Huo Bao can only stay in Binjiang for one night and will return to Chuzhou tomorrow.

I didn’t have time to visit Uncle Huo outside the city, so I went around Aunt Huo Liu and got a bag of veal, purse, and a bag of jerky.

Afterwards, Huo Bao went to see Zhu Bartou.

Now he is the county magistrate Zhu.

Rules are rules, and favors are favors.

Both the father and son of the Zhu family were used by people, and the county magistrate Zhu himself has always been close to the father and son of the Huo family. Huo Bao did not want to have a grudge, so he asked the county magistrate Zhu to tell the story of Zhu Qiang leading the Xinding to attack the Bozhou army at night.

County Magistrate Zhu was sweating coldly, and was afraid, and said hatefully: "Boy! This is a drifter, it seems that he is capable! He always thinks about smallness, and this is to meet Mr. Feng. Master Buddha is not willing to kill, and he is willing to join in. If he is an outsider, he is so provocative, he will die without a place to bury himself! Mr. Xiaobao just cares about his lesson! He must always have a memory in order to be a down-to-earth person!"

"He followed me around in the past six months, and he should have a rest and turn around and let him stay in Binjiang for some time."

"Okay! I'll clean him up as well. I'm a big kid. I've gotten into two small things, so I won't go the right path! If this continues, I'm afraid it will cause a big disaster. I can't do it if I don't clean up!"

County Magistrate Zhu was also so angry that he was ready to go.

Huo Bao filed a small complaint, without any guilt, and went back to find his father.

The father and son are about to part with each other again, and Huo Wu pulls his son to bed with him.

"Don't go to Zhongli! Eighty thousand soldiers are not a joke. The imperial army has cavalry. If it is really affixed, it will be filled with life!"

Zhongli is the prefecture of Bozhou.

"There is Bagong Mountain in the northwest of Bozhou, which is the junction of Bozhou, Huangzhou and Shouzhou. The terrain is complex. If you are really accidentally targeted by the imperial soldiers, you can hide there!"

"There is nothing to worry about with your sixth uncle in the prefecture. Take the leopard with you! With him, Dad can be more at ease!"

"The logistics supply outside is the most difficult. At any time, you have to prepare three days of food, just in case! The savings are like Monk Feng and the others, and the danger of food being cut off."

"If you can grab the official warehouse, you can grab the official warehouse. If you can't, you can borrow grain from local big households. After writing a document, we will still be there in Chuzhou..."

"Your cousin is not at ease with you. I want Zhang San to bring one thousand men with you... I plan to fight Hezhou in advance, take down four counties within ten days, and let Zhang San lead one thousand men to head north, which is the fourth route..."

Huo Bao hurriedly said, "Dad, Brother Shui has 3,000, I have 1,000, and Feng Lang has 2,000 people from the north. It's not a small number... We just went to make trouble, preventing the officers and soldiers from surrounding Huangzhou, and there is no battle. You still have to fight Luzhou..."

"Don't worry, Xiaobao, there is no need for people! Five thousand officers and soldiers from four counties in Hezhou will be recruited on the spot after being recruited..."

Huo Bao calculated the time and conquered Hezhou before the end of the month. After another half a month of rest, he could go to Luzhou.

If it goes well, Luzhou will be conquered by the end of September.

The hardest thing to chew is Yangzhou, because there are 40,000 Huainan troops stationed in Yangzhou.

When Chuzhou's army attacked Yangzhou, it must have come out in full swing.

"We strive to come back before the end of September!" Huo Bao said.

...

The next morning, Shuijin brought three thousand soldiers, Huo Bao and Monk Feng accompanied him and left Binjiang to head north.

Those who traveled with them were fried rice from fifty mule carts and fried noodles from fifty mule carts.

Long before the main force of the Chuzhou Army headed south, Binjiang began to prepare.

A number of workshops have been established to provide military rations, and the accumulated amount is now considerable.

Even horses are much richer than before.

County Magistrate Zhu arranged people to go to Jinling and Yangzhou to buy horses, and transported hundreds of horses back one after another.

What Monk Feng saw and heard yesterday was not clear about the reason why Marshal Huo did not guard the prefecture but instead stationed in Binjiang.

The leaders of the rebel army in other places all robbed the territory and separated the land, and Huo Wu was already preparing to expand.

"Fifth Master is so courageous!" Monk Feng sincerely praised.

Shui Jin and You You are honored: "We fifth master have a long-term vision and never value a place in one state and one county!"

Huo Bao also brought some pride.

Not to mention anything else, it is enough for his father to use people without doubting this, which is enough for him to study hard.

Leave the logistics entirely to the Mazhaizhu, and to Deng Jian, the most important battles and glory of the Hezhou state, ordinary people really don’t have this courage.

Even the monk Feng, who came to the middle of the journey, only temporarily took two thousand of his men and left four thousand men for him, without the intention of seizing power.

If it were Huo Bao, no matter how close he was to him, he should be wary of his heart.

