The Xiangzhou Military Mansion has never been as peaceful as it is today. People who didn't know the inside story would have thought that the whole military government had pulled out of the camp and went out, and a large camp in Nuo was silent.
Because everyone was hiding in the military camp, memorizing military orders and regulations.
In the Chinese army's tent, there was joy and laughter.
"General, I'm really going to die happily today!" said one of the Hundred Cavalry Guards. "Feng Scar's head was cut off by his humble hands. But when the white knife flashed red, a dog's head was like this. Falling to the ground. I regretted it again after I had just finished beheading him. How could I knock this guy out and then behead him? It was so easy. I should have at least done enough to scare him off before cutting off his head. That’s it!”
Everyone laughed together.
Another person said: "I feel really proud today!"
"Not to be proud, but to be angry." Another person continued, "We Baiqi have no need to show off in front of a few local soldiers. It's just that these Yelang people who sit in a well and watch the sky underestimate us! "
"That's it, that's it!"
The guards were all talking and the discussion was lively.
They were quite excited about the establishment of authority in the school today.
Qin Mubai sat on the handsome chair, slowly sipping a cup of tea, watching the brothers chatting and laughing happily, smiling silently.
Pang Fei stood beside him, laughed for a while and said, "Teacher, now we have changed places with Du Chengyuan."
"What do you say?" Qin Mubai asked.
"Before, the enemy was in the dark and we were in the dark. Du Chengyuan and others were waiting for us to take action. They responded passively." Pang Fei said, "Now the enemy is in the dark and we are in the dark. I don't know what their next plan will be to retaliate against us. With Du Chengyuan With his character, his brother-in-law was beheaded in public, and he would never let it go."
"Yes, you are indeed becoming more stable and mature." Qin Mubai nodded in approval and smiled, "So, it's not the time to be happy yet, because our competition has just begun. Just a Feng Dao Scar's The heads are not enough to completely suppress Du Chengyuan's group. He will not surrender so easily. Just imagine, he has been running rampant in the military mansion for several years, how could he be willing to fall down overnight? To foil Du Chengyuan? You are right, this is not Du Chengyuan's character, otherwise he would not have pushed away several captains of Zhechong."
"Then what should we do next?" Pang Fei asked. After that, he greeted all the Baiqi again, and everyone fell silent and listened quietly to Qin Mubai's lecture.
Qin Mubai stood up and said: "Historically, strong dragons cannot suppress local snakes. The reason is that local snakes have deep roots in the local area. Firstly, they have a wide network of contacts, and secondly, they have been in business for many years. The cunning rabbit's three caves are very deep. It is difficult for outsiders to figure out the opponent's path for a while, but we are not ordinary powerful dragons, with overwhelming strength, so we used a strong wind to rush the grass and killed them off guard. Feng Dao Scar's death was considered. A show of force is also a signal to declare war. Next, Du Chengyuan will become angry and fight against us at all costs. Therefore, brothers... the real battle has just begun. , don’t be a bit slack or complacent!”
"I will obey the general's teachings!" Everyone agreed together.
Qin Mubai nodded and said: "As Pang Fei said, now the enemy is hidden and we are clear. We don't know when and where Du Chengyuan and the others will make another ruthless move. Therefore, in addition to ourselves, we must be more vigilant and be on guard. In addition, you must also firmly grasp the opponent's movements. The most direct and fastest way for a strong dragon to defeat the local snake is to recruit one or two useful core figures from the opponent's camp. "
Everyone's eyes suddenly lit up, and they all nodded in agreement: "General, great talk!"
"It's just that this is easier said than done!" Pang Fei said, "Except for our group, most of the officers and generals in Xiangzhou Military Mansion are locals in Xiangzhou. They know each other well and know each other well. There are countless connections between them. It is not impossible to separate each other, but this candidate is too difficult to choose. "
"General, I have something to report. It may be useful to the general." A hundred knights said.
"speak."
"Yes." Baiqi responded and said, "Just after we captured Feng Daobao from Zuoying last night, Du Chengyuan slapped Zhao Chong on the ear in front of more than a hundred sailors. He also scolded Zhao Chong. He cheated and said that he had taken refuge with the general, and it was he who helped you betray and deal with Feng Dao Scar. "
"Huh? Is there such a thing?" Qin Mubai frowned and his eyes lit up, "Can you be more detailed? Is the source reliable?"
"Absolutely reliable. More than a hundred people present have seen it with their own eyes. When I got up early this morning and went to the fire house to get breakfast for the general and brothers, I overheard the firemen talking about it." The Hundred Cavalry soldier said, "I tried to chat and inquire, and the firemen in the fire house told me exactly what happened."
After that, the soldier told everyone what happened in detail.
