I never thought that the Ming army would first enter the territory of Guide Prefecture, where they would cross the river and join the Henan New Army, and prepare to march eastward through Dangshan County and head straight for Hejiazhuang. They meant to go straight to Huanglong. This

There is no mistaking the approach. This was to intimidate Hejiazhuang, the heartland of Zhao Ziying in Xuzhou, forcing reinforcements from all over the place, and also forcing Zhao Ziying's headquarters to be unable to attack.

Moreover, the strength of this army is also different from before. In addition to the more than 5,000 daimyo officers and soldiers, there are more than 3,000 newly trained officers and soldiers in Henan, 1,500 Shanxi frontier troops, 1,000 Wei Huifu regiment training, and it is said that there are also Xuan

The government's 400 cavalry team joined in. This force is no less than the troops and horses in Shandong and South Zhili. It is also a strong army along the way.

This regiment training of Wei Hui Mansion is the weirdest troop training. This regiment training was actually funded by Prince Lu's Palace. They were well fed and trained by veteran generals. Compared with ordinary officers and soldiers, they are not inferior.

Yongtuan training is a taboo activity. Local officials and courtiers will only have one reaction after knowing about it, and that is to intend to rebel. However, Prince Lu's palace has maintained it because Prince Lu will never let anyone from the palace participate in it.

This group trains and trains only for money and food.

At first, the Henan Governor brought this matter to the Procuratorate and the Cabinet, which alarmed everyone. Some people wanted to punish them according to the ancestral law, but later they suppressed it silently, except that the Henan Governor was there.

Bian specially asked for a guard to be set up in Wei Hui Mansion to take charge of the training of these thousands of local warriors, and he also put it to use this time.

There are more than a thousand cavalry and more than ten thousand infantry. This is a real army. Because there is not much room for movement in the farmland in Guide Mansion, the work of clearing the country is very incomplete, but Xuzhou is also

They did not intend to let the regiment training officers from Guide Prefecture gather together and let them confront them head-on, just like in Suzhou. They just protected Zhuang Ding and avoided the marching route of the official army brigade as much as possible.

Everyone thought that there would be heavy losses in Guide Mansion, and even made preparations for relief. They never thought that the more than 10,000 officers and soldiers coming from the west did not disperse and loot the farms, but marched towards Xuzhou step by step.

It seems that they are going to have a decisive battle with Zhao Ziying's main team in Xuzhou, and they are almost passing Dangshan County.

When Zhao Jin returned to Hejiazhuang, he saw that the area was chaotic and chaotic. The families who originally lived here were all riding horses and cars to the city of Xuzhou, and they were all moving large and small bags.

"There is no city wall here in Hejiazhuang. When I heard that the army was coming, I was all panicked. My younger brother didn't stop me. Only the elders are willing to stay here. Should we move them away together?" Wang Zhaojing was at He's house.

Zhuang was in charge and explained to Zhao Jin.

"You can stay or go as you like. Others don't know whether we can defend Hejiazhuang and whether we can defend the enemy from outside, so naturally we have to lie. If we defend a few more times, they will understand." Zhao Jin didn't care about this matter.

When they heard that Zhao Jin was coming back, Wang Zhaojing, who had already prepared to leave, stayed behind, and Ru Hui also rushed over. At this time, everyone did not advise Zhao Jin to go home first, as official matters were more important.

"Brother, the first regiment of the Guards Brigade is not well organized and remains on guard in Hejiazhuang. The second regiment, the firearms brigade and the 3,000 regiment have moved westward to meet the enemy. The Fengfei regiment is retreating, and the Pizhou regiment is retreating. See

The situation is to guard Xuzhou or support the front line. The first regiment of the second brigade guards the northern area of ​​Huai'an. The second regiment of the second brigade replaces the Pizhou regiment. The third regiment goes south to replace the third brigade. The fourth regiment focuses on Haizhou and patrols the salt area.

The brigade has retreated and is waiting between Xuzhou and Xiaoxian."

The quality of the regiment training that can be mobilized in Xuzhou is much higher than that elsewhere. This company is no less than the third and fourth regiments of several brigades. As for the salt patrol brigade, it is the volunteers led by Yan Heilian and Qi Erkui.

It is also quite strong and can be blocked by guerrillas.

"In Xuzhou, Pizhou, Guide Prefecture and Yanzhou Prefecture in Shandong, 800 volunteers on horseback and 1,100 volunteers on foot have gathered at Jingshan, ready to follow orders."

"Nine hundred students from the Xuzhou Martial Arts School have formed a team and are on standby. Now the defense of Xuzhou City and various counties relies on patrols to maintain the defense. The internal guards are now short of manpower."

Wang Zhaojing explained his various arrangements. Zhao Jin listened silently. After Wang Zhaojing finished speaking, Ruhui said: "There are troubles in the farms near Guide Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion. The local gentry colluded with the inspection officials to seize the fields.

, and forced the villagers to become slaves, otherwise they will be accused of being traitors and will be punished with death. Six villages have already been divided in this way. Master, I would like to ask you to give the regiment training orders to go out and kill people. You can't just sit back and wait like this.

This is too passive."

"The affairs of the farm are left to them. It's just that the people on the edge are unstable. We just take this opportunity to let them jump out. You can just go over and clean up afterward. Zhaojing, now go and help me arrange for the horses to rest. Let's set off together."

Mr. Cao, you will have a hard time staying here in Hejiazhuang. Military reports from all over Shandong and Qingjiangpu must be delivered quickly without delay." Zhao Jin gave instructions.

