"Don't pay for it, I'm kidding." When Xia Dade saw the scene of his uncle and nephew's parting, he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable, and hurriedly waved his hand and said.

Cai Longyu smiled and said: "We are also joking, I think Brother Shixian must have a reason to let you go." ”

"Exactly." Qi Jingdao: "Brother Xia, recently the imperial court sent troops to support us, on the surface, it seems that the imperial court feels sorry for us and sends us a new force, but in fact, there is also a hint of eye medicine." Although I haven't heard any information, I think there must be people in the court who have given up the best opportunity to attack, or that we are passive and dare not fight. Whether the saint believes it or not, in short, a large army has been sent, which has three meanings, the first is what I just said, relieve our pressure, so that the northwest cannot afford to lose. The second is that someone has been sent to monitor our movements, and the third is that we have no way out, and we cannot report to the imperial court the reason for refusing to go on the expedition because of the lack of troops. ”

Qi Jingtong continued: "This group of imperial court troops naturally knows why they came, and they came with this mentality, and they should have the mentality of a monitor, and it is difficult to integrate with us, needless to say, finger-pointing is indispensable. My official position can still suppress them, and you two will be at the same level, and besides, I won't say what you two think for yourself, you two have such a temper, and when the soldiers have a conflict, you may be more impulsive than them. ”

While he was talking, someone outside the big tent came to report that Cai Longyu's soldiers and horses had a conflict with the new army of the imperial court, and the four of them looked at each other and smiled bitterly, and they all sighed that Qi Jingtong was far-sighted and reasonable. Cai Longyu took a sip of wine, and was about to find someone to theorize. As he walked, he said: "General Qi, what you said is true, Lao Tzu just can't bear this evil breath, who dares to bully our little ones." I'm going to beat him out of green. ”

"Dragon Feather!" Uncle Cai Liqun drank Cai Longyu, pushed him, and then pulled him back to his seat and pressed him back stiffly, and then said: "The old man has a good temper, let's deal with it, General Qi, General Xia." The old man goes first. ”

"The old gentleman walks slowly." Qi Jingtong and Xia Dade got up to see each other.

After Cai Liqun left, Xia Dade shook his head and said: "The imperial court is too much, we have already taken back Jiayuguan and the lot to the west." Damn it. What we lost to them in the previous day, we used a trick to take it back, and now we haven't sat down and guarded it well, and they still let us be greedy for merit. Patronizing and snatching credit for oneself. Regardless of the life or death of our brothers. Insiders in the civil war, outsiders in the foreign war, all do it themselves, let them go to war and cowardice, this is not nonsense. ”

"I'll stand for you." Cai Longyu said.

Qi Jingtong shook his head and said: "Since ancient times, the people's hearts have been insufficient, and only a few of us know how to regain the lost territory with our strategy, if Lu Bing's strategy is known to the world, then what kind of strategy can it be called?" For Lu Bing. It doesn't matter, some people will say that Lu Bingyi is out of the horse. The enemy army is self-defeating, this is God bless Lu Bing. But we? Not really. For us and others, in the eyes of the court and even the people of the world, it is a great opportunity, and the current achievements are just a leak, because of the civil strife in the people, we took the opportunity to advance, whether we can hold it in the future is still two talks, it is better to take the opportunity to occupy more space, and there is room for retreat and a buffer zone to be able to fight in the future. Besides, we are not forced to attack by the imperial court, according to our original plan, we should have attacked the weaker of the three now. ”

Cai Longyu looked seven dissatisfied with eight dissatisfied, snorted coldly and stopped talking, but he knew that what Qi Jingtong said made sense, Xia Dade said: "I'll continue to say it for you, Brother Shixian, you come to deal with the people in the imperial court, Lao Cai restricts his subordinates, and I am left as an idler, so I want to lead the troops to the battle, that's what it means." ”

"That's right or not, it's not just you, we also have to use more imperial court soldiers and horses to go out, this expedition is deep in the war, all forces may attack us, we don't have an alliance with Yarkand on the surface, so the ordinary soldiers of Yarkand may also fight with us, so it is really an embattled situation. We are attacking the relatively weak Yili Commander, from which the army takes the head of the general, and the civil and military generals who can command thousands of troops and horses, there is only you, Brother Xia. So what you said is right or not, the main thing is that your talent is unmatched. Qi Jingtong said.

Cai Longyu agreed: "I think what I said makes sense, looking at you stupid and silly, my mother is no better than you." In fact, you can also control my soldiers and horses, don't forget that you are our second master, hehe. But if you want me to lead the troops for you, I won't be able to, and I will just know that I will kill stupidly. Sometimes I think, what are you and Lu Bing made of, it's really like things to gather people in groups, who is looking for what birds, looking tall and mighty, they should be upright, but there are a lot of crooked intestines. ”

"You two, you don't need to face backward, hmph, now you want me to go to war, and you start to say nice things, and you praise me like a flower. If you still want to suppress it first, Cai Longyu, you are also very smart, hehe. Okay, the eldest husband should be the one, and I, Xia Dade, will come down, but the match between soldiers and horses will let me choose, and you must support it unconditionally. Xia Dade stood up and said proudly.

Qi Jingtong and Cai Longyu agreed one after another, and Xia Dade also made a military order.

