Because it's the end of the year, the scolding war has finally stopped a little, although there will be occasional noises one after another, but everyone's thoughts have obviously faded a lot, and it hasn't caused too much shock.

Xu Qian has been focusing on the Royal Academy in the past few days, and now the captain of the academy has reached a scale of nearly 1,300 or more.

With the fall of several high-ranking officials of the Ministry of War, the holy decree has also come out, and it was decided to drill the new army in Taihu on the second day of the Lunar New Year.

Taihu is located thirty miles southeast of Jingshi, and the reason why it was chosen there is mainly because there are nearly 3,000 people in two schools, which are too vast to be held in Jingshi.

At that time, the military officials of the imperial court will all go to observe. Because of the distance, there were already men and horses to prepare first, and it is said that this time, His Majesty may also come, so the pro-army and the five major battalions have taken action and are fully prepared.

This is a play, but it must be done well whether it is a play or not.

The original Wubei Academy decided to take a holiday on the Chinese New Year's Eve, but now it has also canceled the holiday and stepped up its training.

The Royal Academy was even more reluctant to be left behind, and the school began to increase the time for drills, and the teachers began to make drill plans, while Xu Qian observed every day, but he was quite satisfied.

Although most of the lieutenants have not been in actual combat, their physique has far surpassed that of ordinary people, purely in terms of physique. Even if two ordinary people are close to each other, they are afraid that they can easily be put down, which is neither boasting, nor is it any magical martial arts. It's just because these people practice day and night. In addition, the nutrition can keep up, and the sun and rain are getting out of the sun and rain day by day. Not to mention that the military aircraft here are strict, if you say that you can fight alone. The captain may not have the advantage, but if they are brought together, they are definitely a pack of hungry wolves.

Xu Qian didn't know the strength of the Martial Arts Academy, but Xu Qian was very confident that the Martial Arts Academy was not the opponent of the captains of the Royal Academy.

As the days passed, this exercise naturally became a topic of discussion for everyone, and everyone turned a deaf ear to the news from the outside world. Until the evening of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve. In the huge dining hall. Thirteen hundred captains sat next to each other, and pots of meat were already placed on the long wooden tables. Steaming hot from the copper basin, everyone meticulous. No one moved.

Then, someone shouted: "Master Xu has arrived." ”

Xu Qian came in with his hands behind his back and under the support of a team of teachers, and the captains stood up together, but they were equally silent.

Xu Qian pressed his hand, and everyone sat down, only then did there be an occasional collision of tables and chairs, and the captains all sat down.

Xu Qian coughed a few times and said, "Today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, the official accompanies everyone to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, tomorrow everyone will rest in the academy for a morning, but tomorrow at noon, everyone will set off to camp in the place of the exercise, usually everyone exercises hard, you are all the protégés of the official, gossip will not be said, I think everyone is also hungry, all move chopsticks." ”

Everyone didn't move, until Xu Qian sat down at the table in front of Lu Bing, someone brought him dishes and chopsticks, Xu Qian picked up the chopsticks, and the 1,300 people moved the dishes and chopsticks one after another.

The rule of the academy is that food is silent, so except for the crisp sound of dishes, no one spoke, this Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is really a bit boring, but everyone is used to this, and no one complains.

When night fell, there were faint sounds of firecrackers, and the noisy laughter seemed to break through the courtyard walls and float here, but there was no laughter in the dining hall under the bright lights, nor did it push the cup, but it was not deserted.

Xu Qian stayed here for half an hour, and then left under the support of a team of teachers, and returned to the mansion, but the Xu family waited here for a long time, Xu Qian sat down, and another family banquet began.

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At noon the next day, the royal lieutenant set out, more than 1,500 people, plus hundreds of truckloads of supplies, slowly came out of Chaoyangmen, along the official road, towards the goal of the exercise.

However, the Wubei Academy was more than half an hour late, Yang Yiqing naturally had his plans, and he was unwilling to let the warriors and captains of the Wubei Academy meet, and traveled thirty miles in an afternoon, Xu Qian was riding a horse with a dry of teaching and training to press the formation, and finally arrived at Taihu, Taihu is just a small town, because the nearby terrain is open, and there are large areas of Huang Zhuangzi, so the target was selected here, a few days ago, there were already pro-troops stationed here, Zuo Jin Wuwei and the military horses of the warrior battalion were stationed by the nearby river, and from time to time there were scouts running back and forth, in addition, Shuntianfu has also recruited a lot of civilian servants to erect earthen platforms and renovate land nearby, which is in full swing.

