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Chapter 488

At dusk on December 23, along the line from Yujiadian to Jinglongkou on the north bank of the Yellow River in Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan Province, there were many camps and large troops gathered.

Chen Jiugao, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp who came to help Henan, has also led his troops to Yangwu County. He has set up a large tent for the Chinese army in the city, while thousands of troops from the Beijing camp camped outside the city.

He has stayed here for eight days, despite repeated urgings from Kaifeng, and a letter from His Royal Highness King Zhou urging him to cross the south to ensure the integrity of Kaifeng, but he still made a long journey with a large army, the soldiers were exhausted, In addition, there are many artillery pieces, and it is difficult to cross the river for transshipment, which has been delayed until today.

Yesterday, he had to report that the vanguard cavalry of Zhang Cheng's troops in Xuan Town had camped near Yujiadian in the southeast of Yangwu County, so he paid close attention to this. I am looking for it urgently.

Chen Jiugao has a good appearance, tall and straight, handsome, and quite suave. He is just over [-] years old, and he is simply a handsome guy. Compared with Zhang Cheng, he is only slightly less heroic.

However, his face was full of depression at the moment. He was sent to Henan to help suppress the intruders after spending a happy life in Beijing. Although he was unwilling in his heart, the emperor's order was inevitable.

He led the army procrastinatingly all the way, and did not reach the territory of Yu Province for a long time. It was not until Henan Governor Li Xianfeng went to the army to urge him that he speeded up the march a little. But after Li Xianfeng returned to Kaifeng and led Chen Yongfu to rescue Luoyang, he stayed there again Yang Wu stopped.

Originally, Chen Jiugao went back after thinking about Henan and pretending to be, but he never thought that the robbers would intensify, and he gathered tens of thousands of horsemen to surround Luoyang. When he arrived in Yangwu County, he dared not enter again.

A few days ago, he was startled when he encountered a large number of hungry people all the way north, and hurriedly ordered the army to stand by. Later, he found out that the Dengfeng thief Li Jiyu's troops were subdued by Zhang Cheng in Xuanzhen, and they were leading a large number of hungry people to Xuanzhen.

Only then did he realize that he should be with Zhang Cheng's coalition army, relying on Zhang Cheng's troops to fight against the bandits, and assisting himself from the side, he might make some military exploits and be rewarded when he returns to Beijing.

After entering Zhang Cheng's camp, Chen Jiugao was full of envy and sighed in his heart: "This Chengguo is well-deserved of its reputation. Not only is the camp well-organized and well-guarded, but all the soldiers in the camp are also full of fighting spirit and vigor."

He shook his head and sighed secretly: "As expected of the emperor's personal seal of 'the best of the three armies'!"

Chen Jiugao behaved with the familiarity of the people from the capital, and he was a little careless. He sat in Zhang Cheng's Chinese army tent honestly, sipping fragrant tea, and took the lead in saying: "General Zhang first arrived in Yu Province. To subdue Dengfeng Li and encounter tens of thousands of horses, and to save tens of thousands of people in Dengfeng and Mi County, is really a great achievement."

Looking at his appearance, Zhang Cheng felt that this man was very cute. Before that, he only had civil servant friends such as the censor Yu Shangyou, Yuan Pengnian, and Wang Diaoding in Beijing. civil servants.

He has always wanted to establish a little connection with the noble military officers in the Beijing camp so that he can get more help in his future development and growth, but he suffers from no chance.

This time when he was ordered to help suppress the intruders in Yu Province, he learned that a part of the Beijing camp had also been ordered to go to Yu Province. At that time, he wanted to go to Beijing to see if he could make contact beforehand, but later felt a little abrupt, so he gave up .

How could I have thought that Chen Jiugao would come to the door by himself today, Zhang Cheng smiled and said: "The emperor also attaches great importance to Chen Zongbing, so he entrusted him with the important task of commanding troops in Henan Province to help and suppress. Chen Zongbing is on the lookout!"

