Chapter 6 Entering the North Army
Jia Huan was an orphan in his previous life. At that time, he was accompanied by his dean, Aunt Liu, and his two younger sisters.
In this life, he has Aunt Zhao who is hard-spoken and soft-hearted but cannot speak, and his sister Jia Tanchun, who can only bury her protective feelings deep in her heart but cannot reveal her true feelings.
Therefore, he has one more reason to gain a foothold in this world.
From this expedition, he will definitely come back with military merit.
In the evening, in the Longshou Palace, the Supreme Emperor was reviewing the list of descendants of various distinguished families for this expedition.
When he saw Jia Huan of the Jia Mansion, the Supreme Emperor looked at the chamberlain on the side and asked: "Wei Hai, which family does this Jia Huan belong to?"
The old eunuch on the side quickly replied: "Your Majesty, this Jia Huan is the concubine of Jia Zheng of Rongguo Mansion. He is fifteen years old this year."
"Oh! What is the conduct of the children of the Jia family?" Upon hearing that he was a child of the Rongguo Mansion, the Emperor's eyes lit up and he asked immediately.
"Jia Huan, his character... um..." Upon hearing the Emperor's question, the old eunuch didn't know how to answer.
Seeing the old eunuch hesitating, the Supreme Emperor said dissatisfiedly: "You old slave, just say what you have to say!"
The old eunuch immediately replied: "Your Majesty, it's just that Jia Huan has not learned anything since he was a child, and he is timid and very cowardly. I'm afraid he was pushed out this time too..."
After hearing this, the Supreme Emperor also sighed and said: "The noble man has been killed for three generations, and Jia Daishan has been transformed. Jia Daishan was so brave and good at fighting back then. He never thought that the affairs of his descendants would also be in trouble!"
"That's all, according to my decree, Jia Huan is allowed to fight freely with his guards, and he will be responsible for escorting the army's food and fodder this time. As for the final outcome, it depends on his fate!"
When the old eunuch heard this, he immediately bowed and said, "Your Majesty is kind."
Since ancient times, marching and fighting have always been prohibited.
Military regulations are strict in the military camp. Not to mention combat, even food, clothing, housing and transportation are subject to various military regulations.
The Supreme Emperor felt that Jia Huan was a scapegoat, and he could not bear the tragic death of the descendants of Jia Daihua and Jia Daishan who had protected him on the battlefield.
So I simply issued a decree to let him fight freely and escort food and grass!
What is free combat? It means paddling well, shouting slogans and following along, without worrying about being sent by the general to perform dangerous missions!
Escorting grain and fodder is even simpler. Basically, the grain and fodder routes are on fixed routes and will be cleared by the army along the way.
Moreover, the escort of food and grass is usually divided into two batches. The first batch sets off early with the army, and the second batch sets off ten days later than the main army, in order to prevent accidents from happening to the army ahead and causing a shortage of food and grass.
Jia Huan was placed in the second batch to escort the grain and fodder, and he was also the chief general in escorting the grain and fodder.
When the news about the Supreme Emperor was sent back to Rongguo Mansion, Jia Mu and others' expressions were not very good.
I originally thought that joining the army this time would be a narrow escape mission, but I never expected that the Supreme Emperor would show up like this.
If she had known that this would be the case, Jia's mother would have thought of letting Jia Baoyu go on the expedition instead of Jia Huan. Wouldn't it be a good idea to go and do military work!
On April 17, the third year of Daqian Wude, outside the Meridian Gate of Kyoto, the Great General Zhengbei Zhen Guogong Mansion sent a message from Bo Niu Ji Zong. He was gathering an army outside the Meridian Gate and began to offer sacrifices under the present Majesty.
Worship ceremony.
This expedition is of great significance, so both His Majesty and the Supreme Emperor are present.
After the heaven-sacrifice ceremony was completed, Emperor Qian handed half of the tiger talisman, which symbolized military power, to Niu Jizong's hands, and told him: "Niu Qing's family, the safety of the northern border of Daqian is in your hands. I hope you can repel the Tatars." Tartar, protect me in the great rivers and mountains!"
Niu Jizong knelt down and took the tiger talisman respectfully and said: "I am determined to fulfill my mission and never let the Tatars step into the territory of Daqian."
After being awarded the Tiger Talisman, Niu Jizong led the 80,000 soldiers gathered near Shenjing City and marched to Pingyang Town to join the troops recruited from other places, and then rushed to the Mobei border.
As for the outcome of this battle, to be honest, Niu Jizong didn't have much confidence.
Not only Niu Jizong, the general who conquered the north, but also all the distinguished generals who accompanied him had this idea.
Ever since the failure of the Supreme Emperor's expedition to the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, the Dagan main war faction has been extremely weak. Except for a few veteran generals in the civil and military dynasties who are the main war faction, the rest are all peace advocates.
Even if His Majesty and the Supreme Emperor can reach an agreement and agree to send troops, they are thinking of using the army's resistance to make the Tatars retreat in the face of difficulties, so as to pay less price in future peace talks.
Because of this, Niu Jizong and other generals no longer had any hope for this war.
Even everyone just goes through the motions and comes back with their lives saved.
Anyway, when the time comes, both the country and the DPRK will have peace talks, so why should they go to all lengths?
After the army was dispatched, all the soldiers were sent off by their families, but Jia Huan was alone.
Neither Aunt Zhao nor Jia Tanchun came over. Only Xiao Jixiang came out and sent a letter, saying that Mrs. Wang had found an excuse for them and both of them had been given a stay-at-home order and were not allowed to go out.
Hearing the news about Xiao Jixiang, Jia Huan was extremely angry, and her eyes flashed with cold light. In her heart, even if she had the Emperor's will, she would probably die in this war.
That's why he used this method to ban Aunt Zhao and Jia Tanchun from seeing their mother and son, siblings, in order to force himself to do something extraordinary. She is really a vicious woman with a heart of snakes and scorpions!!
"Just wait. When I return someday, I will make you regret what you did today!"
Jia Huan thought to himself, then galloped his horse and followed the army to Pingyang Town!
When the army was setting out for the expedition, a carriage happened to be slowly approaching the nerve city. When it saw the marching army, the carriage quickly retreated, not daring to block the way.
Even if the person standing in front of the carriage is Jia Lian, the second master of Rongguo Mansion.
"Miss, there seems to be a large army marching outside."
The maid Xue Yan inside the carriage said softly.
Lin Daiyu's face looked a little sad at this time. It was obvious that she had left her hometown and her father, and she was somewhat uncomfortable with it!
He curiously looked out from the corner of the curtain opened by Xueyan, and happened to see Jia Huan, riding a red rabbit horse and carrying a Fangtian painted halberd, galloping past the military formation.
Jia Huan seemed to feel something, and turned around to look at Lin Daiyu.
Suddenly, both of them seemed to pause for a moment. Lin Daiyu felt her heart beating wildly. She quickly lowered the curtains of the carriage, and then began to soothe her pounding heart.
"Huh? Why do I think that boy looks so much like the third brother Huan?"
"Why did Brother Huan join the army?"
At this time, Jia Lian's doubtful voice sounded. Because he went to Yangzhou to pick up Lin Daiyu, he didn't know what happened in Jia's house recently!
Chapter completed!