Cui Chengxiu talked a lot about Niu Yong along the way, knowing that the relationship between Yuan Chonghuan and Mao Wenlong was not very harmonious, and he also knew that the relationship between Liguo Iron Works and the Xuzhou Army was very good, so when he saw the two armies fighting, he immediately had a plan in his heart.

The officers and soldiers on the city wall had already sent someone to report to Yuan Chonghuan when they saw Cui Chengxiu's banner, and the two groups of people below the city saw that the military department Shangshu had arrived, but they didn't have the slightest consciousness to give way, and they were still confronting each other there.

Mao Wenlong was a little anxious, the secretary of the military department is a big man who can't be offended, and he did everything possible to take Miao Kejian's way to get to know a few court bigwigs, and now that the bigwigs have come to the front, how can they let people see that the soldiers in Shanting Town are so unbearable.

Mao Wenlong was originally sitting on a tall horse surrounded by the generals and was in the middle of the team, but at this time, he hurriedly rolled the saddle and dismounted, and trotted towards Cui Shangshu's horse. The freshly baked guerrillas, thousands of households, and generals under his command also hurriedly dismounted, followed behind Mao Wenlong with great eyes, and went to meet the officers of the Ministry of War, here Wu Sangui was also taken aback when he saw the banner of the Ministry of War, and hurriedly beckoned Liu Ziguang to go with him to see the ceremony, Liu Ziguang pouted and said: "We are not an official army, see what he has done." "Actually, I was thinking in my heart: Lao Tzu didn't kowtow when he saw the emperor, how could he give you a small military secretary to kneel.

Wu Sangui saw that it was not a problem, so he had to take a few of his flag officials to see Cui Chengxiu. The two groups of people knelt down in front of Lord Shangshu's horse and shouted loudly: "Mao Wenlong, the general of the Humble Mountain Pavilion, led his troops to see Lord Shangshu. "Humble Xuzhou Forbidden Army, Thousand Households, Wu Sangui, see Lord Shangshu."

Cui Chengxiu was dressed in a scarlet robe and black yarn, riding on a tall horse, surrounded by the generals, he slowly climbed off the horse with the support of his own soldiers, walked to Mao Wenlong with a smile on his face, stretched out his hand to help him, and said in his mouth: "This official has heard of General Mao's prestige for a long time, and I can see it today, sure enough, the tiger general, please get up quickly." ”

Mao Wenlong insisted on kowtowing a few more times before getting up, standing aside with low eyebrows, Cui Chengxiu secretly admired: "It's a manufacturable material." He turned to support Wu Sangui: "This is Wu Sangui, the youngest Qianhu Wu Sangui in my dynasty who is only eighteen years old, it is really terrifying, this official has seen your achievements many times in the war report, yes, get up quickly." ”

"Master Xie." Wu Sangui stood up and stood respectfully on the side.

Cui Chengxiu looked at the other low-level officials who were still kneeling on the ground with satisfaction, and waved his big hand: "Get up." The officers in Shanting Town all got up when they heard the sound, but several flag officers behind Wu Sangui were still kneeling, and they didn't dare to get up until Wu Sangui quickly turned around and gave a low order.

Cui Chengxiu was a little stunned, and asked, "Your two armies were arguing and pushing just now, what happened?" Mao Wenlong stepped forward and said: "Back to the adults, the talented sons and daughters had a little misunderstanding with Wu Qianhu's subordinates, and now it's okay, and the sons and daughters have avoided welcoming the adults into the city on the side of the road." ”

Wu Sangui saw that Mao Wenlong's words were beautiful, so he had no choice but to say: "What General Mao said is very true, a little misunderstanding, everyone wants to enter the city and inevitably collide, and some small things have alarmed Lord Shangshu, and he is terrified." ”

Cui Chengxiu said "oh", holding the jade belt in his hand and looking up, the two groups of people at the gate of the city were clearly separated on both sides, obviously Mao Wenlong's subordinates were more numerous, and after a moment of silence, he opened his mouth and said: "General Mao Shen has been in Shandong for a long time, loyal to the liver and courage, cherishing the homeland, gathering the bloody men of the land of Qilu, and making a lot of contributions to the Northern Expedition of the army, we are far away in the capital, and the name of the Shanting Righteous Army is still like thunder, you light the beacon fire everywhere, hold high the banner of anti-Qing righteousness, shock the enemy, and severely punish the traitors The deeds are spread everywhere, which is admirable, Impressive! ”

