It was Shi Kefa who spoke first, "Xinghua, what were you thinking just now?" Thinking so engrossedly. ”

"Oh, I'm calculating how to fight this battle, not only to ensure my own safety, but also to beat the Qing soldiers painfully and fearfully, so that Yangzhou and Nanjing will have real protection." Luo Jian said, turned his head and said to Ruan Dacheng and the others: "A few Qincha, Fang Cai is really rude, don't blame it." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, dare to ask the angels, the overseer said that there are four angels, I don't know where the rest are now?" Ruan Dacheng finally relieved himself.

"Oh, Xiao Liu is busy outside the city with other things, and he can't come now. Xiao Wang went to the door to train the guards, which made people call him back, and Steward Luo also asked people to call Liu Lan down. Luo Jian thought to himself, seeing such a trivial matter as a Qin cha, there was no need to delay Xiao Liu's time.

"A few Qincha, what is the current situation in the city of Nanjing?" Luo Jian asked casually.

"Back to the angels, the emperor was excited to learn that several angels had descended on Yangzhou in Nanjing, and all the ministers of civil and military affairs from the Ma Pavilion Department were also looking forward to seeing the angels as soon as possible." Ruan Dacheng said with some excitement.

Luo Jian thought to himself, I asked you how the situation is in Nanjing, and you said that everyone wants to see me, a little bit of a donkey's head is not in the horse's mouth.

"A few Qincha, I'm afraid I will have to wait for a while to go to Nanjing." Luo Jian said.

"Dare to ask Angel Luo, but why? The emperor wants to see a few angels and magic cars, and the sacred heart is very anxious! "This is Chen Zilong speaking, which means that the emperor is in a hurry to see you, you have to hurry.

While she was talking, Liu Lan ran down from upstairs, and before anyone arrived, the voice arrived first, "Brother Luo, I'm preparing for class, what are you calling me for?" "When I entered the hall, I was surprised to see so many people. Hurriedly asked Luo Jian, "Brother Luo, who are these guests, can you introduce them." ”

Ruan Dacheng looked up and saw a girl coming in, wearing clothes as colorful as Luo Jian, her hair tied into a ponytail at the back of her head, and a pair of boots on her feet that she had never seen before.

Ruan Dacheng looked a little dazed, he had read countless beauties in the Qinhuai River, and the emperor's recent enrichment of the harem was also handled by him, it can be said that he has seen a lot of beauties, but he has never seen such a heroic beauty.

After Luo Jian's introduction, Liu Lan also clasped her fists with both hands and said to a few people: "I've seen a few Qincha." Knowing that Zhang Cheng was a eunuch, his eyes stopped on Zhang Cheng's face for a moment, as if he was looking to see if he had a beard. After speaking, he pulled up a stool and sat down beside Luo Jian.

Shi Kefa smiled and said to Chen Zilong, who was sitting beside him: "Maozhong (Chen Zhilong), this girl's name is Liu Lan, it's not simple, but she taught the foolish brother a lesson at the beginning." After speaking, he looked at Liu Lan with a pampering look on his face.

Liu Lan wrinkled her nose at Shi Kefa, as if she was complaining that Shi Kefa was saying bad things about her, which made Shi Kefa laugh again.

Luo Jian walked to the computer, adjusted the scale of the map down, and the entire Yangzhou and Nanjing appeared on the map, got up and walked to the screen, and said to everyone:

"Inspector, please look at the screen, this Duoduo is now stationed in a long line, less than a hundred miles away from Yangzhou, and the soldiers can refer to Yangzhou at any time. If a few of us leave Yangzhou now, the Qing soldiers will definitely know that if they come to attack the city again, Yangzhou will not be protected. Therefore, since yesterday, I have been discussing with the superintendent that I want to fight with the Qing soldiers, and if I want to beat them painfully and fearfully, at least drive them to Xuyi, so that they will not dare to covet my Yangzhou City again, so that Yangzhou will be safe, and Nanjing can also be protected. ”

When Ruan Dacheng heard this, he was secretly frightened, and said in his heart, who is this Luo Angel, who dares to fight with the Qing soldiers in the field, and wants to beat the Qing soldiers away, how can this be done?

When Chen Zilong heard this, he became interested, stood up, walked to the screen and looked at the map, thought about it and said to Luo Jian: "Luo Angel, this Qing cavalry has a strong field combat ability, and the terrain between Yangzhou and Tianchang is flat, which is conducive to the mobility of the Qing cavalry. ”

When Luo Jian heard it, this Chen Zilong was in charge of the Ministry of War, judging from the history books, he should be an authentic literati, and Xu Guangqi's "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration" was still sorted out by him, but he didn't expect that he was not an amateur in military affairs.

