In the next few days, Ye Sizhong and I stayed by Qi Dudu's side, to put it bluntly, we just wanted to accompany him through the last journey of his life.

It can be seen that Qi Dudu's mental state is already very bad, sometimes he is sober and sometimes confused, and his mind is also blurred, and he always forgets what he said on the front foot and the back foot.

Ye Sizhong and I always sighed silently behind our backs about this matter, but we always greeted each other with a smile in person, just to let Qi Dudu have a more pleasant time.

We sat with him in the courtyard every day, talking about the situation in the West and the world pattern, talking about the development of the navy and technological innovation.

Although he does not have modern knowledge as a foundation, he has an incomparably rich experience, which he cannot bring with him in life, or in death, and no one else can take it with him.

After talking a lot, I realized that he was using this method to teach me his experience, or this is the best way for both parties to understand and accept.

On the fifth day, Unrepentant and Mo returned, taking with them the results of the task I gave them.

The results that were transmitted back made me worry - compared to the total size of the 300,000 troops of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the previous life, the Hashiba Hideyoshi and Shibata Katsuie in this life were limited because they sent troops separately, and the division of the Dongying Kingdom had been completed, and the total number of troops this time reached nearly 400,000!

Among them, Hashiba Hideyoshi, who occupied the west of Kyoto, sent about 220,000 troops, mainly commanded by Shimazu Yoshihiro, Mori Terumoto, and Fukushima Masanori after returning to Shun, and 10,000 sailors led by Kuki Yoshitaka and Fujido Takatora, a total of 230,000 people, who landed from Qingjin and advanced south from northern Goryeo.

Shibata Katsuie, whose territory is far east, sent about 170,000 troops, although the number of troops is small, but the combat strength is still above the Yuchai army, led by the 22-year-old "one-eyed dragon" Date Masamune and Uesugi Keikatsu, landed from Busan, and poured Goryeo territory from east to west!

The Goryeo stick has not experienced a war for more than 100 years, the high-level is busy with dogs and horses all day long, and the bottom is eating flies and dogs every day for a mouthful of food, and as a result, it is completely vulnerable under the attack of the two armies of Dongying, and the country has shrunk by more than eighty percent!

In addition, there are about 120,000 reserves of about 120,000 people on both sides who remain in Hizen Province, or Nagasaki generation, and can be ready to fight if needed.

Nearly 500,000 enemies, after listening to the report, Ye Sizhong and I were a little speechless. Qi Dudu pondered for a moment, but said in a loud voice: "When I was in Jizhou, I was entrusted by Shoufu to send people to Dongying to spy many times. Although the soldiers of Dongying are brave and wild, they are limited by their low height, limited strength, simple and rough mind, and extremely poor cooperation. ”

This is a kind of self-confidence from the heart, as if it should be so, and there is no other possibility, in other words, it is natural, it is not normal.

Ye Sizhong and I couldn't help but arch our hands at Qi Dudu. I spoke aloud: "If I can persuade the little emperor to send troops, the battle at sea is not to be feared, although the enemy ships are several times larger than mine, but I regard them as mustards. Just land...... I can't help with anything specific. ”

Ye Sizhong smiled on the side and said: "Qilan, if you can resist the Dongying Water Master, then it will be the first achievement, as for the land ......"

He turned his head to look at Qi Dudu again, and said with a straight face: "Dudu Mingjian, this year, Li Chengliang, the chief soldier of Liaodong, is getting older and older, and his nine sons are gradually ascending to the throne, and the most eye-catching person is his eldest son Li Rusong. Due to the fatigue of the war exploits, he was the governor of the department, and the right deputy general of the Shenji Battalion. Among the main battle factions, Li Rusong has the highest voice. This person is brave and good at fighting, quite strategic, if he leads the Liaodong soldiers out of battle, he is not afraid of the enemy who is several times the enemy! ”

Qi Dudu nodded and frowned, as if he had something on his mind: "I have heard the name of Li Rusong for a long time, and I can be the chief soldier of the former enemy." However, most of the Liaodong soldiers mainly fought on foot, their mobility was unsatisfactory, and their assault power was indeed inferior, and I was worried that they would be unable to cope with the Japanese Kou's sea and land transportation and the method of attacking the east and the west! ”

Ye Sizhong suddenly stood up and bowed his hand to Qi Dudu again: "Dudu, you left three thousand southern soldiers at the beginning, and now I have scattered and enriched them to serve as the backbone of the various detachments of the Jizhou battalion, ** recruits." In recent years, the soldiers have been practicing day and night, and the soldiers have made rapid progress! I have selected 3,000 elite cavalry from the large battalion to form a cavalry battalion, and the combat strength is enough to be worthy of the governor's words! ”

Qi Dudu's eyes shone brightly: "The three thousand southern soldiers were originally elite, and the spread of branches and leaves has doubled the courage of the soldiers!" You've done a great job. I just don't know what this cavalry is called. ”

Ye Sizhong was stunned for a moment, and then smiled and said: "I haven't named it yet, please let the governor show it!" ”

Qi Dudu smiled and looked back at me: "Qilan, you have always had the most ideas, what do you say this cavalry regiment should be called?" ”

I paused for a second before replying: "This cavalry was born from the army of the governor to resist the Japanese, and now it is shouldering the heavy responsibility of defending the stability of the country. I think it's better to call it Guanning Tieqi! ”

"Guanning Iron Cavalry...... Guanning Iron Rider! Qi Dudu secretly praised a few times, a row of tables, and shouted three times in a row: "Okay! Good! Good! ”

Then he glanced at me and Ye Sizhong, and said with a smile: "It's called Guan Ning Tieqi!" It's called Guanning Iron Rider! ”

Ye Sizhong was also very excited, and when he saw Qi Dudu smiling happily, he glanced at me happily.

