Chapter 20: The Expedition

Jiang Yu'er and Chen Lian came to the school to prepare for today's training, several of them have already worn half-body armor, and the training of real knives and guns has been some time, but fortunately they have not been injured anywhere.

When it was time to assemble, the soldiers had basically arrived at the school ground, but they had not seen those Tunwei for a long time, and neither did the people in charge of supervising and training. Everyone waited impatiently, chattering around.

After a long time, everyone saw someone come out of the big tent at the entrance of the barracks, and slowly all the officers who had not seen it came out of the barracks. The largest tent in the camp has not been inhabited by anyone since Jiang Shou left, and it is only used as a place for officers to gather and deliberate. All the officers came out of here today, and the training time was delayed, and the soldiers all looked at those who were slowly approaching the school field with puzzled eyes.

Wu Debao saw Cui Cheng holding a roll of something in his hand, and whispered excitedly: "Hey, I said brothers, have you seen what Cui Duwei has in his hand, guess what it is?"

"Eighty percent is a big deal", Chen Lian was also a little excited.

"I'm a little nervous," Wu Debao said, holding his right hand on his chest.

"Pig's head treasure, for the first time, you still have a nervous time", Jiang Yu'er laughed and teased, in fact, he was also a little nervous.

A few people burst into laughter.

The officers got closer and closer, and everyone on the school field fell silent, and their eyes moved with Cui Cheng's figure until he walked to the school field and stood still.

When Cui Cheng stood still facing everyone with the scroll in his hand, the wild birds in the entire school field were silent, and the sound of the war horses exhaling in the horse feeding could be heard in the distance.

Zheng Tianming, who was standing on the left side of the martial arts stage, shouted: "Array." Everyone quickly stood in formation, and then there was silence again.

Cui Cheng, who was in the center of the martial arts platform, took out a piece of silk cloth from the scroll and unfolded it in front of him, he glanced at the soldiers below, and read aloud: "Ask for the thief's text, punish the rebellious Liu Jingheng...",

Cui Cheng's loud voice spread in the school field, and everyone listened attentively, some people understood, some people didn't, but it was a solemn and murderous atmosphere, which made everyone hold their breath.

Jiang Yu'er's team may be the only one who can't understand that Wen Zou Zou's words, the other five people have already heard the blood boiling, several people's chests are obviously rising and falling rapidly, Wei Chenggong and Chen Lian both clenched their fists hanging by their sides, and when they heard: "Fang knotted a foreign traitor, and was overbearing", some people couldn't even hold it anymore and shouted.

After Cui Cheng finished reading the text, he carefully retracted the silk cloth into the scroll, and then raised his head and looked at the people below.

"Ten years ago, the traitor Liu Jingheng killed the crown prince and burned the East Palace, wanting to seek a dynasty to usurp the throne, and what he did was indignant. Thinking that the sudden death of the first emperor at that time must be related to this thief, fortunately, the current saint did not let this thief succeed, and repelled this traitor and his henchmen outside the Changle Palace in one fell swoop. In the end, he let him run away, and he crossed the Yellow River with 30,000 rebels and openly proclaimed himself emperor in Liangzhou. It's been ten years, and now it's finally time to get rid of the rebellion, and with this inscription, you can see Your Majesty's determination to exterminate the rebels. You are willing to go north with me to kill the enemy, for Your Majesty, for me Dapei to kill the traitors, recover Liangzhou, and also for yourself to make immortal achievements"!

Cui Cheng finished speaking loudly and raised the scroll in his hand above his head. Suddenly, everyone on the school field cheered loudly and shouted: "Kill the traitor"!

"Kill the traitor"!

"Kill the traitor"!

The deafening shouts on the school field lasted for a long time, and the six members of Jiang Yuer's team shouted excitedly, Chen Lian and Wei Chenggong were especially excited, and Wei Chenggong's eyes were already red. Of course, among the more than 4,000 people, there are also some people who have collapsed to the ground, they are frightened, where would these recruits have thought that they are really going to fight.

After everyone shouted for a while, Cui Duwei raised his right hand on the martial arts stage, pressed his palm down, and the school field was quiet again.

"Pull out the camp and go on the march"! Order.

On November 15, the tenth year of Chengping, Jiang Yuer went north with the army and went to Liangzhou.

The march of more than 4,000 people on the road can be regarded as a huge force, especially more than half of the recruits, this first experience makes them excited. In two days, the team marched nearly 200 miles. During this period, several teams of recruits from other counties were added. By the third day, when they were about to enter the boundary of Jingzhou, the team had more than 6,000 people. On the fourth day, Chen Zhiyuan led 5,000 "color troops" to merge with this team, and because Chen Zhiyuan had the highest military rank, he was the general of the army, and this army of more than 10,000 people was handed over to him for command.

Later on the fourth day, the team entered the Jingzhou boundary. Basically, all the recruits had never gone far away, and the moment they crossed the Jingzhou boundary monument, there were a lot of cheers in the team.

The six members of Jiang Yu'er's team were equally excited, and after walking for four days, they didn't feel tired at all, but their excitement calmed down a little at first.

"Hey, what kind of military position do you think this General Chen is, why did he take over the entire team as soon as he came?" Wu Debao has been muttering since he saw Chen Zhiyuan leading the "color army" to arrive today.

"I don't know, anyway, it's higher than Tunwei, don't you see Cui Tunwei and Zheng Tunwei respecting him?" Xu Nian answered.

"General Lang of the Fu Army, is a fourth-grade military position", Chen Lian said at this time.

"What, Nakarou General"? Several people looked at Chen Lian, a little incredulous, this was already a real general.

