Keeping in mind what the withered sheep told him before leaving, Wang Jian came to the south gate of Guangling City with two pots of wine and met his cousin, Wang Liang, who had not seen him for more than a year.

In Wang Jian's impression, although his cousin Wang Liang was fortunate to be incorporated into the main division of the Taiping Army, he had been busy in the rear army. What is the rear army? To put it nicely, it is the follow-up army, the last force in the army that needs to stand up and turn the tide when the front army and the left and right battalions are seriously damaged, but in most cases, the rear army is responsible for the establishment of logistics to put it bluntly.

While the front battalion and the left and right battalions were fighting bloody battles with the enemy on the battlefield, the rear sergeants were responsible for the storage and transportation of grain and grass, and even the preparation of food materials for the whole army. The firehead soldiers in charge of food in the first army are also subordinate to the rear army.

To put it bluntly, any army will never use the officers and men of the rear army unless it is a special circumstance, after all, the officers and men of the rear army will be busy with the cumbersome things in the army tomorrow, including the food of the officers and men of the whole army, and they have hardly been on the battlefield a few times.

And Wang Jian's cousin Wang Liang is one of the many generals in charge of rice and grain in the rear army, although his position is not low, but because he rarely participates in the battlefield fighting, it is inevitable that he will be looked down upon on weekdays, and even, sometimes Wang Jian is a little complacent compared to the situation of his two cousins.

"I want to see General Wang Liang, please trouble this brother to go up and report it."

At the bottom of the city gate of Guangling South City, Wang Jian greeted the unknown Taiping soldiers who were guarding the city gate.

"Wu Shuai ordered that martial law in the whole city should be imposed in the near future, and no one should approach any city gate! ――I wonder what army this general belongs to? What is the matter with the city gates? ”

The soldiers guarding the city gate said mercilessly, if it weren't for the fact that Wang Jian was also wearing a general's exclusive cloak behind his body, perhaps these soldiers would have driven Wang Jian back.

"A few brothers are accommodating...... With a smile on his face, Wang Jian took a few steps forward, and after looking around, he stuffed a few pieces of broken silver into the soldier's hand while people were not paying attention, and said in a low voice. I also know that you can't trespass on the city gates, but your general Wang Liang is my cousin whom I have never seen in my old age...... It stands to reason that I shouldn't have met my cousin at this time, but after a few days, the Zhou army will attack the city and the sword will have no eyes, so I can't say if my cousins will have a chance to see each other again, so ......"

"General Wang Liang is the general's cousin?" The soldier was taken aback. Although he is subordinate to the main division of the Taiping Army, he is not under the jurisdiction of Wang Jian, so there is no need to be polite to Wang Jian, but if Wang Jian has such a relationship with his general. That's not something he can offend.

Come to think of it. He hurriedly pushed the silver back to Wang Jian. But Wang Jianyi grabbed his hand.

"Please, brothers! - Little meaning, brother, and keep eating and drinking......" Wang Jian smiled in a low voice.

Seeing Wang Jian's sincere attitude, the soldier was overjoyed, and looked left and right and said in a low voice. "The general will rest less, wait for the little one to go up and tell you!"

"There is labor."

"Don't dare!"

Seeing that the soldier ran up to the city wall to inform Wang Liang, Wang Jian quietly walked to an inconspicuous corner, looked around, and inquired about the garrison of the south city gate.

After only a few glances, Wang Jian realized that what his handsome withered sheep said was not necessary, and as far as he could see, there were hundreds of Taiping soldiers guarding him, not including the soldiers on the city wall.

[2,000 people...... 3,000 people...... No. And more! ]

Estimating the number of guards at the South City Gate in his heart, Wang Jian couldn't help frowning. In his opinion, the many guards on the city gate are secondary, and the key is that the city is full of guards patrolling back and forth. Once there is any change in any of the gates, those guards can continue to come to the aid in just a stick of incense, which is the most tricky.

