"Xiaobao, tiger, leopard, brother Qing!"

Niu Dalang was really happy when he saw everyone coming in.

Among these four, Huo Bao and Huo Bao had visited Jinling before and met Niu Dalang and the others, but Huo Hu and Niu Qing had not seen each other for half a year.

"All big and taller!"

Niu Dalang nodded at Huo Hu, his eyes falling on Niu Qing.

Although he was just a cousin of Emperor Gaozu, who left the Niu family with only these people, and the relationship between hardships and hardships was the same as that of his brothers.

Niu Erlang couldn't help but come to Niu Qing and compete with his cousin's height.

"When I left Jinling, my fist was half shorter than me, now I'm two fingers taller, and I'm also strong. I'm living a good life!" Niu Erlang was very surprised.

Didn’t it mean that the Chuzhou Army has been fighting in the past few months?

From my cousin's appearance, I don't feel like I've suffered any hardships.

Niu Qing smiled and said, "I have been following Uncle Fifth. Only those who enjoy happiness can you avoid being fat? Second brother, I am also very strong!"

Huo Bao shook his head at Niu Erlang and said, "Why is Uncle Niu Er still so thin? He looks like a sling?"

Niu Erlang grabbed Huo Bao's arm and pinched it, "Haha, don't talk about me, the leopard hasn't seen much stronger in the past few months!"

This greeting erased the strangeness of separation.

Niu Dalang sighed and said, "I never expected that there will be today!"

Niu Erlang echoed: "Yes, it's like a dream. I pinched myself several times!"

The two brothers knew that Huo Wu was independent in Huainan, but they did not expect to conquer such a large territory.

Huo Bao smiled and said, "Anyway, the hard days have passed. Brother Niu, Brother Niu, go see my father first... He was going to come here in person, but after eating a few more cups of wine for dinner, he couldn't stand the wind, so he sent us over to invite Brother Niu, Brother Niu and Brother Niu... "

Niu Dalang hurriedly said, "We should have come over and pay tribute to Uncle Huo Wu!"

While talking, the group left the guest room and followed Huo Bao to Huo Wu.

...

The place where Huo Wu is now housed is the main house of the inner courtyard of the governor's yamen.

Five large houses with bright and darkness, full of furnishings.

Huo Wu sat in the hall and was serving a bowl of sobering soup, his face full of disgust and could not swallow it.

There was a child next to him who was about 10 years old. When he was in Chuzhou, he served Huo Wu's daily life.

Seeing everyone coming in, the boy hurriedly greeted everyone and went down to serve tea.

Huo Wu quickly raised his neck and drank it all, complaining to everyone: "I don't know whose recipe is sobering soup, it's just a bowl of vinegar soup, which makes people feel sour!"

He was so casual that the Niu Dalang brothers were less restrained and gave Huo Wu a greeting.

"Uncle Huo Wu!"

"Uncle Huo Wu!"

Both brothers are so close that they are truly close.

In the Nanshan Village Incident, without Huo Wu and Huo Bao and his son taking action, neither of them could survive.

Even in Jinling's comfortable life, they were benefiting from the Huo family's father and son, and were protected by the Jia brothers.

These days in Jinling, their lives are slightly better, and their favorite food is meat porridge, but they no longer have the taste of the same meal as before.

Huo Wuduan looked at the Niu brothers and were very satisfied with Niu Dalang: "It's been a hundred households... Not bad, not bad..."

Niu Dalang was embarrassed and said to the truth: "I was just a garrison leader before, and I have been promoted to a hundred households these days. I guess it's because of the fifth uncle..."

Huo Wu smiled and said, "Tun Chief is not bad either! I asked Jia Yuan, you practice hard on weekdays, and beheaded one person when you were fighting in the southern suburbs yesterday... This kind of fighting spirit is enough!"

Niu Dalang smiled bitterly and said, "That's right here, you can't do it without chopping and killing!"

Huo Wu was a little surprised when he heard his meaning: "Then do you want to withdraw from the military camp? What are your plans in the future?"

Niu Dalang shook his head and said, "My nephew is a farmer. In addition to his strength, he can't do anything else... His nephew also wants to stay under the command of Jia Erye and be a guard..."

Huo Wu shook his head and said, "Jia Yan, Jia Yuan will set off tomorrow and attack Gaochun County. In the future, their brothers will be generals!"

Now there are three counties in Jinling that have not been captured. Jurong, which is being fought by Shuijin, is the only one left, Gaochun and Liyang.

