Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 413 Chapter 5.95: A good life when you are rewarded for meritorious service and given the title of wife.
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5.95 is a good day to receive awards for meritorious service and to be given the title of wife and son.

This time there was no accident again until the third day of December. In the morning, Zhou Yang sent away the Yonghe Emperor's blessing troops who were fully protected by the Imperial Guard, and directly sent the ten female guards left behind to Rongguo Mansion. He stayed in his yard until night, and took the Li family brothers and Zhao Yanling straight to the Qianhu Station in the West City of the Wucheng Bingma Division during the night.

"I have met you in this humble position!" Zhao Tong, who had just entered the Chinese army's tent and had not left the military camp for so many days, knelt down on one knee, "Commander Qiu came once in the afternoon and delivered the handwriting of His Highness Yongchang!"

"Oh?" Zhou Yang's heart moved. He has been in constant contact with Princess Yongchang these days, and has not found any additional problems so far. "Give it to me, go and do your work!"

"Yes, sir!" Zhao Tong bowed and left the tent.

"Brother-in-law, what did Your Highness say?" As soon as Zhou Yang opened it, Zhao Qiying leaned in to watch it together, and soon showed a look of disbelief, "How is it possible that you dare to do this at this time? Are you really not afraid of the future settling the score?"

"My mentor, I'm afraid I'm in big trouble." Zhou Yang smiled bitterly and threw the letter into the brazier, "There are changes in the Shenji Camp. It's definitely not a direct order from the Duke of Qi. It should be that someone underneath has been bribed. The current problem Yes, the princess doesn’t know how many people were pulled this time.”

"Brother-in-law, what should I do?" Zhao Yanling asked anxiously, "What if?"

"It's too late." Zhou Yang shook his head helplessly, "Although the Shenji Camp only discovered the abnormality today, it is definitely not the problem that happened today. After such a long time, what the prince wanted to do has definitely been done. Today's The movement should be nothing more than a final staff move and adjustment.

Okay, as the saying goes, "It's up to people to make things happen." We have done everything we should do. Now that things are about to break out, some accidents are inevitable. Anyway, it is the trouble of Tanzhe Temple. We just need to do a good job. Things in the city are fine. In winter, the days are short and the darkness is early. If there are no surprises, everyone has already taken action. "

"Over there?" Zhao Yanling looked towards the palace.

"Come on!" Zhou Yang walked out of the big tent with a cold expression. Two fusilier hundred households, half an artillery hundred households and six infantry cannons, and later an additional half cavalry hundred households had already gathered in place. Everyone realized that , something big happened today. Although there were more than 300 people at the scene, there was no sound, only the occasional snorting of war horses.

"Brother-in-law, why is it tonight? Can't it be delayed a day or a day earlier?" Zhao Yanling asked puzzledly.

"Because Tanzhe Temple is not far or near, we will leave in the morning and rest in the afternoon. The prayer ceremony will be held early tomorrow morning, and we can return to the palace in the afternoon. This opportunity was created by the Supreme Emperor at the end of the year with his filial piety." Striding from outside. Qiu Liang, who came over, took up the conversation, "Things have been going on so far, and everyone in the family has reached their limit.

As the saying goes, "One big effort, then another failure, three times exhaustion", we don't mind delaying the time and so on, but they can't wait; if we don't take action if we delay it any longer, the outside world will only think that they are strong on the outside and weak on the inside, and the support His Majesty can get will be more and more. Come on, do you really think that this battle for the throne is just an internal issue within the royal family? "

"Brother Qiu, have you eaten?" Zhou Yang asked with a smile.

"Not yet." Qiu Liang smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Where can I eat it?"

"Okay, it's already reached this point, what's the point of being anxious?" Zhou Yang smiled and patted Qiu Liang's shoulder, pulling him back to the Chinese army's tent, "Anyway, there's still time, I asked the back to prepare some food and drinks , let’s take care of each other first—Zhao Qianhu, have you all eaten enough?”

"Don't worry, sir. I have arranged for Shen Shi to make rice. We have already finished eating and drinking before You Shi." Zhao Tong's voice came from outside the big tent without hesitation, "This time everyone will have at least three ounces of pork and enough rice. It will be hot. There is enough broth, and ten taels of silver per person are handed out while cooking. The morale of the brothers is now high, and they will never miss the Lord's business."

Zhou Yang glanced at the excited officers and soldiers and nodded with satisfaction. "Brother Qiu, are you relieved?" After reading this, he smiled and pointed at the wine table in the tent where Zhao Yanling had just laid out the dishes, and pulled Qiu Liang over to sit down, "Don't worry, I can assure you, Looking at the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, there is absolutely no army that is qualified to fight head-on with my younger brother with less than three times the strength - have a drink first!"

The food and drinks are very simple, and it is not convenient to prepare big dishes under the current circumstances. There are four plates on the table, fried peanuts, garlic minced meat, scrambled eggs and a roast chicken. A jar of local liquor has been prepared, which can be regarded as companionship. Zhao Tong was filling three wine bowls - Zhao Yanling had only served dishes just now, and the current occasion was not suitable for her to serve.

"You are quite crazy!" Qiu Liang glared at him angrily, picked up the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp, then he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The number of enemies entering the city will not exceed five hundred. In addition, the number of lurkers originally could not reach a thousand, no matter how many there are, there is no need for His Highness to work hard, no matter how bad my manpower is, they will not be invisible."

