82_82988 "The last general, Chen Zhangming, knock to see Your Majesty!" ”

In the courtyard of the Grand Palace of Posis, a man dressed in pitch-black Mingguang General armor, more than two meters tall, his body muscles were knotted, and the fierce general who held up the high-grade armor bulging loudly, bowed on one knee with a heavy military salute. Chasing the reckless wasteland, you have to be quick.

The fierce appearance, anyone has to sigh, he is really a strong man.

Li Jie naturally nodded with satisfaction, but then stood up with a serious face, walked straight to Chen Zhangming, and asked in a deep voice: "General Chen, Gu asks you, can you be loyal to Gu?"

"May I die for Your Majesty! Throw your head and sprinkle your blood, at all costs! ”

This solid warrior who came out and went to the Zhangjiang River in southern Fujian kowtowed heavily to the ground again, and replied in a sonorous voice, but unfortunately this time, Li Jie stared at his eyes more solemnly.

"Then what do you want to resign from the position of the right general of the Jianjie Army?"

In order to defend the Hindu Kush Mountains well, after the war, the Min State set up three armies on the three important mountain roads corresponding to Thirsty Water City and Mulu City, which were composed of the Min people, the Punjabi people and the Persian survivors after the slaughter of the steppe people, so that the main army was freed.

Because of his outstanding performance in the White Wolf Valley, Chen Zhangming was promoted to the rank of general from the fourth grade due to his military merits, and he was subordinate to the Mulu Dao Jianjie Army, which is a great feat.

Chen Zhangming's military exploits can't be faked, they all rely on his own knife and gun, and Li Jie made him give up his position, which really made Chen Zhangming stunned.

Li Jie was also helpless.

Just as the old Xiao Sheng admonished that day, Rome was thousands of miles away, and there were two major empires of Arabia and Byzantium in between, no matter what, the court would not agree to send troops to this, even if Li Jie was the founder of the Fujian State.

However, Li Jie knew how important the now inconspicuous Holy See would be in the future, so on the first day he deliberately released the doves of Pope Eugene I, on the one hand, because he wanted to give this future powerful person a dismount, and on the other hand, he also needed time to operate and perfect his plan.

So there was a condition put forward by Li Jie to summon Eugene I again half a month later.

If other emperors, even if Tang Gaozong Li Zhi and the ministers resisted, it is estimated that the decree would not be issued, but Li Jie is Li Jie, and he not only has the Fujian State in his hand, but also the big name of the Fujian King Chamber of Commerce.

How much money does the Minwang Chamber of Commerce have now, to be honest, Li Jie himself doesn't know, but in short, under the auspices of Qin Qing, this official force hidden in the people is expanding every year at a terrifying speed, and the next place in the Minwang Kingdom is the most profitable industry in the local Minwang Chamber of Commerce to pick first, and almost half of the countless islands in Southeast Asia also belong to the Minwang Chamber of Commerce, and the small islands covered with cloves, cinnamon, and spices are the gold of an island island.

The official couldn't get through, so Li Jie went in the name of the Minwang Chamber of Commerce, and with the strength of the Chamber of Commerce, it was easy to gather 100,000 people with equipment and foster a dime, and recruit and hire 50,000 Christians who were fascinated by Eugene I and crazy warriors of all ethnic groups who wanted to make meritorious contributions.

The only problem is how to let such an army survive far away in Rome and continue to be controlled by the Min State under the nose of the Holy See, which tests the strength and loyalty of the generals of this army.

Li Jie picked the fierce general in front of him, regardless of strength or ability, he is the best choice, and he has not been famous for a long time like other Fujian generals, he is high and powerful, and it is not easy to transfer. But whether it can be done depends on his choice.

Fortunately, under Li Jie's gaze, Chen Zhangming only hesitated for a second or two, and then kowtowed.

"Everything is up to the King of Min!"

Finally showing a smile, Li Jie nodded solemnly.

"Okay, from now on, in the name of King Fujian, Chen Zhangming will be relieved of the post of the right general of the Jianjie Army, and the position will be temporarily replaced by a deputy, and he will be replaced after the Ministry of Officials has selected a capable general."

"Obey."

Although he agreed, his hard work was fleeting, and Chen Zhangming's tone still carried a little loneliness, but at this time, the corners of Li Jie's mouth hooked up a weird smile.

"Chenqing, you haven't gotten married yet, are you?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister is busy with the military, and he really doesn't have time to get married, he has three unfilial pieties, and he is the greatest after him, and the minister is ashamed of his parents."

"That's good!" Listening to Chen Zhangming's answer, Li Jie snapped his fingers again.

"Come here, pass on the lonely edict, add Chen Zhangming, a native of Zhang, as the captain of the horse, marry the lord of Luocheng, and send a copy to Luantai in the fourth year of Longshuo."

Leng Buding has a daughter-in-law, and she is also the head of the clan, Chen Zhangming's bull's eyes can't help but stare at it again.

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Entrance to the Persian Gulf, new Ningbo Port, outside the port city.

