At midnight, the east gate of Dingyuan City, Zhendong County, was opened. A sergeant lit a torch on the city wall, and the huge flame was like a lighthouse, which could be clearly seen more than ten miles away, and many sergeants were waiting in formation outside the city. This is a very abnormal move for the current Dingyuan City, and it immediately attracted the attention of countless people in the dark. In a private house near the east city gate, two warriors were closely watching the movement at the city gate.

One of them said: "Now that the curfew is in effect, these soldiers have opened the gates and lit torches. It should be waiting for someone with an extremely noble status. ”

The other person was silent for a moment, and responded: "Half a month ago, Shenwu Hou led the troops to suddenly take over Dingyuan City, killed countless officials and many generals of the border army in one day, and then ordered Dingyuan City to only enter and not leave, and implemented a curfew, and it has not been lifted for half a month now. And today the city gate is opened in the middle of the night, who will come? Let the Shenwu Marquis light the torch and guide the way. ”

"Don't guess, what I'm most concerned about now is when the ban will be lifted, and tomorrow's martial arts finals in Dingzhou."

The earth dragon horse crossed the mountains and mountains, and the speed was extremely fast, so that the cloak behind Yu Canghai's armor hunted and fluttered in the wind like a flag. He was followed by Lei Meng, Yu Taiping, Yun Nalan and others, and was guarded by more than 100 Jinwu guards. The group was brightly dressed and armored, and swept through the bright moon, strong winds and desolate mountains and forests, bringing up smoke and dust all the way. After marching at full speed in the middle of the night, Yu Canghai rushed to Dingyuan City before dawn.

"I've seen Your Highness." At the gate of the city, a group of 100 sergeants lined up to welcome them. Such etiquette was a reminder to the Marquis of Shenwu, which meant that his career as a general was temporarily over.

The leader of the general saluted and said, "Your Royal Highness the eldest princess, Your Royal Highness the Thirteenth Prince, the marquis is waiting for you in the military camp." ”

"Lead the way." Yu Canghai nodded.

When they came to the barracks, Yu Canghai and Shenwu Hou Gao Changgong met, and there was no politeness. Gao Changgong said directly: "The mercenaries have played a very good role in the cleaning mission, this is a new system, and I personally think it can be studied." In the future, mercenaries should have a lot to offer. ”

Yu Canghai said with a smile: "I didn't create this, local forces have long used civilian warriors. I read that the history books say that some rebels also used a lot of civilian warriors in the early days, but I just added some things and changed my appearance. If you want to say that there is a lot to be done but not necessarily, what does Hou Ye think? ”

Gao Changgong said: "Mercenaries are not needed on the real battlefield. They are vulnerable in front of the regular army, and ten times and twenty times are useless. ”

Yu Canghai nodded, this is a fact, the results of the two battles in Anyang Town have fully explained everything. Two hundred soldiers outside the town faced four hundred local warriors, and more than ten people were killed on Yu Canghai's side, and the opposite side was completely annihilated. There were more than 1,000 against 2,300 people in the town, and more than 40 were killed on Yu Canghai's side, and the opposite side was completely annihilated. The army in personal force, equipment, battle formations, coordination, unity, discipline, execution, from all aspects of the civilian warriors.

Gao Changgong said again: "Although the army is elite, it is too small, and the army of this dynasty is only more than four million on the surface, plus others, it will be five million." There are hundreds of millions of civilian warriors, but there is a problem with civilian warriors, they don't listen to commands, and if they want to mobilize them, it may not be useful to use knives to force them. If civilians can be used by the country, not to mention the unification of the continent, it will be easy to destroy Liang. Although mercenaries cannot go to war, they can do a lot in other places, at least to alleviate the problem of insufficient manpower in the army. ”

Yu Canghai shook his head and said, "The cleaning task is only half a month, and the mercenaries mobilized are only thirty or forty thousand, but the cost is more than 100 million. It's still because of the chaos, they have a demand that leads to cheapness. In normal times, this price is only several times higher, and the country can support as many people as it has money. ”

Gao Changgong said: "Also, the cost is a big problem. I can't solve it, and I say nothing. Let's not talk about this beforehand, let's talk about the itinerary later. Early tomorrow morning, the final of the Dingzhou Martial Arts Association. The three stages of the samurai, the martial artist, and the great martial artist, each stage is ten people, and the ranking can be determined. It won't be long. At noon, a banquet was held, awards were presented, and some activities required His Highness to attend. In the evening, His Royal Highness returned to Yuanjing to participate in the Great Dynasty Meeting of the Day after tomorrow. ”

