At dawn the next day, the people of the village arrived at the barracks of the Evergreen Camp. In addition to a few people who fished in the river for a living, the village chief also urgently mobilized more than a dozen young people in the village, claiming to serve the new army. Whether it was sawing wood or installing pontoon bridges, the new army engineer corps had a good example of everything, and originally there was no need for these few people, but the Changqing battalion still let them do some carrying work. Before the whole camp crossed the river at noon, the daughter-in-law of the village chief led several women and children to come with a few large baskets, bringing some bread and rice soup and saying that they were going to work for the army. As for the diet, there are also regulations in the new army, and even low-level soldiers can definitely eat enough, but Xu Ping still asked to accept these foods and give them some payment.

In the blessings of the villagers, the troops crossed the Tuhe River and marched towards Yucheng.

The rebels of Yucheng have fled south, and now it is nothing more than an empty city. Zhang Chengye had already caught up with the troops at this time and took over the command of the main force. He's not in a hurry, he's just moving steadily. Xu Ping continued to try to win the hearts and minds of the people, and at the same time contacted the other battalions of the New Army who followed him, persuaded them to adopt the same policy as himself, and also reported what he had seen and heard along the way to Hou Sui, asking the superintendent to pay attention to restraining the military discipline of all armies.

On the 11th, Xu Ping led more than 1,000 subordinates to Qihe City. The walls of the city have been torn down by the rebels, and now they are just a smoke-smoking ruin. Xu Ping briefly observed the surrounding terrain and ordered to camp next to the city. After the camp was established, the surrounding information was also sent to him.

"As the General Staff Department estimated in advance, the bandits have all withdrawn to the south of the Daqing River and are holding on to the various crossings along the river." Zhou Dongtian said as he took out the pre-war plan of the General Staff Division. Of course, Xu Ping has carefully read these things, and then Zhou Dongtian will concretize the plan: "Our battalion should continue to go south, and if the adults allow it, our battalion's exploration horses will search in the direction of Changqing to find a suitable location to cross the river." ”

Before sending troops, the General Staff of the New Army estimated that the rebels would concentrate their main forces in Jinan, because in this way the rebels would have the greatest choice - they could take advantage of the convenient defensive terrain around Jinan, and at the same time, they could also have two options to retreat to Henan and flee to Jiaodong in times of crisis.

Although the General Staff Department believed that the best choice for the rebels to face the Ming army's large-scale attack was to retreat to Henan and join Li Zicheng, because there were a large number of Shandong children in the rebel army, the General Staff Department was very suspicious of the rebels' ability to control their subordinates. If they abandon the homeland of a large number of their subordinates without a battle, I am afraid that it will cause great turmoil in the morale of the army. It would probably be difficult for their top brass to make such a determination.

Therefore, the General Staff Division judged that the first battle in Jinan was inevitable. However, the attack on Jinan would not use the full strength of the new army. For example, while the Changqing Battalion of the New Army further oppresses Jinan, it will continue to develop in the southwest direction, putting on a posture of cutting off the rebels' retreat to Henan - if the rebels still refuse to retreat to the west before Jinan is lost, then the New Army can continue to develop a right-wing offensive and trap the rebels in the cage of Jiaodong in one fell swoop. However, the General Staff Department believes that the rebels are still likely to take the initiative to retreat to Henan because of the danger of the right flank, and the Shandong children in the rebel army may flee in large numbers, and the Shandong rebels who leave Shandong will not be worried.

Xu Ping approved Zhou Dongtian's proposal without hesitation, and now he was eagerly waiting for the arrival of the main force of the Evergreen Battalion and the Shanlan Battalion. Now the buffer space between the Ming army and the rebel army has been compressed to a very low level, and a battle could break out at any time. The General Staff of the Forces nouvelles, on the other hand, stipulates that any two new barracks covering each other must be within half a day's distance of strategic deployment in close proximity to the enemy. The last battle of Beizhili had proven that any single new battalion would not be safe against the main rebel forces. Now that we are fighting in rebel-controlled territory, it is conceivable that the rebels will be stronger. Not only must any two battalions covering each other be within half a day's journey, but they and other fraternal battalions must not travel more than two days—the Chief of Staff has determined that any battalion has the ability to resist the full strength of the rebels for more than half a day, and any two battalions have the ability to resist the entire rebel army for two days.

