[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

The caravan of the Wu family was in charge of sending the firecracker to Shangjing by detouring through Mongolia.

But it is said that after Tu Chang really took root in the Yellow Shirt Army, he realized the hardships of being a soldier. The mother's mother really didn't give him the slightest bit of special treatment, and he even slept like a sleeper.Fortunately, the Yellow Shirt Army has very strict requirements on general affairs, and the sanitation requirements in the tents are very high. The quilts must be folded into tofu shape, and there must be no strong odor. When the weather is warm, they should take a bath at least once every two days, or in the river near the station.

The dignified prince, the next emperor, the hardest thing is studying and practicing martial arts, where has he tasted these.

General Lu had visited his camp and pretended not to know him when he saw him, because his mother had ordered him to die. If General Lu leaked his identity, he would be demoted from army commander to captain.

After all, he is intelligent and has a high level of education. He is in charge of a mortar platoon in the artillery battalion. He has five squatting guns, but he quickly grasps the precise points.He came over by air, and the soldiers saw him as a small man, so they didn't have to disobey him on the surface, but as a man, he would submit after a fight.

He beat those prickly heads, and they couldn't laugh at him anymore.Although he looks a lot like his father, he is much shorter and has not lost his baby fat, and his age is even different.Father Kuang is the majestic and domineering king of the world, he is just a fledgling 14-year-old boy.The most important thing is that the eyes of these soldiers are not very good.

"Platoon leader, let me wash it for you." Zhou Wu, the Jinyi guard who accompanied him, walked to "Chang Tu" and watched his clumsy "washing" action, feeling very unbearable.

Tu Chang said, "No need, you wash your own."

Because it happened before that Zhou Wu had been helping him with laundry, and was discovered by the people in the second row, who reported to the company commander that he was acting like a young master in the barracks and engaging in bureaucracy, but the company commander confronted him in front of the whole company during the morning exercises. Criticize.

The Yellow Shirt Army has been marching south for more than two years, and the internal changes have almost become the style of the new army. They often hold company meetings, talk about family affairs, and inevitably criticize and self-criticize.Because there were also some soldiers who died in battle, many people from the Sichuan Army were also incorporated into the Yellow Shirt Army.

Anyway, he was a dignified prince, he obviously wanted to dig into the ground that time, but he was a little annoyed at the company commander's very harsh criticism.After all, times are different and people are different.

The company commander noticed his gaze and scolded loudly: "Why, Master Chang is not convinced! If you are not convinced, go home and pick up the child!"

More than 200 people roared with laughter, and then someone said: "Company commander, Chang Tu is still a child, how can there be a baby so soon?"

Someone else said: "That's not sure, I heard that the young master of a rich family married a wife early."

Another muttered: "I guess he's a chick..."

"Heizi, you old fritter, you are not serious..."

……

After Tu Chang washed his clothes, he returned to the camp with Zhou Wu.

Eating at night is courtly elegance without any selfishness, it is like reincarnation of a starving ghost.

After eating, sitting and resting, a rough man picked his teeth and sighed: "We eat flatbread every day in the north, and occasionally have rice, and that rice is not delicious. The rice from North Vietnam is better.

Another soldier who was much thinner said: "That's right, in North Vietnam, sometimes you can share a piece of fruit after a meal, and often catch a snake and roast it, it's also delicious."

A dark-skinned man said: "You said that if the war is over, should I take the whole family to North Vietnam? There are good things to grow there."

The skinny soldier said: "You said that after the war of Jiannu, the empress gave us some land outside the pass, so should we go to North Vietnam in the future, or go outside the pass?"

A young man with somewhat heroic features said: "Monkey, you are beautiful! I heard that the Red Shirts, Black Shirts, and White Shirts have a lot of opinions on us! I see that when we fight, there are not many battles that can get credit. If you come to us, let us be stationed in Shanhaiguan as a reserve. He has finished fighting, and when we wait, we will not get anything."

The little soldier named Monkey said: "No way, isn't our adaptive training very good? Back then in Guangxi, my mother didn't even look down on our Yellow Shirt Army. The first battle was fought by her confidant of the new army, but Later in Zhennanguan, we proved our strength, and the empress also treats everyone equally."

The somewhat heroic man said: "Speaking of which, we are the Yellow Shirt Army of the saint's direct lineage, why do you all regard yourself as the new army?"

