In the political hall, even the second assistant got off the stage and stood on the side to spit, and a room of red-robed bosses opened their bows left and right, until they scolded and scolded with red ears and thick necks, and finally Qin Kang personally came out to make a final decision.

The orders that have been issued to the state guards need to be further clarified and refined, and detailed plans have been made for everything from the number of troops to be sent and the number of tents each guard carry. Gyeonggi naturally had sufficient troops to stay, and Long Xiangwei dispatched more than 40,000 people from two guards, but Mingzhou Wei was almost fully dispatched, and in addition, he also recruited young people in the left side of Gyeonggi in Mingzhou.

The Sixth Army of Dazheng is now only five armies, and the Xiaozhou Army, which has the smallest number of five armies, only has two battalions of more than 4,000 people, but it is a heavy armored iron cavalry of Qing Yishui, and in addition to the combat power, the Fenzhou Army can do anything other than that is too perverted, and the Xiaozhou Army was established less than a hundred years ago, but it is an army that the successive emperors of Zheng State have valued most and must firmly grasp in their hands in the past few decades. In order to be reliable, the commander of the Xiaozhou military capital is generally selected by the children of the emperor's relatives, such as He Cheng, the brother-in-law of Zheng Huang Cao Ju, the current commander of the Xiaozhou military capital.

He Cheng, who had just received a joint order from the Ministry of War and the Cabinet and had a tiger talisman, was overjoyed, the Xiaozhou Army was subordinate to one of the five armies, and the equipment of the army under the emperor's personal command was naturally excellent, and every year the excellent ones would be selected from the border army to replace as many as 1,000 soldiers who had been eliminated, so as to ensure the combat effectiveness of the Xiaozhou Army. But He Cheng has been the commander of the Xiaozhou army for almost four years, and he didn't fight a war, depending on his hair, he started to turn gray but didn't fight, which made the hot-tempered He Cheng how could he bear it.

He Cheng looked very excited, and couldn't help but look at it again and exclaimed, yes, good, especially when he saw that he was going off immediately, he was even more happy.

"Beat the drums, gather the troops, and after half an hour, the whole army will march to Huizhou!" He Cheng's voice was unconsciously much louder than before.

The military camp of Xiaozhou Army is directly north of Pingjing City, and five miles south of it is the camp of Longxiangwei, and the whole Longxiang Siwei 100,000 horses are stationed here. When He Cheng finished assembling and was ready to go, Long Xiangwei also completed the assembly, and Guan Mingliang, the general of Long Xiangwei, was arranging the expedition, and according to the order, Long Xiangwei and the left and right guards would set off first, and they would be the first main force to go out. The front and rear guards of Long Xiang waited for the Mingzhou Guard to assemble and set off together.

On the morning of the fourth day of the fifth month, Long Xiang's left and right guards left the camp under the leadership of Guan Mingliang, and the carriages and horses rolled eastward.

Cao Ju dragged his aged body and stood on the Wufeng Tower, watching the army go away until the last touch of color disappeared in his eyes.

Chen Zhong leaned over and said distressedly: "Emperor, Guan Shuai has already gone away, the wind is strong, the emperor should go back to the palace to rest." ”

Cao raised his hands to support the mottled green bricks and asked, "What about people?" Still haven't found it? ”

Chen Zhong replied: "The emperor can rest assured, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division and the Pig Guards are all moving, and there will be news soon." ”

Cao Ju was silent when he heard this, he just lowered his head and sighed slightly, the dragon robe seemed a little wide, and he could no longer support the appearance of an emperor like he did when he was young.

In the distance, a horse galloped forward, and the red back flag of the north was hunted by the wind.

Cao Ju said: "I'm sure Ke'er has news. ”

On May 15, on the official road leading from Mingzhou to Liangzhou, 4,000 cavalry were hurrying in an orderly manner, and the standard configuration of Xiao Zhouwei was one man and three horses, one horse carrying armor and weapons, one horse carrying grain, grass and drinking water, and one horse riding to hurry, and the wealthy royal family also gave 4,000 spare horses, and the entire Xiaozhou Wei's war horses were as high as 16,000.