On the morning of the 12th, the main force of the Changqing battalion arrived, and the vanguard of the Shanlan battalion also began to build a camp five miles away, and everything was as perfect as planned. However, the order from the overseer completely disrupted Xu Ping's plan, and Hou Sui ordered the vanguard to stop the attack immediately.

"Why?" Although it was in front of Zhang Chengye, Xu Ping's voice couldn't help but rise. In the early hours of this morning, the vanguard he sent attacked the rebels at the confluence of the Shahe River and the Daqing River, and before the rebels could react, they captured their temporary camp, killing and capturing more than 50 rebels, without any casualties on their own. The sappers even risked a sneak attack by rebel sentry sentries by erecting the pontoon bridge in just half a day, and are now trying to strengthen it so that more troops can pass quickly.

"The Inspector said that a large number of thieves were found in the rear, and the three battalions of firefighting, rock, and Xuanfeng have all been put into the crackdown." Zhang Chengye spread his hands out, these three battalions are the backbone of the new army, the absolute main force, and it is obvious that an extremely serious situation has occurred when they are thrown into battle.

After hearing the news, Xu Ping's tone softened suddenly. However, he was still puzzled that there would be a large number of rebels in the rear, and said to Zhang Chengye with grievances: "My lord, the last general has searched repeatedly all the way, and it is absolutely impossible to leave a large number of rebels behind." ”

"General Cheng Yijun Cheng of the Jin army first reported the discovery of a large number of bandits. After the Governor ordered the on-the-spot purge, General Zhu found more traitors, numbering more than tens of thousands. Zhang Chengye silently pushed the Tang Bao to Xu Ping, who was busy grabbing it and reading it carefully.

"Your Excellency!" Xu Ping threw down the Tang Bao in his hand with a loud shout, and asked loudly in disbelief: "My lord, these are obviously temporary camps for some people, they hid in the ravine to escape the war, how can they be cleared up as thieves?" ”

"The Inspector thinks that there are a large number of thieves here, and they have shown their hostility to our army by refusing to obey the king and forming a village to protect themselves, and the number is even more than hundreds of thousands. If it is not carried out, it will pose a huge threat to our army. The three battalions, including the firefighting battalion, were sent to the battle in order to clear out the thieves as soon as possible, so that they could continue to advance without worries. ”

"My lord," after Zhang Chengye's voice stopped, Xu Ping immediately pointed out to him: "Your Excellency, this is a retelling of the Supervisor's instructions, not your own opinion. ”

Zhang Chengye looked at Xu Ping solemnly and said: "The commander's order is our army's opinion, Hou Ye repeatedly said before sending out the army, when the supervisor gives the order, we only need to shout the 'obey the order', and don't talk about other nonsense." ”

"My lord, our threat comes from the rebels in Jinan, not from these unarmed civilians in the rear." Xu Ping is still making his last efforts. He reported to Zhang Chengye that he had seized the ferry and built a pontoon bridge on the Daqing River, and said loudly as he tapped the map: "My lord Mingjian, there are many thieves in Jinan, but they are only a rabble compared to our new army, and we can plunge them into chaos as long as we march bravely." But if we stop now and let the thieves discover our intentions, then our army will encounter resistance in its path, and more brethren will shed blood. And if our department stops moving, the thieves will be able to concentrate more people to attack our department. ”

Zhang Chengye pondered Xu Ping's words, and asked with some surprise: "Is Keqin planning to continue to move forward in the absence of backup?" ”

"Yes, the bandits do not know the size of our army, and they are far less responsive than our army, and once our army crosses the Sand River, it will surely cause great panic among the bandits, and they will not be able to gather enough troops to besiege us in a hurry. What's more, the situation in the rear of our army is even more difficult for the rebels to figure out, and they will never dare to draw the main force from the front of Jinan to the south for a moment. During this period, our army will be able to establish a consolidated camp and thus complete the tasks assigned by the General Staff Division. Judging from the rebels' previous speed of action and intelligence capabilities, Xu Ping judged that he had at least two days or more to prepare, and at this time, the main forces such as the fire battalion had already returned to Jinan, so he said with great confidence: "My lord, the last general asks you to allow me to lead a thousand officers and soldiers to ...... according to the original plan."

