A few days after the victory of the Seven Ridges......

"Marshal, there is news about the battle ahead, and I often encounter the Tang War Army Headquarters of the Third Vanguard Army on the Left of the Spring Department, and the first battle of Qiling Pass broke the enemy army and inspired the morale of the army, this is the good news of victory-" Zhu Yuanzhang's main force in the military department, Xu Da reported the situation of the battle at Qiling Pass on the side.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression was not too excited, he just smiled slightly, his eyes did not leave the map on the table, and he simply responded: "It's nothing, against Yan Jitai's troops, they have failed twice, and they should always be able to find the loopholes of the enemy army......"

"But to win a big victory at a time when the morale of the army is low is definitely to rebuild morale. Now that the grain and grass lost in the rear of our army are basically replenished, as long as the main army smoothly enters the Qiling Pass, not to mention a small Xuzhou, the Northern Expedition to Shandong will also be overwhelming -- Marshal, it is better for the last general to immediately lead the army into the pass, and the vanguard military department will also ask the marshal to restore General Chang Yuchun's original post and have entered the Northern Expedition!" Xu Da, as a general of the conquest, is also loyal to Zhu Yuanzhang, and he hopes to immediately send troops to the Northern Expedition to complete the great cause of restoring the Central Plains.

But Zhu Yuanzhang has always been calm and composed, no matter whether the battle report in front of him is happy or bad, he always maintains a calm state. Zhu Yuanzhang didn't respond to Xu Da's words immediately, looked at the map and pondered for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang got up and said: "It's not in a hurry, Yan Jitai Baza has a lot of tricks, and he wants to annihilate him in one fell swoop, but it's not that simple......" Zhu Yuanzhang's words were perfunctory, as if he was hiding something from Xu Da.

Xu Da also has a skill, knowing that Zhu Yuanzhang is reluctant to say something directly, but as a subordinate, he can't arbitrarily suspect his superiors. What's more, he is also loyal to Zhu Yuanzhang, so he doesn't dare to think about it anymore.

Zhu Yuanzhang stopped at the table. seemed to think of something, and then asked Xu Da beside him, "That's right." Where is General Chang Yuchun now?"

Xu Da came back to his senses and immediately responded: "Oh, General Chang has been busy gathering the grain and grass in the army these days, which can be regarded as making up for the previous defeat...... Now General Chang is reorganizing his troops outside, and the marshal is asking what is the important matter at this time?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked outside the tent and said bluntly: "Pass him in, Ben Shuai has something to say-" Zhu Yuanzhang has always spoken concisely and clearly, trusting his generals with a hint of majesty at the same time, so his subordinates love and fear him.

Xu Da received the order. Immediately issued a herald......

"The last general Chang Yuchun has seen the marshal-" After Chang Yuchun entered the camp tent, he still didn't forget to ask for his life.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the heir was coming, slowly stood up from the table, took a step or two to the side, and then asked Chang Yuchun: "General Chang, how to prepare for gathering grain and grass for so many days?"

Chang Yuchun bowed and said: "Back to the marshal, the last general has been hoarding grain and grass from the Soviet-Central Canal and other places in the past few days. and organize military and civilian counterparts to escort them by boats and vehicles. This season is just in time for the planting season, and when our army goes out to wave the flag and the order of the Northern Expedition is smooth. It is also the season of the bumper harvest, which is to reserve grain and grass again, and make up for it after renewal. At present, there are 200,000 troops under his command of food and grass. The Northern Expedition is sufficient, if the marshal still has doubts. You can go to the grain and grass camp to patrol!"

"No need-" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile after listening. "General Chang is really rigorous and efficient, not only made up for the deficit of grain and grass within a few days, but also took into account the harvest and change of seasons, and used it later, worthy of being Zhu's favorite general——"

"Thanks to the marshal's compliment!" Chang Yuchun thanked him seriously.

