Liu Qi is coming to patrol the Yulin Army tomorrow, this is the news conveyed by the inner servant. Since the emperor is coming, the natural villa must be prepared up and down. This is not a private visit to Weifu, but an official trip. Fortunately, the streets are paved with gravel, which is convenient for the carriage with wooden wheels, and if it is a stone road, the carriage has to change wheels after running hundreds of meters. That's why the emperor traveled to the yellow sand mat road and splashed the street with clean water. They are all wooden wheels, if there are many potholes or the road surface is too hard, it is strange that the wooden wheels do not fall apart. Taking advantage of the fact that it was not dark, Nie Ping and the prime minister hurriedly organized manpower to dig river sand to pave the road, more than 50 miles of road, until midnight before the paving was completed, wet with water, compacted, leveled, and passed the inspection in the rear.

Early the next morning, Ouyang Xuan wore court clothes and a hair crown, leading Shanhe and his master, Hong, and his brothers, to pick up the car ten miles away from the entrance of the town. Ouyang Xuan's current lord lieutenant reported that he was born in the ninth year of Emperor Wen, and he should be seventeen years old now, and he can't wear a crown yet. The master's father, Hong, handed over the porcelain and glass affairs with Qiuci to Nie Ping, wrote a letter of resignation to the king of Qiuci, and officially settled in the villa with the Mo family. Ouyang Xuan gave them fifty acres of private land, and the master father Hong served as Ouyang Xuan's personal guard. Zhu Shan, on the other hand, was responsible for going out to investigate and travel, which was equivalent to Xian Ma's official position.

Nearly noon, Liu Qi's brigade slowly came, the cavalry led the horse to raise the flag to open the way, twenty-three ceremonial emperor honor guard flags, the first six for the green dragon, white tiger, vermilion bird, Xuanwu, Gou Chen, beetle snake five elements of the beast flag. The last nine flags are the flags of the gods and beasts of the country and Kyushu on behalf of the emperor, and the last seven are the official flags. Behind the flag is the leading Yellow Gate team, responsible for clearing the street and opening the road, and holding the card. In the center is a huge two-wheeled carriage of the emperor's nine black horses, with a wooden carriage on the frame and a cloister on the four circles. Yellow wood and black curtain, flanked by Praetorian guards. After the emperor's car was driven, the frame of Concubine Liu Qi and the frame of the accompanying ministers. Finally, there is the accompanying Yellow Gate and the palace maid on foot, and the end is the escort holding the seven-color flag.

This person travels and needs so many people to serve, Ouyang Xuan is very depressed. When the accompanying officials marched to the front, they joined the marching army with the permission of Wei Juan. The main father Hong and the entourage behind the Shantou were arranged, and the two of them rode Dawan good horses, and the horses were tall and strong, which was very popular. In addition to Wei Juan, who is responsible for safety, the accompanying officials on this trip also include Prime Minister Tao Qing, Imperial Historian Yuan An, Taiwei Zhou Yafu, General Dou Ying and others. Tingwei Chen Jia didn't come, so he came to Wei Juan and asked, the relationship was changed, Xiao Sheng was in charge, and he was now investigating the case of Ouyang Xuan's assassination in Chang'an. History is still moving on its own track.

The team walked to Zhongnan Villa, the concubine and the accompanying Huangmen entered the village to rest, and this part of Ouyang Xuan arranged for Gonglianghui and Yi Fei to come forward, and Nie hired to be the backstage reception. The others were led by Ouyang Xuan to the camp of the exercise, all in accordance with Ouyang Xuan's prior arrangement, and the formation was in a team of 1,000 people in front of the stage according to the requirements of the battle formation. Lang swore and waited for everyone to come to the stage, stepped forward, and immediately bowed his hand and said, "Your Majesty, all the Yulin Army has been assembled." Waiting for His Majesty's will* to perform".

"Let's get started!" Liu Qi waved his hand and looked at the ministers next to him proudly. "No!" , After Lang swore to make a promise, he turned his horse and waved the flag. The battle formation was quickly and neatly divided into two parts, and the queue marched according to the established plan. Ouyang Xuan is also on the stage, although the title is the highest among the courtiers, but the position is low, and he can only be in the back. During the Jingdi period, General Che Cai and Jiuqing were at the same level, and they had not yet reached the status of the three dukes in the Wudi period. "Where's the wait?" Liu Qi didn't see Ouyang Xuan, and hurriedly shouted. "The minister is here", Ouyang Xuan hurriedly stepped out of the queue and stood in front of Liu Qi's right hand to give a salute. "Answer recently, tell me and the princes about the change in this battle formation." "No!".

