Chapter Twenty-Three: The Military and the Civilian Family
The Gengjiazhai meeting hall is not as powerful and domineering as Huojiazhuang, but it has a different sense of solemnity.
Song Qiyuan, Song Yuyuan and several soldiers of the Song family stood in the hall, the three brothers and sisters of the Geng family stood on the left and right with respectful faces, but Chen Ziang was responsible for maintaining military discipline outside and did not come in.
Geng Tianci held a wooden box in his hand, walked in with a solemn face, and slowly walked in front of Song Qiyuan.
The lid of the box had been opened, and inside was a cowhide scroll in a simple style with a yellowed surface.
"General Song, this is the minutes of the art of war handed down by our Geng family for generations, which involves foot warfare, horse warfare, water warfare, all plots, trials, attacks, defenses, training pawns, generals, formations, field battles, all have detailed records, and today I am dedicated to the general!"
Song Qiyuan took it with a solemn face, his hands trembled slightly, and he couldn't hide the excitement in his heart.
"Thank you, Mr. Geng!"
"The general is polite, our Geng family has no use in holding this book, not to mention, it will cause trouble to the villagers. This book can only play its due role in the hands of the general, and besides, the general is incomparable in benevolence and righteousness, and he will not use it to create more murders! It is more than a hundred times stronger than falling into the hands of gangsters!"
Geng Tianci looked at Song Qiyuan with emotion, and nodded again and again, secretly relieved that his military book was finally useful, and the main general was still such a benevolent and righteous general.
"Uh...... , Mr. Geng has a good reputation!"
Song Qiyuan turned sideways a little embarrassed, and hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Although I have already obtained the military certificate, it stands to reason that I shouldn't bother the old gentleman anymore." But the book of war is complex and profound, and it is dull, and it can't be learned in a short period of time, so can you ask Mr. Geng to go out of the mountain and help my Song family?"
Geng Tianci wiped his beard under his forehead and said slowly: "Old and old, his eyes have been dazzled, and his body is decadent, I just want to spend the rest of my life here safely, I really don't want to run around and work hard." ”
Seeing that Song Qiyuan was about to open his mouth to persuade again, he waved his hand and continued: "I know what the general means, but my second son has learned everything he has learned in his own right, and he is better than blue." I'll let him assist the general well, wouldn't it be much stronger than me, an old man?"
Song Qiyuan looked at Geng Zhongshan, who had been bowing his head and being silent, so he nodded helplessly, and said: "In this case, I won't force the old gentleman in the next place, and in a few days, the army will turn around, and let Erlang go back to Baxia with us, I believe that Brother Geng will definitely show his strengths there!"
"I will do my best to assist the general!"
Geng Zhongqin took two steps forward, bent his knees, and knelt down in front of Song Qiyuan.
"Brother Geng, please get up quickly! My Song family will definitely be strengthened by your help!"
Song Qiyuan hurriedly stepped forward to help Geng Zhongqin, and his face was full of smiles.
"Where is General Song going next?"
Geng Tianci asked again.
"Oh, there are still some bandits in this county who are causing trouble in the township, I want to lead people to clean up the nearby bandits first, and return the local party to Qingming. ”
Song Qiyuan is pretending to be benevolent and addicted, and as soon as he opens his mouth, he has a posture of eliminating harm for the people.
Although my general does not know the art of war, he still has some strength, and he can follow the general around, and he is also a good hand at charging on horseback, of course, it cannot be compared with the third brother of General Song. ”
Geng Tianci followed the Song family to rebel with his heart, and the two sons were sent over, I don't know if he has any grandchildren, and the other two sons accidentally died in battle, and their Geng family will be extinct.
"Of course, it's my honor to have Da Lang to help. ”
"Zhongshan, don't bother to come over to meet General Song!"
Geng Tianci hurriedly shouted at the unresponsive Geng Dalang.
"I've seen General Song!"
Geng Dalang took two steps forward and fell to his knees with a thud, his voice muffled.
"Da Lang, please hurry up, we will fight side by side in the future!"
"It's a villain's honor!"
Geng Zhongshan's eyes were full of excitement, he had always wanted to join the army and show his prestige and ambitions, not to mention that Song Qiyuan gave him a good impression, and he was also very satisfied with Song Qiyuan's master.
