The two walked all the way in silence, Qu Shiyun said goodbye halfway, told Lin Xiao not to forget to go to the court the next morning, and then went back to the house alone.

It turned out that Qu Xuanpin, the second son of Qu Shiyun, came to Guilin from his hometown to visit his father, but learned that his father was defeated and captured, so he hurried to Nanning Xingdu, and contacted many parties to try to rescue, but unfortunately Yongli Junchen was already difficult to protect himself, and he couldn't send a soldier at all.

Fortunately, Yongli Nian summoned him in his old love, and after comforting him with kind words, he found a small courtyard as a mansion, and told him to wait for news at home, but in fact, he was just waiting for bad news. Unexpectedly, Qu Shiyun was miraculously rescued and returned, so the father and son were reunited.

……

Lin Xiao returned to the camp, but when he was about to arrive at the camp gate, he unexpectedly met Li Hanzhi, and hurriedly welcomed him into the camp and asked about the situation along the way.

It turned out that after Li Hanzhi received Lin Xiao's order, he divided the baggage team into three, and sent ammunition to Yulin and Wuzhou by land, while He Yi organized more than 100 river boats from Fangcheng River and Chongzuo from the Fangcheng River.

"It's still peaceful along the way, right?" Lin Xiao was very happy to hear this, and asked with a smile.

"It's okay, although there are sparsely populated mountains all the way, and a few suspicious people and horses have indeed been found, most of them disappeared as soon as they saw the fleet planting the Ming flag, and only once they shot a few arrows in the dense forest on the shore, and they were suppressed by the dense fire of the escort soldiers, and there was no sound again."

Li Hanzhi picked up the teacup and poured a few sips, and replied, "I am exploring the road this time, if the road is relatively peaceful, more ships will be mobilized next time, and it will be no problem to transport 50,000 stones at a time." ”

"Your troops are divided into three routes, are your troops enough?"

"Don't worry, captain, the team escorting grain and grass are all local people and refugees organized by Old Man He, led by the dart division he sent, and there are not many soldiers escorting, except for me who brought a company because it was a strange road, the other two roads only sent a platoon, and the rest were Mo Yuanwei's people."

"Well, good. It shows that we still have to rely on the people for everything, and if we are separated from the masses, even if we have more people, we will inevitably be overstretched. ”

"Yes. The captain is still wise, and he put the refugee resettlement plan into action early, so that the refugees have a good impression and confidence in us, and we can respond to everything when we have something. Li Hanzhi smiled and patted his ass.

Lin Xiao waved his hand: "The mass line is a fine tradition of our party, and it was not invented by me...... By the way, I want you to bring all the things you bring, right? ”

"I brought it all, except for 10,000 stone of grain and a base of ammunition, I brought the 20,000 yuan of gold coins you ordered and 500,000 taels of Annan silver."

Li Hanzhi said proudly, and then said mysteriously: "In addition, Lao Chen also asked me to bring you a meeting gift for the emperor." ”

"Oh? What is it? Lin Xiao asked in surprise.

"Tomorrow, right? Tomorrow the ship will be unloaded, and I will get it for you, keeping it secret for the time being. Li Hanzhi smiled and said narrowly.

……

The barracks in the northeast corner of the school field, Sun Kewang is the garrison of the Great Western Army.

Zheng Guo, who was humiliated and frightened, returned to the barracks with a nose of ashes, and immediately sent people to invite Cao Yansheng and Hu Zhengguo, who were also general soldiers, to come to discuss the matter.

Although the official position is the same, Zheng Guo was re-dispatched by Sun Kewang because he was disappointed with the attitude of the first two, with the latest instructions, and is the temporary decision-maker designated by Sun Kewang.

Zheng Guo explained today's experience and the news that the emperor was going to parade the army, and of course, the experience of being beaten and humiliated should naturally be omitted.

"No wonder I came to report it carefully, saying that there was a change in the palace, Ma Jixiang was taken, it turned out to be ...... Reinforcements arrived. Cao Yansheng said suddenly.

"Then, do you have to be yellow when you move the capital? King Qin, how can we explain? Hu Zhengguo said suspiciously.

