Prince Yizhong's 'national funeral' treatment, in the end, is still a bit short of catties and shortages, not to mention the high-standard three months, and even the twenty-seven days of the reduced version have not been enjoyed.

The emperor directly set him a 'first seven', pinched his fingers, and it happened to be the deadline on the day Liu Xianglian got married, which would not affect the original marriage plan.

When Third Sister You learned about this, she naturally prayed to God and worshiped Buddha.

However, Liu Xianglian was not happy because of this, but came to the door and talked about the truth of how the Huns were not destroyed and how to call home.

In short, this guy just wants to follow Sun Shaozong south to quell the rebellion!

He is not the only one, after the news spread, Xue Pan and Feng Ziying came to the door one after another, clamoring to put pen to paper Congrong - although they have not moved the pen a few times.

On the contrary, the officers and men of the fourth battalion in Beijing were quite indifferent to this matter—if they relied on consciousness alone, they might not be able to recruit 500 people.

It's okay to go out with the army, in addition to wanting to compete for meritorious generals, who is willing to risk being this pawn of ordinary officers and soldiers?

Fortunately, the matter of food and salary for soldiers and horses does not need Sun Shaozong to worry too much.

The imperial court has made a clear decree and is ready to transfer 400 elites from the Huben battalion, 300 people from the patrol battalion and the city defense battalion, plus 500 soldiers and horses from the Shenji battalion, a total of 1,500 people, as the 'vanguard of the army' to attack the Wuxi barbarians.

In fact, on weekdays, even if you want to select elites, it is enough to select them from one of the battalion heads, but at present, the situation in Beijing is delicate, who dares to break the balance indiscriminately?

Helplessly, I had to draw from everywhere and put together such a hodgepodge.

And these soldiers and horses seem to be more than twice as many as Sun Shaozong's requirements, but they can fight in the damp mountains and forests, how much effect can the firearms battalion have?

What's more, the Ministry of War also specifically stipulates that once the cumulative battle losses exceed 20% of the total strength, this so-called vanguard force must be transferred to the local sequence on the spot and stationed in nearby prefectures and counties.

Obviously, several bigwigs in the DPRK and China didn't expect that Sun Shaozong would be able to take such a few soldiers and horses to solve tens of thousands of barbarians once and for all.

The reason why he was sent to lead the troops was first based on cost-effective considerations - in these years, the imperial court has no surplus food.

Secondly, he really wanted to use Sun Shaozong's martial arts to give the Wuxi barbarians a dismount first, so as not to spread the chaos wantonly.

The limit of the cumulative battle loss ratio was set to ensure that Sun Shaozong would turn from offensive to defensive on the spot after making the first three axes or encountering minor setbacks, and continue to curb the momentum of the outward expansion of the Wuxi barbarians by relying on the county and county seats.

At that time, this firearms battalion will naturally come into play.

In short, as long as the morale of the people in Huguang can be stabilized, dragged until the imperial court frees up its hands to send a large army to attack, or offers conditions for recruitment, even if Sun Shaozong's trip is worthwhile.

Tut~

This feeling of being looked down upon is really unpleasantly tight!

After figuring out these joints, Sun Shaozong held his breath in his heart - no matter what, we are also traversers with golden fingers, how can the combat effectiveness be inferred by common sense?

And as long as the combat effectiveness is beyond common sense, it can be casually related to ghosts and gods in this year, and it can be used to deal with superstitious and ignorant mountain barbarians, which can be said to be twice the result with half the effort!

As long as the tweaking is appropriate, winning more with less is not necessarily a fantasy.

Of course, everything that has disadvantages is good.

At least the cheap eldest brother and the few concubines in the family were greatly relieved after listening to these analyses.

The only one who is not satisfied, I'm afraid that the only one is Second Sister You.

Originally, Sun Shaozong's plan was to go out of Zhenhuguang as a civil official - to get an official position that could be used cheaply.

But now he has changed to a military position, but according to the imperial court system, he can't bring his family.

How could this not disappoint Second Sister You?

Qingwen was relieved because of this.

Without further ado.

Sun Shaozong handed over the soldiers and horses in each battalion for several days, and he was very busy, but fortunately, with the help of his eldest brother, there was no negligence or mistake.

On this day, it was easy to have a free time, and sent Xue Pan and others, who were accustomed to come to the door to invite the battle, Sun Shaozong was busy sending people to invite Xu Shouye and Lu Jianxing to come to the house to discuss matters.

Xu Shouye had just been promoted to one level last month, and now he was already a member of the Fifth Rank Household, so Sun Shaozong simply proposed to the Ministry of War that he be his deputy.

And Lu Jianxing was hand-picked as the captain of the pro-soldier - of course, at the moment, Sun Shaozong's pro-soldier team is still in his mother's womb, and he needs to wait until he leaves Beijing before he is slowly selected.

