The generals on the field looked at their noses and noses, and their noses looked at their hearts, just like the Buddha statues enshrined in the temple, and no one responded loudly.

Liu Shengan showed a smug smile on his face, and looked at Wang Bo contemptuously, if it weren't for Li Hongzhang pressing on it, I'm afraid he would have laughed out loud at this moment.

After a long time, I suddenly heard a person say loudly: "I, Tang Renlian, am willing to borrow a hundred soldiers from Brother Wang." ”

Wang Bo turned his head to look, and it turned out to be the person who had a dispute with Liu Shengan that he saw before entering the door just now.

Li Hongzhang glanced at the past, nodded, and said, "Okay." Liu Sheng'an could select 300 people in the inscription camp, and Wang Bo selected 100 people in the Renzi camp, and a month later, they competed in the school field. This is the end of the matter, all of you go down! Renlian, you wait outside, I'll have a few words with Wang Bo. ”

Tang Renlian said: "Yes, my lord." ”

After a while, all the generals left the lobby, leaving only Li Hongzhang and Wang Bo.

Wang Bo didn't know what Li Hongzhang was going to say to himself, but he knew that he had a good impression of himself, otherwise, he wouldn't rashly bring himself to his barracks. This is an opportunity, and he has to take advantage of it.

Although it seems a little rushed, however, time is running out, and in another ten years it will be the First Sino-Japanese War, and then the old lady Cixi will give the imperial powers an excuse, and then the Eight-Nation Coalition will invade China, time is running out, and every minute must be racing.

But I heard Li Hongzhang say: "Let me ask you again, do you have to compete with Liu Sheng'an?" ”

Wang Bo said: "Lord Zhongtang, you also saw what happened just now, that Liu Shengan is aggressive, I don't want to allow it, and I will be a seven-foot man in vain!" ”

Li Hongzhang said: "Then do you know that things in the army are not trivial, and they can't be child's play?" ”

Wang Bo said angrily: "The eldest husband has done something and has not done anything, I understand what I am doing." If I lose, I have no complaints about what the military will do. ”

Li Hongzhang nodded and said, "I know, you go down and prepare." I'll be over in a month. ”

Wang Bo bowed, turned and walked out of the hall.

Li Hongzhang looked at Wang Bo's back, his expression was still without the slightest ripple, but his eyes were bright.

As soon as Wang Bo walked out of the hall, he saw Tang Renlian waiting outside, stepped forward quickly, hugged his fists and saluted, and said: "Thank you General for borrowing troops just now, I am grateful, I Wang Bo remember this kindness, and there will be a reward in the future!" ”

Tang Renlian laughed and said, "What's unkind, I just can't get used to Liu Sheng'an's arrogant and invincible face." This is not the place to speak, so how about going to my camp and talking about it in detail? ”

Wang Bo said: "Okay, I'll listen to the general's arrangement below." ”

Tang Renlian said: "Don't call the general, it's too raw, my name is Tang Renlian, I'm older than you, don't blame me for being big, call you Brother Wang, how about it?" ”

Wang Bo immediately shouted, "Brother Tang! ”

"Okay, refreshed!" Tang Renlian happily took Wang Bo's hand and said, "Brother Wang, let's go, let's go back to the camp." ”

Wang Bo followed Tang Renlian to a camp, but felt that the ground shook, and the sound of rumbling horses' hooves could be heard in the distance, like ten thousand horses galloping. remembered that when Tang Renlian and Liu Shengan were arguing in the hall, Tang Renlian mentioned that he was from the cavalry battalion, and he was relieved.

After a short time, I entered an office space, where tables and chairs were already prepared, and there were several plates of meat and vegetarian dishes on them.

Tang Renlian laughed and said: "Brother Wang, the military camp is simple, and you are not allowed to drink, so you can only make a slight expression to welcome your arrival, don't be surprised." In the future, I will make up for this feast! ”

Wang Bo said: "Brother Tang is too polite. ”

"Come on, let's sit down and eat and talk!"

Tang Renlian pulled Wang Bo to sit down, picked up a cup, and said, "If you don't have any wine to drink, then replace the wine with tea." Come, I toast you, and I salute the fate of our acquaintance! ”

Wang Bo hurriedly picked up the cup in front of him, stood up, and said, "No, Brother Tang, it should be me who respects you." In the hall just now, Lord Zhongtang asked who was willing to lend me a hundred soldiers, and no one spoke out at that time, only Brother Tang, you help each other, this cup, I will do it first as a respect! With that, he raised his head and drank it in one gulp.

"Good!" Tang Renlian shouted, also stood up, raised his cup and drank it.

The two of them held their empty glasses high, looked at each other, and both laughed.

Tang Renlian said: "Brother Wang, come, sit down." I know you're confused right now, why am I speaking out to help you, right? ”

Wang Bo didn't respond immediately, just listened quietly.

Tang Renlian continued: "Now that you and I are brothers, I am not afraid to tell you that I have a grudge with Liu Sheng'an. When I was fighting the Twist Army, I originally belonged to the Thunder Battalion of the Hunan Army, which was commanded by Bao Chao at that time. In the sixth year of Tongzhi, our Tingzi Battalion and the Inscription Battalion led by Liu Mingchuan, the general of the Zhongtang Army, attacked the Twist Army at the Yinlong River in Anlu. ”

"At that time, Commander Bao and Liu Mingchuan had agreed to attack together, but Liu Mingchuan ordered a separate attack in advance in order to grab the merit, but they were hit hard by the Twist Army, and their subordinates suffered heavy losses, and even the two generals of the Mingzi Battalion, Liu Diankui and Tian Luan, were killed on the spot, and they were deeply encircled and could only sit and wait for death."

"Commander Bao had no complaints about Liu Mingchuan's merit-grabbing behavior, and even led his troops to save the inscription battalion, and finally peeked at the opportunity to launch a fierce attack behind the twisting army, which turned defeat into victory."

"It stands to reason that such a victory over Commander Bao is a great achievement, and it is even more righteous to the inscription camp, but afterwards, he was bitten back by Liu Mingchuan, and Commander Bao was sued for false exploits. After that, Commander Bao became angry and insisted on resigning and returning home, so he dismissed all the troops of the Thunder Word Battalion. Later, I was left behind by Lord Nakado, and then I was ordered to form a cavalry battalion, which is what is now the Renzi battalion. ”

Speaking of this, he angrily raised his cup and took a sip of tea, but when he heard the sound of "pop", his cup slapped heavily on the table and said: "Commander Bao was framed by Liu Mingchuan, and I can't swallow this breath, so my Renzi Battalion and their Inscription Battalion have always been at odds, and there are always fights. ”

"Haha, thank you so much! Over the years, they have a lot of people in the inscription camp, and they have tried their best to bully my Renzi camp, we can't fight for less, so we can only swallow our anger, just now I saw you in a few words to make Liu Sheng'an lose face, his deflated expression was red and blue, wonderful, I can see that I am called a happy ah! ”

"Haha...... Liu Sheng'an should also be mad, in order to get back to the field, he relied on the fact that there were many people in their inscription camp, relying on the situation to bully others, and they wanted to compete with you to arrange troops, but they were forced to use such means to find the bottom of the steps, haha, happy, happy! Come on, let's have a few more drinks, and it's a great pleasure to have today! ”

Wang Bo thought to himself: "So that's the case, no wonder I heard the two of them arguing before I even entered the door." Hunan Army? Zeng Dashuai? At the end of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the most famous Hunan army was the Hunan army under Zeng Guofan, and it should be him. (To be continued.) )