Chapter 30 is neither rainy nor sunny

Zhang Ergou quietly poked his head out, looked around, and then quickly retracted his head.

Yang Ping, who was leaning against the dirt pit, said, "What do you see?" ”

Zhang Ergou said: "I didn't see anything." ”

Yang Ping sighed and said, "We are already about to arrive in Changsha, if we can't catch a sufficient number of thieves, the captain will not spare us." ”

Zhang Ergou said helplessly: "Why don't we enter Changsha City?" ”

Yang Ping glanced at Zhang Ergou and said: "Nonsense, if you can enter Changsha City, the general will already go in, and it won't be our turn, let's go, go back." ”

Zhang Ergou whistled, and seven or eight Lantian soldiers dressed in black stood up in the field, holding their muskets with Yang Ping's instructions, ignoring the panicked crowd outside Changsha City and walking back.

"Head, what do you say the general wants so many prisoners for?"

"Farming, working, and renovating Wuchang City."

"You say, why are the people here so afraid of us, obviously we treat the people better than Yang Wenxiu."

"The main thing is that the reputation of our county is not good, and the people are frightened."

"Nonsense, what a good person the county respects."

"We know, do you expect these people to know? Back then, the county zun sent people to kill Zuo Liangyu's daughter in Wuchang City, and everyone in the city knew about it, which left a seed for the people that the county zun preferred to kill. ”

"How did you kill it?"

"Eleven secret spies of the Secret Spy Division killed through the long street, and it is said that many people were injured by mistake."

"Oh,!"

A group of people chatted as they walked, and only after they walked out of Yang Wenxiu's line of sight did they return to the queue from the skirmisher line and walk in line in the direction of the setting sun.

When I returned to the barracks, I found that today's barracks were very different from usual, and even the brothers on the various sentry posts that passed by stood straight, staring ahead and ignoring the return of their group of people to the barracks.

And the mess in the barracks is completely invisible, and there is not a single grass in sight on the muddy floor.

The captain of the hundred households, who likes to sleep on the recliner on weekdays, is standing at the door of a house in a neat military uniform at this time, and in front of the captain is the captain of the thousand husbands, who looks like his own captain.

There were a few strangers in the barracks, who were also dressed in black, except that they only had a brass plaque on their chests with no markings on them.

When an elderly man in black saw that the group of them had returned to the camp with weapons, he stepped forward and scanned Yang Ping and the others with the same eyes as a spy on them.

When he was sure that they were his own people, he arrogantly pointed to the left, signaling them to go that way and not to go any further.

Yang Ping, Zhang Ergou and the others were enraged by the rude appearance of this unmarked man in black.

"Where are you auxiliaries?"

The elderly man in black saw that Yang Ping was angry, but instead showed a smile, dusted off his badge with his fingers and said, "The auxiliary soldiers of Yushan City are cloudy, and they have seen the team. ”

"You didn't salute!" Lei Hengjun has always attached great importance to etiquette, and the auxiliary soldiers still need to stand up and salute when they see the regular soldiers, no matter who the person in front of him is, Yang Ping feels that he will not be wrong to adhere to the rules.

Yun laughed and said, "Don't make trouble, return to the camp from the left, see that you are also busy outside for a day, go back to rest and eat." ”

Yang Ping wanted to continue to question, but Zhang Ergou pulled his sleeves from behind, and as Zhang Ergou looked over, he found that his captain was glaring at them angrily.

Yang Ping suddenly remembered some legends in the army, his heart sank, and he didn't speak, so he prepared to take his subordinates back to the barracks.

"Coming back?"

A peaceful voice came from the door.

Yang Ping followed the prestige and saw a young man in a black military uniform walking towards their group, and the person following this young man was General Lei Heng.

"Back to Shangguan, the seventh battalion, the sixth team, and the seventh squad are returning to the camp."

Yun Zhao looked at the ten soldiers covered in mud and water, and didn't see what loot they brought back, so he smiled slightly: "What, no gain?" ”

Yang Ping said loudly: "Back to Shangguan, there are all people outside the city, and no thieves have been found. ”

Yun Zhao listened to Yang Ping's words, looked back at Lei Heng and said, "It's not bad, at least I haven't developed the bad habit of killing good people and risking merit." ”

Lei Heng said with a smile on his face: "Why don't you do this in the army." ”

After speaking, he said to Yang Ping: "Go back to the camp." ”

Yang Ping and the others saluted solemnly, and then ran back to camp from the left.

Yun Zhao took two steps in the camp with his hands behind his back and said to Lei Heng: "It's good to say that you took Wuchang, why did you run to Changsha City?"

In between, there are seven hundred miles away. ”

Lei Heng said with a smile: "The county lord doesn't know, after we entered Wuchang, Yueyang's enemy army also retreated, and Wang He occupied Yueyang with some of his own men, since they are all their own people, they naturally want to include Yueyang in the army protection circle."

Isn't there only 300 miles left from Yueyang to Changsha, and our sentinels have arrived to monitor the enemy army in Changsha, no, isn't the advance camp just thirty miles away from Changsha? ”

Yun Zhao sighed and said, "Zhang Bingzhong's righteous son Yang Wenxiu didn't trouble you?" Or are you deliberately looking for trouble with Yang Wenxiu? ”

Lei Heng said: "The army has spent a lot of money outside, if you don't have an inch, you will be entrusted by the county." ”

Yun Zhao said with a smile: "Forget it, if a soldier is not enterprising, he cannot be considered a good soldier, but you must be prepared to be complained by Zhang Guozhu and Han Lingshan."

The land is taken down, if the governance can't keep up, this is also a big trouble, what is the difference between taking it down and not taking it down?

