Ji Qingchen, who opened the imperial study, came to Concubine De's Qianqiu Hall again, and wanted to talk to his mother for a while, because his life and death were uncertain when he left this time, and he didn't know if Lu Dao would be able to return to King's Landing City again. Concubine De already knew about Emperor Yan's appointment to Ji Qingchen, and also knew that her son was about to go north to Caozhou to fight against the Beirong Iron Cavalry in ten days. When he saw his son Ji Qingchen, although his eyes were full of tears, he didn't cry.

"Please rest assured, there are hundreds of thousands of troops going north to fight against Beirong this time, and there will be no danger to the sons." Ji Qingchen persuaded.

"How can a war be fought without danger?" Concubine De said in a low voice, "When the prince went to Yanmen to supervise the army, there were 150,000 elite soldiers in Yanmen Pass, and he also had the strongest horse lance iron guard in Dayan by his side, but it was different——"

"Mother-" Ji Qingchen didn't know how to comfort his mother.

"Dust! Don't worry! No matter what you do, the mother doesn't blame you, the mother thinks you are proud of all the things you do, and the mother is proud of you. Concubine De pulled Ji Qingchen to the couch in front of the window, and continued, "Your father, Emperor Rong, has had the current Dayan for thirty years, and now that he is old, he can't go on the horse to fight for us anymore, so it should be your son who inherits his responsibilities and obligations." This time you go north to Caozhou, the mother concubine doesn't say anything about you, she just hopes that you can pay attention to your body. ”

"Thank you for your understanding, and keep it in mind!" Ji Qingchen's tone was a little choked.

He knew that this time he said goodbye, and the future meeting would be far away, so he chatted with Concubine De for a long time, and had lunch in Concubine De's Qianqiu Hall before leaving.

After leaving the palace, Ji Qingchen did not return home, but went out of the city and came to the Kunshan military camp. Because he was going north to Caozhou in ten days to face the murderous Beirong cavalry, he wanted to see how far the training of the Xiao cavalry battalion had reached.

Since the last battle with Xu Zhen's pikemen, all the soldiers of the Xiao cavalry battalion were wounded, and Bai Xiangcheng ordered them to go home for treatment, but due to the news of Dayan's defeat at Yanmen Pass from the north, Bai Xiangcheng immediately summoned all the soldiers of the Xiao cavalry battalion to the camp to continue training. So when Ji Qingchen came to the Kunshan military camp, he found that Bai Xiangcheng, Li Changzheng, Wang Yin and others were dividing the whole battalion into two groups and were practicing the battle between the cavalry on the school ground.

Everyone saw that Ji Qingchen stopped practicing, asked the army to gather on the school grounds, and invited Ji Qingchen to the point platform. Because when they saw His Royal Highness the Ninth who was dressed in a python robe and wearing a wolf's blade, they knew that Dao Ji Qingchen must have just returned to the early dynasty and had not returned to the house, but came directly to the Kunshan military camp, and there must be another order to be issued.

However, Ji Qingchen, who walked on the Dianjiang platform, was about to speak, but when his eyes moved to the 800 Xiao cavalry battalion soldiers on the school field under the stage, he was stunned, and then when he moved his gaze to Bai Xiangcheng and Li Changzheng, Wang Yin and other ten people on the Dianjiang platform, he couldn't cry or laugh a little.

Because he found that the eight hundred soldiers under the stage were all equipped with war knives on their waists, and the knives looked like his wolf blades, and then looked at Bai Xiangcheng, Li Changzheng, and Wang Yin, each of whom also wore a copycat version of the wolf blade knife on his waist.

The Xiao Cavalry Battalion is all wearing wolf blades, and it feels a bit like the camp is full of wolf blades!

"You are—" Ji Qingchen was confused.

Bai Xiangcheng, who has always been arrogant and dry, was asked by Ji Qingchen, scratched his head embarrassedly, and was just about to open his mouth to explain, when he heard Li Changzheng say, "Your Highness, since the last time you fought with Xu Zhen in the Yulin Riding School and defeated Xu Zhen, who is known as the king of the Xishu spear, with a wolf blade, the brothers are very envious that they can also have a wolf blade, so when you are recuperating in the past few days, everyone has privately cast a wolf blade according to you. ”

After a pause, he continued, "I gave you this wolf blade from Captain Baidu. These two knives wasted several pieces of fine iron in the family, and if he hadn't begged his grandfather so hard, he would have been reluctant. ”

Ji Qingchen did not doubt Li Changzheng's words at all, generals like Bai Jin and Li Muzhi did have an interest in collecting fine iron, and their purpose was to have a good fine iron to forge a good weapon for the heirs of the family. Just like the horse lance in Baixiang City, it is the ancestral thing of the Bai family for dozens of generations, and it is no less precious than Ji Qingchen's wolf blade. The Ji royal family also has an ancestral horse lance, but it was given to the late prince Ji Chengqian by Emperor Yan, and since Ji Chengqian died in the battle of Yanmen Pass, the whereabouts of this horse lance are unknown.

The knife is more conducive to slashing and slashing than the sword, especially like the wolf blade in Ji Qingchen's hand, after the accumulation of several generations of experience in the Li family's immediate fighting, the knife cast is definitely designed for immediate chopping.