After the three of them sat down, they saw that Lu Jianxing's buttocks were hanging on half of their sides, and they looked a little unable to let go.

Sun Shaozong smiled and said: "Today, we are our own people, if we have anything to say, just speak freely, as for the number of etiquette or something, when the next military meeting is gathered, it will not be too late to talk about it." ”

In the Great Zhou system, the actual number of soldiers under the command of 100 households was between 120 and 180 people.

A total of nine people from the 100 households under Sun Shaozong's command were transferred this time, plus Xu Shouye, a thousand households, which was exactly the number of ten fingers.

In fact, according to the practice of the imperial court, these 1,500 people should also appoint a staff general, or a deputy staff general, and then assign two or three thousand households to assist.

But since Sun Shaozong is 'demoted' this time, he can only rush to power.

And because Sun Shaozong, after all, has never really been in the army, for fear of making any jokes in front of people, so there is this internal seminar, I hope to straighten out my thinking with Xu Shouye and Lu Jianxing first, and then formally convene the generals under his command to discuss the matter.

But he said that Xu Shouye heard that he wanted to speak freely, but he didn't hide it, and even said: "If you want me to say, the imperial court chose you to be this vanguard officer, but it is really discerning - otherwise it will be much more difficult to rub these arrogant soldiers together than to let them play with people with their heads." ”

The Fourth Battalion in Beijing has long had grievances, especially recently when the Shenji Battalion became the upper army, which caused a lot of private fights.

They are at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and they are still fighting each other, with red faces and thick necks, not to mention Huguang, which is far away from the Emperor of the Heavenly High Emperor?

If you want to change to an ordinary person, you may not be able to suppress these arrogant soldiers.

That is, Sun Shaozong, not only is his personal martial arts champion in Beijing

, and all aspects also have a slight relationship.

The patrol battalion came from its own old age; The Shenji Battalion was even transferred from the hands of the eldest brother; As for the Tiger Ben camp, who doesn't know that Qiu Ying values Sun Shaozong the most, and even handed over his only son to him for training?

And if these three forces are flattened, the rest of the patrol battalion will naturally be alone.

Sun Shaozong naturally knew these details for a long time, so he only nodded slightly, and then shifted his attention to Lu Jianxing.

Although this Xu Shouye is a kind-hearted person, he is inferior to Lu Jianxing in terms of ability.

Therefore, Sun Shaozong summoned the two of them over this time, in fact, he wanted to hear Lu Jianxing's thoughts.

"Your Excellency."

Lu Jianxing subconsciously got up and hugged his fists, and when Sun Shaozong raised his hand to signal, he sat back again, and said a little uncomfortably: "In my humble opinion, since we go into the mountains to suppress bandits, the morale of this army is still secondary, and the most important thing at the moment is to find a few guides who are familiar with the local customs." ”

"Otherwise, no matter how brave we are, it will be difficult to display it in any mountain."

This is much more nutritious than Xu Shouye's words.

However, Sun Shaozong had already thought of this, and nodded immediately: "Lu Baihu's words coincide with me, when I was in the front of the army, I asked the military department to come forward to find a guide who is familiar with the local situation. ”

"Now the text of the military department has been rushed to Huguang for 600 miles, presumably when we arrive with the army, the local government will already be ready to stop."

After that, the three of them discussed the route of the march, which prefecture and county to camp in Huguang, and where to resupply from and so on.

Just as he was talking about the soldiers, he suddenly saw the porter come in to report, saying that there was a general flag of the Fusi of Beizhen who was asking to see him outside the door.

The general flag of the North Town Fusi?

Since he went to the palace two days ago to pay his filial piety, he met with Chen Xingzhi, Zhao Jiayi and others, who were in charge of thousands of households, Sun Shaozong has not paid attention to the news of Beizhen Fusi for several days.

Could it be that something happened to the Fusi of Beizhen......

It's really not a bit of a stop!

But when they came, they couldn't close the door, so Sun Shaozong ordered the porter to invite the man to the living room.

When the man arrived in a hurry, Sun Shaozong realized that he was still an acquaintance - Wang Zhen, who was not regarded as a eunuch, but became a dragon guard in a daze.

I saw this Wang Zhen step forward and kneel on one knee, and said loudly: "Humble Wang Zhen, I have seen a thousand households!" ”

"Get up."

Sun Shaozong raised his hand and asked casually: "You came to ask to see this official, but what do you have to explain to Lord Zhenfu?" ”

That Wang Zhen didn't get up, but clenched his fists and said: "Lord Hui, I came here this time, not because I have any official business, but because I want to invite myself to go with the army!" ”

Get~

Feelings are here to fight again!

