The sky was drizzling, but it was still extremely dark. The cold air blowing from the north from time to time made the Black Eagle Army flag blew "huh, huh".
Although Hou Dayong was in a dark mood, as the governor, he always had to say something after the drill. He stood majestic on the wooden platform, and encouraged and praised the soldiers on both sides of the lion and bear at the top of his voice. He also promised that the officers and soldiers of the two teams would take three days off, kill two pigs and ten sheep, reward them and fight for the teeth. The soldiers participating in the drill were all young people like wolves and tigers. When they heard that such a good thing was happening, they immediately forgot about the bruises and swollen body, and applauded hard, and even more greedy soldiers jumped up.
The soldiers of the Lion Camp and Xiong Camp were very familiar with each other. They were so involved in the show just now that they were not ruthless when fighting. After the team disbanded, those who were familiar with each other started to curse intimately.
"Zhang Sanlang, it's so cruel. That knife cut me out of my mind."
"Liu Laoyao, didn't you say you wanted to be my son's godfather? Why did you want to destroy my life just now?"
After the soldiers of the two battalions of Lion and Bear were disbanded, the generals on the wooden platform followed Hou Dayong who was walking forward quickly to the Black Eagle Army's tent. Seeing that the generals were all soaked in rain, the guards quickly took out some dry towels for them to wipe.
Regarding the result of the first Lion Bear Battle, Hou Dayong was mixed with joy. He was happy that the soldiers of the Lion Bear Camp were able to maintain a battle formation of three or five people after being disrupted by the Bear Camp cavalry. He was hard to distinguish with the Bear Camp soldiers who had the advantage, effectively blocking the Bear Camp's attack, which shows that after a period of training, the cooperation awareness of the combat team still played a role; he was worried that the Dragon and Tiger Formation was quickly divided and surrounded by the superior cavalry, which was very disappointing. Fortunately, the Lion Bear Camp was well-trained and Chen Meng commanded properly. He used more than 20 shields to form a circular formation to block the Bear Camp's cavalry's attack. The Lion Bear Camp would not lose too badly, but if it were a team with slightly less combat effectiveness, it would definitely be defeated under the impact of the Bear Camp.
Hou Dayong had a gloomy face and sat in the middle of the camp, with the generals sitting around him. The three-three system and the dragon and tiger formation were enthusiastically proposed by Hou Dayong at the September meeting. When the proposal was made, all the generals were there, and the drilling effect was not ideal now. Seeing that Hou Dayong was in a bad mood, the generals didn't say anything, for fear that they would be in trouble if they said the wrong words.
Hou Dayong sat in the camp, still thinking about the details of the lion and bear fighting for the hegemony. After thinking for a while, he gradually became a little confused. After retracting his thoughts, he realized that the generals in the camp were staring at their small eyes and their expressions were serious. Then he realized that they were too serious and gave the generals an illusion. So he smiled and said, "All the generals are too worried. I know that your thoughts are proposed by me. The three-three system and the dragon and tiger formation are not good today. I am afraid that I will be unhappy. You are too underestimated. The lion camp and the bear camp are all my subordinates, and their palms are full of flesh. I have no reason to be unhappy."
Hou Dayong said again: "Today's Lion and Bears battle is just the first drill, which does not explain any problem. The gains and losses of the Lion and Bears teams are not evaluated here. Please observe the judge to announce the situation of the next drill."
Hearing Hou Dayong say this, the generals relaxed their tense faces, and the tense atmosphere disappeared. When the generals heard that there was still a drill, they were a little surprised and exchanged glances with each other.
Qian Xiangnan stood up, cleared his throat, and said, "The second drill was held in early December. The Lion Camp led by Chen Meng to fight against the Fuhu Army led by Li Xin. The specific time and location will be announced three days before the start of the game. The name of the drill is Lion Bear Battle Second."
Jiang Hui did not expect that the second formation was the Fuhu Army against the Lion Camp. Jiang Hui was a famous general in the Shu army and a bloody man. Due to his identity, he was a little depressed in front of the generals of the Black Eagle Army. He knew that this was a good opportunity for the Fuhu Army to be recognized by the Fengzhou army. Hudi stood up, "Thank you to the Jiedu Army to face the Lion Camp, although Fuhu Army is a new army, it is not a coward, and is willing to compete with the Lion Camp."
