Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 70

Lin Yi and Zu Keyong led a rapid march of 2000 people, and when they arrived at Zukuan's camp in Qianxi, it was more than half an hour before dark, more than an hour earlier than the original plan, and the reinforcements requested by Zukuan were the latest. Arrived late one night earlier.

The Tartars didn't attack the city that day, Zu Kuan was very enthusiastic about Lin Yi and Zu Keyong, and personally led people to bring them into the camp.

As soon as the two parties met, they held Ji Dong's hand and patted Zu Keyong's shoulder like old friends who had been reunited for a long time, talking and laughing and shouting loudly.

Zu Keyong and Lin Yi's respect for Zu Kuan was no less than that for Lu Xiangsheng, but the heart of harming others was indispensable, and the heart of guarding against others was indispensable. Lin Yi always had a string in his heart.

Zu Kuan asked Ji Dong and the others to send all the troops, saying that the barracks had been prepared for them.

Lin Yi thought to himself, "My lord, our troops are only 5000 people, and there are tens of thousands of Tartars. If they surround us, what can we do? What the subordinates mean is that the two of us camped like two horns." Potential, I don’t know how the adults will like it?”

"Master Lin is indeed a great talent, and he is considerate, so I will rely on Master Lin." Zu Kuan gave Lin Yi a lot of face and agreed.

Lin Yi's generals saw that Zu Kuan seemed to be a different person in just a few days.

About ten miles away from Zu Kuan's camp, Lin Yi and Zu Keyong chose a camp and set up camp. The 2000 soldiers will be divided into two, and some will set up tents and bury pots for cooking.The other part is to pick ditches, dig trenches, and build fortifications.

The reason why Ji Dong camped separately from Zukuan's men was because of the needs of the war. Facing the tens of thousands of powerful enemies Azig and Amin, it would be a tough battle to prevent them from passing here.

In addition, Ji Dong also wanted to beware of Zu Kuan, knowing that Zu Kuan had a violent temper and a bad character.Gouging his corner by himself, poking his face, this is what happened not long ago, and he will definitely not forget it.The soldiers of both sides will camp in one place, and any friction will be caused, which will not be conducive to fighting the enemy together.

Zu Kuan was his superior, and words were orders. Lin Yi could only make a suggestion at most, but he didn't expect Zu Kuan to agree so readily because of his face. Lin Yi was also very happy.

The day after the camp was set up, it became dark. At this time, Zu Kuan ordered people to invite Lin Yi and Zu Keyong to have a banquet in his camp, and Lin Yi agreed without hesitation.

"Brother Lin, aren't you worried about Zu Kuan's grand banquet?" Xiaoying pouted to express her objection.

Wang Jian, Zhang Hua, Er Hu and the others also disagreed. If Zu Kuan played any tricks, the consequences would be disastrous.

Lin Yi nodded, "What you said is very reasonable. It's not unfounded worries. But if the generals don't get along, this battle will be lost. If Lin doesn't go, Zu Kuan and the others will obviously realize that I am guarding against him. When camping during the day, he will lose I've noticed it, so tonight's banquet has to go even if it's a Hongmen banquet, and even if it's a pit, I have to jump into it. After Brother Zu and I leave, Brother Wang Jian will be in charge of all the affairs in the camp."

"Isn't this too risky?"

"Don't worry, I have my own measure." Lin Yi patted Xiaoying on the shoulder and comforted her, "If Zu Kuan really wants to deliberately harm her, Lin Yi will definitely not let others slaughter him. With me and Brother Zu's skills, Kill them all and turn them on their backs!"

Lin Yi decided in this way, and Xiaoying and Wang Jian couldn't persuade him any more, so they had to suggest that he bring more manpower and hard hands to prevent accidents.

