In mid-February of the tenth year of Fanzhen. Seeing the appearance of these sergeants, Chu Qinmeng was quite ashamed, and he said: "Let my brother laugh, the soldiers under my brother's command." and the brothers in the state city of the official army, that is far from comparable. ”

Wang Dou comforted him and said: "Brother Chu, why blame yourself, the court does not pay money, and the sergeants have no food and clothing. It's no wonder you.

While they were talking, they entered the city of Mashuikou through the second gate, and Wang Dou saw that the city of Mashui was quite narrow, and the streets were narrow, and it was more dilapidated than the original Shunxiang Fort.

However, although the sparrow is complete, there are generals' mansions, garrison mansions, and many sergeant barracks. Like other military forts, there are many temples inside, according to the introduction of Chu Qinmeng, there are more than a dozen large and small temples inside, and the most prosperous incense is the Guansheng Emperor Temple. In addition, there are bell towers and drum towers in the city, and the time is fixed every day.

General Yang Shen of Mashuikou led his sergeants to be stationed in Yizhou, so the garrison of Mashuikou was only 1,300 people, and Wang Dou estimated that the sergeants fled. The actual amount is less than 1,000 people.

Entering the garrison mansion, Chu Qinmeng entertained Wang Dou. He ordered his servants to kill a sheep, and the two sat down and drank together.

Wang Dou said with a smile: "When I entered the mansion just now, that little lady was your daughter, Brother Chu is so blessed." My daughters are so old. ”

Chu Qin Meng is five years old Chinese New Year's Eve this year, has a son and a daughter, the son is seventeen years old, and the daughter is sixteen years old, which is indeed a blessing. Talking about his daughter. Chu Qinmeng showed a doting look on his face, and he sighed: "My daughter is also well-behaved, think about it, she should also start a family, but she can't find a matching son." It annoys me a lot. ”

He looked at Wang Dou: "What good men are there under Brother Wang, introduce them to my brother?" ”

According to Chu Qinmeng's meaning, it is best for his daughter to marry Wang Dou as his wife, but unfortunately Wang Dou has already had a wife, and it is impossible for his daughter to give him a concubine, right? He made up his mind to make friends with Wang Dou, so he started the idea of the generals under Wang Dou.

Chu Qinmeng's words were exactly what Wang Dou meant, he thought about it for a while, all the generals under his command had wives, and finally, Wang Dou thought of one. All the soldiers are strong and strong, and such an army will naturally be invincible when it goes out to suppress bandits, but the sergeants under his own subordinates are afraid of the risk of being suppressed if they fail to suppress bandits.

Wang Dou also took this into account and said, "How many soldiers and horses under Brother Chu's command can fight?" ”

Chu Qinmeng pondered for a while, and said: "There are three hundred family members under the command of my brother" Well, it is estimated that five hundred people can be pulled. ”

Wang Dou said: "It's enough." ”

He said: "I will support Brother Chu with a hundred fire gates to enhance Brother Chu's combat power." ”

The power of the new fire system in Baoanzhou, after Chu Qinmeng had already seen it, after listening to Wang Dou's words, he was even more happy, with these fire systems, would he be afraid of those bandits? He gasped, gritted his teeth, and said, "Starve the faint-hearted, support the courageous." Good. . ”

Then the two discussed carefully, and there was a key problem. It is more than 100 miles southwest of Mashuikou. Bauhinia Checkpoint is on the official road between Baoan Prefecture and Yizhou, how to let the sergeant pass through Bauhinia Pass. How to get the seized money and grain back from the border is a difficult problem. Chu Qinmeng hung out the map, the two watched carefully, Wang Dou said: "Brother Chu, first, we want to build a stronghold in Henan Wa to set up some warehouses for transporting and lifting weights, and then build a walled city on the side of Zhao Gezhuang, if it is captured in the future, you can hoard this place in advance, and then transport it back to the pass calmly." ”

Chu Qinmeng was embarrassed: "It is really necessary to establish a walled stronghold, but it is just money and food in the hands of brothers"

Wang Dou said: "Brother Chu don't have to worry, the money and food for the establishment of the walled stronghold will be paid by me, and Brother Chu can let his subordinate sergeants participate in the construction, and I will not treat them badly if they are fed." ”

Chu Qinmeng thought that Wang Dou was wealthy, and he smiled: "If you have enough to eat, those rabbit cubs must run faster than anyone else." ”

He stared at the map and looked at it carefully, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he smiled, "I forgot." ”

He pointed to the location of Zhao Gezhuang and said: "This place is close to the Juma River, although it is steep along both sides of the river, which is not conducive to walking, but it freezes in winter, but the ice is thick. What Wang Dou said was true, the officers and soldiers who helped Ma Shuikou cooperated had a good supply when they worked every day, they had enough food to eat, and meat to eat from time to time, which made them feel uplifted, and everyone wanted to come out to work. With the reciprocal friendship of the officers and soldiers of Baoan Prefecture, the officers and soldiers of the two places quickly got together.

Soon, Henan Wa and Zhao Gezhuang several places of the walled stronghold has been built, Zhao Gezhuang walled edge is the Juma River, along the zigzag Juma River out, in front of the eyes is Moshui, Yizhou, Zhuozhou and other places, a vast North China Plain.

When Wang Dou was busy opening up the traffic arteries from Baoan Prefecture to Yizhou and other places, Chongzhen was in March of the eleventh year. The form of Xuanfu Town was tense for a while.

At the beginning of March, Yang Guozhutang, the chief military officer of the Xuanfu, reported: "The general Kang Youde was sent out on a mission to see the thieves' campfire about 30 miles long, and he was afraid that the thieves would attack. ”

Tens of thousands of Qing soldiers and Mongol soldiers gathered 200 miles outside Xuanda and tried to invade the Central Plains from all over Xuanda. After receiving the alarm, the military department and Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xuanda, were strictly ordered to be on alert, and on the day of hearing the alarm, Lu Xiangsheng galloped from the sun and the starry night to the town of Xuanfu.

According to the form of all parties, Lu Xiangsheng calculated the intention of the enemy army outside the Sai, that is, to order the soldiers and horses from all over Xuanda to gather in Xuanfu Town, and then they took advantage of the situation to enter, so the soldiers and horses from all over the country were not moved, and he himself led the superintendent battalion to the right guard of Datong, and strictly warned the border officials to go out to war lightly.

By the beginning of April, the voice was rising: "The slave is slack, and he can be attacked." ”

The Qing soldiers outside the fortress knew that Xuan's soldiers and horses were sixty miles away from the wall, preparing for a decisive battle with the Qing soldiers and the Mongolian tribes, and hurriedly fled. After that, Lu Xiangsheng garrisoned Yanghe, and the Qing soldiers outside the Saiwai saw that Lu Xiangsheng Xuanda was well defended, so they had no choice but to give up.

In May of the 11th year of Chongzhen, Lu Xiangsheng was shocked to hear that his father died of illness on the way back to his hometown in Yixing.

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Old White Bull: There is another chapter in the evening.