According to our plan, you must wait for Zhang Bingzhong to take Jiangxi completely before you can march south of the Great Lake. ”

Lei Heng said with a smile: "If we don't force Zhang Bingzhong in the back, these thieves will not be willing to attack Jiangxi with their lives." ”

Yun Zhao saw that Lei Heng was a bit of a scoundrel, so he smiled and said: "Okay, come back to Yueyang with me, don't put too much pressure on Zhang Bingzhong, you have to be sympathetic to others, the officers and soldiers in Jiangxi, and the gentry are gritting their teeth to resist this time."

For a while, Zhang Bingzhong couldn't take Jiangxi. ”

Lei Heng gritted his teeth and said: "The last general thinks that we should take Hunan and Jiangxi as soon as possible, and strive to open up the connection with Fujian, so that the enclave of Chaozhou will live."

I heard that Shi Lang and Suzaku are not having a good time in Chaozhou now, and the merchants of the Southwest Sea have formed an alliance to prepare to deal with them together. ”

Yun Zhao glanced at Lei Heng and said: "Shi Lang, I know the situation of Suzaku better than you, you haven't thought that once we break through this passage as you said, Emperor Chongzhen will lose more than half of the country, and these places in the southwest will become borderless land before our forces are fully stationed."

At that time, it will be the king of grass everywhere, and the Jiaozhi people of the Annan Metropolitan Envoy Division have now broken away from the rule of our Ming Dynasty, and once the southwest loses contact with the Ming Dynasty, the Annan area will be in chaos.

Now, the guards of Zhennan Pass are quite diligent, and the Su Guard Land is conscientious, and the envoys with little money have gone to Zhennan Pass, where most of the guards are the old troops of the Qi family, hoping to move them.

So, it's important to be organized, don't worry, there are times when you attack like a spark. ”

Lei Heng saw that Yun Zhao only criticized his advance forward, but he didn't say anything about him making this battle line thicker, so he had a plan in his heart, since he couldn't stretch the battle line, it would be better to expand it.

After dealing with thieves for so long, Lei Heng has clearly seen the essence of these thieves.

Not only are the thieves and robbers very good, but even the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are the same.

Since leaving Guanzhong, nearly 80,000 people in the entire legion have not even fought a decent battle, which is what makes Lei Heng the most depressed.

Lei Heng is hating the invincible opponent in the world, but Hong Chengchou is struggling to support it.

Seeing the Jiannu foot soldiers rushing up like a tide, and retreating like a tide, every time they fought, they would leave a lot of corpses under the city, which made Hong Chengchou's eyes red.

Because, the soldiers who died in the battle on both sides were all Han Chinese.

The artillery was still ringing sporadically, each sound leaving a bloody gap in the retreating enemy group.

"Commander, Kong Youde's men and horses have retreated, and Wu Sangui's cavalry has chased them out."

Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of the Xuanfu, hurriedly came to report.

"Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses can't leave the city, have you explained this?"

Hong Chengchou sat up straight, dusted off the dust on his body, and said lightly.

Yang Guozhu nodded and said, "General Wu should understand this. ”

Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "If we can let Jiannu bleed dry in this Songshan Fort, our previous efforts are worth it." ”

Yang Guozhu said: "Kong Youde, the dog thief, is desperate to work for Jiannu, he has attacked the city six times in succession, and he will not retreat, and when he fought against Jiannu under Mao Wenlong in the past, he did not see him working so hard." ”

Hong Chengchou sneered and said, "It's just a dry bone in the grave." ”

The cannonade stopped, Wu Sangui's cavalry had already appeared under the city, and after chasing the enemy for a while, he saw that the Jianzhou cavalry was slowly approaching, and after hearing a gong, they also collected their troops and returned to the city.

At this time, the sky gradually darkened, Hong Chengchou looked at the dark clouds in the sky, and said to Yang Guozhu: "I am afraid that there will be heavy rain tonight, which is not good for artillery and birds, so you need to beware of Jiannu's sneak attack." ”

Yang Guozhu said: "The last general understands that he will not let Jiannu succeed." ”

Wu Sangui's cavalry returned to the camp, and the Jiannu cavalry on the opposite side slowly retreated, and the sound of orders on the opposite side could be faintly heard.

Back to the handsome tent, Hong Chengchou washed up, and the old servant Hong Fu came over and said, "Xianggong, someone from Lantian is here." ”

Hong Chengchou sat in front of the table and picked up the rice bowl and said, "Who is here?" ”

Hong Fu said: "Chen Dong, the leader of the Liaodong Secret Spy Division. ”

Hong Chengchou frowned and said, "Why is he here?" Yun Zhao said that he would not easily use someone from the Secret Spy Department to contact me. ”

Hong Fu smiled: "It won't hurt you to listen to what the county lord said. ”

Hong Chengchou nodded, Hong Fu walked out, and a smiling young man walked in without much effort, first clasping his fists and saluting, and then quickly said: "The county respects and asks the governor well." ”

Hong Chengchou put down the chopsticks in his hand and said, "What does the county want me to do?" ”

Chen Dong said with a smile: "The county lord said that how to fight is the matter of the commander, and he will not ask, but the two hundred black-clothed people from the secret spy department have entered Liaodong, and this force completely belongs to the commander's dispatch."

The lowly ones came to deliver tokens. “

After finishing speaking, he took out the ring-shaped jade pendant from his arms and handed it to Hong Chengchou, and whispered: "The green dragon ascends to heaven, which is the last incision." ”

Hong Chengchou played with the jade pendant in his hand and looked at Chen Dongdao: "It seems that the county lord thinks that the old man will lose the next battle." ”

Chen Dong said with a smile: "The county lord has no such intention, this is just to prevent it." ”

Hong Chengchou nodded, took the jade pendant into his arms, and sat down to eat again, but he didn't say a word.