"Drink! Ha! Ha! Hey! ”

The neat shouts are like the tide of the Persian Gulf, constantly coming outside the city, more than 10,000 sergeants wearing black armor and holding spears and blades are sweating and practicing under the reprimand of the officers, Pegasus is galloping, a rain of arrows will shoot the standard from side to side, neat shouts, spears are deeply pierced into the throat of the straw man wearing pseudo-armor, the two teams of sword and shield soldiers are holding round shields and roaring and colliding together, and the wooden knives are cut on the iron shield and even knock out the sparks, which is really like a tragic battlefield.

It's just that this army is no longer equivalent to any army of Fujian, and it is no longer an official army of Fujian, but a mercenary army formed under the name of King Min, the Roman Expeditionary Force.

There are constantly new teams joining this military camp from the north of the huge military camp, patrolling the military camp back and forth with a pair of heavy cowhide soled riding boots, looking at the men in training one by one, but Chen Zhangming still has a feeling of regret.

After all, it's not an official army, and I always feel inferior in name.

However, at this time, several soldiers rode over from outside the camp gate, and stopped at Chen Zhangming's twenty meters away, and then ran in front of Chen Zhangming in great strides and knelt down on one knee.

"Knock on the general! Pope Eugene I has led the Cardinal Council to New Ningbo, and the Lord of Luo Cheng, the lord and the old lady, have also arrived, and asked the general to show them. ”

mentioned the county lord of Luocheng and the old lady, but Chen Zhangming's honest face couldn't help but show heartfelt warmth, as well as a touch of gratitude.

Generally, when the military generals go out of the town, their families often have to stay in Beijing, which is called to avoid the military generals' thinking of their families from affecting the battle array, but in fact, the family members are just taken as hostages.

This time, Li Jie allowed him to bring all his family with him, Rome is thousands of miles away, and he will not be able to return to Fujian for a decade or two.

And this Luocheng county lord, when he really wanted to get married, Chen Zhangming knew that the candidate had not yet been decided, and it was the daughter of more than ten clans, let him choose, and whoever he picked would be the county lord of Luocheng.

Although these more than ten noble daughters are all members of the Li clan, there is no Li Jie's own daughter, it is Li Jie who took a fancy to his daughter after the last time he saw his daughter, and even grabbed more than ten from his uncle, brother and brother's family in the Central Plains and raised them in the house, but this grace has never been seen since the founding of Fujian.

Moreover, his Chen Zhangming's name was also written into the clan, this favor, I heard that several important generals in the military were jealous and red-eyed.

Chen Zhangming paused for a few seconds, then waved his whip at the herald, turned around and ordered loudly to several lieutenants.

"Collect the exercises, wait for the Pope's review!"

"Whoa!"

After staying in New Ningbo for two days, Eugene hurriedly led his cardinal order to board the ship, which was only three ships of the Suez Naval Division, but when he returned, there was a shotgun to change guns, large and small ships, and the number of battleship supply ships reached 200.

On the ship, swords, guns, swords, food supplies, and even many skilled craftsmen were loaded onto the ship.

What's more, Eugene also brought with him the vanguard of military support promised by Li Jie, the Roman Expeditionary Force of 10,000.

"God forbid!" Standing in front of the huge Qi boat full of tiger tooth flags, Eugene couldn't help but be full of piety and prayed to God.

At Eugene's prayer, more than 10,000 soldiers who had been trained for more than a month began to slowly board the fleet.

This expeditionary force is really a national hodgepodge, in which all kinds of people can be found, there are Tianzhu who are eager to get ahead, Persians, veterans who are willing to continue to fight for the king of Fujian, local government soldiers who are unwilling to train and cultivate, and more than 800 cavalry and even the captives of the steppe wolves who plundered Khorasan.

Willing to fight for the King of Min, you can be exempted from the status of official slaves, and you can also get a large amount of mercenary money that they can't grab in two lifetimes, tens of thousands of steppe wolf captives almost didn't break their heads for more than a thousand places, and the most elite 800 people were selected in this Roman expeditionary force.

The previous identities of these people were either grassland officers or small chiefs, and the departure of these people made tens of thousands of captives and slaves lose their leaders, which killed two birds with one stone for the Fujian State.

There are also about 3,000 Fujian Christians who are willing to follow the pope, and they are also the most excited, constantly holding their weapons to look left and right, but unfortunately, most of these people have no military experience, and the most enthusiastic are destined to become the least important auxiliary baggage soldiers.

In about two hours, the well-trained Roman expeditionary force embarked on the ship with all the supplies and more than 1,000 horses, and the last to board was the general of this army, Chen Zhangming, the leader of the expeditionary force, and his deputy, Yang Xiong, the envoy who had fled from Byzantium.

"Lang Jun rest assured, the concubine will take care of the old man and the old lady."

In front of the flagship's luxurious cabin, the county lord of Luocheng, who was blushing and wearing a splendid and enchanting skirt, lifted his skirt slightly, and said goodbye to Chen Zhangming, without the arrogance and arrogance of the daughter of the heavenly family, watching the county lord who fell in love with him at first sight helping his parents to slowly enter the cabin, the tenderness and blood in his chest burst out together, and Chen Zhangming walked to the bow of the boat.

In the sound of rumbling drums, the huge fleet marched westward in an orderly manner, and began to turn towards the Red Sea along the Arabian Sea.

For the sake of Fujian, Rome, Ben will come!