Huai'an City also did not allow Yang Chao's army to enter, and still had to camp outside the city, but when Yang Chao's army arrived, someone led troops to stop him.

It was Shi Kefa's supervising battalion, and the officer was a thousand generals, and after greeting Yang Chao, he asked people to lead Yang Chao's soldiers to camp in the north of the city, and he took Yang Chao to see Shi Kefa immediately.

In the Caoyun Governor's Mansion, Yang Chao met Shi Kefa.

This is a middle-aged man who is not tall, thin, and has a good face, and he can honestly be regarded as a handsome old guy.

To be honest, Yang Chao has really never seen any ugly men as officials, this is because being an official in the Ming Dynasty requires a certain appearance, and if he looks ugly, he will be eliminated when he takes the palace exam, and he will be killed to be a jinshi, and at most he has to be a county official, and there is no hope of being a Beijing official.

To be an official in the Ming Dynasty, if you want to mix well, you have to grow well.

"Xiaguan, Yang Chao, the head of the new Jiangkou Shuiying, see Master Shi!"

Shi Kefa was sitting in the hall, and Yang Chao worshipped when he saw him.

"General Yang, please get up!"

Yang Chao is a guerrilla and has the right to be called a general, and Shi Kefa can naturally know it through his writings, but being called General Yang Chao still shows goodwill.

Yang Chao stood up: "Master Xie!" ”

"Sit down!"

Yang Chao bowed again, and then sat down in the next position.

Shi Kefa stroked his beard, looked at Yang Chao and nodded.

"General Yang is really young."

Shi Kefa sighed.

Yang Chao smiled: "Master Shi is smiling." ”

Yang Chao is seventeen years old this year, but he still looks too young, especially under the rank of Thousand General Officers and Guerrillas, he looks even younger.

Shi Kefa said: "The so-called hero is a young man, General Yang does not have to be too humble. You have risen up by military merit, not by shadow. He laughs. ”

Yang Chao said: "Master Xie praises." ”

Shi Kefa waved his hand and sighed: "Hearing that Dongdong has entered the Kou, Gyeonggi has been soldiered, and the governor can't sleep at night." There is no day when you don't think about the danger of Gyeonggi, and every day you don't think about the danger of the saint. The governor intended to go north to King Qin, but there were no troops available in the south of the Yangtze River. The governor tried his best to raise money, but he could only bring in 10,000 soldiers and horses. The soldiers in Jiangnan either excused themselves for poor food and salary, or they used the excuse of neglecting to practice and regarded King Qin as a drudgery. Treat the exorcism as death. Only General Yang actively asked for battle, which couldn't help but impress the old man, which should make the generals in Jiangnan ashamed. ”

Yang Chao couldn't help but be overjoyed. It turned out that he took the initiative to come to King Qin, and it seemed that he had left an impression in Shi Kefa's heart.

Yang Chao also asked Ruan Dacheng to write a letter before, just to get involved with Shi Kefa, and when the time comes, he will not hinder himself in the process of King Qin, will not deduct his own logistics supplies, and will not delay his military achievements. Now it seems that Shi Kefa has made a good impression. Multiplier.

immediately made a statement: "The so-called rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband." Although Yang Chao is a martial artist. Think of being loyal to the country and serving the court. ”

Shi Kefa nodded again and again: "It's a good world, and it's the responsibility of the husband to rise and fall." Yue Wumu said: Civil officials do not love money, and military generals are not afraid of death. General Yang has the ambition to serve the imperial court loyally at a young age, which is commendable. ”

The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, this sentence was actually said by Gu Yanwu. However, at this time, Gu Yanwu's name was still called Gu Jiang, and he changed his name to Gu Yanwu after the death of the Ming Dynasty, which means the meaning of words and martial arts.

