"Open the door and welcome the army into the city!" Li Yin stood on the ancient city wall and said loudly.

"No!" A man who looked like an officer standing next to Li Yin came out and replied, and quickly retreated.

After a while, the gate at Li Yin's feet slowly opened, and the flag on the city wall was also hung out, on the entire section of the city wall, among them a huge black dragon flag, the flag only wrote a big dragon flying phoenix dance of the word "Qian" word, on the left side of the "Qian" word flag, there is a slightly lower and slightly smaller flag, on which is written "Jiangnan Jiedu Envoy" five big characters of the flag, on the right side of a big flag is written big "Li" word.

Under the blowing of the autumn wind, three large flags are waving in the wind, showing a different meaning.

And when the gate of Jinling City opened, the military column coming from a distance suddenly stopped and watched from a distance.

And Lin Cang, who was dressed in black armor, was riding on a healthy horse, looking at the open gate from a distance, and next to him stood Li Tong, who was riding a black horse and wearing black armor.

Li Tong rode on the horse, looked at everything, and suddenly felt a little strange and a little puzzled, so he opened his mouth and asked Lin Cang, "General, what's going on?" Why is the gate of Jinling opened? ”

Lin Cang listened, rode on the horse, touched his gray beard, smiled, and said: "General Li, you are from Jiangnan, and you started to join the army under the command of the Jiangnan Jiedu Envoy, and later joined the Yulin Army, you don't understand, this is the way that the army of the Great Qianbeidi is used to welcoming friendly troops, but it has not fought for more than ten years, and the army is almost over, and the young officers are afraid that they don't know!" ”

When Li Tong heard this, he suddenly felt ashamed in his heart, and his face flushed a little.

Lin Cang didn't care about him, pointed to the black dragon flag with the word "Qian" dancing with his right hand, and said: "Look, that black dragon flag with the word 'Qian'!" ”

Li Tong looked up and saw that the black dragon flag was waving in the wind, and the big word "Qian" made people feel a sense of might, a kind of high mountain uplift!

Lin Cangcai then said: "That 'Black Dragon Flag', at the border of the northern land during the war, as soon as it is hung out, it means that this place is still a big cadre, so that the friendly troops who see it can rest assured, and it is also a way to welcome the friendly troops who come from afar!" ”

"In the border pass of the north, the garrison in each city has such a black dragon flag with the word 'Qian', which is specially made by the Privy Council and the Ministry of Industry, with a special process, and no one can imitate it. Moreover, there are 20 flag guards in these border areas, and these flag guards are specially designed to defend this black dragon flag with the word "Qian". Do you think it's a bit of a fuss? ”

At this time, Li Tongzai listened to Lin Cang's words, and suddenly felt a little inexplicable, and his face was just right, and he was just seen by Lin Cang, who turned his head.

Li Tong suddenly felt a little embarrassed, but he still nodded and said, "General, it's true, I don't think it's necessary." ”

Lin Cang listened to Li Tong's words, and then said solemnly: "Li Tong, you, like me when I was young, also feel that you are making a little fuss. That's because you haven't seen the cruelty of the battlefield, this battlefield is not the poet's mouth, 'drunk and lying on the battlefield, Jun Mo smiled, and a few people came back to fight in ancient times.' 'So heroic and free, this battlefield is far more cruel than you imagined, it is the collision of iron and iron, blood and blood, courage and courage, flesh and flesh, far more bloody and desolate than you think, how many good men from the north of the country have walked out of the house, on the battlefield, and have never heard from them in their lives! Lin Cang said with some emotion.

When Li Tong heard this, his face was also full of solemnity and awe!

"The black dragon flag with the word 'Qian' in the border pass is more important than you think, and the establishment of a flag guard to protect the flag is by no means a tall ceremony, just to facilitate the transmission of military information and let the people under his rule feel at ease. When the war is fierce, hanging out this kind of black dragon flag can effectively convey the military situation, so that the commander of the army in the distance can roughly know the situation here, so as to make timely responses. ”

"The duty of the flag guard is to specifically protect this 'Qian' word black dragon flag, whenever the battle encounters an accident and the border pass is lost, the flag guard will burn this flag by himself, so that he will not fall into the hands of the enemy, so that the commander of the army will not know the situation here and make a wrong judgment." Lin Cang continued.

"The flag guards are the most promising officers in an army, and they must be young, bold and careful, courageous, and knowledgeable, because in wartime, the duty of the flag guards is to determine whether the black dragon flag with the word 'Qian' needs to be burned according to the battlefield form, and they do not need to go through the consent of the battlefield commander. So, General Li, you are still young, and when you meet this kind of officer, you can appreciate it a lot, and you are all talented people! ”

"The last general thanks the general for his order, the last general is grateful!" Li Tong rode on the horse, a little moved, and bowed to Lin Cang. This is the point and care of the seniors in the army for the juniors.

