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Chapter 154 After drinking this bowl of wine, tomorrow, kill slaves!
Tall turrets were erected at the four corners of the Zhuang wall and at the gate of Jiazhuang, so as to keep an eye on the enemy's situation and observe the enemy's movements during the war. Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei also built turrets on the walls of the camp.

Zhang Yan was standing on the turret at the east gate of Jiazhuang, watching the movement on the official road in the distance. The camp had basically been built, and the rest was handed over to the general manager below, who was in charge.

At that time, Zhang Guodong, the general manager of Lu Xiangsheng's Supervising Biao Battalion, led three hundred knights back to the camp, and came back with more than a hundred wounded soldiers and dozens of dead soldiers' bones.

Of course, there are hundreds of Qing army heads, all tied to hemp ropes, a bunch of them, which is very scary.

In addition to these, there were hundreds of dead horses, all of which were dragged back with hemp ropes. Fortunately, these dead horses were all tied with three layers of armor from the Qing army, but the horses were not worn too much.

Zhang Yan had already gathered all the medical officers of the whole army in the Jiazhuang camp, and immediately arranged for the treatment of the wounded soldiers, and untied all the dead horses, and put them in the pot for stew.

At this moment, he was on the turret, worried about the safety of Lu Xiangsheng, Zhang Cheng and others who were going to fight, when he saw a cloud of dust flying on the official road in the northeast direction.

Zhang Yan hurriedly shouted to the corner building: "Lin Zhiyi, there is smoke and dust on the official road in the northeast, go up and see the situation."

Just listen to the shout below: "Deling."

More than [-] people galloped out on their horses and went straight up the official road. About a hundred of them were divided into two teams on the official road.

Lin Zhiyi, the chief of Zhang Yan's military sentry, led only a hundred riders, and headed north along the official road, galloping towards the billowing smoke and dust.

After a while, Lin Zhiyi rode his horse back and reported loudly at the east gate of Jia Zhuang: "Report to the general, it is the return of the general tiger from Shanxi Township. The governor has won a great victory. The general tiger came back to report the victory."

After Zhang Yan heard the letter, he immediately went down from the turret, walked up the official road, and greeted Hu Dawei and other knights in person.

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In the Jiazhuang camp, piles of bonfires were lit, and all the soldiers gathered around the bonfires, eating freshly cooked horse meat and drinking broth, with freshly steamed buns beside them.

They swept away their exhaustion and talked about the battle in the afternoon with great interest, leaving behind the infantry who were building the camp. They all listened intently, causing bursts of laughter from time to time.

In the tent prepared for the wounded soldiers, pots of fiery red charcoal fire crackled in the brazier, warming the whole tent, and the camp doctors were busy cleaning up the wounds of each wounded soldier. Hemostatic dressing.

Outside the camp, there are piles of bonfires burning to illuminate the key places. Where the bonfires cannot be found, the ground is full of barbed wire, and horse-repelling posts are also placed in front of the passages to prevent slaves from entering the camp. The thieves took advantage of the night to steal the camp.

Those sergeants who were assigned to watch the night, patrolling in teams, and secret sentries lurking in the dark, stuck to their posts and guarded the safety of the camp.

In the center of Jiazhuang, there is a large house, which is where Lu Xiangsheng's Chinese army camp is located.

The front of the big house here has been completely cleaned up, forming a small square, with a bonfire lit in the middle, and there are some small fires around, with an iron pot on it.

There are stewed horse meat and boiled broth in these iron pots. Not far away, there are fire soldiers roasting horse meat, cooking noodles and steaming buns over charcoal fire.

Tonight, Lu Xiangsheng summoned all the generals of the battalions under his command to come here. At this moment, they are all sitting around the bonfire in the middle.

Zhang Cheng, Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei, Zhang Yan and other generals surrounded Lu Xiangsheng, and the commanders of each battalion, Qian Zong and Sen Zong, all found their own places around the bonfire. They were almost all the battalions gathered together.

Lu Xiangsheng made an exception tonight and allowed the soldiers to drink, but he was sitting here in sackcloth and filial piety, but everyone dared not let go of drinking, but after holding it for so long, tonight they were all relieved.

Guo Yingxian sat down on a wooden pier carelessly next to Zhang Cheng, holding a wine bowl and said, "Come on, Brother Cheng, I will present you with a bowl."

Zhang Cheng smiled and held up a bowl to meet him, and said to Chen An on the other side: "General Chen will also have a bowl together."

Chen An raised the bowl, but said: "Minister, I will patrol the camp later, I only have one sip."

Guo Yingxian quit, and saw him yelling: "Don't be a mother-in-law, it's just a bowl, come..."

After speaking, he moved his big hand forward, and the wine bowl hit Zhang Cheng and Chen An's bowl with a "dang", and with a big grin, the wine bowl was brought back to his mouth, and he finished it with a raised head.

Zhang Cheng looked at Guo Yingxian, shook his head, picked up the bowl as well, raised his head to drink, touched Chen An intentionally with his elbow, and gave him a look, signaling him not to care, just drink as he pleases.

The two looked at each other and smiled, Guo Yingxian over there took the flagon and filled it up for himself and Zhang Cheng.

Suddenly, Lu Xiangsheng stood up, still holding an empty bowl in his hand. He walked a few steps forward and came to the bonfire. Several staff members who had been sitting beside him also stood up, and everyone also held up the wine bowl. .

Lu Xiangsheng was still dressed in sackcloth and filial piety. Before the bonfire, his thin figure looked extremely stalwart. He called all the soldiers present to gather and stand in a semicircle around him.

Then, he bowed four times to all the generals, and said loudly: "Soldiers, although you and I fought hard to drive back two groups of captive cavalry today, there are still several groups of slaves gathering towards Jiazhuang;
Xiang Sheng has received the court's great favor with you, and now is the day when we serve the court;

Everyone should understand that if you join the army, you have to lick blood with a knife and fight for your life on the battlefield. What we are afraid of is that we will not die for our country, and we are not afraid of dying for our country;
Since leading the army, Xiang Sheng has decided that he would rather be a beheaded general and die in battle than to live up to the country's grace.

Although slaves and thieves gather from all directions, we have already erected a stronghold here. Although there are tens of thousands of slaves, it is difficult to break them. Moreover, the tens of thousands of Guanning cavalry of the Gaojian army are dozens of miles away, rushing to help our army, and they will arrive in no time. ;

Even if we wait here to sacrifice our lives for the country, we must make the slaves dare not despise our generals of the Ming Dynasty, promote the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, boost the morale of the army, and make the benevolent people of the Ming Dynasty rise up to fight against the Tartars;

Boys, after drinking this bowl of wine, tomorrow, kill slaves! "

When Lu Xiangsheng spoke, all the generals gathered here stood up. After he finished speaking, Chen An picked up the jug and walked forward to fill Lu Xiangsheng's bowl with wine.

All the generals also filled each other, Zhang Cheng took a step forward, knelt down on one knee, raised the wine bowl above his head, and said loudly: "Death in battle, shrouded in horse leather, is the true nature of our soldiers. Zhang Cheng is willing to follow the governor to kill slaves. I will die!"

All the generals and officers in the field knelt down on one knee, imitating Zhang Cheng, holding up their wine bowls and shouting in unison: "...willing to follow the governor to kill the slaves, even if you die..."

(End of this chapter)