Even Wang Jian heard that Zhang Hong, one of the only five heavenly generals who stayed in Guangling City, personally led his troops to patrol the city for twelve hours a day, inspecting the garrison of each city gate.

In this case, if Wang Jian and his Niu Zhu Tianshu army have the courage to rebel, I am afraid that before they capture a city gate and let the Zhou army enter the city, they will be blocked by Zhang Hong, the general of the rear army, and annihilated alive in the city.

[It seems that what the big man said is right, you can only outwit, not force!] ]

Wang Jian nodded secretly.

And at this moment, he suddenly heard a cry of surprise in front of him.

"Xiaofu?"

Caught off guard, Wang Jian was choked by the saliva in his mouth, and coughed again and again, after all, the title that embarrassed him was his nickname.

Looking up, Wang Jian looked helplessly at the general who was trotting towards him in the distance, that is, his cousin Wang Liang.

"Didn't you tell you not to call me that...... Cousin Ryū! ”

As the saying goes, blood is thicker than water, although Wang Jian's initial words were full of complaints, but the last salutation was full of concern among relatives.

"Hahaha!" Wang Jian's cousin, the man who looked half a head taller than him, smiled heartily and just held his cousin in his arms.

After a few breaths, the two cousins let go of their hugs, and Wang Liang, who was a cousin, looked Wang Jian up and down, and teased with a smile, "I heard that your Niu Zhu army was beaten quite miserably by the Zhou army, and fled back to Guangling in disgrace, and my brother thought that your kid had no face to come to see me!" ”

"Fart!" Wang Jian rolled his eyes when he heard this, and said angrily, "My general won the battle against Li Xian, the eight sage king of the Zhou State, at that time in Hengjiang, Li Xian was beaten back by my general several times when he forcibly crossed the Yangtze River!" ”

"Then how did you escape to Guangling?"

"What escape? It's called a planned retreat, you know? Don't do meaningless fighting! Wang Jian argued. It can be seen that he is indeed loyal to the withered sheep, and no one is allowed to say that the withered sheep are not.

"Hahaha!" Wang Liang laughed when he heard this, then patted his cousin's shoulder heavily, and said in a heavy and sincere tone, "No matter what, it's good to survive!" -- This is not the place to talk, let's go, you and I will go up to the castle tower and talk about it in detail! ”

"Good!"

Nodding, Wang Jian followed Wang Liang to the tower of the South City Gate. This time, because Wang Liang, the general of the city defense, personally led it, no one of the guards stood up to stop it.

After a short time, Wang Liang led Wang Jian to a room on the upper floor of the South City Gate. After raising his hand to invite Wang Jian to take a seat, Wang Liang turned out two cups from the table, touched his mouth and said with some embarrassment, "I'm sorry, brother, my brother is not allowed to drink alcohol here...... How about replacing wine with tea? ”

Wang Jian smiled strangely when he heard this, and while Wang Liang was stunned, he took out two pots of wine from his arms and placed them on the table.

"Wine?" Wang Liang's face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly stepped forward to pick up a pot, and poured several mouthfuls into the spout. Only then did he let out a long sigh of satisfaction. Sitting opposite Wang Jian, he complained. "Dissatisfied brother, you said, my brother has suffered a crime in the past two days, in the past, when I was in the rear army, it was not a problem for my brothers to get together to eat and drink. Now it's good, the city gate guards will not get drunk! ”

"Hehehe......" Wang Jian chuckled, raised his hand to pick up a pot of wine, poured a glass for his cousin Wang Liang, and asked quietly, "Speaking of which, why did Cousin Liang become a general guarding the city gate?" ――I remember that Cousin Liang used to be in charge of supervising the grain reserves......"

