But what Ji Qingwen has in his hand is not an "ordinary" Shang Fang sword, but the "Son of Heaven Sword" used by Emperor Chongzhen himself, and how much utility, how high authority, and how strong can this Son of Heaven sword be, no classics, no rules, and no conventions have ever been mentioned.

And the mystery of this "weapon of the country, secret and undeclared" has added a deterrent to this "Sword of Heaven".

I saw Ji Qingwen take the sword from Huang Degong's hand, raise his hands above his head, and shouted: "The Holy Imperial Sword is here!" ”

When Han Zanzhou was in the palace, he served Emperor Chongzhen, who was not yet the emperor, and this "Sword of Heaven" used by Emperor Chongzhen himself was dangling in front of him every day, which could not be more familiar.

Therefore, as soon as he saw Ji Qingwen show this sword, his knees immediately weakened, and he fell to the ground, shouting: "Long live!" ”

And it was not the first time that Liu Kongzhao had seen this sword representing the supreme imperial power, although he was helpless, he could only kneel down to express his submission, and also shouted: "Long live!" ”

Seeing the two of them fall to the ground, Shen Liangzuo, Zou Weilian, and Zhang Yandeng naturally did not have the rules of standing still, so they could only follow and kneel to the ground.

Ji Qingwen saw that these high-ranking officials—especially Liu Kongzhao and Zhang Yandeng, who had just vehemently opposed his opinion strategy—all knelt at his feet, and his heart was indescribably comfortable and happy.

Ji Qingwen has a sword in his hand, a backer behind him, and confidence in his heart, and he is naturally full of confidence when he speaks: "You are all well-informed people, and this sword of the Son of Heaven used by the emperor himself, I think everyone must recognize it." The reason why the emperor gave me this sword is to cut off the traitor—"

He deliberately prolonged his accent, so frightened that all the ministers who were prostrate on the ground trembled.

You must know that Fang is in this big tent of the Chinese army, and there are not a few ministers who have offended Ji Qingwen, in case this young and heavy soldier Suzhou weaving admiral launches a ruthless attack, and uses himself as a "traitor" to kill him on the spot with the "Sword of Heaven", it will be a big deal.

But after listening to Ji Qingwen's words, he said: "However, I see that all of you are dedicated to serving the imperial court, but there are some differences of opinion under the same presence, so you are not traitors at all, and naturally you are not on this sword of the Son of Heaven." ”

When the people present heard this, their hearts relaxed slightly, but they heard Ji Qingwen continue to say: "This sword of the Son of Heaven has another function, that is, to unify the power of affairs, and when everyone can't talk about it, you can use this sword to give orders in the name of the saint. In the next place, now is the best time to use this 'Son of Heaven Sword'. Ladies and gentlemen, I am going to use the Sword of Heaven to give orders, if there is anyone who is unwilling to obey the order, please put it forward now, and if you don't send a task, you can just do it. ”

Ji Qingwen thought that what he said could be regarded as leaving some room for these guys with evil intentions, but these adults thought about it more, thinking that Ji Qingwen was using a strategy to capture and indulge, as long as anyone dared to jump out of ignorance of current affairs and was unwilling to obey Ji Qingwen's orders, this kid could immediately use this "Son of Heaven Sword" to kill on the spot for the crime of disobeying the order.

These officials are not stupid – at least they themselves think so.

Therefore, in the face of Ji Qingwen's question, they replied almost at the same time: "The ministers don't dare", "The ministers are determined to follow the work of dogs and horses", "The ministers are willing to obey orders", etc., which can be regarded as expressions.

These officials pretended to be smart, but they made it convenient for Ji Qingwen.

Liu Kongzhao, Han Zanzhou, Zhang Yandeng, Zou Weilian, Shen Liangzuo, as well as their Nanjing garrison troops, Zhejiang Guards troops, Fujian Guards troops, and Beijing Division Battalion soldiers and horses, plus Ji Qingwen's own "Ming Wu Army" and Qin Xiangzhen's white pole soldiers - these soldiers and horses of mixed quality are finally under the unified command of Ji Qingwen, which naturally gives him the capital to show his skills.

So no matter what these officials thought in their hearts, Ji Qingwen issued one order after another according to the ideas he had discussed with Li Yan, Yang Zhan and others. He was afraid that these officials would disobey him, so he called Li Yan, who was waiting outside the big tent of the Chinese army, to come in, and wrote different military orders according to the different tasks of each official, and asked them to sign and draw a few of them, so that they could be relieved.

