Jun Song threatened to be unconvinced, and Yuan Yingtai saw that the heavy troops were gathered in Nancheng, fearing that there would be turmoil, so he ordered to take Jun Song to the tower for questioning.

At this time, Juniper's lower general also realized that he was at a loss, so he dissuaded Juniper from thinking more. Juniper pondered for a moment, and then arranged for the generals to restrain their subordinates, and then rushed to the tower. Zhang Wen also went with him, and persuaded Jun Song on the way: "General Du, please rest assured, the military gate will not kill the general, at most, it is to impeach the general." The general has a righteous heart and takes the overall situation into account, and based on this alone, I will speak for the general in the recital. ”

Juniper listened to Zhang's words and felt that it made sense. Yuan Yingtai will not be stupid to kill people by himself, and Zhang Wen is the favorite of the new emperor, if Zhang Wen is on his side, it will be a great help, so he said a lot of good things to Zhang Wen.

The two of them arrived at the building, and as soon as they entered the building, Yuan Yingtai shouted: "Donkey, don't give you some color to see if you don't know military law." You disobey the military order, and your sin is unforgivable, come and drag Juniper out and beat sixty military sticks! ”

Several sergeants pounced on the general, and Jun Song was about to open his mouth to insult, but then Zhang asked: "General Du, why don't you thank the military for not killing you?" Juniper came back to his senses, and his heart was a little moved, so he knelt on the ground and said, "Xie Junmen's grace of not killing." ”

Yuan Yingtai nodded, his face changed, and he still said sharply: "Don't pull it down and fight it soon!" "The sergeant came to pull Juniper and was thrown away by Juniper," Lao Tzu will go by himself. ”

After a while, I heard a crackling sound outside, but I didn't hear Juniper's shout. After the beating, everyone carried Juniper into the tower, only to see him sweating profusely, lying on the door panel, with his bare back and buttocks, and his skin and flesh were flying.

Seeing this, Yuan Yingtai asked Sui Jun Langzhong to take medicine for Juniper, and then said with a sigh of relief: "This official is entrusted by the emperor to preside over Liaodong, and he has to rely on everyone to work together to do a good job, but you openly disobey the military order, and this official will not punish and cannot convince the public." At present, we should pacify the state. Your surname is Du, why should you get along with this official? ”

Juniper sighed at this time, feeling that Yuan Yingtai was relatively honest to people, although he was beaten, he didn't think about holding grudges, and moaned and said: "Junmen, the last general doesn't want to go with you, but the Mongolians and the common people live together, which is really a hidden danger, and the last general is just thinking about the safety of Shenyang, and he is not selfish." ”

Zhang Wen saw that things had developed to this point, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, Yuan Yingtai still has strengths in some aspects, at least he can unite people's hearts. Juniper has some insight in managing the army, but he still has obvious shortcomings.

Yuan Yingtai naturally knew Juniper's temper, so he used both soft and hard methods, reasoned with him, and threatened, which suppressed him. When the matter was settled, Yuan Yingtai asked Juniper to release the captured Mongols, find someone to bury the people who were killed by the shelling, allocate money and food to appease their families, and resign the people. At the same time, the Mongol advance and part of the Ming army were ordered to march to Sancha'er Fort and attack Jianyu.

At this time, it was already winter and the weather was cold, so Zhang Wen still insisted on getting up early and going to various places to inspect and understand the military affairs. When the Mongolian soldiers came out of Shenyang, Zhang Wen went to the east gate to watch, and recorded the number of men and horses, equipment, morale, etc.

When Zhang Wen was busy with these things, he often met Qin Yulian, sometimes by coincidence, and sometimes it was very deliberate to see her riding a horse back and forth in the neighborhood. Over time, Zhang Wen naturally had some understanding of her thoughts and wanted to persuade her, but he was afraid of being ridiculed by her mean mouth, so he temporarily dispelled the idea.

Gradually, she saw her more times, and she became acquaintances, Zhang Wen's disgust and anger towards her had faded away, and sometimes asked her some questions about military affairs, Qin Yulian was happy to answer, and every time she elaborated in detail, trying to talk to Zhang Wen as much as possible.

