Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 384
The day went on as usual.

Cheng Yaojin also went out of Beijing to Hebei. As one of the six generals scheduled for the Northern Expedition, he was going to Hebei to start preparations.

Before leaving, Lao Cheng went out to ask Qin Qiong for a drink.

After several glasses of wine, Lao Cheng blushed and was slightly drunk.

"Shubao, actually I don't envy you. Although you were granted the title of Duke of Shangzhu earlier than me, it's nothing. I'm also Duke of Lu now, and this time I can finally lead the army for the Northern Expedition. From time to time, there is also a chance to earn a stake in the country."

He breathed out alcohol and stared at Qin Qiong, "I don't envy you for marrying a prostitute with five surnames. My old Cheng is also going to marry Qinghe Cui's daughter. I don't envy you either. Prince Taifu. Anyway, as long as I, Old Cheng, don’t die, I shouldn’t have any problem living another three to forty years. Are you afraid that I won’t be able to get a big cavalry general by then?”

While talking, Lao Cheng turned his head and looked at Qin Lang.

Qin Lang quickly poured him another glass of wine, "Uncle eats melons, it's so hot in this room, it's easy to get angry. The watermelons in my greenhouse are very good, sweet and refreshing, and they're made of sandbags."

Lao Cheng took the melon and ate it in two bites, then wiped his mouth.

"What I envy the most is your Saburo!"

"Uncle Bao, Huaiyu and Huaiying of your family were originally two good children, but unfortunately Luoyang was murdered by Wang Shichong's thief, and only Sanlang was left. When I was in Wagang, I didn't think this kid was so outstanding. But looking at it now, I really missed it at the beginning, even if Huaiyu and Huaiying's two children are there, they are far behind Huailiang."

"If you compare goods, you have to throw them away, and if you compare people, you have to die. Compared with your Saburo, those in my family are all beasts."

Qin Lang thought to himself, how could he say that about his own child.

"Uncle Cheng, Chumo is now in Shengzhou, but he has great prospects. Sima of Shengzhou, envoy of the Zhenwu Army, and a guerrilla general of the fifth rank. Uncle Cheng, when you were at Chumo's age, I'm afraid you haven't reached this position yet? You That was the era of heroes in troubled times! Chu Mo is very good."

Old Cheng shook his head, "Then you have to see who you compare with. If you compare it with Zhang Liang and Guo Xiaoke's children, it's not bad, but if you compare it with your Saburo, it's far behind. He is the son of my family. The eldest son, but he is only a fifth-rank now, and you have to support him, Sanlang, otherwise he is still just a thousand bulls."

"Sanlang, Chu Mo is far worse than you, let alone Chu Bi, I am going to Youzhou this time, and I won't be able to come back for a year or so. At Chang'an's house, I still count on Sanlang to take care of you. One or two."

Old Cheng was talking about it, but in fact he still wanted Qin Lang to take care of the family for him.

After all, the Cheng family is not a well-known family. He and Cui's affairs, and a few little bastards, even some old housekeepers in the family are also dissatisfied.

"See what Uncle Cheng said, what is the relationship between our two families?"

"Okay, Saburo's words are enough for me, come on, let's drink!"

At the end of the drink, Qin Lang took out several letters to Cheng Yaojin.

"Uncle Cheng is going to Youzhou, please bring me a few letters, one for Uncle Niu and one for Aunt Dou, and another letter for General Su and General Li."

Lao Cheng put the letter away with a smile, patted his chest, and said thank you.

He knew that Qin Lang was using his relationship in Hebei to give him some help.Although Niu Jinda is his old subordinate, he has a basic plan to go to Youzhou, but he is not familiar with Dou Hongxian and Li Jinxing, the leader of Mohe. They, Qin Lang has a good relationship with them, not only because Qin Lang once inspected the governor of Youzhou.

Old Cheng knew that Qin Lang had a deep influence on the border city of Youzhou in the past few years, and Su Dou, Li and others did not make less money along the way, so his face was very big in Youzhou.

It would be much more convenient for Lao Cheng to go there if Qin Lang said hello. Qin Lang's so-called carrying a message for him was actually helping him. Lao Cheng is so shrewd, how could he not know.

"Sanlang, you have stayed in Youzhou, and you have a lot of contacts there, so you can tell Uncle Cheng, if I want to make meritorious service this time, I can also make a fortune in the Shangzhu Kingdom, what should I do?"

In the emperor's plan, Lao Cheng went to Youzhou this time, and the Youzhou Hebei Army under his command was actually just there to stand on the field, not the main attacking force. He didn't even arrange a plan to go out of the border, and he was only asked to guard the eastern border , to prevent Xieli from fleeing eastward.

According to this arrangement, Lao Cheng definitely has no chance to make meritorious deeds, let alone earn a fortune.

Shangzhu Kingdom wants real military achievements. Although it can record former honors, as a general of the army, it is impossible to have no solid achievements. Unless it is a meritorious service, it is not my own credit, and it has no gold content or glory. to speak of.

Old Cheng is also very courageous, but if he blatantly violates the order and crosses the line, it is also a big taboo.

"Uncle Cheng, in such a big battle, all six parties have their own missions. You must not easily violate the deployment, otherwise it is easy to cause serious trouble." Qin Lang reminded Lao Cheng, don't just think about taking credit, in case something happens , destroying the pre-war deployment, causing Xieli to run away and other accidents, that would be a serious crime.

"Then is there any chance to make meritorious service without violating the deployment?"

"Of course there is." Qin Lang smiled and mentioned two names, Dou Hongxian and Li Jinxing.

"What do you mean?"

