Red Mansion Soldiers

Chapter 52

"Dinner is ready!" Master Huo Toujun beat the gong, followed by several Huotoujun pushing the dining car.

Stopped the car, lifted the lid of the big wooden barrel, and a burst of mutton aroma burst out in an instant.

"It's time for dinner, it's time for dinner!"

Originally, due to the weakness of the whole body after fighting for nearly two hours, the Qi soldiers who were lying dead in the tent stood upright, and ran out with bamboo tubes without shoes.

"Hey, don't squeeze, don't squeeze, tell me, damn it, you squeeze to reincarnate!" The master knocked out a Qi Bing who was desperately squeezing in front of him with a spoon.

Several companions with Xiaoqi were about to step forward to argue, but when they saw the master's arms that were almost as thick as his own thighs, he tactfully dragged the fainted man out, picked up his bamboo tube, and followed silently. in the team.

The noise in the camp suddenly became much quieter, and everyone lined up silently, and started cooking in an orderly manner.

In Jia Hun's camp, the gang leader also sent a bucket of milky white mutton soup that had already been boiled, and even the haggis was peeled and washed, and boiled in one piece.

Jia Hun, Lu Da, Guan Sheng, Lin Chong, and Yang Zhi were also there, wearing bandages and pouring water into their mouths.

Jia Hun and the others ate Zhengxiang, but Lu Da ate every mouthful.

"Brother Lu, what's the matter?" Jia Hun put down the bowl and chopsticks and looked up at Lu Da.

"Ah, it's nothing. It's just this siege. The south side is full of old and weak people. My brother also knows that they are our enemies. But when I hit those gray-haired old people with my stick, I still felt uncomfortable."

Lu Da was a little silent, looked at the broth in his hand, lifted the bowl and swallowed it in one gulp.

"Stop talking about these disappointing things, come on, boy, give Sajia another bowl!" Lu Da stretched out his hand and handed the bowl to the gang leader.

"Hey, Lord Lu!" The young man looked at the people in the big tent with a look of admiration. Fortunately, his father was one of the masters of the gang leader army. Otherwise, how could he have just joined the army at the age of 15? Are you qualified to serve these masters?
The whole camp had already spread the word. Great Sima General Jia Hun needless to say, he was the one who commanded the war.

The remaining four people are also completely famous in the army!

Lord Rudalu served as the commander of the first camp, and led three thousand elites to penetrate the defense line of the southern army from beginning to end, beheading countless people, and he was the first to open the southern city gate!
Guan Sheng, Lin Chong, and Yang Zhi were the three direct subordinates of the general, Qianhu. In this battle, they took the lead in fighting with the cavalry of the Yuan army that was several times their own, and finally defeated them.

It proved the great general's insight into people, and also proved that the three of them are indeed qualified to be the position of Qianhu, even a little inferior.

After eating and drinking enough, the gang leader quickly tidied up the bowls and chopsticks, pushed the cart and left the general's tent step by step.

The four of them sat on the mat, rubbed their stomachs and refused to move.

"Brother Lu, after this battle, the mission of the infantry is completed, and the next thing is for the horse army. Do you want to stay here or go back to the capital?" Jia Hun asked.

Ruda opened his eyes and thought for a while.

"Let's stay here at Sa's family, let's go back together after the brothers finish fighting."

"Okay, what about the three of you? Whether the injuries of the three of you are serious or not, you can stay behind or continue to fight. What are your plans?" Jia Hui nodded and turned to the three again. asked the man.

"Report to the general, we still want to continue to follow the general to kill the enemy!"

The three quickly stood up from the horses, knelt on one knee and said to Jia Hun in unison.

"Come on, Hu Jiu! Go and get out the wound medicine handed down by our family. Our army is expected to leave the day after tomorrow. Let's take advantage of these few days to recuperate!"

"I will thank the general!" The three of them bowed down in unison.

"Okay, get the ointment in a while, and go back to recuperate. I have to go to the big tent to deal with some things. Let's go!" After Jia Hun finished speaking, he stood up and left his tent, walking towards the Grand Master's Mansion. .

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After fighting for nearly two hours, the whole army was terribly exhausted. Fortunately, not all of them participated in the battle. For example, Xie Yong's central army and the auxiliary soldiers who followed Yun Yu and the gang leader army did not participate in the battle. , so when the vast majority of people are resting in the barracks, there are still a group of people who maintain the basic work of the camp.

"Things like horse feed, the escaped Huntaiji have not been burned, there are still some in Yuanting's warehouse, plus the horse feed we brought with us, we must let our horses recover as soon as possible, I remember guys Didn’t the leader still bring some soybeans? Let’s give one piece to the horse.”

