The commanders were about to comply, when suddenly a school leader asked: "May I ask where the left side is?"
Wei Lao said: "We are sitting on the ground with the general in the hall."
The faint sound of string singing came, and the leaders stopped talking, bowed and left.
After leaving the gate of Nili, all the captains stopped in unison. The oldest captain said to the two young masters: "Please ask all the young masters to settle down in a clean place while I wait to organize the troops."
Mang Wei cupped his hands and said: "I don't dare to predict the official duties. If you dare, please go and watch."
Wei Chen took out the festival talisman from his arms, but did not hold it high to issue an order. He only cupped his hands and said, "I am following my father's orders to protect the east city. May all fathers have mercy on me!"
The elder school leader stared at the Jiefushi in Wei Chen's hand for a while, and then said helplessly: "Young masters have been ordered to supervise and protect, how dare we disobey."
Mang Wei said: "How dare you call me governor? I just see more as I watch."
The commanders had no choice but to say to their entourage in front of the two young masters: "Quickly summon all the teams and assemble inside the east gate."
Those under the leadership of the three schools who should change their defenses are now under the city, and their formations are in order, and they will arrive as soon as they are called; if there are those who are fast asleep at home not long after the defense is released, they need to wake up the team, team, and corps commanders one by one, and then organize them. Those who belong to the soldiers have homes in the city, so it is easy to call them; those whose homes are outside the city, they may seek relatives and friends, stay in B&Bs, or sleep in the streets, so it takes a lot of effort to collect them. As for those recruited out of the city by Mr. Wei, most of them were soldiers who were sleeping outside the city and were not on duty. Even the commander of the army did not know where they went. Someone saw them nearby and said that they had been recruited and where they were. Those that no one knew about could only be reported on this basis; even some soldiers who had not been found for a while, even the commander was too lazy to look for them again, so they were recruited under the guise of being recruited. Some corps commanders were also recruited, and the whereabouts of their subordinate soldiers was even more unclear.
Needless to say, all this chaos was witnessed by the two young masters. At first, the leaders were a little worried, lest these short-sighted young men say something that would make people unable to step down. But as time went by, they discovered that these young men were actually very easy to get along with.
According to the order in which the formation is complete, the leaders reported to the two young masters in turn how many vacancies there were in the ranks. The two young masters took turns going in to report, and when they came back, they delivered oral instructions and commendations, and were allowed to make temporary reinforcements from the scattered troops under the city. The talismans of these warriors were changed into new Shiwu with a red pen. The commanders of the Shiwu army showed their talents and recruited troops from the skirmishers under the city. The vacant Shiwu captains were even more enthusiastic, and many Shiwu captains brought more or less of their subordinates to fill in the camp. The retainers of Mang Mansion and Wei Mansion temporarily acted as military officials and assisted in changing the military soldiers' talismans with ink pens. By the time the chaos was over and the ranks were in order, a glimmer of morning light had begun to appear in the east. The soldiers from each battalion who had been more or less organized dispersed. At this time, Wei Gan felt a little tired after watching the singing and dancing all night. With Mang Mao's advice, Shi Shiran came to the gate.
Before the leader, who had been busy all night, had time to leave, he suddenly saw someone coming out from the left, and everyone was so nervous that they saluted in sequence. Zuo Xian still slightly squinted his red eyes and said vaguely: "Thank you for your hard work... and act according to the general's orders!" Then he was surrounded by a group of soldiers and got into the carriage and left. Not long after, Wei Qi and Duan Zigan drove back. After announcing the guest at the door, Mang Mao personally welcomed him out, followed by Mr. Wei. The group of people came to the hall together, sat down in order, and called the shopkeeper to bring another jar of wine.
After drinking, Wei Qi said: "The general is so elegant and romantic."
Mang Mao said: "If you work too hard for Prime Minister Wei to travel around, Mang will have some leisure time."
Wei Qi said: "With harps as soldiers and beautiful women as pawns, the general's big hands and eyes are admirable."
Mang Mao said: "The left side is greedy for wine and sex. Without fine wine or beautiful women, he is afraid that he will collapse before the battle. How can he fight fiercely all night long? - How about going to the west city?"
