Chapter 63: Tongguan is in hand
There were only two people left in the lobby, Dong Wan'er and Wang Gang, and the atmosphere was a little awkward for a while, Wang Gang wanted to say something, but he was afraid of offending the county lord in front of him.
"Captain Wang walked around the house with me, and I was in a hurry last time, and I didn't take Captain Wang to see at the house," Dong Wan'er said.
Wang Gang followed behind Dong Wan'er, through several corridors, and came to the backyard of the Hussar General's Mansion.
This is a garden built early in the morning, built-in rockery fish ponds, pavilions, and some precious flowers and trees, but in recent years, there are a few less rewards in the house, and it has been abandoned a lot, usually and few people come, only Dong Wan'er comes to see from time to time.
Wang Gang was a little behind, looking at Dong Wan'er's slender and slender waist, I saw a pitiful look, and knew that there must be a lot of stories in this woman.
"County Lord, it's very deserted in the lower house, what's the reason?"
Wang Gang looked for a topic, although it was not a very good opening statement, as an otaku in later generations, he spoke when he saw beautiful women.
"There are only two brothers and sisters left in the family, my father died early, my mother also died of depression, and the guards were afraid of being implicated, so they left one after another, and now there are less than ten guards left, and in this compound, it does seem a lot thinner."
Dong Wan'er walked to the side of the stone platform and looked at the rockery in front of her, which was already covered with a layer of dark green moss, and the corridors on both sides were still falling leaves in late autumn, which looked a little depressed.
Wang Gang was about to slap himself, which pot would not be opened.
"It's in Xia Menglang, which makes the county lord sad"
"Captain Wang doesn't have to blame himself, I've been used to it all these years. Even His Majesty crowned the county lord of Huanting, and only Captain Wang came to congratulate him" Dong Wan'er turned around and looked at Wang Gang with a reluctant smile.
"Captain Wang's parents are okay"
"My parents are no longer there," Wang Gang said, thinking of his parents in later generations, who had passed away when they were young, and he couldn't help but feel a little sentimental.
Dong Wan'er was also stunned when she heard Wang Gang's words, Wang Gang's age was only twenty years old, and his parents were gone.
"Who else is in that family?" asked Dong Wan'er.
"There is no one else at home," Wang Gang finished speaking, only to see the county lord's face sad, and tears seemed to fall from his eyes.
Dong Wan'er hurriedly stretched out her hand to wipe it, and calmed down a little before speaking.
"Captain Wang's family background is so unfortunate, and he has no relatives to rely on when he is weak, it's really difficult for you"
Wang Gang said with a smile.
"I'm already used to it, and I don't have to worry about it, so I can work the battlefield and use my life in battle."
"Captain Wang is really an open-minded person" Dong Wan'er looked at the smile that Wang Gang showed, she didn't know the bitterness behind this smile, she wanted to persuade but didn't know how to speak.
The two chatted for a while, and a maid came over and said.
"County Lord, the general has returned"
Wang Gang said goodbye, followed Yahuan towards the front yard, and looked at the background of Wang Gang's gradual distance, Dong Wan'er spoke.
"Captain Wang, if you have time, you might as well come to the house and walk around."
Wang Gang glanced back at Dong Wan'er in the long pavilion, his eyes were full of spring water, and his voice was like a yellow warbler's gentle cry.
"Then I'll bother a lot after that."
Wang Gang came to the front yard, Dong Chong was already waiting, and when he saw Wang Gang coming, he showed a big smile.
"Brother Wang told Brother Wei in advance before he came, and he should prepare for his brother."
"What General Dong said is that the last general was reckless"
"Brother Wang, don't be surprised, when there are no outsiders, you and I will be called brothers" Dong Chong stepped forward, grabbed the back of Wang Gang's hand, and pulled Wang Gang to the inner hall, where a banquet had already been placed.
"Dong. . . Brother Dong," Wang Gang tried to call.
"Hahaha" Dong Zhong laughed twice and said, "Come, drink"
The two drank for a while before Dong Chong spoke.
"Brother Wang, do you know what Your Majesty summoned today?"
