As early as a few years ago, Jia Hui knew Lin Chong, but he had never met.

When Jia Daishan took him to visit the martial artists of various martial arts halls in the capital, he also visited Zhou Tong. When I found his house, I knew that Zhou Tong had already left Beijing and traveled the world, only Shi Wengong, who was still packing his bags, was still at home.

From Shi Wengong's mouth, Jia Hui also knew the general situation of their three brothers, senior brother Lu Junyi, third junior brother Lin Chong, and him, second senior brother Shi Wengong, since Jia Hui had never practiced Fang Tian's halberd, so he just chatted a few words and left.

Time flies, and it has been seven years since I heard Lin Chong's name again.

Eight days after going to Beijing for the first time, Jia Hui came to Beijing again, and he came to watch the whole army competition.

Eight days ago, he was not familiar with the Beijing camp, and he ordered all the officers and men of the Ma Army in the whole army to organize a big competition for the whole army eight days later, not to look at their qualifications, but only to see their own strength.

Eight days later, Jia Hui was draped all over his body and rushed into the barracks with a lanceless horse lance for martial arts.

Lao Tzu beats a group of you alone!

From half an hour after the o'clock, to the sunset, Jia Hui played the whole game, only ate a roast leg of lamb at noon, and then fought again, changed six horses in a row, and after overturning one challenger after another, three people stood out.

Lin Chong, Guan Sheng, Yang Zhi.

Lin Chong went out for a period of time after leaving the school, until his father died, then returned to the capital, and married the neighbor's childhood sweetheart Zhang Zhenniang after the filial piety period, and then was hired as the head of the gun skills in Beijing.

Guan Sheng was transferred to the Datong Border Army after making meritorious contributions to Xie Liang's suppression of bandits, and only entered the Beijing camp with the troops of the Datong Border Army last year.

As for Yang Zhi, he was born in Wuju and was sent to Beijing as a grassroots officer by the Governor's Office of the Five Armies.

Those who can hold out for about forty rounds under him Jia Hui are the only ones in the entire Jingying Horse Army.

The happy Jia Hui promoted them on the spot to be his direct Qianhu, and the three of them suddenly went from low-level military attachés with the size of eight or nine sesame grains to senior military attachés of the fifth grade, realizing a class leap.

At the same time, the 60,000 horse troops in Beijing were completely impressed by Jia Hui's martial bravery.

After early in the morning, Jia Hui also came to the location of his 3,000 battalion.

"Humble Guan Sheng (Lin Chong, Yang Zhi) see the general!"

Guan Sheng and the three of them were already waiting in the main hall of the barracks.

"Excuse me, come, sit down." Jia Hui put down the paperwork in his hand and looked up at the three of them, his eyes full of appreciation.

"Ready? This time there is no need to march in the country, and supplies can be obtained at any time. Clothes, shoes and socks, armor, and horse harness must be prepared, there are not many masters in the army, and if there is any problem, it may not be able to be repaired as soon as possible! Jia Hui advised, as a person with four years of expedition experience, the experience is far from comparable to the three people who have only suppressed bandits in China.

"General, we have all prepared, and yesterday I asked Brother Hu Jiu to help me see it, and Brother Hu said that it was all ready."

Jia Hui glanced at his personal soldier Hu Jiu, Hu Jiu nodded, and Jia Hui understood.

"That's okay, this expedition is dominated by the horse army, the twelve 3,000 battalions of the horse army in my Beijing camp are all out, plus the horse army transferred from the nine sides, there are almost 80,000, it is not easy for 80,000 people to stand out, and all kinds of factors are indispensable.

It's your own business to go into battle and kill the enemy, all I can do is to equip you with good equipment, in terms of armor, the standard armor of the Beijing camp is very good, there is no need to prepare separately, you report my name when you go to get the armor, just get a new set of armor.

You can prepare the weapons yourself, and if you don't have enough money, you can borrow them from me.

Then there are horses, but with your net worth, you probably can't buy any good horses, I still have a few good horses in Yili, let's take two of them each! Jia Hui waved his hand and sponsored the weapons and equipment of the three people.

Guan Sheng, Lin Chong, Yang Zhi and the three stood up excitedly, their hands trembling.

"I will thank the Lord for my respect, and I will die for the Lord in the future!"

