The Beginning of Troubled Times Chapter 13 Northward March
On the same day, Qingzhou Prefecture Pastoral Mansion.
"Ridiculous! This bunch of rebels and thieves! Wang Cheng got up from the case, and the cup on the bookcase was shaken, and finally rolled to the ground, shattered, and the letter paper in his hand was also crumpled.
"The lord is angry," Wu Hong stepped forward and asked, "I don't know what the lord is angry about?" ”
"Yanzhou Zhang Ren rebelled, the coalition army was defeated, and the situation in the imperial capital is critical," Wang Cheng's eyes widened angrily, handed over the letterhead, and said, "As a courtier, if you don't raise troops to relieve the siege of the imperial capital at this time, how can you have the face to see Your Majesty?!" ”
Wu Hong finished reading the contents of the letter, frowned, and said: "Lord, the coalition army is newly defeated, the enemy's morale is flourishing, if you send troops at this time, you are facing the front, the odds of victory are very small, the coalition army of 100,000 is still invincible, our Qingzhou army is only 30,000 people, the cavalry is only 5,000, Tuoba Yan is 10,000 Chiyun cavalry, everyone is unstoppable, and now there is another Yanzhou army, we ......"
"Enough! Before you go to the battlefield, you have such a long prestige, if you don't want to go, stay here, why bother to say more! Wang Cheng was furious, turned around with his sleeves, and stared out the window without saying a word.
"Your Majesty is just helping the lord analyze the situation, and if you send troops at this time, our army will have no chance of winning!" Wu Hong took two steps forward and wanted to defend again.
"Then when the emperor is defeated, Tuoba Yan puts the knife on the emperor's neck, will he have a chance of winning!" Wang Cheng turned around and glared at Wu Hong again, slamming his fist on the table, "The princes of the world are like you, holding your thoughts!" It was only then that His Majesty fell into such a situation, a Tuoba Yan! The princes of the world, the army of millions! Could it be that you can't extinguish a Tuoba Flame?! ”
Wu Hong was silent, he stood in place and was stunned for a long time before he sighed softly, bowed deeply, and said: "That is the case, the lord's intentions are already known, and his subordinates will retire first." ”
Outside the city of Qingzhou, the Xuanwu camp.
The people who went out to recruit soldiers returned here one after another, including old men who were almost fifty years old, and seventeen or eighteen years old, and Su Jingchen was probably the youngest among them, his immature face was particularly conspicuous in the crowd, because he had been given enough rest, his condition was much better than yesterday.
The recruits put aside their new clothes or slung them over their shoulders and gently stroked their brand-new weapons in their hands, like children who have been given new toys. Su Jingchen stepped forward, the quartermaster raised his head to look at him, and suddenly spoke, "How can you even attract such goods, is the money from the state pastor picked up for nothing on the road?" Then he motioned to the soldier next to him and handed him a wooden-poleed spear.
"I want to use a bow, is that okay?" Su Jingchen asked.
"With your body, can you draw a bow? It's good that I didn't drive you away, go quickly, don't get in the way of the people behind. Wang Ping couldn't help but mock him.
Su Jingchen had no choice but to take the gun, turned around and left with his head down, as soon as he took two steps, the crowd behind him let out a burst of sneer, as if they were laughing at him, a person who was not self-sufficient.
Someone suddenly beat the huge drum in the center of the school field, climbed to the highest part of the school field, and the noisy school field suddenly quieted down, only to see the man shouting: "All departments, assign the camp as soon as possible, have a good rest, and start the drill early tomorrow morning." ”
In the evening, ten men were crowded into the small tent, they sat on their beds, looking at each other, their team of ten people was going to choose a chief, and now they were thinking about who was more suitable, although it was only an insignificant official position, or it was not even a formal official position, and no one wanted to give up this opportunity to be an official.
Except for Su Jingchen, he lay on his bed, letting out a soft snort, as if everything had nothing to do with him. Ryuuji suddenly stood up, looked at the person opposite, and half-roared, "What? Do you have any opinions? Xie Chao just wanted to stand up, but Zhang Xiao pressed his shoulder, Zhang Xiao leaned into his ear and whispered, "Forget it, let him be, I've heard of his reputation, he can lift more than 200 catties of things with both hands, and he can knock you over with one punch." ”
"Big brother, don't be so impulsive all the time." Nie Qing also persuaded.
"Okay, okay, then I don't deserve this chief, give it to my brother! He has read a lot, and he has read all kinds of military books, and he must have led us to fight better than we were blind and stunned. ”
"Big brother, you ......" Nie Qing was stunned, he didn't expect Long Er to come out like this suddenly.
"That's good! It's not bad to have a military advisor with a few of us! ”
"Yes, yes, yes, just him." The camp tent suddenly became lively, Su Jingchen opened his eyes and took a look, turned over, and fell asleep again.
Nie Qing scratched his head embarrassedly, "Then it's better to be respectful than to obey." ”
The next day, at the end of the day.
The sound of the earth-shattering war drums and the beating of gongs woke Su Jingchen from his sleep, he grabbed the spear beside him, turned over and knelt half-kneeling, and looked around vigilantly, and the others woke up one after another, they rubbed their eyes and looked at each other with questions on their faces, only Nie Qing grabbed his weapon like Su Jingchen.
"What's wrong, what's wrong? Early in the morning disturbs people's dreams. Long Er muttered, but when he saw the posture of Nie Qing and Su Jingchen, he didn't dare to be careless, and also grabbed his weapon, they opened a corner of the camp, scanned the surroundings, and a voice suddenly came, "Now the imperial capital is in danger, my Qingzhou army should go north to meet the enemy, relieve the siege of the imperial capital, you are all indispensable combat force in Qingzhou, the old man thanks you for coming, although it is too hasty, but an hour later, prepare the team, we will go north to meet the enemy!" ”
Amid the cheers, this army, which was filled with many peasants, ruffians, and teenagers who had not yet seen the true appearance of the world, embarked on a road of no return.