The rise of the prince

Chapter 249 Melancholy + Taking Over the Forbidden Army
"What happened next?" He Qian asked dissatisfiedly, poking him with the bamboo stick in his hand.

"Later, later it was gone." Li Xingzhou spread his hands.

"Ah, you're lying. You clearly said that there are ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties. You only said so much, but it's gone." He Qian pouted, with her hands on her hips, the boss was dissatisfied, with an expression that you couldn't lie to.

Li Xingzhou was also very helpless. He didn't memorize the original Journey to the West. He remembered what he saw while watching TV dramas when he was a child, and then told two girls in vernacular, how could he remember everything.

"Yo ho, you are a story listener, and you are better than a story teller." He smiled and poked the little girl's forehead, and the little girl made a face at him, and Yue'er also came over, looking at him with bright eyes: " Let me say one more time, son, it sounds very nice."

On the stone table on the other side, Qiu'er is verifying her manuscript paper. The old ship in Wei's shipyard has been dismantled, and the construction of a new ship will officially start tomorrow. Driven by the new contract, the workers are gradually enthusiastic and can't wait for it. start working.

Shiyu is also helping. Recently, she has been following Qiu'er, almost inseparable.Li Xingzhou couldn't understand what was going on, and Gillian helped Qiu'er record and calculate. After all, she is the number one talented woman. Help Qiu'er.

In such an age, there are not many people who understand mathematics and can read and write.

"Don't listen to the story, let's talk about it someday when you have time, let's fight the landlords." Li Xingzhou suggested.

He Qian's eyes lit up all of a sudden, and Yue'er nodded again and again: "I'll get the playing cards." After saying that, she rushed into the small room, it was their treasure, and they kept it very carefully.

He Qian looked around, stared at him for a while, and then said: "Hmph, you are really amazing, it's only been a while, and the whole yard is full of beautiful women."

Li Xingzhou looked at her amusedly: "Are you praising Wang Po for selling melons, are you boasting about yourself?"

"Hmph, this lady is naturally beautiful." He Qian said as if remembering something, and said angrily: "The last time I gave away the perfume, I let others choose it first, but in the end I was chosen by others. , I don't like daffodils."

There are currently two major sales outlets for the perfume in the palace, one is sold by the Treasure Pavilion, and the other is the many relatives of the royal family. As a gift, He Qian must be indispensable among them.

Seeing that she was so angry that her mouth was going up to the sky, Li Xingzhou quickly smiled and said: "Yes, yes, I will ask your sister Shiyu to take you to the store tomorrow, and you can pick it yourself, but you can only pick two bottles at most. .”

Only then did the little girl cheer up: "I only need one bottle, and I won't be able to use up any more."

Yue'er's voice came from the room: "My lord, I counted the cards. I'm missing a card. I'll look for it."

"Well, look slowly, don't worry, the more anxious you are, the harder it will be to find." Li Xingzhou replied loudly.

"OK"

He simply stepped back and lay down on the comfortable lawn behind him. The fragrance of the soil and green spring grass made him take a deep breath and feel refreshed.

From time to time, the laughter of Gillian and Shiyu could be heard in the distance, and Qiu'er would also laugh along with her from time to time. The whole person suddenly relaxed, and the long-term pressure disappeared.

"What are you doing, you're not serious." He Qian stepped on her little black riding boots and walked around, looking down at him.

Li Xingzhou stretched his waist: "Whatever, just rest for a while."

"How can you rest like this." He Qian kicked his leg, then squatted down, and grabbed the grass beside him: "Why don't you go to Kaiyuan Mansion these two days? If you don't go, I'm so bored, everyone else is afraid My father dare not play with me."

"I'm going to lead the imperial army these days, so I don't have time to go." He closed his eyes and replied.

"Forbidden army?" He Qian couldn't believe it after hearing this: "Hmph, I didn't expect you to have some skills, then you won't go to Kaiyuan Mansion in the future."

He hummed lazily.

"Oh" the little girl replied disappointedly.

"If you're bored, you can come to the Palace to play. Gillian, Qiu'er, Yue'er, and Shiyu are all there. You can play with them." Li Xingzhou comforted her lying on the grass.

He Qian poked him with a small wooden stick: "What about you?"

"Um, why do you think I'm taking over the imperial army? The emperor wants me to go to the south, and it may take me a long time to come back." Li Xingzhou smiled, a little helpless, and he was powerless to influence the old emperor's decision.

The little girl was stunned for a moment: "South? Are you going to fight!"

"Hahahaha, they want me to fight." Li Xingzhou said amusedly: "I'm just a nobody, I just go to beat the drums to cheer, but if there is a fight, the rebels in Suzhou are all mobs, but I am the enemy of all." He said lazily, he doesn't need money to brag anyway.

After a while, I found that the little girl didn't reply, slightly puzzled: "Why didn't you say anything?"