"General, there are soybeans in the horse feed?"

"As for the five hundred shi of soybeans in the horse feed, they were distributed to [-] war horses. Let's give all the soybeans to the horses. Anyway, we have captured a lot of cattle and sheep, so there is no shortage of food."

"Yes!"

"General, the damaged weapon..."

"Repair the ones that are still in good condition, and seal up the ones that are seriously damaged. Call Shangdu Daying to send the spare weapons quickly. If they don't arrive by tomorrow evening, ask them to try."

"Yes!"

In the main hall, military officials and minor officials came in and out, and Jia Hun was also working hard on military affairs.

Next to him, Yun Yu lay leisurely on the rocking chair, looked at the busy and sweaty Jia Hun with a satisfied face, and sang a leisurely little song.

"Marshal, don't be idle, send back the court's battle report!"

Hearing the ditty tune with incomplete tone, it's fine if it's sung well, but how can it be sung like this bird?
Jia Hun hurriedly left the job of writing the battle report to Yun Yu.

"Ah? It's not from the coach..." Yun Yu's voice became softer as she spoke, seeing the piles of paperwork piled up on the table because Jia Hun turned her head to talk to him, her conscience ached, and she still needed a pen and paper to complete her own. Own job.

"Chen Yunyu, Jia Hun..."

. . . . . .

Boom!
The heavy arrow pierced the moonlight and hit the man in black on the back. The man in black who was about to escape over the wall screamed and fell into the grass.

Yuan Li jumped down from the tree and cautiously approached the base of the wall.

"Commander!" After hearing the sound, several guards rushed over with spears in their hands.

"It's just in time, go, poke and see if it's dead."

Yuan Li pointed to the motionless man in black in the grass. Two guards raised their spears and stabbed at the man's thigh. Seeing that the man had indeed stopped moving, Yuan Li heaved a sigh of relief.

"It's the eighth wave this month..." Yuan Li smiled wryly. He thought it would be an easy job to come here to protect the family of Uncle and Aunt Min. Who would have thought that Uncle is also a talent, and the salt merchants started to use dead men. They came together NO. There are 60 people, and there are only 42 people left. Is the salt merchant being tricked by the old lady?Such a big hatred?
"Commander Yuan, the master is sympathetic." A servant came over with a numb face. He was a little scared at first, but the successive attacks made the servants of the Lin family numb.

"Okay, I'm going to find my aunt." Yuan Li said a few words to the two guards and then left with the boy. The two guards lifted the body and walked to the dungeon of Xunyan Yushi Yamen to look at the body Is there any clue on there.

Yuan Li also followed the boy to Lin Hai.

"I've seen my uncle!" Yuan Li saluted in front of the door, and only walked in after receiving Lin Hai's reply.

Lin Hai was awakened by the sound of Yuan Li and others chasing and killing the soldiers. At this time, he was only wearing a long gown over his middle coat, and his hair was not tied.

"Engong, this should be the eighth wave of dead men, right?" Lin Hai rubbed his forehead. Since the Yue family sent reinforcements, he, who had caught many salt merchants' tails, stepped up his investigation and wiped out them all in one fell swoop. Founded two medium-sized salt merchants who sold private salt, and shocked the salt merchants in Yangzhou.

But the counterattack of the salt merchants also followed, and became more and more intense. Even the soldiers sent by the Yue family were damaged a lot. We dare not do too much, or the whole family will suffer.

Thinking of this, Lin Hai's eyes turned red. A few days after Yuan Li and the others arrived, they found out the spies in the family. He still can't believe that Lin Qi, the chef in the kitchen, is actually an undercover agent of the salt merchant. He is the Lin family's spy. A family with a child, an old man who has been working in the kitchen for nearly 40 years since he was a child!

He was actually poisoning Jia Min's mother and daughter!

The only good thing is that the dosage of the spine is less and less, and it has just started to take a few meals. The wife is strong and has no response, but the frail daughter and the son who was just a few months old are miserable. The two had a serious illness and almost didn't survive it!
I must never come to send a white-haired person to a black-haired person once!

(Lin Daiyu had a younger brother who died young, who was three years younger. I misremembered the time before, but fortunately, it doesn’t affect anything. Let’s just assume that the younger brother is five years younger than her!)
This revenge, I, Lin Hai, will not take revenge and swear that I will not be a human being!

"Young master is so small. This is the responsibility of a small one. It's not worthy of being called a young master!" Yuan Li had a headache. Ever since Lin Hai found out the spies of the Lin family that day, Lin Hai began to shout out benefactors one by one. Although the aunt did not call him benefactor with the uncle, but she was looking for a wife for herself and buying property for herself, which also made him sleepless recently.

