Chapter 254: The Empress Arrives
By the time Xiao Jiu returned to the headquarters at the pass, it was already dark. The little girls also didn't sleep all night, and they were busy all night preparing all kinds of food for their sons. At this time, seeing Gongzi coming back, Xiao Qi was the first to rush up, kissed Xiao Jiu's face a few times, and spit on the ground and shouted: "Hurry up and let him wash his face, he actually made me eat a mouthful of dust." He still kissed him twice.
The general and the eldest sister stood at the door of the room, watching Xiao Qi Rongrong busy shouting around Xiao Jiu, and the two of them really understood the true value of these little girls at this time. Seeing Xiao Jiu's demeanor after washing and changing clothes under the greeting of these little girls, the eldest sister also went over to touch Xiao Jiu's face and asked this and that, and said in a loud voice: "It's dark and thin, how many days have you not slept this time." Xiao Jiu was in the arms of the eldest sister, just squinting her eyes and not speaking, listening like a good baby.
The general knew that generals from all walks of life were going to come over for a while, so he said to the eldest sister and Xiao Jiu: "Do you wait for a while, I have been waiting hungry for a long time, and you are not a son, and they will not give me food, so hurry up and eat." ”
Xiao Jiu came out of the eldest sister's arms, came to the general, and said to the general: "The general has worked hard for you." I'm sorry I started too quickly and embarrassed you. He bowed and apologized to the general. The general picked up Xiao Jiu and said repeatedly: "You did the right thing in this matter, we are old and confused." You have grown up and matured, and you have achieved results that we could not even imagine. ”
In the midst of everyone's lively laughter, the other party's general also walked in, seeing that everyone was so affectionate and lively, shaking his head and squatting aside, when the eldest sister went over to let him eat together, he shook his head and said: "I'm just worried in my heart, come and listen to the battle situation of Gongzi's trip, I can't eat the meal." It's better here. ”
Xiao Jiu said: "General." You are now our guest, you know the truth that the guest is as he pleases, you don't think that a great general doesn't know this truth, if so, then the etiquette in your country is too bad. ”
The other party's general sighed and said: "Why are you always pinching and rubbing in your hands, but you can't beat it, it's really a goblin, and it's always speechless." So saying, he got up and came to the big table. He sat down unceremoniously.
The general asked: "How is the battle situation of the son's trip this time, let's hear it, everyone is anxious to know the situation after going out this time, tell me quickly." ”
Xiao Jiu looked at the general and said, "This time I took 100,000 cavalry, first captured their largest military station, then occupied their two connected castles, and finally captured the horse farm, and fought with their veteran legions, and we lost more than twenty soldiers. Nearly 100 soldiers were wounded, the largest loss in a battle since the cavalry was founded. When the other party's general heard the veteran legion, he asked eagerly, "What is the situation of the veteran legion now?" Xiao Jiu said: "At this time, this veteran legion no longer exists, and we have completely annihilated all their personnel. After they departed, we leveled their large battalions, and not a single one of the entire legions slipped through the net, nor did they have a single survivor. The general of the other side heard this. He stood up violently and said: "This is impossible, with a total of more than 200,000 troops, you can defeat them with 100,000 soldiers." There were only more than two dozen people lost, I don't believe it. Saying that, he looked at Xiao Jiu blankly, and muttered: "God, what's going on, poor our country, now the entire army will be finished, you are really terrible, your hands are really black, now the country is not guaranteed, the army is over, it's all over." He stood dumbfounded, then fell to the ground with a "plop" sound.
A little girl came over, picked him up casually, walked to the gate of the compound, and handed him over to the soldiers to rest. The general asked: "What Childe said about the veteran legion is true, it is the elite legion that is listed on the mainland." Seeing that Xiao Jiu nodded in approval, the general slapped his thigh and said, "No wonder some people will faint when they hear it, and gnaw this hard bone, it's really a great joy." From then on, this opponent will see what they can jump again, this is a training base in the army, and if they are cleared, the foundation of their army will be pumped out, and their army will only decline from then on. The situation in the north is no longer worrying about this battle, and it is a great joy. As he spoke, he didn't bother to eat, so he happily left the table and opened up the courtyard. Xiao Jiu didn't care about the general's affairs, beckoned everyone to hurry up and eat, and after everyone finished eating, he ordered the general to start the roll call.