Ouyang got up and stood next to Liu Qi, looking at the wartime marching army column that was conducting drills below, "Your Majesty, this is a chiseled formation march on the battlefield. Infantry against cavalry, guns, shields, and swords are three people and one team, ten people are one hundred people and one tun, one battalion of 1,000 people, and one team of 5,000 people, which is different from other military systems. Cavalry, five people and one army, fifteen people and one tithe, one hundred people and one tun, five hundred people one battalion, one thousand people. The basic operation is centered on the battalion" Ouyang Xuan kept changing and explaining according to the constant changes in the military formations on the field, especially the way the infantry fought against the cavalry, and even asked a group of people to pull it out for demonstration. As for flank protection, the transition between attack and defense is explained in detail. When serving in the special forces, there was a special course to explain the evolution of excellent military formations around the world in cold weapon combat, and Ouyang Xuan was too confident in the current Han army. At the end of the battle array exercise, it is a marching exercise, the cavalry opens the way, and all kinds of distant and near horse exploration tactics march. The infantry stood on the four-wheeled carriage and passed through the point in unison. Seeing that, Liu Qi nodded again and again, "Hu, if you are armed with 50,000 people, how long will it take to form an army?" ”。“ Back to His Majesty, the minister specially trained 500 soldiers for forging. If the soldier is intelligent, resolute and brave, he can become an elite division in half a year, and he can dominate the world and be invincible in the army." "Oh, what's the difference between waiting for the pro-army here?" In addition to being familiar with the evolution of this battle array, the minister's army still needs to be literate and hyphenated, able to make a special hard crossbow for the minister, able to hit the enemy with firearms, and be able to fight ten people without defeat. "Wouldn't it be better if all this feather forest met this need?" Your Majesty, the qualifications of forging this person can be forged and trained by Yulin Qianshu. There are not many people who need superior qualifications." "Haha, if you are rich now, it's good to worry about me. I will allow you to choose the men you need in the armies of the North and the South." Turning back to Lieutenant Zhou Yafu and Lieutenant Wei Xuan, he said: "Lieutenant, lieutenant, I will do your best to meet the needs of the candidates and give convenience. In addition, 50,000 smart and brave horses were selected in the middle **, and the Yulin army was under the tent. He is longer than the Northern Army". "No!" Wei Juan preemptively agreed. Zhou Yafu was silent for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and replied: "Your Majesty, this is inappropriate." This military expenditure is acceptable, but the labor of the people is not in line with what the first emperor did. Another candidate country has such an elite division stationed in Gyeonggi, and I am afraid that the country will be uneasy, so I hope Your Majesty will think twice." "What the Taiwei said is very true, and the minister seconded it", Prime Minister Tao Qing echoed beside him. "The ministers seconded the proposal", Dou Ying also echoed. Ouyang Xuan only now understood why the Yulin Army, which had planned to expand after the pacification of the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, had not yet arrived, and his feelings were that the court had not yet passed. This has been lowered a lot, and there are still many opponents.

Liu Qi's face turned from joy to anger, and he said indignantly: "It is a blessing for the country to have soldiers like this, why should the princes do the opposite?" The decision has been made, and the Yulin army will be replenished to 50,000 troops, and the troops can be selected and executed, and they cannot be postponed, and those who violate the order will be punished according to disobedience." "No", Wei Juan was still the first to respond. The others were still hesitating, and finally Zhou Yafu said wistfully: "The ministers stay and take orders." Please also think twice, Your Majesty". "Your Majesty, this must not be done. Pardon and wait for the seal is already a violation, if he is ordered to lead such elite soldiers, I am afraid that he will stay in trouble. Your Majesty thinks twice". "I have made up my mind, and I don't need to say more."

What happened on stage did not affect the performance off the stage at all. Now there is a performance of cavalry assault gun shield arrays, the guns are metalless and the heads are wrapped in sackcloth, and the knives are only wooden sticks. Seeing that the cavalry had nothing to do in front of the shield array, Liu Qi's face swept away the haze just now, and he was very happy, and kept asking Ouyang Xuan about the reason. Seeing the horses fall under the battle array, Liu Qi suddenly said: "With such elite soldiers, I see that the Huns and relatives can stop next year." Before he finished this sentence, Tao Qing immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, don't joke." Liu Qi waved his hand with a cold face and asked him to go down.

This is followed by individual and team skill shows, archery, and immediate confrontation. Looking at the skills of a team of soldiers moving target arrows, Liu Qi laughed, as soon as he was happy, his brain was hot, and the ten best archery knights were promoted to the third class and rewarded with 100 gold. As for Ouyang Xuan, who didn't let it be displayed, this is a secret. Next is the military body boxing and southern boxing performances of 5,000 soldiers, all of which are carefully selected knife and gun pawns, and the movements are naturally neat and uniform. After the freehand performance, it was divided into a thousand-person knife and marksmanship performance, all of which were Ouyang Xuan's one-hit experience in defeating the enemy based on his own experience, and innovative knife and marksmanship. Zhou Yafu was born as a military general, and when he saw that his scalp was numb, he didn't dare to think about what the consequences would be if ordinary soldiers or generals encountered these soldiers. "Well, when I look at this sword technique, it seems that I have the wind of waiting for the Hun warriors back then. Good, good, reward". This is the result of a hot head.

