Chapter 99: Fighting in the Northwest (Twelve)

The Bai Mansion and the Yamen were not far away. When Hou Dayong and his dozen personal guards arrived at the door of the Bai Mansion, Hou Dayong realized that the situation was even more serious than the personal guards' reports. More than 50 Qingzhou soldiers and more than 30 front-in-the-sergeants all showed their knives, just like fighting roosters with cockscombs raised, facing the blade to the other side. Both sides were injured in sergeants, and there were a lot of bright red blood stains on the ground.

Ji Qingyang, deputy governor of Jingzhou, rushed to Bai Mansion earlier than Hou Dayong. He rode a war horse and blocked the two sides, forcibly separated the Qingzhou army soldiers and the sergeant in the hall. Bai Shuanghua, dressed in men's clothing, followed him, and his already pale face. Ji Qingyang said loudly with a blue face: "I am Ji Qing, deputy governor of Jingzhou, who is recruited and ordered to maintain public order. If you want to fight again, don't blame me for not giving face."

All the soldiers knew Hou Dayong. When they saw him coming with a calm face, they all made way. Hou Dayong came to Ji Qingyang. The two of them did not speak, but exchanged glances. Hou Dayong's sharp eyes quickly found Han Lun and a young and tall officer in the front office of the palace, stared at the two of them, and then coldly said to Han Lun, the Qingzhou Tuanzheng who was standing at the door of Bai Mansion: "Han Tongzheng, come here, what are you doing? Put down the knife."

Hanlun had a few bruises on his face and his clothes were torn. He whispered, and then ordered to the Qingzhou army: "Put your knife away." Then he walked to Hou Dayong's horse in a very embarrassing manner. Hou Dayong got off the horse quickly, looked at the bruises on Hanlun's face, and said seriously: "I really admire the Korean regiment training. The coalition forces will go north tomorrow. Today, they are still practicing with real swords and guns. After the Northwest War, this kind of training method that dares to see the red will definitely be spread everywhere in the Great Zhou army."

The officer in front of the hall saw Han Lun put away the knife, and ordered: "Collapse the knife." Go forward and walk over the military salute. He said: "Bai Shuangwu, the commander of the infantry army in front of the hall, meets the governor." Seeing that Bai Shuangwu was familiar with him, Hou Dayong thought for a while, and asked: "You were your Majesty's guard?"

"Yes, I was your Majesty's guard and was only transferred to the imperial guards in front of the palace last year." During the Battle of Gaoping, the Black Eagle Army briefly became Chai Rong's personal guard, and Hou Dayong often followed Chai Rong's side, so Bai Shuangwu recognized Hou Dayong at a glance.

Hou Dayong smiled slightly and said, "No wonder we saw you familiar. We often met in Gaoping, but we didn't have the chance to talk. Today, we finally knew your name." However, the smile flashed and Hou Dayong lowered his face and said, "Bai Shuangwu, do you know your crime?"

Hearing this, Bai Shuangwu was stunned for a moment. He was approaching Hou Dayong. Unexpectedly, Hou Dayong changed his face very quickly and had no transition at all. He was used to seeing the world. He was not afraid and bowed with humility and arrogantly, "I don't know what the officials are? Please give me advice."

"According to the laws of the Great Zhou army, what crime should be done if the following is above?"

"Where does the following come from?"

"Han Lun is the troupe training commander. You are the commander. I'm afraid the scars on the troupe training commander's face were not the ones who were killed by himself. If this is not the following Ling Shang, what is it?"

"A man dares to act and act. I have beaten the scars on this man's face. Is he a trainee of the Great Zhou Dynasty? If he is really a trainee of the Great Zhou Dynasty, why would he occupy the Bai family's mansion? My father died in the battlefield, and his body was not cold, and my house was occupied. What is the law of nature? What is justice? When the general is out, I don't know how many soldiers who bravely kill the enemy on the front line will be disappointed." Bai Shuangwu raised his head high, a little proud, and even more sad and angry, and said loudly.

The soldiers of Jingzhou and the soldiers in front of the hall looked at Luo Hanlun angrily, and many soldiers of the Qingzhou army also showed dissatisfaction.

