On December 27, the twentieth year of Shaoxing, an eight-hundred-mile rush arrived in Yongzhou, and He Jianjun finally waited for the imperial court to order the class teacher's edict.

Although there are two days to Chinese New Year's Eve, and it will be the New Year soon, He Jianjun can't wait and immediately wants to return to Lin'an.

On the same day, the edict was sent to the camp of the Youyi army outside the city, ordering the Youyi army to immediately divide the army, and handing him the route map of the return march, and informing him where to supply grain and grass on the way.

The garrison of the Youyi army is relatively close, and He Jianjun has time to run in person, and the Xuanwei army is far away in Qinzhou, so he sends people to delay the time.

Subsequently, He Jianjun said goodbye to Lord Xu, and quickly left the north of the city to return to Lin'an, and he didn't want to stay longer in Guangnan.

After He Jian's army left the camp, Li Geng did not make much preparation, and soon left the camp, and began to return north to the garrison according to the marching route given by the Privy Council.

At the same time as You Yijun left Yongzhou, Yang Congyi received a military order from the imperial court conveyed by He Jianjun, ordering Xuanwei's army to return to the Changguo garrison by sea within three months, and not to land at will except for replenishing supplies along the way.

After all, it is necessary to return to the Changguo station, but the period is relatively broad.

There was no award in the order, Yang Congyi didn't know whether the performance of the Xuanwei army in Qinzhou was truthfully reported to Lin'an, whether their military exploits were recorded in the accounts of the Ministry of War or the Privy Council, since returning to Qinzhou, he had not been invited by He Jianjun or any official in Yongzhou for half a month, and the Xuanwei army seemed to have been forgotten by them, and this feeling made him uneasy.

The order to return to the Changguo garrison had been issued, and after Yang Congyi reported to Mao Zhizhou, he immediately rushed to the camp twenty miles away, summoned the battalion commanders, and conveyed the orders of the imperial court one by one.

When the people heard this, they were naturally overjoyed, and they wanted to go back.

Then he asked the court what kind of reward they had, and whether they had been conferred official positions?

Yang Congyi told the truth, but in order not to hit them and let them have a good year, he told them that the Xuanwei army had great merits, and it must be reported to Lin'an in detail, and after careful discussion, it would be rewarded with an edict, which usually took two or three months, so the reward for the Xuanwei army was likely to be sent directly to the camp after they returned to Changguo.

Only then did everyone look forward to it and began to imagine the future of the official appointment.

A day later, Zhao An returned from Yongzhou to the Xuanwei army garrison in Qinzhou and resumed commanding the whole army, but the relationship between the people and him had become estranged, and his authority in the army was greatly weakened.

Regarding what he did in Yongzhou in the past two months, what he told everyone was that he was transferred to Yongzhou by He Jianjun and joined the army as the Yongzhou Governor's Office, participating in the command of the Yongzhou City Defense Battle and the pursuit of Li Yue's army, and he returned to Yongzhou from Yulin with the army not long ago.

The Xuanwei army killed more than 20,000 enemies in Liangshan a month, and even fought with 100,000 enemy troops, although the generals did not have official positions, but their experience and insight can no longer be the same as before, each battalion of soldiers and soldiers has stood alone, from soldiers to battalion commanders, everyone has grown up in Liangshan.

Soon after Zhao An returned to the Xuanwei Army, he noticed their changes, and for this situation, he had the intention to change, but he lacked confidence, because he had not been stationed in Liangshan with the Xuanwei Army.

When he saw Yang Congyi walking through the battalion, the look in the eyes of every soldier, he knew that Yang Congyi's status in the Xuanwei army had far surpassed him, because before coming to Qinzhou, there were 4,000 people in the whole army, and no more than half of them had seen Yang Congyi.

Soon, Zhao An gave up making any changes, and all he could do was to organize the army and begin to ask the whole army to go out for training.

Since Zhao An returned to the Xuanwei Army, Yang Congyi rarely came to the barracks, they wanted to talk about contradictions, in fact, it was just a dispute over the abandonment of Anyuan County, the two disagreed, and divided the Xuanwei Army into two, and now it is finally merged into one, he doesn't want to intensify the contradiction again.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Yang Congyi exchanged the jewelry, gold and silver obtained from Liangshan for twenty fat pigs, and spent a good year with the whole army.