At the end of the drill, it is a queue performance. Horses step in broken steps, people walk in the right steps, neatly and uniformly. The sound of the knock when the footsteps landed was deafening, passing in front of the stage, the tip of the gun was obliquely pointed forward, the knife pointed obliquely down, and he turned his head to face the platform and shouted: "Shangsheng, Hanxing." Long live our emperor! Shangsheng, Hanxing. Long live our emperor! Shangsheng, Hanxing. Long live our emperor! ”。 This was added by Ouyang Xuan later, although relying on the performance is not as spectacular and neat as the later generations, it is absolutely unique now. "Good, good, good, I like it. It is very desirable to wait for the training of soldiers." After the procession is completed, there is a marching honor guard performance in the middle of the field, and the positions between the foot soldiers, the cavalry, and the horse are crossed. Finally, there are the four official Chinese characters "Shangsheng Hanxing" in the four official scripts of the horse foot pawn. "Reward, Prime Minister Taiwei, after returning, reward the whole army of Yulin, and the soldier will be promoted to one rank." Yes, the head is hot, these soldiers are basically all top civil lords, and by the way, they can also get a high civil lord for their brothers, which is the biggest motivation for Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty to become a soldier before changing his lordship.

After watching the performance, it was already evening, and the team rushed to the South Villa in Liu Qi's excitement. This time it was Ouyang Xuan's guards who opened the way, and these five hundred people were completely fanned out according to the wartime marching army columns, releasing distant and near probe horses, and passing according to gestures. They all rode horses with knives, and after exploring the horse and exploring the road, they made a safety gesture and followed behind, just like this, Liu Qi stood curiously on the frame corridor and looked at this kind of marching method that he had never seen before. This is not Ouyang Xuan's desire to show off, it is indeed a bit dangerous. Since the giant wild boar was killed, there would always be fierce beasts in the canyon, and Ouyang Xuan didn't dare to be careless.

Not to mention that Ouyang Xuan should show his face, before he reached the mouth of the canyon, there was a gesture in front of him, stopping, dangerous. The whole team stopped, there were three pairs of people, and in groups of five people came out of the horse, and after a while, there was a gesture of safe passage from the front. When I arrived at the mouth of the valley, I saw that it was a male tiger, who came out to drink water in the evening, and unfortunately ran into Liu Qi. Liu Qi was excited, and asked people to put the tiger corpse on the frame corridor. Ouyang Xuan accompanied him, looked at the tiger, and said, "When I go back to the villa, I will prescribe a tiger prescription." Protect Your Majesty's Holy Communion like a tiger". "Haha, okay, speed up".

When he arrived at the villa, he unloaded the tiger, found a butcher, and ordered him to debone and take the meat, and keep the skin and whip. I wrote a prescription and ordered someone to grab the medicine. After arranging everyone, he went back to the bedroom and took half a penny of golden stones, and at the end of the research, he wrapped them into a bag. Back in the living room, the medicine and tiger whip have been prepared, pour the powder into the medicine and stir well. handed over to the accompanying imperial doctor, and in front of Liu Qi and the ministers, he would instruct the usage and dosage. and gave the prescription to Liu Qi, and especially instructed the person who tasted the medicine not to be Huangmen and palace maids. Ouyang Xuan didn't dare to guarantee how strong the repair ability of this golden stone was, and if there was trouble, it would be lively, this pack of medicine was enough for Liu Qi to take for a month.

Dinner was naturally arranged by Nie Ping, and the cook had to pass on his own truth, and now the taste of cooking is better than that of himself. It's just that the kung fu of turning the spoon and playing with the knife is still much worse. There are a total of more than a dozen people in the living room, Liu Qi is on the main seat, Queen Bo is on the left, Concubine Li is on the right, and Mrs. Wang is on the left side of the queen. Ouyang Xuan saw the salute one by one, and it was Gong Lianghui who served the queen and concubines, and explained the glass and ceramic utensils on the case. At the bottom left is Prime Minister Tao Qing, next to him is the imperial historian Yuan An, and there are a few people next to him, Ouyang Xuan doesn't know. The first person on the right is Taiwei Zhou Yafu, the second is Dou Ying, and the third is Ouyang Xuan. Wei Juan sat down at the bottom of himself.

Since it was a banquet, of course, wine and food were indispensable, all of which were arranged in advance by Nie Ping, and as soon as the people were seated, the servants came in with disks containing dishes covered with glass lids, and everyone's desk was full of dishes. Behind everyone in the guest seat stood a male servant, and behind the queen and concubine was a maid, each holding a glass bottle of wine in his hand. The queen and the concubines drank rice wine made from rice and added with wild strawberry juice, and Ouyang Xuan couldn't guarantee the * guard of these officials. Ouyang Xuan waved his hand, and the servant maid filled everyone's wine. The glass bottles are used, not cups, which is related to the etiquette system of the Western Han Dynasty. Looking at the table full of food and tableware, Zhou Yafu got up and arched his hand and said, "The minister is waiting for impeachment."