Chapter 100: Embarking on a Journey
The ritual of sacrificing to the heavens is of great significance, Emperor Yao insisted on coming to the altar to pray for the blessings of the soldiers despite his physical illness, once the news came out, the 10,000 cavalry who were preparing to go out on the edge of the city were deeply moved, and the momentum was greatly inspired, and the shouts of allegiance shook the sky. γLatest chapter reading. γ
Yi Chenjing, as the leader of the army, would hold on until the end of the ceremony, and only hurried back to the dust collection when there was still an hour before he left the expedition, and Bai Qige had already packed up and waited at the door.
"I don't look weak in my uniform, but I'm shorter, like a young recruit." Looking at Bai Qige, who was dressed in leather armor, Yi Chenjing quipped.
"The generals are so young, and the soldiers are naturally young, but I don't know if they will be seen." Bai Qi singer was holding a helmet, her long supple hair was tied up high, and the light in her eyes was firm, and she really looked like a young soldier at first glance.
The only scar on the fair and delicate cheeks was very eye-catching, Yi Chenjing frowned, took the helmet and buckled it on Bai Qige's head to block the scar, and nodded with satisfaction after looking at it for a moment: "That's right." It is the father's secret order to let you go with the army, except for a few lieutenant generals and the former attendants, no one knows, if there are no special circumstances, try not to be discovered by outsiders, so as not to invite trouble. β
"I understand."
Bai Qige still remembers being harassed by a few soldiers on the way from Zhaoguo to Yaoguo, Yaoguo has been in a foreign war all these years, many of the soldiers have left their hometowns and separated from their wives and children for several years, and the days of no women all year round make some people depressed and unbearable, once a woman appears in the army, it will naturally cause restlessness and incidents.
After being sent off by many courtiers to the gate of the palace, Bai Haocheng had been waiting for a long time with Yuche on horseback. Seeing Bai Qige's heroic posture in military uniform, Yu Che laughed and cried first, and kept nagging Yi Chenjing to take care of Bai Qige, but Bai Haocheng has been silent and accompanied by a horse, and his eyes never left Bai Qige's figure.
"When you get out of the city gate, you have to go your separate ways, if General Bai has something to say, please do it as soon as possible."
"No need, everything you have to say has already been said. The march time could not be delayed, and the last general thanked the seven princes for their kindness. Bai Haocheng bluntly refused Yi Chenjing's kindness, and after hugging Yu Che off the horse, he turned over again, the reins tightened, and the horse roared.
"Alright, don't keep the other generals waiting." Bai Qige reluctantly glanced at Bai Haocheng, turned his horse, and walked side by side with Yi Chenjing, "Second brother take care on the road, I will definitely go back to Zhaoguo to visit my father and mother when I return from the Northern Expedition, and ask the second brother to do filial piety on my behalf during this period." β
The farewell was close at hand, Bai Haocheng still wanted to say something, but finally moved his lips but didn't say a word, waved his hand, and his voice was heavy.
"Qige will ask the Seven Princes, and the general will leave."
The horses roared, the hooves were loud, the yellow sand was flying, the dust fell to the ground, and the majestic posture was no longer seen, but it was Bai Haocheng who galloped away first.
Seeing the first brave general of Zhaoguo leave, the battle court also took Yu Che, who kept shedding tears, to say goodbye to Yi Chenjing and Bai Qige and rushed to Meixian Gu Xin'an, Concubine Jing, Su Yan, and Jin Zhaoyi had already gone two days in advance, and they had to arrive as soon as possible.
Yi Chenjing approached Bai Qige, and his warm palm was covered on the palm of Bai Xiu's hand who was holding the reins: "The Horohe Khanate is a nomadic people, the army is not strong, it is not difficult to capture it, if you are fast, you can return in three or four months, it is just in early summer, the best time for the scenery of Zhao Kingdom, after asking my father to play, I will accompany you back to Baifu to see General Bai, how,"
"Hmm." Bai Qige nodded slightly, lifted his spirit slightly, and tightly grasped Yi Chenjing's palm, his ten fingers intertwined.
