Chapter 320: Uneasy Kindness
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After the Great Meeting, the envoys from all over the country began to prepare to return to the local area. At this time, after the imperial court finally determined the three marshals of the Northern Expedition, Yang Guang, Yang Su, and Yang Lin, it preliminarily confirmed the list of generals and colonels of the leading commanders of the Three Route Army.
On the list of expeditions of the imperial court, the three-way Northern Expedition army, a total of 500,000 soldiers and horses were mobilized, and the people were dispatched to transfer and supply logistics baggage. The army of 500,000 was divided into three routes, and all the government soldiers and local garrisons formed a hundred armies, led by one hundred governors, and each army had 100 teams of 5,000 men. Among them, Yang Su of the West Road led the 40th General of the 200,000 Army, Yang Guang of the Middle Road led the 50th General of the 250,000 Army, and Yang Lin of the East Road led the 10th General of the 50,000 Army. In addition, Yi Feng also took the name of the envoy of the three tribes, and was responsible for the command and coordination of the soldiers and horses of the Xi, Xi, and Khitan tribes. The soldiers and horses of the three tribes are known as 100,000, with the leaders of the tribes as the commander-in-chief, the imperial court divides the three tribes into twenty armies, and sets up twenty commanders to command, and the three are all under the command of Yi Feng.
The military headquarters and the 12 guard offices began to mobilize urgently, and one after another military orders were issued, and the governors of the border areas received many orders to be appointed as the commanders of the march and were ordered to go on the march.
Yi Feng's engagement with Princess Heyang County, the daughter of Princess Xiangguo, has also been completed, and Yi Feng also asked the flag guards to start taking care of their outfits and preparing to return to Youzhou. According to the meaning of the emperor and empress, it is to let Yi Feng wait for the end of the Shangyuan Festival to leave Beijing. After all, although the war is imminent, an all-out war cannot be fought by fighting, and according to the current speed of mobilization, it is really necessary to fight. At least in February. Yi Feng has no objection to this arrangement. The Great War. Although Youzhou is also part of the theater of operations, it will assume defense and support tasks. Therefore, Yi Feng also sent a messenger back to Youzhou early. And let Wei Zheng and Xu Deyan return first, and let them go to Youzhou City to take over Youzhou City first with Uncle Gao and Uncle Zhang, who were left behind, and pull up the shelves of the Great Governor's Mansion first, and start to mobilize for war first. There are only 50,000 soldiers in the East Road Theater, but in fact, these 50,000 soldiers are the number of troops under the command of the newly established Youzhou Governor's Mansion, in fact, the total number of soldiers in the current Governor's Mansion in Youzhou Town is 50,000, which does not include the Huaihuang army reported by Yi Feng in front of the emperor. Yi Feng's Huaihuang army reported in front of the emperor was 8,000 elite cavalry infantry and more than 10,000 newly recruited infantry. When Yang Jian counted the soldiers and horses in this transfer, he simply regarded the Wuzhou soldiers as Yi Feng's personal guard. It was not directly counted in the soldiers of the Eastern Road Theater. In fact, Yi Feng's Huaihuang Army currently has seven armies, with more than hundreds of thousands of people, and even the most elite field army has more than 50,000 people.
The soldiers of the Great Sui Prefecture totaled hundreds of thousands, belonging to the 12 guards, but they were not evenly distributed all over the world, but mainly distributed in the heart of Gyeonggi, and the border passes were more of the border soldiers. Therefore, the military order is to go out. In the vicinity of Gyeonggi, government troops are assembled every day. When there is no war in the 12 guards in Beijing, they nominally rule the soldiers of the world, but in fact the 12 guards are stationed in various places, and the largest units are the hussar mansion and the chariot cavalry mansion. The largest province had no more than 1,200 people, and the smallest was 800. Further up, although there are also Huya Lang generals, Hu Benlang generals, 12 Wei generals, 12 Wei generals, Cao Shen military officers, Sima Changshi and other official positions. But in normal times, they do not directly command the guards of the government, and the guards of various places even mobilize more than ten soldiers to dispatch. It is also necessary to report to the imperial court first, and then the military department can issue a military talisman before the troops can be transferred. Except in the event of an emergency. Only local generals can mobilize troops and horses, but they also have to report to the military department afterwards. In most cases, the guards can not transfer troops to the level of Huyalang generals, and basically they can only drink tea in the yamen of the Weifu in Beijing in peacetime. Only when the war starts, they have to be ordered by the imperial court military department to send the talisman out of Beijing to command the troops, and after the war is over, they return to Beijing to pay the talisman, and the soldiers return to the place. Now many generals who have been idle in Beijing have received orders one by one, excitedly preparing horses and armor, leading the generals to go out of Beijing one after another with the dispatch talismans, and go to the front line to accept their soldiers and horses.
