Zhu Gaoxu gave each of them another hundred taels of silver, and then asked them to go to the store to get some grain, salt and other materials, and all the civil and military officers were extremely excited.

At noon, Sun Yan and Sun Heng went to the house for lunch, the two fathers and sons were stationed in Tongzhou for a long time, this time it was rare to come back, of course Zhu Gaoxu wanted to invite them to dinner, and by the way, he called another father-in-law, Wei Da, to eat together, and then thought about it, and called Sun Yan's old subordinate Xu Xiang to come over, just to make a table.

After eating, Wei Da and Xu Xiang left interestingly, and Sun Yan, Sun Heng and Zhu Gaoxu went to the room to discuss matters.

Among the generals under King Yan, Zhu Gaoxu admired Li Bin and Xu Zhong the most, because both of them had the ability to lead the army and defend themselves.

Zhu Gaoxu also maintained a good relationship with them before.

But I didn't expect that Zhu Di, the king of Yan, was also discerning, and this time in Huizhou, many henchmen like Huo Zhen, Tan Yuan, Zhang Wu, Wang Zhong, etc. did not mention the position of the main general of the first army, but let Li Bin and Xu Zhong each lead an army.

At last night's banquet, Sun Yan and Sun Heng and his son deliberately communicated with them to try it, and both of them were very happy, and they also thanked the king of Gaoyang County through Sun Yan's mouth.

"Mother's." Zhu Gaoxu patted his head, secretly depressed.

In the past, he sold well in front of the two of them, saying that on the account of King Yan, the two of them can block one side and have the talent of a general, it is estimated that the two of them will think that Zhu Gaoxu said something good in front of King Yan, so they promoted and reused them.

This was originally a good thing, but according to Sun Yan, these two people are very satisfied with the present and are more loyal to King Yan.

Sun Yan said with a smile: "As long as Gao Xu makes more military achievements, King Yan knows that Gao Xu is good, and you will be the son of the world in the future, I think Li Bin and Xu Zhong will also support Gao Xu." ”

It's a fart, Zhu Gaoxu screamed in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it now, so he had to frown and said: "You also saw it last night, Yao Guangxiao openly opposed me, saying that the prince has made a great contribution." ”

"This old thing." Sun Heng scolded: "Hundreds of thousands of brothers are fighting outside for a day and a night, Gao Xu, you are riding with 5,000 hits and 15,000, have these credits been eaten by dogs?" ”

"The old monk can still speak in front of King Yan, so you have to guard against it." Sun Yan also sighed.

On the same day, he cheekily married his granddaughter to Zhu Gaoxu, didn't he just want to fight for wealth?

How can the king of the county have a good son.

Zhu Gaoxu said at this time: "After grandpa and his wife come back, don't intentionally make friends with generals everywhere, Gaoxu knows that you are for my good, but if you are seen by someone with a heart, if it reaches the ears of your father, it is not a good thing." ”

At last night's banquet, the two fathers and sons made friends everywhere, and it was originally nothing, because they were celebrating, and everyone was like this, but if they usually did the same, it would be too deliberate and obvious.

Sun Yan nodded: "Gao Xue can think so, Gao Xu, don't worry, the old man is still a little thin in the army, I don't think there is a big problem in the army, just a few generals such as Tan Yuan, the key is the civilian officials, Gao Xu, you have to find a way to get the support of the civilian officials." ”

Sun Yan saw the key, and most of the civil and official groups in Beiping City are now on the side of the prince.

Especially after this siege battle, the prince joined forces with a group of civil officials to work together to defend Beiping, and the relationship was much deeper.

Zhu Gaoxu nodded silently.

Then he said slowly: "No matter what, we are still a family now, we must value harmony, and it is imperative to help my father Wang Jing succeed first, and then talk about it later." ”

Sun Yan's father and son also nodded.

Sun Yan felt that Zhu Gaoxu was very mature, and he was not as barbaric and unreasonable as the legend said.

After seeing off Sun Yan's father and son in the afternoon, Zhu Gaoxu immediately rode his horse and led a team of personal soldiers to the military camp in Xujia Village outside the city.

