At the beginning of the lanterns, piles of bonfires were lit in the Jiang family military camp outside Jinyang City, and the soldiers who had rested for a day were in twos and threes, or sitting by the bonfire and pulling homely things, or fetching water to wash away the dust.

Although what they are doing at the moment is not the same, it can be seen from their fading faces that they have good morale.

"Lord 、、、、"

"General,"

"There's no need to be polite, what to do." As usual, Jiang Qi, dressed in military uniform, took a few strategists to visit the battalions after dinner.

Everywhere they went, the soldiers and generals who were doing their own things stood up to salute, and at the same time, the soldiers were greeted by Jiang Qi peacefully. For Jiang Qi's peace, these low-born soldiers are also accustomed to it, and of course, because of this, Jiang Qi's prestige in the army can be described as unique.

This was not patrolling Yan Liang's Jizhou camp, Jiang Qi smiled and patted him, and was about to salute a shirtless chief who took a shower: "Mangzi, don't be cold on such a cold day, take a cold water with a big shoulder!" ”

"Hehe, it's okay, the lord and I have been 、、、、like this since I was a child," Mangzi who has lived in the mountains since he was a child smiled innocently, patted his strong chest, and replied angrily.

"It seems that our Yan Zhao boy is really a top man, and he is a hero!" Jiang Qi gently pounded Mangzi's sturdy chest and said jokingly.

After speaking, he looked back and said to Yan Liang, who was accompanying the patrol, "Although the Qianghu people that our army is about to face this time are all good on horseback, my Yan Zhao Nan'er is not easy to mess with, Wen Heng can be the main force in this battle, are you ready!" ”

"Don't worry! The soldiers of my Jizhou battalion have not fought these days, and the soldiers are idle and panicked, if my battalion is the vanguard, it will definitely be a sharp knife of the lord, 、、、invincible" Seeing Jiang Qi's praise, Yan Liang immediately came out to ask for his life.

"Okay, I'll remember it today." Jiang Qi smiled with satisfaction and helped up Yan Liang, who was saluting, solemnly patted his arm, and then signaled: "Okay, go to Bujun's place to have a look、、、"

Now Jiang's army is divided into fifteen battalions, although they are stationed not far from each other, but Jiang Qi returned to the Chinese army's big tent after patrolling each battalion.

The barracks, which had been lively for two or three hours, was now calm again in the sound of a horn representing rest.

Jiang Qi, who returned to the Chinese army, took the wet wipes sent by his own soldiers, wiped his face to lift his spirits, and then picked up the steaming decoction and took a sip. Although Jiang Qi was not seriously injured today, he didn't dare to be careless, after all, the big war was imminent, and Jiang Qi really couldn't afford to be injured.

"How? What did this Ding Yuan Lao'er say、、、 "Putting down the medicine bowl, Jiang Qi looked at Xi Zhicai with a wry smile on his face with some schadenfreude.

"There is a trust from the lord to the lowly position, it is okay to assassinate the Shifu today, Zhang Yi is quite enthusiastic. It's just that Zhang Tingshi was almost overtaken by Ding Yuan not long after he took office, and the grain and grass were not under his jurisdiction at all. ”

"Later, he went to Ding Yuan's Soldiers and Horses Peng Mansion, and he could enter the mansion until the moon and the branches did not wait for Ding Yuan. After chasing after him, I only saw the strategist surnamed Xu who had been to the camp in the morning、、、、" Xi Zhicai said a little depressed.

"It seems that Brother Zhicai has suffered from that rotten Confucianism!" Facing the embarrassment of Xi Zhicai, Jiang Qi laughed and said heartlessly.

"Hehe,, the lord is a god,," Xi Zhicai remembered Xu Liang's face today, and shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly.

"Don't worry, Ben Hou will aven、、、ge you tonight", after laughing, Jiang Qi got up and patted Zhicai on the shoulder and comforted with a smile, and shouted loudly to the door after speaking: "Someone is coming, 、、、"

"Lord 、、、、" Yan Ming, who was guarding outside the tent door, was ordered to enter and agreed loudly.

"How many people are still in the Sword Camp today!?"