"No way!" Zhang Chengye interrupted Xu Ping's request: "Especially you, it's even worse. ”

An order was thrown in front of Xu Ping, and Zhang Chengye said: "The Inspector is extremely angry at your ineffective investigation as a pioneer, and almost ordered you to be dismissed from your post and investigated, and only after the persuasion of everyone did you withdraw your order. Ben will order you to go to the Overseer's camp at once to plead guilty, and tell the Overseer what you have seen along the way. Remember, it's to take the blame! ”

……

After handing over the work at hand as quickly as possible, Xu Ping hurriedly led a small team of guards to Yucheng. He also brought Yu Shenhe and Zhou Dongtian as witnesses on this trip in order to defend himself.

Rushed to the camp of the superintendent outside Yucheng City, Xu Ping hurriedly asked to see him, and the guards of the standard camp brought Xu Ping, Yu Shenhe and Zhou Dongtian to the camp. Before they could get closer, they saw a dense group of soldiers standing outside the tent of the overseer, and at the same time they could hear angry roars coming from the tent. After the standard battalion guard explained the situation to a staff member of the superintendent, the staff member went in and said a few words, and when he came out, he looked nervous and asked the guards to quickly retreat, and let Xu Ping enter the account to report.

Xu Ping entered the tent and saw Hou Sui, but the Supervisor, who was still dressed all over, had an angry face, waved his hand heavily without squinting, and motioned for Xu Ping to stand aside, his eyes still fixed on the three officers in the center of the tent. Standing silently in the queue of generals next to him, Xu Ping had time to look at the person in front of the superintendent. Xu Ping, the three generals who were confronting Hou Sui, knew each other, and the leader was named Lin Chongyue, who was the battalion commander of the 3,000 battalions of the New Army. The two generals behind him were the commander of the 3,000 battalion and the commander of the servant. The commander of the 3,000 battalion was named Zhou Manfu, but Xu Ping, the name of the other person, could not be remembered. They were the only three people Xu Ping knew among the generals of the battalion, and most of the others were generals and colonels of the Inspector Battalion, and there might be a few officers from friendly forces.

The last meeting between Xu Ping and Lin Chongyue was not pleasant, and after Yang Zhiyuan ordered all battalions to promote the training experience of the Changqing Battalion, Xu Ping almost broke his leg. All his men were angry back into the camp, shouting that they would never be humiliated again. In order to complete Yang Zhiyuan's order, Xu Ping personally went to explain carefully from camp to camp. Like several other battalions, Lin Chongyue also rejected the revised regulations of the Changqing Battalion, allowing Xu Ping's lips to be burned, and the other party was completely dismissive of the benefits of the revised regulations. However, Lin Chongyue did not ridicule Xu Ping in public, but told Xu Ping in the Chinese military tent: The regulations set by the Hou Ye cannot be moved in the sky and the earth cannot be moved. Afterwards, Lin Chongyue was also the only battalion officer who did not go to He Baodao to tell Xu Ping in a gang, except for Zhang Chengye and Fang Mingda.

After waving his hand to support Xu Ping, Hou Sui continued to ask Lin Chongyue: "General Lin, are you determined to disobey?" ”

"Master Overseer," Lin Chongyue, whose face was flushed, protested: "The camp has been investigated in detail, and the thieves that the Inspector will exterminate at the end are really just some fleeing people, among which there are more old people, women and children than adult men, they only have some wooden sticks, bamboo poles, and no armor......

"The head office just asked you if you want to disobey?" Hou Sui was furious and rudely interrupted Lin Chongyue's discernment.

"The last general dares to ask the Overseer to take back his fate." Lin Chongyue knelt on the ground, and the two adjutants behind him also knelt down together, echoing Lin Chongyue in unison.

"Lord Lin must shelter the thief, there must be some kind of disadvantages." Hou Sui's tone became eerie.

"Governor, they're just the people." Although Lin Chongyue lowered her head, she still insisted on her opinion.

