Eighty miles away from Anqing, on the cross road outside Huaining County, three Yue cars were parked on the side of the road, and more than a dozen people were lining up to release water.

Shaking the droplets, Lu Wang flicked the cigarette butt in his hand, and looked at the intersection in the southwest direction, which was Qianshan County, which was hidden in the mountain nest more than fifty miles away, and it was also the destination of Wang Tingchen and Wu Sangui's two armies, and he was going in the opposite direction.

Getting into the car, Lu Wang said and lowered his head to get into the car, and soon, the rugged mountain road was dusty, and the three off-road vehicles rushed towards the northeast at high speed.

The purpose of Lu Wang's trip is Luzhou, and by the way, he will inspect several cities around Qianshan, otherwise he can directly take out the helicopter and run wildly without driving.

"Lord Wang, it should be Tongcheng ahead" When Lu Wang was sitting in the co-pilot and fell asleep, the driver Bobcat slammed him gently.

Hearing this, Lu Wang rubbed his eyes and looked up, a lonely city was faintly visible in the desolate land, could it be that this was the Tongcheng that made Zhang Xianzhong eat six deflated iron beatings? Rwan's eyes lit up.

One is not a famous general, and the other is not a thick city wall, but the little Tongcheng is still not falling down despite the six strong pushes of the killer king, relying on the unity of the army and the people, it seems that the people of Tongcheng are united, worthy of praise, and Lu Wang decided to go to the city to get some benefits.

When the car was less than ten miles away from Tongcheng, Lu Wang saw a group of officers and soldiers around the roadside roasting fires, and suddenly asked the lynx to stop, and he planned to go down to check it.

In fact, this kind of patrol team has encountered several groups along the way from Anqing to Huaining, and they belong to different regions but have received the same military order to patrol their respective boundaries.

This group of officers and soldiers has more than 100 mouths, trembling ropes around the fire on the side of the road, the three cars that came from a distance made them very surprised, this kind of car that looks like a monster to them is not the first time to see, a few days ago the military affairs office of the Ming Army came to reorganize their head to drive this kind of car.

So when Rwan's car drove up to them, the group hurriedly stood up. It seems a little helpless, and even a little worried about whether they will be punished because of the problem of baking fire, because the people who open this kind of monster in their subconscious should all be from the Military Affairs Department, I heard that the old is ruthless.

"Hey, it's cold enough" Lu Wang opened the car door and walked down, and more than a dozen guards around him also followed closely behind, all of them were loaded with ammunition to make these officers and soldiers even more nervous, it seems that this person is not small!

There was no one to talk to, Lu Wang was a little embarrassed, and his eyes swept around the hundreds of good people. Ragged and exhausted: "Are you from Tongcheng?" ”

"Exactly, in Xiatongcheng Huang Daren's subordinates Xie Haiyang", a military attache came over and hugged his fist at Lu Wang.

"Hundred?" Lou Wan looked at him and smiled!

Xie Haiyang was stunned for a moment, then his face changed, and he quickly changed his words: "Down there is the commander of the third company......

Haha, Lou Wan laughed and patted him on the shoulder: "Just kidding, don't be so nervous".

Xie Haiyang smiled a little embarrassedly: "This adult, you are ......"

Lu Wang did not answer his words directly, but casually shook out an overcoat and put it on him: "It seems that the life of the Tongcheng soldiers is not very good!" ”

Forehead. Xie Haiyang and his subordinates were stunned, how could this person suddenly conjure up a big cotton coat when he was empty-handed just now, but the gift bag was still behind, and Lu Wang immediately shook his hands again. Hundreds of coats suddenly appeared on the ground, as well as some sweet potatoes, potatoes, peanuts, and drinks. Wearing warm roasted sweet potatoes to eat, this is the joy of life!

Wow, hundreds of people were dumbfounded and confused. Then he immediately cheered: "It's the god king, you must be the god king......"

"Bow to God", Xie Haiyang's eyesight is good, and he took the lead and knelt, and in an instant, Lu Wang fell to his knees in front of him.

