Just after the New Year, the military port of Beihai County, located at the mouth of the Juyang River, began to be lively again, and the grain ships coming from the Yellow River waited patiently on the sea, and the cargo ships were densely packed on the sea, and the patrol ships led several thousand-stone cargo ships into the dock area to unload their cargo.

At this time, from the east came a thousand stone sea ship, the ship hung the Sui army's green dragon red flag, the ship went against the wind, the sea waves undulated, so that the war ship did not move fast, the bow of the ship stood an old man wearing a green jacket, wearing a muddy fur hat, he was tall, dark skin, the wrinkles on his face were full of vicissitudes of time, it seemed that he was nearly seventy years old, but the waist was still straight, and a pair of leopard eyes were bright.

This person is the former commander of the naval army from Jingzhou, Lai Hu'er, who disobeyed the holy decree of Yang Guang, the son of heaven, in the first war of Pyongyang a few years ago, and was dismissed from his post and imprisoned after returning.

Lai Hu'er thought that he would die in his homeland, but Jingzhou Zhu Ji, Poyang Lin Shihong and Changsha Xiao Mo and other separatist forces came to invite him to join, so that Lai Hu'er was overwhelmed, and Zhang Xuan used the Empress Dowager's decree to recall the dynasty to serve, Lai Hu'er finally decided to go out of the mountain again.

With the help of the Huang family in Liyang, he fled to Donghai County, and from Donghai Island to Beihai County, he was about to arrive in Beihai County after several days of storms and turbulence.

At this time, the soldiers on the ship suddenly pointed to the military port in the distance and shouted, and Laihu'er also saw the dense ships moored on the sea in the distance, and there were as many as 100 warships on the periphery, forming a large circle dozens of miles long, protecting the countless cargo ships in the circle.

Laihu'er's heart was excited, he had long heard that Zhang Xuan's navy was strong, and at this time he witnessed it with his own eyes, this kind of mast is like a forest, and the spectacular scene of thousands of ships competing deeply shocked his heart, and he seemed to see the situation when the Great Sui was the most powerful, and the corners of his eyes couldn't help but moisten.

At this moment, a sentinel ship approached and stopped on the side of the warship, and soldiers on it shouted: "Where did the ship come from?" ”

A soldier had already run to the side of the ship and shouted, "We are from Donghai County and send the general to Beihai County." ”

After speaking, the soldier threw a bamboo tube to the patrol soldier, and the patrol soldier took the bamboo tube, took out the official military order from it, and looked into the distance, there was no abnormal situation, so he climbed into the boat and said: "I'll lead the way, go to the dock on the far right, the marshal has been waiting there for a long time!" ”

Laihu'er was stunned, it turned out that Zhang Xuan was also here, he suddenly understood in his heart that this was Zhang Xuan specially coming to greet him, he was moved in his heart, and stepped forward to ask the patrol soldier: "The old man is here to protect the child, may I ask this soldier, why are there so many ships on the sea?" ”

The soldier hurriedly knelt down on one knee and saluted, and said to Laihu'er: "Back to the old general, these are all cargo ships, some of them sailed from various counties in Hebei, but most of them came from the Lushui warehouse in Zhuo County to transport grain and grass. ”

Laihu'er thought about it, is there going to be a war again with such a large-scale assembly?

The ships sailed through the dense sea, interspersed by huge cargo ships, and entered the westernmost wharf, where the temporary personnel went on and off the wharf, and the other wharves were occupied by cargo ships, and the wharf was full of people, and tens of thousands of soldiers pushed deer carts to deliver the grain, weapons and other materials unloaded from the big ships to the warehouse a mile away.

Not far away is a huge group of warehouses, hundreds of which stand like giants at the foot of the mountain, surrounded by tall walls, and although the mountain is still snow-capped, the foot of the mountain is in full swing, and there is no sense of winter.

The big boat docked, put on the wide plank, a soldier stepped forward to help Laihu'er, but was pushed away by Laihu'er, he strode towards the shore, there were more than 100 cavalry standing on the shore, surrounded by Zhang Xuan wearing gold armor, Zhang Xuan saw Laihu'er, turned over and dismounted, and quickly stepped forward, "Old general, don't come to harm?" ”

Although Lai Hu'er was Zhang Xuan's coach back then, he understood his situation in his heart, and he stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, "The old man will come to Hu'er to meet His Royal Highness King Qi!" ”

Zhang Xuan hurriedly helped him up, "The old general, please get up quickly, Zhang Xuan can't afford the old general's gift!" ”

"The courtesy of the monarch and the minister cannot be abolished, I hope Your Highness will not embarrass the old minister."

Zhang Xuan nodded, and then asked Laihu'er's two sons to come to Kai and Laihong to come to see the salute.

The father and son were finally reunited, they couldn't help but be overjoyed, and they were even more grateful in their hearts, if it weren't for Zhang Xuan to come to the rescue, Yu Wenhua would never let go of his two sons, and their father and son would probably be separated by yin and yang.