"Don't thank you yet......" Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have something to say, and then returned to the topic, "General Chang, this time the marshal summoned you to come because there is something important to discuss——"

"What's important, if you give an order, the last general will not give up!" Chang Yuchun got up and said.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Chang Yuchun and continued to say bluntly: "General Chang, this marshal is now officially reinstated to your original position as a deputy general, and he will lead his troops to Qiling Pass again, and he will join the Tang War Department of the vanguard army!"

"The last general thanked the marshal!" his official reinstated, Chang Yuchun was naturally happy, and Chang Yuchun still remembered the defeat last time, he was looking forward to this time to be able to re-send troops, compete with Yan Jitai, and avenge the last fog plan, so Chang Yuchun couldn't wait to ask, "Marshal, when will the last general be able to set off?"

However, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression changed, intriguing: "Don't be in a hurry, restoring General Chang's original position now does not mean that General Chang will be sent out now...... The great victory of the Tang War General in the previous battle at Qiling Pass in the military department was to inspire the morale of the army, and now it is not the right time to march into the army......

"When is the time?" Chang Yuchun said a little impatiently, "Marshal, now is the time when the army's morale is inspired, and when the main force of our army meets with it, it is the advantage of the number of people, and it is inevitable to take Xuzhou and Huaibei in one fell swoop." If you don't come out now, as soon as the reinforcements from Xuzhou arrive, our army will be difficult to advance again, marshal, you must not miss the opportunity to march!"

"When to send troops, the commander has always been aware of it, I said that I don't let General Chang go to the expedition now, it makes ......sense to do it," Zhu Yuanzhang continued, "In short, I am not in a hurry to let General Chang send troops now, and when the time is ripe, our army will march to Qiling Pass again-"

Zhu Yuanzhang said this, and Chang Yuchun stopped saying anything. However, Xu Da on Zhu Yuanzhang's side seems to know Zhu Yuanzhang very well, Zhu Yuanzhang, who has always been decisive in using troops, actually came up with an abnormal plan today, there are real doubts, Xu Da can't help but cast a trace of imperceptible suspicion.

"Is it because of martial arts people......" However, what is surprising is that Chang Yuchun, who originally planned to stop speaking, suddenly said below, "Because General Tang and them are all martial arts people from the rivers and lakes, right?"

"General Chang, what do you want to say?" Zhu Yuanzhang's expression also changed slightly, and he subconsciously asked Chang Yuchun.

"Marshal, you are from Mingjiao, and you know the power of the people in the martial arts, so you have any intentions for it......" Chang Yuchun said boldly, "Crusade against Zhang Shicheng, marshal, you have borrowed the power of Xiaojia Villa, and a year ago, in order to conquer Meng Yuan, the last general went to the Wind Chasing Sect with the marshal's order, and ......"

"That's enough!" However, before Chang Yuchun finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly said in a rare rage, "This marshal has its own reason for using troops, and there is no need to speculate here - General Chang, your task is to carry out Ben Shuai's orders, and the affairs of the rivers and lakes are trivial matters." Now it's war, and there's no time to say it...... Since Ben Shuai was born in Mingjiao. Naturally, I also understand the way of martial arts, speaking of these. I know better than you—" As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang also glared sideways at Xu Da.

At this moment, Xu Da and Chang Yuchun were a little stunned. Especially Chang Yuchun, he knew that he had said the wrong thing in front of Zhu Yuanzhang just now.

Zhu Yuanzhang also found that he was a little too excited, so he tried to calm down, and then turned back to Chang Yuchun and said, "General Chang, don't forget, that time the commander sent you to the Wind Chasing Faction...... The matter of chasing the wind is a military secret, and it is not allowed to be known to outsiders, and if he mentions it again in the future. Hugh blames the marshal for court-martial!"

"The end will understand-" Chang Yuchun knew that he was wrong, and then lowered his body.