The three of them hurriedly knelt on one knee, clasped their hands into fists and raised them above their heads to salute Jia Hui.

"If it weren't for your own skills, I wouldn't have done this to you, if you were the mud that couldn't hold up the wall, do you think I'd look at you? Okay, Hu Jiu, take Guan Qianhu and them to get the armor and war horses, and by the way, go and call the twelve commanders to come over for a meeting. Jia Hui waved his hand and signaled that it was time for a few people to go out, and Hu Jiu promised to take the three people who were still excited to choose a war horse.

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In fact, there is nothing to talk about with the Khalkhas, the Khalkha itself is on the weak side, especially now that they are being beaten by Monan, they can't care about anything, the survival of the Khalkha is the most important thing, not to mention, they don't have much capital.

After three days of symbolic talking, the emperor ordered, the Northern Expedition!

He had already received an order to march into the camp in western Beijing and wait for the emperor to review the army on standby in Fangshan, southwest of Beijing.

"Big brother!" Hou Kuang, the son of Ningling County, led the border army of Guyuan Town to enter the Beijing camp first.

"Oh, Lao Hou, you'll come here then!" Seeing the old brother, Jia Hui was also extremely excited, and hurriedly hugged Hou Kuang and patted Hou Kuang's back vigorously.

"Ahem, cough, big brother, keep people, look, who I brought!" Hou Kuang hurriedly begged for mercy, and flashed it the moment Jia Hui let go.

"Who?" Jia Hui was about to go out to have a look, when an eight-foot-tall bearded man walked in as soon as he lifted the door curtain.

"Hahaha, Brother Jia Hui!"

"Oh, Brother Lu, why are you here too!" Jia Hui was a little surprised, grabbed Luda's arm, and led him to his seat.

Hou Kuang pursed his lips and found a seat to sit down.

"Brother Lu, didn't you say that you followed Elder Zhizhen to Dayun Temple, how ......?"

"Ah, didn't my brother follow Elder Zhizhen to Dayun Temple, he left after more than a month in Dayun Temple, and was walking to Wutai Mountain, when he met Brother Hou and rushed to the capital.

My brother thought something was wrong, so he reported his name and title, only then did he know that he was going to go on the Northern Expedition, and he must be going to help the field! By the way, when passing by Wutai Mountain, I sent Elder Zhizhen up to the mountain, and my brother followed the troops to the capital! Luda told Jia Hui about his experience during this time.

"Isn't that just a coincidence! It just so happens that with Brother Lu here, this Northern Expedition has a better chance of winning, hahaha! Jia Hui laughed.

Another few jokes.

"By the way, Brother Lu, are you still wearing that armor?" Jia Hui suddenly thought.

"It's... I haven't worn it since that day, and I'm trying it now. Ruda hurriedly called his soldiers to bring his heavy armor.

Good fit.

When Luda first entered the barracks, Luda was appreciated by the Gansu commander-in-chief, and he was specially tailored to his heavy armor, and the eight-foot-tall heavy-armored man took a mace or a chebulus stick, which can be said to be a human-shaped tank equipped with iron horses.

"The armor fits just right, but this weapon is a little lighter, so I don't take advantage of it."

"It's simple, I remember that Brother Lu used a chebulus stick, right, when I visited the Jingying arsenal a few days ago, I saw a fifty-pound chebula stick, and Brother Lu took it himself." Jia Hui recalled and said to Ruda.

Since it is a war for the country, it is natural that the soldiers cannot be trapped by military equipment. It is reasonable for Luda to equip himself with as much equipment as possible, not to mention that Luda is the son of Pingliang County, so it is natural to prepare equipment for him.

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Another day later, after the last group of border troops entered the barracks, the emperor ordered Yunyu and Jia Hui and other generals to enter the imperial city and carry out the ceremony of worshipping the generals.

The emperor did not preside over the ceremony, but let the emperor preside.

After the end of the early dynasty, the emperor pulled Yun Yu out of the Imperial Palace, walked to the side hall at the back, and instructed Yun Yu according to the prescribed lines.

After that, just when Qin Tianjian selected the auspicious day, Yun Yu and the others, who had bathed and fasted in advance, entered the Taimiao.

