Wang Gui lowered his head and said for a while: "To be honest, I'm really disappointed, you don't know how bad it is to follow Tong Guan to fight, you don't treat our local army as a person, just like a beast, I would rather go and fight the Liao army single-handedly, I can't stand this kind of wretchedness." ”

Li Yanqing stared at him for a moment, then turned away and asked, "Let's talk about the fifth brother!" How is he now. ”

"He's in the army, too."

Wang Gui's eyes flickered, dodging Li Yanqing's sharp gaze, "Just twenty days ago, the forbidden army retreated to Xiangzhou, the front line was empty, and Liu Tao, the Xuanfu staff officer under Tong Guan, recruited strong men from all over Hebei to go to the front line for defense, and the fifth brother also signed up, and I heard that Liu Tao was quite important. ”

Li Yanqing slowly said to Wang Gui: "You see that the fifth brother did not retreat at the critical moment, but took the initiative to serve in the army to defend the country, even I, who was deposed because of my strong opposition to the Northern Expedition, rushed to the front line regardless of personal honor and disgrace, but you are going to Ezhou for refuge, what do you want me to say about you?" ”

"I didn't want to go to Ezhou!"

Wang Gui blushed and slammed his fist on the table, startling the diners next to him and glaring at him angrily.

Wang Gui gritted his teeth and said: "I decided to go to you before I came to the capital, but my father and uncles and brothers objected, and only my grandfather supported me, I just said that I don't want to talk to Tong Guan anymore." ”

Li Yanqing smiled slightly: "I don't want to be with that eunuch either, the seed commander is also very important to you, this time we will follow the seed master to the Northern Expedition, wouldn't it be exactly what you and I want." ”

Wang Gui sighed, "But I've been dismissed now." ”

"It doesn't matter, the commander has the right to appoint you as a partial general, you have a reputation for martial arts, and you can be directly awarded the official title after meritorious service, wouldn't it be more refreshing than your aggrieved group training!"

Wang Gui was in high spirits, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! This time I'll listen to you. ”

"Then we have a word, you take Tang Yuan'er and the child to live in my house tonight, I have an empty yard at home, and you will report to Beidaying with me early tomorrow morning."

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Before dawn the next day, Li Yanqing left the mansion with Wang Gui and Zhang Hu and went to Beidaying to report.

Of course, the Second Northern Expedition is still in a preparatory stage, and it will take at least a month to prepare for the Northern Expedition, Li Yanqing did not bring Mo Jun and others for the time being, and they will also follow Li Yanqing to make meritorious contributions to the Northern Expedition.

Beida camp is located outside the new Fengqiu gate, the cavalry archery competition of the year is held here, the military camp covers a very large scale, there are tens of thousands of acres, can accommodate 100,000 troops, currently stationed just from Taiyuan Fu from the 30,000 Hedong Army, these 30,000 troops will be the main force of the East Route Army, according to the plan, they will transfer 50,000 Xiang troops from Hebei and Jingdong two roads, with 80,000 troops as the Northern Expedition East Route Army.

Today is the first day of the opening of the camp in Beidaying, and the army from Taiyuan was officially handed over to the planter Dao, and the planter Dao never dreamed that he retired three times and came back three times, this time leading the army to the Northern Expedition is also the last thing he wants to do, but the soldier's duty is to obey, since the monarch and the court made the decision to make the Northern Expedition and let him serve as the commander, he is also obliged to take over the handsome seal.

Seed Master Dao knew in his heart that this Northern Expedition was not just as simple as capturing Yanjing, but also related to the status of the crown prince and the heavy responsibility of defending the dignity of the Song Army, which made Seed Master Dao feel heavy on his shoulders.

However, there is one thing that makes him very happy in his heart, that is, Tong Guan does not control the Eastern Route Army, he is not controlled by Tong Guan, food, ordnance, and military sources are completely independent, and he reports directly to the prince, which is easier than the Western Xia Campaign a few years ago, at least that time, Tong Guan also controlled his logistics grain and grass.