"Isn't this a shortage of people right now?" After raising his glass and drinking it all, Wang Liang whispered, "I guess you also know." Wu Shuai's five heavenly generals, the left army general Wei Zhuang was rumored to be plotting to replace Wu Shuai, so he was sent by Wu Shuai, yes, it was sent to you Niu Zhu...... I heard the other day that he was dead. Right? ”

"Hmm!" Wang Jian nodded, lowered his voice and said, "That thief instigated my Niu Zhu army and General Wei Hu's Jinling army to kill each other, and was killed by the withered sheep marshal in defeat!" ”

"A good one, Lord General......," Wang Liang shook his head slightly, and continued, "Putting aside the dead Wei Zhuang, there are four other Heavenly Generals here in Guangling, namely Zhao She, the Heavenly General of the Chinese Army, Du Fang, the Heavenly General of the Right Army, Mu Guang, the Heavenly General of the Former Army, and Zhang Hong, the Heavenly General of the Later Army...... Oh, by the way, brother, I am under the command of General Zhang Hong, the general of the Later Army! How is it? Speaking of this, Wang Liang couldn't help but smile, as if raising his eyebrows, and said, "When I saw you being promoted by the Tianshu Divine General of the Six Divine Generals, General Withered Sheep, my brother and I envied it for a while, and now my brother and I can be regarded as catching up with you, brother, right?" ”

"Hehehe!" Wang Jian chuckled silently.

After all, they haven't seen each other for more than a year, Wang Liang and Wang Jian's cousins took advantage of this hard-won time to chat, so that the two pots of wine were drunk by the two unconsciously, and even so, the two still felt a little unfinished.

"Words," touching his chin stained with a little wine, Wang Liang said with a smile, "Why did you kid suddenly remember to come to see my brother?" ”

"Didn't I hear that Cousin Liang was promoted to the general guarding the city gate, so I came to congratulate you!"

"What a general!" Wang Liang smiled and waved his hand, and said self-deprecatingly, "It's just a temporarily promoted guard, and when there is a suitable one in the future, I will probably have to return to the rear army...... Brother is no better than you kid, and he is heavily armed by the withered sheep! ”

"Heh......" Wang Jian couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and immediately, he took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "To be honest, Cousin Liang, the junior brother came this time because he had something to ask you......"

"Oh?" Wang Liang's eyes flashed a hint of discoloration for some reason, and he glanced at the screen in the room quietly, and said with a smile, "What do you say, please, this is too outward!" ――What the hell is going on, if it's borrowing money, my brother's ugly words are ahead, and my brother doesn't have much spare money in his hands! ”

"Look at what you said!" Wang Jian rolled his eyes when he heard this, and immediately lowered his voice and said, "Cousin Liang, you and I are brothers, and the kid won't hide it from you!" -- Looking at the recent situation of our Taiping Army, what Wu Heng has done, my general is very cold......"

Wu Heng...... Brother, be careful! Wang Liang's face tightened, and he reminded in a low voice, and at the same time, a trace of anxiety flashed in his eyes.

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the screen in the house, Wang Liang naturally knew which big man was hiding behind that screen, that was their direct general of the rear army, Zhang Hong, the general of the rear army.

I remember that a quarter of an hour ago, Zhang Hong, the general of the Hou Army, suddenly visited the south gate where Wang Liang was guarding, Wang Liang was confused at that time, but now, he had vaguely guessed Zhang Hong's intention to come here and deliberately hide behind the screen.

[Xiaofu, this kid, does he have to rebel against the withered sheep from the Tianshu God of the Six Divine Generals?!] ]

A thought flashed through Wang Liang's heart.

As one of the generals of the main army, Wang Liang obviously knows more than his cousin Wang Jian, including why Wei Zhuang, the general of the left army, rebelled and wanted to take Wu Heng and replace himself. All this is because of the thirteenth highness of the Southern Tang Liu family, Liu Yan.

The crown prince, who obviously has the blood of the Southern Tang Dynasty royal family, but has no intention of winning the Ninth Five-Year Plan, once revealed at a banquet intentionally or unintentionally that who in the Taiping Army would have the highest merits in the future, and he supported that person to become the emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty in the name of Liu's heir, which made many generals present at that time reverie.