Xiaozhou Weidu commanded He Quan to lead the horse in front, from Mingzhou Pingjing City to Liangzhou need to walk more than 900 miles, if you go to the vicinity of Linhai County, it will take almost 2,000 miles, if you only rely on four horses, then the Xiaozhou army will become an infantry in the past, so most of the time the cavalry in order to maintain the physical strength of the horse is not able to lead the horse.

He Quan turned his head to the young man riding a horse next to him and asked, "How does His Royal Highness King Zhao feel, but are you still used to it?" ”

Cao Ke is not lazy when he rides on a horse most of the time, but Cao Ke's riding skills are lacking a lot compared to these sergeants, and he insists on practicing more, even if the pain of the inner thigh roll at the moment is still gritting his teeth and stiffening.

"The soldiers under my uncle's command are really extraordinary, they travel more than 100 miles a day but no one is left behind, and there is no stronger army in the world than this."

God testifies that Cao Ju is absolutely sincere when he says this, but in He Quan's opinion, it is not the same thing.

"His Royal Highness King Zhao said with a smile, who dares to call the strongest in the world before yesterday with the Fenzhou army? His Royal Highness King Zhao said that the minister's soldiers traveled hundreds of miles a day, but the minister's department was a cavalry, and it was one person and four horses, is there such a luxurious equipment in the world? But the Fenzhou army is different, most of these cattle are only riding horses, and they can gallop for more than 150 miles a day and night, dismount and fight directly in armor, and no one is left behind, which is beyond people's reach. Pity! Pity!! ”

Cao Keyou asked: "But the Fenzhou army was wiped out ten years ago, and the deputy commander-in-chief Wang Dongfang, the dog thief, has surrendered to the Western Xia thief. ”

Speaking of Wang Dongfang, there are few Zheng people who do not hate, as the deputy chief soldier of the Fenzhou Army, it can be said that his status in the entire territory of Dazheng is extraordinary, but because he felt that the reward was unfair, he held a grudge, and even betrayed information to Western Xia, resulting in the final annihilation of Fangzhou Wei and the Fenzhou Army.

"This thief is not human!" He Quan's words were concise and to the point, such a big mouth didn't even want to mention it when he met such a person.

"Zhang Xiyang."

Zhang Xiyang, who was following closely behind, heard Cao Ke call him and immediately followed a few steps and asked, "The mark is here, the mark is here." ”

With the help of He Quande, Cao Ke got off the horse, relieved the pain, and asked, "Isn't your father Zhang Duanwen, the commander of the northern battalion of the Fenzhou Army?" ”

Cao Ke asked casually, but He Quan next to him was shocked, and hurriedly asked, "What did Your Highness say?" Commander Zhang is the father of this baby? ”

Cao Ke looked at the excited He Quan and nodded, but He Quan obviously couldn't believe that the two donkey eyes stared at Zhang Xiyang as if they could stare him in if they could stare him in with a big star.

"Back to His Royal Highness, back to the commander of the capital, my father is indeed the commander of the northern camp of the Fenzhou Army, Zhang Duanwen."

He Quan's big mouth trembled slightly, and his hand trembled but he didn't put it down.

"Uncle?"

He Quan couldn't hear it.

"Uncle?"

He Quan still couldn't hear it.

"Commander Hedu!"