Xu Da wanted to divert the embarrassing topic, and then asked: "By the way, Marshal, although General Chang is not allowed to send troops immediately, the battle at Qiling Pass has to be managed." Although there was good news, but it was only the annihilation of the enemy's 5,000 people, Xuzhou Chengguan was known as 70,000 elite soldiers guarded, close to the 20,000 horses of the vanguard army under General Tang, I am afraid it will be difficult to shake...... If the pass is held to the death, wait for our reinforcements. It will also cause Xuzhou reinforcements and delay the fighters, and the marshal should always have an order or a reserve-"

"This General Xu Da can rest assured, Ben Shuai already has his side ...... in his heart" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled knowingly. Then he said, "Ben Shuai ordered the messenger to pass the letter for a while, and issued a secret order to the Tang Zhan Military Department. It will definitely help our army to take Xuzhou and Huaibei...... As for General Xu Da, it is enough to send an envoy to deliver the message in a while. The tactics of the army are highly confidential, and the Vanguard Prophet is not to be allowed to—"

"Yes. The last general will obey the order-" Xu Da knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was very scheming, and there were many things that he and Chang Yuchun couldn't figure out. But they trusted Zhu Yuanzhang very much, because in order to save the people of the world, he vowed to expel the tyranny of Meng Yuan from the Central Plains, and led the Northern Expedition to win the hearts of the people......

The tent is strategizing, but outside the tent, Chang Yuchun's subordinate Zhao Zijin has been busy arranging grain and grass. Because he came with Chang Yuchun, when Chang Yuchun was called into the account by Zhu Yuanzhang, he was responsible for all the affairs outside the account.

And outside the tent, Zhao Zijin overheard Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da, and Chang Yuchun talking about matters in the tent. After all, when Zhao Zijin walked to the side of Zhu Yuanzhang's tent, he happened to hear a "quarrel" between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chang Yuchun, even if it was a military secret, it could be heard clearly when it was so loud. Although he didn't listen to the whole content, Zhao Zijin heard the paragraph of "Wind Chaser" word by word......

"The Marshal of the Wind Chasing Faction once sent General Chang to the Wind Chasing Faction a year ago, and the military secret ......" Zhao Zijin had countless questions in his mind, and said secretly in his heart, "The words of the Wind Chasing Faction, the third brother seems to have mentioned to me, the new woman named Su Jia ......"

Zhao Zijin recalled what Zhao Zichuan had said to him on the night Xiao Tian and Su Jia first entered the camp......

(in recall)......

"Third brother, are you still coming to see me so late, don't you take care of your younger siblings?" That night, Zhao Zichuan left the camp and came to his eldest brother Zhao Zijin's camp alone.

"You don't care about her, it's not going out to fight, it's fine......" Zhao Zichuan couldn't help but ridicule Li Yuru in front of his brother, "Really, that girl is pregnant and still angry all day long, not to mention fighting, just go out to train a soldier, and when she comes back, she will nagged for a long time." I want to be by her side all the time, and I have to be deaf to her death—"

Zhao Zijin smiled and said: "Really, you are someone's husband, don't care what she does?" Moreover, going to war is not a joke, although there is no war for the time being, but after all, your younger brother and sister are pregnant and it is inconvenient to act, so you have to accompany her......

"It's okay, it's okay, Miss Su will take care of her for me and Sister Jing at night...... Besides, with her fiery temper, what are you afraid of if something happens? It would be good if she didn't provoke others and let others have trouble-" Zhao Zichuan still joked.

"Third brother, you are really ......" Zhao Zijin smiled helplessly at first, but just now he heard an unfamiliar title, so he asked instead, "Miss Su, third brother, did you say it...... Miss Su, who the hell is it, why haven't I heard of it?"

Zhao Zichuan took a sip of the hot water on the table, relieved his throat and said, "Oh, I forgot, Brother Xiao and Miss Su just came today, and I haven't told you yet...... Big brother, you should remember, when I first came to the camp, I told you about what happened in Bianliang, and the new friends I knew......"

"Oh, I remember. Xiao Tian and Su Jia - the two people you said Jianghu Bo ......," Zhao Zijin said with an epiphany.

"They also came today, introduced by Sister Jing...... It's also good luck. I haven't heard from Bianliang for a long time, but I have reunited here in northern Jiangsu......" Zhao Zichuan couldn't help but sigh.

