Xu Jie didn't see Chen Mu at all, his eldest son Xu Fan was still sent to the army in the north, and it was the second son of Lao Ge Lao who received Chen Mu, everything was polite and alienated, and only under the guidance of Chen Mu did he look at those Western strange things and show a little joy.

Even Chen Mu can imagine that if it weren't for Zhang Han's film, he might not be able to see the Xu family as a commander of the Guangdong Health Station, so it would be over just sitting in the front hall.

What's more, it's not a good time to come, the Xu family was beaten by Hai Rui, even if he moved Hai Rui away with personal affection, Xu Jie's reputation also plummeted, who made him move Hai Rui?

Chen Mu heard a lot about Hai Rui, and almost all the civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty had the same opinion of him: as long as this person didn't work with him, everyone would praise him, because Hai Rui was the only moral model in the current officialdom; And once you work with yourself, it's terrible, and you have to do everything you can to transfer him out.

Hai Jui doesn't go, others go.

Don't care if you see it, you have visited Xu Jie, but Chen Mu has a big event in his heart, and then catch up with the troops is close to the Yellow River, and it is much more comfortable to go north after passing Runing Mansion, and the road to Jingshi is full of endless plains, and if it weren't for those thousand-pound heavy artillery, the army with many people would be able to move forward fifty miles in an hour.

It's just that they actually traveled much slower than that, because Deng Zilong was not idle all the way.

Along the way, the banner army who was familiar with the drawings was released to outline the terrain of the mountains and rivers, and they drew a hundred miles of land along the way for a few months, and the drawings were packed in two large boxes, just waiting for the Beijing division to settle down and then summarize, and Deng Zilong also suggested to Chen Mu that when they returned to Guangdong after handing over the artillery, they would take another road, the road of the vast mountains of the lake.

Walking straight along the official road of the capital division, it is even more difficult to see the scenery of the deep mountains and dense forests in the south, and the fields everywhere are unobstructed, and the scenery is different from the south.

But there are also things in this world that are similar to the north and the south, such as the poor and weak guards.

"It's General Nanyang Wei Chen who is camping in front?"

Entering Shuntianfu, a hundred miles into the capital, Chen Mujun could not advance any further, so he sent people to Jizhen to report to Jizhen in the same place, and asked Qi Jiguang, the governor of the right capital, to send someone to lead the artillery.

The cannon was sent here, in fact, Chen Mu's mission has been completed, if nothing else, his banner army can be transferred back to Guangdong after reporting to Tan Lun, the secretary of the Ministry of War.

After camping for many days, the supply of grain and grass in Shuntian Mansion was getting thinner and thinner, and just when Chen Mu was a little impatient to wait, the messenger sent out came back, and it was not just the messenger who came.

"General, Wu Shilang of the Military Department is here in person!"

Chen Muqian thought about it for a long time, and he didn't expect that such a trivial matter as sending cannons would actually let the old waiter who had the grace of knowing him come to check, and hurriedly walked out of the tent shouting sergeants and beating drums in formation, and the camp only listed five hundred military formations, and the old waiter outside the camp gate had already entered the camp.

Chen Mu, who had just walked halfway, walked a few steps quickly, and saluted: "Humble Chen Mu, see the capital hall!" ”

If it were someone else, Chen Mu would add the honorific title of an adult to the back, but the old man Wu Guifang didn't like that, so he simply kept it simple.

Wu Guifang didn't speak, stood in front of Chen Mu and bent down slightly for a long time, his eyes looked at him from bottom to top, and just wanted to speak, but he suddenly turned his head and coughed a few times, and then said slowly: "Well, the first time I entered Beijing, I was not wrong, okay." But it's wrong, you and I are both three products, don't call yourself the last general, a military general should have the spirit of a general! ”

After that, he coughed a few more times, and Chen Mu knew that this old man was sick.

Wu Guifang was born as a Wen Jinshi, but in fact, like Tan Lun, since he was appointed as the prefect of Yangzhou, he has been in the official position of martial arts everywhere, so Chen Mu can see that he has a lot of intentions to protect the generals.