After hearing this, Qin Mubai pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "Yes, this news is useful. Originally, Du Chengyuan was a little suspicious of Zhao Chong. Now that Feng Daobao has been beheaded, he will inevitably be angry with Zhao Chong. Zhao Chong's life It must be difficult. I went up to talk to Zhao Chong in the inn and tried to trick him, but he was extremely tight-lipped, but I knew that he was definitely an insider. Possibility. But... we need to put on a show. The last show is fake and the real show is fake!"
"A plan to divorce?" Everyone said in surprise, "What kind of divorce plan?"
"It's easy to say. Brothers, please come here and listen to me tell me in detail. This matter is top secret and must not be leaked..." Qin Mubai asked everyone to put their heads together and secretly explain the secret.
Everyone laughed when they heard this, and nodded in praise: "What a brilliant idea!"
Lunch time.
All the soldiers in the battalion packed their meals as if they were going to the market. They huddled in the barracks and cooked their meals while reading and memorizing military orders and regulations. Many people are illiterate, so they can only ask literate fellow villagers to read to them. Therefore, the entire military camp was noisy with the sound of people reading in different tones, making people think they had entered a school by mistake.
Zhao Chong held a small military order in his hand, walked to the dining table in the fire room, sat down, and slapped the table in annoyance: "Huotou! Get me two side dishes and warm two pots of wine!"
As a school captain, he still has the right to eat Xiao Zao. But Zhao Chong was obviously in a bad mood today and wanted to drink to drown his sorrows. One of the Huotou soldiers saw that something was wrong, and without saying a word, he hurriedly brought him a plate of fried dried fish, a portion of pickled vegetables, and two pots of wine soaked in hot water jars.
"General, use it with caution!"
"Go away!" Zhao Chong waved his hand angrily, picked up the wine bottle and poured it into his mouth. With a splash, most of it was poured down, half went into the mouth and half poured onto the chest, making it wet.
"Son of a bitch! What the hell!!!" Zhao Chong slammed the wine bottle on the table and cursed as soon as he wiped his mouth.
"Hey, Lieutenant Zhao is so angry. Who are you scolding?" Suddenly a voice came from beside him, which startled Zhao Chong. When he turned around, he saw that it was Pang Fei. He was so frightened that he sat up and hurriedly bowed his hands and saluted: "General Pang, please forgive me. I didn't scold anyone. I was just depressed and wanted to vent my anger!"
"It's okay, it's okay, sit down." Pang Fei smiled at him. It turned out that he was also carrying two plates of dishes in his hands, and he was also here to eat Xiao Zao.
"Oh, the food in Xiangzhou Military Mansion is not good!" Pang Fei shook his head, sighed and sat down next to Zhao Chong, cursing, "It's okay if there's no mutton and no good wine. I thought I'd arrive at the port. The state can have good fish, but I didn’t expect that the fish in the military mansion was not fresh, and it was all fried and dried fish, which tasted like tree roots. It was not even a good dish to go with wine. Oh, it’s so boring!”
Zhao Chong chuckled and said, "It really made General Pang laugh. After all, it is a local military mansion. It cannot compare with the royal imperial army. The food must be much worse. In fact, fried fish and dried fish are already good." Due to the tight military budget, I had to eat rough flour steamed buns and rice porridge for several months. If I wanted to make a meal, I had to take leave and go to the city. "
"Come on, cheers." Pang Fei politely picked up Zhao Chong's other bottle of wine, touched it with him, and said with a smile, "It's okay to have a drink at noon. General Qin must have taken a nap and won't catch us. ."
"Okay, General Pang is so honored, I will definitely accompany him." Zhao Chong took a wine bottle to drink with him.
"Hey, this wine... is so damn sour! It's not wine, it's clearly vinegar!" Pang Fei took a sip and kept vomiting.
"Haha, General Pang, just make do with it!" Zhao Chong laughed.
"I've been hiding in the military camp for several days, and the gluttons and wine worms in my stomach are screaming together." Pang Fei rubbed his stomach with a bitter face and hummed, "Zhao Chong, tell me, where is a good restaurant in Xiangyang City? The food is good. Can you take me to eat there?”
"This..." Zhao Chong looked confused for a moment.
"What's the matter, are you still afraid that I will make you spend money?" Pang Fei smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm treating you. You are only responsible for leading the way!"
"No, no..." Zhao Chong waved his hands quickly and said hesitantly, "It was only General Qin who issued a strict order. Everyone must abide by the military order and are not allowed to leave the camp privately! Furthermore, there will be a test on the school's military order and regulations in three days. I am I haven’t memorized it yet. If I don’t go, I can’t go!”