"Get up, get up" Lu Wang casually took out a chair and sat next to the fire: "Lian Commander Xie may bake a sweet potato for me to eat?" ”

"It's a great honor to be humble, I don't hide it from the God King, I have been roasting a good sweet potato since I was a child...... Xie Haiyang is so excited, Nima, who would have thought that he could meet the world-famous God King with a fire on the side of the road, and now he has the opportunity to roast sweet potatoes for him in person, which is a blow for him in the second half of his life!

Hundreds of officers and soldiers were as excited as their company commanders, after each received an overcoat, and then they all roasted sweet potatoes around the fire, while watching Lu Wang, listening to him talk, no one thought that this fairy was so approachable, of course, whenever Lu Wang asked, they also rushed to answer, the atmosphere was very warm and harmonious.

Time slipped by minute by second, this chat was nearly half an hour, Lu Wang's stomach was bulging from eating sweet potatoes, and after rewarding each of these big-headed soldiers with one or two silver, he was about to get up and leave, when he suddenly found an off-road vehicle rushing from the direction of Tongcheng in the distance, and there was a real team of cavalry behind him, it wouldn't be Xie Xinghua, Lu Wang thought secretly.

It's really true, the speeding off-road vehicle soon came to the eyes, and after a sudden brake, a person jumped from above, it was Xie Xinghua, and he looked around with a happy face: "The God King is here?" ”

"Long time no see, I've worked hard for you lately", Lu Wang walked out of the crowd and looked at Xie Xinghua who was looking for him everywhere with a smile.

"My subordinates have seen the prince" Xie Xinghua hurriedly saluted, couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and trotted forward: "When did the prince come back?" ”

"Sit down and talk first" Lu Wang threw out a chair, Xie Xinghua smiled, leaned on Lu Wang's side and sat down, "The prince will just enjoy it, and eating sweet potatoes on a cold day has a different flavor."

Haha, Lu Wang laughed: "Life is not only proud, originally it was just a roasted sweet potato, since you are here, you have to change the tricks, how about roasting the whole sheep and drinking beer?" As he spoke, he glanced at Xie Haiyang and the others: "Everyone has a share!" ”

Wow, the crowd cheered, and then Luwan threw out more than a dozen sheep, and the soldiers hurriedly began to set up a rack for roasting and under the guidance of several guards, began to set up tents, could the god king stay here for the night?

Everyone was busy, but Lu Wang and Xie Xinghua were relaxed, the two gathered around the fire, smelling the smell of mutton and talking: "Tell me what you have done recently"

"I've been busy with the military reform of various cities in the past few days, it's very boring, and every day I register and make files" Xie Xinghua smoked a cigarette with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "I just finished handling the affairs of Lujiang at noon today...... By the way, Lord Wang, he also met Li Yan in Lujiang today. We were still wondering when you would come back, but we didn't think we would meet you here not long after we parted......"

Oh, Lu Wang was a little surprised: "I heard that you and Li Yan are working together, is he in charge of Lu'an, Luzhou and Shucheng, how did he sneak into Lujiang?"

Hey, Xie Xinghua smiled: "That's what I said, but don't forget how many people Li Yan has under him, and the original old foundation of the Military Affairs Department is with him, plus those who were transferred from Nanjing." Nearly 1,000 people...... After he was busy with Shucheng's affairs, he wanted to take a look at Lujiang by the way, and he happened to meet it."

Lu Wang nodded: "He has a lot of manpower, after I go back, let him transfer some manpower to you, so that you can do it in Anqing Mansion."

These words made Xie Xinghua stunned, the officers and soldiers of the seven cities had already been reorganized, and he didn't understand what they were doing.

Lu Wang smiled: "If the military affairs department only has this little work to do, then it is really dispensable." said and patted Xie Xinghua on the shoulder: "There are still a lot of things for you to be busy with next, and you are tired!" ”

"Don't worry, the prince will not let you down, are you going to enter the mountain?" Xie Xinghua is full of fighting spirit. Lu Wang almost burst out laughing: "I have more than 100,000 strong soldiers under my command, and I can't use your military affairs office to fight in the mountains!" ”

"That's?" Xie Xinghua touched his head inexplicably, indicating that I didn't understand.