Ten miles away, sparsely populated, Bai Haocheng stationed in the horse and looked into the distance, a pair of starry eyes seemed to want to see through the autumn water, looking through the unbreakable distance. Raising his hand, the sachet containing green silk was lightly attached to the lip flap, and the wave of heart could not be calmed down for a long time.
"I will protect you for the rest of your life, as an older brother."
Can only be an older brother, and nothing else, although ......
wants to be like Yi Chenjing, always by her side, holding hands with her.
10,000 cavalry were neatly formed five miles outside the imperial capital of the distant kingdom, and another 30,000 soldiers were waiting in the barracks not far away to converge, and when they arrived at the border with the Khoro Khanate, 160,000 horses would join the army, and a total of 200,000 troops would embark on the march to attack the Khoro Khanate. The four lieutenant generals and the staff were waiting at the cavalry, and from a distance, they saw the prince and general in iron armor coming on horseback, and 10,000 people shouted in unison, and the voice was heard for hundreds of miles.
"I didn't expect your prestige to be so high, I thought you were just a straw bag general who mixed in the army with the status of a prince." Hearing the call from afar, Bai Qige smiled and glanced at Yi Chenjing teasingly.
"It's only in your eyes that I'm so unbearable." Yi Chenjing was not angry, in order to prevent the soldiers from discovering the relationship between the two, he had to withdraw the hand he had been holding, Qingjun's face was not shocked, "It took me three years to climb from the return proton to the position of the general, although there is the partiality of my father, most of it is still my own strength." One day I will let the world know that everything in this world belongs to me, and I will make them regret and fear those who have hurt me and my mother, and I will see them kneel and grovel. β
These words are more hateful than proud, but Bai Qige knows that he is not such a narrow-minded person, he is just temporarily blindfolded by hatred, sooner or later one day he will exude a unique dazzling light, level the country, set the world, unify Zhongzhou, and rush to the sky as a dragon.
The person she loves will be a hero in troubled times.
"The last general will see the Seven Princes," marching to the front of the army, the four lieutenant generals knelt on one knee in unison, bowed their heads and shouted loudly.
"A few generals don't have to be polite." Yi Chenjing turned over and dismounted and helped the four of them up one by one, and said lightly, "You are all my famous generals, if you can mention it from the side, this battle will end with my victory." β
"The Seventh Prince's reputation, although we have experienced more wars, we are far inferior to the Seven Princes in terms of leading troops and strategies, and we have to ask the Seven Princes for advice this time." The first to respond was the deputy general Zheng Tao, whose black and white beard fluttered in the breeze, like a general.
The middle-aged deputy Xiao Baishan, who looked more serious on the side, arched his hand and said: "The time has come to set out, please give the Seventh Prince an order to send troops." β
"There is an inventory of people and horses,"
"Back to the Seventh Prince, the inventory has already been completed, and all of them are here."
Yi Chenjing shook his head helplessly: "Since you are in the army, you don't have to call me the seventh prince, the march and battle are listened to by the general's order rather than the prince's order, and it is a joke to spread it." Since the men and horses have arrived, there will be no further delay, and the matter of the march will be handed over to General Zheng, and if there is any situation in time, you will be able to come up with the best solution by working together. β
The deputy generals and the leaders of the army were ordered to retreat, Yi Chenjing was at the tail of the cavalry, and after meeting with 30,000 infantry in less than two hours, he was in the middle position, more than 100 steps away from each other, and Bai Qige was much more comfortable talking.