"I went to investigate today, and there weren't many of them, only a few hundred, but ...... Each of them was full of energy, with a proud look above the top, and ...... They all use a strange musket, all black, and they don't know where they came from. Zheng Guo was also full of doubts.

"So what do we do? Ma Jixiang has nothing to do with the overall situation, but he can't move, so he has to report to King Qin? ”

"I think it's better to press it first, since it won't take a few days, the emperor will have a year-end parade, let's take the opportunity to touch the strength of those people and then make calculations, how about it?" Cao Yansheng groaned.

"It's okay, let's practice hard in the next few days, and when the time comes, our people will show the momentum of the Great Western Army, and let them see what is the elite soldier of a hundred battles! In any case, we must overpower them, or we won't be able to stay here. Zheng Guo's eyes showed a fierce and murderous look.

……

Early the next morning, after following the troops to complete the morning exercise, Lin Xiao changed into court clothes and took Situ Zheng and Yu Cheng into the city to go to the court.

When they arrived at the city gate, they saw several heads in small iron cages hanging above the city gate, and a crowd of people were gathered around a yellow notice posted on the city wall, among which a scholar dressed as a turban was shaking his head and reading the contents of the notice.

Lin Xiao and his entourage rode into the city and came to the palace, the guards at the gate were all Li Yuanyin's subordinates, so they naturally knew them, so they respectfully invited Lin Xiao into the hospital, and Situ Zheng and Yu Cheng stayed in the gatehouse to wait.

Entering the courtyard, Lin Xiao saw at a glance that Qu Shiyun and Li Yuanyin were already in the lobby, and there were also courtiers wearing different colors of court clothes, about thirty or forty people, in fact, there were few people in the hall, and most of the people with slightly lower grades were standing in the courtyard with a bunch of three or five people talking quietly, which made the courtyard seem a little crowded.

Seeing Lin Xiao coming, everyone immediately fell silent, and all eyes were on this young man.

Lin Xiao didn't know them, and this kind of small scene was not comparable to the attention he had experienced when he was honored in later generations, so he just smiled and bowed slightly to them, and then pulled Li Yuanyin aside, chatted easily, and inquired about the situation of Master Zhang Tongchang, who didn't have time to ask yesterday.

"The emperor has arrived!"

While they were talking, a sharp voice came.

Immediately, Emperor Yongli, who was dressed in a dragon robe, walked out slowly from behind the screen, and the ministers immediately bowed, and Lin Xiao mixed in the crowd and inevitably responded in vain.

The first item in the court discussion was the eunuch Hu Chengen who read out the holy decree, and Lin Xiao could understand the general meaning of the holy decree.

The first holy decree said that Ma Jixiang and Pang Tianshou had taken down the power and deceived the imperial court, and they were handed over to Dali Temple and Zongren Mansion respectively for discussion; promoted Li Yuanyin to be the commander of the Beijing Guard, the trailer rode the general seal, gave the Marquis of Nanyang, and concurrently led the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and the commander of the guard; The three hundred brocade guards moved to the palace for another rectification, and the palace guards and the guards of the four city gates were all taken over by the forbidden army.

The second holy decree is that Qu Shiyun, a scholar of the University of Shengwen Yuange, is a scholar of the Middle Pole Palace, plus a young master and the prince Taibao, and he is given the title of Lin Guibo, and he is actually awarded the secretary of the Ministry and the Ministry of War, and he is full-time to supervise the military affairs of the whole country, and he is given Huang Yue Longjing, which can be done cheaply.

Qu Shiyun was originally the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials, but he was also in charge of the Ministry of Officials, and now he is a veritable Secretary of the Ministry of Officials and the Secretary of the Ministry of War.

The third holy decree is about Lin Xiao, saying that Lin Xiao is brave and loyal, dedicated to serving the country, promoted to the general of the captivity, awarded the governor of the right army, and gave the marquis of Qinchuan, and the righteous army under his command was appeased and reorganized into the Ming army......

After listening to the holy decree, Lin Xiao hurriedly followed the example of Li Yuanyin and Qu Shiyun and knelt down to thank him.

Before he could get up, he heard a shrill voice behind him: "Your Majesty, the minister Li Ruyue has a book, and the marquis of Qinchuan Lin Xiao." ”