Hou Dayong had long wanted to drive Hanlun out of Bai Mansion, but he had not found a suitable opportunity. Bai Shuangwu came to Jingzhou. It was a god-given opportunity. He turned to look at Hanlun and said, "Commander Bai said this is Bai Mansion. Is this mansion really the Bai Mansion? Commander Bai is lying. If it is really Bai Mansion, how could the Tuan Zhengshi live in Bai Mansion? Han Tuan Zhengshi, don't you think so?"

As soon as this sentence was spoken, all the soldiers knew that Hou Dayong was sarcasticizing Han Lun. Han Lun's face turned red and white, and said, "When the Qingzhou Army entered the city, the mansion was empty, and it was full of feces from the Dangxiang people and war horses. In order to avoid the destruction of refugees entering the mansion, I moved into the Bai Mansion. Now that the master has returned, I will move out."

Hou Dayong told Bai Shuang martial arts: "The troupe training envoy helped the Bai family manage the mansion, and there was no credit and hard work. Why didn't Commander Bai thank the troupe training envoy?"

Bai Shuangwu bowed to Han Lun and said, "I am grateful for the help of the group training envoy."

Under the gaze of the soldiers, Hanlun felt his face was disgraceful and was quite disgraceful. His eyes were punched by Bai Shuangwu, which hurt so much that he said coldly: "How dare you, I can't bear it." After that, he turned to the Qingzhou soldiers and said: "Move my things to the military camp." He turned around and bowed to Hou Dayong, "Give goodbye to the official."

Hou Dayong said: "Slowly, there is still something that has not been completed here. Hanlun's regiment commander and Baishuangwu Commander, according to the notice on August 6, all those who fight in Jingzhou City, regardless of their official position, will receive a whip. You actually ignore the military orders and gather in the city to fight and fight. The military law is difficult to tolerate. Hanlun takes the lead in fighting and is whipped ten times, and the Jingzhou Army will execute it. Baishuangwu beats the regiment commander. Although it is understandable, it is difficult to violate the military law. Add five more whips to show punishment."

Han Lun didn't expect Hou Dayong to say this, and looked at Hou Dayong in a daze. Bai Shuangwu took off his military uniform in front of the palace without saying a word, revealing his healthy and strong muscles. He shouted: "The officials are willing to accept the punishment."

Ji Qingyang ordered in a deep voice: "Execution."

Several Jingzhou soldiers came over, and one of them brought a square stool, which was specially prepared for the execution of whipping. In the past few days, the Jingzhou army has only patrol missions and usually encounters sergeants who fight. Therefore, square stools and whips are essential for patrol sergeants. These sergeants are all soldiers under Bai Chongzan. A sergeant with a whip said in a low voice to Bai Shuangwu: "Second Master, I offended." Bai Shuangwu said proudly: "Don't be rude, these ten

I can still bear the five whip." After saying that, I supported the square stool with my hands and exposed my back to the executioner. The soldier was very whip with one hand. He raised the whip high and hit Bai Shuangwu's naked back. Although the sergeant raised it high, he used some small techniques and did not hit it very heavily. Even so, every time he whipped, there was still a blood mark on Bai Shuangwu's back. After fifteen whips, Bai Shuangwu was very tough and his back was covered in blood. However, he did not hum.

Han Lun didn't expect that Hou Dayong would really be whipped. Every time he whipped, his heart would tremble. After several soldiers finished the Baishuang Martial Arts, they walked towards him. Han Lun said in a sing voice: "Since ancient times, I have not been punished as a doctor. I am the regiment commander personally taught by His Majesty. You have no right to hit me."

Hou Dayong snorted and said, "I am the envoy of the Northwest Camp, you are the deputy commander of the Northwest Allied Forces, and I am now practicing military law." Ji Qingyang was also very resentful to Han Lun. He shook his beautiful beard and said, "The Han regiment trains the envoy. The leader of the fighters must punish ten whips. I follow the military orders, please don't be surprised." Han Lun said angrily: "This Jingzhou City is the land I led my troops to retake, and I have made great contributions. You are kind to the generals."