"It should be called, it should be called, if Engong didn't see through the generation who betrayed the master, my Lin family still doesn't know what to do! Engong is naturally worthy of being the benefactor of the Lin family!" Lin Hai still didn't want to change his attitude towards Yuan Li. title.

"Alas..." Yuan Li gave up struggling, whatever.

"Grandpa, it's not a problem to continue like this. How can there be any reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days? Once those salt merchants find out our details, it will be too late!" Yuan Li said to Lin Hai with a bitter face .

"Hey, doesn't Engong Danghai want to catch them all? But since the big deer family was destroyed, those salt merchants have become more and more cunning, and the spies they sent out can even see their tails, even, even..." Lin Hai blushed, He looked at Yuan Li with difficulty.

"Even Yangzhou water workers..."

"Master, be careful!" Yuan Li quickly covered Lin Hai's mouth, and looked around in a panic.

"That's something we petites can mention? My lord, don't forget, those people's backers are..."

Yuan Li tremblingly pointed upwards and said nothing more.

Lin Hai was also silent, he was just a patrol censor, even if his wife was the eldest lady of the Jia family who was born in Hongmiao Zhengcao Gang.If something unbearable happened, the group of people would at most protect the names of the wife and the two children.

But if their core interests were truly touched, they might not even be able to keep their wife. Over the years, the power of the Yue family in the south has been eroded by the Zhen family too much, and it is no longer able to have any influence on the Jiangnan Water Trade Union.

The room fell silent.

"No, if there was a real problem with the Waterworks Union, the palace would have already replaced them with angels. The royal family just trusts them, so they don't have to rely on them! Do you think embroidered clothes are vegetarian?"

There was a crisp sound from outside the house, and Jia Min pushed the door open and walked in.

Yuan Li was about to get up to avoid it, but was pushed back to his seat by Lin Hai and his wife.

"What is Engong going to do? Engong saved the lives of his wife and two children. He is the real benefactor of the Lin family. Even if he enters the house, it is not a bad idea. Don't shy away from Madam!" Lin Hai pressed Yuan Li's shoulder and said .

Even if you say that, I don't dare to really enter the room!

Yuan Li looked at Jia Min as if helping him.

"Grandma..."

"Ruhai is right..." Jia Min looked at Yuan Li's helpless eyes, and said with a forced smile.

Yuan Li was completely numb.

Whatever you two say is right.

Jia Min sat on the chair.

"Although the Chen family and my Jia family are both from the Cao Gang, we know exactly what the Cao Gang is, and we are only close to the water workers, not the Cao Gang itself. Since the founding of Daqi, we have never Let go of your vigilance against organizations like the Cao Gang, why do you think Xu Guogong is over 100 years old, why does he sit in Huai'an?"

"Ma'am, you mean the embroidered clothes hidden in the Cao Guild..." Lin Hai gasped.

Jamin nodded.

"However, Xu Guogong's energy is getting weaker and weaker, and these ghosts and monsters hidden in the water union have begun to show up, but the old man Liu has always refused to accept his old age, and killed several selected successors.

Now Zheng Shun, the president of the Cao Trade Union who took over the old man Liu's position, is just the deputy of the previous candidate. The letter is quite dissatisfied with Zheng Shun..." Jia Min couldn't stop talking.

"Ma'am, where did you get this news?" Lin Hai asked cautiously.

Jia Min, who was interrupted, looked at Lin Hai blankly.

"At the official wife's gathering, Hua Xin's wife talked about her dissatisfaction with Zheng Shun from the beginning to the end. A group of people were either complaining about this or that. go again."

"Ah, it's the time you mentioned that you had an affair with the lady who stayed behind in Jinling..." Jia Min kept looking at Lin Hai indifferently, and Lin Hai quickly swallowed the rest of the words.

"That's right, there was a conflict. What's the matter? A daughter from the Zhen family's collateral line dares to pick on Qiao in front of me, the eldest daughter of the Jia family?
Before getting married back then, even those princesses and princesses treated their aunts with courtesy and did not dare to be negligent. Seeing how she looks like a villain, the aunts just slap her when she goes up, she is capable! "

Back then, in front of the emperor who had not abdicated, even some princesses did not get the favor of Jia Min without her!

"Ah, this..."

Is this something that a guard commander like me can hear?

Jia Min saw Yuan Li's uneasiness.

"If my Lin family can't even trust Commander Yuan, who else can I trust?"

Yuan Lida was moved by Jia Min's straightforward words, and secretly vowed in his heart that he must protect the Lin family!

