The Nine Gates were under the control of the teenagers selected by Xiao Xuan's Guards a few days ago. It's just that in normal times, there are only three or four rotating teams of military supervisors. Just when the main force of the army was about to take advantage of the night to leave the camp, more than 100 veterans who had participated in the battle of Wumen, as the vanguard, approached the vicinity of Ding'an with the secret tools they were preparing to attack the city, ready to encounter the worst-case scenario.

"Holy Order! We are in charge of Andingmen today! Let's go up to the city and guard it! A young officer, though somewhat nervous, pretended to have the courage to shout.

"Is there a holy seal?" Although the guard in charge of Yongding Gate is a relatively mediocre figure, he does not dare to be careless at this time. The gates of the capital are never a trivial matter at any time.

"Check it out! This is the Holy Seal! ”

"Oh! Hehe, it's also a routine affair to get off the job, please... ”

There seems to be no surprise in everything, under the condition that the military power in Beijing is determined, the elite backbone of guarding Andingmen has long been mobilized by the duty team that received a secret order. More than 100 young pro-army backbones easily controlled the city gate.

Shortly after this, a large crowd of men and horses in the darkness were guided by a few torches to the city gates. Although the march was not very fast in order to prevent the team from being too scattered, many people in the city also felt that something might happen at this time.

"Who is that in the city? Why go straight to Andingmen? Several lieutenants near Andingmen didn't dare to slack off at this time, and dared to come over and ask.

"I forgot to tell you before. As the Holy Lord's pro-army, we have been training in the camp for two months, and we have also participated in actual battles to prove our combat effectiveness, but the Holy Lord still hopes to be able to go out of the city for long-distance field marching training. The Son of Heaven wants to keep this matter a secret, and if anyone who doesn't know how to raise the news leaks the news to anyone else, don't blame the Son of Heaven who is personally in charge of the military power today is not welcome! A young officer of the guard battalion said in a very hard tone at Xiao Xuan's instructions.

"That's good! It's the lower officials who are talkative... Please go this way, the gates should be opened like this! Come on! Open the gates! "Open the gates!"

In this way, a thousand, hundreds, heavily armed troops carrying two thousand horses and a large amount of supplies and baggage swaggered out of the city gates. did not encounter any trouble that worried Xiao Xuan very much.

In order to conceal as much as possible and avoid trouble, this time only a few of Wang Chengen's cronies and eunuchs who were in charge of communication followed the team out of the city without bringing anyone else. When Xiao Xuan and the people around him went out of the city, in order to prevent accidents, they also dressed up as the team leader and soldiers, and followed the middle of the team and went out of the city from the city gate to complete the assembly. Immediately afterwards, the more than 100 young backbones who went to the city first also went down to the city and went out of the city with the army.

Since the Liu Liu and Liu Qi incidents, even in the suburbs of Beijing, the law and order has not been peaceful. Therefore, when the sky was not yet bright, when the army left the city, there was no sound around it, and there was almost no one watching the lively figures. When the sky was completely lit up after an hour and a half, the horse team led by Xiao Xuan had already marched nearly forty miles in the dark in the predetermined direction, and had completely left the capital. The whole team also began to camp temporarily.

Different from the traditional old army, the Guards have formed a relatively complete regulation in the past two months, even if it is a small and medium-sized rest, it should be built a simple temporary earthen fortification, and when the morning dawns, it takes about a quarter of an hour or so, and the simple trenches in many places inside the small earthen fence with a radius of about 100 paces have already taken shape under the condition that everyone is equipped with good quality excavation tools.

It was only at this time that some peasants from the suburbs of Beijing seemed to be planning to rush over after seeing the procession out of the city to see if there were any opportunities to sell and buy. Although this is risky, there are still many people who take risks when the year is not too good and their livelihood is difficult.

Xiao Xuan thought for a long time when the army was marching out of the city, and finally whispered something in the ear of the logistics officer in charge of the officer's stove in the team. In this way, the patrol on duty on the perimeter also let some civilians come over to sell grain and vegetables at a certain distance from the military camp earthen fence, and even paid someone to bring some water.

Seeing that these officers and soldiers were generally relatively young and well-equipped, the army was not as high-flying as other officers and soldiers, and that the price of all the items was even slightly higher than the market price on weekdays, and even made money by diving, soon all kinds of people from all over the country came to serve the army.

Just when many officers and soldiers felt a little relieved and proud of this rare "military-civilian fish-water" relationship, Xiao Xuan said in the team's rangers that the army's needs today were enough, and after dispersing the crowd of people who came to sell and buy, he ordered some children to put the purchased food into the cooking stove, and put the purchased water in the pit that had been prepared long ago and bury it with soil, and the same was true for vegetables. Only a very small amount of water, food, and vegetables were sampled and given to rabbits for safekeeping.

