Datong, the general army marches.

Wang Pu is teaching young women to know Arabic numerals.

After a long time of contact with the young girl, Wang Pu found that this little girl was very smart, everything was a little bit of everything, and she could learn it as soon as she learned it, so Wang Pu thought about letting her learn arithmetic and take on the responsibility of the housekeeper.

What's more, now that Zhen Youcai is still on the errand of the weapons workshop and the gunpowder bureau, he has no energy to manage the money and grain of the government treasury.

When Wang Pu wanted to teach, he found that the counting method of the Ming Dynasty was very backward, and the capitalized number strokes were complicated (it was the traditional Chinese characters in the past, with many strokes) and it was not intuitive, although the number of chips was intuitive but not conducive to operation, so he decided to teach the Arabic numerals commonly used in later generations to the young girl.

Wang Pu first wrote the capitalized "one" to "Jiu" on the paper, and then wrote "1" to "9" below each number. ”

Wang Pu smiled and asked, "Guess what?" ”

"Well...... the young lady tilted her little head and thought about it, and suddenly said, "Little maid knows, is the nine symbols at the bottom the same meaning as the nine numbers above?" ”

"That's smart."

Wang Pu couldn't help but hook his fingers and gently scraped the bridge of the young girl's nose, the young girl wrinkled her pretty nose cutely, and chuckled at Wang Pu, that little appearance is really charming and pretty, if you change the dress on her body into red makeup, and then comb back to the pigtails, it will be a standard pretty girl.

"But General, these symbols are so strange, why has the little maid never seen them before?"

To say that Arabic numerals have actually been introduced to Middle-earth as early as the Tang and Wei dynasties, but at that time, Middle-earth was popular for chip counting, which was also very convenient, so Arabic numerals were not promoted, and it is reasonable that the young lady had never seen this thing.

"Didn't you see it today?" can grind with a pretty girl like Nenniang, of course Wang Pu's mood will not be bad, and he said with a smile, "Nenniang, you look at it, this is 1, this is 2, 1 plus 1 is 2, for example, you are a person, and I am also a person, but the two of us add it together, and it becomes two people." ”

Nen Niang said: "Then the ear-like symbol behind is 3, two people plus one person is three people?" ”

"yes, that's smart." Wang Pu smiled and said, "Nenniang, today you memorize these nine symbols first, tomorrow the general will test you, if you can't answer or answer incorrectly, the general will beat your ass." ”

As he spoke, Wang Pu also looked at the young girl's ass as if threatening, and Xiao Nizi's buttocks looked tight and curvy under the wrapping of the breeches.

The young girl's pink face turned red in an instant, until it was red behind the root of the ear, and the beautiful big eyes glanced at Wang Pu with shame and joy, and then lowered her head and pursed her delicate red lips, but she couldn't help but have a beautiful picture floating in her mind: Wang Pu stretched out his hand and slapped his palm heavily on her buttocks, until her heart was crispy...... "General, here, here!" ”

When the young lady was in the spring, Lu Liu broke in very ignorant of the times, and the charming atmosphere in the line suddenly disappeared.

Wang Pu asked angrily, "What's coming?" ”

Lu Liudao: "The thieves are here, this will already be outside the east wall." ”

"Oh?" Wang Pu said happily when he heard this, "Let's go, take a look." ”

After that, Wang Pu immediately strode out of the door, the young lady cleaned up her mood and hurriedly followed, as Wang Pu's personal guard, of course she had to follow Wang Pu every step of the way.

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When Wang Pu took Nen Niang and Lu Liu to the back of the gap in the east wall, Zhao Xin, who was in charge of the defense of the east city, had already arrived, and when he saw Wang Pu, Zhao Xin hurriedly took a few of his subordinates to meet him, and in less than a while, Zhen Youcai, Monk Zhang, Tang Sheng, Scarface and Xiao Qi also arrived.

"Zhao Xin." Wang Pu asked, "Where are the thieves?" ”

Zhao Xin stretched out his hand and pointed to the gap in the city wall not far away, and responded: "It's just outside the gap." ”

Wang Pu turned back and asked Zhen Youcai: "Youcai, are the weapons and armor ready?" ”

"It's been ready for a long time." Zhen Youcai stretched out his hand and pointed to the foot of the city wall not far away, where there were several piles of armor and weapons, and said, "General, look, isn't that?" ”

"Hmm." Wang Pu nodded and said to Xiao Qi, "Xiao Qi, you go and tell Li Yan, in order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, let them enter the city from the gap in batches, and the number of people entering the city each time should not exceed two hundred, and exchange two hundred weapons and one hundred sets of armor for every five thousand catties of nitrate." ”

"Yes."

Xiao Qi answered and took the order.

Zhen Youcai came over and said in a low voice: "General, did you send troops to block this area?" lest this matter reach the ears of Zhang Zi'an and Zhu Chuanqi. ”

"There's no need." Wang Pu shook his head and said, "Even if the Long Live Lord knows about this, he can't do anything to me, not to mention that he can't hide this matter even if he wants to, so it's better not to hide it." ”

Zhen Youcai thought about it, and felt that what Wang Pu said made sense, so he didn't say anything more.

