C1136 Brother showdown (1/2)
Cough cough cough … Ceng Guofan leaned on the bed, and started coughing hollowly and intensely, his face unhealthy red. Seeing that his brother was so agitated, Ceng Guoquan immediately walked over and patted his back.
After drinking a few mouthfuls of tea, Ceng Guofan finally calmed down and shook his head while sighing, ”I'm tired, I'm really tired. I've already explained everything that needs to be said to you, but you still can't put down the desires in your heart. How can you be sure that the next step will be a success? ”
”Forget it, don't explain yourself. I don't want to hear it. I don't have the energy to listen to it either …” Someone come! ” Following Ceng Guofan's shout, a guard whose expression was as simple as old farmer's rough hands and feet walked in. The black cloak he was wearing actually had a few patches on it.
”Pass down my order, Zigzag Camp is to move to the south of the river to defend the Wei Hui Manor … Three days later, we will leave camp and I will personally escort Zigzag Camp north! ”
”Big brother!” Ceng Guoquan was going crazy, he subconsciously wanted to grab Ceng Guofan's hand, but all he saw was a flash, and the old farmer had actually thrusted himself in front of Jiu Shuai, and Jiu Shuai's hand was grabbing onto the old farmer's shoulder.
”Jiu Shuai, please take a seat. The great marshal has not finished speaking!”
Ceng Guofan waved his hand: ”It's no big deal, my own brothers can't harm me, get down!” After saying that, the old farmer gave a simple and honest smile as he retreated two steps, opening up a gap between the two brothers.
”Continue to send my order …” The eagle had worked hard for many years for the country, bestowing the best of the best with the fourth rank, bestowing the Foshan Field with 120 days, a mansion … Eagle! Take the ten or so disciples you have trained and go to Foshan Martial Arts School! ”If you wear the fourth rank, I can give you forty thousand silver taels. It will be enough for your South Shaolin faction to flourish …”
Ceng Guofan's voice was calm and indifferent, as if he was deciding whether the legume would be eating sweet or salty in the morning. And in the small courtyard outside the study, the eagle was kneeling on the ground, behind it were a few of its disciples that it had summoned.
There were only four men in black standing beside them. All of them were as simple and honest as the old farmer. Each of them wore a tattered, weather-beaten black cloak, and each of them was patched up with a piece of cloth.
However, just these four people standing in four corners — the north-east, the northwest, the south-east, and the south-west — intimidated the eagle and his disciples into not moving at all. An invisible pressure pressed down on them so hard they couldn't breathe.
”Thank you for your kindness, Marshal!” The eagle hit its head on the ground, its entire body trembling like a sieve.
”Hawk, I know my ninth brother has done you a favor. You just want to repay this debt of gratitude!” However, if a gentleman does not do what he wants, then I've blocked your kindness today. In the future, if Ninth Brother wants to order you to do something, you can just push it onto me! ”
With that, Ceng Guofan said in an exceptionally strict tone, ”Alright, you've taken the reward, and since you're so grateful, let's go quickly! Remember, without my personal order, no one can order you around from now on! ”Remember …”
Jiang Nan had already been at peace for four years, and many people had already forgotten what the marshal's might was like. However, Ceng Guofan had given his subordinates a deeper impression today;
In Ceng Guofan's eyes, the Xiang Army was one entity, in fact, the entire Jiangnan region was one entity, but within the Xiang Army, there were many factions and mountains.