The air in Lu'an City is humid. It rained last night and has stopped raining this morning. However, the sun has not come out and the ground is still moist.
Qin Sheng and his wife have moved to the county mansion. Qin Sheng acts as the prefect, holds the seal of the prefect of Lujiang County, and stays in Liu'an City.
In the past half month, Liu'an City has been busy with people coming and going. There are garrison troops gathered from all over the country. When they are ready, they will immediately go north along the Xian River. There are also garrison troops transferred from Huainan County one after another and go south to replace the original troops to guard Liu'an. The soldiers Ma was commanded by Captain Lao Kun, but Qin Sheng was still the decision-maker on all matters.
Qin Sheng got up early in the morning and wanted to go to the west of the city to send off the last batch of troops from Lujiang County.
Mrs. Zhang had already gotten up and made breakfast. She knew how to take care of all the housework, but she kept talking and began to complain when they met: "I wonder how long this county guard can last? How many good meals can I eat now?" Just wait until you have your last meal!"
Qin Sheng frowned and said, "Why are you talking about this so early in the morning?"
Zhang said: "You can't say it any more. You can't punish the three tribes for rebelling?"
Qin Sheng said: "Didn't I tell you that this is King Qin?"
At this time, the two sons also came. After taking a look at the porridge, vegetables and other food on the table, they could only salute Qin Sheng first. Qin Sheng sat on the upper seat, picked up the chopsticks, put them in the bowl and stirred the porridge, indicating that he would move first. After picking up the chopsticks, the two sons immediately reached out to grab the wheat cakes.
Zhang murmured: "Failure is rebellion."
Qin Sheng retorted speechlessly, suddenly realizing that a woman who couldn't read a few words sometimes spoke quite reasonably.
Qin Sheng could only say sincerely: "When we married the Wang family in Taiyuan, you laughed so happily. You laughed when you were benefiting. Now that the Wang family is going to raise an army, you can still say with a sad face that you have nothing to do with the Wang family?"
Zhang frowned and said, "How did I hear that it was Zhongming's idea to raise the army?"
Qin Sheng said impatiently: "The Wang family is too powerful. If the Sima family is in power, they will not let the Wang family go. If they can't raise an army, they will have to live alone! Why don't you blame Zhongming, do you think it's better to just sit back and wait for death? Doing big things is just a matter of time." In this way, our Qin family has to become a great noble family, otherwise we will have to wander around and flee to the Kingdom of Wu. Fortunately, Zhongming called us to Lujiang County, otherwise we would have nowhere to run in Jizhou!"
The couple had breakfast unhappily. Mrs. Zhang quickly took out the official uniform for Qin Sheng, packed it up for her two sons, and told them to go to the front hall and courtyard to study. While she was doing things, Still complaining.
The two of them walked out of the room and walked through the huge courtyard of the inner house. They just met Dong, the wife of Wang Kang's family, just outside the door. Now Wang Kang was an official, but Mrs. Zhang didn't care about that and immediately called Dong around. , and asked her to find some servants to clean the inner house.
Mrs. Dong didn't dare to talk back, so she could only agree.
At this moment, Tao Wen, the magistrate of Lu'an County, arrived. Tao Wen was anxious and happy, with more wrinkles on his cheeks when he smiled, "Congratulations to Mr. Xifu, I'm so happy!"
When the two women heard this, they did not leave immediately and stood there looking at Tao Wen.
Tao Wen continued: "General Qin led his elite troops to march into Xuchang, and defeated Xuchang in three days! Sima Division only escaped with his own life, but lost tens of thousands of troops!"
After hearing this, Qin Sheng was stunned for a while and said happily: "Very good!"
Mrs. Zhang also said excitedly: "Xuchang is not far from Luoyang."
Qin Sheng nodded and said: "It's very close. King Qin may win!"
Zhang said in a daze: "When did Zhongming fight so hard?"
Tao Wen glanced at Mrs. Zhang, cupped his hands and said, "Mrs. Zhang, don't you know the name of Confucian Tiger? The Battle of Shaopi and the Battle of Qinchuan, General Qin has long been famous all over the world."
Mrs. Zhang stared and nodded vigorously.
Even the Dong family on the side whispered: "When I was in Pingyuan County, I knew that General Qin had great ambitions and would be able to benefit the people."
Tao Wen sighed: "Three days of Xuchang, it is simply unbelievable!" He paused for a moment, then bowed to Qin Sheng and said, "Your Majesty, you can rest assured. Now we just need to wait for the good news ahead."