One day, after Qin Yulian finished talking about the formation problem, she twisted it for a while and suddenly spoke: "Lord Zhang, what I said that day was just a moment of confusion, in fact, Lord Zhang is an upright person, but I have always spoken straightforwardly, and I don't know how to hurt people," After that, she made a woman's Wanfu ceremony seriously, "I hope your lord will forgive me." ”

"Huh?" Zhang asked here, but he was confused, how could this Qin Yulian apologize to herself?

Qin Yulian was a little annoyed when she saw Zhang Wen's blank appearance, she had been carrying the pimple in her heart for many days, but she didn't expect this person to forget it completely. She snorted, "pedaled, pedaled" to her mount, mounted her horse and left.

Zhang Wen then reacted that Qin Yulian apologized for the fact that he put on the little girl's clothes that day, and suddenly felt that this unforgiving female general could be regarded as a lover, and after many days, he still remembered this incident.

Qin Yulian's sullenness didn't stay long, on this day Zhang Wen was observing the Mongolian soldiers outside the east gate, Qin Yulian rode over again, as if she was not the one who apologized and left angrily a few days ago, so she naturally greeted Zhang Wen: "What is Lord Zhang looking at?" ”

Zhang asked without looking back and said, "I'm estimating the combat power of the Mongolian strikers...... General Qin, take a look, how do you think this Mongolian forward is better than my Ming officers and soldiers? ”

Qin Yulian was a little annoyed when she saw that Zhang Wen didn't even look at her, the new clothes she had just changed into this morning, although they were worn in the armor, they could still be seen in the collar. Qin Yulian angrily blocked in front of Zhang Wen, and Zhang Wen saw her expression at this time. Zhang Wen suddenly felt coquettish and laughed in his heart.

Zhang Wen couldn't help but look at it twice, and said with a smile: "I said that General Qin is different today, it turns out that he is wearing new clothes." ”

"Huh?"

Qin Yulian pretended not to care, remembered the question Zhang asked earlier, and then said: "These Mongolian hungry people, but how powerful can they fight for a bite of food?" If you want to compare with our white pole army, three are not as good as one. Qin Yulian knew that Zhang Wen was a workaholic, as long as he talked to him about military affairs, he would talk a lot.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Wen did not continue to talk about military affairs today, but looked at Qin Yulian and said: "I have a sentence, I don't know whether to ask or not...... I'm serious about making it clear, but I'm not joking, you listened to other dulicitous sarcasm. ”

Qin Yulian said a little angrily: "When did I stop duplicitous? ”

Zhang asked with a big head, waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, let's not dwell on such small problems." I just wondered, with so many officials and generals, General Qin doesn't have a relationship with them, what is he looking for me all day long? Since General Qin is a person in the army, he must like to be cheerful, so as not to get along awkwardly and panic, let's talk bluntly, are you ...... Does it mean anything else? ”

Qin Yulian's face suddenly turned crimson when she heard this, and she had a fight with the color of the rising sun in the east, her eyes were flustered, and she didn't know how to answer.

Seeing this, Zhang Wen said: "Although there will be some small contradictions when we know each other, but after getting along for such a long time, I know that General Qin has a good heart, but he is a person who can intersect, so I don't want to watch you waste your time in vain......"

Qin Yulian didn't wait for Zhang to finish asking, and said with anger on her face: "Self-inflicted!" When did I fall in love with you? I'm not interested in a little white face like you. "Jump on your horse and go. Zhang Wen didn't bother to care about her, and just made it clear that he would save a troublesome matter, so as not to have anything to do with Qin Yulian and attract attention.

At this time, a team of officers and soldiers at the city gate saw Qin Yulian and Zhang Wen together, and immediately coaxed. Originally, there were few women in the army, Qin Yulian looked good-looking, and she was a young woman, so she would naturally be concerned by the sergeants, and everyone would laugh and talk about the little thing between her and Zhang Wen after dinner. At this time, I saw Qin Yulian and Zhang Wen together, and those people simply sang Sichuan folk songs: a locust tree on the high mountain, and Wanglang came with a railing. The mother asked her daughter, what do you want? I look at the acacia flowers, when will they bloom...... The mountain song sung by Liu Ling in the past seems to be very popular in the Sichuan army.