Chen Jiugao sighed, and then said: "Yes, the emperor thinks highly of you."

He still looked a little happy, he never thought that he would fight the Tartars with Zhang Cheng's giant deer bloody, and he would kill the slave chieftain Yue Tuo again. So humble and respectful to myself.

Although he also knew that these were all superficial politeness, Zhang Cheng's ability to say this made him feel very comfortable.

Originally, I was still worried, afraid that Zhang Cheng's arrogance and domineering would not be a good friend, so I put down my airs and came to visit first, so I would be despised by him.

Fortunately, just as soon as we got along, I found that Zhang Cheng was so kind, which was quite different from the arrogance and domineering in the legend. The thoughtful etiquette made Chen Jiugao feel very good.

After being honored like him, what he hates the most is that others look down on him and neglect him. What he loves most is face. As long as he has enough face, other things will be easy to talk about.

And Zhang Cheng, who has been a man for two lifetimes, is the most well-versed in this way!
Chen Jiugao seemed to think that Zhang Cheng was a nice person, and he seemed to have found an ideal person to confide in. Chen Jiugao poured out all his bitterness to Zhang Cheng.

He talked a lot about how outstanding he was when he was in the capital, how Sun Yingyuan, the general of the Beijing camp, admired him, and how the former deputy general of the Shenji camp, Fu Yingchong, had a deep friendship with him, and he admired him even more. He taught a lot and so on.

Chen Jiugao said again: "Brother Zhang, you must have heard of Zhou Yuji and Huang Degong, right?"

Zhang Cheng took a sip of tea and said: "I have heard a little bit that these two people, together with Sun Yingyuan's general army, are now following Yang Ge's troops to eliminate the bandits in Sichuan."

He still has some impressions of these three people, especially Zhou Yuji and Huang Degong, he is even more impressed.

At the beginning of the Battle of Ningwuguan, he led more than 1000 elite soldiers. Relying on the danger of the pass, he resisted more than [-] invading troops for many days, killed and wounded more than [-] invading troops, and killed four generals in the invading army. He was weak and died in Ningwu Pass.

And Huang Degong was also a loyal minister and good general in the late Ming Dynasty. He, Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, and Liu Zeqing were also known as the four towns in Jiangbei. Huang Degong died loyally protecting the Lord.

"Ok!"

Chen Jiugao hummed, and said: "I also admire these two people very much. It's just that Zhou Yuji is brave if he is brave, but he is a bit naive, and he always speaks without words.

At the beginning, he was outspoken, and I only said a few words to him with a few friends. Guess what he said:

'Everyone is a dude with a good family background, I am afraid that it will be difficult to fight in the battlefield in the future, why don't you practice diligently in order to serve the country, and feel ashamed of the salary of the imperial court? ',
Brother Zhang, look, how brazen and bragging is this? "

He then sighed again: "However, they are all loyal to Xu Guo and serve His Majesty, so why would I mind, I still give him a lot of advice and teachings on weekdays, look, isn't he now a lieutenant general?"

Zhang Cheng also sighed beside him: "Brother Chen, you really have a broad mind."

Chen Jiugao slapped his thigh and said happily, "That's it!"

He became even more interested at this moment, and continued: "Let's talk about Huang Chuangzi Huang Degong, he loves to drink, is good at gambling, and often has nothing on him.

Alas, this person spends money really well, but he doesn't know how to find money by himself. I still can't see it, and I often help him so that he can slowly accumulate merit, and now he has become the chief soldier.

Huang Chuangzi can't forget that I helped him back then, and I mentioned it a lot in private messages on weekdays. "

Zhang Cheng continued to praise with a smile: "Brother Chen has a wide range of friends, he really has friends all over the world."

　Attention everyone, the "Continued Nanming" by the master writer "Lao Bai Niu" of the starting point has been updated today!

　　Interested book lovers can go to have a look!
　　
　
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