These days, up and down, are all revolving around this war. Yang Guang's marshal camp will be set up in Yanmen, Daizhou, on the Hedong front, Yang Su's west road marshal's camp will be set up in Liangzhou, Hexi, and Yi Feng's east road camp will be set up in Youzhou. However, now that the marshals of the three roads have not left Beijing, the grain and grass have been moved first, but the marshal of the three roads has to have more discussions with the Son of Heaven.
Therefore, Yang Guang and Yang Su have been discussing the Northern Expedition in the past few days, and openly asked Yi Feng to go to the temporary Northern Expedition Marshal of the Jin Palace. Most of the time they discussed how to fight the Turks and how to coordinate with the various forces, but they also took the opportunity to discuss some more encrypted things.
Yang Guang's Jin Wangfu is very large, occupying a square of Kaihuafang, with an area of more than 300 acres, making the Jin Wangfu like a palace. Yang Guang set up his own temporary branch in the flower garden in the west, mobilized and recruited a large number of subordinate officials, and the comings and goings were very lively. Yi Feng avoided it before, and he only came to the Jin Palace's mansion once, and he still brought Xiao Sumei with him. And these days, he comes almost every day, so he is familiar with it. From the west gate of the palace, go directly to the courtyard of the palace, "Brother Sumeru." As soon as Yi Feng walked into the courtyard, a crisp girl's voice came into his ears.
Yi Feng followed the prestige, but a very tall and plump seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl walked out from behind. The girl combed a flying bun, very beautiful, with a slightly coppery complexion, although not so snow-white, but with a healthy luster, especially the willow eyebrows and almond eyes, very smart and bold. Probably because she had just ridden over again, her face was still a little flushed and slightly beaded with sweat.
This enthusiastic and bold girl is his aunt and cousin, newly crowned as the princess of Lintao County, the fifth daughter of the Son of Heaven Princess Guangping and the daughter of Gongyu Wen Jingli of Ande County Yuwen Yubo. She is the same age as Yi Fengxin's betrothed fiancΓ©e cousin Li Liyi, and she is the most loved by the emperor and his wife. Previously, the queen also intended to choose one of Yuwen Yubo and Li Liyi as Princess Zhao, and finally chose Li Liyi. gave it to King Zhao in marriage, and also crowned the princess of Heyang County, and at the same time, the emperor and empress also took care of the mood of this niece. Specially added a county lord title to Yuwen Yubo.
Although Yuwen Yubo and Li Liyi are of the same age, their personalities are completely different. One is soft and introverted, and the other is very unrestrained. Yi Feng finally got engaged to Li Liyi, and Yuwen Yubo was in a very bad mood for several days. But then. She began to run to the Jin Palace, nominally to play with her cousin Princess Nanyang, but in fact, she was a drunkard who didn't mean to drink, and ran every day to meet Yi Feng by all kinds of coincidences. Although after only a few coincidences, Yi Feng had already discovered that this girl was not a coincidence at all, but he didn't dislike her much. In a way, after coming into contact with Yuwen Yubo, you will find that this is a very likable girl, active, unrestrained, and enthusiastic. There is a kind of passionate and unrestrained vitality in the body. In her, Yi Feng saw the kind of generosity that was rare in ancient women after the Sui and Tang dynasties. But the unrestrainedness of Yuwen Yubo is not like the high-flying and domineering of the princesses of the Tang Dynasty, but a kind of unrestrained that is not excessive. She even likes to ride horses, play polo, hunt, ride horses and shoot arrows, and even dance with swords. Not that kind of dance, but direct swordsmanship. Last time, Cheng Biting Jin underestimated her, but she was directly invited by her to compete in swords. The result was very surprising that Cheng Yanjin, who had been by Yi Feng's side for so long, and had even won the military flag on the point formation, was actually in a one-on-one sword competition with Yuwen Yubo. was beaten and had no power to parry, and in the end, he couldn't even keep the sword in his hand, and was picked off. Let Yuwen Yubo put a sword on his neck. This made Cheng Yanjin feel very ashamed, and he has been shrinking in Zhao Wang Beppu these days to practice swordsmanship with Zhang Zhongjian. No more faces.
