Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 483 6.54 Lin Daiyu: No sister has made any contribution to the Zhou family

Volume VI

6.54 Lin Daiyu: No sister has made any contribution to the Zhou family

After the Xiaochao meeting discussed the strategy, considering the urgency of the matter, Zhou Yang and Qiu Liang directly applied to leave and went straight to their respective military camps. They didn't even have time to return home. He only arranged for people to deliver letters to Zhou Mansion and couldn't take care of anything else; fortunately, The Shenji Battalion has always followed his habit of having units on duty at all times to maintain combat readiness. Coupled with the usual strict requirements, it is not difficult to pull out two thousand cavalry day and night.

"Zhao Tong, Jiao Zhen, Meng Kun, Zhang Hao!" When he returned to the military camp, he didn't waste any words. He immediately promoted people and promoted them. After all the officers in the army had arrived, he went straight to the topic as soon as he opened his mouth. "The four of you will immediately hand over the military affairs in your hands to your deputy. Make sure you understand clearly and follow me to Shanhaiguan tomorrow morning!"

"I understand the humble position!"*4.

"Chen Qian, you go to the weapons depot immediately. Make sure to ensure the supply of ammunition for the two thousand elite cavalry. Report to me before dinner and then issue it. Set off with the army tomorrow!" The four people answered happily, but their expressions were obviously confused. They were obviously doing something. He didn't know what the problem was, but Zhou Yang couldn't care about it for the time being. He waved them aside and then turned around and said.

"I understand this humble position!" As soon as Zhou Yang finished speaking, everyone looked shocked, but Chen Qian still accepted the order immediately.

"Okay, I know you are worried. Something happened in the Dongping Palace." Zhou Yang sighed, recounted what happened at the Xiaochao meeting, and then added amidst everyone's unbelievable expressions, "After I left, the army was led by Yuan The person in charge of cultivation will mobilize another [-] infantry and [-] cavalry to prepare, and all the troops going to Shanhaiguan will be equipped with flintlock rifles, which is enough for now."

"I understand!" *N, no one dared to talk nonsense this time, but everyone was nervous or even at a loss to varying degrees.

Obviously, the Zhou Dynasty has been at peace for a hundred years, and only the four frontier armies still have experience in foreign wars, especially "security wars". Take the Pingbei Army of the Beijing Palace as an example. The current Tatars have been suppressed for hundreds of years. After the clean-up, the original ambition and strength of "sweeping across Europe and Asia" have long been lost. In many cases, the Pingbei Army has a common problem of "killing good people and taking credit for merit" in order to "create" military exploits.

This sudden resurgence of Jiannu has made a group of young generals who have never had any experience in foreign combat generally confused. It is not so much fear or worry, but fear of the unknown, because they have no idea what this time. What the enemy is like, I don’t even know what they look like.

"Brothers, I understand your concerns, and I also know that this war is different from fighting bandits and rebellions in the past, but I think you may be thinking too much." Now that the problem has been discovered, Zhou Yang naturally can't do anything about it. "Jiannu did claim to be 'invincible' at the beginning, but that was when they had just climbed out of the mountains and forests and had not yet seen a prosperous life.

Nowadays, it has been a hundred years since Taizu founded the country, and it has been more than 70 years since Taizong returned to the capital. The so-called "Jiannu" have been wiped out by the Supreme Emperor. So what if there are a few hairs left?They have suffered from anonymity for so many years, and may have accumulated a lot of resentment, but how much fighting power and courage do they have, eh? "

"This -" The originally nervous and confused expressions of a group of subordinates gradually changed, and even slowly showed signs of joy.

"That's what you said!" Yuan Xiu said excitedly, "We have never fought with them, so how do they know our combat power? They are not some 'invincible' slave-building elite soldiers at all, but a bunch of For a newcomer who has just picked up a sword and a gun and has been a bandit at most, the only thing that is better than the bandits from the mainland is probably..."

"They have war horses!" Meng Kun also reacted.

"That's not necessarily true." Seeing the recovery of everyone's morale, Zhou Yang naturally didn't mind striking while the iron was hot. "You may have misunderstood. Although the land of white mountains and black waters is also outside the customs, it is mainly dominated by mountains and forests. Where is the pasture for grazing horses? Back then? In fact, the main force of the Jiannu was not elite cavalry, but relied on long bows and heavy arrows.

Now, a hundred years have passed, how many of their clansmen are left?In other words, how many people are there in the entire Baishan and Heishui?Not to mention that it has always been bitter cold there, and even white salt and tea have to rely on caravans from the Central Plains. How much iron goods are there?Where are the weapons?Where's the armor?Without these things, how can they fight with us? "

This time, all the subordinates showed reassuring smiles, because they understood that what they faced this time was not a truly powerful enemy, but at most a more ferocious and unafraid of death rebellion. It was even bigger in scale than other parts of the Central Plains. Small, because the total population of Baishan and Heishui is there. How much more can there be?
"Sir, it seems that this time is not a chore, but more like an opportunity!" Meng Kun, a carefree man, made everyone laugh with just one sentence.

"Yes, it's an opportunity!" Seeing the surge in morale, Zhou Yang finally felt relieved, nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile, "That's what we warriors are like. Without war, how can there be opportunities? Without war, how can we get promoted and make money? Nowadays, these slave-building slaves When it reappears, that is our opportunity to make progress, do you all understand?"

"Humble job understands!" This time the voice was unprecedentedly neat and loud.