To put it bluntly, it's not just Wei Zhuang. In fact, during this period of time, there were many people in the main division of the Taiping Army who had two minds, and some even went to assassinate Wu Heng, but Wu Heng was more scheming and more urban than those people.

[Could it be that the withered sheep is another Weizhuang?] ]

Wang Liang looked at his cousin Wang Jian quietly, in all fairness, how the withered sheep had nothing to do with him, but it involved Wang Jian, the only cousin, which could not allow Wang Liang to stay out of the matter.

"Cousin Liang. Can you stay in the war with the Zhou army? Open the gates. Let it go into the city? Wang Jian said in a low voice.

"Zhou Jun?" Wang Liang was stunned, he thought that the withered sheep just wanted to emulate Wei Zhuang, but he didn't want to go online with Zhou Jun. Suddenly, he suddenly remembered that his direct boss, Zhang Hong, was still hiding behind the screen in the house. Pretended to be angry and reprimanded in a low voice, "Let the Zhou army enter the city? Xiaofu, what are you talking about?! ”

"Cousin Liang, don't be impatient, let the little brother tell me slowly!" As he spoke, Wang Jian told his cousin Wang Liang about the withered sheep's dissatisfaction with Wu Heng, including the fact that the withered sheep had come into contact with Mo Fei of the Zhou army's Dongling people.

"General Wei Hu will break up the army under his command before he dies," Wang Liang sighed slightly when he heard ......this.

In all fairness, he also felt that Wu Heng's move was quite chilling for their cadres, but behind the screen of Zhang Hongshang, the general of the Hou Army, in the house, how could he express his heart?

It's not that he didn't think to remind Wang Jian. After all, Wang Jian was his only cousin. The so-called fighting tiger brothers, fathers and sons, the more dangerous the place, the more you need the support of people you can trust, however, what relationship is stronger and unbreakable than the family relationship that blood is thicker than water?

But. He didn't dare.

God knows if Zhang Hong, the general of the rear army, watched their cousins from the gap in the screen at this time, although he couldn't see his Wang Liang's actions, but Wang Jian could see it clearly, once his cousin Wang Jian showed the slightest abnormality, as long as he gave an order, the soldiers who were ambushed outside the house would rush in and detain Wang Jian as a traitor. If Wang Jian dared to resist, it would be even more unimaginable.

And these are things that Wang Liang dare not imagine.

It's a pity that Wang Jian didn't know the many contradictory thoughts in his cousin Wang Liang's heart, and he still lowered his voice and gushed endlessly, "Cousin Liang probably doesn't know, Xie An, the commander of the Zhou army, is the brother-in-law of my general, so there is no need to worry about whether the Zhou army will cross the river and demolish the bridge!" - According to Mo Fei's big assassin, what Zhou Jun wants most is only Wu Heng and His Royal Highness Liu Yan, as for the five heavenly generals, whether they can be forgiven or not, it depends on how those four people think of this matter. And as for us...... It's just a pawn, how can Zhou Jun bother to care? ”

"Did General Withered Sheep actually catch the line of the Zhou army?" Wang Liang seemed to be surprised, and with a move of his right hand, he accidentally pushed the cup on the table out of the table, only to hear a snap, and the ceramic cup was broken immediately.

"I'm coming, I'm coming!" Seeing that Wang Jian was about to help, Wang Liang took the first step and bent down to pick up all the fragments, and said with a shocked face, "Xiaofu, are you crazy?" Actually colluded with Zhou Jun? ”

