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Chapter 121 General, Do You Have Wine?

In the 11th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, on November [-]th, there was a Tang River more than ten miles north of Dingzhou. There was a stone bridge on the river with a width of more than four feet. On the height, there is a deserted village called Huangtugang.

Lu Xiangsheng's Xuan army was stationed here, and all the generals gathered in the big tent of the Chinese army. After Lu Xiangsheng sat firmly on the first big case, he continued to say in a deep voice: "Today, our army is stationed here. Tomorrow morning at Yinshi Make food, pull out the camp at the right time, first occupy the stone bridge, cross the Tang River with the whole army, and then set up a new camp, do not advance rashly, thinking that the eastern captives will take advantage of them."

All the generals shouted in unison.

Lu Xiangsheng thought about it for a while, and then said loudly: "Tomorrow at Maoshi, Shanxi Town Tiger Commander-in-Chief will lead the cavalry of the headquarters, as the vanguard, and take advantage of the moonlight to seize the stone bridge; Arm your defenses and guard the flanks for the tiger generals;

Zhang Cheng, a guerrilla in Xuanzhen, led the cavalry from his headquarters, and went into the vicinity of the official road three miles north of Shiqiao to guard against the eastern captives roaming and harassing our army to cross the bridge;
Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanzhen, led the cavalry of the headquarters and the governor as the central army; Zhang Yan, the general of Xuanzhen, commanded the infantry of each town, and followed the central army of the governor, escorting food, artillery and other military supplies; Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, Lead the cavalry of the headquarters and cut off the rear for the army. "

All the generals in the tent were gearing up and took the military order loudly.

Lu Xiangsheng once again ordered the generals to step up outposts tonight. It is impossible for the 2-strong army not to be discovered by the Qing army. Tomorrow's battle is imminent, and it is even more important to arrange outposts at night to prevent the eastern captives from stealing the camp.

Then the generals discussed some specific details with Lu Xiangsheng, and then they went back to the camp to prepare.

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Zhang Cheng's camp was still in the same place as the general Zhang Yan. However, although the four generals under his command still respected Zhang Yan, they vaguely regarded Zhang Cheng as their only general.

This is exactly what Zhang Cheng hopes to see, and it is also Zhang Cheng's biggest gain from joining Wei Qin Wang this time.

Although Zhang Yan loves him very much, under Zhang Yan's wings, there are too many constraints, and it is impossible to develop the ambition in his chest according to Zhang Cheng's own ideas.

Coming to this world alone, Zhang Yan's care for him is not only cause and effect, but also fate. Zhang Cheng is grateful in his heart, which is true, but he can't let these become obstacles to his ambition.

Ever since he was promoted to be a guerrilla general after he made a contribution to the stone bridge, all the sentry chiefs and generals under his command expressed their willingness to follow him on the battlefield and die for him.

Especially after Zhang Yan said that after King Qin's affairs were over, Zhang Cheng now led the four sentry elite cavalry, which was the foundation for him to build a new ranger battalion. Cheng, in the army, he only received orders from Zhang Cheng.

And Zhang Yan also intends to support his nephew Zhang Cheng to serve independently. Since Zhang Cheng was promoted to guerrilla, he has not issued military orders to Zhang Cheng or to Zhang Cheng's generals. Everything is decided by Zhang Cheng himself.

Only on some important matters, Zhang Yan still reminded Zhang Cheng in private that everything in Zhang Cheng's army was determined by him on the surface. Step by step, Zhang Cheng's prestige in the army doubled.

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There is a wasteland in the southwest of Huangtugang, the terrain is high in the north and low in the south, more than one mile away from the Tang River. Zhang Cheng's camp is here, next to Zhang Yan's camp.

The perimeter is a fence wall surrounded by big wood. The fence wall is divided into upper and lower layers. The upper layer is covered with thick wooden boards, and a part of it is extended outward. post.

The lower space stores the weapons needed for defense, and the sergeants in charge of defense at night also gather here to avoid the cold wind of winter night.

Ten steps away from the outside of the gate wall, barbed thorns and other things were sprinkled, and some horse-repelling posts were placed in places suitable for galloping horses. There was only one gate in Zhang Cheng's camp leading to the official road not far away.

In the camp, the smoke was rising, the firemen were busy preparing dinner, and the other sergeants were taking care of their horses, checking whether there was any damage to the equipment, armor, weapons, saddles, dry food, water bottles, etc. Check it at any time, and if it is damaged, it must be repaired and replaced in time.

Zhang Cheng was walking around in the camp, and Chen Zhong led four guards closely behind him. From time to time along the way, armor commanders and team officers stood on both sides of the road, reporting loudly, and Zhang Cheng waved them with a smile on his face. Wave and let them do their thing.

At the camp of the right post, Zhang Cheng met Wu Zhizhong, the chief of the post, and the two went to see the sergeants who had suffered minor injuries under Gaoyang City. In fact, they have almost recovered at this time, so Zhang Cheng couldn't do without some consolation.

After coming out of the tent of the wounded soldiers, Zhang Cheng said to Wu Zhizhong: "Old Wu, call the two generals, let's get together in my tent tonight."

Although Zhang Cheng's words were spoken politely, Wu Zhizhong could hear the meaning behind them. He hurriedly called the soldiers around him to call the two generals under his command to get ready before he asked with a smile. : "General, do you have any wine?"

"Ha ha……"

Zhang Cheng said with a hearty smile: "Of course there is wine, but, tonight, I won't be able to fully enjoy myself."

After he finished speaking, he ordered Chen Zhong to send someone back to his tent of the Chinese army to prepare for it, and then sent someone to notify the other three generals, and the generals of each sentry went to the tent of the guerrilla general Zhang Cheng. get together.

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That night.

In front of Zhang Chengzhong's big tent, two fires were lit, one was a bonfire, and a large pot was set up on it, with some horse meat stewed in it. His personal guards sat around in front of the large pot, eating steamed buns and drinking Broth, and now and then a piece of overcooked horsemeat.

The other is a charcoal fire, on which a shelf is set up. The part-time fireman of Zhang Cheng's personal guard is carefully roasting horse meat. However, it is obvious that the roast horse meat is not for himself, because a person next to him On the small table, there was a half-eaten steamed bun and a bowl of broth.

In the large tent of the Chinese army, Zhang Cheng sat behind the first big table. On the table in front of him were stewed and roasted horse meat, and a bowl of wine filled to the brim.

On the left hand side are the town governor, He Biao, the deputy Qianhu, Chen Zheng, the chief of the outpost, and Hu Dake, the chief of the outpost. Behind them are the four generals of the outpost and the back post.

On the lower right hand side are Zhang Guangda, Chief of the Left Sentry, Wu Zhizhong, Chief of the Right Sentinel, and Chen Zhong, Officer of the Personal Guard. Behind them are also four generals, sitting in order.

On the table in front of each of them, there are some stewed and roasted horse meat, as well as freshly steamed buns, plus a large wine bowl, and a large pot with horse meat boiled in the middle of the military tent , and a charcoal stove with a large pot of rice wine warmed on it.

Two of Zhang Cheng's personal soldiers were waiting in the military tent, adding meat and wine to the officers at any time. On both sides of the large felt curtain at the entrance of the military tent, there were two small desks on each side. When there was no need to serve, the two relatives The soldiers were eating here quietly, but they had no wine to drink.

(End of this chapter)