Huo Wu asked the Jia brothers and Shi Jin to choose two counties themselves. The Jia brothers chose Gaochun County, which is far away from Jinling, and left the closest Liyang to Shi Jin.

It is also because many of the soldiers under Shi Jin's command are still in Caishiji, so it takes time to pick them up.

Niu Dalang couldn't help but be stunned and couldn't speak.

"If you want to be a defender, I'll find another place for you!"

As Huo Wu said, he was thinking about the place where Master Ma or Master Lin was.

The two have high positions and are in power, so they should start setting up personal guards.

They don't go to the battlefield, so they are much safer than soldiers.

Niu Dalang quickly waved his hand and said, "Don't bother Uncle Huo Wu... Since it is Mr. Jia, Mr. Jia Er went out, so my nephew should follow him... At the beginning, they were two brothers protecting their nephews. There was no reason for Uncle Huo Wu to come, and the nephews would run back. That's not the reason for being a human being..."

Huo Wu was also a father, so he knew Niu Dalang’s previous concerns and said, “On the battlefield, there is no sight of swords and guns, so don’t you worry about the small stool?”

Niu Dalang smiled and said, "My nephew was worried about that boy before. Now Uncle Huo Wu is here, Xiaobao and Qing brothers are here, so my nephew has nothing to worry about!"

Huo Wu nodded, looked at Niu Erlang, and frowned and said, "Your elder brother is all a hundred households. You don't even have any hair on it. How embarrassed?"

Niu Erlang smiled and said, "Uncle Huo Wu also knows this nephew's problem. It's better to have no blood. He'll lose energy when he sees it... It's just this sergeant, or is it that Master Jia is giving it to him for his face... I won't join the army in the future, can I do whatever I can do for Uncle Huo Wu?"

When Niu Dalang heard this, he frowned and brought his brother's eyes and blamed him.

With Niu Qing here, I want to do something that can be done by my cousins. Why should I ask Uncle Huo Wu to ask about this?

Huo Wu had no intention of blame, thought for a while, and said, "Your father sent you to be an apprentice in the town earlier. How did you learn? Can you keep accounts?"

Niu Erlang said with a bitter face: "You can remember the accounts... but you don't know all the words well..."

Huo Wu snorted: "If you don't know how to learn, you are so old. If you don't become a martial artist, you must have a strength..."

When Niu Erlang heard this, his eyes lit up: "Uncle Huo Wu wants his nephew to do chores? Is that nephew really not joining the army?"

Huo Wu said: "Tomorrow, I will prepare a backup gift and ask your elder brother to take you to the Jia family for a walk. Thank you very much for your care in the past six months."

Niu Erlang responded immediately.

Niu Dalang said with a little shame: "Women are ignorant, will they cause trouble for Uncle Huo Wu?"

"I'm short of people here. If you want to come, come over. If you can't stand up, I'll deal with him..." Huo Wu said indifferently.

There are only a few people left in Nanshan Village. If you pull it, it will be Huo Bao's help in the future.

...

The Chuzhou army crossed the river to attack Taiping Prefecture on September 20th, and entered Jinling City at night on September 24th.

After taking the four gates, the four gates of Jinling were closed and there was no martial law. It was just that the patrol officers on the street took several times, causing the pedestrians to retreat.

On September 25, the four gates were closed, and there was no movement in the Chuzhou army.

On September 26th, the four gates were still closed, and the yamen was still not moving.

"Have the Chuzhou Army not issued a notice yet?"

"There is no movement, it's just that the Jia brothers have begun to reorganize the troops!"

"We still have to fight? Is we going to attack Yangzhou?"

"Just hit Yangzhou just after hitting Jinling? The Yangzhou city wall is not like Jinling!"

"Did the Yangzhou Navy rebelled?"

"Who knows?"

"That's because of the movement of the imperial army, I can't keep my door open?"

"I can't guarantee it. Hangzhou was also occupied before. Wasn't it still 'lifted'?"

The last sentence was a low voice.

In the market, there are all kinds of speculations.

...

Even when Jia Yan brothers were preparing for war, they were confused when they were paying attention to the movements of the Chuzhou army.

But as their current identities, they are not qualified to know the high-level meeting of the Chuzhou Army.

So it would be futile to find out what inside information through them.

"Aren't the fifth master the first in each state? Why isn't this time?"

"Who knows! Maybe the fifth master has other arrangements!"

Jia Yuan and his brother muttered for a while, but let it go and not mention it.

Now they are the first battle after joining the Chuzhou Army. No matter how careful they are, they should not go wrong.
To be continued...