Wei Qing never thought that he would be able to enter the main hall of the Pingyang Marquis Mansion one day.

Originally, he had just planned to get together with his relatives and then return to the army.

Unexpectedly, the news that Wei Qing was under the command of King Zhongshan and was quite important reached the ears of Pingyang Hou Cao Shou, and there was a scene where he was now invited into the main hall.

Pingyang Hou Cao Shou sat on the main seat, and beside him was the beautiful princess of Pingyang.

Princess Pingyang is still holding a child in her arms, this is Cao Shou's son Cao Xiang, the future Marquis of Pingyang.

After seeing the salute, Wei Qing subconsciously lowered his head.

The habit of having children in the family for many years has not been completely eliminated.

Cao Shou's reputation is not obvious, and the history books only ask Princess Pingyang and rarely pay attention to Pingyang Hou.

But this person can always follow the right team in many crises, and he can also pass on the title of Marquis of Pingyang, which is already a skill.

"Wei Qing."

Cao Shou smiled, looked at Wei Qing, who was slightly cramped, and said, "I heard that you are working next to King Zhongshan?" ”

"Yes."

Wei Qing replied, "King Lai is heavy, and I am fortunate to follow the king." ”

"How did you get to know the king?" Cao Shou was very curious about this.

You must know that many people want to burn Li Yunze's hot stove, but there is no way out, and they can't even see Li Yunze's face.

Born as this Wei Qing. It's really curious to be able to follow the king.

When Wei Qing finished telling the story of Pingyang County, the thoughtful Cao Shou nodded.

Zheng Ji is a sand sculpture, but this son has a great future in front of him. ’

After chatting for a while, Cao Shengren brought the BMW in the stable and presented it to Wei Qing on the spot.

"Be sure to take it." Cao Shou stuffed the reins into Wei Qing's hand, and instructed with a kind expression, "You follow the king to fight the Huns, it is a state affair!" Ben Hou was not allowed to follow the king on the expedition without the holy decree, and he regretted it in his heart. Since you are from the Pingyang Marquis Mansion, you should go on the expedition on behalf of the Marquis

and return victorious! ”

When it came to this, Wei Qing naturally could only salute and take it.

"Work hard for the king." When bidding farewell to Wei Qing out of the house, Cao Shou said cordially, "There is no need to worry about things at home, your family, Benhou will take care of it." ”

"Thank you, Master Hou."

The young Wei Qing didn't have any city government, and he saluted with sincere gratitude.

Coming out of the side door, he turned over and saluted Cao Shou, and then rode away.

Cao Shou, who returned to the mansion, was greeted by Princess Pingyang's complaint, "It's just a slave, why not." ”

"Born as a house slave, but not necessarily forever a house slave. This man is valued by the king, and as long as he does not die, he will be prosperous in the future. ”

Princess Binh Duong was noncommittal.

She is a princess, and her husband is a marquis, and she can be said to have grown up with a golden key.

is just a domestic slave, even if it is developed, what can it be, is it possible to ride on his own head to tinker?

Cao Shou glanced at Cao Xiang, who was already asleep in Princess Pingyang's arms, and said, "If there is nothing important these days, don't go to the palace again." ”

Princess Pingyang was puzzled: "Isn't the disease of tuberculosis already solved?" Why can't I enter the palace? ”

Cao Shou sighed lightly, took Cao Xiang and handed it to the maid, and decided to talk about it.

"The Son of Heaven intends to register King Zhongshan as the crown prince, just because of tuberculosis and Mrs. Jia. The queen's death was delayed. This time, when the king returns from his army, the matter must be decided. ”

"Mrs. Wang has always wanted to push King Jiaodong as the crown prince. There is no chance of this. ”

Mrs. Wang is the biological mother of Princess Pingyang, and King Jiaodong is the younger brother of Princess Pingyang, and the relationship is here.

Although King Zhongshan is also the brother of Princess Pingyang, after all, he is a half-brother and separated by a layer.

The most important thing is that Cao Shou can vaguely perceive Mrs. Wang's gradual madness, and he doesn't want to involve the Pingyang Hou Mansion.

Princess Pingyang agreed on her face, but she didn't think so in her heart.

She went home to visit her parents and brothers, and it was a big deal.

When Cao Shou saw her appearance, he didn't say anything more.

If there is really something wrong, then in order to protect the inheritance of the Pingyang Marquis Mansion from being removed, he has no choice but to kill his relatives in righteousness.

After all, the wife can be changed, but the inheritance of the Hou Mansion cannot be broken.

After all these years of being removed from the knighthood, is there still a few?

The ancestral rites are severed, and who still remembers the glory of their ancestors!

The next day, the army marched north.

The Son of Heaven did not see him off because of his health, so he appointed Liu Wu, the king of Liang, as an envoy to see him off.

Seeing that the elite soldiers and horses in the world were all in the hands of his young nephew, Liu Wu's heart was desperate.

This nephew is so outstanding and capable, or so young, his dream of being the imperial brother has been shattered.

After following the process, Dou Ying, who was appointed as a former general, set off with the striker first.

This time, Li Yunze mobilized the main force of the Northern Army to go out, while the Southern Army stayed in Chang'an City to continue to guard the heart of the Han Dynasty.

The Northern Army was named after the cantonment north of Chang'an City, and the Southern Army was named after the cantonment south of Miyagi.

