My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 194: After the new year, the wolves revive

The dream slowly faded into consciousness, and my limbs and back felt stiff.

Su Chen slowly opened his eyes. Both thighs were a little numb... When he lowered his head, he saw that Dian Wei had pressed his hand on his thigh for a whole night. It was strange that it was not numb.

As if he noticed that Su Chen had woken up, Dian Wei opened his eyes and saw Su Chen taking one of his arms off his legs, then he stood up and smiled sheepishly.

"I was too happy last night, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"It's okay... come here and help me move around." Su Chen slowly stood up and moved his thighs while holding the extended hand. In his field of vision, there were seven or eight tables with military generals lying around everywhere. Or lie there and sleep soundly, with several heaters placed on both sides. ,

The windows were slightly open, and the cold morning breeze was pushing in from outside.

Zhang Fei's face was bruised and bruised. He was sitting on the floor leaning against the wall. There was a jar of unfinished wine between his spread legs. He was staring and snoring.

On the left and right, Li Bai and Guo Jia were leaning on his shoulders, breathing evenly. The former burped from time to time, wiped his nose, and continued to sleep soundly.

Li Xuanba and Lu Bu were sitting on the ground, back to back, with several jars of spilled wine next to them. Their boots were soaked with wine, and they didn't even notice.

Li Jue, Ma Dai, and Zhang Yi still held their own money in their hands, lying on the same table and sleeping soundly.

Under the eaves outside the hall, Guan Yu was sitting on a big chair holding the Green Dragon Sword, closing his phoenix eyes tightly, as if guarding the people in the hall.Next to him was Zhou Cang, leaning against the side of his chair, sitting on the ground, holding a ring-headed knife in his arms, and pecking his head one by one.

Hearing the movement inside, Feng Mu slowly opened his eyes and looked back inside. Seeing Su Chen waking up, he got up to wake up Zhou Cang and headed to the south chamber together.

In the hall, the generals woke up, yawned one by one, held their hands towards Su Chen, and then went out in twos and threes.

Seeing them sleeping here, Su Chen was a little stunned, "Why are they sleeping here? Why don't they let the servants in the house take them to the wing?"

"I don't remember." Dian Wei was drunk before, so he couldn't help but look at Shisan and Wu Zixun who were coming in from the outside. They both said in unison: "Your Majesty, you have given the order."

"Me?" Su Chen was stunned for a moment.

In the middle of the night last night, the generals lined up to toast. I only remember that they said many words of gratitude, but they didn't remember even half of them, let alone what happened next.

"My lord, you didn't let your servants help the generals down. You said you wanted them to have a good rest and not to disturb them. Don't you remember?"

Su Chen shook his head, took the tea poured by Shisan, and took a sip.

"What about the others?"

"Prime Minister Zhuge, Grand Master Dong, General Zhang Liao, General Gao, General Xiahou, Shizhong Xun, and Old General Zhao returned to the South Chamber to rest early."

Look, what is moderation.

Su Chen raised his hand and asked Uncle Shou, who had been waiting outside for a long time, to clean up the hall. Then he left here exhausted, crossing the stone bridge with the meaning of the 24 solar terms and stepping into the Crescent Gate. Many Xun Yu and others who came back early to rest were there. Zhuge Liang was talking in the courtyard, and Zhang Liao, Xia Houyuan, Guan Yu, Yue Jin, and Li Dian were also listening. It was a rare occasion for two talented people to discuss political and military strategies.

From other rooms, snoring could be heard from time to time.

Seeing Su Chen coming over, Zhang Liao and Xia Houyuan smiled and stood up and held their hands. Guan Yu stroked his beard and then also held his hands.

"I've met the king!" Li Dian and Le Jin shouted softly, cupping their hands.

Seeing these generals here, Su Chen probably realized that he would not be able to sleep, so he simply asked Wu Zixun to bring a chair, and in the courtyard, he talked to them about what they had to do after the New Year and what was going on in Fenzhou. .