Xiaoying, Zhang Hua, He Tao, Er Hu, Wang Qi, Dong Sheng, Yang Fang, Zhao Sheng, Zhao Tingshou, Gan Bao, Jiang Xingyuan, all vying to follow,

Lin Yi smiled and shook his head: "The two military camps are so close, it is inappropriate to bring more troops, and it will make people laugh at Lin for being cowardly and afraid of death. You should just be prepared in the camp, but remember not to act rashly unless you have to. Listen to everything, brother Wang Jian's military orders, do nothing, don't make trouble, lest the Tartars have an opportunity to take advantage of it."

In order to show Zu Kuan the utmost sincerity and zero defense, Lin Yi and Zu Keyong went to the meeting alone without any soldiers.

The two rode two horses, Ji Dong stepped on the steel knife, and stuffed a dagger knife into his military boots, Zu Keyong took his big ax and a short knife tucked in his waist, and left the camp. The flying horse came to Zu Kuan's camp.

Xiaoying, Wang Jian and others were at the gate of the camp, watching the two war horses disappear into the night, they immediately returned to the camp to prepare.

2000 men and horses never leave their saddles, and soldiers never let go of their swords.

To step up patrolling, one is to prevent the Tatars from attacking the camp, and the other is to be prepared to respond to Lin Yi and Zu Keyong, and sent a number of spies to investigate the situation at any time, and act immediately if there is any trouble.

Wang Jian knew that there were a lot of young people in the army, like Zhang Hua, Gan Bao, Jiang Xingyuan, etc., were all thorns, and only Lin Yi could keep them down. Wang Jian was afraid that they would mess up and reiterated military discipline. Order, no one shall act without authorization.

Xiaoying seemed to have lost her soul, and couldn't sit still anymore.Covered in military uniform, she went into the tent for a while, and looked outside for a while, Fen Dai frowned slightly, her mind was full of Ji Dong.

I don't know how long it took, the night became quiet, and Xiaoying stood outside alone looking out, and the horns of the Tartars could be faintly heard in the distance.

Xiaoying silently blesses and prays in her heart, God bless Brother Lin will be safe and well, Xiaoying's life is suffering, Xiaoying only has Brother Lin alone in this world, God, you can't be too cruel, if Brother Lin has something wrong, Xiaoying is never alone...

Xiaoying's eye circles were getting a little red, the stars in the sky were getting blurred, and the night insects were screaming louder...

The distance between the two camps is about ten miles, which is within a distance of the horses throwing flowers.

When they arrived at the gate of Zu Kuan's camp, Li Mingfu, Zu Kuan's lieutenant general, had already greeted him there with several generals.

After exchanging greetings for a while, Lin Yi and Zu Keyong got off their horses, and someone picked up the horses. Li Mingfu walked in with Lin Yi and Zu Keyong.

Zu Kuan is the deputy general, and Li Mingfu is his deputy assistant, that is, his general. In terms of official rank, Li Mingfu is higher than Lin Yi and Zu Keyong, but today the two are guests at the banquet, and they belong to the official non-official group. It's another eight hours away on a formal occasion, so it's not so much to be polite.

The banquet was held in Zu Kuan's big tent. When they arrived at the door of the big tent, Zu Kuan also came out. The two sides exchanged warm greetings. Lin Yi and Zu Keyong untied the sword they were wearing and handed it to the guard at the door. After entering, the host and guest are seated separately.

Of course Zu Kuan took the chief seat, and the deputy Li Mingfu sat sideways to accompany him.

Ji Yi saw that the table was very rich, which can be described as a mountain of meat and a sea of ​​wine.Secretly said, the camp will soon be unstoppable, and the arrangement is so rich, it seems that this table is well-intentioned.

Ji Dong raised his vigilance in his heart. Ji Yi knew that wine is a good thing and a bad thing. It can be good or bad, and it must not be excessive.

But Ji Dong also knew clearly that since he came today, he came here for the sake of a harmonious relationship, for this battle, otherwise he would have to find 1 excuses not to come.

Generally speaking, there is a little bit of way that he can't turn his face today, and he can't make the Zu Zongbing unhappy. He has to consider the overall strategy of this battle.

