Out of the Eighth Prince's Mansion, Ji Qingchen suddenly thought that since the Eighth Prince had already guessed that he would compete with the second prince, the third prince and the fourth prince, why don't he visit them one by one today, and determine the time and place for the competition with the Xiao Cavalry Battalion with the three of them?

Thinking like this, Ji Qingchen was no longer in a hurry to return to the house, but took Zhang Rang to the nearby Song Wangfu.

It was in the evening that he returned to the house with a tired face. For today's visit, except for the third prince Ji Hongchang in the military camp, he didn't see it, the second prince Ji Ping and the fourth prince Ji Wen were both in the house, and they both agreed to fight with his cavalry battalion, and the time has been determined, so he didn't run in vain.

However, thinking of today's conversation with the second prince Ji Ping, I recalled what Ji Ping said to him, saying that the uncle of the seventh prince Ji Man is the king of Shu, Xu Zhen is the son of the king of Shu, and the seventh prince Ji Man is a cousin, and the seventh prince Ji Man is very close to the fourth prince Ji Wen, if anyone can instruct Xu Zhen, I am afraid that only the seventh prince Ji Man who was instructed by the fourth prince Ji Wen. Although this ideal is a bit far-fetched, he still realizes that Ji Ping's obscure words are not just to transfer him to the fourth prince Ji Wen. The brotherly relationship between the seven princes Ji Man is so simple, maybe the last time at the banquet in King Lu's mansion, Xu Zhen provoked himself, most likely because he was instructed by Ji Wen. It's just that he doesn't believe that the fourth prince Ji Wen will set up such a big conspiracy to frame himself, so that he will lose the hearts of the people and ruin his reputation in King's Landing. As for why he didn't believe Ji Wen doing this, he couldn't give himself a reasonable explanation. He just felt that for the crisis he was about to face, all the princes were the object of suspicion, and they were all suspicious.

Who is this person who instructed Xu Zhen? He couldn't figure it out!

The next day, Ji Qingchen rode to the Kunshan military camp, summoned Bai Xiangcheng to the big tent of the Chinese army, and briefly told him about the time and place of the battle with the forward battalion that he had agreed with the Eighth Prince. Bai Xiangcheng just nodded slightly, indicating that there was no problem with the Xiao Cavalry Battalion and that he could participate in this competition with the Forward Battalion. Then Bai Xiangcheng reported to Ji Qingchen on military affairs, mainly to ask Ji Qingchen for instructions on the candidates for several captains and battalion commanders and military positions that he had already drawn up. Ji Qingchen glanced at the positions and names on the rice paper, and sure enough, it was the same as he thought, Bai Xiangcheng had already begun to deliberately cultivate the few people he said last time, and the six captains of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion were written on the rice paper: Li Changzheng, Liu Qingqing, Hou Xiaotian, Yang Zhixing, Zuo Zongquan, Cao Yukun, the name of Wang Yin was written on the position of Sima of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, and the names of Zhou Shun and Lin Ping were written on the position of the battalion joining the army.

When Emperor Yan ordered a battalion of soldiers and horses to be handed over to his sons, and let them train to prepare for participating in the school competition, he clearly stipulated that the official appointments in this battalion of soldiers and horses allocated to several people were all determined by the princes themselves, and the military department was only responsible for supplying food and equipment on time after handing over the soldiers and horses to them. Therefore, Ji Qingchen was able to cut off Zhou Ning's head on the school field, and only then could he directly appoint Bai Xiangcheng as the captain of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion. Now Bai Xiangcheng handed over the list to him, as long as he nodded slightly, and then wrote his name on the document sent to the military department and stamped the seal of the general of the Xiao cavalry battalion, Li Changzheng, Wang Yin and the others would immediately be promoted from a soldier who was born and died to a lieutenant who could lead two hundred soldiers, and the position was equivalent to that of a low-level general in the Great Yan Army.

However, Ji Qingchen didn't do this, he gently put the list on the handsome case and said to Bai Xiangcheng, "Brother Xiangcheng, the art of war emphasizes that rewards and punishments must be clear. Yesterday, Zhou Ning was derelict in his duties and disobeyed military discipline, and he was just beheaded to show public example, but today he has to take these positions for no reason, which is probably a bit unreasonable! ”

Bai Xiangcheng was just about to speak when Ji Qingchen intercepted, "I know that you are doing this to strengthen the command ability of the various departments of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, and you want to improve the combat effectiveness of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion as soon as possible, and prepare for the battle with Xu Zhen's pikemen on October 30." However, a few of them have no meritorious deeds, if they are promoted rashly this time, they will definitely leave a bad beginning, and when the time comes, the Xiaocai Battalion will be rewarded for their ineffectiveness today, and I am afraid that no one will fight to the death to the end and want to strive for promotion through military exploits. Well, let's wait for this battle with the Striker Battalion and see how they perform, if they are excellent, it's not too late for us to reward them then. What does Brother Xiang Cheng think? ”

After Bai Xiangcheng listened to Ji Qingchen's explanation, he felt that what Ji Qingchen said was right, and realized his mistake, so he immediately asked Ji Qingchen to admit his mistake. Ji Qingchen laughed at Bai Xiangcheng's plea and confession, Bai Xiangcheng was leading the troops for the first time, could he not allow him to make some mistakes?

