When Zhang Mengjing heard this, he was quite helpless. I can't do anything without money, so I can only wait.

Fortunately, the weather is cold now, and the thieves will only nest in Fugu County for the winter. Then let's use the countermeasures of the sick ghost first, let the cold freeze some thieves to death!

Thinking of this, he didn't make a sound with a cold face, and actually stood up and threw up his sleeves and left.

When Sun Xianzu saw it, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, revealing a sneer. Just called so righteous and awe-inspiring, isn't it the same as the predecessor!

However, Zhang Mengjing's governor did not live for many days, and suddenly on a certain day, he had to report to the governor of Shanxi to send someone to see him.

He was taken aback when he heard this, you must know that the feudal officials are strictly forbidden to contact privately, although the current dynasty has long been corrupted, and many strictly forbidden things are being done by everyone, but if it is not an important matter, Shanxi will not send people over.

Zhang Mengjing hurriedly met with the messenger, and couldn't help but secretly complain when he heard it. Those thieves in Fugu also went out to rob in this winter! You said that if you want to rob, you can rob, why do you want to go to Yejiabao, Shanxi Province to rob? As for Ye Tianlong's fate, he didn't ask at all, and he was resentful of Fugu calling the Heavenly Army wholeheartedly.

Seeing that Zhang Mengjing was silent, the messenger arched his hand again and said: "Zhongcheng, my master said that if it weren't for personal friendship, he would have directly reported this matter to the court." I also hope that Zhongcheng can pacify the Fugu thieves as soon as possible, otherwise my lord will also be embarrassed. ”

When Zhang Mengjing heard this, he hurriedly promised that he would immediately pacify the Fugu thieves, and asked the governor of Shanxi to delay the matter a little.

This kind of ransacking of Yejiabao is impossible even if the governor of Shanxi wants to help him hide it. But just drag the message on. After he has an action on his side, as soon as he sends it to the imperial court, the impact will naturally be much less. After all, the thieves of Fugu. And it wasn't just his tenure.

finally sent the messenger away, and Zhang Mengjing couldn't sleep well. On the one hand, he looks forward to Hong Chengchou day and night; On the other hand, he begged God that those thieves in Fugu should stop going to Shanxi to rob, and stay in Fugu County for the winter!

But it backfired, and not many days passed. The messenger of the governor of Shanxi came again. said that the thieves in Fugu robbed two more villages and towns, and he couldn't hold it back, so he immediately prepared to report to the imperial court.

That moment. Zhang Mengjing scolded the eighteen generations of the ancestors of the Fugu thieves in his heart. He vowed to put down the chaos immediately, so that the governor of Shanxi would look at the past friendship and delay it a little longer.

finally sent the messenger away, and Zhang Mengjing found the chief soldier Sun Xianzu again. Suppress him with an official position. Even if you don't have money, you have to send troops.

But at this time, the news of the Guyuan mutiny just arrived, which frightened Zhang Mengjing and didn't dare to force it anymore, but said it well, asking Sun Xianzu to look at his subordinates and not make trouble.

At this point, Zhang Mengjing has only one way to go, as soon as possible, collect silver and invite the border army to send troops. For this. When Zhang Mengjing was sleeping, he didn't know how many times he dreamed of Hong Chengchou. The order was given. Send someone along the road to pick up Hong Chengchou, as soon as he arrives, he will be summoned immediately.

The Fugu thieves who were hated by Zhang Mengjing and gritted their teeth, although the weather was cold, did not stay in the city, but kept attacking, and inadvertently made the dignified governor have nightmares I don't know how many times.

After Hu Guang led the team in the first operation, he did not go out again. In the following actions, Liu Daneng, Hu Hansan and Hu Kuan basically went out in turn.

As for the harvest of the later actions, there are not as many as the first time, but they are all there. With the increase in the number of captured war horses and mules, the primitive "mechanized troops" called the Celestial Army also expanded.

After almost a month of this winter operation, the operation finally stopped going well. The first reason is that there are no villages and towns in Shanxi that are easy to lay in the area near Fugu, and only some difficult bones are left, or the road is too far and inconvenient.

Another reason is that the initial action had a surprise effect, but as the number of actions increased, the government on the Shanxi side finally received the news, allowing the localities under its jurisdiction to take strict precautions, and reducing the possibility of calling the heavenly army to lay down the target at a relatively small cost.

Hu Guang saw that the casualties of the Heavenly Army gradually increased each time, but the gains became less and less. may be in the eyes of others, it is still very cost-effective, but Hu Guang is already very distressed, and finally stopped such an action and started a new round of summary.

At this time, it was called the Heavenly Army, and the total number of people was already more than 2,000. If it weren't for the fact that there were many old, weak, sick and disabled people who were driven over by Wang Jiayin without preparation in advance and became frostbitten, and finally died without carrying it, the total number would be even more.

From another point of view, it is also called the heavenly army because of this, regardless of men, women and children, their physique is relatively good. To put it coldly, this is also the survival of the fittest in nature.

In terms of combat units, Hu Kuan has been promoted to regiment commander. However, his regiment was less than 400 men. It was only because the number of battalions was exceeded, and the others were considered, it was upgraded to a regiment.

Liu Daneng's cavalry company was also upgraded to a cavalry battalion, but like Hu Kuan's regiment, it was not full, only about 150 people.

Hu Guang is a little regretful that in this winter battle, among the people who volunteered to join the Heavenly Army, there were very few people with skills. Therefore, the artisan battalion basically did not get any supplements, and Langzhong was the same as before, not a single one.

Sometimes, Hu Guang even thought that he would simply promote Western medicine in the Heavenly Army! But he only understands some common sense of Western medicine and systematically cultivates Western medicine, but he can't.

This reminded him of the more than 7,000 books in all aspects that John Tang said in Beijing. There must be a medical book in it, and if it is translated, it may become a book for the enlightenment of Western medicine.

But this is too far away after all, and Hu Guang just thinks about it. He asked the soldiers called the Heavenly Army to brainstorm and record the prescriptions they knew and practiced, and the corresponding treatment methods for ordinary diseases, and everyone in the nursing company had to learn to make up for this shortcoming.

The whole army of heaven is busy, time flies quickly, and the New Year is about to be celebrated in the blink of an eye.

Although they all knew that next year would be very difficult, and it was unknown whether they would survive or not, most of the people in the Heavenly Army had smiles on their faces, and not many people were sad about it.

For example, Zhang Gouzi, who joined the Heavenly Army in the battle of Yejiabao, was happy all day long. He was glad that he had made a wise choice, otherwise he would have starved to death even if he didn't freeze to death.

More importantly, in the Heavenly Army, not only are they well fed and warmly dressed, but they are also respected. There are many aspects of the Heavenly Army that he has never seen or heard of before. (To be continued......)