In the morning, the first military aircraft meeting was held in the tent of the commander, and more than a dozen high-ranking civil and military officials, including the division of the plant, Zhang Shuye, Zong Ze, Li Gang, Li Yanqing, Yang Shike, Wang Yuan, Gao Shixuan, Liu Guangshi, and so on, all attended the meeting.

Wearing an iron helmet and iron armor, although he is over seventy years old, he is still majestic, he pressed the sword of the Son of Heaven in his hand and slowly said to everyone: "This time the commander was appointed as the commander of the Xuanfu Capital, gave the Son of Heaven sword, and was fully responsible for the military and political affairs of the Northern Expedition of the Eastern Route Army. ”

Everyone was awe-inspired, and the seed master glanced at everyone and continued: "Presumably everyone has been appointed by the Ministry of War, here I need to repeat it again, let everyone know that there is one person in charge of the capital, served by the marshal, and three deputy commanders, respectively served by the seed division, Zhang Shuye and Zong Ze, and then set up the front and rear left and right middle five armies, of which the seed division is responsible for the front army and the left army, Zhang Shuye is responsible for the right army and the rear army, I am also in charge of the middle army, Zong Ze is responsible for military affairs and logistics, this is the responsibility of the three deputy commanders, I believe you have understood." ”

The seed master pointed to Li Gang and said: "This time, we do not have a military supervisor for the time being, but there is a military supervision envoy, and Li Gang, who is the supervisor of the imperial history, is responsible for supervising the military resources, grain and grass." ”

Li Gang got up and nodded to everyone, his face was pale, his body was thin, and he didn't smile.

"Next, I will announce the list of the five armed forces, and the command of the Chinese army will be appointed by Liu Guangshi, the commander of the infantry army."

Liu Guangshi was the son of Liu Yanqing, about thirty years old, although his father was dismissed from his post for the first fiasco, he was not affected, and as a general of the Western Army, he continued to follow the Northern Expedition of the Seed Master, and he immediately stood up and saluted everyone.

"The command of the right army is assumed by Li Yanqing, the assassin of Xiongzhou."

Li Yanqing also stood up, he was the only civilian official in the command of the five armed forces, and he was also the confidant of the Seed Master, he hugged his fists and saluted everyone.

"The left army is under the command of Yang Shike, the former army is under the command of Gao Shixuan, and the rear army is under the command of Wang Yuan."

The three of them stood up and saluted together.

The seed master said to everyone: "We have 80,000 troops, so there are 10,000 people in each army, 5,000 forbidden troops and 5,000 box troops, and the remaining 40,000 people are allocated to the Chinese army 30,000 and the logistics battalion 10,000. ”

Liu Guangshi raised his hand and said, "There is a question about the humble position. ”

"You say!"

"Now that the 30,000 main forbidden army has arrived, when will the 50,000 Xiang army arrive?"

The expression on the face of the seed master was slightly bitter, "This question is very good, let's put it this way!" Among the 50,000 Xiang Army, 30,000 people have been transferred from Jingdong and Jingdong Road, and it is estimated that it will arrive in two days, and there is a gap of 20,000 Xiang Army from Hebei Two Roads to transfer Xiang Army, but the Privy Council told me that the 100,000 Xiang Army of Hebei Road are in the hands of Tong Taiwei, and now only half is left, and Tong Taiwei has made it clear that Hebei Xiang Army will not be handed over to us, so the gap of 20,000 troops needs to be recruited and supplemented by ourselves. ”

There was a buzz in the big tent suddenly, it was too unthinkable, there was still a temporary recruitment of troops, was it still too late to train?

At this time, Li Yanqing raised his hand and said, "I humble my post and ask to speak!" ”

The seed master smiled, "As soon as Yanqing opened his mouth, I knew that there was a way." ”

Everyone laughed, and Li Yanqing also smiled: "I heard a news that Captain Tong's army was assembled in Xiangzhou, and the enemy's defense was empty, and Liu Tao, the staff officer of Xuanfu, specially recruited troops in various states in Hebei, estimated that there were 10,000 or 20,000 people. ”

Everyone's eyes lit up, this is a good idea, and the seed master nodded and said: "This suggestion is good, tomorrow I will meet the saint, I will ask the Son of Heaven to negotiate, the effect will be better." ”

"May I ask the marshal, when will the Northern Expedition start?"

