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Chapter 664 Wonderful, Really Wonderful

Beads of sweat oozed from Zhang Ruoqi's forehead, the midday sun shone through the window lattice into the room, and the afterglow sprinkled on his face, making the sweat on his forehead dripping crystal clear.

He asked with a slightly trembling voice: "Good brother, quickly give Brother Wei a trick."

Zhang Cheng drank a cup of tea, as if in deep thought, and after a while, he opened his mouth and said: "Brother is dedicated to doing meritorious deeds in order to advance to the next level. You know that in troubled times, you should first seek self-protection, and then get rich!"

He went on to say: "It's not my brother's fault to suspend troops and Ningyuan. We only need the truth to protect our own soldiers and the emperor. The situation of the slaves is not clear, and the troops have not been united. If you make a mistake, won’t you bring disaster on yourself, when the time comes, Governor Hong and all the officials and generals will be innocent, and the responsibility for the crime will not be borne by the brother alone?”

Beads of sweat rolled down Zhang Ruoqi's forehead, and he asked in a trembling voice, "According to Zhongchen's opinion, what should I do?"

A smile flickered from the corner of Zhang Cheng's mouth, and he said: "In my opinion, first write a letter to this soldier, saying that the slavery is unknown, and needs to be investigated, and the new collection of troops also needs to be practiced together, and tell the truth about Liaodong.

Secondly, my soldier ordered Ma Shaoyu, the head of the Fangsi, to come to Liaodong early to assist the governor Hong Chengchou in planning the Liaodong military affairs. Brother can write a letter and urge him to come quickly. If there is something wrong, there can be excuses. "

Zhang Ruoqi took a silk handkerchief in his hand, and gently wiped the sweat from his forehead. He stared straight at the door of the side hall, and murmured: "Ma Shaoyu...Ma Shao..."

"Exactly, Ma Shaoyu."

Zhang Cheng resolutely said: "Calling him can make him push Hong Chengchou in front. If he wins, it will be the supervising army. If the Liao thing is not good, it will be his urging too urgently. What do you have to do with brother?"

"Ha ha……"

Zhang Ruoqi burst into tears, his face turned into a flower with a smile, and said, "Wonderful, wonderful, really wonderful..."

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When Zhang Cheng came out of the Yimen of Ji Liao Governor's Mansion, a young military officer was waiting for him. He walked a few steps before he was stopped by the leader Zhang Jintai who was waiting.

Zhang Chengcai took the whip and turned his head to look. It was a young man in his twenties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, very handsome. Although he was not tall, he was quite strong. .

He waved his hand to signal Zhang Jintai to let the man come over, and saw him striding forward, he knelt down on one knee and said: "Li Guoping, the commander of Ningyuan, pays his respects to Marshal Zhang."

"Wu Zongbing ordered you to wait for me here?" Zhang Cheng asked.

"Back to Zhang Shuai, it is my family's general who ordered the villain to be here."

Zhang Cheng stretched out his hand to take the reins of the horse handed over by the soldiers, and asked, "What orders does Marshal Wu have?"

Li Guoping knelt on the ground and cupped his fists to salute: "My master prepares a little wine, and I would like to invite Zhang Shuai over to the house to talk about it."

"Let's get up first."

As Zhang Cheng said, he handed over the reins of the war horse to the soldiers, and asked again: "Li Guoping, what is your position in Wu Shuai's army?"

"Back to Zhang Shuai, the humble job is just my family's general master who has a name of thousands of households."

Zhang Cheng nodded. The so-called name Qianhu means that he has received the official title of Qianhu and listened to it in front of the tent. In fact, he belongs to the senior bodyguards.

He waved his hand and said: "Go back and tell Wu Shuai that there is still urgent military work in my camp, so I won't go to the house for a drink today, and when I have time tomorrow or the day after, I will definitely visit the door in person and pay a visit to the house."