"My aunt is the training envoy of the Hebei Metropolitan Regiment. Li Jinxing is the leader of Mohe and the governor of Yanzhou. They are all under the control of the governor of Youzhou in name. Now you will be the chief of the army, so you can temporarily control the transfers from various prefectures in Hebei. There are soldiers and horses in the camp, so they are also subject to your control in name, but they are not regular soldiers."

"Oh, I see."

Old Cheng chuckled.

Since they are not regular soldiers, these local soldiers and foreign soldiers actually have a lot of freedom. At critical times, Lao Cheng can let these people go out of the border.

"If uncle really wants to make meritorious service, I still recommend that Su Dingfang choose two or three thousand Mohe cavalry and Hebei Tutuan, and wait at the border first. Once you find Xieli going east or north, hurry up and intercept or ambush him. It's really difficult to capture, as long as Jieli falls into the hands of your soldiers and horses on the Hebei side, won't it also be blamed on uncle?"

"Yes, that's the reason!"

Lao Cheng got a good plan and returned satisfied.

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After a round of adjustments in the armed forces of the Eastern Palace, there are now [-] princes' troops.

Because Li Shimin was very satisfied with Qin Lang's previous attitude, during this adjustment, he specially selected the Three Guards Mansion in the East Palace.

The 16 pro-army are all the brothers and nephews of military generals of the fifth rank and above and honored officials. All the generals are from the martial arts family, and they are all young men between the ages of 24 and [-].

The prince's personal guards are uniformly lowered from the seventh rank, the prince Xunwei is uniformly lowered from the eighth rank, and the prince Yiwei is uniformly lowered from the ninth rank.

And the head of the [-] pro-army squadron to the brigade commander were all selected and dispatched by the emperor from the military officers trained in the lecture hall.

The 3000 people are divided into five rounds, one round every two months.

There are 600 people in the first stage, and the three guards are [-] each, and they are on duty for two months at a time.

Early in the morning.

Chengqian asked people to put on armor and prepare horses for him early on.

This prince, who is only ten years old, usually practices martial arts diligently, and his riding and archery skills are not bad, especially his arrow shooting is very good.

For Chengqian, the three thousand pro-army is under his direct command. A ten-year-old child has already begun to be interested in wars and the army.

When Qin Lang arrived, he found that the custom-made armor on Chengqian's body was very good. The whole set weighed [-] jin, and the weapons and arrows of various lengths weighed about [-] jin.

But it didn't look difficult for him to wear it on his body.

Although the main reason for this is that the armor design is better, and the load is shared by the whole body, it also shows that Chengqian has good physical fitness.

"Teacher, is Lu Ben's army ready?"

Cheng Qian said a little excitedly.

Among the ten ranks of the East Palace, the six ranks of the commanding army originally had their own military numbers, and Lu Ben was the rank of the left and right Qing Dao ranks, but this time the emperor gave this rank to the pro-army.

The three guards and three mansions of the East Palace, collectively known as the Prince's Luben Army, have one Zhonglang General's Mansion under the pro-Xunyi Mansion, led by three Zhonglang Generals, and obey the control and dispatch of the Prince Zuowei led by Qin Lang.

Qin Lang also changed his armor.

The emperor's imperial armor, which was not too flamboyant, wore a plain version of Mingguang armor, but the full body armor also weighed sixty catties.

Walking on the road, it is also clanging.

"Today's military parade in the East Palace, the three thousand brigades have all been waiting for orders at the Bashang playground in the south of the city."

"Then let's go."

Three thousand soldiers, this is not a small force, so although this is the first time to show up, the Ministry of War did not dare to be careless, and did not allow these three thousand soldiers to inspect in the East Palace, not even in Chang'an City.

Instead, a piece of land was designated near Baqiaoyi in the south of Chang'an City, and they were allowed to camp there temporarily for review.

Cheng Qian stepped on the back of a Donggong Qianniu and rode on the horse, while Qin Lang watched from the side and frowned slightly.

The Qianniuwei guards of the Eastern Palace of the Brigade sent the party out of the Eastern Palace, away from Chang'an City.

After about an hour of riding out of Chang'an City, flags were already flying in front of us, and people were buzzing.

Cheng Qian rode all the way, and his mental state was actually very good. Originally, Qin Lang said that there was no need to ride in armor, but Cheng Qian said that he wanted to experience a full-armed march.

In the distance, the Baqiao Donggong Luben Barracks is just ahead.

"It looks like there are more than 3000 people?"

So Liu Rengui, the prince Zuowei who came to meet him from afar, led the army and explained, "Three thousand Luben perform here and accept inspections. Because they are all the children of honorable officials, everyone has entourages and servants, and there are many Family members and others came to watch, so there are more than ten thousand people here today!"

Approaching the barracks, Qin Lang also found that it was unusually lively.

In the barracks surrounded by fences, the tents are connected one after another, which is relatively neat, but outside the fence, it is very lively.

Countless carriages were parked, and many mules and horses were mounted.

Noble ladies, officials and ladies, with their servants, servants, servants, and many merchants and peddlers came after hearing the news, and set up stalls everywhere to sell.

It's the same as a spring outing.

The three Zhonglang will come out of the camp to welcome them together.

"The last general, the crown prince, travels to the East Palace of the Ben Army, the relative of the Zhonglang, the Zhonglang, and the Zhonglang, Liang Jianfang,"

"The last general, Gao Zhensheng, the middle man of the Eastern Palace Xunfu!"

"The last general in Yi's mansion, Gao Kan!"

"Greetings to His Royal Highness, the Duke of Wei!"

(End of this chapter)