When passing by Nanshu City, Li Hebai was preparing to return home to see Li Hezhu, whom he had not seen for a long time, and at the same time hang up the new plaque.
"Old Ren, Lei Er and Xiao Gang have been disturbing your house for so long." He smiled and invited, "Now we are at the door of my house. Come in and have a sip of tea."
Lei Er winked at Ren Ning and said, "Old Ren, my mouth is dry from the rush, how about we do as guests please?"
Ren Ning calculated the deadline for returning to camp, nodded and said: "Let's go, but we can't stay too long."
"This is natural." Li Hebai also wanted to lead the team back to Zhennanguan, so he knew Ren Ning's worries.
Nanshu City, North Gate.
Li Hezhu had already received the news about her brother and was waiting anxiously at the city gate. As soon as the team approached, she stood high on the carriage and waved.
"Sister!" Li He responded with a smile and raised his riding crop.
Li Hezhu responded, looked towards Ren Ning in a blink of an eye, smiled as brightly as a flower and said: "It turns out that General Ren is here too, congratulations on your promotion."
"Same joy, same joy!" Ren Ning laughed.
Ahem!
Lei Er and Xiao Gang next to them coughed wildly, "Miss Li, you didn't see us two being such big people?"
Li Hezhu was stunned.
She finally noticed the two of them, and immediately blushed, "It turns out to be General Lei and Young Master Xiao. I didn't pay attention just now..."
cough!
In the half-smiling gazes of the two people, Li Hezhu coughed in a covert manner, and his eyes fell on Xiao Gang.
"I heard that the second young master got married some time ago and was happily married. It's a pity that I wasn't in Star City at the time, otherwise I could have seen the beauty of my younger siblings."
Xiao Gang laughed loudly, "There will be a chance in the future."
Li Hezhu has already been to the imperial capital once. Since there was a first time, there will definitely be a second time. It will only be a matter of time before he meets Xiao Gang's wife.
Everyone chatted and laughed before going to the guerrilla general's house.
After burning incense to worship their ancestors, the Li siblings happily replaced the new plaque on the door amid cheers of congratulations and firecrackers.
After resting for a night, everyone continued south and returned to camp the next day.
As for the rubber business, the Gu family's caravan has come to take care of it, so there is no need for them to interfere.
After entering the forward camp, before Ren Ning could put down his luggage, a messenger came to the door.
"General Ren, General Wei invites you to come."
Ren Ning responded and hurried to the Chinese army's tent without any time to think.
There were not many people in the big tent, they were all middle and high-level generals of the Starfall Legion.
Ren Ning scanned around, but did not find Guan Luping.
He saluted and was about to hand over the results of the three trials of Nanfeng officials, but Wei Junqian had already handed over a secret report.
"This is the latest news from the imperial capital. It was rushed here from eight hundred miles away. You have been on the road during this period, so you may not know it yet. Let's take a look first."
Looking at Wei Junqian's livid face, Ren Ning's heart skipped a beat and he quickly took it and opened it.
After reading a few lines, his expression changed drastically.
A large-scale epidemic broke out in Yanchuo Fortress, and the general of the fortress, General Huo Zheng, died of the epidemic...
They had predicted the worst outcome for Rock Frontier Fortress, and it finally happened. It was even worse than their previous predictions.
At least no one would have thought that General Huo Zheng, the general who defended the fortress, would contract the epidemic and die.
After reading it quickly, Ren Ning stood at attention and said, "I don't know what the general has ordered, but Ren Ning will go all out and swear to the death to complete the mission."
"Sit down first." Wei Junqian motioned for him to sit down.
Ren Ning hesitated for a moment and had no choice but to return to his position in the forward camp and sit down.
Seemingly seeing Ren Ning's doubts, Wei Junqian explained to him, "General Guan is not in the Yingshan camp now. He returned to Xingluo County earlier."
The Xingluo Legion has a reserve (blood) battalion of 70,000 people stationed in the local Xingluo County. These soldiers are trained on a daily basis and can make up for the loss of the main force of the legion when necessary.