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Outside the east gate of Datong, the slave camp was built.

Sonny boarded the gate surrounded by several two yellow flags Ezhen and Zasak commanders, stood on the gate and looked forward, only to see that the brigade of thieves had formed a neat queue outside the gap in the Datong city wall, but what was strange was that the thieves did not immediately attack, and the Ming army in Datong City did not seem to have the intention of going out of the city to counterattack.

"Hey, that's weird." A Niu Lu Ezhen with a yellow flag shouted loudly, "It's been a long time since the thieves lined up in formation, why haven't they started attacking yet?" ”

Another Jia La, who was in the yellow flag, frowned and said, "It seems that the thieves are not here to attack Datong. ”

"Then why are they here?" One of the Zasak commanders asked, "Are the Dao thieves here to surrender to the Ming army?" If they surrender, then they should lay down their weapons. ”

"Sony-sama." Jia Laezhen, who was in the Yellow Banner, suddenly said, "Why don't you take two Niu Lu's cavalry up?" ”

"Nope." Sonny shook his head categorically and said, "The actions of the thieves and the Ming army are very strange, there must be some way here, you have all listened to this general, there is no military order, no one is allowed to act rashly." ”

"Wow!"

A few Jiala Ezhen, Niu Lu Ezhen, and Zasak Thousand Commanders agreed with a bang.

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Inside the gap, the thieves are in the army.

Xiao Qi strode up to Li Yan, clasped his fists and said, "Leader Li Yan, my general said that in order not to cause misunderstanding, it is best not to exceed two hundred rebels entering the gap each time. ”

Li Yan looked back at Jing Maocheng and Li Xuan, neither of whom spoke.

Wang Pu's suggestion was completely necessary, and it was necessary for both sides, for the defenders in the city, there were only two hundred thieves entering the city at a time, so as to avoid the risk of thieves taking the opportunity to seize the city; For the thieves outside the city, the exchange of land in batches can avoid the treachery of the officials and soldiers, and they will receive the soil but not give weapons and armor.

"Okay." Li Yan nodded, and said loudly, "Then Ben Shuai will lead the first batch of rebels into the city." ”

"Xianggong!"

"Dashuai!"

"Dashuai!"

Li Yan's voice fell, and the Red Lady, Jing Maocheng and Li Xuan blocked in front of Li Yan at the same time, and said in unison: "You can't take risks lightly." ”

Li Yan smiled faintly and said, "It's already outside Datong City, how can you not go into the city to meet General Wang?" ”

"Dashuai." Li Xuan hurriedly said, "I'm afraid that Wang Pu will have bad intentions." ”

"No, it won't." Li Yan said indifferently, "If Mr. Wang wanted to harm me Li Yan, he wouldn't have helped him at the beginning, so why would he make such a move today and end up as a treacherous villain in vain?" ”

Li Xuan and Jing Mao Chengdu had nothing to say.

Li Yan is right, if Wang Pu wants to harm Li Yan, he will not help twice, it is obvious that Wang Pu will not harm Li Yan, at least not before Jiannu retreats.

The red lady said softly: "Xianggong, the slave family will accompany you." ”

"Okay." Li Yan nodded, turned back to Jing Maocheng and Li Xuan, and said, "After the commander enters the city, the army will be temporarily commanded by the two generals. ”

"Yes."

Jing Maocheng and Li Xuan agreed in unison.

Li Yan and the Red Lady raised two hundred personal soldiers, and under the guidance of Xiao Qi, they entered Datong City through the gap in the city wall.

After entering the city, Li Yan found that the defense of the official army was loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and it looked loose and loose from the outside, and he couldn't see too many officers and soldiers guarding the city, but after entering the city, he found that at least more than 3,000 officers and soldiers were waiting in the city, there was no killing shout, and there was no sword light and sword shadow, but there was a strong murderous aura rushing to the face.

When passing by a group of Ming army musketeers, Li Yan couldn't help but glance at the muskets in their hands a few more times.

Many of Li Yan's rebels surrendered to the border army, and brought some firearms to some extent, but most of these firearms were shoddy birds, firearms or three-eyed guns, and Li Yan found that the firearms used by Wang Pu's firearms battalion were very different from those used by the Ming border army.

Compared with the ordinary Ming border army's muskets, bird guns and three-eyed guns, the muskets of Wang Pu's firearms battalion are lighter, longer, and the workmanship seems to be more exquisite.

While Li Yan was observing the muskets of the firearms battalion, Wang Pu was observing him.

Of course, more often than not, Wang Pu's eyes fell on the red lady beside Li Yan.

When he was in Jining, although Wang Pu almost died in the hands of the Red Lady, he actually hadn't seen the Red Lady's face, because the Red Lady and the White Lotus Sect Master were masked at that time, however, Wang Pu still faintly felt that the figure of this girl was a little familiar, and it seemed that where had he seen it?