At the moment, he said with a smile: "Brother Mao, don't worry, the cavalry of the Qing army is not what I am most worried about, what I am most worried about is that if Duoduo ignores the casualties and uses human lives to resist the advantage of my firearms, I am afraid that this battle will be a little difficult to fight, and Duoduo's cavalry has been scared by us, and I am afraid that Duoduo will not be able to bear the losses with cavalry." By the way, Brother Mao, my word is Xinghua, just call me Xinghua, don't call me an angel anymore. ”

When Chen Zilong heard this, he also smiled and said, "Then I'm welcome, Brother Xinghua, if you say that, this battle must be fought." ”

"Why is that?" Luo Jian was a little strange.

"Brother Xinghua, you must know that most of these Duoduo troops are the surrendered Ming army and the Dashun army, the reason why these people surrendered to the Qing army is because they are afraid of death, how dare they not be afraid of death in front of Brother Xinghua's divine weapons now?" Chen Zhilong said with a smile, he had carefully watched Shi Kefa's twists and turns, and he had also specifically asked Lu Wei to understand the situation, and knew that Luo Jian had some magic weapons in his hands.

Ruan Dacheng stared at Chen Zilong with some reproach, thinking to himself that you are here to ask Luo Angel to go out of the city to fight the Qing army, in case the army is defeated, won't it put us and the others in danger. When Ma Shiying recommended Ruan Dacheng to enter the court as an official, there was a saying that he knew a lot about military affairs, but in fact, this Ruan Dacheng was not bad at ability, but after he was timid, his mind did not think about it, even if he knew about military affairs, it was useless.

Shi Kefa listened to the analysis of the two, patted the armrest of the chair and stood up, and said loudly: "Yes, this battle must be fought, Xinghua, you can discuss it carefully with Dingwei tomorrow, and if you need any support, just tell me, all the materials in Yangzhou City are at your disposal, and you must beat Duoduo to be afraid." ”

Hearing Shi Kefa say this, Ruan Dacheng's face turned pale, and Zhang Cheng sat aside and heard that there was going to be a war, and his lips began to tremble.

Chen Zilong walked from the screen to the seat and sat down, seeing that Ruan Dacheng and Zhang Cheng's faces were wrong, knowing what the two were thinking, he thought about it and stood up and said to Ruan Dacheng: "Ruan Shangshu, according to the opinion of the lower officials, it is better to ask Ruan Shangshu to return to Nanjing to Chen Zuo to the emperor first, and I will stay in Yangzhou to accompany a few angels to meet the emperor after this battle." ”

As soon as Chen Zilong's words came out, Ruan Dacheng's face turned red, and he remembered Ma Shiying's confession before, and he didn't dare to have the slightest reluctance to this angel.

Shi Kefa was kind after all, and seeing Ruan Dacheng's embarrassment, he said: "Brother Yuanhai (Ruan Dacheng) don't worry, a few days ago, the Tartars attacked the city from all sides, and the west gate was the focus of its siege. Ran Xinghua opened the city gates, and only led three people and a cart to block the enemy outside the city, but the Tartars failed to advance an inch, but sent us 5,000 men and horses into the city. Seeing that Ruan Dacheng's face was a little pale, he continued: "What Mao Zhong said just now is not impossible, if Brother Yuanhai wants to guide this battle in this city, he can send another person back to Nanjing to report it." ”

When Shi Kefa said this, he gave Ruan Dacheng a step down. Ruan Dacheng couldn't care so much at this time, he gritted his teeth, his heart was horizontal, he stood up and said: "Since the Inspector and Luo Angel are determined to fight this battle, Jizhi (Ruan Dacheng's character) should be in the city to cheer for you, why don't you ask Gonggong Zhang to go back to Nanjing to play a clear statement to the emperor?" ”

When Zhang Cheng heard this, he was overjoyed. He also stood up and bowed to Luo Jian and said: "Since the angel can't enter Beijing to face the saint recently, the slave and maid will quickly return to Nanjing to report to the emperor, so as to appease the emperor's heart." ”

Zhang Cheng's voice was neither male nor female, and Luo Jian's teeth were a little sour when he heard it, but he didn't mean to discriminate against the eunuch's disability, but it was the first time he listened to the eunuch speak, and he was a little uncomfortable.

"Since it has been decided, please let Gonggong Zhang leave as soon as possible to report to the emperor, and the military salaries and grain of the Yangzhou army are also requested to report to the emperor on behalf of Gonggong Zhang, please allocate it as soon as possible." Luo Jian also wanted to let the fat emperor of Nanjing City feel at ease as soon as possible, and not to always send people to find trouble.