Qin Sheng said: "Zhongming asked me to guard Lujiang County well, and I can't slack off."
Tao Wen immediately said: "Don't worry, Mr. Wu. There is a plague in Wu State, and it is impossible to go northward for the time being. I also asked people to inquire about Wang Ji in Anfeng County to the west. The troops have not been summoned yet. They have been stationary for more than half a month."
Now that Wang Ji has heard the news about Xuchang, he will not take any chances with our Lujiang County."
When Qin Sheng heard this, he said casually: "County Magistrate Tao is very knowledgeable. It's a pity to be the county magistrate."
Tao Wen hurriedly bent down and said: "I don't dare to take it, I don't dare to take it. It's really a blessing for me to be appreciated by my master!"
It is said that Tao Wen is the great-grandson of Tao Qian. Tao Qian was a shepherd in Xuzhou a long time ago and was also a vassal figure. However, he offended Cao Cao and the Tao family later declined. No one wanted his son or grandson, and the family wandered around. Wang Ling's
His acquaintances were indeed very wide. I found Tao Qian's great-grandson from somewhere and got him to be the county magistrate in Lu'an.
Even though the descendants of these wealthy families have fallen into decline, they can still read and write, and they love to inquire about all kinds of connections.
Sure enough, Tao Wen continued: "King Qin's army has obtained a large amount of food in Yuzhou, and we don't need to raise food for the rear. However, the families of the garrison soldiers under General Qin are all in the Lujiang Army. Once Lujiang County is lost, it will inevitably affect the morale of the army. The latest threat is
Wang Ji in the west can conquer Yangquan County, Ancheng and other places within less than a hundred miles. Therefore, this servant has already been keeping an eye on Wang Ji.
However, Wang Ji was born as an official of the Governor Wang, and he was deeply loved by the Governor. Later, he served as an official of Cao Zhaobo, so he must not be willing to easily become an enemy of Yangzhou. This time General Qin won a great victory in Xuchang, so we can send people
Go and win over Wang Ji, thinking that Lujiang County's left wing barrier will be foolproof!"
After hearing this, Qin Sheng nodded and said, "Very good. I will follow your plan and write the letter and I will seal it."
Tao Wen said, "Here."
Zhang suddenly asked: "What will happen if King Qin wins?"
Tao Wen hurriedly bowed and replied: "Those noble women in Luoyang must be courteous to Madam Zhang. The future of the servants also relies on the good words of the Lord and Madam."
Qin Sheng ignored the two women and walked towards the stable with Tao Wen. After a while, Captain Lao Kun also came over and told him about the great victory in Xuchang again. He heard that Qin Sheng and others were going to send him off.
The army set out and followed them.
Several officials and their entourage rode out of the west city of Liu'an.
Everyone arrived a little late, and saw that the boats on the Xiang River had already set sail, and groups of horsemen were already marching on the road, like a long queue. After the people, horses and vehicles passed by, the road was filled with mud.
The captain of the Seventh Department of Bingtun is Zhang Meng, a broad-faced and reckless man with a thick waist and round arms. It is said that Zhang Meng once served as a general in the Chinese and foreign armies, but he was taken under Zhongming's command at some time.
Zhang Meng came with several generals to pay homage. Qin Sheng then asked people to bring wine jars and bowls, and poured wine for the generals with his own hands.
Qin Sheng said loudly: "Former general Qin Zhongming captured Xuchang in three days and wiped out tens of thousands of Sima divisions. I wish General Zhang and others a smooth journey and can rush to the front as soon as possible to win!"
The soldiers who heard the words on the road were immediately inspired and shouted one after another: "Victory! Victory..."
Zhang Meng licked his lips, picked up the wine bowl and said, "According to military law, you are not allowed to drink alcohol during the march and formation, but today is a good news, and the Qin Mansion Lord is personally sending it off, so I don't dare to refuse, so let's do it!"
Qin Sheng also had a drink with Zhang Meng first. His second brother Zhong Ming was not good at drinking, but Qin Sheng's drinking capacity was particularly large, which he had already developed in the official circles of Pingyuan County. This morning, he planned to have a drink with everyone present.
One bowl per person.
At this moment, the crowds on the road and the sails on the river suddenly changed colors, and were suddenly enveloped in orange light. Qin Sheng turned around and saw that the rising sun in the east had already emerged from the clouds, and the sky and the earth seemed to suddenly appear.