"Lord Qiqi, except for a team of emergency guards, the rest are out、、、、" Yan Ming replied accurately after a while, although the Sword Battalion does not belong to their pro-soldier sequence, but the soldiers of the two battalions have always been together, and the Sword Battalion is also hidden in this pro-soldier camp in normal times, so naturally he also knows how many people there are.

"Six、、Enough! Let them prepare their equipment, act with Ben Hou at that time, and then order Tong Yuanyi to select the most elite Yiqu men and horses to stand by, and then act with Ben Hou. ”

"No"

"The lord is going to sneak attack Jinyang、、、、" Although the Sword Battalion is the most secret personnel in the army, as an important strategist, Xi Zhicai knows more or less what this group of people do, so he guessed.

"This Ding Jianyang is really far away in front of the Tiangao Emperor, let him know today that my Jiang Jiajun can't be offended, what's the matter, are you interested? Let's go together today! ”

"Is it okay?" Although he has been following the army, he usually works as a scribe in the military village, and Xi Zhicai has really never been to the battlefield.

"Hahaha、、、、 of course you can, but you can't just watch, you also have to contribute, in this way, write a few notices for Benhou!!"

"Notice?" Xi Zhicai looked at Jiang Qi with an unfathomable face full of doubts, not quite understanding what the connection between this notice and the sneak attack was.

"You'll know! Sometimes force is not everything. Jiang Qi didn't explain and left the back seat with a smile.

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Zhang Laohan has passed the year of the Mandate of Heaven this year, lives in Jinyang, has two sons and a daughter, and the children are now married.

A few days ago, he just entered a batch of needles and threads and was about to go out of the city to sell, but he didn't think that the sudden change yesterday made him have to dispel the idea of going out of the city, but fortunately, last night the government informed that it was not the enemy army outside the city, which made their family feel at ease.

It was not early in the morning, before dawn, Zhang Laohan picked up the goods and prepared to go out of the city, selling the accumulated goods, and his teenage grandson went out of the city with him.

Zhang Laohan's grandfather and grandson were preparing to go out of the city from the south gate as usual, and the cool breeze in the early morning blew across the street, Zhang Laohan couldn't help but shiver, and then heard his grandson speak: "Grandpa, why is it so cold today?" ”

"This is anti-spring, if it is cold, there is a dress in this burden, hurry up and put it on, don't get cold." Although he also felt uncomfortable, Zhang Laohan didn't think about it elsewhere, and put down the burden he was carrying and said with concern.

"No need, it's still 、、、 grandfather" The little grandson looked at his grandfather's not thick clothes and excused himself, but without he finished speaking, he was attracted by a few horses coming from the street: "Grandpa is so beautiful 、、、、 white horse"

Zhang Laohan looked in the direction of his grandson's finger, and sure enough, there was a group of cavalry at the corner of the street, the number was not much, only six or seven people, and the leader was a tall white horse, which was indeed very beautiful, like a divine horse from the sky.

When Zhang Laohan was wondering who could have such a beautiful horse, he rode a few steps before he took more than ten steps. When he saw the person coming clearly, Zhang Laohan was not stunned.

Of course, this was so frightened that it was not that the person who came was ugly, but that the person who came was very handsome, and he looked mighty in a strong suit. But the bad thing is the six horsemen behind him, these guards are all black, and even their heads are tightly wrapped in black turbans and face towels, as if the little daughter-in-law is unsightly.

And not only that, the swords behind the backs of these guards, as well as the strong crossbows held diagonally, made Zhang Laohan feel that if he made any abnormal moves, he would definitely die on the spot.

Fortunately, Zhang Laohan, who used to be a townsman and had fought two battles with the Hu people, knew what to do now. didn't have time to think about it, and in surprise, Zhang Laohan hurriedly grabbed his grandson, who was still with glowing eyes, and let him go to the side of the street.

However, the people who came didn't seem to intend to let go of Zhang Laohan, and when they came to him, they all stopped. Jiang Qi, who was sitting on a white horse, looked up and down at the old and young who were dodging, and said, "Uncle, don't worry, Ben Hou is passing by here, and I want to ask how to get to this Ding Soldiers and Horses Mansion?" ”

"Lord Qiyu, General Ding's Mansion is located in the middle of the city, the original county guard's mansion, after Lord Ding came a few months ago, the county guard let it out." Although he didn't know the identity of the person who came, Zhang Laohan saw that the other party was dressed, and it must be a dignitary who hurriedly replied respectfully.

