Chapter 311

Chen Fangqing, who had not been called for a long time, became anxious when he heard other people's names being mentioned one after another.

He is a warlike person by nature, and this dispatch of troops will definitely be a big war. It will be a great regret if he misses the opportunity to participate.

Not to mention there is military merit to be earned.

No one spoke in the hall, and he became even more anxious. He stood up in a hurry and asked: "General, general, what about me? What am I going to do? I won't agree to this kind of battle, forgetting me, Old Chen!"

After reviewing other people's arrangements, Chen Fangqing felt happy again and begged: "General, there are still seven battalions of soldiers here. Give them all to me! I promise to lead the charge myself and kill them all naked!"

"That's called not leaving a piece of armor behind!" Liu Huanzhou said, covering his face.

"I asked you to read more books, but you just didn't listen. You have become a third-grade general and can't even read a few Chinese characters. How can this be done?"

Chen Fangqing said indifferently: "The hand I hold the knife cannot hold the pen..."

The other four people suppressed their laughter, which dispersed the serious atmosphere in the hall.

"You! Hi!"

Liu Huanzhou was helpless and simply turned his head and shook his fingers, not intending to argue with him anymore. The conversation turned serious and he said: "I won't give you the soldiers of the seventh battalion, I will take them myself!"

"ah?"

Five surprised voices sounded in unison, and the five people looked at Liu Huanzhou at the same time.

After a brief hesitation, Chen Fangqing came to his senses, pointed at himself and asked, "General, you can't do this! What about me? What am I doing?"

"I'll leave all the scouts, logistics, and firearms battalions in the army to you! Before the war starts, clear out all the scouts on the other side. If you miss one, I'll chop your head off!"

"Then why leave the logistics and firearms battalion to me? I only need scouts!" Chen Fangqing asked.

Liu Huanzhou spoke in a deep voice: "After the infantry pushes over, you will be fully responsible for setting up the camp and arranging defensive firearms. Mr. Liu will stay with you, and you two should work together and cooperate with each other to complete the finishing work."

After speaking, even Mr. Liu himself was puzzled. Why did Liu Huanzhou put the most brave and fearless Chen Fangqing at the back?

"Old Chen, I don't accept it!" Chen Fangqing shouted and refused.

It stands to reason that a man like him who is not afraid of death should be in the middle army if he is not in the vanguard. How can he be thrown to the rear to knock on wood?

Isn’t this a pearl covered in dust?

"Shut up!" Without explanation, Liu Huanzhou shouted coldly, "You will be of great use later. Now let's recharge your batteries. When the time comes, you will have enough time to rush into battle and kill the enemy!"

He turned around and asked Mr. Liu, "What time is it?"

"It's a quarter of an hour before the end of Youshi." Mr. Liu did the math and confirmed.

Liu Huanzhou nodded and ordered: "Mr. Liu and Fang Qing will go back to the camp to eat and rest as arranged. Fang Qing will leave first after half time. When the ugly hour comes, everyone will break camp and go north!"

The five people bowed their hands and responded solemnly: "Yes."

"Is two and a half hours enough?" Liu Huanzhou asked quietly.

The five people were about to answer when they heard a voice outside the window, "Enough, more than enough."

"Kill them all!" Liu Huanzhou said.

The voice came again, "Don't worry, no one will leave Jingzhou."

"Um."

He sat down and looked at the five people, and explained with a smile: "No need to worry, just to clear up some minor problems. Everyone go back to camp, time waits for no one!"

"yes!"

The five people left separately, and soon the sound of horse hooves was heard outside the Yamen. Liu Huanzhou blew out the candles, picked up the helmet on the table, slowly put it on, and walked out the door.

…

When it gets dark, Jingzhou City is not as prosperous as Jiangnan. Except for a small part that is brightly lit, most of the rest is pitch black.

In the winery in the southwest corner of the city, the hunched old Liangtou put down the last bag of sorghum, beat his back and sat down, leisurely lit the dry smoke, took a deep breath, and wisps of sorghum came out of his mouth and nostrils. White smoke.

"Relax your mind and body."

The apprentice who was sitting next to him and pressing his legs gave him a look of contempt and sighed: "Master, we are working so hard every day and can't make much money. When will I be able to marry a wife if this continues?"

Lao Liangtou smoked a dry cigarette and said consolingly: "Come on, don't complain. Swallow your anger, you have to marry a wife all day long, and you don't even know what a woman looks like! Why are you so anxious?" "

The apprentice tied up his dried hair, used his palms to disperse the drifting smoke, and said angrily: "Can you please take it easy, master? When it snows, I will be twenty-six years old! The big guy next door is one year younger than me. , the baby can call me daddy, I look envious."

Standing up and blowing his tobacco pipe on the sole of his shoe, Lao Liangtou stretched his waist that had been hunched over for many years, clapped his hands and consoled him: "Master, I don't have many more years to live. I will definitely save enough money for you to marry a wife before I die."

"You still have to use my money to buy drinks! And save money..." The apprentice only took it as a joke and didn't take it seriously.

"Hey, you kid!"

Old Liangtou sat down helplessly. This apprentice was good at everything, but he was too good at talking. He couldn't even resist it.

As soon as his butt was in place, he seemed to notice something, shook his head, his eyes flashed, and he sighed softly.

He waved and said with a smile: "My good disciple, go and get a pot of wine."

The apprentice did not refuse, picked up the wine gourd and asked, "Is it the one on the street?"

"No, no, no, let's go have a drink at Lin Kee Restaurant in the northeast corner of the city."

The disciple was surprised and said: "We haven't celebrated the New Year yet, so let's make do with it."

"Go if you are told! Am I the master or are you the master?" Lao Liangtou slapped the table and yelled loudly.

"Okay, okay, I'll go! But you have to pay for the wine this time."

The helpless disciple stood up with the wine gourd in his hand, dragged his tired body, opened the door and walked out.

When the footsteps outside the door gradually disappeared, Lao Liangtou slowly stood up with the help of a chair and walked outside. He looked up at the sky, as if he was missing it, or regretting it. Anyway, he looked at it silently for a while.

He then turned around and sighed, "There's no need to hide anymore, come out."

No extra sound came, and when he was wondering, the door was pushed open, and an old man with gray hair and beard and carrying an ancient sword walked in and stood in front of him.

Staring at the person who came, Lao Liangtou sighed and asked faintly: "Can you let my poor disciple go?"

The person who came untied the ancient sword behind him and held it in his hand, and said softly: "My mission is just to kill you, it has nothing to do with that young man. Of course, you can also call him back, killing one more or one less, it's just a matter of one more sword or one less sword."

"No need."

Lao Liangtou smiled easily and asked: "Can you tell me what this time is for?"

The person opposite drew out the ancient sword, and the cold light was chilling.

"Haha, what are you afraid of? I have been in Hexi for almost 20 years, and I have long given up the idea of ​​going back alive. I just want to be a ghost who knows."

As if mocking himself, Lao Liangtou smiled brightly.

"It's not fear, but..." The person who came said calmly.

"I don't know either."