"Little brother doesn't know" Wang Gang put down the wine bowl and looked at Dong Chong suspiciously, it stands to reason that Dong Chong met His Majesty in person, and there was no reason to tell him about this outsider.
"Brother Wang, did you mean that the soldiers you brought will be handed over to the captain of the military academy as the commander-in-chief?" asked Dong Chong.
Wang Gang remembered what he said yesterday at Zhang Rang's house, nodded and said.
"Not bad"
"The captain of the military academy is also responsible for the training of the Royal Forest Army, and it is difficult to take care of it for a while, Your Majesty asked me to take over the soldiers brought by the captain Wang" Dong Zhong looked at Wang Gang after speaking, wanting to see if Wang Gang was sincere.
"That's really good, I originally thought it was Captain Jian taking over, but I was afraid that the soldiers of the state would neglect training and make Captain Jian unhappy, since Brother Dong is in charge, it would be better."
After Wang Gang finished speaking, he picked up the wine glass on the low table and toasted Dong Zhong to express his gratitude.
"Brother Wang said this" Dong Chong didn't believe it, how could there be a general who was not greedy for military power.
"The foolish brother is now powerless in the affairs of the guards, how can he still have time to train the soldiers," Wang Gang said.
"Okay, since Brother Wang said so, then it's not polite to be a brother, you brother and I Dong Chong have made a deal" Dong Chong drank the wine in the wine glass in one gulp, and said with a wave of his hand.
"Bingzhou is a bitter cold place, and Yanmen has been at the border for a long time, and I hope that General Dong can treat them well, and the little brother will be grateful" Wang Gang got up and bowed to Dong Chong, with a serious expression.
Dong Zhong hurriedly got up, helped Wang Gang up, and spoke.
"Brother Wei will definitely treat them well, I don't know what Brother Wang else wants, Brother Wei will definitely be satisfied," Dong Zhong said.
"The younger brother brought a thousand soldiers from Bingzhou, and recruited a thousand soldiers in Luoyang, after this period of training, he must have formed an army, so he will hand it over to Brother Dong as commander," Wang Gang said.
Hearing Wang Gang say this, Dong Chong was also taken aback, but he didn't expect that Wang Gang had a total of 2,000 soldiers in Luoyang, which made him a little embarrassed to accept it.
"This ...... This is not good," Dong Zhong said, rubbing his hands.
After speaking, he got up and said to the person at the door.
"Go and ask the county lord to come over and say that she has something to ask her"
Dong Zhong is still a little self-aware, and if he can't make up his mind about some things, he will ask this sister, and it is because of this sister that the Hussar General's Mansion can be preserved to this day.
After a while, Dong Wan'er walked in, glanced at Wang Gang, nodded slightly, and turned to Dong Chong.
"Why did the elder brother come to find the little sister?"
"Little sister. Here's the thing," Dong Zhong said the matter roughly, and Dong Wan'er pondered for a while before speaking.
"My brother has no generals under him for the time being, so I'm afraid it will be difficult for my brother to be alone, and it will be difficult to command two thousand soldiers."
Wang Gang next to him spoke.
"When I came out of Luoyang, I passed by Tongguan and saw Captain Li Yu, who behaved well and dispatched well, and was a rare general, so why not transfer Captain Li back and train soldiers," Wang Gang said.
Dong Chong was stunned when he heard this, and then he remembered that his father had left a few old subordinates before, and now there is only this Li Yu left, although he is a captain, his subordinates are only two hundred soldiers, and he has been stationed in Tongguan all these years, which is really embarrassing for him.
Dong Wan'er's eyes lit up when she heard Wang Gang's words, this is indeed a good idea.
But then he understood Wang Gang's intentions, and Wang Gang called out a thousand soldiers, and there must have been a plan.
Although Tongguan is a small pass, but the location is dangerous, it is the only way to go west and merge with the state, if Wang Gang grasps Tongguan, it can be regarded as leaving a back road for himself.
"Brother, then according to what Captain Wang said, transfer Captain Li Du to Xiyuan to train soldiers, and as for Tongguan, there will be Captain Lao Wang."