"Good girl, I really haven't seen such a big official", Wu Debao made a surprised expression.

"Heh, Pig's Head Bao, there's no need to look like this, I'll be a Zhonglang when I turn around, I will give you a long face", Jiang Yu'er kicked him lightly behind Wu Debao and said with a smile.

"Get out of you river monkey, you still want to be a Zhonglang general, at most you will be my general Wu Debao's follower in the future", Wu Debao patted his buttocks.

Several people laughed for a while, Jiang Yu'er still wanted to tease Wu Debao a few words, suddenly thought of something, turned to Chen Lian next to him and asked, "Chen Lian, how do you know Chen Zhiyuan's military position"?

Hearing Jiang Yu'er's question, several other people also looked at Chen Lian. Chen Lian's face was unnatural for a while: "That, what the iron catcher said."

"Iron Catcher"? After hearing this, Jiang Yu'er laughed, and an officer on the side of the road reprimanded him in this direction, and Jiang Yu'er hurriedly held back his laughter.

Chen Lian blushed all of a sudden, although his face was darker now, but the reddening in the black was very interesting.

The other people looked at Chen Lianqi's strange expression, and Jiang Yu'er looked uncomfortable with a smile, all of them were very useful, and they waited for the following with great interest. After a while, seeing that no one was talking, Wu Debao couldn't wait: "Jiang Monkey, say it quickly, you're waiting, what are you doing?"

"Ah, what are you waiting for, what are you saying"? Jiang Yu'er pretended not to understand.

"What do you say, don't pretend you don't understand, look at Chen Lian's expression, the whole little daughter-in-law's appearance, say it quickly, tell his pain, and let the brothers be happy", Wu Debao looked like he was watching the excitement.

Chen Lian glared at Jiang Yu'er, which was considered a warning, Jiang Yu'er also glared at Chen Lian, and then cleared his throat: "Then I'll say it."

Jiang Yu'er added fuel and vinegar to the matter of Chen Lian and Hua Niang. What flower girl robbed the white scholar and made a big fuss in the green building; What Chen Lian played martial arts in the iron catcher family and was fell in love at first sight by the flower girl; Chen Lian also has a soft spot for Hua Niang. Jiang Yu'er's eyebrows danced vividly, and several people listened to it with relish, and from time to time let out a sullen laugh.

After the story was finished, Jiang Yu'er untied the water belt on his body, and Gu Gu drank happily, and Chen Lian had a broken jar expression. The other four didn't speak, they all pursed their lips and smiled, and suddenly a veteran in the rear shouted with a smile: "Chen Lian, I didn't see it, it's still a lover, it's good"!

The five members of the squad couldn't hold back any longer, and laughed, and the laughter almost caused a small commotion, and an officer came over to reprimand him.

A few people were still joking, and someone rode horses along the way to give orders: "Camp and stay overnight".

After another five days, the team passed through Jingzhou and entered the boundary of Yizhou. At this time, on this marching route, there were already many armies, stretching for more than ten miles.

On the day when Jiang Yu'er's team set off from the recruit camp, the general Han Jin led his troops to Rongcheng, which was already in Liangzhou, more than 100 miles away from the Yellow River.

At this time, 70,000 troops have gathered outside Rongcheng City, these are the elite soldiers and strong generals dispatched by Li Juan from all over the country, and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses are on the way to come, and it is believed that they will arrive in the near future.

On the evening of the same day, General Han Jin was promoted to gather generals.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Han Jin sat high on the general seat, and on both sides of him sat the generals of various departments, most of whom were his cronies who he recommended to the emperor before the expedition. Han Xin's eyes swept to both sides, except for the chief general of the Yuzhou garrison, who had not yet arrived, the other major generals were already here, including Wang Ping, the chief general of the Gong Guard.

"Come, I'll read the text of the thief to you," Han Xin said, looking straight ahead.

The soldiers on his side took two steps forward, unfurled the silk cloth prepared in advance, and recited loudly: "Ask for the thief's text, punish the rebellious Liu Jingheng...".

After the recitation of the text, there was silence in the big tent, and Han Jin's eyes squinted slightly at everyone in front of him.

"Very good, after listening to the text, no one showed restlessness, everyone was very calm, this is the person who this general wants to command the army", Han Jin spoke.

"It's been ten years, this day has finally arrived, this is a great time for everyone to make contributions, I hope you will work together with this general to fight rebellion", Han Jin hugged his hand slightly after speaking.

"Obey the general's dispatch", the people on both sides clenched their fists in unison and replied.

"Okay, the lords will report to their duties," Han Jin said in a loud voice.

"The chief general of the Yizhou garrison, Jiang He'an, the general of Fenwu, led 20,000 infantry and listened to the general's dispatch."

"The chief general of the Jingzhou garrison, Cao Rong, the cavalry general, led 5,000 cavalry, 10,000 infantry, and 3,000 crossbowmen, and listened to the general's dispatch."

"The chief general of the Yangzhou garrison, Zhenwei Zhonglang, should lead 8,000 infantry and 2,000 crossbowmen in the middle of the court, and listen to the general's dispatch."

"The chief general of the Gong Guard, the general of the escort army, Wang Ping, led 6,000 cavalry, 2,000 outposts, and 10,000 infantry, and listened to the general's dispatch."

"Join the army Lu Meng and listen to the general's dispatch".

"The commander of the baggage battalion, Du Weitao Wusheng led 3,000 sappers and listened to the general's dispatch."

"You Xifan, the deputy general of the baggage battalion, listens to the general's dispatch."

The last person stood up and clenched his fists and finished speaking loudly, and there was a sudden burst of laughter in the big account.