“Wahahaha…”
As soon as Yun Zheng arrived at the front hall, he heard Qin Qihu's standard Qin-style laugh.
Yun Zheng walked over with a dark face and forced a smile, "Brother Qin, why are you here?"
"Of course I'm here to fight!"
Qin Qihu's hairy face was full of smiles, and he winked and said, "Not long after you left the imperial city, I was ordered to escort weapons and armor to Shuobei with 30,000 elite soldiers. As soon as I arrived at Beilu Pass, I heard that you were training troops here, so I rushed here without stopping! How is it, Brother Qin, you are very nice, right?"
"Indeed...that's very nice!"
Yun Zheng laughed dryly and asked quickly, "Are those 30,000 elite soldiers led by Brother Qin?"
"Of course not!"
Qin Qihu shook his head.
Isn’t it?
...
...
Damn it!
Would Qin Qihu come to train with me?
Could it be that my father saw through my intention?
Send Qin Qihu to monitor me?
Just when Yun Zheng was daydreaming, Qin Qihu patted Yun Zheng's shoulder with his bear paw and laughed, "I am the second most powerful general in Dagan. What's the point of commanding 30,000 infantrymen?"
Yun Zheng was delighted and asked quickly, "You want to lead the cavalry?"
"It must be the cavalry!"
Qin Qihu raised his nose to the sky and said proudly: "I am now the vanguard of the northern expedition. After escorting the armor and other things to Dingbei City, I will go to Suining Guard to command 20,000 cavalry! How about it, are you envious?"
"Uh-huh!"
Yun Zheng nodded repeatedly, "A brave general like Brother Qin should lead the cavalry! I don't have Brother Qin's ability, so I can only train the field soldiers here..."
"It's okay, it's okay! We are all doing our best for the country!"
Qin Qihu laughed loudly and said, "Don't worry, my dear brother. The 20,000 cavalrymen I lead are the elite of the elite. If the Beihuan people dare to cause trouble for you, I will kill them without leaving a single piece of armor!"
"Thank you, Brother Qin." Yun Zheng laughed. "Brother Qin has come all the way here, he must be hungry, right? I will tell the servants to prepare a banquet for Brother Qin!"
"Don't mention it. I'm really tired and hungry."
Qin Qihu nodded and asked, "Brother, where is your sister-in-law?"
Yun Zheng said: "She is in charge of military affairs. I will send someone to inform her to come back quickly."
Having said that, Yun Zheng immediately ordered Gao He to go to Beidaying in person to inform Shen Luoyan, and asked the people in the mansion to quickly prepare a banquet.
Qin Qihu was about to speak, but then he glanced at the servants serving around him and immediately stopped talking.
Yun Zheng understood and immediately asked the servant to leave.
Until this moment, Qin Qihu patted Yun Zheng on the shoulder and said, "Brother, I'm not saying anything bad about you. Although you don't know how to lead an army, you have to learn! You can't just stay at home all the time and let your sister-in-law help you lead an army..."
Having said that, Qin Qihu began to persuade Yun Zheng again.
It doesn’t matter if you can’t lead a team. As long as you are willing to learn, you will learn it sooner or later.
But you will never learn if you stay at home all day.
If a war breaks out with Beihuan in the future, he won’t be able to completely rely on Shen Luoyan.
He is the King of Jingbei, and he can't let people always say that he relies on his queen to win battles.
Yun Zheng nodded repeatedly after hearing this, but he couldn't help smiling bitterly in his heart.
He also wants to join the army!
But Shen Luoyan and his men didn't let him go to the army at all, and just let him practice martial arts at home.
After persuading Yun Zheng, Qin Qihu talked to Yun Zheng about the imperial city.
Anyway, when he left the imperial city, Yun Li had not yet been released from house arrest.
There was also the case of a fire in his palace. Emperor Wen also sent people to investigate thoroughly, but the real culprit was not found.
For this reason, Emperor Wen was furious and scolded several princes in the court.
Afterwards, the second prince and the fourth prince were sent to Fuzhou. The second prince was responsible for supervising the construction of a large granary in Fuzhou to store military rations for the war in the early spring of next year.
The Fourth Prince temporarily served as the Minister of Works, responsible for supervising civilians and prisoners to widen and prepare the official road from Fuzhou to Beilu Pass, with the aim of widening the original official road by twice.
Listening to Qin Qihu's words, Yun Zheng couldn't help but secretly smack his lips.
This time, my father has solved all the logistical problems in advance, and he is determined to defeat Beihuan in one battle.
Yes, Beihuan not only broke its promise, but also killed so many soldiers who were escorting grain. It would be strange if my father could swallow this anger.
Just when Yun Zheng was lost in thought, Qin Qihu suddenly slapped his head and said, "Oh, by the way, the emperor asked me to bring you a letter, saying that it must be delivered to you and your sister-in-law in person. I almost forgot."
As he said that, Qin Qihu quickly took out the letter from his pocket and handed it to Yun Zheng.
Yun Zheng quickly opened the letter.
The content was very simple, nothing more than words of concern and advice to them. Finally, they were told that the Shen family had moved out of the imperial city and that they did not need to worry.
After taking a quick glance, Yun Zheng put the letter away.
"Brother Qin, have you decided who will lead the expedition to Beihuan next year?"
Yun Zheng asked curiously.
"I don't think so, right?"
Qin Qihu smacked his lips. "However, there are only a few people who can lead the army! Anyway, my father said that he will definitely not be the one to lead the army."
"That's a real shame."
Yun Zheng sighed and said, "I thought my father would let Duke Rong take command!"
"My father is supposed to lead the troops into battle, why would he be in charge?"
Qin Qihu chuckled and winked, saying, "There's another person who came with you this time who's your acquaintance. He wanted to come and see you, but I kicked him back. Haha..."
Yun Zheng's face darkened when he heard this, and he asked again, "Who is it?"
"Xiao Dingwu!"
Qin Qihu chuckled and said, "He is now the commander of Beilu Pass!"
"ah?"
Yun Zheng was shocked, then he understood.
Father is on guard against the Wei Wenzhong brothers!
After all, Shuobei has accumulated more than 300,000 troops!
If the Wei Wenzhong brothers united to rebel, the Northern Army could directly break through the important Beilu Pass, **.
As long as the commander of Beilu Pass is replaced, Wei Wenzhong will have many concerns if he wants to rebel.
If you want to storm a strong pass like Beilu Pass, you will have to pay a huge price in casualties.
After taking Beilu Pass by force, it is estimated that Wei Wenzhong's army was also crippled.
"You don't know, Xiao Dingwu is so envious of me."
Qin Qihu laughed triumphantly, "Xiao Dingwu, this defeated general, wants to switch places with me? I almost beat him up in the court! Haha..."
Hearing Qin Qihu's laughter, Yun Zheng couldn't help but frown.
Afterwards, Yun Zheng asked Qin Qihu about the military equipment they were escorting.
Qin Qihu also told everything he knew and reported the situation truthfully.
What they escorted this time were mainly armor and military pay.
There were only three thousand weapons, all of which were new weapons forged from patterned steel.
After all, there are blacksmiths in every city and tribe in Shuobei, and they can forge ordinary weapons themselves, without having to escort them all the way from the imperial city.
However, there were also one hundred blacksmiths from the Ministry of Industry's Craftsmen's Bureau accompanying them, who were to come to Shuobei to teach the blacksmiths in the army how to forge patterned steel so that they could use local materials to forge new weapons.
Anyway, Emperor Wen has already started making various preparations, waiting for the decisive battle with Beihuan in the spring of next year.
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