After Xue Bingxin and Cen Lanhan finished the noise, everyone sat down to talk about business, war is not a child's play, everyone naturally has to communicate with each other and get acquainted with each other, unify their thoughts and goals, and then deploy them together.

The charcoal in the hall was red, Cen Lan sat intimately beside Xie Erjian, and said with a smile: "This general brought three thousand wolf soldiers here this time, dare to ask how many people are under the command of General Xue?" ”

This question obviously smacks of provocation!

Although Cen Lan took the initiative to ask Ying to leave the plug this time, she also understood that the main purpose of Xu Jin, the Duke of Yasukuni, who sent her to Xiangshan, was to act as Xue Bingxin's bodyguard.

It's not impossible to be a bodyguard, but Cen Lan is also an arrogant heroine, so naturally she has to weigh Xue Bingxin's catties first.

Before Xue Bingxin could answer, Xue Liang preemptively replied: "There are more than 5,000 people in our cottage. ”

Xue Liang did not deliberately exaggerate, now there are indeed more than 5,000 people in Xiangshan, but with the addition of old and weak women and children, there are only more than 2,000 young and capable of fighting, and there are only more than 800 qualified cavalry. However, Xue Liang obviously didn't want the big boss to weaken his momentum, so he opened his mouth to five thousand.

Xue Bingxin was calm, although she only had 800 cavalry, but the 3,000 wolf soldiers brought by Cen Lan were all infantry, in the grassland, the infantry and cavalry were incomparable, no matter how strong the 3,000 wolf soldiers were, their combat power was not as good as the 800 cavalry. So Bing Niu'er said calmly: "There are eight hundred cavalry, and there are more than two thousand soldiers who can fight." ”

Cen Lan nodded when he heard this, that's not bad, plus the more than 1,000 Shenji battalion soldiers led by her husband Xie Erjian, this strength can indeed do a big job outside the Saiwai, provided that it is not targeted by Meda, however, I am now leading the main force to attack the Tatar Khan Da Lai Sun on the left flank, and he should not have time to pay attention to his rear.

Qi Jingtong couldn't wait to ask: "General Cen Shen, when will the imperial court send troops to the Northern Expedition?" ”

Cen Lan shook his head and said: "There is no plan to send troops for the time being, but some time ago, the Tatar Great Khan Da Zhixun had already sent an envoy to ask for help from the Ming Dynasty, but the Duke of Yasukuni didn't seem to plan to send troops so quickly, so he didn't come to the Tatar envoy to reach an agreement." ”

Xue Bingxin couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but with her understanding of Xu Jin, this cunning guy who didn't take advantage of it enough, the reason why he didn't send troops to the Northern Expedition for the time being must have his own calculations.

"So what are we going to do now? Why wait! Zhao Hu frowned.

Cen Lan smiled: "What the Yasukuni Gong means is that we can play freely and create some chaos in the rear of Alta first, such as looting the Tatar tribes. ”

Xue Liang was immediately happy, he didn't expect to be a general or his old job, robbery is his own profession, and he is the best at it!

Xie Erjian shook his head and said, "Our big trouble will come soon, let's put the looting aside for now." ”

Xue Bingxin nodded and said: "Li Fuda is insidious and cunning, he has suffered a big loss today, and he will definitely report it in revenge, this person was named King Fu by me, and he has 20,000 troops under his command, which should not be underestimated." ”

Cen Lan's face instantly became solemn: "You met Li Fuda?" ”

Xie Erjian told him about almost killing Li Fuda today.

Cen Lan said regretfully: "It's a pity, I'm afraid there is no second time for such a good opportunity, in this case, we have to communicate with Yu Linsheng, the chief soldier of Datong, first, and withdraw from the mouth of the tiger when necessary." ”

Xie Erjian said confidently: "If it's just Li Fuda, we can still handle it." ”

Qi Jingtong licked his lips and said with a smile: "I'm afraid of him as a bird, if this birdman hadn't run fast today, Lao Tzu would have killed his bird with one shot." ”

Xie Qi and the two of them only led two thousand Shenji Battalion brothers to crisscross the Tatar hinterland, and now they are on the edge of the Great Wall, and the total strength of the three parties together exceeds six thousand, so they are naturally not afraid of Li Fuda, not to mention that now the Shenji Battalion has obtained supplies from the Guannai and has sufficient ammunition.