"...Your Majesty, the affairs in Fenzhou are in charge of Guan Junhou. He was in charge of military affairs in Jingzhou and is very familiar with these matters. As for the ferry, there is no serious problem in Liao, but there is one thing that must be said."

Su Chen nodded: "General Zhang, please speak."

Zhang Liao looked solemn and sat on the chair. The maid here brought tea. After leaving, he took a sip of tea and whispered: "The ferry is being built. It will probably be ready in mid-March this year. However, One thing is that shipbuilding craftsmen have accidents from time to time, and Liao suspects that Wei is interfering with Fenzhou's shipbuilding."

"In this matter, I can probably guess who it is."

"Who?"

Su Chen leaned back, letting the winter morning sun shine on his face, and touched the short green beard on his mouth, "...The letter An Lushan sent ten days ago, I just received it last night , the letter mentions the Qianlong Mansion of Wei State, and hearing its name, you can tell that it is doing something shady, similar to what Gu’s Embroidery Department did.”

During the conversation, there was a noise from the ancestral hall, and someone was cursing, and then Taoist Li grabbed Ma Chao's wrist with one hand and pushed him out.

Su Chen glanced over there and called Thirteen to ask what was going on. After a while, Thirteen came back holding his cheek: "Back to your Majesty, General Ma probably wanted to burn incense on Cao Cao's memorial, but for some reason he cursed him. , the younger one went over to persuade him, and got punched for no reason... But Director Li is over there, and General Ma can't get in."

Su Chen said "hmm" and frowned, and Dian Wei turned around and walked towards the ancestral hall.

"Ignore it, let's continue."

Zhang Liao and Guan Yu looked at each other, but they had some suspicions in their minds. After all, they were both on their own.

"Since he has taken action, Fenzhou cannot let them come at will. Gu's embroidery department also does this. Although it was established not long ago, Pei Min and Li Bai can also do it."

Su Chen tapped his fingertips, then compared his hand to a knife and made a cutting motion. "In Fenzhou, we can safely build the ship. Guan Junhou is training the soldiers. The secret agents of Qianlong Mansion will ask the embroidery department to fight with them." Su Chen tightened the fur collar on his fur coat and leaned forward slightly. , "... In the first half of the year, I will accumulate strength and I will fight a big battle in the second half of the year. But before that, Gu and Guo Jijiu said that we will first defeat the newly moved Xirong tribe outside Yantang Pass!"

At this time, Ma Chao, who had been kicked out of the ancestral hall, came over.

"Xirong must fight."

"Well, Xirong must fight!"

Slapping his palm heavily on the armrest, Su Chen stood up and invited Ma Chao to come and sit down. "Gu not only wants to warn Xirong not to get involved in the grassland outside Yantang Pass. In addition, Gu Yan is greedy for their horses. If he can seize them, he will have More cavalry use their strengths to attack the original young horse's weaknesses. They fight in the wilderness and the Northland has the upper hand!"

Zhuge Liang and Xun Yu couldn't help but nodded when they heard Su Chen's words. The former shook his feather fan and said with a smile: "Weapons and armor are being forged in Yanjing with all their strength. The king needs a thousand Mo knives and seven thousand pairs of armor." , even crossbows, and two thousand were made, which can be equipped with a battalion of cavalry."

"After spring begins, sowing crops is an urgent matter, and we cannot delay it. Ding'an will reduce taxes, and we can slowly issue this decree to other states and counties!" Xun Yu patted his brocade robe, stood up and came over: "The king wants to fight in peace. We must first benefit the people, then benefit the country, and only then can we send out troops to ensure an invincible victory."

In front of everyone, Su Chen stood tall and majestic, like an insurmountable mountain. Listening to Xun Yu's suggestion, he nodded: "The policy for the first half of the year will be based on the minister and the prime minister."

By then, the debriefing meeting was over. Zhang Liao invited Guan Yu to talk inside the house, while Ma Chao hurriedly went to the military camp outside the city to train the Xiqiang cavalry who had rested for half a month.