After the captains arrived, they began to camp according to the large camp of the warrior camp, Xu Qian first went to Jin Wuwei, the commander of Jin Wuwei was his future father-in-law Lu Zheng, Lu Zheng saw him coming, invited him to sit idle, encouraged him, and said happily: "It is said that the pro-army is pro-army, according to the old man, your royal school is the hardcore pro-army, but our pro-army of the real brand is now only a hand-off." ”

This is a joke, but His Majesty plays the Royal Academy and the Martial Arts Academy instead of the pro-army, and it can also be seen that the palace is biased.

Xu Qian naturally wouldn't tell him, the purpose of the exercise was because of the affairs of Jiangnan, and he smiled and said: "Master Hou is smiling, Your Majesty is just a momentary interest, and I forgot about it after a few days of heat." ”

Lu Zheng didn't believe it, and said: "This Manchu Dynasty is not a fool, who doesn't know that the Royal Academy is now in full swing, yes, this is the New Year, you don't come to visit, what's the matter, treat my Lu family as an outsider?" ”

Xu Qian smiled bitterly, and was about to explain, but saw Lu Zheng immediately laughed again, and said: "That's it, the old man knows your difficulties, there are so many official affairs to be done during the New Year, and you have to pay attention to everything in the performance, I don't embarrass you, but after the matter is completed, you have to go on a trip, don't be angry." ”

Xu Qian was defeated by the commander of the Jinyi Guard, who had nothing to do with himself, and had to say: "Yes, yes, yes." "I found an excuse and fled.

At this time, the camp had also been set up, and Xu Qian directly entered the big tent, which was where Xu Chang lived, but Xu Chang couldn't come today, because there was still something to deal with on the side of the Road Administration Bureau, so it was naturally cheaper for Xu Qian.

There was a fire in the tent, and the chill on his body was dispelled, Xu Qian shook his spirits, gathered a few teachers and said some words, and ordered the captains to rest for a good night, seeing that it was getting late, Xu Qian waved away everyone and slept alone.

Who knew that in the middle of the night, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside, and someone said eagerly outside the tent: "Is Master Xu here?" I came by order, and I have an urgent report to send to Master Xu. ”

Tonight, Wang Cheng was on duty outside, and Wang Cheng asked, "Who are you, and what do you want to see?" ”

This man said: "The contemptible person is a person who reports the news, and if there is a big event to ask to see Master Xu, please make it convenient for the adult." ”

Wang Cheng couldn't help but say: "But Master Xu has already slept, you can wait outside, wait for him to wake up!" ”

The man didn't seem to give up, whispering something to explain.

Xu Qian in the tent woke up, and couldn't help but say, "Who is making noise outside?" ”

Wang Cheng hurriedly pressed the knife and came in, and said, "My lord, there is a person outside who claims to be Ming Pao, saying that he has something important to see. ”

Xu Qian looked a little displeased, but he had to put on a coat and shoes, and said, "Call in and talk." ”

The one who came in was a lean man, dressed as a man, who seemed to have come all night, although it was winter, he was sweating profusely, and his head was steaming, this person saw Xu Qian and hurriedly bowed down, and said hoarsely: "The villain Zhang Jin, I have seen the adult, and the villain is here to deliver the message." ”

"Messengers? What message? Xu Qian looked at him, he knew the identity of this person, in order to ensure the immediacy of the information, so in Nanjing, Fujian, Jiangxi and other places have been stationed commissioners, after collecting the news, immediately sent to Hangzhou with fast horses, Hangzhou then screened the information, and published the news from all over the Ming Pao, and these fast horses and the imperial court's Ji Di shop is about the same, the speed of spreading information is extremely fast.

It's just that now, a fast horse from Ming Pao actually came here, which means that something happened to Ming Pao.

Zhang Jin said eagerly: "My lord...... Something big is wrong......"

When Xu Qian heard this, he trembled in his heart, but he didn't say anything, wondering what was wrong.

Zhang Jin said: "The villain was ordered to be stationed in Nanjing, to deliver news for Ming Pao, on December 23, the starry night sent the news of Nanjing to Hangzhou, who knew that he got outside Hangzhou but found that a large number of people escaped from the city, the villain found someone to ask, only to know...... I know ......"

"You know what?" Xu Qian couldn't help but be worried.

Zhang Jin said: "I realized that an hour ago, the Japanese invaders smeared and raided Hangzhou City, and the officials and soldiers in Hangzhou City were already running around, and the entire Hangzhou ...... Fell into the hands of the Wakos. ”

"The Japanese invaded the ...... of Hangzhou"

Hearing the news, Xu Qian almost didn't spit out a mouthful of old blood.

And no matter why these would-be widows can win a big city like Hangzhou by what means, this Hangzhou is the lair of the Xu family, Xu Qian's mentor, relatives and Miss Zhao are all there, these widows are ferocious...... This......

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I tried very hard to make it as early as possible, and it ...... Can Tiger continue to ask for a monthly pass? It's been a very little month.