Lu Wang took the leg of mutton handed by a personal soldier, tore off a piece and handed it to Xie Xinghua. I chewed a few mouthfuls and wiped my mouth before he spoke: "Where there are Ming people, there must be a Ming army, and where there is a Ming army, there must be a military affairs office, and obviously there are still many local armies that have not been integrated and rectified." Zhao Mingyang in the northeast has gone, and the Jinggi area will be taken care of by our capital, and I will hand it over to Deng Fanxi and Li Shiyuan in Shandong, and you and Li Yan will be the main ones in Nanzhili here, but this is far from enough."

"Isn't there still the grandfather of Nanjing", Xie Xinghua smiled: "Does the prince want to send me to the south or the west?" ”

"It's not the south or the west", Lu Wang shook his head slightly, picked up a can of beer and burped, "That grandfather is just running errands for us, you have to do a lot of things yourself, in a few days I plan to send Li Yan to his hometown in the west to rectify, all the things here are taught to you, Xinghua has done a good job, made achievements, you are the leader of the military affairs department of Nanzhili, you are seated!" ”

Xie Xinghua was overjoyed, but he remained calm: "Lord Wang, listening to your words, it seems that the Military Affairs Department has a new task, and it is definitely not just a matter of rectification!" ”

"There is progress" Lu Wang smiled: "In addition to supervising the violation of discipline by the soldiers, the Military Affairs Department must also make great achievements in the local area, the first is to guard the safety of one side, order the local garrison, and suppress the bandits and bandits in the jurisdiction as soon as possible. ”

Well, Xie Xinghua listened very seriously, put down the leg of mutton in his hand, took out his briefcase and took out a small notebook to start recording.

Article 2 The military affairs office should be set up in each city at the lower level of each prefecture and the local yamen to establish good relations with the local yamen to assist them in re-measuring and distributing land, and to contract out the idle land in each area under their jurisdiction, so that the garrison garrison can become self-reliant and establish regimental farms.

Article 3: In their spare time, the garrisons in various localities shall be responsible for the construction of water conservancy and roads within their jurisdiction, for the benefit of the people and for their own benefit, and the people shall not be requisitioned, but they may be hired, and the money shall be allocated by the Military Affairs Department.

Fourth, strictly inspect local military regulations, supervise the training of local garrisons, and even if they do not go to the battlefield, they must not rust their knives, otherwise they will be the same as before, and they will not be able to fight, will not be able to fight, and will not dare to fight.

Article 5: Funding for the construction of schools, free teaching, and teachers can be recruited on the spot with high salaries......

"Prince" Xie Xinghua couldn't help but interrupt: "Shouldn't this be what the yamen does, our army ......?"

Lu Wang exhaled and flicked the cigarette butt in his hand into the fire: "As long as you can work for the benefit of the people and benefit the people, why divide the army and the yamen, not to mention that I have an agreement with the emperor recently, you can cooperate with the local yamen on these things."

The last one is that the army is allowed to do business in each city, but it must be directly controlled by the military affairs department, the starting point is the rice shop, the price is low and low, and the porridge shed must be set up free of charge in case of famine......

In a short period of more than half an hour, Xie Xinghua fully understood what Lu Wang meant, that is, let him supervise the training of garrisons in various places, suppress bandits, open farms, build water conservancy roads, and build free schools.

The sky was already dark, and dozens of bonfires were lit next to the official road ten miles away from Tongcheng, Xie Haiyang's hundred-man patrol and Xie Xinghua's two-hundred-man cavalry team were enjoying barbecue and beer, while Lu Wang continued to chatter with Xie Xinghua in a tent.

"What does the prince mean is that Li Yan will go to the west in a few days, and his subordinates will take over all his current work?" Xie Xinghua said as he took a big bite of meat.