"What are you talking about? You're still an enemy. You're shameless. You'll brag about whether you've recovered from your injury last time. You can still laugh." , got up slightly, and found that the little girl's eyes were full of tears, almost falling out.

"Haha, maybe I'm crying like you, what's the matter, how did the dignified Miss He become a little slug."

"You're a slug!" He Qian kicked him hard: "The last time I met an assassin, I almost died. You dare to go to the south with your poor skills."

Li Xingzhou quickly grabbed the little girl's ankle with sharp eyes: "I did that last time to save you, but now the little girl is talking sarcasticly."

"I want you to take care of it!"

He laughed and sat up and said, "It's not about life and death, and I'm not going to fight, I just went to drink tea, and I'll come back after a year or so."

"Really?"

"Of course it's true." Li Xingzhou simply stood up and patted the grass clippings on his buttocks: "It's not far from the capital to Guazhou, and it only takes two or three days to go back and forth by boat, but I'm also very happy that you care about me." .”

"Hmph, who cares about you." He Qian pulled her foot back with force.

After a while, Yue'er bounced out with playing cards.

The three started fighting against the landlord.

Recently the situation has become increasingly chaotic.

The greater the power, the greater the responsibility. Although chaos is an upward ladder, once involved in it, it is inevitable that one cannot help oneself. After all, once involved in this vortex, it is destined that he will not have the final say alone. Compromise and balance are required. struggle.

In the afternoon of the next day, Li Xingzhou took more than 30 nursing homes and Yan Shen trained by himself to the Forbidden Army camp outside the city.

The camp of the Shenwu Army is about three or four miles away from the capital, and it takes less than an hour from the palace to the camp.

The Forbidden Army camp is very large and fragmented, spreading at the foot of the mountain, covering a vast area with a radius of tens of miles.

At the entrance, the tall wooden camp gate blocked their way. The sergeant at Wanggang saw someone coming and rushed to greet him. Li Xingzhou handed over the Privy Council document given to him by the emperor, and the sergeant in brown and black hard leather armor quickly knelt down after reading it. He said: "The villain pays his respects to the commander of the army."

Li Xingzhou just nodded, motioning for him to excuse himself.

The sergeant returned to his post, and said something to the people on the wall of the camp, and then, the heavy wooden gate slowly opened from the inside.

He led the crowd into the camp, only to find that it was much wider than he had imagined. There were tents and houses that could not be seen at a glance, armored soldiers patrolling around, and some war horses running back and forth. The dust was flying high, blocking out the sky.

Li Xingzhou asked a little brother next to him where the Chinese army tent was located, and he was heading there.

Unexpectedly, turning around an old stone house with half-dried firewood piled up for cooking, he happened to meet Zhong Daoyu oncoming, and Wei Chuan, Zhao Guanghua, and Tong Guan beside him.

They were all riding horses, followed by eight soldiers in hard leather armor holding a general's flag. The two flags in front were the general's flag and the flag with the word "墨" written in black on a purple background.

"The general is safe and sound." Li Xingzhou stopped his horse and cupped his hands.

Zhong Daoyu took a deep look at him, and then bowed his hands expressionlessly: "Your Majesty is so majestic."

"No matter how majestic and prestige is, it can't compare to the general. He is in charge of the new army alone, and he is planning the reform of the forbidden army with one hand. He has made great achievements and has a great reputation." Li Xingzhou smiled.

Wei Chuan and Zhao Guanghua beside Zhong Daoyu lowered their heads. They knew that Li Xingzhou should be the one who deserved the most credit for this matter, but because they did things dishonorably, now it all falls on the head of the general.

"Your Majesty is right, the great general is wise and martial, and he cares deeply for the country and the king. He is really a role model for my generation." Tong Guanlian took the opportunity to flatter him, but he didn't know what was going on.

Li Xingzhou was also amused by the jumping clown. He rode forward and patted him on the shoulder: "Hahaha, Mr. Tong is really a sensible person. If you work hard with the general, you will surely have great success in the future."

"Hahaha, the prince was joking, but I would like to thank the prince for his kind words. You and I will be colleagues in the future. If there is any inconvenience, the prince can tell you." Tong Guan also cupped his hands happily.

Li Xingzhou glanced at Zhong Daoyu: "General, my subordinates will leave." After speaking, he rode his horse past, and the thirty riders behind him followed him slowly.

The commander of the first wing of the new army is Zhao Kuo, a thin and shrewd man. The big tent is located in the north of the camp. When Li Xingzhou came, he was very polite and respectful. First, he introduced some things that the army should pay attention to. , Then he received the documents from his Privy Council and the Ministry of War, and asked people to take them to the place where the Tenth Army was stationed.

The tenth army camp is located in the southeast, about half an hour away from the Chinese army.