Since marrying his wife, Zhu Gaoxu doesn't like to stay at home, especially in this cold weather, he doesn't want to stay in bed all day, which is easy to degenerate.

So whenever he was free, he went to the camp.

From the gate of Beiping City to his camp, it was less than ten minutes, and when he arrived, he could already hear the sound of training everywhere in the camp from a distance.

As he grew more and more, so did his barracks.

But he is currently directly responsible for only 4,000 cavalry, including 1,000 Mongolian cavalry, they are in charge of themselves, Li Xian usually rarely comes to Zhu Gaoxu's mansion, if he comes, he must ask for grain or salt, or silver, after these cavalry leave the grassland, it seems that they will not survive, and they will come to ask for supplies at every turn.

But Zhu Gaoxu temporarily raised this thousand horses, anyway, every time Li Xian opened his mouth to himself, he ran to ask Guo Zi.

Guo Zi also has a headache when he sees Zhu Gaoxu now, but King Yan said that these Fan horses should be well supplied.

Knowing that Zhu Gaoxu had entered the camp, generals from all directions soon came to pay a visit.

The army was divided into battalions, and Sheng Jian, the farthest one, arrived two quarters of an hour later.

Chen Wen said that it was snowing this morning, and the whole army rested, and in the afternoon, after the snow stopped, they came out, swept the snow first, and then trained the troops.

"That axe is very difficult to throw, there is a brother who suggests, can you use a dagger?" Deputy Qianhu Zhang Jie said.

Zhang Jie used to have a subordinate who was good at throwing daggers, but daggers are also difficult to throw, not everyone can throw them at once, and those who have not practiced will throw the handle of the dagger at people.

"Throw whatever you are good at, you can ask the brothers what they mean, if you want to use a dagger, turn around and ask the blacksmith to fight the dagger."

Zhu Gaoxu followed the generals to the scene to see.

There is a jungle under Shijingshan, and there is a battalion of 1,000 people stationed on the left and right.

There was a row of dozens of trees at the site, and it was full of wounds.

The sergeants were in a platoon of more than a dozen people, and there were more than twenty platoons in total.

When Zhu Gaoxu arrived, he saw people in the first row holding an axe, about eight steps away from the tree in front of him.

An officer with a small flag or general flag in front of the right in each row.

The officers would have four axes in their hands, plus the sergeants', and each would throw five axes in one round.

"Throw."

With an order.

Whoosh, the front row sergeants threw it over.

Plopped, some of the short axes were nailed to the trees, some were thrown into the air, and some were not nailed and fell to the ground.

"Hahaha." The audience burst into laughter.

"You didn't have lunch, you can't throw this away?" Some of the officers began to curse.

"Again." Another handle will be handed to the front row.

Throw it again in the front row.

After each person threw five handles, he ran over to pick them up, handed them over to the officers, and gave them to the next practice, and then the ones that had just thrown them ran to the back of the line and continued their turns.

Xu Xiang said that each of them threw four rounds a day, or 20 times.

Ten times is within eight steps, and ten times is within five steps.

Within eight steps, it is required to throw it on a tree, that is, to throw it on the enemy.

Within five steps is required to be thrown to the upper part of the tree (with a marked area), that is, it is required to be thrown in the face of the enemy in actual combat.

Because hatches are slow and expensive to craft, not everyone is equipped with an axe at the moment.

Now he is only training and familiarizing, and in the future, Zhu Gaoxu will be able to do this when he has the financial resources and territory.

It is said that everyone still likes to practice this, because it doesn't take long, and it can be thrown in a while after twenty times, which seems to be quite fun, like a game.

Many sergeants would take their own axes to find a place to practice when they were resting.

Because Zhu Gaoxu said that there will be exams and selections every month, and the most accurate and fierce throws will be rewarded with silver.

Everyone is just practicing now, and many people are holding their breath to practice, ready to take the assessment at the beginning of next month to get the reward.