At this time, a soldier brought a horse, and Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "I'll take the general to visit the port!" ”

Everyone turned over and got on their horses, and came to Hu'er and Zhang Xuan walked slowly side by side, Zhang Xuan pointed to the warehouse with a horsewhip and said: "This is the east warehouse of our two major warehouses, also called the Beihai warehouse, which can store millions of stones of grain, and also store a large number of various armor and weapons. ”

"I heard that His Highness brought food and supplies from Lushui Warehouse?" Laihu'er looked at the endless army of grain carriers and asked.

"Although Lushui Warehouse can also take the waterway for transportation, but the defense is inconvenient, as for the need to invest 10,000 troops for special defense, and the transoceanic boat cannot enter the depths of Lushui, so it is better to give up Lushui Warehouse and transfer all the food and materials to Beihai Cang."

Laihu'er smiled faintly, "But I smell the smell of war." ”

Zhang Xuan laughed, Jiang was still old and spicy, and he actually saw that he was actually preparing for war, he nodded, "Since the death of the Son of Heaven in Jiangdu, Goguryeo's ambition has been resurrected again, and it has begun to move again, and we have received news that Goguryeo is deploying troops in Pyongyang and actively preparing for war, and the clearest signal is that our stronghold on the Liaodong Peninsula has been uprooted, since the other party is preparing for war, we can't take it lightly, we must take active action." ”

Laihu'er's gaze suddenly became eager, Goguryeo was the knot in his life, he didn't expect that he would be able to untie this knot in his lifetime, he looked at the direction of the Liaodong Peninsula for a long time, and his eyes were full of desire for war.

He suddenly turned around and saluted Zhang Xuan: "Lao Ji is in charge of thousands of miles, I hope His Royal Highness will not think that Weichen is old, and Weichen is willing to be a pawn in the east and take the lead in Pyongyang City!" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, "I also look forward to the arrival of the old general, if the old general is interested, he might as well take charge of the naval commander seal for me." ”

The blood in Laihu'er's chest boiled, and he said without hesitation: "Where is the naval army camp, I will go to order troops now!" ”

Next to him, he hurriedly said: "Father came the same way, and his body is tired, so it is better to go to Yidu to rest for two days first." ”

Lai Hong also felt that his father was too anxious, and persuaded: "Father should go to meet the Queen Mother, and see the old friends of hundreds of officials, not in a hurry." ”

Lai Hu'er waved his hand, raised his voice and said: "I have been resting for a few years, and now that the war is coming, where can I sleep, your brother Hugh wants to stop me!" ”

Zhang Xuan said happily: "Sure enough, it is the true character of the general, or good, I will accompany the old general to the barracks." ”

The naval army barracks are three miles south of Juyang River Town, build camp along Juyang Lake, Juyang Lake is actually a bay of Juyang River, the water surface is sparkling, hundreds of large warships can be moored, here is also the base of Qingzhou Naval Army, the naval army camp is in the east of Shuiwan, the barracks cover an area of thousands of acres, there are more than 2,000 big tents, a total of 35,000 naval troops are stationed, divided into seven guards and 35 battalions.

Due to the overly complex military system of the Sui army, the new Sui was simplified after its establishment, and there were six levels of army, guard, battalion, brigade, team, and fire, of which the chief general of the army was called the general, and the general was the third level, the general, the general and the general, and the guard set up two people, the general was called the general of the tiger Ben Lang, the deputy general was the general of the tiger tooth lang, and the battalion was also the chief and deputy general, and the general was the eagle Yang Lang general, the government was the eagle strike Lang general, the brigade was the brigade commander, the team was the team positive, and the fire was the fire chief.

At the same time, the posts of General Xiongwu Lang and General Wu Yonglang were abolished.

In addition, each county in the local area has a county soldier to maintain order, and each township has a militia regiment, all of which are directly under the military department, and the general in charge is called the commander, and the deputy general is called the captain, and the relationship is clear and clear.

There is a marshal above the general, commanding the armies, of course, Zhang Xuan is the post, the current general and general in the general level are vacant, there are eight generals, namely Wei Chigong, Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan, Su Dingfang, Li Jing, Wang Bian, Xu Shiji and Wei Wentong, Lai Hu'er will become the ninth general.

However, although the military positions of the nine generals are the same, the qualifications are different, and the qualifications of old generals like Laihuer are definitely much higher than those of other generals.

And the merit corresponds to the title, for example, although the seniority of the child is high, the merit for the Qingzhou Army is not as good as Luo Shixin, so Luo Shixin is now a county magistrate.

Of course, the title of Lai Hu'er is Rong Guogong, which is awarded by Yang Guang, and Zhang Xuan also admits it, but Luo Shixin's title can be promoted again, all the way to the Duke of Guo, and Lai Hu'er has reached the top, and his merits have accumulated to a certain time, and he can also be crowned Rong Guogong again, this is the Duke of Guo Feng by Zhang Xuan, and the original Rong Guogong is no longer the same thing.

At this time, the drums of the naval camp rumbled. (To be continued.) )