Chapter 15 Outside the Open Yang Gate
Because he was not too accustomed to listening to the two administrative divisions of the Beiping Army Yuyang Mansion, when he first heard Fan Xiaowu talk about the Beiping Army Yuyang Mansion, Fan Wucheng did not react immediately at first. However, when the other party talked about Liuyin Lane in Nancheng, Wuqing County, Fan Wucheng already understood what his henchman was talking about. At the same time, he also remembered his trip to Liuyin Lane a few months ago, and the promise he made to his sweetheart at that time - when the battle of Youyun is over, Fan will definitely come to pick you up.
Although the Beiping Army was initially decided, the newly formed Beiping Army Jiedu Mansion naturally hoped that all the brothers would concentrate on the vicinity of Beiping City, so that they could deal with all kinds of emergencies as quickly as possible, as well as the affairs that had never been touched before, and which could be called a myriad of administrative affairs -- while the newly appointed civil and military directors of the prefectures had not yet left their posts, the committee naturally hoped that the brothers who could help would stay in Beiping City and the surrounding areas as much as possible, so that they could be used when needed. It seems a little out of place for me to apply to the committee at this time to inspect the shops of the Beiping Army. Moreover, in the face of the committee's possible questioning, I am afraid that I will not be able to find a very appropriate reason -- after many years of operation, the operation of the "Datong Commercial Bank" under the Ministry of Commerce and Trade has long been on the right track, and even though it has just experienced the battle of Youyun, because with the exception of the "Battle of Baoxingzhuang," which is well controlled in the combat area, the fierce fighting mainly took place in the 16 prefectures of the Beiping Army, especially the eight prefectures in front of the mountains in the core area, and the impact on the shops of the "Datong Commercial Bank" in various places is actually very limited. If he blindly asks to go out for inspection, he will still attract the attention of the committee, and he may even find out the real purpose of going out for inspection, and it will be difficult to predict what kind of bad consequences will be if the relationship between himself and Liu Yunyan is exposed. But as a man, as a successful business person, Fan Wucheng is still very, very committed and trustworthy - whether the object of the promise is a business user or his beloved woman.
Therefore, just a little hesitation, Fan Wucheng nodded heavily, and said to Fan Xiaowu: "What Xiao Wu said is right, master, I should indeed go to Liuyin Lane in Nancheng, Wuqing County." Even if there is no disturbance from those troubles, the lord must go, because the eldest husband is unspeakable and untrustworthy. However, considering that now that the Beiping Army has been decided, the elder brothers may not agree to let the master go out to inspect the shops immediately. Therefore, before the master really makes the trip, Xiao Wu, you and Xiao Liu will first go to the front station with gifts and explain to Mrs. the difficulties on my side, so as not to misunderstand that I am an untrustworthy person. In addition, you have to tell your lady not to worry, as soon as you get the permission of your brothers, you will immediately leave for Wuqing County to see her. ”
"Yes, the small ones understand, and the small ones will do it." Fan Xiaowu agreed, and saluted Fan Wucheng again, and then took Fan Xiaoliu out to prepare.
Fan Xiaowu and Fan Xiaoliu left Fan Wucheng's courtyard and drove a carriage away from the "Liangyuan", but they did not go east immediately, but went straight to the north, planning to go to Beiping City to buy some gifts first, and then rush to Wuqing County. "Liangyuan" is about 50 miles away from Beiping City, and according to the usual experience, it only takes about an hour and a half to arrive by car. However, this time, when they reached two or three miles away from Beiping City, and the tall Kaiyang Gate was almost visible, they found that they could not continue to move forward at all. A large open space that had been leveled out by the Later Zhou army to set up camp, but was left idle there after the Zhou army returned south a few days ago, had been crowded by the crowd at this time, and it was said that they were driving the carriage, even if both of them were walking on foot, they did not want to pass through the middle of the almost impermeable human wall. And it is not easy to bypass this crowded place and enter the city through the gates on the east and west sides of Beiping City. Because the road leading from here to the east and west gates has also been blocked by pedestrians and cars and horses who are not interested in stopping here to watch and are in a hurry to enter or leave the city, no one can say whether it can be moved to the east and west sides of Beiping City before the end of the activity outside the Kaiyang Gate - Danfeng Gate, which is also in the south, has been temporarily closed because it is relatively close to the Kaiyang Gate, so as not to affect the flow of people and cars and horses to affect the progress of the event. …,
It was only at this time that Fan Xiaowu and Fan Xiaoliu realized that they had made a mistake and a big mistake, and they only thought about doing the things that the Fourteenth Master had explained cleanly, but they forgot that today Beiping City was going to open the Yang Gate in the south, that is, the gate they were going to enter, and the army was held near the big review, and people from all over the country were allowed to come and watch. In the face of the rare scene of the military review, especially the one who participated in the review, it was the legendary and mysterious army, which was called invincible and invincible in many people, and wiped out the 300,000-strong Khitan army with their own strength -- of course, now they have changed their names to the "Flying Dragon Army" and the "Security Army" -- inside and outside the city of Beiping City, ten miles and eight townships, as well as many gentry, eunuchs, and ordinary people from other states and counties rushed over to see the excitement, hoping to see the demeanor of this mysterious army. At the same time, I also hope to be able to see the true faces of the "Qingyuan" brothers who have become their parents. As a result, within a radius of several miles outside the originally wide and flat Kaiyang Gate, it was already filled with crowds of people who came to see the excitement early this morning, so that Zeng Zhilin, who had just been appointed as the chief military officer of Beiping Prefecture, had to transfer a large number of government officials and garrisoned "security forces" out of the city to maintain order, and to divert those pedestrians, chariots and horses who had no intention of watching the military parade to detour through the east and west gates in advance to enter and exit Beiping City. In the face of the flow of people and vehicles that exceeded the carrying capacity of the road, the official road leading from Nancheng to the east and west gates was still in a state of serious congestion, and both pedestrians and carriages and horses could only move slowly at the speed of the old oxen pulling the broken cart -- because they had already left the original camp of the Later Zhou army, the official road on both sides was either a village or a tree or farmland, and the speed of travel could not be as fast as possible. Faced with such a situation, Fan Xiaowu and Fan Xiaoliu, in addition to secretly complaining about their grievances, could only follow the command of the roadside officials or the soldiers of the "security army", and slowly moved towards the Andong Gate in Dongcheng with the flow of people and cars and horses. But this time, the two of them came out to do "private work", and they didn't dare to take out the sign at all.
