Wu Shigong arranged the date of the expedition on the ninth day of the lunar month. No matter what, let your soldiers go home for a reunion, and talk about it after drinking Laba porridge.

Because it was necessary to keep it secret in the past, although Wu Shigong had been training the army to be sent out for a period of time, Wu Shigong did not reveal a trace of news to the military attachés and soldiers who were training. So when Wu Shigong announced the news of the expedition, those military attachés and soldiers were quite surprised. Fortunately, because the soldiers of the Runing battalion have also been in a state of combat readiness for a long time, they did not cause any major confusion after hearing the news.

However, the sudden departure of the expedition always brings some turmoil to the morale of the army. So in order to appease the morale of the army, Wu Shigong also gave these soldiers some leave, so that they could also reunite with their families before the expedition.

However, the military attachés and soldiers under his command can take a holiday, but Wu Shigong himself cannot take a holiday. On the contrary, because of his departure, he needed to arrange the aftermath in the two prefectures and two counties, and Wu Shigong's affairs became busy.

After this expedition, it was still Xue Yongli who stayed in the local town, and of course Xue Yongli was assisted by Deng Qifan's staff. What made Xue Yongli a little depressed was that Xue Lian arranged for him to assist Wu Shigong at that time, just in case of war, Xue Yongli would go out to protect Wu Shigong's safety.

But for such a long time, Wu Shigong has repeatedly gone on expeditions, but Xue Yongli has become the left-behind commander and training commander of Wu Shigong's army, which also makes Xue Yongli feel a little bitter and unspeakable.

However, Wu Shigong's several expeditions were directly named by his superiors, and only after Xue Yongli, who was the second-in-command in Wu Shigong's army, stayed behind, Wu Shigong would be reassured.

Besides, only Xue Yongli's qualifications can overpower Wu Shigong's military attachés who are scattered everywhere. Therefore, Xue Yongli will not do those useless works this time, and will no longer ask to go on the expedition with Wu Shigong.

However, as a man who is eager to make contributions, this taste of not fighting still makes Xue Yongli very uncomfortable.

Wu Shigong's other aftermath arrangements don't need to be detailed one by one, anyway, they are just some things that each performs its own duties. One of the most important arrangements was nothing more than the establishment of the Nanyang camp and the construction of two mines and iron workshops in Nanyang.

And the situation was urgent, and Wu Shigong asked Zug, who had not yet finished his honeymoon, to go to Nanyang Mansion as soon as possible. Fortunately, the rules of honeymoon were not popular in the Ming Dynasty at this time, so Wu Shigong's move was not too unreasonable.

As for the construction of two mines and iron workshops, Yang Goudan, the head of the workshop division, will definitely have to rush to Nanyang Mansion. However, in order to make up for Yang Goudan's shortcomings, Zhang Xuebin, Yuan Xingshan and several gentlemen in the account room around Wu Shigong will go forward with him. After all the affairs are sorted out, he will return to Runing Mansion.

Originally, such a big thing always had to be made by Wu Shigong himself. However, due to Wu Shigong's expedition, Wu Shigong had no choice but to hand over this power to himself, and those staff members headed by Deng Qifan were responsible.

Wu Shigong was very busy, but at this time, there were still people who came to make trouble. A thousand households named Qiao Song, who claimed to be Wu Shigong's subordinates, came to visit him with gifts.

As soon as Wu Shigong got Qiao Song's greeting post, he didn't remember that he had such a number one person under him. Or Deng Qifan reminded Wu Shigong: Is Qiao Song the thousand households of the thousand households assigned to Wu Shigong's Runing camp?

Wu Shigong suddenly realized after such a reminder that there should be such a number one person. However, Wu Shigong has also been in Runing Mansion for so long, and he has always ignored the thousand households. By now, Wu Shigong had long forgotten that his Runing camp should still be in charge of the Thousand Households.

Called that Qiao Song in and asked, he was indeed the thousand households of the thousand households. At this time, Wu Shigong was a little puzzled: he has always had no intersection with this Qiao Song, but he is about to go on an expedition, what is this Qiao Song doing in a hurry?