Mao Wenlong was secretly happy in his heart, hurriedly bowed down again, and said modestly: "My lord praised it falsely, this is what Wenlong should do as a citizen of the Ming Dynasty." For the court and the people, although they are full of brains, they dare not have the slightest complaint. ”

Cui Chengxiu hurriedly picked up Mao Wenlong, and then reprimanded Wu Sangui: "Wu Qianhu has also been a little bit better than Meng Lang, and a hero like General Mao has to be so close, how can he condone his subordinates to fight with him?" ”

Wu Sangui was just an eighteen-year-old young student, and he was a little anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly defended: "This is the volunteer baggage team of the Liguo Iron Works, and the humble position is only a liaison officer, not a chief officer. ”

"Oh, it turned out to be Minzhuang, it's even more unorthodox, and they actually argue with the officials and soldiers of the imperial court, what about their leader, why don't they come over to see the ceremony, it's really a village and a wild horseman, stubborn." Choi Seung-so said angrily.

Pulling one side, fighting one side, is a strategy he improvised after seeing Mao Wenlong's department, Mao's thousands of people have been in Shandong for a long time, experienced in a hundred battles, it is very worthy of being wooed, and even can play a big role in getting rid of Yuan Chonghuan, so he is ready to take this opportunity to suppress the baggage team of the iron factory and show Mao Wenlong his sincerity.

"Ask the leader of the baggage team to come and see him, and the official wants to ask him, who gave him so much courage, and hundreds of people dare to defy the court, it is really lawless." Choi Seung-so continued to flutter.

"This ....." Wu Sangui regretted it at this time, just took the guilt over just now, and now it dragged down General Liu, he really couldn't go, he looked back, opened his mouth in embarrassment, and couldn't say what he wanted to say.

Liu Ziguang's tailwind ear had already heard Cui Chengxiu's words, and he was immediately angry, and pressed the tension of the white rainbow knife a little, just waiting for Wu Sangui to come over and step on it, if the surname Cui was not polite, he would be splattered with blood on the spot.

At this time, a burst of gongs and drums sounded, a large group of people and horses came out of the city gate, the blocking car of the death camp had been opened, and the greeting team with the banner of the Xuzhou army poured out in a mighty way, lined up outside the south gate.

Yuan Chonghuan was dressed in heavy armor, riding on a war horse and walking in front, behind him were generals such as Man Gui, Zu Dashou, He Kegang, and then behind were two thousand elite soldiers, the wings of the geese were lined up, the drums were sounding in unison, the flags were waving, and the whole guard of honor welcomed the arrival of Lord Shangshu.

Yuan Chonghuan rode his horse to Cui Chengxiu, turned over and dismounted, stood upright and did not kneel, and said: "Xuzhou Commander Yuan Chonghuan to see Cui Shangshu, please forgive the official armor on his body, and he can't pay full courtesy." ”

Wu Sangui and Mao Wenlong had already flashed to the side with great interest, and Cui Chengxiu said with a smile on his face: "Brother Element (Yuan Chonghuan's words) doesn't have to be polite, this official is also for the generals, knowing the hard work of the whole body armor, there is no need to be so polite, it seems that the defense of this Yanzhou is still very tense, and the Elemental Brother needs to be in armor and wait at all times." ”

Yuan Chonghuan replied calmly: "The responsibilities of the lower officials are there, they don't dare to slack off, and the right people have moved, and the lower officials have heard the news and went to the city to watch it, so they delayed welcoming the adults and looked at Haihan." ”

Cui Chengxiu scolded in his heart: If you don't want to kneel down to greet me, you will get so many moths, is it interesting? You don't want to die at my hands anymore, huh. said politely: "Military affairs are important, how can this official account for these false courtesies."

Yuan Chonghuan said: "Thank you for your understanding, please get on the horse and enter the city, and please enter the city with your subordinates, the line and the barracks have been cleaned up." ”

Cui Chengxiu's subordinates were a battalion of pacesetters brought from Beijing, as well as Miao Kejian's personal army, and 3,000 Zhejiang troops, and the other 15,000 Zhejiang troops had to camp in the distance because there were too many people. These horses are not too much to escort the guards.

