Horse on the World

Chapter 160 Navy Commander
A new week has begun, let's count the tickets!Always yelling, the gunman is a little embarrassed!

Deng Peng, the deputy general of the Fuzhou Army and the commander of the Fuzhou Navy, lives in the Hailing Navy camp. It is a small courtyard and three green brick and tile houses. What is different is that in the small courtyard, the open space that should have been planted with flowers and plants or vegetables and fruits has been dug into a small pond. In the pond are floating naval ships of different sizes. Most of the time, Deng Peng stopped in front of this small pond, fiddled with the ships with a wooden stick in his hand, thinking about the navy's combat strategies in various situations.

"Master, it's time to eat!" A handsome woman stood at the door with an apron tied around her waist, holding the door frame with her hands, and called to Deng Peng.

"Well, here we come!" Deng Peng agreed casually, but his eyes did not leave the ships.

"Master, Chao'er is hungry!" The woman yelled again reproachfully, and glanced at the boats covering the water with some resentment. Deng Peng suddenly realized that he raised his head and looked at the sky, "Ah, I forgot time again." It's getting dark, okay, eat, eat!" Throwing down the wooden stick in his hand, he strode into the main room.

A ten-year-old boy was sitting in front of a small square table with his hands on his knees, looking at the food on the table with both eyes, and his Adam's apple was rolling up and down. He was obviously very hungry, but he didn't dare to move. eat first.

Deng Peng sat at the top, reached out and touched his son's head, and said, "Chaoer, eat!"

The woman poured a glass of wine for Deng Peng and put it in front of him, and then filled a bowl full of rice for her son. Deng Chao immediately picked up the chopsticks and picked them up with big mouthfuls.

"You child, eat slowly, it's like a hungry ghost reincarnated, when did you starve yourself?" Deng Peng scolded with a smile, reached out to pick up the wine glass, took a sip, and let out a sigh, "Ma'am, where did this wine come from?" Come on, this seems to be Yipinxiang from Yipinlou, when will our family be able to afford this wine?"

The woman smiled and said: "Master, last time you went to Huai'an, you drank this incense, and you were full of praise when you came back. Didn't you come back with more than a hundred taels of silver this time, so I will go and buy a few jars for you." Stretching out his chopsticks, he took a large piece of crystal elbow and put it in his son's bowl.

Deng Peng sighed and looked at the four bowls of vegetables on the table, one dish of green vegetables, one dish of tofu, one fried fish, and one bowl of crystal elbow. Seeing his son's gluttonous appearance, he knew that he was indeed at a loss for this baby. A lieutenant general of a state like himself lives in such a tight situation. If he hadn't gone to sea this time and got some money, his family would be really poor.

"Thanks to you two, I'm really ashamed, but as the commander of the navy, the navy has become like this now, and everyone gritted their teeth to live, and I can't do those things like Commander Xiang. If the commander-in-chief wants to embarrass me, there is nothing I can do. The brothers under my command are living in a more difficult life than me, so I can only try my best to make up for them, but this will make you two suffer."

The woman smiled and said: "The master is over-hearted, the concubine has no dissatisfaction, compared to those refugees who are all over the street now, we are considered better. Oh, Chaoer, eat slowly, don't choke, crystal elbows are delicious , Mother will make it for you tomorrow."

Deng Peng sighed, the situation in Fuzhou collapsed so suddenly, the Wankou salt field rioted, and tens of thousands of salt workers were in chaos. Not only did they kill the salt field manager, even Yuan Chengying, the Hailing garrison who went to suppress it, was almost completely wiped out. The rebellious army approached Hailing, and Hailing was in chaos. Deng Peng was really surprised at that time, and he took his family members into the boat.But after the rebel army made a strange appearance of attacking Hailing, they suddenly turned around and took down the two neighboring counties of Hailing one by one. In Hailing is General Xiang Hui, the commander's confidant, who is planning to attack Baykou, the lair of the rebel army.

"Where do these salt workers get so many war horses?" At this time, Deng Peng was puzzled by the question. Although Yuan Cheng's army was not strong, it was still a regular army. As far as he knew, the pro-army around Yuan Cheng That combat power was extremely strong, but even so, Yuan Cheng still died on the spot. Who is this Ban Tianyun who took the lead in making trouble?According to rumors, this person is a bandit, but I have never heard of this person. You know, if there is a cavalry bandit with thousands of people in Fuzhou, it is such a big deal, how can I not know.

The current situation has collapsed, just like that!Deng Peng shook his head. It is really hard to predict whether Xiang Hui will win or lose.He drank a few glasses of wine in a dull mood, and he couldn't taste Yipinxiang at this time.

"Sister-in-law, is General Deng at home?" There was a shout from outside, and Deng Peng said strangely: "Hey, it's Yin Hua, why did he come to my place today?" Yin Hua is a general in his naval battalion, On weekdays, I have a very close friendship with him, and I am his confidant.

"It's Brother Yin, I'll go meet you!" The woman stood up and walked out.

"Hi sister-in-law, General, you are eating!" Yin Hua smiled and stepped into the gate, obviously familiar with General Deng Peng.

"Hello, Uncle Yin!" Deng Chao stood up and saluted Yin Hua.