Everyone was obviously infected by Xie Qi's strong self-confidence, and immediately opened the map to discuss a plan to deal with Li Fuda's attack.

After everyone finished discussing, Cen Lan and Xue Bingxin coordinated the stationing of the three thousand wolf soldiers, the weather was cold, and the three thousand wolf soldiers were naturally not good at camping under the mountain for a long time.

Fortunately, many Han people who escaped from the customs usually came to Xiangshan, so Xiangshan built a lot of empty thatched houses, squeezed them, and then evened them out, but temporarily arranged 3,000 wolf soldiers into it.

When everything was arranged, it was already dark, the earth was shrouded in darkness, the northwest wind was blowing outside the window, and a heavy snowfall seemed inevitable.

Today is the eighth day of the lunar month, and the New Year is less than a month away.

Xue Bingxin entered the room with a steaming bowl of laba porridge, and saw a child about four or five years old playing with a third-order Rubik's cube under the oil lamp, with a pair of bare feet, hanging above the charcoal stove.

This little boy has clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows are like Xu Jin, it is Xue Yang, nicknamed Huo'er!

"Huo'er, this year is the eighth day of the lunar month, my mother made Laba porridge for you, eat it while it's hot." Xue Bingxin said softly.

"Mother, wait a minute, it'll be fine soon!" The little guy doesn't raise his head and says authentically.

Only then did Xue Bingxin notice the gadget in her son's hand, and asked curiously, "Huo'er, what is this?" Who gave it to you? ”

Huo'er pointed to the two big wooden boxes placed in the corner of the room and said, "Aunt Cen sent someone to move over, saying that it was a New Year's gift from the aunts in the capital, the one on the left is for the mother, and the one on the right is for the child!" ”

After Huo'er finished speaking, she put on her shoes, ran over to open the lid of a box, and exclaimed excitedly: "Mother, you see, there are a lot of new clothes and gadgets, as well as new books, which must have been prepared by Uncle Xu for Huo'er." ”

Xue Bingxin looked at the neatly stacked new clothes in the box in surprise, as well as all kinds of small toys, and her pretty face couldn't help but heat up, aunts ...... Wouldn't it be the other women of that guy!

After the fire was done, he bounced back to the stove and continued to play with the Rubik's Cube, obviously liking the new toy.

Xue Bingxin rummaged through the box and found that there were quite a lot of things inside, clothes, accessories, toys, and books, all of which could be seen to be carefully prepared.

Xue Bingxin hesitated for a moment, and then opened another box, which was neatly stacked with more than a dozen exquisite fabrics, but there were no ready-to-wear clothes, but there was a small wooden box in the corner of the box.

Xue Bingxin picked up the small wooden box and opened it, and a letter came into view, and the cover was written in block letters: Xin'er opened in person. Xue Bingxin recognized at a glance that this trace was Xu Jin's, and couldn't help but tremble, opened the envelope and took out the letterhead inside, and the faint ink suddenly came to her nose.

"Dear Xin'er, seeing the words as faces, after a long time, I miss my husband very much......"

Xue Bingxin took a sip secretly, and continued to read with a red face, when she finished reading the entire letter, Bing Niu'er had already become a fire girl, her face was flushed, this guy dared to write any fleshy love words, so serious!

"Mother, is it a letter from Uncle Xu to you?" The fire over there looked up and asked.

Xue Bingxin hurriedly folded the letterhead and put it in her arms like a thief and hid it, for fear that her son, who already knew a lot of words, would see it, it would be too embarrassing.

Xue Bingxin hid the letter and continued to open the second layer of the box, which was full of some small ornaments of her daughter's family, either gold or silver, very precious, all of which were New Year's gifts from Xie Xiaowan and Xue Bingxin.

Xue Bingxin's heart suddenly warmed, the guy said that several people in the family are easy to get along with, and it seems that it is true.

After playing with these precious ornaments for a while, Xue Bingxin opened the last layer of the box, but saw a yellow and clear double-barreled flintlock pistol lying there quietly.

Xue Bingxin picked up the flintlock pistol and shook it, a gentle smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and said secretly: "Big bastard, now I know that I am worried about others, and I will send both bodyguards and guns!" ”