It won't be as annoying as Jiang Ping, but it's not too sincere.

Monk Feng sighed: "I never expected that Chuzhou and Bozhou are in a completely different atmosphere! As expected, the rumors cannot be believed!"

"What is the rumor? It is said that my father covered the sky with his hands, and persecuted the gentry and the people?"

Huo Bao said: "Did the You family say it?"

Deng Jian saw that Monk Feng was practicing the boy skills, so what does that mean?

Boy!

How could the You family’s daughter be a concubine by Monk Feng’s side?

There must be something wrong with this.

Since Monk Feng is now in Chuzhou, the You family cannot be a thorn between the two sides. It is better to pick it open.

Monk Feng nodded: "It was indeed what You Weng said... But I also know that it must be an exaggeration. If the fifth master was really a tyrannical person, the You family would not be able to safely go to Bozhou!"

"Everyone says that the eldest daughter of the You family is Mrs. Feng Yeru, so this is also a rumor?"

Monk Feng nodded: "It's true! You Weng and his wife were old people who had used in their early years. The You family's daughter was sent to Bozhou by the You family to Bozhou to serve me as a maid... I was impatient and chose someone to marry..."

Huo Bao was quite surprised.

Is this the You family a slave released by the Feng family?

No wonder the method of raising a daughter at home looks familiar. Isn’t this the way to slim horses in Yangzhou!

Shui Jin smiled and said, "I have forgotten that there is still this one! When General Tang comes back, I am afraid he will be embarrassed when he sees Mr. Feng..."

Monk Feng was puzzled.

Shui Jin smiled and said, "The second sister of the You family is General Tang's concubine..."

Speaking of this, he had to defend Huo Wu for one or two: "The You family is considered a relative of General Tang. If they stay safely, they would not annoy the fifth master. But they were very arrogant and got the sweetness and were greedy. They planned to plan Xiaobao and arranged for the youngest daughter of her family to come out and even use the beauty trick! Xiaobao looked at the fifteenth and sixth, but in fact he was only thirteenth, and he had just settled for the marriage. How could the fifth master not be annoyed by being plotted like this?"

Monk Feng smiled bitterly, but he was speechless.

The You couple gave their daughters but did not miss the old master, but they gave their daughters one after another, which was ridiculous and pitiful.

Whether it was Shuijin or the child soldiers under Huo Bao, they had to prepare before heading north to Bozhou and rest in the prefecture.

Even if Monk Feng responded to his enlistment in Chuzhou, the six thousand tired troops would have to rest.

Therefore, someone quickly went to the horse's village leader to write to the horse's village last night.

By the time Huo Bao, Shui Jin and others returned to the prefecture in the evening, the leader of the Ma village had already brought his people back first.

There was a false alarm and for three days, everyone was exhausted.

Monk Feng understood why the Chuzhou Army was so alert before and went out for dozens of miles to "patrol".

The main forces of the Chuzhou Army are all in the riverside, and the old nest is empty and unknown troops are entering the country, which is indeed suspicious.

He also felt obediently. The next day, he divided two thousand people to the master of the Ma village as promised, and left two thousand soldiers to General Yin. He brought three confidants and two thousand men to Binjiang.

Chuzhou was indeed relieved.

I am not afraid of Monk Feng repeating it, but at this time, the fight will consume troops and break everyone's previous plan.

...

State Bing Camp, Conference Hall.

The leaders above the treasury will be listed.

The five leaders who went out to recruit soldiers, except for Zhu Qiang, Shi San and two naughty children, Liang Zhuang and Qiu Wei, also came back, and only Zhu Gang had not come back yet.

This time, the recruitment will last for ten days, and Zhu Gang will not be considered overdue.

What we are discussing today is the treatment of Zhu Qiang and Shi San.

The two made a big mistake for recklessness, and they beat the ball to the end, and there were corporal punishments of 60 or 40.

The law enforcement soldiers and boards are all ready.

Huo Bao looked at everyone and said, "I said before... the higher the position, the heavier the responsibility! A big shot must bear the life and death of ten people; a big shot must bear the life and death of fifty people! This is not a joke! Brothers in robe are comrades who fight side by side, not cannon fodder for making achievements! No matter how great the merit is, no one is allowed to use their lives to bet! If anyone can't remember this and does not have this responsibility, don't be in a high position. Be a soldier honestly, and life and death cannot be implicated by others! Zhu Qiang, Shi San and others are the lessons of the past, so please take it as a warning!"

Everyone stood and listened, and they all led the training.

Huo Bao looked at Zhu Qiang and Shi San who were waiting to receive the punishment.

Zhu Qiang and Shi San looked at each other and both knelt down.

"Master Bao, should I punish you, please ask Master Bao to punish you in installments, and you will be punished half of the board first and keep the remaining half of the board first?" Zhu Qiang begged.

Shi Sanyi begs: "Tomorrow, Master Bao goes north. I want to be my personal guard. I have half of the remaining boards. Can I come back and make up for it?"

Huo Bao's face turned cold.
To be continued...