"Brother Yin, who is this?" Deng Peng stood up, looked at the two women behind Yin Hua, and felt that one of them looked familiar.Yin Hua coughed, feeling a little embarrassed, "These two are..."

"General Deng, we met not long ago. You are such a noble man who forgets things!" A woman behind Yin Hua suddenly stepped in front of Yin Hua, and Yin Hua took a step back and stood up to her. behind.

Deng Peng's expression changed slightly, and he suddenly remembered that when Li Qing, the commander of Dingzhou, came to the navy, wasn't this woman by his side?This woman was so beautiful that I even took a second look at it.

"You, aren't you a family member of Marshal Li in Dingzhou? What, why did you come to Hailing?" Deng Peng asked puzzledly, with a faint feeling in his heart.

"Dingzhou Qingfeng, I have met General Deng!" The woman smiled and pulled her clothes back as a salute.

"Qingfeng! Department of Statistics and Investigation!" Deng Peng was taken aback and blurted out. He had known for a long time that the head of the Department of Statistics and Investigation in Dingzhou was a woman named Qingfeng, but he never imagined that this woman was so young and beautiful. own home?Puzzled eyes immediately turned to Yin Hua.

Yin Hua turned his head away, not looking at Deng Peng's questioning gaze.

Qingfeng walked to the dining table with a smile, glanced at the food on the table, and sighed: "Unexpectedly, the dignified deputy general of Dingzhou has no servants at home, and the food is so simple. General Deng is so thrifty, he should be a model for my generation !"

Deng Peng's black face flushed slightly, and he felt a little embarrassed. Could it be that he did this on purpose?Of course not, who doesn't want his wife and son to live comfortably, but he is too shy to support his family, but also to support his soldiers. The thorn sarong made me feel even more ashamed.

"Director Qingfeng is here. There must be something to do. Let's talk in the study!" Deng Peng said bluntly, not wanting to be entangled in these matters.

"Very good!" Qingfeng smiled and motioned to Zhong Jing behind him to put the gift boxes in her hand on the dining table, and said, "A little care is not enough respect. Don't blame General Deng!"

Deng Peng cupped his hands, "Thank you very much! Director Qingfeng, please!"

The woman looked at Deng Peng worriedly, Yin Hua and Qingfeng walked towards the side door, turned their heads to look at Deng Chao, and said: "Chaoer, it's all right, let's eat, Daddy has guests, so I can't eat with you."

After the guests and hosts sat down, Deng Peng looked at the legendary Dingzhou's biggest intelligence leader, thinking about what she would do to him. There is no intersection!

"If you have nothing to do, you can go to the Three Treasures Hall!" Qingfeng was not polite, and said directly, "It was Marshal Li of Dingzhou who wanted me to come to meet the general and discuss something."

Yin Hua had already acted as a servant at this time, and was busy making tea for Deng Peng and Qingfeng. After Qingfeng said this, he took a sip from the teacup and frowned slightly. The tea was actually Chen's. , Drinking it tastes extremely bitter in the mouth.

"Marshal Li is someone Deng Peng admires very much, but I am the deputy general of Fuzhou. What does Marshal Li want from me? Isn't he going to send someone away?" Deng Peng said in surprise.But there was a burst of joy in his heart. The last time he gave it away, he heard that the commander had received a full 6 taels of silver from others, but he only got 5000 taels in the end. After the boat, his pockets were already empty, and he thought that if Li Shuai from Dingzhou thought Xiang Shuai's price was too high and came to him alone, he could do another thing like this, and make a little effort to clean up the water. Master, seeing that the situation is already so chaotic, it is always better to have stronger hands.

Qingfeng smiled slightly, "Marshal Li admires General Deng very much, and wants to recruit General Deng to serve in Dingzhou. I don't know what General Deng wants?"

Qingfeng has seen that Deng Peng is the kind of person with a very direct temper, so she doesn't hide it at all, not to mention that she has already set up a backup, and she is not afraid of Deng Peng's disapproval.

"What?" Deng Peng almost thought he heard it wrong, "Director Qingfeng, what did you say?"

"Li Shuai wants General Deng to serve Dingzhou!" Qingfeng said in a word: "General Deng, you are in such a predicament in Fuzhou, such a great talent is buried, and as the commander of the navy, you can only command mere actions." The first battalion of naval divisions, Li Shuai was deeply aggrieved and wanted to recruit generals under his command."

Deng Peng was sure that Qingfeng was not joking, not to mention that he didn't need a big man like Dingzhou to come over to make a joke of himself. He turned his eyes to Yin Hua, and his eyes gradually became serious. Obviously, Yin Hua was an insider, and he must have already He joined Dingzhou, otherwise Qingfeng would not have been brought here.

"Director Qingfeng, what are you talking about? Deng is a naval general. Dingzhou is not close to the sea, and there are no decent rivers. What can Deng do when he goes to Dingzhou? Will he be a land general? ? Then I’m afraid we’ll lose consecutive battles.”

Qingfeng smiled and said: "Of course not, General Deng is a fierce general on water, he is like a fish on the shore out of the water, how could Li Shuai do such a disastrous thing? General Deng will still be in Fuzhou, and will be in Hailing. "

Deng Peng looked deeply at Qingfeng. At this moment, he already understood what Qingfeng meant. Li Qing wanted to restore the state, otherwise how could he recruit him and live in Hailing by himself.

(End of this chapter)