The two talked in detail about the progress of the training in the big tent of the Chinese army, and Ji Qingchen personally went to the school to check the training of the Xiaocai camp, and saw the appearance of a group of squirting listless training, he didn't say anything, just left the barracks in silence.

On the third day, it was time to agree to compete with the forward battalion of the Eighth Emperor Ji Qian.

On this day, Ji Qingchen came to the military camp in Kushan with Zhang Rang early, and found that Bai Xiangcheng and the soldiers of the Xiaocai battalion had finished their morning exercises, and Bai Xiangcheng was loudly reprimanding more than a dozen gentlemen who were not actively trained on the platform. He rode into the school grounds, and before Bai Xiangcheng stepped down to greet him, he strode up to the Dianjiang platform. Quietly staring at the 1,200 soldiers of the cavalry battalion, he stared coldly for a moment without speaking, but moved his gaze to the more than a dozen inactive soldiers standing at the front of everyone.

"Why don't you train actively?" He asked in a cold tone.

It's not that these more than ten people don't train actively, but their physical fitness is too poor to withstand the toss of Bai Xiangcheng's morning exercises, so they will desert and avoid training. Now being questioned coldly by Ji Qingchen, they said tremblingly, "Your Highness, it's not that we don't train well, it's because the morning exercise is too hard, and the training content is too much and too complicated, and we can't persevere!" ”

"Presumably you know the punishment of deserters in the Dao Dayan Military Law, right?" Ji Qingchen asked lightly.

When more than a dozen people heard Ji Qingchen talk about the punishment for deserters, their faces suddenly turned pale, and some people's bodies began to tremble a little. Because Dayan's punishment for deserters is to be reduced to slaves and sent to Junshan to repair the emperor's mausoleum, since ancient times, no one who has known that no one who repairs the emperor's mausoleum can come back alive, even if it is a child of a big family.

"Please be aware of your highness, we are not deserters, we did not run away, we just did not actively participate in training." Someone began to quibble.

What Ji Qingchen wanted was for them to admit their mistakes in person, and now that he got the answer he wanted, he yelled and scolded, "Hmph, you guys are not small, you want to escape training?" Do you think that the military law of the cavalry camp is just an ornament? Someone! Pull these thirteen down and beat them with twenty sticks. ”

"No!" The guards who followed Ji Qingchen's side stepped forward quickly, and the thirteen people immediately begged Ji Qingchen for mercy, but Ji Qingchen ignored them, and could only be dragged down by the guards to start the execution of military law in a piece of land not far away.

"This afternoon, our cavalry battalion is going to fight with the forward battalion, the location is in the barracks of the forward battalion, you rest and rest in the morning and make preparations, and we will leave for King's Landing on time at noon." Ji Qingchen said coldly, "As for this competition with the forward battalion, this prince has no other requirements, only one point, but you will engrave it in my heart now, lest I say that this prince is ruthless, that is, the top ten will be rewarded, as for the last ten, ......"

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At noon, a cavalry rushed out of the camp and galloped in the direction of King's Landing, and after a while, this cavalry arrived at King's Landing. This cavalry was not many in number, only more than 1,200 soldiers, but all of them rode tall horses, dressed in black armor, and held horse lances, and there seemed to be a murderous aura in the faint air, but it was quite imposing, and the people walking in King's Landing saw such a cavalry rushing onto Suzaku Street, so they hurriedly dodged to the side, so that this cavalry disappeared from everyone's sight in an instant.

"Could it be that this is the Ninth Highness's Cavalry Battalion?" One of the people asked.

"You're right, it's the Xiao Cavalry Battalion that His Royal Highness the Ninth Highness wants to compete with Xu Shizi of Xishu." And one of the people answered.

"Sure enough, it is worthy of the Ninth Highness's Xiao Cavalry Battalion, but it is different from others, this time the Xishu pikemen will definitely lose!" Another person next to him exclaimed,

"Isn't it? Do you see, they ride high horses, wear black armor, and hold horse lances, just like Tie Gewei beside His Royal Highness the Crown Prince back then. Someone else said.

The people on the street were all talking about the merits of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, and everyone was praising Ji Qingchen's bravery, and they were not dissatisfied with him at all because he led the Xiao Cavalry Battalion to gallop on Suzaku Street and disrupted the order in his eyes.

"Miss, did you notice that the person just now is a little familiar!" A voice in the crowd whispered.

"Ahh I didn't pay attention, who are you talking about? A heavenly voice asked.

"It's the boy who stuck in our frame that day!"

"I haven't seen what he looks like, how do I know if he looks like him." Said in a heavenly voice.

"If it's really him, the slave will be miserable—"

"Xiaobi, what's the daze, let's go back quickly, and in the afternoon, we will be invited by His Royal Highness Eighth to watch the polo game in the forward camp!"

"Yes, Miss. Miss, I heard that in addition to inviting you, His Royal Highness also invited a lot of princesses, county lords, concubines, and princes' children? I can't figure out a polo match, do I need to be invited so much to watch? What's the point! ”

"You little girl know what. In the afternoon, there will be a competition between the forward battalion and the Xiao cavalry camp in the school field, and the Eighth Emperor invited so many people this time, just to let us see if his forward camp is powerful or the Nine Emperors' Xiao Cavalry Camp is powerful. ”

"Miss, isn't the cavalry battalion they just said ......?"

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