After Zhang Cheng finished speaking, he took the reins of the war horse, jumped on the horse's back, raised the whip to urge the horse, and led Zhang Jintai and other guards to gallop towards the west direction of the Bell and Drum Tower.

Li Guoping stood on the edge of Chunhe East Street with his hands down, watching Zhang Cheng and others ride into the doorway under the Bell and Drum Tower, watched them turn north to Weiyuan North Street, and then set off for the Ningyuan Military Headquarters.

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Although Hong Chengchou arranged residences for both Zhang Cheng and Chen Jiugao in Ningyuan City, he was still used to sleeping in his own tent in the military camp. Perhaps he was safest in his own army when he was marching outside.

When Zhang Cheng returned to his camp, the fiery red sun had been blocked by the mountains and forests to the west, and only wisps of afterglow shone on the curling smoke. Scattered, as if this is its fate.

His central army camp was set up on the bank of the West River, with chariot tents on both sides of the east and north, covering the sky and the sun, while the infantry camp was stationed further north by the river bank for the convenience of getting water, and the cavalry camp It is to the south of Zhang Chengzhong's army, next to Chen Jiugao's former camp.

The two infantry units of He Kuan and Du Youwei and Lin Fangping's tiger guards were stationed in the camp of the Chinese army, and they were responsible for Zhang Cheng's permanent guards.

Because Zhang Cheng drank late last night, he rushed to Ningyuan city early today to participate in the military meeting, and was summoned by the governor Hong Chengchou and the supervisor Zhang Ruoqi for questioning, so he also felt a little tired.

He told Zhang Jintai: "Make arrangements. Tonight, we will do it for Shopkeeper Cheng and Xu Dong's family, and ask the army cooks to prepare more good food and drinks. He Zhenfu and the battalion leaders will also be called.

In addition, today I feel a little tired and tired, and I will rest for a while, so you will stay out of the account. If there is nothing urgent, don't let anyone come to disturb you. "

After Zhang Jintai waited on Zhang Cheng to lie down, he withdrew from the large tent of the Chinese army, arranged for the back kitchen to prepare more food and wine, and sent people to invite Cheng Ruzhi, Xu Qingyi, He Biao, Zhang Guodong and other generals to come for dinner to dinner.

Cheng Ruzhi, the treasurer of Zhencheng Qing'an and Liangzhuang, and Xu Qingyi, the owner of Dushikou Sihai Motors, followed the merchant gang all the way to Ningyuan, and the military supplies and fodder they were responsible for escorting were also delivered to He Biao and Wei Zhice in Ningyuan. .

It was supposed to return to the pass today, but Zhang Cheng stayed behind.

After all, this was his first cooperation with the North Road Merchant Gang, so everyone's hearts should not be chilled, so they were left behind. A banquet was held to see them off at night, and a team of knights was arranged to escort them all the way to Juyongguan.

Zhang Cheng only rested for half an hour before he got up and left the camp of the Chinese army. The afterglow of the setting sun was completely covered by the mountains to the west. Although some peripheral light came through the dense forests of the mountains, the inside of the camp seemed a bit darker.

The soldiers of all the armies also had dinner at their respective camps, because they had just arrived in Ningyuan, and the Governor Xingyuan sent a lot of rice, flour, wine and meat to the soldiers, but the food in the past two days was better than usual.

When Zhang Chengfang and Zhang Jintai saw that Zhang Cheng had left their camp, they rushed forward to greet him. Zhang Cheng then ordered him to arrange the banquet and summon all the generals to come and have a drink.

Zhang Cheng walked towards a small dirt bag in the distance. He stood on it and had a panoramic view of the surroundings. There were camps all over the mountains and plains by the bank of the West River, and he couldn't see the end.

Only sparse bonfires and high-hanging signal lamps were lit in the camp, and a large banner stood on the small square in front of the Chinese army's tent. From time to time, there were bursts of military songs and the neighing of war horses.

Occasionally, there is a sound of frogs croaking from the river in the west, forming a mixed symphony with the singing and the neighing of war horses!

(End of this chapter)