Xia Dade raised 2,000 men and horses from the old Shandong department, plus 5,000 new men from the imperial court, and prepared to go to war. The soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first, which was going to go out of the melee to fight in the enemy, naturally the heavy grain and grass should be prepared, and all kinds of plans also needed to be carefully considered, the most important thing was that the newly replenished soldiers and horses of the imperial court were too weak. As the saying goes, sharpening knives is not wrong for chopping wood, Xia Dade has to train them all properly before he can go out to fight, so that he can get twice the result with half the effort.

The old Shandong department brought out by Xia Dade was trained by himself and Cai Longyu, Shandong Dahan had a good foundation, honest and strong, and followed Cai Longyu, the bandit leader, for a long time, he also had blood, coupled with the unique stubbornness of Shandong people, they were all good soldiers. Lu Bing spent a lot of money in this hidden army, he ate well, used it well, and equipped it well, and instantly made this group of reckless men with a mouth full of pancake rolls and green onions, and saw that the garrisons of other guard posts in Shandong basically did not throw off.

It seems that Cai Longyu's subordinates are regimental training, which is inferior to the standing garrison of the imperial court or the garrison of the guard, and even the preparation of the army and the preparation of the Japanese army, which belongs to the militia sequence, but it can't stand the fact that people have money and equipment, plus Lu Bing, a tough backstage. Usually the officers and soldiers are well-fed, but Cai Longyu's bandit soldiers have to have meat stars, and after a long time, they have eaten and drunk enough and trained to keep up, and they are all sturdy young men, and they look like tigers and tigers. Although it is several grades worse than Lu Bing's hundred refined elite soldiers, it is already one of the best troops in the country.

Although many people in Shandong are very honest and even a little dull, Cai Longyu's bandit-born army is not, this is not only related to the background, the officials forced the people to be many people who became loud horses and minions are just to eat for a while, not forced to a certain share, and no one wants to fall into the grass. But after following Lu Bing, after a long time of relying on him, after consciously being superior to others, he began to become arrogant.

Not only Cai Longyu is Xia Dade, but he also does not object to the arrogance of soldiers, but soldiers who are wild in their hearts but abide by military discipline are good soldiers. Cai Longyu has a policy that the soldiers who go out to harass the people will not be forgiven, and those who go out to provoke a fight and make trouble will be beaten with 30 lashes, and if the fight is lost, they will be beaten for another 30 lashes. They are all young people with strong blood, and they will inevitably bump and bump when they go out, and they have fought a lot in the past few years, but they have won more and lost less, and if they think about it, they will have to suffer double crimes and be scolded as a shameful wreck, who can stand it. This naturally trained the soldiers' ability to fight in unity, and everyone worked together to form a rope.

The so-called new force sent by the imperial court, standing in front of the old department of Shandong, can only be ashamed of themselves, look at the armor of the people, look at the powerful small crossbows in the hands of the people, the brand-new artillery, the reverse hyperbolic bow, and a waist knife with a shining cold light, it is simply armed to the teeth. Xia Dade looked at the staggered new army, stepped forward and began to let the school officers form a team.

After the formation was completed, Xia Dade walked on the high platform, in order to prevent the recruits from being disturbed by the outside world, Xia Dade deliberately pulled the army out of the road for thirty miles, so that he could not be affected by onlookers, but also could respond at any time to prevent the enemy from attacking.

"Rubbish, it's all a bunch of rubbish!" Xia Dade suddenly roared: "Do you know what you call a waste, because you are originally garbage." You guys are so ashamed, as the saying goes, a good iron doesn't nail a good man, and a good man is not a soldier, what are you doing?! It's because of your existence, you are also a soldier, you look at others! Xia Dade said and pointed to the old department of Shandong, the young men in the old department were all strong and their eyes were like torches, and at this time they were even more energetic, and everyone had a heart that loved to show off.

Xia Dade continued to roar: "People pay three taels or four dollars of silver every month for military salaries, what about you? Can you earn three taels a year?! Parents eat chaff vegetables, wives and children have nothing to rely on, the house at home collapses, and Nima is even more old and bachelor, how old are the people, and there is no girl. If you want me to say that it's okay if you don't have a girl, just like you, there are girls who have to be ridden and cuckolded. ”

There was a burst of honest laughter from the old department of Shandong, and the faces of the court soldiers couldn't be hung up, they were all bloody men, who could stand being pointed at their faces and saying this.

"Look at the people again, they are also soldiers, the big girls in ten miles and eight towns are busy proposing, and the matchmaker can step on the threshold, we only need new ones, not to mention that widows are all who have mentioned relatives. If you come out to be a soldier, if you dare to bully our old people, beat your own children, and breathe your own lady, you will definitely let his blood splash five feet, who dares! The family has surplus food, the children and grandchildren are full, the meritorious service is outstanding, after the vicissitudes of life, a lifetime of food and drink, a lifetime of endless conversations, living a chic and dying without regrets, this is a man's life, this is alive. You guys! Xia Dade's voice paused, and he pointed to the soldiers and horses of the imperial court: "Don't say that you are not worthy of being a man, you are not even worthy of living, you are just a piece of stinky shit!" ”

"Fart! We're following the wrong person! Someone couldn't help but scold in the queue, and the shouting and scolding of the leader rang out one after another. (To be continued......)