"After beating her, how dare she say that she wants to sue my eldest cousin of the Zhen family? Hmph, it would be nice to shoot her to death without the bow and crossbow that the emperor gave me for self-defense!
If it wasn't for those ladies and ladies who stopped her, she would be so high and low that he would know what a general girl is! "

Jia Minfeng stared straight at Lin Hai.

"Husband, just do it with confidence, the safety of the family is under the care of Commander Yuan, so there will be no problems!

Waiting for my concubine to edit and send a few letters to Jingzhong and Huai'an, I would like to see who doesn't have eyes, and dares to stroke my Jia family's beard! "Jia Min is full of pride, not inferior to a man!"
Just wait, my aunt's eldest nephew has risen, and the Jia family has stood up again!Those city foxes and rats who assassinated the Lin family are all waiting to be liquidated!

Looking at the dog fight... the domineering Miss Jia Min, Lin Hai felt grateful.

Although there are some suspicions of eating soft food, it is great to have such a powerful Yue family!
Lin Hai sighed in his heart, and immediately felt a surge of pride!

I also want to work hard to create a natal family that my daughter can rely on!

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The transport troops finally brought the spare weapons to Xilinhot City before sunset the next day.

When the letter eagle was received early yesterday morning, the transportation troops that had been prepared in Shangdu City started their journey. During the period, it rained heavily, but the entire transportation team still braved the rain to reach the destination with steely will.

It was pouring rain.

Thick dark clouds covered the sun and the moon, and only the braziers in Xilinhot city were left shining on the whole land.Even with a hood, the flame in the basin was still swayed by the rain and reflected on the wall, like the fire spewed from the mouth of Vimajitara.

"Go and inform the troops to get new weapons!"

Jia Hun held an umbrella and stood on the gate tower of the south gate, looking down at the armies being pulled into the city one after another.

The messengers immediately ran to inform the camp owners that the generals had left. Jia Hun looked at it for a while, then turned around and returned to his barracks.

After two consecutive days of three shifts, the horsemen's damaged armor, vests and weapons have almost been repaired, and those with serious damage can receive new ones tonight.

It was raining heavily, and the trips of the Balhu and Chahar departments were also blocked. The map showed that the Balhu department had stopped, and even the Chahar department had slowed down. It seemed that they planned to camp to avoid the rain.

Regardless of whether it will rain tomorrow, I must send troops!
"Pass down the order, let the gang leader boil all the ginger and dried ginger into soup, save enough for one bowl for each person today, and pour the rest into the water bag for me!"

Not long after, a bowl of hot ginger soup was served, and the deep red one looked delicious.

"General, this is ginger syrup specially provided to the commanders of each battalion. There is not much sugar in the army, that's all."

"It doesn't matter, it's good to drink some." Jia Hun picked up the bowl and began to drink.

On the table was a document announcing that the armor and vest had been repaired. A word of reading was written on it, stamped with the seal of General Da Sima, and handed over to the waiting orderly, and then looked at the next page.

"There are still more than 3000 horse troops who can continue to fight." He took another sip of ginger syrup and swallowed it hard.

In fact, he, Jia Hun, doesn't like the taste of ginger very much, but there's nothing he can do. In order to prevent colds, he must have a bowl of this, whether it's ten thousand or just in case.

"Yes, everyone was more or less injured. After taking medicine, they all recovered a lot, but there are still nearly ten thousand brothers who are seriously injured and cannot continue to fight." Lin Chong replied.

As Jia Hun's direct subordinate Qianhu, Lin Chong and the others also had the responsibility to serve as the mouthpiece between Jia Hun and Ma Jun.

"Use the best medicine. If the medicinal materials are not enough, even if you ask for it from Zhangjiakou, the brothers will fight hard, or... let everyone survive as much as possible!"

Jia Hun sighed. In fact, among the main soldiers of the Great Qi, not many people died directly in battle, and those whose wounds deteriorated and were not recovered were the ones who died the most.

"If there are dead brothers who don't have heads on them, go and ask the brothers if they would like to give them the extra heads."

"Yes." Lin Chong agreed, opened his umbrella and walked out of the barracks.

Jia Hun drank the ginger syrup in the bowl and handed the bowl to the gang leader.

"Okay, you can go back too. Remember to tell your master chefs that we are leaving early tomorrow morning to cook a hot meal for everyone."

"Yes, I will definitely bring the words to you!" Huo Toujun straightened his body and assured Jia Hun, and then returned to Huo Toujun's camp with a small bucket and bowl.

After dealing with the final paperwork, Jia Hun also washed up and fell asleep.

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　　There are at most five chapters left in the Northern Expedition, and the next one is the plot of Jiangnan and Seizing the Inheritance.

　　
　
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