Outside the Chenghuang Temple in Jizhou City, there are a few shops around it, and there are no more singers in the temple, the excitement of the past is gone, but there are more beggars than ever before, squatting on the side of the street in rows and rows, Liu Minyou looked at it for a moment, sighed, and walked towards the city gate with a giant bear-like retinue with a knife behind him.

Liu Minyou walked around Tongzhou a few days ago, he didn't go to Beijing and came back, the road was full of desolation, everywhere was broken, there were piles of bones on the side of the road, Liu Minyou walked dozens of miles only to see a few fields and people working, and the losses caused by Houjin were a hundred times that of their looting.

Liu Minyou had applied to do something, but Chen Xin did not arrange it, Chen Xin left Liu Minyou in the army, but also let him take a break, since arriving in Weihai, Liu Minyou basically did not take a holiday, Song Wenxian and Zhu Daichun went to Tianjin, Song Wenxian went to buy sea trade goods, and Zhu Daichun went to recruit a slender man. Chen Xin just let him rest, and he revisited his hometown in Jizhou when he was idle.

"Silly monk, let's find a place to eat."

The giant bear behind him replied, "Mr. Liu, can you eat meat?" ”

Liu Min said listlessly: "Eat it too." ”

The giant bear behind him laughed for a while, Liu Minyou ignored him, this giant bear is the guard that Chen Xin gave him, known as a stupid monk, known as the first warrior of Chen Xinzhong's military guards, Liu Minyou probably compared, the height is about one meter eighty-five or more, the weight is more than two hundred and five, it turned out to be a monk, because the amount of food is too large, the abbot can't afford to raise him, he drove him out, he learned some rough kung fu in the temple, mainly because he has a brute force, usually a few people in the Chinese army guard can't beat him, even Dai Zhenggang, who is born with divine power, is not his opponent.

But as soon as he came out to fight, he was not able to move, and he was physically exhausted after each march. He was exhausted from the march to Gu'an, and when the Chinese guards surrounded and annihilated Bayala, he was at the end, and by the time he arrived, it was already crowded, and as a result, he turned around without finding a gap, not even getting blood.

Nie Hong was very dissatisfied with him, and made a report to the Chinese army to lay off him, Chen Xin felt that this person had a deterrent effect, so he gave Liu Minyou as a bodyguard, so as not to have such a thing as Ma Zidun being beaten again. After the stupid monk became Liu Minyou's bodyguard, he changed to civilian clothes, but he was still paid by the battalion soldiers.

The two arrived at a restaurant by the west gate, there were only two tables of people inside, and there were groups of homeless people squatting outside, some of them looked like a family, some were still holding children and babies, kneeling on the side of the road and waiting for alms, others looked inside at the door, a little two took a stick and guarded at the door, the silly monk waved his hands, and several beggars who blocked the way were swept out a few steps, and then rushed straight in.

The stupid monk has no head and no brain, and no matter what etiquette, Liu Minyou is still at the door, he has already gone in and sat down, the shopkeeper came to greet him attentively, and under the strong deterrence of the stupid monk, he carefully asked Liu Minyou what to eat, Liu Min ordered a meat dish, a pancake and three steamed cakes.

The shopkeeper was about to agree, but in a blink of an eye, he saw the waist knife on the belt of the stupid monk and the waist card of the battalion soldiers, and changed his words: "This guest officer, there is no meat and vegetables." ”

Liu Minyou was surprised and said: "How can you make a profit if you open a food shop without meat?" ”

The shopkeeper only promised: "It was sold out today." ”

The stupid monk shouted: "I've been hungry for a long time, how can I eat without meat, go and find it, I'll help you find it." With that, he got up and ran to the kitchen, and the shopkeeper hurriedly chased after him and shouted, "Master, I can't do it." ”

Liu Minyou also stood up to greet the silly monk, and before the shopkeeper rushed to the kitchen, the silly monk had already rushed out with another piece of meat, and said with great joy: "I will help you find it, go cook it quickly, and don't give it to others." ”

The shopkeeper was afraid of being eaten by the soldiers recently, and he didn't want to take the meat out, but he didn't know that this big man would go to the kitchen by himself, so he had no choice but to admit that he was unlucky. He still came over first to quote the price of vegetables to Liu Minyou, and Liu Min was surprised when he heard it: "Why is the meat dish more than five times that of normal days?" ”

"The guest officer heard the villain say, after the Jiannu came, everything that could be robbed around was robbed, the houses were burned down, there were many fewer people, the fields were uncultivated, the surrounding soldiers were all around, the merchants were reluctant to come, and now the pigs are not easy to find, and the money and silver bought today are a pound, and tomorrow I am afraid that it will cost two or three cents of a dollar, not only the price of meat, but also other commercial goods are several times that of weekdays."

Liu Min has been in the camp for a few days, Dong Yu told him a lot of robberies by the Qin Wang soldiers, and it is no wonder that no businessman dares to come. had to agree to the price, but the shopkeeper only promised not to leave, Liu Minyou remembered that he had just called the stupid monk soldier, and he must have thought that he would repay the debt, so he gave the silver first, and the shopkeeper went to the kitchen happily.