Yu Canghai said with a smile: "If the speed of my dragon horse is ten times faster, it will be able to catch up with the court." ”

Gao Chang knew what he meant, and said, "How to go back, we will know tomorrow." ”

Yu Canghai and Gao Changgong chatted about the specific details of tomorrow's martial arts meeting, and then returned to their residence. Because it was only one night, he also lived in the barracks. Back in the bedroom, Yu Canghai used the remaining half an hour to refine weapons, practice, practice martial arts, and seize every bit of time. When he saw that the sky was bright, Yu Canghai woke up Qingyu and Yun Nalan.

"Change my clothes."

If you want to participate in a grand event today, the preparations will naturally be done a long time ago. Qingyu went out, and a sergeant brought in a large wooden barrel, then poured hot water, sprinkled with cleansing medicine, and put in colorful petals, which have a fragrance, and the body will be filled with fragrance after taking a bath. Yu Canghai took off his clothes and stepped into the barrel, while Qingyu and Yun Nalan served on the side.

Yu Canghai suddenly said: "You will also change your clothes and accompany me to participate in the martial arts meeting in a while." In that case, let's come in together. ”

"No." The two women blushed, untied their shirts, and stepped into the barrel shyly. The barrel could hold two people, but the three of them became crowded, and the bodies of all three were pressed together. Yu Canghai didn't care about their shyness, and rested with his eyes closed.

After the bathing was completed, the two women put on exquisite, luxurious, and solemn dresses for Yu Canghai, and then put on a high crown, tied a jade belt, hung a jade pendant, and put on brocade boots. After dressing, Yu Canghai burned incense and meditated again. In fact, these are rituals and do not serve any purpose. It's just because he's a prince that he has to follow the rules.

When the two girls also finished dressing up, Yu Canghai went out. The leading sergeant outside the door had been waiting for a long time, and he took Yu Canghai to the barracks to gather. Shenwu Hou Gao Changgong, champion general Di Qing, and all the generals are here. When Yu Canghai arrived, Shenwu Hou came to visit him with several officials.

"Dingzhou Assassin Shi Cheng Jinghui, I have seen His Royal Highness."

"Governor Dingshi has seen His Highness."

"The county guard of Zhendong County has seen His Highness."

"The city lord of Dingyuan City has seen His Highness."

Thorn, check the meaning of questioning. The assassin patrolled the county and was the supreme chief of the state department, and Changshi was his deputy. The county warden is the supreme magistrate of the county. Dingyuan City is now the core of Dingzhou, where the assassin history, the county guard, and the city lord are all here. And Yu Canghai, as the prince, came to meet them as it should be.

"I've seen you." Yu Canghai didn't have a stand, and greeted them one by one. These are all feudal officials, especially the assassin Shi, who is a second-rank official and a marquis. To put it bluntly, he is a prince. The Yu Dynasty has a total of seven states, and the assassin can control a continent, which shows that it is high and powerful.

After everyone greeted each other for a while, they saw that Yu Taiping was late. She had a rare dress up today, and she saw her wearing a red plate of gold embroidery and wearing a peony embroidered Xia curtain, holding a blue Xia Luo peony mist veil, eyebrows like green feathers, waist like a bundle, dotted and curly lips enchanting and dignified, bright and glamorous.

She was already captivating the country and the city, and she was dressed like a fairy, and she was really like a fairy descending to earth, and her eyes were bright when she saw Yu Canghai. He took the initiative to meet him, and naturally stretched out his hand. Yu Taiping glanced at him with a smile, showing the demeanor of a queen. She is like a phoenix that has always been proud, elegantly raising her soft wattle and putting it on Yu Canghai's forearm.

"I've seen Her Royal Highness the eldest princess." Many officials saluted one by one.

Yu Taiping bowed his head and saluted: "Your Excellency is exempt." ”

When Yu Taiping arrived, the people were all together. There was a gorgeous carriage placed on the school ground, Yu Canghai helped Yu Taiping into the carriage, and Qingyu, Jasper, and Yun Nalan also followed. Raymond and Wenjing were guarding on both sides of the carriage, surrounded by Yu Canghai's personal guards. On the other side, there are nearly a thousand elite knights, who are guarding a group of generals and officials such as Shenwu Hou.

Then the group set off and went to the central square of Dingyuan City to participate in the martial arts meeting.