When Hou Dayong first entered Jingzhou City, he only brought fifty Black Diao Army guards and one thousand Banzhou Army. At that time, there were 7,000 Qingzhou Army soldiers in Jingzhou City, with many people. Now, on the contrary, there were more than 4,000 strong Black Diao Army soldiers in the city, and there were only 1,000 Qingzhou Army soldiers in the city. Hou Dayong completely controlled the situation in Jingzhou. After hearing Han Lun's complaint, he said earnestly: "If you have merits, you will be punished; if you have mistakes, you will be punished. Because you take back Jingzhou, the Northwest Alliance left you a place. As a general, you not only do not restrain your subordinates, but also take the lead in fighting with friendly troops. Look at the blood all over the ground. The blood of the Great Zhou soldiers is all the blood of the Dangxiang people. If a hero is a hero in the nest, you will be very guilty as a regiment training envoy."

Hanlun defended: "Before the fight, I was resting in the yard. When I heard the noise outside the house, I came out to see what happened. Bai Shuangwu rushed up and beat me. I didn't fight back at all."

What Han Lun said was basically the fact that Bai Shuangwu first attacked him, but it was not that he did not fight back, but that Bai Shuangwu took too quickly, and Han Lun had no chance to fight back. Bai Shuangwu was an officer under Zhao Kuangyin, stationed in Chenzhou. His eldest brother Bai Shuangyong was the commander of the guards Long Jie's right wing commander, and he was in charge of the army alone. He led the army to confront the Southern Tang army in Haozhou. After the news of Bai Chongzan's death reached Daliang, Chai Rong considered that the change of generals in the last battle was a great opportunity in the army, so he issued an order to let Bai Shuangwu, who was in a lower position, go to Jingzhou to handle his father's funeral, and Bai Shuangyong continued to lead the army to guard Haozhou.

After Bai Shuangwu arrived in Jingzhou with dust, what he never expected was that at his doorstep, he was actually stopped by the soldiers of Qingzhou. After Bai Shuangwu asked the reason, he knew that it was Han Lun, a Qingzhou regiment commander, who occupied the Bai family's family's house. He was furious. He was from a noble family and was proud. This kind of bullying had never happened before. He knew that Han Lun's father was a senior general in the Palace Front Office, but he didn't care about this, so he led the imperial guards of the Palace Front Office to break in. There was a team of fifty Qingzhou soldiers stationed in the Bai Mansion. When he heard that someone broke into the palace, he all came out after hearing the news. The Palace Front Office and the Qingzhou soldiers confronted each other, but both sides did not take action.

After Han Lun came out, Bai Shuangwu asked him to move out of Bai Mansion after reporting his identity. Han Lun heard that Bai Shuangwu was only the commander of the Infantry Army of the Palace, and his son Han Lingkun, the commander of the Infantry Army of the Palace, so he didn't care much. Just as he made an official voice, Bai Shuangwu rushed to the ground to grab his collar and punched him a few times. Bai Shuangwu was born in martial arts and had a strong punch. Han Lun was beaten to death and had no room to fight back. Seeing that the main general started fighting, he naturally fought together. However, the soldiers on both sides did not kill him, but just chopped the other party's butt and big feet and other places with a lot of flesh. Therefore, although there was blood on the ground, no one was seriously injured.

When Hou Dayong saw Bai Shuangwu and Han Lun's appearance, he had guessed what was going on. He interrupted Han Lun and said, "How can a person fight if he can't slap his hand? Bai Shuangwu has been tortured. As the deputy commander of the Northwest Alliance, General Han should understand the principle that if there is a law, the law must be strictly enforced. You can take the lead for the soldiers who violate military discipline in the future."

Ji Qingyang used his eyes to signal several executioners in Jingzhou to take action. Several soldiers walked to Han Lun and bowed, "General Han, please don't blame me, we all do it according to the order."