After a brief introduction to the situation of the Holohe Khanate, Yi Chenjing was very surprised by Bai Qige's almost ignorant performance, and his raised eyebrows were full of disbelief: "Children have heard these things, how can you not know, no matter how bad it is, it is also after the gate, not long after I was impressed by your changes, I had to be impressed again." β
"What's the use of scraping, it's better to throw it away, it's better to remember it together. I said a long time ago that I can't remember what happened before, how long do you want to laugh at it," there were soldiers behind him, Bai Qige was inconvenient to move, otherwise he would have to kick Yi Chenjing hard, "What I know now is that my mother, second brother, and Concubine Jing Niangniang and others told me, what is the Huoluo River Khanate, what is the Nine Kingdoms of Zhongzhou, I don't know anything at all except for the name." β
Losing his memory is not voluntary, Yi Chenjing can't blame Bai Qige, he can only sigh that his fate is too long, God finally gave him a trustworthy and very smart woman, but this person has wisdom in his brain but doesn't know the world, it's a pity.
Before dark, the army was already far away from the capital of Yaoguo, and with Yi Chenjing's consent, General Zheng ordered the troops to be stationed overnight, and the sparks were lit on the endless plain.
"General Qiqi, the military tents have been set up, and the next four teams of men have been arranged to rotate to patrol the night, but there are other orders," the adjutant general Qi Tao walked to the bonfire and respectfully bowed his head and asked.
Yi Chenjing said calmly: "You are all experienced generals, you know these things in your heart, and I don't have anything to worry about." Oh, by the way, it's still early spring, so let the soldiers be careful of catching a cold when they sleep, if they are infected with wind and cold on the road, it will be troublesome. β
"The last general cares about General Xie for all the soldiers." At the end of the briefing, Qi Tao had no intention of leaving immediately, and hesitated to stand by the bonfire for a long time, Yi Chenjing waited left and right and didn't see him speak, so he had to take the initiative to ask, "General Qi has anything else, if not, go and rest, it's not early." β
Qi Tao secretly glanced at Bai Qige, bent his waist lower, and whispered close to Yi Chenjing's ear: "Where is the princess going to live, now the identity of the princess has not been disclosed, and it seems ...... to sleep with His Royal Highness as an attendant."
With his ears keenly catching the three words of the princess, Bai Qige raised his head and looked at Yi Chenjing curiously.
"I have arranged this matter myself, and General Lauzie has bothered to do so." The lips pursed a light arc, Yi Chenjing met Bai Qige's gaze and smiled secretly, "It's been a long journey, General Qi eats some dry food and goes to rest, and he has to get up early tomorrow to march." β
It's not good to ask too much about personal matters, Qi Tao nodded and returned to his tent, and only Bai Qige and Yi Chenjing were left by the campfire.
"What's mysterious?"
"Men's business, why do you ask so much, you have ideas," Yi Chenjing raised his eyebrows and asked rhetorically.
Bai Qige glanced at it and continued to deal with dry and hard dry food. The real march and battle are different from the use of high technology and personal ability to perform tasks in her previous life, these are not things that anyone can understand by explaining a few words to her, and she has to experience it personally, since Yi Chenjing doesn't want to tell her, it must be something that is said and said in vain, so it is better not to ask.
Spend a lot of time on the hungry dinner, feel sleepy when it is late at night, looking up at the stars and the sky, the bright moon and silver light pouring thousands of miles.
Then, Bai Qige finally remembered a rather important question.
ββ¦β¦ Where do I sleep,"
Yi Chenjing was extremely calm, and the corners of his mouth curled up and pointed to the main general's account.
Living in a tent with the general as a young attendant, Bai Qige questioned his gaze without concealment, and seemed to have a little disdain: "You want to spread rumors about male pets like Yi Chenxuan,"
After a long time, he got up and walked to the front of the tent, Yi Chenjing patted the two guards of the guard, and said in a gentle tone: "I'm not used to someone guarding the tent, you two go to rest, if the other generals ask, they will say that it is my order." β
The guards were busy thanking him, and ran to rest with a happy face, leaving Bai Qige stunned on the spot.
"Look at what you're doing, don't go in yet," Yi Chenjing lifted the curtain and turned around with a pure expression, "Still, do you want to use the sky as a cover, or huddle with a group of snoring soldiers,"
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