is a good thing to cherish the soldiers, but you can't mess up the discipline." If they are like you, then how can they bring this army with someone else? ”

"Yes, yes!" Tooff Buhua's forehead was already full of beads of sweat, and he hurriedly knelt down to apologize, Lu Xiangsheng also asked him to contribute, and helped him up with a smile: "The general's meritorious service this time is not small, and when he captures Zhang and Cao, the official will be the court of the book, and I will ask for credit for you!" ”

"Thank you, sir!" Totobuhua kowtowed twice, and his heart was both scared and grateful. Lu Xiangsheng saw that he was thinking about getting rid of it, and knew that he had achieved his goal, so he got up with a smile and said goodbye. Tokhtambuhua hurriedly sent him out of the camp, and then went to see the beaten subordinates. The subordinate was lying on the bed, and a companion was scrubbing and applying medicine for him, and when he saw Totobuhua coming in, he hurriedly got up to salute, and Totobuhua hurriedly held it down: "You have injuries on your body, don't move!" ”

"I'm not afraid of arrows and spears when I go into battle, and a few dozen whips are nothing!" When the Hu man said this, his face showed hatred: "It's just that being humiliated like that by the superintendent today, it's really hateful!" ”

"That's it, he is a big official of the Ming Kingdom, you should be careful next time!"

"He's not wearing an official robe, so how do I know he's an overseer? What about the Ming State officials? Lord Jinong is also a high-ranking official of the Ming Kingdom, if he is here today, he will definitely not beat me! ”

Hearing his subordinates say this, he couldn't help but be speechless, as the person in the tent said, Liu Cheng was deep and generous when he was in the Northland Army, he was simple and simple, light on wealth and heavy soldiers, and treated his subordinates generously. If Liu Cheng is in Lu Xiangsheng's position today, even if someone is rude, as long as it is an unintentional mistake, he will most laugh it off, and at most symbolically punish him for drinking three glasses and dancing a dance. It is precisely because Liu Cheng can adapt to the environment of the Mongolian tribes that he can quickly win the hearts of the Mongolian tribes after defeating Lin Dan Khan, and drive them to the east and west.

"General!" The man said in a low voice: "When can we go back to the grassland, or go back to Lord Xu, he is the righteous brother of Lord Jinong, and he will never treat us so harshly!" ”

"Bear with me!" Totobuhua sighed: "When the rogue is pacified, we will go back to Lord Xu!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong and Cao Cao stood side by side on the high ground, and at their feet, a pontoon bridge had been mostly completed. The adventures of his two righteous sons paid off, and when they entered the stockade at dawn, most of the Ming army was still lying in bed, and they were taken by surprise, and more than 600 officers and soldiers dispersed, leaving more than 100 ships and more than 200 shipwrights to the brothers. When the two led the fleet back to the opposite shore, it was already noon, Zhang Xianzhong, who learned the news, was happy and proud, he stroked his slightly yellow beard and boasted to Cao Cao: "See, Cao Shuai, my two adopted sons are more than my own son!" ”

Both of them were old men, and after getting the necessary boats to build the pontoon bridge, they worked as fast as they could, and they took the elite in their hands in their own hands to protect the pontoon bridge under construction, and the miscellaneous army and the old and weak were placed on the periphery, and the innermost layer was the old battalion, where most of the looted property was located. However, the official and military scouts, who appeared more and more frequently, were also reminding them that Lu Xiangsheng was not far from them.

Cao Cao should be more optimistic about this, judging from past experience, in fact, the generals of the official army are not too eager to force the thieves into a desperate situation - everyone knows the truth of self-respect. The generals of the Ming Dynasty have long known the meanness of the imperial court, not to mention that rabbits will bite people in a hurry, if the thieves are destroyed, won't they have to return to the lack of food and salary, and a small official in the military department can control his life and death?

And Zhang Xianzhong is not so optimistic, in his opinion, Lu Xiangsheng is the new official who took office three fires, at least within half a year, he can still drive this group of Qiu Ba masters, the most important thing is that his current position is too dangerous, if he loses too much in Huaibei, he is afraid that there will be no monkeys to lead him when he arrives at Li Zicheng, and the life under the fence is not easy.

"Lao Zhang, why don't you go back to rest first, look like this, it should be almost the same at night!" Cao Cao looked at the pontoon bridge that was busy, turned around and smiled at Zhang Xianzhong: "The two of us take turns to stare at it, it's good to have one person here!" ”

"Cao Shuai, let's go and rest! I can't rest assured, even if I go back, I can't rest, I might as well stare here! ”

"Since that's the case, then I'll go back first, and I'll come back for you after dinner!" Cao Cao happily arched his hand to Zhang Xianzhong, and walked to the ground, since the incident, he has never treated himself badly, the alcoholic woman has never been less for a day, both mentally and physically have consumed a lot, and it is no longer as bitter as it was at the beginning.

"Cao Shuai, please!" Zhang Xianzhong arched his hand to Cao Cao, and after he left, he also went down the high ground and walked to the pontoon bridge, I don't know what the reason is, he always feels uncertain, so he plans to go there to see, no matter what he does.

Cao Cao just got off the high ground, he heard the shouting of the pontoon bridge, he didn't know what was happening, he hurriedly ran to the river, just ran a few steps and couldn't help but be stunned, only to see the smoke billowing on the upstream river, more than ten large and small boats are going down the river, the first few boats are already on the sky, the distance from the pontoon bridge is only half a mile, and the back of the smoke column to the sky, obviously there are more fire boats coming. The pontoon bridge and the peasant army soldiers on the shore shouted loudly, and the nearby generals climbed high and looked far away, but there was nothing to be done for a while. It turned out that after Lu Xiangsheng learned that the thieves had built a pontoon bridge yesterday, he asked the staff about countermeasures, and one of the staff members offered advice: "There are many thieves, and the official army has not yet arrived, if you are in a hurry, you are afraid of too much damage." It is better to immediately detain the official and private boats, load more wood diesel grease, let it go downstream, set fire to the boat when approaching the pontoon, let it go downstream, naturally the pontoon bridge can be burned out, and when the army arrives, the thieves can be wiped out in one drum! Lu Xiangsheng was overjoyed, so he ordered the generals to go to the river to detain the boats and act according to the plan, but in a few hours there were more than 100 of them, all filled with firewood, and let them go down the river to burn the bridge.