The person from the Ministry of War replied, "Mrs. He Qing is pregnant, so He Qing is naturally worried about her and is eager to return home."
Xuanyuan Hao said: "Amazing, is this the second or third child?"
The people from the Ministry of War were also unsure and replied vaguely, "It seems like the third child."
Xuanyuan Hao looked at the military merit list and found two or three unfamiliar names. He asked, "Who are Li Shuo and Fan Chu'er?"
Li Shuo is the son of Lan Duo and a hunter. He followed his father to the mountains to hunt since he was a child. After moving to the border to join the army, he was like a fish in water and quickly stood out.
Li Shuo is good at martial arts, smart, has wilderness survival skills, is good at hunting, and always puts combat training first. Gradually, he has a group of brothers in the army who are willing to follow him.
But Lan Tian's son encountered setbacks everywhere after joining the army. It was all thanks to Li Shuo's help that he gave up military service and turned to literature. Now he is studying at Dongtian Academy.
However, he was only a teenager when he was found by Lan Ya, and then he served in the army for two years. He then chose the path of literature again, so he was considered an older student in Dongtian Academy.
However, he is not as old as Chen Heng, the former eldest son of Duke Rong who turned over a new leaf.
Later, Duke Rong Lu Shiyuan went to find Shen Heng again and asked him to change his name back to Lu Qingsong. Shen Heng took out the letter of severance, which clearly stated that he had to change his surname and name.
However, the people in the Ministry of War were not quite sure who Li Shuo was. They only thought he was a rookie, but they knew that Fan Chuer was a girl.
After the great victory, the army held a banquet and she changed into women's clothes to attend, which shocked everyone and the news had already spread.
The Ministry of War immediately reported that Fan Chu'er was a girl.
Xuanyuan Hao smiled and said, "Hua Mulan from our dynasty."
When Fan Chu'er was riding a tall horse back to Beijing with other generals, she saw Yunshu, Huakai and Hualuo among the people lining the streets to welcome her. She hurriedly dismounted and chatted with them on the roadside. Several girls asked her if she had become a female general.
Fan Chuer said, "If it weren't for that Li Shuo who always steals my military achievements, I would have been promoted this time.
He relies on a group of brothers, so I need people too."
Yun Shu asked, "Are you hurt?"
Hua Kai asked: "What is your current position?"
Hua Luo asked, "The young lady has prepared a beautiful dress for you to wear to the celebration banquet. When will you return to the master's house?"
Fan Chuer said: "Master is protecting me, it's just a minor injury.
I was promoted to centurion before the battle, and later led 500 men. If I were to go by the military merit list, I would probably be a lieutenant of the Eighth Division.
It’s a pity that Li Shuo always puts himself above me. When I was a centurion, he was a thousand-man captain. When I was in charge of 500 men, he was in charge of 3,000 men.
If I were a captain of the Eight Divisions, he would probably be promoted to a small general.
I'll go collect my reward and then ask for leave to return to my master's home. However, I can't go home overnight. After the celebration banquet, everyone must return to the team and live together in the East and West Camps."
Several girls said: "Okay, got it, we will wait for you at home."
Just as Fan Chu'er was about to mount her horse and leave, she remembered something and took out a few letters from her bosom and handed them to them: "These are the letters that the young lady asked me to bring back." Then she left.
Fan Chuer arrived at the palace and met His Majesty. In addition to accepting the reward, she also proposed to Xuanyuan Hao to form a female army.
Many people opposed it, believing that women like Fan Chuer were rare after all, and forming a female army specifically for them would not have the overall combat effectiveness and would drag down the regular army's rescue efforts.
The Ministry of War didn't want to cause any trouble. Seeing so much opposition and the seemingly hopeless prospect of establishing a female army, Xuanyuan Hao asked Minister Wang what he thought.
Wang Hanyuan said, why not try to form a team first. The number of people will not be large, and they will be carefully selected. It can be a women's corps instead of a female army.
Invite Fan Chuer's master Guigu to be the coach, and you can also select coaches from the male army to teach riding, reconnaissance, etc. After it is completed, it will mainly undertake reconnaissance, assassination, sniping and other tasks.
Following the example of the Flying Eagle Unit, which has male soldiers, those who fail various assessments will be eliminated. Careful selection will increase the elimination rate, and the female soldiers who come out should not be a burden but a help, or perhaps a surprise force.
There are many talented people among the people, and there may be many capable girls who can also find a place to serve the country.
After Wang Hanyuan finished speaking, everyone fell silent. Originally, a group of civil officials had been led by him, and why had Xuanyuan Hao been doting on Shangshu Wang recently?
That day, he also called half of the people from the Imperial Hospital to go to his house to treat Shangshu Wang’s "old illness".
This group of people came back and reported a bunch of problems. Xuanyuan Hao was shocked at first glance and thought that Wang Hanyuan didn't have much time left. After taking another careful look, he found that the most serious problem might be his leg disease.
From then on, whenever the court stayed for a long time, Xuanyuan Hao would ask Wang Daxixi to find a seat for Wang Hanyuan.
After so many times, he even blamed Wang Daxi: "Don't make me mention it all the time. You should keep an eye on me. I might forget it one day."
Wang Daxi thought to himself: Oh my God, if you hadn't given me the order, I would have moved a chair and had someone sit opposite you. I don't want to die.
He could only say, "Your Majesty, from now on, when this hourglass passes four times, will you give Minister Wang a seat?"
After getting approval, a young eunuch was specially arranged to do this.
Sure enough, after Wang Hanyuan finished speaking, His Majesty agreed. Fan Chuer was overjoyed to see this unexpected turn of events and quickly kowtowed to express her gratitude.
After standing up, he walked towards Minister Wang, wanting to thank him for his help.
But Li Shuo saw what she was going to do, stepped forward to block her and whispered, "If you don't want to harm Lord Wang, don't thank him now. Just thank His Majesty for his grace."
Fan Chuer understood.
Xuanyuan Hao saw the two people's small movements and asked what they were talking about.
Fan Chu'er was quick-witted, "I've always been outmatched by General Li on the battlefield. Now that I've received Your Majesty's approval to form a women's corps, I want to show off a bit and compete with General Li someday."
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