Since the day he came here, he had never seen Qi Dudu so happy, and we all felt comforted from the bottom of our hearts for the naming of Guanning Iron Cavalry at this time.

Who knew that there are few icing on the cake in this world, and there is more joy and sorrow, Qi Dudu laughed a few times, and suddenly coughed violently!

His face was flushed, and he coughed violently with violent asthma, almost as if he was going to cough out his lungs!

We hurriedly went up to support Qi Dudu and helped him gently beat his back to let him breathe a sigh of relief.

The moment he stopped coughing, Qi Dudu opened his mouth "wow" and spit out a mouthful of blood, and the whole person fell on his back, and we hurriedly held him to prevent him from falling to the ground!

Seven hands and eight feet helped Qi Dudu onto the couch, I reached out to put Qi Dudu on the wrist vein, the green aura penetrated through the body, and the result I got made me cold!

Qi Dudu's life was dead, and at this time, his pulse was depleted like a dead man!

I really don't want to believe my own judgment, but I am very sure - this old man who has dedicated his life to the stability of the Ming Dynasty's borders and the solid coastal defense will probably leave this world forever in less than three days at most, and will sleep forever!

Holding Qi Dudu's wrist tightly, my whole body seemed to be frozen, I couldn't let go or take it down, I could only let the tears slowly slide down!

Qi Dudu slowly opened his eyes, shook his right hand slightly, held my wrist in the palm of his hand, squeezed it tightly, and said in a hoarse voice: "Qilan, I sent the letter three days ago, and it should have reached the hands of Lord Shen Shixing at this time." He was above the temple and knew the priorities best. ”

Speaking of this, Qi Dudu couldn't help coughing a few more times, I hurriedly helped him lie down, and in the tears of Qi Xingguo and other relatives, I only listened to the old man continue to say without hesitation: "I am my own family knower, you don't have to worry about me." Not much to say, since you already have first-hand information, then you can go to Beijing, and after meeting Lord Shen Shixing, listen to his arrangement! ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Ye Sizhong again: "Sizhong, you can go too!" Immediately rushed back to the camp in Jizhou and rectified the Guanning Iron Cavalry. Although the treasury is now fuller than in the past, it is still exhausted. The battle of Goryeo is important in a quick battle, and a strong cavalry should be the first priority! Hurry up and get ready for battle! Hurry up and get ready for battle! ”

Ye Sizhong also had tears in his eyes, but it should be and no, it should not be and it should not be.

Qi Dudu suddenly smiled, raised his hand to take our wrists, shook it vigorously, and said, "The future of Daming is on the two of you!" Don't be a little girl here! Lu Fang Weng Shiyun: Dead Yuan knows that everything is empty, but the sadness is not the same in Kyushu. Wang Shi set the Central Plains Day in the north, and the family sacrifice did not forget to tell Naiweng. I understand Lu Fangweng's feelings very well at this moment, everything can only be entrusted to you, if something big can be done, I can also laugh at Jiuquan underground! ”

This made me even more saddened, and I almost cried again. Qi Dudu waved his hand and said almost sharply: "Go quickly!" Just go! Don't be coy here, go and do your big thing! ”

After speaking, he looked back at his youngest son Qi Xingguo, and said sternly: "Xingguo!" You go with Qilan. In the future, Shiqilan will be a brother, and everything will be learned, listened to, and waited, do you understand? ”

Qi Xingguo cried and knelt on the ground, and all five of his brothers served in Jinyiwei. This time, the father was seriously ill, but the water inside Jinyiwei was as deep as the sea, and the five brothers did not dare to ask for leave at the same time, so they had to send their younger brother home first to take care of their father—and at the same time, before something happened, someone could report it in time, and several brothers would have the opportunity to come back to see their father for the last time.

Seeing that his father vomited blood, Qi Xingguo knew that his father was not far away, and he should have immediately told his brother to come back quickly and send his father to the end together, but his father actually let him go away to Beijing with Qilan at this time!

The Qi family's style is extremely strict, and Qi Jiguang is only afraid of his wife, but his words are like a holy decree to the five brothers. Qi Jiguang let him go, but he refused to let him stay for his end. Thinking of parting with his father in life and death, Qi Xingguo couldn't help crying loudly and his clothes were wet.

Everyone in the room was full of compassion, but Qi Dudu looked at me with a smile, his eyes full of hope.

I burst out laughing, and everyone was stunned. I patted Qi Xingguo's shoulder, looked at Qi Dudu and said: "Du Du is above, Qi Lan thinks, who has not died in life since ancient times, leave Dan to take care of the sweat!" The governor first had a few years of stuffy wine with his second uncle, and when Qilan had played enough in others, he naturally came down to ask for Yi Gaoming! ”

Qi Dudu stood up suddenly, his eyes shining: "Good!" Heroism! Who has not died in life since ancient times, and left Dan to take care of his sweat! Ever since I saw Qilan, I knew that you were extraordinary, and I didn't expect to have such feelings! I respect you young heroes, just let it go! ”

I arched my hand at Qi Dudu and said categorically: "Treasure!" Then he turned and departed.

Walking to the door, Qi Dudu's voice suddenly came from behind him: "Qilan!" ”

I had been hardened and walked out, but when I heard this voice, my heart trembled violently. I stopped, but I didn't dare turn around.

Qi Dudu sighed and spoke again: "Qilan, I know that your master is like a god, but I really hope that his prediction is wrong this time!" ”

I didn't look back, arched my hand at Qi Dudu, and said resolutely: "Definitely!" I promise! ”

After saying that, he strode away. Only Qi Dudu's nostalgic gaze was left, and he stared behind us for a long time and never retracted it......