Yang Chao said: "Thank you for your praise!" ”

After several discussions, Shi Kefa was quite satisfied with Yang Chao, and couldn't help but praise: "Don't lose Ruan Jizhi, Xiong Sima strongly recommends it to this official." General Yang rest assured, you just have to kill the enemy, and everyone else has their own officials! ”

Yang Chao couldn't help but doubt in his heart, Ruan Dacheng wrote a letter to himself to recommend, which was requested by himself, but he didn't expect Xiong Mingyu to write a letter to himself and say good things, which Yang Chao didn't expect.

And now Shi Kefa's attitude is very clear, that is, to tell Yang Chao, let Yang Chao rest assured, he will not hinder Yang Chao, Yang Chao only kills the enemy, and other things such as logistics and supplies are handed over to him Shi Kefa.

This is exactly what Yang Chao wants, don't ask for more, just ask the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty not to cause chaos for themselves.

Yang Chao immediately said: "Thank you, my lord!" ”

Shi Kefa stroked his beard and smiled: "No need to thank you. Go back to the camp, and in a few days, when the officers and soldiers arrive and the food is sufficient, you will immediately set off to the north to King Qin! ”

Yang Chao immediately stood up and said goodbye.

During the time Yang Chao met with Shi Kefa, Wang Pu had already set up a large camp in the north with his soldiers.

Huai'an is different from other cities in that it was not built all at once, but expanded repeatedly.

The current Huai'an City was built in the Song Dynasty at the earliest, but it was just an earthen city, the Mongols of the Yuan Dynasty did not care about repairing the city, so it was very dilapidated in the Ming Dynasty, and it was only during the Jiaqing period of the Ming Dynasty that it was repaired and wrapped bricks, and became the old city of Huai'an City now.

In addition to the old city, Huai'an City also includes two parts: the new city and the city.

Also because the Yuan Dynasty did not repair the city caused the old city of Huai'an to be dilapidated and unusable, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty when Zhang Shicheng occupied here, in order to resist the attack of the Yuan soldiers, the general Shi Wenbing built a new city one mile north of the old city.

After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the old and new cities once stood side by side, and the two cities were transported between them.

At the time of the Rebellion, in order to strengthen the defense, the two cities were connected with two city walls, and the area between the two city walls was called Liancheng, so Huai'an City was composed of three parts, the old city, the new city and the Liancheng.

Moreover, in addition to the three cities, some fortresses were also built, communicating with each other through tunnels, supporting each other, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Yang Chao's military camp was between the north of the city and a fortress called Hexia Town.

Although Hexia Town is only a fortress, it is close to the canal, there is a prosperous wharf, many salt merchants have settled here, and there are gardens to live in, and it is not as strict as the city management, so the business is extraordinarily prosperous.

A small town has formed more than 100 streets and alleys, more than 100 gardens, more than 60 archways, more than 50 temples, and more than 40 bridges.

And because of the wealth, so the education level is relatively high, there have been dozens of jinshi, more than 100 people, and even a champion, built a champion building.

In addition, Wu Chengen, the father of Sun Wukong, is also a native of Hexia.

Yang Chao's camp is backed by Huai'an City, facing Hexia Town, not only occupies a place in the boss, but also has a large open space in front of Yang Chao's military camp, which is just used as a playground.

On the second day, Yang Chao began to lead the troops to practice.

The battle is about to begin, and if the soldier is not skilled, it is equivalent to going to death.

But it's hard to practice, and it's good to eat.

Every day Yang Chao will send people to the city and town to buy meat, this time out, Yang Chao brought 30,000 taels of silver, and also brought nearly 100,000 taels of tickets, but the cash silver is used for emergencies, so where you can use the ticket to get money, Yang Chao will take out the flowers, and try not to move the cash.

It is a pity that although the Wang family is very strong along the canal, it can only be exchanged for large sums of silver in big cities such as Yangzhou and Huai'an, and the amount cannot exceed 10,000 taels at most, otherwise the local shops will be at risk of breaking the silver. (To be continued.) (520。 ))