So when he saw that the camp was full of wolf blades, Ji Qingchen didn't think there was anything wrong with the copycat version of the wolf blades worn by the soldiers of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion. Then Li Changzheng said, "Take off your saber and let this king see it." ”

Li Changzheng immediately untied the wolf blade at his waist and handed it to Ji Qingchen with both hands. Taking the wolf blade knife from Li Changzheng's hand, Ji Qingchen weighed the weight with his left hand, and held the handle with his right hand, sonorous! Pulled out the war knife at once, waved it forward a few times, and put the knife into the sheath, and said to Zhang Rang beside him, "I received their war knife!" ”

"Your Highness—" Li Changzheng was a little puzzled, but in the face of Ji Qingchen's cold gaze, the words that came to his mouth had not yet been spoken, so he could only bow his head and be silent. Zhang Rang received the order, and it only took a moment to lead more than a dozen guards to collect more than 800 wolf blades. Placed all the wolf's blades on the table. And Ji Qingchen ignored everyone's reluctance, and when Zhang Rang took back the wolf blade, he said loudly, "The Beirong barbarians have killed Caozhou in the south, and now Liaozhou, Yunzhou and Shangzhou are occupied by the Beirong barbarians, and the people of Dayan are living in dire straits, as the sons of Dayan, we will not allow the barbarians to bully our people of Dayan." So we must go north and fight them to the death! ”

"Fight to the death!" The Eight Hundred Cavalry Battalion shouted angrily.

"Today, this king was named the governor of Northern Liao by his father, and he was actually given the post of the governor of the Northern Liao march, and ten days later, he will lead 100,000 Longxiang troops north to Caozhou. This king hopes that you can go north with this king, expel Beirong, and recover Liaozhou. Ji Qingchen roared sharply.

"Expelle Beirong and recover Liaozhou." The Eight Hundred Cavalry Battalion roared.

"Expelle Beirong and recover Liaozhou."

……

The earth-shattering voice of anger spread throughout the barracks, and the hot-blooded man made a blood-like oath, and Ji Qingchen on the stage was very satisfied with the performance of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion.

"Brother Xiang Cheng, in a battle with Xu Zhen's pikemen, the Xiao cavalry battalion suffered heavy losses, and there are only these 800 people left who can fight, you can dismiss the other brothers who are still recuperating from their injuries and let them go home!" Ji Qingchen said lightly, "In this battle with the spear battalion, there are still 800 people left who can fight, which is enough!" ”

"No!" Bai Xiangcheng received the order.

"You also have to train hard, and in ten days we will go north to Caozhou." Ji Qingchen said to Li Changzheng, Wang Yin, Liu Qingqing and others.

"No!" Li Changzheng, Wang Yin, Liu Qingqing and others received orders.

On the way back to the city after leaving the Kunshan military camp, Zhang Rang looked at the car of copycat wolf blades beside him and was a little puzzled, so he asked, "Your Highness, why did you collect their weapons?" ”

"Have you heard Li Changzheng say that he spent the best fine iron in his family for two war knives." Ji Qingchen asked.

Zhang Rang nodded slightly. Ji Qingchen continued, "The soldiers in the Xiaocai camp are all children of the family, since Li Changzheng has done this, others must have also used the best fine iron in the family in order to forge their own combat swords. ”

Zhang Rang looked clear.

"Don't think crookedly, you dog minion, this king doesn't have the idea of coveting their broken copper and iron." Ji Qingchen knew that Zhang Rang wanted to be crooked, so he scolded with a smile.

Zhang Rang smiled, "Impossible, the slave definitely didn't mean that." ”

"Do you know the master of forging weapons?" Ji Qingchen asked.

Suddenly hearing Ji Qingchen's words, Zhang Rang was stunned for a moment, and immediately came back to his senses and said, "If you want to say that the masters of Dayan are the best in casting weapons, they are basically all in prison. However, if His Highness needs it, the servants know one or two craftsmen in this area, but their skills are a little worse than those of the master masters. ”

The general prison in Zhang Rang's mouth is the place where weapons are specially cast among the five prisons of the Dayan Nine Temple. Like the Privy Councillor, it is the body that is in charge of the production of government handicrafts by decree issued by the Privy Council and the Ministry of Works.

"No need, just be a prisoner!" Ji Qingchen said, "You ordered someone to pull this cart of sabers to the general prison, let the craftsmen who will be the prison return to the furnace, and then rebuild eight hundred and ten new war knives, as for the appearance of the war knife, I will return to the mansion and the king will give you another drawing." ”

"No!" Zhang Rang received the order, and gave an order to the guards around him, and the guards received the order, and after the group entered the city, they pulled a cart of copycat wolf blades and went to the prison general. And Ji Qingchen returned to the palace, walked quickly to the study for a while, picked up the pen and began to sketch the appearance of the war knife on rice paper. In the time of half a pillar of incense, he handed over a drawing of the drawn war knife to Zhang Rang, and said, "This drawing will be handed over to the general of the general as a supervisor, and let him build eight hundred and ten war knives according to the shape of the drawing." By the way, you remember to tell him to destroy the blueprint when the sword is cast, and leave no patterns behind. ”

"No!" Zhang Rang took the order and left the study quickly. Just as he was about to go out, he heard Ji Qingchen say again, "You tell him that this is the king's order, and he is limited to complete the task within ten days." ”

"Minions understand!" Zhang Rang took the order and strode away.

After Zhang Rang left, Ji Qingchen was about to think about the route of the march north to Caozhou this time, so the guards hurriedly came to the outside of the study and asked him for instructions, "Your Highness, General Long Xiang Jun Cheng asks to see you!" ”

Cheng Qianfan? Thinking that there were still 100,000 Longxiang troops going north this time, and Cheng Qianfan was the deputy head of the Northern Liao march, Ji Qingchen guessed the purpose of Cheng Qianfan's special trip to visit him today, so he said to the guards, "Quick, invite General Cheng to the study!" ”

"No!" The guards were ordered to leave.