Zhang Cheng stood up, walked to Luo Jian, knelt down and gave Luo Jian a kowtow, Luo Jian didn't know why, and quickly pulled him up. I used to hear that because the eunuch was disabled, there was always a smell on his body, but today I only smelled a fragrance on Zhang Cheng's body, but I didn't smell any other smells.

"Don't dare to be, how can Grandpa Zhang do this great gift?" Luo Jian asked suspiciously.

"The angel saved Yangzhou, also saved the emperor, saved me Ming, the slave is ready to leave for Nanjing early tomorrow morning to report to the emperor. The slave and maid are thanking the angel for this ceremony, and they are also saying goodbye to the angel, and they will not come to say goodbye to the angel early tomorrow morning. Although Zhang Cheng was timid and afraid of death, he was very loyal to the fat emperor in Nanjing.

Seeing that he had almost said it, Shi Kefa got up and said to Ruan Dacheng: "Brother Yuanhai has been running all the way, it is very hard, it is already late today, why don't you go back and rest first, and come back tomorrow when you are free to talk to Xinghua?" ”

Ruan Dacheng saw Luo Jian today, and he didn't know why, he wanted to say a lot of things but couldn't say it, he only felt that this Luo Angel was so imposing that people didn't dare to look at it directly, and that vision seemed to be able to see through people's hearts and lungs, thinking that Ma Gebu might not be able to control this angel for his use, I just hope that this angel will not fall to Donglin's side.

Ruan Dacheng thought about it, thinking that he was still staying in Yangzhou City, and he could talk to this angel slowly after he had something to say, and he was not in a hurry to be in this night, and he was running all the way, although he was sitting in a sedan chair, he was also quite tired. stood up at the moment and said goodbye to Luo Jian, saying that he would come back tomorrow to ask for advice.

Chen Zhilong also stood up, but what he said surprised everyone. "Brother Xinghua, I see that your courtyard is very big, I don't know if there is a vacant room, Maozhong wants to live in your house today."

When Luo Jian heard this, why did this Chen Zhilong have a bit of a self-cooked taste, but after thinking about it, this person is an expert in military affairs, and he knows a lot about the entire situation in Nanming now, and he can learn more about it by staying in the mansion to talk.

"Brother Mao is willing to stay, Xinghua can't ask for it, there are still many things to ask Brother Mao for advice." Luo Jian said with a smile.

"Xinghua, I don't know if your car may drive at night, how about sending Brother Yuanhai away?" Shi Kefa was anxious to show Ruan Dacheng the strength of Luo Jian and the others, and spoke.

"Of course, please!" When Luo Jian heard this, this is a small matter.

When Chen Zilong heard this, he hurriedly said: "I'll also go and sit, and I'll come back with Xinghua later." "I'm afraid that Luo Jian will leave him in the mansion.

Butler Luo sent everyone to the car with a lantern, Luo Jian got in the car and started the car, turned on the lights, and everyone was surprised again.

Luo Jian got out of the car, opened the door and invited everyone to get into the car, went back to the cab and hung up the gear and went out, sending Ruan Dacheng and the others to their places one by one, and on the way back, he heard Chen Zhilong ask: "Brother Xinghua, can this magic car only run so fast?" ”

"Brother Mao, it's a flurry to run fast, if the road is good, it only takes half an hour from Yangzhou to Nanjing, how fast do you say it can run?" Luo Jian said with a smile that it is about 70 kilometers from Yangzhou to Nanjing, and if it is a highway, it will not even take an hour.

Chen Zhilong was a little surprised, lowered his head and pondered, and did not speak again until Luo Jian parked the car in the courtyard.

Luo Jian and Chen Zhilong returned to the hall, Luo Jian looked at his watch, it was only a little past eight o'clock, and he said to Chen Zhilong: "Brother Mao, it's still early, I want to invite Liu Zhaoji and Liu Zongbing to discuss together, what do you think?" ”

"Well, this Liu Dingwei is a general who knows the soldiers, and it's not bad to discuss with him." Although Chen Zhilong admired Liu Zhaoji, the tone of contempt for the generals in his words made Luo Jian a little unhappy, and after thinking about it, even Shi Kefa was the same at the beginning, and the entire officialdom was like this, and it was not a day's work to change.

picked up the walkie-talkie and called Liu Zhaoji over.

Liu Zhaoji also participated in the evening reception dinner, but when Ruan Dacheng's group came to Luo Jian's mansion, he went back by himself, and now he heard Luo Jian call him, and rushed over quickly.