Just when Fan Xiaowu and Fan Xiaoliu were moving at a turtle speed with sad faces and helplessness, under the Kaiyang Gate of Beiping City, 3,000 officers and soldiers of various units of the Beiping Army who participated in the military parade were wearing brand-new military uniforms and in a full mental state, lined up in neat squares, and in the exciting sound of war drums, they were being inspected by Wang Kunjun, who was walking across the horse, and Qian Yuanshan, the commander of the Beiping Army's horse infantry and artillery corps, accompanied Wang Kunjun on the side to review together.
Because today is a military parade, Wang Kunjun, as the supreme commander of the Beiping Army, did not wear the official robe of the Jiedu envoy, but appeared in front of his subordinates and local officials and ordinary people in a brand-new "Flying Dragon Army" marshal dress with a golden shield sword and a coiling dragon on the epaulettes - of course, in order to conform to Wang Kunjun's identity and avoid arousing unnecessary suspicion in the Later Zhou court, the coiling dragon on the epaulette used a four-clawed python that could be used by the county king. Behind him, Qian Yuanshan, who accompanied the review, was dressed in a straight "Flying Dragon Army" general dress with epaulettes decorated with golden shield swords, pine branches and three golden plum blossoms. Although the clothes on Wang Kunjun and Qian Yuanshan are completely different from the official robes and crowns of the generals and generals that are common to local officials, the well-cut, concise and bright modern military uniforms look very energetic on Wang and Qian, who have maintained a good figure because of their perennial martial arts; Second, in the eyes of the onlookers, it is reasonable for the various units of the Beiping Army to wear such a costume to review the parade full of mystery, and to wear the same strange style but make the officers and soldiers under review look energetic. …,
With 3,000 officers and soldiers and 12 parade teams, it didn't take a long time for Wang Kunjun and Qian Yuanshan, who crossed their horses, to walk around from beginning to end. Therefore, compared with the entire military parade, the process of review does not account for a large proportion of it. From Wang Kunjun walking down the city accompanied by Qian Yuanshan to the two of them returning to the city, it took only a little more than a cup of tea.
After Wang Kunjun re-stood on the head of the city, the sound of war drums stopped for a while, and the troops who were originally standing outside the Kaiyang Gate turned around and walked to the east side of the Kaiyang Gate with the order of the commanders of all teams, preparing for the next split ceremony and giving way to the venue.
There was not much time, the teams moved into position, and as the drums of war resumed, the second element of the parade began - the column.
When the officers and soldiers of the troops under review stepped on the sonorous rhythm of dozens of hundreds of giant drums, with the roar of two groups of 16 guns fired in turn as salutes, lined up in a uniform phalanx, and marched under the Kaiyang Gate, on the city wall, more than 30 traversers, including the four members of the crossing team, together with the local officials around them and tens of thousands of people under the city, watched this mighty, majestic, and powerful division with excitement and excitement.
For the people who have seen various types of military parades in the Republic or other countries from TV and movies in their previous lives, the military parades in front of them may not be as grand as those in their previous lives, or they may not have the advanced weapons and equipment displayed in those military parades in their previous lives, or they may lack the marches played by a huge symphony orchestra, but in the face of this armed liliang that was created by themselves, developed with one hand, and completely belonged to them, their hearts are still excited, excited, and full of pride and gratification.
For the local officials and the people of the city, they were shocked and surrendered by the strict discipline, the fierce momentum, the fierce murderous spirit, and the steel cannons that required two, four, and even six or eight horses to drag through the army. So much so that when the infantry phalanx of the "Flying Dragon Army" was doing the action of splitting guns in front of the army, in the face of the cold light emitted by the bright spears on the "Five-Five" rifles, many onlookers standing in the front row subconsciously closed their eyes. As 105mm howitzers and 130mm siege guns rumbled past them, many civilians fell to their knees and bowed. And when Zuihou's row of 130mm siege guns drove through the Kaiyang Gate and drove towards the Danfeng Gate in the distance, this kind of cowardice to the awe-inspiring murderous aura and the worship of the behemoth also turned into respect and awe for the officials who were still standing on the tall city wall and looking down on them, especially Wang Kunjun, the supreme commander of the Beiping Army, and his brothers.
So, after a row of 130mm siege guns in Zuihou had disappeared from view, the people who knelt down under the pressure of the steel cannons did not get up, but leaned down again and bowed to Wang Kunjun and his brothers on the city wall. Under their leadership, the people who were still standing also quickly knelt down and saluted. For a time, outside the Kaiyang Gate of Beiping City, tens of thousands of gentry and people all bowed to the ground, and the scene was spectacular.