Zhu Gaoxu stayed in the camp for a few days, sharing weal and woe with the sergeants, going to each battalion once, and sometimes when the weather was good, he even got up with his brothers to run exercises.

Half of him was trying to win over the hearts of the people and mingle with the masses, and half of him was thinking about how to propose to his father.

Originally, King Yan intended to marry Jing Shu to the prince, and Princess Xu wanted Jing Shu to marry Gao Sui, but now King Yan seems to be also considering the third brother, but no one takes him into account Gao Xu.

The key is that what Princess Xu said also makes sense, Zhu Gaosui is sixteen years old this year and has not yet married.

Jing Shu will be the princess of the county in the future when she marries, or she may be the princess, but she is not a side concubine, which also shows her respect for Jing Qing.

But marrying Gao Chi and Gao Xu, that is the side concubine.

Zhu Gaoxu is going to ask now, King Yan must use this as an excuse, how can I mention it?

When Zhu Gaoxu was worried, Jing Qing was also having a headache.

Originally, he wanted to separate the relationship between the prince and Zhu Gaoxu, so he proposed to marry his daughter to the prince.

But what I didn't expect was that recently Jin Zhong came with news that King Yan intended to let Gao Sui marry Jing Shu.

And at the banquet a few days ago, Jing Qing found that Shizi and Zhu Gaoxu were actually a little discordant.

Qiu Fu praised Zhu Gaoxu for his bravery, and Yao Guangxiao immediately said that the son of the world is the great merit.

In this case, it doesn't matter who his daughter marries.

He reconsiders one thing now, how to disgust Zhu Gaoxu?

Because the result of this incident can disgust Zhu Gaoxu, it will inevitably make Zhu Gaochu dissatisfied with King Yan.

Separated from the prince and Zhu Gaoxu, there is a separation between Zhu Gaochu and Yan Wang Shuang.

It's simple to disgust Zhu Gaoxu, as long as Zhu Gaochu likes Jing Shu, and then marries Jing Shu to Zhu Gaosui.

So early this morning, Jing Qing called her daughter.

He found that his daughter was often in a daze lately, and sometimes she smiled silly.

"Jing Shu, I seem to be quite happy lately, is there anything good that can't be shared with my father?" Jing Qing asked her daughter with a smile.

Jing Shu's face was slightly red and very shy.

This change was seen by Jing Qing, and his heart trembled suddenly.

"Have you seen the King of Gaoyang recently?" Jing Qing asked in surprise.

"No, no, I haven't seen it." Jing Shu stammered.

As he spoke, he swallowed.

Jing Shu is not good at panicking, Jing Qing knows her daughter best, this action is that she is talking in a panic.

This dog thing King Gaoyang, how fast to start? Jing Qing scolded secretly in her heart, she was kind on the surface, and coaxed her seriously: "In this situation, you can't panic with your father." ”

"King Yan and Princess Yan, I want you to marry that Zhu Gaosui."

"If you don't tell me the truth, how can I explain your heart to King Yan?"

Jing Shu really believed it, after all, this was her father, she definitely didn't expect that Jing Qing would even be willing to use this daughter as a pawn for the sake of Emperor Jianwen's major event.

The original history Jingqing's family persuaded him not to do it, he had to do it, and the two nephews could only run away in advance.

As a result, Jingqing's family was sentenced.

For the sake of so-called loyalty and the fulfillment of his own reputation, such a person does not even care about the lives of his family and relatives and friends, and does not know what to say about him.

Anyway, Jing Shu was fooled, and immediately bit her lip and whispered: "At the palace banquet that day, my daughter saw King Gaoyang." ”

"When, where? What did he say to you? ”

Of course, Jing Shu didn't dare to say that he tried it for himself, he only said that he was lost, and King Gaoyang was also lost, and then he met and said a conversation.

"What else did he say? Does he like you? Jing Qing asked again.

Jing Mei could only say, he said that if he liked it, he would propose to King Yan.

"Wonderful." Jing Qing patted his thigh and said excitedly.

Jing Shu didn't know why her father was so excited.

(End of chapter)