As for the title of the capital hall, it is an honorific title for the people who sit in the hall and work in the ministries, mainly called the Shangshu and the Shilang of each department, although the Shilang is two levels lower than the Shangshu official, but he is an official who is directly responsible to the emperor, and he is inferior and powerful at this level.

"The younger generations are grateful to Dutang for lifting up the martial arts." Chen Mu straightened up and saluted Wu Guifang again, and then said with a smile: "It's all Professor Zhang Junmen, there are many points to mention before setting off - Dutang's body, is he sick?" ”

"I suffered from a cold last year, and I wanted to return to my hometown due to illness, but it was not in the way."

Wu Guifang shook his head, and then introduced to Chen Mu: "This is Wu Weizhong, who was promoted by Da Mao Mountain, and it is the old department of Qi Nantang, you should have heard of his exploits." ”

Of course Chen Mu had heard of Wu Weizhong, and he was a general who was only forty years old, but he had some armor on his body, and he saluted with his fists: "Under Chen Mu, I have seen General Wu!" ”

Chen Mu's bow made Wu Weizhong choke in confusion, and hurriedly dodged his fists and said: "The humble position is only for promotion, if you don't dislike and call you Cheng, you can't be so gifted by the general!" ”

It's a fart official!

is the garrison fortress on the Great Wall as the jurisdiction, and the status is even in general, it can be seen that Wu Weizhong is being excluded in the north, and it is not in the south, I am afraid that Qi Jiguang will not be able to protect even if he wants to.

"The general deserves it, and in the next journey, the people of Fujian and Zhejiang are grateful to you for fighting bloodily to preserve their hometown."

Don't say that this is in front of Wu Guifang, even if Wu Guifang is not there, Chen Mu will not make a big fuss about Wu Weizhong's official position, that is not where he can gossip, he just clenched his fists and said: "Although the official position is high and low due to the needs of the imperial court, the merits of protecting the family and defending the country are the same." ”

Wu Weizhong didn't speak again, but just returned the salute to Chen Mu heavily.

"Defend the family and the country, that's a good point."

Wu Guifang nodded, looked at Chen Mu again, and said with a lot of appreciation for the juniors: "You did a good job in Xiangshan, you immediately governed Haojing Fanyi back then, and also made the imperial court draw a little more, and the decision to set up another merchant to sit on the merchant is also very good, but it is a problem for the people of the people, and it is even more commendable to get rid of Zeng Yi's Dakou - this is your banner army to fight the Japanese Kou?" ”

Chen Mu turned his head, the swear words were in his throat, and he felt that his face was dull.

They talked for a long time at the camp gate, as early as before Wu Guifang came, the five hundred households in Xiangshan assembled the banner army, and the family Ding then also lined up in battle, and finally the four thousand households were selected to arrange the new soldiers.

Although it can be seen that the four hundred households are very serious about restraining the banner army, there is still a huge gap between the 100-person formation and the vanguard 500 banner army.

There is no unsheathed sword.

Wu Guifang glanced at it a few times, nodded and said: "The flag army is in strict formation, the armor is complete, you have the talent of a coach, the artillery you brought has been approved by the military department, most of them are 500 catties of Franc machines, and there are only 20 thousand catties of cannons." ”

"If the deadline is too tight, why hasn't the old man heard that you have recruited military craftsmen?"

"Back to the capital, there are twenty-five jack cannons, five of which are newly made by the younger generation in Nanyangwei, and another fifteen cannons that fire five-pound shells can also be tuncheng."

Chen Mugang said, Wu Guifang waved his hand and said: "The old man knows, these 600 banner troops will stay, and the other 400 banner troops will be put back in Nanyangwei, and the fast horse will send a message to Nanyangwei before September to send 1,000 catties of heavy artillery into Beijing - you don't have to go." ”

"Transfer seventy artillery pieces to Wu Ti, let your adjutant general lead the troops, horses and artillery team into the Beijing camp, and no more than six people will be with you, and go to Jinshanling to see Qi Shuai."