The emperor, who had already changed into his martial uniform, stood in front of the two emperors, facing south, quietly looking at the old handsome Yun Yu who was walking towards him.

Different from the emperor's cumbersome costumes, the Great Qi abolished many of the costumes of the civil and military courtiers, such as the military uniform, etc., and only the Liang crown and sacrificial clothes were retained in the formal clothes worn on formal occasions, and the military generals were required to wear ceremonial armor when they went on the expedition.

Yun Yu was wearing the bright brass armor given by Taizong at this time.

When Yun Yu walked in front of the emperor facing north, the emperor turned around and solemnly took out a jade Yue that he just held with one hand from the box offering to the table, and handed it to Yun Yu with an axe and axe handle respectively, and each had his own instructions.

Holding the axe and handing it to Yun Yu, Yun Yu held the handle of the axe, and the emperor shouted: "From now on to the heavens, the general will control it."

Then, Yun Yu let go, and the emperor held the handle of the axe again, and pointed the blade of the axe towards Yun Yu, and the emperor shouted again: "Whoever goes down to the abyss from now on, the general will control it." Since then, the emperor has handed over the power of life and death in this war to Yun Yu, and at the same time, the axe blade is facing Yun Yu, which is actually a warning to the lord to respect himself.

After the two went through a few more conversations, the salutation was completed.

The group returned to the Huangji Hall again, and Guanglu Temple had already prepared a banquet, just waiting for the emperor and others to take their seats.

Just after everyone took their seats, the emperor also entered the Imperial Palace.

Guanglu Temple, which was inherited from the Han Dynasty, was unpalatable and had been cold for the palace banquet.

It was Jia Hui, who had been bathing and fasting with Yun Yu for three days, and his eyes were green when he was already hungry, and when he saw the so-called meat soup that had already solidified a thick layer of mutton fat in the copper tripod, he had no appetite.

I just haven't wronged myself so much on the plateau!

The corners of Jia Hui's eyes twitched, and he quietly looked around, and found that even the two saints had similar expressions to everyone.

Jia Hui knew that Guanglu Siqing was finished.

After all, it's April, and there are not many people who can make the mutton fat in the copper tripod solidify at noon.

He glanced at his colleagues and looked at him with a difficult face.

But there was no way, he was too hungry, and he still had to drink, so Jia Hui could only simply eat a few bites of cold food and learn to drink from the old fritter colleagues next to him.

Because he was wearing a ritual armor, he couldn't spill wine on his sleeves, so he could only drink heroically.

Facing the second saint, he flicked the big sleeves that were bound at the elbows by the wristbands.

Heroically raised the wine glass, saluted the two saints Changle Weiyang, and then put the wine glass to his mouth, and raised his head and dried it up.

Then make a very good expression of this wine, look around, pour the wine glass with both hands, and show that there is not a drop of wine left, and I have dried it up!

The atmosphere instantly became warm, and there were continuous cheers, and even His Majesty Dan's second saint was brushing his beard, with a look of "worthy of Aiqing".

The colleagues who came down from the toasting program were full of red faces, laughing heroically, and they were so loyal and heroic in the demeanor of a court general!

It would be better if you could ignore the puddle of wine on the desk.

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An hour and a half later, the feast was finally over.

Jia Hui, who had nothing in his stomach and drank a lot of wine, was helped into the carriage by the waiter together with his father Jia Yu.

Jia Hui, who is nearly two meters tall, is heavy enough, and the armor he wears on his body really makes the two little chamberlains roll their eyes tiredly.

The other two little geldings also helped Jia Yu, who was also wearing armor, into the carriage.

"Brother An, Xiaozheng, hurry, come and help!" A sharp voice spread throughout the entire Damingmen Square, attracting countless people to look towards the noon gate, and the great uncle Li Xiang, who was originally angry because of the little eunuch's yelling, couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

I saw two little eunuchs on the left and on the right with a fierce man who was eight feet tall, ten girths wide at the waist, and wearing an obviously larger circle of ritual armor moved out, and the slender and thin little eunuch barely supported it, and the arms of the fierce man alone were almost thicker than their bodies. The legs were bent, and even if they were covered by the hem, they could be seen shaking their legs.