"This is Mao Wenlong, the general of the mountain pavilion, and the heroes under him, the saddle horse has been tired for most of the day, I think it will go into the city with us." Choi Seung-so said to Yuan Chonghuan.

Let Mao Wenlong come to the meeting, this guy actually brought a thousand people over, there is no place to arrange accommodation, Yuan Chonghuan was dealing with Mao Wenlong's visit, while thinking about countermeasures, and suddenly saw Wu Sangui, by the way, Liguo's baggage team must have arrived, I heard that even the escort team with coachmen, mules and horses has six or seven hundred people, hundreds of horses, just let the place reserved for them out.

Yuan Chonghuan called Wu Sangui over and whispered a few words, the latter looked embarrassed, and then the adults got on their horses, Yuan Chonghuan accompanied Cui Chengxiu to walk in front, Cui Chengxiu forced Mao Wenlong to pull him by his side, and behind them were Man Gui, Zu Dashou and other generals accompanied Chen Jisheng and Miao Kejian, and then the cavalry of Shanting Town and the troops brought by Cui Chengxiu. And Liu Ziguang's men and horses don't even have the qualifications to enter the city.

Wu Sangui kept accompanying him, saying good things, but he still couldn't extinguish the anger in Liu Ziguang's chest, and he also had the heads of seven or eight Qing soldiers hanging around his horse's neck, he thought that he could show his face in front of everyone in Yanzhou City, but no one paid attention to this great military exploit at all, and he ran hundreds of miles to send supplies and ordnance to others, but he was not even allowed to enter the city, which was really too deceitful! Now he felt that the horse had so many heads around its neck was not majestic, but ridiculous.

Those boys in Shanting Town swaggered into the city under the welcome of the Xuzhou army, and those guys who had suffered losses under the death camp just now all looked at them with slanted eyes, and a few brave guys saw that the officials were walking away, and shouted at them: "Enter the city, weren't you very bullish just now." Why are you soft now? Ha ha. ”

The light cavalry is good at fighting, but they can't fight with their mouths, and they are so angry that they want to rush over and beat people, but they don't know who to beat, so they work hard to help others fight, and give things to people for free, but the hot face sticks a cold ass.

Wu Sangui persuaded on the side: "General Liu, I will definitely tell the marshal to help you ask for credit for the annihilation of the Qing army's elite cavalry, there is really no place in the city now, Cui Shangshu has so many subordinates, plus Mao Wenlong's 1,000 people, I'm afraid our Xuzhou army will have to give up the barracks, I think you should go to the camp in the east of the city, there are 3,000 cavalry in your factory, and it is more convenient to live together...."

Wu Sangui's words Liu Ziguang didn't listen to it at all, he was already surrounded by anger, looking at his brothers left and right, all of them were also angry, and the wounded Zhao Zhangcheng, who was wrapped in bandages, was a hot temper, seeing General Liu's face was pale, he knew that the general was annoyed, so he reached out and pulled the tarpaulin on the crossbow car.

"What are you doing?" Liu Ziguang asked in a low voice.

"Shoot these turtle grandchildren!" Zhao Zhangcheng forked the road.

"Put it away, give the order down, don't move the guys, don't move around, give me a good look at people entering the city." Although Liu Ziguang is angry, he is far from losing his mind, how much can five hundred men and horses make waves under the city garrisoned by tens of thousands of troops, I am afraid that this side will be destroyed there, not to mention that there are more important tasks waiting for him, how can he be rash and fight for a while.

All the soldiers of the death camp plus more than a hundred coachmen quietly lined up behind the welcoming procession of the Xuzhou army to watch others enter the city, until everyone entered Yanzhou and the south gate was closed.

It was still crowded just now, and only the baggage team of the iron factory stood alone outside the bustling south gate, and the sun was setting, the flags were rolling in the wind, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was particularly desolate. Liu Ziguang asked Wu Sangui: "Wu Qianhu, where did you say we should go to camp just now?" ”

The death camp finally didn't make trouble, Wu Sangui let out a sigh, heard General Liu's inquiry, and hurriedly replied: "It's the big camp in the east of the city, which is also the camp of the young general, and the three thousand Iron Guard cavalry of your factory, the main general of the big camp is my uncle Zu Dashou, everyone is their own people, there will be no unpleasantness." ”

"Okay, let's go to the camp in the east of the city." After Liu Ziguang finished speaking, he led his indignant subordinates to the camp.