In the small hall on the second floor of the main building of No. A single courtyard behind Tongchun Building.
Zhang Cheng looked at Lin Fangping and said with a smile: "Fangping, look at this, does Liu Jinhai have a powerful temperament?"
Lin Fangping also smiled and said: "It looks like, it really does look like. Jin Hai, have you gained weight again? Why do you seem to have gained a lot of weight?"
"Who says it's not true? I've been running around outside all the time. I haven't lost any weight, but I've actually gained a lot of weight on my upper body."
"Hahaha……"
The three of them laughed together.
"Come on, let's talk about it. You have been outside for the past six months, but have you achieved anything?" Zhang Cheng asked.
Liu Jinhai regained his serious expression at this time, and he reported in a deep voice: "Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, according to the Commander-in-Chief's military order, my subordinates divided the sentries and cavalry under my command into three groups.
The northern branch kept in contact with Su Yiyang, Diao Dacheng and the others, and mingled with the caravan to familiarize themselves with the situation in Mongolia. The focus was on the roads, water sources, and the number of herdsmen garrisoning everywhere. However, they also recruited some herdsmen scattered around, and they all told Chen
Report from the boss."
He continued: "Two roads go south, one from Shanxi to Henan, passing through Yuzhou, Daizhou, Xinzhou, passing through Taiyuan Prefecture, then passing through Liaozhou and Lu'an Prefecture to Zhangde, and now we have reached the territory of Taiyuan Prefecture.
Their four teams are under the unified command of team officer Bai Zongzong Ma Yuan. It was reported earlier that a village has just been captured in Hutou Mountain, 20 miles north of Wutai County, Daizhou. The terrain is very good and the traffic is very good.
Conveniently, Ma Yuan plans to run this village first."
"That's right, let's stand firm first, then we can let go and start a big fight later."
Zhang Cheng was very satisfied, and he continued: "It is necessary to run Hutou Mountain first, but we cannot slow down because of this. You send a message to Ma Yuan and ask him to build a new plant near Guguan in Pingding Prefecture as soon as possible.
Find a place to put down roots. If necessary, you can go through Guguan and pass through the wells and paths to the south of the old road."
"Here!"
After Liu Jinhai responded loudly, he continued to introduce: "We also went all the way to Baoding, Zhending, Shunde in Jinan and entered Zhangde Mansion. Thanks to the help of Niutou Yuan Longchang's horse and carriage team, the progress was the smoothest.
Now, in addition to the Yuanlongchang chariot and horse depot outside the west gate of the capital, we also have our chariot and horse depot in the four prefectures of Baoding, Zhending, Hejian and Shunde, which saves a lot of effort for the army to take root in Jinan.
Currently, there is still a team of ten sentries investigating in the Guangping and Daming Prefectures, and even deeper into Dongchang Prefecture in Shandong Province and Zhangde Prefecture and Weihui Prefecture in Henan Province."
Liu Jinhai paused for a moment, then continued: "As of now, my subordinates are at Langwo Slope, fifteen miles west of Wan County, Baoding Prefecture, and Crouching Tiger Mountain, twenty miles west of Xingtai County, Shunde Prefecture.
We laid down the foundation locally and built our own mountain stronghold, and we also had the support of the brothers of General Wei Zhice in Huolu County, but there was almost no obstacle on the side of the Taihang Mountains in the southern part of Ji."
"Yes, Not Bad."
Zhang Cheng suddenly remembered something and said again: "By the way, Liu Jinhai, you are planning to go south to Julu in the next few days to the hometown of Jiazhuang, where we fought fiercely with the Donglu, and pay my respects to Governor Lu on my behalf.
Let's burn incense sticks for him."
"My subordinates can save it, please don't worry, Commander-in-Chief!"
"Well, one more thing is to go to Gaoyang on the way, pay a visit to Mr. Sun Ge on behalf of my commander, and prepare a generous gift for him as a thank you for taking care of the wounded for me!" Zhang Cheng added.