"Oh, that's it..." Pang Fei rolled his eyes and smiled, "I'm here, why are you panicking? I'm in charge of the military order test. General Qin has so many things to do, how can he really supervise it personally? What do you want? Isn’t it just a matter of my words? Besides... I am a captain after all, so it’s no problem to get a leave, haha! That’s it, let me go out to camp and have a happy day!”
After that, Pang Fei got up and left, taking a bottle of wine from Zhao Chong and laughed loudly: "Although it is sour wine, it is better than nothing!"
"Wait, wait! General Pang—" Zhao Chong called after him with a grimace, but Pang Fei walked away.
"What do you mean?!" Looking at Pang Fei's background, Zhao Chong frowned and his expression became a little serious.
After Pang Fei returned to his account, he told Qin Mubai what had just happened.
After hearing this, Qin Mubai smiled and said: "Well done. It seems that you have a talent for singing on stage. Just like this, get close to him casually and accidentally. But don't show too much intimacy. To win over. Our purpose is to make Du Chengyuan mistakenly think that Zhao Chong is already one of ours after knowing these little scenes."
"Well, okay." Pang Fei nodded and smiled, "Teacher, your plan is really useful. Du Chengyuan is a shrewd, domineering, and suspicious person. No matter how Zhao Chong explains it, he probably won't believe it. Zhao rushed."
"Yes! If Du Chengyuan wasn't a shrewd person who likes to think before and after, he wouldn't have fallen into such a trap." Qin Mubai nodded and smiled, picked up the wine Pang Fei got and took a sip, and immediately cursed He said, "Fuck, does this count as wine? Did you bring it with a bottle of vinegar on purpose?"
"Uh... I just took a sip and vomited..." Pang Fei laughed.
"Then you still get it?" Qin Mubai glared.
"Isn't it just to make Zhao Chong think that I am just fine with this..."
In the evening, Qin Mubai asked someone to arrange a banquet for the Chinese army, which was a formal meeting with the officers and generals in the military mansion to get to know each other.
Before releasing the news, Qin Mubai deliberately sent someone to call Zhao Chong and discussed military affairs alone in the barracks for a long time. After all, it is nothing more than commonplace topics such as water ghosts, warships and navy. The conversation made Zhao Chong a little impatient, but Qin Mubai was like a nagging old woman, refusing to end the conversation and not let Zhao Chong go.
It wasn't until late in the evening that the banquet had been set up in front of the military tent and other generals and generals had arrived. Qin Mubai said, "Okay, let's talk about this today. Zhao Chong, today is my general's meeting banquet. Let's go out together." Eat and drink!”
"I will take you as my companion." Zhao Chong bowed his hands, naturally not doubting that he was there.
When he and Qin Mubai walked out of the central military tent, they were a little dumbfounded -
All the officers and generals in the battalion were present, including Du Chengyuan. Everyone looked at Qin Mubai and saluted him with clasped fists, and naturally they all stared at him.
"I, I..." Zhao Chong seemed a little at a loss for a moment. He really wanted to say, "I have nothing to do with him," but he didn't know how to say this. Wouldn't it get darker and darker
Du Chengyuan glanced at Zhao Chong coldly, pretended to turn a blind eye, and was smiling and chatting with Qin Mubai, as if Qin Mubai was not his murderous enemy, but his close friend.
Qin Mubai also smiled and greeted everyone politely, and deliberately turned his head and said: "Zhao Chong, please find a place to sit down quickly! I have made you stand and talk to me all afternoon, and your legs must be tired and sore." Come on, haha!”
"I, I... yes!" Zhao Chong couldn't argue for a hundred days. He really felt like he couldn't wash himself away after jumping into the Yellow River. I had no choice but to pick a place to sit down. I glanced at Du Chengyuan casually and saw his eyes like sharp knives, staring at me with a cold light. I couldn't help but feel my scalp numb.
"Come on, everyone! We are destined to meet each other. We all share the same clothes. Isn't it a brotherly bond cultivated in the past life? From now on, Qin will have to rely on your strong support!" Qin Mubai raised a bowl of wine. Said, "Please drink this bowl to the full!"
"General Qin, please!" Everyone returned the greeting and raised their bowls to drink together.
Qin Mubai raised the bowl to drink. As soon as the bowl was brought to his mouth, he suddenly stopped. He spat out a mouthful of wine and cursed: "Huotou! What kind of fart wine is this? It's so sour and hard to drink!"
The Huotou Army who was waiting next to him stood up in panic and said: "To tell you what General Qin said, this kind of wine has been used in the military mansion for many years."
Everyone laughed, and someone said: "General Qin is used to drinking the royal wine in the palace, so naturally he can't drink this kind of village mash sour wine."