After announcing the various matters of the Lion and Bear Battle Second, it was almost noon. Hou Dayong said: "Everyone usually has a lot of things, and it is not easy to get together like today. We are all on the territory of the Black Eagle Army. Let Guo commander do his best to do the friendship of the landlords."
The generals stood on the wooden table for a long time and had already been hungry and agreed.
Guo Jiong is not a student in the general class, but Zhengzhou Academy is located in the Hei Diao Military Camp. Whenever the Jiedushi has important activities in the Hei Diao Military Camp, he accompanied him throughout the journey. He bowed to the generals and said, "Everyone is a distinguished guest. Guo has already slaughtered a few big fat sheep and prepared fine wine. Everyone will stop drunk."
Hou Dayong led his troops for many years and knew the importance of the concerted efforts of the generals. Among these generals, except Guo Jiong, Qian Xiangnan, most of them have low educational levels. A very important trick to be harmonious is to eat and drink together. After drinking a few glasses of old wine, the true nature that everyone hides is revealed. The style of wine, and gambling is a historical summary of people's character. Although it is a bit vulgar and cannot be used, it makes sense.
At the banquet, Hou Dayong carried the masses to fight against the masses and launched one wine battle after another, but he didn't drink much. After all, his grade was too high, and everyone was still restrained in front of him.
This wine was eaten from noon to afternoon. Hu Li and Jiang Hui and other newly joined generals were persuaded to drink one after another. After thirty years of drinking, Jiang Hui, who was still a little restrained in Pinglai, had a flushed face and began to hug Guo Jiong and call him brother.
After drinking and eating, Hou Dayong brought his personal guards to the house. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Chen Meng standing in shame in the yard. When he saw Hou Dayong coming back, he quickly jogged over, saluted the military salute solemnly, and said ashamed: "Journalist, the Lion Camp has been defeated, you punish me."
Hou Dayong glanced at Chen Meng and said, "No wonder I can't find you everywhere. It turns out that I've come to me. You wait here first. I'll change my clothes before talking to you."
After entering the house, Qiuju and Chunlan were both inside. Qiuju said happily: "Miss Fu has a letter to bring it here." Chunlan hugged Xiaolu and said, "Xiaolu, Dad is back home, smile quickly."
The letter was very long. In addition to telling the pain of lovesickness, Fu Ying reminded her to pay attention to her health and talked about some family trivial matters, she also said several very important things in the letter. First, she told her sister Empress Fu's illness was completely cured, so please rest assured; second, their children are about to be born, and His Majesty will recognize their children as adopted sons or adopted daughters; third, the wealthy shops have made major adjustments.
The journey from Daliang to Fengzhou is long. Even if a special person delivers a letter, a letter will be delivered from Daliang to Fengzhou, which will be more than a month faster and two months later. Fu Ying's letter was written in September, and it was already November when he arrived in Daliang.
After reading the letter, Hou Dayong pondered for a long time, he read it again. There is an important content in the letter, that is, Your Majesty will become the adoptive father of the child, and as the adoptive father of the child, this is a good thing for ordinary people to wake up when they fall asleep, but for Hou Dayong, who knows the general direction of historical development, it is not so wonderful. In this way, his identity will become more prominent, and his connection with the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty will become increasingly tight, and it is difficult not to arouse Zhao Kuangyin's jealousy.
"Everyone can surrender to Zhao Kuangyin. If I want to surrender, he couldn't believe it. Instead of expecting Zhao Kuangyin to be kind and put his hopes on his kindness, it is better to strengthen his strength as soon as possible and take his destiny into his own hands." When he read the third time of his letter, Hou Dayong became even more determined.
Before this, Hou Dayong had ordered Qian Xiangnan to set up an intelligence organization to specifically explore political, economic and other information. Fu Ying mentioned in the letter that Meng Shu secretly sent someone to monitor wealthy shops in various places, which was exactly the same as Hou Dayong's idea of ​​forming an intelligence organization. Meng Shu is now the shopkeeper of wealthy shops. He has a special identity and is in Daliang City and is well-informed. Therefore, Hou Dayong wanted to further expand the responsibilities of Meng Shu's current organizational surveillance and inquire about intelligence. In order to keep it confidential, Hou Dayong read the letter again. After confirming that there was no missing content, he burned the letter without leaving any hidden dangers that might leak secrets.