Wei Qi said: "My place can't compare to this. When I got to the foot of the west city, the soldiers of the government had already taken over the defense, and the soldiers were all from the left army. Even the right general was hard-pressed."
Mang Mao said: "Now that the defense of Xicheng has been taken over by the government soldiers, where are the soldiers?"
Wei Qi said: "Where do you think they are, general? They are everywhere in Daliang City, but not in Xicheng."
Mang Mao said: "There are all soldiers under the east city wall, but the west city is not the same? When Mr. Wei raised his arms in the east city and called out, many people responded, but the west city is not the only one?"
Wei Qi said: "Mr. Wei once wanted to do this, but he kept calling and he answered. Mr. Wei's expression changed drastically..." At this point, Wei Qi couldn't help but laugh out loud and couldn't say any more.
Duan Ziqian also laughed, and at Wei Qi's signal, he reluctantly added: "Lao Wei has repeatedly raised the fund to fifty yuan, but still has not raised two thousand people. No one has applied, and the commander can't find him... "Duan Zigan couldn't continue talking. Although out of etiquette, he didn't smile as boldly as Wei Qi.
Mang Mao also smiled, but showed more cultivation than the two of them. Mr. Wei, who was standing in the middle, also showed a smile - when Wei Qian left, he only took away the family members, leaving all the retainers behind, and gave instructions to Mr. Wei, the Prime Minister. After waiting patiently for the two of them to finish laughing, Mang Mao asked, "Where is the left general?"
Wei Qi said: "When we go to the east city, General Zuo will lead his troops to the west city to change the defense. After the change of defense is completed, he will return to the government with his troops."
Mang Mao asked: "Mr. Wei has not invited the general from the left?"
Wei Qi said: "How can Mr. Wei have the intention to go to General Zuo's Mansion? He has repeatedly ordered people to summon him, but they all refused to accept him."
Mang Mao said: "Where is the right general?"
Wei Qi said: "The right general is the most interesting. He said that the west city is under the control of the left general and is difficult to control. We can recruit additional soldiers from the east city. The old man was hungry and refused to eat, so he actually agreed. The right general left half the salary, and there was no one to suppress the west city. The soldiers There was no formation, and there were only a few troops. The soldiers they recruited dispersed in a rush. Mr. Wei vomited blood on the spot."
Mang Mao said in surprise: "Is the right general returning to the east city? I haven't seen him yet!"
Wei Qi said: "The right general returned to the east city with half pay. General Yan was strictly arranging the troops in the east city, and some people were stationed on the left side. The right general was afraid of the left side, so he retreated without warning. When Wei Lao saw that there were no soldiers in the east city and the soldiers in the west city were scattered, he was furious. If he faints on the ground, he must be rescued in many ways before he wakes up."
Mang Mao asked anxiously: "Where is Mr. Wei?"
Wei Qi said: "In order to save people, I only led hundreds of soldiers and retainers out of the city."
Mang Mao said: "Old Wei is sick and weak, how can we get out of the city?"
Wei Qi said: "Everyone else tried to persuade him, but Mr. Wei refused. He had to commandeer a small cart and ordered people to push it out of the city."
Mang Mao said: "In this case, the matter of jokes may be difficult!"
Wei Qi said: "What do you mean by this?"
Mang Mao said: "Uncle Wei only has two thousand soldiers, while Wei Lao has hundreds. There are less than half a dozen soldiers outside the city, how can we fight!"
Wei Qi said: "The old man has no plan, and the general has his own plans. ... Maybe we will increase the number of troops, ... or Mr. Mang will only be able to achieve a great cause with only half an army!"
Mang Mao said: "Soldiers are not lucky, Prime Minister Wei is joking. This half-biased crowd has no choice but to suppress the civilian army outside the city, so that it cannot be defeated and scattered. There will be no spare power to fight against Qin."
Wei Qi refused to give up, and said with a bad smile: "The general must have plans, and I am waiting for good news. The eldest son is outside, and the border is here. They are close to tigers and wolves, and they are as safe as Mount Tai. If the general does not have a plan in mind, how can he be calm? That's it!" Seeing Wei Qi's malicious smile, Mang Mao felt a sense of sympathy for Mr. Wei.