After walking along the loess-filled avenue for a long time, Li Xingzhou saw the camp on the hillside from a distance. The surrounding area was sparsely populated and there was a large open space. Most of the camps were permanent buildings made of stone and wood, and dust could be seen from afar. Flying, shouting and killing sounded loudly.

"General, this afternoon is time for training." The sergeant leading the way explained.

He nodded: "Then go directly to the training ground."

The sergeant agreed and led them to the training ground. The training ground was in a depression, below the camp where they were stationed. It seems that many sergeants are training in the yellow sand, all with horse rifles and guns.

At this moment, the sergeant guarding the perimeter of the training ground noticed their arrival, the soldier leading the way stepped forward and said a few words to him, and the little brother hurried to the training ground.

Li Xingzhou was not in a hurry to go there. Soon, the forbidden army over there probably understood what was going on. The coach asked the forbidden army to stop training and gather together. He looked at it from a distance and estimated the level. It took about 2000 minutes for the assembly of more than 10 people look.

It is true that they are more well-trained than stragglers, but there is still a gap compared to the modern army that emphasizes discipline and teamwork. The gap does not lie in physical fitness or skills, but in different military concepts.

Seeing that it was almost there, Li Xingzhou rode over there.

There is a high platform made of wood in the south of the training ground, which is where the instructors usually give orders. He got off the horse and walked forward slowly. Several instructors led the way and greeted him to the high platform. Thousands of eyes gathered on him. If it was an ordinary person, his legs would be weak first, and he had seen many such scenes in his previous life.

As soon as he came to the stage, a general in full armor knelt down on one knee: "Di Zhi, the deputy commander of the Tenth Army of the new army, has met the commander."

Di Zhi?Li Xingzhou was puzzled, and then remembered, wasn't it the Dutou who patrolled the city with him back then? He helped the young man who was kneeling on the ground up, and it turned out to be Di Zhi, "Aren't you Dutou?"

Curious in his heart, he went to the deputy army commander, but there was a huge difference between them!

Di Zhi smiled all over his face: "My son, when the assassins rebelled last time, my subordinates were meritorious in escorting and fighting bravely. After returning, they were promoted by the superior to be the deputy commander of the No. 12 Army, and later became the current Tenth Army .”

After finishing speaking, he pointed to the crowd of people below and said, "Your Majesty, below is the main part of my Tenth Army. Please command the envoy to inspect it."

Li Xingzhou nodded, he came today to hand over military power.

Before he could speak, a few men hurried up to the stage and set up two large banners on the left and right, with the word "Li" written on them, the yellow background representing the royal flag, and the other side with white characters on a black background, which read Military Commander's Banner of the Custodian.

Looking at the many curious eyes below, Li Xingzhou raised his breath slightly, and said loudly: "I am your new commander, Prince Xiao's son, Ranger General Li Xingzhou!" As soon as he said these words, he seemed to make some kind of solemn oath.

The men below all knelt on one knee and shouted: "I have seen the Commander!" The sound was loud and echoed in the empty training ground.

Li Xingzhou nodded, and then said: "You are now the tenth army of the new army, do you know why it is called the new army?"

The soldiers glanced at each other, most of them shook their heads diffusely.

"The new is actually very simple. Tomorrow, I will change a few sets of armor for you. The black flag will be replaced by a red flag. , that’s the new army.” He walked to the front and shook his head, “but that’s not the new army I want!”

"As brothers in the army, everyone can have their own opinions, but I am your commander. Therefore, in my tenth army, the so-called new is unprecedented, and the so-called new is the change in nature to achieve better! The so-called new It's a psychological change, not a change of medicine."

Many sergeants were a little confused.

Li Xingzhou didn't care: "I don't care if you understand or not, but I will teach you in a short time. All you need to do is obey orders. Most of you should have heard of my name, Li Xingzhou. Those who died in my hands I can’t even remember it myself, so it’s better for your lives and your future, you’d better obey me.”

As soon as he said this, everyone below immediately became solemn, and all the whispering voices disappeared.

Li Xingzhou waved his hand, called more than 30 nursing homes of the palace, and then pointed to them: "They are the ruthless people who followed King Xiao from birth to death, fought bloody battles, and crawled out of the dead. human life."

There was a sound of breathing in the audience, of course they had heard the story of King Xiao, and they immediately suppressed the forbidden army who had never been on the battlefield.

"From tomorrow onwards, they will be responsible for training you instead of the coach. Each of you is in charge of the capital. You must obey, otherwise the death of a few people is nothing to me, Li Xingzhou." He said sternly, and then turned to Di Zhi and said: " You are familiar with it, so you can arrange it."

Di Zhi also nodded quickly, probably he was also frightened.

In the army, dismounting is a must, because the psychological deterrent of unfamiliarity is the most effective. Once everyone gets acquainted, it will be difficult to have this effect.

Li Xingzhou doesn't know how to train these people in more than 20 days, at least teach them how to shoot.
(End of this chapter)