"Dad, I also want to follow to suppress the bandits. ”
Geng Sanniang, who had been silent, suddenly stepped forward and said to Geng Tianci.
"Nonsense, you are a girl, I don't care about you in the village, let you wear and ride a horse, how can you show your face when you go outside?
Geng Tianci reprimanded with a tiger face.
"Dad, will you let me go? The child is no worse than the two brothers in martial arts, and he will definitely not disgrace you. ”
Geng Sanniang pleaded with a bitter face.
"Don't say much, hurry back, girls should be red-sleeved and fragrant, I really regret teaching you martial arts in the first place!"
Geng Tianci naturally did not allow it.
"General Song, if you say a word, just let me follow you, right?"
Geng Sanniang began to save the country with curves, and her eyes looking at Song Qiyuan were even more tender like water, and her pretty face was instantly painted with a touch of red.
Song Qiyuan couldn't help but be stunned when he looked at the beauty in front of him, and subconsciously nodded: "Okay, good!"
Song Yuyuan, who was beside him, secretly pursed his lips, and secretly despised his eldest brother's temperament that he couldn't move away when he saw a woman.
"Dad, look, General Song has already agreed. ”
Geng Sanniang's face was happy, and she pulled Geng Tianci's arm and shook it back and forth.
Geng Tianci looked thoughtfully at his daughter and the dignified Song Qiyuan, rolled his old eyes, and said with a sigh of relief: "In this case, you can follow General Song, and by the way, you can also help the general wash his clothes." ”
Geng Tianci was willing to bet, and the two sons and one daughter were given away together.
Song Qiyuan would not object, and nodded again and again with a smile.
"Then, Mr. Geng, let's arrange for someone to find a place to settle these soldiers under our command first. The soldiers recuperate and rest for the night, and we will set off tomorrow. ”
Song Yuyuan saw that his eldest brother was already fascinated by beauty, so he stepped forward and spoke.
"Yes, yes! I'll arrange this, I'll be loyal and diligent to get rice oil, kill pigs and sheep, and we will entertain the soldiers under General Song today. ”
Geng Tianci nodded hurriedly, and beckoned Geng Zhongqin to go to the warehouse to take out the grain, Song Qiyuan gave a few words, and let the people of the Geng family deal with it, and took care of himself and Geng Sanniang.
Finally out of the hall, Song Yuyuan stuck to Song Qiyuan's side and whispered.
"Big brother, I didn't expect us to subdue Geng Jiazhai so easily, how did you come up with this method?
With his understanding, he thought that Song Qiyuan would attack the village and threaten the other party with Geng Tianci's children and the safety of the people in the village, but he didn't want Song Qiyuan's behavior to be abnormal, but the result was much better than he thought.
"Hehe, didn't expect that, did you? Your eldest brother doesn't just play spears well. ”
Song Qiyuan smiled, looked at Song Qiyuan triumphantly, and whispered: "This is because of the third brother, after he opened his mind, he suddenly became kind, if I ordered the killing, I doubt that the third brother will give me a hammer." Even what I said at the gate of the village just now was a new military law established by the third brother when he was in Huojiazhuang. ”
"Hmm!"
Song Yuyuan was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and said, "Speaking of which, when we attacked the Dong Mansion together, the third brother behaved extremely kindly. ”
"It seems that our Song family is going to produce a great good man!"
Song Qiyuan was talking, his eyes did change suddenly, and his tenderness rose like water. Song Yuyuan turned his head, and as he expected, Geng Sanniang quietly followed.
Shaking his head, Song Yu walked a few steps quickly, a little farther away from the pair of men and women.
On the second day, the Song army traveled, and the people of Gengjiazhai sent several miles of land, only to be reluctant to wave goodbye, and also gave the Song army ten carts of rice and flour grain, 100 pigs and sheep, and even the carriage loaded with grain and grass was also provided by them.
In this way, the scene of the army and the people being a family today is still a warring opponent yesterday, and it is estimated that there has never been a scene in this world.
"Tiger Village in Tiger Mountain, five tiger generals in Tiger Village!"
Under the farewell of Geng Jiazhai, the Song family army slowly walked towards the Tiger Mountain.