Lin Yi's mind remained sharply clear. At this moment, Zu Kuan looked at the two of them and said, "Zu is a rough man. Today's drink has two main meanings. One is to thank the two for risking their lives to save each other. The second is that the two generals were promoted to be the guerrilla generals of the governor. It is really gratifying to congratulate. This drink can be regarded as Zu Mou's congratulations for the two generals, and the dust is clean. I won't say much else, please be full first Drink from this cup."

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for your kindness."

Lin Yi picked up the wine and was about to drink it, but Zu Keyong stood up and said first: "It's rare that your lord is so kind, and Zu Keyong was fortunate enough to serve you for a few days. With this old love and new joy, this first glass of wine, Zu Mou Don’t give in, let’s do it first.”

Zu Ke bravely picked up the glass of wine and drank it down, then put the wine glass on the table, and he was not polite, while praising the good wine, he put vegetables in his mouth and chewed, "Well, the wine is good, and the food is not bad. ..."

Zu Keyong's behavior seemed a little reckless, which made the scene a little embarrassing, as if he was afraid that he didn't drink enough.Or it could be interpreted as that he and Lin Yi had discussed acting.

Of course Ji Dong knew Zu Keyong's intentions. He was afraid of tampering with the food and drink, so he got down on the ground after drinking and eating, and then let others slaughter him. Zu Keyong was trying wine and food for Ji Dong.

Actually, Ji Dong really didn't let him do this.

The smile on Zu Kuan's face suddenly froze, and he secretly hated: "You don't know how to die, you really made Ji Dong the new master, and you don't know how to die after a while!"

Li Mingfu quickly smoothed things over with a smile: "Brother Ke Yong is still so forthright, I admire, admire."

"Hehe, I am laughing and laughing." Zu Keyong responded.

Seeing that he had to speak, Ji Dong picked up his wine glass and stood up.

"Mr. Lin, thank you for your kindness. Mr. Lin didn't know how to drink, but today the kindness of the two adults is hard to stop. I can only give up my life to accompany this drink." Lin Yi drank the spirits on purpose as he spoke. He choked and coughed a few times, his face was red and his neck was thick.

"General Lin is really a bold person. Hurry up and eat vegetables." Zu Kuan and Li Mingfu were really happy at this moment, and hurriedly gave way. They also took two delicious chopsticks for Lin Yi and put them on the table in front of him in the dish.

Ji Dong was not too polite, he ate with relish, the wine was delicious and the food tasted really good.

This is when Zu Kuan spoke again, "Brother Lin, seeing that you are relatively young, Zumou is falsely older than you by two years, do you mind if you are called like that?"

Lin Yi smiled and said, "It's Lin's honor to be called a brother and brother with Mr. Zong Bing. Why do you mind?"

"Last time, there was a bit of unhappiness between us. Afterwards, Zu was very sad. He felt that he was too reckless. At such an old age, his temper is still so violent, and he is still so competitive. He is also reckless and difficult to become a master. , Brother Lin will not take it to heart, today's banquet also has the intention of apologizing for Brother Lin."

"Don't dare not dare, Lord Zongbing said so, but he killed the younger brother, and blamed Lin Yi for being young and vigorous, but Lin Yi has long forgotten about that matter."

"Hahaha, okay, okay, from now on, we will all be officials under the command of the governor. Mr. Lin is young and promising, and the future is limitless. Let's cheers."

Li Mingfu also stood up holding the cup, and persuaded Zu Keyong to drink.

In this way, Zu Kuan and Li Mingfu took one cup to the left and one cup to the right, and drank it with Lin Yi and Zu Keyong.

Ji Dong saw it, how could it be possible to drink like this, and he would drink too much in a while, so he had to think of a way to retreat.

So, he started talking nonsense, staggering, and barely drank two more glasses, Ji Dong quickly pretended to be overwhelmed by alcohol, fell asleep on the table...

(End of this chapter)