I can't die

Yixun was so silent for a while, so he hurried on his way, and after another day, he finally arrived at Anqing, where the main force of the Hunan Army is now.When they entered Anqing, Yi Xun and his group went straight to the military camp, and at the entrance of the camp, they showed the signboard of the imperial envoy handling the case, and then rode to the main tent of the military camp to ask to see Zeng Guofan.

After Zeng Guofan learned of the people coming from Beijing, he more or less guessed the current intentions of the imperial court in his heart, and hurriedly went out of the tent to meet the imperial envoy.But I saw more than ten people, the leader was a young man in Manchu costumes, and behind him were two people on the left and one on the right. A friendly smile, this person Zeng Guofan recognized - the commander Xia Changping at the sticky pole, the one on the right is a military general, dressed in a strong suit, about thirty, but he looks unfamiliar, I don't know what the way is.

"Military Minister Zeng Guofan has seen the imperial envoy." Zeng Guofan bowed at this point, which was considered to be extremely courteous.

Yixun saw this old man who was holding a heavy soldier and seemed to be older than his father, he hurriedly refused to be courteous, and stepped forward to help him: "Yixun is a junior, how dare you be courteous to Lord Shangshu, you must not do it .”

Seeing the sincerity of Yi Xun's words, Zeng Guofan didn't shirk it, got up slowly, thought about it in his heart, and knew that this "Yi" generation was a noble relative of the former emperor's generation, but he didn't know which prince's child it was.

"Xia Dutong is here too."

Zeng Guofan nodded again to Xia Changping and said.

"That's right, the emperor attaches great importance to the affairs of the front line, so he will come here once, and it's been a long time since I have seen Lord Shangshu."

Xia Changping smiled slightly, but there was no sinister look on his pale face, but it was very close to him, unlike ordinary blood drops.

"It's been six years. The last time was in the fifth year of Xianfeng. At that time, the old man was still guilty. Thanks to Xia Dutong's mercy, let's not mention it."

In the fifth year of Xianfeng (1855), the Taiping Army attacked the Hunan Army's water camp at Hukou and burned more than 100 Hunan Army warships.Zeng Guofan was spared from jumping off the ship, was captured on the boat, and was later escorted back to Beijing to report on his duties. It was inevitable that he would be investigated by the sticky pole. Thanks to Xia Changping's instructions from Xianfeng, his subordinates were merciful, otherwise Zeng Guofan's body would be ruined. up.

"Sir Shangshu is an important minister of the imperial court, and the emperor has praised him many times in the court. Why do you need to talk about the gloomy days?"

Speaking of this, Xia Changping introduced Zeng Guofan again: "This is Mr. Li Huaihua, a member of the Ministry of War, and he is the most popular person in front of the emperor."

Hearing Xia Changping's words and seeing Zeng Guofan, the top leader of the Ministry of War, Li Huaihua hurriedly said, "Don't dare, dare not", and stepped forward to make a salute as he had seen the elders: "Your Majesty Li Huaihua, greetings Master Shangshu."

Li Huaihua?

Although Zeng Guofan is far away on the front line, he is also very clear about the personnel changes in the Beijing Central Military Department, so he naturally knows the details of this person.Unexpectedly, the general who was rumored to be very close to the eunuch An Dehai actually looked quite simple and honest, not like the first-class eunuchs in the rumors.

"Being an official in the same dynasty, it's better to serve the emperor."

Then, Zeng Guofan said some words of encouragement, and led everyone into the main tent.Xuedizi's entourage walked to the main tent, subconsciously dispersed, and surrounded the main tent to prevent people from approaching. Seeing this, Zeng Guofan's personal soldiers were a little dissatisfied, but they were stopped by Zeng Guofan.

At present, there are only Zeng Guofan, Yixun, Xia Changping and Li Huaihua in the main account.

Knowing the urgency of the situation, Yixun didn't exchange many pleasantries so far, he took out the imperial decree and read it out.Zeng Guofan knelt down to receive the decree, while thinking in his heart, he thought about the words in the imperial decree, and then recited the composition of the imperial envoy, and he could more or less figure out the seven-point Sacred Heart, thinking that the emperor still trusts him very much now, otherwise Nor would he personally send an old prince's son Lao Laojun.

Immediately after receiving the imperial edict, Zeng Guofan asked, "I don't know how the emperor plans to work for the army?"

"Tomorrow, let's get to know a few generals first, and then look at the others. It will only take two or three days." It was Xia Changping who spoke, and it was obvious that he had already received the emperor's detailed instructions when he met the saint before leaving Beijing. .

Zeng Guofan counted the days and found that New Year's Day would be only ten days away. Without saying anything, he nodded in agreement and took the imperial envoys to arrange a residence in person.