Hou Dayong had many specific matters to explain to Meng Shu, so he went to the study room and quickly wrote a reply letter, asking Meng Shu to come to Fengzhou quickly.
After finishing these things, it was already dark, and Hou Dayong felt a little hungry. Then he remembered that Chen Meng was still waiting in the yard and said to Qiu Ju: "Prepare some wine and food, I'll treat Chen Meng to dinner."
After the September meeting, Chen Meng patted Hou Dayong's chest. The lion and bear battle for the hegemony made this situation and felt ashamed. He was originally Hou Dayong's personal guard and was familiar with everyone from all over the Hou's mansion. After entering the mansion, he insisted on not entering the house, so he stood in the yard waiting for Hou Dayong and apologized for his guilt.
After Hou Dayong returned to the mansion, he said something lightly to him and piled him up in the yard. Most of the personal guards of the Hou’s mansion were Chen Meng’s subordinates. When he saw him standing there waiting, he asked him to sit in the house. Chen Meng was stubborn and stood there in the yard.
The sky gradually darkened, and the fragrance of food was heard everywhere. Chen Meng was poked on his shoulder by a rifle. Although the rifle wrapped in thick cloth, it still made Chen Meng feel extremely painful. Chen Meng stood in the yard for several hours, and was tired and painful, and had to endure the torture of the fragrance.
While Chen Meng was drooling, a personal guard came over and said with a smile: "The Jiedushi asked you to come in."
Chen Meng entered the small hall on the left. The small hall on the left is usually used to meet important guests. Now he was called into the small hall and felt a little nervous. When he entered the door, he was still thinking: "I don't know which big man is inside, why did I let me go in too?" After entering the door, he found that only the Jiedushi was inside, and the table of rich wine and food emitted an attractive fragrance. Chen Meng swallowed his saliva and felt a little relieved when he saw the Jiedushi smiling.
Seeing Chen Meng standing at the door, Hou Dayong said, "Chen Lang, you and Du Gang are in Daming Mansion, and you tried every means to ask me to pay for it. Why did you get restrained after leaving for a few days? I was really not used to it after you and Du Gang left."
Chen Meng felt a little excited, and he didn't know what to say for a moment. He touched the back of his head and said for a long time: "The Lion Camp is not fighting well and I am here to receive the punishment."
On the battlefield, thousands of troops and horses are mixed together, and the individual's strength is often extremely small. Without a group of loyal guards, the main general will encounter many dangers on the battlefield. Therefore, in the army, the guards are the general's confidants, and the two sides rely on each other and have a very close relationship, which is different from the relationship between civil servants and subordinates.
Hou Dayong has been in the army for many years and has a deep understanding of this. In modern army, the concept of hierarchy is not as strict as in ancient times. He and the officers and soldiers of the special forces brigade were mixed every day. As long as it was not on formal occasions, everyone was free and unrestrained. In ancient times, due to the strict hierarchy at this time, although he had a good relationship with his personal guards, the personal guards would never dare to be neither big nor small. Especially after becoming the governor, the personal guards became more awe. Hou Dayong did not force the relationship into the kind of relationship of special forces. The big environment changed, and the relationship between officers and soldiers could not reach the level of closeness in the special forces. If they insisted on forming such a relationship, it might be counterproductive. Everything has a degree. After this degree, things will develop in the opposite direction. For example, Fu Gong, if the power in his hands is too great, he will not be able to grasp it, and ultimately harm him.
Hou Dayong waved his hand and said, "Victory and defeat are common in military affairs. Will you not eat after defeating a war? Besides, the drill is not over yet. I will give you more than ten days to compete with the Fuhu Army led by Deputy Commander Chen."
After the exercise, Chen Meng went directly to the Hou Mansion. He didn't know that there was a Lion Bear Battle Second. After hearing Hou Dayong say this, he suddenly became excited and stood up suddenly and said, "Great. Today, all the soldiers of our Lion Camp were holding their breath. If they can't win this battle, I will not be the surname Chen, but a turtle bastard."