Beginning on the fourth day of the first lunar month, before the end of the year, the whole army resumed training.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye, and the weather in Qinzhou was already very warm, and the sea breeze gradually blew onto the land and into the camp of the Xuanwei army, indicating that it was time for them to return to Changguo.

On the eve of the return of the Xuanwei army, two ships approached the coast of Qinzhou from the southern sea.

"Look, that's our ship, and they're definitely not gone yet!" On the deck, the soldiers shouted loudly when they saw dozens of sea ships and warships docked on the coast.

"I'll just say, how can it be so fast, we must be able to catch up." Another soldier answered.

They are none other than the Xuanwei army that went south to occupy the city last year and cooperated with Zhang Biao and the Champa army to contain the defenders on the Li-Yue border.

"Dock immediately and ask where the Xuanwei Army camp is?" Pan Cheng came to the deck and looked at the warship not far away, and a burst of warmth rose in his heart.

The Xuanwei army, which had gone south to occupy the city, returned to the camp, and soon the news spread, and everyone was both envious and jealous of them, because their faces were ruddy, and their clothes and armor were bright and neat, while most of the Xuanwei army had been fighting for two months, and their clothes were tattered and their shoes were torn.

The crowd was very curious about their experience and kept asking questions.

After Yang Congyi learned that Pan Cheng had returned with his army in Qinzhou, he immediately rushed back to the camp and talked with him for a long time.

The task of capturing Prince Li Yue has long been over, but he has never received any news about everything about the Xuanwei Army's border between Zhancheng and Li Yue, blocked by the sea.

It wasn't until he met Pan Cheng that he learned that the Xuanwei Army was not idle in Nanyang, and he really fought a few tough battles.

It turned out that a few days after Pan Cheng arrived in Zhancheng and handed over Yang Congyi's letter to Zhang Biao, Zhancheng agreed to send 20,000 elites on the border to cooperate with the Great Song army to contain the defenders of the Li and Yue borders. But that containment eventually attracted the retaliation of Li Yue's army, and they sent 30,000 troops to storm the border town day and night, if it were not for the 1,000 Xuanwei army risking their lives to go out of the city to attack and disturb the enemy's rear road, the city would have been broken by Li Yue. In the following months, the two armies fought many times, and the Xuanwei army waited for an opportunity to sneak attack, killing thousands of enemy troops, and even detoured back to the border city of Li Yue, sneaked into the city and set a fire, after a fire, Li Yue people never went south again.

According to Zhang Biao, after the Champa learned that the battle had greatly damaged the vitality of Li Yuebian's army and that it would not be able to go south for three or five years, their king was very happy and rewarded the Great Song army with several boxes of gold and silver treasures and ten miles of land. And this year, we will send an envoy to the north to congratulate the Tianshen Festival, and then we will start to play the Great Song Emperor to reward the Great Song army that stayed in the Champa country and contributed to the peace of the Champang.

Yang Congyi was very satisfied with the performance of Zhang Biao and Pan Cheng in the Champa Kingdom, especially Zhang Biao, he was able to gain a foothold in Champa and stand alone, and this time he was rewarded and appreciated by the King of Champong, he will be more stable in Nanyang, and when he returns to the Great Song Dynasty in a few years, he will definitely be awarded an official position, so that it is not in vain to bring him out of Taihu County.

Listening to Pan Cheng, although Zhang Biao's Xuanwei army is only 1,000 people, it is now very well-equipped, everyone has a pair of iron armor, swords and guns are difficult to hurt, compared to the most elite forbidden army in the Great Song Dynasty, it is said that the iron armor is all bought by them to make money from business, and it is really enviable to watch.

Yang Congyi was slightly shocked when he heard this, Zhang Biao actually had this mind and started a business in Zhancheng?

Then I thought about it, occupying such a good location in the city, a place where things and goods are transited, and I don't do business, I really can't say it. The sea trade is a huge profit, and earning thousands of pairs of iron armor is really nothing.