"How can you drink this!" Qin Mubai curled his lips and said continuously: "Pang Fei, take the time to go to Xiangyang City in person and be sure to order a batch of good wine. Although alcoholism is usually prohibited in the army, during the holidays, Or to reward soldiers, wine is always used. How can such sour vinegar be used as wine?"
"Yes!" Pang Fei came out and accepted the promise, but immediately looked troubled, "But the general is new here and is not familiar with Xiangyang City!"
"Then let Zhao Chong be your guide!" Qin Mubai casually ordered.
Zhao Chong was startled and didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
Pang Fei quickly reminded from the side: "Zhao Chong, General Qin is calling you!"
"Ah!" Zhao Chong was stunned, jumped up and responded, "General, I will obey!"
"Okay, let's all drink together!" Qin Mubai waved his hands casually and said with a smile, "Although drinking water is not helpful, it can be regarded as the general's thoughtfulness! If you have good wine someday, please invite me again." Everyone drinks!”
"Thank you, General Qin!"
Then, everyone sat down, ate and chatted.
Zhao Chong sat on the couch, his scalp tight all the time and his heart trembling. He glanced at Du Chengyuan from time to time, feeling like he was staring at him, and he was muttering in his heart: I must explain to him later, I can't I have nothing to do with them!
The banquet at the Zhongjun tent broke up soon after nightfall. It was just a casual banquet, and no one dared to drink excessively.
Just as everyone was getting up to say goodbye to Qin Mubai and prepare to leave together, Pang Fei hurriedly stopped Zhao Chong: "Hey, Colonel Zhao, come here!"
Zhao Chong was moaning in his heart, but he had no choice but to walk over, clasping his fists and saying, "What are your instructions, General Pang?"
"Haha! Did you hear that? General Qin personally gave us permission to go to Xiangyang City to buy wine!" Pang Fei rubbed his hands with a sly smile on his face, "How about we go now? Go at night, Come back tomorrow morning, I won’t miss anything. If you have time... let’s go and have fun together in the evening?”
"Huh? Haha, okay..." Zhao Chong heard the tone behind Pang Fei's words. Men, coming together to "eliminate punishment" is nothing more than visiting a brothel. He was obviously a friend of the Tao. He was overjoyed at first and only half said the word "good". Then he looked troubled and shook his head, "No, no, no! You will be subject to military law if you go out to the camp to pick up prostitutes!"
"It's okay, it's okay, we didn't sneak out! Military orders say that those who 'privately' go out to pick up prostitutes will be punished, aren't we going out to do business, haha!" Pang Fei couldn't help but put his arm on Zhao Chong's shoulder, and said, He patted his breastplate a few times and snickered, "Don't worry about the money. I'm treating you today as a thank you for leading me. Let's agree in advance that you have to lead the way well. If Niu doesn't do it later, If you are beautiful or cannot buy good wine, I will not forgive you..."
"Wait, General Pang, this..."
"What are you talking about? You are a grown man, are you still afraid of what I will do to you? Let's go now! Time is precious, a moment of spring is worth a thousand pieces of gold, haha!!"
"Okay...hey!"
Qin Mubai was in the commander's tent, laughing with joy as he listened to Baiqi soldiers reporting back to Pang Fei.
"This damn boy is full of evil. He really has a way of doing this kind of thing." Qin Mubai shook his head and laughed, "It's so miserable for Zhao Chong. He didn't even have a chance to explain to Du Chengyuan. I'll try again tomorrow. If I personally add fuel to Zhao Chong's side, it won't be difficult to prove that he has surrendered to me. "
"General, what a clever plan!" The Hundred Cavalry soldiers reported back with a smile, "By the way, the marching commander Shi Shen Youzhou seems to be extremely afraid of the general. Can he be used to win over him?"
"No need for the time being." Qin Mubai said, "As expected, he is also a dispensable waste in Du Chengyuan's camp, and he doesn't know many useful things. Otherwise, Du Chengyuan would not kick him out and send him to death. The leader. If you think about it carefully, which are the two most important parts of the entire army?"
The Hundred Cavalry soldier thought carefully for a while and said, "Of course it's the Bailang Navy from Zuoying, who deal directly with the water ghosts, and the mercenaries and elite Yueqiu team who are stationed in the central army!"
"Correct answer." Qin Mubai nodded with a smile, "Zhao Chong is the commander of the navy, so whose turn is it next?"
"Haha, I'll go and call Ma Lirong from the Yueqi team!"
"Smart, go ahead!"
After the guard left, Qin Mubai put his legs on the table comfortably and said with a smile to himself: "You have no chance of winning if you play hard, and I'm not afraid of you if you play dirty. Du Chengyuan, Du Chengyuan, you But you must hold on and don't lose so quickly, otherwise it won't be fun. Also, you'd better use some explosive tactics to get me to take over, otherwise I will really be disappointed!"