"It's our daughter, the eldest lady and the girl," Yi Feng smiled at Yuwen and said in a deliberately lengthened tone. Yuwen Yubo's name, characters, and nicknames are all in gold and jade. Her name is Yuwen Yubo. The word is golden, and the small word is a jade girl. is really worthy of being the emperor's niece, with golden branches and jade leaves, and gold and jade everywhere. In particular, the words Qianjin, Jade Girl, and Jade Bo are not special in this era, but in the eyes of Yi Feng, a later generation, this name is too vulgar. Especially when it comes to connecting it, I feel even more so. Originally, everyone's beautiful name was not passed on, but Yi Feng and Yuwen Yubo are cousins, plus Yuwen Yubo intends to get close, and Yi Feng is not a particularly formal person, but often uses this to make jokes about her.
"Brother Sumeru made fun of Sister Qianjin's name again, beware of annoying her, I'm going to fight you with a sword duel later." Another female voice sounded, but it was Princess Nanyang. Princess Nanyang's name is Shuziwan, fourteen this year, is the eldest daughter of Jin Wangguang and Concubine Xiao, although she is just fourteen, but she has already been beautiful and generous, and her appearance is very inherited by Yang Guang and Xiao, and her appearance is extremely beautiful. is more similar to Li Liyi in personality, she is a reserved and gentle talented woman. Female red poems are all good, and Yi Feng has gotten along well with this sister during this time. She also knew that Yi Feng's true identity was her half-brother, so the relationship between the two was surprisingly good.
The title of Princess Nanyang has also been officially sealed in the past few days, it turns out that she is the princess of Nanyang County, and this time the Son of Heaven raised her title to a higher level and crowned her princess of Nanyang County. Yang Shu wore the white mink fur given to her by Yi Feng on her shoulders today, and walked over with a smile, followed by a person, but it was Zhang Chuchen, a singer and a red whisk girl in the mansion of Yang Su, the Duke of Yueguo, whom Yi Feng had also known for a long time.
Hongfu followed behind Princess Nanyang, saw Yi Feng bent down and saluted, and asked with a smile: "Just now the princesses were still asking why King Zhao didn't come yesterday?" β
"Yesterday I went to the palace of Princess Xiangguo." Yi Feng replied with a smile. Looking at these three girls, Yi Feng couldn't help but think of Li Liyi, the daughter of Princess Xiangguo. It's a pity that since he met Li Liyi in King Zhao's mansion that day and talked for a while, after he was officially engaged, he never had the opportunity to see her again. Yesterday, I personally went to the princess's mansion again, but unfortunately Li Liyi refused to come out to meet, but she was more conservative in this regard, not as unrestrained as Yuwen Yubo in front of her. At this time, he even hesitated faintly in his heart, could it be that he was wrong that day, he chose a conservative princess, and after marriage in the future, she will not have to follow the etiquette law or something, then she will be tired.