"Brother Qiu, don't worry, there are only a thousand people. There will be at least one missing thousand households left in the palace. Commander Qi is afraid that it will be difficult to make a big move. In addition, there are two and a half hundred households arranged by His Highness and the troops of the Jinyi Army. , it’s unlikely that we can’t handle it anyway.” Zhou Yang smiled and comforted him after having a drink with him, “Our duty is actually more about the final blow.

Guang Sheng, just follow me later. I am the one who takes the lead in this kind of thing. You should lead the artillery and follow my command to fire. I will arrange for someone else to lead the cavalry to ensure that the flanks are covered. Brother Qiu, you can clean up as much as possible. There is no need to take a part of the manpower seriously to do anything. When we are almost done fighting here, I believe they won't mind having a smooth battle. "

"Don't worry, sir, you will definitely live up to your humble position!" Zhao Tong stood up and answered without hesitation.

"It's up to you." Qiu Liang nodded, filled the wine bowl in one gulp, then picked up a few large pieces of white meat with chopsticks, and then took a few bites of a chicken leg to eat it, "That's it for today. , there’s nothing more to say. Once I become a master, I can build the Jingtian Marquis Mansion again. If I lose, I can just go to my ancestors a few days earlier to ask for forgiveness—huh?”

"Here it comes!" Looking at the fireworks rising from the palace in the distance, the incident calmed down the people present. Zhou Yang pulled the two of them to the strict military formation and climbed onto the bloody horse brought by Zhao Yanling. He shouted, "Brothers, today is a good day for us to make meritorious deeds, receive awards, and be granted the title of wife and son!"
Did you see the fireworks in the distance?That is the palace. Now there is a group of traitors who have forgotten Your Majesty's grace and are trying to break through the gate. After we pass there, we don't have to think about anything else. We just need to make sure that there is no one left in front of us with different clothes than us. Afterwards, each of us will be given ten Two, if this officer is promoted again, you have all seen how much benefit those original old people had when he was promoted to Beijing last time! "

"I will die for your lord!" Zhao Tong, who had also mounted his horse at this time, took the lead and shouted loudly.

"I'll die for your lord, I'll die for your lord—" A roar like a mountain roar echoed through the entire military camp, and also spread to the surrounding areas without reservation!
"What a force of tigers and wolves!" Qiu Liang looked over and over in admiration, with envy in his eyes, "Brother, I feel a little more confident this time!"

"Let's go!" Zhou Yang nodded with a smile and waved fiercely to the military formation.

An infantry Hundred Households in front, guarding the artillery and Zhou Yang's Chinese army in the middle, another Hundred Households behind them, and finally half a cavalry Hundred Households led by Zhao Qiying to finish, a team of more than [-] people marched in neatly, with the middle There was no trace of noise from the snorting of the war horses and the clicking of footsteps.

"Sir, look!" After less than half a tea hour of marching, the soldiers behind Zhou Yang pointed forward and shouted. They saw hundreds of people rushing out of a residence not far away, shouting and wielding swords and guns. They were yelling, messy, and had erratic eyes. You could tell at a glance that they were a mob. The distance between the two sides was less than fifty steps, but with their speed, they would have rushed over early.

"Sign the flag and order the cavalry to deal with them, and the other personnel will continue to move forward." Seeing that his team was a little sluggish, Zhou Yang spoke in a cold tone and ordered behind him; the messenger immediately waved the flag in his hand vigorously under the light of the torch, and soon the cavalry The command flag on the front waved, and half of the cavalry was divided into two groups, jogging from the open space on both sides of the team to the front of the team.

These cavalrymen formed a team while marching. In just ten breaths of time, they had completed the transformation from column to horizontal column. More than fifty cavalry became a three-way horizontal column, centered on Zhao Yanling, who was wearing a single layer of leather armor with a lock ring inner armor. , the whole cavalry team began to speed up, but because the distance between the two sides was very close, the road was only about ten feet away from the main street and could not be detoured, so there was no time to increase the optimal speed.

enough!
The so-called "ambushes" who "blocked the road" in front were actually a bunch of green-skinned gangsters who were paid to shout. Facing the first modern cavalry that truly formed an army in Chinese history, they still launched a primitive wall-style attack. They didn't expect how to deal with it, or they didn't expect to encounter such a powerful enemy, so they fell into chaos before engaging in battle, let alone organizing a confrontation!

There was no fierce fighting, nor did the protagonists in various modern dramas shout and chop in cool shapes. The entire cavalry just whizzed past with their sabers in hand, behind them was a bright red "carpet" and dozens or more. The enemy, whether they were corpses or wounded soldiers, had no casualties of its own; only a cruel "battlefield" was left behind, as well as the "ambush" who had just run away, leaving less than a third of them, and now completely stunned!
"Brother-in-law, since there are enemies arranged in advance, we must have been exposed." Zhao Yanling arranged for the cavalry to return to their original fighting positions. The cavalry also stopped not far ahead. The rear team turned to the front team and returned to the rear of the team from both sides of the queue. After completing the team Continuing to follow, she ran to Zhou Yang uneasily, "This time it's just a green-skinned gangster, but if the enemy arranges more ambush, it may be difficult for us."

"When you see something moving, hit it and keep moving forward." Zhou Yang shouted coldly and waved to keep moving forward. Then he turned to the girl and said, "Believe me, they want to have more troops than us. Otherwise, just now He’s no longer a gangster—let’s go!”

(End of this chapter)