"The Son of Heaven gave us a month of combat readiness training, that is, a month later, the army left Beijing and went north."

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When everyone came out of the tent, Zong Ze walked up to Li Yanqing and asked, "What is Yue Fei doing now?" ”

When exterminating the Liangshan bandits, Yue Fei followed Zong Ze and won Zong Ze's respect, he later resigned and returned to his hometown, and Zong Ze had no news of him, but he never forgot him.

"He has been working as a farmer at home, but some time ago Liu Tao recruited troops in Hebei, and he also joined the army, and now he should be in Zhending Mansion."

"It's a shame to farm!"

Zong Ze let out a long sigh and said, "I also have to persuade the marshal to bring Liu Tao's army over." ”

"What's going on with me again?" Behind him came the voice of the planter.

The two hurriedly saluted, and Zong Ze smiled: "I'm talking about an old ministry in the past, I have always valued him very much, and he is now under Liu Tao's hands." ”

Seed Master Dao nodded, "Liu Tao was originally a transfer envoy on Hedong Road, and he had a very good relationship with me, he was very upright, and he was too aggrieved under Tong Guan's hands, Yanqing reminded me just now, I want to ask him to come over to serve as the Sima of the East Route Army." ”

"Do you think Tong Guan will release him?"

"Tong Guan has always been reprimanded by people who are not my kind, there must be no problem with Liu Tao, the key is that it will be a little troublesome for the army he recruited to come together, but we have reason first, Tong Guan can't occupy all the Hebei Xiang army, since the Son of Heaven uses me, he should agree to this request."

At this time, Li Yanqing saluted and said goodbye, but the planting master stopped him.

Seed Master Dao said a few more words to Zong Ze, Zong Ze left first, and then Seed Master Dao smiled and said to Li Yanqing: "Let's go to the right army camp together!" ”

"Obedience!"

Li Yanqing accompanied the planter to walk slowly to the barracks, and the planter said with a smile: "We haven't seen each other for a year and a half, I heard that you have done a good job in Jiayu County, you are honest and honest for the people, and you are praised as Li Qingtian by the people, which makes me happy!" ”

Li Yanqing smiled and said: "The Fan Party has been deposed, and the DPRK and China have been watching, so they are also extremely cautious in their humble positions, and they don't let Wang Hao and others seize the handle. ”

"What a small test, well said!"

The seed master praised him approvingly, and joked again: "And your father runs Baoyan Zhai, and your father-in-law's family is even more expensive in the court, and money is no longer important to you, of course this title of Qing official belongs to you." ”

"Let the handsome man see and smile."

"Just kidding, by the way, where is Wang Gui now?" Seed Master Dao likes Wang Gui the most, and he has always been obsessed with him.

"He came with his humble post, but he participated in the previous Northern Expedition and was dismissed from the post of regimental training due to defeat, and I hope that the marshal will continue to carry him."

"The defeat of the previous Northern Expedition has nothing to do with him, since he is here, you can appoint him as a partial general, if there are other people who need to be appointed, you can give me a list, I guess your father-in-law will not give up this opportunity."

Li Yanqing smiled bitterly, it is true, Cao Ping specially told him to hand over the two children of the Cao family to himself, and Li Yanqing also wanted to bring Gao Zhong in, plus Wang Gui, Niu Gao, as well as Liu Ji, Yang Zaixing and other generals, they formed their own team.

"Thank you for your trust."

Seeing that there was no one left and right, the seed master said in a low voice: "There is also about the earth-shaking thunder, I got the exact news, the Western Xia army has successfully copied the earth-shaking thunder, this time the Liao army used the earth-shaking thunder to sneak attack Pingying Valley, I suspect that it was sent from the Western Xia, and now our Song army does not have sharp firearms, I have to count on you for this matter." ”

"Please rest assured, in order to deal with the river thieves in Jiayu County, he continued to develop several relatively sharp firearms, not only earth-shaking thunder, but also iron fire thunder used by individual soldiers, I will present it to Dashuai when I turn around."

The planter was overjoyed, with these sharp firearms, he also had the confidence to fight with the Liao army.

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