The soldiers of Gyeongju didn't know what to do for a moment. In their minds, Hanlun was proficient in eating, drinking, and having many benefits under his command, such as not being very hard to train, not being very strict in military discipline, etc. Overall, he was not a good general. However, his chief general was bullied like this, and the soldiers felt dim. Hanlun's two confidant soldiers slowly moved closer to Hanlun and wanted to steal Hanlun. Ji Qingyang discovered their intentions and shouted, "Who dares to come, who will come here will be killed." Ji Qingyang was tall and big, with a big beard that looked quite like Guan Gong. This was extremely powerful. The two soldiers of Gyeongju were startled and did not dare to move another step.

Several soldiers fought together, and Hanlun's tender and fat upper body was exposed. Two soldiers pressed him on the square stool. When the Jingzhou soldiers whipped him, Hanlun shivered in pain. A blood mark appeared on his back immediately. He held back the first and second whips. During the third whip, Hanlun suddenly screamed, which scared the executioner. After the last few whips, Hanlun was already scolding and tears. The Jingzhou soldiers and the soldiers in the front office both showed contempt expressions. The Qingzhou soldiers felt even more dull when they saw their regiment training soaked soft eggs.

After the execution, Hou Dayong looked at Han Lun with tears on his face and said, "Deputy Commander Han, take a good rest for a night, apply some medicine, and you will be fine tomorrow. By the way, when the army goes north tomorrow, you arrange that concubine. Since ancient times, there has been no general who has brought wives and concubines in wars. There is no such precedent in the Great Zhou Dynasty. You can't make it up in the Northwest Alliance. You can do it yourself."

Han Lun moved out of the Bai Mansion of Jingzhou in a very embarrassing manner and moved into the Qingzhou Army camp. He lay on the bed and greeted all the female relatives in Hou Dayong's family. Of course, he could only lock him in the tent to greet him. Because Empress Fu is also a relative of Hou Dayong's family, he dared not greet Queen Fu even if he gave him ten thousand courage. Of course, Fu Ying must have been greeted countless times.

The concubine carefully applied medicine to Hanlun. Despite his gentle movements, Hanlun still grinned in pain and kept shouting: "You won't be gentler, it hurts me to death." The concubine cursed in a tender voice: "Who is so cruel and has such a heavy hand, you must be punished." As she said that, tears fell on Hanlun's back one by one, and the salty tears made Hanlun take a breath. However, Hanlun did not scold her. The woman cried for herself and scolded herself. As a man, she was always happy.

Han Lun thought of following the troops tomorrow, and said with a bitter face: "In this Jingzhou City, except for the camps in the northwest, Hou Dayong, who else dares to hit me? The senior official is the first-level official to crush people to death. Besides, his wife's sister is Queen Fu. I really can't afford to offend me, and I blame me for being confused for a while. After hearing Liu San's words, he made him wait outside the city gate for a long time. He didn't expect that Hou Dayong was so strong in his desire to revenge. In the future, he would be hurt by him." Han Lun complained while stroking the concubine's slender waist and sighed: "My little fairy, you can't follow me tomorrow. You go back to Qingzhou to wait for me. Alas, this battle is not until the year of the Monkey Horse Month. If I can't come back, you can go find someone to marry."

The concubine was very scheming. She knew Han Lun's best at teasing cats and dogs. She went north to Lingzhou and might bring another concubine back. Old people are worse than new. She must know common sense when she is a concubine. She moved her head quickly and giggled and said, "It's so itchy that my hands are not down. Oh, I'm not honest when I'm injured." The concubine grabbed Han Lun's hand and pretended to be careless, "Can we afford to avoid being offended? You

Look, this back is so badly beaten, and you will go on a horse marching tomorrow. This trick is really heartbreaking." Hanlun sighed: "I can't be happy tonight. If you move a little, your back will hurt." The concubine stroked Hanlun's back with an orchid finger, making his thighs look close to his eyes and seemed to flow out of water. He laughed: "I will never forget that even if I get hurt like this. You men are all wild cats that can't smell fishy."

As the two of them talked, they started to fight and touch each other. After a while, they were all panting.