After the food came up for a while, the fragrance wafted out, and a group of beggars drooled for a long time, Liu Min had seen too many of these scenes, and knew that he couldn't help it, so he picked up a cake and gnawed it. Just as the shopkeeper came to deliver steamed cakes again, Liu Minyou asked him: "Are these beggars all nearby?" ”

"Back to the guest official words, there are nearby, even Zunhua Yongping Luanzhou, most of the homes have been burned and looted, there is nowhere to live, some time ago, after the Qinwang soldiers came, they arrested some to join the army, and there are less."

"Can these beggars fight?"

The shopkeeper bowed and said: "If the son can take the battalion soldiers to follow, he must be a member of the battalion, why ask knowingly." ”

Liu Min said: "I really don't know below, I'm idle, can the shopkeeper talk about it." ”

"The number of soldiers and horses reported by King Qin is false, and then the road escapes, it is good to be able to reach six or seven percent, and it is inevitable to arrest people all the way on the road.

"I see." Liu Minyou was a little disappointed in his heart, the official army was like this, and sure enough, as Dong Yu said, there were few people who could fight except for the family.

His appetite is not high, please shopkeeper also sit and chat casually, the two were talking, there was a sudden commotion outside, beggars and homeless people scattered and fled, a group of officers and soldiers surrounded on all sides, with scabbards and sticks to knock over one by one homeless people, and then tied up with ropes, a few homeless people who looked at the family panicked, a man and a woman with a child of a few years old, still holding one in their arms, ran into the store, the little two with a stick to drive them, followed by a few officers and soldiers rushed in, a mess of punches to the man to the ground, Liu Minyou's table also knocked aside.

Liu Minyou stood up and dodged, pointed at a few officers and soldiers and said angrily: "As an official soldier, you actually forcibly pulled the good people in broad daylight, and you dragged him away, how can his family live with women and children." ”

Several officers and soldiers looked up, their eyes were vicious, and a person who looked like an officer stood up and walked in front of Liu Minyou, and said viciously: "What are you doing, if you are long-winded, I will arrest you together." After speaking, he stretched out his hand to grab Liu Minyou's collar.

Before his hand could reach it, his back collar suddenly tightened, and he was thrown into a few officers and soldiers next to him like a cloud, and several people rolled into a pile.

The voice of the stupid monk came: "My family Lord Chen said, I don't have to worry about the quarrel, if anyone wants to beat Mr. Liu, I have to fight with him, are you still desperate?" ”

The officer was so angry that he stood up and looked back, he was a strong man with a fat head and big ears, and he was about to scare the strong man when he pulled out his waist knife, but who knew that the strong man casually lifted a table next to him and threw it over, and smashed the officer to the ground, and then also pulled out a waist knife, and said in his mouth: "You draw the knife first, Lord Chen said that you can kill people." ”

The officer heard a chill in his heart, this manpower is infinite, and he is stupid, if he is slaughtered, he is really panicked, and he crawled out with people even rolling, and the officers and soldiers outside are all around, and the stupid monk tower generally stands at the door, holding an improved Qi knife in his hand, the system is quite sophisticated, the blade is cold and shining, a group of officers and soldiers look at each other, and no one dares to go up. A guerrilla came by the side, saw the waist card on the belt of the stupid monk, and asked, "Which battalion is the head?" ”

"I am the first ...... of the guards of the Chinese army in Wendeng Camp Chen Daren"

"It turned out to be Lord Chen's camp, we are from Yansui Town, next to your camp, Lord Chen also often comes and walks around, a little misunderstanding, don't hurt the harmony, this matter will be stopped."

At first, the officer heard that it was the Wendeng battalion, so he had to put the knife away, this Denglai soldier was next to Yansui Town, and began to run and drill early in the morning every morning, with the slogan shaking the sky, although the Yansui soldiers were tired of their noisy dreams, they still admitted in private that they were strong military demeanor, and the relationship between Chen Guerrilla and the general soldier Wu Zimian was also good, and he had to suffer this loss.

Those officials and soldiers grabbed a group of beggars and homeless people and left, the stupid monk came back to sit and eat, Liu Minyou pulled up the family on the ground, saw that they were still with two children, and took out a silver ingot of ten taels and gave it to the man, the little couple quickly knelt down and thanked them, Liu Minyou couldn't help the others, Wendeng Camp went out to fight, it was impossible to contain them. After the two of them carefully hid the silver, Liu Minyou saw the child who was a few years old, so he went to the dining table to prepare to bring him a steamed cake.

When he turned around, the stupid monk was wiping his mouth, and several plates were empty.

Liu Minyou was dumbfounded and said, "You're done eating?" I haven't eaten yet. ”

"Ten more steamed cakes and two plates of pancakes!" ……

Liu Min had eaten and returned to the Wendeng camp camp, and the stupid monk led him in with a waist card, and many soldiers inside were carrying things to the carriage, looking as if they were about to be ready to pull.