Su Chen walked into the ancestral hall, lit an incense stick, and paid homage to his ancestors. After all, it was the first incense stick at the beginning of the new year.

The first thing to wake up was Zhu Yuanzhang's spiritual throne.

The first sentence is, "We also want to celebrate the New Year, and we also want to celebrate the New Year with my old team. I want to accumulate merits as soon as possible and let me come out!"

"Are we going to have a full-scale war with Wei this year?" Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che woke up the second time. "If we want to fight, we must cut off our worries and attack the Xirong barbarians first!"

"You men... you know how to fight... why don't you win over the Xirong people and let them send troops together?" At this time, among the several spiritual tablets that had just been carved before the end of the year, the female voice of the Emperor of Zhou rang out.

"As a woman, I am waiting for you to speak as the emperor!" Liu Bang's spiritual status jumped out, obviously he had a deep prejudice against the sudden appearance of the female emperor.

"Although I am a woman, I am one of thousands of women." The female voice said coldly.

"Li Shimin! Li Er!! Why don't you come out and take care of it!" Zhu Yuanzhang shouted at the top of his voice, "Does she count as your wife or your daughter-in-law?!"

Li Shimin's soul remained motionless, except for a faint voice: "Wu Mei..."

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." The female voice on the Great Zhou Ling's throne obviously hesitated for a moment, but then she didn't know how to speak.

Li Tiangang, who was chanting sutras, sighed slightly and continued to chant sutras without paying any attention to them.

Su Chen heard clearly from below that it was all a matter of their emperor's family, and he couldn't say anything, so he got up from the futon, bowed to the statues of the spirits, and then walked out of the ancestral hall. His current merits were not enough to unlock the next emperor.

However, there are still two tokens available, one for Ge Shuhan and one for Hou Junji.

In fact, he wanted to recruit a group of capable ministers to govern, and then replace Zhuge Liang and let him fight with the army.

Three years after Kaigan, on the fifth day of the first lunar month, the winter snow melted away.

Before Dong Zhuo and Zhuge Liang returned to Yanjing in the north, Xun Yu and Zhuge Liang worked together to formulate people's livelihood policies for Ding'an County and even Rongzhou. They also reorganized the craftsmen's workshops in Yanjing and those in Ding'an County. One side makes armor and equipment, the other side makes weapons and trains war horses. As for how to do it, Su Chen doesn't need to worry about it.

The hustle and bustle of the New Year's Eve has passed. All military generals have finished reporting their duties, received their respective orders, and returned one by one. Everything started to proceed in an orderly manner in the first half of the year.

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Su Chen set his sights on the grassland west of Yantang Pass and the newly moved tribe.

"Let's hit him with the first blow of the new year."

On the eleventh day, King Xia reviewed the new army.

In the newly built military camp on the outskirts of Ding'an City, under the sky, a thousand cavalrymen were running on the school grounds, and nearly [-] soldiers were gathering.

On a high platform not far away, Su Chen clenched his fists as he looked at the galloping cavalry.Behind him was Xia Houyuan, who was also watching the newly-built cavalry drill with a solemn expression.

The wind blew over, and in the huge school grounds, there were thousands of Qingzhou soldiers holding their weapons high, waving their sweat, shouting and practicing. The shouts of countless people gathered together, and murderous intent swept across the sky.

Su Chen wrote the word Qingzhou on the military roster. As the thousand cavalry in iron and light armor rushed over, Zhang He raised his hands and shouted: "Please give me a name, your Majesty -"

At a certain moment, Su Chen raised his face, the sun shone down, squinted his eyes, and whispered: "Tiger and Leopard."

Soon, he issued the first military order of the new year.

"The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the Xiqiang Cavalry set off to Yantang Pass together...to see the blood!"

The order arrow was thrown into the sky, and the cavalry who delivered the order ran over to catch it in his hands and held it up high. The order horse ran across the school field and passed the cavalry in the distance, shouting: "Send troops, bloodbath the Xirong tribe!"

The wolves revived and their murderous intent spread.

(End of this chapter)