The Daqing army was temporarily stationed in Dagu City, and then received the emperor's imperial edict.
There was a lot of praise in the imperial edict, and everyone was very excited.
Then the eunuch who announced the decree came to greet Qi Yaoling and said with a smile: "My lord, can you let the slave touch me by surprise?"
The person next to me: “…???”
Qi Yaoling knew what was going on as soon as he heard it, and said helplessly: "Let's touch it."
So the eunuch carefully knocked on his chest, making a clanging sound.
Some people couldn't help but exclaimed: "Master Qi is still wearing an iron bag, so I won't be able to bear the blame when I go into battle!!"
His voice had a thick accent, which made everyone laugh loudly.
Even Qi Jiguang couldn't help but laugh, pointed at him and said: "Then turn around and march, and I'll carry the pot on your back!"
The eunuch who announced the decree also laughed twice, and Qi Yaoling smiled and said: "Tell my master, I will carry it with me every day, so don't worry."
The eunuch who announced the decree nodded repeatedly and took out the letter from his pocket.
When Qi Yaoling unfolded it and took a look, he couldn't help but ponder.
He thought in his heart that Nurhachi couldn't stay, so why not say that?
Anyway, soldiers are not afraid of deceit. If they really encounter him, they can't kill him in the battle. They can just assassinate him in the past! Killing is much easier than kidnapping!
On the second day, more than 300,000 troops broke out of camp and headed north.
It is relatively easy for people in the martial arts to follow such a marching speed, so there are many people who have taken over the supplies from the baggage camp, such as grain and rice, to help carry them, so that they can save more effort during the march.
Qi Yaoling and He Yanmo chatted while walking: "After destroying the Tatars, what are your plans?"
He Yanmo said: "We haven't even gotten to the point yet. Are you thinking about what will happen next?"
He laughed twice and said: "Didn't I tell you earlier? Let's go to sea! After destroying the Tatars, I will go to Minzhou to fight the Japanese pirates."
Qi Yaoling said: "The imperial court has held martial arts examinations, do you want to be an official?"
"Ah?" He Yanmo waved his hand: "I won't go, I'm not that material."
He said: "I can do it, why can't you?"
He Yanmo said casually: "You are protected by your master!"
Qi Yaoling said, "You have my protection."
He Yanmo laughed a few times and said deliberately: "That won't work. After you deceived me, if you don't protect me, I won't be miserable!"
Qi Yaoling also knew his temperament and really couldn't stand the restraint, so he ignored him lazily and turned to Lu Fenglou and said, "Fenglou, come with me."
Lu Fenglou had obviously thought about this problem for a long time, and said calmly: "After I finish my work here, I will go to take the martial arts examination. I will take the identity test first."
Qi Yaoling said: "If you are willing, you don't have to take the test. Besides, if you go to the battlefield, you can't take the same test as those who have never been on the battlefield. You may be directly rewarded with an identity. Then follow me to the police factory."
Lu Fenglou nodded: "Okay."
He Yanmo said: "Speaking of which, what is your police department busy with every day? Are there really so many complaints?"
Qi Yaoling said: "You will know when you go. If you don't go, don't ask around."
He paused for a moment: "Anyway, since the new emperor came to the throne, I don't know how many things have happened in this world. Even I often feel that there is not enough time. If I can sleep, others have to sleep, so things are never finished. I collected three
The apprentices, as you have seen, are no longer in the police factory."
He glanced at He Yanmo, and He Yanmo ran away with a guilty conscience.
Qi Yaoling said to Lu Fenglou: "I asked people to buy a house in the capital, which can be used as the foothold of the Chivalrous Alliance. You can live in it when the time comes, and friends from the Jianghu, whether they have official status or not, will also have a place to seek refuge.
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Lu Fenglou laughed and said: "Why do I feel that I am nothing yet and you have already started arranging work for me?"
Qi Yaoling also smiled: "It's like this now. It's impossible to call you in and just sit around."
Lu Fenglou nodded: "Okay."
Qi Yaoling remembered and asked him: "Why did Yanmo break into the Governor's Mansion in the first place? He doesn't look like such a reckless person."
When the Heavenly Master observed him, he never expected that he would be so lively after he got acquainted with him, even more so than Xu Tianlu.
Lu Fenglou shook his head and said: "Speaking of this matter, it has something to do with me. I was involved in a case back then, which happened to be in Minzhou. I was injured at the time and was captured by the officers and soldiers, and then...
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He Yanmo didn't know when he came back, so he interjected later: "Actually, I also robbed the prison at that time. When I went there, I was tortured in Fenglou, and my whole body was covered in blood. It was... ugh, it's scary to think about it!
So as soon as I heard that something happened there, I immediately remembered that it happened back then, and I didn’t dare to wait.”
Qi Yaoling glanced at him sideways: "So you broke into the Governor's Mansion?"
He Yanmo chuckled and said: "Speaking of which, I really didn't expect their kung fu to be so good. I have never encountered such a situation when I entered the world and had no power to fight back...
It seems that I was really a frog in the well before."
He asked him: "Where did those people come from?"
Qi Yaoling said: "They are the emperor's own men. I can't beat them. Their training methods are different from ours."
He Yanmo was very fascinated: "It would be great if we could get to know each other one day."
Qi Yaoling said: "Fenglou will have a chance in the future."
He Yanmo: "..."
The group chatted all the way, and the march did not feel hard.
Although Jianghu people are indeed useful, Qi Jiguang did not often use them when actually marching.
For example, for sentry detectives, it is indeed better for Jianghu people to go there, but Qi Jiguang still sent spies to explore the way as usual, but from time to time he would add two Jianghu people to make sure.
After all, the Jianghu people are only temporary reinforcements and not permanent residents. Therefore, in order to get off to a good start and boost morale in a first battle like Gugu City, all available resources can be used. However, in normal times, we cannot rely on the methods of the Jianghu people. Otherwise,
If you get used to it, ordinary soldiers will lose confidence, which is not a good thing in the long run.
Many people didn't understand it at first, but there are always people who understand and will explain it to everyone.
So this is the advantage of having an organization and having someone as a leader who can convince the crowd. He can always suppress them and nothing will happen.
Along the way, the weather became colder and colder. Fortunately, we had enough food and grass to march without any worries.
Soon it was the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the seal was sealed. Yan Baiwei discussed with Tang Shijin: "I will call my adoptive father into the palace to sit in charge. Let's go and see the battlefield?"
Tang Shijin smiled and said, "Do you think this is the imperial commander's personal expedition?"
"We can't conquer it," Yan Baiwei said, "It's just these few days, I have to come back for the New Year, there's a lot of things to do."
Tang Shijin thought for a while: "Well, when we go there on the day of the New Year's Day, we will directly ask Jiuye and Baye to send us there. Then I will ask them to make more dumplings. We will take them there and have a dumpling meal with everyone, and then come back.