The monkey smiled and said, "Isn't the sage's wife a family? I also heard...the sage is afraid of his wife..."

"Monkey! Don't die, you dare to talk about the saint behind your back!" A more stable soldier scolded, he was a fellow monkey.

The monkey said: "I...I also heard it from my friends in the New Army when I was having dinner with them in North Vietnam."

The steady soldier said: "The sage is a wise king in the world, how could it be possible... that he can't control his tongue, be careful that it's the ass that eats the sin!"

Tu Chang rubbed his hands, twitched the corners of his mouth, and thought: Well...the father is not afraid of being wronged, he is afraid of the queen mother, and he is worried that they will be punished by the queen mother, the whole family is afraid of the queen mother.

The monkey was the liveliest, so he asked him suddenly: "Platoon leader, you are so young, and you seem to have a lot of money at home, why do you want to be a soldier?"

Tu Chang couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and after five seconds he said, "Why don't you take the Wu hook and charge Guanshan Fifty States?"

Everyone was confused: "What do you mean?"

Tu Chang thought for a while and said, "That means a man should hold a sword..."

"Have taken over the fifty prefectures established outside the customs?" the monkey said knowingly.

Tu Chang said: "That's right."

The rough man patted his thigh and said, "This poem is interesting, I like it! Platoon leader, read it again and I'll listen to it."

Tu Chang couldn't help but smile, so he read it again, and a row of soldiers present followed suit.

The rough man's name was Wang Da, and he said with a smile, "When I go back to my hometown, I will read it to my wife and son. They will also know that I not only know how to butcher pigs, but also understand poetry." He has a lot of words, and he is good at counting money, so he can come to the artillery regiment.

Artillery is different from infantry in that they need to be able to count and have strong hands-on ability.

The next day was another day of inhumane training, and Tu Chang was also exhausted, but finally it was Xiumu's turn.

Zhou Wu, who usually doesn't talk much, got up early in the morning and asked him: "Platoon leader, we will have a rest today, do you want to go back to the city?"

But Tu Chang said: "I have no strength."

"Your subordinate can find a carriage."

"just forget it……"

Tu Chang didn't want to run around anymore, especially since he couldn't stay overnight. He looked around the barracks and read books by himself, and the day passed.

But at the hour of Chen, there were soldiers shouting outside, and Tu Chang couldn't help leading Zhou Wu out of the tent out of curiosity.

He saw a handsome young man in a white robe leading two unfamiliar farmers, and he directed the farmers to move boxes and bags of things.

Zhou Wu recognized it: "Platoon leader..."

The handsome young man turned his head and saw Tu Chang's clothes man, he couldn't help laughing three times, wanted to call him, but changed his words: "Nephew Chang Xian, I'm here to see you, old Cheng!"

Zhou Wu almost staggered, that handsome boy was Xing Cheng.Xing Cheng made the business, and he also knew that the Wu family had secretly transported away the batch of firecrackers. If they really defended themselves as they said, they didn't need to do so at all.Then their collaborating with the enemy and treason is a matter of iron and steel.

Marking people is the business of Jin Yiwei. Xing Cheng is free when he is patrolling the city. Tu Xu works in a confidential place and is not allowed to leave without authorization. He heard that Tu Chang is taking a rest today, so he came to find Tu Chang.In the past year, many grassroots members of the other armies have seen some of their teenagers, and there are also many teenagers from the Royal Academy serving as clerks in those armies.But the Yellow Shirts are newcomers with the queen, and they have not seen them yet.

The weather is not cold, Xing Cheng is still holding a folding fan, and said with a smile: "Nephew Chang Xian, let's be pleasantly surprised! Uncle Cheng loves you, I brought you something good! The best food in the restaurant starts in the middle of the night Yes, and good wine!"

Xing Cheng took a food box from a temporarily hired farmer. When he opened it, it was a roast duck, exuding a tantalizing aroma.

"It's a trivial matter. I also prepared a hot pot, as well as various snacks and supplies. It's a full two cars, enough for you to use for a while."

Although Tu Chang feels aggrieved by such seniority, for him who hasn't eaten good food for a long time, eating is more important.Hugh Mu today, no one restricts him in this respect.