Hou Sui glared at the three kneeling officers, and said coldly, "Please Shang Fang Sword." ”

There was silence in the tent, and the air seemed to be frozen. The standard camp guards behind Hou Sui shouted loudly, and quickly invited the Son of Heaven sword wrapped in yellow silk out. Xu Ping knelt down with everyone in the camp and kowtowed to Shang Fang's sword. Then he stood up with everyone, and only Lin Chongyue and the three of them were still kneeling motionless.

"There is a saying in the saint that all generals who do not obey military orders will be engaged in the three grades and below." Hou Sui held Shang Fang's sword in both hands, walked in front of Lin Chongyue, and his tone became even colder: "General Lin has served in the army for more than 30 years, and he should know that the law of the country is strict. ”

The tent was so quiet that the sound of a pin falling could be heard. Xu Ping saw that beads of sweat were flowing down Lin Chongyue's pale cheeks, and the latter was silent, silent, silent...... Finally, he slowly spoke: "The last general dares to ask the Governor to think twice." ”

"Someone's coming." Hou Sui didn't say much, and several standard camp guards rushed up to grab Lin Chongyue.

The general who had turned to the battlefield did not resist at all, and let the guards fold his arms back fiercely, but lowered his head and sighed: "Master Inspector, it is the duty of the last general to please the thief and the people. ”

"Pull it down," Hou Sui ordered in a deep voice: "Cut!" ”

"Master Overseer." Xu Ping couldn't bear it, jumped out of the crowd, crouched behind Lin Chongyue and said, "Lord Lin has hard work. ”

When the standard camp guards pulled Lin Chongyue out, Xu Ping was still begging bitterly: "Master Inspector, the three armies have not yet fought, behead the general first, please think twice." ”

As if he hadn't heard anything, Hou Sui stiffly leaned back in his seat. After a while, Xu Ping heard the standard camp guards report loudly behind him: "Lin Chongyue, the criminal general, has been ambushed, and the standard dares to ask the adults to test." ”

A standard battalion guard strode up to Xu Ping, knelt beside Hou Sui, and held a copper plate in both hands. Hou Sui indifferently glanced at the bloody head above, and then turned his head and asked Zhou Manfu sharply: "Does General Zhou still want to disobey?" ”

Xu Ping bit his lip tightly, and the hand that was propped up on the ground was clenched into a fist, and his nails had pierced the skin and inserted into the palm of his hand. He felt General Zhou trembling beside him like a leaf in the autumn wind. Hou Sui waited a little impatiently, and repeated loudly: "General Zhou, you still have to disobey the order, but you can't do it." ”

The people around me trembled even more. Xu Ping didn't dare to look sideways at all, just stared at the ground in front of him. The person next to him suddenly stopped shaking, and Xu Ping felt that Zhou Manfu seemed to suddenly raise his head, and at the same time heard a sad and angry shout: "The sun is clear!" ”

"Pull it down." Hou Sui's emotionless voice commanded again.

"It's clear every day!"

"It's clear every day!"

Zhou Manfu was still screaming when he was dragged down. In a short time, another head was placed on a copper plate and sent into the account. Xu Ping's head fell lower and lower, almost lying on the ground. Hou Sui seemed to be asking the commander of the 3,000 battalion the same question, Xu Ping could no longer hear the question, his eyes began to darken, dizziness hit him for a while, and he used all his strength to keep himself from collapsing to the ground.

A loud cry erupted from inside the tent, followed by a heart-rending cry: "The last general will not dare to disobey." ”

The dizziness was still very violent, Xu Ping still couldn't hear their answers, and it seemed that Hou Sui asked the man to go back to tidy up the camp. The crying faded away, a constant whimper, interspersed with intermittent, irrepressible sobbing.

"General Xu!"

Hou Sui's voice smashed down out of thin air, pulling Xu Ping back from the whirlwind. Xu Ping took a deep breath and responded, "Master Inspector, the end will be there." ”

"General Xu, are you guilty?"

Zhou Dongtian and Yu Shenhe, who were brought by Xu Ping to testify, were still waiting outside the tent, but Xu Ping no longer considered defending himself: "The last general is guilty, please punish the superintendent." ”

"Now is an opportunity to atone for your sins." Hou Sui's voice came from above his head, so calm that he didn't have a little undulation.