According to the rules of the past, the barracks will start to rest five days before New Year's Eve. Although the generals and soldiers preparing for the war will not be released home, they will more or less organize the killing of cattle and sheep, distribute the New Year's ring, and start posting Yuan Monthly holidays are arranged.Now there are still ten days before the first month, and the soldiers have not seen the post for a long time, and they start to wonder in their hearts, and some soldiers start to ask questions.

Due to the large number of generals in the Hunan Army, there were not many big tents available for the imperial envoys to live in. First, only one tent was allocated, and since it was reserved for Yixun, Xia Changping and Li Huaihua could only squeeze in with the other generals. .Zeng Guofan invited Xia Changping to stay with him for a while because he had some private things to say to Xia Changping, while Li Huaihua lived in the Inner Ordnance Station next to the camp.

Naturally, no matter how big the tent was, it was only made of coarse cloth. Even if it was lit with charcoal for warmth, it was no match for the earth dragon in Beijing. After entering the tent, Yixun looked at the surrounding layout and frowned. .I walked to the bed, touched it, and felt that the wood of this bed was very dark, I don't know what kind of wood it was made of, and it also smelled indescribably.The quilt looked okay, with a plain cotton veneer, as if it had just been washed, but it was still a little tight next to the skin after all.

Yixun swayed around in the tent a few times, but couldn't fall asleep, and felt that the winter in the south was actually colder than in the north, so he got up, got dressed, and planned to order some quilts.

Unexpectedly, the moment he got out of the tent, a gust of cold wind would froze him, and when the soldier standing guard in front of his tent saw Yi Xun, he immediately asked, "What orders does your lord have?"

Yi Xun looked at the soldier in front of the tent, who seemed to be younger than himself, wearing a thin military uniform, holding a spear in his hand, trembling in the wind, seeing him, he forced a smile on his face.

"are not you cold?"

Yi Xun subconsciously asked this sentence.

Xiaobing rubbed his head: "It's okay, it's going to be colder at night."

Yi Xun couldn't bear it, so he turned around and went back to the tent, took out some charcoal, and threw it into the brazier lit in front of the tent: "You can also get warmer by lighting the fire."

Seeing this, Xiaobing shook his body and leaned against the brazier. Sure enough, the charcoal was much warmer than ordinary dry firewood, and the smile on his face was more sincere, "Your heart is so kind."

Upon hearing this, Yi Xun didn't know how to answer. This was the first time in his life that someone praised him so much.My heart is also warm.

"Being a soldier is hard work, isn't it? How old are you?"

"The little one is seventeen, it's okay, he can always have clothes to wear, so he won't starve to death. It's not bad to have a meal of meat once in a while."

Xiaobing grinned and looked very simple.

Yi Xun was even more upset at the moment, but he heard the little soldier say: "In the past Chinese New Year, in the barracks, you can still get five qian silver per person, half a bucket of rice, which is very good."

Five qian silver, but half a tael, Yi Xun would cost tens of taels to buy a fan, enough to buy the wealth of this little soldier's family.

"Then what do you want in particular?"

"This..." Xiao Bing rubbed his head: "Marry a wife and have a baby? But we military members really don't like to marry many girls. We can only spend more money to buy them."

After hearing what this little soldier said, Yixun was overwhelmed with thoughts, and didn't know what to say. He was silent for a while, and instead of looking for the quilt, he turned around and went back to the tent, spread out the pen and paper, and began to write. issued a letter of appeal.

Yixun wrote down the call to action for the labor force all night long, deleting, deleting, revising, and thinking over and over again.Originally, he thought it was an easy job for a "labourer", but now he felt that it was much heavier.

After a sleepless night, just after dawn, Yixun hurriedly searched for Zeng Guofan's tent with a call to arms, and gave Zeng Guofan Xia Changping the things that had been driven out overnight.These two old foxes who had been up and down in the officialdom for decades took a look at the proclamation, but saw that the proclamation contained thousands of words, not only full of literary talent, but also explained many rewards from the imperial court.I sigh in my heart, the writing is good, it has both fiction and reality, and it is also very inspiring. It is obviously written by a young man who is full of vigor.

"May I allow the old man to add a few more strokes?" Zeng Guofan twirled his beard and asked with a smile.Yixun certainly wouldn't refuse to accept it, so Zeng Guofan walked over to the counter with the letter of appeal, added a few more strokes, and handed them back to Yixun.

Yixun took it over and took a look, but saw that the rewards in the call for words had been deleted, deleted, and added. It seemed that there were not many changes, except that the matter of Tweeting was slightly reduced and changed to silver taels.