That's right, this seems to be a militant in serious history, otherwise he would not have tried his best to instigate the emperor's personal expedition and made the change of Tumubao.

But then again, this guy is exciting, and his martial arts are quite passable, so he won't be held back if he is transferred.

Therefore, Sun Shaozong said: "Since you intend to kill thieves for the country, you can apply to the above for an order, and presumably the Lord will not stop you from having a fist." ”

"Your Excellency."

Who knew that Wang Zhen was bitter: "Three days ago, I heard that the lord was going south to quell the rebellion, and he submitted an application for an appointment order, but there was no response from the left and right. ”

Lu Hui hasn't worked for a few days?

Could it be that after entering the palace that day, he never came back?!

Is it to deal with Prince Yizhong's follow-up hands, or is he simply implicated and convicted?

Thinking about Dai Quan's lonely appearance when he entered the palace that day, it seems that the possibility of the latter is much greater than that of the former.

Tut~

I don't know what kind of moth this Prince Yizhong came up with, and he actually served the people inside and outside the palace in the Fusi Palace in Beizhen!

It can't really be like his foolish words, flying in front of the emperor, right?

This ridiculous thought flashed in his heart, but Sun Shaozong said: "Since Lord Zhenfu has been sent, I will go beyond my authority and ask the military department to transfer you over - but this time the soldiers are in danger, if you just want to be pious and rich, you will miscalculate." ”

"Don't worry, sir!"

When Wang Zhen heard the big drama, he patted his chest and said: "The villain just wants to follow the adults and kill those barbarians who don't know etiquette, righteousness and shame!" ”

This is still a radical nationalist.

Seeing that his matter had been finalized, Sun Shaozong was about to serve tea to the guests, but Zhao Zhongji came over again, saying that Yang Licai was asking to see him outside.

Okay~

Here comes another hundred households in Fusi, North Town.

Yang Licai wouldn't be here to fight, right?

But he said that Sun Shaozong said, 'Please come in', and after a while, he saw Yang Licai coming in a hurry, crossing the threshold and waiting to bow his hand, but suddenly saw Wang Zhen who was half-kneeling on the ground, and couldn't help but look at Wang Zhen suspiciously.

Wang Zhen hurriedly bowed and saluted.

Although Yang Licai was a little puzzled, how could his newly promoted subordinate appear in Sun Shaozong's mansion, but thinking of his important official duties, he couldn't care a lot.

Only slightly bowed at Wang Zhen, and then said to Sun Shaozong: "Lord Qianhu, I have confidential official duties to report to you. ”

As soon as these words came out, Lu Jianxing stood up and asked Sun Shaozong for his resignation.

Xu Shouye and Wang Zhen were half a beat slower, but they were also busy following closely behind.

So in the blink of an eye, only Sun Shaozong and Yang Licai were left in the hall.

There are still a lot of things that haven't been discussed!

Sun Shaozong was a little unhappy in his heart, after all, he had now put all his energy on the matter of going south to quell the rebellion, and he didn't really care about the bad things in Beizhen Fusi.

What's more, what other secrets are involved!

Thinking about Dai Quan and Lu Hui, it is likely that they have already fallen behind, and he can really avoid the word 'confidential'.

Therefore, without waiting for Yang Li to speak, he said first: "You also know that this official is about to go on the expedition now, and I am afraid that I can't take care of the errand of the Beizhen Fusi for a while-although the Zhenfu Lord is not here now, Chen Qianhu and others ......."

"Your Excellency!"

Without waiting for Sun Shaozong to finish speaking, Yang Licai smiled bitterly: "It's not that the lowly duty deliberately wants to cause trouble to you, but this matter is really very involved, and it was handled by you and the Zhenfu Lord. ”

Doing it yourself and Lu Hui single-handedly?

Sun Shaozong pondered for a moment, and immediately blurted out, "But what progress has been made in the matter of the White Lotus Sect?" ”

"Exactly."

Yang Licai nodded and said, "The inferior people tortured that Ge Chen for several days in a row, and finally pried open his mouth and asked how to distinguish the true body of the reincarnated demon girl. ”

As soon as he heard this, Sun Shaozong breathed a sigh of relief in his heart - as long as it has nothing to do with Prince Yizhong!

Immediately, he couldn't help but be curious, and urged Yang Licai to quickly tell the method of identifying the White Lotus Holy Maiden.

"It's actually quite simple."

Yang Licai stroked his stomach and said, "Near the navel of the reincarnated demon girl, there is a plum blossom mark the size of a quail egg. ”

Sure enough, it is identified by physical features!

But......

Since she is the reincarnated saint of the White Lotus Sect, she should have a lotus birthmark to be considered authentic, right?

Sun Shaozong was sneering, but a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and then his expression became uncontrollably strange - this plum blossom birthmark near the navel, he seemed to have seen it on someone!