"Master Xie, Master Xie, please show me."

"The 3,000 battalions now have no owner in the camp, and the commander of the headquarters wants General Xu to temporarily take over the camp affairs and immediately set off to exterminate the bandits, limited to noon tomorrow." Hou Sui casually summarized the situation of the 3,000 battalion, and it seemed that he was very uneasy about the 3,000 battalion's ability to command affairs, so he wanted Xu Ping to assist in suppressing the battalion and lead the battalion to complete the task quickly. If Xu Ping can do it, then Hou Sui will not blame the past, and let him go back to the Evergreen Camp to continue to serve; But if Xu Ping neglects his duties, then he will be punished for both crimes, and he will not be forgiven.

Seeing that Xu Ping was silent for a long time, Hou Sui asked in an accentuated tone: "Does General Xu also want to disobey orders?" ”

"The last general will not dare, the last general will obey orders, Master Governor." Xu Ping finally accepted Hou Sui's order in the most respectful tone. The blood in the copper plate was dripping down the ground in front of him.

Hou Sui beckoned to a Jinyi guard and told Xu Ping that this Qianhu named Zhao Lifeng would bring a hundred soldiers of the standard battalion with him to cooperate with him in suppressing the possible riots of the 3,000 battalion. Xu Ping understands very well that the actual job of this brocade guard is to monitor himself. He took the order and got up, and went out of the tent to see Yu Shenhe and Zhou Dongtian. The two subordinates were full of horror, and as soon as they saw Xu Ping, they asked in unison, "My lord, what is going on?" ”

Faced with the inquiries of his subordinates, Xu Ping was speechless for a while. The guards of the standard battalion were putting the heads of the two commanders of the 3,000 battalion on the flagpole, and Xu Ping did not dare to look at it anymore, nor did he answer the questions of his subordinates. He just silently recited in his heart: "Zijun is still waiting for me, I can't die here." ”

Author's note: In the past few days, this book has been full of bad reviews.

It doesn't matter if the readers who are reading my text now vote red or black, I know you're still reading it, and then you vote. So I'm still grateful, so I'm writing this to you who are reading it.

I know that many of the readers of the tiger and wolf will come from the stealing of the Ming, and I have always believed that the readers of the stealing are a group of people who want to see justice served, the price paid for mistakes, and the punishment of crimes. If I'm not mistaken, you're going to love this book. I've also always believed that if I don't put in more energy and effort than stealing, I'm taking advantage of the reader's goodwill to cheat money. That's what I think, and that's what I do. The book "Tiger Wolf", I put far more energy into it than the previous work, and I personally think that it is a much more wonderful story than Stealing Ming. Moreover, I have shown this draft to many people, and most of the people who have read it have commented that they are stronger than Jian Ming, and they are more emotional than Jian Ming.

The existing structure of this book may not be suitable for the Internet, and for the Internet serialization, if the first tens of thousands of words are not explained clearly, it may fail, and the truth behind the contradiction must be constantly uncovered. But entity, I can concentrate the contradictions in the first half of the book, and then the characters keep accumulating contradictions until the first book and the end of the book have a total outburst. Entity, 20,000 words in a chapter, is just a moment, but the network means four days.

I think you, who are reading the book, may be confused by what Yellowstone did. Yes, if he had done nothing for twenty years, it wouldn't have been the stealing protagonist as I understood it. Do you really believe that the author of the Stealing would understand the protagonist of the Stealing as a person who does nothing? Do you really believe that the author of the stealing will understand the protagonist of the stealing as someone who has illusions about feudal imperial power? But I can't defend myself right now, because for the entity what is tens of thousands of words later, for the web, as far as my current chapter segmentation is concerned, it should be twenty days from now. Will there be consequences for Xu Ping's various behaviors? Yes, but in terms of the expected progress of the network, it will be more than ten days later.

I'm serious about it: I think the tiger wolf is better than the stealing of Ming. Maybe if you continue to read, you will find that your understanding of Huangshi is actually the same as my understanding, and your understanding of Xu Ping is the same as my understanding. Of course, there is also the possibility that you will eventually find out that my aesthetic is completely different from yours.

Anyway, thank you for your support, and for your previous support.

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