Chapter 579 Allowing You to be a Marquis and General
Jiang Yan lowered his head slightly: "Can I have a look at the tiger talisman?"
Ming Ruo saw Si Haochen nodded slightly, took out the tiger charm from his sleeve pocket, and handed it to Jiang Yan.
Jiang Yan was a little surprised. First, he didn't expect that the Lord would not keep such an important thing personally. Second, the woman directly handed the Tiger Talisman to him.
Jiang Yan took the tiger talisman with both hands, and then took out half of the tiger talisman that his father had given him. The two pieces were opposite each other. Not only did they fit perfectly, but even the patterns on them were integrated.
After Jiang Yan finished the inspection, he bowed slightly and raised the tiger talisman above his head: "Shangwumen's one hundred thousand soldiers are on standby at any time, waiting for the Lord's dispatch."
Mingruo took back the tiger talisman and put it back into his 'sleeve pocket'. Jiang Yan lowered his head and happened to see Mingruo's careless movements. He wanted to remind him - this tiger talisman is very important and needs to be kept well.
"Are the 100,000 Xuanjia Guards in Shangwu Sect now?" Si Haochen asked.
"Your Majesty, in the past, the Xuanjia Guards were all part of the army. Since the fall of the empire, the ancestors of the Shangwu Sect have thought that the restoration of the country will require the assistance of the navy. Therefore, over the past hundred years, the army has gradually reduced its training of the navy. Now, the army and the navy each
Accounting for fifty thousand.
Among them, 50,000 naval troops are distributed on the coastal islands, firstly to facilitate daily drills, and secondly to monitor the status of navigation with the outside world.
Fifty thousand army troops, 30,000 elites are training in Shangwumen, and the remaining 20,000 are scattered in the suburbs of Yunling City, Xizhao City, and Dongxing City, monitoring the south, west, and east directions of Zhongzhou."
"Very good." Si Haochen had looked at the map of Zhongzhou and knew that the cities mentioned by Jiang Yan were either at choke points or water and land transportation hubs, and were battlegrounds for military strategists. It seems that over the years, Shangwu Sect has still done a lot of work.
Learned a lot of practical things.
Jiang Yan took out a roll of sheepskin maps from his sleeve pocket and presented it to Si Haochen: "This is the defense map of Shangwu Sect in various places in Zhongzhou. Please keep it, Your Majesty."
Si Haochen took the defense map. This map looked familiar. It was a map of Zhongzhou. However, the places where Shangwumen troops were stationed were marked in red. Specifically, how many generals were stationed and who was in charge.
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For now, Si Haochen is still very satisfied with Shangwu Sect's performance. Si Haochen rolled up the defense map and handed it to his wife.
After that, there was silence. The study was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, giving people an inexplicable sense of oppression.
Jiang Yan is very calm. She has already made it clear what she should report to the Lord. Now, she just needs to listen to the Lord's instructions.
"You have nothing more to say?" Si Haochen said in a deep tone.
Jiang Yan thought about it carefully and realized that he had indeed said everything he needed to say: "This subordinate is stupid, please let me know clearly."
"Why did the Shangwu Sect send you to meet with me?" Si Haochen asked straightforwardly.
Jiang Yan felt that this was indeed his negligence, so he immediately explained: "Your Majesty, except for the 30,000 elite members of the Shangwu Sect, my father will be in charge. The navy and the soldiers stationed in the three cities will all be commanded by my subordinates. So.
, this time I have an audience with the Lord, my father and his subordinates are here."
Si Haochen raised his eyebrows slightly. If what Jiang Yan said was true, this Shangwu Sect would be interesting - the one who leads 70,000 soldiers is actually a woman!
"Your father is very thoughtful." Si Haochen's eyes were filled with scrutiny, "As a woman, how can you convince the public in the army?"
Jiang Yan, who had been bowing his head respectfully, suddenly raised his head out of surprise.
She has been pretending to be a boy since she was born, and was raised like a boy. She joined the army at the age of thirteen, starting from a small soldier, and became a general step by step. Not to mention outsiders, even her grandfather's family
Thought she was a man!
Seeing that Jiang Yan didn't answer for a long time, Si Haochen's eyes darkened: "Can't you tell?"
Hearing the Lord's question, Jiang Yan recovered from the shock: "No, Lord, please atone for your sins. I don't want to deceive the Lord, but... I have been taught by my father as a man since I was a child... Only
I also regard myself as a man, so I won’t make any mistakes... Therefore, my subordinates are not deliberately hiding it..."
Jiang Yan, who was originally calm, seemed a little flustered in her eagerness to explain. From a psychological perspective, Ming Ruo can basically confirm that she has hinted to herself that she is a man since she was a child, and usually does 'forget' that she is a woman.
In order to calm her down, he said: "There must be a reason why your father did this. Please tell me."
Jiang Yan looked at Mingruo and saw that the girl's eyes were soft but firm, which seemed to have the power to calm people: "My father has no choice but to make this move. My father and my mother have a very close relationship and have no concubines. I have three brothers and sisters.
The elder brother in the family was frail and sick, and his health deteriorated even more as an adult.
My father saw that his subordinate was relatively strong after birth, so he taught him as a son from an early age. At first, he only thought that if he had a son in the future, he would let his subordinate become a daughter. He never thought that my mother had a difficult delivery when she gave birth to her sister-in-law, and her body was too weak to give birth to another child.
.So, the Shangwu Sect can only be led by subordinates..."
Jiang Yan saw that the Lord was silent and thought that the Lord could not accept that the general leading the soldiers was a woman. Thinking about it, if the world could accept a woman leading the soldiers, why would she bother to disguise herself as a man and keep this secret tightly?
Jiang Yan took a deep breath. Due to her childhood education, being loyal to the Lord and reviving the empire has become her belief.
It was difficult for her to make this decision, but based on the principle of loyalty to the Lord, she had to do: "If the Lord cannot accept the command of the troops by his subordinates, the subordinates can hand over the military power to the Lord.
After careful consideration, you can re-acknowledge yourself as the general..." Jiang Yan took out the token for ordering the Xuanjia Guards and raised it above his head.
Si Haochen was also born in the army, and he knew very well the feelings of the commander towards the army under his command. He would not judge merit based on his origin, but he just didn't like to be deceived.
Si Haochen did not accept the token and said: "If you have the strength and can lead the Xuanjia Guards to make great achievements, I will grant you the title of Marquis and General."
For the second time today, Jiang Yan was so surprised that he raised his head and looked directly at the Lord.
After some observation, Mingruo felt that Jiang Yan was a good person: "I very much look forward to General Jiang being able to become a marquis and general in the future and become a role model for our generation."
"I am so ashamed of myself." Jiang Yan lowered her head, but her heart was extremely excited. With these words from the Lord, she could build her own glory in an honest and open manner. Suddenly she felt that the boulder weighing on her heart had fallen to the ground, and she felt relieved.
Incomparable.
"You go down first. Someone will arrange the mission with you later." Si Haochen took out a dark token from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Jiang Yan.
"I obey." Jiang Yan knew that this was a token for 'connection' and carefully put it away.
Mingruo looked at Jiang Yan's leaving figure, tall and heroic, she would become a marvelous woman praised by others in the future.