Hou Dayong said: "Don't be excited first. This time it's the infantry against the infantry. The Fuhu Army is composed of the Shu army and is good at mountain combat. Do you have confidence?"
Chen Meng said proudly: "When the Bear Camp, the Lion Camp is not afraid of them, but he dare not boast about it. The dog-good Tiechuanyuan is so powerful. Today he stabbed me, but it still hurts. As for the Fuhu Army, it is a piece of cake, and it is not enough to plug the gap between the teeth of the Lion Camp."
The young and energetic Chen Meng vaguely had his own shadow back then. Hou Dayong was very satisfied with his condition and said, "I received a letter from Mrs. Fu today that Du Gang was about to marry Xiao Lianzi. Xiao Lianzi, do you still remember?"
"real?"
"Do you have an engagement?"
Speaking of men and women, Chen Meng was a little embarrassed and said, "In the second year of Guangshun, my parents died at the hands of the Khitans before they could get engaged to me. In the past few years, I have been in the army. One person has eaten and the whole family is not hungry, and I have not yet thought about these things."
Hou Dayong said solemnly: "You are not young anymore. Now that you have become a lieutenant, you should have a family. The battlefield is extremely dangerous. You should get married and have children early. If you have a bad side, you can leave a descendant for the Chen family. Any young lady you like can tell me, and I will serve as a matchmaker for you."
After Chen Meng's parents died, no one had ever said such a good thing to him. He was a cheerful man, moved, but could not express it in his mouth. He knelt down and gave a big gift, saying, "The governor is driven, and Chen Lang is here to refuse."
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After Chen Meng left, Hou Dayong came to Qiu Ju's yard. As soon as he arrived at the gate, he heard Xiaolu crying loudly inside. Hou Dayong gently pushed open the gate, and the gate made a "rattle" sound. A maid heard the door and walked out. Hou Dayong waved his hand to the maid, signaling her not to speak, and then stood in the yard to appreciate Xiaolu's wonderful crying.
Hou Dayong and Chai Rong treat children somewhat similarly: after Chai Rong's two youngest sons died tragically, they loved the children very much, and Hou Dayong's daughter stayed in another world forever. In another sense, Hou Dayong also had the pain of losing her son. In the depths of Hou Dayong's heart, there was a soft corner left for his daughter who would never meet.
This maid was bought by Fu Ying in Zhengzhou to serve Qiuju. She was still a little afraid of Hou Dayong. Of course, she didn't understand Hou Dayong's mood. Seeing Hou Dayong suddenly stopped and stood still in the yard, she was a little panicked, not knowing what to do, and stood in the yard at a loss.
It rained all day long, the yard was a little wet and slippery, but the air was extremely fresh. Hou Dayong took a breath, threw a faint sense of frustration behind his head, and entered Qiuju's room.
After Hou Dayong came to ancient times, he had a smooth journey, especially after he arrived in Cangzhou, he led the Black Eagle Army to win many battles and his officials became bigger and bigger. He went from commanding the Black Eagle Army to defend and become a military commander, and rushed up like a rocket. Hou Dayong didn't realize that he was a little confident. This time he proposed to change the troops to the Three Three Systems and the Dragon and Tiger Formation, with the purpose of further improving the combat effectiveness of the Black Eagle Army and reducing casualties of the soldiers. As for whether the Three Three Systems and the Dragon and Tiger Formation are in line with the current situation of the various armies in Fengzhou, Hou Dayong only relied on his understanding of history and did not practice, and took it for granted that it was suitable for the various armies in Fengzhou.
After the first lion and bear battle, Hou Dayong became much clearer: his advantage was that he had more than a thousand years of knowledge accumulation than his contemporaries, but after all, he was not an almighty god. He should always remember a famous saying ¬¬——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
After figuring out this joint, Hou Dayong also put down the hidden burden in his heart, hugged Xiaolu, and chatted with Qiuju in the room. Qiuju's room only lit a candle. Under the dim candlelight, Xiaolu was babbling in Hou Dayong's arms, having a very happy time.
Blood ties are an important link between people. Hou Dayong has a lot of things to do on weekdays and doesn’t spend much time with Xiaolu. Despite this, Xiaolu never resists Hou Dayong. Every time Hou Dayong comes, he always stretches out his hand to ask his father to hug him.
