In the evening, just after dinner, the leaders of the auxiliary battalion, Hong Fatzi and Cheng Zhen, returned to the barracks. Most of the people of Zhending Mansion have been unable to escape, Rao is so, at present, Lu Xiangsheng's Xuan army is still short of food, and some soldiers have begun to dig grass roots and bark everywhere, although they have known the final embarrassment of Lu Xiangsheng's department, but this scene still shocked Zhu Ping'an.

When Zhu Ping'an's troops set off from Fengyang, it can be said that they were fully loaded, Zhu Ping'an gave an order, ordering Hong Fatzi to give most of the food brought out to friendly troops, Hu Dawei, Yang Guozhu and Lu Xiangsheng were all grateful, but Zhu Ping'an's troops were few, and the food they brought was also aimed at the number of 2,000 people under his command, which was a little stretched for the entire Xuanda army. When the dozen are full, all the food can only be eaten for five days.

For this reason, Lu Xiangsheng, Zhu Ping'an and other generals gathered in the big tent of the Chinese army for most of the day to discuss, and finally made a decision after dinner. Hong Fatzi, who had received Zhu Ping'an's orders, hurried back to the auxiliary barracks, called Shang Chengzhen to come to the soldier camp on an errand.

"Grandma's, as soon as the adults gave the order, most of the grain and grass brought out from Fengyang were divided by those Shaanxi soldiers and Jizhen soldiers. Now those boys see my fat man, all of them have low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, as if they have met their own father. But after a few days, Lao Tzu and his grandmother also have to be hungry, Lao Cheng, do you say that this adult is confused! Hong Fatzi complained to Cheng Zhen with an obscure face.

Although Cheng Zhen is Huang Gongfu's personal soldier, he has been in Fengyang for almost a year, and he will return to the Baoqing army after the New Year. In this year in Fengyang, the hard work is harder. But Cheng Zhen felt more comfortable than he had ever felt before. The high wall guards have enough food and clothing, and they never deduct the soldiers' salaries and grains, and even the clothes and shirts are uniformly customized in the army, and they are issued on time and according to the season. The training was a bit hard, but it allowed Cheng Zhen to learn a lot of new insights that he had never heard of.

Huang Gongfu's intention in leaving Cheng Zhen and others at that time was to let them study Zhu Ping'an's training methods with their hearts, so that they could learn from them when they returned to Baoqing one day. Cheng Zhen also knew that his old boss had lost the bet with Zhu Ping'an, so he reluctantly sent Zhu Ping'an a letter with only four words - "I am willing to lose the bet". I heard that Huang Gongfu had already established a martial arts school in Baoqing. I'm going to recruit some down-and-out readers to join in. Cultivating the seedlings of ordinary officers in the army.

has a lot of contacts with Hong Fatzi, who is in charge of logistics and supplies in the army, and Cheng Zhen also knows that this guy is a first-class good man, but he is a little stingy and belongs to the Pixiu category. You can only go in and not out. What's more, this time most of the grain and grass were supplied to friendly forces. It really distressed him.

"Hung head. You're an old man in the military. Lord Zhu's temper still doesn't know, when he did a loss-making business, since he scattered the grain and grass among the army. Then there must be a plan, otherwise it wouldn't be all this hour, and the two of us would have to do these things! Cheng Zhen explained with a smile.

Hong Fatzi patted his head in annoyance, "Look at my pig brain, I am confused all day long about calculating and writing off accounts, and I was buried in front of adults just now, this is not possible, I will definitely accompany the adults later!" ”

Seeing Cheng Zhen sneering, Hong Fatzi suddenly had some on his face, and hurriedly changed the topic, "I said Lao Cheng, but my lord said that what I am looking for is a skilled and courageous brother in the bow and horse, and you can still have this talent in the auxiliary barracks!" ”

Cheng Zhen was not happy at that time, "Hong Tou, look at what you say." What's wrong with our auxiliary barracks, that is, there is a sign of an auxiliary soldier, in fact, can you not know? The training of our auxiliary battalion is almost the same as that of the war battalion, compared to the other military horses of the imperial court, even if it is the Tianxiong army under the command of Lu Dushi, it is definitely not much better! ”

Looking at Cheng's coaxed appearance, Hong Fatzi couldn't help laughing, and hurriedly apologized, "Lao Cheng, Lao Cheng, don't be angry, I can't believe it!" ”

Cheng Zhen was unwilling to give up, so he simply gave an order to gather all the 500 people in the battalion, and picked people in front of Hong Fatzi, and more than 40 people jumped out after a while.

Li Rujing in the queue was confused, but he couldn't help but hear Cheng Zhen shouting, "What about the scholars, what about the scholars in the seventh shed?" ”

Li Rujing has a fair complexion, although he is brave, but because of his appearance, he was often laughed at by a brother in the shed, and was nicknamed "scholar" because of this.

"My lord, here we are!" Li Rujing, who was confused, was raised by a brother next to him.

"Come out quickly, and you, it's you, don't look around, blind!" Cheng Zhen shouted impatiently, and there was a burst of laughter in the queue.