"Exactly," Lu Wan was pouring wine, and then glancing at the reveling soldiers outside the tent, "You did this too?" ”

"Hehe, it should be said that you did it, you did it, before you set up a seven-city joint defense, they just dealt with it during the day, and they didn't care at all, after the subordinates came over and reorganized them, because the army has arrived, and the war is about to start at this time, there can be no mistakes, and the subordinates gave them a death order, and the jurisdictions patrol day and night."

"Well, it's a good job, although it's not very useful, but it will be a bit of a deterrent to the thieves in the mountains, but ......" Lu Wang said with a frown, "It's too risky to patrol at night, it's easy to be ambushed, it's best to transfer the chariot company to help, they won't be able to enter the mountain anyway......"

As soon as Lu Wang's words fell, Xie Xinghua patted his thigh: "The prince really thought of it with us."

"We?" Lu Wang was stunned!

"Li Yan and I, we both thought about this, and we were still talking about it at noon today, Li Yan said that he also thought about it at the beginning, and talked to the dynasty, but was rejected by the dynasty?"

Forehead? Lu Wang was a little surprised: "The dynasty refused? ”

"Yes, Wang Chao said that the Military Affairs Department has no right to give orders to the chariot company, he is an independent company under the direct command of the prince, and at worst, he will only carry out the orders of Zheng Hong or Uncle Huang!"

Poof, when Lu Wang heard this, the beer in his mouth squirted out: "This dynasty is itchy!" However, it is also true that the Military Affairs Department does not have the right to give orders to the battalions, but can only ask for cooperation."

"Hehe, Lord Wang, what kind of skin is itchy in the dynasty, is it a grudge against the Military Affairs Department, have you forgotten how Zhao Mingyang cleaned up a few of them in the north!"

Lu Wang smiled bitterly: "Li Yan is carrying the black pot for Zhao Mingyang again!" Okay, Ming'er went over and asked him to execute it immediately", he said and looked outside the tent again: "It's getting dark, don't go back today, let's go to Tongcheng for the night."

Forehead! Xie Xinghua's face changed! Lu Wang found the anomaly and looked puzzled: "What's wrong?" ”

"Lord Wang, I guess we have to spend the night in the wilderness today!"

"Why?" Lu Wang was puzzled: "Isn't Tongcheng ahead?" ”

"Because it's dark...... Before, because Zhang Xianzhong had a soft spot for Tongcheng, the guards of Tongcheng were extra careful, and closed the city gate at sunset, and after his subordinates took over the reorganization, they were told to be careful, and anyone should not open the city gate after dark for any reason, even if I came to call the door, because now our army has just gathered here, and I am worried that the thief army will pretend to be our Ming army to deceive and open the city gate...... In fact, it's not just Tongcheng, each of these seven cities is there, and they won't open the door before dawn, this is a death order."

"So our brothers really want to sleep here today" Lu Wang smiled bitterly, and nodded vigorously: "But you are doing the right thing, the thief army is cunning, and you can use any tricks, so you have to guard against it!" ”

Xie Xinghua was very happy to hear the praise, and even joked to Lu Wang: "God King, don't you particularly like to fall asleep in the wilderness, you usually like to die in the military camp outside the city than spend the night in the city......

"Can it be the same", Lu Wang heaved: "The military camp is guarded by thousands of troops and horses and I sleep steadily, here are barren mountains and mountains, and there are more than 300 of you, if you are attacked by the thief army, then I will not die and warp, can I sleep steadily!" ”

It was originally a joke, but the listener had a heart, and Xie Xinghua immediately frowned: "Lord Wang, either let's go overnight, or our subordinates will send someone to ...... immediately."

"Let's get it" Lu Wang interrupted him: "It's not very safe to have a night road, besides, the master can't be attacked by them, I want to see who is better than Zhang Xianzhong's level than Li Zicheng" said and joked Xie Xinghua: "What are you worried about, we will camp under Tongcheng City in a while, I'm afraid of begging!" (To be continued.) )