Tu Chang hurriedly asked Zhou Wu to take someone to set it up on the table, and he also took Xing Cheng to sacrifice to the Wu Zang Temple first.

Eat the roast duck first, Xing Cheng cleaned his hands, took a dagger and started to slice it. Xing Cheng is not very talented in reading the Four Books and Five Classics.

Seeing his uncle sliced ​​the meat, Tu Chang didn't care how many rolls he had.Many soldiers were still watching from a distance, and Tu Chang was still a bit late, but Xing Cheng, who had been a mixed bag for a long time and had a very high emotional intelligence, waved to them and said, "Why are you standing still, come and eat together! Otherwise, why would I prepare so much. "

How could those people be polite, they swarmed up, and a table was immediately crowded.Xing Cheng is rich now, so he ordered ten roast ducks alone.Needless to say, those people cut the roast duck into pieces with their own knives and stuffed them in their mouths without any care.

"It's delicious!"

"This grease melts in your mouth!"

The monkey looked at Xing Cheng and said, "Master, do you often visit our platoon leader in the future?"

Xing Cheng glanced at the monkey and sighed: "Oh, if you are so out of touch, just call him uncle like your platoon leader."

uncle?

Everyone looked at Tu Chang and then at Xing Cheng, it was hard to believe.

"Platoon leader, is this really your uncle?"

While eating, Tu Chang looked at Xing Cheng with resentment, but he didn't deny it, and hummed lightly, no matter what, this is also an uncle, and his seniority is higher than him.

"Wow! Platoon leader, your uncle is so young!"

"Young and promising!"

"It's just that... the magnificent appearance."

"Uncle platoon leader still has that drama... so what kind of Meng Chang's style."

"Little Meng taste it!"

Cannibals have short mouths, but all of them have sweet mouths.

Xing Cheng smiled and said: "Don't be Xiao Mengchang, I have another name, known as 'Donghai Xiaobailong'!"

"Is it the little white dragon in Journey to the West?"

"That's Xihai Xiaobailong, 'Donghai Xiaobailong' must be better than Xihai Xiaobailong."

Everyone laughed and discussed, and the hired person also put the hot pot on the table, and the bottom soup was brought in two buckets.

There are chicken, duck, fish and offal, four pots are set up, and a table is borrowed elsewhere.

Not only the people in the first row, but also the people in the second and third rows in a row who didn't go to play elsewhere also came to give away food.

This "East Sea Little White Dragon" Master Cheng is very popular, and Xing Cheng finally sat next to Tu Chang to eat hot pot together.

Xing Cheng asked, "Is it hard in the military camp?"

Tu Chang felt sour in his heart, but still put on a strong face and said, "What is this little suffering? Am I the kind of person who can't bear hardship?"

Xing Cheng said: "You are becoming more and more like a man, uncle, I am also pleased."

Tu Chang said, "Can you remove the word 'uncle'?"

Xing Cheng chuckled, touched his nose, and said in a low voice: "I just made a fortune a few days ago, so I won't tell anyone else!"

Xing Cheng is quite proud of making money, but his eldest nephew is not around, and his vain desire to show off his heart of a middle school boy cannot be satisfied to the fullest.

Tu Chang wondered, "What kind of wealth?"

Xing Cheng whispered in his ear, Tu Chang couldn't help laughing, and the two started drinking again.In the end, the scent attracted the company commander, and Tu Chang didn't hold any grudges. When he was with his uncle, his mood became much brighter. In the military camp, there were also reasons for his longing for relatives.

After eating a meal for more than an hour, Tu Chang couldn't eat anymore, so he went out for a walk with Xing Cheng.

Tu Chang asked him if he knew when the Northern Expedition was launched and if he had heard any news.

Xing Cheng thought for a while and said, "You also know...how could they tell me these things? If you ask Yuanyuan, they may know more."

"Are they back?"

"When I come back, I'll just take a few days off, otherwise I'm afraid I want to stay in Huludao. Anyway, the Hubei New Army will definitely be the main force. I heard that the fire/toolization is also very high. They can't wait to stay there and have a look."

Tu Chang said: "Third Uncle has already done a great service, can a few troops of the Imperial Army be left alone here?"

Tu Chang knew that everyone around him wanted to take credit for it, and he had already joined the army and suffered so much, it was too shameful not to have been on a real battlefield.