It has been five days since Qingcheng took command, and when everyone was looking forward to Qingcheng shining and showing the martial arts strategy of Qingyucheng's Duanjia, Qingcheng chose the strategy of Taoguang and obscure.

For five days, he did not have any intention of attacking, let alone announced the battle strategy he had formulated, but instead buried himself in training with the wind, but did not take any other substantive action. It is worth mentioning that those who have a heart found that the thunder shadow seemed to be missing, and there was no one for five days.

In fact, there is also Mu Huang who also disappeared from everyone's eyes. But she didn't show a high profile in her daily life, so except for a few high-ranking generals of the Wan Li Army, no one was aware of this situation.

During this period of time, King Guhong showed full trust and extreme decentralization of power in Qingcheng, and Qingcheng was responsible for the suppression of bandits, and never asked.

At this point, all the generals were amazed, after all, King Guhong withstood the increasing pressure of the imperial court, and dared to hand over this important matter to a criminal citizen, let the first in command, and use people without doubt, which indeed showed the bearing of a prince.

However, King Guhong trusted Qingcheng, but when asked about the suppression of bandits, Qingcheng would not trespass because of this, and reported the training every day according to the truth, and took the initiative to ask King Guhong if he had any arrangements, which made King Guhong very satisfied. It should be said that this time can be called the most harmonious time between Qing and Hong.

In the evening of that day, Qingcheng reported as usual about the training of the troops and the entry of the current suppression of bandits. As for King Guhong, it was the same as a few days ago, but he praised Qingcheng's good training, and he still didn't ask about the progress of the bandits.

"Hehe, Qingcheng, in the past, this king knew that Feiyan had a way to train soldiers, and the original Qingcheng Army was even more disciplined and powerful, and I didn't expect you to be the inheritance of your father. So very good, wait for this matter, after returning to Wanren City, this king will be entrusted with a heavy task, and then you can't hide your secrets, and you will temper this king's Wanli army to be stronger than the Qingcheng army. ”

King Gu Hong's words were obviously intended to win over, Qingcheng listened, but was slightly shocked, just because of the sentence "This king's Wanli army".

Speaking of which, I have to first introduce the Great Qi military system. There are four types of armies in Daqi, the forbidden army, the town army, the garrison army, and the border defense army.

Among them, the forbidden army has the "five guards of the forbidden army", which is directly subordinate to the emperor and is under the jurisdiction of Wang Xian, who commanded the forbidden army before the palace. The "Dragon Guard" is responsible for the protection of the emperor and the imperial city; The "Governor of the Dragon Guard" is responsible for patrolling the states and cities to supervise the princes of the world; The "Zhenlongwei" is responsible for stationing outside the big cities in each state, nominally supporting the town army, but in fact monitoring and deterring; The "Iron Dragon Guard" is the garrison of the capital Dianjing; There is also a "Shadow Dragon Guard", which has been secretive since its establishment and has no public duties, so it is not known where its duties are.

The soldiers of the forbidden army were recruited from all over the country, or selected from the town army and the garrison army, and were directly controlled by the imperial power. In addition to defending the Beijing Division, they were also deployed in various places, so that the generals could not concentrate their troops. For each soldier, a military charm must be issued by the Privy Council. Soldiers in the forbidden army are recruited into the army, and once enlisted, they serve for life until they retire from old age.

Among the forbidden army, the "Dragon Guard" is respected, and it is one of the best armies in the Great Qi Dynasty, with extremely strong combat power. The establishment of the forbidden army is one of the manifestations of centralized power. After all, Emperor Yao, the first emperor of the Great Qi Dynasty, was the commander of the forbidden army of the previous dynasty, so he attached great importance to the forbidden army and controlled it more strictly.

The town army refers to the garrison army with banners like the Dragoon Army, the Wanli Army, and the original Qingcheng Army. The town army is essentially a garrison army, but its combat power is much higher than that of the ordinary garrison army, and the difference between the town army and the garrison army is that the number of recruits of the town army can be determined by the war. In case of foreign offenses, or rebellion, the town army will accept the allocation, half of the men and horses will stay behind, and half of the men and horses will go out to fight, so it is also called "marching army".

The most famous town army of Daqi is the dragoon army led by the king of Northern Xinjiang and the original Qingcheng army. Because the commander of these two armies managed the army in a good way and ruled strictly, the military discipline and combat strength even faintly exceeded the forbidden army. And this is also one of the important reasons why Emperor Hui did not allow Duan Feiyan.

Because the dragoon army was commanded by the king of northern Xinjiang, Emperor Hui was relieved, but the Qingcheng army was not.

As for the remaining garrison troops and border guards, they belong to the low-level military branches of Daqi, the former is the defenders of each city, and the latter is the border garrison.

These two types of services have low combat effectiveness due to limited recruitment, uneven commanders, and most of them have no war all year round. In fact, among the four types of military branches of Daqi, the forbidden army is more responsible for the emperor's protection work and the supervision work of various places, so the main combat force that really protects the country and protects Daqi is those town troops.

After saying this, back to the topic just now, why was Qingcheng slightly shocked? It's just because King Guhong actually claimed that Wan Li's army was his army. This is a taboo that several town army commanders are very concerned about. Because the commanders of the armies are only appointed by the emperor and are responsible for commanding the armies, but the army of Daqi, whether it is the forbidden army, the town army, or the garrison army, will always be the emperor's army.