A few little eunuchs didn't care about any rules, and hurriedly stepped forward to help support the fierce man, and finally supported the fierce man, but as the fierce man unconsciously swung his body, several little eunuchs couldn't support it, and the leading little eunuch looked around helplessly, looking for the fierce man's carriage.

"Hey, a few little fathers-in-law over there, send my big brother Lu here!" Jia Hui leaned out of the window of the carriage and waved his hand at the little geldings to let them come.

A few little eunuchs instantly felt that they had found a life-saving straw, and hurriedly carried Ruda over, but they couldn't lift Ruda into the car.

"Come, let go, I'll come!" Jia Hui posed for Jia Yu so that he would no longer fall crooked, and turned to face the back.

"Come on, little father-in-law, you can let go of your hands, one, two, up!" Jia Hui leaned out and hugged Luda's torso, and as soon as his waist was forced, he only heard the squeak of the carriage, and Luda was carried into the carriage by Jia Hui.

The two sturdy horses pulled the carriage out of Chengtianmen, and the soldiers surrounded them.

"Master Hou!" Jia Hui's personal soldiers also found the carriage where Jia Hui was.

"Ah, Hu Jiu, you go and talk to Brother Lu's personal soldiers, saying that he is in my Jia's car, let them, let them follow you, and come to Rongguo Mansion together!" After speaking, Jia Hui leaned on the side of the carriage and fell asleep, and after a while, three kinds of snoring echoed in the small carriage.

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"Strange Beams ......"

It was nearly dusk, and Ruda, who had already shed his armor and robes, woke up.

"Uh......" A drunken headache attacked, and Ruda still couldn't stop patting his head and rubbing his thumb on his temple.

"Sir, you're awake!" Hearing the sound, the soldiers who hurriedly entered the house to check looked at Luda who had woken up with a happy face, and hurriedly handed the hot cotton towel that had been scrubbed several times to Luda.

"Uh... Where is this?" asked Ruda as he rubbed his face with a cloth fiercely.

"Sir, let's be in Rongguo Mansion, Jia Hou said, seeing that you didn't prepare a carriage at that time, he took it upon himself to pull you back together..."

"Yo, Brother Lu is awake at the right time! Come, the lunch meal was not cool, but tonight I have to have a good meal! ”

Jia Hui picked up the teapot, tested the temperature, and handed it to Luda when he found that it was not hot.

Ruda was not hypocritical, he poured a stomach of water with the spout in his mouth, and only after knowing that he had finished drinking, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Cheng, it just so happened that I only poured a belly of wine at noon, and I didn't eat anything, so that my brother could taste the delicacies of the Founding Duke's Mansion!"

Luda got up, and his own soldiers hurriedly lifted their boots to help Luda put them on, and took out a round-necked robe for Luda to put on.

Ruda picked up the big hat on the table, put it on his head, and followed Jia Hui out of the guest room.

Luda's guest room is located in a courtyard house next to Lixiangyuan, and when you go out, you can see the corner gate of Lixiangyuan to the east.

Walking along the road to Rongxi Hall, Luda asked the doubts that arose at the noon banquet.

"Brother, brother, I don't know something." Ruda asked.

"Oh, brother, please."

"My brother thinks he is a massive, and he has never been afraid of anyone when it comes to drinking, but today's banquet, why is everyone so massive, even those sixty or seventy-year-old adults are more massive than my brother, is it possible that there are such a lot of people in this court?" Ruda was a little confused.

"Haha, the eldest brother is the right person, I'll tell you ......"

The two talked and laughed, and it didn't take long to arrive at Rongxi Hall.

When Luda greeted the old lady, the special banquet of Rongguo Mansion began.

It continues the greasy style of Rongguofu as always, but there is beef... Ah no, camel meat!

The entire Rongxi Hall was divided into two halves by the screen, half of which was the old lady and other female dependents, and the other half was the men of the Jia family. It was also the first time that Ruda had eaten such a good feast.

Under the rough appearance, there is actually a delicate heart.

After noticing that Jia Hui's younger brothers seemed to be a little restrained, Luda hurriedly talked about his experience of fighting in the northwest, and Jia Hui also added a few words from time to time.

Under Luda's eloquent speech, Jia Zhu and Jia Lian were excited, and even the second uncle Jia Zheng couldn't help but put down his chopsticks, chewed the food unconsciously in his mouth, and quietly listened to the story told by Luda......