Of course, Wu Shigong will not hide his doubts. After meeting with Qiao Song, he asked straight to the point: "What is the matter with Qiao Qianhu coming to find this official today?" ”

Unexpectedly, hearing Wu Shigong's question, it made Qiao Song hesitate for a while, until Wu Shigong was a little impatient, and Qiao Song said his intention.

It turned out that the news that Wu Shigong's Runing battalion was going to go on an expedition has now also spread to Qiao Song's Qianhu Office. After learning the details of the order, Qiao Song, the military attache of the Thousand Households, immediately panicked.

Because the order only required Wu Shigong to lead a thousand soldiers of the Runing battalion to Liaodong to rescue, and did not specifically refer to which army of the Runing battalion was at all.

However, we all know that the rated number of soldiers in the Runing battalion is 2,200 people, of which Wu Shigong is in charge of 1,200 soldiers, and the other 1,000 soldiers are Qiao Song's military households of the thousand households.

If it was peacetime, although Wu Shigong was the nominal boss, he couldn't manage Qiao Song's thousand households at all, which was also the rule of the Ming Dynasty, so now, Wu Shigong did not have any contact with Qiao Song in order to avoid suspicion. This is also the reason why Wu Shigong just got the worship post, and he can't remember who Qiao Song is.

But as long as it is wartime, Wu Shigong can justifiably command and mobilize Qiao Song's military household of the thousand households. Therefore, Wu Shigong's expedition can completely command and mobilize the thousand households, including Qiao Song's own military attaches and military households.

But in this way, according to the habit of the Ming Dynasty generals to preserve their lineage and let the miscellaneous cards under their command be cannon fodder, Qiao Song, the military attachés of the Thousand Households, thought that Wu Shigong would definitely mobilize the military attaches and soldiers of their Thousand Households this time.

But no one wants to die! In order to avoid the military attachés and military households of his Qianhu Office, at least to avoid Qiao Song's military attachés from going on the expedition, Qiao Song and the military attachés of his Qianhu Institute pooled some silver and came to Wu Shigong to visit and give gifts, hoping that Wu Shigong would raise his noble hand and avoid Qiao Song and their suffering this expedition.

After Wu Shigong listened, he secretly daxiao in his heart. How could there be such a fool who scared himself and scared himself in front of Wu Shigong? Hasn't he heard the idiom that sheep falls into the mouth of a tiger?

To tell the truth, on this expedition, Wu Shigong did not touch the brains of Qiao Song, the military attache and military household of the Thousand Households. Even if Wu Shigong knew about this situation now, he would not use Qiao Song's Thousand Households in this expedition. Wu Shigong will definitely use the soldiers he has trained, because those soldiers will still escort Wu Shigong to escape.

As for those who dedicate themselves to fighting Tartars for the sake of national righteousness, Wu Shigong would not consider it at all. The most ugly thing to say, if Wu Shigong didn't know that he and his family had been tied up with the Ming Dynasty and lived and died together, Wu Shigong might have found a way to take refuge in Li Zicheng or the Tartars outside the Guan.

As for the rule of the Han people or the rule of the Manchus with a pig's tail in China, Wu Shigong is definitely holding an indifferent attitude now. The kind of angry youth who criticize the rule of the Manchus, let them vent their energy in modern forums.

(Note: The thoughts of the protagonist in this article do not represent the thoughts of the author.) The same goes for the thoughts of other characters. And the protagonist's ideas will also change with the different environments, which is a gradual process. ）

However, Qiao Song just sent it to the door, so if Wu Shigong didn't knock on the bamboo bar by the way, how could he be worthy of Wu Shigong's reputation as a senior national civil servant in the Ming Dynasty?

So, Wu Shigong immediately straightened his face, slapped the table, and shouted loudly in a righteous manner: "The country is in danger, and it is still selfish. Qiao Qianhu, aren't you afraid that this official will kill you now? ”