"Huh? What? Cao Ke went down in his throat and He Quan finally came back to his senses, muttering: "Like, indeed like, so similar, eight or nine are not far from ten, you can't be wrong." ”

Then he remembered something and hurriedly asked Cao Ke for his guilt: "Your Highness, forgive me, the ministers can't help it, they can't help it." ”

Cao Ke motioned for the three of them to talk as they walked, and asked, "Is there an old uncle and the late General Zhang?" I remember my uncle and grandfather serving in the Fenzhou Army fifteen years ago. ”

He Quan seemed to come back all of a sudden, and sighed: "Yes, fifteen years ago, the minister was the commander of the A Brigade of the North Battalion of the Fenzhou Army, and General Zhang was the minister's superior at that time. ”

"Your Royal Highness may not know that since the founding of my Great Zheng Dynasty, there are countless coveters in all states, and there are countless small wars and wars, and there are countless small wars and wars, and the strong country is not limited to my Great Zheng Country, just say that the Western Xia, the land is vast and more than 10,000 miles, the founding of the country for 300 years is longer than my Great Zheng, and the destruction of dozens of countries, there are Qingyu soldiers in the Western Xia and Western Xinjiang, strong horses and strong armor millions, originally Qingyu and Xixia are separated by thousands of miles, but now they are good neighbors, and Xixia and Qingyu have won many defeats and few defeats. Even the Yu State was also divided from the Western Xia civil strife two hundred years ago. The Western Xia border army has a strong army, although the soldiers and horses in the northwest battalion are defeated and win less, but the losses of our army are not small, in the southeast our army can reach three or even five, and in the Western Xia it is not even two. But in the face of the Fenzhou army, the battle losses were even worse than ten. ”

"The Fenzhou Army, the crown of all armies, with less than 10,000 infantry troops running day and night for more than 160 miles, defeated the 30,000 cavalry and 60,000 infantry troops of the Western Xia Dynasty head-on, so as to become famous, why is it not strong? None of the five armies are inferior. ”

"If nothing else, let's just say that the Fenzhou army has an establishment of 9,000, but over the years, there have been no less than 200,000 dead in the war, and there is no one who has been beheaded below the third level in the martyr's shrine outside Fenzhou. Who goes in without tears or shock. ”

Cao Ke also sighed: "It's a pity that I was born at the wrong time and couldn't witness this prosperity, but I will have opportunities in the future." ”

He Quan echoed: "What His Highness said is that this day will not be far away. ”

In addition to Cao Ke's guards and He Quan's personal soldiers following behind the three of them, the other soldiers continued to cross the three of them, tens of thousands of horses' hooves stepped on the ground and made a messy but huge momentum, the weather in May was still refreshing, the weeping willows on both sides of the official road swayed slightly under the caress of the breeze, the adults in the fields in the distance were busy with their work, the children did not understand life but would stay away from the hardships, and a few children rushed over to cheer at the marching army.

Scouts carrying small flags kept coming and going, relaying all kinds of information ahead.

The counties along the way of the departure of the army always have to provide some grain and grass, and the strikers like the Xiaozhou army basically rely on the counties along the way to provide food in the territory, and the scouts are mostly reported.

"Get out of the way, Huizhou Purple Feather Army Report, get out of the way quickly!"

"Get out of the way, get out of the way! Huizhou Purple Feather Military News! ”

Cao Kehequan suddenly looked ahead, and sure enough, he saw a group of soldiers carrying small purple flags and galloping towards them.

The Purple Feather Military Report is the most special military newspaper in the entire Zheng State, and it is generally a decisive battle report or an unusually urgent unfavorable situation that is likely to lead to very serious consequences.

The sergeants of the Purple Feather Military Newspaper are all men and horses galloping day and night, and after checking the customs clearance along the way, Wendie must be released immediately and escorted by troops, even at night, any ban is invalid for the sergeant who delivers the Purple Feather Military Newspaper. Unlike the Red Feather Military Newspaper, the Purple Feather Military Newspaper mostly represents defeat, and the place where it is sent is also a political hall, unlike the Red Feather Military Newspaper, which can go straight to the Ouchi.

In the history of Zheng Guo, there are many red feather military reports, but purple feathers are scarce, that is, there are more of them over the years.

The soldiers on the official road avoided until the group of sergeants had passed by and did not return to the road.

Cao Ke frowned slightly as if he was thinking, and then ordered: "Stop someone down." ”