Chapter 47: Departure (II)
Early in the morning after the Mid-Autumn Festival. According to Yu Wenxuan's requirements, they did not wear military uniforms, but all wore black elite warrior uniforms, 200 cavalry, 800 infantry, dressed as the escorts of this huge "caravan" that was about to depart, and Wang Shilong led them to wait outside Chang'an City.
This Wang Shilong is also one of the commanders of the Black Feather Army, he is thirty years old, he participated in the imperial examination in his twenties, won the top prize in martial arts, and won the top spot in literature. Tall and mighty, good at making a pair of hammers, archery is super god. Yu Wenxuan also asked him about archery back then, so he can be regarded as half of Yu Wenxuan's teacher. At the beginning of the establishment of the Black Feather Army, the first emperor appointed him as the commander, and he made great achievements in the battlefield for many years, and was later named the general of the expedition to the east.
At the gate of the palace, Yu Wenduan led a group of ministers to see him off in person, and along with Yu Wenxuan, there were also Yang Qiong, the household attendant, and Sun Bolun, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, both of whom were in their fifties. The purpose of this trip is to assist Yuwenxuan and record the customs of Jiangnan and the lives of the people.
"Brother Huang, then we'll set off." Yu Wenxuan walked with Yu Wenduan, he entered the palace in the morning, and personally went to say goodbye to Yu Wenduan.
"Don't be playful, get down to business." Yu Wenduan once again emphasized that he didn't know how many times he had said the same thing in the past few days.
"Remember." Yu Wenxuan said with a smile.
"Alright, let's go." Yuwenduan said.
"Take care, brother." Yu Wenxuan bowed to Yu Wenduan first, then walked down the stairs and went to Zhang Shaohua and Tian Shaotu, together with the two of them, and Yue'er, Xin'er, Yuwenning and the rest of the people saluted Yuwenduan together.
All the people who were standing behind Yuwen Duan bowed at the same time, "Long live the emperor, long live, long live, the prince is a thousand years old." ”
"It's a little cold." Xin'er said softly in Zhang Shaohua's ear, a few days ago, after Yuwenxuan asked Yuwenduan, he made a special trip to find Zhang Shaohua and asked him to bring Xin'er with him, so that Yue'er and Yuwenning could be accompanied by many companions on the road, and Zhang Shaohua of the province was thinking about it all day and night.
"Yes, it's naturally cold in autumn, and it's much better at noon." Zhang Shaohua and the others have been waiting here for a while, and their martial arts practitioners don't really mind this kind of weather. But Xin'er is a girl after all, and her body is already weaker. Zhang Shaohua took out a cloak from the carriage and put it on Xin'er's shoulder, "Don't catch a cold." ”
Yu Wenxuan instructed everyone to get on the horse, Chamberlain and Yang Qiong rode in the same carriage, and Yue'er and the other three girls got into another larger carriage. At the sound of an order, everyone set off to leave the capital. After joining Wang Shilong in the city, he headed south under the escort of the Black Feather Army.
"How do we get there?" Zhang Shaohua asked.
"From north to south, from west to east, and back." Tian Shaotu said that just like Yu Wenxuan had found Zhang Shaohua, he had also gone to Tian Shaotu and asked him to study the issue of the southern tour route.
For so many years, whether it was playing when he was a child or marching when he grew up and then going on this southern tour, he mostly planned it, unless Yu Wenxuan or Zhang Shaohua had other ideas and suggestions, and the three of them discussed it together.
"Zhang Gongzi, you don't have to worry about this kind of trivial matter, you just need to take care of your Xin'er." Yu Wenxuan said that every time the three of them were together, they always had to make fun of each other.
"Yo, Yuwen Gongzi, then you can't take care of your Yue'er? Oh yes, and your sister is too, so wouldn't it be even busier? Zhang Shaohua also joked.
Since they disguised themselves as caravans, they must no longer call other people's titles and official ranks, but fortunately, this group of people has grown up together since childhood, and they have always called their names directly, and they do not feel awkward. On the contrary, the two adults Chamberlain and Yang Qiong have to adapt to it, and they are called the bosses of the caravan, and the uncle or uncle of Yu Wenxuan and the other three people took the descendants of the family to Jiangnan to follow the chief businessman to meet him.
"Lao Wang!" Yu Wenxuan called.
"Childe." Wang Shilong rode his horse and responded respectfully.
"Our goal of a thousand people is still too big, and it's a bit ostentatious. Therefore, along the way, the brothers must protect the two uncles and the three girls, and tell Jiang Bo and Wang Yong to let them be responsible separately. Yu Wenxuan commanded.
Jiang Bo and Wang Yong are the two generals under Wang Shilong in the Black Feather Army, which is equivalent to the squad leader, and they can command 500 soldiers in the army, but this trip is led by Jiang Bo in charge of the infantry and Wang Yong in charge of the cavalry. These two people are clever in their work, and their martial arts are not low, and it was Yu Wenxuan who specially asked for a southern tour together.
"No." Wang Shilong replied.