"Okay, let's go and get busy - Dongjie (Yuan Xiu), please work hard. After calculating the required supplies, go to the household department to ask for them directly. Don't be polite. The next continuous attack will inevitably require refined materials and even fine grains. Feed the horses as much as you can; Yilong (Li Feng), go to Xuezihao and ask them to send a batch of white salt. The horses will drink on the way." Zhou Yang did not forget to take the opportunity to explain.

"Yes, sir!" Yuan Xiu and Li Feng agreed in unison.Watching a group of subordinates come out one after another, Zhou Yang finally breathed a sigh of relief. They were nervous, so wasn't he nervous?But as he just said, this resurgence of slavery is also his opportunity. As long as he can win, he can completely say goodbye to the problem of unstable foundation in the future. Even without the support of Princess Yongchang and the Queen Mother, he can Rely on merit and strength and have nothing to worry about!

That night, the back of the barracks was backed by the compound at the foot of the mountain.

"Why are you all here?" Looking at the girls waiting in the living room, Zhou Yang walked over quickly and hugged Princess Yongjing in the middle tightly, then glanced at the others and said, "Although this time There is a war, but it is nothing ordinary. Why do you need to worry so much? Besides, you just entered the military camp like this."

"Brother Zhou, don't worry. It was my younger sister who arranged for everyone to follow the convoy in the name of delivering supplies under the name of Snow. It was also my younger sister who came forward at the camp gate and stopped their inspection. I also asked Brother Zhou not to punish the guards." Zhao Qiying hurriedly stood up and said, "Besides, no matter how this war goes, if you have to leave tomorrow, we will always come."

"That's all." Zhou Yang nodded and looked at Yingying Yanyan beside him, with a face that didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Sitting in the middle is Princess Guo Xuan of Yongjing, naturally flanked by the two sisters Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai. On the left are the Sichun sisters with Shi Xiangyun and Qingwen. On the right are the Zhao sisters, Xing Xiuyan and Xue Baoqin, and even Qin Keqing, Li Wan and Wang Xifeng came over from the inner courtyard with Ping'er and Zhen Yinglian - to put it simply, except for Princess Yongchang and Dongfang Bing, all the girls in the family were basically here. Of course, special circumstances like Wang Shuying had to be excluded.

"Brother Zhou, the imperial sister sent someone to deliver a message to the house. There are too many people today, so she won't come over. She will come to you before you leave tomorrow." Just thinking about the lack of people, Princess Yongjing explained again, "She also said that you can rest assured that she will take care of things in the capital. You don't have to worry at home. My little sister will pray for you every day with all my sisters."

"Forget it, I don't believe this." Zhou Yang waved his hand to interrupt her indifferently, then opened his arms, took Chai Dai together and forced a smile, "After I leave, the only thing you need to do is to have a good and beautiful time." Yes, I will check it when I come back to see if I am not satisfied with anything. Watch out for your butt to bloom."

"Bah, bah -" The result was naturally a lot of ridicule. We have been together for so many days, and no one knows someone's character.

"Brother Zhou, the only thing my sister is worried about is that there is such a big family, but none of the sisters has contributed to the Zhou family." She didn't want Xue Baochai's words to make everyone in the rectification living room quiet down, and Lin Daiyu even started to have red circles. "When you come back this time, you should at least put some thought into it. Even if the sisters let you do whatever you want, you will still make a difference for the Zhou family."

"Okay, there is nothing to worry about. When I come back, I will let you all have a big belly, so as to save you from thinking about it." Now that he knows what Xue Baochai is thinking, Zhou Yang will not say anything bad, so he just made a joke. To ease the atmosphere, the result is naturally another "bah bah" sound.

"Master, you put this on when the time comes." While they were joking, Qingwen came over with red eyes, opened the bag and took out a modified armor, which was a standard single-layer leather armor with a thin steel plate inlaid on it. The protective power is greatly increased, "This is made by the family together. The armor is the work that Sister Bao urged Xue Zihao to do. I remember that you still have inner armor. You will feel more at ease when you put it on. When you get there, you will have tens of millions of dollars." careful."

"Don't worry, the Shenji Battalion has the world's top elite soldiers and horses. Who can stop them if they don't care about death?" Seeing that the girls were all a little depressed and even had red eyes, Zhou Yang quickly comforted them, "They are just a group of troublemakers. Why do wild people in the mountains need to be so worried?"

"Brother Zhou, my little sister has already sent a letter to the business in Tianjin. When the time comes, you will have someone list the things you need and send them directly. All supplies that need to be transported will be transported to Shanhaiguan by your own fleet." Xue Baoqin. It was rare that they didn't cause trouble, and they talked about official business seriously, "The imperial court is not as fast as us."

"Sister Qin, thank you!" Princess Yongjing hurried over and hugged her to express her gratitude.

"Hehe, if you want to thank me, why don't we settle in together tonight?" Xue Baoqin continued to cause trouble, but was pushed away by the princess with a red face amidst laughter.

"Okay, stop making trouble." Wang Xifeng half finished and half complained, "We don't have anything to do tonight. As for who will stay, when you arranged the chairs just now, didn't you already put them in the middle? This is the head wife. One has a double bed, and the other has already been decided upon, so it’s so refreshing to have four people in one room!”

"You're really spicy." Even though Sister Lin has always been sharp-tongued, she just blushed this time and stopped continuing.

"Okay, you don't need to be nervous. It only lasts a few months, so why do you need to worry so much?" Zhou Yang sighed softly, stood up and walked between the girls, hugging each other to comfort them. For example, after arriving, he said: Sichun, Shi Xiangyun, and the other two "little widows" said nothing, "Let's all go back and rest. What can happen?"

"Let's go, what are you doing to delay me?" Xue Baoqin was the first to go out with a smile, and the girls finally left one after another.

(End of this chapter)