Qiu Ju talked about Xiao Lu's interesting stories, which was the most eternal topic of mother. Xiao Lu played for a while and fell asleep in Hou Dayong's arms. After Xiao Lu fell asleep, the maid who specialized in taking care of Xiao Lu took Xiao Lu away. As soon as Xiao Lu left, the two seemed to have suddenly lost the central topic. Under the dim candlelight, Qiu Ju's skin on her face was delicate and round, and she sat by the bed, as quiet as a kitten.
Hou Dayong was a little distracted and walked to Qiuju's side, put his hand on Qiuju's shoulder, and said gently: "I'll live with you tonight."
After Qiuju gave birth to a child, she had not spent the night with Hou Dayong. She was still a little afraid of the couple. When Alang said this, her face suddenly turned red. Fortunately, the candlelight was dim and she did not let Alang see it.
Qiuju whispered: "Alang wait a moment, I'll ask the maid to boil some water."
Seeing Qiu Ju was shy, Hou Dayong deliberately teased her: "Do you want me to help you rub your back?"
Qiu Ju whispered with a red face: "Alang is good or bad, but Qiu Ju likes it." The last sentence was as low as mosquito words.
Hou Dayong's ears were pointed, and he heard Qiu Ju's heartfelt words clearly. He was inexplicably moved. He hugged Qiu Ju, sat on the edge of the bed, and reached into Qiu Ju's clothes. Wherever his fingers passed, Qiu Ju was like an electric shock. When his fingers slid towards the privacy, Qiu Ju whispered: "I'm afraid."
"Don't be afraid, I'll be gentle."
The two of them were intimate for a while, and they couldn't help themselves.
The girl's nature of being clean has kept Qiuju awake at the last moment. She pushed Alang away and said, "I'm going to wash and come back soon."
Hou Dayong sat in the house with a wicked smile. He probably had entered the wooden barrel, so he followed him into the bathhouse. Qiu Ju was sitting comfortably in the wooden barrel. Qiu Ju knew that Alang liked the big wooden barrel and guessed that he would come in, but when Alang took off his legs and got into the wooden barrel vigorously, Qiu Ju still moaned.
Hou Dayong was not a picky person. After moving into Wangfen Mansion in Fengzhou, he did not make any changes to Wangfen Mansion except the bathhouse. He only added two facilities to the bathhouse, one was a large wooden barrel and the other was a ground dragon. Needless to say, the function of the wooden barrel was Hou Dayong's personal hobby. The ground dragon was mainly used to keep the temperature of the bathhouse in winter. When the autumn chrysanthemums asked the servants to boil water, the servants burned the ground dragons together, and the bathhouse became warm as spring soon.
Hou Dayong has been practicing for a long time and has maintained a very good body shape, is well-behaved, has several hideous scars left on the battlefield on his chest and shoulders, which is even more masculine.
Qiu Ju stroked Alang's scar with her hands, her peaks pressed against Hou Dayong, her eyes were quite intoxicated, and she felt a wave of heat coming from her lower abdomen. This was a phenomenon that Sheng Xiaolu had never seen before. Qiu Ju hugged Alang tighter and tighter, as if she wanted to merge with Alang forever.
Hou Dayong pulled Qiu Ju up and asked her to hold the wooden barrel with her hands. With Qiu Ju's whisper, waves of rising and falling were stirred up in the wooden barrel.
The next morning, Hou Dayong woke up early as his old habit. Qiu Ju was still sleeping, resting her head on Hou Dayong's arms, and her long dark and thick hair scattered on her snow-white chest and arms, and a faint smile on her face.
Hou Dayong got out of the bed lightly and came to Xiaolu's room again. Two maids took care of Xiaolu. When Hou Dayong entered the room, one maid had gotten up and the other was sleeping soundly while snoring. Hou Dayong once again used gestures to calm the maid. He stood in front of Xiaolu's bed and stared at Xiaolu's sleeping Xiaolu, then bent down and kissed Xiaolu's forehead a few times.
After leaving the room, Hou Dayong, who was immersed in happiness, was standing upside down while swearing: "I can't take happiness away from me, either!!!"
Chapter completed!