"It's good to have friends together. It's just that the reunion in the war seems to be a little bleak......" Zhao Zijin smiled helplessly again, and then said, "But it's quite surprising to me, third brother, you said that Miss Su is from the Wind Chasing School, but she inherited the sword skills of Lu Qingfeng's predecessors...... You must know that Lu Qingfeng, one of the four saints of martial arts, is a senior of the Wind Chaser, and such an opportunity seems to be a bit coincidental and interesting......"

"It's nothing. I think the other ones are a little weird......" Zhao Zichuan recalled what happened during the day today, and continued, "I heard Sister Jing say that when Miss Su saw General Chang Yuchun, she looked a little abnormal, and kept saying that she had seen General Chang somewhere, but she couldn't remember it......"

"Miss Su has seen General Chang?" Zhao Zijin heard this, smiled and said, "Don't be kidding." General Chang has always been a capable general under the marshal, and now he is the deputy general of the Northern Expeditionary Army, how can he have anything to do with martial arts people? Besides, one is from the wind-chasing faction. A man who led troops to fight in northern Jiangsu, and couldn't fight together with eight poles, it is estimated that she has seen someone who looks very similar to General Chang......"

"I think so. But listening to Sister Jing, that Miss Su seems to be very sure...... Oops, no matter, no matter. It's not a big deal, why am I so concerned?" Zhao Zichuan suddenly felt that things didn't matter. There is no need to be too entangled, shaking his head and saying.

"That's ......," Zhao Zijin also said with a smile......

(In reality)......

The inconspicuous memory experience of that night is a little bit of a wake-up Zhao Zijin at this time. Although he couldn't say what was strange, Zhao Zijin couldn't help but feel that this matter seemed a little strange......

"General Zhao has finished his affairs, has he?" At this moment, Chang Yuchun finished talking at Zhu Yuanzhang's tent, and walked out to see Zhao Zijin in a daze.

"Oh, yes...... It's General Chang......" Zhao Zijin came back to his senses, in order not to let Chang Yuchun find out that he was unintentionally eavesdropping next to the camp tent just now, Zhao Zijin also deliberately stood a little far away from the camp tent, and his face was facing the opposite direction of the camp tent......

In the tent......

"The secret order has been arranged, and then someone will be sent to the Tang Zhan Military Department-" Zhu Yuanzhang wrote the secret letter at this time, handed it to Xu Da and said.

"Yes, Marshal—" Xu Da took the secret letter and replied, then turned and walked out of the tent......

Zhu Yuanzhang was left alone in the camp, thinking of the quarrel between himself and Chang Yuchun just now, Zhu Yuanzhang secretly said in his heart: "A year ago, I didn't expect General Chang to mention this matter today...... That is the key to my secret plan to defeat Meng Yuan, except for me and General Chang Yuchun, there should be no third person who knows about it......"

Thinking so in his heart, Zhu Yuanzhang still had some worries in his heart, and even had a premonition......

"Ahh

"What's wrong, Jia'er?" Xiao Tian was also helping by Su Jia's side, and when he heard Su Jia's inadvertent sudden scream, Xiao Tian couldn't help but ask.

"Ouch-" Because Su Jia's trembling momentarily hurt the wound of the soldier who was bandaging, the soldier couldn't help but scream in pain.

"Oh, yes...... I'm sorry......" Su Jia hurriedly apologized.

"Jia'er, did something bad happen?" Xiao Tian still asked Su Jiadao with concern on the side.

"No, it's okay...... I seemed to be trembling just now, I don't know why......" Su Jia said incomprehensibly while rebandaging the wound.

Xiao Tian's eyes froze slightly, although he couldn't guess what was happening, this was not the first time Su Jia had this situation. Xiao Tian, who knows Su Jia well, can feel something in the dark......

"Did I think too much? Why did I suddenly feel this way...... What's wrong with me, what's going on......" Su Jia kept muttering to herself in her heart, and it took a long, long time to calm down...... (To be continued......)