Compared with the Southern Army, which mainly guarded the palace, the Northern Army, which directly belonged to the Son of Heaven, was the strongest among the forbidden armies inside and outside Chang'an City, and it was also the largest number of troops, and it was the Han Field Army in the true sense.

The local soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty, including the garrison of Chang'an City, were mainly civilians serving in the military.

But the Northern Army is different, their source is a good family.

That is, the class of small landlords who have property in their families must at least be a wealthy peasant with a family property of more than 100,000 yuan to be qualified to be called a good family.

The family background of the good family is good, and the Han is still martial, and the rotten Confucians have not yet shouted the words 'There is a golden house in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book', so they have been exercising martial arts since they were children, and they are skilled in bows and horses.

Not only does it have an excellent foundation, but because of the expectation of pursuing military merits and leaping forward, the will to fight and morale are also very high.

When he was twenty years old, he went to the local government to register for the military, that is, Fu Zhi.

He began his military service at the age of twenty-three, and in his first year he served as a soldier in the local territory, which is commonly known as a military officer or knight.

After a year of military training, he will go to Chang'an City to be selected for the North and South armies and become a guard.

Over the years, the Xiongnu have entered the army on a large scale, and the troops sent to expel are mainly the northern army.

This is the strongest field force of the Han Dynasty.

At this time, the total strength of the Northern Army was about 50,000 cavalry, because over the years, Liu Qi divided his sons to the feudal country as kings, and would send a group of Northern Army soldiers to accompany him.

As a general, Li Yunze mobilized 50,000 northern troops to go out and basically took all the main forces of the northern army away.

The Southern Army didn't move much, and still stayed in Chang'an City.

There are also garrisons in Chang'an City, which are also not mobilized.

Coupled with the soldiers and horses brought by Li Yunze himself, nearly 60,000 regular soldiers were dispatched, which can be said to stretch for dozens of miles.

The striker had already crossed the Weishui, and the rear guard and the Chinese army were not even in the barracks.

Compared with some film and television dramas, where a million troops travel hundreds of miles a day and arrive at a certain village in a swarm, this is the real march.

The entire Jingzhao was mobilized, and a large number of people were conscripted into the army and became soldiers and people, responsible for the logistics of the army.

In addition, after many nobles, local rangers also prepared their own weapons and horses to follow the way.

There is basically nothing bad about the nobles.

Since he is lustful and can afford to raise him, he naturally has many sons.

Before the advent of the Tui En Order, all good things belonged to the eldest son, and the other sons could only mix up some property or something to fend for themselves.

In the martial arts, the best way to make a living is naturally to join the army, and if you get military merits, you will take off directly on the spot.

Therefore, every time the army goes out to fight, there will be many noble sons and daughters who will follow the battle as volunteers.

For this kind of thing, the nobles are naturally fully supportive, and the hope of expanding the family is here.

The local rangers are basically the same process, not for how the big man is, but just for a future.

Not only the rangers, but also the young people in the places along the way, as long as they are willing, are willing to join in to see if the ancestral tomb is smoking, and they can kill the enemy chieftains on the battlefield and soar in one fell swoop.

So this time, it seems that Li Yunze's regular soldiers are less than 60,000.

But the accompanying people, plus the volunteers and Tutuan villagers, plus Li Yunze recruited and took away all the county soldiers from the counties along the way, and the total number of people had already exceeded more than 100,000.

According to the tradition of the Cold Weapon Age, it is a matter of course to claim an army of 300,000 or 400,000.

In history, those wars that often cost hundreds of thousands or even millions of people actually came about in this way.

For example, during the Battle of Changping, Zhao Kuo's regular soldiers were tens of thousands, and there were definitely less than 100,000, and most of the so-called 400,000 Zhao troops were militiamen under the whole people.

Crossing the river from Fengling to the north, crossing Hedong County into Shangdang County, when the forward cavalry sentinel entered Taiyuan County, it had already collided with the Hun forward in the south.

The battle ahead was about to break out, but there was no stability in Chang'an City.

Beneath the seemingly calm surface, there is an undercurrent.

In Wang Huan's palace, the atmosphere has been very strange recently.

The palace maids and the chamberlains were all cautious, and they didn't dare to take any more breaths.

The reason is very simple, Mrs. Wang has been very angry recently.

The well-arranged tuberculosis epidemic was actually resolved, which really caught Wang Wan off guard.

And the recent faint movement of Changle Palace also made her panic.

Wang Wan knew very well that as long as there was favorable news from the front, Empress Dowager Dou would call herself to Changle Palace, and then be 'violently ill and die'!

"Time is running out, we have to act quickly."

The blackened Wang Wan was very agile, and after the previous plan failed, the backup plan for the future was quickly put on the agenda.

"The little beast is not in Chang'an City, but it is a good opportunity." Wang Wan summoned her confidant and palace maid, and ordered her to leave the palace quickly after a few words of low instructions.

The palace maid looked for Tian Wei and relayed Wang Huan's words.

For Tian Wei, he has no way out now, and he can only go to the dark one way.

Sending the palace maid away, Tian Wei fell into deep thought.

Li Yunze is not without enemies and opponents, like a certain general who has a dirty relationship with Li Yunze, which is the greatest confidence for Wang Wan and others.

In addition to this, they also chose several targets to woo.

"Liu Wu, King of Liang, Cao Shou of Pingyang, Chen Wu of Tangyi, Li Guang, Captain of Weiyang Palace, and Zhou Yafu, Prime Minister"