"Cousin Liang, to put it mildly, do you think the Taiping Army can beat the Zhou Army? -- On the boat in the waters of the Hengjiang River, the younger brother and the commander of the withered sheep met with his brother-in-law, Xie An, the commander of the Zhou army, and this person clearly told me that the reason why our Taiping army can now fight with it on an equal footing is only because there is Li Mao, the king of Yan, in the northern Xinjiang! It is precisely because of the tiger in the north that is eyeing Youzhou that the four towns of Jijing do not dare to move, and the unparalleled Zhou State combat power like Liangqiu Dance does not dare to leave the Beijing Division without authorization...... Otherwise, there is no need for the four towns of Jijing to arrive, just Liangqiu Wuqin led the Shenwu Battalion of the Eastern Army to the south, how can our Taiping Army resist? -- The Zhou army of the Eastern Road, which destroyed our Southern Tang Dynasty back then, connected three cities in one day, and broke through more than 40 large and small cities and counties in three months, Hou Liang Qiugong, and Hou Liang Qiujing, the Houdong Town, who chased and annihilated our first Taiping Army 20 years ago and forced the first marshal Xue Ren to death in Wuhu, but it was Liang Qiuwu's uncle and biological father! ”

"......" Wang Liang was silent when he heard this.

I have to say that the two brothers Liang Qiugong and Liang Qiujing are indeed like evil tigers in the hearts of Jiangnan people, especially Taiping soldiers, after all, they have become famous before and after they are not as old as the weak crown. Under the account of his father, Liang Qiugong, one of the two brothers participated in the destruction of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the other almost buried the original Taiping army in Wuhu with his own hands. So much so that many people in Jiangnan still worship these two brothers, who can be called the world's heroes, as gods to deter demons.

"What did the Zhou State say about the cruelty of the people in my Jiangnan, it was just Wu Heng's deliberate words, didn't Cousin Liang see that in Jinling, Guangling and many other cities and counties, their people also live and work in peace and contentment under the rule of the Zhou State? Why do we have to start another war? - Help me wait, Cousin Ryo! Wang Jian pleaded in a low voice.

Wang Liang pondered for a while when he heard this, and suddenly gritted his teeth and scolded, "From childhood to adulthood, you kid is so uncomfortable!" ”

Listening to the familiar words, Wang Jian's face couldn't help but show a little joy, and he hugged his fists and said, "Thank you, Cousin Liang!" ”

"You......" Shaking his head, Wang Liang stood up and said, "I'll send you away......" As he spoke, he grabbed Wang Jian's sleeve.

"You don't have to, you don't have to ......," Wang Jian waved his hand repeatedly.

Seeing this, Wang Liang didn't insist, and watched Wang Jian go away.

And at this moment, Zhang Hong, the commander of the Hou Army, walked out from behind the screen.

"General!" Wang Liang clenched his fists and called.

"Well done!" Zhang Hong nodded, and then said with a smile, "As Wu Shuai expected, that withered sheep is really ready to target the South City Gate...... It's not in vain that General Ben promoted you! ”

"......" Wang Liang was silent.

"What? Because it's cousins, can't you do it? Zhang Hong said with a sneer.

"Nope! -- The last general is loyal to the Taiping army! Wang Liang lowered his head and said, but his eyes involuntarily looked at the small pile of broken porcelain on the table.

"That's good!" Zhang Hong nodded with satisfaction, then waved his hand and said quite casually, "You go down first!" -- Since you are the keeper of this gate, you should be faithful to your duty, and remember to visit the city from time to time, so that the withered sheep may not notice that something is wrong...... That kid is cunning! ”

"Yes! The end will be retired! Glancing at the small pile of broken porcelain again, Wang Liang retreated with his fists clenched.

Glancing at the back of Wang Liang leaving, Zhang Hong snorted coldly, plucked the broken porcelain on the table with his hand, and put it into the shape of a teacup again. However, he found that one of the broken porcelains was missing for some reason.

"Loyal...... Hey! Casually pulling those broken porcelains together and returning to their original appearance, Zhang Hong sneered, brushed his sleeves and left the room.

At the same time, Wang Jian, who had stepped down from the city tower, looked left and right, slowly spread out his right hand, and in the palm of his right hand, there was a small piece of broken porcelain of a teacup.

Wang Jian remembered that it was his cousin Wang Liang who secretly stuffed it into his palm when he saw him off.

Squinting his eyes, Wang Jian took a closer look, but a word was scrawled on the broken porcelain.

[Fraud!] ]