With Xiao Jiu's arrangement, the rumbling drums sounded at the pass for the first time. All the soldiers and generals were excited when they heard this unique drum beat, and the generals rode to the headquarters in the pass. When I came to the large room that was the headquarters, I saw that the little girls were all standing in their respective positions, and there were two rows of chairs on either side of the handsome case, and the general and the three princesses were sitting. After Qiaotian finished the roll call, Xiao Jiu said to everyone: "After such a long time of fighting, everyone has worked very hard. We have also completed the first phase of the scheduled combat mission, and have achieved very great results and achievements, and I will report to the court according to your military exploits, and then award military meritorious service awards after deliberation. Now I will arrange the follow-up tasks, and I hope you can complete them on time. First of all, in this position in front of the imperial city, in a place with beautiful scenery next to the mountains and rivers, the burial place of the fallen soldiers was built, which was the graphic plan of the construction, which was completed by the general of the First Cavalry Army. As he spoke, he handed over all the drawings to the general who stepped forward. Then he said: "The second thing is to form our cavalry regiment, and I plan to build our cavalry camp here. As he spoke, he came to the map, pointed to the middle zone that was two or three hundred miles away from the Wind Barrier Pass and the Cloud Blocking Pass, and said: "This is a vast plain, suitable for the garrison and training of cavalry, the task is to select and train the horses transported back this time, and after reaching the standards used by our cavalry, we will select personnel among the recruits and integrated soldiers this time to form our regular cavalry corps, this task is very cumbersome and meticulous, I don't know which general dares to volunteer to take the order." As soon as Xiao Jiu's words fell, he saw the general get up and said, "Report to the commander, I will take the order." It is guaranteed that within one year, the task of forming and training the cavalry corps will be completed. As he spoke, he walked to the front of the handsome case.
Xiao Jiu heard the general's words, he was stunned there, this general, has been busy all these years, and now he has just figured out the matter of reorganizing the troops, but he didn't expect to volunteer to take over this troublesome matter, looking at the general, I am afraid that the top pillar in the army will be exhausted, then I will not appreciate it, just when Xiao Jiu was stunned and hesitated, the general said: "The formation of cavalry is something I am familiar with, I am just commanding, I will not personally run to exhaust myself, please rest assured." ”
Xiao Jiu solemnly told the general to take care of his body, and the general said: "Compared with Gongzi, this is an easy job for me, that Xianggongzi personally led the troops, traveled thousands of miles, and went deep into the hinterland of the other party to dig out people's hearts." Childe should pay more attention to the body, and a body like Childe is the time to focus on growing the body. ”
All the generals smiled, and everyone understood what the general meant, that is, the son was still young, and he should take care of his body more. Xiao Jiu also smiled and said: "General, you might as well just say that you little doll, if you want to sleep and eat well, why do you have to talk in such a big circle." I'll do it for you. ”
Xiao Jiu waited for the general to sit down and then said: "After these several battles, the other side has no strength to launch a big war, it is expected that in the next five years or so, there will be no major war at the border pass, so I think as long as there are 10,000 soldiers guarding the pass, the rest of the soldiers, all enter the training, and the soldiers guarding the pass are also rotated, rotated once a year, so that all soldiers have high combat quality." Everyone is ready for this, I will report to the court after I return to the imperial city, and finally decide on the plan. ”
At this moment, the soldier standing guard at the gate reported: "Report to the commander, the imperial city has sent the queen to personally comfort the army, and now it has reached the land of five miles at the pass." ”
Xiao Jiu was stunned when he heard this, why did his mother also arrive at the border. Turned her face to look at the eldest sister, who was also looking at herself, and shook her head at herself, indicating that she didn't know about it either. The general said: "What's so surprising about this, do you see that there are still fewer of you sons, princes, and princesses here, your children are all on the front line to fight, how can you be a mother and wait at home with peace of mind, think about how long it has been since you came out this time, don't say anything now, hurry up and welcome the queen into the customs." As he spoke, he stood up and muttered as he was about to go out: "What's going on, the royal people are not staying in the imperial city, they all came to this side, it seems that we who are generals are too incompetent, so we have to let these princes and princesses take the lead in leading the troops to fight." Saying that, he didn't let Xiao Jiu go out first, and walked out of the room shaking his head. When all the generals heard the general's words, they all bowed their heads in shame, and respectfully followed behind the prince, princess, prince and little girl, and walked towards the gate in the pass. At this time, Xiao Jiu said: "Line up to greet the queen." Then he walked out of the gate and walked into the distance. The cavalry stationed in the pass and in the distance, when they heard that the prince called a queue to greet the queen, when they knew that it was the mother of the prince and the princess, everyone was thinking that this mother could educate her children like this, and led the troops to fight on the battlefield at a young age, and even the princess led the troops to the battlefield together, which achieved the military prestige of the army and washed away the shame. In order to show everyone's wishes, all the soldiers who could leave their posts rushed to the streets and lined up neatly on both sides of the avenue, waiting to welcome the arrival of the queen. Several generals who led the troops, seeing the soldiers doing this, automatically stopped, stood at the front of the queue, and waited for Childe's mother with the soldiers. At this time, Xiao Jiu was already sitting on the back of Xuehua, and came to the mother's sedan chair, as soon as the mother saw Xiao Jiu coming to her in a blink of an eye, she came out of the sedan chair, hugged Xiao Jiu and looked at it carefully for a while, and said lovingly: "Suffer on the battlefield, it's dark and thin, so small, let you lead the troops to fight, it really makes my mother feel distressed." Can these grown-ups listen to you, doll? As he was talking, I saw the eldest sister and the second brother rushing over with a group of little girls on horseback, Xiao Qi flew directly from the horse, jumped to the side of the mother, and plunged into the mother's arms. Everyone gathered around their mother and asked this and that, and then Xiao Jiu said: "Let's go, there are still many people waiting." (To be continued......)