This blind man is the guy who lifted Li Rujing's hand. At the age of nearly forty, a messy beard, because the eyes are too much, he was originally a horse thief, but because his heart was not hard enough, he couldn't kill anyone, and he couldn't hand in his name, so he was kicked out by his accomplices. After that, he lived on the bank of the Huai River, and when the auxiliary battalion was established, he took the opportunity to eat food and become a soldier. Although his skills are ordinary, his riding skills are really good.

Because of his easy-going temperament, and his appearance really made people laugh, the blind man became a code name with him, so that no one remembered his real name.

The fifty horsemen who jumped out were divided into two groups, one group was led by Li Rujing, and the other group was led by the blind man, both of whom were born in the seventh shed of the auxiliary battalion.

Hong Fatzi waved his hand, retracted the smile on his face, and replaced it with a solemn expression. "Listen clearly to Lao Tzu, this time to do an errand is very likely to meet the Tartars, the adult specially explained, this time the mission will make him personally lead the troops, if it is not because there are too few cavalry, will not use our auxiliary battalion brothers, you are not soldiers after all, this errand is voluntary, unwilling to go, disperse, willing to go, follow Lao Tzu to lead the armor for a while, there is a life to come back, that is, our high wall guard in the registered military households, all the style is treated equally!"

A group of auxiliaries who said something were excited. If they have a life, they can turn into official auxiliaries, which is not a small temptation for them. Who doesn't know in Fengyang City, Zhu Ping'an's soldiers in thousands of households can each get a few acres of thin fields, and the thousands of households are responsible for digging canals and drinking water, and if they can't do it, they dig deep wells, which are also counted in the accounts of the thousands of households, and the equipment and armor are all borne by the guards, and what's worse is that according to legend, Zhu Ping'an's thousands of households actually pay the soldiers every month.

Although, until now, not a single soldier of the Thousand Households has admitted to this matter. But it may not be without a cause! Seeing that those formal soldiers were well fed, warmly dressed, ruddy-faced, full of calm, and majestic, all the auxiliary soldiers saw it in their eyes and were hungry in their hearts! So much so that no one wants to quit.

Grandma's, isn't it just a tartar with money rat tail braids? Lao Tzu is walking sideways on the bank of the Huai River, and they are all the same with one head, two arms, and a lot of descendants under the crotch, what is there to be afraid of!

After receiving the equipment and armor, the auxiliaries were even more happy. The relatively simple plate armor currently used by the official soldiers of the High Wall Guard, although not pretty, is more practical. The distribution to the auxiliary soldiers is a batch of brand-new leather armor from the yamen of the left-behind division, which is strong and beautiful, not to mention, it adds the effect of blocking the wind and sand and keeping warm in the cold winter and wax moon weather.

In addition, each person gets a Ming army-style saber, spear, longbow and a full of feather arrows, which are things that you can't think of on weekdays.

While distributing the equipment, Li Rujing secretly complained, he had met with Zhu Ping'an, and he was afraid that Zhu Ping'an would remember who he was again. So he added a scarf to his face to block the wind and sand, fortunately, this is the habit of many people in the army, so no one doubted it.

When packing up his things, Li Rujing planned to sneak away secretly, but the guards in the two military armies were tighter than before, and Yue Jinfeng's law enforcement team cooperated with the whistle and the secret whistle to leak the water of the camp guards, and Li Rujing and his two subordinates did not find a chance.

The two subordinates are not very old, but they have followed Li Rujing for some years, and they can't help but feel uneasy at this time, "Fourth son, you go, the little ones really can't rest assured!" In case of a business trip, the little ones can't explain to the Eight Kings and the Grand Prince! ”

For example, although Jin has experienced some battle formations, it is the first time he has faced the Manchu Tartars, and he is also a little apprehensive. But in front of his subordinates, he still had to pretend that nothing happened, "If you are very afraid, Zhu Ping'an will personally lead the troops there, if there is danger, will he, the military attache of the high-walled guard, put himself in danger?" ”

The subordinates nodded hesitantly, "That's really the truth, but the whereabouts of the officers and soldiers this time are indeed a little weird, not only Zhu Ping'an, but even the soldiers and horses of Shaanxi and Jizhen have also been mobilized, and the elite of the horse army are all drawn up, and they are all generals leading the troops, Yang Guozhu of Jizhen did not go, but he still sent his two sons to supervise the soldiers and horses all the way, Hu Dawei, and the Xuanda army under Lu Xiangsheng also sent a sentry of men and horses, and what is even stranger is that they actually went to different directions, this ......?" ”

"Different directions?" Li Rujing touched his chin with a short beard, and was a little dizzy for a while. What are the officers and soldiers going to do, to uniformly dispatch the cavalry of the horse army, is this to attack the enemy camp or to attack the enemy's baggage troops? But what about deterrence, why not concentrate troops, but send soldiers and horses in different directions, what kind of medicine are the officials and soldiers buying in this gourd?

At a loss, the curtain was lifted, and the blind man hurriedly walked in, with leather armor on his body, a steel knife on his waist, a spear on his fingers, and a longbow diagonally on his back, so that he really had the meaning of a parrot.

Seeing that Li Rujing's two friends were also in the tent, he hurriedly said hello with a smile, and then pulled Li Rujing up and walked out.

"Hurry up, hurry up, Master Zhu has already come to the camp, and now he has to set off immediately, it's a little late, but he will suffer a big loss!" (To be continued......) u