Xuanwei Jun couldn't even eat enough to eat in Changguo, no one cared about it, no one wanted it, do you want to learn from Zhang Biao, do a maritime trade, make some money, and then think about it together.

The Xuanwei army went from north to south, from east to west, from Changguo, Champang, and Srivijaya to Tianzhu, and there were their people all the way, and it was still easy to make money.

But Changguo is in Mingzhou, too close to Lin'an, if it is discovered, I don't know what punishment will be received, the key is that Yang Congyi does not know whether the Great Song army will violate the taboo of the imperial court by doing trade.

In ancient times, the imperial court controlled the army, relying on the control of the supply of grain, grass and military materials, if the military resources and grain and grass were completely self-sufficient, where would the imperial court still have control over them. The Great Song Dynasty's control over the army was extremely tight, and the imperial court categorically would not allow the army to get out of control, and the army was doing business to make money to support itself, and changing equipment was definitely an act of seeking death.

Yang Congyi wants to go up step by step, he can only lean towards the court, the closer the relationship with the court, the better, let the Xuanwei army make money in exchange for food, and can't think about it, the most correct way is to ask the court for food and military funds, so that the court understands that the Xuanwei army can't live without them, this is what the court and the emperor want to see the most.

Thinking of this, Yang Congyi was instantly full of confidence in the future road, and at the same time understood why Xuanwei Army couldn't get half a rice from the imperial court after returning to Changguo.

This awakening made him grow a lot for a while, and he vaguely grasped the secret of promotion in the army.

At any time, the army must be attached to the court and the emperor, without their support, they will not be able to win battles, they will not be promoted, and they will even lose their lives inexplicably.

Yang Congyi, who had just joined the army, accidentally understood this, and soon became high-spirited, throwing the matter of maritime trade out of the clouds, and if he wanted to be promoted in the army, it was better not to get involved in trade.

After Pan Cheng and the others came back to rendezvous, it was time for the Xuanwei army to return to Changguo.

The sea ships and warships were soaked in the sea for a long time, and they were somewhat damaged, so for safety, Yang Congyi recruited some shipwrights and carpenters in Qinzhou City and repaired them.

A few days later, when the ship had been repaired and there were no more hidden dangers, it began to fill the holds with fresh water, and the grain collected from Qinzhou was loaded onto the ship in preparation for departure.

The Xuanwei army was leaving, and Zhizhou Moltke and a group of state officials came to the port on the coast of Qinzhou and set up wine to see them off.

I only heard Mao Qi raise his glass and say: "Yang Jianjun, Commander Zhao, the Xuanwei army will sweep away the invading enemies within a month of coming to Qinzhou, and return a stable life to the people of Qinzhou." Qinzhou is remote and poor, this merit can not be repaid, only a glass of water and wine to pay tribute to you, I wish Xuanwei Army, Lord Yang, General Zhao, good health, bright future! ”

Yang Congyi said: "Sweeping away the enemy is the duty of the Xuanwei Army, but these days the Xuanwei Army has been harassing in Qinzhou, we can only borrow flowers to offer Buddha, a glass of water and wine to thank each other!" Please! ”

"Please!"

The generals raised a glass with Yang Congyi and Zhao An, and drank a glass with Moltke and other officials.

"Lord Zhizhou, my lords, I'm waiting to say goodbye, and I'll meet again!"

Yang Congyi and the generals clasped their fists and saluted, turned around to board the ship, and quickly got on the deck.

"Everyone, have a nice trip!" Moltke shouted emotionally.

"Lord Zhizhou cherishes!" Yang Congyi smiled and waved on the deck.

"Lift anchor, hoist the sails."

At the sound of the order, the soldiers immediately took action.

In a short time, sea ships and warships left the port one by one.

After seeing Xuanweijun leave, Moltke and the officials of the Qinzhou Prefecture were reluctant to leave the country.

If there was no Xuanwei Army at the beginning, Qinzhou would not be the current Qinzhou, this merit, as a parent official, no matter what the court thinks, they will remember it in their hearts.