Qin Yulian rode over, lifted the horsewhip and scolded: "There is no big or small thing, who told you to sing such words......

After Zhang Wen finished his business, he got into the carriage and went into the city, and he didn't care about Qin Yulian, if he did, I was afraid that this matter would be endless. Unexpectedly, Qin Liangyu came to the door within a few days, and Zhang Wen considered that he wanted to have a good relationship with the generals, so he hurriedly greeted him at the door and treated him politely. At this time, Zhang Wen had already understood the relationship between Qin Liangyu and Qin Yulian, and Shizhu Xuanfu made Qin Liangyu the aunt of the little female general.

Zhang Wen welcomed Qin Liangyu to the living room, found staff Huang Renzhi and Shen Jing to accompany him, called people to serve tea, and sat the guests and hosts. Zhang Wen politely greeted a few words, and Qin Liangyu smiled: "Counting it, the last general and Master Zhang are also old acquaintances. ”

"Yes, when we were in Zhejiang, we met before, and General Domeng Qin and General Liu helped to successfully pacify those salt bandits."

Qin Liangyu is in his forties, and his late husband Ma Qiancheng is also a general, and the two are very affectionate after marriage. It's a pity that Ma Qiancheng was imprisoned and died for offending the tax envoy, and Qin Liangyu became a widow, but she did not rebel because of this, but inherited her husband's position and continued to serve the Ming Dynasty.

Qin Liangyu listened to what Zhang Wen said, waved her hand and said that it was not enough to worry about raising her hands, she glanced at the staff who accompanied the guest, and said: "The last general is bothering today, not for official business, but for a little private matter, can you talk to the adults alone?" ”

Zhang asked Huang Renzhi and the others to go down, thinking in his heart, what personal matter do I have with you, I'm afraid it's Qin Yulian's business. Sure enough, after Huang Renzhi and Shen Jing said goodbye, Qin Liangyu said, "It's about Yulian, the niece of the last general." ”

Zhang Wen nodded, calmly responding, waiting for the following. Seeing Zhang Wen's expression, Qin Liangyu thought that he was a frank gentleman, and had a good impression in his heart, and said: "Don't be surprised, Lord Zhang, our remote place in the southwest is not very strict with etiquette and religion, and the customs dictate that it is not taboo for men to love women." There is also a custom of gathering young men and women to make love after a good harvest. ”

"I understand that. The joy of men and women is human nature, and there are many records in the Book of Poetry...... "Zhang asked nonsense.

"That's good, that's good." Qin Liangyu was very embarrassed, and finally took a breath and said, "I think let's talk about it directly, Yulian hasn't eaten Dimi for three days, and the last general knows some information from the generals, it seems to be related to adults......"

Zhang Wen was stunned and said, "General Qin, please Mingjian, I didn't even touch her with a finger." Miss Qin's body is important, it is better to seize the time to enlighten and enlighten, young people are easy to do stupid things. ”

Qin Liangyu glanced at Zhang Wen, and said in his heart, aren't you a young man, but he said: "It doesn't matter what I said to her, I came here today just to ask Master Zhang for help in enlightening and enlightening, I am afraid that if she has three long and two short, I am ashamed of her father and mother in the spirit of the sky." ”

"I ...... How can I enlighten? But since I also have a responsibility, I should naturally be honest. It's just one thing, I already have a wife and a concubine, and I have something to do and something to do. It's better for General Qin to say this reason, even if Miss Qin is willing to be a concubine, where can she find a wishful husband and wife? Such a lifelong event, General Qin, as her elder, should let her handle it carefully. Besides, this official is a civil official, and he has no power to restrain the chicken, please persuade Miss Qin not to be confused by the stinky skin. ”

Zhang Wen is indeed unwilling to marry a military general like Qin Yulian, Zhang Ying at home is enough for him, and if he goes back strongly, it will be strange if he doesn't fight and make trouble.

Qin Liangyu said: "But Yulian only has adults in her heart, what can I do?" ”

Zhang asked: "......"