Ru Hui and Wang Zhaojing over there quickly bowed and agreed. Seeing their serious faces, Zhao Jin smiled and comforted: "You have been looking forward to it, haven't you? Why are you looking so sad now?"

Wang Zhaojing and Ru Hui couldn't laugh at this joke. Zhao Jin left the meeting hall and walked towards home. There were already armed servants on duty on the road. After seeing Zhao Jin who looked relaxed, everyone saluted and paid attention.

, Zhao Jin nodded in response. He also noticed that in addition to those families who moved away, there were also many people staying in Hejiazhuang. They were generally young, and their faces were not nervous or frightened, but a little excited and curious.

Someone had already reported the news of Zhao Jin's return. When Zhao Jin walked into the courtyard of his house, his wife and children were all waiting in the courtyard. The maids and aunts all stayed away knowingly. When Zhao Jin came in, Xu Zhenzhen was still calm.

, Mu Shulan's eye circles immediately turned red, and Zhao Qi, whom she was holding, seemed to sense her mother's emotions and started crying loudly.

Zhao Feng and Zhao Long happily ran over to beg for a hug. When they heard their brother crying, the children looked over in confusion. Mu Shulan comforted An Xian while shedding tears. Xu Zhenzhen looked at him angrily and turned her head.

He opened his mouth, but his voice was a little hoarse, and he quickly cleared his throat. As a result, Xu Zhenzhen's eye circles became red, and she couldn't help but lower her head.

Zhao Jin was very moved by this genuine concern from people around him. He hugged Zhao Feng and Zhao Long and walked over, saying in a deep voice: "Don't worry, nothing will happen this time."

"Husband must be careful" "Brother Jin, be careful" Xu Zhenzhen and Mu Shulan were unable to express complete sentences.

Zhao Jin looked at Zhao Feng and Zhao Long who also wanted to cry. He teased her a little and asked, "Zhenzhen, Xiaolan, are you scared?"

"I'm not afraid, but I'm worried and frightened," Xu Zhenzhen said, and Mu Shulan just nodded.

Zhao Jin smiled and said, "I'm scared."

Hearing what Zhao Jin said, Xu Zhenzhen and Mu Shulan looked up in shock, with no trace of blood on their faces. However, when they saw Zhao Jin's expression, it didn't seem to mean what he meant. Zhao Jin put Zhao Feng and Zhao Long on the ground and stood up.

He patted his heart and said, "I'm afraid that I'm too excited. I know this war is dangerous, but I just feel excited. Just like when I was a child a few days before the Chinese New Year, I would be so excited that I couldn't sleep when I thought about delicious food and fun."

These words made the two women a little stunned and confused. Seeing the expressions of the wives, Zhao Jin smiled and said: "Have you forgotten that this is the first month? I haven't eaten dumplings yet. When I come back, let's have a good time."

After this year, when I am away, you should take good care of yourselves, your parents and your children. I will be leaving soon, so don’t worry too much."

Xu Zhenzhen and Mu Shulan both wanted to say something, but they were about to leave, and they didn't know what to say, and they couldn't help but shed tears. Zhao Feng and Zhao Long asked Zhao Jin to play with them in the evening.

This made Zhao Jin feel uncomfortable, so he nodded and strode to the yard next door. It must be more difficult to say goodbye to his parents than here.

As soon as he met his parents, Zhao Jin immediately felt extremely guilty. Since he went to Qingjiangpu and came back, he had been away from home for almost a month. His parents' hair had turned completely white, and they were obviously much haggard and older. His mother He Cuihua thought after seeing Zhao Jin

He wanted to cry but tried his best to hold it back. His father Zhao Zhentang's lips started to tremble a little, and then he shouted to his wife: "Why are you doing this? Don't bring bad luck to Xiao Jin. If you don't go back to Xuzhou, isn't this causing trouble?"

"Xiao Jin, you must take care of yourself, we haven't had a reunion dinner together this year."

"Don't talk about these useless things, Xiao Jin. We have big things to do now, so you should be busy with your business first. Don't worry about these things at home, they will take up your mind." Zhao Zhentang interrupted his wife impatiently again, and He Cuihua cried.

She came out, but she didn't want to cry in front of her son, especially before leaving for the war, so she just turned around and went into the back room.

Zhao Jin took a deep breath, rubbed the corners of his eyes, and Zhao Zhentang said in a low voice: "Xiao Jin, don't worry, I have seen the soldiers and horses under your command, and I have also seen the officers and soldiers of this court. They are not your opponents, don't worry.

If you go and fight, you will definitely win."

After saying this, Zhao Zhentang asked with some confusion: "Xiao Jin, our Zhao family is an ordinary military household in Xuzhou. How did we get to this point today? Xiao Jin, do you think our Zhao family is so lucky?"

"Dad, didn't you ask someone to read the Feng Shui of our ancestral tomb? It talks about the pattern of nine dragons surrounding each other and one dragon ascending to the sky." Zhao Jin joked.

Zhao Zhentang didn't care and scolded: "He is making nonsense and fooling people. I originally wanted to find a really knowledgeable expert, but I ended up finding a liar, but he said so, so I can only agree. I didn't pay him back some time ago."

Are there any bastards from outside who want to dig graves to break the feng shui? They were beaten to death by our guards!"

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit relaxed, Zhao Jin said goodbye and left. When he was about to walk out of the courtyard, he heard his father behind him say in a hoarse voice: "Xiao Jin, you must be careful and take care of yourself!"

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