After finishing the matter, the concubine said inadvertently: "I have a prescription here, which is specialized in treating cough diseases. It is very effective. After taking it, the faces and eyes will turn yellow, which is very similar to plague. The yellow color will disappear for five or six days after taking it. If you don't want to follow the troops, you can take this medicine. This is the secret of the escape service."

Hanlun's eyes lit up, he turned over and sat up, thought for a while, and made up his mind and said, "Okay, I will use your prescription. I will return to Xuzhou by calling it a disease."

In the backyard of the Jingzhou Yamen, chef Huang Laoliu was very busy. Shortly after the military governors left after dinner, a group of fierce generals came. Chef Huang Laoliu was less than 30 years old and learned a good cooking skills. He was quite famous in various restaurants in Daliang. It was specially selected by Fu Niang. Along the way, he hangs with the Black Diao Army's personal guards. He was extremely fascinated by the heroic story of the Black Diao Army Generals. He heard that all the people came were Black Diao Army generals, and immediately became interested.

"Huang Laoliu, what delicious food is there? This time we are all generals from the Black Eagle Army. You have to take out the best skills. I brag for you in front of them. You can't embarrass me." Chen Meng was very familiar with him, and stood in the kitchen and picked up a piece of roasted ribs and chewed them.

Huang Laoliu said enthusiastically: "Master Chen. You are so lucky. It took me three days to choose a good piece of beef and stew a large pot of stew. The taste is satisfactory. I didn't even want to take it out when the governors had eaten just now."

Chen Meng took another rib and said while gnawing: "Forget it, you really know how to climb up the pole. You will march tomorrow. You can stew a pot of beef. Can the Jiedushi eat it? Besides, who can't stew beef? What's the difficulty?"

"We will march from tomorrow. There is no time to make this kind of soup, so I stewed this pot of soup today. My soup has a secret. Seal it in a jar and put it in for seven or eight days. The taste will not change at all. Mrs. Fu ordered that the Jiedushi drink a bowl of beef soup from the old Huang family every day." Seeing Chen Meng's disbelief, Huang Laoliu said: "As the saying goes, "It's said that the simpler the dishes are, the harder it is to make the best. The stewed beef from my family. The stewed beef from the ancestors is the best. Even the elder brother who entered the palace is not as good as me. Therefore, Huang Laoliu's stewed beef can be called "not seeing the ancients and no visitors afterwards. If I don't believe what I said, I'll scoop a bowl and try it, but when it comes to the front, I'll only drink two bowls."

Chen Meng took a small bowl of soup served in Xingyao in the north. The soup was very clear, slightly green, and with a small bowl with pure white color and delicate texture, which looked very delicate. "Huang Lao Liu, is this beef soup? Why does it look like tea soup?" Chen Meng took a sip in doubt, and then finished it. After drinking, he did not evaluate the quality of the soup. He just said, "Change me a big bowl." Huang Lao Liu changed into a large bowl of coarse porcelain, scooped two pieces of golden beef, and handed it to Chen Meng. Chen Meng took the thick bowl, and whistled a few large mouthfuls, and the big bowl was seen at the bottom. Chen Meng smiled and said, "It's strange, I used a small white bowl just now, and the soup looked as delicate as a woman in Jiangnan. Now I switched to this coarse goods, and this soup is like a rash man on the grassland. It's really a good soup. Let's have another bowl."

Huang Laoliu smiled and shook his head, saying, "I promised to drink only two bowls, and I won't give it. If a table of people come to drink this soup, it's only enough for two bowls per person. If you eat more, others will be gone."

"Stop talking, just stew it in a pot."

"It's light. I have to simmer this soup for a night. This pot of soup will definitely not be able to be saved tonight. I can only stew another pot of the Jiedushi tonight if I don't sleep."

As the two were talking, they heard Guo Jiong's voice outside: "Chen Meng, have you arranged it? The Jiedushi is back."

Chen Meng patted Huang Laoliudi's shoulder affectionately and said, "No more, Huang Laoliu, I have taught you a knife technique on the road, and I can be regarded as your master. You can secretly leave a bowl for me and pack it in small clay pots. I will drink it tomorrow."