Although the team carried enough supplies for at least half a month when they left the city, there were still many children who were confused by Xiao Xuan's order. Xiao Xuan also said solemnly to everyone without hesitation: "Today is the seventh day of November, and many of you have been following me for two months, even the newcomers not long ago have now adapted to life in the barracks. In order to allow you to form combat effectiveness as quickly as possible, I have been forcing you to form combat effectiveness as quickly and as quickly as possible with a relatively strict and strict attitude, even at the expense of heavy money. However, many great things have not yet been taught to you personally. Now, on the occasion of the departure of the army out of the city, I would like to tell you about politics. After avoiding this trip, many people have confusion in their hearts. Or have made a mistake that is too serious ... ”

Xiao Xuan saw that no one said anything when he personally lectured as the emperor, so he thought for a moment and continued: "You are the people around the Son of Heaven, but you know that in the past, the Son of Heaven did not personally lead the troops. In the past, you also know a little about the combat effectiveness of those people in the imperial horse prison, and they are definitely not the opponents of the imperial armies of other places, so why do you talk about why many emperors who do not actually control the military power can still have power above the court? Many of you may have read the book, and some of you haven't, but it doesn't matter. I can tell you some historical facts, since the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty, the world has been divided for a long time, and it must be divided for a long time, but since the Tang and Song dynasties and our dynasty, the time of war and chaos in the world has become shorter and shorter, and the time of reunification has become longer and longer, why is this? ”

Because he was worried that the effect would be a little bad, Xiao Xuan directly looked at a few cultural instructors in the pro-military camp who had been studying for a long time, and motioned for them to take the initiative to answer.

"Because ... Because since the Song Dynasty, the education of the saints has begun to take root in the hearts of the people. . . ”

"Yes, I also heard that there was an earlier time in the Tang Dynasty, when the folk families were full of heroes, and now the folk are martial arts and scholars, and the folk customs are no longer so tyrannical...

Xiao Xuan didn't turn around again, but bluntly said solemnly to the officers and backbones of the squadrons around him: "What you said is not thorough, those are just appearances. Although you are not yet adults, you may have heard a saying that the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. The adult world, especially the world's major events, is often formed by different interest groups playing with each other for their own interests, or cooperating and compromising with each other. Detached from the analysis of interests, any high-sounding appearance is nothing more than hypocritical self-deception. The reason why the Son of Heaven is not in charge of the army himself, and the monarch's power can seem to be very stable is that the powerful and powerful people in the world are tired of wars and strife, that is, they are tired of the arms race like the foreign barbarian country, and they hope to use more of the people's fat and ointment obtained from the people not for the cost of raising soldiers or security costs, but for the consumption of more people within the clan, as well as the longevity of family interests. Change positions: If you become a powerful man in the countryside in the future, are you willing to endure even those people who do things on your concubines and prostitutes in order to save face for some of the family members around you who can be traditional at any time? Don't want to, right? Therefore, he chose to respect the way of Confucius and Mencius and respect the monarchy. If the existence of the monarchy is contrary to their interests, they are not afraid to exchange one means or another for a weak and deceitful figure. There is also a saying that 'there are a hundred people, all kinds of people', and in general, there is a saying that Xiucai rebelled for three years. Those in the world who regard themselves as saints and disciples, or those who claim to be grandmasters and martial artists, are generally far less bold than the rebellious ministers and thieves of thousands of years ago, but for the cannon fodder and even careerists who may be instigated by others, they can be used by any human conceivable of the next three indiscriminate means... ”

Hearing Xiao Xuan say this, many young officers and soldiers who were not stupid had a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

"We understand the Holy Lord's intentions...

"Holy rest assured! If those rebellious ministers and thieves dare to deceive the king, we will surely ... ”

The teenagers seemed to be quite sincere, and Xiao Xuan certainly didn't mean to interrupt. It's just that after the emotions of many people around him calmed down, he continued: "Tang Taizong once said: Jun is the boat, water is the people, and water can carry the boat and capsize the boat." The people here do not refer to those nominal wealthy and powerful households, but only the people of Qiantou in the real sense of Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, Wagangzhai, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion. If a monarch is incompetent, he is likely to be overthrown by all sorts of careerists with the help of public opinion. In a sense, even if I am not a saint, I have my own selfish interests, and even hope to prey on the common people, but as an emperor and a monarch, I am naturally closer to the people than the rich merchants, civil officials, military attachés, nobles, squires, and even all kinds of meat eaters. Therefore, in a sense: if you want to maintain the long-term security of the world, and return the world to a prosperous era in this time of internal and external troubles, you will inevitably infringe on the interests of some people. Those people will see me and the authorities around me as a thorn in the eye. In order to protect their interests, whether it is the filth of the epidemic in the water, vegetables and grain, the medicine that hurts the body in the incense burner of my food, or the collusion with the Jiannu outside the customs and even the surrounding bandits and bandits, or the bribing of a few seemingly poor people as assassins, as well as fire prevention and flooding, all these conceivable dangers may appear in front of your eyes. So no matter if you encounter something on this trip, you have to look at everything around you with the worst possible scenario, understand? “

"Ming... I see... ”