However, during the last expedition to Nanfeng, Wei Junqian had already transferred 10,000 people from the reserve camp. Therefore, Guan Luping returned this time to command the remaining 60,000 people to respond to all directions at any time.
After all, Guangxin County is located at the southern end of Yunchui, and it is extremely far away from the imperial capital Xingji City, Yumu County to the north, and Yanchui Fortress to the west.
Relatively speaking, Xingluo County, located in the central and western regions, is much more convenient.
"Here, I will appoint..." Wei Junqian suddenly stood up with an uproar.
brush!
The other people in the big tent also stood up suddenly.
"...Ren Ning is the deputy general of the forward battalion! Assisting the former deputy general Chu Jinding in taking charge of the tenth forward battalion."
Got promoted!
Ren Ning was stunned for a moment, and quickly stood at attention under the complicated looks of others.
"Thank you, General, for your trust! Ren Ning will live up to the trust of the legion and the general, and will do his best to assist General Chu in leading the forward battalion! He will bring glory to the legion!"
"Very good. I definitely saw the right person." Wei Junqian nodded with satisfaction and personally brought the new sword to Ren Ning.
He encouraged Ren Ning with a few pleasant words, and then patted Ren Ning's shoulder: "You're covered in sweat, go back and wash up and have a rest. We'll talk about the rest later."
Ren Ning returned to the forward camp in a daze.
The promotion order came quickly and everyone was in an uproar.
It's not that I object to Ren Ning being their leader. After all, the Legion is a place that values strength. Everyone saw Ren Ning's ability in the first battle at Nanfeng, and there was no room for dissatisfaction.
However, less than two years after this guy joined the Starfall Legion, he had already risen through the ranks and directly became one of the six generals of the Legion.
It's simply faster than riding a Kunpeng.
After resting enough, Ren Ning called Lei Er and Xiao Gang, who were also full and rested.
"You should also have received the news. I have just been promoted to the rank of forward deputy general. Therefore, the Qian Commander of the Fifth Battalion has become vacant. If any of you are interested in becoming the Qian Commander, I will tell General Chu."
Lei Er shook a few beans in his mouth and shook his head decisively, "I still like to charge into battle. If it's too troublesome to grow up, don't come to me."
Ren Ning nodded, not surprised.
Lei Er was once a personal guard of Guan Luping, but later he was demoted from the army and went to the fifth battalion in order to go to the front line to kill the enemy.
Xiao Gang was eager to try: "General, I am very interested. But do you think I am really qualified?"
Ren Ning glanced at him angrily, "What's okay? Have you forgotten who your ancestors were? The Duke of the country who stood on horseback!"
It is because of your timid descendants that the dignified Xiao Guogong's Mansion has gradually fallen into the current Zhongqin Bo's Mansion.
Xiao Gang reacted and immediately blushed with embarrassment.
He snapped to attention and said loudly: "Back to the general, I will definitely be qualified to serve as a thousand-year-old commander."
"Okay! This is decent!" Ren Ning patted Xiao Gang's shoulder with satisfaction, turned around and went to the forward camp tent.
When he came back again, the letter of appointment of the commander of the fifth battalion and the new order flag had been handed over to Xiao Gang.
Looking at the big word "Xiao" on the command flag, Xiao Gang stood blankly for a long time, the Xiao family's ancestral silver gun in his hand creaked loudly, and finally strode towards the fifth camp.
whee!
"It looks like Uncle Zhongyong's mansion can be saved." Lei Er smiled.
Ren Ning glared at him: "You still care about others and don't make plans for your own future?"
hey-hey!
Lei Er just smiled and didn't answer.
On the battlefield, he was extremely ferocious and killed many people. His accumulated military achievements over the years had almost reached the level of fifth rank, and he could soon establish himself as a general.
However, when Xiao Gang and his cousin got married before, Yingpan had mentioned helping Lei Er find a bride, but he declined.
"Just take care of yourself!" Ren Ning shook his head and didn't waste any words.