The two generations of emperors of Great Qi are extremely suspicious, which several town army commanders know, and King Guhong has always been cautious, how could he have such an omission in front of Qingcheng? Therefore, what Qingcheng was really shocked was actually the intention that King Guhong wanted to express.

"King Gu Hong's recent performance, the meaning of wooing is already known to passers-by, and today he first promised Wan Li a high position in the army, and then expressed this meaning to me, and the meaning of this seems to need no explanation. Hey, Lord Mu, you have been treating me well recently, and I, Duan Qingcheng, am not ungrateful, but just like the previous incident, we have always been different. The loyal monarch didn't say anything about serving the country, but other things, forgive me. ”

The loyalty of the Duan family in Qingyucheng is a character engraved in the bones of every clan, and it is a nature that will never be shaken, so Qingcheng will not follow the words of King Guhong. But he understands that at this moment, it is a big matter to suppress bandits and Anbang, and he will not deliberately contradict them.

Qingcheng just pretended not to hear the voice of King Guhong, and was silent. And seeing that he was neither grateful nor refusal, as sophisticated as King Guhong, he understood his answer, and thought to himself: Hmph, I don't know how to lift.

"Qingcheng."

King Guhong scolded Qingcheng in his heart, but he still had a smile on his face, which seemed to be light and light, and said: "It has been six days since you took charge, and this king knows that you have your own ideas in your heart, otherwise you will not let Xu Lin suspend the interrogation of the traitor, so he has always not asked." But now that it is the sixth day, the king needs to remind you that the king and the court are looking forward to your good news. ”

The ten-day appointment is close at hand, and King Guhong will inevitably remind Qingcheng who seems to be doing nothing, after all, he reuses Qingcheng, for fear that someone will gossip on the Dianjing side, if he can't usher in a quick victory and a big victory, he won't be able to block the mouths of the people at that time.

Qingcheng naturally understands this truth. Therefore, King Guhong didn't ask, but of course he had to answer. I saw Qingcheng stand up, clasp his fists with both hands, and said, "Return to the prince." Thanks to the prince's weight, Qingcheng can have the blessing of being in command, and he will not dare to take the matter of suppressing bandits lightly, but the fighter plane has not arrived, so the last general will step up training and wait. The last general promised that whenever the fighter came to report, the last general would definitely lead the crowd to attack and annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop. ”

Qingcheng's confident appearance reassured King Guhong a lot, but Xu Lin, who had been kept in the dark, seemed a little unbreathable, and immediately asked, "What is a fighter?" How do I report? ”

The stakes were so high that Qingcheng was inconvenient to answer here, and he hesitated for a while without saying a word. And King Guhong looked at him like this, and naturally understood why Qingcheng hesitated, waved his hand with a chuckle, and said: "Xu Lin, this king is calm, you can't sit still, hehe." Qingcheng has an idea, so let's wait for the good news, why bother asking? Qingcheng, this king doesn't need to be suspicious, he doesn't doubt people, you don't have to worry a lot if you let go of your hands and feet. ”

King Guhong's words made Qingcheng raise his eyebrows slightly, as if he heard the urging in his words, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and thought to himself: According to my estimate, the "cycle" should not be more than five days, why hasn't Lei Ying returned for a long time? If the fighter plane is not available, it is pointless to rush into the army, but if you don't do something right now, you can't block the mouth of King Guhong. No, you can't sit still, in case the Thunder Shadow ......

"Report!"

At this moment, suddenly a soldier ran to the door of the council chamber and shouted loudly. And hearing this person's shout, without waiting for King Guhong to speak, Xu Lin walked to the door, opened the door and reprimanded: "Why are you so flustered? Unruly, you collided with the prince, how many heads are enough to cut off? ”

"Report, report to Xu Shuai, it is someone in the pioneer battalion who broke through, claiming to be General Duan's close attendant, called Lei Ying, you must see General Duan."

Qingcheng in the council hall heard that Lei Ying was back, and his excitement could not be hidden, King Guhong saw it in his eyes, thinking that there must be something important to report before he was so rude, and thinking of the fighter plane that Qingcheng had just mentioned, he secretly felt that there was good news coming, and hurriedly said: "Quickly send this person in." ”

"Whoa."

King Guhong ordered, and Xu Lin hurriedly asked the soldier to lead someone to meet him. After a while, he led a person to trot along the way to the council hall, Qingcheng saw that this person was really a thunder shadow, he was very anxious, walked in front of him, and couldn't help asking, "How is it?" ”

"Yu Shao...... General, the cycle is known, the fighter has arrived! ”

"Good!"

Listening to Lei Ying's words, Qingcheng was overjoyed, turned around and knelt on one knee with his hands in fists, and asked King Guhong for his life.

"Back to the prince, the fighter plane has arrived, Rong Mo will discuss with his subordinates for a while, and after formulating a strategy to suppress bandits, the last general will immediately send troops!"

Qingcheng's attitude changed rapidly, and King Guhong knew that he should be waiting for him to really come, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he said with a chuckle: "Okay, good news, good news is coming!" Qingcheng, the war is important, let's go and make a plan quickly, this king is waiting for good news. ”

"Whoa!"

King Guhong agreed to Qingcheng's request, and the latter hurriedly returned to the army with Lei Ying, and summoned the wind to begin to formulate a strategy to suppress bandits. And what exactly is the fighter plane he is waiting for? What did the Thunder Shadow do and what did it know in the five days it disappeared? I believe that there will be an answer to all this......