When Chen Meng walked into the room, Hou Dayong, Shi Hu, Qian Xiangnan, Guo Jiong, Kuang Cao, He Wulang, Jiang Hui, Hu Li and Duan Wuwei were already sitting around, with a large basin of braised pork on the table.

Hou Dayong raised his wine glass and said, "The battle you fought outside Yizhou City has brought about the majesty of the Black Eagle Army, and has defeated these unyielding Jiedushi and made me look good. More importantly, this battle is extremely critical. If it weren't for the elimination of Dangxiangfang as Bai Ge's troops in Yizhou, the northwest towns would not be able to go north with all their might. The feeling of fighting on both sides would be bad. For the great victory in Yizhou, I would like to wish you a glass of wine."

All the generals picked up the wine and drank it all. Shi Hu participated in almost all the important battles of the Black Eagle Army. He was only one year younger than Hou Dayong, but he felt a little vicissitudes of life and sighed: "In the battle of Yizhou, the Black Eagle Army also suffered a lot. When the Black Eagle Army was formed, there were 600 Cangzhou Army and 600 Chanzhou Army. In the past two days, I counted in the camp. There were less than 500 veterans of the Cangzhou Army and Chanzhou Army. The lieutenants and teams of each battalion were mostly held by these veterans, and they all became the backbone of each battalion. However, every battle, these veterans suffered casualties, and their foundation would only be less and less. The ancients said that one general had achieved success and tens of thousands of bones were undone."

Kuang Cao said, "When the Black Eagle Army was established, there was a captain of the fifth battalion, including me, including Tiger, Lion, Bear, Leopard, and Wolf. Now Captain Wang Qingshui has died in Huainan."

The topic became heavier. At this moment, Huang Laoliu brought back a large pot of stewed beef. In the Great Zhou Dynasty, society was much more enlightened than the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and the relationship between people was relatively equal. Hou Dayong was very kind to the people around him. Huang Laoliu said to the generals attentively: "This stewed beef is very famous in Daliang, called Huang's stewed beef. Generally, people can't eat it once a year. You can try it. When the Chinese New Year and the Rich Family are won, the rich people can't eat it. All the orders are ordered in the palace. The Empress loves to drink this sip, and my elder brother is the master in the palace."

The generals raised the bowl with the meat and soup half-believingly. Soon, they drank the soup and ate the meat in a whirlwind. Chen Meng ate two bowls. The third bowl was still so delicious when he ate it in his mouth, but his speed was much worse than that of other generals.

Guo Jiong finished two bowls first, and he said unsatisfiedly: "This is the best beef I have ever eaten in my life." Qian Xiangnan was a little slower than these generals. After drinking a bowl, he found that a large pot of stewed beef was empty. Qian Xiangnan was also familiar with Huang Laoliu and said: "Huang Laoliu, is there any? Take it out quickly, and don't hide your own private parts." Huang Laoliu saw the empty basin and smiled proudly: "I stewed this pot today, and I took it out all, all the generals of the Black Eagle Army.

Here, how dare I hide my own private life?" Qian Xiangnan asked: "With this kind of good soup, I have been with you for half a month. Why don't I make it for us? I have to wait until so many people have made it today. I really don't have enough food. Let's make a pot soon." This sentence is everyone's opinion. Huang Laoliu said helplessly: "It's very particular about making this dish. I searched for this beef for several days in Jingzhou City before I found a suitable one. In addition, this pot of soup has to be cooked for a day, and it's too late today."

Of course, Hou Dayong had eaten this top-quality beef. He knew that Huang Laoliu had left him. Therefore, he only ate one bowl and stopped to watch the generals drink soup and eat meat with interest. After Huang Laoliu went out, he said to Guo Jiong: "The Northwest Alliance has two thousand Qingzhou horse soldiers. This team has poor military discipline and is not much more powerful in combat. Han Lun is not from a corps. I am going to keep him in the central army. These two thousand Qingzhou horse soldiers will be given specific command. You can take a few lieutenants and teams to enrich the Qingzhou horse soldiers. Just speak up whatever equipment you want."
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