Qin Liangyu said again: "Yulian said that she didn't care about the appearance of adults, but she liked adults to be serious and meticulous, and she didn't pretend to be high because she was born as a Jinshi, but asked humbly." She knows that there is a difference in status, but being a concubine is always worthy, why don't adults think about it anymore? ”

Zhang Wen's face was ugly, and he lowered his voice and said, "Don't hide it from General Qin, if I mess with flowers and grass everywhere, Madam is not easy to talk to." I'll see, forget it. ”

Qin Liangyu said all the good things, but when he saw that Zhang Wen didn't appreciate it, he was also a little embarrassed in his heart, and said in his heart that our people sent them to the door to be concubines, what are you pretending to be, what does it matter if multiple women are there, at this time, he was a little angry and said: "Then the general will not bother, farewell." ”

After Qin Liangyu left, Shen Jing and Huang Ren walked straight to the living room, laughing, Huang Renzhi touched his beard and said, "General Qin naturally has such good intentions, why should your lord refuse?" ”

Zhang asked: "It's not me who provoked her Qin Yulian, why should I take the trouble on myself?" If she enters the door, with that temper and ability, can she not learn martial arts with her wife every day? A few people made a joke and gave up. However, because of this, there was a gap with Qin Liangyu, and Zhang Wen felt a little regretful, but it didn't matter, he was just a general.

A few days later, Zhang Wen met Qin Yulian again, and Qin Liangyu told him that when Qin Yulian went on a hunger strike, he actually didn't believe it. Qin Yulian is also a female general, how can she look for death and life like an ordinary woman, but now that she saw that her face, which was already a big palm, she was even thinner, and her face was not very good-looking, he muttered in his heart, is it true that she is on a hunger strike for herself?

Although he didn't like Qin Yulian very much at first, he also understood that she was a straightforward and simple-minded person through getting along recently, but now because he became like this, it really made him a little unbearable.

Zhang Wen took a step in the direction of Qin Yulian, then stopped and shook his head, quickly cutting through the mess, if he had anything to do with Qin Yulian again, I am afraid this matter would not be so easy to conclude.

On the day Zhang Wen met Qin Yulian, he also encountered a major event. The governor received good news, and the Mongol vanguard defeated the Jianyu of Sancha'er Fort and took control of the castle, and the Jianguo retreated to Fushun in defeat. Yuan Yingtai immediately passed the good news to the officials and generals to prove his correctness in recruiting the Mongols as the vanguard. After the victory of the battle, Shenyang's morale was greatly boosted, and Yuan Yingtai immediately began to deploy the second step of the battle plan: seize Fushun City, control the border wall of the first line of Fushun Pass, and remove the threat of Shenyang.

Yuan Yingtai planned to transfer the first section of Malin from the Tieling Mountains to the south of the Tieling Mountains, hold the front line of Sancha'erbao, and threaten the right flank of Jiannu, and at the same time mobilize the elite from Shenyang to Fushun to fight a decisive battle with the main force of Jiannu.

The generals asked for battle one after another, in order to attack the vanguard of Fushun. Yuan Yingtai considered that the battle was very important, so he abandoned his personal suspicions, transferred Juniper as the main force of the front army, and led 60,000 elite troops out of Shenyang to attack Fushun. Suddenly, the atmosphere in Shenyang City was tense and the big war was imminent, and they were busy making all kinds of pre-war preparations, such as grain, grass, munitions, horses, vehicles, logistics and people. When Yuan Yingtai was preparing for the war, he showed his expertise again, all kinds of miscellaneous things were handled very properly, all kinds of consumption were calculated very accurately, and the logistics were arranged in an orderly manner.

Zhang Wen saw the situation in Shenyang, and immediately admired Yuan Yingtai a little more, although this person is not murderous enough, but it is not useless, and the arrangement of logistics is quite good. Yuan Yingtai is also very broad-minded, and he didn't care about the ugly things that Juniper gave him, but supported Juniper in everything, asking him to fight wholeheartedly and have no worries.

The 60,000 elite divisions of the Ming Dynasty are ready to go, the armor is clear, the banner hunting, the grain, grass, equipment and ammunition are sufficient, the military discipline is clean, and the drought in Liaodong, the weather is sunny and rainy, as far as the war is concerned, it is another great benefit, and everything makes people full of confidence.