After the joint pressure of Yin Zongtang, Prince Fu Zheng, Wang Wenshao, Cen Yuying and other important ministers, Gong Jichang was imprisoned for more than two months, and was finally acquitted, and the official was reinstated, and he continued to be the commander of Jingnan, commanding the two battalions of water and land on Jingnan West Road, and concurrently serving as the commander of the Changsheng Naval Division.

Although the dust settled on Gong Jichang's rebellion, the Empress Dowager Lala was also worried that the power of Xinjieying in Jingnan County was too large and unfavorable to the imperial court, so she listened to the slanderous rumors of Li Zhangtong, the minister of foreign affairs, and decided to transfer Gong Jichang from Chenzhou to Yunyang Town, Jingbei, so as to weaken the influence of the Jingnan Group in Jingnan County.

Wang Wenshao, the governor of Jingnan, sent a letter to the imperial court, requesting that Gong Jichang be left behind to deal with the Miaojiang Rebellion, which could break out at any time. After careful consideration, the imperial court approved Wang Wenshao's recital, and Gong Jichang was able to continue to stay in Jingnan County for defense.

It is said that since Gong Jichang vigorously promoted Miao culture in Rulin County, the cultural level of the Miao people has made a qualitative leap, and the style of worshipping literature and practicing martial arts has flourished for a while. Professor Lu Zanchen and others are responsible for the teacher training of the college, and his wife Li Yanju has added three sons and one daughter to him.

In the blink of an eye, Lu Zhanchen's son Lu Wang was eighteen years old, full of poetry and books, and wanted to enter Beijing to gain fame. He also integrated the tricks of Tai Chi into the Lu family gun, just with softness, and overcoming rigidity with softness, which can be described as Wen Tao's martial arts strategy, just waiting for the martial arts exam of the imperial court in March next year.

One evening in Layue, Gong Jichang returned to Rulin County, Lu Zanchen was overjoyed, invited friends such as Dai Daniu and Hei Dashuai to meet in his villa, and instructed his wife Li Yanju to stew a leg of mutton, fry a few plates of small stir-fry, warm a large pot of millet wine, and drink it.

Everyone sat down around the round table, and the charcoal hot pot was in the center of the round table, accompanied by sumptuous side dishes, such as cabbage, shiitake mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots, coriander, enoki mushrooms and so on.

Lu Zanchen, as the master, held the wine jug, and only then put three small wine glasses, Gong Jichang pressed Lu Zanchen's hand, and said seriously: "Brother Lu, you are too grinding, pour wine with a small wine glass and change it for a big bowl!" ”

Lu Zanchen helped the oval crystal glasses, and hurriedly stopped: "No, I'm used to using a small wine glass." ”

Duan Hu, Zhai Zhangcun, Li Haohui, and Hu Siyu laughed together: "Brother Lu has a lot, I have never been afraid of anyone when I drink, and I am afraid of the big bowl today?" ”

Seeing that everyone said this, Lu Zanchen was embarrassed to insist on pouring wine from a small wine glass, and shouted loudly: "The master, remove the small wine glass and replace it with a big bowl." ”

"Okay, here-" Li Yanju agreed, took out a stack of large bowls from the kitchen and brought them to the table, "Zanchen, drink less, you still have to teach Lu Wang the scriptures." ”

"Remember, when did I get drunk?" Lu Zanchen grinned.

"If you don't pretend to force you, you'll die?" Li Yanju scolded softly and retreated.

"Woman, can't you say less? Come, come, drink—" Lu Zanchen filled each bowl with wine, "don't get drunk tonight." ”

"It's been a long time since everyone drank together, so let's open our belly and drink it today! Deep feelings, a mouthful! Gong Jichang dried it in the first bite.

When Lu Zanchen saw this posture, he didn't serve a bowl, and hurriedly said, "Brothers, eat some food first."

"Don't worry, let's do this bowl first." Zhai Zhangcun, Hu Siyu, and Duan Hu then drank the bottom in one go, and waited for Lu Zanchen to be alone.

Lu Zanchen pondered for a long time, but he couldn't hide, picked up the big bowl, closed his eyes, and grunted for a while before he barely drank it dry, "Ha-Brother Lu, I'm out of the way!" He rolled up his sleeves.

"It's not so good! Brother Lu is amazing! Everyone gave a thumbs up, and Lu Zanchen began to flutter.

"Tell the brothers good news and bad news—" Lu Zanchen was a little dizzy, and stopped after saying a word.

"The good news is that my son Lu Wang, who has entered the first place in the martial arts." Lu Zanchen said with a smile.

"Blue is better than blue, congratulations, Brother Lu, you have to respect yourself!" Gong Jichang said with a smile.

"Celebrate together, drink together." Lu Zanchen said.

"Why don't I salute you with a bowl, and I wish Lu Wang's nephew the first place in the provincial test and the palace test next year!" Li Haohui got up and picked up the big bowl, and he did it without stopping.

"Brother Tohui said. Just rush to this sentence, I drink this bowl! Lu Zanchen liked the brothers to be so bold, no longer timid, and immediately finished this big bowl, a little drunk, poetic, and improvised a song "Sigh of Divine and Ghost Life" - "Even if the golden bottle is empty to the moon, I am drunk with Penglai Xian." Gathering and dispersing is not about love, drifting between heaven and earth. The world is peaceful, and it is only afraid of people and ghosts. If your heart is like a mirror lake, why should you be afraid of more than half of the night......"

As soon as Lu Zanchen finished reading, Gong Jichang clapped his hands and exclaimed: "Brother Lu, criticize current affairs, I feel it, good poetry, good poetry!" And what about the bad news? ”

Lu Zanchen took a small sip, sandwiched a piece of mutton and put it in his mouth, and said: "Brother Lu, I took the exam and took a ninety-nine place, and I will automatically give up my qualification in the spring of next year——"

"This and that? If you have the chance, you have to go to Tanzhou to give it a try. Duan Hu and Hu Siyu persuaded.