"My father is in the hall, and the Duke of Yue is also there." Yang Shu smiled and said to Yi Feng, "In addition, Gao Servant is also there, and Uncle Liu is also there." β
Although Yi Feng used to be reckless, but now he is the king of Zhao, but after all, he is young, and he is a human being in two lives, this insight and character are not like those nobles at this time, he is more funny and frank, and he does not care too much about the etiquette between men and women, so among these cousins and sisters, he has won a lot of favor, especially when he is generous, every time he meets them, there are always a few gifts that can please them. For example, Yuwen Yubo, Princess Nanyang, Princess Heyang, and even Princess Xiangguo, Princess Leping, Princess Lanling, Princess Guangping, who has confiscated the four-wheeled carriage he sent, stuffed with famous horses, and perfumes and other gifts. Now Princess Nanyang has become Yi Feng's little ear in the Jin Palace, and every time he comes, Princess Nanyang will definitely inform him of many information in the palace.
Yi Feng immediately asked Yu Chigong to hold a box, which contained a gift that had been prepared earlier, a pearl chain made of eastern pearls from Liaodong.
"Everyone has a share, one person has a string."
"Brother Zhao Wang is too good." When Yuwen Yubo saw the beautiful pearl necklace, he was so happy that he almost hugged Yi Feng. Even Hongfu looked at the beautiful necklace, and was surprised, as far as she knew, such a necklace would never be less than a hundred times expensive, Yi Feng actually gave her one, and the surprise in her heart was conceivable. "Thank you, King Zhao."
"I'll go see King Jin first, and I'll come back to play with you later." Yi Feng smiled and walked towards the hall where Yang Guang was.
In the courtyard atrium that was used as a temporary line, Yang Guang's face was gloomy, and the atmosphere was a little dignified.
"King Jin, Duke Yue, Lingyun is here." Yi Feng stepped forward to salute, but he didn't see Gao Gong and Liu Shu that Princess Nanyang said, thinking that maybe the two of them had already left. But looking at Yang Guang's face, they should have broken up unhappily just now. This time, Yang Guang was appointed as the marshal of the Northern Expedition, Yang Su was the marshal of the West Road, Gao Gong, the prime minister, was responsible for the logistics and grain transfer, and Liu Shu, the secretary of the military department, was of course also responsible for coordinating and scheduling.
"King Zhao is here." Yang Su raised his head and greeted with a smile, but Yang Guang still kept his head shut and didn't speak.
Yi Feng can roughly know the reason why Yang Guang is unhappy, it must be related to Gao Gong and Liu Shu, and it must be related to the Northern Expedition, but there is no way to know what the specific reason is. He looked at Yang Su with inquiring eyes, Yang Su shook his head and sighed, "King Zhao, do you know that Zuo Servant and Liu Shang came here just now?" β
"They've been here? Why did you leave so quickly? β
"They came over just now, and they proposed that Shi Wansui should be appointed as the deputy marshal of the West Road Camp, He Ruobi should be the deputy marshal of the Middle Road Camp, and Yu Wenbi would be the deputy marshal of the East Road Camp. He also proposed that Li Gang should be the commander of the Northern Expedition, and Su Xiaoci should be the commander of the camp. β
"Oh." Yi Feng nodded after hearing this, and then said unexpectedly: "This is a good thing, didn't King Jin agree just now?" β
"What?" Yang Guang looked up at Yi Feng in disbelief, didn't he know that the people Gao Gong and Liu Shuti just now, Shi Wansui, He Ruobi, Yu Wenbi, Li Gang, and Su Xiaoci, were all diehard princelings? He said angrily: "These people are all princes, if they are allowed to enter the camp of the Northern Expedition, I am afraid that there will be endless troubles." β
Yi Feng smiled disapprehantly, "Your Highness, there are two sides to everything, it depends on how you look at it." Of course, he also knew that these people were all diehards of the prince's party, and he also knew that Gao Gong Liu said that their actions were simply uneasy and kind. But instead of watching out day and night for these people to make trouble behind our backs when we are out of town, why not simply lure these people out and put them in a clear place around us, which would be better guarded against? Besides, even if they did agree to this request, the positions that these people would hold in the camp seemed important, but they were not. β
Yang Guang was thoughtful, but Yang Su had already slapped his thigh and laughed: "What King Zhao said is too good, it is indeed feasible to look at it." β
PS: I'm sick these days, I've been in bed for days, and I really can't update, sorry! (To be continued......)