After signing their names on the military order, the officials were equally relieved.

Because with the military order, which is written in black and white, it is equivalent to having conclusive evidence to prove that these orders were issued by Ji Qingwen with the authority of the "Son of Heaven Sword", then he is just acting on orders, even if the battle situation is unfavorable in the future, and Emperor Chongzhen liquidates this matter, it is also Ji Qingwen's head is responsible, and they can't be held accountable.

In this way, Ji Qingwen didn't expect that his original plan would be realized in such a form.

Ji Qingwen came to Liu Kongzhao's line to discuss things, and discussed for a whole day, and when things were properly discussed, it was already dusk.

Ji Qingwen, who missed the meal, was already dizzy with hunger. As soon as he left the big tent of the Chinese army, he called all the officers and men of the "Ming Wu Army" and immediately returned to the camp to bury the pot and make rice.

As soon as they heard Ji Qingwen's order, they immediately got up and lined up, and they were about to leave the Nanjing garrison and return to their camps to eat and sleep.

They hadn't set off yet, but they saw Qin Xiangzhen rushing over and asked, "What's the matter?" Isn't Lord Ji stationed in this camp? ”

Ji Qingwen smiled: "That's nature. Miss Qin looked at this camp, it was built in a mess and scattered, wouldn't it be too aggrieved if the elite soldiers under my command lived here? ”

When Qin Xiangzhen heard this, he looked up and saw that this camp was really out of order, and it didn't look like it was built by an elite division at all, so he also smiled and said, "Lord Ji is reasonable, but I didn't think about it thoughtfully." It's better to be like this, these soldiers under my command are also masters of building camps, so it's better to let me build a new one next to it, and we will camp together, so that I can listen to Lord Ji talk about how he injured Dai Shan at that time. ”

As soon as he mentioned the attack that seriously injured the Manchurian Great Belle Daishan, Ji Qingwen's heart instantly got better again, and the traditional virtues of modesty and prudence of the Chinese nation were immediately forgotten by him, and he said: "This matter is indeed a bit of a rhetorical matter. However, there is no need for Miss Qin to build another camp, my brothers have already established a camp, if General Qin does not dislike it, how about leading the army to come and station together? ”

Qin Xiangzhen saw that Ji Qingwen's army was very lawful, and he heard that he was also the leader in deploying military affairs, so he was also interested in seeing what kind of atmosphere he built the camp, so he immediately nodded and agreed, beckoned his two thousand white pole soldiers, and followed behind Ji Qingwen's "Ming Wu Army" and drove to Fuzhou City.

The camp set up by Ji Qingwen is based on the art of war of the old general Qi Jiguang. And Qi Jiguang's rules for leading the army to fight can be called the ultimate in the era of cold weapons, and the camp set up according to his rules is naturally meticulous and leaky.

Qin Xiangzhen is the daughter of the Sichuan Tusi Qin Liangyu family, although the white pole soldiers she led are strong in combat, their combat effectiveness is more rooted in the courage of the ethnic minorities in southern Sichuan who are not afraid of death, and lack scientific, systematic, and theoretical guidance.

Therefore, when Qin Xiangzhen saw that the camp set up by Ji Qingwen was so rigorous, he couldn't help but admire: "Lord Ji didn't deceive me after all, if it weren't for the true biography of the old general Qi Jiguang, how could Lord Ji set up such a camp!" ”

Ji Qingwen had a surplus when he established the camp, and because he had already set a strategy and issued an order, the army would set off tomorrow, so Qin Xiangzhen's two thousand white pole soldiers only stayed for one night, so they were barely stationed if they were a little crowded.

After it is settled, it is time to bury the pot and make rice.

Ji Qingwen's "Ming Wu Army" has sufficient salaries and abundant supplies, and the military rations are naturally very exquisite - when he goes out on the expedition, not only the staple food is fine rice and white noodles, but even vegetables, chickens, ducks, fish, etc. are also readily available; Only when it is inconvenient to prepare food calmly on the march and fighting, will they take out the steamed buns, cured meats, pickles and other things prepared in advance to satisfy hunger; And these buns, cured meats, and pickles are also higher than the food of the ordinary army of the Ming Dynasty.