"Hey." Wang Pu lightly bumped Xiao Qi beside him with his arm, and asked in a low voice, "Xiao Qi, do you feel that the figure of that girl is a little familiar?" It's the one in front of the thief who is wearing a fiery red suit and has a particularly good figure. ”

Although Wang Pu's voice was light, the young lady standing beside him still heard it word for word, and a trace of hostility instinctively floated in her beautiful eyes, but when her eyes fell on the red lady, she felt a little deflated, and the woman was really like the general said, and the woman was in good shape so that the woman was moved when she saw it.

"Huh." Xiao Qi sighed, nodded and said, "Let the general say this, this girl's figure is really familiar." ”

Wang Pu said: "Think about it, where have we met this girl?" ”

"Yes."

Xiao Qi answered, tilted his head and began to think about it carefully.

At this time, Xiao Qi had already taken Li Yan, the Red Lady and his wife and two hundred thieves to the exchange venue, and saw a team of neat and murderous Ming officials standing around, the Red Lady couldn't help but feel a little nervous on her face, and instinctively took two steps forward and blocked Li Yan with her delicate body.

I don't know why, but the young lady took a step forward without thinking and blocked in front of Wang Pu.

Finally, Li Yan still stood in front of Wang Pu, separated by the two women, the red lady and the young girl, and the two looked at each other.

Xiao Qisu pointed at Wang Pu with his hand and said to Li Yan: "Leader Li Yan, this is my general. ”

After speaking, Xiao Qi said to Wang Pu again: "General, this is the leader of Li Yan." ”

"Fortunately."

"Fortunately."

Li Yan and Wang Pu clenched their fists at the same time, and their faces also showed a polite smile at the same time.

Seeing Li Yan's appearance with a little white face with red lips and white teeth, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, Wang Pu thought badly, no wonder the red lady wanted to snatch Li Yan to the cottage as her boss in the village, such a little white face is simply loved by everyone, and flowers bloom, but then again, Li Yan's little white face is not a silver-like wax spear head.

"Leader Li Yan." Wang Pu smiled and asked, "Did you bring the nitrate?" ”

Li Yan turned around and made a move, and the two hundred soldiers of the Righteous Army behind him unbuttoned their shirts, only to see that they were all carrying a long cloth bag on their bodies, and the cloth bag was bulging, and it was full of nitrate.

Zhen Youcai randomly picked out five soldiers from the two hundred righteous army, asked them to go out to untie the cloth bags on their bodies, and then loosened the bag, took out a handful of nitrate from each of them and smelled it, then turned back to Wang Pu and said, "General, that's right, it's nitrate." ”

Wang Pu breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Yan asked with a smile: "Mr. Wang, what about the armor and weapons you promised?" ”

"Leader Li Yan, please take a look."

Wang Pu stretched out his hand and pointed to the left front, Li Yan, the Red Lady and his wife, and two hundred soldiers of the Righteous Army turned their heads sideways at the same time, and looked in the direction of Wang Pu's finger, only to see stacks of armor neatly placed at the foot of the city wall in front of the left, as well as mountains of weapons, including sabers, spears, and even bows and arrows.

Wang Pu continued: "Leader Li Yan can take someone to get it, but the previous agreement is still expected to be obeyed by the righteous army, and the limit is to take one hundred sets of armor and two hundred weapons, of course, when all the 500,000 catties of nitrate soil enter the city, then these armors and weapons will all become yours." ”

Li Yan said happily: "Mr. Wang is true to his word, and Li Yan admires it. ”

"Huh." Wang Pu smiled and said, "I hope that after the rebels receive this batch of weapons, they will not be used against my people." ”

Li Yan didn't respond positively, and said indifferently: "If you have a choice, Li Yan will never want to be an enemy of General Wang." ”

Wang Pu's heart moved, and he said tentatively: "If there is a chance, General Ben would like to be commensurate with your brother." ”

Li Yan is not good at stubble, and said-for-tat: "If Wang Zongbing is willing to abandon the secret and serve the king, you will be my Li Yan's brother." ”

"Haha, Leader Li Yan laughed."

Wang Pu immediately staggered the topic, although he only asked tentatively, but Wang Pu was already sure that Li Yan would never betray Li Zicheng, and he immediately gave up the idea of recruiting Li Yan.

"It's rare for Leader Li Yan to come to Datong in person, why don't you take this opportunity to discuss the matter of the coalition forces attacking Jiannu?"

Li Yan said solemnly: "As the old saying goes, the grace of a drop of water should be reciprocated by a spring, and General Wang has helped our rebels a lot, and we should repay it; Besides, whether it is the righteous army or the official army, everyone is Han, and it is also appropriate to work together to repel the Jiannu who entered the Kou. ”

"That's a good point." Wang Pu said, "Whether it is the righteous army or the official army, after all, everyone is Han Chinese, and if we build slaves and join the Kou, we should work together to resist foreign captives." ”

(To be continued)