"Yes, I have noted it down."
Seeing that everything had been decided, Zhang Cheng was about to rest for a while when he suddenly remembered something and asked, "Didn't you say how many people you brought to see me? Where are they?"
Liu Jinhai only remembered this matter at this time. He smiled and clasped his fists and said: "Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, my subordinates have collected a group of troops in Jinan, and they do have some connections with us. Three of their leaders want to see the Commander-in-Chief.
I will bring it to the capital, but I didn't dare to bring it directly without the permission of the commander-in-chief."
"Oh! Let me tell you what the origin is!"
Liu Jinhai smiled and said: "The commander-in-chief didn't know something. When the Tatars invaded the capital last year, they captured hundreds of thousands of people and returned north, including villagers from Linyi, Shandong.
When they were driven by the Tatars and marched near Zunhua, one night they encountered a huge chaos in the Tatar camp. Several Shandong heroes among them led the villagers to break through and escape.
They passed through Baodi and Bazhou all the way. Being hungry, tired and anxious, they took advantage of the chaos and broke into two large villages. After accidentally bumping into each other, they arrived at Wan County, Baoding Prefecture. They encountered a group of bandits blocking the way.
They had no choice but to join the gang. Later, because they were dissatisfied with the bandit leader's robbery of the poor people, a dispute broke out. Zhou Heihu led the Shandong villagers to kill the bandit leader in one fell swoop. Since then, they have fallen into disgrace on Langwo Slope.
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He continued: "After Heihu became the leader of the crowd that week, he took the initiative to make good friends with the surrounding officials and did not interfere with each other. He even fought against several other mountain bandits to protect the village. He even organized the strong men in the village to reclaim wasteland and colonize the local areas.
It has a good reputation in the countryside.
Later, when the story of the commander-in-chief's formation killing Yue Tuo spread, he found out that it was the commander-in-chief who broke into the Tatar camp and killed Yue Tuo that night. Only then did he and other Shandong villagers have this opportunity to escape, so he kept thinking about it.
The commander-in-chief was so good that he set up a memorial tablet for him in the village and knelt down to worship him every day."
Liu Jinhai stopped and took a sip of water. Seeing that Zhang Cheng was listening very seriously, he continued: "After that, my subordinates explored all the way south along the foothills of Taihang Mountain. They learned that this village was quite special, so they visited it in person.
Mountain,
That week, Heihu learned that his subordinates were part of the Commander-in-Chief. Not only did he entertain him well, he also took his subordinates to see the longevity tablet he had set up for the Commander-in-Chief. He also expressed his willingness to serve under the Commander-in-Chief and implored his subordinates to serve him.
Talk about it."
He stopped at this point and sat there observing Zhang Cheng's attitude. He saw Zhang Cheng put down his tea cup and said, "Apart from Zhou Heihu, who else is coming with you this time?"
"Commander Commander, in addition to Zhou Heihu, there are also Zhu Hongwu, the second in charge of the village, and Zhu Yiqi, the third in charge."
"Well, I still have some time, so go and send the three of them over."
"Yes, I will take your orders!"
After Liu Jinhai withdrew, Zhang Cheng told Lin Fangping: "Fangping, go and urge Wang Zhaozheng to see how the food and drinks are being prepared. I guess Yu Shangyou and others will be arriving soon. If he arrives first, you and Lu
Take care of some of them first in the spring."
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief."
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After a while, Liu Jinhai returned to the hall. He cupped his fists and reported, "Commander Commander, Zhou Heihu and others are waiting outside the house."
"Tell him to come in!"
"Here."
Liu Jinhai turned around and went out. After a while, he led three more people back to the hall.
After the three of them came in, they all knelt down in front of Zhang Cheng, bowed their heads and said, "Caomin Zhou Heihu, Zhu Hongwu, and Zhu Yiqi are here to see the commander-in-chief."
Zhang Cheng looked at the three people kneeling below and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, get up."