Jiang Qi casually looked in the direction pointed by the old man, and said politely: "Thank you, uncle, look, the old man is going out of the city like this?" ”

"The grass people are the merchants of this township、、、、 "Zhang Laohan didn't dare to hide it, and said 1510.

"Oh, then Benhou won't bother the old man, but if the old man is from this Jinyang Mansion, it's best to go to the city gate to see the notice, don't miss the hour. 、、、、"Jiang Qi looked at the grandfather and grandson again and saw that there was nothing abnormal, kindly reminded, and after speaking, he grabbed the horse's belly and beat the horse away.

"Wow, that's majestic!" Looking at the horses in the distance, the grandson, whose eyes were already staring, said with emotion.

"Huh," compared to the ignorant grandson, Zhang Laohan was frightened, just a few short sentences, and now his back was wet with cold sweat.

Although Zhang Laohan had already seen that the person who came was not as old as his son, the momentum emanating from his body made him unconsciously want to dodge, so that he didn't hear the last words clearly. Seeing that the people were far away, Zhang Laohan couldn't help but let out a long breath, and then asked his grandson: "What did that person say just now?" ”

"What do you think you said about going to the city gate to read the notice?" The grandson picked his hair and said after thinking for a long time.

"Let's go, it's almost dawn!" After getting the answer, Zhang Laohan looked at the few horses that had disappeared again, pulled his grandson and picked up the goods bag and said.

"Hey、、、" Hearing his grandfather's greeting, the grandson, who was still reluctant, hurriedly agreed, and then jumped up and down.

Soon with the walking, the grandfather and grandson came to the city gate after a while, today's Jinyang city gate is different from the past, the city gate that should have been opened at the time of the hour, now it is only three o'clock to open to the wide.

And the careful Zhang Laohan also found that the soldiers guarding the gate of the city have changed, and today these soldiers guarding the gate are tall and mighty and neatly dressed. It is simply the opposite of those lazy and lazy soldiers of the past.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Laohan suddenly remembered the team of knights just now, and couldn't help but stop going out of the city, ready to see the situation.

Not only Zhang Laohan, but also the people who were preparing to go out of the city one after another, all stopped when they saw this scene, and no one dared to touch the tiger power of those city gate guards.

Time passed, and gradually the sky began to light up with the rooster's crowing, and the people who stayed at the city gate were attracted by a notice pasted on the city wall.

"Grandson, you've studied! See what is written on it? Zhang Laohan looked at the hanging post, remembered the reminder of the young man just now, and hurriedly asked about his grandson who had studied in a private school for two years.

Although the "notice" couldn't figure out why Grandpa didn't leave the gate with the gate wide open, and kept stopping at the door, he had to interpret it when he heard Grandpa's inquiry. It's just that his reading has attracted the attention of a few villagers around who are worried about illiteracy.

"Sue the people in Jinyang City, Northwest Hu'er does not know the sky and the earth to invade my borders, kill my father, and enslave my wife and children. Now that the king is coming, he will definitely fight with him to the end, restore my rivers and mountains, and let that Hu'er dare not invade south. Today, our division passed by this place, and saw that the people were separated by the chaos of war, and their families were destroyed. As the king of the imperial court, how can he sit idly by, and now on the orders of General Zhenbei and Yiyang Marquis Jiang Gong, he specially allocated millions of taels of military food for the army to relieve the hardships of his father. ”

"The people in the city but see the notice, can go to Ding Bingma Mansion with household registration documents to receive the food for disaster relief, each household can get one stone, one household according to three counts, one more person can get two more buckets, the relief will be three days after the army will be pulled, hope that the father and old in the city will tell each other, Zhenbei General's Mansion Order, Zhongping two years in March"

"Is this true!?" Zhang Laohan stared at the notice with some disbelief, for fear that his grandson would recognize the typo.

Not only Zhang Laohan, but all those who heard about it also had the same doubts, they all knew that it was fortunate that the government did not increase taxes in these years, and it was possible to give rice and grain to the people. But when they looked at the big red seal on the notice, those present felt that it could not be fake.