"No, I know how many pounds and taels I have, so I'm better at home with the housekeeper." Lu Zanchen took another sip of wine, "I just like the contents of this cup, and I gave up a lot for this thing, Brother Lu." ”

"Brother Lu, a great writer, are you still afraid of the provincial test?" Gong Jichang said with a smile.

"Brother Lu, I'm old, and my body can't bear it. I hope that Lu Wangguang will be good and continue to drink. Lu Zanchen took the initiative to take the lead this time, and everyone also made the second big bowl together.

Talking and laughing, he drank until there was not much left on the table before resting, and the cups and plates on the table were in a mess. After sending off his drinking friends, Lu Zanchen turned around and hit a "big rabbit", stumbled into the study, did not take off his clothes and shoes, and lay directly on the bed and went back to Xiqi......

In the second year, Lu Wang really lived up to expectations, ranking third in the country in the martial arts examination in Kyoto.

In that year, Lord Yin Zongtang quelled the chaos in Xinjiang and asked Gong Jichang to transfer 3,000 soldiers and horses to the battlefield. When choosing generals, Gong Jichang made a difficulty, and Lu Wang's martial arts had nothing to say, but his qualifications were not old enough to convince the public.

"Hei Dashuai, who do you say to send to Xinjiang?" Gong Jichang asked Huang Qinggong, the handsome man of Jihei.

"My lord, there is no ambiguity at this time. Lord Yin Zongtang was strict in governing the army, and the target of this attack was secretly supported by Fanbang forces such as Rus and Eagle Strike Li, which was different from the Blue Wolf Army and the Miao Army. The last general thought that it would be better for the general to go out in person. The black handsome replied.

"It's better to give the opportunity to the young people, the position of the governor has reached the highest level, and it is not much use to add some military exploits." Gong Jichang smiled slightly.

"Otherwise, let Xiong Wanmin take command of the expedition, and let Lu Wang be the deputy general to cultivate his actual combat experience." Zhu Rongchu suggested.

"No, you can't. Xiong Wanmin commanded the naval division, lacking land combat capabilities. Gong Jichang said.

"By the way, don't we have a better candidate?" At this time, Hei Dashuai remembered Gong Tianyuan, the deputy general who guarded the Zhenyuan Mansion in Guimao County.

"Who?" Gong Jichang asked.

"General Gong Tianyuan." Hei Dashuai said.

"No, you can't. If he leaves Zhenyuan Mansion, there will be chaos there. Gong Jichang shook his head.

"Let me go, big brother." Zhu Rongchu recommended himself.

"Hey, you are a scholar, how can you let you go on an adventure?" Gong Jichang did not agree to Zhu Rongchu's request.

"It doesn't work, it doesn't work either. Lord Yin Zongtang is urging urgently, we can't delay time. Hei Dashuai said.

"It seems that only Ben Governor himself went into battle to kill the enemy." Gong Jichang threw off his robe and walked out of the camp with his sword.

Soon, Gong Jichang took 3,000 elites, with Lu Wang as his deputy general, and traveled thousands of miles to the battlefield in Xinjiang. As soon as they arrived in Xinjiang, the Xinjie Battalion, as the leading unit, cooperated with Liu Jintang to fight.

Three years of Guangxu, April 14. Liu Jingtang led the main force of 15,000 people from Dihua, three days later, arrived at Chaiwopu, which was more than 100 miles away from Dabancheng, and the troops marched forward that night, and surrounded Dabancheng in the early morning of the 17th.

When the Uyghur people in the city heard that the Qing Peace Army was coming, they risked their lives to sneak out of the city and report to Gong Jichang that the rebels could not help them, and they were discussing a breakthrough and leaving.

Gong Jichang, as the vanguard force, learned that the enemy had no fighting spirit, so he led the army to attack, annihilating more than 2,000 enemies and capturing more than 1,200 alive. After conquering Daban City, the Qing army divided into two routes, all the way to Turpan and all the way to Tuoxun.

Bai Yanhu, the defender of Turpan, had already fled, and the horsemen were forced to lead more than 10,000 men to surrender. Gong Jichang's army marched to Xiaocaohu near Tuoxun, and the suffering local Uyghur people immediately rushed to report: "When the rebels heard that Daban City had been lost, the big and small leaders fled in terror. ”

Gong Jichang rushed forward, regained Tuoxun City, and rescued more than 20,000 people. After conquering Tuxun City, Gong Jichang was warmly welcomed by the Hui people. In order to pursue Bai Yanhu, who led the remnants to flee to the Kaidu River, Gong Jichang's lone army went deep for five hundred miles, and in a desert oasis, he finally caught up with the rebels who fled in despair.

This oasis is located in the middle of sand dunes, and it is full of poplar forests, making it difficult to spot the presence of rebels. Gong Jichang took advantage of the night to launch an attack on the rebels, killing more than 2,000 rebels, but Bai Yanhu still escaped.

Gong Jichang proposed to lead troops to arrest Bai Yanhu in the territory illegally occupied by Rus. Yin Zongtang also agreed to his proposal, when Yin Zongtang was about to strike while the iron was hot and wave his army to pursue the rebel leader and his remnants, he suddenly received an edict from the imperial court, saying that the courtiers would gather to discuss and that the western expedition would cost a huge amount of money, and now Wucheng and Turpan would have vested and could suspend the army.

Yin Zongtang looked up to the sky and sighed: "Now that the opportunity to capture the thief, the courtiers have actually circled the cocoon strategy to bind my siblings!" So he and Gong Jichang jointly rebelled against the decree and argued on the basis of reason.