When night falls, sparks are everywhere outside Jianglingfu City.
In the Pengcheng camp in the distance, soldiers and horses from Jiannan Road look like a galaxy, surrounded by Longyou soldiers and horses led by Xiang Yun pretending to be from the Southeast Road. Outside the city, there are reinforcements from the newly arrived Lady Chu from Huainan Road.
Dots and dots are like a big net, protecting this vast world. Standing on the city wall and watching it is reassuring.
Although the lights in the city are not that bright and there are not many soldiers and horses patrolling, it doesn't matter.
Li Minghua came to the place where the refugees were uniformly resettled and saw the bandit soldiers gathered chatting and laughing and sitting around. If they weren't wearing military robes, they would be no different from the refugees.
Hearing that Li Minghua was looking for their general, Locust was brought over.
He asked: "What's wrong with Miss Minghua?"
As the name suggests, the Locusts are short with yellow faces and big heads. They wear military robes that don't fit well. They are followed by four bandit soldiers. The two soldiers also work together to carry Chengqing's big axe, guard and the mighty big axe.
The locust also added a mighty air, speaking and acting like a general.
Li Minghua asked: "Where is he?"
Although she didn't say his name, Tu Locust knew who she was asking. This person never mentioned his name to Li Minghua, and the bandits only called him Big Brother.
The locust touched its belly, which was not fat, and said, "I don't know. I'm busy patrolling the city."
The number of bandit soldiers patrolling the city could be counted on the palm of one hand, and that man didn't know how to go. Apart from fighting outside the city, this man never took the initiative to do anything. Li Minghua looked at the locusts and said nothing.
This little girl is pretty, but she always has a straight face and is too fierce. Tu locust said: "I really don't know, we don't care about big brother's affairs."
These bandits especially listened to that man's words. It seemed that they really didn't know. Li Minghua looked at the surroundings shrouded in darkness. Where did he go? Hiding? What did he write to the reinforcements of Mrs. Chu in Huainan Road?
?Is this matter settled?
This man is really a strange person!
A sneeze sounded in the room, and at the same time a hand waved in the air.
"What's the smell in your house?" the man said, "As the leader of Lady Chu, why do you let you live in such a place?"
Zhou Shi looked at the man who swaggered in and sat down comfortably. He ignored his words and was surprised: "Xiang Ling, it's really you."
Xiang Qiubeard frowned: "Don't call me Xiang Ling, call me Xiang Qiubeard. Didn't I write my name on the letter? Why are you surprised?"
Isn't it true that no one in Huainan Road knows about his beard? That's too much!
Zhou Shi said numbly: "I don't recognize those two words."
He looked at the letter on the table. He learned his calligraphy in the Dou County military camp. He had been fighting non-stop for the past two years. As a general, if you want to be promoted, you must be able to read and write.
It's just that he didn't recognize all the words. For example, the letter said "Don't say anything, Mrs. Chu is an old acquaintance." He recognized the sentence, but I didn't recognize the word "Xiangquan".
Fortunately, the surname Xiang is very familiar to people from Dou County.
Zhou Shi was confused: "Why are you here? Didn't you run away? What happened to the Chu army?"
Xiang Qiubeard gently caressed his face with both hands. He was very satisfied with Zhou Shi's surname Xiang, but he was dissatisfied when he heard the next sentence: "What's gone? I, Xiang Qiubearded Ranger, have a home all over the world."
Zhou Shi refused to answer his nonsense and waited for his answer.
"It's a group of bandits from the mountains near Yuanshui." Xiang Qiubeard said.
Zhou Shi stood up from the table, his young face solemn: "Xiang Qiubeard, you have turned into a bandit and will be dealt with by military law."
Xiang Qiubearded stretched out his hand and pointed at the young general: "I can't see you like this, so I don't want to be a soldier. I am free to do whatever I want. Where are there so many rules? I can be whatever I want, and there is no military law!"
"Once you join the army, you will be under the jurisdiction of our Zhenwu Army." Zhou Shi said with a sullen face, "No matter what you do, bandits and bandits must be punished for their evil deeds."
Xiang Qiubeard didn't want to talk to boring people: "Aren't you killing the enemy now?"
Zhou Shi's face softened a little: "What's going on, you can't hide it and tell me in detail."
Xiang Qiubeard didn't listen to him and simply said: "I passed by there and bandits robbed me, so I robbed them and disciplined them according to the rules of the military camp." He curled his lips and said, "Those rules are very effective in torturing these bandits."
Then I encountered a group of soldiers and horses passing by. They passed by and came back. I didn't know what they were walking back and forth, so I caught the lone ones and asked them.
"I don't care about the dangerous rebels in Jiangling Prefecture in Jiangnan Province. I just heard that I asked Madam Chu for help. I just want to give you a reputation. It doesn't matter if you come, you will have a reputation."
Zhou Shi's expression softened: "Thank you very much. Although you have left the military camp, you have still maintained your military habits."
Xiang Qiubearded rubbed his ears with both hands and sighed: "There are really very few people as interesting as her in the world."
Zhou Shi couldn't understand what he said, so when he asked, Xiang Qiubeard had already stood up.
"I'll leave it to you when you come." He said, waving his hand, "I'm leaving."
Zhou Shi was puzzled: "Where are you going?"
Xiang Qiubeard had already reached the door and turned around with a smile: "Of course I, the Ranger, have a home all over the world."
The lights were bright indoors, and the night was thick outside. The ranger, who had not seen a lot of weight in a year, smiled brightly, as if he had returned to the time when he was standing on a high platform, one person fighting against more than a dozen people, and his body was covered with gifts from Mrs. Wu.
The treasures shine brightly.
Zhou Shi lost his mind, and when he regained his consciousness, Ranger Xiaer had disappeared into the night.
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As the night fell, Jiangling Fucheng gradually became quiet, but it did not fall into a deep sleep.
A fire like a long snake came and stopped at the city gate. The gate guard leaned forward to inquire.
"Longyou Road, Governor of Xiang."
The soldiers and horses at the city gate responded, raising the firelight to illuminate.
This is when Xiang Yun, who was out chasing the rebels to investigate the movements of the rebels, has returned. The guards on the city gate immediately ordered the door to be opened. The leading general greeted him at the gate: "Thank you for your hard work, Governor Xiang. Your residence has been arranged. Governor, go and have a rest."
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Xiang Yun nodded and thanked him on his horse, and ran towards the government office with his men. However, before he reached the government office, he was stopped by a group of patrolling officers and soldiers.
The soldiers and horses announced their names again, but this time the patrolling officers and soldiers did not move out of the way. They first held a torch and looked at Xiang Yun's face. After looking at it, they said they didn't recognize him and asked him to produce identification number plates and other proofs.
Xiang Yun stopped the angry soldiers and showed them his official certificate... The other party pretended to read it before letting them go.
"Don't walk around at night," they said, "or you might be arrested as a rebel."
How did he become a patrol when he couldn't tell whether he was an enemy or a friend? Looking at these soldiers walking away, the soldiers and horses of Longyou Road were very embarrassed and annoyed. Was it deliberately targeting them?
The people responsible for defending the city are the Chu troops of Mrs. Chu from Huainan Road. The Zhenwu troops I saw outside the city today have a very good attitude. Why is there such a big difference between the Chu troops in the city and the Zhenwu troops?
"Because they are not guards." Xiang Yun didn't have any temper, but smiled.
He doesn't care whether a group of bandits are polite or not.