Liu Minyou hurriedly went to the Chinese army, and when he arrived at the door, he saw that the officers at all levels had just come out of the meeting, and the sea dog made a report, and after Liu Minyou went in, he saw Chen Xin sitting with a calm face, and asked strangely: "A dead face, are you going to war?" ”

"I'm still afraid of a war now, but I'm going to Luanzhou, and I'll start tomorrow." Chen Xin threw a brush in his hand to the ground, stood up and scolded: "What the hell is this battle, there is such a good offensive assembly place as Shimenyi, and there are Santun battalions to contain it, how simple it is to attack Zunhua directly, if you don't transfer the main force to Luanzhou, Zunhua will leave a partial division here, and you can surround a few from south to north." ”

Liu Min doesn't know much about this, but in the past few days, Chen Xin and Cao Wenzhao have been planning, collecting information on Zunhua and the northern border wall, and writing a new Tang newspaper, the general plan is to assault from both sides of the bottom, occupy Zunhua and Qian'an, if the troops are enough, close the side wall from Xifengkou to Lengkou, and annihilate Amin in the pass, and are preparing to report to the military department and Zhang Fengyi.

As a result, Zhang Fengyi had just arrived in Jizhou yesterday, and today he received an order from the military department to transfer the main force of Ma Shilong's department to the vicinity of Luanzhou to join the Guanning army. It seems that the military department and Sun Chengzong were also so troubled by Ma Shilong and Zu Dashou that they simply called them to their side. In this way, the best line of attack is abandoned.

Liu Minyou persuaded: "The military order has been issued, no matter how unwilling you are, you can only pack up and go to Luanzhou with Ma Shilong, let's make up for it." ”

Chen Xin sighed and said, "That's a lot more effort." These generals and tens of thousands of troops were afraid of one or two thousand Jiannu in Zunhua. ”

"Didn't you meet so many adults in the capital, and they couldn't help?"

Chen Xin shook his head and said: "How to help with the war, it is even more impossible to fight with Jiannu, this is a matter linked to the official hat, Liang Tingdong is a saint, he will definitely not take this risk, he would rather kill Jiannu less, as long as he drives Amin out of the pass steadily, this Fudi is enough for him, and it is also Sun Chengzong's business if he loses." ”

Liu Minyou frowned and said: "Who are you fighting with, didn't you kill hundreds of Tartars in Gu'an, why do I think these court officials are still difficult to deal with." ”

At this time, there were no outsiders in the house, and Chen Xin didn't say those officialdom words, and said directly: "The court officials have their own plans, where do they want to kill how many Jiannu, what they want is to say nice things, and these border army generals are to see who has more Ding, I think Wu Zimian and their family are majestic, and they may be equivalent to the Houjin armor soldiers, but most of the other soldiers are paid in full, Wu Zimian Yang Phosphorus sets up Kara Zhuang Ding every day, and the soldiers below them are abducted and deceived everywhere, and the prison army and local officials dare not care. ”

"Why don't you dare to care, don't say that if I wasn't a stupid monk today, maybe I would have been pulled into a strong ding."

Chen Xin shook his head and smiled: "The imperial court has been in arrears for a long time, and the supervising army is already at a loss, plus the last time the Shanxi town was defeated, everyone is afraid that something will happen, who dares to care." ”

"This is what the officers and soldiers look like, don't they let the disaster area suffer again."

"If you don't pay military salaries, what kind of military discipline can you talk about, there is no guarantee of a monthly salary system, and the Wendeng camp will become a robbery of the official army, and this court is too poor, this is a national war, and you can't get a military salary. It's no wonder that there will be people like Zuo Liangyu in the future. ”

Liu Min asked suspiciously: "What are you eating for more than 100,000 yuan in Jingying?" ”

According to Lord Wen, last year, the Beijing division was under martial law for more than ten days, and hundreds of the old and weak in the Beijing camp froze to death. Li Banghua sorted out the Beijing camp and offended the magnates, and this time he was attacked by a group if something happened, and the decline of the Beijing camp was irreparable. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Beijing battalion was built to be elite, so as to form a situation of internal importance and external lightness, to deter people with dissident aspirations in various places, and now there is only a name, what is the use of it, so the emperor can be said to have no effective force directly mastered, and has to rely on these military leaders, if Chongzhen himself can have 100,000 elites, you see Zu Dashou dare to run. ”

Liu Minyou is not very interested in these, said for a while and went to pack his things, just arrived at the door and saw Liu Pojun with Cao Wenzhao, he has seen this person twice, according to Chen Xin said that he is a general who dares to fight, bowed down in the past, Cao Wenzhao and he greeted him a few words, and hurried into the tent, Liu Minyou heard Cao Wenzhao at the door and said loudly: "General Chen knows, let's get that strategy can be burned, don't say anything, you can fight how you want, Lao Tzu will not say a word in the future." ”

I only listened to Chen Xindao: "General Cao don't want to be like this, what you adults think, you are different from those who are in the army, but you must focus more and think more completely, you and I do our duty with all our hearts, General Cao and Zuo Dusi have cooperated several times, this time it will definitely be the vanguard of the whole army, please take care of ...... again"

Liu Minyou sighed softly: "Tired, not tired." ”