And this is indeed what Lin Cang thinks in his heart, he is a festival envoy, a high-ranking officer in the army, and a general with great achievements, but he is indeed old, he doesn't want these good traditions in the army to be lost and discarded, so he is constantly allocating Li Tong along the way. Of course, this is also the reason why Li Tong is a close confidant of His Majesty, and he also has the meaning of forming a good relationship.

Lin Cang calmly accepted Li Tong's salute, and then said: "You see, this Li Yin hung out the black dragon flag with the word 'Qian', which is a special flag for high-ranking military attachés like Jiedu, he is showing goodwill to us, indicating that this place still belongs to Daqian, let us rest assured, he has no intention of rebelling!" ”

Li Tong listened, nodded, and said with some doubts: "General, this is true, but the current situation is not the same as the situation at the border pass, he played the black dragon flag with the word 'Qian', it is true that he has no intention of rebellion, but we still have to be careful, what if he is not good for us?" ”

Lin Cang listened, but he smiled, looked at Li Tong, and then said, "Are you afraid that I will drive the army into the city and be ambushed, right?" ”

Li Tong turned his head a little shyly, obviously Lin Cang's words were in his mind, and he suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Lin Cang continued: "General Li, you are a military general, you can not participate in politics, but you must understand politics, and at this moment, the politics of the Great Qian, when we come to Jinling, it represents the orthodoxy of the Great Qian, on behalf of Your Majesty, Li Yin does not dare to do anything with us?" ”

"He has to be responsible for what he has done, he knows, I know, Your Majesty also knows, this is a tacit political unspoken rule, so he doesn't dare to do anything to us, and we only came to Jinling to better rectify the Jiangnan garrison, do you understand?"

Li Tong listened, pondered for a while, and then solemnly said: "General Xie ordered, the last general understands!" ”

Lin Cang's words are telling Li Tong that a military general, if he wants to go to a high position, he must understand politics, but he must not interfere too much in politics, and the purpose of their trip to Jiangnan is just to rectify the Jiangnan garrison.

And Lin Cang listened to Li Tong's words, nodded, and pointed to the two big flags with "Jiangnan Jiedu Envoy" and the word "Li" written on them, and then said: "Have you seen the other two big flags?" ”

Li Tong looked in the direction of Lin Cang's finger, and the two big flags were on both sides of the black dragon flag with the word "Qian", one left and one right, waving in the wind, which made people feel a different way. So he nodded at Lin Cang, indicating that he saw it.

Lin Cangcai continued: "These two flags are specially made by the Privy Council, representing the identity and status of military attachés, and only military attachés of this level can only be made by the festival. These two flags are usually not hung out, only when they go out to fight, or to welcome high-ranking or same-level military attachés, or to welcome His Majesty, of course, there are some special circumstances, will be hung out to show respect, which is a kind of military attache etiquette. ”

"And Li Yin hung out these two big flags at this time, it is to show his respect for me, on the ground of Daqian, it is impossible for him to suddenly attack our army, as a high-level military attache like the Jiedu Envoy, he has his own pride in his heart! As a warrior in the North, no matter how much he deteriorates, the blood of a warrior in his bones does not allow him to use any conspiracies and tricks to plot against his colleagues in a non-war situation. Lin Cang thought about Li Yin's past in his heart, but said with emotion in his mouth.

"This Li Yin's dignified northern warrior is also a military attache who crawled out of the pile of dead people, and he is still corroded by the customs of Jiangnan, it's a pity!" Lin Cang said with a serious face.

Li Tong listened, but he didn't say a word, because he heard Lin Cang's disparagement of Jiangnan, he couldn't explain too much, but he secretly swore in his heart that he must let people know in this life that this great cadre is not only the warriors of the Northland, but also the people of Jiangnan! The bravery of Jiangnan starts with me!

After a long time, Lin Cang, who was riding on a horse, looked at the ancient Jinling City, and then took out his portable sword, pinched the hilt of the sword with his right hand, stabbed it in the direction of Jinling City, and said loudly: "The army is set off, enter the city!" ”

"No!" "No!" "No!" ……

In a short time, tens of thousands of troops lined up in a neat queue and marched towards Jinling with neat steps under the leadership of the officers.

But Lin Cang was in the lead, at the front of the queue, his face was unusually heavy, but he didn't know what he was thinking.

And Li Yin, who was standing on the city wall, stared blankly at the army coming from afar, his face was also unusually heavy, but he only used his voice to hear and said to himself: "Is it still here after all!" ”